![]() The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants. Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge. ![]() It’s since been shortlisted for the Sunday Times / Young Writer of the Year Award and, with the winner due to be announced on Thursday evening, I wanted to share my thoughts on it. ![]() I bought Julia Armfield’s much-anticipated debut story collection, Salt Slow, shortly after it came out in May this year. ![]()
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![]() The film recieved negative reviews by fans and critics alike. By September 2016, a television series was scheduled to be released in 2018, with Glen Mazzara as producer. The Dark Tower is an American science fantasy western action horror film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel. ![]() A classic tale of colossal scope - crossing over terrain from The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, Insomnia , and other familiar King haunts. Through parallel worlds and across time, Roland must brave desolate wastelands and endless deserts, drifting into the unimaginable and the familiar as the road to the Dark Tower extends beyond its own pages. Over twenty years later, the quest for the Dark Tower continues to take readers on a wildly epic ride. In 1978, Stephen King introduced the world to the last Gunslinger, Roland of Gilead. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2002, Cosgrove created the websites Web-pop, Book-pop, and Chatty Hattie where children can read stories online with colorful and interactive illustrations. In 1990, Cosgrove and Wendy Edelson were awarded the Silver Jubilee Honor by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) for "Ira Woodworthy". In 1978 Cosgrove sold Serendipity Press to Penguin/Putnam and began focusing on multimedia literature for children. Three months later, Cosgrove established his own publishing company, Serendipity Press, where he was the author, publisher, shipping clerk, and janitor. ![]() The next year, a large New York publishing company offered Stephen a contract, but he refused and continued on in his search for a publisher. His goal in writing these books was to create interesting, fun, affordable books that contained a moral in each story. In 1973, Cosgrove teamed with illustrator Robin James, and wrote his first four books which began the Serendipity Series: "Serendipity", "Wheedle on the Needle", "The Dream Tree", and "The Muffin Muncher". In 1963, he received a scholarship for and attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Growing up, Cosgrove was greatly influenced by Aesop’s Fables. He attended Borah High School in Boise, Idaho. The series was adapted into a 26-episode anime, Serendipity the Pink Dragon.Ĭosgrove was born in Metaline Falls, Washington and raised in Kennewick, Washington, then Burley and Boise, Idaho. He is known for Serendipity, a series of children's books. ![]() Cosgrove (born July 26, 1945) is a children's author and toy designer. ![]() ![]() ![]() With meticulous detail, Richard Tarnas takes us on a journey that begins with the ancient Greeks and culminates in our own era and its transformative potential, putting into perspective these chaotic, tumultuous times-from the sixties to September 11, 2001-and pointing the way towards the future. A vast and impressive body of evidence illuminates patterns of meaning and precise correlations between the universe and the world of human endeavor. Cosmos and Psyche is the first book by a widely respected scholar to demonstrate the existence of a consistent correspondence between planetary movements and the unfolding drama of human history. Richard Tarnas’s The Passion of the Western Mind -acclaimed by leading voices in philosophy, religion, psychology, and history-sets the stage for this major work, thirty years in the making, that dramatically reframes our understanding of the universe in the light of extraordinary new evidence. ![]() ![]() One of the biggest questions looming in The Black Phone is whether the phone calls from the victims were real. When Finney returns to school he becomes the talk of the hallway, and after sitting next to his crush he feels confident that he’s in control of his life again. While his father begs both of them for forgiveness, it’s unclear whether that forgiveness is given. As Finney exits the house, he reunites with his sister and abusive father (Jeremy Davies). Meanwhile, Gwen’s visions lead the police to the Grabber’s property, including a second house across the street where the victims’ bodies were buried. With a rope tied around the Grabber’s neck - and one last phone call from all his past victims taunting him - Finney snaps his kidnapper’s neck, ending his reign of terror. In a final confrontation, Finney tricks the Grabber into a vulnerable position. ![]() Ethan Hawke delivers a career-highlight performance as “The Grabber,” a neighborhood kidnapper with a penchant for the dramatic. ![]() |