The restaurateur, now mortally ill, has found a portal in his pantry that leads to a particular day in 1958, where the time-traveller can begin a stay lasting months or even potentially years, always returning two minutes later. In 11.22.63, Jake Epping, a schoolteacher in Maine (a childhood reference point as recurrent in King's fiction as New Jersey in Philip Roth's), is summoned by the owner of Al's Diner, a local eaterie that has become popular but also suspect as a result of being able to sell, in 2011, burgers at near-1950s prices. The possibility of such an intervention must number, along with its darker twin of going back and killing Hitler, among the principal fantasies of time travel, and is explored in the 54th work of fiction by Stephen King. P eople are commonly said to remember their location when told of President John F Kennedy's assassination, but many must also wish the place they had been on 22 November 1963 was Dallas, where they might somehow have diverted the motorcade or prevented Lee Harvey Oswald from entering the Texas School Book Depository.
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With no Egyptian sources and only Roman records written years after Cleopatra's death to work from, Schiff is forced to buttress her work with lengthy sketches of Alexandrine and Roman life in the hectic decades before the birth of Christ, as well as rely on such speculative phrases as "It may be that," "It must have been" and "We can only guess that" to make up for the lack of reliable information.īy itself, this isn't a bad thing - a careful re-creation of ancient Mediterranean society is one of the book's strengths - but it tends to throw Schiff's subject into dense shadow for at least the work's first part. A laudable attempt to peel away the layers of legend, propaganda and downright fiction surrounding this most famous of ancient queens, Schiff's tall order is to present a portrait stripped of various writers' biased agendas, including William Shakespeare's. Much of the better part gets a thorough workout in Pulitzer Prize-winner Stacy Schiff's new book,Ĭleopatra: A Life. For better or worse, Egypt's last pharaoh has become a kind of gold standard for elusive biography. Since her death in 30 BC, Cleopatra has been cast variously as a queen, a vamp, a feminist symbol, a tragic heroine and sometimes everything together at once. Is there any historical figure whose name is more potent with imagery than that of Egypt's Cleopatra VII? It's unlikely. At last, here we have a fresh story in tried and true mold with moments that cause butterflies in this smut-jaded heart. I had a hard time accepting a number of JQ’s recent ones, however, as each seemed to me to be more over-the-top than the last (I’m looking at you, The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy). When an author becomes prolific, finding new plots or new heroes and heroines with unique problems can be a challenge. This is the Julia Quinn I had been waiting for for years. Plot: You’ve been a thorn in my side for my entire life, how could I possibly be in love with you? Heat Factor: Low heat, all the butterfliesĬharacter Chemistry: present and accounted for In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including: Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era. Twelve years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger-think global-and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Print The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney CompanyĪ grand vision defined: The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. If other people from a far-future generation study about us, how might they describe us? If someone from another planet were to watch our culture and times, how might they view us? And a war that exacerbates hunger and human trafficking. Customer’s being rude with retail or restaurant employees. Supply and demand issues with groceries and construction supplies and many items between. There’s so much happening: Climate catastrophes. Some mornings I just sit and listen to our old box floor fan while I sip my tea and the sun rises. It’s been a few chaotic and difficult years. What kind of a people will we become? Making Choices Pilgrim is from the Latin “peregrē” meaning to come from abroad. Tourist is from tour, which comes from the Greek “tórnos” meaning a tool for making a circle. Synonyms include: sojourner, wayfarer, hadji Synonyms include: sightseer, visitor, globetrotter.Ī pilgrim is a person who travels far, often on foot, to a place of special significance. Defining Tourist and PilgrimĪ tourist is a person who travels for pleasure. Karen Oliveto, a Bishop in the United Methodist Church of Mountain Sky Conference, which includes churches in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and one in Idaho. can I have my own Edmund I promise I would treat him better than Maribel did. He was usually pretty taciturn but knew how to joke around and just. Actually everything about Edmund was amazing he was strong and dedicated but in his own way. Okay so we have the Fera Augmen which is flipping cool and Edmund's relationship with his animals was amazing. AND THIS FANTASY LOVER WAS 100% ON BOARD WITH ALL OF THAT. we have people able to speak the language of animals, giant spiders, A FLIPPING DRAGON (I mean I believe that dragons existed but STILL). So this world is technically medieval, but Hedlund does add in some things that are slightly more on the fantasy side so. Y'all are probably all aware of how much I adore labyrinths AND booby traps but if not allow me to take a second to say ASDFGHJKL THERE WAS A LABYRINTH WITH BOOBY TRAPS!!!!Ĭan we take a moment to freak out over that fact. I loved this book a bajillion times more than the first OH MY GOSH WHERE DO I EVEN START WITH ALL OF THE LOVING? I thought this would be the slow story of the series that I would have to suffer through. I wasn't sure if I would like Edmund and Maribel as much as I did Christopher and Adelaide which is always the danger of series like this. I wasn't sure if I would like this one as much as the first. 'A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath. A moment by moment account of the heroes, perpetrators and victims of a tragedy, Chernobyl is the first full account of a gripping, unforgettable Cold War story. In Chernobyl, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy draws on recently opened archives to recreate these events in all their drama. The blast put the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, contaminating over half of Europe with radioactive fallout. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. rightly being hailed as a classic' Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph 'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. *WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019* *WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018* Before his twentieth birthday he was interviewing eyewitnesses and participating in expeditions throughout North America. He researched, through newspaper archives, many forgotten accounts of American Thunderbirds, Black Panthers, and Napes (North American Apes). In 1962 Coleman found a series of ape-like footprints in south-central Illinois and heard a remarkable primate screech in another part of the state. Sanderson and Bernard Heuvelmans, who would become his researcher mentors. He commenced what would be a series of correspondence with Ivan T. He soon began to investigate midwestern anthropoid reports in the field. In March 1960, after watching a television broadcast of a film (Half Human) about Yeti, Coleman got passionately interested in researching the reality of the Abominable Snowman. As a boy, he kept a large home zoo of native species of reptiles and mammals. Coleman grew up interested in animals, nature mysteries, zoological parks, and the exploration of wild places. Loren Coleman was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but moved when he was three months old to Decatur, Illinois, where he spent most of his youth, the son of a professional firefighter. Finally, it’s worth noting that this is short, illustrated (about one illustration per chapter), and perfect for younger middle grade readers. This story also focuses on Maya’s neighborhood, gun violence, and her relationship with the sweet shopkeeper, Mr. Maya’s friend struggles are realistic and I enjoyed the narrative arc and resolution. I learned a lot of engineering stuff from this book. Maya does a lot of brainstorming to get him set up and I loved Ralph’s personality and his capacity for learning. I loved all the scenes with Ralph, the robot, and I found the explanations around his invention to be fairly plausible and realistic. Her parents appear to be separated as they live in different houses, but their relationship is amicable and Maya gets one-on-one time with each parent. She likes science and engineering and has strong convictions about what she wants to do with her life. Maya is a determined young girl with a passion for STEM. After setting the robot up to work, Maya suddenly has a new best friend, but how long will this last? And what happens when the robot, Ralph malfunctions? The Good But things begin to look up when Maya finds a broken down robot in the neighborhood store where she helps out. Quickly, it seems like they’re forming a new friend group and barely spending time with her, especially since they don’t even have the same lunch period. She’s disappointed when she’s placed in a different class than her two best friends, Jada and MJ. It centers a young Black girl, Maya who’s entering the fifth grade. Traveling alone, deep in the woods, Elisabeth suspects her basket of treats isn't the only thing a sly wolf is after. (Ages 3 to 6) About the Author:īook Description Hardcover. Her illustrations for Saint George and the Dragon, by Margaret Hodges, won the Caldecott Medal. Little Red learns her lessons-to keep her promises, to stay on the path, to mind her manners, and to avoid talking to big, bad wolves-lessons parents still try to teach their children many generations after the Brothers Grimm first recorded this story.įor over 20 years, readers young and old have loved Hyman's illustrations of children's books, fairy tales, and folk tales-most notably the Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel, and The Fortune Tellers by Lloyd Alexander. Her love for this character permeates her award-winning retelling of the traditional Grimm story, even as Grandma and Little Red get eaten alive by the wolf and then saved by the kindly woodsman (illustrated carefully with a minimum of violence). Trina Schart Hyman used to pretend she was Little Red Riding Hood when she was a little girl, wearing a red cape sewn by her mother. |