![]() ![]() Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive this has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. ![]() Sometime between 15, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. ![]() At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). ![]() He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Directed by Yuichi Fukuda, fans of the existing material get to watch Nifuji Hirotaka ( Kento Yamazaki) and Narumi Momose’s ( Mitsuki Takahata) romance again, while new audiences get the chance to experience them for the first time. And it all has a musical twist and new original moments. Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku’s live-action film’s focus is on the ways geeks being able to get together by accepting each other’s hobbies and letting them be who they are gets lost in live-action translation. While the film released in Japan earlier this year, it hadn’t made it stateside yet which made the Fantasia Fest 2020 International Premiere even more special! Now, the wholesome geeky romance is a live-action film. ![]() ![]() If you’ve listened to this podcast then you know that our hosts LaNeysha and Kate are in love with mangaka FUJITA’s Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, a manga published in English by Kodansha Comics USA and an anime currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Reading Time: 2 minutes Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020) had its international premier at Fantasia Fest 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I could’ve done with more time, but we’ve got four games and hopefully I can keep this fabulous club in the Premier League.” I know it’s in a lot of trouble, but I’ve seen a lot of trouble before. A tingle runs through your veins when you take over at a football club. I’m here overlooking the training ground and the fabulous facilities and I’m excited to be involved. “The phone popped up with a name I knew fairly well, I knew what it was, and it took me two seconds to say yes. ![]() I never thought at this stage of the season… I thought there would be no jobs,” he said. The 68-year-old Allardyce gave an interview to TalkSport on Wednesday and says he’s up for the fight. Oddly enough, Allardyce’s last Premier League match was a defeat to Leeds at Elland Road. ![]() The move follows Leeds’ Monday announcement that director of football Victor Orta left the club. Gracia’s last match was a 4-1 beatdown at Bournemouth, a loss that left 17th-place Leeds with the second-worst relegation odds in the Premier League. Leeds United has fired Javi Gracia and hired Sam Allardyce as manager for the final four games of the Premier League season in a desperation move to jumpstart its players. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The shock of Liam’s death leads Veronica to suspend her own life and go back over his to keep him company in his coffin. We find out – later – that he had stones in his pockets, that he was wearing a fluorescent coat so that his body could be easily found, and that he was wearing no socks and no pants. The novel opens with Veronica learning that Liam has committed suicide. She is Veronica, the dead Liam’s (slightly) younger sister, who lives a comfortable middle-class existence, and is trying to work out where she fits in with all this – with their combined past, and Liam’s death. The narrator is someone new too part of the new Ireland. There is nothing clichéd about the language (Enright treasures words she polishes them, puts them on display). It is centred on a wake for a man who has died early: an alcoholic who was betrayed as a child, part of a large, chaotic family. It makes use of familiar signals and motifs. The Gathering – Anne Enright’s fourth novel, and her best – is aware of its heritage, of the books that have gone before it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From the start, it is clear that InGen’s reach exceeded its grasp. Jurassic Park is commonly interpreted as a cautionary tale, and it’s hard not to see it this way. Alan Grant is surprised to learn that his adventure is not over. It turns out, unsurprisingly as well, that dinosaurs have escaped the island and are on mainland Costa Rica. The novel ends on a cliffhanger, as many readers may have expected, considering there is a sequel. ![]() Alan Grant or John Hammond’s grandchildren. Readers, like myself, are far more interested in the overall plot than the fate of a single character, like Dr. The desire to find out what happens next drives Crichton’s novel forward. Readers are already aware of the basic plot and will wait, with bated breath, to experience the main character’s reactions to the revelation that that’s an entire island of dinosaurs recreated from ancient DNA. Jurassic Park opens with a suspenseful, attention-grabbing scene where a mysterious animal attack leads to a full-on investigation into what kind of creature was responsible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unconvinced, and perhaps unwilling, to accept that he survived the crash, Annie reckons with the bargain that must have been made, and the risk of sacrifice for the one she loves. Unable to shake the demons of the first voyage, Annie struggles for clarity when she happens across Mark, now a soldier, unconscious onboard. Years later, Annie, having survived that fateful night, works as a nurse on the sixth sail of the Britannic, which has been newly refitted as a hospital ship during the rise of World War One. ![]() As the guests acquaint themselves and shrug off strange occurrences, several, including maid Annie Hebbley, guest Mark Fletcher, and millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, are convinced there’s something more sinister going on–that is, until disaster strikes. From mysterious disappearances to sudden deaths, the guests aboard the ship are suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone of travel, with little sense of time during the four days of the boat’s illustrious maiden voyage. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the Titanic from the moment they set sail. ![]() NOMINATED FOR THE STOKER AND LOCUS AWARDS FOR BEST HORROR NOVELįrom the acclaimed author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world’s most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic, and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.Someone, or some thing, is haunting the ship. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is well known for his famous series, Claudius. By the year 1917, he had written a 2-volume fiction autobiography of a Roman emperor, which was broadcasted by BBC. While still recovering, he was able to publish his 1st collection poetry novels, Over Brazier. Robert Graves got injured while fighting the Battle of Loos, in the year 1916. He was later enlisted as one of the junior officers in Royal Welch Fusiliers, in August 1914. In 1913, Robert Graves got a scholarship to further his studies in Oxford, at St. However, his love for poetry, eventually sustained him throughout the adolescence period. As many young men, he was just greatly interested in mountain climbing and boxing rather than studying. Robert was the 10th kid in the family and he was influenced greatly by the puritanical beliefs of his mother as well as the love of Celtic poetry and myth by his dad. His mother was Amalie von Ranke and she was closely related to Leopold von Ranke one of the founder fathers of the recent and modern historical studies. His father, Alfred Perceval Graves was a minor Irish poet and a Gaelic scholar. Some Speculations on Literature, History and Religion The Use and Abuse of the English Languageĭear Robert, Dear Spike (With: Spike Milligan) ![]() ![]() Selected Letters: Between Moon and Moon, 1946-72 v. Seven Days in New Crete / Watch the North Wind Rise ![]() ![]() It’s become obvious to the great Donier that Ayla is very talented and the Zelandonii definitely see her as a leader – not just because she can control horses and a wolf, but because her healing powers are known between all Caves.Īs moons go by and storytellers perform tales of the Wolf who loved a Woman, Ayla’s knowledge grows. It’s a high honor for anyone, but Ayla’s appointment as acolyte of First Among Those Who Serve The Great Earth Mother is even more important because Ayla is a foreigner.Īs the Ninth Cave heads for Summer Meeting, the First decides that it’s time for Ayla’s Doni Tour, which is required of all Zelandonis. ![]() Auel who made her readers wait ten long years before giving us “The Land of Painted Caves”, the last installment of the Children of the Earth series.Īyla has come a long way from the frightened five-year-old who was saved from a Cave Lion and raised by the Clan.Ī mother again and mated with Jondalar, the man who brought her to the Ninth Cave, Ayla is studying to be a Zelandoni. ![]() And when it hits the shelves, you’re a reader possessed, unwilling to tear yourself away until you find out what happens, who dies, when’s the next book? You feel a little like a literary stalker, in fact, watching and waiting for the next book. ![]() ![]() Oh, sure, he has a new book out about every year or so – more, if she’s prolific with pen, but you’re not satisfied. Your favorite author doesn’t write fast enough. ![]() ![]() The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. ![]() A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled the empire apart. ![]() ![]() Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her humility before God was another vital ingredient to her success. Kathryn often demonstrated a masterful self-control and concentration in a time when everyone else was on the verge of panic.Īlso, another secret that made her successful in ministry was the treatment she rendered to people - there were no ''little people'' around her, everyone was important, big. ![]() She knew that her ability to concentrate on the voice of the Holy Spirit demanded that all distractions be removed. It was said that her openness and love had a way of disarming even those who attacked her.Īnother secret of Kathryn's platform greatness was her capacity of concentration - her ability to continue to function despite obvious distractions. To be replenished by the only Lover she was allowed to have - the Holy Spirit. It took a woman, bereft of the love of a man, her womb barren, to love as she loved. Like the Apostle Paul who said, ''the love of Jesus Christ constrains me,'' Kathryn was driven by love- her love for Jesus Christ and her love for people. It can rightly be said that the ministry of intimacy was what Kathryn Kuhlman operated effectively in.Ī unique secret of Kathryn's success in ministry was LOVE. This inevitably gave birth to outstanding miracles recorded in her meetings. It tells of a woman who allowed the Holy Spirit to have sway over her ways. The book, ''Daughter of Destiny'' is an accurate yet loving account of Kathryn's life. ![]() |