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![]() ![]() Saunders is always careful not to confuse the internal workings of a story with authorial intent. ![]() ![]() The author seeks to answer “the million-dollar question: What makes a reader keep reading?” As he shows throughout this thrilling literary lesson, the answer has little to do with conventional notions of theme and plot it’s more about energy, efficiency, intentionality, and other “details of internal dynamics.” Saunders explains how what might seem like flaws often work in the story’s favor and how we love some stories even more because of-rather than in spite of-those flaws. Opening with Chekhov’s “The Cart,” Saunders shows just how closely we’ll be reading-a page or two of the original text at a time followed by multiple pages of commentary. All stories are included in full, and readers need not be familiar with Russian literature to find this plan richly rewarding. This is the book version of that class, illuminating seven stories by the masters: three by Chekhov, two by Tolstoy, and one each by Turgenev and Gogol. “Some of the best moments of my life…have been spent teaching that Russian class,” he writes. ![]() Though Saunders is known mainly as an inventive, award-winning writer-of novels, short stories, cultural criticism-he has also taught creative writing at Syracuse since 1997. The renowned author delivers a master class on the Russian short story and on the timeless value of fiction. ![]()
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A Simple Christmas by Mike Huckabee7/5/2023 ![]() That led to a powerful lesson about patience and a reminder that the best Christmases are the simple ones. The plan worked great until one Christmas when young Mike unwrapped a brand-new football.that was covered in mud. In fact, they represent the continuity between our past and our future in a world where everybody seems to follow the latest fashions just for the sake of changing, without understanding how. These true stories will help you smile, take a deep breath, and maybe slow down your own holiday treadmill.įor instance, as kids, Mike and his sister would sneak open their gifts before Christmas, play with them, then rewrap them so their parents wouldn't notice. In the second instance, by recalling twelve simple Christmas stories about his life Mike Huckabee stresses the importance of traditions like Christmas. Huckabee recounts twelve Christmas memories that range from his childhood in Arkansas to his years as a young husband and father to his time as a governor and then a presidential candidate. The hard part, in today's crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. But according to Mike Huckabee, that was never God's intention. ![]() The New York Times bestseller by the former governor and presidential candidate-an instant classic, reissued for 2010.Ĭhristmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, and stress. ![]()
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Present perfect by alison g bailey7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() As they grow older, they start to see each other in a different light. This story will stay with me for a long time.Īmanda (aka Tweet) and Noah have been best friends for as long as they can remember. ![]() She needs to realize that a person cannot control the events in their life, only their reaction to them - but will it be too late for her to save her relationship with her best friend? Present Perfect is a story of how past events have present consequences and how perfect your present could be if you stopped fighting and just allowed it to happen. Events take over and force her to let go of her dreams and desires. ![]() He was the one thing in her life that was perfect, but she couldn't allow herself to have him. Noah had the power to give her 100 lifetimes of happiness, which also gave him the power to completely devastate her. The one thing she couldn't control was the effect he had on her. Everything was going according to her life plan until she woke up one day and realized she had fallen in love with him. ![]() The one thing she thought was perfect in her life was the bond she shared with her best friend, Noah. Her obsession with being perfect, along with her feelings of worthlessness, consumed her. Amanda Kelly spent her entire life trying to control every aspect of it, while striving for perfection. ![]()
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Fingerprints of the gods netflix7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Rent or buy thousands of titles including new release movies, popular TV shows, and more (not available in all countries/regions). App Features: - Download videos to watch offline - anywhere, anytime. Maisel, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and much more. Watch movies and TV shows recommended for you, including The Boys, Coming 2 America, The Marvelous Mrs. Related Tags Enjoy exclusive Amazon Originals as well as popular movies and TV shows. Next, learn everything you need to know about Prime Video. To watch the ACM Awards on Freevee, just head over to the Freevee homepage. You don’t need to have Prime Video to enjoy the huge catalog of content on Freevee. Amazon Freevee is a completely free streaming service with thousands of hit movies, shows, and originals.Start your free trial.Find, shop for and buy Prime Video at : The Tender Bar : Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Max Martini, William Monahan, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Ted Hope: Prime Video Skip to main content. 3:00 PM.Enjoy exclusive Amazon Originals as well as popular movies and TV shows. Amazon Prime's new show The Power is streaming now. ![]() Amazon rpime video The 27 Best Amazon Prime Shows Right Now | WIRED. ![]()
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Rebound the crossover series7/5/2023 ![]() The book, which is told entirely through verse, was first published in the United States in hardback on March 18, 2014, through HMH Books for Young Readers.Ĭritical reception for The Crossover has been positive. The Crossover is a 2014 children's book by American author Kwame Alexander and the winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. ![]() ![]() ![]() Young adult novel by Kwame Alexander The Crossover ![]()
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A Time of Night by Ruth Swazee7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch ( : 10 February 2018), Ruth Sneazey in entry for Sarah Bird, citing Independence, Oakland, Michigan, reference v 1 p 169 rn 32 FHL microfilm 973,983. ![]() "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 10 March 2018), Ruth Sweazey in entry for Sarah Bird, citing p 281 rn 32, Independence, Oakland, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing FHL microfilm 2,363,667."United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 12 April 2016), Ruth Swayse in household of Israel Swayse, Washington, Morris, New Jersey, United States citing family 213, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).Find a Grave, database and images ( : accessed 23 June 2020), memorial page for Ruth Drake Sweasey (–), Find A Grave: Memorial #15053160, citing Old Presbyterian Burial Ground, Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).She passed away in 1856, 5 years after her husband. In her late 20s, she married Israel Swayze and they went on to have 8 children together. The youngest child of Charles Drake and Sarah Bryant, Ruth Drake was born in 1772 in New Jersey. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Through the Twelve Days of Christmas, Penny and Robert each make a wish for the other's happiness. ![]() Unfortunately for her, Robert confesses his heart already belongs to a mysterious woman. ![]() But when a Christmas Ball leads to a mistletoe kiss him, she finds herself as much in love as ever before. Visiting the community where she grew up, Penny is taken aback by how handsome Robert has grown, and how little her girlhood infatuation has diminished. When she lost her parents years before, Penelope Clark also lost contact with her dearest friend. When a chance meeting brings them face to face on Christmas Eve, he cannot bring himself to hope that she feels the same. It hardly matters, as Robert's heart has long belonged to his childhood friend. While his position brings him satisfaction, it does not make him much of a matrimonial catch. Robert Ellsworth, born the son of a wealthy gentleman, is now a mere steward in the service of another. When Penny and Robert meet again on Christmas Eve, will their childhood love bloom into something more? They only have the Twelve Da. ![]() Please note that this title is Independently Published or self published and the quality of production may vary. Penny's Yuletide Wish: A Regency Romance Novella (Trade Paperback / Paperback) ![]()
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The sandman comic book7/4/2023 ![]() Enne kui ta saab asuda oma valdustes korda looma, tuleb naasta surelike maailma ja otsida üles kadunud väeesemed. Möödub terve inimpõlv, kuni uneisandal viimaks põgeneda õnnestub. Lisaks ei hoia enam keegi luupainajaid ohjes. ![]() On neid, kes enam kunagi ei ärka kui ka neid, kes enam magada ei suuda. See põhjustab kaose nii inimeste kui ka unenägude maailmas. Igatahes, üks maagia harrastaja tahab hirmsasti surma võita ja viib läbi keerulise rituaali, kuid tal õnnestub vangistada hoopis Morpheus ning ühtlasi varastada temalt kolm olulist väeeset. Ma lisaks listi muidugi ka Une-Mati, aga Gaiman millegipärast mitte. Uneisandat tuntakse mitme nimega: Morpheus, Oneiros, Dream jpt. Viimase tõuke ostmiseks andis samanimeline Netflixi seriaal, mis oli võrratu - nii kaasahaarav ja fantaasiaküllane.Ģ0.-21. ![]() ![]() Huvi selle sarja vastu oli mul juba varem, kuna mulle väga meeldib Gaiman. Raamat koondab koomiksi väljaanded numbritega #1-20. Neil Gaiman "The Sandman Book One" räägib une valitsejast ja muredest, millega ta seisab silmitsi, kui naaseb pärast pikka vangistust. ![]()
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Matthew sadler game changer7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() In 2018 it won a 1000-game match against the strongest traditional chess engine, Stockfish. The evening is FREE – but donations are welcome!įor background, AlphaZero is a self-learning AI machine developed by the Google-owned company DeepMind. Simultaneous display – a tandem simul by Matthew and Natasha + for any strong players the chance to play Matthew.Lecture by Natasha and Matthew on AlphaZero and the writing of Game Changer plus a demonstration of one of AlphaZero’s games against Stockfish with full commentary by Matthew.GM Matthew Sadler and WIM Natasha Regan, co-authors of the groundbreaking book Game Changer on AlphaZero’s chess discoveries, will visit and reveal their findings. Book it in your diaries – because January 14 is when Battersea Chess Club will host a free evening of chess and chat that could change YOUR game. ![]()
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Kristin lavransdatter catholic7/4/2023 ![]() I really didn’t think so much about the other great love story in it, the love story between the father and mother, and I did not think very much at that time about maybe the greatest of the love stories, between Kristin and God. Again I was struck by this wonderful love story. And then I read it again when I played Kristin Lavransdatter on the stage at age nineteen. It was one of my first meetings with what I looked upon as a grown-up book, and the most thrilling for me of course was the love story between the young woman and the man, the knight. I think I was fourteen years old, and I thought it was just wonderful. ![]() When did you first encounter the book Kristin Lavransdatter and what was distinctive about your experience of the book? Ullmann, who is better known for her many film roles, especially those directed by Ingmar Bergman, talked with Crisis film critic Robert Lauder. The first volume of the trilogy, The Bridal Wreath, has been brought to the screen by the director Liv Ullmann. The rumor has finally become a reality, at least in part. ![]() There have been rumors for years that the great Catholic novel Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset was to be made into a film. ![]() |