![]() Just as The Wire depicted the effect of failing institutions – the police, the government, the schools, the media – on individual lives in Baltimore, over six episodes The Plot Against America shows how fascism doesn’t have to arrive with jackbooted invaders. On The Corner, The Wire and Generation Kill, their work has tended to the granular and realistic rather than broad-sweeping fantasy. The writers have never taken on a historic novel before. It’s not that it couldn’t happen here it already is happening.ĭavid Simon and Ed Burns might not have been the obvious choices to adapt Philip Roth’s 2004 novel, set in an alternate-reality America where the aviator Charles Lindbergh (played here by Ben Coles) beats Roosevelt and becomes president on a pro-fascist, anti-war ticket. ![]() Round a corner the Levins see a group of American fascists drinking in a German bar. It’s 1940, and across the Atlantic, France has capitulated to the Germans, who have started bombing the UK. ![]() ![]() ![]() Near the start of The Plot Against America (Sky Atlantic), Herman Levin (Morgan Spector) is driving his wife Bess ( Zoe Kazan) and their children through a neighbourhood in New Jersey. ![]()
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![]() When Eva is attacked by an assassin just weeks before the battle with her sister, she discovers there is more to the attempt on her life than meets the eye-and it isn't just her sister who wants to see her dead. ![]() ![]() Living in Raina's long and dark shadow, Eva must now face her older sister, Isa, in a battle to the death if she hopes to ascend to the Ivory Throne-because in the Queendom of Myre only the strongest, most ruthless rulers survive. Its last known practitioner was Queen Raina, who toppled the native khimaer royalty and massacred thousands, including her own sister, eight generations ago, thus beginning the Rival Heir tradition. Sixteen-year-old Eva is a princess, born with the magick of blood and marrow-a dark and terrible magick that hasn't been seen for generations in the vibrant but fractured country of Myre. ![]() An enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in an ancient North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must fight to the death to win the crown. ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, he had grown up unaware of his ancestry in his mother’s home city of Troezen.Īthenian legend said that King Aegeus had no children and was anxious over who would inherit his kingdom upon his death. Theseus was the son of the Athenian king, Aegeus, but he had not been raised in that city. It was one of these young men who would defeat the Minotaur, but he was not an ordinary sacrificial victim. Needing to feed the cannibalistic beast, the king demanded the sacrifices of young men and women of Athens. The Minotaur, the legendary bull-headed monster of Crete, had been imprisoned in the Labyrinth by King Minos. The dual parentage of Theseus shows both the mythological and historic meaning behind the legend of the Minotaur. The young hero was not just the child of King Aegeus, but was also considered a son of Poseidon. Already making a name for himself as a monster slayer, Theseus had travelled from Troezen to take his place as heir. The young prince had not been born in Athens and had only recently arrived in his father’s city. Theseus, however, had his own complicated relationship with the city of Athens. ![]() The king of Athens himself could not end the barbaric practice, but his son vowed to kill the monster and protect the youths of the city. To keep the man-eating beast fed, King Minos demanded young men and women be sacrificed from the conquered city of Athens. The Minotaur was a monstrous man with the head of a bull who was imprisoned in the famous Labyrinth of Crete. ![]() ![]() ![]() Books with markings of any kind on the cover or pages, books marked as "Bargain" or "Remainder," or with any other labels attached, may not be listed as New condition. New: A brand-new copy with cover and original protective wrapping intact.Briggs never shies from difficult material, and she moves effortlessly from werewolf pack psychology to human legal proceedings, making this a tense, nimble, crowd-pleasing page-turner.(Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Thompson is a sharp, strong heroine and her lycanthropic love triangle is honest and steamy. Briggs's third novel featuring Thompson (afterBlood Bound) is another top-notch paranormal mystery her well-balanced contemporary world, where humans live uneasily among werewolves and fae, is still a believably lived-in world the ever-present threat of government legislation against nonhumans (though familiar toX-Menfans) adds weight to her paranormal elements, and thoughtfully researched mythology adds rich detail. ![]() As the fae seem content to let him rot, Thompson takes it on herself to clear her friend's name, beginning a lone-wolf investigation that may cost her life. Shape-shifter Mercy Thompson has a complex life, juggling two werewolf lovers and a job working for a fae mechanic things get even more hectic when her boss and mentor is arrested for killing a citizen of the fae reservation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the help of a porter named Charlie and a sweet first-class passenger named Sylvia, Hazel explores the opulent ship in secret, but a haunting mystery quickly finds her. ![]() When Hazel discovers that mother didn’t send her with enough money for a ticket, she decides she must stow away onboard the storied ship. Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US to work in a factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends meet.īut Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a journalist, and she just knows that if she can write and sell a story about the Titanic’s maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. Nielsen, Scholastic Press, March 7, 2023, Hardcover, $17.99 (ages 8-12)Ī young stowaway onboard the Titanic uncovers a dastardly plot in Iceberg, a new middle-grade novel by Jennifer A. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, she does not provide enough information for the reader to solve the mystery themselves until quite late in the day, which is a shame. ![]() ![]() Wells writes the mystery with panache, providing enough misdirection to make it intriguing. It's not a complete left-field transformation for the series - Murderbot has had to piece together mysteries and incomplete pictures before - but it's enough to freshen up the series when familiarity might be setting in.Īs with the earlier books, the novella format means a tight, focused structure and an excellent pace (like the earlier books, you can easily finish this off in a single sitting). Fugitive Telemetry is set before Network Effect and sees a shift in format, with Murderbot going from security consultant to murder investigator, a task they initially seem ill-suited for but soon get to grips with. The sixth and (at this time of writing) most recent entry in The Murderbot Diaries returns to the novella format of the first four books, after the novel-length experiment of Network Effect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although many books for babies are just pictures, these books went beyond decorative into outright surrealism. I just wanted her to love books.Īt the library I stumbled across a cool genre of children’s books that I didn’t know existed: stories without words. None of this was in the name of hothousing her into Harvard. I spent hours reading to her at an age (2 months) when most people assume “it’s not important yet” to read to a child. Her eyes would brighten and she’d kick her legs so hard that she’d pant.Ĭlassics like Go Dog Go and Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb made her squeal with delight. Before my daughter could even sit up I would lie on the floor with her and read to her. When I became a parent, the thing I most looked forward to was getting to develop a reader. ![]() Books were journeys, friends and a feed bag for knowledge. Learning to read was the best thing that ever happened to me. ![]() ![]() He is exiled from Verona by the Prince, which is like a death sentence to the pair of young lovers. ![]() In his grief and rage, Romeo kills Tybalt. ![]() However, Mercutio and Tybalt meet in the street and duel when Romeo tries to intervene, Mercutio is killed. Once there, however, Romeo and Juliet see each other and fall in love instantly, confessing their love to one another in the moonlight after Romeo sneaks into her backyard to see her once more on her balcony.Īfter arranging a secret marriage through Friar Lawrence and the Nurse, the two are wed and plan to tell their families. ![]() Initially, Romeo is actually in love with another girl named Rosaline, and when faced with the opportunity to see her at a Capulet party, Romeo and his friends decide to throw caution to the wind and crash the party in masks. Romeo and Juliet come from two feuding families: the Capulets and the Montagues. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s complete and with my editor, and I expect to get my revision letter to start on edits any day now. Nya discovers that the Baseeri aren’t any better off than her people, and she gets pulled into the growing rebellion there.Īnd where are you with the final book in the series? They get out, but not in the way they’d hoped and wind up in the enemy city of Baseer. Nya and her friends are on the run, hiding from soldiers and the Duke’s trackers, and they realize the best way to stay safe is to leave Geveg. The story picks up a month after The Shifter ends. Would you mind explaining what this latest entry happens to be about? ![]() It appears now the second book, Blue Fire, has just been published. Last time we crossed paths you had just published your first book, The Shifter, which also happened to be the first book in The Healing Wars trilogy. I was happy to be one of the stops on her impressive blog tour. Her second book in the series, Blue Fire, has just been published and she’s currently in promotion mode. Here is another interview I did with Janice Hardy, author of The Healing Wars trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a guest judge, so he has a lot of stuff going on with that. Joseph Plicka, associate professor of English, said Mull “is here for the Great Ideas Competition sponsored by the Willes Center. He came to BYUH to be one of the four judges of the Great Ideas Competition on campus and also was a key speaker at events like dinners, podcast interviews and showcases. Mull is well-known for writing “Fablehaven,” “Dragonwatch,” “Five Kingdoms,” and more. Mull encouraged students to turn their passions into a possible career and livelihood for the future. 4 at BYU–Hawaii sharing how inspiration can come from random words and family members and how giving himself time to get published helped him improve as a writer. Brandon Mull, a New York Times bestselling author, spent the week of Nov. ![]() |