5/31/2023 0 Comments Alone by lisa gardner review![]() ![]() Her father-in-law, powerful Judge Gagnon, blames Catherine for his son's death via Bobby's bullet. Now, twenty years later, she suddenly finds herself in the media limelight once more. ![]() But she survived and eventually identified Richard Umbrio as the man who'd kidnapped and abused her. For weeks she was kept alive only by a cruel killer's whim. Again through his scope, he watches as the man falls dead at his wife's feet - and is then stunned when she turns, looks right at him, and mouths ' thank you'.Īs an innocent ten-year-old, Catherine Gagnon was snatched in broad daylight by a child predator and buried alive. Bobby has only seconds to make a life altering decision. Through his sniper scope, Bobby sees the man's finger tightening on the trigger. This time a gun wielding man has barricaded himself, his wife and his son in the upper floor of a Back Bay mansion. As one of the Team's snipers, his skills are even more critical in some instances. As a member of STOP (' State Police Special Tactics and Operations') he's used to being called out at least three times a month and on almost every holiday. Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge has just finished his shift when his beeper goes off, notifying him that a hostage situation is in progress. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments Polar star book![]() shaped its hardened-steel hull - 399 feet long and 83 feet wide - like a football, pointed at both stem and stern. Six diesel locomotive engines and three gas turbines generate 75,000 horsepower to spin propellers as big around as grain silos.Įngineers at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. It debuted in 1976 as one of the world’s most powerful nonnuclear ships. None of this would have been possible without the Polar Star. The frigid conditions, ideal for some of the world’s most sophisticated telescopes, enabled astronomers worldwide to capture the first photograph of a black hole. ![]() Research on how emperor penguins endure extreme pressure during deep dives has led to improvements in anesthesia. ![]() ![]() Scientists have drilled down more than 2 miles for ice cores that show how the climate has changed over thousands of years. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments David lean kevin brownlow![]() ![]() A plain old wide shot, followed by close-ups, would give us the setting and performances alright, but would not express anything cinematic. Lean was a great believer in prep - “You cannot turn up on location and go wandering in the woods looking for inspiration - it WILL NOT COME,” - but somehow had arrived at this boardroom without a strong image in mind to bring the scene to life. Kevin Brownlow, in his majestic biography David Lean, describes the great man complaining when he got stuck on the above scene from LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, that his crew were full of annoying suggestions whenever he knew exactly what he wanted, but when he was short of ideas they were silent. Some directors are delightful on set, but probably the minority. “David seems quite charming,” said Lawrie. We watched a documentary where Lean appeared, the twinkly elder statesman, in interview. My friend Lawrie worked as an AD on David Lean’s THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Summer by ali smith![]() ![]() It wouldn’t surprise me if she can write hanging upside down like a bat. She can let a single exclamation point stand as an entire paragraph. She can start a new novel in the middle of another. She can build entire narratives around dreams and hallucinations. (Anyone fancy some literature right now about Trump and Macron’s long, strange handshake last May?)īut the Scottish marvel Ali Smith breaks rules better than anyone. ![]() The years of drafting and revision, the months awaiting publication: By the time a book appears, the conversation has moved on. Inconveniently for the artist, literary depth requires time, distance, composure. The mercurial politicians who demand our stringent, focused repudiation tend to prompt, instead, knee-jerk responses - angry email threads, reactive essays. ![]() Is it possible, in this vertiginous moment, for a novel to be both timely and deep? Timeliness, these days, requires a quick trigger finger the world of rising fascism and viral falsehoods and ongoing environmental disaster won’t hold still long enough to be written about with more than visceral haste. I’m not sure, though, that its author agrees. “There’s ways to survive these times,” a character says in Ali Smith’s new novel, “and I think one way is the shape the telling takes.” It’s a gorgeous, heartening sentiment, one I happen to believe. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Byzantium by Michael Ennis![]() ![]() Įngaging in trade, piracy, and mercenary activities, Varangians roamed the river systems and portages of Gardariki, as the areas north of the Black Sea were known in the Norse sagas. Rurik's relative Oleg conquered Kiev in 882 and established the state of Kievan Rus', which was later ruled by Rurik's descendants. ![]() ![]() Before Rurik, the Rus' might have ruled an earlier hypothetical polity. According to the 12th century Kievan Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik. الڤارنگ (Varangians ؛ نورسية القديمة: Væringjar code: non is deprecated ؛ Greek: Βάραγγοι Varangoi, Βαριάγοι Variagoi) was the name given by Greeks and East Slavs to Vikings, who between the 9th and 11th centuries ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus', settled among many rivers in territories of modern Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard. Other trade routes of the 8th–11th centuries shown in orange. Map showing the major Varangian trade routes: the Volga trade route (بالأحمر) and the Dnieper and Dniester routes (بالبنفسجي). ![]() |