![]() ![]() Part 5 of "Apartheid," produced by "Frontline" (the umbrella under which the whole series is presented), looks at possible signs of hope in South Africa as exemplified in an unprecedented conference held earlier this year in Senegal. ![]() ![]() Parts 1 through 4 were produced last year by England's Granada Television executive producer Brian Lapping also did the extraordinary Granada docudrama "Breakthrough at Reykjavik," seen on PBS stations last week. The first two hours of "Apartheid" air at 9 tonight on Channel 26 and other public TV stations the second two hours air tomorrow night at 9, and the conclusion airs Wednesday at 10. An ambitious and exhaustive five-part documentary on PBS this week asks more: that one consider the historic, economic and combative background of South Africa and its shame.Īfter all five hours, one well may arrive back at Point A, that South Africa's system of racial separation and oppression is an abomination on the earth, but now one has considerably more understanding. ![]()
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Upon her eventful arrival in the tiny Yorkshire village, though, she finds herself confronted with a man who both piques her interest and provokes her pride.Ī lowly country vicar, Samuel Derrick would do anything to keep his coarse but idyllic parish the way it is. ![]() When the opportunity to act as companion to her spinster aunt presents itself, she jumps at the chance to escape the Marriage Mart and embark on a new adventure. ![]() Georgiana Paige is on the shelf after eight full Seasons in London and not a single offer of marriage. ![]() ![]() I wanted to experiment with voice-I didn't think it would go anywhere really-it really was an experiment. ![]() The first line came to me on the way home one day and this book eventually became The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Then for NaNoWriMo in 2006 I had to start a new novel and for the fun of it I decided to write my zombie apocalypse. That's when I began a steady diet of zombie movies and books. I became fascinated by zombies when my fiancé took me to see Dawn of the Dead. Though I think that people who like dystopian novels would like my books because society has fallen apart and the stories are about how you live in such a society. I don't know if I'd consider them dystopian. But my books are about how you survive intense challenges in life and there are zombies around while you are trying to survive them. ![]() When we say zombie novels people expect the zombie apocalypse. I think of them as novels that happen to have zombies in them. ![]() ![]() While I did enjoy it, I couldn't help making those comparisons and wishing this to be more like the original. MARVEL 1602: FANTASTICK FOUR reads more like an alternate/what if FF story. ![]() ![]() ![]() That work was fresh and magical, and presented familiar Marvel characters in an entirely different light. However, it pales in comparison to the original Marvel Knights MARVEL 1602 eight-issue 2003-2004 maxi-series from Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. The story has a few twists to keep things interesting and include some subtle comments on the more selfish impulses of humanity. The only significant difference is with Medusa, who now has the ability to turn folks to stone with her gaze (like the original figure of Greek mythology). The FF act exactly like the FF of old, with Doctor Doom, the Frightful Four, Sandman, and Namor also reprising their roles albeit in period-looking costume. ![]() However, it's more of a throwback to the early 1960's adventures of the Fantastic Four than it is something brand new and fresh like the original work by Neil Gaiman was. This is a fun read with alternate versions of familiar characters set during the days of William Shakespeare, who plays an important role within the story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Burdened with knowledge of tragedies yet to come, Rauli nonetheless strives to know himself. Moving between Rauli’s childhood and adolescence, between the Angolan battlefield, the Cuban city of Cienfuegos, and the shores of ancient Troy, Marcial Gala’s Call Me Cassandra tells of the search for identity amid the collapse of Cuba’s utopian dreams. And third, that he is the reincarnation of the Trojan princess Cassandra. Second, that he will die, aged eighteen, as a soldier in the Cuban intervention in Angola. Despite the signs that warn Rauli to repress and fear what he is, he knows three things to be true: First, that he was born in the wrong body. He loves to read, especially Greek myths, but in Cuba in the 1970s, novels and gods can be dangerous. 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Hands up if you were the nerd that spent your weekends reading books instead of playing with your friends when you were a kid. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two thousand years and still going strong: that’s the story of Christianity. Jane Austen, Sergeant York, Saint Patrick-What did they have in common? ![]() James MacDonald is founding pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel. He is the author of the bestseller I Really Want to Change.So, Help Me God and several other books. Walk in the Word is his national radio broadcast. He earned his Masters in Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and his Doctor of Ministry from Phoenix Seminary. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children. This impactful book will prompt readers to make 10 Choices that are sure to change their lives forever. ![]() This book helps readers to discover the heights to which their wills, truly surrendered to God, can actually soar and the '10 choices' that can take them there. This book is about getting beyond self-help and blame shifting and changing at the deepest and most profound level.the will.Ī person's will is what he uses to choose and act. In 10 Choices he says, while people are where they are in life because of the choices they've made, they don't have to stay there. ![]() They feel the die is cast, and nothing they do can alter the outcome. They have come to feel like spectators watching a story unfold, unable to stop the stampeding consequences. Many people see their lives playing out like a movie they cannot control. ![]() ![]() ***Updated Thursday October 27, 9.12am: *** Photographer Patrick Demarchelier has enlisted some of the world's most beautiful women - from Gisele Bundchen and Charlize Theron, to Karlie Kloss and Sasha Pivovarova - to model Christian Dior Haute Couture's most stunning creations for a new book entitled Dior Couture Patrick Demarchelier. That's why I chose such a wide range of models - the book is made by so many different things different places, different make-up artists, different models."Ĭlick back on our Online Fashion Week blog after 4.44pm today to read Demarchelier's career advice. I wanted to put couture in interesting situations and set different moods for each picture. We shot the book in so many different places - New York, London and Paris. "Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house," he said. Talking at the signing of his new book - Dior Couture - at the label's Bond Street store last night, Demarchelier spent a year taking pictures of stars - from Gisele to Charlize Theron - in making the tome. ![]() ![]() ![]() "It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. "Beauty is in the character of a person," he told us. Updated Tuesday December 6, 9.53am: Patrick Demarchelier may have taken pictures of the world's most beautiful women, but he says you don't have to look like Gisele to be photogenic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Saga of Darren Shan is a series of books about vampires, in the books the life of Shan is narrated when he was transformed into a half human half vampire. He was involved in many young adult books until January 2000 where he wrote his first children’s book Cirque du Freak. “The Vampire’s Assistant blazes a thrilling, gruesome trail through a fascinating plot.” The Good Book GuideĪbout the author and series: Darren Shan also known as Darren O’Shaughnessy as his real name is an Irish author born in London, he began his early career as a typewriter with much of his interest in dark comedy. I love the way you manage to juggle the funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. “…fast-paced and compelling book … full of satisfyingly macabre touches…which leaves the reader hungry for more.” JK Rowling ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. That is, until the end of the war - when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.ĭrawing on the voices of the women who lived it - women who are now in their eighties and nineties - The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. ![]() Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Get this audiobook free when you try Audible:Īt the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan on Audible: ![]() |