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1966 play by tom stoppard5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Stoppard's father remained behind and was later killed. Later, when the Japanese invaded Singapore, the family was again forced to flee. ![]() Born Thomas Straussler on Jin Zlin, Czechoslovakia, Stoppard and his family escaped to Singapore in 1939 after the Nazis invaded and began harassing Czech Jews. The Real Thing won Stoppard his second Tony in 1984, a play about a literary man whose love is unfaithful to him and how he copes with his disillusionment. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were spoken of, but never seen in Hamlet and Stoppard used the characters to explain the dramatic final hour of their lives. Using material for his plays through the works of other writers, Stoppard created the title characters for the play from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. and the Tony and New York Drama Critics Circle awards when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was produced in New York in 1968. He received the John Whiting Award in the U.K. Well known by international audiences for his two stage successes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) and The Real Thing (1982), Tom Stoppard is one of England's most important playwrights. ![]()
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This is what happy looks like book5/22/2023 ![]() Graham’s a bit new to the superstar gig and is hungry for real connection, and for once, he’s found someone to talk to who isn’t wowed by the Hollywood glamor. Little does Ellie know that Graham is actually Graham Larkin, movie star and teen heart-throb (I picture the teen-aged Zac Efron), sighed over by millions of teen girls around the world. What follows next is a charming email exchange that starts light and flirty and ends up as a soul-baring correspondence, in which these two share everything except their full identities. When Ellie gets a random email from a stranger asking her to walk Wilbur, the dog-lover in her just has to respond and let the sender know there’s been a mistake. ![]() ![]() In this sweet, romantic young adult novel, Ellie and Graham meet by accident (or rather, by e-accident). Talk about the perfect summer book! I dare you to read This Is What Happy Looks Like without dreaming about beaches, fireworks, ice cream cones, and a salty sea breeze or two. Book Review: This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. ![]()
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Unraveling brandon leake5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But rather than surrendering, he went back to the drawing board, perfected his art, and tried again three years later. When he originally auditioned for season 12 in 2017, Brandon didn’t make it to the ‘AGT’ stage. Simultaneously, Brandon worked as a high school teacher, an academic advisor at San Joaquin Delta College, a poetry workshop leader, and a keynote speaker. Eventually, carrying his art forward, he launched his debut album, ‘In My Thoughts,’ in 2016. It is an artist group at his college, Simpson University, which promotes and inspires other artists to showcase their talent to the rest of the world. Before all the fame, Brandon began his career as a poet in 2012, when he founded Called to Move (CTM). It began with him rising from the ghettos of Stockton to ultimately traveling the country as a spoken word poet. If you’re someone who is hooked up to this artist’s journey and wants to know more about his latest whereabouts, we’ve got you covered!īrandon Leake’s America’s Got Talent Journeyīrandon Leake became the first spoken word poet to appear on ‘AGT’ and emerge as the winner. ![]() And today, he is an award-winning spoken word poet, creative educator, and motivational speaker who ultimately became the season 15 winner of ‘AGT’. ![]() He grew up in Stockton, California, in a single-parent family. Brandon grabbed the attention of viewers and judges alike with his exceptional talent in spoken word poetry and amazing narrative abilities. ![]()
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How long til black future month stories5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() After reading the short stories that precede or exist within the worlds of these series, I know that I have to get my hands on them as soon as possible ( The Narcomancer precedes the Dreamblood series, and Stone Hunger is set in the same world as the Broken Earth series). I haven’t read The City We Became yet either, although The City Born Great was a tantalising hint at the magic system, so I intend to read the Great Cities series as well, but I might start with the completed series first, because I know how engrossed I get in NK Jemisin’s work, and I don’t want to have to wait). I read The Inheritance Trilogy and loved it so much that I was scared to pick up any series that wasn’t complete, got distracted and have somehow managed to miss both the Dreamblood and Broken Earth series. ![]() ![]() This anthology reminded me how much of NK Jemisin’s work I have to catch up on. ![]()
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The Blue Roan Child by Jamieson Findlay5/22/2023 ![]() Penguin – Language: PG-13, Sexual Content: G, Violence: G – Lin inherits her grandmother’s gift of seeing. Unfortunately, inappropriate situations, large amounts of swearing and liberal us of “f”, make this book inappropriate for schools. Shell-shocked, he makes his way on foot towards his home, with detours along the way – confronting friendship, suspicion, violence and acceptance If you can ignore the huge flaw in the author’s logic, this is a pretty good book. Simon Schuster – Adam is the only survivor of a terrible crash. Something fishy is up… what is going on? EL – OPTIONAL Student Reviewer: SLĮaston, Kelly Afterschock, 165 p. While looking for an interesting subject, she gets tangled up with a mystery at the zoo. Language G, Violence – none Kit is a reporter looking for news for a kids column. ![]() Earnst, Kathleen, Danger at the Zoo, 171 p. ![]()
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![]() Black has enjoyed a lucrative run in family-oriented movies, from his 2003 breakout “School of Rock” to last year’s smash “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” His co-star, Cate Blanchett (as a bespectacled neighbor), also has experience in the genre, having played the evil stepmother in Disney’s 2015 live-action remake of “Cinderella. His uncle reassures him, “As long as it’s fed.” The director Eli Roth made his name with adults-only horror films like “Hostel,” but he’s setting out to scare a younger audience with “The House With a Clock in its Walls,” which has just released its first trailer.Īdapted by Eric Kripke (TV’s “ Supernatural”) from the young-adult novel by John Bellairs, the story follows an orphan, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), who moves into the spooky titular abode with his uncle (Jack Black).Īs if the unseen ticking timepiece weren’t creepy enough, the home also features such haunted-house standbys as suits of armor, jack-o’-lanterns and a tentacled monster that pops out of a closet. The House with a Clock in Its Walls Paperback Illustrated, 3 August 2004 by John Bellairs (Author), Edward Gorey (Illustrator) 4. ![]()
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An echo in the bone paperback5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two centuries, the unfolding drama of Brianna’s parents’ story comes to life through Claire’s letters. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though-not if she has anything to say about it. Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son-a young lieutenant in the British army-across the barrel of a gun.Ĭlaire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. adventure, history, romance, fantasy.”- The Arizona Republic ![]() ![]() “All you’ve come to expect from Gabaldon. The seventh book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. ![]()
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Slim defeat into victory5/21/2023 ![]() In a review in Military Affairs, Frank Trager describes it as "extraordinary" and making "a most valuable contribution to our understanding", and thought it instructive in the light of contemporary American involvement in Vietnam. The 1961 edition condensed the content of the original publication into one book, but followed the same structure.ĭefeat into Victory received positive reviews on its publications, being praised for its insight and the quality of writing. This structure, examining the Allied victory in terms of the resurrection of the British and Indian Armies' fighting prowess, has proved influential in the historiography of the Burma campaign. ![]() In the original 1956 edition, Slim divided his work chronologically into six "books" entitled: Defeat into Victory is widely regarded as a classic memoir of high command. ![]() Slim was the commander of the British 14th Army, which, in concert with American and Chinese forces, defeated the Imperial Japanese Army during the Burma Campaign. ![]() ![]() It was published in the United States as Defeat into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942–1945 by David McKay of New York in 1961. Defeat into Victory is an account of the retaking of Burma by Allied forces during the Second World War by the British Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and published in the UK by Cassell in 1956. ![]()
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Keeper of the lost cities exile5/21/2023 ![]() The same mystery and intrigue laces every page. The plot of Exile is less intense than Keeper, but it is no less interesting. Sophie is, once, again, called upon to uncover hidden memories and save someone close to her. She even uses her telepathic powers to find a female alicorn-the rarest animal in the world.īut her kidnappers are still at large, and the Black Swan continue to leave cryptic messages. After a year of living in the world of the elves, surrounded by her friends, everything is starting to feel normal. ![]() Plotįinally settled into her home at Havenfield, Sophie-now thirteen-thought she was safe. ![]() It takes some time off the high-intensity finale of book one and spends time with the characters. ![]() The second book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series doesn’t disappoint. ![]()
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Terry pratchett guards guards series5/21/2023 ![]() Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King. Long believed extinct, a superb specimenof draco nobilis ("noble dragon") has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Magic, mayhem, and a marauding dragon.who could ask for anything more? How did it get there? How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved? Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order - and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power? Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all.). Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series. ![]() About the Book Originally published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1989. ![]() |