Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands6/12/2023 ![]() The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East.īalanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. ![]() "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. ![]()
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Alzheimer's Disease by Mary T. Newport6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Newport was caregiver for fifteen years for her husband of forty-three years, Steven Jerry Newport, who suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and died on January 2, 2016. She writes and speaks in the United States and around the world on ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain for Alzheimer’s and other disorders. Newport has practiced at the opposite end of the spectrum, providing care for hospice patients in the Tampa Bay area for nearly three years and in-home health risk assessments thereafter. Newport, M.D., grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was educated at Xavier University and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is board certified in pediatrics and neonatology, and she completed her training at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati and Medical University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She practiced neonatology in Florida for thirty years and was the founding medical director of two newborn intensive care units in the Tampa Bay area. More recently, Dr. ![]() Paradise lost paradise regained book6/12/2023 ![]() To these Satan directs his Speech, comforts them with hope yet of Rise, thir Numbers, array of Battel, thir chief Leaders nam'd, according to the Idols known afterwards in Canaan and the Countries adjoyning. SatanĪwakens all his Legions, who lay till then in the same manner confounded They Order and Dignity lay by him they confer of thir miserable fall. Here, not in the Center (for Heaven and Earth mayīut in a place of utter darkness, fitliest call'd Chaos: Here Satan with his Angels lying on the burning Lake,Īfter a certain space recovers, as from confusion, calls up him who next in Presenting Satan with his Angels now fallen into Hell, describ'd Over, the Poem hasts into the midst of things, God, and drawing to his side many Legions of Angels, was by the command of Godĭriven out of Heaven with all his Crew into the great Deep. ![]() ![]() Or rather Satan in the Serpent who revolting from Wherein he was plac't: Then touches the prime cause of his fall, the Serpent, First in brief, the whole Subject, Mans disobedience, and the loss thereupon of Paradise ![]() Tiny little things cheryl strayed6/12/2023 ![]() As her readers lay themselves bare in their letters, so too did she in her heartfelt responses.Īdmittedly, this may come across as a weak premise for a play: a series of letters and responses without any plot tying them together. She reluctantly accepted the unpaid position, and in her column created a space where people could speak openly about their woes in life, love and loss and be received with radical empathy and, yes, advice, not from any authority on the subjects at hand, but from a fellow ambler down the road of life, infallibly and unapologetically human. In 2010, writer Cheryl Strayed was offered the opportunity to take up the mantle of Sugar, an advice columnist on the literary website The Rumpus. ![]() 2023 Bartending Awards are now accepting nominations. ![]() Conspiracy book peter thiel6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() CNN has reached out to Bollea's lawyer Charles Harder for comment.īollea's lawsuit claimed Gawker violated his privacy. The New York Times revealed after the case's end that Thiel had bankrolled Bollea's suit. Daulerio over posting a nearly two-minute segment of a Hogan sex tape in 2012. Thiel found his opportunity a few years later, when the former wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker, Denton, and former editor A.J. ![]() Related: Why Peter Thiel is leaving Silicon Valley ![]() A's plan, perhaps something else that Gawker had run on its site would rise to the level of a legitimate cause of action. For the next several years, Holiday said, Thiel was "obsessed and distressed by this sort of violation of his privacy and by the idea that a site would sort of so capriciously wield its power as a media outlet." In 2007, a post on Gawker's Silicon Valley blog Valleywag outed Thiel as gay. A is the one who came to him and said, 'Look, I think if we datamined Gawker's history, we could find weak points that we could exploit in the court of law.'" "Thiel had said that capital wasn't the gating resource," Holiday told Stelter. All the plan needed to succeed was three to five years, and $10 million. He explained that Gawker must have made a mistake somewhere in its thousands of articles and Thiel's team just had to find it. A, whom Holiday describes in the book as "not just young, but ambitious, ambitious in a way that makes observers slightly uncomfortable," first pitched his idea to Thiel over dinner in Berlin in April 2011. ![]() Le carre the honourable schoolboy6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() A part-time operative with cover as a philandering journalist, Westerby insinuates himself into a war-torn world where allegiances-and lives-are bought and sold.īrilliantly plotted and morally complex, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment of John le Carré's renowned Karla triology and a riveting portrayal of postcolonial espionage. ![]() When the trail goes cold at a Hong Kong gold seam, Smiley dispatches Gerald Westerby to shake the money tree. Given the charge of the gravely compromised Circus, George Smiley embarks on a campaign to uncover what Moscow Centre most wants to hide. The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. In the second part of John le Carré's Karla Trilogy, the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension.Īs the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose. ![]() Manhattan beach by jennifer egan reviews6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father’s life, the reasons he might have vanished. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA TODAY, and TimeĪnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ![]() The geography of bliss6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Fatal Attraction on Paramount+ May 5, 2023 If you felt the first few installments were slow, rest assured that they’ve picked up the pace, and we can’t wait to see your reactions, so share them with us after the episode! Things escalate rather quickly as the pieces fall into place, and we gain more insight into how Dan ended up in prison for a decade in a half. ![]() We can’t call it Fatal Attraction if we don’t get dangerously close to the edge on that front, yes? Now this poor maid is on the run, dodging being the primary suspect in her boss’ death, there’s a missing 8-year-old in peril, and oh yeah, this batsh*t crazy film is inspired by actual events! Sunday, May 14 We’ve all had some rough days, but waking up next to your employer’s pool, covered in their blood, while they’re dead isn’t what anyone signs up for, am I right? All a girl ever wants to do is clean a wealthy person’s house, get paid well, and go about their day, but it’s never that simple. ![]() Bradley cooper hyperion6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The actor has a first-look deal with Netflix, where he is making his new film, "Maestro" on legendary composer Leonard Bernstein, which is in pre-production. While a search for a director is underway, executive producer Hayley King ("Departed") will oversee the project on behalf of GK films.Ĭooper had a six-year deal with Todd Phillips and Warner Bros that concluded in 2019 with back-to-back commercial and critically acclaimed films like "A Star Is Born" and "Joker", fronted by Joaquin Phoenix. ![]() There are four books in the series: "Hyperion" (1989), "The Fall of Hyperion" (1990), "Endymion" (1996) and "The Rise of Endymion" (1997). Seven strangers set forth on a journey to unlock the mysteries of the planet Hyperion's Time Tombs - each convinced that they alone carry the key to saving humanity. Published by Bantam Spectra, the 'Hyperion Cantos' series is set 700 years after the death of Old Earth, where the entire galaxy is at war. ![]() Oscar winner Graham King is attached to produce the movie under his GK Films and will be adapted by Tom Spezialy, the Emmy-winning executive producer behind HBO's limited series "Watchmen". "Hyperion", a project Cooper has had long in the works, will now be adapted as a feature film at Warner Bros Pictures and not a limited series at Syfy as it was previously conceived. ![]() And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Silla’s spiral into madness seems drawn out for the sake of building her romance with Gowan, a boy who suddenly appears at the manor, which results in a conclusion that feels abrupt and somewhat unoriginal. The novel is set in modern Britain, but Kurtagich’s careful worldbuilding reeks of gothic atmosphere and will make readers forget where and when they are. And even though it isn’t possible, Silla is sure Python Wood is creeping closer to La Baume…along with the malevolent entity called the Creeper Man. ![]() At first Aunt Cath is caring and attentive, but then everything goes awry. When she and her younger sister, Nori, escape to La Baume, Silla hopes the ancestral home of her mother and aunt will be a safe haven. An emotional and chilling tale of loss, love, and personal demons.įifteen-year-old Silla wants to be someplace safe, away from her abusive home and the threat of war. ![]() |