Variety's Maureen Ryan recently crunched the numbers on the Star Wars creative teams, and the results are definitely not diverse. By Ryan's count, 24 people have been hired to direct, write, or otherwise serve as the creative lead on one of the 17 planned or released Star Wars films. Of those 24
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The purchase of best sellers will be reduced by 20 percent, which means there will be fewer new fiction and non-fiction copies available on the shelves and online, longer hold lists for new releases, and online service changes. Allowable loans from the libraries digital service already have been reduced
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“So far, we have published Braille version of 61 books,” said its founder Nazia. “But it is not enough.” “The visually impaired has the same rights… If Bangla Academy publishes books in Braille for them as well as compel big publishers to do the same, they [visually impaired] can also enjoy reading more
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The reaction of [W( CH)Br(CO)2(dcpe)] (dcpe = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane) with tBuLi and SiCl4 affords the trichlorosilyl ligated neopentylidyne complex [W( CtBu)(SiCl3)(CO)2(dcpe)]. This slowly reacts with H2O to afford [W( CCH2tBu)Cl3(dcpe)] and ultimately H2C=CHtBu via an
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“We have a great many books that pastors, students and lay readers will find of interest,” said Sue Smith, manager, Baker Book House. “We encourage buyers to come early for the best selection.” Selections include books from other publishers besides Eerdmans Publishing. The publishing side of the
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Altman is an adjunct faculty member in the English department, who graduated with a bachelor's in English and a master's in creative writing. Cardenas teaches at Fusion Academy in Los Angeles and got both his bachelor's and master's degree in creative writing at CSUN. Trista Payte, guest editor for
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The goblin shark is one of 10 species featured in Brooklin author Kimberly Ridley's new natural history book “Extreme Survivors: Animals that Time Forgot” (Tilbury House Publishers, 2017, $17.95). The other species include zebra-striped chambered nautiluses, three-eyed tadpole shrimp and walking
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