I was anastasia reviews6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The film does a great job of not drawing its own conclusions by saying it believes one way or another whether it was truth. This pitiless character, though an abject liar and someone who's fate wasn't known at the time of the film, is really only looking for the truth behind herself. Both succeed in holding interest until the very end, both have a happy ending that you know deep down probably didn't happen, and both are basically about the search for an identity of any kind. Looking between the two to see where one fails over the other, while the other succeeds was a tiny thrill for this film nerd. For that one reason I found this to be a sensational watch. Easy to recognize from that brief synopsis is the fact that it parallels the very flawed and wildly entertaining nineties' cartoon movie of the same name. She portrays a lonely beggar on the streets of a Russian metropolis, and is found by a disgraced general looking for an imposter to take on the supposedly dead Grand Duchess Anastasia, She is trained to meet the duchess' grandmother who lives in Amsterdam. It holds a quiet dramatic regard at the travesty of the protagonist's fate and her past without reference, but the only moments of clarity come from actress Ingrid Bergman, who steals the show. A beautiful period piece with its own eccentricities, Anastasia is fun and even frivolous at times. ![]()
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My Brother's Lover by Lynn Kelling6/28/2023 ![]() The sweetness of first love with twin brothers Alek and Luka leads them find in each other things they never knew they had lost… (M/M+)įrustrated and reckless, anonymous sexual encounters are just the first step on a journey of self-discovery for both Evan and Brennan. Together, frustrated and reckless, anonymous sexual encounters are just the first step on a journey of self-discovery for both Evan and Brennan, when the two meet Alek and Luka, another set of twins whose love leads them find in each other things they never knew they had lost…and lures them all into danger. Evan’s twin, Brennan, is search for sense of connection after their mother’s death. When his long-lost twin brother Brennan shows up out of nowhere looking for a new home, Evan’s world, and his very identity, comes crashing down around him all over again. ![]() Now he’s eighteen, not even his father can hurt him anymore. ![]() What happens when two different sets of identical twins fall in love with the other? Growing up gay in a small town with no mother, Evan Savage learned the hard way to cherish his secrets above all else. ![]() Deafo book6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Going to school and making new friends can be tough. It is great for parents to share with their child with hearing loss and for teachers to use as a basis of self-concept, social communication, self-advocacy and other teaching activities. This book is fun and funny, heartwarming and encouraging. ![]() Written by an individual that experienced the challenges of being a ‘one and only’ in her school with an FM system. Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself.Self-Advocacy Skills for Students with Hearing Loss.Listening (Auditory Skills) Development.Legal Issues in Serving Children with Hearing Loss.Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps.Early Childhood: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool.Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs.He Failed Hearing Screening What’s Next.Opportunities with the Supporting Success Team. ![]() Writing Scary Scenes by Rayne Hall6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Other film credits include lead roles in the comedies The Rocker (2008) and Super (2010), as well as supporting roles in the horror films Cooties (2014) and The Boy (2015). Wilson was cast as Dwight Schrute in The Office in 2005, a role which he played until the show's conclusion in 2013. ![]() From 2018 to 2021, he starred as Trevor on the CBS sitcom Mom. He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series Six Feet Under from 2003 to 2005. Wilson made his film debut in Galaxy Quest (1999), followed by supporting parts in Almost Famous (2000), Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002), and House of 1000 Corpses (2003). Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director - widely known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which he earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.īorn in Seattle, Wilson began acting at the University of Washington, and later worked in theatre in New York City after graduating in 1986. ![]() A fist full of shells6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. A Fistful of Shells shows that there was so much more, and of so much relevance when looking at the issues of our own time.' Spectator 'His book is a work of staggering scholarship, drawing on previously untapped sources locked away in European vaults and historical records which, taken as a whole, contradict the age-old perceptions foisted. A Fistful of Shells draws not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, on art, praise-singers, oral history, archaeology, letters and the author's personal experience to create a new perspective on the history of one of the world's most important regions. Toby Green's groundbreaking new book transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies - most importantly shells- the cowrie shells imported from the Maldives, and the nzimbu shells imported from Brazil. A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, Toby Green, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019, pp. ![]() ![]() Its gold had fuelled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world since around 1000 CE, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from Senegal down to Angola since the fifteenth century. By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. ![]() ![]() Agent: Natascha Morris, BookEnds Literary. Featuring a strong supporting cast-including Darcy’s boss, the owner of a wig shop-this compassionate, insightful novel will be relevant to anyone who has felt burdened by a secret. A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow The Library of Lost Things When We. Darcy’s emergence from her protective shell of fictional characters and worlds creates an emotional journey. Most Recommended Books presents the Laura Taylor Namey series written by. In this complex romance, debut author Namey paints a painfully realistic portrait of a teen playing an adult role in a dysfunctional family. Bighearted Asher is open about the physical and emotional challenges he faces after a car accident, and Darcy seeks the courage to be as honest about her life. ![]() ![]() Worried that she and her mother will have to move if the manager sees the state of their unit, Darcy must face the harsh truths about her mother’s disorder, even as she experiences her first romantic feelings for a boy she meets at her local bookstore job. ![]() Bent on keeping others out, Darcy has turned inward, burying herself in books, but the new apartment manager’s plans for interior renovations forces her back to reality. For years, 17-year-old Darcy, who seems to be white, has hidden her single mother’s shopping and hoarding addictions from everyone except her Cuban/Mexican best friend, Marisol, and Marisol’s brother, who does repairs in their chaotic San Diego apartment. ![]() Firefly lane series6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() By the time the credits roll, just like the book, we hear the song of ABBA’s Dancing Queen. After all, Kate’s journey has ended following her battle with cancer, and the show concludes with Kate’s funeral following the book’s similar ending. ![]() Of course, the show’s end should be apparent by the time you get to the end of season 2. Warning: Spoilers ahead for Firefly Lane season 2. One could argue the show was “ Renanceled,” whereby it was renewed and then subsequently announced to be given a final season order, but the key distinction for Firefly Lane is that the show ended on its own terms and does wrap up its story. They announced season 2 would be a “super-sized” season and released in two halves. Netflix first announced that Firefly Lane would be coming to an end in October 2022 months many months after it initially got a season 2 renewal. That means if you’re searching for whether Firefly Lane joins the full list of unfinished shows on Netflix, that’s not the case and if you’ve been holding out for the complete story, now is the time to dive in. ![]() The main piece of good news is that while the show has ended, the story has been completed. ![]() Firefly Lane wasn’t canceled and concludes its story ![]() Azagoth6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I was just exploring the place and tapping into the magic of the moment. “Bro, I didn’t have much of a clue as to what to do for solos so I just got in there and jammed to it and recorded things,” he admits. From one song to the next, Azagthoth plays a torrent of mindblowing solos, ranging from the detuned noise wash of “Piles of Little Arms” to the frantic hammer-on, pull-offs and tapping of “The Righteous Voice.” Whether playing textural fills or blinding sweep-picked, flanger-saturated runs, Azagthoth is locked in the moment and going with the flow-mostly by necessity. Throughout songs like “Garden of Disdain,” “Architect and Iconoclast” lie an abundance of hairpin turns, long, deep string bends and vertigo-inducing tempo shifts. With the help of producer Erik Rutan (who played guitar in Morbid Angel for two three-year stints), Morbid Angel has created a modern-sounding, old-school album full of barreling double-bass drumming, machine-gun blast beats, skewed riffs and choppy guitar patterns. ![]() Legendary by stephanie garber6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Like, the love interest prided himself on being bad, so. The characters were harder to get attached to.Hey, hey - I did still like the main character, don't get me wrong (Tella is super spunky and fun) but some of the character's morals were completely out of whack. ![]() Some scenes were.ah, not needed.I almost knocked the rating down to 3.5 stars because of that (I'm kinda still considering it - but the prose, plot, and world building were too good for less than a four) But ANYways - there were definitely some scenes in Legendary that made me cringe, and I wish they could have been taken out. Welcome, welcome to Caraval.the games have only just begun. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed If Tella can’t fulfill her bargainĪnd deliver Legend’s name, she’ll lose everything she cares about-maybeĮven her life. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice.īut now the game is asking for more. To the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her ![]() Legendary competition once more-and into the path of the murderous heir Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the She made a desperate bargain with a mysteriousĬriminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: The girls should be celebrating, but Tella ![]() A game to win.īeing swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna hasįinally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from aĭisastrous arranged marriage. ![]() A gentleman in moscow book cover6/27/2023 ![]() “A Gentleman in Moscow” was published five years later to the same critical and popular acclaim.įind out more at Plot 1917–1922: The Bolshevik CoupĪfter Lenin’s Bolshevik coup of 1917 and the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia’s gentry is suddenly faced with a cruel, but rather obvious choice: flee the country and leave everything behind or stay in Russia and pray not to be killed. In 2011, he wrote “Rules of Civility” which became an instant bestseller. Amor Towles BiographyĪmor Towles is an American novelist, residing in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City.īorn and raised in Boston, he received a BA from Yale and an MA in English from Stanford. ![]() You’ll enjoy it even more if you want a skillfully written novel which, just like its main character, exudes with the long-forgotten artistic manners and sophistication of the European aristocracy. ![]() If you are interested in the history of the Soviet Union in the years between the Bolshevik coup and the death of Stalin, then you’ll undoubtedly enjoy “A Gentleman in Moscow.” If so – join Amor Towles as he describes the extraordinarily meaningful life of “ A Gentleman in Moscow.” Who Should Read “A Gentleman in Moscow”? And Why? ![]() ![]() How about an aristocratic fairytale from Soviet-era Moscow set in the Metropol Hotel and spanning more than three decades? ![]() |