![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The introduction of paperback editions, eye-catching jackets, and updated interiors ensure that the Eyewitness series will continue to be relevant in the ever-changing world of education and remain the go-to source for homework help, research projects, reluctant readers, ESL students, and, as always, to satisfy the minds of curious kids. In summer 2014 this award-winning series will get a fresh new look both inside and out. Detailed images and text highlight all aspects of this fateful journey including how the ship was built and equipped, what kind of passengers and crew she carried, what facilities she offered onboard, how she struck an iceberg, why she sank so quickly, how many people were saved, and how many lives were lost.įor over 25 years, DK's Eyewitness books have been the most trusted nonfiction series in classrooms, libraries, and homes around the world. In Eyewitness: Titanic young readers will discover the triumphs and tragedies of this "unsinkable" luxury liner. ![]()
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![]() The first chunk of the text offers a tour de force of terror bound in darkest humor, depicting the arrival at the four guys' remote hunting cabin of a man who's fatally ill because he harbors in his bowels an alien invader. The action shuttles between present and past, following primarily the tribulations of a band of five males four regular guys from Derry, Maine (setting of King's It and Insomnia), and their special friend, Duddits, a Down's child (then man) with telepathic abilities. In its suspenseful depiction of an alien invasion, it superficially harkens back to King's early work (e.g., the 1980 novella ""The Mist""), but it also features the psychological penetration, word-magic and ripe imagination of his recent stuff (particularly Bag of Bones). Yet despite its excessive length, the novel one of the most complex thematically and structurally in King's vast output dazzles and grips, if fitfully. ![]() ![]() ![]() So much for the theory that it's word-processing alone that leads to logorrhea. In an author's note to this novel, the first he's written since his near-fatal accident, King allows that he wrote the first draft of the book by hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Partially because it's been on perpetual library hold, but more because it's only recently that I realized that I actually appear to hold more introverted traits than the extroverted ones I expected. I've had this on my to-read list since the day I heard about it, but only got around to it now. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain I want this to be a movie so, so much, and maybe we'll get lucky, but, for now? This was exactly what I was looking for and I didn't even know it. It's like an Avengers team-up, but with everything being a little more ridiculous. It's a lot like the New 52 Suicide Squad in format, but a lot lighter. ![]() No one is taking this especially seriously, and that's why it works - it just feels like a fun, crazy ride. A crazy ride from start to finish with big bad guys, fun c-list characters, and a schlocky, b-movie feel to the whole proceedings. 1: Doom Maidens by Cullen BunnĬullen Bunn hit my radar with the flawed but still pretty cool Sixth Gun series, and I saw there was another series he was doing, so I requested it for a shot.įirst, I truly had no idea this was a Marvel property, and this being a Marvel Now piece, I went in somewhat skeptical, since I haven't liked much of the Marvel Now comics coming forward. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where the Tracks EndĬast: Adriana Barraza, Blanca Guerra, Guillermo Villegas ![]() Victim/Suspect puts a magnifying glass to the insidious institutional prejudice which punishes rape victims for speaking out. This documentary follows Rachel de Leon’s four-year-long investigation of a nationwide series of crimes where victims of sexual assault have been coerced by law enforcement to plead guilty to falsifying their reports. United by their common enemy, the soldier mounts a brutal counterattack against his former comrades, bludgeoning and ventilating them to a pulp with an array of weapons and tactics. Hankering for some more Nazi-killing action after watching Sisu? You’re in luck, because director Peter Thorwath’s ( Blood Red Sky) latest historical action thriller is all about that!īlood & Gold follows a former German soldier (Robert Maaser) who, after deserting the SS following a crisis of conscience and sentenced to die, is rescued by a local farmer whose village is being terrorized by Nazi forces searching for gold. Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Image: NetflixĬast: Robert Maaser, Jördis Triebel, Alexander Scheer ![]() |