5/22/2023 0 Comments The Sky Above Us by Sarah SundinFor by You I can run against a troop by my God I can leap over a wall. "For You are my lamp, O LORD the LORD shall enlighten my darkness. And secrets can’t stay buried forever.īestselling author Sarah Sundin returns readers to the shores of Normandy, this time in the air, as the second Paxton brother prepares to face the past–and the most fearsome battle of his life. Drawn to the mysterious Adler, she enlists his help with her work and urges him to reconnect with his family after a long estrangement.ĭespite himself, Adler finds his defenses crumbling when it comes to Violet. Violet Lindstrom wanted to be a missionary, but for now she serves in the American Red Cross, where she arranges entertainment for the men of the 357th in the Aeroclub on base and sets up programs for local children. Determined to become an ace pilot, Adler battles the German Luftwaffe in treacherous dogfights in the skies over France as the Allies struggle for control of the air before the D-day invasion. Adler Paxton ships to England with the US 357th Fighter Group in 1943. Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt. Book Two in the Sunrise At Normandy series//WWII fiction
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5/22/2023 0 Comments Tag Along by Tom RyanI wrote in the last issue of The Undertoad, in jest, that I thought Atticus was the brains of that twosome. There will be numerous book-related appearances ahead for Tom/Atticus in the months ahead.Īs usual, Atticus was on hand to steal the show, which wasn’t too difficult with so many dog lovers in the house. This was Tom’s debut in the book-promoting business but certainly not his last as he has a major publishing house (William Morrow) heavily committed to his book. This was an audience of mostly familiar faces for him and there were plenty of hugs and handshakes afterwards. (Newburyport) My friend Tom Ryan took part in the Newburyport Literary Festival on Saturday at Jabberwocky.īefore a packed space, Tom discussed his Newburyport days as editor of The Undertoad as well as his first book, “Following Atticus,” which comes out in September. Tom, holding Atticus, told stories of his days in Newburyport. The Vault: "In the Mood for Push" by Lidden Li.The Royal Road to Mentalism by Mark Lemon and Peter Turner.The Vault: "Cannibal Cards" by Various Artists."The Medusa Project" by Perseus Arkomanis.A First Look at Second Sight by Bob Loomis.Radio Psychics: Mind Reading and Fortune Telling in American Broadcasting, (1920-1940) by John Benedict Buescher.Knights at The Magic Castle by Shawn McMaster.They Don't Make Money Like They Used To by Al Bach.Liberty Magic: Elevating the Art of Magic in Philadelphia by Peter SamelsonĬhamber of Secrets The Conjurer by John GaughanĬardopolisA Trick for Ted Lesley by David BritlandĪrtifices Ren Lavand's "Follow the Leader" by Roberto MansillaĮxpert at the Kids' Table Physical Gags With Your Child Volunteer by David Kaye An American Invasion: Britain's Early Radio Psychics by John Benedict Buescher 5/22/2023 0 Comments Something deeply hidden goodreadsUnrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group-known as "Arrivalists"-who may be fomenting revolution. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. For one thing, he's been dreaming-which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process-and, when necessary, enforcing it. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Mark Hamill and His Return of the Jedi Prop Lightsaber Reunite in Pop Culture Quest Clipįounded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. 5/22/2023 0 Comments The tale of murasaki by liza dalbyFrom Shikibu's journal, she admits to being shy, and occasionally brooding, even morose. I also want to say how much I enjoyed the narration by Allison Hiroto. Bravo! It helps to have completed 'The Tale of Genji', but just some knowledge of the story can help you enjoy Dalby's book like you can get from Wikipedia or another reference. And she provides a new conclusion to the 'Tale of Genji' from the somewhat incomplete ending of the actual Tale. Dalby "solves" the mystery of the gap between Genji's final years and the Tale's pivot to the lives of two of his grandsons, Kaoru, and Niou. From the scarce facts about Shikibu's life, the pages of a journal that she kept about court life, and clues from her masterwork, "The Tale of Genji', Dalby brilliantly imagines a complete life story. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Liza Dalby's fictional autobiography of Japanese great Murasaki Shikibu. With their marriage in 1920, the couple became “Hollywood royalty”, she earning the title “Queen of the Movies, and he “The King of Hollywood”. from Will Durant & Ariel.” The recipients, Douglas and Mary Lee Fairbanks, were pioneers in the American film industry and two of the most popular actors of their time. 19, 1966”, and to the flyleaf of The Age of Louis XIV, “To Douglas & Mary Lee enjoying their hospitality. The inscription on the half-title page of The Life of Greece reads, “To Douglas + Mary Lee with love from Will Durant 5-6-69 A great evening!”, to the flyleaf of The Age of Voltaire, “For Douglas & Mary Lee affectionately, from Will Durant & Ariel At the Bolton’s Sept. Presentation copies, each volume (with the exception IV and X) inscribed by William and Ariel Durant to Douglas and Mary Lee Fairbanks on various dates. Royal octavo, 11 volumes, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Rare complete set of Durant’s monumental achievement with 10 volumes inscribed by him to “The King of Hollywood” Douglas Fairbanks. The Story of Civilization.ĭURANT, William and Ariel. 5/22/2023 0 Comments The Icarus Hunt by Timothy ZahnI looked past the Yavanni into the main part of the taverno. It had been a long day and a longer evening, I was tired and cranky, and the smartest thing I could do right now was get hold of the doorknob digging into my back and get out of there. Yavanni aren't very bright even at the best of times, but when you're outweighed by two to one and outnumbered by three to one, brainpower ratio isn't likely to be the deciding factor. I was still outside the invisible boundary of the personal territories they'd staked out for themselves in the entryway and if I had any brains, I'd keep it that way. Which meant that along with being young and brash, they were also tanked to the briskets. I stopped short just inside the door, and as it swung closed against my back I caught a faint whiff of turpentine from the direction of my would-be assailants. From all indications, it looked like that something was going to be me. Big, eager-eyed, and territorial, they were on the prowl and looking for an excuse to squash something soft. CHAPTER 1 THEY WERE WAITING as I stepped through the door into the taverno: three of them, preadult Yavanni, roughly the size of Brahma bulls, looming over me from both sides of the entryway. 5/22/2023 0 Comments Ruins dan wells“That’s a pretty awesome photo tho!” one person told her. Meanwhile, a lot of people couldn’t see what the big deal was. “So my bf isn’t the only man obsessed with portrait mode? Thank god,” quipped one person. woman thing when it comes to preferences. Others also agreed that this seems to be a man vs. “Because between the two of them one will be decent and take it good.” “You gotta ask a girl who’s with a bf to do it,” added another person. “I never want portrait mode, if I wanted a background blur I would have taken the picture at home.” “I hate portrait mode,” said someone else. “this is why i always take my tripod with me,” one TikToker wrote in the comments. And while there are differing theories as to which angle is better, it’s clear from Katie’s post that she is not a fan of the portrait look. The man was more than game, but when Katie got her phone back, she was immediately kind of bummed.Īll of the photos he took were done in Portrait mode, as opposed to landscape, which cuts out significant parts of the image on either side. But instead of just capturing the volcano on its own or trying to get herself into a selfie with the incredible sight, she asked a man in her hiking group if he could capture her standing alongside it. Thanks to the folks who've been letting me know how much they've been enjoying this series of Stan Lee related posts. Take a look at it, and in my next post I'll go into more depth on the actual book, and how it appealed to me as a kid. (The embedding feature has been turned off, sorry). In the late 1980s, Stan and John actually performed a reading of the material for a videotape (remember those?!) version of their landmark book. Like the book I reviewed in my previous post, "ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS", this drawing book was another principal factor in really setting me on the path to inspiring me to make my own comics. A book by Stan Lee and Marvel Comics artist John Buscema on how to draw comics like the ones published by Marvel?! I got my copy around 1980 or so, and this opened my eyes to how the comics I loved to read were actually created. "HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE MARVEL WAY" was a big deal to many Marvel fans, and young artists. “Such a sad awakening” to learn that our lives are like that broken promise, “a sad awakening … the day the sea monkeys arrived in the mail, no proud sea monarch or tiny mermaid minions, no castle, no scepter, no crown, just a little paper packet of dried brine shrimp which, tumbled into a fishbowl, resembled wriggling microscopic larvae, resembled sediment in pond water, swirling and drifting and settling.” I doubt that McGrath intended this analogy for how it feels to read his new book, which is simply lame. IN THE TITULAR prose poem of his new collection, Campbell McGrath likens our lives to “dreams, luminous tapestries woven by a mechanism like the star machine at the planetarium, realms of fantastic desire and possibility, like the kingdom of the sea monkeys promised in the back pages of comic books of my childhood.” Dreams are not known for their realism, which leads to quite a letdown when fantastic desires prove as fantastical as an advertised kingdom of sea monkeys. |