![]() ![]() SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Į.T.A.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today. ![]() Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() Three pounds of pressure on the trigger would drop the hammer onto the primer, igniting the 4.5 grains of smokeless gunpowder. Thumbing back the hammer of my snub nose Smith & Wesson. ![]() The gun was on my dresser and if I had any aspirin they were all the way in the bathroom. ![]() How did my life get this fucked? If I don’t need anyone, why am I so lonely? At least I like to think it was that deep, fact was I had a bone numbing hangover, a throbbing head and a fur covered tongue. At night while the Monster roared through the thin walls of our bungalow, I would pull that thought up and let it comfort me like a warm blanket.Īs an adult I have found that a barrel in your mouth forces you to pause, take a moment, ask that all important question. Like those vests divers wear that fill with air from a CO2 cartridge and pull them to the surface. I was six years old the first time I honestly considered suicide, not as some cry for help, touchy huggy bullshit. There is nothing quite like the cold taste of gun oil on a stainless steel barrel to bring your life into focus. ![]() ![]() ![]() I believe I saw it on Obama's recommended book list from 2020, and it was one of the most popular books being requested in my Overdrive library app. ![]() After a few years of being on the run together, the twins separate - one "passing" over to become white, completely severing ties and communication with her family.īennett weaves together an emotional family history, race, and the desire to be someone other than yourself. We follow the story of the Vignes twin sisters from a majority-black town in Louisiana so small you can't find it on a map.Īt 16, they both run away together in search of a better life far away from their small-town roots. ![]() ![]() ![]() With great courage, Holly shares the details of her subsequent troubled relationship, landing her own successful television series, and the hard work of healing, including her turn on Dancing with the Stars. In this shockingly candid and surprisingly moving memoir, this thoughtful and introspective woman opens up about life inside the Mansion, the drugs, the sex, the abuse, the infamous parties, and her real behind-the-scenes life with Bridget, Kendra, and, of course, Mr. After losing her identity, her sense of self-worth, and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide. But instead of ending her life, Holly chose to take charge of it. Life inside the notorious Mansion wasn’t a dream at all-and quickly became her nightmare. ![]() But like Alice’s journey into Wonderland, after Holly plunged down the rabbit hole, what seemed like a fairytale life inside the Playboy Mansion-including A-list celebrity parties and her own #1-rated television show for four years-quickly devolved into an oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies. ![]() “A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed Holly into the Mansion’s #1 girlfriend. Down The Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny is Holly Madison’s first published book and New York Times best seller, which tells the story of her life from small-town girl to an in-depth look inside the Playboy Mansion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Juliette, of France, hopes her family can remain knitted together, despite her father's imprisonment, as the war's longest battle stretches on and on. Kara, from Britain, dreams of someday earning her Red Cross pin and working as a nurse - or even a doctor. ![]() Felix, from Austria-Hungary, longs for the bravery to resist Jewish deportations before his own family can be taken. "A powerful, absorbing story that shines a light on an often overlooked chapter in human history." - Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, where five young people, each from different backgrounds and nations, face the terror of battle, the deprivations of hunger, and all the awful challenges of war. if they are lucky - and brave - enough to find each other. ![]() Nielsen, award-winning author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futures. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, given Finch’s lifelong difficulties, everyone assumes that Violet climbed the tower to save him, and he does not dispel this assumption. Using gentle, therapeutic language, Finch talks Violet off the ledge. Violet, formerly a high-functioning cheerleader, honor student, and all-around model teenager, is suffering survivor’s guilt following the auto-related death of her sister, Eleanor, the previous year. Finch, brilliant, ostracized by most of his peers, abused by his father, and suffering from untreated bipolar disorder, has fought suicidal impulses for many years. The characters first meet at the top of their high school bell tower, where both are contemplating suicide. ![]() Niven tells the story from two different voices, those of high school students Theodore Finch (who goes by “Finch”) and Violet Markey. ![]() ![]() There is Navigation menu in the top-right of every page. Don't worry though it is actually easy to navigate. Again, is a big website with many different features. Just because a book is listed on Bookshelves, does not mean it is available through the Review Team. The Review Team program is a separate part of than Bookshelves. does have a different section of the website called the Review Team, which offers free books in exchange for review. Bookshelves is not for downloading or buying books directly. Similarly, books are not available to purchase directly from. ![]() One important thing to note is that books are generally not available to download directly from Bookshelves, and nowhere on our website do we represent they are. In one way, Bookshelves is the version of Goodreads, except with Bookshelves you are able to get a much more personalized experience. You can also use it to discover new books to read and learn more about books. ![]() has many other features too.īookshelves is a free tool to track books you have read and want to read. Bookshelves is only one of many features at. You are currently viewing the details page on Bookshelves for the book The Children of Hypnos by Francesca Zappia.īookshelves is one feature of Bookshelves is found under the /shelves/ subfolder at. ![]() ![]() ![]() Living in close quarters ratchets up the emotional intimacy and sexual tension, leaving Fox and Hannah to each question long-held assumptions about their own worthiness as romantic partners. It seems harmless enough-she fancies herself in love with a co-worker, and she can’t imagine Fox would ever see her as anything but a friend. When the film she’s working on begins shooting on location in Westport, Hannah crashes at Fox’s apartment. Hannah doesn’t even think of Fox as a romantic possibility: He’s unbelievably handsome and effortlessly self-confident, while she often feels like a supporting actress in her own life. They bonded over a shared love of music when her sister fell in love with his best friend, and Hannah and Fox continue their friendship via text after she returned to Los Angeles, where she works as a production assistant. ![]() Imagine his surprise when he strikes up a friendship with Hannah Bellinger. He’s the life of the party and has convinced everyone-even himself-that he’s not capable of anything more. A playboy fisherman learns he can be more than just a pretty face.įox Thornton is a king crab fisherman and the resident Casanova of the small coastal town of Westport, Washington. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story centers on Jedi Master Mace Windu as he attempts to rescue his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, from his homeworld of Haruun Kal. The novel was republished on Jas part of The Essential Legends Collection. The eBook of Shatterpoint was released in December 2005. The paperback edition was published in April 2004, with a prologue by George Lucas and the short story Equipment, also written by Stover. ![]() The first novel in the Clone Wars novel series and the first released in the Clone Wars multimedia project, it was originally published as a hardcover by Del Rey in June 2003. Shatterpoint is a novel written by Matthew Stover. And nothing is more dangerous than a Jedi who is finally sane." ―Jedi Master Depa Billaba to Jedi Master Mace Windu ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through the use of this story structure guide, I highlight how Rian Johnson used both the genre itself and tried and true screenwriting techniques to make a known story fresh to present-day film audiences. In this research presentation, I examine how Zack Snyder's story beats from his screenwriting book Save The Cat fit the structure of Knives Out (2019) and its script. This was a completely original story with an age-old genre formula, and it wowed audiences through word-of-mouth buzz to make over 300 million in the box office, without the help of any pre-existing IP. The 2019 film Knives Out has a screenplay written by the film’s director, Rian Johnson. The best ‘Whodunnits’ always begin with its key element: the screenplay. The murder mystery is a centuries-old story format, and its evolution in film within the recent decades has been an interesting phenom to witness. ![]() |