![]() ![]() By combining and co-mingling these groups, along with other survivors, the show examines not only the fictional world of Station Eleven, but also the real world and its current COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing his patented magical realism and off-kilter, non-linear storytelling, Somerville brings the dystopian Station Eleven to life in the harrowing, ten-episode series. The HBO Max show focuses primarily on an inter-linked group of survivors who view the pandemic and its aftermath very differently. Related: All HBO Max Original Shows & Movies Releasing In 2022 Just as with his previous work, Somerville focuses on the human relationships that are crucial to his worldbuilding in Station Eleven. The limited series was created by Patrick Somerville, who previously served as a writer for The Leftovers and Maniac. ![]() It was also nominated for the National Book Award and has sold over 1.5 million copies. ![]() The book was a critical success, winning the Arthur C. Station Eleven is based on the novel by the same name, written by Emily St. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Protagonist: the inhabitants of Sunset Towers It makes me want to check out more of Ellen Raskin's books. Well written and very clever I thought this was a very interesting and entertaining book. This was the type of book that you could either read and let it give you the answers or you could exercise your brain along the way and try to guess the answers before the book gives them to you. ![]() It was fun to try to figure out how all of the characters are tied to Mr. There are many twists and many interesting characters. It is a very classic mystery type of book and reads a bit like I would imagine a game of Clue would (if you could read a game). Nonetheless I found myself enjoying this book immensely. It is not necessarily a quick read, since the reader must pay attention to all the little details in the book. Only it is a bizarre will and rather than being straightforward it requires the potential heirs to engage themselves in a game to find out who murdered Mr. Shortly thereafter they receive notice that they have been listed in the will of the founder of Westing Paper Company. In this book a number of people are offered the chance to move into an exclusive condo building. I was trying to decide if I should read it or swap it and after seeing it was a Newberry Medal book I decided to read it. I got this book in a clearance bundle of books that I bought to get a different book. ![]() ![]() Surveying in tandem the great philosophical traditions of India, China, and the Persian-Arabic world, and astonishing in its range and accessibility, Grayling’s The History of Philosophy is destined to be a landmark work. Grayling takes the reader from the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity’s capture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. But not since the long-popular classic by Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey. ![]() It explores some of the most creative minds in history. The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world’s most eminent thinkers “A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” - The New York Times Book Review With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. ![]() ![]() However, Miren is desperate not to lose her friend, forcing Stanly to question everything he's ever believed about life, love, and the mysterious forces that connect us. Twelve-year-old Stanly knows the bone growing in his yard is a little weird, but thats okay, because now hell have the perfect photo to submit to the. When Miren starts to grow sick, Stanly suspects that the skeleton is responsible and does everything in his power to drive the creature away. ![]() Mischievous Miren adopts the skeleton as a friend, and soon, the two become inseparable playmates. There's just one person who doesn't find any of this weird-Stanly's little sister. Even stranger, it seems to be growing into a full skeleton. ![]() But, oddly, the bone doesn't appear in any photos. With such a unique find, he's sure to win the grand prize. It tackles the issues of death, loss, fear and acceptance all in a very unique way. ![]() This book was captivating, intriguing, mysterious and absolutely heartbreaking. This story follows Stanley, his very sick sister, Miren, and their discovery of a skeleton growing in the backyard. Twelve-year-old Stanly knows the bone growing in his yard is a little weird, but that's okay, because now he'll have the perfect photo to submit to the Young Discoverer's Competition. Kim Ventrella has shared a beautiful story as her debut novel. ![]() and the power of friendship to transcend them all. A staggering debut that will forever change the way you think about life, hope, death. ![]() ![]() ![]() The advantage of reconceptualizing climate justice in this way is that it becomes more inclusive it acknowledges the differential histories and practices of social, environmental, and ecological harm, while opening just pathways into uncertain futures. ![]() Therefore, we advocate for the concept of multispecies justice to enrich climate justice in order to more effectively confront the climate crisis. This is for two reasons: first, as a framing for the problem, current notions of climate justice are insufficient to overcome the persistent silencing of voices belonging to multiple “others” and second, they do not question, and thus implicitly condone, human exceptionalism and the violence it enacts, historically and in this era of the Anthropocene. ![]() The normative frame of climate justice as conceived in academia, policy arenas, and grassroots action, although imperative and growing in popularity across climate movements, is no longer adequate to address this emergency. In 2019, the climate emergency entered mainstream debates. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club the turbulent young redneck gigolo the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah the aging and profane Southern belle who is the ‘soul of pampered self absorption’ the uproariously funny black drag queen the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer the sweet talking, piano playing con artist young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. John Berendt’s sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Was it murder or self defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss hung oaks and shaded squares. ![]() Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. ![]() ![]() ![]() He sent his student back south to interview people of African descent. Before she turned to writing novels, she’d trained as a cultural anthropologist at Barnard under the famed father of the field, Franz Boas. ![]() Six years earlier, Hurston had tried to publish another book in dialect, this one a work of nonfiction called Barracoon. ![]() The hater-in-chief was no less than Richard Wright, who recoiled as much at the book’s depiction of lush female sexuality and (supposedly) apolitical themes as its use of black dialect, “the minstrel technique that makes the ‘white folks’ laugh.” It’s been canonized by Harold Bloom - even credited for inspiring the tableau in Lemonade where Beyoncé and a clutch of other women regally occupy a wooden porch - but Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel was eviscerated by critics when it was published in 1937. Their Eyes Were Watching God is required reading in high schools and colleges and cited as a formative influence by Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. ![]() ![]() ![]() The move is also intriguing because it represents a vote of confidence in the market for Charlotte office space at a time when many people are wondering about the future of offices - as work-from-home and hybrid arrangements seem likely to stick around even as the pandemic ends. It’s part of a larger, longer-term upgrade of the center, which is home to the new RH Charlotte (Restoration Hardware), as well as shops, restaurants, a hotel and apartments. ![]() Nights at the movies in SouthPark could soon be coming to an end: The owner of Phillips Place, Lincoln Harris, is planning to replace the shopping center’s movie theater with a 10-story office building. End of the line for Phillips Place theater? The center’s owner, Lincoln Harris, plans to submit a request this week to rezone the land for a “beautifully designed” 10-story office building. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, however, Lucas discovers that Molly might not care if she ends up on the naughty list. He was too drunk to remember what happened, so Molly gleefully teases him about their amazing night (even though nothing really happened) as they work the bad Santa case together. Then things get even weirder, when investigator Lucas Knight realizes he's spent the night with office manager Molly Malone. Jill Shalvis's Hot Winter Nights (Avon, $7.99) begins when two elderly Christmas elves show up a detective agency in San Francisco, complaining that they work for a bad Santa. And since it's nearly the season for mistletoe, here are a few new romance novels sure to get you into the holiday spirit. The weather outside may be frightful, but curling up with a good book by the fire is perfectly delightful. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Jefferson townspeople seem more angry that Joe is part black and has killed a white woman than they are about it being Joanna who was murdered.įlashback three years earlier to the Jefferson planing mill where a man named Byron Bunch works Byron will become one of the main characters - and a primary narrator - in the novel. We later learn that Joe Christmas, who lived in an old slave cabin on the plantation and was having a sexual relationship with Joanna, is accused of the murder. ![]() On the day she arrives in Jefferson, an old plantation house owned by Joanna Burden is on fire. Along the way she hears that Lucas might be in Jefferson, so she walks toward that town. Hearing no word from Lucas for a long time, the pregnant Lena walks from Alabama into Mississippi looking for him. While there, she gets pregnant by a man named Lucas Burch, who runs out on her but not before saying that he'll send for Lena once he finds a town in which they can settle down. Lena Grove, whose parents are dead, goes to live with her brother. ![]() |