5/13/2023 0 Comments Shadow beast shifters reborn![]() ![]() Whoever did this to me should have known I’d pick at it until it bled. Someone messed with me and no matter how often I’m told to forget it and move on as Torin’s mate, there’s no way I can. I’m being lied to and missing weeks and months of time. Funny how quickly dreams turn into nightmares. It seems my childhood dreams were finally a reality. I’d all but given up, until a quirk of true mate genetics gifted me a true mate like no other. Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag. ![]() Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. ![]() So why does it taste like ash on my tongue? I finally have the life I always dreamed of. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Book the woman in the window![]() ![]() ![]() Mallory published the book, his debut novel, in January 2018 ( the film rights had been purchased pre-publication in 2016, hence the quick production turnaround), and he has yet to publish a second. Finn, the nom de plume of writer Daniel Mallory. The film is adapted from the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by A. If you think The Woman in the Window feels a little too wild to be based on a true story, you’re right. So, is The Woman in the Window based at all on a true story? Perhaps a book? It plays like a true crime story but it’s also full of fantastical twists and turns that are pretty out there. It tells the story of an agoraphobic woman (Adams) who thinks she witnesses the stabbing of her close friend next door, only to then become confused as to whether she ever met the woman at all. Now, the film is skipping cinemas in favor of a Netflix release, and it’s one of the biggest premieres to hit the streaming service this month. ![]() That date then got pushed to 2020, and was later postponed again due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filmed in 2018, the Amy Adams thriller was originally slated to premiere in theaters in Oct. After a delay of almost two years, The Woman in the Window is finally making its public debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this significant work of scholarship, Professor Takaki grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American ![]() Ix, 508 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cmĪ dramatic new retelling of our nation's past by today's preeminent multiculturalism scholar, Ronald Takaki, this book examines America's history in "a different mirror"-The perspective of the minority peoples themselvesīeginning with the colonization of the "New World" and ending with the Los Angeles riots of 1992, this book recounts the history of America in the voices of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States-Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others-groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments All my puny little sorrows![]() Now I’m wondering if audiences will want to extend as much empathy as Alison Pill’s Yoli Von Riesen, a struggling novelist, does to her sister Elf (Elfreide), who has become a phenomenally successful pianist but wants to end her life. Perhaps this is a pandemic issue, one that wouldn’t have been raised a couple of years ago. The question that dogs this brilliant melodrama, so well-acted and shot, is a basic one: do you want to spend your time in the throes of psychological misery? So goes the acclaimed novel by Miriam Toews and director-writer Michael McGowan follows her lead to perfection in his film adaptation of the very Canadian All My Puny Sorrows. To know the Von Riesens is to love them and you do: that’s the narrative’s expectation (in both film and book), as their tragic fates unfold. ![]() Mainly suicides, although there’s a fatal heart attack and a messy divorce thrown in for good measure. ![]() Starring: Alison Pill (Yoli Von Riesen), Sarah Gadon (Elf), Amybeth McNulty (Nora), Mare Winningham (Lottie), Donal Logue (Jake), Mimi Kuzk (Tina), Aly Mawji (Nic)ĭeath stalks the gifted Von Riesen family. Michael McGowan, director and writer based on the novel by Miriam Toews All My Puny Sorrows and Secrets of Dumbledore ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Go down together by jeff guinn![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to newsreels, true crime magazines, and new-fangled wire services that transmitted scandalous photos of Bonnie smoking a cigar to every newspaper in the nation, the Barrow Gang members almost instantly became household names on a par with Charles Lindbergh, Jack Dempsey, and Babe Ruth. Their timing could not have been better-the Barrow Gang pulled its first heist in 1932 when most Americans, reeling from the Great Depression, were desperate for escapist entertainment. In Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, bestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. ![]() The real story is completely different-and far more fascinating. Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker-previous books and films, including the brilliant 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have emphasized the supposed glamour of America's most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. ![]() ![]() If you get offended easily, then you probably will. "This might be the closest my Kindle Fire has ever come to, well, catching fire." ~ Rally the Readers Delicate Sensibilities? This story contains M/M sexitimes and horrible puns. Bryan is determined to prove everyone wrong, even the mage himself. Except, there's a good chance Max might be reason enough to come out, if Bryan can only get the snarky sumage to go on a date. WEREWOLF Bryan is Beta to a new pack in a new city. Unfortunately, there's something irresistible about the sexy muscled Beta visiting his office. The job sucks and he's in no mood to cope with redneck werewolves. So he works as a sumage, cleaning up other mages' messes. SUMAGE Max fails at magic, relationships, and life. Bad boy mage with an attitude problem meets a hot werewolf with a white knight complex in this charming gay romance from a New York Times bestselling comedy author. Produktbeschreibung Max needs 3 things - magic, a boyfriend, and a wolf. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Optimism voltaire![]() ![]() It is also commonly known as the ‘Age of Reason’, although some say this is misleading (Porter 2001). In short, the Enlightenment was an intellectual movement beginning in the late 17 th century and continuing into the 18 th century, which emphasised reason and individualism instead of tradition. ![]() In particular, I am going to critically discuss the significance of optimism in Candide, a major recurring theme in the novel that Voltaire attacks.īefore we discuss Candide, we must first understand what the Enlightenment was. In this essay, therefore, I will discuss Candide and its impact on the Age of the Enlightenment. Candide quickly became a bestseller of the European book trade in the eighteenth century at least 20,000 copies of the book were sold within a month of its publication and, consequently, has become one of the key texts of the Enlightenment (Pearson 2008). ![]() Candide (1759), or Optimism, is a French satire written by Voltaire (1694 – 1778), a philosopher of the Enlightenment. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The maze runner by james dashner![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Maze Runner is the first book in the series and was released on October 6, 2009.Ī group of teenagers, who call themselves "Gladers", are left in a strange place which they call the "Glade". The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The sixth novel, titled The Maze Cutter, set 73 years following the events of The Death Cure, was released on October 4th, 2022. The series consists of The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011), as well as two prequel novels, The Kill Order (2012) and The Fever Code (2016), a novella titled Crank Palace (2020), and a companion book titled The Maze Runner Files (2013). The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]() ![]() "Meticulously documented and beautifully written, the book provides a brilliant analysis of the interaction among ideology, architecture, and social experience. She has done a splendid service in capturing the interrelationships among the nation's premier women's colleges in their formative years."- New York Times Book Review ![]() Horowitz shows how the physical plan of each college contained an implicit message about the way society perceived women, the limits placed on their aspirations, and the expectations about their relationship to one another. ![]() Blending the usual stuff of institutional history with a keen understanding of esthetics and design, Mrs. "Horowitz analyzes the architecture of each college as a way of understanding its social and cultural history. "A fascinating history of the Seven Sisters colleges-Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, and Barnard-together with three notable 20th-century spinoffs from the same group-Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, and Scripps."- Boston Globe ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments David almond first book![]() ![]() Following a young adolescent boy, Davie, through the course of day, it is imbued with reminiscences of his home town of Felling and with observations on community, creativity and beliefs. THE COLOUR OF THE SUN, DAVID ALMOND's latest novel, is probably his most autobiographical to date. His first book for young people, Skellig, was published in 1998 but he had also had short stories and anthologies published. He went on to study English and American Literature at the University of East Anglia.Īfter working as a hotel porter, postman and labourer, he trained as a teacher and started to write while teaching. ![]() ![]() He went to primary schools in Felling and Sunderland, but didn't enjoy his secondary years at a grammar school in Hebburn. David Almond was born in Newcastle, one of six siblings, and spent his childhood playing football, camping with his friends and singing as an altar boy. ![]() |