5/30/2023 0 Comments Neil gaiman make great art![]() Illustrated by Dave Wyatt, who skillfully renders the large alien scale and quick pacing the narrative requires, the two-page story is unsettling and sophisticated it offers a horrific existential vision of humanity as the creation of an uncaring alien intelligence, but also suggests that humanity is not able to meet even the limited expectations of our creator. The trick, however, is freezing the planet before the humans develop the capability to destroy themselves, because they always do. In issue 489, Gaiman’s “Conversation Piece” presents a discussion between two unseen alien entities regarding the handiwork of one of the aliens - the alien seeds worlds with human life in order to generate civilization and structures on the planet so that it can eventually freeze the planet for use as a decorative ornament, killing all life on the planet in the process. From “Conversation Piece” - art by Dave Wyatt, letters by Tom Frame ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Hemlock at vespers![]() We can only hope there will be a dozen more." - Tampa Bay Tribune "In the simultaneously sharp-tongued and full, womanly figure of Sister Fidelma, Tremayne has created a heroine whom many readers will willingly follow. As she outwits the dull-witted and silences the foolish with a quick comment, the reader is inclined to murmur 'Bravo!' The Spider's Web is the fifth book in the series. "A treat for history buffs who devoured Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization and historical mystery fans who appreciate strong and intelligent female protagonists." - Booklist on The Subtle Serpent "Tremayne's heroine is gutsy. In this collection of short mysteries, Tremayne fills in many of the background details of Fidelma and seventh-century Ireland not found in the novels, and weaves his always-beguiling mix of history and mystery. Sister Fidelma-an Eognacht princess and sister to the king of Cashel, a religieuse of the Celtic Church and an advocate of the Brehornn court-is one of the most interesting and compelling figures in contemporary mystery fiction. ![]() ![]() Are these murders the work of the local pagans or something more sinister? As they approach the valley, Fidelma and her companion come across the bodies of 33 young men ritually killed and laid out in a Druidic pattern. About the Book In the year 666, Sister Fidelma goes to a remote valley whose inhabitants still adhere to ancient Druidic ways. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Il piacere by Gabriele d'Annunzio![]() ![]() As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce. He was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army and took part in actions such as the Flight over Vienna. His affairs with several women, including Eleonora Duse and Luisa Casati, received public attention.ĭuring the First World War, the perception of D'Annunzio in Italy transformed from a literary figure into a national war hero. He came under the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche which would find outlets in his literary and later political contributions. Such works represented a turn against the naturalism of the preceding romantics and were both sensuous and mystical. D'Annunzio was associated with the Decadent movement in his literary works, which interplayed closely with French Symbolism and British Aestheticism. ![]() ![]() ![]() For a full list of the 2017 Glyph Award winners, see below: On May 19th, the award ceremony was held in Philadelphia and named ten winners including March Book 3, Black #1, and Black Panther. The awards honor several different categories including Best Story, Best Cover, Best Writer, and Best Artist. The goal of the award is to encourage more diverse and high quality comic creation across the board and to inspire new creators. The award is not exclusive to black creators, however, it strives to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium critcally and commercially. ![]() ![]() The Glyph Comics Awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments 1861 goodheart![]() ![]() ![]() He picks up the chronological account with Lincoln’s inauguration, the South Carolina siege of the fort, and its eventual surrender, and takes the story up to Lincoln’s Independence Day message to Congress. This is history as it should be written - authoritative, witty and filled with human interest.īeginning with the events leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter, Goodheart goes back in time to describe the state of the country and the political machinations leading to the election of Lincoln and the secession of the Southern states. You don’t have to be a Civil War buff to start reading Adam Goodheart’s account of the year that war began 1861:The Civil War Awakening, but you might will become one by the time you finish. ![]() ![]() With colorful illustrations and quotes that touch on themes of kindness, empathy, self-care, respect, and love, this is the feel-good book for our times. ![]() Chronicling the show's complete timeline - from its humble beginnings on WQED in Pittsburgh to its commemoration on the big screen in the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks - this incredibly comprehensive book celebrates both Fred Rogers and the wonderful legacy of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. From Fred Rogers Productions, comes a delightful gift book that shows how the wisdom of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is as relevant for adults as it is for children. Discover wonderful anecdotes from Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis as well as actors, directors, art designers, producers, studio musicians, and more who devoted their careers to working with Fred. ![]() By Fred Rogers Productions, Tim Lybarger, Melissa Wagner, and Jenna McGuigganĪ visual celebration of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, America's most beloved children's television show, including a foreword by Tom Hanks and a peek at the making of the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.įeaturing exclusive photographs a guide to the characters, puppets, and episodes original interviews and rare ephemera, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History reveals how the show came together to have a deep impact on American culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Want their blood, spies, walls made of a cell-like substance that Hovering helicopters that grab them from the ground, other groups who The difficulties they face are many layered: wild animals, She fights on, remembering the legend of Sisyphus which her late father Has become friends with either killed or captured. In the intervening time Alenna sees most of the people she Over 400 pages they arrive in a future Australia, where freedom is being While the characters are citizens of the United Northern Alliance, after Some of themĪttempt to escape, and a few of them are rescued. She becomes a part of group of similar young people. Rebel from conformist, and is transported to Prison Island Alpha, where Orphaned Alenna Shawcross fails the GPPT test, which identifies a The Forsaken Orchard, 2012 426pp $16.99 pbk ISBN APA style: Stasse, Lisa M.: The Forsaken Orchard.Stasse, Lisa M.: The Forsaken Orchard." Retrieved from 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia 02 May. ![]() MLA style: "Stasse, Lisa M.: The Forsaken Orchard." The Free Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() The passing of time is dramatically clear as early season games are played in the hot sun. Surprisingly, what stood out to me is the drastic change in the weather from the opening game to today. ![]() ![]() Baseball may span six months (and more if you’re lucky), but the recent distribution of college football awards brought about the highlight reels of the winners’ 2011 accomplishments. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone. ![]() You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. Bartlett Giamatti penned these words in Take Time for Paradise. And why shouldn’t they when the late commissioner of Major League Baseball and philosopher, A. These days baseball practically goes until November. I’m not sure if hockey even has an “off season.” Perhaps the gift of the NBA lockout in some strange way is an increased appreciation for regular season games? Fans will see 16 fewer games before the pros *really* start playing. Many a professional sport spans one season too many-and by season I mean a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In watching their manoeuvres on screen we, like their victims, can’t help being a little seduced by their warped ingenuity. ![]() These Machiavellians are scoundrels, but subtle ones. Along with our daily news, popular culture has brought legions of Machiavellian figures into our homes and made them both human and entertaining: Tony Soprano, Frank and Claire Underwood in House of Cards, Lord Petyr Baelish from Game of Thrones. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the adjective has come to mean “cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics”. Most people today assume that Machiavelli didn’t just describe their methods, he recommended them – that he himself is the original Machiavellian, the first honest teacher of dishonest politics. But why did Machiavelli write a whole book about them, peppering it with men who soared to power by greasing palms and exploiting weaknesses: Julius Caesar, Pope Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia? Minus television and Twitter, it seems the techniques of ambitious “new princes”, as he calls them, haven’t changed a bit. The book is The Prince, its author Niccolò Machiavelli. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The 19th wife book summary![]() “Einar pressed the side of his face into the pillow. ![]() As her confidence grows, Greta sees less and less of Einar and she realizes that soon her husband may not exist at all.Įbershoff paints Einar as a very delicate creature. After several outings, Lili is introduced as Einar’s sister and even attends a few social gatherings. At first, he dresses as Lili in the privacy of the apartment that he shares with Greta but as the weeks pass and with the support of Greta, he begins to allow Lili to take short shopping trips. As Einar realizes that he is indeed a woman, seemingly trapped in a man’s body, he becomes Lili and the three of them live together as a family of sorts. ![]() ![]() The novel itself was inspired by the marriage of Einar and Gerda Wegener, both artists living in Copenhagen in 1925. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into women’s shoes and stockings for a few moments so that she can finish the painting on time? “Of course,” he answers, “Anything at all.” With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.Ī non-traditional love story that will stay with you long after you put it down. It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. ![]() |