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...stone. James, son of Joseph. Then, slightly more eroded, "akhui di..." Brother of. And at the end, clearly visible from only close up, "Yeshua." Jesus. The language is the Aramaic spoken by Jews in Jerusalem in the 1st century A.D., but the words are so simple that any Hebrew reader would know the meaning. Here, in this bone-box, or ossuary, once lay the earthly remains of "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus...
...would still be treat to read. More like a toy than a comicbook, it kept me busy for a couple of hours, going back and forth to discover its secrets. Shiga has recently created another CYOA-style book, "Hello, World," which has been cut in half horizontally, allowing the reader to create a story by flipping through either half. It contains a secret code, and if you figure it out, Shiga will refund the $20 price...
Fayanju started developing his talent at the age of three when he was given a world atlas. Not allowed to go out and play at such a young age, he always had his nose in the book, and though he wasn’t that precocious a reader, he remembers associating the colors of countries with names and capitals. As he grew up, his knowledge intensified: “Just like kids could rattle of baseball statistics I could remember geography facts—capitals, main exports, just really random facts...
...preachy in their efforts to make their religious, moral or life philosophies heard. The text is particularly labored as it ventures into Bill’s past, where it finds the necessary connections, symbols and images to reach the novel’s climax. It is tough for the reader to leave the unusual Leora for Bill’s story...
...unfortunate reality of journalism that while others mourn, we work. The reporter on the job takes a kind of refuge in that duty?the horror and suffering that would usually paralyze a bystander become objects of study and inquiry, details and incidents to be recounted so that the reader better comprehends what really happened. The criticism most often hurled at the profession?that it is parasitic?is mistaken. The journalist's task is to understand, and sometimes that means getting close enough to see the tears and hear the sobbing. The bombings in Bali were the kind of story...