5/12/2023 0 Comments The rum diary hunter thompson![]() ![]() There are several secondary characters who do their best to be a bit insane, including Giovanni Ribisi as a drugged out waif of a reporter, something like what Thompson himself might have become later in life. ![]() You can in a way watch this for those surfaces, if you don't need too much more. ![]() It pushes the clichés too hard, and it's generally agreed (even by Thompson) that the material is weak and "rambling." The movie doesn't rearrange it enough to make it work. The depth you might expect and want here is slim, however, even though all the pieces are in play for a great drama-a charming troubled writer in a land filled with prejudice and violence and great natural beauty. There is a true surface here that's pretty amazing-the cars, the low down rot of the apartments, the racism between the rich white Americans and the indigenous Puerto Ricans. Johnny Depp stars and runs the show in his usual strong if uninspired way as a new, hard-drinking reporter with a failing English language newspaper in Puerto Rico. In a way this is a more cogent movie than say "Fear and Loathing " but it's also a bit prosaic beneath the wilder stuff that peppers the surface. Rum Diary (2011) If you're looking for the craziness of later Hunter S. ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Huxley novel![]() He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addressing these subjects in his works such as The Perennial Philosophy, which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism, and The Doors of Perception, which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. ![]() ![]() By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. ![]() His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.īorn into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Aldous Leonard Huxley ( / ˈ ɔː l d ə s/ AWL-dəs 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The nameless city book 2![]() ![]() (And in the interest of full discretion, I don’t know whether this comparison would have come to me on my own, because it first occurred to me after I read a blurb the co-creator of Avatar wrote for it.) The most important thing I have to say about this book, and essentially the only thing, is that reminds me of Avatar: The Last Airbender. 3) This entire volume gently touches on the words we use for each other and for ourselves, and I think it offers kids a hard-to-teach lesson in a way they can effortlessly digest. 2) There's a monkish tower centering both the city and the book, and as a sucker for hermit-mythology-magic-people-hiding-in-trees-towers-cars-whatnot-tropes, I'm keen to learn more about it as well (luckily for me, I think, as the second one is called The Stone Tower). There were three things that struck me the most: 1) I read this with Thing 1, who is 11, and both she and I were very pleased with the parkour-visuals of Kaidu learning to run over rooftops. ![]() By staying the course on Kaidu's budding friendship with a girl from another part of the city, Hicks keeps the story cohesive and suitably intimate. ![]() Hicks takes her time setting up multiple characters and drawing the world (literally), showing us how many alleyways she could have turned down but didn't, hinting at the stories she might have told but hasn't yet. This middle-grade graphic novel is a series beginning in all the satisfying ways and none of the frustrating ones. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The couple next door novel![]() Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. The suspense was beautifully rendered and unrelenting!” -Sue GraftonĪ domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors-a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives.Īnne and Marco Conti seem to have it all-a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. “I read this novel at one sitting, absolutely riveted by the storyline. “The twists come as fast you can turn the pages.” - People ![]() ![]() ![]() Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Not a Happy Family ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Warbreaker novel![]() It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris Susebron the God King Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.īy using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. ![]() ![]() Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. ![]() After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own. ![]() ![]() In Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Timothy Ferris uses his unique blend of rigorous research and captivating narrative skill to draw us into the lives and minds of these extraordinary figures, creating a landmark work of scientific history. They have included some of the most charismatic, courageous, and idiosyncratic thinkers of all time. Coming of Age in the Milky Way (1988) by Timothy Ferris is a detailed history of scientific and astronomical knowledge that analyses the great minds behind the discoveries. COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY by Timothy Ferris RELEASE DATE: JThe title can be taken in two ways-first, as the long view of a historian of science who surveys how the human perspective of the size and age of the universe has expanded over time. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and religious preconceptions. It tells the story of mans attempts to understand the universe. ![]() From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. Ferris, Timothy 15.00 A history of scientific discovery from Aristotle to the Big Bang. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The plumed bonnet![]() ![]() ![]() OL17405270W Page_number_confidence 95.74 Pages 518 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200923114410 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1297 Scandate 20200919075830 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780440245438 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:02:15 Boxid IA1940911 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() ![]() I also appreciate Bruno’s chapter because I don’t remember us being in his head like this before and it showed us what he’s up to now that he’s very far away from Jersey City. ![]() I’m glad that something good came out of it, and this story really does contain beautiful themes, even if it’s not the best volume as of yet. Marvel dealt with the issue almost made me want to roll my eyes. I mean… is that really necessary? I feel like this has been done before because nothing surprised me and the way Ms. Then, the rest is about a virus spreading around Jersey City, controlling the bodies of humans and blackmailing Ms. Marvel gives a speech about people having no excuse about not going to vote, and it gives us an idea of who these writers supported in the past elections. Plus: it’s election time! Kamala gets out the vote! It’s time for Kamala to find out exactly who she is when she is on her own. ![]() Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Action, Superheroes, LGBT, PoliticsĬivil War II is behind her, and a brand new chapter for Kamala Khan is about to begin! But it’s lonely out there for a super hero when her loved ones no longer have her back. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Dead beat by val mcdermid![]() ![]() But the glitzy world of showbusiness has a darker side. Manchester PI Kate Brannigan finds herself with no choice but to take the only case on offer: bodyguarding a paranoid soap star. It was supposed to be a nice simple case, but the search soon leads Kate into the dark underworld of Leeds, Manchester and Bradford – and finally to a shocking confrontation with a killer… Meanwhile, someone is leaving a trail of bodies across the Northwest.Īs a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moria Pollock. ![]() When a Monet is stolen from a stately home, Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan goes head to head with organized crime as she hunts the thieves through Europe. ![]() ![]() But now he’s behind bars and she’s been left caring for his eight-year-old son. Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan thought it would be safe to let her boyfriend help out with her investigation. At first it looks like a discrepancy with the paperwork, but the deeper Kate digs, the murkier the case becomes. PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a series of strange financial scams across Manchester. Kate can’t even cry on her best friend’s shoulder, for Alexis has worries of her own. Her boyfriend’s death notice is in the paper and her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Clive barker weaveworld review![]() This award is presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities". In 2003, Clive Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. Barker's second long-term relationship, with photographer David Armstrong, ended in 2009. ![]() It was in Liverpool in 1975 that he met his first partner, John Gregson, with whom he lived until 1986. Educated at Dovedale Primary School and Quarry Bank High School, he studied English and Philosophy at Liverpool University and his picture now hangs in the entrance hallway to the Philosophy Department. ![]() Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Joan Rubie (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. ![]() |