![]() ![]() Update April 15th, 2020 by Mariana Fernandes: The spectacular genius of Agatha Christie is still well alive today. ![]() For people who just couldn't get enough of this film, here are 10 flicks that are definite must-sees, including some oldies and some brand new ones. This drama is cunning and tricky, but still has moments of humor and quirks. This movie is visually stunning, full of twists and turns, and has all the mystery any crime lover would find mesmerizing. RELATED: Murder On The Orient Express: All The Versions & Their Differences This crime drama thriller takes viewers on a train ride where there is one murderer, and everyone is a suspect. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, this star-studded cast includes Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley, and Michelle Pfeiffer. This "whodunit" reboot flick hit the big screen in 2017. ![]()
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![]() In 2007, John and his brother Hank were the hosts of a popular internet blog, " Brotherhood 2.0," where they discussed their lives, books and current events every day for a year except for weekends and holidays. The film rights for all his books, with the exception of Will Grayson Will Grayson, have been optioned to major Hollywood Studios. Green has also coauthored a book with David Levithan called Will Grayson, Will Grayson, published in 2010. The book also topped the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for several weeks. ![]() The praise included rave reviews in Time Magazine and The New York Times, on NPR, and from award-winning author Markus Zusak. In January 2012, his most recent novel, The Fault in Our Stars, was met with wide critical acclaim, unprecedented in Green's career. His next novel, Paper Towns, is a New York Times bestseller and won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best YA Mystery. Printz Award Honor Book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. ![]() His second novel, An Abundance of Katherines, was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Award presented by the American Library Association. John Green's first novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() ![]() At age ten, my first ‘novel’ was about an ant that meets other insects, good and bad, during her journeys. The fascinating variety, and often brutal interactions, of insects provided drama that distracted me from my own harsh world. I discovered how to be still and gentle with animals from teaching squirrels and baby cottontails to feed from my hand. Whole new worlds could be explored by the simple act of turning over a rock. The yard was an important escape for me when situations in my house became unbearable. The snow storm of fluffy seeds that came from our three cottonwood trees every summer was magical. We had untamed thickets of concord grapes and raspberries, currant bushes, an old tangled apple tree, and overgrown lilacs, peonies, and irises. But my yard had more wildlife than most because my mother had planted it with fruits and flowers that grew ever wilder as her mental illness subdued her interest in gardening. I was raised in a Chicago neighbourhood where ‘nature’ was small yards with mowed lawns, a few trees, and trimmed shrubs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DEADPOOL #1-5, SHURI #1-10, KILLMONGER #1-5, BLACK PANTHER AND THE AGENTS OF WAKANDA #1-8, KING IN BLACK: BLACK PANTHER and THE LAST ANNIHILATION: WAKANDA - plus material from VENOMVERSE: WAR STORIES, MARVEL COMICS (2019) #1000, MARVELS VOICES #1, MARVELS VOICES: LEGACY and BLACK PANTHER (2018) #23-25. Ross to defend his kingdom in this epic leveled reader based on the upcoming film Marvels Black Panther. Book Synopsis The wondrous nation of Wakanda is full of stories - whether they star the Black Panther, his staunchest allies or his fiercest foes! Relive the rise of TChalla through tragedy and triumph! Join his sister, Shuri, as she balances her spiritual side with her technological genius! Discover how the boy named NJadaka became the deadly Erik Killmonger! See the Black Panther battle Deadpool, assemble the mighty Agents of Wakanda and tackle a Harlem murder mystery along with his Crew - Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold! Plus: action-packed tales featuring the Dora Milaje, the Midnight Angels and more from the world of Wakanda! Collecting RISE OF THE BLACK PANTHER #1-6, BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA #1-6, BLACK PANTHER and THE CREW #1-6, BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING #1-6, BLACK PANTHER ANNUAL (2018) #1, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: WAKANDA FOREVER, X-MEN: WAKANDA FOREVER, AVENGERS: WAKANDA FOREVER, BLACK PANTHER VS. TChalla, as the Black Panther and warrior King of Wakanda, must team up with elite members of the Dora Milaje&151 Wakandas special forces&151 and C.I.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Neil Gaiman, Iain Sinclair, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs. In this revised edition, Ballard has added extensive annotation that help to unlock many of the mysteries of one of the most prophetic, enigmatic and original works of the late twentieth century. ![]() Finally, through the black, perverse magic of violence he transcends his psychic turmoil to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality. Seeking his sanity, he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber pilot, presidential assassin, crash victim, psychopath. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. It follows a group of car-crash fetishists who become sexually aroused by staging and participating in car accidents, inspired by the famous crashes of celebrities. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Ballard, first published in 1973 with cover designed by Bill Botten. The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. ![]() Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, nine decades later, Cicely Mary Barker's originality and skill as an artist continues to charm and delight around the world. ![]() When Cicely Mary Barker created the first Flower Fairies book in 1923, the unassuming artist could have had little idea of the immense popularity her fairies would enjoy. This beautiful little book is the third of the original Flower Fairy books to be re-imagined with fashion-inspired covers: A Flower Fairy Alphabet and Flower Fairies of the Winter are already available and the series will continue with Flower Fairies of the Summer and Flower Fairies of the Autumn. This gorgeous gift edition is a wonderful celebration of the beauty of spring. Each page features Cicely Mary Barker's iconic and beautifully painted fairies, representing the delicate flowers of the spring. Relive the beauty and the magic of Cicely Mary Barker's famous Flower Fairies, with a special new edition of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Spring.Ī perfect gift for fairy fans young and old, this brand new edition of Flower Fairies of the Spring features a stunning cover with an unusual and intricate cut-out design that gives the illusion of delicate lace. ![]() This title includes stories such as: The White Bind-Weed Fairy, The Jack-Go-To-Bed-at-Noon Fairy and The Red Clover Fairy. A beautiful new gift edition of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies of the Spring. Flower Fairies of the Wayside Cicely Mary Barker 4.35 222 ratings20 reviews Celebrates and introduces children to the flowers and plants that grow along country roads and paths by making them magical. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed success during his life. An artistic enmity : Gérôme and Moreau / Peter Cooke.Gérôme and ethnographic realism at the Salon of 1857 / Peter Benson Miller.The damaged mirror : Gérôme's narrative technique and the fractures of French history / Claudine Mitchell.Crime, time, and the death of Caesar / Nina Lübbren.The Salon of 1859 and Caesar : the limits of painting / Gulru Çakmak.Gérôme's cinematic imagination / Marc Gotlieb. ![]() Blood spectacle : Gérôme in the arena / Emily Beeny.Monographic impressions / Emerson Bowyer.Groping the antique : Michelangelo and the erotics of tradition / Allan Doyle.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, the influence of William Faulkner – a far closer point of comparison to his work than most of his Latin American contemporaries – on Rulfo is a source of ongoing debate. Rulfo often presented himself as an “elemental” autodidact, which was very much in keeping with the uneducated rural characters who he mostly wrote about, and was deliberately vague and obfuscatory regarding the exact details of his life and literary touchstones. Similarly, he was lacking in the formal education and intellectual background of most of his literary peers but read voraciously and widely, gaining deep, albeit self-taught, knowledge of literature and history from around the world. ![]() He was relatively privileged, hailing from a family of wealthy landowners and able to rely on them for financial support for much of his life, but also the victim of great misfortune and suffering, losing his parents and other family members in the brutal aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. The reality of Rulfo’s life and work was, of course, more complicated than the myth created around him, and in some ways created by the man himself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both of her parents encouraged her to pursue creative pursuits and she does not remember being told that she needed a backup plan since writing was not a practical career. ![]() Hawker knew that she was destined to be an author right from the time she was a child. Olivia also writes some of her novels as Libbie Hawker. She currently makes her home in Washington State where she lives on a micro-farm that adheres to sustainable permaculture farming techniques. Much of the material from her novels is inspired by true stories from her family tree. Since she has always been interested in genealogy, this is also a theme that informs her novels. Through vivid prose and unlikely characters, Hawker provides an extensive exploration of the different landscapes that inform the human spirit. Hawker wrote “The Ragged Edge of Night,” her debut novel in 2018. Her father is a Mormon and she grew up a Mormon which is another theme that often pops up in her writing even though she no longer practices the religion. After her parent’s divorce, she spent much of her childhood living with her mother in Seattle and the summer in the vastness of Idaho with her father.Īs a result of her upbringing, she still has fond memories of the Rocky Mountain region and will often write novels in that setting. Olivia Hawker is a historical fiction author from the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest even though she was brought up partly in eastern Idaho and in Seattle. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's hard for Blay to see the new couple together, but building your life around a pipe dream is just a heartbreak waiting to happen. And it's about time: it seems Qhuinn has found his perfect match in a Chosen female, and they are going to have a young. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another.īlay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Ward brings together two of the most beloved people in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world-at last. The hottest collection of studs in romance- (New York Times bestseller Angela Knight) returns as #1 New York Times bestselling author J. ![]() |