While the physical setting is circumscribed-trenches bracketing no man’s land, with flashbacks to a village life that seems infinitely far away and long ago-the moral scope is immense. In denying his “more-than-brother” a mercy killing, “I had been inhuman by obeying duty’s voice.” After his friend dies, he is free of “the voice of duty, the voice that commands, the voice that leads the way.” His atrocious vengeance on the “blue-eyed” enemy-whose blood, at night, is as black as his own-takes a lesser role in his conscience, even as it consumes his life.Īlfa’s rhythmic, repetitive oaths and laments his pleas for understanding and forgiveness his description of the trench as “open like the sex of an enormous woman, a woman the size of the earth,” out of which men leap screaming to kill: all give the narrative both a suffocating intimacy and a sense of a nightmare too vast to escape. The first was not killing his childhood friend, disemboweled in battle, condemning him to a slow, agonizing death. (Senegal, then a French colony, contributed thousands of men to the French war effort.) His narrative teeters between two transgressions. Written by Anna Moschovakis (trans.) David DiopĪlfa, a Senegalese soldier, delivers a harrowing confession from the Western Front of WWI France.
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This line implies freedom of souls after the death of the protagonists. Some lines in Whitman’s poem attribute to the fact that this story is hopeful as he states, “thy free flight ”. In the re-incarnation letter, Noah writes, “our souls are connected”, which represents the couple’s souls are forever linked to each other in every life and that they are one. This signifies the two cannot exist without each other, are and always will be together even in the future lives. One can also argue that as aged Noah remembers watching the sunset with Allie, he notices, “day and night There cannot be one without the other”. Following winter comes spring which represents the rebirth of love between the two as she sometimes remembers him. Such as the title of chapter twelve, “winter for two”, the two in the title symbolizes that Noah and Allie are united before obstacles. To begin with, there are many convincing arguments which refer to the novel as a hopeful work because of the symbolism. Rambabu Bingi, Rajesh Babu Talasila, Ramakrishna Rapeti and Majji Venkata RaoĢ022, Visakhapatnam, India. When multiple causes of death are possible or where the cause of death is uncertain, this is noted. Only fatalities that are the primary or secondary result of accidents that occurred in academic or industrial laboratory settings or in the course of conducting scientific field work are included. Please allow 4-6 weeks for new listings to appear. If you have information concerning any of these lab fatalities or others, please email To ensure the integrity and completeness of this list, all reports received will be verified before being published. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, as well as from verified tips from individuals. The list below has been compiled from public databases and official sources, such as the U.S. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."Īlthough much has been written in safety literature about the necessity of learning from past accidents and near-misses, very few countries keep detailed records of lab accidents, and under-reporting remains a widespread problem in organizations worldwide. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. In fact, she’s nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. Now, Hannah’s in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time–in bed and out–and that’s exactly how he prefers it. King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Themes that emerge throughout these commentaries include core Sufi theological, philosophical and metaphysical traditions, such as the teachings of Prophet Muhammad as the insan al-kamil, divine attributes of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad, and much more. For instance, throughout her discussion, she draws on the teachings and literary traditions of Jalaluddin Rumi, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Ahmed Rifai, Ken’an Rifai and many others. The book is organized around these 83 verses, in which Sargut provides stunning in-depth commentaries on each verse by drawing from Sufi, Turkish and Islamic traditions. The compilation consists of a robust commentary of Surah Ya-Sin or the 36th chapter of the Qur’an and its 83 verses. O Humankind Surah Ya-Sin (Fons Vitae, 2021) is compiled by Cemalnur Sargut, who is a Sufi teacher based in Turkey and has been translated into English by Victoria Rowe Holbrook. Does it mean dressing up in whatever The Label tells him to wear for photo shoots and pretending never to have sex? (Unfortunately, yes.) Does it mean finding community among the queer kids at the meet-and-greets after K&T's shows? (Fortunately, yes.) Does it include a new relationship with Kaivan, the drummer for the band opening for K&T on tour? (He hopes so.) But when The Label finds out about Hunter and Kaivan, it spells trouble-for their relationship, for the perfect gay boy Hunter plays for the cameras, and, most importantly, for Hunter himself. Kiss & Tell is a total rush Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. Kiss & Tell Written by: Adib Khorram Read by: Pete Cross, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Hannah Choi, Shimali De Silva, Mehr Dudeja, Michael Levi Harris, Huy Nguyen, Eileen Noonan, Lee Osorio, Javier Prusky, Andr Santana & Elaine Wang Synopsis Praise 'Kiss & Tell is a total rush Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. Hunter is the only gay member of the band, and he just had a very painful breakup with his first boyfriend-leaked sexts, public heartbreak, and all-and now everyone expects him to play the perfect queer role model for teens.īut Hunter isn't really sure what being the perfect queer kid even means. He and his band Kiss & Tell are on their first major tour of North America, playing arenas all over the United States and Canada (and getting covered by the gossipy press all over North America as well). Hunter never expected to be a boy band star, but, well, here he is. I loved every page!" – Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’Ī smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public eye, from award-winning author Adib Khorram " Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. Their feelings quickly flourish into an obsessive and all-consuming mutual yearning. On a muggy August evening, the actor has a fling with a man named Rex. Los Angeles - A brooding closeted movie star is swept away in a tense love affair at the bathhouse. Is there a way for Charles to find happiness with his military man or is their secret relationship doomed? After their first steamy encounter, Charles finds himself feeling more than just physical attraction to the handsome Army hunk.īut in the conservative post-World War II era of the 1950s, the world outside the bathhouse would never accept the love between two gay men, much less an interracial romance. It starts with a fist full of rope and a pulse-pounding game of role play, as the alpha male soldier Ricky demands complete and total submission from Charles. San Francisco - A sexy and mysterious soldier explores forbidden fantasies with an adventurous young man at the bathhouse. This sizzling boxed set includes three delicious tales set in California during the summer of 1955: Leave your hang-ups and inhibitions at the door because this is a place where anything goes. Welcome back to the bathhouse, a place where your wildest fantasies can come true. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers-precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. The only thing stopping Paul from believing in Vince is himself - and that is one obstacle Paul can't quite seem to overcome. Vince must be messing with him, because there is no way Vince could want someone like Paul.īut when Paul hits Vince with his car - in a completely unintentional if-he-died-it'd-only-be-manslaughter kind of way - he's forced to see Vince in a whole new light. And for some reason, Vince pursues Paul relentlessly. Vince is everything Paul isn't: Sexy, confident, and dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. He works a dead-end job in a soul-sucking cubicle, and if his grandmother's homophobic parrot insults him one more time, Paul is going to wring its stupid neck. His closest friends are a two-legged dog named Wheels and a quasibipolar drag queen named Helena Handbasket. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and the color commentary he provides as life passes him by. |