![]() She is a board member of YALLFest, the biggest YA book festival in the country, and YALLWEST, its sister festival. ![]() She wrote the manuscript that would become Divergent in her free time while attending Northwestern University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2010. From that time on, she knew she would write for the rest of her life, whether she was published or not. In elementary school, Veronica read constantly, but it wasn’t until she got a “make your own book!” kit from her mother as a gift that she thought to write anything of her own. ![]() Though she was born in Mount Kisco, New York, Veronica’s family moved to Hong Kong and Germany before settling in Barrington, Illinois. The Fates Divide, the second installment of the Carve the Mark series, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Carve the Mark published in January 2017, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and remained on the list for eighteen weeks. ![]() ![]() The trilogy has been adapted into a blockbuster movie series starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James. Divergent received the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book, Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of 2011, and was the winner of the YALSA 2012 Teens’ Top Ten. VERONICA ROTH is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series ( Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection) and the Carve the Mark duology ( Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Additional cast to be announced.īased on the books by Armistead Maupin, this next chapter – Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City – follows Mary Ann (Linney), who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter Shawna (Page) and ex-husband Brian, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Ellen Page joins the cast as Shawna, the daughter of Linney’s character, Mary Ann. Barbara Garrick, who played DeDe Halcyon Day in the original miniseries, also is set to return. ![]() Production is expected to start later this year for premiere in 2019.Īs previously announced when the project was in development, Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will reprise their roles as Mary Ann Singleton and Anna Madrigal. Netflix has ordered a 10-episode limited series revival of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. ![]() ![]() ![]() in a quest for pure flight as a fulfilling mannerism of the spirit.") Still the warrior among a drift of bums, then, Francis also cronys with pal Rudy-with Helen, the wilted blossom, who's proud she chose (wasn't pushed into) a middle-age of bumming. from family, from bondage, from destitution of spirit. and it was as pleasurable to his being as it was natural: the running of bases after the crack of a bat, the running from accusation. (It was then that "the compulsion to flight first hit. And, in the cemetery, he communes with the family and neighborhood dead-especially those whose demises were linked to Francis, the "family killer": for the first time he spends a moment at the grave of his infant son Gerald, killed when Francis dropped him by accident there's Rowdy Dick, smashed against a wall when he tried to cut off Francis' feet and, of course, doomed motorman Harold Allen, whom Francis killed in a long-ago strike with a stone aimed sure and true. ![]() ![]() Francis, a former baseball big-leaguer, is now given to "alcoholic desolation," taking on a few bucks by digging graves. In this third novel in Kennedy's Depression-Albany series, the focus is on aging, bumming Francis Phelan, sire of small-town gambler Billy (Billy Phelan's Greatest Came, 1978) and again the grand-talking prose curlicues in extravagant declamations, levitates into hellfire profanations, and celebrates the bonding of an underculture's fine, boozy chivalry-like those pre-stupor moments in a Saturday-night bar when the consciousness peers into poetry and the cosmos. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can see why his view of Louisville veers from mine. ![]() His troubles begin when a DNA test classifies him as a Neanderthal and a court ruling strips him of civil rights. Note: Greg Anderson, the main character from my Musa Publishing thriller, Neanderthal Protocol, decided to rant. ![]() Neanderthals in the 21 st century? Neanderthal Protocol, thriller, Musa eBook My novel takes place in the present, so you might call this an old (very old) family recipe. If meat is necessary (Neanderthals ate what they had), add small animals or birds Peel & pound cattail roots, remove the fibersĪdd chicory roots & cattail roots to boiling waterĪdd chicory leaves & dandelion leaves to boiling waterįinally add cattail flowers & pollen to boiling water ![]() Heat water in a birch bark tray, being careful to keep it out of direct flames to avoid afire.Īdd wild lentils with husks to water, allow husks to dissolve and release the lentils Half dozen of cattail flowers, pollen, & roots For safety’s sake (and your taste buds’ sake) consult a food expert before attempting this recipe: Neanderthal Cattail soup In honor of National Soup Month, I submit this recipe for historical purposes only, see warning: I consulted archeological and historical periodicals to assemble this recipe and show what life 50,000 years ago might have been like. ![]() ![]() Hulton Archive / Stringer via Getty Images And while the latter wasn't exactly true, the Hollywood star did have an unstable childhood. Her Rocky Childhoodįor many years during her time in the public eye, Marilyn admitted that she was raised in an orphanage which led to many of her fans believing she had no living birth parents. But unfortunately, Gladys wasn't always in the best position to be raising a young girl, which left led to Marilyn being placed in a foster home as a baby. The only person she had in her life was her mother. Growing up, Marilyn was kept in the dark about who her father was or anything else regarding her family. Silver Screen Collection / Contributor via Getty Images ![]() But back in 1926, the future Hollywood actress went by her given birth name. When Gladys Baker was 24 years old, she gave birth to a baby girl whom she named Norma Jeane Mortenson, better known as Marilyn Monroe. Here's a closer look at the life she once led behind closed doors. Little did fans know Marilyn Monroe had a long-lost sister. ![]() One of Hollywood's most famous faces managed to keep a major secret during her life. ![]() ![]() This part of the book was done well, but it was a shame that I never warmed to the main couple - Shay and Dominic - like I was supposed to. I'll give some credit where it's due: Solomon writes steamy sex scenes. The hype made me try this one, but I'm sorry to say The Ex Talk was just not my cup of tea. In an industry that values truth, getting caught could mean the end of more than just their careers. Their audience gets invested fast, and it's not long before The Ex Talk becomes a must-listen in Seattle and climbs podcast charts.Īs the show gets bigger, so does their deception, especially when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other. Neither loves the idea of lying to listeners, but it's this or unemployment. Their boss decides Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts, given how much they already despise each other. ![]() On The Ex Talk, two exes will deliver relationship advice live, on air. When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio. ![]() Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in Rachel Lynn Solomon's sparkling romantic comedy debut. ![]() ![]() Taylor Mckinnon, Cardinal Gibbons, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles Shawnti Jackson, Cardinal Gibbons, 100, 200Ĭourtney Farishian, Cardinal Gibbons, 3,200 Micah Larry, Rolesville, 100, 200, long jumpĮthan Clawson, Leesville Road, pole vault ![]() And Southeast Raleigh’s ‘Autumn Judd won the shot put and discus. Teammate Taylor Mckinnon won both hurdles events. On the girls side, Cardinal Gibbons’ sophomore Shawnti Jackson won the 100 and 200. Apex (79) was second and Green Level (72.5) third. The Panther Creek girls won the 4A Mideast regional, scoring 103 points. Macy Dulaney, Mallard Creek, discus, shot putĬomplete results Panther Creek girls win 4A Mideast Meet Treyvon Birchett, Mooresville, triple jumpĪkala Garrett, Harding, 100-hurdles, 300-hurdlesĪmber Jackson, Ardrey Kell, high jump, triple jump William Sistrunk, Mallard Creek, long jump ![]() Xavier Branker, Ardrey Kell, 110, 300 hurdles Shivers was second in 44.86ĭavid Lampkin, Mallard Creek, 100-, 200-meters She ran 13.87 in the 100 hurdles, well ahead of Olympic’s Zyra Shivers (14.50). ![]() ![]() And Harding High’s Akala Garrett, who turned down a potential run at the US Olympic Trials to chase a state title, won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles in dominant fashion. ![]() ![]() Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. ![]() Tom Clancy Oath of Office by Marc Cameron Book PDF Can he get the right answers before the Cold War turns into a Red Winter? Ryan is a former Marine and a brilliant CIA analyst who’s been the architect of some of the CIA’s biggest coups but this time he’s in enemy territory with a professional assassin on his tail. It’s a job Deputy Director James Greer can only trust to one man-Jack Ryan. With the East German secret police closing in, someone will have to go to behind the Berlin Wall to investigate the potential defector. It’s an offer they can’t pass up…if it’s genuine, but the risks are too great to blindly stumble into a deal. In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer-invaluable details of his government’s espionage plans in return for asylum. ![]() The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets. 1985 A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Tom Clancy Red Winter by Marc Cameron Book PDF ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not particularly long or dense, but was just difficult to get back into once I put it down. ![]() This took a lot longer for me to finish than I was anticipating. ![]() He has been featured on national radio and television programs in America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. His “Riffin’ and Pontificatin’ ” Tour, a nationwide tour of high schools and colleges promoting reading through jazz, was captured in a 2003 Comcast documentary. He is the recipient of several awards for his work as a composer in musical theater including the Stephen Sondheim Award and the Richard Rodgers Foundation Horizon Award. He served as a tenor saxophone sideman for jazz legend Little Jimmy Scott. His April, 2007 National Geographic story entitled “Hip Hop Planet” is considered a respected treatise on African American music and culture.Īs a musician, he has written songs (music and lyrics) for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., and Gary Burton, among others. His work has also appeared in Essence, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. ![]() James McBride is a former staff writer for The Washington Post, People Magazine, and The Boston Globe. He holds several honorary doctorates and is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. He studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received his Masters in Journalism from Columbia University in New York at age 22. James McBride is a native New Yorker and a graduate of New York City public schools. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Speaking of Commissioner Gordon, he gets a great line of dialogue during a present-day dinner scene - "A cop's life is huge stretches of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer terror." Truth! There are also cameo appearances (the sparring scene with Wonder Woman was especially nice) and a flashback story featuring Black Canary's parents and a young Jim Gordon. This is where Huntress jumps in to lend a hand and kick ass. On the other side of the world Oracle (Barbara 'Babs' Gordon) is hacked and then imprisoned in a continuation of the previous volume's story. Of course they're quickly thrown into an action-filled story, which also features the deadly and truly evil Cheshire. Also present is Lady Shiva, another former student who is sort of a dark opposite to BC. 4: Sensei and Student, Black Canary journeys to back China to pay respects to her dying sensei. Maybe it's too early (in the run of the series) to say, but I think the pairing of writer Gail Simone and the 'Birds of Prey' ladies is my favorite from any graphic novel title I've read in the last two years. ![]() |