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5/21/2023 0 Comments Moneyball author![]() ![]() ![]() In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. Asked about the state of a possible film in 2009, Lewis said, “Dead, I think. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Lewis’ involvement on Liar’s Poker comes after the project has languished for years at Warners. ![]() STORY: What the Critics Are Saying about ‘Moneyball’ He also has written TV pilots for CBS and TNT. Lewis also scripted an untitled drama pilot at HBO, as well as other projects for Universal and Fox. The Big Short, based on his 2010 book about the 2008 financial crisis, is being developed at Paramount, with Moneyball star Brad Pitt and his Plan B shingle attached to produce. Liar’s Poker isn’t the only Lewis book in development. The property picked up momentum recently as Lewis’ star has risen and the economic crisis has thrust the inner workings of Wall Street into the public consciousness. Liar’s Poker, Lewis’ first book, has been in development at Warners since the early 1990s. ![]() Lewis, the author of several nonfiction bestsellers, is a hot commodity in Hollywood following the success of The Blind Side and Moneyball. "Good Art, Bad Person": Claire Dederer on the Way Entertainment Is Consumed After #MeToo ![]() ![]() City – 1972 Chevy Chevelle Malibu, Runner-up (1980 -1989) Glenn Gill, Frankfort – 1986 Pontiac Fiero, 1st Jack Dame, Trav. ![]() , 1st Janet Saddler, Richland – 1951 Rambler, Runner-up (1960 -1969) Hazel Slonecki, Manistee – 1964 Olds 2-Dr, 1st Bill & Sue Binning ,Kalamazoo – 1965 Mustang, Runner-up (1970 -1979) Nancy Jans, Manistee – 1970 Dodge Challenger, 1st Tom & Shirley Wood, Trav. City – 1930 Ford Rdster, Runner-up (1940 – 1949) Bob Toothman, Plainwell – 1948 Buick Conv., 1st Bruce & Joy Feuerstein, Belding - 1948 Cadillac, Runner-up (1950 -1959) Wally & Elly Tupper, Trav. ![]() STOCK AMERICAN CLASS: (1939 and older) Camp Arcadia Archives, Arcadia – 1920 Ford “TT” Bus, 1st Kirt & Helen Wenzel, Trav. Participants were treated to 50 class and special awards for their efforts, as well as more than 25 unusual door prizes ranging from show logo embroidered clothing items to resort lodging and golf outings at regional golf clubs.Ĭlass Award Winners for the 2012 AutoMuster His 85 year old Worthington Golf Course Tractor never left its trailer for the duration of the show because of the sharp steel studs on both rear wheels, but that didn’t stop crowds from gathering to admire Barnard’s restoration on that rare machine. No problem … there were more to choose from so he moved over a few yards and was good for the show.Īnother early arrival was Andy Barnard from rural Arcadia with a first time tractor entry. Dick usually picks a parking spot under his favorite Maple shade tree, but this year was surprised to find the tree had been cut down. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Carl's Christmas by Alexandra Day![]() ![]() Since then, two other Darling Rottweilers have posed as Carl in the seven sequels: the late Arambarri, who was named for one of the Darlings’ favorite jai alai players and Zabala, who currently moonlights as an Our Best Friend therapy dog, visiting hospitals to cheer patients. The Darlings’ own dog, a Rottweiler named Toby, was the model for the book’s main character. This image proved the inspiration for Good Dog, Carl. That same year, she was visiting Zurich, Switzerland, when she came across a volume of old German picture sheets, one of which featured a poodle playing with a baby who was supposed to be taking a nap. Sandra illustrated her first book in 1983: The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, a popular children’s song by Jimmy Kennedy. Living in the country also provided plenty of time for reading, a life-long passion. Here young Sandra grew especially fond of riding and training horses, and became a dog owner for the first time. For four years, the family lived on a hundred-acre farm in Kentucky. Painting was a popular family recreation, and almost every family excursion included one or more easels and a variety of sketch pads, chalks, paints, and pencils. Darling was born in 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a large and close-knit family. She is the author of Good Dog, Carl and the rest of the beloved Carl books, including Carl Goes Shopping, Carl’s Christmas, Carl’s Birthday and Carl’s Snowy Afternoon. Alexandra Day is the pseudonym for Sandra Louise Woodward Darling. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The jungle book first published![]() ![]() By the way, it is considered one of the best novels written and appears on every list of top-100 important novels.Īuthor Rudyard Kipling was born in India to British parents in 1865 and lived in Bombay - now called Mumbai - until the age of six. You are going to see there is much more to Kipling's, "Jungle Book" than you ever imagined. This is an important concept for you at this time of your life. He explored the theme of self discovery in the novel. Kipling wrote the stories about a place he knew well -India, not Africa. The stories are a mixture of fantasy, mythology, and even a tad bit of magic. ![]() It is true that the best known part is the section on Mowgli -the baby brought up by wolves, but there is much more in the rest of the tales. The book is actually a complex, literary work where Kipling shared what he believed about life in the small world of these animals and the man child. Most people think of the Disney movies when they hear the word, "The Jungle Book," but those movies, while great, do a disservice to Kipling's book. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters![]() ![]() ![]() And in the house on Champion Hill, no one can foresee just how far the disturbances will reach. Secrets are confessed, dangerous desires admitted the most ordinary of lives, it seems, can explode into passion and drama. Open doors offer Frances glimpses of the newcomers’ habits, sounds travel from their rooms to hers, and the staircase and landing have never seemed to her so busy.Īs she and Lilian are drawn into an unexpected friendship, loyalties begin to shift. The arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the ‘clerk class’, brings unsettling things with it: gramophone music, colour, fun. Widowed Mrs Wray and her daughter, Frances – an unmarried woman with an interesting past, now on her way to becoming a spinster – find themselves obliged to take in lodgers. And in the south of the city, on genteel Champion Hill, in a hushed Camberwell villa still recovering from the devastating losses of the First World War, life is about to be transformed. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. Set in suburban London during the 1920’s, Frances, a spinster and her mother,a widow, finding themselves strapped for cash decide to bring in lodgers. The book is, essentially, a lesbian love story. You will find yourself thinking about this book for weeks after you devour the final page.” Laura Bates, Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015 judge. Sadly, it isn’t, despite such a beautiful descriptor. The combination of romance and crime drama is both engrossing and hugely satisfying. “An almost painfully gripping read from a writer at the top of her game. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Jennifer l armentrout hunter![]() It is an interesting viewpoint with the story told from an Arum’s perspective and definitely gives us a different take on the Luxen. The narrators are both Hunter and Serena using first-person points-of-view with Hunter as the primary focus. It’s said to be a spin-off from Armentrout’s Lux series, but I see it as a full-length novel set at 4.5 between Origin, 4, and Opposition, 5 & last. ![]() Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Origin, White Hot Kiss, Opposition, The Cage, "Ice Cream", Stone Cold Touch Urban fantasy in eBook edition that was published by Covet on and has 249 pages. ![]() ![]() This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill![]() ![]() With the aid of a small army of locals who hang around in the park, she expands her surveillance, making it known she'll pay for information or sightings. Although she sees no one who looks like her, it only takes a few visits to the park for her to become obsessed with the possibility of encountering her twin in the flesh. She begins at the crossroads of Kensington Market: a city park called Bellevue Square. ![]() But after two customers insist they've seen her double, Jean decides to investigate. Jean's a grown woman with a husband and two kids, as well as a thriving bookstore in downtown Toronto, and she doesn't rattle easily-not like she used to. Apparently, her identical twin hangs out in Kensington Market, where she sometimes buys churros and drags an empty shopping cart down the streets, like she's looking for something to put in it. She's never seen her, but others swear they have. *Winner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize*Ī darkly comic literary thriller about a woman who fears for her sanity-and then her life-when she learns that her doppelganger has appeared in a local park. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments A Beast’s Belle by J. Gambardella![]() ![]() ![]() Already apparent in this first 120 seconds is the sense that Beauty and the Beast’s score possesses its own bizarre agency. Nonetheless, Menken already had his inspiration: Camille Saint-Saëns’ ‘The Carnival of the Animals’, specifically the ‘ Aquarium’ movement, which donates its main theme to the prologue, as well as instrumental ‘The West Wing’, and throughout as a haunting refrain. Notably, the first piece of music to feature in the film was the last to be written, a decision based largely on the idea that the introduction should in some way encapsulate the film as a whole, which would be easier once the rest was complete. Of course, any article delving into the wonderful work of Howard Ashman must unfortunately mention the sad fact of his early death at 40 due to AIDS-related complications, but there are surely few better ways to honour Ashman’s melodious lyrics, and Menken’s evocative score, than by delving into the overwhelming power and, well, beauty of the following songs. So now, we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as One Room With A View proudly presents… an ode to the music of Beauty and the Beast. When the duo were charged with the task of matching the charm and vitality of their score for The Little Mermaid to save the floundering (excuse the pun) non-musical prototype of Beauty and the Beast, Ashman, conscious of his ebbing mortality, was initially keener to pursue his concept for Disney’s subsequent feature Aladdin than begin work on Beauty. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, published when Chabon was just twenty-five, is the beautifully crafted debut that propelled him into the literary stratosphere.Īrt Bechstein may be too young to know what he wants to do with his life, but he knows what he doesn’t want: the life of his father, a man who laundered money for the mob. ![]() Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Moonglow, and The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, is one of the most acclaimed talents in contemporary fiction. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s “astonishing” debut novel, about a son’s struggle to find his own identity and integrity (The New York Times). ![]() |