![]() ![]() ![]() He picks her up, from then on becoming embroiled in a plot involving murder, missing scientists and a mysterious box. She stops a car driven by private divorce detective Mike Hammer. ![]() Originally unsuccessful upon its theatrical release, it is now considered one of the classic examples of Film Noir and was later cited as influential among directors of the French New Wave and also Quentin Tarantino when he made Pulp Fiction.Ī terrified young woman named Christina Bailey ( Cloris Leachman in her first credited screen role) wearing only a trenchcoat is running down a highway at night. ![]() Spillane didn't much care for the film, as it actually deconstructed his macho, tough guy creation and differed from the original story by involving Cold War espionage and a nuclear MacGuffin. Bet you do push-ups every morning just to keep your belly hard.ġ955 Film Noir adaptation of the Crime Fiction novel by Mickey Spillane, directed by Robert Aldrich ( The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) and starring Ralph Meeker as Los Angeles Private Detective Mike Hammer. You're one of those self-indulgent males who thinks about nothing but his clothes, his car, himself. Christina Bailey: You have only one real lasting love.Ĭhristina Bailey: You. ![]()
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Urn:lcp:civilaction0000harr_a4p1:lcpdf:cd53e896-bd69-4916-b083-502a8b1dc79f A Civil Action, from what I have read thus far is about a town in Massachusetts, named Wodburn, where many children had been diagnosed with leukemia. A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr is about a nonfiction civil law case that takes place in Woburn, Massachusetts. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:33:01 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40303201 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() It’s a bit… uncomfortable… shall we say, but unfortunately these sort of assumptions are build into the kind of planetary romances Leigh Brackett wrote.Īs a genre planetary romance has always been a bit dodgy, an evolutionary offshoot of the Africa adventure story, with a lot of the same racist and colonial assumptions built in. ![]() Worse, in both stories this girl is shown to be representative of her race, their evil part of their biology. ![]() In both there’s the hard-bitten protagonist falling for a mysterious beautiful alien girl who he knows is trouble yet can’t help himself but get involved with, who then turns out to be evil. It doesn’t help that the first two stories are basically the same. The stories don’t fit well together, there’s no real theme to the collection and some are decidedly on the weak side. Unfortunately it turned out this was one of her lesser collections. I had chosen this because it was something I hadn’t read before and I always liked Brackett. The Halfling and Other Stories is the sixth book I’ve read in the Year of Reading Women challenge I set myself after I’d noticed last year how few female written science fiction books I read. The Halfling and Other Stories, Leigh Brackett (1973) ![]() ![]() ![]() What do the Bayes’ problems have to do with the thoughtless remark with which schoolteacher Joe Lewiston ruined the life of Adam’s sister Jill’s best friend, Yasmin Novak? Or the revelation that desperately ill Lucas Loriman’s father can’t donate a kidney to his son because he’s not the boy’s father? Or the murdered Jane Doe whom Essex County Chief Investigator Loren Muse ( The Woods, 2007, etc.) is trying to identify? For his pains, Mike gets beaten up, then pulled in by the FBI, who tell him that the club, which ostensibly provides a haven where teens can safely act out, is a cover for some major felonies. ![]() Once they can follow his every keystroke, visit every site he has logged onto and read every e-mail he has sent and received, they quickly realize that Adam is keeping dangerous secrets from them-so dangerous, in fact, that when he goes AWOL one night and refuses to answer his cell phone, Mike snoops further, using a GPS tracking service to follow Adam to Club Jaguar, way on the other side of the tracks. So Mike and Tia install spyware on their son’s computer. ![]() How much do you trust your children, and what would you do if your efforts to keep tabs on them pushed them even further away?Īdam Baye is a good kid, but ever since he gave up hockey, the sport that seemed destined to finance his college education, his parents, a New Jersey transplant surgeon and a Manhattan lawyer, have been worried. ![]() ![]() AudioFile gave the audiobook a positive review, citing Covey's narration as a highlight. A reviewer for the New Straits Times commented that the book's writing was "fun and lively" and called it a "fruitful read". Reception for the book has been positive, with some schools including the text in their lesson plans. The habits range from being proactive in every aspect of one's life to planning and prioritizing one's daily life and responsibilities. In the book Covey discusses how teenagers can become more independent and effective by following seven basic habits. In 2000 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens was named as one of the YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults". In 1999 Covey released a companion book entitled Daily Reflections For Highly Effective Teens. ![]() The book was published on Octothrough Touchstone Books and is largely based on The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens is a 1998 bestselling self-help book written by Sean Covey, the son of Stephen Covey. ![]() ![]() The Consortium remains a shadowy force throughout the book: they are suspected in the attempted kidnapping of Naya, the young daughter of Lucas and Sascha from the very first book in the series, Slave to Sensation. The first storyline involves the threat that the Consortium (the newest Big Bad in the Psy/Changeling world) represents to the Trinity Accord, the alliance of Psy/Changeling/human who are trying to usher in a new era of cooperation, peace and equality among the three races. ![]() That is to say, it does not introduce any new hero/heroine pairings instead, it revisits the couples featured in the previous fourteen books, weaving them into a few main storylines. Jennie: Allegiance of Honor marks the 15th (!) book in the Psy/Changeling series, and the first book that does not feature a central romance. Janine and I have done joint reviews of two previous books in the series, Tangle of Need and Shield of Winter, and when she suggested doing a joint review of the newest book, I was more than game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jennie B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews babies / changeling / child in jeopardy / epilogues / joint review / kidnapping / POC author / psy / Psy-Changeling Series / reunited-lovers 30 Comments JJOINT REVIEW: Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh ![]() ![]() ![]() “The animation in ‘I Want My Hat Back’ really captures the spirit of the book.” - Cynthia K. The tone, narration, music, and light-handed animation all come together to create a well-done adaptation of the original tale.” - Anne Bozievich, School Library Journal ![]() “Daniel Pinkwater expertly expresses the bear’s emotions, and the production’s spot-on pacing and twangy background music turn this seemingly simple story into a memorable one about honesty. ![]() ![]() Highly recommended!” - Midwest Book Review “Simple animation and charming music bring this delightful story to life. Kids Kino International Film Festival, Poland.Busan International Kids Film Festival, South Korea.El Meu Primer Festival de Cinema, Barcelona.Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson MT.Washington Heights Children & Young People's Film Festival.Singapore International Children's Film Festival.New Zealand International Film Festival.Melbourne International Animation Festival.London International Animation Festival.Philadelphia International Children's Film Festival.Boston International Children's Film Festival.New York International Children's Film Festival.San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Award Nominee.Chicago International Children’s Film Festival - Second Prize, Children’s Jury, Best Animated Short Film. ![]() ![]() ![]() But maybe Polly should have turned her attention to Miss Austen's Emma next, because she quickly learns the pitfalls of playing matchmaker. Polly's plans are in full swing, so she definitely cannot be bothered by the advances of classmate Brad Barker. ![]() And while she's at it, it wouldn't hurt to find Clementine, Polly's teenaged sister, a beau worthy of her (so she can shed that brute, Clint). Polly's best friend Fran Fisk is in desperate need of a mother ever since hers ran off with a man she met on the Internet Polly must find a match for Mr. Nightquist, who will pair perfectly with Miss Wiskerton (the unfairly labeled town curmudgeon). Polly's only task this summer is to make deliveries for her parents' bakery, leaving ample time for this young cupid to find hearts to mend-beginning with the kite-store owner, Mr. Still swooning over the romantic conclusions of Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, twelve-year-old Polly decides her purpose in life: helping along lonely hearts in search of love. Seek tirelessly and you shall not find a contemporary heroine of middle-grade literature as refined and romantic as Miss Polly Madassa. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite feature of Jesus’ statement is the double down of His message. ![]() My Father’s house has many rooms if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? - John 14:2 In the last chapter, I quoted Jesus’ promise to His disciples about the mansions He was preparing for them. “For we know,” wrote Paul, “that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1). And so he wrote about a physical place that will house a resting place for those who know Christ as Savior. ![]() Given the rigors of his work and the persecution he endured, the apostle Paul knew something about this. Luke Stamps, Tweet, February 13, 2022Įven though the title of this book connotes a physical activity, a race with beginning and an end, you and I know that we’re a lot more tired at the end than we were at the start. ![]() We imagine reunions with loved ones, no disease, no pain, no sin, no suffering, no tears - all gloriously true! But Heaven is Heaven because God is there. Our views of the afterlife often make God an afterthought. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "We saw very little of him," Cynthia said. John was either on the road touring or in the recording studio, according to Cynthia, and it was "extremely difficult for him." She was 75.ĭuring the years John spent touring the world as a member of the most popular rock group in history, Cynthia was at home raising their son, Julian. I'm somebody else.'"Ĭynthia Lennon died Wednesday of cancer. In fact, I was asked many times if I was John's wife, and I had to refuse and say, 'No, no. "So I walked around pregnant for quite a long time, hiding it. the main man in the group, John, was found to be married, then it might take away from that particular success," Cynthia told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1985. They met in art school in 1957 and were married in 1962, just weeks before The Beatles recorded "Love Me Do." But as The Beatles became a sensation, Cynthia had to pretend she wasn't married to John. The two shared a working-class background. Back in the 1960s, when teenage girls in America and England fantasized about romance with their favorite Beatle, Cynthia Powell Lennon held the position so many girls dreamed of - she was married to John. ![]() |