6/12/2023 0 Comments Topdog playOn that level, it can be seen as a study of America, Black history, capitalism, masculinity and the dangerous intersections among those things. The intimacy of the Golden Theatre keeps us close to these men for more than two hours, and watching them is thrilling.Īs the characters’ names suggest, Topdog/Underdog -which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 and has only grown in reputation since -offers an open invitation to be read allegorically, and Parks’s dazzling text gives you a lot to think about afterwards. He lacks the con-man confidence of his older brother, Lincoln, played by Corey Hawkins-who makes an unforgettable first entrance dressed as Honest Abe himself, in whiteface makeup, a strap-on beard and a stovepipe hat. In the deeply absorbing Broadway revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’s 2001 two-hander, Abdul-Mateen plays a would-be street grifter named Booth (or 3-Cards, as he aspirationally insists on being called) as the curtain rises, he is practicing his monte, but his card-sharp skills are dull. “Watch me close watch me close now,” says Yahya Abdul-Mateen II at the very start of Topdog/Underdog, as though anyone would want to look elsewhere.
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Tom mead death and the conjurorBut who am I to stand in the way of a reader’s fun?” These days such practices are antiquated and rather pass é. “Once upon a time, this would be the point in the narrative where a challenge is issued to the reader. And the best person to explain the impossible is a magician. The murderer seems to be utterly impossible. And suicide is out of the question, as there is no trace of a weapon. And the fact that both the door and window to the study, the only entrances, were both locked from the inside. Except that Rees’ housekeeper, someone with a habit of listening at doors, heard her employer in the study making a telephone call after the stranger left. With no one entering the house after the departure of the mysterious visitor, it would seem obvious that he was the murderer. And soon thereafter, Rees is found in his study with his throat cut. After meeting with Rees, the visitor departs. After telling his housekeeper to expect a visitor, a mysterious figure arrives, with his hat and scarf obscuring his face. 1930s London, and famed psychiatrist Dr Anselm Rees is alone in his study. 6/12/2023 0 Comments Wonderstruck by Brian SelznickHow they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories–Ben’s told in words, Rose’s in pictures–weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother’s room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.īen and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. The magazine confirmed her death with her close friend Danielle. One only has to think of the romance genre for Danielle Steel’s name to immediately spring to mind. Client Record Book: Client Tracking Log Book, Client Data. With an arsenal of silk-stocking protagonists and life-changing crises up her sleeve, Steel has mastered the formula for the perfect love story, with all the twists and turns you could wish for. The promise of undying love made by a young architect and a beautiful, talented artist is tested by a devastating. The fact that Steel still writes all her novels on a manual typewriter should be enough to tell you she is no ordinary writer- and it’s safe to say she has led no ordinary life. Pulling staggering twenty-hour writing shifts when she’s working on a new project is just another testament to her exceptionality, and we have this strict regimen to thank for the 190 books ranging from children’s books to poetry to fiction and nonfiction that Steel has published. HEARTBEAT MESSAGE FROM NAM DADDY STAR Zoya KALEIDOSCOPE Fine things WANDERLUST SECRETS FAMILY ALBUM. Regardless of what critics have to say, the numbers simply don’t lie. Having sold over 800 million copies, she is one of, if not the bestselling author alive today. Not content to rest on her hard -earned laurels, Steel continues to write with the same vim and vigor that she did 50 years ago - 2020 alone has seen seven new titles. With a catalogue that just keeps growing at a formidable rate, it’s difficult to know where to start. 6/11/2023 0 Comments What Happened by Scott McClellanMcClellan stops short of saying Bush purposely lied about his reasons for invading Iraq (in fact, stating flatly that he did not believe that Bush would intentionally lie), writing that the administration was not "employing out-and-out deception" to make the case for war in 2002, though he does assert the administration relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq War. He accuses Bush of "self-deception" and of maintaining a " permanent campaign approach" to governing, rather than making the best choices. McClellan harshly criticizes the Bush administration over its Iraq war-making campaign, though he writes in detail about his personal admiration for President Bush. It was listed as a number-one bestseller by the New York Times and on when it first went on sale. The book quickly became a media sensation for its candid, insider's critique of the Bush administration and ran as a leading story on most top news outlets days after the content became public. The book was scheduled to be released on Jhowever, excerpts were released to the press a week before publication. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception is an autobiographical bestseller by Scott McClellan, who served as White House Press Secretary from 2003 until 2006 under President George W. This route is for touring cycles and paved roads are generally followed although the section of Israel National Trail is unpaved and very uneven and dismounting and pushing is unavoidable at times.ĭaily routes plotted using 'ridewithgps' online services and a Garmin bike computer used to navigate through each stage. They are too numerous to mention in this simple cycling guide. No attempt is made to give much detail of the historical or cultural aspects of the places traveled through. No ferry services into Israel were in operation and overland through Syria too unsafe. The map overview and stage route descriptions are intended to provide a simple reference for those planning a cycling journey across Central Anatolia to Cyprus and onwards to Israel by air.Īt the time of my trip to enter Israel by air from Cyprus was the only option. Prepared by Tom Jones based on journey in October 2019 Cycling Istanbul to Jerusalem (via Cyprus) 6/11/2023 0 Comments Dr jekyll and mr hyde book coverHere, the “two” could refer to both the civilised side of humanity – which is represented by the upper class and very respectable Henry Jekyll – and the “beast within,” Hyde. He uses the adjective “truly” – which simply means honestly, or factually – to emphasise himself. Here, Jekyll observes that there are, in fact, two people within each of us. It’s not just that he does wrong, he is evil in its purest form. Here, however, Hyde is described as “ pure evil.” The adjective emphasises that Hyde is nothing except “ evil,” suggesting something that has only previously existed as the Devil himself – an almost religious idea. In some ways, this creates a similar sympathy for Hyde as we might feel for Frankenstein’s Monster, since neither asked to be created. Here, the adjective “ alone” emphasises how unique and isolated Hyde was. The adjective “primitive” also relates to original or basic, and here Stevenson is suggesting that at our most basic levels humans have many layers.Įdward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil The stative verb “ duality” could be seen to represent the good and bad sides of each of us, in a religious context or the double lives that were being lived by Victorian gentlemen, as they balance their sordid pleasures with their desire to appear respectable or as a part of Freud’s structural theory where the Ego (Jekyll) contains both the Super-Ego (Victorian society) and the Id (Hyde). In this quote, Jekyll is realising that there are actually two people in each of us. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch. You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. 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Synopsis: In the tradition of Strange Sisters, Queer Pulp and the Mabel Maney Nancy Clueless Mystery series, THE BIG BOOK OF LESBIAN HORSE STORIES captures the flavour of the lurid pulp novels of the '40s, '50s and '60s in these eight trenchant, ribald original novellas that explore the forbidden pleasures of women who love women - and the horses they ride. 6/10/2023 0 Comments The Dream by Harry BernsteinIn 2009, Bernstein published his third book, The Golden Willow, which chronicled his married life and later years. His second book, The Dream, published in 2008, centered on his family’s move to the West Side of Chicago in 1922 when he was twelve. The loneliness he encountered following the death of his wife, Ruby, in 2002, after 67 years of marriage, was the catalyst for Bernstein to begin work on his book. The book was started when Bernstein was 93 and published in 2007, when he was 96. Harry Louis Bernstein (– June 3, 2011) was a British-born American writer whose first published book, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, dealt with his long suffering mother Ada's struggle led to feed her six children an abusive, alcoholic father, Yankel the anti-Semitism Bernstein and his Jewish neighbors encountered growing up in a Cheshire mill town ( Stockport, now part of Greater Manchester) in northwest England the loss of Jews and Christians from the community in World War I and the Romeo and Juliet-like romance experienced by his sister Lily and her Christian boyfriend. |