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![]() ![]() Praise for The Best of All Possible Worlds And as their mission hangs in the balance, the unlikely team-one cool and cerebral, the other fiery and impulsive-just may find in each other their own destinies. Working together to save this vanishing race, a man and a woman from two clashing societies will uncover ancient mysteries with far-reaching ramifications. ![]() They wish to preserve their cherished way of life, but doing so may mean changing their culture forever. ![]() Le Guin.” - The GuardianĪ proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression, and the survivors have no choice but to reach out to the indigenous humanoids of their adopted world, to whom they are distantly related.
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God emperor of dune book cover6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() This book revolves almost entirely around the title character (more so than the prior books), but, then, the God Emperor is the dominant story of this time and place. The story really is the people, their motives and their schemes. Like most of Herbert's Dune books, this book has an operatic moves slowly and most of the book is taken up with dialogue. ![]() This is Leto's Golden Path.the future for humanity that he foresaw and planned 3500 years ago. There is no more spice, excepting centuries-old stockpiles. Arrakis is now lush and green the sandworms (except for Leto) are all but extinct. Leto is now a living deity as well as galactic emperor.prescient, super-intelligent, supremely strong, vengeful.and more sandworm than man. It is 3500 years since Leto II Atreides donned his living sandtrout armor. Ignore this book until you are familiar with Dune and the first 2 sequels. Warning: God Emperor of Dune is the third sequel to Dune. It doesn't quite measure up to the standard of the first book, but few books, anywhere, do. God Emperor of Dune compares well with the original Dune, better than the previous two sequels (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune). ![]()
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Jk rowling book set6/29/2023 ![]() It will, of course, be on Max once the series is ready. Rowling, whose production company posted a 74% drop in profits last year. Discovery is embarking on a high-profile revamp of its streaming service, even changing its name from HBO Max to just Max, it’s a pretty good bet the company wants Harry Potter wizarding on the platform ASAP. The series is expected to be on air in 2025/26, and given that Warner Bros. When will the Harry Potter series be released? Whatever the case, Bloys promised that, as the company embarks on its new Harry Potter adventure, “We do so with the full care and craft of this franchise.” For those of you who say Fantastic Beasts could be leveraged to provide 10 seasons over 10 years, WBD brass said specifically during the announcement that FB will not be a part of the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() All The Harry Potter Movies In Chronological Order: From ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’ To ‘Deathly Hallows’ To ‘Fantastic Beasts’Įarly reports had each season of the series focusing on one book in the Harry Potter book series, which consists of seven novels, but Bloys said the project would run for “10 consecutive years,” which would seem to defy the 1 season, 1 book assertion. ![]()
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Hotel du lac anita brookner review6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Edith turns him down when she realises he is still sleeping with Jennifer. Neville woos Edith and he proposes marriage. Edith is befriended by Monica, the wife of a British diplomat with the EU, who is there for health reasons. Also staying at the hotel are the gauche, flamboyantly wealthy, but vulgar Iris Pusey and her middle aged daughter Jennifer, who is somewhat man-hungry seducing the hotel staff and fellow guest Mr. At the hotel she writes letters to her ex-lover David, which tell the story of their relationship, but they are never sent. ![]() Plot synopsis Ī romance novelist, Edith Hope (who writes under the name Vanessa Wilde) goes to stay at a Swiss Hotel on a lakeside to get away from an ill-fated romance with David, a married auctioneer and having jilted another man on the steps of the wedding venue to the disgust of her friends. ![]() It was directed by Giles Foster, produced by Sue Birtwistle with music by Carl Davis and cinematography by Kenneth MacMillan. It stars Anna Massey and Denholm Elliott and was released in 1986 as an episode of the BBC's Screen Two series. Hotel du Lac is a television version of the 1984 Booker prize-winning novel by Anita Brookner. ![]()
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Almost french by sarah turnbull6/29/2023 ![]() French business letters are written in flowery prose, Turnbull tells us, and it is considered selfish to dress like a slob. She observes the natives’ pride in their heritage and their differences, especially from Anglo Saxons, and notes the media’s deference to politicians. ![]() ![]() Turnbull describes their two apartments, the first in a leafy suburb, the next in Sentier, the Parisian garment district, noisy but close to the city center. Soon she was in love not only with Frédéric but with Paris. She arrived somewhat apprehensive and speaking little French, but after a while found herself beginning to understand a society so different from direct, easygoing Australia. The Australian TV reporter had taken off a year to travel around Europe when Frédéric asked her to visit him in Paris. This is not an overly significant defect, because she delivers so much, and so intelligently, on the rest of her life there. Though Australian journalist Turnbull came to Paris-and stayed-because of love, she is remarkably reticent about her relationship with Frédéric, the French lawyer she first met in Bucharest in the early 1990s. ![]() Love and adjustment in a foreign climate. ![]()
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Eduardo galeano soccer6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And, of course, Beckenbauer, Pelé, Cruyff, and Maradona, a man blessed with “the hand of God” and a left foot equally as divine. Striding across the pages are players born with the ball-and entire nations-at their feet: Arthur Friedenreich, the son of a German immigrant and a black washerwoman, who first brought Brazilian style from the slums into the stadiums Brazil’s Garrincha, whose body, warped by polio, could make the ball dance and the Dutch great Ruud Gullit, who campaigned against apartheid on and off the pitch. He describes the superstitions that vex players, the martyrdom of referees, the exquisite misery of fans, the sad denouement of stars past their prime. Galeano portrays the irruption of South American soccer that made the game sublime: the elegant, mischievous, joyful style based on deft dribbling, close passes, and quick changes in rhythm, perfected by poor black children who had no toy but a rag ball. From Aztec champions sacrificed to appease the gods, to the goals that were literally scored into wooden posts in Victorian England, to Spain’s victory in the 2010 World Cup, Soccer in Sun and Shadow is a history of the sport unlike any other. The beautiful game deserves a beautiful book, and Eduardo Galeano-one of Latin America’s most acclaimed authors-has written it. One of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Sports Books of All Time-a history of soccer that “stands out like Pelé on a field of second-stringers” ( The New Yorker). ![]()
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Conor clapton6/29/2023 ![]() He dealt with the grief of his son's death by cowriting "Tears in Heaven" for the soundtrack with Will Jennings. ![]() After isolating himself for a period, Clapton began working again, writing music for the film Rush (1991). ![]() On 20 March 1991, Clapton's 4-year-old son Conor with Lory Del Santo died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment belonging to a friend of Conor’s mother. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Tears in Heaven" 362nd on its list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. In the United Kingdom, where Clapton is from, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted in the top 10 in more than twenty nations around the world. The song was Clapton's best-selling single in the United States and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In January 1992, Clapton performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for MTV Unplugged, with the recording appearing on his Unplugged album. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. ![]() " Tears in Heaven" is a song by English guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, written about the death of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor. "Tears in Heaven"įrom the album Rush: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack and Unplugged For the TV series, see Tears in Heaven (TV series). ![]()
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4th book in twilight saga6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() For example, the script transformed Bella into a star athlete. Twilight was in development for about three years at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a film adaptation differing significantly from the novel was written. The films in the series have received generally negative to mixed reviews from critics. ![]() After Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day, Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. The series had been in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written. The fourth installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 1, was released on November 18, 2011, while the fifth installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, was released on November 16, 2012. ![]() The third installment, Eclipse, was released on June 30, 2010. The second installment, New Moon, followed on November 20, 2009. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008. The series has grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide. The Twilight Saga is a series of romance fantasy films based on the book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. 607 minutes (1–5, combined theatrical editions)Ħ34 minutes ( 1– 5, combined extended editions) ![]()
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Gibson burning chrome6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The consuming nature of technology in our lives being lost in the technology. According to their quite extensive analysis, the main themes are: Within it gun the engines of Neuromancer.įurther discussion of Burning Chrime can be found on Literature in a Wired World Wikia, specifically "Literary Analysis" section. In it, Gibson confirms explicitly the precursorship to Neuromancer: His characters are straight out of a hard-boiled novel, haunted by wars held. In 2002, Gibson published an "author's essay" on Harper Collins website ( Dead link), titled "William Gibson on Burning Chrome: SOURCE CODE". The title story, 'Burning Chrome,' is a tiny and perfect encapsulation of everything wonderful about 1980s Gibson. While we can agree or argue with Olsen's interpretation, we can always listen to what the man himself said. The main theme of the story is, according to Olsen, " betrayal, violation, and manipulation" (which I fully agree with, having read it). The story heroes and setting and ideas are prototypes for later work - Olsen calls it a "blueprint" for Neuromancer. The story - like some others in the Burning Chrome collection, but even more pronounced - sets the stage for his Matrix trilogy (especially Neuromancer etc.). First of all, we can learn what the point was from 1992 "burning chrome" essay/review by Lance Olsen. ![]()
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Harvest of rubies sampler tessa afshar6/28/2023 ![]() Sarah and Darius' story continues in Harvest of Gold. Sarah soon learns that she has something of worth to offer beyond her ability with languages and sums her very being proves to be a blessing to others, particularly the aristocrat Darius, whom she is given to in marriage. Ironically, it isn't failure-but success-that causes Sarah to lose her only source of external validation. Catapulted into the center of the Persian court, Sarah is working too many hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and solving intrigues for the Queen. ![]() Having previously read Pearl in the Sand, I had high expectations for Harvest of Rubies and I was not disappointed. ![]() With Harvest of Rubies, Tessa Afshar cemented herself as one of my favorite authors. In her early childhood years, Sarah experienced the death of her mother and her father's subsequent emotional distance, and she came to two conclusions: God does not care about me, and my accomplishments are the measure of my worth. Locked in a miserable marriage and missing her old life, Sarah must open herself to new ideas and people, including her distant husband. ![]() There is only one problem: she's a woman in a man's court. Harvest of Rubies: (Book 1) Book 1 of 2: Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar Sold by: Services LLC 2,215 Kindle Edition 7999.99 Available instantly Harvest of Gold: (Book 2) Book 2 of 2: Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar Sold by: Services LLC 1,983 Kindle Edition 7999. The prophet Nehemiah's cousin can speak numerous languages, keep complex accounts, write on rolls of parchment and tablets of clay, and solve great mysteries. ![]() |