![]() ![]() The first three episodes of “Long Way Up” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, September 18, and new episodes will roll out weekly.Ĭovering 13,000 miles over 100 days through 16 border crossings and 13 countries, starting from the city of Ushuaia at the tip of South America, Ewan and Charley journey through the glorious and underexposed landscapes of South and Central America in their most challenging expedition to date, using cutting-edge technology on the backs of their electric Harley-Davidson LiveWires in order to contribute to the sustainability of the planet. Apple TV+ today unveiled a first look at “Long Way Up,” an epic new motorcycle series, starring and executive produced by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, which reunites best friends after more than a decade since their last motorbike adventure around the world. ![]()
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![]() mainland has not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979. ![]() ![]() It focuses on the eclipses of Augand Apthat pass across the United States. Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, total eclipses of the Sun. This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses including: How to observe a total eclipse of the Sun How to photograph and video. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nora, disappointed with Stirling and weirdly fascinated with the Lynx, marries him. But when she gets to Australia, Stirling's father, known as "the Lynx," wants her too, and Stirling defers to his father in this as in almost everything else. She's escorted by Herrick's son Stirling, and falls in love with Stirling on the trip. Set in Victorian England and Australia, this tells the story of 17 year old Nora Tamasin, a strong-willed young British woman who travels to Australia when her father dies, accepting the protection of her father's partner, Charles Herrick. But this is not a romance so much as it is a story of obsession and revenge. Published in 1971, this was later days for Victoria Holt, when I imagine she was tired of writing governess-marries-the-lord-of-the-manor stories. I stayed up way too late the other night paging through this one. The Shadow of the Lynx is one of the four Victoria Holt novels that I picked up in an omnibus volume the other day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is despite the fact that Cuba has not been directly linked to any such offense in well over a decade. In the post-Cold War, pre-9/11 era, US foreign policy and planning largely centered on targeting ‘rogue states.’ However, the list of states that qualified as ‘rogue’ suggests that this concept is not as clear-cut – and its purpose not as noble – as would first seem.Ĭonsider the state of Cuba, which has consistently been defined and treated as a rogue by the United States for its alleged involvement in international terrorism. By objective definition, a ‘rogue state’ is a country that unilaterally violates international laws and norms, and in doing so poses a serious risk to international peace and security. ![]() ![]() “We had hoped to create a new society in full harmony with nature, but nineteen people had died of accidents and illnesses since we arrived.” Looking for peace and a new beginning-a chance to do better this time around-the group is made up of scientists and passionate activists, vowing to establish a peaceful society.ĭespite finding no signs of intelligent life, many die within the first few weeks of arrival as the group is wholly unprepared for the truly alien environment and Pax’s incredibly bizarre flora and fauna. Semiosis follows a group of colonists landing on a new planet after fleeing a dying Earth ravaged by wars and environmental catastrophe. Unfortunately, I gelled with neither the prose nor the characters and failed to establish an emotional investment in the novel’s events. It just didn’t manage to hold my interest despite its short length and frankly interesting subject and themes. I read Semiosis over the course of many months and even had to restart at one point because I’d put it down for too long. Sue Burke’s debut novel Semiosis takes a truly intriguing and fascinating concept but turns it into an uneven experience that filled me with ambivalence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharon Creech, EL Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli seemed to have a corner on contemporary, realistic fiction at the time. I went back and looked over the lists of Newbery gold and silver medal winners from the late 1990s up through today to compare and contrast. ![]() Reading Surviving the Applewhites again, some ten years (and hundreds of kid's books later) Tolan's book feels a bit dated, and not just for the mentions of Miatas and Walkmans, but because of the ways that this genre of children's literature has expanded and changed in the last decade. I know that I read and enjoyed Surviving the Applewhites some ten years ago, but I don't remember what the other members of the book group thought of it. I think my favorite group was the Newbery Book Club, which was usually chock full of very creative, very bright girls ages 8 - 11. ![]() At one point I ran book clubs for Magic Tree House, Goosebumps, American Girl and Newbery Books as well as a weekly pajama story time. One the best parts of my job at the bookstore when I first started in 1995 was the opportunity I had to create and run various book clubs for kids and the occasional clubs for adults. ![]() ![]() They mentored or befriended artists like Picasso and Dorothy Parker and even served as the inspiration for Nicole and Dick Diver in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s book Tender is the Night. I’m so glad to tell you that it was excellent and a surprising book I would never have found otherwise.Īrtist Gerald Murphy and his wife, Sara, were icons of expatriate life in the 1920s. When it arrived, I started it the same day. I was so excited about the recommendation that I immediately went home and ordered the book online. (This is the lovely and surprising book interaction I mentioned in a post for Book Blogger Appreciation Week). Review: After I wrote a couple of posts for Book Riot with nonfiction selections inspired by The Great Gatsby, one of my blog readers suggested I read Everybody Was So Youn g. ![]() Title: Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sarah Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story ![]() ![]() ![]() SIDELIGHTS: Anna Kirwan has contributed to two historical novel series for girls. Also contributor to Sherwood, Philomel (New York, NY), 2000. Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal ("Royal Diaries" series), Scholastic (New York, NY), 2004.Īuthor of poetry chapbook The First Thing. Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia ("Royal Diaries" series), Scholastic (New York, NY), 2001. The Alchemist's Retort: Poems, Amherst Writers & Artists Press (Amherst, MA), 1995. ![]() (As Anna Kirwan-Vogel) The Jewel of Life (youngadult novel), illustrated by David Wilgus, Jane Yolen Books ( San Diego, CA), 1991. Juliet: Rescue at Marlehead Manor, England, 1340, illustrated by Lynne Marshall, Aladdin Paperbacks (New York, NY), 1997. Juliet: Midsummer at Greenchapel, England, 1340, illustrated by Lynne Marshall, Aladdin Paperbacks (New York, NY), 1997. Juliet: A Secret Takes Flight, England, 1339, illustrated by Lynne Marshall, Aladdin Paperbacks ( New York, NY), 1996. Conducts writing workshops for adults and adolescents. ADDRESSES: Agent-c/o Author Mail, Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.ĬAREER: Writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even more surprising is the marriage she proposes to unite them in their goals and to claim their thrones-because her desire for vengeance against her father burns even hotter than his own… Though the last in a line of legendary warrior-queens, Yvenne is small and weak, and the sharpest weapons she wields are her mind and her tongue. Yet the woman Maddek captures is not what he expected. But when he learns it was the king’s daughter who lured his parents to their deaths, the barbarian warrior is determined to make her pay. Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for his parents’ murders, Maddek vows to avenge them, even if it costs him the Parsathean crown. That alliance is all that stands against the return of an ancient evil-until the barbarian king and queen are slain in an act of bloody betrayal. From the blood and ashes he left behind, a tenuous alliance rose between the barbarian riders of Parsathe and the walled kingdoms of the south. A generation past, the western realms were embroiled in endless war. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I wonder if it works only on men?” Daisy mused aloud. Reaching for the perfume vial as if it were some highly combustible explosive, Evie unstoppered it, brought it to her whimsically freckled nose, and sniffed. But I promise you, the moment that the earl got a whiff of it…”Īnnabelle pinned her with a considering stare, clearly wondering if it could be true.Įvie spoke in the silence. Nettle said about this perfume, until today. “They just haven’t had the opportunity to smell it yet.” Seeing her friend’s disbelief, she sighed. “There are other men who will respond to it,” Lillian argued. ![]() “And the earl is the only man it seems to have worked on?” “Not that I’ve noticed,” Lillian admitted reluctantly. “Has the perfume produced this effect in any other man of your acquaintance?” ![]() ![]() “Lillian, if Lord Westcliff displayed any interest in you, it was not because of your perfume.”Īnnabelle’s brows lifted. “Lillian, for you, the most practical girl I’ve ever known, to claim that you have a perfume that acts as an aphrodisiac, is the most astonishing-” Daisy and Evie remained raptly silent, looking back and forth between the two of them as if they were viewing a tennis match. ![]() |