![]() ![]() He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908 The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. ![]() In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. ![]() He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. ![]() It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera ( Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. ![]()
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Societies which had created huge empires through generations of fierce fighting collapsed at the touch of the Castilian.Īfter four hundred years the Spanish feat still seems incredible. ![]() ![]() A few hundred Spaniards defeated populations containing thousands of dedicated warriors, armed with a wide assembly of weapons from the stone and early metal ages. Cortés and Pizarro toppled the highest civilizations of the New World in a few months each. T he most sensational military conquests in all history are probably those of the Spanish conquistadores over the Aztec and Incan empires. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is full of beautiful illustrations and follows a little boys journey. It is highly recommended for all situations where an adult will be reading to one or more children. The Shark in the Park is a brilliant childrens story written by Nick Sharratt. In the hands of a gifted presenter that would pause at the proper time and show what would be seen, this book will keep children riveted. It is constructed so that pages have a circular opening that mimics what the boy would see in the telescope, then when the page is turned, the reality is revealed. In each case, it turns out to be something simple and a case of imagination going too far. Through it, he sees several optical illusions, all of which make him think that there is a shark in the park. ![]() The story is humorous and is about a little boy in the park with his new toy, a telescope. The text is large enough so that it could easily be read by children several feet away. However, it would be an excellent choice for a large reading circle where one person is reading it to a large group of children. ![]() At 20.5 inches by 14.5 inches, this book would be difficult for the youngest of readers to manipulate well enough to read it by themselves. ![]() ![]() Of course, the rest is history-as a result of their deaths, God used it to call more Christians to the missions field with their example and martyrdom. But don’t let that distract you as the reader: this book challenged me to think about the sacrifices involved with missions and also convicting to think about how young Jim Elliot and his fellow missionaries were when they went out to try to reach the unreached Huaorani tribe which of course they were eventually killed by when they were contacting them. ![]() I was much encouraged reading this book although at times I felt it was somewhat prolonged in the author’s choice of what details to share to the readers. This book gives an honest portrait of a Christian who desires to serve God and also struggles as well. ![]() The letters examined include those written to Jim’s parents, siblings and Elisabeth before they got married. This book examines more of Jim Elliot’s own writing from his letters and personal diary. ![]() The author’s classic book on her husband, Through Gates of Splendor, was written in the 1950s but what makes this book different than the first one is that this is written many decades later. ![]() The author Elisabeth Elliot was the wife of the famous missionary and martyr Jim Elliot. Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He spends most days watching TV, listening to music and helping her clean the house. By navigating these social norms, they settle into their routine. ![]() Once the habit is accepted, it means something.” Indeed, Dorothy’s explanations suffice to fit her and Larry into a legible relationship. Everybody agrees that certain clothes are worn for certain activities. The couple’s conversations often revolve around Dorothy’s explanations of human activities, as when Larry asks about her different outfits and their social significance: “To me, it’s a habit. Ingalls uses Dorothy and Larry’s strange arrangement to probe the ways we build lives together. Caliban is a novel that explores the things that stick around for too long, becoming part of our everyday experience, after they’ve outlived their expected shelf life. Larry and Dorothy figure out how to live together, as they settle into a cozy and romantic (albeit, temporary) domesticity, building a life together away from her husband’s and the public’s attention. But then, rather than follow the monster movie plotline and focus on Larry’s escape, Ingalls lingers on the part of the story that most monster movies gloss over. The next development is recognizable to fans of films like ET or the more recent TV show Stranger Things: an unsuspecting housewife Dorothy takes in “Aquarius the Monsterman” and realizes that he’s not dangerous at all. A dangerous creature has escaped a government facility, and a community is in danger. Caliban begins like your typical monster B-movie. ![]() ![]() Set shortly after Franny, Zooey takes place in the Glass family Manhattan apartment where Franny is suffering from an existential breakdown. Both stories center on the two youngest members of the Glass family of New York's Upper East Side, Franny takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny's weekend visit to her boyfriend. ![]() Salinger's short story Franny and novella Zooey first appeared in The New Yorker in 19 respectively. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. ![]() regarding news of a fire at Salinger’s hilltop home in Cornish, New Hampshire. Poses Creative Arts Award in 1991 and a clipped Q. Affixed to the verso of the front panel and front free endpaper are three newspaper clippings regarding Salinger’s reputation as a recluse later in life, including a clipped article from the Boston Herald, Thursday, April 25th, 1991, “Salinger breaks silence to refuse award” regarding Salinger’s refusal to accept a Lillian L. This inscription shows the authentic nature of those relationships. Presentation copy, inscribed by Salinger in his cursive hand on the front free endpaper to a personal friend, “Oke, Stop over sometime, JDS 8/26/61.” While Salinger was known for his reclusive behavior with regard to the spotlight of the international press, he did have close relations with the local townspeople around his New Hampshire home, who respected his privacy. ![]() ![]() New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1961.įirst edition, second printing of Salinger’s third book. ![]() ![]() That subtlety was my favorite aspect of this book: I loved the way Paris is never heavy-handed, but rather delicately manipulates very ordinary situations to illustrate the truly twisted secrets this couple hides. Paris has built a world that is sinister in very subtle ways, drawing the reader ever deeper into the madness of Jack and Grace’s marriage. ![]() Why does Grace never answer the phone? Why doesn’t she ever go out in public without Jack? And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows? Sometimes the most picture-perfect couples hide the darkest secrets in the privacy of their homes.īEHIND CLOSED DOORS might just be my favorite domestic thriller I’ve ever read. They seem to have it all… But something isn’t quite right. We all know (and likely envy) couples like them: Jack has a high-powered job and charm to spare Grace is a gracious hostess and a classic beauty. Paris explores the potential for evil and abuse in a picture-perfect marriage in this shocking and utterly addictive read. How much do we really know about the people we choose to spend our lives with, and how much do we really know about the secrets our friends and neighbors keep in their homes? B.A. ![]() ![]() Brimming with moments of quiet evil and breathtaking suspense, this is the perfect domestic thriller. ![]() Paris’ BEHIND CLOSED DOORS is everything I need and more in a summer crime fiction read. The Verdict: addictive & chilling & utterly unputdownableī.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Museums and art-dealers bought what they could. From the middle of the nineteenth century on, every major international exhibition in Europe and America had a huge Japanese presence: paintings silks pottery books music. ![]() The country, which had been virtually sealed off from the rest of the world for centuries, was slowly opening up: treaties were signed international trade and diplomatic relations were established missionaries flocked to convert these exotic creatures to some form of Christianity. To the nineteenth-century Westerner, Japan – indeed all things Japanese – was a source of endless fascination. His first published story was Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo and many of his subsequent tales, including, of course, Madame Butterfly, were also situated in Japan. In 1881 John Luther Long was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar when he wasn’t lawyering in Philadelphia he wrote stories and plays. 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