![]() ![]() It’s fairly high Fantasy, yet due in part to the perspective, it often feels like grounded, down to earth stuff. Ancient, villainous wizards, flying carpets, chosen-one prophecies, and more. The world it takes place in is definitely fully into the Fantasy paradigm. ![]() Each chapter tells a different story, though an overall arc builds across the whole book. Someone mentioned that it read like a Fantasy version of the Vietnam War, and I can see where they’re coming from. Plenty of colorful characters join the tale, as the Company experiences highs and lows. What follows are various postings and assignments, as the narrator (known as Croaker) tries to stay alive and sometimes tries to be the conscience for a bunch of heartless bastards. They end up signing on with a dubious benefactor who turns out to be more than just sketchy, (s)he turns out to be downright evil. ![]() The mercenary group, the titular Black Company, has a long and storied history, but has fallen on bad times. The conceit of the book is that the narrator is a medic for a mercenary unit and also its chronicler-historian. I found a copy of Chronicles of the Black Company, which collects the first three books in the series, so here I go. It was D&D YouTuber Matt Colville (author of Priest), who talked up the books enough to finally make me give ‘em a read. I’ve mentioned before that Fantasy isn’t my genre, so it’s no surprise I never read this. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning his American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Isso sem falar no próprio Armagedom.Ī mente extraordinária da lenda viva dos quadrinhos Grant Morrison se une a grandes desenhistas de nossa era, como Frank Quitely, Philip Tan, Cameron Stewart, Andy Clark, Frazer Irving e Chris Burnham para remodelar um ícone da cultura popular mundial! ![]() Lado a lado, essa estranha dupla precisa deter uma maré de novos vilões (dos quais a brutalidade e a selvageria são maiores do que qualquer coisa já vista em Gotham!), lidar com suas próprias diferenças e enfrentar antigos e ameaçadores rostos da loucura na cidade. Sendo assim… há uma nova Dupla Dinâmica em Gotham City!ĭick Grayson, o primeiro Menino-Prodígio, assumiu o uniforme de seu antigo parceiro, e Damian Wayne, o jovem filho de Bruce Wayne criado pela Liga dos Assassinos, se tornou um novo e mortal Robin – pronto para combater o crime da forma que for necessária. Tim Drake deixou seu manto de Robin de lado para rodar o mundo à procura de um sinal de que seu mentor pode ser trazido de volta à vida. Batman tombou ao se sacrificar para derrotar o mal definitivo durante a Crise Final. ![]() ![]() Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life - Why did he leave? What did he learn? - as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. ![]() Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. ![]() In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality - not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. Published March 7th, 2017 by Knopf Publishing Groupįind It On Goodreads Title The Stranger In The Woods: The Extraordinary Story Of The Last True Hermit ![]() ![]() This first-time author has created a winning entry in the world of young adult fantasy." ![]() This first book in a series will hook young adult readers who grew up on tales of Aladdin and the Arabian Nights and is sure to entice others looking for a tale of romance and adventure. Besides the lure of beautiful language and a compelling story, she also touches on themes of the desire to truly belong and the discovery of inner strength. Lough has created a lyrical story resounding with magic, love, and strife. Treachery by the vizier endangers both Najwa and Zayele, who learn they are connected not only by Zayele’s wish. As each is catapulted into a foreign world, events unfold showing each young woman’s strengths amid unexpected love and intrigue. When Najwa makes a forbidden trip to the surface of the world, she is seen and seized by Zayele, who wishes for them to trade places. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, sixteen-year-old Zayele is living outside of Baghdad in rural Zeb, where she chafes at the restrictions placed on her life, especially when she is unexpectedly selected by the caliph’s vizier to travel to Baghdad to wed the prince. ![]() But her first time above ground, she is enthralled by the beauty of the human world and intrigued by the human prince she sees in Baghdad’s palace. "In medieval times, during a war between the humans and jinni, sixteen-year-old Najwa lives below the world’s surface in the cavern of crystal, fire, and water, training to be a jinni who can spy on the humans living above them. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Hannah finds herself with more and more responsibilities, and as her relationships with Elliot and her family grow strained, she starts to wonder about what she really wants. When she interviews her fellow Evergreenians, however, she learns that not everyone wants the museum around specifically Mr. Hannah finds fresh inspiration in the brand-new Evergreen Christmas Museum, and she volunteers for their storytelling project. USA Today bestselling author Lacey Baker brings the charming, quirky small town of Crescent Island to life in the series PW called 'a breezy summer romance. ![]() Still, between her job, taking charge of the choir, and being the town's jill-of-all-trades, she's feeling uninspiredespecially when Elliot starts to question his own role in the town. When she was a kid, her family was always on the move. She's fallen in love with her best friend, her brother is getting married, and she's looking forward to another festive Christmas in Evergreen. ![]() Welcome back to Evergreen, the town built on Christmas wishes And learn what happens after one snow-globe wish comes true.Life is going great for Hannah, really. ![]() ![]() ![]() She also wrote Into the Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Dunphrey Leaving Fishers Just Ella Turnabout Takeoffs and Landings The Girl with 500 Middle Names Because of Anya Escape from Memory Say What? The House on the Gulf Double Identity Dexter the Tough Uprising Palace of Mirrors Claim to Fame the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois. ![]() ![]() She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The Hate U Give” and “On the Come Up” were both developed into major motion pictures. Thomas is the author of New York Times bestselling young adult novels “Concrete Rose,” “On the Come Up,” “The Hate U Give,” and “Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy.” Critical reception Concrete Rose was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Booklist, 1 Kirkus Reviews, 2 School Library Journal, 3 and Shelf Awareness. "The community of writers at Belhaven University is excited to welcome Ahniya to the BFA program, where we help one another master craft, find our purpose as writers, and reach our potential.” Concrete Rose is a young adult novel by Angie Thomas, published January 12, 2021, by Balzer + Bray. Randall Smith, professor and chair of creative writing at the school. “Ahniya embodies both the spirit of the Angie Thomas Scholarship and the potential of an Angie Thomas Scholar," said Dr. ![]() ![]() Myers is the fourth student to win the scholarship, which covers tuition, room and board at the university for four years. “It’s an honor to know that this scholarship could play a key role in the journey of yet another exceptional writer.” “By giving Ahniya this scholarship, she can focus more on her studies and writing, which will allow her gift to thrive,” Thomas said. ![]() ![]() In Wharton’s case, I worry that the psychological insight, anthropological detail, and complex characterizations inherent to her work will be ignored in favor of shallow drama and extravagant hats. ![]() Yet adaptation does not always entail respect or interest in source material. Quippy period pieces and soapy rich people antics have been hugely popular in the past few years, and one can see how a streaming executive might look to a Wharton novel for the best of both worlds. ![]() ![]() The usage of Wharton’s novels as grist for the content mill is unsurprising, given the hallmarks of her work: Her preoccupation with the upper-crust denizens of 19th-century New York allows for lavish period detail, and her novels’ razor-sharp social critique can lend intrigue and contemporary relevance. The novels of Edith Wharton, though all written over 100 years ago, are in the midst of a cultural resurgence: HBO’s buzzy The Gilded Age, while not directly based on her work, is aesthetically and thematically indebted to Wharton, and series based on The Custom of the Country (directed by Sofia Coppola) and The Buccaneers are reported to be upcoming on Apple TV+. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Spoiler Alert" starts on the day Cowan (played by Ben Aldridge) dies and flashes back to the first day he met Ausiello. ![]() Parsons stars as Ausiello in the movie, and both serve as producers. The blurbs become a book published two years later titled "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words." Ausiello's close friend actor Jim Parsons read the book and told him it should be a movie - so they teamed up for the tear-jerker romantic comedy "Spoiler Alert," which premieres Dec. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Painted by Jonathan Janson for the TV adaptation of the Girl in Hyacinth Blue ![]() C lick here for Susan Vreeland's Home Page December 2, 2002 Susan Vreelands' Girl in Hyacinth Blue has been produced by the Hallmark Hall of Fame. She demonstrates how one person's evil changes forever the dynamics of those he loves. Vreeland also incorporates the horrors of the Holocaust from several perspectives, most notably the victim and victimizer and swirls it around the main character of her book-the painting. Her depiction of the women in each story emphasizes their limited freedom and lack of control over their lives and the lives of their children. While demonstrating "six degrees of separation," Vreeland connects other topics. Readers time travel through these stories from today back to the moment Vermeer created the painting of a girl lost in contemplation, her hands idle in her lap, her sewing forgotten. Girl in Hyacinth Blue traces the painting, a figment of the author's imagination, through a series of eight interconnected short stories. Huerta John Michael Montias Susan Vreeland Randol Schoenberg Paul Taylor Jonathan Lopez Timothy Brook Louis Peter Grijp Ivan Karp Jørgen Wadum Albert Blankert Tracy Chevalier Lorenzo Renzi Ivan Gaskell Philip Steadman Robert D. ![]() |