Maybe I was just an impressionable guy, who at that time had not yet turned 40 and so held a lot of misimpressions about love, marriage, work and life at large. And for most of the last half of the novel, I was stretched out on a sofa in the living room, reading along so terrified that I was afraid to get up and walk around. I figured my experience of reading The Shining was fresh enough for me, since I remember keenly where I was when the book first came out, and where I was when I read it - in a new house in a subdivision on the western perimeter of Knoxville, Tenn. His name is Danny Torrance, and the images that probably remain for most readers, whether recent or distant, are REDRUM - murder spelled backward on the bathroom mirror - and the topiary animals that move about of their own accord. Depending on how recently you immersed yourself in that story, you'll have a sharp or vague recollection of a young child with the power of "shining," or mind-reading mixed with telekinesis. If you're a dutiful fan of Stephen King's work - myself, I'm an off again, on again follower - you will have read The Shining, King's hit 1977 novel about a haunted resort in the Colorado Rockies. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Doctor Sleep Author Stephen King
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Aided by four student actors serving as koken – a Japanese term for stage assistant – the set is part of the action. The script is a celebration of language with dense melodic writing, but this production is designed to be visually rich as well. With uncertainty around every corner, the three women forge a tight bond as they adjust to a new world and search for happiness. 12-21 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Eric Overmyer’s “On the Verge” is a story of three Victorian women – Mary, Fanny and Alex – who venture into uncharted land before unwittingly traveling through time to the 1950s. “It’s truly alive,” says Locker ’16, who plays Fanny. With rope bridges, platforms, hidden windows, a giant yeti and props emerging from trap doors in the stage floor, the world that students and director David Feldshuh, professor of performing and media arts, have created is almost its own character. The set for the upcoming Department of Performing and Media Arts production of “On the Verge” is full of energy. She walks cautiously toward a row of moving branches, pulling out her machete and leveling it with one strike. The jungle surrounding Julie Locker is breathing. Julie Locker '16, left, Sarah Coffey '16 and senior lecturer Carolyn Goelzer appear in costume for “On the Verge.” Cixi ‘brought medieval China into the modern age’. ‘Empress Dowager Cixi’s legacy was manifold and towering,’ she writes. Jung Chang does not merely repeat what are now truisms in the representation of Cixi – that she has been obscured by misogyny and orientalist stereotyping, as well as the anti-Manchu sentiment running through Chinese nationalist narratives – but also claims to have discovered something new. Since Sterling Seagrave’s Dragon Lady of 1992, Cixi has been the subject of or a major figure in a dozen books, as well as films and television series. And now she appears in the vanguard of stubborn Chinese opposition to foreign arrogance and encroachment. In the 1960s and 1970s, she was one of a small collection of ‘powerful’ women newly discovered in Chinese history. In the first decade of the 20th century, she was either the vivacious tea hostess who had protected foreigners from Boxer mobs, or the murderous xenophobe who had set the rioters on them in the first place. E mpress Dowager Cixi of the Qing dynasty is one of those historical figures who are renovated from time to time as the moment demands. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbour, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. A Printz Honor winner!Įver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she. Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Įver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. 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We particularly loved the suggestion for how Shoreditch got its name. Pulling together, it’s April’s courage and Matteusz’s belief that help win the day, and the story serves as a good reintroduction to the characters. In ‘The Soers’ Ditch’, by Carl Rowens, both couples find themselves running for their lives in a deadly game. Across Volume 3 those relationships, and others, are considered. The through-line of the television series generated two romantic parings, first the adorable Charlie (Greg Austin) and Matteusz (Jordan Renzo), then later April (Sophie Hopkins) and Ram (Fady Elsayed). While the first and second volumes reunited the whole principal cast on audio, for these episodes there are two roles recast: Joanna McGibbon takes on the role of Tanya, (a pupil) while Dervla Kirwan is the new Miss Quill (a teacher and one of the alien refugees). Focussed on the exploits of a group of Sixth-Formers at the Coal Hill Academy, plus a couple of alien refugees, the Patrick Ness helmed series created some compelling characters in an all-too-brief run on TV. Class: The Audio Adventures continues the world of Doctor Who’s teen spin-off, with two further volumes of audio afterlife. story of community and love and families in all their messy glory." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review "Horvath's bright prose and unerring sense of timing keep us turning pages to arrive at the book's final, transcendently profound, scene." - Horn Book " The quirky characters and Franny's dry-humored narration stand out as Horvath invokes classic literary elements of orphans, secret gardens, and found families." - Publishers Weekly "Thoughtful, hilarious, and moving repeated readings reveal even more to appreciate in this superbly crafted tale. Notably, the denizens of Vancouver Island have a delicious lack of separation between adult and child-all are wholeheartedly curious, beautifully flawed, and deeply amusing." - Booklist, starred review "Events glide from the domestic to offbeat to the supernatural without any friction, creating a world where anything is possible. "Horvath infuses her novel with such heart, zest, and humor in the small moments that she's created a book her devoted fan base will cherish. Like most kids growing up in the 1990’s, Jackson became a huge Harry Potter fan. I’ve found new ones that better reflect who I’ve been all along, or sometimes who I’ve grown to be. … Like so many others, I’ve resisted and fought to redefine the limitations of some labels that have been put on me, but I’ve also chosen to change some of those labels. … I was sorted into the female category at birth, and that defined the name I was given, the clothes I was dressed in, the way I was spoken to, and roles I was supposed to have in life. But they can also be oppressive and limiting. Labels can be important to understanding who you are, finding a community of people with similar experiences and gaining access to resources you might need. With candor and humor, Jackson recalls the challenges he faced while trying to sort out his gender and sexuality and worrying about how to interact with the world. He had no transgender role models, and barely remembers meeting anyone who was openly gay before college. Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir) by Jackson Bird Tiller Press, 2019 The audiobook published by Simon & Schuster A udio is narrated by the author himself, and is also excellent.Īssigned female at birth and raised as a girl growing up in conservative Texas in the 1990’s, Jackson often wondered if he should have been born a boy. challenges, and how she dealt with them, setting the tone for the rest of her career. Balancing her vivacious, outgoing personality with her desire to be taken seriously, she overcame every obstacle in her way: insecurity, an eating disorder, being typecast, sexism. This book is.”īeginning in early childhood, Couric was inspired by her journalist father to pursue the career he loved but couldn’t afford to stay in. It is not the whole story, and it is not the whole me. On TV, you are larger than life but smaller, too. Of the medium she loves, the one that made her a household name, she says, “Television can put you in a box the flat-screen can flatten. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life - a story she’s never shared, until now. This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.įor more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. Her warmth and honesty, combined with a wealth of practical help, will inspire you to cultivate these traits in your own life. God wants to speak directly to each of His beloved children, not to just a few “spiritual elite.” Priscilla Shirer looks at God’s call to Samuel and uncovers six characteristics essential for hearing from God:Ī simple RELATIONSHIP, unfettered by sin or prideĪ single-minded WORSHIP, focused on God and His gloryĪ set-apart HOLINESS, determined to live a life that honors HimĪ still ATTENTIVENESS, willing to be silent before HimĪ sold-out HUNGER, passionately pursuing God’s presenceĪ servant SPIRIT, submitted to God’s call “When we approach God humbly and bow down before Him, we put ourselves in a position to hear from Him.”Īre you longing to hear God’s voice, but feeling disconnected? |