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The character of Dusty Miller was my favourite. MacLean’s dialogue was a highlight, while some descriptive scenes came across slightly flowery – though it could be a sign of the era it was written. He knows what he’s talking about and this helped immerse me into the story, often feeling like I was alongside the characters as they attempted their impossible mission. MacLean’s own war service and Naval experiences really added to the authenticity especially the language. Who knows, some day we might even go climbing together.” I trust we do not meet again - not at least, until the war is over. The futility of war was a strong undercurrent throughout, which made for some fascinating passages, such as mission-leader Mallory’s words to an enemy soldier. There are numerous differences between the novel and film, yet despite this, I feel both author and filmmakers simultaneously made the right decisions. This is the first novel I've read in a long time that I found hard to put down! MacLean doesn’t waste time getting down to business. The Guns of Navarone is fast-paced, just like the film. It was impossible not to imagine the likes of Gregory Peck as Mallory, Anthony Quinn as Andrea, and David Niven as Miller while reading this. Gettin’ downright unhealthy round these parts.” I wore out the VHS of this growing up, so it was time I finally read the novel! The Lions of Al-Rassan is novel written by acclaimed Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. Hauntingly evocative of Medieval Spain, The Lions of Al-Rassan is both a brilliant adventure and a deeply compelling story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake – or destroy – a world. Sharing their interwoven fate – and increasingly torn by her feelings – is Jehane, the accomplished court physician, whose own skills play an increasing role as Al-Rassan is swept to the brink of holy war, and beyond. In the dangerous lands of Al-Rassan, these two men from different worlds meet and serve – for a time – the same master. Meanwhile, in the north, the conquered Jaddites' most celebrated – and feared – military leader, Rodrigo Belmonte, driven into exile, leads his mercenary company south. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, aided always by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan – poet, diplomat soldier – until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes their relationship forever. The Asharite Empire has splintered into decadent city-states lead by warring petty kings. The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, their stern piety has eroded. He doesn’t count on meeting Keri Ann Butler Jack hopes the sultry southern heat in this tiny coastal Lowcountry town will hide him not only from the tabloids and his cheating girlfriend, but his increasingly vapid life and the people who run it. When his co-star and real-life girlfriend is caught cheating on him with her new director, A-list hottie, Jack Eversea, finds himself in sleepy Butler Cove, South Carolina. Emilia Pisani of Simon & Schuster (judge) says “Great southern flavor!” and “Jack is an alluring leading man!”Īn orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt.Ī Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose.Ī chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change them both forever. Eversea, a love story, is a Winter Rose Contest FINALIST 2013. One of the main reasons my own attention has been brought to the issue of anti-intellectualism is the increase of people online saying how educational or classical literature is inaccessible, too difficult to understand, or just boring. With the escalating disconnect between different groups of people, it can be hard to even entertain that differing opinions exist and have validity. This is visible in today’s society as well. It worked to gain the unquestionable trust of a government’s own citizens and have them denounce any contradictory opinion. In the past, anti-intellectualism took the form of (for example) those in power spreading propaganda during the World Wars. It is the dismissal of, and even hostility towards, intellectual, philosophical, scientific, and similar media. Currently, it is used to describe the phenomenon of those suspicious of the authority of academia simply because they do not understand it themselves. With the boom in social media usage allowing people to connect and share ideas so easily, there is also the opportunity to construct baseless arguments without effort nor respect for the original poster (being on the other side of a screen, anonymous).Īnti-intellectualism has been a term with fluid meaning over the course of history. It seems there is an increasing controversy about people taking pride and moral superiority over being unwilling to educate themselves. It represents a range of political and religious beliefs, as I imagine the people of that time did, and brings to life the highs and lows of the average colonizer’s lifestyle. Through third person accounts of the intersecting lives of English dignitaries, officials, their servants and family members, the book creates a realistic portrait of the lives of the Britishers living in India back in the day. First published in 1973, the book is set in 19th century colonial India and draws on an array of archival accounts that aid in immersive world-building. His descriptions blend abstraction with detail the way only a well-researched work can. Farrell’s award-winning “The Siege of Krishnapur,” which boasts of an aesthetic quality that I rarely encounter in works of historical fiction. Over the second half of 2020, I will be attempting to read one book a week from a list the Strategist curated by asking upcoming authors to recommend a book they have turned to for solace during the present pandemic. So I decided to find myself a reading list. I’ve been meaning to get back into reading for a while, but college has instilled in me an over-reliance on external structure to support any and all activities I engage in. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village’s closing and try to convince Seer’s daughter Kira to return with him before it’s too late. Messenger (2004) by Lois Lowry is the third book in The Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), and Son (2012). Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s bestselling Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son. But Forest has become hostile to Matty as well, and he is armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. As one of the few people able to travel through the dangerous Forest, Matty must deliver the message that Village will soon be closed to outsiders. Messenger is the masterful third novel in the Giver Quartet, which began with the dystopian bestseller The Giver, now a major motion picture. Strange changes are taking place in Village. And while I began the book with almost no expectations, I was soon swept away by McConaughey’s poignant and affecting ode to life. Knowing almost nothing about either Matthew McConaughey or his filmography (other than a long-standing hatred for the time he played an exaggerated version of himself in the Escape from New York episode of Sex and the City) I decided to make it the first book I read in 2021. And while I’m not usually one for celebrity memoirs – indeed I would struggle to tell you the last time I read one – I was intrigued as to what it was about Greenlights that seemed to be taking the reading world by storm. There were people thumbing through it on the beach dog-eared copies sat next to half-drunk cups of coffee in cafes dotted around Bondi, and nearly every time I was in Gertrude & Alice a hopeful shopper would ask if they had it in stock. Towards the end of 2020, it seemed that almost everywhere I went someone was reading – or talking about – Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. ISSNĪn ISSN is a standardized international code which allows the identification of a serial publication.Īn ISSN consists of eight digits in two groups of four, separated by a hyphen. 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