![]() ![]() ![]() John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As A Shadow is categorically not just a basketball autobiography.Īfter five decades at the center of race and sports in America, Thompson―the iconic NCAA champion, Black activist, and educator―was ready to make the private public at last, and he completed this autobiography shortly before his death in the historically tumultuous summer of 2020. The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University’s legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court threw America’s unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief. ![]()
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![]() Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). There are thirteen Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles ( B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. ![]() Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. ![]() Mike Mignola's fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. ![]() ![]() ![]() LOVED it!! (I mentioned that already.didn't I? Oh well, I double-loved this one!) This really felt like a whole new way to experience this book! I always love it when the audiobook creator put forth so much effort into a book. This was such a quick read (only 2 hours) but it was SO much fun. There's one creature that does not make a sound until its death - and we actually hear the cacophony of noise. ![]() If the creature hatches from an egg - there will be eggs cracking in the background. If a creature lived in the jungle - there's monkeys chattering and trees rustling. ![]() And we're not just talking about an unicorn whinny or a dragon roar. Second of all, Every animal came with side effects. ( Aside: could you imagine getting Emma, Rupert and Daniel to read their parts from the original? That would be just too awesome) He read the more recent version ( Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Illustrated Edition) so it really felt like "the author" was reading us a copy of his personal book - simply fabulous! Seriously, this is in the top 5 audiobooks I've ever listened to.įirst of all, it's read by Eddie Redmayne who played Newt Scamander in the movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her sensible shoes and grey skirt suits act like a force field, repelling male attention. With her no-nonsense attitude, and ice queen demeanor, she’s in control of everything-and everyone-around her. …add a Scottish librarian who has given up on ever falling in love…Ĭaroline Patterson terrifies men. As far as he can see, there’s only one way to get exactly what he wants-he needs an arranged marriage. He wants a partnership, a friendship, and none of the craziness that goes with falling in love. He wants a wife who isn’t interested in fame, money, or romance. At thirty-five, he’s tired of his playboy lifestyle. After 20 years singing soppy love songs, he knows that there is no such thing as romantic love. ![]() Josh McInnes’ biological clock is ticking and he wants to get married-now. Take one American singer who doesn’t believe in falling in love… ![]() ![]() The 1990s were the most successful period in Lazio's history, with the team reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1998, winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999, and clinching the Serie A title in 2000. In 1974, they won their first Serie A title. ![]() The club had their first major success in 1958, winning the domestic cup. Lazio have been Italian champions twice (1974, 2000), and have won the Coppa Italia seven times, the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football. Società Sportiva Lazio ( Italian pronunciation: BIT: SSL Lazio Sport Club), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. ![]() The performance of Lazio in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929–30) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, and now she can magically control water. Gelert insists that Vivi is part of a magical group of children who share the souls of witches from legend and must protect the world from being taken over by the evil King Arawn of the Otherworld. Instead of a quiet swim, she finds Excalibur (much smaller than she expected), a ferocious monster (much scarier in real life than in her mythology books), a new friend (which she doesn't want at all) called Dara and a ghostly dog named Gelert (who can talk). On the day she and her Mams will move from Wales to London, she sneaks out to investigate what is calling her there. 'The problem with growing up listening to bedtime stories about monsters, magic and myth is that you don't really question it when a lake summons you.' The lake has been calling to twelve-year-old Vivi Conway. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How to Make a Modern Period Piece for $5 Million: Behind the Scenes of ‘BlackBerry’ ![]() When a bevy of sensitive cut-scenes leaked onto the internet this past April and revealed certain details about the plot (19-year-old Ellie is the protagonist instead of Joel, she’s openly gay, and one of the major characters is trans), it became clear that the “Star Wars” movie in question is “The Last Jedi.” If the moral ambiguity of that moment helped galvanize “The Last of Us” into a haunting experience, the promise of addressing its repercussions elevated “The Last of Us Part II” into a legitimate event, complete with the kind of high-wire hype that tends to be reserved for the release of a new “Star Wars” movie. Players were left to sit with Joel’s decision to save the life of his surrogate daughter Ellie - the only known person immune to the zombifying plague of cordyceps fungus that had wiped out 60% of the human population - rather than sacrifice her body to science in order to produce a vaccine. And for good reason: The beloved first installment of Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic adventure series told a heart-stopping story that, while self-contained, still managed to end with a wrenching cliffhanger. Editor’s note: This article contains major spoilers about the plot of “ The Last of Us Part II.”įrom the moment that “The Last of Us Part II” was first announced in 2016, its plot has been one of gaming’s most closely guarded secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Wires’, of which two lyrics were included in the earlier edition, now appears in full and a previously omitted lyric from ‘Poem of the End’ has been translated. ‘On a Red Horse’ is a dramatic fairytale of power and cruelty. In ‘New Year’s Greetings’ she responded to the death of Rainer Maria Rilke. ‘Girlfriend’, a sequence of lyrics, was written for Tsvetaeva’s lover Sofia Parnok. To this enlarged edition Elaine Feinstein adds five major pieces. It was the start of Feinstein’s continuing engagement with a poet who has been an enduring, challenging inspiration to her, and whose life she has written. ‘What drew me to her initially, ‘ she writes, ‘was the intensity of her emotions, and the honesty with which she exposed them.’ Her translations, first published to great acclaim in 1971, introduced Tsvetaeva to English readers. When Elaine Feinstein first read the poems of Marina Tsvetaeva in Russian in the 1960s, the encounter transformed her. Published 1 August 2011 (first published 1 January 2008) ![]() Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Elaine Feinstein) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Review by Carey Cahoon, Palace Professional Children's Theatre, Manchester, NH "Delightfully funny! The show sold out almost as soon as we advertised it." Review by Meredith Yanchak, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas ![]() was a great experience for my multi-talented and energetic cast and crew! The reviews from our young audience were stellar as well!" The original cast recording CD can be ordered from LML Music. Notes No livestream rights are available for this title. Commissioned and premiered by the John F. Alexander's struggles with life's daily dramas will not only entertain but educate young audiences as they identify with Alexander and the obstacles he encounters, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen-even in Australia. It is enough to make anyone want to go to Australia. And just when it can't get any worse, there are lima beans for supper and -yuck!-kissing on TV. And if that's not bad enough, Alexander's brothers don't have any cavities but-he does. Not only does Alexander wake up with gum in his hair, but his mother forgets to pack him dessert, and his best friend decides he's not his best friend anymore. In this delightful adaptation of her popular book, Judith Viorst sets Alexander's rather trying life to music and brings to the stage one of America's feistiest characters. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. To be quite honest, it's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A perfectly crafted work of art, seamless and mesmerising. I devoured it - I couldn't turn the pages quick enough.' Mel Sherratt `This book is compulsive reading from start to finish. `An addictive new voice in suspense fiction' Sophie Hannah `Just finished this BRILLIANT book.Clever, addictive and twisty, I couldn't sleep until I found out the truth.The twist floored me! Utterly compelling from beginning to end' Claire Douglas `Made me stay up way beyond my bedtime! BA Paris has a knack for getting into your head.' Jane Corry `A tale of dark secrets, with mystery and intrigue building up and up to an ending with a fabulous twist. The FearNow Finn has moved on.But his past won't stay buried. ![]() The SuspicionHe told the police the truth about that night.Just not quite the whole truth. The million-copy bestselling author returns with a breathtaking thriller - available to pre-order now `We're in a new Golden Age of suspense writing now because of amazing books like this, and I for one am loving it' Lee Child The DisappearanceTwelve years ago Finn's girlfriend disappeared. ![]() |