He witnessed the events of Septemand its aftermath and wrote about them for the Daily News.Īt the same time, Hamill wrote much fiction, including movie and TV scripts. From his base in New York he also covered murders, fires, World Series, championship fights and the great domestic disturbances of the 1960s, and wrote extensively on art, jazz, immigration and politics. As a journalist, he covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Northern Ireland, and has lived for extended periods in Mexico City, Dublin, Barcelona, San Juan and Rome. He has served as editor-in-chief of both the Post and the Daily News. He has been a columnist for the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and New York Newsday, the Village Voice, New York magazine and Esquire. Then in 1960, he went to work as a reporter for the New York Post. For several years, he worked as a graphic designer. Bill of Rights, he attended Mexico City College in 1956-1957, studying painting and writing, and later went to Pratt Institute. Then, using the educational benefits of the G.I. While serving in the Navy, he completed his high school education. He left school at 16 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a sheetmetal worker, and then went on to the United States Navy. in 1935, the oldest of seven children of immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Pete Hamill was a novelist, essayist and journalist whose career has endured for more than forty years.
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They form a true sisterhood of acceptance and support, resulting in a believable and inviting world."-School Library Journal, Starred "A feel-good novel of substance. Move over, Ya-Ya Sisters." Kirkus Reviews, Starred "The loving depiction of enduring and solid friendship will ring true to readers, who will appreciate this recognition of one of life's most important relationships." The Bulletin, Recommended From the Hardcover edition., "Funny, perceptive, and moving."-USA Today "A complex book about a solid group of friends, with each one a strong and courageous individual in her own right. They form a true sisterhood of acceptance and support, resulting in a believable and inviting world." School Library Journal, Starred "A feel-good novel of substance. "Funny, perceptive, and moving." USA Today "A complex book about a solid group of friends, with each one a strong and courageous individual in her own right. Recreations of the "The Cage" set and Enterprise Bridge was overseen by preeminent Star Trek cast and crew including Denise and Mike Okuda, authors of Star Trek: The Encyclopedia, and renowned Star Trek Visual Effects artists Doug Drexler and Daren Dochterman. The fully immersive, interactive 360-degree experience allows audiences to navigate around the Starship Enterprise Bridge and even sit in Captain Pike's chair as if they were there on-set of the episode in 1964.Īlso unveiled at Creation were breathtaking recreations of scenes from Star Trek's early TV and film history that can be explored in 3D with actors Mahé Thaissa and Lawrence Selleck bringing the Cage's Yeoman Colt and Mr. Roddenberry and OTOY showcased "The Cage" experience, enabling viewers to explore the Starship Enterprise as created by Gene Roddenberry for the initial pilot of Star Trek. Presented for the first time were breathtaking holographically captured recreations of scenes from Star Trek’s early TV, literary and film history Chase hesitantly suggests a connection with the praenomen Servius, probably from an old Latin root meaning "to preserve" or "keep safe". It has been speculated to derive from a more ancient Etruscan name but the etymology of the nomen Sergius is problematic. The name originates from the Roman nomen (patrician family name) Sergius, after the name of the Roman gens of Latin origins Sergia or Sergii from Alba Longa, Old Latium, counted by Theodor Mommsen as one of the oldest Roman families, one of the original 100 gentes originarie. It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sergeant is possibly related to it. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance (Serge, Sergio, Sergi) and Slavic languages (Serhii, Sergey, Serguei, Srđan). It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves, one of saint Fathers of Kyiv ( Ukraine), Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. Sergius / ˈ s ɜːr dʒ i ə s/ is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin gens Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. "Servant (of the law)" or "Protector", in connection with the Latin praenomen Servius, has been proposed. Unknown, originally "member of the Latin Gens Sergia". It was also later adapted into a TV play. The film was one of the first to be labeled Film Noir, being one of the Trope Makers of the genre. The novel was adapted by Otto Preminger into a classic 1944 film starring Gene Tierney as Laura, Dana Andrews as McPherson, Clifton Webb as Lydecker, and Vincent Price as Laura's fiancé Shelby Carpenter. Originally, the story was supposed to be a play, but, after it failed to materialize, it was written into as a book. McPherson puts together the pieces that led up to the murder, and questions everyone from the dead woman's aunt to her fiancé, but finds himself slowly falling in love with the late Laura, particularly from staring at her portrait. New York City police detective Mark McPherson is investigating the murder of Laura Hunt, who had become one of the biggest names in the advertising business, thanks largely to the help and influence of her mentor, Waldo Lydecker. Jess, Becky's frugal, long-lost sister who's more than just 'careful' with her money.Graham and Jane Bloomwood, Becky's caring but quarrelsome parents.Luke Brandon, the creator of the PR company Brandon Communications later Becky's boyfriend and husband.Suze Cleath-Stuart, Becky's artistic best friend and former flatmate.Becky Brandon, a former financial journalist turned personal shopper (which basically comes out to fashion consultant for normal people).Despite that, it is a big seller in the chick-lit department.Ī movie based on the first book was released in February 2009, retitled Confessions of a Shopaholic and set in New York City. The series is quite funny and written in absorbing first-person prose, though it suffers from unrealism and dissonant morality. Every book focuses on Becky's struggles in life, which she manages to survive with flying colors (or, more specifically, talent she doesn't realize and a lot of luck). The first book starts out with Becky smack-dab in the middle of her addiction, living in a flat with her best friend Suze in London. A series of chick-lit novels written by British author Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic stars Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood), a (predictably enough) shopaholic. But the competition on Earth to develop the aliens as a new weapons system is brutal. Now the government has tapped Wilks to lead an expedition to the aliens’ home planet to bring back a live alien. Thirteen years later Wilks is in prison, and Billie lives in a mental institution, the nightmare memories of the massacre at Rim seared into her mind. Thrown together in the last hellish night of an alien invasion, Billie and Wilks helped each other get out alive. Billie was a child, the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost. “ Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. I have opted to review each book in the Omnibus separately. These three books contain the core trilogy that kicked off the entire Aliens expanded universe and shaped a lot of the stories to follow. The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 1 contains the first three books that were written: Earth Hive, Nightmare Asylum and The Female War. With Titan releasing all the old Bantam novelizations in volumes, it’s going to be really easy to get the complete collection in good condition. I don’t believe they are all perfect stories but I do believe they are essential reads in understanding the Aliens series as it is now. Like its comic counterpart, The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 1 is a book I believe anyone who has an interest in the older Aliens expanded universe should give a read. In "Killing El Chivo," Yesenia, Zaria, and Milagros are left to fend for themselves under a dictatorship that kidnapped and killed their parents. "The Tin Man" puts Alida in the desperate position of either remaining on Earth where she has memories of her family or getting into an ark destined for unknown parts and beginning again. While the characters in each of these stories are children coming of age, the apocalyptic and magical settings force them to become wise before their time. Gr 10 Up-Justice, prison reform, polyamorous love, feminism, toppling dictators, and other timely topics populate the pages of this collection of short stories set in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, magical realms, and distant planets. In Gaddis's view, a temperamental antipathy distances historians from social scientists-the former are concerned with change over time, whereas the latter focus on a limited period and ignore historical antecedents. Here is a refreshingly plain-dealing methodologist. The length and shape of the British coastline depend on the scale and purpose of measurement, he notes, but this apparent relativity does not allow a supertanker to make for the cliffs of Dover and screw right through them. There are real things, and words mirror them. Gaddis agrees with the postmodernists that the grounds for evaluating human behavior are themselves artifacts of behavior, but he rejects their contention that words make the world. "There they were" above is in larger font, giving the adult reader an extra cue to emphasize those words. Laughed at himself, picked his toothbrush off "That night, as he was brushing his teeth. It is a great read-aloud, full of interesting sounds and dramatic pauses. But I will save it for when she's a tiny bit older. And I certainly don't want her getting scared off from eating carrots. The last thing is I need is her having nightmares about carrots following her home, or hiding in her bedroom. Although much of the book is rather creepy, the ending will make kids (and their parents) laugh out loud.Ĭreepy Carrots! is actually just creepy enough that, although I love it, I'm not going to share it with my three year old daughter until she is older. tunktunktunk of carrots creeping" makes Jasper go a little bit crazy. Right up until the day he starts to imagine that the carrots are following him. The premise of Creepy Carrots! is that young Jasper Rabbit happily eats carrots from Crackenhopper Field every day. To me, what stands out most about Creepy Carrots! is that it is FUN. It was later named a Caldecott Honor Book. I read it after it was shortlisted for the Cybils in Fiction Picture Books. Creepy Carrots!, written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown, is a quirky, original picture book. |