![]() ![]() The positive imaged gay family value rom/com/musical is based on an autobiography of Harvey Fierstein. It’s set in the 1970s, before the AIDS epidemic. Tony Award-winning actor and playwright in 1983 Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the insufferable gay Jewish drag queen Arnold Beckoff, It’s a solid film adaptation of the smash Broadway play. “ A pleasant and sincere straightforward gay love story that is captivating and tender even if soppy in spots. (director: Paul Bogart screenwriter: Harvey Fierstein/from the play by Harvey Fierstein cinematographer: Mikael Saloman editor: Nicholas Smith music: Peter Matz cast: Harvey Fierstein (Arnold Beckoff), Anne Bancroft (Ma), Matthew Broderick (Alan Simon), Charles Pierce (Bertha Venation), Brian Kerwin (Ed Reese), Lorry Goldman (Phil Beckoff), Edgar Small (Jacob Beckoff), Ken Page (Murray), Karen Young (Laurel ), Axel Vera (Marina Del Rey), Eddie Castrodad (David) Runtime: 117 MPAA Rating: R producer: Howard Gottfried New Line Cinema 1988) ![]()
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![]() Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists–mostly women, mostly queer–whose public contribution has risen out of their unclassifiable and often heartbreaking private relationships to change the way we understand, experience, and appreciate the universe. You can read this before Figuring PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įiguring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries–beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Figuring written by Maria Popova which was published in. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Figuring by Maria Popova ![]() ![]() Yet even as she gathers support for her return, Selene finds herself torn between two young men and two different paths to power. Taken to live in Octavianus's palace in Rome, she vows to defeat him and reclaim her kingdom at all costs. Then the Roman ruler Octavianus, who has always wanted Egypt's wealth, launches a war that destroys all Selene has ever known. She's grown up with jewels on her arms, servants at her feet, and all the pleasures of a palace at her command, and she wants only to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a great and powerful queen. The extraordinary story of Cleopatra's only daughter - now in paperback!Ĭleopatra Selene is the only daughter of the brilliant Queen Cleopatra of Egypt and General Marcus Antonius of Rome. ![]() ![]() I’ve been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo so many times that I’m starting to lose count. I’m an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. I frequently, independently, run fundraisers donating percentages of book sales to nonprofits such as You Can Play and The Trevor Project. My name’s Mia and I’m the author of JERKBAIT, a YA novel about the plight of LGBTQ+ athletes, gay teen suicide, and online predators. Hello, world! I’m Julia and I am relatively not unique: a queer twentysomething underpaid retail worker harboring dreams of sharing stories with the world… My writing of late has been predominantly short works in urban fantasy and soft science fiction, with occasional attempts at most areas that are sometimes dismissively called “genre fiction.” possibly you have stumbled upon my words in places such as the best teen writing of 2015 anthology or wildness or hypertrophic literary or cicada magazine. I create art including but not limited to: words, music, poems, books, & various other undercover beautiful things. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A procession of the most important artists and writers of the time frequented her glittering court. She was widely admired: dedicated to the welfare of her subjects, she reduced crime, built hospitals and churches, and encouraged the licensing of female physicians. Victorious, she returned to Naples and ruled over one of Europe's most prestigious courts for the next three decades - until she herself was killed.Courageous and determined, Joanna was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name. Determined to defend herself, Joanna won her acquittal against overwhelming odds. On March 15, 1348, twenty-two-year-old Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for the murder of her husband before the Pope and his court in Avignon. ![]() The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial - and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. ![]() ![]() It is true, of course, that he knew that because of his family background he, unlike them, could return to a different way of life when he wanted. ![]() His five years there led him to reject every aspect of imperialism and the brutality it could create in those in authority, and to feel closer to those who were oppressed than to those who oppressed them.Ī similar sympathy and identification with those at the bottom of a social system led him, on his return to Europe, to travel around Britain and France, living on the road among the poorest groups of society and entering as completely as he could into their way of life. He was sent to Eton, one of the most expensive boys’ schools in Britain and one of those with most prestige, but instead of going on to university he followed the family tradition by joining the Indian Police Service and was sent to Burma. ![]() He was in fact born in India, where his father was then working. George Orwell was born Eric Blair in 1903 into an upper middle-class English family which had a tradition of government administration in the British Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() In August 2013, she became the COO of Facebook. Sheryl Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist and author. ![]() This book intends to stop women from worrying and lacking confidence, and aims at pushing them to the top. Even in the parliament, women hold just twenty percent of the seats, and only a handful of women have made it to the list of Fortune’s 500 CEOs. Though the number of working women around the world has increased, the statistics still show fewer women than men. Women today have a right to equality at work and will agree with that, but when these women need to ask for a raise, promotion or equal pay, there is a certain level of hesitance from their end. These chapters will also teach them how to present their CVs and write them, give them interview practice, and help them understand salary negotiation. It also includes five exclusive chapters that tell graduates about how they can get the most out of their first jobs. This version of the book is updated with a letter from Sandberg asking graduates to find work that they love and commit to it. ![]() Sheryl Sandberg became quite the hit with this book as it sparked conversations about women and ambition around the world and made her the leader of a global movement. This edition of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In contains all the contents of the previous edition with an additional five chapters from experts and a passionate letter from the author to graduates. ![]() ![]() His horror novella In the Tall Grass, co-written with Stephen King, was made into a feature film from Netflix. Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Full Throttle, The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, and NOS4A2, recently made into a TV series from AMC. ![]() Those who have stood against him for so long take their places one last time. ![]() But Tyler and Kinsey have a dangerous key of their own-one that can unlock all the secrets of Keyhouse by opening a gateway to the past.Īfter two lifetimes and countless victimes, Lucas “Dodge” Caravaggio finally has the key to open The Black Door. The dead plot against the living and the darkness closes in on Keyhouse as Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode find themselves fighting a desperate battle against the night.ĭanger stalks every move of the Locke siblings as Lucas “Dodge” Caravaggio continues his relentless quest for the key to the black door.ĭodge’s search for the Omega Key to open the Black Door is almost complete. The Locke children have just begun to rebuild their lives when little Bode discovers a key with incredible power. Unlock the story of the Locke siblings after their father's murder as they return to their ancestral home of Keyhouse, a place filled with dark doors and magic keys that open them, and a malicious presence that will stop at nothing for the Omega Key. ![]() ![]() As for that annoying raccoon, he keeps getting in the way. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. ![]() When he asks the mouse's name, she replies, "Poppy." The way Ragweed comes to Poppy's aid, and how Poppy comes to his, is how their rousing and fateful friendship begins. Summary The first book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian FlocaA mouse has to do what a mouse has to do. Following the sound of the voice, he finds a cage with a deer mouse trapped inside. Mr.Ocax ( a Great Horned Owl) was the ruler of the territory is what the mice thought but Ragweed did not bealive that and he and Poppy went to Banuk hill but unfortunetly Ragweed is eaten up by Mr.Ocax. In this book, Ragweed (a mouse and the central character in the first book) moves from the city to the. Poppy (The main character) went with Ragweed to Banuk Hill. ![]() Ragweed is now ready to strike off on his own, but it's not long before he hears a cry for help. Poppy is the second book in the Poppy series by Avi. Though Ragweed doesn't really want to help the raccoon, by doing so he winds up in Dimwood Forest. ![]() On his journey he meets Lotar, a young, annoying, and lost raccoon who's desperate to reunite with his mother. ![]() How did Ragweed and Poppy meet and become friends? This book tells their hilarious story! Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. The first new book about Poppy in more than ten years, from Newbery Medal-winning author Avi with illustrations throughout by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca. ![]() ![]() ![]() But while Ballard’s characters have always been cold and glassy, they’re absurd here. In terms of creeping psychological horror, these spreading dreams-everyone dreams of the same apocalyptic landscape-are appropriately skin-crawling. ![]() Kerans, and his team are exploring a flooded city and afflicted by nightmares. The heat is oppressive and the few people left live on the poles. The world has returned to its prehistoric settings with massive jungles, gigantic lizards, and swarms of bugs. The Drowned World takes place in 2145, after the ice caps have melted and flooded Earth. In the past, I’ve admired that Ballard writes stories that work on multiple levels, but The Drowned World is primarily a riff on Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness. They’re buried under so much allegory that they lack surface-level believability or function. The writing is spectacular, but the characters are too flat for my taste. Ballard’s High-Rise and Concrete Island are both creepily brilliant, but The Drowned World doesn’t meet their high bar. ![]() |