Samoa's ancient history with the kingdom of Tonga, chiefdoms of Fiji and French Polynesia form the basis of modern Polynesian culture. Polynesian trade, religion, war, and colonialism are important markers within Polynesian culture that are almost certainly rooted in the Samoan culture. The Samoan people and culture form a vital link and stepping stone in the formation and spread of Polynesian culture, language and religion throughout Eastern Polynesia. Though divided by national border, the culture and language are the same. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. Samoans or Samoan people ( Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. Other Polynesians, Samoan Australians, Samoan New Zealanders
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She would never believe that he had drowned she was sure he had floated until he landed on an island inhabited by cannibals. But Pippi was absolutely certain that he would come back. He was a sea captain who sailed on the great ocean, and Pippi had sailed with him in his ship until one day her father blew overboard in a storm and disappeared. Often waved up at her and called, "Don't you worry Pippi was sure that her mother was now up in Heaven, watching her little girl through a peephole in the sky, and Pippi Her mother had died when Pippi was just a tiny baby and lay in a cradle and howled so that nobody could go anywhere near her. Naturally she had had a mother too, but that was so long ago that Pippi didn't remember her at all. Once upon a time Pippi had had a father of whom she was extremely fond. She had no mother and no father, and that was of course very nice because there was no one to tell her to go to bed just when she was having the most fun, and no one who could make her take cod liver oil when she much preferred caramel candy. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. 2.Pippi Is a Thing-finder and Gets into aĥ.Pippi Sits on the Gate and Climbs a Tree41īill Bergson, Master Detective Bill Bergson Lives DangerouslyĪy out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. 1, followed by Amazing Spider-Man #81 on Dec. 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Writer: Saladin Ahmed Artist: Carmen Carnero, Paris Alleyne, IG Guara, Paco Medina, Walden Wong, Alitha E. When Miles went to the junkyard to find Tombstone, he found a vengeful superhero named Starling, who is trying to track down and kill the villain herself. Meanwhile, Amazing Spider-Man #82 by writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Jorge Fornés follows Mary Jane at the bedside of Peter Parker in the McCarthy Medical Center. The woman was cited for third degree theft, and then taken home and turned over to her husband. This time, however, she didn't bother leaving the store and chugged it down where she stood. The owner followed and once again returned the shoplifter to her store to wait for police.Īpparently still a little parched, the woman returned to the cooler for a fourth time, and grabbed a 40-ounce bottle of St. When the owner went to her phone to call police, the persistent woman again jumped to the beer cooler, this time selecting a 40-ounce bottle of Milwaukee's Best, and started drinking down the brew as she left the store. Undaunted by her apprehension, the woman again returned to the cooler, selected another Lucky, and again walked out, closely followed by the owner, who once again returned her to the store. The owner quickly followed the woman and brought her back in the store. The owner of the store told police that the woman, who appeared intoxicated to begin with, entered the store and went to the beer cooler, where she selected a 40-ounce Lucky Lager and left without paying. A woman's persistence rewarded her with a shoplifting citation after she attempted to steal four 40-ounce bottles of beer, one at a time, from the Old Salt's convenience store on Skyline Way. The Anacortes American, Anacortes, Washington. While many have referred to this novel as an Afrofuturist work, Okorafor refers to her own work as being Africanfuturist and Africanjujuist given that it centers “African culture, history, mythology and point-of-view”, terms which she has invented herself ( 1). Okorafor blends science fiction and fantasy to create a world which integrates futuristic technologies alongside elements of Nigerian folklore. Who Fears Death, an adult science-fantasy novel by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is an excellent example of this recent shift towards SF/F fiction which draws inspiration from non-western locations and mythologies. The characters who don’t fit within these labels are relegated to secondary roles which are often sidelined or one-dimensional.Įven in cases where the entire plot takes place in a distant future or on a different planet, most societies in the SF/F fiction that I’ve read are heavily influenced by Western societies and the majority of the characters are generally white. While several series with female protagonists have been popular in the last decade, such as dystopian YA hits like The Hunger Games and the Divergent series, these books generally feature white, heterosexual, able-bodied protagonists. Since then, there has been an increased interest among readers to see more diversity within speculative fiction. When I bought my copy of Who Fears Death, around five years ago, it was my first time reading a science fiction or fantasy novel with a Black girl as the main character. The technological tropes of the genre were one possible direction for things to head. When I read cyberpunk now, nearing the third decade of the twenty-first century, it’s hard to think of it as anything other than a form of retrofuturism. Three of them, (Johnny Mnemonic, New Rose Hotel, and Burning Chrome) are set in the same universe as Gibson’s Sprawl series ( Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive), with some of their characters and events mentioned or referenced in the main novels.Īs a rambling aside, I was born in 1984, making me much too young to have experienced cyberpunk when it was new and revolutionary. Unlike a lot of short fiction collections, this one isn’t a totally mixed bag, most of the stories ranging from “good” to “great”. As a genre it would go on to live a fairly short life, plateauing in the late eighties, followed by a handful of peak post-cyberpunk moments in the nineties ( Snow Crash, Ghost in the Shell) culminating in The Matrix and then almost immediately fading into relative obscurity.īurning Chrome collects Gibson’s short fiction, mostly published in OMNI magazine in the early eighties. Ridley Scott gave us the visual aesthetic with Blade Runner, but Gibson firmly established Cyberpunk as a literary movement. William Gibson blew the Science Fiction world wide open in the mid eighties with his cyberpunk novels, particularly the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. Even though she died nearly 70 years ago, her books still sell very well. Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. And he has always been shrouded in mystery. Shakespeare has always been one of my favourite writers. The Sonnets wears its scholarship lightly and its love of Shakespeare and poetry proudly. He interweaves 30 sonnets into the text in seamless fashion. Not then, the obvious setting for poetic genius but within the politics (both State and sexual) of this lofty household Will finds lots to inspire his pen, and a few attractive distractions too.Ĭollins has crafted a clever, witty and enjoyable novel from fragments of history. The controversial earl is under pressure from his family and those close to the royal court to settle down but he is far too busy drinking, carousing and cavorting with his motley band of acquaintances to pay attention. The young Will Shakespeare is living under the patronage of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. In this wonderfully entertaining novel acclaimed author Warwick Collins imagines the circumstances that inspired 30 of the Bard's most popular sonnets. No one knows for sure precisely when and where Shakespeare wrote his sonnets or, more intriguingly, who he wrote them for. Shakespeare in Love for the sonnets: a fictional tale of how Shakespeare wrote his most famous poems. More and more picture books are created with children no longer in gender based roles and instead exploring the wide world around them. I love that this book features a female inventor. In The Most Magnificent Idea, readers are introduced to all kinds of great ideas of how to shake off boredom and look for their next inspiring task. I’m sure most of you reading have experience with a child saying, “I’m bored!” the most hated phrase by parents worldwide. What happens when one day she wakes up and her mind is blank, she has no new ideas? Ashley Spires shows readers the importance of perseverance, trying new things and waiting for inspiration to arrive. She always has ideas, she’s practically an idea machine. We once again meet the intrepid engineer and her best friend. Piggybacking on the HUGE success of The Most Magnificent Thing comes The Most Magnificent Idea by Ashley Spires. Shotland’s request went something like this: “Hey GMB, I added a new service category and got suspended. When Shotland didn’t get quick results, he turned to Steven Saldana, LSG’s GMB problem-solver, to ‘SEO Agency’ must be on the double-secretĭo-not-use list because as soon as I added it, our listing got suspended.” “While in there, for some reason, I decided to add “SEO agency” as a Business Category. 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Well, not so funnyīecause Local SEO Guide, an SEO agency, was never located in Kansas, but Google My Business believes the Pleasanton, California, company has been located in Fawn Creek Township, KS, since November A funny thing happened on the way to Kansas. |