![]() ![]() ![]() “As the home of Great British mysteries, we couldn’t be more proud to be the true home of the most beloved portrayals of Christie’s famous characters.”īritBox is available for $6.99 per month, after an introductory free trial period, via the web, mobile, tablet and connected TVs. But to bring such an iconic and twisted tale to life, the creators needed a solid cast. “Only BritBox could create this Agatha Christie collection - working together with BBC and ITV to bring together all of these celebrated adaptations,” said BritBox president and CEO Soumya Sriraman. Directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner with Julian Fellowes and Tim Rose Price, the Crooked House movie is based on Agatha Christie’s 1949 novel. In June, the service will unveil Christie’s “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” and “The Seven Dials Mystery,” both starring Sir John Gielgud, as well as “The Secret Adversary” starring Francesca Annis and James Warwick. BritBox is working with Christie’s estate and producers to create a full HD restoration of “Partners in Crime,” to be released in July and will also be delivering higher definition versions of the ITV productions of Marple, audio plays and classic Christie films.īritBox will be rolling out more Christie offerings through the summer. ![]()
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And with good reason - for deep in the catacombs beneath the Opera House, something is stirring.Ī full cast dramatisation, featuring Anna Massey (Madame Giry), Peter Guinness (The Phantom), Alexander Siddig (The Persian), James D'Arcy (Raoul), Helen Goldwyn (Christine), Tony Millan (Moncharmin), Richard Earl (Richard), Nick Brimble (Philippe/Gaston), Nick Wilton (Lachenel/Mifroid), Geraldine Newman (Madame Valérius), Samantha Hughes (La Carlotta), Nicola Weeks (Meg/Adèle), and singers Linda Richardson (Christine/La Carlotta), Matthew Hargreaves (The Phantom). ![]() But their smiles quickly vanish as tragedy follows misfortune: a murdered stagehand, a fatal accident, a missing girl.įearful tales of the Opera Ghost race through the corridors and dressing rooms of the theatre. ![]() In the cosmopolitan Paris of the 1880s, the new proprietors of the Opera House are amused to discover that their costly acquisition is said to be haunted. ![]() ![]() And an apparent oversight by the Romney team lead to the candidate being publicly embarrassed during the second debate by moderator Candy Crowley after he incorrectly slammed Obama for failing to label the Benghazi attack as terrorism. Important speeches put together by Romney and campaign manager Stuart Stevens tended toward the “shambolic and last-minute.” At the Republican National Convention, the ill-fated decision to put Clint Eastwood on stage without a script in prime time was embraced without reservations. ![]() “Double Down” depicts Romney and his team as inept and out of their depth. But it’s safe to say that the juiciest bits come out of the large, fractious field of Republican challengers and paint a stinging portrait of the Romney campaign. ![]() ![]() Based on more than 500 “deep background” interviews, the book is a treasure trove of gossip from both sides of the aisle. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poor condition books are still perfect for a good read, all pages will be intact and none threatening to fall out most probably a reading copy only. First Edition Omnibus Cover The Saint is the second collection of Gaunts Ghosts stories written by Dan Abnett. Poor: We rarely sell poor condition books, unless the books are in demand and difficult to find in a better condition. ![]() Good: A few creases on the spine, perhaps a forward lean, bumping on corners or shelfwear maybe an inscription inside or some shelfwear or a small tear or two on the dustjacket inside clean but page edges might be somewhat yellowed.įair: In overall good condition, might have a severe forward lean to the spine, an inscription, bumping to corners one or two folds on the covers and yellowed pages in exceptional cases these books might contain some library stamps and stickers or have neat sticky tape which was used to fix a short, closed tear. Very Good: Might have some creases on the spine no hard cracks maybe slight forward lean and short inscription inside perhaps very minor bumping on the corners of the book inside clean but the page edges might be slightly yellowed. ![]() ![]() We are very proud of the condition of the books we sell (please read our testimonials to find out more!)Īs New: Pretty much new but shows small signs of having been read inside it will be clean without any inscriptions or stamps might contain a remainder mark. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maynard says that at the time of Kroll’s death he had been in the borough of Queens, with his wife’s side of the family.Īt the time of his arrest, Maynard was working with a group of jazz musicians touring Germany. Kroll had been killed by a suspect who was identified as black, when he intervened after an altercation, which started when a white member of the Navy claimed he had been propositioned by a different black man. “I’ve known the most august people in many realms of life,” he says, reflecting on that time.Īt the end of October 1967, Maynard was arrested for allegedly having fatally shot 21-year-old white Marine Sergeant Michael Kroll, a winner of five battle stars and the Purple Heart, with a sawed-off shotgun seven months earlier, at around 4 a.m. ![]() He occasionally helped Baldwin out, as a chauffeur, secretary and body-man. In that period, Maynard was an aspiring actor who had opened a clothing store with his wife’s brother-in-law. Their families had lived close to one another in Harlem when Maynard and Baldwin were young, and both later lived in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. ![]() ![]() Robert d’Anjou, the king of Naples during Boccaccio’s day, was a powerful figure in Italian politics and an important patron of the arts. Naples was, furthermore, a highly important center for trade and a cultural crossroads that undoubtedly served as an important resource for Boccaccio’s wide-ranging tales in the Decameron. The intellectual currents were running high, with a vibrant university culture in Naples and Bologna and a new enthusiasm for Ancient Greek and Roman culture that was aided by the rediscovery of many lost texts of the ancient world. In the Decameron, Boccaccio’s young story tellers escape death literally and literarily by fleeing to the countryside.īoccaccio lived in a period of transition, when a new and powerful mercantile class had emerged as economic prosperity took cities like Florence by storm. ![]() ![]() (Wikimedia Commons) Such works portraying the inexorable universality of death were a common motif in urban centers throughout medieval Europe. The Dance of Death, or Danse Macabre, by Michael Wolgemut, 1493. ![]() ![]() ![]() A routine movie night turns tense when, while discussing a yet unsolved case, Maura suggests that she and Jane have a similar relationship to that of the dead victim and her lover. Two very different women, from two very different worlds, crossing many lines and blurring others.Ī lot can change in 24 hours. Jane and Frost are wounded in a shoot out and are taken to the hospital where they inevitably cross paths with Dr. She can survive four days with family, right?ĪU. When Jane is forced on family holiday, she’s not going alone. Revolves around teenaged Rizzles: Jane fighting her attraction to Maura, and Maura, once she figures it out, trying to get her to go with it. Are You Lonesome Tonight? by JoBethMegAmy.Can they take this second chance, or is it too late? Five years later, after it all went wrong in a war-torn refugee camp, fate has thrown them together again in Boston. Dr Maura Isles once spent time in Africa with Médicins Sans Frontières, where she met US Army officer Jane Rizzoli. ![]() ![]() After being severely injured in an accident, Jane comes back to Boston, and finds out things are not how she left them.ĪU. It tears Jane apart, and she leaves to take a position in another city. Maura goes to a conference and meets the man of her dreams. Among the Dead by sociallyawkwardpenguin. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is also unfair to Rosario Dawson as she does an absolutely kick-ass job at the narration of this book. Every time I hear the narrator go on about moon physics, I get super bored, and think to myself "I bet Ray would make this better." But it's 2023! Ray Porter can play anyone in the name of diversity. I keep telling myself, my wife, random people at the bus stop, and anyone else who will listen, that I think what the book might be missing is Ray Porter. It has all the wit of Project Hail Mary, and even has a great narrator, Rosario Dawson. It's apparently about a moon heist, with all the comedic hijinks you'd expect from one of the best Marvel movies. So I'm trying my best to listen to Artemis by Andy Weir. ![]() And you have yourself something specials. You take author Andy Weir and combine it with one of his comedic sci-fi stories, then add the final ingredient: Ray Porter. He's so good he makes everything seem natural, organic and ad-libbed. ![]() I've downloaded some other books in which he narrated and I could swear he just walks in, ad-libs and gives it his own spin. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this class, we’ll discuss several popular screenplay plotting methods including the class three-act structure, beat sheets, and the nutshell method. Learn screenplay plotting techniques to help rescue your novel from a flat opening, a sagging middle, a weak climax, and a boring hero. ![]() ![]() SCREENWRITING TIPS & TRICKS FOR NOVELISTSĭescription: If you’re struggling to understand plotting and plot structure, the answer may lie not in books but on the screen. PAST CLASSES THE LAST DRAFT: THE BASICS OF REVISION AND EDITING FOR NOVELISTSĭescription: In this two-hour class recorded in a classroom setting at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, led by USA Today best-selling author Tiffany Reisz, students learned tips, tools, and techniques for revising and self-editing fiction in preparation for querying, submission, traditional or self-publication. ![]() ![]() ![]() An essential work for our time.”-Stephen Baxter, award winning author of The Time Ships “ Semiosis combines the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival, and the sheer humanity of Atwood. “A fresh and thought-provoking take.”- Open Letters “A very… different and super engaging novel.”- The Book Smugglers “Filled with questions about the nature of intelligence and how we value it, and humanity’s place within the universe, Semiosis is a provocative novel. “A fresh and fun perspective on planetary exploration.”- The Bibliosanctum (4 out of 5 stars) ![]() beautiful.”- Publishers Weekly, starred review ![]() "Burke’s world building is exceptional, and her ability to combine the intricacies of colonization with the science of botany and theories of mutualism and predation is astounding." - Booklist “A clever, fascinating, fun and unique debut.”- Kirkus Semiosis unfolds the old science fiction idea of first contact in ways that are both traditional and subversive.”- The Christian Science Monitor “This first-contact tale is extraordinary.”- Library Journal (starred review) “A magnetic meditation on biochemistry and humanity.”- Locus Online It goes on my pile of books to be re-read.”-Tade Thompson, author of Rosewater and The Murders of Molly Southbourne It is superbly written without an ounce of fat. “It makes the reader reexamine ideas about sentience. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane.“- Thrillist ![]() |