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Time Off The 100 Best Mystery &Thriller Books of All Time The genre's most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential books, in chronological order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É 1973 THE HONJIN MURDERS BY SEISHI YOKOMIZO 1975 WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?. [Extracted from the article]

What Odell can't unsee is the fact that the pre-pandemic mainstream Western way of thinking about time isn't the only way. Ruth Ogden, an experimental psychologist who studies time perception at Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K., says she had only ever gotten maybe one interview request before the pandemic, and has since received at least a hundred. Where Odell concerns herself with the systemic societal and economic structures that constrain us, Ogden cautions that the way trauma alters one's experience of time's passage is a biological process that can't be self-helped away. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with civil rights activist and African American politician John Lewis is presented. He talks about how people know whether they are on the right side of history. He explains the impact and importance of telling the story of the civil rights movement in the U.S. over and over again to other people and to himself. He discusses how the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. prompted him to run for public office.

The article profiles several individuals whom the journal has identified as agents of change and progress in the southern states of the U.S. including author Beth Moore, New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis, and chef Ashley Christensen.

The article focuses on the works of biographer Ron Chernow. It includes information on his book "Grant" which portraits the life of former president of U.S. Ulysses S. Grant and civil war in U.S. It also discusses his biographies including biography of businessman John D. Rockefeller "Titan" and biography of founding father of U.S. Alexander Hamilton "Alexander Hamilton".

The past half-century has borne out that verdict, as well as the wisdom of the editors' choice of cover subject: Big Bird. Here, in the tradition of Cronin's work, TIME asked Big Bird to weigh in, as only he could, on the enduring power of his home - and how to celebrate a centennial. The First 100 Years of TIME When TIME set out to tackle the debate over children's TV in late 1970, a year after Sesame Street premiered, correspondent Mary Cronin was sent to interview one of the show's puppeteers - and ended up posing her questions directly to Oscar the Grouch instead. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the protests of athletes against racial and social injustices during the singing of national anthem in football stadiums and high schools in the U.S. which fueled debate over how the country defines patriotism. Issues discussed are the alleged act of defiance by San Francisco 49ers football team quarterback Colin Kaepernick by kneeling as the national anthem was played during a game in protest of the fatal shootings of African Americans by police and racial violence.

The article critiques the book "Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'" by author Zora Neale Hurston which featured a foreword by Alice Walker and was edited by Deborah G. Plant. The life of a slave known as Cudjo Lewis (Kossola) is examined, along with information about Hurston's birth in 1891, her education at Barnard College, and her memoir entitled "Dust Tracks on a Road." Personal freedom and the arrival of the Clotilda slave ship in Alabama in 1860 are assessed.

The article discusses the impact that the Slack interoffice chat computer software program from developer Slack Technologies Inc. is having on businesses and employees as of 2015, and it mentions the views of chief executive officer Stewart Butterfield, as well as the prospect that Slack could replace email as the preferred method of communication in business. Several workplace innovations such as dictaphones, fax machines, and typewriters are examined, along with business forecasting.

The article discusses the U.S. motion picture industry's Academy Awards presentation in 2014 and the fact that six of the Best Picture award nominees are films about real people or real events, including "The Wolf of Wall Street" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks. According to the article, DiCaprio's character in the movie is based on stockbroker Jordan Belfort. The 1853 memoir "12 Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup is also examined.

The article discusses preventive mastectomy surgery, the BRCA1 gene, and actress Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a double mastectomy procedure in 2013 as a means of reducing her chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer. It states that Jolie decided to proceed with the surgery after discovering that she carried a gene mutation which increases her odds of developing cancer. Jolie's mother reportedly died form ovarian cancer at age 56. Dr. Eric Winer of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute claims that Jolie's decision was a smart choice. The BRCA2 gene is also examined.

The article presents a profile of film director Kathryn Bigelow, with a focus on her motion picture "Zero Dark Thirty." Topics include Bigelow's background as an artist, actress, and filmmaker, the historical accuracy of the film's portrayal of the interrogation techniques and torture allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the investigation that lead to the capture and death of terrorist network al Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden, and criticism the film has attracted from government officials, film critics, and public audiences.

The article presents reviews of the top 25 inventions in 2012, including the Eliodomestico solar water distiller from designer Gabriele Diamanti, the self-inflating automobile tires from manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and the RX100 model digital camera from electronics company Sony Corp.

The article mentions people and their quotations and cultural sites that can influence change in the world including the Louvre art museum in Paris, France, Stonehenge in England, Roman Catholic nun Sister Mary Scullion's comment on Irish culture, and opera singer Anna Netrebko's comment on the North Pole.

The article discusses the high number of letters received by advice columnists in the U.S. that are related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also cited are the experiences of columnists like Daniel M. Lavery, Carolyn Hax, and John Paul Brammer, and the publication of the mini electronic book (e-book) "Miss Manners' Guide to Contagious Etiquette."

The article analyzes the television series "Empire," focusing on a discussion of race in popular media. Topics include identity politics and stereotypes; the degree of racial and sexual diversity portrayed on modern television; and a discussion of the burden television creators and actors feel to portray their ethnic communities in a positive way.

The article discusses the career of actress and comedian Jenny Slate, including her role in the film "Obvious Child". Topics include Slate's comic style, her early career and discovery by "Obvious Child"'s writer-director Gillian Robespierre, and the matter-of-fact way Slate's character and the movie treat her character's abortion.

The article discusses several nature- and environment-related motion pictures which are set to be released in the summer of 2014, focusing on the film "Godzilla" by director Gareth Edwards and the tornado-related movie "Into the Storm." The U.S. government's release of the National Climate Assessment on May 6, 2014 is mentioned, along with motion pictures which portray the apparent effects of climate change on the Earth. Climate fiction (cli-fi) films and activist Dan Bloom are examined.

The article discusses an interactive art installation, "Circa 1948," that was created by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and artist Stan Douglas as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Topics include a box that houses a virtual reality version of Vancouver in 1948, NFB executive producer Loc Dao's work as co-creator and producer of "Circa 1948," and the idea of virtual reality as a medium for story telling.

The article presents information on the Australian popular (pop) music singer-songwriter, Betty Who, born as Jessica Anne Newham. A brief history of Newham's musical career as of April 2014 is presented. Other topics include her April 2012 self-released album "The Movement," her five-track album "Slow Dancing," and her single "Somebody Loves You," which is featured in a Designer Show Warehouse commercial.

The article discuses the films of Wes Anderson, focusing on his aesthetic and the influences present in his film "The Grand Budapest Hotel." Topics include nostalgia in Anderson's films, the influence that Austrian-Jewish writer Stefan Zweig had on the film, and Anderson's collaboration with people including costume designer Milena Canonero, composer Alexandre Desplat, and production designer Adam Stockhausen. The portrayal of the 1930s in film is examined.

The article offers a review of the motion picture "The Monuments Men" produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and starring Matt Damon, and it also provides information on the work of the Combatant Command Cultural Heritage Action Group and assistant district attorney Matthew Bogdanos in retrieving the artifacts that were stolen from the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003. Several World War II-related films are mentioned, including "The Longest Day" starring John Wayne.

The author reflects on the connection of Big Bird, the 8-foot-tall canary-like character on "Sesame Street," with children over the years as the television show celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. She describes evidence of the popularity of the character. She discusses an interview with the Muppet, wherein he describes similarities between the children he has met today and those in the past. She also traces some changes on "Sesame Street" in response to data about early-childhood learning.

The article profiles conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in relation to his role as conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Topics include his partnership with violist Pierre Tourville, the lack of box office revenue from tickets in comparison to other revenue, and his simultaneous roles at the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain.

The article focuses on the chief ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, Matthew Vandzura. Topics include the centennial celebration of the park's creation on February 26, 1919, the 1916 law that established the National Park Service (NPS), and Vandzura's work to preserve and modernize Grand Canyon National Park for visitors.

The article discusses female characters in films from the motion picture director Woody Allen, focusing on the character of Jasmine, portrayed in the film "Blue Jasmine" by the actress Catherine Elise Blanchett, also known as Cate Blanchett. Topics include Blanchett's comments concerning her experiences working with Allen, the awards won by actresses for their appearances in Allen films, and films such as "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "To Rome With Love." Actresses such as Diane Keaton, Samantha Morton, and Scarlett Johansson are mentioned.

An interview with author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is presented in which she discusses the coronavirus pandemic in the context of history, how she believes U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt would have responded to the coronavirus crisis, and her thoughts about presidential leadership during crises.

The article profiles historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and discusses her research leading up to her book "Leadership: In Turbulent Times."

For undergraduates at the Rhode Island School of Design, this is a common situation: a quirky student who painted Fauvist self-portraits in high school is now in college, and she [...]

Ruth Ogden, an experimental psychologist who studies time perception at Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K., says she had only ever gotten maybe one interview request before the pandemic, and has since received at least a hundred. Where Odell concerns herself with the systemic societal and economic structures that constrain us, Ogden cautions that the way trauma alters one's experience of time's passage is a biological process that can't be self-helped away. What Odell can't unsee is the fact that the pre-pandemic mainstream Western way of thinking about time isn't the only way. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with National Book Award winning author Ibram X. Kendi, is presented. Topics covered include reason for his decision to incorporate his own story in his latest book "How to Be an Antiracist," outlook on classifying the tweets of U.S. President Donald Trump as racist by many public institutions and officials, and difference of his experience in writing "Antiracist" with his experience in writing "Stamped From the Beginning" which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

An interview with secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III of the U.S. Smithsonian Institution museums. He discusses the relation of the museums to U.S. public history knowledge. His role as the first African-American in his role is addressed. The relation between family history and U.S. history in light of ancestry is discussed.

An interview with sex therapist Ruth Westheimer is presented. She discusses the documentary film "Ask Dr. Ruth" based on her life, her thoughts on the rise in anti-Semitic incidents, and her advice for working parents.

An interview with author David Treuer is presented. He discusses the relation of his book "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee" to the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." The legal status of Native Americans is addressed. The relation of Native American identity to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is mentioned. The identity of Treuer's father as a Jewish Holocaust survivor is noted.

Five Little Monkeys Trick-or-Treat by Eileen Christelow; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Clarion 40 pp. 8/13 978-0-547-85893-7 $16.99 It's Halloween, and the five little monkeys are eager to trick-or-treat. [...]

The article discusses an increase in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fish Stock Sustainability Index, resulting from U.S. efforts to rebuild distressed ocean fish stocks and prevent overfishing of fish populations. Topics include an increase in US. commercial fish industry sales and jobs and the strengthening of the Magnuson-Stevens Act which gives the U.S. government fishing jurisdiction over offshore waters.

The historical aspects of public bathrooms, legal rights, and politics are examined, including information about the first public latrine in ancient Rome, as well as California's Restroom Equity Act and the North Carolina Legislature's House Bill 2 which nullifies a Charlotte, North Carolina ordinance which allowed transgender people to use the restrooms that match their gender identities. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch's federal civil rights lawsuit against North Carolina is examined.

An interview is presented with American moral philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Topics include her book "The Monarchy of Fear" and how it was influenced by the 2016 U.S. presidential election, her Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy on anger.

An interview is presented with U.S. labor activist Dolores Huerta on topics such as the television documentary film "Dolores," sexual harassment suffered by women farmworkers, and activism in the U.S.

The article presents an interview with Satirist, Armando Iannucci who discusses the political issue associated with the ban of his movie "The Death of Stalin" in Russia.