6/12/2023 0 Comments The age of light whitney scharer![]() ![]() ![]() As they work together in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined, changing the course of Lee’s life forever. ![]() Though he wants to use her only as a model, Lee convinces him to take her on as his assistant and teach her everything he knows. “I’d rather take a photograph than be one,” Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray. “A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman’s self-transformation from muse to artist.” –Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Along with her, Susan wrote her first historical romance novel titled The Copeland Bride, and published it in the year 1983 under the pseudonym Justine Cole. ![]() Particularly, she became a good friend of one of them named Claire Lefkowitz. There, she would often indulge in discussing about the interesting books to read with her neighbors. She moved to New Jersey from Ohio along with her family. It was in her year 1976 that Susan began developing some interest towards reading and writing books. Later, she remained at home for many years, taking care of her family as a homemaker. After that, she began teaching English, drama, and speech at one of the local high schools until she got married and gave birth to her first child. Before going on to become one of the popular authors of her time, Susan received her B.F.A from the Ohio University in theater arts. Susan was born on Decemin Cincinnati, Ohio, United States to her parents named Louesa Coate Titus and John Aller Titus. She is very well known for writing her novels based on the Romance and Literature & Fiction genres. Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of the prominent authors of The United States who has written a number of highly successful novels in her writing career. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments The book of dust la belle sauvage![]() Not to mention some of the best use of puppetry this reviewer has seen on stage with the daemons, that also look very wondrously elaborate. The sets are large and elegant, the various settings and lighting handsome and evocative and made even more interesting by the rich use of paint sketching and creative video design. It is a beautiful looking production, with transitions from scene to scene being seamless. ![]() 'The Book of Dust' turned out to be a marvel of a production, even better than the powerful 'Leopoldstadt' and more accessible and one of the best live cinema broadcasts from last year. Meaning the danger of over-stuffing and trying to do too much. Have seen some things that try to be ambitious but end up trying too hard, so was worried about that considering that this was an adaptation of one volume of another trilogy. ![]() ![]() This is an ambitious production of the prequel trilogy to 'His Dark Materials', and is proof that ambitious can work extremely well. Am also a big fan of Phillip Pullman's writing, with 'Northern Lights' becoming an instant favourite in particular, and have liked a lot of Nicholas Hytner's work on the stage while not considering him a favourite. Same with the opera and ballet live broadcasts from especially the Met and Royal Opera. Have always gotten a lot of enjoyment going to the cinema to see the National Theatre Live screenings, and love the authentic atmosphere and accessibility. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments All creatures great and small pbs![]() ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'Reality' on Max, in Which Sydney Sweeney Captivates As Real-Life Whistleblower Reality Winner Owen Wilson Tore Into Jason Sudekis And His Poor Eating Habits On Set of 'Hall Pass': "You’ll Just Put Anything in Your Body, Huh?" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom' on Netflix, a Middling Sort-of Reboot of a Longstanding French Franchise Stream It Or Skip It: 'Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love' On Max, Still One Of The All-Time Great Dirty Jewish Comedians Stream It Or Skip It: 'Mixed by Erry' on Netflix, an Amusing Italian Comedy About a 1980s Bootleg Cassette Tape Empire Gwyneth Paltrow Recalls "British Press Being So Horrible" After Her 'Shakespeare in Love' Oscar Win: "Totally Overwhelming" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Royalteen: Princess Margrethe' on Netflix, the Second in a Series of DOA Norwegian Teen Romances Seth Rogen Slams Streaming Service Execs for Their "Secretiveness" and "Insane Salaries": "Thank God for These Labor Unions" Judge Throws out 'Romeo and Juliet' Underage Nude Scene Lawsuit, Says It Is Protected by the First Amendment ![]() ![]() The custom in other nations of the day was for kings to marry daughters or sisters of foreign kings in order to form alliances with those countries. His first mistake in chasing after the wind was to multiply foreign wives for himself in direct disobedience to God’s orders in Deuteronomy 17:16–17. He wrote Ecclesiastes at the end of his life as he reflected upon lessons learned. ![]() Yet, despite those gifts, he began to drift away from God’s commands (1 Kings 11:3–4). He had power, position, prosperity, and great wisdom: all gifts from the God who loved him (2 Chronicles 1:7–12). ![]() Chosen by God from infancy to be the next king after his father, David (2 Samuel 12:25 1 Chronicles 28:6 29:1), Solomon had everything he could need for a lifetime of success. Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes as a personal benediction, sharing what life had taught him. The author of Ecclesiastes learned that pursuing meaningless things-things that do not have eternal significance-is only chasing after the wind. ![]() ![]() Ecclesiastes 1:14 speaks of chasing the wind as it relates the theme of the whole book: “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Chasing the wind is a metaphor for pursuing futility. The book of Ecclesiastes uses the phrase chasing after the wind at least seven times. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Wake up, esclave,” I growled, hoping an order would force those dove-blue eyes open. Her red-welted body oozed with damnation. “Tess?” I pulled her into my arms, dragging her cold, lifeless form closer. ![]() The monster inside ruined the only brightness in my life. The whip in my hands grew slippery with sweat, and I hurled it away in disgust. Rage and terror strangled me as I fell to my knees in the warm puddle of crimson. Her snowy skin was extra frosty, grey-blue eyes closed to me. All that blood, so bright with a coppery tang, almost sweet. Naked and restrained, this darkness cannot be contained,Īll I could think was-she’s dead. My esclave-so strong and fierce and sexually feral-wasn’t strong enough for what happened. Only when she came into my life did I start to live-intoxicated by her taste, screams, and joy.īut our f**ked-up-fairy-tale didn’t exactly have a happy ending. I thought I would be her nightmare-her terror and darkness. Let the rivers run, the monster inside has won… I ache to see your flesh bleed, scream for me, give me what I need, ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Splendid and the vile![]() ![]() MARY CHURCHILL, SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, awoke that morning, May 10, to the grim news from Europe. In the second car was Churchill’s police guardian, Detective Inspector Walter Henry Thompson, of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch, responsible for keeping Churchill alive. He had held the same post once before, during the previous war, and had been appointed anew by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain when the current war was declared. In the rear of the first car sat Britain’s topmost naval official, the first lord of the Admiralty, Winston S. ![]() The beauty of the day made a shocking contrast to all that had happened since dawn, when German forces stormed into Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, using armor, dive-bombers, and parachute troops with overwhelming effect. James’s Park basked in the warmth and the adoration of visitors, as their less exotic cousins, the swans, drifted with their usual stern lack of interest. Delicate spring leaves misted the tops of trees. Everywhere bluebells and primroses bloomed. THE CARS SPED ALONG THE Mall, the broad boulevard that runs between Whitehall, seat of Britain’s government ministries, and Buckingham Palace, the 775-room home of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, its stone facade visible now at the far end of the roadway, dark with shadow. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” The Coroner Departs ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Maddaddam by margaret atwood![]() In this trilogy – she shows us how we could end up – reminding us, should we need it – what destruction we have wrought on our planet. I think that gives us much food for thought – Margaret Atwood is often lauded for her astute, keen eyed view of the world – she seems to have her finger on the pulse of the world and its myriad issues. “Although MaddAddam is a work of fiction, it does not include any technologies or biobeings that do not already exist, are not under construction, or are not possible in theory.” Saying that though – in her acknowledgements Margaret Atwood states that… ![]() It’s really hard to review the final book in a trilogy that other people may not have read – as a whole it’s a trilogy that is extraordinary in its scope and imagination. While the events in Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood run parallel to each other – MaddAddam moves the story of characters like Jimmy, Toby and Zeb forward. It helped to refresh my memory a bit – although I have to say Year of the Flood has really stayed with me and remains my favourite of the three books. ![]() ![]() I have spaced out the three volumes quite widely – so I was pleased to see a little rounding up of the main points of each of the first two books in the front of this. My third read for this year’s #MARM was MaddAddam the final book in the trilogy of the same name. ![]() ![]() What I boast is known in Lagos, that city / Of magic, in Badagry where Saro women bathe / In gold, even in smaller towns less than / Twelve miles from here. ![]() This is not the only time in the text that Lakunle reveals his hypocritical nature, but it certainly is a conspicuous example of it. He seems to want both a chaste wife and a wife whom he can openly flaunt. He does not want people to look at her and lust after her, yet he claims that when they are married she will walk beside him. Lakunle wants her to be a modern wife and kiss him in the street, but he also expresses shock that she bares her shoulders and décolletage. Lakunle is full of words, and these words are usually directed at Sidi in terms of trying to woo her and trying to admonish her at the same time. quite / A good portion of-that! Lakunle, 2 How often must I tell you, Sidi, that / A grown-up girl must cover up her. ![]() ![]() ![]() While there he consumes a mixture that induces intense hallucinations. When Edward hears of a Mexican tribe that experiences shared illusion states, he travels to Mexico to participate. Seven years later, Edward and Emily have two daughters, are on the brink of divorce, and reunite with the couple who first introduced them. At a faculty party, he meets biological anthropologist Emily, and the two marry. He is aided by two like-minded researchers, Arthur Rosenberg and Mason Parrish. Edward begins experimenting with sensory deprivation using a flotation tank. He becomes fascinated by the concept of there being other states of consciousness. It follows a Harvard scientist who conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.Įdward Jessup is a psychopathologist who studies schizophrenia. ![]() Altered States is a Sci-Fi horror film that was directed by Ken Russell based on the novel of the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. ![]() |