![]() ![]() ![]() His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing a TV series, "Hap and Leonard" for the Sundance Channel and films including The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Hall (Dexter), Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down), and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.Ī major motion picture based on Lansdale's crime thriller Cold in July was released in May 2014, starring Michael C. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. ![]() His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. ![]()
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He is the author, with his wife Tania Sanchez, of several books dedicated to perfumes such as Perfumes, The A-Z guide, The Secret of Scent and The Little Book of Perfumes. ![]() Best perfumes, as seen by world-famous perfume reviewer, a scientist who came up with the theory of smelling based on vibrations, top perfume expert – Luca Turin. ![]() ![]() She heard that whispering laughter again, as if the presence had followed her from the ship. Whichever road they take one thing is certain - in the Underworld, evil is inescapable.Īnnabeth felt as if someone had draped a cold washcloth across her neck. Meanwhile, Hazel and the crew of the Argo II have a choice: to stop a war or save their friends. And, if by some miracle they do make it to the Doors of Death, there's a legion of bloodthirsty monsters waiting for them. Wandering the deadly realm of Tartarus, every step leads them further into danger. If Percy Jackson and Annabeth fail in their quest, there'll be hell on Earth. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea's army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. ![]() ![]() The Athena Parthenos will go west the Argo II will go east. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. ![]() She needs their blood -the blood of Olympus - in order to wake. ![]() They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. ![]() ![]() ![]() German literature-20th century-Bio-bibliography. ![]() German literature-Germany (East)- Bio-bibliography. East European literature-20th century-Bio-bibliography. (The Columbia guides to literature since 1945) Includes bibliographical references and index. 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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences-for fans of Madeline Miller. ![]() With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War.”-Madeline Miller, author of Circe Women's Prize for Fiction Finalist About the Book ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was retitled "The Treasure of Tranicos" for book publication later the same year. Sprague de Camp into a different Conan story and published in Fantasy Magazine in February 1953 (dated March 1953 on the spine). The original version of the story was later rewritten by L. When the original Conan version of his story failed to find a publisher, Howard rewrote "The Black Stranger" into a piratical Terence Vulmea story entitled "Swords of the Red Brotherhood". It was written in the 1930s, but not published in his lifetime. Howard, one of his works featuring the sword & sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. " The Black Stranger" is a fantasy short story by American writer Robert E. For the protagonist and principal character, see Conan the Barbarian. ![]() ![]() ![]() Somehow, throughout all of that, it manages to keep a hopeful tone for the future. The story showcases how family secrets can haunt someone, and how guilt can change a person. Reading this book requires emotional maturity because of its themes of death, suicide, and poverty. Amir struggles to come to grips with his betrayal of Hassan, and he returns to Kabul after he learns of his friend's death.īTSYA Teen Reader (16): The Kite Runner is full of both hope and grief. As the book continues, Amir's guilt about this and other traumas affect his perspectives. On the way to Amir, Hassan is stopped and Amir watches the brutal violence against his friend but does not interfere or save him. When he wins, he sends Hassan to go get it for him. Desperate for his father's affection, Amir enters a kite-flying contest. The story flashes back to the 1960s and 1970s when he lived in Kabul with Baba (his father) Hassan, who is a servant and his best friend and Hassan's father. In the 1980s, he came to live in the United States. Diverse Easy Reader | Illustrated ChapterĪmir, an Afghani émigré, narrates his life's story. ![]() ![]() ![]() |a "Pointing to the stories of Nehemiah, Daniel, Solomon, and other biblical leaders for guidance on how to rebuild Black America, Kevin W. ![]() |a Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. |a Replace the Exodus hermeneutic with a postexilic one: regain a singular focus - Solomon: no coalitions with the mighty until we've lifted weights - Daniel: put on ethnic armor and reject the illusion of inclusion - Cyrus's decree: no liberation without reparation - Ezra: lineage alone as a call to specificity or ADOS's unique justice claim - Esau: a good lesson from a bad example - Hanani's mission to expose pseudo innocence: most of us ain't movin' on up - Nehemiah wept: ADOS leaders must weep and speak up for our community - Nehemiah's leadership: mobilizing ADOS to take care of ADOS business - Servants, not celebrities: Nehemiah, Ella Baker, and exemplary leadership for ADOS - Conclusion: beginning to name tenets of ADOS theology. |b Black America and the unfinished work of the civil rights movement / ![]() ![]() ![]() Sam, Antonio et Lucie savent que leur école est vivante, et qu'elle veut les attraper! Cette fois, l'école passe à l'attaque pendant l'expo-sciences. Original title: Eerie Elementary #2: The Locker Ate Lucy! Will the friends come out unscathed, and ultimately reach their goal of stopping this sinister school for good? There's only one way to find out! Get ready to devour the second spooky book in the Branches series École Saint-Macabre. But things go sideways when a locker eats Lucie, and Sam and Antonio get trapped deep inside the school. The evil school is still hungry, and the trio is determined to stop it. Sam and his friends, Lucie and Antonio, are back at École Saint-Macabre, the school that's just as alive as its students. ![]() Préparez-vous à dévorer le second tome de la série École Saint-Macabre, dans la collection Branches. ![]() ![]() Les amis s'en sortiront-ils indemnes? Il n'y a qu'un seul moyen de le découvrir. Mais les choses dérapent lorsqu'un casier dévore Lucie et que Sam et Antonio sont coincés et maintenus prisonniers par. L'établissement diabolique s'apprête à sévir encore une fois, et le trio d'amis est déterminé à l'arrêter. Sam et ses amis, Lucie et Antonio, sont de retour à l'école Saint-Macabre, toujours aussi vivante que ses élèves. ![]() |