![]() ![]() Then Rosen pulls away from the story-in-a-story, and enters an Adams-inspired, sophisticated world of naturalistic animation, brought to life with all the realism he and his team could manage. In the biggest opening-scene fake-out until Team America: World Police, Rosen opens with a stylized, cartoony rabbit origin myth that famously failed to tip off parents that this was a graphically bloody grown-up movie, not a kiddie fairy tale.įor a few minutes, Watership Down does look like a children’s cartoon. Martin Rosen’s 1978 animated adaptation, on the other hand, begins with less of a warning about its content. ![]() ![]() Though it’s a fable-like fantasy about talking bunnies on a quest, it’s written with a rich, sophisticated prose style, and it takes a deep, adult fascination with environmental detail: the specifics of wildflower growing seasons, actual animal behavior, and real-world geography. From the first paragraph onward, Richard Adams’ bestselling 1972 novel Watership Down politely indicates that it isn’t meant for children. ![]()
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![]() Thus, Stephen's earliest morality consists of a combination of his mother's admonition, "Apologise," and his father's advice, "Never. In contrast, Stephen's father, Simon, teaches him only the most superficial code of social conduct, advocating irresponsibility as a means of finding personal freedom. From his mother, Mary Joyce, while he is learning about piety, he takes on her deeply guilt-ridden sense of duty. He is a troubled little boy, and it is little wonder. ![]() Stephen's journey through life, prior to his leaving for the Continent, is not easy. Thus, he leaves for the Continent, severing himself from his family, his faith, and his country. He continues to make keen observations and displays an acute sensitivity which eventually causes him to realize that his destiny is to create - to become an artist and to define his artistic soul. ![]() ![]() Later, as a young man, Stephen retains his childlike curiosity about people and things. Stephen's earliest memories - intensely vivid and fragmented - are proof that from the first, he always viewed his world from an artist's perspective. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On the surface, the LaCroix Group is a venture capitalist company, but underneath, it’s so much more. Read Moreįrom the New York Times bestselling authors of The Cartel series comes a new chapter in a world that only Ashley and JaQuavis know how to bring to life.The LaCroixs are four beautiful Haitian American women bound by money and blood. They are on opposing teams, and when their worlds collide, the truth will be unveiled in an unpredictable ending. Young Carter and Miamor lead two different lifestyles. ![]() She is sleeping with the enemy, and when she finds out, she is torn between love and revenge. Unknowingly, she meets the son of Carter Diamond - and he immediately catches her heart. When her crew is hired to take down the Cartel, they slip up, and Miamor loses her sister in the process. When young Carter learns of his father's death, he comes to town and is introduced to the legacy of the Cartel. Miamor is a woman who uses her beauty to enhance her skill as a contract killer. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret - his illegitimate son, Carter Jones. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars' worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls eighty percent of it. ![]() ![]() Klan membership was not only respectable but even conferred prestige, offering an entrée into the “middle class” for many members. In “The Second Coming of the KKK,” Gordon demonstrates that the second Klan’s bigotry differed only in intensity from that of millions of other WASP Americans. This “second Klan” flourished above the Mason-Dixon Line by targeting Catholics, Jews, and people of color as a threat to America’s destiny. ![]() Ward, a long-time civil rights strategist and the incoming executive director at Western States Center.Ī new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s-a less violent but equally poisonous descendant of the terrorist Klan begun in the 1870s South. ![]() Gordon, a professor in NYU’s Department of History, will discuss her new work with Caroline Kitchener, an associate editor at the Atlantic and author of “Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College,” and Eric K. at 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor (between 5th and 6th Streets). ![]() New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge will host historian Linda Gordon for the launch of “The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and American Political Tradition” (Liveright) on Wed., Oct. ![]() ![]() ![]() Politics as well as love deeply influenced Dante's literary and emotional life. Dante attributed all the heavenly virtues to her soul and imagined, in his masterpiece The Divine Comedy, that she was his guardian angel who alternately berated and encouraged him on his search for salvation. ![]() In fact, Beatrice married another man, Simone di' Bardi, and died when Dante was 25, so their relationship existed almost entirely in Dante's imagination, but she nonetheless plays an extremely important role in his poetry. ![]() He first saw the woman, or rather the child, who was to become the poetic love of his life when he was almost nine years old and she was some months younger. Dante Alighieri was born in the city-state Florence in 1265. Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante (May 14/J– September 13/14, 1321), is one of the greatest poets in the Italian language with the comic story-teller, Boccaccio, and the poet, Petrarch, he forms the classic trio of Italian authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bloom) does fall just a bit flat for me, with a not overly original SlenderMan-esque appearance and primary power set. Unfortunately the villain of Super heavy (the original character, Mr. ![]() It does give us a neat look at what a Bruce Wayne living without the ptsd of crime alley would look like, and Jim Gordon is an amusing if not adequate replacement Batman. ![]() Super heavy is good, but is easily the weakest yarn Snyder, Capullo and co roll out for us. While volume 2 never quite reaches the stunning highs of the works collected in the volume 1 omnibus, it does float and play around with some big (gargantuan) ideas! Batman Forever! But literal this time!Įndgame is a triumphant and very Pennywise inspired return to Gotham for the clown Prince of crime, with what could very well serve as a satisfying final confrontation between the bat and the clown naturally this being comic books it is anything but final, but it does still manage to feel climactic…….and then the rest of the run happens. A stellar conclusion to Snyder and Capullo’s work on the main Bat title! ![]() ![]() Every curve, every inch, I want to consume.” I’m a lucky man to be allowed to touch you. ![]() You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life. I won’t ever tell you something I don’t mean. “I want you to look in my eyes when I tell you this. She lowers her head and I can see a blush creep over her cheeks. I look at her whole body, loving every inch of it. “Slide over a bit, baby girl, and I’ll rinse you off.” Might as well make my passage a little faster. ![]() She doesn’t have much hair anywhere down there, but I plan on being in this pussy more than she plans on blinking. I shave Haley meticulously, enjoying her little tremors, being extra delicate when I shave back towards her tiny pink asshole. The power is so thick in the air, I can feel it. I want her to beg me for cum, for release, for breath, for life. I want to be the one from whom she begs for cock. I want to be the one to raise Haley now that she is of age. My sexual desires are dark and I should feel guilty about how long I’ve wanted her, but I don’t. ![]() I want her to grow into a woman with me by her side. I want to be the man who shows her the world. ![]() She isn’t just naïve about sex and her body, but about life. Haley’s purity isn’t just sexual, it’s her whole sheltered existence. Sure, every man has had the occasional woman call him ‘daddy’ in the heat of the moment, but never had I wanted to embrace that role full time. Never in my life have I been this affected by someone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the night those she loves are gravely threatened by the Zoo’s cruel master, Koffi unleashes a power she doesn’t fully understand, upending her life completely.Īs the second son of a decorated hero, Ekon is all but destined to become a Son of the Six-an elite warrior-and uphold a family legacy. There’s no such thing as magic in the broken city of Lkossa, especially for sixteen-year-old Koffi, who indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, knows the fearsome creatures in her care and paying off her family's debts to secure their eventual freedom can be her only focus. “Rich in magic and mythos, Beasts of Prey is a feast for all the senses.” -Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The BeautifulĪn Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller In this blockbuster fantasy series, perfect for fans of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Iron Widow, fate binds two Black teenagers together as they journey into a magical jungle to hunt down a vicious monster. ![]() ![]() The one thing they have in common besides a deep friendship, is a love of travel, and each summer they take a trip together. Alex is straight-laced and serious, loves literature, and he’s content to settle down in their hometown and work as a high school English teacher. At a glance, they seem to be polar opposites: Poppy is outgoing and vibrant, a bit messy, and she loves living in New York City, where she works as a travel writer. Poppy and Alex have been unlikely friends since they met in college in Chicago twelve years earlier and shared a ride back to their small Ohio hometown. ![]() ![]() If your book club wants to see what all the hype is about, have no fear! Here is a reading guide to the book, plus some People We Meet on Vacation book club questions to get your conversation rolling! People We Meet on VacationSummary Emily Henry’s Beach Read was her debut adult novel and a breakout hit! Since then, it’s no surprise that people are clamoring to read her next adult book, People We Meet on Vacation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oliver, James, Alexander, Filippa, Wren, Richard, and Meredith are close knit after three years of progressively intensive studies, but as with any family, their dysfunction is almost as strong as their devotion. Rio’s compelling debut novel, If We Were Villains, focuses on a group of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at the elite Dellecher Classical Conservatory in the 1990s. Discussion questions from the evening can be found here. Here, Elizabeth DeBold, Assistant Curator of Collections, shares items she presented on April 7, 2022 as an introduction to If We Were Villains by M. ![]() To spark discussion, Folger staff provide historical context, throw in trivia, and speak to relevant items from the library collection in a brief presentation to participants before small-group discussion begins. Held on the first Thursday of the month, the Folger’s virtual book club is free and open to all. ![]() |