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My last personal slump was brought on by a succession of blows: a job change, bad luck and bad judgment in love, and a daunting milestone birthday. Less, Andrew Sean Greer’s hilarious and brilliant Pulitzer-winning novel, took the edge off; reading about a middling writer’s middle-life-panic-induced trip on the eve of his 50th birthday made me think my own midlife crises of confidence might be survivable. That occasion wasn’t the first time a book turned my life around. When I got stuck in the muck on my dissertation, other academics discussing their methods freed me—Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel’s The...

NEW RELEASE and SERIES TOUR  Pitch & Sickle - The Diabolus Chroniclesby D K Girl An MM Gaslamp Fantasy Series NEW RELEASE - BOOK 6 The Herlequin – Pitch & Sickle Book Six by D K Girl Length: 129 000 words Release Date: April 27, 2023 Genre:  MM Historical Fantasy It is not a standalone story and ends on a cliffhanger. Goodreads Buy Links - Available in Kindle Unlimited  Amazon US   |   Amazon UK The journey to Blood Lake has begun... Blurb Pitch and Sickle have survived enraged fae queens, murderous forest guardians, walking corpses, and ghosts turned monstrous by the Blight.They...

  By Matthew Green Narrated in the upper-crust accent favoured by British documentary-makers of the era, Shell’s 1981 film Time for Energy assesses the scope for solar, wind, nuclear, and other sources of power to end the world’s dependence on finite reserves of oil. By the closing credits, the viewer is left in little doubt that there is only one fuel plentiful and versatile enough to carry the world “safely” into the 21st century: coal. The 30-minute film makes no mention of the coal assets the Anglo-Dutch oil major had acquired in an effort to diversify in the wake of...

This is a flexible dish. You could skip the snow peas and serve with a different vegetable. You can adjust the heat by the number of chilis you use. Ingredients For the marinade: 2 TSP cornstarch 2 TSP water 1 TSP Chinese cooking rice wine (Shaoxing Wine) or dry sherry 1 TSP sesame oil 3 TBS soy sauce A pinch of salt 1 TSP Sichuan peppercorns, ground in a mortar 1 egg white, beaten For the sauce: 2 TBS dark soy sauce 1 TBS cornstarch 1 TSP sesame oil 2 TBS Chinese cooking rice wine (Shaoxing Wine) 1 TBS Chinkiang...

China’s Zhurong Martian rover might be on its way out, potentially buried under a pile of Martian dust and unable to recharge, but the rover still has some scientific revelations to bestow. According to new research published in Science Advances, Zhurong may have discovered evidence of liquid water on Mars. Astronomers believe that water was once plentiful on the Red Planet. However, because Mars’ atmosphere is just one percent of Earth’s, the water has long since evaporated or even moved deeper into the planet. As such, liquid water is not believed to be able to exist on the surface of...