![]() ![]() The orginal essays in this volume explore the tension between the evolving global context of film production and reception and the particular provenance of the epic as an expression of national mythology and aspirations, challenging our understanding of epics produced in the present as well as our perception of epic films from the past. ![]() This new volume in the AFI Film Readers series explores the rebirth of the epic film genre in the contemporary period, a period marked by heightened and conflicting appeals to national, ethnic, and religious belonging. With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() She tries taking control and even earning more money, but to no avail. From designer silk blouses hanging in London’s pricey boutiques, to the perfect pair of shoes, Becky craves to have it all, no matter what the cost, or how low the balance in her account might be.Īs stacks of unpaid bills and credit card payments start piling up, and banks come calling to collect their dues, her life seems to be spiralling out of control and she seems inches away from losing it all. The only problem is, she can’t afford any of these things as she has a weakness, she can’t seem to stop herself from shopping. She appears to have an enviable lifestyle, a job writing for the Successful Saving magazine, an apartment in one of London’s upmarket neighbourhoods, a bunch of glamorous socialite friends, and a wardrobe filled with designer clothes. Rebecca Bloomwood, the protagonist of Confessions Of A Shopaholic, is a twenty five year old journalist. An entertaining novel by author Sophie Kinsella, Confessions Of A Shopaholic is based on the protagonist Becky Bloomwood’s life as a shopaholic, and the lengths her addiction for retail therapy takes her to. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Goodreads reviews of ‘Nickel and Dimed’ are very polarised with the one-star reviews primarily by those who fundamentally disagree with the experiment itself. More worrying still is that conditions will only have got worse for those earning minimum wage since the global economic crisis in 2008, especially where healthcare insurance is concerned. Worryingly, some aspects hardly feel dated at all, particularly the problem of finding affordable housing which touches on many of the issues raised in Evicted by Matthew Desmond. ![]() ‘Nickel and Dimed’ was recently featured in the Guardian’s top 100 books of the 21st century at number 13, so hopefully a reprint will happen at some point, maybe for its 20th anniversary (I found a US edition of the book in a charity shop). ![]() The book is split into three parts: ‘Serving in Florida’ sees Ehrenreich working as a waitress and housekeeper, ‘Scrubbing in Maine’ is about her experience as a cleaner and ‘Selling in Minnesota’ where she folded clothes in Wal-Mart. Barbara Ehrenreich undertook a similar experiment almost 20 years earlier in the United States and ‘Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America’ first published in 2001 is now regarded as a classic of narrative non-fiction reportage. I read Hired by James Bloodworth in 2018 which is the author’s eye-opening account of working undercover in Britain as an Amazon warehouse picker, Uber driver, call centre worker and carer on zero-hours contracts in the mid 2010s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But her works revealed a sensibility far beyond her age as they reflected themes of racism, sexuality, classism and homophobia.īorn in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood in 1934, the daughter of Caribbean immigrants called herself “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” and she explored the depths of how all those facets were tied together. The only way she felt she could express her identity was through poetry, which she started writing in middle school, becoming a published poet by the time she was 15. READ MORE: 15 Inspiring Audre Lorde Quotes “I cannot be simply a Black person and not be a woman too, nor can I be a woman without being a lesbian.” “I am not one piece of myself,” she said in a 1979 interview. Audre Lorde never felt like she fit into a box - and any category she did identify with reflected just one sliver of who she was. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is recovering from a long alcoholic binge which followed on the premature death of his wife, and he has been enjoying an on/off relationship with a young woman musician who lives two floors down from him. Moreover, in a clever and elegant switch on our expectations, this book’s hero is able to tell that his own home is haunted only when he views it through binoculars from a distance of two miles.įranz Westen is a middle-aged writer of horror fiction who lives, surrounded by his books and magazines, in a San Francisco apartment block. In Leiber’s ingenious variation on the theme, the ghostly beings are known as “paramental entities”, and it is not just one building but a whole city (present-day San Francisco) which is haunted by them. There have been countless tales of haunted houses – old buildings, ranging from medieval castles to twentieth-century hotels, plagued by ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, what-have-you. Our Lady of Darkness, reviewed by David Pringle. Our Lady of Darkness Review by Espana Sheriff Our Lady of Darkness Review at NetMassimo ![]() Our Lady of Darkness Review at Crown and Bones Our Lady of Darkness Review by Bryce Wilson Mike Humbert’s Our Lady of Darkness tour of San Francisco Our Lady of Darkness : A Jamesian Classic:Īnnotations on Our Lady of Darkness at ‘Walden East’ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. ![]() Witches of the Mind: A Critical Study of Fritz Leiber.Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser (Epic & DC Comics).Masters of the Weird Tale: Fritz Leiber. ![]() Masters of Science Fiction: Fritz Leiber. ![]() ![]() ![]() I decided I wanted to learn more about that.” ![]() It occurred to me they must go through a long process of finding out and learning to express who they are. It suddenly came to me – what if you’re imprisoned by your own body? And I began thinking about people who are born as one sex but never believe that they really are that sex. “And No Choirboy is about individuals who did a terrible deed and were literally imprisoned within walls. “ From Wall to Wall looks at our barriers, and who’s inside and who’s outside,” said Kuklin. ![]() These include 2002’s From Wall to Wall, a photo essay revealing how walls define spaces and keep things in and out, and 2008’s No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row, in which young inmates discuss their experiences. The author, who has written and photographed more than 30 books for children and young adults, explained that Beyond Magenta “seems to follow the strain” of several of her earlier works. Accompanying the narratives are portraits and candid photos of the teenagers taken by Kuklin, as well as family photographs. Based on the author’s in-depth interviews, the book follows the teens’ emotional and physical journeys before, during, and after their realization of their gender identity. Six transgender or gender-neutral young adults candidly share their stories in Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin, a February release from Candlewick. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() The Warmth of Other Suns is also a biography of four people: Ida Mae, Brandon Gladney, George Swanson Starling, and Robert Pershing Foster. ![]() Regardless, each Migration occurred because Black Americans needed to go to the Northern states to find opportunities which were sorely lacking in Southern States. The Second - and bigger of the two - Great Migration occurred from 1945 to 1970. According to Wilkerson, the First Great Migration occurred from 1915 to 1945. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĪt its core, The Warmth of Other Sunsis a study of the two Great Migrations which saw Africans Americans move from the Southern U.S. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and.Jamie. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. She thinks no one will take it seriously.īut someone does. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules.with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family-and a new love-changes the course of her life.Īs one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the broad sweep of its range and its alternately tragic and comic views of life, it is rightly regarded as his masterpiece. ![]() It was probably in the years 1348–53 that Boccaccio composed the Decameron in the form in which it is read today.
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