![]() ![]() But have you been deeply in love and at the same time lack peace within your relationship and yourself? Have you ever thought that you loved someone so much that you forgot who you really are, or even lost yourself?Īs intoxicating as this might feel, we can’t help but notice this duality and wonder, how can something so beautiful and magnificent make us feel so bad sometimes?. It fills us with an unspeakable joy, it makes us feel alive and hopeful for the future. This unconditional feeling is often called “True Love”. We all know how powerful love is, how far we can go and how much we can do for someone we love. It’s been said for many decades that love is all we need.īut is it really? Can love be more than enough or is there something else we’re missing? The most common goal for human beings isn’t to win the lottery or to be immortal as you may think, it isn’t to be beautiful or to have magical powers, it is to be happy. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() You can follow the stories and get your copies of these mind-blowing books at the StrangeBooks Website.įor its thought-provoking stories and insight, I give Strange Secrets 4/5.Ĭheck out the full review over at Challa Fletcher. Mike Russell is the author of Nothing is Strange, Strange Medicine, and Strungball. Running in search of truth, the question is asked: can truth survive and what do we do with it if we find it? Though it was the shortest of the tales, it left me speechless in its honesty and accurateness. A woman realizes all of the fake things that surround her. As my mind took in double-ended roses and arguing lovers I couldn’t help but think that sometimes strange just isn’t as strange as one might think. 20 mind-expanding short stories.Inspiring, liberating, otherworldly, magical, surreal, bizarre, funny, disturbing, unique. Because in the center of each story there is a grain of truth a recognized perception of society’s idea and perspective. With each story, my mind wanted to decipher the meaning of the strange. all of these words have been used to describe the stories of Mike Russell so put on your top hat. ![]() ![]() Strange Secrets is the perfect addition to Mike Russell’s strange collection of tales. Nothing is Strange (Trade Paperback / Paperback). ![]() ![]() Whitesell is perhaps best known for his work on such small-screen titles as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, CBS All Access’s The Twilight Zone, Riverdale, Beyond and The 100, among others. Producers include Bernie Goldmann and Monarch principals Barnett and Alan Powell. Steve Barnett is directing from a script by Eric Tipton, which is based on the former’s original idea. The athletic and capable but unconfident young man doesn’t speak Korean, but for the few words he picked up from his immigrant grandmother. Jun is set for the role of Wilson Lee, a Korean American Infantry Specialist raised in California. 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As boys growing up in a small country town Arthur and his brother befriend an eccentric poet, whom they dub Vicky Bird – in fact a fairly well-known literary figure called Victor Neuberg. The title needs to be taken quite literally as much of the narrative revolves around the shadowy figure of occultist Aleister Crowley, at the height of his dubious powers during this era. A charming, quirky memoir from British author Arthur Calder-Marshall, recalling his youth in 1920s England. ![]() ![]() To older teenagers, the thriller novelist is Stephen King, R.L. If you have never heard of Christopher Pike, you must be well over the age of consent. Ali, Jonathan Brandis, Charlotte Ross, Sean Murray, Paul Scherrer, Jason Nash, Allan Morgan, Deborah Lacey, Marco Sanchez, Brian Markinson, Benjamin Ratner. White production designer, William Strom director of photography, Miklos Lente music, Cory Lerios, John D'Andrea editor, Jonathan Braun casting, Junie Lowry-Johnson, Sid Kozak, Ron Surma, Linda Labelle sound, Larry Sutton. Executive producer, Kenneth Kaufman co-executive producer, Christopher Pike producers, Stephanie Hagen and Harriet Brown supervising producer, Ann Kindberg associate producer, Debbie Smith director, Mark Sobel writer, J.B. (25), 9-11 p.m., NBC) Filmed in Vancouver, B.C., by Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment in association with Christopher Pike Prods. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What starts out as a mission to unravel the camp's secrets turns into a desperate fight for survival-and not all of the Featherlite campers will make it out alive. Of anything.Even worse, it's not long before Camp Featherlite's luxurious bungalows are totally overrun with zombies. ![]() Plus, the camp's supposed "miracle cure" for obesity just seems fishy, and Vee and her fellow campers know they don't need to be cured. Then she spots something horrifying outside in the snow. ![]() And when they arrive at Camp Featherlite at the start of the worst blizzard in the history of Flagstaff, Arizona, it's clear that something isn't right.Vee barely has a chance to meet the other members of her pod, all who seem as unhappy to be at Featherlite as she does, when a camper goes missing down by the lake. Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin' in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies.In the next few hours, one of three things will happen.1-We'll be rescued (unlikely)2-We'll freeze to death (maybe)3-We'll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn't need to lose weight, so she's none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp's van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive, and the camp owner's snobby son. ![]() ![]() ![]() They embark on a journey, running and hiding from both the government and fae, both of which threaten their lives and those they love. The electric storm connects her to a ruthless fae, a Wanderer named Ryker, whose dealings expose them to even more trouble and danger. When devastation hits Seattle, Zoey's whole world is turned upside down. ![]() She was raised to think of fae as beasts that feed on humans and want to destroy them. The work never registers on her sympathy radar. Because of this, the DMG hires her to work as a Collector: catching, researching, testing, and using the fae to save human lives. The man she loves.īut there is something unique about Zoey. After high school, Zoey is hired by a special government agency, the Department of Molecular Genetics (DMG), where she meets the other reason to remain: Daniel, her co-worker. ![]() When she is placed in her “last-chance” home, she finds a reason to stay and turn her life around: her foster sister, Lexie, who is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Zoey Daniels has been tossed from foster home to foster home, where she grows up fast and tough. ![]() Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Love & Romance, New Adult, Paranormal Published by Twisted Fairy Publishing on February 4, 2015 ★★★★ City In Embers by Stacey Marie Brown City in Embers by Stacey Marie BrMichelle Book Briefs New Adult, Reviews 4 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why Do We Fall?: Examining Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide.Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan. ![]() Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization.Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews.Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles.Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's The Filth in the 21st Century.The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman.The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made: Understanding Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey.New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics.The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes.A Long Time Ago: Exploring the Star Wars Cinematic Universe.A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics.Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos.A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe.The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe.Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica.Unauthorized Offworld Activation: Exploring the Stargate Franchise.Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes.The Devil is in the Details: Examining Matt Murdock and Daredevil.Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow.From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer.Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie is tasked with helping to train the magical creature so that the Alicorn can be revealed to the people of the lost cities as a sign of hope, and Sophie wants to believe that the recent drama and anguish is gone for good. ![]() And it helps that living at Havenfield means getting to spend time with rare, precious species-including the first female Alicorn, who shows herself to Sophie and trusts no one but her. Sophie is settling in nicely to her new home and her new life in the world of the lost cities. About the Book Sophie befriends the mythical Alicorn-and puts her mysterious powers to the test.īook Synopsis A New York Times bestselling seriesĪ California Young Reader Medal-winning series Sophie befriends the mythical Alicorn and puts her mysterious powers to the test in this enchanting second book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. ![]() ![]() ![]() E motional & intellectual de pendency, provisional self-esteem: Stars, grades, prizes, honors, doing what you're told."The lesson of bells is that no work is worth finishing, so why care too deeply about anything?" When it's time to move to another class, you must stop caring/learning about xyx and now learn abc. Indifference: Don't care too much about anything.Class position: Students must stay in their assigned class, students are numbered. Confusion: Teaching out of context, fragmentation, facts loosely or not at all connected to life or other pieces of information.In the first chapter, Gatto details the deep lessons that are taught within the school system, referring to this later in the text as a kind of unspoken "national curriculum." I've summarized these lessons below: ![]() ![]() John Taylor Gatto What's really taught in school? ![]() |