Stephen kings night shift5/11/2023 ![]() King formed a policy he deemed the Dollar Deal, which allowed the students the permission to make an adaptation for $1. With the publication of Night Shift and the rise in King's popularity as a best-selling author, and with the success of Brian De Palma's motion picture adaptation of Carrie (1976), student film makers began submitting requests to King to adapt stories from the collection. MacDonald.įilm, television or theatrical adaptations The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. The stories "Jerusalem's Lot", "Quitters, Inc.", "The Last Rung on the Ladder", and "The Woman in the Room" appeared for the first time in this collection. ![]() ![]() Nine of the twenty stories had first appeared in issues of Cavalier Magazine from 1970 to 1975 others were originally published in Penthouse, Cosmopolitan, Gallery, Ubris, and Maine Magazine. ![]() The book was published on the heels of The Shining (1977 Doubleday) and is King's fifth published book (including Rage, which was published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman). ![]() In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories, first published in 1978. ![]()
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Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() This is not to say that I did not get into his arguments, and debunk them, for that was done as well. Ehrman’s “Misquoting Jesus” is an attempt to look behind the scenes at Ehrman’s book, and get a picture of his mindset as he penned it by the way he worded something, or repeatedly worded something, or left something out, and far more. ![]() Using sound reason, scholarly exegesis, and the Historical-Grammatical method of interpretation, as well as New Testament textual criticism, Andrews helps both churchgoer/Bible students, as well as scholars, overcome the teachings of biblical errancy that Ehrman propagates.-Easy to read and understand. Ehrman and following along his course of academic studies, Andrews helps the reader to understand the biases, assumptions, and shortcomings supporting Ehrman’s arguments. Ehrman alleges against the fully inerrant, Spirit-inspired, authoritative Word of God. Andrews boldly answers the challenges Bart D. Andrews is the Chief Translator of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV). ![]() ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. ![]() Possession byatt5/10/2023 ![]() He's living a glum and frugal life while his long-term, he-doesn't-know-how-to-break-up-with-her, girlfriend manages the bulk of their household expenses. in literature but hasn't found any full-time work. Roland is a barely employed postgraduate, by which we mean that he recently earned his Ph.D. ![]() Possession's modern-day lovers are Roland Mitchell and Maud Bailey, two literary scholars whose lives are about to be changed in some serious ways. How exactly does it soothe our troubled spirits? By presenting a sharply satirical and wickedly witty take on literary scholarship and modern romance- and by reminding us of how good it feels to fall in love with books and the authors who write them. ![]() Set mostly in 1986–1987 but partly in the crinoline-heavy years of nineteenth-century England, the novel is like VapoRub for the soul of any person who's ever felt just a little bit sick of school life. Possession burst forth from Byatt's mind palace in 1990, and it quickly scooped the prestigious Booker Prize, the Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize, and the Commonwealth Prize ( source). Byatt's Possessionmay be just the thing to cure what ails you. Is school getting you down? Have you been asked to read so many novels, short stories, poems, essays, and plays that space and time have lost all meaning? Have you forgotten what it was that inspired you to take English classes in the first place? Are you feeling the need for some fun, some romance, and some adventure in your life?ĭespair not, Shmoopers: A. ![]() Hesse the glass bead game5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The nature of this game is never fully explained it is suggested that the rules are too complex for a lay audience to understand. The country is devoted to two objectives, and only two: to run a boys’ boarding school, and to play the Glass Bead Game. Technological and economic forces are minimized, and many aspects of the setting are more reminiscent of the Middle Ages than the future. The novel is narrated by a fictional historian and takes place in a far-future country called Castalia, a country dedicated to intellectualism and the development of the mind, apparently in response to the chaos and destruction of twentieth-century wars. The book has also been published under the title Magister Ludi, or “Master of the Game.” It is a biographical parody set several centuries in the future, purporting to be the life story of protagonist Joseph Knecht, and his attempts to master the “glass bead game” and attain the Magister Ludi title. ![]() Originally rejected for publication in the author’s native Germany due to his anti-Fascist views, it was originally published in neutral Switzerland instead. Hermann Hesse’s novel The Glass Bead Game (or Das Glasperlenspiel), published in German in 1943 and translated into English in 1949, is Hesse’s last major work. ![]() Me before you jojo moyes book review5/10/2023 ![]() The book is not badly-written, but it’s not great prose either, it just moves the story along. ![]() So, that’s the story, and I won’t ruin the ending for you, but there’s not much else to it. ![]() The story takes on a more serious tone as he considers ending his life at a assisted suicide facility due to his condition. She tries to help him to appreciate life again, they begin to care for one another, etc. He’s bitter and she needs work, so she takes a position as his caretaker. He’s handsome, wealthy and, sadly, paralyzed due to an accident not too long ago due to his adventurous ways. She’s poor, plain looking, unemployed and a bad dresser. It’s a straightforward story, free of any subplots or main side characters. But even as someone who has no problem admitting that she loves well-written chick lit and a nice love story, this book is just not very good nor particularly unique. I feel a little bad saying this since I’m always loathe to discount female writers just because a story includes a romantic story line, but honestly, the material is pretty thin. To start, Me Before You is probably more accurately described as Chick Lit rather than actual, you know, literature. ![]() So, this book was all over the bestseller lists and has amazing ratings on Amazon. By Jennifer Marie Lin on Feb 20th, 2014 (Last Updated Sep 21st, 2018) ![]() My life in pictures temple grandin5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() That’s a subject where that’s pretty much all I’m going to say. Well, if it’s OK, I have another couple of questions about vaccines and autism, and you can choose if you’ll answer or not. ![]() “Where I can actually do stuff.”ĭuring the pandemic, there has been a lot of discussion about who’s vaccinated and who’s not, and historically, a fear of autism is one of the things that antivaxxers - I will make only one comment: I have two Pfizers and a booster and a flu shot. “I am interested in my practical projects,” Grandin says. ![]() Though she has been so influential on how we think and feel about autism and animal welfare, it’s the more tangible things that matter most to her. (“Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism,” published in 1995, is the classic.) Grandin, who is 74, also helped transform the meat industry through her design of more humane handling systems for livestock. The author, scientist and Colorado State University professor is as responsible as anyone for broadening our understanding of autism, through her tireless lecturing and the many books she has written on the subject. ![]() “Not going to do very well there - can’t multitask, cannot follow long strings of verbal instruction.” It’s a little humbling to hear what Grandin says she can’t do, considering how insubstantial it is compared with what she can do and has done. “Don’t put me on the McDonald’s takeout window,” Temple Grandin said over Zoom from her home in Fort Collins, Colo. ![]() What you have heard is true5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a country also increasingly terrorized by the right-wing death squads of Mano Blanca, the White Hand. He gives her a crash course on Salvadoran history from the pre-Columbian era to the present, when the tiny country, marked by staggering economic inequality, is ruled by a corrupt military that steals millions of dollars every year in United States aid, murders priests and political opponents, and tosses disappeared torture victims, including an American, from helicopters into the Pacific. Gómez’s plan is to spend just a few days in California, and then drive home. (Alegría’s daughter is a close friend.) There she heard Gómez warily described as a man involved in dangerous things, possibly even working with the C.I.A. Forché has never met Gómez, though he’s a cousin of Claribel Alegría, whose poetry Forché, despite her rudimentary Spanish, wants to translate, and whose home in Mallorca she has visited. ![]() One day Leonel Gómez Vides, 37, arrives at her door with his two young daughters, claiming that he’s driven all the way from El Salvador just to talk to her. It is the late 1970s and Carolyn Forché is a 27-year-old poet with one published book of poetry, teaching at a university in Southern California. WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE A Memoir of Witness and Resistance By Carolyn Forché ![]() Uninvited sophie jordan series5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() “Firelight soars to dizzying heights, combining forbidden love, scorching romance, and thrilling danger.” - Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy Kiersten White, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of PARANORMALCY ![]() …Anytime my readers ask for a book recommendation, I always say, ‘Read Sophie Jordan!’” - Colleen Houck, author of NEW YORK TIMES bestselling TIGER’S CURSE I delved into the mystical world and discovered a fast–paced, gripping story. Praise for the Firelight series: “The Firelight series is a rare sparkling gem. “this fast-paced story is a solid addition to the dystopian genre.” - Booklist Rachel Vincent, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author UNINVITED asks the question: will you let the world define who you are or will you choose to define yourself? Put simply: I loved this book! - Carrie Ryan, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth seriesĪ riveting, disconcerting vision of a near–future corrupted by genetic profiling. ![]() Jack ketchum dead river series5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The first chapter jumped straight into the action, but it turned out to be much more of a prologue than an actual part of Off Season. Unfortunately for them, there's a group of savages in the area who live off the land and its inhabitants.Īs much as I love Jack Ketchum’s writing, Off Season was a miss for me. Shortly after she gets to the house, her sister and some friends arrive to spend a few days with her in the cabin. She has the house for a couple of weeks so she can get an editing project completed and spend some time vacationing and relaxing. Off Season is about a woman who rents a cabin on the outskirts of town near the ocean. Nearby, a savage human family with a taste for flesh lurks in the darkening woods, watching, waiting for the moon to rise and night to fall.Īnd before too many hours pass, five civilized, sophisticated people and one tired old country sheriff will learn just how primitive we all are beneath the surface.and that there are no limits at all to the will to survive. ![]() ![]() A beautiful New York editor retreats to a lonely cabin on a hill in the quiet Maine beach town of Dead River-off season-awaiting her sister and friends. Off Season is a horror novel by Jack Ketchum. ![]() ![]() ![]() Carthage Must Be Destroyed tells the story of this lost empire - from its origins in Lebanon to its apotheosis as the greatest sea-power of its age - and brings to life legendary figures such as the military genius Hannibal, who led his troops across the Alps and almost toppled Roman power, but would ultimately lead his people to disaster. In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of the Mediterranean - before the Carthaginians finally buckled and their great capital city was razed to the ground, burning for six days and nights, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved. Richard Miles's Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilization charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World: the devastating struggle to the death between Carthage and Rome. ![]() |