![]() under the 45th president struck me as particularly apt: “The problem was that the dictator was very funny, which had maybe always been true of all dictators. Told in snippets, the story is about a person whose life revolves around “the portal,” a name (and slight distancing reference) for the internet. After a year in isolation, reading Patricia Lockwood’s No One is Talking About This felt like hearing a more clever and entertaining version of my inner monologue until it turned to its theme, which is the effect of the life and death of her niece, and then the theme turned into a focal point for all the absurd and profound grief that has accumulated, the grief of everyone left in the world. ![]()
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5/23/2023 0 Comments Kate brower the residence![]() These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family. In her runaway bestseller, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world’s most famous address. ![]() No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. ![]() ![]() it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”- The Today ShowĪ remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.Īmerica’s First Families are unknowable in many ways. “A revealing look at life inside the White House. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. The lives of three teens-Claire, Jasper, and Peter-are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Bestselling author David Levithan ( Every Day Boy Meets Boy Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption.įirst there is a Before, and then there is an After. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Presumed innocent turow![]() ![]() and Rusty Sabichs' boss asks him personally to investigate her murder. She was known to excel in her job of prosecuting rapist and her reputation became that of a slut. She was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Kindle County. Rusty speaks of his sorrow for a peer who has been raped and murdered. The ending will ravish your outlook on love and infidelity. Turow's story depicts a typical situation of a person being set up. Rusty has been accused of a horrible crime, rape and murder. His voice gives reason that he is unhappy and lacks faith in the legal system. In the beginning the protagonist character, Rusty Sabich, a District Prosecuting Attorney (P.A.) begins the story in first person speaking about what is expected of him as a P.A. Scott Turow writes an engrossing book based on love, obsession, and the legal system. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Jack Davis by Jack Davis![]() ![]() Davis is renowned for his wild, energetic and chaotic style, which influenced numerous creators of humor comics. Together with Mad writer Nick Meglin he created the sports gag comic 'Super Fan' (1970-1974). Apart from Mad, Davis also contributed to EC's horror, war and suspense comic books. Gaines, he kept contributing comics and other artwork for Mad until 1997. Under new editorship of Al Feldstein and William M. Although Davis left Mad in 1956, he returned in 1965. The tireless artist also designed several of Mad's fake advertisements, as wel as real-life ads to promote subscriptions. Davis was also the first artist to illustrate the long-running series 'Scenes We'd Like To See' (1955). ![]() He drew various parody comics and illustrated articles. He was one of the pioneers during the first four years (1952-1956), when Mad was still under editorship of Harvey Kurtzman. ![]() comic artist, best known as a long-running contributor to Mad Magazine. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The apollo murders![]() ![]() His career started in the Canadian Armed Forces where he was a fighter pilot before being selected as an Astronaut by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Commander Chris Hadfield is a man of many amazing talents. ![]() The Cold War heats up once again, and the quest for glory has no bounds as the twists and turns in this exciting and daring adventure are non-stop to the very end.įans of spaceflight know this author well. ![]() There’s a Space Race going on, just not the very public one to land the first human on the Moon. The story follows Kaz Zemeckis, a former test pilot who goes to work with the Apollo 18 crew for their upcoming Moon mission. Each mission included more detailed charting of the Moon, sample returns, and experiments galore! In The Apollo Murders, author (and former astronaut) Chris Hadfield explores what could’ve happened if there was just one more mission – with a different purpose. The Apollo program of the 1960s and 1970s saw the United States land on the Moon six times. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Poems and Songs by Robert Burns![]() ![]() Yeats, Edward Willmore, and Alfred de Kantzow. Also included in the series, which ran from 1890 to 1902, were titles by Henrik Ibsen, Amy Levy, Richard Garnett, W. Several of the titles included here constituted meaningful first appearances: Wordsworth's Grave (first), Mireio (first UK), Mariana (first English), and The Son of Don Juan (first English). ![]() ![]() Unwin's Cameo series of poetry was a distinctively packaged sequence of books that caught the attention of the public and attracted imitators. The publisher's retained first copies of the rare deluxe japon issue of seven titles in Unwin's Cameo Series, each copy number 1 of 30 numbered copies only printed on japon vellum, three signed by the publisher on the colophon all from the personal library of Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935). ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments In deeper waters book![]() ![]() Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. NPR From the New York Times bestselling author of So This Is Ever After. ![]() But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. In Deeper Waters A frothy confection of sea-foam, young love, and derring-do. That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming-and secretive-as ever. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean. ![]() Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family's kingdom for the first time. Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. "A frothy confection of sea-foam, young love, and derring-do." -NPR A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Amazon blindness jose saramago![]() The doctor soon realizes he is at the center of an epidemic. The blindness-known as the “white sickness”-spreads to many of those who the first blind man had contact with, including the car thief, a girl wearing dark glasses in the ophthalmologist’s waiting room, and the doctor himself. The next portion of the plot follows the contagion of the disease. After an examination, the doctor tells the first blind man, whose vision has gone completely white, that his eyes are biologically fine. ![]() The two take a taxi to the appointment because the Good Samaritan was actually a car thief who stole their car. When the first blind man’s wife gets home and sees her husband’s predicament, she schedules an appointment with an ophthalmologist. A Good Samaritan drives him home-the blind man is now totally dependent on others. The first chapter opens on a traffic jam caused by a man who’s gone suddenly blind. ![]() The plot of Blindness follows the onset-and the fallout-of a highly contagious epidemic that causes people to go completely blind. ![]() ![]() ![]() A recent accidental overdose has put Suzanne’s career in jeopardy, making her uninsurable unless she lives with her mother for the duration of filming. The book and film centers on the relationship between Suzanne Vale, an actress, was on the rise, struggling with addiction, and her overbearing mother, Doris Mann, a larger-than-life Hollywood legend. I’m here to fix that.Ĭarrie Fisher was not yet Hollywood’s most sought-after (and secret) script doctor when she adapted her debut novel, Postcards from the Edge for the big screen. I mean, can you even?) isn’t talked about all that much. ![]() A great film, which has stood the test of time, but considering its pedigree (Streep. Thirty years ago, Columbia Pictures released the sweet yet biting, semi-autobiographical Postcards from the Edge to critical acclaim, a number one perch at the box office, and, ultimately, two Oscar nominations. ![]() |