![]() ![]() 12,900-11,700 BP, followed by a disrupting period of gradual warming at the end of the last glacial maximum from 27,000-24,000 BP when, presumably, this ancient advanced civilization flourished. ![]() ![]() This initiated the Younger Dryas period of intense cold, ca. What happened to this advanced culture? It was wiped out by a planet-wide cataclysm that Hancock now suggests was triggered by a comet strike on the Earth, as evidenced by many geological features he thinks have no better explanation than a massive flood caused by the comet impact that erased nearly all traces of this advanced civilization. ![]() This latest work, at over 400 pages, expands upon his earlier books, all of which are oriented around his belief that a worldwide civilization existed more than 20,000 years before present (BP). Most prominent among those who promote this view is Graham Hancock, author of The Message of the Sphinx, The Mars Mystery, Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization, The Divine Spark, Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant, Fingerprints of the Gods, and now, Magicians of the Gods. Few topics in science evoke more wonder than the idea that there was once a great prehistoric civilization now lost to history, whose scant remnants are presented in breathtaking revelations by independent scholars insightful and brave enough to think outside the box of mainstream archaeology. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Oloomi has written two previous novels, Fra Keeler, a mystery as hallucinatory and menacing as it is comic, and Call Me Zebra, which follows the pilgrimage of a free-spirited exile and autodidact. She has returned to confront the past, the ghost of who she was, and her memories of Omar, an enigmatic older man who introduced her to unfamiliar freedoms even as he harmed her and dispossessed her of her power. The novel follows Arezu, a woman in her late thirties, as she travels to Marbella, Spain, where she spent the summer when she was seventeen. Not many writers can convey both great beauty and horror at the same time, but in Savage Tongu es, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi does so deftly. ![]() ![]() ![]() And when’s the last time you even read a good book, Showtime? Grade: A HBO is also developing Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad and Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections. The book, which revolves around a 12-year-old alligator wrestler searching through southwest Florida for her lost sister, will become a half-hour comedy. Scott Rudin will produce an adaptation of Karen Russell’s novel Swamplandia for HBO. ![]() Details have yet to be released, but the movie is in the vein of Erin Brockovich, and will feature Damon as a salesman who “arrives in a small town only to have his life changed.” That is certainly a lot of information to digest, so let’s focus on what’s really important: in the vein of Erin Brockovich? Finally, Matt Damon in a push-up bra! Grade: A. (Krasinski came up with the idea, and developed it with Dave Eggers). Matt Damon will direct and star in a movie he co-wrote with John Krasinski, who will also star. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its overall size is good for anyone who wants a small play with a lot of content. The Lion and the Jewel is a quick read that is witty and fun to read. ![]() Whether that is good or bad is unclear to me but interesting to think about. The 'Lion', representing the traditional values and culture, was not as weak and aged as he appeared to be - I assume that is Soyinka's way of saying that the tradional culture isn't as ready to fade away either. As a Westerner myself, I started out with the preconceived notion that modernization would be a beneficial change but by the end of the play, I was not so sure. ![]() The village is still traditional in its daily life but one senses that it is on the verge of change. The headman of the village, 'the lion', is in his 60s and has several wives and concubines already but can pay. ![]() The play deals with the conflict between traditional ways and modernization for example, should a man pay a bride price in order to marry? The young schoolmaster, a believer in Western culture, wants to marry 'the jewel' Sidi but doesn't want to pay her bride price claiming it is old-fashioned (though the reader/viewer is also left with the impression that he can't afford it!). A thought-provoking play by the first African author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had come because of the searchings of other souls, the dead, the lost, because of a chance remark overheard on the city streets, because of the encompassing darkness, because of my mind which had been filled with self, because I must find my way from the darkness to the ultimate light. ![]() What motive in this quest but the search for life, for love, for truth that does not fail? I had come because of my own heart’s need for an answer. Vera Cartwheel, the young female protagonist, is on a searchįor nothing less than truth, love, and wisdom. ![]() Miss MacIntosh, My Darling is the Divine Comedy at the end of the Enlightenment – the sunset of all sunsets – the journey of all journeys – the alchemical Red Lily, growing in a landscape of all souls, all ![]() There was now no landscape but the soul’s, and that is the inexactitude, the ever shifting and the distant….Every heart is the other heart. All citations from the novel quoted with the permission of Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, IL.Īudio clips are from cassette tapes created by Kay Bonetti in 1983 and currently archived at the State Historical Society of Missouri ( ). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then when he finally apologized, he starts with, "I know I have no excuse." But then lists all the excuses for why he treated her the way he did before he abandoned her. Honest Abe." But, what the h*** does his father have to do with him as an adult, not even listening for a second to the woman he loves and says he will always protect? Then his friends say, "He was running on no sleep and we just got back from a mission." Okay, but he literally left her rot for THREE days after that. His friends give her all these excuses, "His Dad lied to him, so that's why he call him Abe because he won't stand for anything but honesty. ![]() He's so quick to believe the worst in her, after we hear for the entire book how highly he thinks of her, how "different" she is from all the other women he's ever met, how much he loves her and cares for her, I could go on. ![]() The "hero" in this story (Abe) knows her triggers and when she needs him most, he uses that main trigger against her. Obviously there's going to be things that will be difficult for her, things that will trigger her, etc. The mfc is recovering from an abusive, traumatic childhood. ![]() ![]() *I know.* His voice had a seductive throb in it, a hunger he couldn't control or mask. *I am Witch,* she said, a small, defiant quiver in her voice. Even before she walked over and looked at him, even before he saw the feral intelligence in those ancient, haunted sapphire eyes, he knew. As she shifted position to slip another shard into place, he saw the small, round breasts, the feminine curve of waist and hips, the dark-gold triangle of hair between her legs.īut he knew. Her human hands had sheathed claws like a cat's. Instead of feet, she had dainty horse's hooves. The legs were human and shapely, but changed below the calf. A narrow strip of gold fur traced her spine, ending in a small gold and white fawn tail that flicked over her bare buttocks. In a land decimated by its past, Lady Cassidy is an outcast who must convince bitter men to serve again when she is unexpectedly chosen to rule. In the center of her forehead was a tiny, spiral horn. This dark fantasy novel brings readers to a tumultuous world ruled by witches and warlocks who wield their power through jewels. ![]() Her gold mane-not quite hair and not quite fur-was brushed up and back from her exotic face and didn't hide the delicately pointed ears. ![]() She was medium height, slender, and fair-skinned. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The duplicates are indistinguishable from normal people except for their utter lack of emotion.īody Snatchers was released on May 15, 1993, and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the likeliness, realism, and special effects, though it was criticized for its plot. The plot is centered around the discovery that people working at a military base in Alabama are being replaced by perfect physical imitations grown from plantlike pods. John, Stuart Gordon, and Dennis Paoli.īody Snatchers is the third film adaptation of Finney's novel, the first being Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1956, followed by a second adaptation of the same name in 1978. It is loosely based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, with a screenplay by Nicholas St. Body Snatchers is a 1993 American science fiction horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Christine Elise, R. ![]() ![]() ![]() 9780062947611 My Weird School Graphic Novel: Mr. With more than 27 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! Graphic novel fans, prepare for liftoff! New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman and illustrator Jim Paillot have brought you an all-new series of My Weird School graphic novels!įull of visual gags, space aliens, and hilarious full-color illustrations, this is the weirdest graphic novel in the history of the world! accidentally launches the whole class into outer space!įull of visual gags, space aliens. Corbett, is a total space cadet! And what happens when A.J. ![]() and his friends at Ella Mentry School are headed on a field trip to NASA headquarters. ![]() Graphic novel fans, prepare for liftoff! New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman and illustrator Jim Paillot have brought you an all-new series of My Weird School graphic novels! ![]() ![]() the young adult threshold for personality is in HELL.two of them always gotta have unaddressed trauma. i ain't never seen four emotionally intelligent brothers.Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. ![]() This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. ![]() To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch - and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. ![]() The catch? Avery has no idea why - or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. ![]() |