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The camera lingers on the skateboard lying nearby. “Fuck!” He lies there on the floor for a bit, covering his face, perhaps contemplating whether to keep trying or not. After one nasty tumble back down the ramp, he suddenly cries out in pain and frustration. Eventually, the repeated failures get to him. Each failure seems to only galvanize him more. He does this over and over, falling hard and getting back up to try it again. He shoots up into the air, makes the attempt, only to crash or slide back down. A middle aged man is toiling away at an indoor half-pipe, riding his skateboard up and down and up again to gather enough speed for a series of difficult spins. Until the Wheels Fall Off, the latest documentary from filmmaker Sam Jones, opens on one of those raw and “real” moments that only documentaries are able to capture. The HBO documentary shows the willpower and drive of the famous skateboard hero. Nicolás Delgadillo in Culture on April 19, 2022 Bobby and Cindy Adams, conspiring with three of their neighbor friends, drug and tie up Barbara, the Adams’ overnight summer babysitter, intending to keep her captive until their parents return from vacation. Set in a rural but affluent Maryland countryside, told in fluid third-person omniscience, Johnson’s novel is an imperfect but unforgettable plunge into hell. The surprise, however, is that this notorious book, which depicts the worst bad behavior imaginable, is so good. The reputation isn’t unjustified the scene described above isn’t the novel’s most disturbing, or even a strong contender. Indeed, due to scenes of youth-administered brutality and for having been so long out of print, LET’S GO PLAY has acquired an unholy contraband mystique. Horror fans owe Hendrix and Valancourt a debt of gratitude for resurrecting this brutal lost classic. LET’S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS’ is part of Valancourt’s reissue of various titles discussed in the excellent PAPERBACKS FROM HELL (2017), Grady Hendrix’s book about the paperback horror market of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Johnson’s LET’S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS’ (1974), a vintage shocker newly reissued in mass market paperback. Welcome, friends, to the gruesomely sadistic world of Mendal W. Then, in a stroke of inspiration, he solves the problem by blindfolding her. When the boy notices her pleading eyes, he feels not guilt or remorse, but annoyance. She is tied to a chair, her mouth gagged. A teenage boy, wielding a knife, tortures a naked young woman. 6/11/2023 0 Comments The old drift book reviewFrom a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts, microdrones and viral vaccines, this gripping, unforgettable novel is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders, and a meditation on the slow, grand passage of time. As the generations pass, their lives-their triumphs, errors, losses and hopes-emerge through a panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. "A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage."-Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times - The New York Times Book Review - Time - NPR - The Atlantic - BuzzFeed - Tordotcom - Kirkus Reviews - BookPage Winner of the for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award - Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize - Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 1904. As a child, I was an avid reader and always had my nose buried in books. Hi, I’m Nancy McArthur, the author of ‘The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks’ series. With relatable characters and witty humor throughout, this charming series is sure to captivate young readers and leave them eager for more adventures with Michael and Norman. As the boys try to keep up with its voracious appetite while also dealing with sibling rivalry and other everyday challenges, hilarity ensues. The first book in the series, aptly titled The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, introduces readers to Michael and Norman’s unusual pet plant that has an insatiable appetite for dirty socks. This beloved children’s book series written by Nancy McArthur follows two brothers, Michael and Norman, as they navigate their quirky family dynamics with the help of some very hungry plants. If you’re a parent or educator looking for an engaging and humorous book series to introduce young readers to the joys of reading, look no further than The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks. 6/11/2023 0 Comments Superbetter book“Jane McGonigal is unusually adept at anticipating events that most of us can’t even fathom. Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult Fueled by her conversational tone of ‘urgent optimism,’ McGonigal’s questions and challenges are a galvanizing, must-read road map to a sustainable, desired future for all who can imagine.” McGonigal plows years of research and simulation into an actionable guide that proves that we are vastly more capable of building desirable solutions than we realize. In Imaginable, futurist Jane McGonigal offers us her outstretched hand. “In challenging times, it can be tempting to put our heads in the sand. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When and To Sell Is Human Now she teaches the rest of us how to be one too.” Jane McGonigal has long been a visionary. “Reading this book is like sitting down with a creative, optimistic friend-and getting up as a new version of yourself. And for orders of 25+ copies, you can get up to a 40% discount via Porchlight! I’ll do a private book club meeting and imagination training for any group or organization that orders 100 copies – email me if you’re interested!) (You can also order Imaginable from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or a local, independent bookstore via. Pre-order a signed, personalized copy via Book Passage before March 22, 2022, and you’ll also get two tickets to my secret virtual book party - with special guests, games and the chance to just hang out together and ask me anything! 6/11/2023 0 Comments The memory police by yōko ogawaThe police take the old man and question him about ferries. She is writing about a typist and her typing teacher’s love affair. With him moved in, they fall into a rhythm, and she continues to work on a manuscript, portions of which are included in the novel. Her parents are dead, and she is friends with her childhood nurse’s widower, a former ferry worker who is known as the “old man.” An old family friend, Professor Inui, visits the protagonist with his wife, daughter, and son, and at their request, she takes some of her mother’s sculptures while they flee to a safehouse.Īfter learning that R remembers everything like her mother, the protagonist and the old man build him a secret room-her father’s storage room, which the police overlooked in their search. In the present narrative, the protagonist is a novelist who is working with an editor called R. The protagonist’s father was an ornithologist when birds disappeared, he lost his job, and the Memory Police searched their house for bird-related material. Her mother remembers everything, unlike most people on the island, who forget the objects shortly after they disappear. At the start of The Memory Police, the unnamed protagonist recalls a childhood memory of her mother telling her about the disappearances of objects on their island. 6/10/2023 0 Comments Lucille ball 1940sWhen New Hollywood auteurs started making boundary-pushing road movies in the late 1960s and 1970s, cars became the ultimate symbol of the freedom they so openly yearned for.Īnd then, of course, you have the car chase movie. And when cars became faster and more colorful after World War II, the movies did too. The most glamorous vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s fit right into the lavish Art Deco sets of Old Hollywood. The two art forms have essentially grown up together, as the past 100 years of movies also serves as a document of the way car design has evolved. For as long as people have been driving cars, there have been people who wanted to stand next to them with a camera and film it. The timing was extremely convenient for the movie business, as cars quickly became a favorite subject for artists exploring their newfound abilities to capture moving images. The beginning of the 20th century was accompanied by two new technologies that would permanently alter life as we know it: the automobile and the motion picture. Those unkind hosts falsely believe that refugees expect something for nothing, that maybe those fleeing to save their lives will somehow displace welfare benefits and jobs in a new land. For Nayeri ( Refuge, 2017, etc.), winner of the UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize, that word signifies the misguided mindset of privileged individuals in stable nations who treat desperate refugees with suspicion, condescension, or even outright cruelty. The word “ungrateful” in the title is intended sarcastically, even bitterly. A novelist turns to nonfiction to illuminate the refugee experience, focusing mostly on her Iranian family but also reporting the sagas of many others fleeing poverty and violence. 6/10/2023 0 Comments Talent is overrated bookWith an eye-catching title and an alluring subtitle – “What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” – Fortune editor-at-large Geoff Colvin’s book “Talent is Overrated” provides excellent food for thought in today’s knowledge economy.ĭebunking age-old notions that nature matter a lot more than nurture, the book proposes that prodigious amounts of deliberate practice is the key to success in multiple fields.Ĭiting examples from the worlds of music, sport and business like Mozart, Tiger Woods, and Jack Welch, Colvin’s central thesis is that top performers are not born but made. How does one become a world class performer in any field? Can we improve our chances of success despite being born to adverse conditions? Bruce Lee obviously knows the value of deliberate practice. |