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In a Washington Post interview, writer Roxane Gay called Pachinko her favorite book of 2017. [19] The book was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. [20] In 2024, the New York Times named Pachinko the 15th best book of the 21st century. [21] Pachinko was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. [22]
The Riot Club is a 2014 British thriller drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wade's 2010 play Posh. [2] The film stars Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth. [3] It is set among the Riot Club, a fictional all-male, exclusive dining club at the University of Oxford.
The Algiers Motel at 8301 Woodward Avenue [7] near the Virginia Park district was a black-owned business, owned by Sam Gant and McUrant Pye. It was one of three motels in Detroit owned by Gant and Pye, the others being the Alamo, at Alfred and Woodward, and the Rio Grande, on West Grand near Grand River. [8]
The 13 May incident was an episode of Sino-Malay sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 13 May 1969.The riot occurred in the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general election when opposition parties such as the Democratic Action Party and Gerakan made gains at the expense of the ruling coalition, the Alliance Party.
A Rare Book of Cunning Device (audio book) Audible special edition in 2017, included in Tales from the Folly: Detective Stories (graphic novel) Parts 1–4, 7 June 2017 through 3 September 2017, collected 29 December 2017 2014 Moment #2: included in Tales from the Folly: Cry Fox (graphic novel) 8 November 2017, collected 26 June 2018
By the Book: 2017–present Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer Stitcher Radio [27] Backlisted: 2015–present John Mitchinson and Andy Miller: Unbound [28] Two Book Minimum: 2013–2015 Dan Wilbur Better Book Titles [29] All The Books! 2020–present Liberty and Tirzah Book Riot [30] Iain Dale’s Book Club: 2018–present Iain Dale: LBC [31 ...
5), sometimes called the Riot Act 1714 [2] or the Riot Act 1715, [3] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised local authorities to declare any group of 12 or more people to be unlawfully assembled and order them to disperse or face punitive action.
The Cicero Race Riot of 1951 lasted several nights, involved two- to five thousand white rioters, and received worldwide condemnation. It was the first race riot to be broadcast on local television. Most viewed the rioting in Cicero from their living rooms on TVs before they read it in the papers.