![]() ![]() Not least a twist that few will see coming and will leave you reeling and a redemptive ending that is perhaps the sweeter given all the pain that goes before. This is a darker, more complex novel than Joyce's first but readers will find other points of comparison. Joyce's faith in the essential goodness of humanity and her observation of the comedy in the everyday shine through. readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed. ![]() subtle touches give the book an intense, slightly mesmeric feel. The power of Joyce's prose lies in small, astute observations. It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling back through the chapters, open-mouthed. Its unputdownable factor lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions. Joyce executes this story with precision and flair. A near-flawless novel of emotional truth. ![]()
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Though the games are similar, each offers a few things the other doesn't. With the runaway success of THPS, several companies quickly followed suit and released their own versions of digital skating, with Sony's Grind Session as the closest contender to Tony Hawk's title. (IDG) - No game in recent memory caught the attention of the skating world like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS) did with its real world pros, sick tricks, incredible controls, and over the top trick-combo possibilities that appealed to skaters and non-skaters alike. ![]() ![]() ![]() The lyrics for “Good Vibrations” on the car ride over to the studio one day? Gosh! It was just really, you know, increasing the heartbeat. You’re cruisingĪlong and here’s “I Get Around” or “Surfin’ USA” or “Fun, Fun, Fun.” Oh my Tickets written by the highway patrol.” It’s such a great song. 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MT, and single film tickets go on sale January 12 at 10 a.m. In-Person T icket Packages are currently on sale through December 16, Online Ticket Packages go on sale December 13 at 10 a.m. Festivalgoers will once again return to theaters to discover this upcoming year’s most impactful independent stories. ![]() The 2023 Festival will take place January 19–29, 2023, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 24–29, 2023. ![]() PARK CITY, UTAH, December 7, 2022 - Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the comprehensive slate of independent films selected across the feature film categories for the 2023 Sundance Film Festiva l. ![]() ![]() I wish I just would've bought the first one. The volume I read was an omnibus of the first two books. Morganville? Morgan? You can't ignore the connection. When they find out why, all hell breaks loose, because this time both the living and the dead are ready to tear up the night. Now a fraternity is throwing its annual Dead Girls' Dance and - surprise! - Claire and her equally outcast friend have been invited. On the upside, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear at sunup) and a new boyfriend. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.Ĭlaire Danvers has her share of challenges - like living among creatures of the night. When student Claire Danvers moves off campus into one of Morganville's oldest houses, she finds that her roommates don't show many signs of life. ![]() ![]() Morganville is a small college town in the heart of Texas that has its share of quirky characters - and some evil ones too. Now these secrets come to light in the first two books of the Morganville Vampires series, together in one volume. In Rachel Caine's town of Morganville, "there's always a surprise just around every dark corner" - and it usually involves the undead. ![]() ![]() Scar Tissue is a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption-a story that could only have come out of the world of rock. ![]() ![]() Whether he's recollecting the influence of the beautiful, strong women who have been his muses, or retracing a journey that has included appearances as diverse as a performance before half a million people at Woodstock or an audience of one at the humble compound of the exiled Dalai Lama, Kiedis shares a compelling story about the price of success and excess. Though the band has gone through many incarnations, Anthony Kiedis, the group's lyricist and dynamic lead singer, has been there for the whole roller-coaster ride. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. ![]() Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissue is Anthony Kiedis's searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane. ![]() ![]() ![]() He explains how invasive species such as Asian carp, sea lamprey, and zebra mussels have decimated native species and endanger the entire United States. ![]() Lawrence Seaway and the Chicago ship canal-good ideas in their time that have had horrendous consequences. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological calamity. 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Rational decision-making was the cornerstone of both the psychology of decision-making and the field of economics in the 1970s, but Kahneman and Tversky asserted that people’s judgment was swayed by their emotions, not their intellects. The two men’s collaborative work began with an audacious premise: that humans are not rational decision-makers. PLEASE NOTE: This is a Summary, Analysis & Review of the book and NOT the original book.Preview:The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds explores the relationship and psychological theories of two Israeli academics, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose ideas about human judgment and decision-making established the field of behavioral economics. ![]() ![]() Lucy’s barrio friends have changed since her last visit. They run to their grandparents’ place, a trailer park mobile home in the barrio of San Jose. When they move to the city with their mother, leaving behind their family ranch and dead-beat father, Lucy unravels. 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