![]() The Body: "The Body is the story of a contract killer using the cover of Halloween to dispose of his latest victim. TV's Lucifer pilot (based on the character from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic book series and its spin-off series, Lucifer). ![]() Welcome to another horror round-up! This time around, we have the first trailer for the short horror comedy film, The Body, starring Alfie Allen ( Game of Thrones, John Wick), an excerpt from Valancourt Books' special re-release of Michael McDowell's souther horror novel, Cold Moon Over Babylon (which is now being adapted for the big screen), and details on who will play the titular role for Fox and Warner Bros. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The 18-year-old Fermor began by sleeping in barns but, after meeting some landowners early on, got occasional introductions to castles. This is a glorious feast, the account of a walk in 1934 from the Hook of Holland to what was then Constantinople. by Patrick Leigh Fermor, introduction by Jan Morris Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed-through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire up the Rhine, and down to the Danube.Īt once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.ĭownload the Reading Group Guide for A Time of Gifts. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey-to walk to Constantinople. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was surprised to learn that the Catholic Church was not opposed to abortion before “quickening” until sometime in the 19th century. Even Roe v Wade, the landmark “victory” in US abortion law, is formulated in terms of a doctor’s decision-making power, and not in terms of the right of a person with a uterus to control their own body.Īnother eye-opener were the tidbits about the church’s changing attitudes toward abortion. This book opened my eyes to the fundamentally controlling nature of abortion laws. This reminder feels especially timely given the current political situation in the US. The story also serves as a powerful reminder that it is up to all of us to do what we believe is right, what is needed. ![]() Over its short existence, the service performed 11,000 abortions, with success statistics similar to that of “legitimate” abortions. It shows the power of a motivated group to organize themselves in order to solve an unmet need and change minds and lives in the process. It is part historical account and part “how to” for service-oriented grassroots groups. ![]() The book tells the story of Jane, a Chicago underground abortion service ran by women between 19. ![]() I read The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service as part of the San Francisco Feminist Book Club selection for July 2019. The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service ![]() ![]() ![]() Styles was well received by reviewers in the UK and the US at initial publication. This novel was one of the first ten books published by Penguin Books when it began in 1935. ![]() The true first publication of the novel was as a weekly serial in The Times, including the maps of the house and other illustrations included in the book. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will. When Mrs Inglethorp is murdered, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home. ![]() Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. Styles introduced Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. ![]() It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot. The Mysterious Affair at Styles at Wikisource ![]() ![]() ![]() Can I do puppies?" And what I found out was not only could I do it, but I needed to do it for a couple of different reasons. And I was thinking about other things that I wanted to do: What's the next project? I thought, "Hey, puppies. It changed my life, literally, overnight. Seth Casteel is a professional photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic Magazine and The Washington Post.ĭogs was just such a random project, and it became successful out of nowhere. I was just telling somebody the other day, you know, the original book, Underwater Dogs, it really shouldn't have my name on the cover it should say, " Underwater Dogs by Buster. I'm jumping in! So, yeah, got a little point-and-shoot underwater camera, took a few snapshots, and that was the beginning of the series of Underwater Dogs. And after he just kept jumping in over and over again. I was supposed to just document his personality through a series of photographs on land, but he had other plans. At an on-land photo shoot, he decided he would rather be in the swimming pool, so he just started jumping in, over and over again. ![]() not even my idea, actually it was a dog's idea, which makes sense.īuster the cavalier King Charles spaniel, back in 2010. On where he got the idea to photograph dogs underwater Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Underwater Puppies Author Seth Casteel ![]() ![]() She's also brave and beautiful and reminds me of the home I left behind three years ago. Sure, she's stubborn, distracting and can't stay out of harm's way. ![]() it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have her around. ![]() I'm just here to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.Ī brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary schoolteacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on my life, we're stuck together, come hell or high tide. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod - just me and my beloved brother - but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. My Killer Vacation, Tessa Bailey, genre: romantik ![]() ![]() With the help of her friends Darryl and Tyka, Reina must hone her ever-evolving skills to uncover a mystery that reaches further than she imagined. ![]() Considering the manner of death and the signs on the victim’s body, Reina recognizes it for what it is: ritual magic of the vodouisant kind.Īs Reina digs deeper, she encounters a conspiracy exploiting vulnerable youth-one of whom may have abilities just like hers. Especially when her investigation into Arthur’s likely new con leads to murder. ![]() Five thousand dollars has inexplicably appeared in the bank account Vangie shares with her scam-artist husband, Arthur, and she smells trouble. ![]() Something is amiss in the Stileses’ marriage. But when her friend and enigmatic client Evangeline “Vangie” Stiles comes to her for a spell, Mambo Reina quickly realizes what Vangie really needs is a sleuth. A Vodou priestess turned amateur sleuth investigating a ritual murder is embroiled in an insidious case of corruption that reaches beyond the shadows of New Orleans.Īfter solving a crime blamed on Vodou in New Orleans’s French Quarter, Vodou priestess turned amateur detective Reina Dumond has returned to her benevolent work as a healer. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, Tyler O’Neil, author of “Making Hate Pay,” said that it is significant that a judge would even allow such a case to proceed, saying: “This is the very first defamation lawsuit specifically challenging the SPLC’s ‘hate group’ accusation to make it to discovery.” “Plaintiffs have ‘nudged’ their defamation claims - premised on SPLC’s designation of DIS as an ‘anti-immigrant hate group’ - ‘across the line from conceivable to plausible,” Watkins said.Ī report noted that it is going to be difficult for King to prove that the SPLC had deliberately acted with malice in labeling his society as a hate group, noting that the defamation case is going to be nearly impossible to win, per the Marietta Daily Journal. The judge said that he would give King the opportunity to form a case against the SPLC. Keith Watkins has refused to toss it out. ![]() The report stated that SPLC had asked the judge to dismiss King’s defamation case against them, but US Judge W. While the group does express opposition toward illegal immigration, King has made known that the group supports legal immigration, noting that there are legal immigrants on the board of the organization. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has recently come under fire for stamping a group with the “hate” status for allegedly being anti-immigrant, and now the accused group is taking legal action against the organization, per the Washington Times.ĭA King, the founder of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society, has claimed that SPLC has defamed the group by referring to it as anti-immigrant. ![]() ![]() ![]() Determined to save him despite her grandmother's warnings against it, Celia alters events to stop her vision from playing out. But nothing could have prepared her for what she sees-the quiet boy down the street, Jeffrey Johnson, is about to die. And on the 4,444th day of her life, Celia will have her first vision. "A sweet yet deeply moving portrait of the highs and lows involved in finding one's place in a wildly unpredictable world." -Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin A young seer's first prophetic vision upends her life and sets her off on a desperate quest to change fate in this contemporary fantasy middle grade novel with "heart, humor, and a plot that keeps those pages flying" (Carlos Hernandez, award-winning author of the Sal and Gabi series).Most people inherit eye colors or heirlooms, but for Celia Cleary, the gift of prophecy has been passed down in her family for generations. ![]() ![]() The prose is sparse but every word is measured for impact-an emotional avalanche that will leave your heart breaking…After having read Kari Gregg’s last novel, Lovely Wicked, I can say that I see a common thread running through her books…-the idea that all souls are worth redeeming. Spoils of War has one of the most intense and lyrical opening chapters of any novella I’ve ever read. Will Micah accept his noble birthright when they reach Alekia and more importantly, can he accept Eli as the devoted slave his father has given him rather than the Master he’s come to love? Eli protects the young man and introduces Micah to the pleasures denied him as a prisoner. ![]() Institutionalized by his slavery, unable to cope with his freedom, Micah seeks to please the new Master he’s found in Eli throughout their harrowing journey to a homeland he no longer remembers. ![]() Xerxes, the Herran King, abuses his captive to keep the neighboring kingdom of Alekia under his yoke, but after Micah nearly dies when plague sweeps Herra, the Alekian King sends Eli to bring his beloved son home. Revised & Reissued: Janu2017Įnslaved during the invasion of the rival King of Herra, Micah cut off his emotions and adapted to his new life in servitude. ![]() |