5/29/2023 0 Comments Towers by Matthew Bryant![]() ![]() Virgins: A Musical Threesome has been remastered and is streaming for the first time on Spotify and iTunes. A comic whirlwind of a show…razor-sharp satire with a feminist edge…Insiders will adore how true Show People is to the unique textures of Australian musical theatre, and Whelan Browne’s incredible gift for comic acting won’t be lost on anyone.” The Age There really are no people like show people – and Whelan-Browne, Bryant and Frank are three of the best.’ Arts Hub Show People is not to be missed, whether you’re a theatre darling, have a passion for musical theatre, or just love a show packed with nuance and emotion. This follows after a triumphant 2022 season in Melbourne “eviscerating, entertaining and executed with aplomb. “a hilarious and cutting satire that doesn't shy away from the ugliness of the industry, whether that be its failure to accommodate the needs of mothers, or its mishandling of accusations of sexual harassment…while the subject matter may seem serious at times, the show is overwhelmingly joyful” - ABC ![]() ![]() Show People just played a smash engagement at Sydney Festival and was chosen as a Festival highlight by ABC and Sydney Morning Herald ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments On mystic lake by kristin hannah![]() ![]() Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train ![]() Haunting, action-packed, and compelling.” Separated by principles and temperament, each must find her own way forward as she faces moral questions and life-or-death choices. “In this epic novel, set in France in World War II, two sisters who live in a small village find themselves estranged when they disagree about the imminent threat of occupation. Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan But what I loved most was the relationship between two sisters and Hannah’s exploration of what we do in moments of great challenge.” She has captured a particular slice of French life during World War II with wonderful details and drama. “I loved Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Vengeful by ve schwab![]() ![]() With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity-and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.Įntertainment Weekly 's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now She'll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought-and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. ![]() ![]() Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.īut Marcella Riggins needs no one. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious. *2018 GOOD READS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY*Ī super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions-#1 New York Times bestselling author V. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Allen ginsberg reads howl![]() That the poem's coming out party, so to speak, came just a few months after the somewhat closeted Leonard Bernstein's 40-minute opera, Trouble in Tahiti, opened on Broadway, was no accident. Hearing it read aloud by Ginsberg, in a voice in which heartbreak and fury intermingle, is an experience like no other. "Howl," the defiantly gay manifesto that Allen Ginsberg read aloud for the first time at a Six Gallery public reading in San Francisco in 1955, railed against the life-snuffing hetero-oppressive conformity of the 1950s.įilled with anger and rage, "Howl" bemoans the causes of addiction as it simultaneously celebrates Walt Whitman, Ginsberg's Beat Generation comrades, cum, Bach, jazz and jism, the Bible, and a litany of transgressive acts. ![]() ![]() It was the poem that defined a generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reader says this book is.: entertaining story (4) escapist/easy read (3) happily ever after (4) terrific writing (4) action-packed (2) emotionally riveting (1) heart touching (1) heartwarming (1) high heat (3) strong chemistry (3) strong heroine (2) realistic characters (2) rich setting(s) (1) satisfying ending (1) sex scenes (2) swoon-worthy (1) unputdownable (1) year's top 10 (1) But Franchesca Baranski? This smart-mouthed girl from Brooklyn may just be his downfall. Conquering the unconquerable is basically his bread and butter. And he hasn't met a challenge that he can't win. ![]() (Well, that's the plan anyway.)Īiden Kilbourn doesn't do long-term relationships. He's busy ruling the business world, and has yet to find a woman he can tolerate for longer than a month, two at the outside, anyway. So a Best Man with a big attitude and an even bigger.checkbook? Yeah, there's no way she's going to let that pretentious, judgmental jackhole ruin her best friend's wedding. No matter how sexy he is. Rude attendees? You just watch her handle them. ![]() And the Best Man? More like the Worst Man.īut Maid of Honor Franchesca takes her duties seriously. Entitled? Not enough checks in the world. But the rest of the wedding party? They're the stuff of nightmares. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Crossing to safety![]() Especially the end! I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but she goes a bit extreme in her desire to control everything around her. I’m a control freak as well, but some of the things she did were over the top. I thought Sally, Larry, and Sid were very well written, but I thought Charity was a bit over the top. I can’t recommend Stegner’s writing enough. I kept clasping the book to my chest and sighing as I read it and my husband wondered what I could be reading! Amazing words didn’t seem plausible. Stegner’s power over words is incredible and it blew me away what he was able to do with this simple story. It’s a simple book, really, telling the story of four people whose lives are intermixed and how they live together. ![]() But then again, I don’t think you need to know any more about it. When I first read that summary, I thought it was too short and didn’t do this book justice. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage. ![]() ![]() Clive Starling has been hallucinating small animals, as well as having visions of the ghost of a long-dead naturalist, Ernest Harold Baynes, once known for letting wild animals live in his house. A medical school dropout, she’s come back to small-town Everton, New Hampshire, to care for her father, who is dying from a mysterious brain disease. Natural-born healer Emma Starling once had big plans for her life, but she’s lost her way. Both funny and sad, the kind of story we like best. ![]() It was a source of entertainment at Maple Street Cemetery. ![]() What a great read this was! I’m super excited to tell you my thoughts on Unlikely Animals. ![]() ![]() The Lost Words is a spell book that seeks to conjure the near-lost magic, beauty and strangeness of the nature that surrounds us, for readers both young and old. This one will stay with you a long time.”ĬILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2019: The Lost Words illustrated by Jackie Morris, written by Robert Macfarlane (Hamish Hamilton) Angie Thomas, a judge for the awards and author of the bestselling novel The Hate U Give said: “I fell in love at slam poetry. A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. ![]() The Poet X explores themes of identity, freedom and finding your own voice. ALCS is pleased to sponsor these two prestigious awards, which respectively honour outstanding writing and illustration for children.ĬILIP Carnegie Medal 2019: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Electric Monkey) The Poet Xby Elizabeth Acevedo (Electric Monkey) was awarded the Carnegie Medal, while The Lost Words illustrated by Jackie Morris and written by Robert Macfarlane (Hamish Hamilton) won the Kate Greenaway Medal. ![]() ![]() No longer the reckless delinquent he used to be, he has made many life-altering decisions. Will the truth about his motives shatter any chance they might have at love?Ĭhase Russell has done a lot of growing up since he was thrown two hundred years into the past to the Yellowstone wilderness. A journey into the past could not only set things in place for his own future, but it might also bring Jana back into his life. He hasn’t stopped thinking about her since their one brief encounter months ago. Is she willing to follow him 200 years into the past to save her best friend’s life?ĭan is convinced that Jana holds the key to finding the device that makes time travel possible. ![]() He has news that Aimee met with an untimely death. An unexpected phone call months later from the very man she wanted to put out of her mind forces her back to Yellowstone. ![]() ![]() Her immediate attraction to Aimee’s descendant leaves her disturbed and confused, and she rushes back home to the safety of a normal life. Not only is a weathered diary proof that she survived, so is the handsome park ranger standing before Jana now. Jana Evans’ best friend traveled back in time for true love. When a pretty tourist tells him an incredible story about his ancestors, his dreams might be realized sooner than he hoped. He’ll do just about anything to make his dream a reality. He wants to be a permanent park ranger in Yellowstone National Park, a place where his family roots run deep. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Cahalan susannah![]() By the second week in the hospital, I could no longer write my own name, couldn’t walk on my own, and barely could utter full sentences. Their working diagnosis was schizoaffective disorder. After grand mal seizures and a delusional breakdown at my father’s house, I was finally hospitalized. Weeks later I became manic and psychotic. I was lethargic, depressed, unmotivated - and completely obsessed by the notion that bed bugs had invaded my apartment. ![]() My initial symptoms emerged a few months before my hospitalization. I remember bracing myself as I tried to anticipate what it would be like to say such intimate and impossible things to millions of people. ![]() I didn’t remember my mom’s wavering voice as she spoke about my seizure or my dad breaking down as he read from his diaries about me. I remember the bright lights of the studio and stifling the urge to laugh when I heard my name on the prerecorded segment about “one woman’s month of madness.” There was the grainy hospital footage of a woman - of me, I remind myself - hallucinating, calling out for help: “I’m on the TV.” I remember a flash of self-conscious clarity when I noticed my failed attempt to curl my hair for the interview. ![]() Even today, looking back, I can still feel the prickly sensation akin to dread located in the pit of my stomach. ![]() It was January 2010, a few weeks before my 25th birthday. I appeared on TODAY 10 months after I learned how to speak again. ![]() |