Lillian boxfish takes a walk synopsis5/11/2023 She eventually marries a fellow Macy’s employee, becomes the mother of a beloved son, goes through a divorce, suffers a breakdown, enters an asylum, and then reenters the world, returning as always to her beloved New York City.įlash forward almost 60 years to New Year’s Eve of 1984, and the 85-year-old Lillian, an inveterate walker of the city’s streets, decides to take a long hike to revisit the places and a few of the people that have laid claim to her heart. Independent, eager to engage life, and disdainful of marriage and commitment, she soon turns her talent for writing jingles into light verse, achieving fame as a poet.
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Moomin the fir tree5/11/2023 Jansson was a writer of ludicrous delicacy and a master of detail. Aghast at how much food must be prepared for the Christmas that is coming, they ask each other: ‘Do you think Christmas is very hungry?’ Fortunately, the other woodland creatures between them give the Moomins the help they need and the whole thing works out well for everyone.Ī small Woodie ‘swallow some tea the wrong way from pure shyness’. The Hemulen’s Aunt tells them: ‘Better get yourself a fir tree before dark.’ But to the innocent Moomins this only means that: ‘The danger comes by dark’. Sleepy-headed and amid the rush of their neighbours’ festive preparations it seems as though ‘something awful is happening.’ Hence, when they are prematurely woken from their wintry slumbers by the Hemulen, they are most disconcerted by the foreboding news that Christmas is coming. This accounts for the fact that the Moomin family are neither aficionados, connoisseurs, nor even passing acquaintances, of Christmas. As everyone knows, the Moomin is a hibernatory creature. 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer5/11/2023 The title is a reference to the 102 minutes which elapsed between the first impact of American Airlines Flight 11 at 8:46 am to the collapse of the North Tower at 10:28 am. With the aid of eyewitness testimony during the September 11 attacks, it covers firsthand accounts about the struggle to survive and escape from the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn go to extra pains to go the extra mile, revealing how the Twin Towers were a disaster waiting to happen because of design flaws and a. 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, simply known as 102 Minutes, is an American non-fiction written by New York Times journalists Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn and published in 2005. Fatal Games by Bruce Richards5/11/2023 Transcript ‘Don’t Get Brazen’: Rittenhouse Trial Judge Berates Prosecutor Judge Bruce Schroeder often clashed with the prosecution during Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial. I intended it to - I intended to stop the people who were attacking me.” “By killing them.” “I did what I had to do to stop the person who was attacking me.” “By killing them.” “Two of them passed away, but I stopped the threat from attacking me.” “By using deadly force.” “I used deadly force.” “That you knew was going to kill.” “I didn’t know if it was going to kill them, but I used the, I used deadly force to stop the threat that was attacking me.” “You intentionally used deadly force against Joseph Rosenbaum, correct?” “Yes.” “You intentionally used deadly force against the man who came and tried to kick you in the face.” “Yes.” “Correct? You intentionally use deadly force against Anthony Huber, correct?” “Yes.” “You intentionally used deadly force against Gaige Grosskreutz, correct?” “Yes.” “Everybody that you shot at that night, you intended to kill, correct?” “I didn’t intend to kill them. Transcript Rittenhouse Questioned on His Use of Deadly Force Thomas Binger, a prosecutor, questioned Kyle Rittenhouse on his decision to use deadly force in shooting three men, two of whom he killed, during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wis. Fruits Basket, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Takaya5/11/2023 The fourth ending theme for episodes 39 onwards is "Eden" by Monkey Majik. The third ending theme for episodes 26–38 is "ad meliora" by THE CHARM PARK. The fourth opening theme for episodes 39 onwards is "Home" by Toki Asako. The third opening theme for episodes 26–38 is "Prism" by AmPm ft Miyuna. It aired from April 7 to September 22, 2020. The second season adapted the rest of volumes 6 and 7 and all content from volume 8 to the beginning of volume 17. The second ending theme for episodes 14–25 is "One Step Closer" by INTERSECTION. The first ending theme for episodes 1–13 is "Lucky Ending" by Vickeblanka. The second opening theme for episodes 14–25 is "Chime" by Ai Otsuka. The first opening theme for episodes 1–13 is "Again" by Beverly. It ran for 25 episodes from April 6 to Septemon TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi. The first season adapted the manga's first 5 volumes and parts of volumes 6 and 7. The reboot is a co-production of Funimation, who released the series through Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership. Yoshihide Ibata directed the series, with Taku Kishimoto handling series composition and Masaru Shindou handling character designs. The new anime adaptation was announced in November 2018, featuring a new cast and staff, as per Takaya's request, with TMS Entertainment handling the 63 episodes-long production from April 2019 to June 2021, divided into three seasons. 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The San Jose Fire Department has submitted a formal report on the Pink Poodle strip club incident, saying that one of the dancers demanded a ride-along and that firefighters simply complied.Fog horns were blaring on the Golden Gate Bridge this morning, despite it being clear around the city, because it was very foggy at the Golden Gate.Residents of the Montclair neighborhood in the fire-prone Oakland hills are making a stink over the fact that they are not included in PG&E's plans to underground 10,000 miles of power lines across the state.A person was shot and gravely injured in SF's Oceanview neighborhood Wednesday around 2 p.m.Oakland police were all around the city's downtown Wednesday morning following the discovery of a body, and the death has been called suspicious though they haven't released any details.Temperatures are expected in the low 90s in inland valleys on Thursday afternoon, and it should be balmy in SF too. You may have thought we'd never see another warm, sunny Spare the Air day after the wet winter we had. A psalm for wild built5/10/2023 Some multimedia art show that sprinkled in nature sounds, perhaps. Maybe it’d been a movie they watched, or a museum exhibit. Dex couldn’t pinpoint where the affinity had come from. The urge to leave began with the idea of cricket song. A never-ending harmony of making, doing, growing, trying, laughing, running, living. The City was a healthy place, a thriving place. A towering architectural celebration of curves and polish and colored light, laced with the connective threads of elevated rail lines and smooth footpaths, flocked with leaves that spilled lushly from every balcony and center divider, each inhaled breath perfumed with cooking spice, fresh nectar, laundry drying in the pristine air. It doesn’t matter that your friends are there, as well as every building you love, every park whose best hidden corners you know, every street your feet instinctively follow without needing to check for directions. It doesn’t matter if the city is a good city, as Panga’s only City was. It doesn’t matter if you’ve spent your entire adult life in a city, as was the case for Sibling Dex. Sometimes, a person reaches a point in their life when it becomes absolutely essential to get the fuck out of the city. Tana french the witch elm review5/10/2023 Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. “Tana French’s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.” ( The New York Times)Īn “extraordinary” (Stephen King) and “mesmerizing” ( LA Times) new stand-alone novel from the master of crime and suspense and author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher.įrom the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" ( The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" ( People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Named a New York Times notable book of 2018 and a best book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature. What once was mine a twisted tale5/10/2023 Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there may be more to her story, and her magical tresses, than she ever knew. But when she leaves the only home she’s ever known, wanting only to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday, she gets caught up in an adventure across the kingdom with two thieves-a young woman named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. For her safety and the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked in a tower and put under the care of powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.įor eighteen years Rapunzel stays locked away, knowing she must protect others from her magical hair. With it comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. Nonetheless it heals the queen, and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. He shrugged I don’t have any pressing appointments anywhere. But her eyes glanced quickly to Flynn, to see what the more experienced adventurer would do. What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good people of Corona search for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her-but mistakenly acquire the shimmering Moondrop flower instead. The book hits shelves September 7, but you can read an exclusive excerpt of What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell now: We’ll hang out here for a while, Gina said. |