![]() ![]() ![]() In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. He is a " street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. He is the magazine's longest-running character. He first appeared in the second issue of 2000 AD (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. ![]() Bionic eyes grant 20/20 night vision and reduced blinking rate. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As Tookie tries to appease Flora, she and her bookstore colleagues-a teacher, an historian, and an artist-confront historic ghosts from the violent seizing of the land by white settlers as the fear and sorrow of the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, and the city ignites in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer. ![]() A magnetizing narrator, Tookie seems tough and ornery, but she is actually quite “porous” emotionally and suffused with love for her tribal leader husband, Pollux, in spite of their complicated past. The story of Tookie’s body-snatching caper and subsequent horrifically long sentence is hilariously ludicrous and heartbreaking the tale of how reading saved her life in prison is deeply affirming. ![]() Tookie is supremely dedicated to her work, forever amazed, given her prison record, to have been hired by store owner Louise. The unhappy spirit is that of a former customer, Flora, who irritated the Native staff members, especially Tookie, with her dubious claims of an Indigenous heritage. The haunting occurs at Erdrich’s actual Minneapolis bookstore, Birchbark Books. ![]() The many-hued, finely patterned weave of Erdrich’s funny, evocative, painful, and redemptive ghost story includes strands of autobiography and even cameo appearances. ![]() ![]() Still, he is a man driven by loyalty, and she is a woman with secrets that could jeopardize Bruce’s chance to reclaim his throne. Yet Erik will sweep away Ellie’s resistance with a desire that resonates deep within her heart. Her captor may look every inch a rugged warrior, but Ellie vows that it will take more than a wickedly suggestive caress to impress her. Worse, this irresistible woman is determined to prove herself immune to Erik’s charms-a challenge he cannot resist. Ellie’s ordinary appearance belies the truth: She is in fact Lady Elyne de Burgh, the spirited daughter of the most powerful noble in Ireland. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. When Bruce is forced to flee, his bid for freedom rests on the shoulders of one extraordinary warrior.Įrik MacSorley is a brilliant seafarer who has never encountered a wind he could not harness or a woman he could not win-until he drags a wet, half-naked “nursemaid” out of the waters off the Irish coast. The Hawk: A Highland Guard Novel is written by Monica McCarty and published by Ballantine. Handpicked by Robert the Bruce to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule, the elite. ![]() Handpicked by Robert the Bruce to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule, the elite warriors of the Highland Guard face their darkest days. THE LEGEND OF THE HIGHLAND GUARD CONTINUES. ![]() The Hawk (Highland Guard #2) by Monica McCarty – Free eBooks Download ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a miracle that I managed to find enough voice to say that much.Īnd there was so much more that had to be said. Our gazes smashed together, and my legs nearly fell out from under me. ![]() The world that had buzzed below, the beautiful scene, the excitement that had unfurled through my body-all of it evaporated and all that existed in its place was a pale, hollow shell of myself and the man in the perfectly tailored suit behind me. Still smiling, I glanced up and caught his reflection in the window. ![]() “It’s incredible, isn’t it?” a male voice came from behind me. I’d always known that connections made the difference in a career, and here I was. It wasn’t the way I thought it would be, but in the end, it still came out of my time at Harvard. Giddiness surged through me, starting like a pinprick at my center and moving out through my veins in all directions until even my fingers and toes felt warm. The Town Center was high enough that it had an unblocked view of downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, and beyond. After she was gone, I walked over to the windows and drank in the scene. ![]() ![]() ![]() Among the creeps with possible motives are Patrick Townsend, a retired cop whose wife died years earlier at the Drowning Pool Patrick’s son, Sean, who has inherited his old man’s profession and perhaps predilections and Mark Henderson, a handsome high-school teacher who takes Lolita a little too literally. Like Girl on the Train, this is a story disturbingly rife with misogyny and violence against women. Left behind is Nel’s hostile 15-year-old daughter, Lena, whose best friend, Katie Whittaker, committed suicide at the same place just weeks earlier. Did Nel, a photographer and writer who was investigating the Drowning Pool’s many female victims (including 17th-century “witches”), jump or slip from the cliff above? Was she pushed? ![]() The novel begins with Jules (Julia) Abbott being summoned back to Beckford after her estranged sister, Nel, is found dead in the “Drowning Pool,” as the infamous bend in the town’s river is called. There’s a primeval sense of threat, of evil and deception running through the pages so that every character feels like an unreliable narrator and truth is difficult to grasp. Reading it is akin to being in an eddying whirlpool where you hardly know which way is up. ![]() The various plot currents eventually converge, and when they do Into the Water takes off with a rush. Into the Water is an absolute maelstrom of a book. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story was later adapted into a film of the same name by Canadian director David Cronenberg. In 1973 the highly controversial novel Crash was published, a story about symphorophilia and car crash fetishism the protagonist becomes sexually aroused by staging and participating in real car crashes. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ballard focused on an eclectic variety of short stories (or "condensed novels") such as The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which drew closer comparison with the work of postmodernist writers such as William S. Ballard came to be associated with the New Wave of science fiction early in his career with apocalyptic (or post-apocalyptic) novels such as The Drowned World (1962), The Burning World (1964), and The Crystal World (1966). G." Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Honestly if I ever cast him in something I’d beg him to use the full thing in the credits just cause I think it’d be funny to have the whole screen taken up by his name.Īnyway, hooray for action packed… I’d say Senate hearings, but this is classified and there’s only one senator there. Alexander Siddig? His full name is Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi. Hell, if I was just some first grader with the last name “Bottom” I’d want to fucking change it too. ![]() Okay, I definitely don’t blame her for that one. ![]() ![]() Half the actors whose names you think you know changed them when they started getting real roles. You know, rappers get the occasional bit of grief for using pseudonyms, but you know who else uses made up names? Actors. Like one of “those rap people.” BTW, that senator isn’t supposed to be anyone specific, just representative of one of those typical mummies that have been sitting in their seat for about two decades longer than their ability to comprehend the modern world allows for. Honestly, naming a baby Deus Superion is only slightly weirder than naming yourself Deus Superion. Maxima: YOU do NOT get to cast aspersions on Dabbler. ![]() ![]() ![]() What I don’t expect is for a movie to completely lose the spirit of the novel. Yes, it is rare for a film to be “as good as the book.” I completely understand that and expect deviations. The novel is incredible and the story perfect for the big screen. I was really ( really ) looking forward to watching this film. Unfortunately, it is also an equally forgettable film. Yes, The Light Between Oceans is a poignant film that will tug at your heartstrings. This review was difficult for me to write. The Light Between Oceans also stars Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown, and Jack Thompson. Whatever their decision, their lives, their daughters, and that of the biological mother will forever change. Tom and Isabel must decide the fate of their family. However, it’s not long before Tom and Isabel meet the baby’s biological mother. Isabel persuades Tom not to report their discovery and the two raise the child as their own. Shortly after losing their second child, a small rowboat washes up on the shore of the lighthouse. ![]() Related Post | 15 of the Best Jane Eyre Movies and Adaptations, Ranked During their early years of marriage, however, Isabel is unable to carry a child to term. Seeking isolation after the horrors of war, he unexpectedly finds love with a local girl, Isabel Greysmark (Vikander). World War I veteran, Tom Sherbourne (Fassbender), becomes the lighthouse keeper on a remote island off the coast of Australia. Based on the novel of the same name, The Light Between Ocean s is a romantic period drama starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. ![]() ![]() Melissa was recently chosen as a 2014 Best 50 Women in Business Honoree in New Jersey and in 2013, the Jazz Journalists Association presented her with a Jazz Hero Award, given each year to “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz who have had significant impact in their local communities.” The previous year, she and McBride received the African American Classical Music Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the Spelman College National Alumnae Association. In 2002, Melissa’s passion for performing and working with young people led her to found JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, and she has proved to be a visionary leader whose work has been recognized nationally. In addition to recording five solo albums and appearing as a guest artist on numerous CDs, she is the featured vocalist on bass virtuoso and band leader Christian McBride’s 2012 GRAMMY-winning album The Good Feeling. ![]() ![]() James Moody Jazz Scholarship for New JerseyĪn acclaimed jazz vocalist and recording artist, Melissa has performed internationally for close to 20 years.2022 MCDONALD’S OF PATERSON SCHOLARSHIP.STEINWAY & SONS + CONN-SELMER JAZZ EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS. ![]() ![]() ![]() As someone who is a complete outsider, it’s fascinating. In each case, Lahiri’s portraits sketch out different possibilities for life within these interconnected but different subcultures. Some are immigrants to the States, others were born there and are learning about or ignorant of their heritage. Some of the main characters are poor, marginalized, or reviled. Beyond these general similarities, there is a great deal of variety. ![]() That, and although I did enjoy these stories, and I think a short story collection was actually the right choice to read at this time, maybe these particular stories weren’t quite what I wanted.Īs with most of Lahiri’s work, these stories are very focused looks at the lives of people living in India or members of the Indian diaspora in the US. ![]() So if I seem underwhelmed by these compared to the praise I’ve sung of her work in the past, it’s probably because her talents have only grown since she wrote these. I have long enjoyed Jhumpa Lahiri’s fiction, and here I am reading her first collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. Sometimes we end up reading an author backwards, like Merlins travelling through literary space-time, always encountering younger, less experienced versions of the writer. ![]() |