![]() ![]() Usha (Choudhury, Mississippi Massala, Jessica Jones) is on a mission: to find the perfect match for her daughter Pallavi (Mani, Glow). Perhaps unnecessary, but with acting power like Sarita Choudhury and upcoming talent Sunita Mani, it's an enjoyable story with enough twists to keep the viewer on their toes. ![]() ![]() Based on her audio play and adapted by Madhuri Shekar, co-directors Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani take what is essentially a supernatural thriller and add a few horror twists. There is something to be said to a happy medium: understanding practical commonalities which can be beneficial to a life together, and trusting your instincts when you know a man is no good.Įvil Eye looks at the relationship between mother and daughter in an immigrant family, and the cultural disconnect that can often happen when each sees conduct through a different lens. ![]() And yes, I am aware of the negative side especially with regards to the treatment of women but our romaticized ideal of 'love conquers all' is the other extreme with its own large set of problems. We in the west tend to look down upon the practice of arranged marriages, but it has some benefits: often couples are brought together because of similarities in socio-economic bckgrounds, similar goals, interests, and expectations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() An introduction by celebrated critic of childrens literature Anita Silvey outlines Keatss career and inimitable contributions. ![]() Also included is artwork from an unfinished picture book, The Giant Turnip, published here for the very first time. Now this beautiful collection brings together nine of his best-loved stories, including the 1963 Caldecott Medal-winning book The Snowy Day and Caldecott Honor book Goggles!, plus Whistle for Willie, Peters Chair, Apt. Book Synopsis Ezra Jack Keats is widely acknowledged as one of the first people to feature realistic, friendly, multi-ethnic urban settings in his picture books-forever changing the landscape of childrens literature in the process. Now this beautiful collection brings together nine of his best-loved stories. About the Book Keats is acknowledged as one of the first to feature realistic, multiethnic urban settings in his picture books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ross has often been called “the Norman Rockwell of comics,” and this book reveals not only his lifelong love of these classic super heroes but also his vision: Mythology takes you into the studio for a behind-the-scenes look at his fascinating creative process. Night Shyamalan, the acclaimed director of “Signs and “The Sixth Sense. The award-winning designer/writer Chip Kidd and photographer Geoff Spear have teamed up to create a book like no other, with an introduction by M. Mythology brings together the best-loved comic characters in the world, brought to life by one of the most astonishing young artists working in the medium today, Alex Ross. Here is the incomparable cast of the DC Comics universe: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, and the rest of the Justice League as you’ve never seen them before. This paperback edition of Mythology is signed by artist Alex Ross, along with authors Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear. Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Anime | Comic Based | Fantasy | Science Fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the next several years she wrote historical romance novels. Her first manuscript was sold and became published in 1976. After her graduation she spent time as a newspaper reporter, writing obituaries and human interest stories.Īfter her mother-in-law lent her several romance novels, Rivers decided that she would try to write in that genre. ![]() She attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and journalism. From the time she was a child, Rivers wanted to be a published author. She is best known for her inspirational novel Redeeming Love, while another novel, The Last Sin Eater has become a feature film.įrancine Rivers is the daughter of a police officer and a nurse. ![]() ![]() Prior to becoming a born-again Christian in 1986, Rivers wrote historical romance novels. Francine Sandra Rivers (born 1947) is an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Carolyn FinneyĬarolyn Finney is a storyteller, author, and a cultural geographer. This virtual event will be closed captioned and include a secondary webpage with live captions in Spanish. By engaging in “green” conversations with black people from around the country, she considers the power of resistance and resilience in the emergence of creative responses to environmental and social challenges in our cities and beyond. Finney explores the complexities and contradictions of our past, the realities of our present and the possibilities of our future as it relates to green space, race, and the power to shape the places we live in our own image. What’s environment got to do with it? How do we meet this moment? Drawing from her book, Black Faces, White Spaces, her relationships “in the field” and her lived experience, Dr. ![]() New York Botanical Garden Humanities Institute Event AnnouncementĬentral Park birder Christian Cooper. ![]() ![]() He changed the field single-handedly: He is a giant."-Tad Williams, bestselling author of The Dragonbone Chair trilogy "If you are at all interested in fantastic fiction, you must read Michael Moorcock. the master story-teller of our time."-Angela Carter author of The Bloody Chamber, and Nights at the Circus " can gleefully give you all the formulae of every kind of story there ever was, because he's tried and tested all of them. The vast, tragic symbols by which Moorcock continually illuminates the metaphysical quest of his hero are a measure of the author’s remarkable talents"-J.G.Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun, Crash, and The Drowned World "Moorcock as the most important successor to Mervyn Peake and Wyndham Lewis. ![]() "Moorcock’s influence is nothing like Tolkien’s, at least on the surface, but his vision of a speculative-fiction genre that can be psychologically complex is evident in how very sophisticated some of it has become-from “True Detective” to Jeff VanderMeer, from David Mitchell to “Under the Skin.”- The New Yorker " is the greatest writer of post-Tolkien British Fantasy."-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalaier & Clay, and Telegraph Avenue ![]() ![]() ![]() There is a time when a kingdom needs its children.Will they be able to save the entire kingdom in time? Or will they lose everything they've ever known? There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. They have a kingdom that needs saving and they are ready to do something about it. ![]() The moon can eat children, and fingers can open doors, and people's heads can be put back on.īut rain? Talk? Don't be ridiculous. "You're being foolish," Gretel told herself. There will be trials, tribulations and betrayal. ![]() Their story is not all gingerbread and breadcrumbs - there's vampires, werewolves and monsters galore. Once upon a time, fairy tales were AWESOME!Adam Gidwitz remembers the old tales - the ones with violence and blood - and truly regrets the watering down the modern times.Īnd so he decides to tell the true tale of Hansel and Gretel. ![]() ![]() “Dammit, Crystal!” Zoey shouted from the squishy recliner. What the hell was she waiting for? It didn’t matter-I inched closer, raised the dagger, and plunged it into her back. Zoey was still except for her long blond tresses fluttering in the breeze as she stared into the distance. I unsheathed my blade and closed the distance between us, steps stealthy and silent. God knew she’d stabbed me in the back enough times that killing her now wouldn’t even the score. Sinking a blade into her back would be the most gratifying way to take her down, anyway. ![]() Not after what she did.Ī dagger should do it. Well, trust me-she didn’t deserve my mercy. I sounded like some homicidal maniac, didn’t I? I could shoot her, but my trembling fingers couldn’t guarantee my aim. We weren’t high enough from the ground, so it would depend on how she landed. How should I do it? I could shove her over the balcony’s edge, but that wouldn’t guarantee a kill. ![]() My fingertips tingled as I slinked closer, the desire for vengeance flooding my veins. ![]() Rotting tree stumps littered the field below, but nobody lurked in the shadows. She was oblivious to my presence, gazing over the stone balcony toward the forest. Heat simmered in my belly as I crept up behind her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Neither fact concerned me, since I'm eager to see writers do their own thing in the (now-ended) New 52, and since the concept of a Purge-like anonymous crime spree in Gotham is quite riveting. ![]() The writers continue their spotlight on Harvey Bullock, and the Bullock-centricness of this run might be its chief selling point.īuccellato and Manapul completely reimagine the concept of Alan Grant's Anarky Lonnie Machin here there's an Anarky, but he's not Machin, and there's also Machin, but he's not Anarky. ![]() 7: Anarky is enjoyable and well-paced, with an intriguing mystery at the center, and uses a couple of Bat-foes strongly. Nonetheless, following the last volume's equally "street level" tale, Batman: Detective Comics Vol. ![]() As is often the case, Detective Comics ends up the title with the least going on on another day, Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul's tale of an "Occupy Gotham" uprising might be notable, but in comparison it's downright tame. Just before the Convergence break there's clearly a lot going on in the Batman-verse - Endgame in the main title, side-by-side with cosmic shenanigans in Batman and Robin, not to mention Batman Eternal reaching its apex. ![]() ![]() ![]() Those of us who are pulled, for many reasons, by perfume using plants, know that this is slow, reflective perfumery. And, her interest is in natural perfumes, rather than those of novel synthesised chemistry created in a lab. Originally a psychotherapist she brings that listening delight to teasing out the useful story of ‘the other’ the uncovering of hidden meaning, to the way she sees her present vocation – perfumer. ![]() ![]() There is something enormously pleasing about the original slow work involved in making, for example, botanical line drawings, woodcuts and the like, which are then here reproduced.Īftel is a fascinating writer, too. Instead, dense and engagingly written text, lightened and deepened by beautiful line drawings – which are actually so much more satisfying (for this reader) than the usual photographer and bottles of perfume artfully arranged number. Her book is far from a leaf through, light on substance pretty picture coffee table book. ![]() Writing on perfume so fine and evocative I could smell the accords in imagination!Īftel’s book is a delight, to all who might be interested in perfumery, the mysteries of olfaction, and, particularly how psyche and aroma connect. ![]() |