![]() When her husband embarks on an audacious affair with his volatile young receptionist, Emily's savvy is put to the test. A master maneuverer, Emily is confident that she can outsmart her husband, clean up his messes, while enjoying the fabulous fruits of high-powered coupledom. Refusing to follow her instincts, she goes ahead with the marriage in order to preserve her hard-earned membership in the one percent. On the eve of her wedding, Emily, a top Hollywood agent, is devastated to learn that her CEO fianc is a serial cheater. Murder, money, and ambition fuel a fiery love triangle in this darkly comic and deeply disturbing thriller of rage, manipulation, and revenge. ![]() ![]() "The malicious actions of these angry, narcissistic people are appalling, but that won't stop readers from turning the pages to see what happens to them." - Publishers Weekly ![]()
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![]() ![]() No matter how much I want to stop, I don't. 'I hate tennis, hate it with all my heart, and still I keep playing, keep hitting all morning, and all afternoon, because I have no choice. We'll also look at some of the book's lessons about success, determination, and true grit. We'll briefly delve into Andre Agassi's fascinating story, and how he became a tennis legend that defined a generation. I can't imagine all these people trying to be like Andre Agassi, since I don't want to be Andre Agassi.' Fans copied his signature look, and he made tennis "cool." However, as Agassi says, 'I'm flattered by the imitators, embarrassed, thoroughly confused. ![]() It's an insightful look into the life of one of the most beloved athletes of a generation, his battle with secret dragons, and his crippling identity crisis.Īndre Agassi was dubbed a "punk," and the rebel of the tennis scene. ![]() Open is the captivating autobiography by tennis legend Andre Agassi. How do you muster enough determination to persevere with something that you loathe? Does passion fuel success? And, when is it too late to get off the path that's been laid out in front of you? ![]() ![]() ![]() The problem with this is if it’s true then as the planet Earth moves forward through the ether and light is let off of a flashlight, candle (or whatever source of light you want), then the velocity of the Earth gets added to the velocity of light. Pamela Gay: Relativity is one of those things that actually came out of the ether, and I’ve always wanted to be able to say that about something.īack in the 1800s, scientists thought the entire universe (or at least the universe as we knew it then) was permeated by this substance called ether, and light propagated through the ether the same way sound propagates through air. So if you don’t understand it yet, our hope is by the end of today’s show, you’ll be able to finally wrap your head around relativity. ![]() Now we’re going to crank it up again with some concepts key to all things astronomical: relativity. Fraser Cain: After bending your brains with the Big Bang, we took pity on you and gave you a couple of weeks to recover with some lighter material: getting started in astronomy and meteor showers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Act 1, scene 1 Antony refuses to hear the messengers from Rome and declares that nothing matters but his love for Cleopatra.Faced with Caesar’s plans to humiliate her in Rome, Cleopatra kills herself with poisonous snakes. He responds to false news of her death, however, by attempting suicide fatally wounded, he reunites with her as he dies. At first, he blames Cleopatra and plans to kill her. When she and her navy flee in mid-battle, Antony follows, abandoning his men.Antony fails in a second battle at sea. He challenges Caesar at sea, adding Cleopatra’s ships to his own. ![]() Octavia attempts to reconcile them, but fails. ![]() Once in Rome, Antony marries Caesar’s sister Octavia.After Pompey is defeated, Caesar imprisons Lepidus and turns on Antony. He finally returns to Rome when Pompey, another military leader, tries to gain control of the empire. ![]() Lash is not bashful about revealing Franklin’s and Eleanor’s numerous faults, but given his friendship with the former First Lady it is not surprising this is generally a sympathetic treatment of Eleanor. The last 17 years of her life are chronicled in Lash’s follow-up volume “ Eleanor: The Years Alone“. ![]() Despite its length (723 pages) this book only covers Eleanor’s life up to FDR’s death. To some extent it is a book focused on the relationship between Eleanor and Franklin.īut what “Eleanor and Franklin” really proves to be is an insightful, detailed and often dense review of the life of a remarkable woman who transformed herself from an insecure, orphaned young girl into the compelling champion of a wide array of humanitarian causes. Even then, Franklin’s appearances seem more often designed to highlight Eleanor’s virtues than roundly describe his life or political career. FDR fails to appear until more than 100 pages have elapsed. ![]() The book’s title notwithstanding, this is not a dual biography of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. His 23-year friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt (and proprietary access to her personal papers in 1966) formed the basis for this authorized biography. Lash was a radical political activist but grew disillusioned with communism and later became a journalist and author. Lash was published in 1971 and earned the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online.Īctivities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, adding book covers and discussing policies. Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to comment or request changes to book records.įor general comments on Goodreads and for requests for changes to site functionality, try Goodreads Help or use the Contact Us link instead.įor tips on being a librarian, check out the ![]() ![]() Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. ![]() ![]() ![]() She resented the studio's control and disliked many of the films to which she was assigned. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite being one of MGM's most bankable stars, Taylor wished to end her career in the early 1950s. She starred in the historical adventure epic Ivanhoe (1952) with Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine. She transitioned to mature roles in the 1950s, when she starred in the comedy Father of the Bride (1950) and received critical acclaim for her performance in the drama A Place in the Sun (1951). She was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became a popular teen star after appearing in National Velvet (1944). She made her acting debut with a minor role in the Universal Pictures film There's One Born Every Minute (1942), but the studio ended her contract after a year. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh- greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood cinema.īorn in London to socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939. She then became the world's highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (Febru– March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. ![]() ![]() ![]() But which of Miss Peri Brown’s rival suitors will be the one to win her hand: handsome Mr Darcy, or the mysterious Doctor?įive survivors of an unknown catastrophe wake to find themselves caught in an inescapable trap. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of a mind of her own must be in want of a husband. When the Doctor sees how the human inhabitants have been robbed of the more. Olympos is a world of hi-tech cities where the lives of the populace are controlled by an all-seeing, all-knowing supercomputer: Zeus. On the legendary lost planet of Sendos, The Doctor and Peri find themselves caught up in the hunt for the cache of galaxy-busting super-weapons stored inside its fabled Armoury. The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe to a sophisticated Earth colony. ![]() The TARDIS travellers find themselves at the court of Henry VIII, where the tragic Anne Boleyn will soon be discarded by her King in favourof the lovely Perpugilliam Brown. ![]() Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown), Philip Bretherton (Scrivener / Heathcliff), Raquel Cassidy (Inquiza / Destiny Gray), James George (Barond / Greg Stone), Joe Jameson (Arnie McAllister), Rosanna Miles (Marjorie / Volsci / Tilly), Laura Molyneux (Anne Boleyn / Volsci), Paul Shearer (Henry VIII / Cranton), Joan Walker (Centuria / Ship) ![]() ![]() ![]() To demonstrate the courage of my convictions - how I had cast off the shackles of my past - I even declined to visit Agrigentum. Having come so close to death, I felt a need to experience unconstrained joy by doing whatever I liked. Her gratitude was touching, but the sense she was but an impediment to my inflated ego was growing daily. Marceline passively accepted her role as a patsy in a thinly disguised Nietzschean treatise and as her reward, after wasting several more months ogling boys, I consummated our marriage in Sorrento. I don't need God's help it creates obligations." "I've been praying for you," she said one day. I passed my convalescence observing the nakedness of young Arab boys beneath their thin white gandourah and ignoring Marceline. We were taken to Biskra, where Marceline slowly nursed me back to health. Was it not enough that one of us was ill? Thrilled with the daring selfishness of my thoughts, I summoned a doctor before losing consciousness myself. When we reached Sousse, I felt unwell and casually told Marceline I had spat blood in the night. We travelled south, sleeping apart in separate rooms, naturally, and it was only after several months that I momentarily slipped out of my self-absorption and realised Marceline was actually quite pretty. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The results of that research showed why the host made the statement he did. I came across a story by Jason Low, of Lee & Low Publishers, where in 2014 he researched diversity in the 100 top grossing science fiction and fantasy films. It was only afterward that the weight of that statement hit me, so I went on to do some research on the subject. When the radio host said, “so, you’re ahead of your time,” I responded that I didn’t think so, and went on to finish the interview. When I conceived her as my lead, I did so not to buck any trend or make a social statement, but rather because she represented the most interesting character I could design. The primary protagonist in my debut series is a woman of color. If true, this revelation would be the first of its kind for a major science fiction series or film.Īs a science fiction author, I’d always known that the genre has been traditionally a white male dominated one, but it took an interviewer on a radio show to press home just how dominated it was. Recently Bryan Fuller, co-creator and executive producer of the new series, announced that the lead character will be played by a woman, and many news outlets are indicating the actress will likely be a person of color. As with any highly anticipated science fiction show or film, fans pounce on any tidbit of information that gets leaked to the public. Star Trek fans have been eagerly awaiting the new Star Trek: Discovery series due out next year. ![]() |