![]() ![]() I'm digging Álvaro Martínez Bueno's cover for the book, and the premise - a group of old friends get together for the holiday of a lifetime, find themselves in a lot of trouble - is right up my street.Īt the other end of the spectrum, I really enjoyed the brash goofiness of Peacemaker Tries Hard! #1 earlier this month and it's gonna be interesting to see where Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh take the series over the next few issues.įinally, a big shout out to DC for the inspired cover to G'nort's Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Speaking of horror, I didn't read James Tynion IV's The Nice House on the Lake on its release a couple of years back, so the collected edition is high on my list this month. I'm also pleased to see The Joker miniseries get another witty cover and the tease that it contains "the most disturbing reveal of the year," is a sure-fire way to have me eagerly looking out for that issue. ![]() Knight Terrors continues to dominate DC's August solicitations, and I'm excited to see where this thing goes as it reaches the start of its grand finale with Knight Terrors: Night's End #1. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Piper kerman![]() ![]() ![]() Her clients include the Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and many nonprofits. She works on a range of issues including criminal justice reform. Piper works with Spitfire Strategies as a communications consultant with nonprofits, philanthropies, and other organizations working in the public interest. She serves on the board of the Women’s Prison Association. She is a frequent invited speaker to students of law, criminology, gender and women’s studies, sociology, and creative writing, and also to groups that include the American Correctional Association’s Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force, federal probation officers, public defenders, justice reform advocates and volunteers, book clubs, and formerly and currently incarcerated people. Piper Kerman, aka "The Real Piper", is the author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison from Spiegel & Grau, which has been adapted into an original television series for Netflix. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Sovereign Ladies by Maureen Waller![]() Each faced personal sacrifices and emotional dilemmas in her pursuit of political power. Elizabeth I and Victoria each gave their name to an age, presiding over long periods when the country made significant progress in the growth of empire, prestige and power. Without Mary II and Anne, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 might not have taken place. ![]() With the exception of Mary I, they are among our most successful monarchs. In the last millennium there have been only six female sovereigns: Mary I and Elizabeth I, Mary II and Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II, who celebrated her eightieth birthday in 2006. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Ben wallace ben hur![]() Thirty years later, Judah ben Hur accidentally looses a tile upon the head of the Roman governor and is sentenced to the galleys for life. In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Fedelem Elizabeth Travers David Purdy Maggie Travers Lydia Kristin Gjerløw Beth Thomas Vanessa Cooley Leanne Yau Joseph Tabler Christine Lehman Larry Wilson Twinkle Ricky of Kokiri Kathrine Engan Tom Penn MaryAnn Eddy Sherman Mike Harris toadoftoadhall Mike Justice Chris Pyle Charlotte Duckett Bandersnatch-22 Read in English by Adele de Pignerolles ToddHW Mark Chulsky Donald Gilmore Esther ben Simonides Rupert Holliday David Olson Rachel Andrew Travers Rquade Matthew Travers Jason J. ![]() ![]() LibriVox recording of Ben Hur (Dramatic Reading) by Lew Wallace. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Robert Kennedy by Evan Thomas![]() ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Thomass unvarnished but sympathetic and fair-minded portrayal is packed with new details about Kennedys early life and his behind-the-scenes machinations, including new revelations about the 19 presidential campaigns, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his long struggles with J. Thomas' s achievement is to portray RFK as a human being-an extraordinarily complex man who was at once kind and cruel, devious and honest, fearful and brave. Robert Kennedy has been viewed as hero and villain. An essay by Norman Mailer, as well as a retelling of the events surrounding the funeral of RFK by prizewinning Newsweek editor Evan Thomas, join the tribute. 20, 2004 - Journalist Evan Thomas says as attorney general, Robert Kennedy feared he had somehow gotten his own brother, President John F. Thomas' s unvarnished but sympathetic and fair-minded portrayal is packed with new details about Kennedy' s early life and his behind-the-scenes machinations, including new revelations about the 19 presidential campaigns, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his long struggles with J. saw suffering and tried to heal it.' And 'Bad Bobby,' the ruthless and manipulative bully of countless conspiracy theories. He was 'Good Bobby,' who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, 'saw wrong and tried to right it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was, in short, a painter with a foot in two worlds, and although Vasari places Piero’s biography firmly among the "moderns"-between Correggio and Bramante-he went out of his way to emphasize the artist’s eccentricities. He thus worked alongside Botticelli, Perugino, and Signorelli. As a youth he worked on the frescoes decorating the walls of the Sistine Chapel under the direction of his teacher Cosimo Rosselli. He was keenly aware of Leonardo’s ideas about nature, but his training provided an altogether more conservative background. He was a decade younger than Leonardo da Vinci and thirteen years older than Michelangelo. The Artist: Piero di Cosimo is one of the great eccentrics of Italian painting. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments 2 states book![]() “My dad seems to have gone completely berserk.” When Madhavi came back she looked utterly drained out. Three days later I received a telegram from him: “Congratulations to you and Madhavi.” If it took me slightly more than six seconds to decide that Madhavi was my soul mate, it took her exactly six months and six days to make up her mind to be mine.Ī day after her ‘confession’ she left for Bhubaneswar to tell her parents. But in this case it was with a purpose: to somehow impress this angel and make her mine. ![]() However, earlier my flirting had been a kind of aimless indulgence. I went about achieving Mission Madhavi with a dogged determination. At that moment I knew I wanted to marry Madhavi, ASAP. I had never seen any girl so devastatingly pretty.Īt 11.05 on 23rd October, 1986 I fell instantly, insanely in love. “Are you also a management trainee,” she asked and smiled. When I entered the room I saw a girl sitting on a sofa. This notion was shattered when I joined Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) and was asked to report to the Discussion Room of the Training Chief. I had always thought instant love was as impossible as instant nirvana. ![]() Well, let me tell you my love story which kickstarted more than two and half decades back and had all the drama, twists and turns which made 2 States so engrossing. I am sure many of you would have seen the movie 2 States and enjoyed it too. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grievng, the surviving members of the Fantastic Four dissolve the team - but from its ashes rises the Future Foundation! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Dr. But when Nathaniel Richards returns, Galactus rises and a new Annihilation Wave threatens to invade from the Negative Zone, tragedy suddenly strikes. ![]() Fantastic assembles a band of genius youngsters. Fantastic decides to solve everything! As the team contends with Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, an older Franklin arrives from the future with an ominous warning! And as the Fantastic Four fight the War of the Four Cities, Mr. 1 (Fantastic Four Omnibus) Book Information:Īnd epic saga across time, space and reality! And it all begins when Mr. Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. ![]() ![]() Reading is Harry’s thing, Harry is my thing, and so I decided to read the books that Harry has read. He recently told Rolling Stone that while reading was never really his “thing,” it is now. In the past couple years he has been spotted carrying a book of Sontag out of the gym and buying The Year of Magical Thinking at the Strand. But the only performatively literate celebrity I care about is Harry Styles. Kendall Jenner was photographed poolside reading Literally Show Me A Healthy Person Emily Ratajkowski couldn’t stop posting about Normal People Gigi Hadid - presumably mid-existential crisis - walked out of a building holding The Stranger by Camus. ![]() Celebrities are just like us, the saying goes, and in 2019 I found that to be true: Just like me, celebrities were extremely beautiful women performatively reading highbrow literature. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Luciana by Erin Teagan![]() ![]() “We’re proud to introduce fans to American Girl’s 2018 Girl of the Year, Luciana Vega-a champion of STEM and a natural-born leader who puts her whole heart into making her dreams a reality,” says Katy Dickson, president of American Girl. And her galaxy dress is all the rage along with her hologram-like “moon” boots.Īlso, did you notice that fun purple streak in her hair? She comes with both a choker and a necklace as well as a belt with a pocket. ![]() She also works with girls form around the world in her first important mission. Fortunately, she’s able to attend Space Camp where she learns all about leadership. And she will encourage girls to make their mark, no matter how many challenges they face. But she has to learn that being a good leader and team player is an important first step. ![]() ![]() She’s a confident, smart and skilled girl. Luciana is an 11-year-old with aspirations of becoming the first person on Mars. I’ve even made a fun Luciana Vega Activity Sheet below to go with her. I’m so happy to see that American Girl has embraced science and STEM with the launch of their recently sent to us Girl of the Year Luciana Vega. Apparently, my girls are seeming to follow in my footsteps. Doing experiments, trying to figure out how things work and always seeking more knowledge was just how I worked. I’ve loved science for as long as I can remember. ![]() |