6/12/2023 0 Comments Lethem motherless brooklyn![]() ![]() ![]() While visiting a Harlem club one night, Lionel starts to commune with the bebop jazz being played, the random-seeming beats and sudden changes aligning perfectly with the scattershot rhythms of his own brain. If the idea of an Oscar-nominated actor playing someone with a disability sounds offensive, Norton successfully navigates that minefield by way of a performance that’s understated, thoughtful and, in one instance, deeply moving. But it’s Norton himself who delivers the standout performance in “Motherless Brooklyn,” in which he plays the kind of misfit-with-hidden-layers that brought him to fame in 1996’s “Primal Fear.” Lionel lives with Tourette’s syndrome, which means that he’s given to sudden facial tics, verbal stammers and inappropriate outbursts. ![]() Norton's character Lionel Essrog is a detective with Tourette's syndrome, who. Shot by Dick Pope to resemble a dime store detective novel and scored with equal beauty and sensitivity by composer Daniel Pemberton, “Motherless Brooklyn” is a film of handsome surfaces and textures, and Norton has assembled a first-rate cast to populate a story that features a Jane Jacobs-like activist played by Cherry Jones, as well as Lionel’s fellow “Minna Men,” a motley crew - like Lionel, former orphans - played with bantering brio by Bobby Cannavale, Dallas Roberts and Ethan Suplee. Now, he's exploring urban planning in a new way in Motherless Brooklyn, a film he wrote, directed and stars in. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Alice christina henry review![]() Something powerful.Īnd to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice. ![]() Only something else has escaped with her. Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. ![]() Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood… She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. ![]() Genres & Themes: New Adult, Fantasy, Horror, Retellings, Alice in WonderlandĪ mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll… ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach![]() The voice of the book is Leila, and we discover early on (it’s no spoiler to say) that she is a young woman who spends most of her time online – choosing to fraternise with World of War Craft players rather than with her Topshop loving 23 year old peers. ![]() Lottie has created the perfect anti-heroine in her character of Leila. I almost didn’t want to review this book for you as I don’t want to give too much away – so I’ll try and keep it short and sweet. Lottie draws on her own experiences in the novel, using the real life story of her grandma’s imprisonment for helping her friend commit suicide, as the genesis of her fantastic fiction debut… There’s a new literary talent in the form of Lottie Moggach and her debut novel has smashed into the literary world – her utterly absording Kiss Me First.The story centres around two completely dysfunctional women – Tess and Leila. I was glued to this book, reading last thing at night and first thing in the morning and even on the 10 minute walk to the station, bumping into people all the way along and not minding one bit! ![]() You know when you find a book you quite literally can’t put down? Well, I’ve just finished Kiss Me Firstin a mere 48 hours. ![]() ![]() ![]() These ranged from “love cults” that conducted ritual orgies to “devil worshipping” cults that branded their members with hot irons and beheaded their enemies.Īmong all these, the Simi Valley's “Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven” was considered by many to be the most extraordinary. California, in particular, was a haven for an estimated 200,000 cultists, with over 400 active cults in southern California alone. The United States witnessed an explosion of cult activity in the 1920s that today is almost inconceivable. ![]() Human and animal sacrifices, vanishings, the preserved corpse of a teenage cult princess, angelic encounters, a woman cooked in an oven, a mother chained to her bed for two months, resurrection experiments, refrigeration warehouses for the dead, abductions, nocturnal rituals, orgies, a breathing universe, an esoteric tome known as The Great Sixth Seal, hints of Hecate worship, and a post-apocalyptic world ruled by eleven queens from a hill in Hollywood… Cult of the Great Eleven is a true account of one of the twentieth century’s weirdest and most mysterious cults. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments I must betray you![]() ![]() ![]() Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys is back with a historical thriller that examines the little-known history of a nation defined by silence, pain, and the unwavering conviction of the human spirit. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves-or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.Ĭristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream they are bound by rules and force.Īmidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. ![]() Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. ![]() A #1 New York Times and National Bestseller!Ī gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. ![]() ![]() They too will try and figure out a way to escape and in turn not accept their fate. This may be significant as Bierce could be using the element of time to suggest that should an individual find themselves in a position similar to Farquhar. ![]() ![]() As his watch is ticking he is thinking of being able to free himself before he is hung. What is interesting about Farquhar’s position is that he doesn’t give up the hope of not being hung. The story itself is set during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and Farquhar has been captured by Federal troops and is about to be hanged. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises from the beginning of the story that Bierce through the setting of the story may be exploring the theme of conflict. ![]() In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce we have the theme of conflict, time, freedom, acceptance, escape, commitment, control and reality. ![]() ![]() While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.Īs her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. ![]() Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.įeyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back. 276 Unique Leather Bound Edition having Spine and corners bind with leather with Golden Leaf Printing on round spine. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Each page is checked manually before printing. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. ![]() NO changes have been made to the original text. ![]() Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Andrew taylor the fire court![]() ![]() He has written all kinds of stories, for kids, thrillers, historical, essays, and police procedural. His wife works on the books with him, when she is not working as a photographer and artist she is Caroline Silverwood Taylor. Since the 1980s, he has lived in the Forest of Dean (which is located on the borders of both Wales and England). He has worked as a freelance editor for a publisher, librarian, laborer, wages clerk, he built boats, and worked as a teacher. The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By:John Connolly)Īuthor Andrew Taylor spent his childhood in East Anglia, and got an education at The King’s School, Ely, and Woodbridge School. ![]() The Last Honest Horse Thief (By:Michael Koryta) The Hemingway Valise (By:Robert Olen Butler) Reconciliation Day (By:Christopher Fowler) The Nature of My Inheritance (By:Bradford Morrow) The Book of Ghosts (By:Reed Farrel Coleman) ![]() Box)Īn Acceptable Sacrifice (By:Jeffery Deaver)ĭeath Leaves a Bookmark (By:William Link) ![]() ![]() Awarded just before Independence Day (December 6th) to 10-15 people across all fields of culture, the Pro Finlandia Medal is widely considered the highest national accolade for Finnish artists and writers. As Finland prepares to celebrate its Independence Day tomorrow, we are thrilled to announce that the award-winning and internationally bestselling author Johanna Sinisalo has been awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal for services to Finnish literature!įounded in 1943, the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland is a distinction awarded by the President of Finland to artists and writers in recognition of their long meritorious work and exceptional services to Finnish art, drama, literature and music. ![]() |