![]() ![]() ![]() After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau’s path through the Cape’s outer beaches, from the elbow to Provincetown’s fingertip. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. “I think Thoreau would have liked this book, and that’s a high recommendation.” -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature “A gorgeous reminder that walking is the most radical form of locomotion nowadays.” -Nick Offerman A New York Times Best Book of Summer, a Wall Street Journal and Town & Country Best Book of Spring ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some were finishing up prolific and interesting careers, while others were on their way to making their mark on Hollywood. The Princess Bride represents the intersection of the careers of many legendary entertainment figures and rising stars. Nearly all are new and delightful spins on old bedtime story archetypes, and it took the perfect cast to pull it off. Adapted from William Goldman's 1973 novel, the most memorable part of Rob Reiner's rollicking 1987 film, apart from its eminently quotable screenplay (let's pause here to mutter "As you wish," "Inconceivable!" or "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!") are its wonderful characters. The Princess Bride is a classic fantasy adventure tale, filled with brave heroes and loathsome villains, quests both noble and true, swooning romance, delightful set pieces, action, pirates, swordplay, death, resurrection, and Rodents of Unusual Size. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he pulls his other hand out from under his jacket, she mistakes the metallic glint of a Christian cross for that of a gun, so she kills him: the screen then cuts to black, and her backstory begins.Ī colossal alien spaceship is circling Earth, guided by extraterrestrial life referred to as "The Others". ![]() She finds a wounded man, he points a gun at her, then each of the two asks the other to put one’s own weapon down. ![]() Upon entering, she hears a voice calling for help. Ohio high-schooler Cassie Sullivan, armed with an M4 carbine, emerges from the woods to raid an abandoned gas station. It grossed $109 million worldwide against a $54 million budget, and received negative reviews from critics. The 5th Wave was released on January 22, 2016, in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 2014 to January 2015. ![]() The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, and Liev Schreiber.ĭevelopment began in March 2012, when Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy of novels, with Graham King's production company GK Films and Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures. The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner, based on Rick Yancey’s 2013 novel of the same name. ![]() ![]() Maia, the half-goblin youngest prince of the Elflands, has lived most of his life since the death of his mother in isolated exile with his abusive relative Setheris. ![]() All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend.and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne-or his life. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the naive new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. ![]() ![]() But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an 'accident,' he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir. ![]() The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. ![]() ![]() Her acceptance and attraction for Ozma shows how we can find ourselves in untraditional places. “No, not at all,” Dorothy replies, “I think because I’ve spent time in Oz, things that may seem strange to some people don’t seem strange to me.” Dorothy’s journey is a discovery of self as much as it is a discovery of her own sexuality. Another way gender is so fluidly dealt with is with the character of Ozma, who describes her childhood as a boy and asks Dorothy if it confuses her. Many actors played characters with the opposite gender and there was a lot of discussion of what best served the story and how changing the gender of the actor altered the meaning of the scene. The show’s use of gender bending enhances this theme and allows for an open discourse on sexuality. ![]() She is aided by her old friends: Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion, as well as new friends such as Sawhorse, TikTok, Tiger, a feisty chicken named Billina, and, most mysterious and wonderful of all, Princess Ozma.Ī theme that stands out is being more than what you’re born as. ![]() Ozma of Oz is a trip hop rock musical that centers on Dorothy and her quest to save the royal family of Ev from the evil Nome King, based on the third book from L. Rough Reading: Ozma of Oz, written and directed by Rob Melrose ![]() ![]() Of particular interest, especially to students of the larger Left, is Jürgen Herres’s contribution, “Karl Marx and the IWMA Revisited,” which provides a much-needed, post–Cold War perspective on the leading-but not authoritarian-figure of the First International during the first wave of globalization. "The essays are well written and well documented. In our age of globalised capitalism, large labour migration, and rising nationalisms, much can be learnt from the history of the first international labour organisation.Ĭontributors are: Fabrice Bensimon, Gregory Claeys, Michel Cordillot, Nicolas Delalande, Quentin Deluermoz, Marianne Enckell, Albert Garcia Balaña, Samuel Hayat, Jürgen Herres, François Jarrige, Mathieu Léonard, Carl Levy, Detlev Mares, Krzysztof Marchlewicz, Woodford McClellan, Jeanne Moisand, Iorwerth Prothero, Jean Puissant, Jürgen Schmidt, Antje Schrupp, Horacio Tarcus, Antony Taylor, Marc Vuilleumier. Although it split up in 1872, the IWMA played a ground-breaking part in the history of working-class internationalism. ![]() ![]() ![]() It soon appeared as a threat to European powers, which vilified and prosecuted it. It took sides in major events, such as the 1871 Paris Commune. The IWMA struggled for the emancipation of labour. Founded in London in 1864, the First International gathered trade unions, associations, co-operatives, and individual workers across Europe and the Americas. “Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth” provides a fresh account of the International Working Men’s Association. ![]() ![]() Also, historical crimes are just so interesting – how did they even solve cases without DNA? So, yes, this was a listen that was perfect for my commutes this past week. I think that Making A Murderer just set something off inside me and now, it is like I want everything in the genre. I began The Murder Of The Century because I honestly cannot get enough of true crime stories. ![]() ![]() So, I bought The Murder Of The Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized A City and Sparked The Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins back in 2012 and am just now listening to it, because as you saw on my previous review, my secret shame is owning a ton of audiobooks on Audible and not ever listening to them. Wow, that is like the longest title of all time. Why Did I Listen To The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins? ![]() ![]() ![]() If she were present and had to face EMTs, could she pull off acting dazed and grieving? Could she time it right, the call to 911? That would mean an unattended death and maybe an autopsy. What would deflect suspicion? If she were gone when it happened, she could arrange an alibi. And if potassium changed the color of insulin, he'd notice. Could she sneak it into his syringe? Could she set it up so he would give it to himself while she was away? But the syringe would have a chemical residue. No one would notice the injection site because he took daily insulin shots. It mimicked heart attacks, and he'd already had two. ![]() Potassium Chloride was virtually undetectable. Then retirement brought his domineering ways home and the man who was a big fish in a very big pond now thrashed around in her little puddle, making life miserable with his endless demands. Could she do it? Years with this man were endurable while he was pursuing his ambitions, working long hours and out of town for days at a time. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. All of the characters, places and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.Īll rights reserved. To the two and four-footed friends who share my mornings. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Where Poppies Blow continues Lewis-Stempel’s domination of the four-year-old award, which he won in 2015 with Meadowland, before appearing on the 2017 shortlist twice, with Where Poppies Grow and The Running Hare. Lewis-Stempel also looks at how soldiers in the trenches were in direct contact with the natural world, and used nature to take solace when faced with the horrors of war. Where Poppies Blow explores this theory by way of figures such as Edward Thomas, author of the great poem of English rural life Adlestrop, who was killed in action in April 1917 and considers Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, the “musical embodiment of pastoralism and patriotism”. ![]() Lewis-Stempel argues that one of the major reasons why men volunteered to fight in 1914 was their desire to “preserve inviolate … rural Britain’s ‘fair sights and sounds and perfumed airs’ – and that “for the generation of 1914-18, love of country meant, as often as not, love of countryside”. ![]() |