6/27/2023 0 Comments Vicious vengeful![]() ![]() When Eli refuses to help Victor try again, Victor enlists Eli’s girlfriend to strap him to a table and deliver electric shocks. Later, Eli makes an attempt and returns to life with the ability to heal himself. Victor attempts a traumatic death but does not become an EO. Their research suggests EOs are created by a traumatic death experience from which the individual comes back to life, coupled with a strong will to live. Jealous and insecure about his own thesis, Victor influences Eli to bring his thesis from theory to practice. Eli’s senior thesis is on the theoretical creation of EOs. In the past, friends Victor and Eli become ExtraOrdinary individuals (EOs). ![]() In the present, Vale and Sydney Clark dig up a grave. ![]() The opening chapters of Vicious alternate between story present and events from 10 years ago. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments The Pixar Touch by David A. Price![]() ![]() Price goes behind the scenes of the corporate feuds between Lasseter and his former champion, Jeffrey Katzenberg, as well as between Steve Jobs and Michael Eisner. With the help of visionary businessman Steve Jobs and animating genius John Lasseter, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way up through the landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others. ![]() The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios’ history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. You can read this before The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company written by David A. Brief Summary of Book: The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company by David A. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments The kybalion best edition![]() ![]() There’s also the upcoming HBO series “The Idol,” from “Euphoria” filmmaker Sam Levinson starring the Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp “Firebrand” with Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr and Judd Law as Tudor King Henry VIII and the Pixar movie “Elemental,” which closes the festival. Wes Anderson, flanked by another starry ensemble, will debut “Asteroid City.” It’s his first since 2013′s “Under the Skin.” Pedro Almodóvar will premiere the short “Strange Way of Life,” with Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. ![]() Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” shot in Auschwitz, is one of the festival’s most eagerly awaited films. Though arthouses have struggled to match the box-office recovery at multiplexes, Vachon, a producer on “May December,” says her company, Killer Films, and the indie stalwart Haynes are accustomed to “pivoting endlessly and finding opportunities no matter what the sea winds bring.” AUTEURS AND A-LISTERSĪs usual, this year’s competition lineup returns plenty of Cannes heavyweights, including Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Monster”), Wim Wenders (“Perfect Days”), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (“About Dry Grasses”), Ken Loach (“The Old Oak”) and Nanny Moretti (“A Brighter Tomorrow”). Among the titles seeking distribution is Haynes’ “May December,” which stars Natalie Portman as a journalist who embeds with a couple (Julianne Moore, Charles Melton) once renown for their age discrepancy. ![]() The prospect of a prolonged work stoppage could potentially drive up prices for finished films at Cannes, the world’s top movie market. ![]() ![]() So she takes Aaron up on his offer and becomes a temporary roommate. She knows she needs to make some decisions, but the term has just ended and she has the summer to figure out the direction of her life. The new girlfriend would be schmoozing with them now, she ruminates. The only friend that, as Chrys refers to him, is “hers alone,” as opposed to the people she’s met over the years that were Meredith’s friends. Then Meredith conveniently leaves town, leaving Chrys to pick up the pieces and figure out what to do with the rest of her life.įortunately, Chrys has a friend in Aaron, an erstwhile actor turned massage therapist. Meredith unexpectedly drops a bomb, telling her that she’s in a relationship with someone else and Chrys needs to leave the faux mansion. It all comes to a head for Chrys the day after her fortieth birthday. But everything is not as it seems and Chrys is headed for heartbreak. ![]() In spite of her disappointment with her new teaching job, she soldiers on, taking comfort in her relationship with her partner. The move is a step up for Chrys, one she wasn’t entirely comfortable with, but she is glad for the relationship and the comforts of her new home. Meredith Padgett, a plastic surgeon with a faux mansion and maid. ![]() In the opening of Hypnotizing Chickens, we find main character Chrys Pickett leaving a teaching job, with tenure, at Western Carolina State to move in with Dr. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The host book 2 stephenie meyer![]() ![]() She had some experience as a property manager receptionist but had never had any formal or informal writing experience before sitting down to write the Twilight series. ![]() Stephenie Meyer belongs to the Church of the Latter Day Saints and does not drink alcohol or smoke. Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 with a Bachelor of the Arts in English. ![]() She married her husband Christian when she was 21 in 1994, having known him since she was young in Arizona. Meyer graduated from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut and her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her five brothers and sisters. Stephenie Meyer was born on December 24, 1973. Stephenie Meyer makes about $50 million annually and has a net worth of $125 million. Her novels have sold millions of copies world wide and she is one of the most read contemporary authors alive today. A number of her books that have been published have been turned into movies, most notably the wildly popular Twilight stories about a human teenage girl’s star crossed love affair with a vampire in Washington state. She made Time’s 2008 List of Most Influential People at #49, and was featured on the Forbes’ “Celebrity 100” list in 2009 at #26. She was the best selling author in the United States for both 20. Stephenie Meyer is the American born author of The Twilight series, The Host, and more. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Written in the stars bellefleur![]() ![]() As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. ![]() It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she’s a Very Good Person. Obviously. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client’s Best Woman would be the one that got away. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn’t gone exactly as planned. It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant-her childhood friend, her first love, her first… well, everything. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. But now her entire crew has found "the one" and she’s beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love… ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Kendi 400 souls![]() 1749-1754 : race and the Enlightenment / Dorothy E.1744-1749 : Lucy Terry Prince / Nafissa Thompson-Spires. ![]() 1739-1744 : the Stono Rebellion / Wesley Lowery.Poem : "before revolution" / Morgan Parker.1734-1739 : from Fort Mose to soul city / Brentin Mock.1729-1734 : African identities / Walter C.1719-1724 : maroons and marronage / Sylviane A.1714-1719 : the slave market / Sasha Turner.1709-1714 : the revolt in New York / Herb Boyd.1704-1709 : the Virginia slave codes / Kay Wright.1699-1704 : the selling of Joseph / Brandon R.Poem : "Mama, where you keep your gun?" / Phillip B.1694-1699 : the middle passage / Mary E.1689-1694 : the Germantown petition against slavery / Christopher J.1684-1689 : the code noir / Laurence Ralph.1679-1684 : the Virginia law that forbade bearing arms or the Virginia law that forbade armed self-defense / Kellie Carter Jackson.1674-1679 : Bacon's rebellion / Heather C.1669-1674 : the royal African company / David A.1664-1669 : the Virginia law on baptism / Jemar Tisby.1659-1664 : Elizabeth Keye / Jennifer L.1649-1654 : the Black family / Heather Andrea Williams.1644-1649 : Anthony Johnson, colony of Virginia / Maurice Carlos Ruffin.1639-1644 : Black women's labor / Brenda E.1629-1634 : whipped for lying with a Black woman / Ijeoma Oluo.1624-1629 : Africa / Molefi Kete Asante. ![]() 1619-1624 : arrival / Nikole Hannah-Jones.A community of souls : an introduction / Ibram X. ![]() Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages -442) and index Contents ![]() ![]() This is the only version that is authorised by Marquesate. The Soldiers cycle was published between July 2006 and March 2007. ![]() This print version is the original version of Special Forces (1st edition), as it was edited by the authors of the time of first publication on Marquesate’s website. The second cycle is Mercenaries and the third one is Veterans. Special Forces – Soldiers is the first cycle of the Special Forces epic, which consists of three cycles and is about a million words. It’s harsh and violent, but life is cruel and they just do what they need to survive. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow … but that’s only the official version. ![]() ![]() Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union’s last war in Afghanistan. Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Bittersweet by sarina bowen![]() (1) Audrey was born to glass-ceiling crushing single mother who hates men the expectations piled upon her were unrealistic and soul-crushing. I enjoyed this book without reservations. A great, lighthearted love story with a note of realism. The romance between them is sweet, steamy, and mostly uncomplicated-no overdramatic Big Misunderstanding for Griff and Audrey! The story manages to hit emotional, authentic beats without every verging on angst. Sarina Bowen’s Bittersweet is a pitch-perfect “small town romance” featuring a grumpy orchardist and a wildchild aspiring chef, set during apple season in Vermont. Too bad their sexual chemistry is as hot as Audrey’s top secret enchilada sauce, and then some. They want entirely different things from life. ![]() And no self-righteous lumbersexual farmer will stand in her way. ![]() But she needs a second chance with the restaurant conglomerate employing her. Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder’s travel plans. He doesn’t have time for the sorority girl who’s shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. But that was a lifetime ago.Īt twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Five years ago they’d shared a couple of steamy nights together. The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Author of little fires everywhere![]() ![]() But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town - and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair.īut Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead.Īnd no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.Įnter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. ![]() From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. ![]() |