5/10/2023 0 Comments Black top wasteland![]() ![]() As Bug tries to go legit, the pangs of the straight-and-narrow weigh on him - a rival auto business lures his customers away, his daughter eyes a fancy college, his wife eager to upgrade from their mobile home. “Blacktop” follows Beauregard “Bug” Montage, a hardworking family man in the American South, who happens to be a most skilled driver for people up to no good. Jessica Switch and Royce Reeves-Darby are overseeing for Picturestart, with MacKenzie Marlowe for Get Lifted Film Co., and Ty Stiklorius serving as executive producer. who was nominated for an Academy Award for the Netflix original film, to adapt the heist drama. The former Lionsgate film honcho and the EGOT-chasing Legend have tapped “Mudbound” co-screenwriter Virgil Williams. Cosby novel “Blacktop Wasteland” to the big screen. are teaming to bring the critically acclaimed S.A. Erik Feig’s Picturestart and Mike Jackson and John Legend’s production company Get Lifted Film Co. ![]()
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5/10/2023 0 Comments Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer![]() ![]() Spell or High Water is.exactly as good as the first book. It was one of those books I'd always wanted to read, even though I hadn't previously realised it. Shit magically landing on top of a golden statue. ![]() Geeks, wizards, geeks 'as' wizards orcs, elves, giant robots. It was bonkers, irreverent and a whole lot of fun. The follow-up to the hilarious Off to Be the Wizard, Scott Meyer's Spell or High Water proves that no matter what powers you have over time and space, you can't control rotten luck. Of course, this is Martin Banks we're talking about, so murder, mystery, and high intrigue all get in the way of a guy who just wants one more shot to get the girl. ![]() Thankfully, Martin and Philip are invited to a summit in Atlantis for all of the leaders of the time-traveler colonies, so this could be Martin's chance to try again with Gwen. Feeling distant and lost, Gwen has journeyed to Atlantis, a tolerant and benevolent kingdom governed by the Sorceresses, and a place known as a safe haven to all female time-travelers. The adventures of an American hacker in Medieval England continue as Martin Banks takes his next step on the journey toward mastering his reality-altering powers and fulfilling his destiny.Ī month has passed since Martin helped to defeat the evil programmer Jimmy, and things couldn't be going better. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The Risen by Ron Rash![]() A sexy, free-spirited redhead from Daytona Beach banished to their small North Carolina town, Ligeia entrances the brothers, especially Eugene, who is drawn to her raw sensuality and rebellious attitude. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all.” -The News & Observer New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer, one bewitching young woman-and the secrets that could destroy their lives.While swimming in a secluded creek on a hot Sunday in 1969, sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother, Bill, meet the entrancing Ligeia. “The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments My family and other animals review![]() ![]() ![]() Encouraged to write about his life's work by his novelist brother Lawrence, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. As a self-described 'champion of small uglies', Durrell dedicated his life to the preservation of wildlife, and it is through his efforts that creatures such as the Mauritius pink pigeon and the Rodrigues fruit bat have avoided extinction. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, of which he was Director, and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He went on to make seventy programmes out of his trips around the world. His first television programme, 'Two in the Bush', was made in 1962 when he and his first wife travelled to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya. He undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper and in 1947 he financed, organized and led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. ![]() ![]() They settled on the island of Corfu, and during this time he made a special study of zoology and kept a large number of local wild animals as pets. In 1928 his family returned to England and then went to live on the Continent. Gerald Durrell was born in 1925 at Jamshedpur, India. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Stan musial hall of fame![]() ![]() 331 with 475 home runs before retiring in 1963. It was a stroke of luck for him, as he went on to hit. He spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and made the All-Star team 24 times - baseball held two All-Star games each summer for a few seasons.Ī pitcher in the low minors until he injured his arm, Musial turned to playing the outfield and first base. ![]() Louis, two statues of him stand outside Busch Stadium. Again, a true gentleman on and off the field - I never heard anybody say a bad word about him, ever." ![]() He was a true gentleman who understood the race thing and did all he could. He used to take care of me at All-Star games, 24 of them. "It is a very sad day for me," Willie Mays told ESPN's Willie Weinbaum of Outside The Lines at the Baseball Writers' Association of America dinner in New York. The team said Musial's son-in-law, Dave Edmonds, informed the club of Musial's death. They said he died Saturday evening at his home in Ladue surrounded by family. The Cardinals announced Musial's death in a news release. Stan the Man won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time MVP and helped the Cardinals capture three World Series championships in the 1940s. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday. LOUIS - Stan Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Douglas stuart young mungo![]() ![]() After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo, is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates.’ – The Observer ![]() ‘Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. ![]() Since 2000, he has lived and worked in New York City, although he spends as much time in Glasgow as he can. His essay, Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature was published by Lit Hub.īorn in Glasgow, Scotland, he has an MA from the Royal College of Art in London and an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. His short stories, Found Wanting, and The Englishman, were published in The New Yorker magazine. In April 2022, he published his second novel, Young Mungo. It won both the Debut of the Year, and the overall, Book of the Year, at the British Book Awards. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American author and fashion designer. ![]() ![]() Nathan just can't say no to the man who used to be his best friend-the man he's still secretly yearning for, even as he's doing his best to hide that fact. After all, he's doing it so he can start his own pet shop, right? Wrong. With his siblings on the brink of becoming homeless, Raphael turns to his estranged but wealthy grandmother for help, and receives a deal: If he settles down and marries, he'll free his siblings of the debt.When Raphael asks Nathan for a favor-to enter a marriage of convenience-Nathan agrees. ![]() His useless father has gotten their family into debt so deep it would take a thousand years to dig them out. ![]() But only one year after Raphael makes it out of his small-town home, bad news descends on him. ![]() Description The first book in the Next Generation of Oceanport stories Nathan and Raphael were friends first, then lovers, then.nothing, when Raphael left to pursue his dreams of becoming a tattoo artist. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Eden high by jordan silver![]() Even Elle, Adams mistress, thinks the boy is important to their salvation-especially now that it seems the other Adam has put out a contract on Adam Gorozpe. Another unlikely snake is the little Boy-God whos started preaching in the street wearing a white tunic and stick-on wings, inspiring Adams brother-in-law to give up his job writing soap operas to follow this junior deity and implore Adam to do the same. ![]() For one thing, Adams wife Priscila has fallen in love with the brash director of national security-also named Adam-who uses violence against token victims to hide the fact that hes letting drug runners, murderers, and kidnappers go free. Book Synopsis In this comic novel of political intrigue, Adam Gorozpe, a respected businessman in Mexico, has a life so perfect that he might as well be his namesake in the Garden of Eden-but there are snakes in this Eden too. But there are snakes in this Garden too, and in order to save his relationship, his marriage, his life, and the soul of his country, he may have to call upon the wrath of the angels to expel all these serpents from his Mexican Eden. ![]() ![]() About the Book Adam Gorozpe, a respected businessman in Mexico, has a life so perfect that he might as well be his namesake in the Garden. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes books 0-4 titled: New Spring, The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, and The Shadow Rising. Urn:lcp:shadowrising00jord:epub:e7d3c0ae-d6c5-4324-a645-d1a3876b27ef Extramarc Princeton University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier shadowrising00jord Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t23b78g8t Isbn 9780312854317Ġ312854315 Lccn 92024134 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL21261631M Openlibrary_edition The Wheel of Time 5-book boxed set by Robert Jordan. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:50:58 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA153912 Boxid_2 CH105401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st trade ed. ![]() |