Since it had been raining the previous night, the coat was somewhat shrunk. They decided to get Peter’s clothes back and pulled the scarecrow with the help of the red handkerchief Peter was wearing. Little Benjamin said: "Our clothes will spoil if we squeeze under the gate so we should climb down the pear tree to get into the garden.” They both got in and left their footprints all over the garden as the soil was newly raked and quite soft. McGregor's old hat.īenjamin and Peter looking at the scarecrow They looked down and saw Peter's coat and shoes were still hung on the scarecrow, and now it was topped with Mr. They got up on a wall to get a clear view of Mr. Rabbit call for Cotton-Tail saying, “Fetch some more Camomile!” Peter then decided to go out for a walk and Benjamin accompanied his cousin. McGregor’s garden,” and explained how he had dropped his shoes and coat when he was chased out of the garden.īenjamin Bunny assured his cousin that the McGregors have gone out and will certainly be gone for the day, as he saw them leave in a carriage dressed in the best bonnet. Benjamin was horrified to see Peter in that condition and exclaimed, “Peter! Where are your clothes?” Peter replied, “The scarecrow in Mr. Peter looked sad and was wrapped in a red pocket-handkerchief. Benjamin decided to go around the fir tree as he did not want to see his aunt, and he almost stumbled upon his cousin Peter who was sitting alone.
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The Cliff Janeway series follows the detective around as he maneuvers the murky waters of book collecting even as he investigates the crimes that permeate his community. And the ex-cop wastes little time in opening a shop, ingratiating himself into the collector business and carving out a new life for himself. Most cops in his position would fold and crumble under the weight of a life suddenly devoid of purpose.īut as it turns out, while Cliff loves pummeling bad guys to a pulp, readers learn that he enjoys collecting rare books and, in particular, first editions even more. Cliff goes a little too far when it comes to delivering justice and he has no qualms about breaking the rules to put the bad guys away.Īn encounter with the wrong sort of criminal brings to light Cliff Janeway’s wrathful approach to solving crime and he is summarily dismissed from the police force. Tough-talking and short-tempered, while Cliff has a great mind for solving crimes, his enthusiasm keeps getting in the way of his career. When he is first introduced to readers in Booked to Die, the first of the Janeway novels, Cliff Janeway is a police officer in Denver. The series follows the exploits of a book collector that also solves crimes. He was met on his return to the capital by a man with a tame raven, which he had taught to say “Greetings to Caesar, our victorious commander.” Augustus was so impressed that he gave the man a substantial cash prize. It concerns the period just after the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, at which Augustus (then known as Octavian, or just plain Caesar) defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra and effectively gained control of the entire Roman world. One of Macrobius’ anecdotes is, however, much more revealing. “Do you think you are handing a penny to an elephant” might have been a retort of inspired spontaneity to a man who was nervously presenting a petition (“now holding out his hand, now withdrawing it”) but it hardly seems worth the loving preservation that it has enjoyed. Sadly many of these quotations expose the frustrating distance between ancient humor and our own, or at least the difficulty of making good oral quips work in writing. In fact, even four centuries after his death, the scholarly Macrobius devoted several pages of his encyclopedia Saturnalia to a collection of Augustus’ bons mots, very much in the modern “Wit and Wisdom” genre. Their first emperor, Augustus, was particularly renowned for his sense of humor. The ancient Romans liked an emperor who could take-and make-a joke. Vrabel said Tuesday that everything has to be better this season. “We want our guys to be able to go up there and and play fast, and I think all that starts through the communication portion of it,” Kelly said Tuesday before the lone offseason practice open to reporters. Kelly, Titans coach Mike Vrabel's fourth offensive coordinator going into his sixth season, said Tuesday he wants to communicate efficiently with his quarterback to help him be faster calling the play at the line.Ĭall it up-tempo or simply fast, Kelly is working to speed up the Titans. More first downs would be a big improvement, along with protecting the quarterback better. His job: Fix an offense that was one of the NFL's worst in key categories like scoring and throwing the ball. (AP) - Tim Kelly has a challenging task in his first season as the Tennessee Titans ' offensive coordinator. If Beale Street Could Talk is an adaptation of Baldwin’s fifth novel, written and directed by Barry Jenkins, who was nominated for best director and scored a screenwriting Oscar for 2016’s Moonlight, which also won the Academy Award for best picture. Born 1924 in Harlem, Baldwin became the prophetic voice of black literature, expressing African American angst, anger, and aspirations in novels like his semi-autobiographical Go Tell It on the Mountain, published in 1953, and in essays like The Fire Next Time, published in 1963.īut, although Baldwin is heralded as an American icon, none of the prolific writer’s fiction has ever been adapted into a U.S.-made, theatrically released feature film-until now. The quotation, of course, is from James Baldwin, who made the comment during a 1961 WBAI interview with Nat Hentoff. In the Netflix racial satire series Dear White People, a black character quotes “Baldwin” to a white person, saying “to be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” The clueless caucasian is impressed by the profundity of “Alec Baldwin.” Kiki Layne debuts her screen acting career as Tish Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk, a film adapted from James Baldwin’s book of the same name. “This glorious collection by a master of the form” (Susan Orlean) brings the reader into the hotel rooms of Ernest Hemingway, John Huston, and Charlie Chaplin Robin Williams’s living room and movie set Harry Winston’s office the tennis court with John McEnroe Ellen Barkin’s New York City home, the crosstown bus with upper east side school children and into the lives of other famous, and not so famous, individuals. R eporting Always is a collection of Ross’s iconic New Yorker profiles and “Talk of the Town” pieces that spans forty years. She “made journalistic history by pioneering the kind of novelistic nonfiction that inspired later work” ( The New York Times). From the inimitable New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross-“a collection of her most luminous New Yorker pieces” ( Entertainment Weekly, grade: A).Ī staff writer for The New Yorker since 1945, Lillian Ross is one of the few journalists who worked for both the magazine’s founding editor, Harold Ross, and its current editor, David Remnick.
Agent: Peter Knapp, Park & Fine Literary and Media. Ekon is set to follow in his father’s footsteps and. The protagonists achieve a rich emotional depth complemented by the fast-paced action, and a light romantic element lends the plot additional support. Koffi works at Night Zoo, striving to pay off her family’s debt by caring for strange and magical creatures. As Koffi and Ekon ally in an attempt to outmaneuver their prey, even as enemies hunt them in turn, Gray’s lush, vivid descriptions enliven the twisting narrative, which is steeped in Pan-African mythology. Concealing divergent aims, the pair together pursues the Shetani through the dark, magical reaches of the Greater Jungle. (novel) Beasts of Prey is a 2021 young adult fantasy novel by American writer Ayana Gray. Her life intersects with Ekon’s after she rescues him from an ancient murderous creature called the Shetani, which has long threatened Lkossa when he allows Koffi to flee, he forfeits his birthright as an elite warrior. Ayana Gray is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of Prey trilogy. When Koffi-a beastkeeper whose family debts have indentured her to the Night Zoo-runs afoul of the zoo’s cruel owner, she unleashes a torrent of power that can only be magic. Once a haven for magic users called darajas, a terrible earthquake known as the Rupture led to their ostracization, driving magic underground. Gray’s imaginative debut traces the twined fates of 16-year-old Koffi and 17-year-old Ekon, a pair of Black teenagers living in the corrupt fictional jungle city of Lkossa. We love original content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki
His stories appeared in almost all of the major horror and dark fantasy anthologies throughout the 1980s, including the landmark anthology Dark Forces, Year’s Best Horror Stories, Shadows, Nightmares, and more. He had been writing professionally for over 20 years by then, with publishing credits in a staggering number of well regarded publications, such as Cavalier, Seventeen, Fantastic Stories, Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Whispers and others. His debut collection, The Dark Country, won the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection of the Year in 1982. Many respected authors of horror and suspense have lauded Etchison as one of the greatest short story writers in the genre. He was the author of 11 novels, several short story collections, and edited a number of anthologies between 19. Dennis Etchison (Ma– May 29, 2019) was an American writer of horror and suspense. |