5/29/2023 0 Comments Lucille ball in color![]() ![]() ![]() On DecemCBS aired the “Christmas Show" once more (with an encore showing on December 24, 2014) paired with a colorized “Job Switching” (S2 E1) aka the Chocolate Factory. This broadcast drew an astonishing 8.65 million viewers! On December 20, 2013, CBS rebroadcast the Christmas episode with “Lucy’s Italian Movie” (S5 E23) aka Grape Stomping in which both episodes were fully colorized. The ‘wraparound’ segments (the non-flashback parts) were broadcast in the original black and white, but were also colorized starting in 1990. ![]() “The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Show” was the first episode CBS aired colorized on December 18, 1989. Most agree that the original black and white films are best, but these candy-coated treats do have holiday appeal and are a curiosity to those who can’t imagine the 1950s in color! Over the last thirty years, there have been colorized versions of the most popular episodes of “I Love Lucy” usually aired at the holidays. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments Bertram's hotel![]() ![]() Geraldine McEwan, the actress known for playing Agatha Christie’s elderly sleuth, Miss Marple, has died at the age of 82. Even though they live at the same time, Christie made sure that their paths… Is Miss Marple still alive? ![]() No, Hercule Poirot never meets Miss Marple in Agatha Christie’s novels. “Following a stroke at the end of October and a period in hospital, Geraldine McEwan passed away peacefully on 30 January. Her family put out a statement to announce the news. On 30 January 2015, Geraldine sadly passed away aged 82 at hospital after suffering a stroke three months earlier. What happened to Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple? She was a jazz singer and friend of Louis Armstrong, also, staying at the hotel at the time. Amelia was a guest of the hotel at the time Miss Marple was staying there. Was Harry Potter Filmed at Fountains Abbey?Īmelia Walker is a non-canonical character who was created for ITV’s 2007 adaptation of the novel At Bertram’s Hotel.Why is polesden Lacey called polesden Lacey?.How did Captain Hastings meet Hercule Poirot?. ![]() How does Agatha Christie describe Miss Marple?.Do Poirot and Marple exist in the same universe?.Why did Hastings Miss Lemon leave Poirot?.Did Agatha Christie want Joan Hickson to play Miss Marple?.Where is they do it with mirrors filmed?.What has been filmed at polesden Lacey?.What happened to Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple?. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments City of thieves by david benioff![]() ![]() ![]() Join the two young Russians on their often fun and then suddenly again shocking and tragic mission. He also meets his best friend and the love of his life. The protagonist, Lev, a young, inexperienced teenager becomes a man who has killed two German soldiers before his eighteenth birthday. But City of Thieves isn't only a story of adventure and survival, it is also a coming of age story. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War. The author, David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. Nonetheless the two young men set off on and adventurous journey, one which sends them behind the enemy's lines. During normal times this would be a simple task, but in a huge starving city, where even pets have been eaten by their owners, it seems to be an impossible challenge. They have got one week's time to fullfil the task: to find a dozen eggs for the Colonel so that his wife can bake their daughter's wedding cake. They can either complete it and gain their freedom or fail and die. His grandmother wont talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. A high-ranking Russian colonel sends the two young men on a mission. A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water boils on the unlit stove, and an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their breath in.Īlexis wants to think that it's all in her head, but soon, what she liked to think of as silly parlor tricks are becoming life-threatening: to her, her family, and to her budding relationship with the class president. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green, sometimes she uses old-fashioned language, and she even loses track of chunks of time, claiming to know nothing about her strange behavior. Katie Alender Biography Katie Alender is the author of the Bad Girls Don’t Die series from Disney-Hyperion. Or even like her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Series: Bad Girls Dont Die (1) Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 1,069: 93: 14,261 (3.77) 13: When fifteen-year-old Lexis younger sister Kasey begins behaving strangely and their old Victorian house seems to take on a life of its own, Lexi investigates and discovers some frightening. Or her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey. Dysfunctional like her parents' marriage. ![]() A page-turning, spine-chilling young adult murder mystery about surviving the ghosts around us.Īlexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Bad Girls Dont Die 01 by Katie Alender Comment on this title Synopses & Reviews Read an Excerpt ISBN13: 9781423108764 ISBN10: 1423108760 Condition: Standard DustJacket: Standard All Product Details Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Breath book tim winton![]() This book confirms his standing alongside Ian McEwan and Philip Roth as one of the major chroniclers of the human condition, a writer of novels that are at the same time simple and profound, relentlessly gripping and deeply moving. With Breath, Tim Winton's writing has attained a new level of mastery. ![]() Half a lifetime later, Pike can't free himself from where the ride took him. In the endless search for the biggest wave, the biggest high, some riders don't make it. But the sea can teach the hard way, and so could Sando. He taught them about surfing, and about life. Gradually Loonie and Pike got to know this loner, Sando, who took them under his wing, showing them secret beaches and ever-bigger waves. Breath Audible Audiobook Unabridged Tim Winton (Author), Troy Planet (Narrator), & 1 more 2,333 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award and now a major film. He turned up alone, when the swell was highest, and left the rest of them for dead. They couldn't help it: they were terrified they were addicted.Īmong the local surfers, one guy stood out. When Loonie and Pike started to surf, they cycled from Angelus to the beach with their Styrofoam boards, buffeted by the wind and, when they finally get to the sea, the waves. He still lives with the legacy of his own adolescence. He doesn't know the boy, but he knows the story. ![]() ![]() Pike's partner wonders why the boy killed himself. Breath opens with Bruce Pike, now a paramedic, arriving too late to save a teenage boy's life. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Kokoro natsume soseki![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, he was not in the least fond of the girl. Acording to our modern outlook, he was really too young to marry. For some time his parents had been trying to persuade him, much against his will, to marry a certain girl. My friend, however, did not believe this. His mother, the telegram explained, was ill. It had taken me a few days to get together enough money to cover the necessary expenses, and it was only three days after my arrival that my friend received a telegram from home demanding his return. ![]() I went there at the insistence of a friend of mine, who had gone to Kamakura to swim. It was at Kamakura, during the summer holidays, that I first met Sensei. And with pen in hand, I cannot bring myself to write of him in any other way. Whenever the memory of him comes back to me now, I find that I think of him as Sensei still. It is not because I consider it more discreet, but it is because I find it more natural that I do so. I shall therefore refer to him simply as Sensei, and not by his real name. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The arrival tan shaun![]() ![]() ![]() The first chapter tells a story of migration. This lesson can be continued as you wish back in the classroom. This could take some time and you may not finish this in the library today. Use the visualiser to read through the story in pictures. In the library today you will only scratch the surface of this truly amazing work of art. He uses visual elements to convey feelings of the characters and the mood of the story. Shaun Tan is a brilliant author, using the medium of art to tell the story. It often requires many readings to really grasp all that is happening and you will often discover new things every time you read it. Why might people say this?Ī graphic novel is often a very rich and layered text with many interpretations, depending on who is 'reading' the text. Some people say that a graphic novel is a book that is for everyone. Is there only one interpretation of a graphic novel? What are the elements of a graphic novel? You may have seen it in our library before.ĭiscuss with the students what they think is a graphic novel? We are going to start with an amazing, awarding winning, graphic novel by Shaun Tan. ![]() Some of these will be picture books and others will be novels. ![]() This term we are going to explore the themes of migration and refugees through literature. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Snow crash author stephenson![]() (whitey - omg.) everything feels bizarre, off, but also completely familiar. From burbclaves - privatized thematic sovereign city states, to franchise mega corporations, to main character Hiro Protagonist and his sidekick Y.T. His predictions are both hilarious and heartbreaking. First there is the electrifying opening car chase which throws you into Stephenson's conception of near future America. The story has a few distinct parts in my mind. I remain floored at how aptly it anticipates many of the most dystopian features of late stage capitalism. Many consider it to be a foundational work in the cyberpunk genre that predicted modern day technologies like virtual reality and massively multiplayer online games. ![]() Let me begin this post with an apology to His Lordship Neal Stephenson for even hinting that his masterwork is anything short of breathtaking.įor the uninitiated, Stephenson published Snow Crash in 1992. ![]() Does it hold up after all this time? Nearly twenty years after my last read, I return to Neal Stephenson's masterpiece, Snow Crash. Nearly twenty years after my last read, I return to Neal Stephenson's masterpiece, Snow Crash. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Unholy Child by Catherine Breslin![]() Citro (Zebra 1987) Damn, this one's no joke. Owls' Watch (Crest 1965) Delightfully classic vintage horror paperback cover art! Jeter (Tor 1987) Not really sure what's going on here. Don't know what the image has to do with a sibling, though, do you?ĭark Seeker by K.W. ![]() The Sibling by Adam Hall (Playboy Press 1979) Truly a "What's in the box?!" moment. Don't think I need to tell you what better books the publisher was trying to evoke. Unholy Child by Catherine Breslin (Signet 1980) Hmm, a pregnant nun? Or not? Or something. Saxon's Ghost by Steve Fisher (Pyramid 1972) Psychedelic, we-are-floating-in-space, Stranger In a Strange Land kinda thing. ![]() The Other Child by Michael Hale (Avon 1986) Creepy digitalized kid. ![]() The Midnight Tree by Charles Higham (Pocket 1979) Despite its feyness I dig the mood.ĭeadly Eyes by James Herbert (Signet 1983) Movie tie-in edition for Herbert's pulp '70s classic. no.ĭark Prism by David Lippincott (Dell 1981) Creepy nuns, not quite as popular as creepy kids or clowns, but still up there. Don't you feel like you're a rider? This cover's got a Bradbury vibe for me also the obligatory reference to surpassing The Exorcist. ![]() Down Bound Train (Popular Library 1974) by Bill Garnett. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The sandman volume 5![]() ![]() However, there’s also a dizzying number of spinoffs, one-shots, and specials to sift through. Take an apartment house, add in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking severed head, a confused heroine and the deadly Cuckoo. On the surface, reading the series in order seems pretty straightforward, since all the issues are collected into 10 numbered volumes. The Sandman originally ran from 1988 to 1996, spanning 75 issues and winning numerous awards, including the World Fantasy Award and multiple Eisners. At the stroke of midnight, Burgess and his fellow cultists in the Order of Ancient Mysteries begin their summoning ritual. The Sandman: The Deluxe Edition Book Five Hardcover Februby Neil Gaiman (Author), Various (Illustrator) 146 ratings Part of: The Sandman See all formats and editions Kindle & Comixology 29.44 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 30.99 Other new and used from 24. ![]() If you’re looking to enrich your Sandman experience by reading the original comics, then here’s how to read them in order! Starring Tom Sturridge as Dream, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, and Boyd Holbrook as the Corinthian, The Sandman will tell the story of how Morpheus, the embodiment of dreams and the imagination, escapes his imprisonment by a magician and repairs his realm, the Dreaming. ![]() ![]() Netflix’s highly anticipated new adaptation of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s classic comics series chronicling the exploits of Dream of the Endless, is dropping in August. ![]() |