There are 43 ‘Incrediblys’ and 63 ‘Extremelys’ within this book. I haven’t been to New York in 13 years, I can’t even imagine a New York without those buildings. I remember the night that we decided to marry, I remember exchanging our vows leaning against the railing staring up, always up. I remember nights where I’d hug the side of Tower One, pressing against it and lift my head as far back as I could and stare up until the glass met the sky and I’d get so dizzy I’d stumble back. Hours sped by and we’d drag our sorry asses back to the train and to our tiny apartment. I remember many nights sitting on this ratty red paint peeled bench staring across the river at Jersey, specifically the Colgate sign, and just talking about everything. No matter what path we’d take, it was our destination. only through the Village or SoHo and eventually our meandering would lead us to the Towers. We were broke most of the time, not much into clubbing, so about 4 out of 7 nights we would walk. Can I use the excuse of being in shock during the actual event? That it seemed like a movie?įlash back: The second half of 1994, my then boyfriend and I living in the East Village, 23 years old and clueless. Then I became upset that this piece of fiction could invoke such melancholia. I cried more over this book than I did on the actual September 11th. I cried on the couch, I cried on the bus, I cried at stoplights, I cried at work. There are books that affect me and then there are books that kill me.
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It was a disaster of epic proportions that altered not only the Peloponnesian War, but the whole of Greek, and consequently world, history. The disease, largely believed by modern scholars to have been either typhus or typhoid, even killed the great Athenian general and statesman Pericles, his wife, and their sons, Paralus and Xanthippus. This deadly epidemic swept through the city in 430 B.C., the second year of the Peloponnesian War, claiming perhaps 100,000 lives and revealing in stark contrast the fissures and fractures in Athenian life and politics. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately it is very hard to tell at this point), history offers us a number of examples of when a plague arrived at the wrong time.Īnd none of these examples is better than the Great Plague of Athens. Basically, if the social and moral fiber of a society are already being tested, the widespread fear of death at the hands of an invisible killer makes everything exponentially worse. A time when international relations are strained and internal strife widespread. And no time is worse than when a nation is already in crisis, when trust in its leaders and itself is already low. Not that there is a right time for a pandemic, but some times are definitely the wrong one. This is not the right time for a pandemic. Though critics lauded the score upon its opening, the musical’s mix of styles and genre-defying designs earned it mixed reviews. Fusing the passion for mystery and horror from composer/ lyricist Sondheim and the desire to comment on the oppressive political structures of the Industrial Revolution from director Harold Prince, librettist Hugh Wheeler humanizes the characters from a British urban legend. The inspiration for Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd is examined by Alison Morooney. Vowing to take revenge by murdering the Judge, Todd begins to practice execution on his neighbors whose bodies are then baked into pies and sold to unsuspecting consumers by Mrs. SYNOPSIS: Sweeney Todd, a wrongfully convicted man, returns to London to reclaim his wife and daughter only to discover that his wife has killed herself and that his daughter is now the ward, and prospective bride, of the Judge who sentenced him. PRINCIPLE CAST: Len Cariou (Sweeney), Victor Garber (Anthony), Angela Lansbury (Mrs. SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET they are so dumb and absorbed in each other my favorite kind of combination. Kirill and Sasha my favorite himbos what can i say. woman all over the world should thank her. she has done the most for the women's right movement. □ every time i feel like a failure, i open this book and see how Sasha is doing as a bodyguard and suddenly i feel like Albert Einstein. Sasha tattooing 'Luchik' (her pet name for Kirill) above her pussy? who is doing it like her? no one (with working brain cells). □ potential spoilers maybe idk and idc read at your own risk □ the characters behave in such a dumb way that i consider it iconic behavior at this point. this women's books provide me so much entertainment (the Deception trilogy and God of Pain are the exceptions ❌) and i can't stop laughing. I never thought there comes a day where i would ever utter the words 'i regret not reading RK books earlier', but today is the day. It was shot almost entirely on sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. Hart developed the script with director Nick Castle and TriStar Pictures before Spielberg decided to direct in 1989. It entered pre-production in 1985, but Spielberg abandoned the project. Spielberg began developing Hook in the early 1980s with Walt Disney Productions and Paramount Pictures, which would have followed the Peter Pan storyline seen in the 1924 silent film and 1953 animated Disney film. Along the journey, he reclaims the memories of his past and becomes a better person. However, when his old archenemy Captain Hook kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland to save them. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful but unimaginative and workaholic lawyer with a wife (Wendy's granddaughter) and two children. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten his childhood. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Hook is a 1991 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. I'm happy I took the time to read them myself before passing them on to children. I bought the entire series after watching the Disney movie and reading the first book, which was WHOLESOME in comparison to the following books in this series. This book is the first I've ever seen with a suggested rating of "12 and over"-and rightly so. She is a diverse writer who has gained success in several genres. Since then she has published almost 44 works of fiction. Seven years and a bagful of rejection letters later, her first novel was published in 1998, after almost throwing in the towel. When she moved to New York City, she landed a job as a freshman dorm assistant manager, which gave her plenty of free time to write. She ended up pursuing neither and graduating with a fine arts degree. She dreamed of being a vet or an actress. Meg had never planned on becoming a novelist. She also lived in Grenoble, France and Carmel, California (the setting for her bestselling Mediator series) before moving to New York City after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana University. Meg Cabot was born on 1 February 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, daughter of Barbara and C. START THE JOURNEY HERE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKEDĭr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child’s bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. New & Unread - Published 20th October 2022ĭiscover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, one of the most popular crime series in Britain, with this beautiful special edition. Hand Signed by Elly Griffiths to the Title Page The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths - Signed Edition
I am always gripped by the amount of detail in these books, they are quite fast paced which means that each book is self contained and if you skipped one you would lose a lot of what has been happening as there is no real way to recap who is who to each character, especially when recurring characters turn up for a guest appearance. Also, as a warning, the TV series True Blood has changed a lot of the details to make the show more accessible to a viewing audience. If you haven’t read any of the books you will need to start at the beginning to understand all the connections between the characters. The True Blood novels form a long story which continues to twist and turn from Dead until Dark until Dead Reckoning, where we are constantly learning about Sookie and the inhabitants of Bon Temps and the Surrounding Areas. Like all the other Sookie Stackhouse novels, this is thoroughly addictive. Though she knows little about the far north - where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service - Marion applies to the position. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. WANTED: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste. 'An unforgettable feast of decadence and depravity, House of Hunger cements Henderson's place as one of the great gothic writers of our generation.' S T GIBSON, author of A Dowry of BloodĪ young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. 'A lurid, luscious debauch of a book.' Guardian NOMINATED FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL in the GOODREADS READERS CHOICE AWARDS. |