![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lyra, Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison on the cover for "The Golden Compass." Alfred A. The first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy was published in 1995. There's also a new trilogy in the works.įrom the His Dark Materials trailer, it looks like the first season of the BBC and HBO co-production will be confined to the first novel in Pullman's series, The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights in the U.K.), but here's what else is in store should the series return for more seasons and adapt the rest of Pullman's books. HBO's His Dark Materials is an adaptation of a book series by author Philip Pullman, with three books telling a complete narrative. Unlike Game of Thrones, with its medieval trappings, the His Dark Materials book series combines fantasy with a more recognizably modern society, specifically a steampunk Victorian world where zeppelins and machine guns intermingle with talking polar bears, warring angels and witches. Immediately after the credits rolled on the Game of Thrones series finale, HBO ran a trailer for its next big fantasy series, His Dark Materials. ![]()
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Patrick Radden Keefe, in this enthralling collection of articles that were previously written in The New Yorker over some dozen years, has reminded us once again why he is one of best writers of nonfiction working today. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe ![]() ![]() In the end, Hal is reunited with his father, and he and his father help Caboose who, upon being released from the Boys' Home, has no family and no place to stay. His lawyer contacts the authorities who come to the facility, arrest the staff, and take them into custody. With help from Paco and Caboose, an ex-gang member, he retrieves medical records and sends them to his lawyer. When Hal finds out that he won’t be released because of a conduct report, he hatches a plan to expose the corruption. Not only are they falsifying medical reports, they are doing the same thing with conduct reports. ![]() With insight from Paco, Hal learns that the superintendent and his staff are corrupt, allow the fights to happen, and are keeping the boys from getting proper medical attention. He learns from Paco that dealing with gang retribution is not his biggest problem. Now he's a target, but he becomes friendly with Paco, one of the gang leaders. Hal just wants to get back to a normal life with his father and girlfriend, so he decides not to join a gang. There are two gangs at the juvenile home and all new arrivals either join the gang or are gang targets. Hal and his father have good intentions, but for Hal, staying out of trouble isn't going to be as easy as he thought. His father must also prove he can stop drinking in order for Hal to return home. ![]() Hal (14) has been sent to the Hellenweiler Boys’ Home where he will stay until he can prove he can stay out of trouble. 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In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince.īut he barged through my defenses anyway. What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell. ![]() ![]() ![]() The writings help her to contact the Space Hopper, who becomes her guide and mentor through eleven dimensions. ![]() The journey begins when our heroine, Victoria Line, comes upon her great-great-grandfather A. Through larger-than-life characters and an inspired story line, Flatterland explores our present understanding of the shape and origins of the universe, the nature of space, time, and matter, as well as modern geometries and their applications. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. The brilliant "sequel" to one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s an intriguing idea to take the template of the “Sisterhood” books and expand it with a new group of girls dealing with different life issues, but the tenuousness of their friendship somewhat undermines the concept. ![]() What’s missing is the glue between the characters. In “3 Willows,” Ama is spending the summer in a Wyoming wilderness camp, while Polly attempts to transform herself into a model and Jo gets romantically involved with an older boy when she takes a job busing tables at a seaside restaurant. That’s problematic because Brashares uses the same format in “3 Willows” that she did in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Each chapter begins with a factoid or a saying that somehow relates to the scenarios that are about to unfold the chapter then tells each girl’s story in turn. Like the original sisterhood, the girls are each unique, but Brashares doesn’t work hard enough to explain what first cemented their friendship or what started to tear them apart. Jo is dealing with her brother’s death and her parents’ separation. Polly is a borderline anorexic who lives with her alcoholic single mom. Ama is a first-generation African American who aspires to follow in the footsteps of her scholarly older sister. Ama, Polly and Jo first met in third grade when their parents were late to pick them up from school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s never surprising to see The Exorcist crowning countdowns of all-time scariest films. ![]() But somewhere there’s also an evil that feels real, like a cold hand reaching out from the screen to clutch our hearts. Partly it’s the brutality, the music and editing. Partly it’s the performances: Linda Blair’s innocence morphing into monstrosity, Ellen Burstyn’s motherly anguish. I saw it recently at a small cinema in Pittsburgh: at the back was a group of intoxicated students who laughed for the first half hour, but when the horrifying stuff started happening, they went silent, and you could feel the film’s power to terrify coursing through the room. ![]() It’s a legacy that detractors of The Exorcist say the film fails to live up to, pointing at religious dogma and dated special effects. As they pile up, the impact of that first film, released in the US on Boxing Day 1973, begins to feel more and more like history: the audience faintings, the priests outside cinemas helping people come to terms with what they’d experienced, the decade-long banning by British censors. Exorcist writer William Peter Blatty delivers a horror sequel in earnestĭemonic spirits being expelled from young bodies is now a genre in its own right, though it’s a beige swathe of mostly pale imitators. ![]() ![]() There is not a redeeming feature for this character and his role in the narrative needed him to be just so. He is egotistical, racist, sexist, manipulative, narcissistic. Davidson was the most hateable character I've read in a long time. I would have loved to explore it further. The Athsheans culture was unique and different to any I've read before. For much of this book you could switch out the Athsheans and Terrains with indigenous people and European invaders. Intense and reflective plot which encourages parallels with our own history and the atrocities committed. I really felt for the Athsheans and their plight and I absolutely hated Davidson! ![]() ![]() Le Guin crafts the narrative with amazing skill. This short but profound story gives raw and visceral insight into the harms of colonialism and the effects on both native and coloniser. ![]() ![]() On top of the peril she faces from her own teacher, there are also the capes and fellow apprentices to worry about, to say nothing of having to keep up a civilian cover. The education of a villain is not an easy one, and Tori will have to learn quickly if she wants to survive. Apprenticed to one of the world's most powerful (and supposedly dead) villains, she is thrust into a strange world where the lines that divide superheroes and criminals are more complex than they seem. ![]() But when she's captured trying to rob a vault that belongs to a secret guild of villains, she's offered a hard choice: prove she has what it takes to join them or be eliminated. Gifted with metahuman powers in a world full of capes and villains, Tori Rivas kept away from the limelight, preferring to work as a thief in the shadows. ![]() ![]() At first, people tease her about them and her father initially fails to notice, then they express the same disdain as the kids at school. At home, they continue to celebrate holidays together with their families, even though things are awkward between the two of them.Īt Christmas, Autumn begins wearing tiaras each day. At school, it is like Autumn and Finny never knew each other. ![]() Autumn finds herself watching them grow closer each day as they all wait at the bus stop each morning. Autumn and Sasha both fall for a boy named Jamie, but Autumn is the one he chooses.Īs freshman year progresses, Finny strikes up a relationship with a girl named Sylvie. At the beginning of high school, Autumn and her friend, Sasha, begin a new friend group that includes two other girls and a small group of boys. However, toward the end of eighth grade, Autumn felt pushed out by the group of friends she and Finny shared, so they drifted apart. She and Finny have been friends since birth because their mothers are best friends and Finny’s mother, Angelina, lives next door. ![]() She knows the argument was about her.Īutumn then goes back four years to the beginning of high school. This guide uses the Kindle e-book version published by Sourcebooks in 2019.Ĭontent Warning: This guide includes discussions of mood disorders and suicidal ideation.Īutumn reflects on a car accident that took place while her friend, Finny, was arguing with his girlfriend, Sylvie. ![]() |