![]() ![]() ![]() These publications were usually sensationalist men's and boys' adventure magazines. The classification of publications as "pulp" began early in the century and referred to the cheap paper stock-from the least expensive wood pulp-on which they were printed. Pulp fiction is not a precise term, and it is often used loosely for books that have very different geneses and markets. The term "pulp fiction" is itself used in a variety of contexts. The reality of gay pulp fiction is far more complex and significant. They have become, in essence, a form of consumer camp, kitsch items from the past signifying an aspect of LGBT history that is, seemingly, disposable and ultimately irrelevant. The resonance and popularity of these images is attested to by their pervasiveness on commercial products such as greeting cards, postcards, address books, advertisement for bars, and refrigerator magnets. The bold, striking images on these covers, which range from the elegant to the crudely drawn, were almost always overtly or suggestively sexual. Though "gay pulp fiction" is a well-established literary genre in contemporary gay male culture, it is popularly linked with highly recognizable visual images associated with the cover art of paperback novels published from the 1950s to the 1970s. ![]()
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![]() She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. MediaType eBook shortDescription Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages “The romance, coming-of-age aspects, and a well-drawn heroine with a crackling wit will lure in readers.” - Booklist “Fun with a twist of supernatural and Southern charm.” - VOYA ![]() ![]() “As surprising as it is delicious.”- BCCB, starred review With snappy banter, cotillion dresses, non-stop action and a touch of magic, this new young adult series from bestseller Rachel Hawkins is going to make y'all beg for more. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him-and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth. Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. ![]() Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. ![]() ![]() On top of the peril she faces from her own teacher, there are also the capes and fellow apprentices to worry about, to say nothing of having to keep up a civilian cover. The education of a villain is not an easy one, and Tori will have to learn quickly if she wants to survive. But when she's captured trying to rob a vault that belongs to a secret guild of villains, she's offered a hard choice: prove she has what it takes to join them or be eliminated.Īpprenticed to one of the world's most powerful (and supposedly dead) villains, she is thrust into a strange world where the lines that divide superheroes and criminals are more complex than they seem. ![]() Gifted with meta-human powers in a world full of capes and villains, Tori Rivas kept away from the limelight, preferring to work as a thief in the shadows. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She expects they will soon be released and she can hurry back to free him. She isn’t sure what is happening as the police raid begins, and has little idea that there are people there who don’t like Jews at all, nonetheless, she hides her little brother in a secret small closet and hides the key in her clothing. One of them is Sarah Starzynski, a 10 year old girl, the Sarah of the novel’s title. Julia had never heard of this event and began to do her research, however, it is rather astonished that most Parisians at least claim to know virtually nothing about this historic event.Īfter a short chapter explaining the above, the novel shifts to 1942 and we are introduced to a family of Jews in this area who are arrested and taken away that day. However, they ordered the French police to do the rounding up. The Nazis had occupied Paris, and ordered that Jews of a certain area be rounded up to be taken away. It was the 60th anniversary of the horrible “Vel’ d’Hiv”. She is assigned to write an historical account of an event which happened 60 years ago, in 1942. Julia Jarmond, an American woman married to a Parisian, is a news reporter for an English language newspaper primarily for Americans in Paris. This brilliant and gripping novel is set in 2002, primarily in Paris. ![]() Book review - By De Rosnay, Tatiana – SARAH’S KEY Reviews of Nobel Prize winner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the original play in French is in classic Alexandrines which are lines of 12 syllables, Crimp has recast the play in rhymed couplets spoken so fast by The Jamie Lloyd Company that it approaches rap, the poetry of today. McAvoy may start a whole new school of acting, one so immersive that the actor cannot be found in the performance.Įvelyn Miller as Roxane and James McAvoy as Cyrano in a scene from The Jamie Lloyd Company production of “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the BAM Harvey (Photo credit: Marc Brenner) McAvoy’s gigantic performance has the same impact that Marlon Brando must have had with his the motorcycle-riding renegade in The Wild One in the 1950’s. Staged by innovative director Jamie Lloyd, it has become a showcase for titanic Scottish stage and screen actor James McAvoy making an unforgettable New York stage debut in the title role as the 17 th century poet and soldier.Īlthough a title card tells us that this is 1640, everything else screams today from the blue jeans, sweatshirts and Cyrano’s black leather jacket from designer Soutra Gilmour to the contemporary vernacular and occasional anachronisms (reference to Steve Martin’s film Roxane and a duel of words on microphones). Playwright Martin Crimp, an adherent of the ”in-yer-face” school of British playwriting, has taken Edmond Rostand’s turn-of-the-last century verse drama, Cyrano de Bergerac, and not only blown off the cobwebs but exploded it into an entirely new 21 st century experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was almost impersonal without getting her on screen for more than 20 minutes. Hope's revenge on his character doesn't feel grounded other than the fact he said a few words to ignite those flames of passion to give us an angry man before and after Rachel McAdam's character's death. I don't think I've ever seen someone act like such a smart guy one minute and completely flip to idiocy the next. I was really at a loss with the 'villain' of the film played by Victor Ortiz. While Jake Gyllenhaal commands the screen as Billy Hope's "came up through the system" champion with a committed performance both in physicality and emotion, most of the time, 'Southpaw' beats you so far into the mat with misery it's tough to enjoy. The tale of redemption is one as old as time when it comes to seeing someone get beat down and get back up only to find the success they lost found once again. ![]() ![]() Rating: R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)īoxing movies can be tough to bring out on the screen from the paper they are written on. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. ![]() ![]() Tyler's career and Alec's family are as homophobic as each other, and every risk they take could end them forever… but Alec wants to keep up with Tyler's fast-paced life, and Tyler is tired of leaving men in the dust. No matter how hard they try, they can't shake this chemistry that pulls them together, and the longer it goes, the worse the consequences of discovery. What was supposed to be a one-time thing leads to more. He can't resist, even though it could end both their careers. He's promised himself he'll stop dating trouble, but Tyler is flirty, dirty, and stubborn as hell. ![]() Tyler does what he wants, though, and what he wants right now is the hot, sexy little physical therapist whose hands only touch him where it hurts.Īlec Lands is a sucker for a pretty face, and Tyler's too much temptation to bear. ![]() After being at the center of a fiery crash, he's forced to rest and recover at his best friend's farmhouse or he'll miss the rest of the season. ![]() Cocky racing driver Tyler Joseph is sidelined after one risk too many. ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() ![]() Will this light reveal the path to the siblings’ foreordained destruction, or their long-awaited deliverance? Will they realize they each hold the power to set the other free before it’s too late?Ī story of heritage, hurt, and somehow, hope Tobacco Sun keeps you on the edge of your seat while you find yourself rooting for redemption. She now writes regularly for Azalea Magazine. Tobacco Sun by Lorna Hollifield and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Shortly after, Lorna became a columnist in a suburban newspaper called The Islander, and then Charleston’s leading women’s magazine, Skirt. ![]() when Pen Name Publishing picked up her debut novel, Tobacco Sun, in 2017. Through mountains of lies, the truth that inevitably comes pouring out of the tobacco leaves will come to light. In 2017, her debut novel Tobacco Sun was picked up by Pen Name Publishing, and catapulted her into the professional writing world. Lorna Hollifield was born in Asheville, North Carolina, but now enjoys the. The two girls, estranged for years, share a haunting past, a shell-shocked love interest, and maybe even a cruel destiny. A sense of relief is finally sweeping the nation.everywhere except Tobaccoville, North Carolina.īeyond the rural fields that are pregnant with decades of secrets, a mysterious Hollywood pin-up is jailed for murder while her facially birthmarked half-sister may hold the answers as to why. The war is over, Jackie Robinson has just integrated baseball, and Frank Sinatra breezes in over the fuzzy airwaves. ![]() ![]() Warning thus functioned as a registration system, encouraging the flow of labor and protecting town coffers.īetween 17, Robert Love warned four thousand itinerants, including youthful migrant workers, demobilized British soldiers, recently exiled Acadians, and women following the redcoats who occupied Boston in 1768. If they became needy, their relief was paid for by the province treasurer. Warned youths and adults could reside, work, marry, or buy a house in the city. This declaration meant not that newcomers literally had to leave, but that they could not claim legal settlement or rely on town poor relief. ![]() Salinger follow one otherwise obscure town clerk, Robert Love, as he walked through Boston's streets to tell sojourners, "in His Majesty's Name," that they were warned to depart the town in fourteen days. ![]() Robert Love's Warnings animates this nearly forgotten aspect of colonial life, richly detailing the moral and legal basis of the practice and the religious and humanistic vision of those who enforced it. In colonial America, the system of "warning out" was distinctive to New England, a way for a community to regulate those to whom it would extend welfare. ![]() ![]() ![]() And yet the man has been all but forgotten. In North America, Humboldt's name still graces towns, counties, parks, bays, lakes, mountains, and a river. ![]() Among his most revolutionary ideas was a radical conception of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. Wulf's pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus." - The Boston GlobeĪlexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. ![]() From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels. Description NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world-and in the process created modern environmentalism. ![]() |