Frog (novel) - Wikipedia Frog (Chinese: 蛙; pinyin: Wā) is a novel by Mo Yan, first released in 2009 The novel is about Gugu (姑姑 "paternal aunt"), the aunt of "Tadpole", the novel's narrator Gugu performs various abortions after the One Child Policy is introduced [1] The novel discusses both the reasons why the policy was implemented and its consequences [2]
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Wikipedia The central premise of Moneyball is that the collective wisdom of baseball insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is outdated, subjective, and often flawed, and that the statistics traditionally used to gauge players, such as stolen bases, runs batted in, and batting average, are relics of a 19th-century view of the game [1]
List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes - Wikipedia Unable to show her dentist husband Cyril the lavish mink fur coat her lover has given her, Mrs Bixby proceeds to hatch a clever plan Cast: Will Leighton (Seamus), Richard Hampton (The Patient), Richard Greene (The Colonel), Michael Hordern (Cyril Bixby), Julie Harris (Mrs Bixby), Alan Chuntz (Taxi Driver), Sandra Payne (Miss Pulteney), Frederick Farley (Pawnbroker), Vass Anderson (Master of
In Search of the Castaways - Wikipedia The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper The government refuses to
Cathys Book - Wikipedia The book follows a teenage girl whose boyfriend has left her Wanting to find out why, she follows clues with her best friend These lead to various explanations [3] In a framing device, young and artistic Cathy left the book for Emma, her best friend, so that the latter can use the clues provided and figure out where Cathy went The story
Running Out of Time (novel) - Wikipedia Simon Schuster, who published Running Out of Time, noted that the film The Village (2004) had a number of similarities to the book [3] The film's plot also features a village whose inhabitants choose to live in a manner reminiscent of the 1800s, when the year is 2004 and a young female protagonist escapes to acquire medical supplies
The Twenty-One Balloons - Wikipedia The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa, an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions The events and ideas are based both on scientific fact and imagination, and the descriptions are accompanied by illustrations by du Bois The novel depicts the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Finite and Infinite Games - Wikipedia A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play Finite games are those instrumental activities - from sports to politics to wars - in which the participants obey rules, recognize boundaries and announce winners and losers