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![]() ![]() ![]() Like Jackson’s book, or Wise’s film, Rose Red invests the characters with a vice grip of psychological horror, one that tightens as more unexplained things go bump in the night. Baxley and actors Nancy Travis, Matt Ross, and Julian Sands grapple with Seattle’s scariest haunted mansion. In the first three minutes of this three-part installment, Rose Red emerges as the far superior telling of the haunted house story, as director Craig R. Originally conceived as a theatrical release, with a pitch by King to Steven Spielberg in 1996 (Spielberg would go on to executive produce the awful 1999 The Haunting remake), Rose Red is a loose remake of Jackson’s story (and Robert Wise’s movie about it) that underwent changes to fit the miniseries format following the 1999 Haunting’s release. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership.Our Time Is Now draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others' who have fought throughout our country's history for the power to be heard. ![]() Abrams didn't win, but she has not conceded. ![]() Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but experienced these effects firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as the Democratic nominee in Georgia. "e With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter."e -Kerry WashingtonA recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. From New York Times bestselling author of Lead From The Outside and political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summers’ A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction. Summers A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food worlds most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority.Ī satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale and really let her fly.'. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both.īut there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale and really let her fly." -The New York Timesįood critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. “One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I think for so many people in the family, especially men, there can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who would fit the mould as opposed to somebody who you are perhaps are destined to be with,” he said. In episode one of their six-part Harry & Meghan series, Harry appeared to reference his sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, while discussing how his relationship with Meghan differs from what the Royal Family have come to expect. A number of high-profile voices have urged the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to steer clear from next year’s Coronation of King Charles following the ongoing media circus around their Netflix tell-all.Ī host of political figures, senior military officials and royal historians have said the pair “categorically should not be” there when Charles is crowned in May 2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is New Age science fiction at its most evocative.", Her acts may send Tyson on another cycle of his ongoing supernatural reincarnation epic journey, or they might provide the catalyst he needs to truly change.A contemporary spiritual urban fantasy, Recurring Consequences thrusts you into a psychic redemption mystery unlike any other. Tyson opens his life-and his heart-to her, never suspecting she harbors a dangerous obsession for him. Amber is an exotic dancer who needs a safe place to stay. At the same time, an old acquaintance reenters his life. ![]() Somehow, he must change.A vision of a blood-red moon convinces Tyson his moment for self-transformation has finally arrived. For Tyson has been reincarnated thousands of times, living each life as a murderer. Actually, he has thousands of them.A racy paranormal romance from Irie Parker, Recurring Consequences follows Tyson Van Hann as he searches for love-and redemption for his past lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The second tune hails from a popular 70’s LP from Louis Riendeau of the Riendeau family of New Hampshire. When the Leaves Turn Brown Again / Louie’s First Tune - This first tune was popularized by fiddler and composer Tommy Jackson (1926 - 1979), a prolific Nashville session fiddler who recorded many of the square dance LP's in the 1950's & 60's. For those interested in the origins of tune names, the word ‘kesh’ is found here and there in Ireland and refers to a passageway across wet ground or bog, a sort of wicker bridge matting used in olden days to facilitate crossing without getting wet feet.ģ. It has been played by many with lots of variations, and its classic combination with The Kesh Jig remains prized. Out on the Ocean / The Kesh Jig - It seems no one really knows the origins of Out on the Ocean, but some think it comes from a very old family of tunes. Some have speculated that because of its strange (perhaps even Eastern) sounding melody, it could be an air of some antiquity.Ģ. She Moved Through the Fair - The lyrics of this song, first published in Hughes's Irish Country Songs in 1909, have been found both in Ireland and Scotland. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ever realises he's hiding something, but nothing could prepare her for the truth - especially when the truth involves past lives, murderous enemies, everlasting love and the secret of eternal youth.Īlthough this book is interesting in its concept, it's still the typical story about a beautiful girl (Ever) falling in love with the mysterious good looking bloke (Damen) who joins her school. Stunningly handsome, clever and not a little bit intimidating, there's something about him that doesn't quite add up. She tries to tune everyone out, shunning her old lifestyle as the pretty, popular cheerleader, but somehow she can't hide from Damen, the new guy at school. Living with her aunt in Southern California, she's plagued by the ability to hear the thoughts of those around her, and haunted by the ghost of her little sister. Seventeen-year-old Ever is the sole survivor of a car crash that killed her entire family. ![]() ![]() Sometimes, we let Fear of the Unknown make things much worse than they are. ![]() I finished, got out, and thought, “That was it?” I had been so scared for so long, and thought so hard about it, when I actually experienced the race itself, it was only a fraction of the “scariness” I had expected. Of course, everything turned out just fine. I still remember that anxiety, that dread, that feeling of fear. They wouldn’t let me do any of those things. I remember trying to get my parents to let me back out of the race, scratch out of the meet, and quit the team. I wanted to run and hide under the bleachers. That entire week before the swim meet, I was filled with dread. I was worried: What if something terrible happened? Could I even make it 200 yards? Would I look like an idiot? Would I have to hop out and would everyone laugh at me and would my life be over as I knew it? ![]() Maybe not on the pool deck, but later in the practice or that night in bed. I remember the first time my coach told me I was going to swim the 200 fly. It’s the waiting around the week before swimming the 200 fly for the first time ever that produces anxiety. ![]() Swimming the 200-yard butterfly - for the first time ever - isn’t actually that scary. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 17 on-the-record interviews with Woodward over seven volatile months-an utterly vivid window into Trump's mind-the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the "dynamite behind every door." At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump's responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump's head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans. Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. ![]() |