![]() ![]() But they’ll have to get past Hunter first. ![]() These outside forces hunting Cam will stop at nothing to send him back to prison. When Cam’s past resurfaces and threatens to rip them apart, their budding relationship is challenged and Cam’s hope for a future begins to dim. The wary young man intrigues him and awakens a desire unlike anything he’s ever experienced. Hunter’s world changes when he meets Cam. After a lifetime of putting his career first, a milestone brings him to a harsh realization-he’s lonely. Hunter Donovan, Assistant State Attorney, is a man of justice who loves a challenge. But one lesson he learned in prison keeps him guarded: hope is a dangerous thing. ![]() He tries to adjust to his newfound freedom with a place at the halfway house and a job. Title: A Hunted Man (The Men of Halfway House: Book Two)īlurb: After surviving ten years in prison, Cameron Pierce is attempting to put the past behind him. “It was not a simple but rather a very complex passion.” ― Oscar Wilde ![]()
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![]() She discussed it and contracted to write it with editor Denise Johnstone-Burt at Walker Books, who also worked with Patrick Ness. Siobhan Dowd conceived the novel while she had cancer. The novel was adapted into the 2016 film of the same name. A Monster Calls is the only book to have won both awards. Ness and Kay respectively won the Carnegie Medal and the Greenaway Medal in 2012, the "year's best" children's literary awards by the British librarians ( CILIP). ![]() ![]() Dowd was terminally ill with cancer when she came up with the idea for the story, and died before she could write it. He is repeatedly visited in the middle of the night by a monster who tells stories. Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences of his mother's illness. 214 pp (first edition) 152 pp (pdf edition)Ī Monster Calls is a low fantasy novel written for young adults by Patrick Ness (from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd) illustrated by Jim Kay and published by Walker in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() Published in the late '60s, it was one of the first true high fantasy series written by an American, and the first to rival the British greats like Tolkien. ![]() And I've read and loved dozens and dozens of other sci-fi and fantasy books for youngsters over the years, including the ones with the Hobbits and the ones with the dragons (no, the other one with the dragons).īut one fantasy series will always come first in my heart: The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander. I read all seven of those books aloud to my kids, which, believe me, takes some dedication. Don't get me wrong, I like Harry Potter just fine. Let me tell you about the best fantasy/adventure series ever written for young people. ![]() Periodically, hoping to move things along, I re-publish my paean to the books, which you should definitely read before any movies are made. Since then there's been no news of any director or stars named to the film project. It was announced in Variety in March 2016 that Disney had acquired the movie rights to The Chronicles of Prydain book series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To show more matches, change the "Results per Page" value above. Jeckles The Jester & Jinxx & Jody KristoffersonĪPW Roland Alexander Memorial Show Nov 8th 2013ĪPW Worldwide Internet Title (title change)ĪPW Young Lions Cup Tournament May 5th 2012 APW 2nd Annual War At The Shore Jun 12th 2015ĭylan Drake & Jeckles & Jinxx & Jody Kristofferson & Will Cuevasīoyce Legrande & Damien Grundy & Kevin Michael Johnson & The Almighty Sheik & Will Roodĭamien Grundy & Kevin Michael Johnson & Will Rood ![]() ![]() ![]() Having read several biographies, a couple of collections of letters and many of Nancy's novels I am seriously hooked. I have, over the last few years become something of a Mitford addict. ![]() As Duchess of Devonshire, Debo played an active role in restoring and overseeing the day-to-day running of the family houses and gardens, and in developing commercial enterprises at Chatsworth. She tells poignantly of the deaths of three of her children, as well as her husband's battle with alcohol addiction. Throughout the book she writes brilliantly about the country and her deep attachment to it and those who live and work in it. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy) she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, and their politics (while not being at all political herself), finally setting the record straight. ![]() Read on my kindle Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. ![]() ![]() ![]() Space contrasts several varieties of faith, from the simplistic faith of the German rocket engineer who believes that technology can solve any problem, to the faith of the astronauts who believe that flying farther and faster is the greatest good in the world.Īnd then there is the cynical, corrosive manipulation of faith by those who prey on the fears of the public for their own selfish ends. Michener has also hit on that theme, expanded on it, deepened it. But I recall that one of the characters in that naive novel said that the world is divided into two kinds of people, those who have faith in space flight and those who don't. Like most first novels, it was never published, and a good thing it wasn't. This is a novel about faith, religious faith, even though it is not a novel about religion.īack when I was a teenager I wrote a science fiction novel about the first voyage to the moon. ![]() For what Michener is really writing about is something far deeper. In typical Michener fashion, the novel examines every aspect of its subject: the men who build and fly the rockets, the women who marry them, the scientists, the politicians, the journalists, the astronauts.īut that is only on the surface. Michener's latest epic novel is the story of the American space program, from its roots in World War II to the magnificent Voyager 2 probe of the ringed planet Saturn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nelvana’s superpowers included turning invisible and traveling at the speed of light along a ray of the Northern Lights. Franz Johnston had met a young woman, either Cecile Nelvana or Connie Nelvana in his stay in Coppermine, NWT (now Kugluktuk, Nunavut), and was taken by this ‘arctic Madonna’ to create a superheroine. ![]() The character was created, written and illustrated by Adrian Dingle, who was inspired by tales brought back from the Arctic by Group of Seven painter Franz Johnston. ![]() Nelvana of the Northern Lights is Canada’s first distinctly Canadian female superhero. She is also one of the first female superheroes, debuting before Wonder Woman but after Fantomah, the Golden Age Black Widow, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil and others introduced in 1940. Nelvana of the Northern Lights is the first Canadian national superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studios’ Triumph-Adventure Comics #1 (Aug. ![]() ![]() ![]() That film is about an Army captain’s journey into madness during the Vietnam War. The generation before mine had Francis Ford Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now - which was, of course, adapted from Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness. It seems like each generation has an apocalypse story. And then there’s this shot of these giant, fiery mushroom clouds billowing upwards in the sky… and the blast surges through windows and homes and buildings, incinerating every human in its path. ![]() People scramble for basements and underground cover. The film tells the story of a handful of people in small-town Kansas who endure a full-on nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the scene of the missiles hitting is unforgettable. For many folks in my generation, it was our first glimpse at what a nuclear attack might look like, and it was absolutely terrifying. Like probably a lot of other kids who grew up during the 80s, I’m still slightly traumatized by the 1983 TV movie, The Day After. I’m Rebecca Carroll and this is Come Through: 15 essential conversations about race in a pivotal year for America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gregory's skill for creating suspense pulls the reader along despite the historical novel's foregone conclusion. By alternating tight third-person narration with Catalina's unguarded thoughts and gripping dialogue, the author presents a thorough, sympathetic portrait of her heroine and her transformation into Queen Katherine. ) compellingly dramatizes how Catalina uses her faith, her cunning and her utter belief in destiny to reclaim her rightful title. ![]() Before his death, he extracts a promise from his wife to marry his younger brother Henry in order to become queen anyway, have children and rule as they had planned, a situation that can only be if Catalina denies that Arthur was ever her lover. Arthur dies young, however, leaving Catalina a widow and ineligible for the throne. She leaves Spain at 15 to fulfill her destiny as queen of England, where she finds true love with Arthur (after some initial sourness) as they plot the future of their kingdom together. As youngest daughter to the Spanish monarchs and crusaders King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Catalina, princess of Wales and of Spain, was promised to the English Prince Arthur when she was three. Katherine of Aragon is betrothed at the age of three to Prince Arthur, son and heir of Henry VII of England. ![]() ![]() The ridiculous hum was introduced to Herrick in the early 1990s by a firm in Detroit. “It almost became a part of my business card,” Herrick says, referring to his jingle’s unequaled onomatopoeia, “Ohhhmmmm!” ![]() Three girls 9-10 years old burst into chorus for Liberty Ford’s founder. The Liberty Ford jingle spilled from its speaker. While waiting to catch a flight back to Cleveland in LaGuardia Airport, Jim Herrick’s phone rang. ![]() From one Clevelander to another, here are the stories behind seven jingles that burrowed into our memories before we even realized they were trying to sell us something. Good luck trying out the clap back, “this ain’t Spitzer!” to a self-centered out-of-state relative. By Becky Bobanįriends in Cincinnati may not appreciate the full cringe value of a Norton Furniture commercial playlist or the genius of the I-X Indoor Amusement Park jingle’s opening chords. ![]() Good jingles catch the metal needle and create nostalgia that sticks with us all. |