He taught at Queens College, Fordham University and Seton Hall University, and served for several years as director of religious publishing at Doubleday, which released much of his work, most recently the 2013 book “Heretics and Heroes.”Ī New York City native, Cahill majored in classical literature and medieval philosophy at Fordham University and received a master’s degree in film and dramatic literature from Columbia University. “But the advances we associate with the Renaissance in the arts, sciences, education, scholarship, linguistics and even political experimentation all got under way in the Middle Ages.”īesides writing history, Cahill was an education correspondent for the Times of London. “Of course, there was plenty of ignorance, as there is in every age,” he told the AP in 2006. The Aeneid Virgil Translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction by Bernard Knox Viking: 486 pp., $40 Books From the archives: Thomas Cahill on translation
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Attached to my dream/memory of it was both a great yearning for the film’s melancholy, twilight-shaded beauty, and a certain sense of haunted anxiety. For all that it’s typically praised as “whimsical” and “charming,” it’s also a story that’s profoundly concerned with mortality, sacrifice, and loss of wonder and innocence, all of which was both troubling and stirring to me as a child. For a really, really long time, I thought it was actually a really amazing, really sad dream that I had once had. This will be possibly one of the world’s least impartial reviews, in that my love affair with The Last Unicorn started when I was about six, when I first saw the animated movie adaptation, then proceeded to sort-of forget about it in such a way that it became a native feature of my mental landscape. One of America’s greatest living playwrights, as well as a friend and colleague of Williams, Edward Albee has written a concise introduction to the play from a playwright’s perspective, examining the candor, sensuality, power, and impact of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof then and now. This definitive edition also includes Williams&rsquoi essay “Person-to-Person,” Williams’ notes on the various endings, and a short chronology of the author’s life. Williams, as he so often did with his plays, rewrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for many years-the present version was originally produced at the American Shakespeare Festival in 1974 with all the changes that made Williams finally declare the text to be definitive, and was most recently produced on Broadway in the 2003–2004 season. In spite of the public controversy Cat stirred up, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award for that year. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father’s inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. Copyright infringement is against the law. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. To receive special offers, bonus content,Īnd info on new releases and other great reads,įor email updates on the author, click here. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship.Ĭath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.Īt a royal ball, when Cath is expected to receive the King's marriage proposal, she meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend and supply the Kingdom of Hearts with delectable pastries and confections. Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.Īn Alice in Wonderland prequel from the #1 bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles.Ĭatherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the yet-unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. Despite being persuaded to return to Oslo due to his father's illness and with no apparent interest in the case, Harry's detective instincts take him straight to the murder scene when a third woman is found dead and he cannot resist getting involved, especially when the current investigative team seem to be making such a mess of it. Harry's boss, Gunner Hagen wants his best detective back, as he believes Harry is the only person who can find the killer, after two months with no leads. Back in Norway, two women are found murdered by the same gruesome means and Crime Squad believe they have another serial killer on their hands. Still completely traumatised by 'The Snowman' investigation, Inspector Harry Hole has fled Norway for the seedy underbelly of Hong Kong where he is happy to lose himself to debt and drugs. A fantastic piece of crime writing from the brilliant Jo Nesbo, packed to the brim with a gripping, gory and chilling plot. Summary: After two women are murdered in identical circumstances, Harry Hole finds himself once again at the heart of a serial killer investigation despite his determination not to get involved. Six other statues have been cast from the original mould and displayed around the world. These include the 1924 silent film, 1953 Disney animated film, a 2003 dramatic/live-action film, a television series and many other works.īarrie commissioned a statue of Peter Pan by the sculptor George Frampton, which was erected overnight in Kensington Gardens on 30 April 1912 as a surprise to the children of London. In addition to two distinct works by Barrie, The Little White Bird (1902, with chapters 13–18 published in Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in 1906), and the West End stage play Peter Pan or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904, which expanded into the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy), the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise, both adapting and expanding on Barrie's works. Peter Pan has become a cultural icon symbolizing youthful innocence and escapism. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. Will Arnett ( Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers) Jason Marsden ( Peter Pan and the Pirates)īlayne Weaver (2001–present in Disney media)Īdam Wylie ( Jake and the Never Land Pirates) Illustration of Peter Pan playing the pipes, by F. And both share a dream - to find Angelique's Curse, a ruby and diamond encrusted amulet, steeped in legend and said to be lost somewhere at the bottom of the Caribbean. Eight years later, Tate has worked hard to become a marine archaeologist, while Matthew is a talented but troubled salvage diver. Īs a young girl, Tate Beaumont fell in love with Matthew Lassiter. Forced into a reluctant partnership with Matthew and his uncle, Tate soon learns that her arrogant but attractive fellow. As a young girl, Tate Beaumont fell in love with Matthew Lassiter. In her spare time, she is a bit of an illustration nerd, loves to roller skate, read, and toy with writing. She looks for inspiration everywhere and often finds it in bookstores and thrift stores, looking in vintage children's books and animation, and even in a garden or two. She hasn't met a craft she doesn't love-sewing is one of her favorite hobbies. She works both digitally and traditionally, often combining the two. Lynn Gaines has been making art for years and is still in love with making it! Born and raised in Ohio, she currently works for American Greetings, but also loves making art for children's books and kids-related products. A native of Cleveland, she lives in Chicago with her husband and two highly energetic children. She believes that one of the greatest lessons we can pass on to our kids is that differences are for celebrating, and that we have more in common than we ever imagined. She loves using the written word to honor a child's imagination and is on a mission to help adults tap into the wonder they felt as children. Clothilde Ewing started her work life as a lifeguard, but she has spent most of her career telling people's stories as a journalist (CBS News), television producer ( The Oprah Winfrey Show), and communications professional. She’d been meandering her way toward them, through the Ansel Adams photograph of peaks and plains for hours. It had the openness she needed-all that sky with the snow-dipped peaks of the Tetons rising into it like sober, and somehow aloof, gods. The little Wyoming town huddled around the cold blue waters of a lake was as good as anywhere else. No worries, no problem, she told herself. She took the plumes of steam puffing out of the hood as a sign it was time to stop traveling for a while and find a job. Then, even by the most optimistic calculations, she’d be broke. If luck was on her side, and the car wasn’t seriously ill, she’d have enough to pay for a room for the night. She had two hundred forty-three dollars and change in her pocket, which might be enough to cure the Chevy, fuel it and herself. REECE GILMORE smoked through the tough knuckles of Angel’s Fist in an overheating Chevy Cavalier. Life doesn’t get much better than that.įavorite Place to Write: In a sitting position, preferablyįavorite Sports: Basketball, volleyball, softball, hiking, soccer, running, jumping (Is jumping a sport? It should be.)įavorite Pastimes: Reading, walking my dog, drinking coffee/wine with friends, people watching and of course, everyday, WRITINGįavorite Kinds of People: Funny, eccentric, odd, smart, opinionated, empathetic, soul searching, wandering, highly spirited, extremely imperfect Bono and Edge performed, “In a Little While,” inches from my hands. I saw them front row at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Other Places I’ve Lived: Corvallis, OR, Madison, WI Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee, WI Phoenix, AZ Redding, CAĥ Favorite MOVIES: Swingers, Terminator, The Matrix, Airplane, The Jerkĥ Favorite BOOKS: The World According to Garp, Fahrenheit 451, Slaughterhouse Five, The Alchemist, Cannery Rowĥ Favorite MUSICIANS: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Counting Crows, U2, Bob Dylan, The Killersīest Concert I’ve Ever Seen: U2. |