Long way round 20045/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It was exactly what the doctor ordered.”Īpparently, after completing two epic motorbike adventures, the two felt they needed an additional challenge. It’s very rare that you get that period of time to hang out with your best buddy and ride motorbikes. “When I was getting a little bit better, and Ewan came to London to stay with me … we started chatting about that third trip that we really wanted to do. Portions of Boorman’s recovery from the horrific accident are shown in the first episode of “Long Way Down.” These snippets show how dedicated Boorman was to getting back on the bike and how important it was for him to do this third trip. And so we found each other again and decided to do this trip.” To let that friendship dwindle or drift, I realized, was a mistake. I realized we share something that I don’t share with anyone else. Charley had a terrible accident and was very badly injured. In a video interview with CNN Travel, McGregor explained, “We drifted apart somewhat. ![]() Why now, after a 12-year hiatus, did the duo decide to return for a third run? Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman take on a 13,000-mile e-bike journey in the Apple TV+ series, "Long Way Up." Courtesy of Apple TV+ ![]()
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Tailspin book john armbruster5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It's a story of two men's separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. About Tailspin: World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. What will happen to his wife and his two young children? John must continue uncovering Gene's story of survival as he himself confronts the greatest trial of his life. ![]() But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship.Īs the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. But John has no idea what wounds he's reopening. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. So begins a series of "Thursdays with Gene" interviews. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. ![]() Between the Lines by Annette Lyon5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available. See operator site for Terms and Conditions. Sports betting operators have no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Gannett may earn revenue from sports betting operators for audience referrals to betting services. Bet now! In Colorado and New Jersey, claim your 100% Deposit Match up to $250 now! 21+, see for Terms and Conditions.įor more soccer coverage, check out our new website Pro Soccer Wire. Montpellier HSC odds: (+369, bet $100 to win $369)Ĭatch the excitement and bet with Tipico!ĭouble Down, Ohio! 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That alone should be a good indication of how I felt about this fantasy series, but read on for a spoiler-free review! As I did with the Shades of Magic series, I decided to review the entire The Young Elites series, by Marie Lu, as a whole. ![]() Book lost horizon by james hilton5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() From 1973 to 1986 the American Film Institute worked to restore the film - now considered a classic - to its original running time, though seven minutes of soundtrack now play over production stills, as the footage for those segments was never recovered. Depression-era box office returns were so paltry that Columbia studio chief Harry Cohn then cut another 14 minutes in order to squeeze in more daily screenings. ![]() This Utopia closely resembles a film star's luxurious estate on Beverly Hills: flirtatious pursuits through grape arbours, splashings and divings in blossomy pools under improbable waterfalls, and rich and enormous meals." Filming (in various deserts and walk-in freezers) went over budget, and Capra's first cut ran six hours, though it was eventually released at 132 minutes. Greene added "Nothing reveals men's characters more than their Utopias. The 1937 Frank Capra film, which introduced most of the world to the idyllic pacifist paradise of "Shangri-La" in the high Himalayas, starred Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt (who Grahame Greene in "The Spectator" called "one of the dumber stars, who has read all the best books (this one included) and has the coy comradely manner of a not too advanced schoolmistress") along with Sam Jaffe as the High Lama. ![]() Original jacket, priced $2.50, is "very-good-minus" with chips to spine corners and some transfer of orange pigment to the rear panel. ![]() Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Easy's voice, both in Walter Mosley's spicy and authentic first-person narration and in Michael Boating's excellent reading of it, is appealing and humane. ![]() He has been living under the radar in a very racist society and now must find a way to deal with the ugly and violent and petty machinations of powerful white people in order to save his house and his life. ![]() In addition to the historical Southern Californian setting, the most interesting part of the novel involves race, most noir detective stories involving white detective heroes, but this one featuring an African American war veteran, a strong and brave and dignified man who has killed white men (German soldiers) in combat, but who nonetheless finds himself tongue-tied when questioned by haughty white American men. ![]() The recently fired Easy Rawlins, in need of money to pay the mortgage on his modest Watts house with its avocado and fruit trees, accepts a seemingly innocuous job to look for a beautiful white woman and then becomes caught up in a tangled web of desire, greed, racism, and violence. This is a solid, concise, well-written and well-read noir detective story set in Los Angeles shortly after World War II. Beware of Mysterious Sexy Women with Big Suitcases ![]() The Dire King by William Ritter5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() An evil king is turning ancient tensions into modern strife, using a blend of magic and technology to push the earth and the otherworld into a mortal competition. Jackaby and his intrepid assistant, Abigail Rook. The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. ![]() Jackaby, supernatural detective, and his indispensable assistant, Abigail Rook, are plunged into the heart of an apocalyptic war between magical worlds in the action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series by William Ritter. ![]() The halloween tree bradbury5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() They find him at his house, ill and unable to join them now but eager to meet up later at the haunted house far down along the ravine. But one of their friends is missing: Pipkin, the greatest boy who ever lived. In a small American town, a group of adolescents set out in costume for a grisly and gripping Halloween night of trick-or-treating and macabre mayhem. Public reading as part of the InsightALT series Orchestral Workshop & Public Concert: February 2020 Public reading part of the InsightALT series Piano/Vocal Workshop & Public Concert: October 2016 Public reading part of the The Living Libretto series Libretto Workshop & Reading: October 2015 The extent of his supernatural abilities is not known, but the laws of physics and time don’t apply to him. He is not human, though not entirely un-human either. MOUNDSHROUD (Bass) – Part crypt keeper and part Willy Wonka. LENNY (High Tenor)– Lynn’s brother, is a few years younger. LYNN (Coloratura Soprano) The brainiac know-it-all of the group. ![]() (Baritone) A timid youth of the same age. ![]() KELLY (Mezzo-Soprano) - a very athletic and scrappy tomboy. ![]() Me before you book review5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() They are funny, sad, witty, rude, and even erratic.I absolutely loved Lou and Will. Their fears, hopes and traits are brought out exceedingly well. Similar is the turmoil the characters in Me Before You undergo.īoth the main protagonists Louisa and Will are well drawn. Whether be it life or death, making the choice and dealing with the consequences is not always easy. Moyes writing makes one pause and reflect on the experience called life! Life is filed with grey there’s no clear black or white response in every situation. I laughed, I cried, I prayed and hoped for Louand Will to have a happy ending but then there is no standard definition of happiness isn’t it!? There were so many sad moments in this book, and yet an equal number of incidents which made me chuckle. Moyes’s writing is beautiful, and the story is deeply moving, revolving around a sensitive topic. ![]() It’s the story of love, longing, and acceptance.įor the first time, I am struggling to write a review. It isn’t just a story of a boy and girl falling in love. It is the first book in the trilogy written by Jojo Moyes. Me Before You is an emotional and achingly beautiful experience. ![]() Sergei lukyanenko books in english5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking the latter first, we get a Russian perspective not only on modern Moscow, but on London and Taipei as well. The things that stand out here are much the same as in previous books - that is not all the "urban fantasy" trappings but the character of Anton and the contemporary Russian voice of the author. ![]() When we first met him, Anton was young, naive, morally conflicted and somewhat idealistic - but five books later he is fifteen years older, much more experienced and teaching the newbies the ropes - when he is not getting dragged into complicated international intrigues that threaten the status quo for all Others, that is. A balancing force, the Day Watch is staffed by Dark Magicians to ensure the Light abide by their side of the bargain. Now, if you don't already know what the Others and the Watches are, you could get away with starting here there is enough re-capitulation of the basic scenario, but you would be a lot better off starting at the beginning with the Night Watch, where we are introduced to Anton.Īnton is a Light Magician, tasked with ensuring that the people (and creatures) of the Dark do not break the rules of a truce that ended a magical war, as part of the Night Watch. Here's the fifth volume in Lukyanenko's Watch series about the precarious truce between Light and Dark Others and the various goings on related to it in contemporary Moscow. ![]() |