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The pilgrimage of harold fry6/28/2023 Initially Harold writes a letter back but on his way to the post office he meets someone who changes his mind and he decides to walk from the south of England to the North some just under 500 miles as he believes he can save Queenies life by doing so. The letter reads that Queenie who Harold used to work with but hasn't seen for a long time has been admitted to a hospice and is in the final stages of cancer. The film takes next to no time to get going as it opens with Harold played by the always brilliant Jim Broadbent receiving a letter from an old friend. The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry is one of those small British films that we maybe get once or twice a year that are mainly targeted towards the older generation. In a bid to avoid the rush of people going to see Guardians this weekend I decided to catch up on last weeks new release that I unfortunately missed.
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Book hamilton musical is based on6/28/2023 There is a common misconception that the book writer merely writes the dialogue though the book does include the musical's spoken text, it is much more than that, defining and organizing the dramatic action of the entire piece, including action that is musicalized by the songwriter(s). Essentially, the book writer is the playwright of the musical, working very closely in collaboration with the lyricist and composer to create an integrated piece of drama. The book writer is the member of a musical's writing team who creates the book-the musical's plot, character development, and dramatic structure. The Wikipedia entry for book writer says: It is the book writer's responsibility to ensure that the musical has a satisfactory dramatic arc. These can be original, or an adaptation of an older work (movie, novel, non-musical play, etc.), or based on a historical situation. The book writer is the person who develops the plot, characters, and dialogue for the stage. The book the element of the musical that consists of plot, characters, and spoken dialogue.
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Keira andrews beyond the sea6/27/2023 Unknowingly, his decision to leave their boy band tour, to travel from Australia to L.A., would change, not only his life, but the one of those in his path. When the days turn into weeks with no sign of rescue, Troy and Brian grow closer-and friendship deepens into desire.Īs they learn sexuality is about more than straight or gay and discover their true selves, the world they've built together is thrown into chaos. Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5 Finding his brother breaking his promise isnt what Troy Tanner expected to find when he entered Tysons hotel room. But although they can fish and make fire, the smallest infection or bacteria could be deadly. Marooned a thousand miles from civilization, the turquoise water and white sand beach look like paradise. Brian lost his passion for flying-and joy in life-after a traumatic crash, but now he and Troy must fight to survive when a cyclone strikes without warning. On a private jet taking him home from Australia, he and pilot Brian Sinclair soar above the vast South Pacific. Even if it means quitting their boy band mid-tour, Troy Tanner isn't going to watch his little brother snort his future away after addiction destroyed their father.
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Eric carle moon book6/27/2023 … Then Papa put the very long ladder on top of the very high mountain. “He carried the very long ladder towards a very high mountain. “Papa got a very long ladder,” Carle writes, in a two-page spread that opens into a four-page spread, pushing the ladder beyond the borders of the book. And yet “Papa” is different, because the story it tells, with its various fold-ins and fold-outs, is not about a hungry caterpillar or a grouchy ladybug, but rather about a father so in love with his child that he will do anything for her, even capture the moon. In this unique and delightful picture book, the story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Part of what attracted me to the book was what attracted me to pretty much every other Carle title I can remember - its quality of tactile interaction, of literally pulling its readers in. Eric Carle (1929-2021) was acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children, including Papa, Please Get the. This was one of my favorite books to read to my son Noah when he was little, the story of a father, his daughter Monica and the moon. Not long ago, while sorting through old books, I found a copy of Eric Carle’s “Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me,” dedicated to his daughter Kirsten and first published in 1986.
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The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields6/27/2023 Broken bones are always bad luck, but this particular set of bones have been infused with extra magic, and so the break has devastating consequences―Saskia’s future has split as well. Their argument leads to a fracture in one of the bones. Saskia knows her mother saw multiple paths for her, yet chose one she knew Saskia wouldn’t want. She receives an assignment to train as a Bone Charmer, like her mother, and even worse, a match-making reading that pairs her with Bram―a boy who has suspicious tattoos that hint of violence. On the day of her kenning―a special bone reading that determines the apprenticeships of all seventeen-year-olds―Saskia’s worst fears come true. Each village has a designated seer who performs readings for the townsfolk, and in Midwood, the Bone Charmer is Saskia’s mother. They tell the future, reveal the past, and expose secrets in the present. In Saskia’s world, bones are the source of all power.
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Second hand time by svetlana alexievich6/27/2023 Everyday Russian citizens recount the past thirty years, showing us what life was like during the fall of the Soviet Union and what it’s like to live in the new Russia left in its wake. In Secondhand Time, Alexievich chronicles the demise of communism. The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature-a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions-a history of the soul.” Alexievich’s distinctive documentary style, combining extended individual monologues with a collage of voices, records the stories of ordinary women and men who are rarely given the opportunity to speak, whose experiences are often lost in the official histories of the nation.
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What Maggie uncovers is a shocking conspiracy that could jeopardize American support for the war and leave the fate of the world hanging dangerously in the balance. Maggie knows she must keep the investigation quiet, so she employs her unparalleled skills at code breaking and espionage to figure out who would target Mrs. Roosevelt’s inner circle-as ER herself is implicated in the crime. When one of the First Lady’s aides is mysteriously murdered, Maggie is quickly drawn into Mrs. Posing as his typist, she is accompanying the prime minister as he meets with President Roosevelt to negotiate the United States’ entry into World War II. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C., along with special agent Maggie Hope. In this riveting mystery from Susan Elia MacNeal, England’s most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause.ĭecember 1941.
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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler6/26/2023 The reader is drawn in as Marlowe uncovers each new layer of clues. Action scenes are suspenseful and fairly fast-paced, with space for reflection in between. The language is succinct, but very descriptive powerful, gritty and realistic. All but Playback have been realized into motion pictures, some several times. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven full novels during his lifetime (though an eighth in progress at his death was completed by Robert B. The frame highlights the dark underbelly of L.A. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. As one murder leads to another, Marlowe must follow the clues to protect the Sternwood family from its own dark secrets.Īppeal Factors: Private investigator subgenre. While Marlowe takes the drugged Carmen home, Geiger’s body disappears along with the photographic evidence. Marlowe tries to confront Geiger, but finds Geiger dead along with evidence that Geiger has been taking nude photos of Sternwood’s youngest daughter Carmen. Marlowe discovers Geiger is running a pornography lending library under the front of an antique book store. Plot Summary: The decrepit General Sternwood hires Detective Marlowe to investigate Geiger, the man who is blackmailing him.
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Jean jacques rousseau emile 17626/26/2023 Reynolds and Rousseau both affected their time greatly, and it is likely that their paths have crossed. I aim at investigating the relations between The Discourses on Art and Reynolds s paintings of children and as a result promote Reynolds as a conveyer of the different aspects and sentiments of childhood. In this thesis, I will analyse Reynolds s painting The Strawberry Girl, 1772-73, as well as a selection of Reynolds s paintings of children. Furthermore, Rousseau emphasized childhood by letting the child explore the world on its own terms. This led to a perception of childhood as a happy and content phase of life. In Emile, Rousseau abandons original sin. A close reading of The Discourses on Art reveals that Reynolds thought art should seek a general truth, and that art should make an impression on the beholder s imagination and feeling. AbstractPictures of Childhood is a study of Sir Joshua Reynolds s paintings of children in light of Reynolds s The Discourses on Art, 1769-1790, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau s Emile, or On Education, 1762.
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The pale horse book agatha christie6/26/2023 This is a novel which deals with the mysterious and the occult. The Pale Horse is said to be the home of three witches, led by the mysterious Thyrza Grey.Īlong with Ginger Corrigan, who Mark Easterbrook meets while visiting the fete, the two begin to investigate the strange, unexplained deaths of those on that list. Later, he visits a village fete with mystery writer, Ariadne Oliver, and hears of an old house, converted from an Inn. Later, he discovers that one of the girls has died and that her name was on the list of names that Father Gorman had hidden. Meanwhile, in the coffee bars of Chelsea (a setting that you feel Christie did not feel quite comfortable with), author Mark Easterbrook witnesses a cat fight between two girls. Later, the list of names is found and the police are, obviously, interested in what linked them to the woman who so urgently required Father Gorman to visit her. However, Father Gorman is destined never to reach his destination and is found struck dead in the fog. Father Gorman is troubled by what she tells him and, on the way home, he scribbles a list of names she has given him and tucks it into his shoe. Rather, this has a feel of Dennis Wheatley about it, with a real sense of the supernatural.Ī dying woman gives her last confession to a Catholic priest. This is not a cosy mystery, set in a stately home, amid the drawing rooms of the aristocracy. Published in 1961, this is a later Agatha Christie novel, and a slightly different plot to that which you might be expecting. |