![]() ![]() Fans of the Universal monster movies will certainly want to check this out as there have certainly been much worse made. The Dracula character doesn't look that bad either but I would have recommended a shirt change. The Frankenstein monster was Glut with a mask on but it's childish nature actually adds some charm to the film. From the documentary about Glut I learned that this film was shot in his basement and this actually turned out to be a great location because it really did look rather rundown and eerie like you'd expect a castle to. ![]() The biggest key is that it's obvious Glut loved these monsters and wanted to show how much he did by making a movie and I think this love really shows on the screen. ![]() Glut's short stories published in his book TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN: 'My Creation, My Beloved' (a deformed descendant of Victor Frankenstein creates the perfect man and woman), 'Crawler from the Grave' (another Frankenstein descendant's d. At just 4-minutes one really shouldn't expect too much in terms of what happens but overall I found this to be a pleasant little film. Based upon four of writer-director Donald F. Soon the monster kills a man but someone comes to destroy the monsters. ![]() Frankenstein Meets Dracula (1957) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Fun amateur movie from Don Glut has Dracula (Victor Fabian) bringing the Frankenstein monster (Glut) back to life and using hypnosis to keep it under control. ![]()
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![]() ![]() For example, new nanoscale-materials (i) for electron beam resists, (ii) for the assembly of inorganic/organic hybrid nanoparticles with novel electro-optic, structural and medicinal properties (gene delivery), (iii) for liquid crystals, and (iv) for surfaces used in technological applications. Currently, the John A Preece Group carry out research in the area of nanoscale materials science. This interest in materials chemistry led John to join the Research Group of Professor Helmut Ringsdorf for a period of two years (1995-1996) where he gained experience in aspects of materials surface science. Jon Preece began his academic research career in the Group of Professor J Fraser Stoddart (Birmingham, 1991-1994) carrying out research in the area of supramolecular chemistry, with particular interest in the design, synthesis and characterisation of materials which could be switched between different states. ![]() ![]() But how accurate were they? Apparently, the jury will have to remain forever out on that question. ![]() The accounts are highly coloured with plenty of adventure and hugely entertaining. Maud wrote up some of her cases for the press, (which were syndicated world-wide) and examples of these are interspersed throughout the book. Divorce Shadowings, Secret Enquiries etc.’ Reading about this type of detective work provides a fascinating snapshot of social history before divorce in Britain became easier to obtain. ![]() One of Maud’s adverts stated boldly, ‘Every kind of Detective Work undertaken with Secrecy and Despatch. Women also worked on insurance fraud cases and did divorce work. ![]() Store detective roles, arising with the coming of department stores was a position ideally suited for women, who could blend in with the customers. In between detailing the discoveries made about Maud West, the author talks about fellow women detectives of the era and the types of investigations they undertook. ![]() ![]() ![]() But he is also critical of President George W. behavior, a failure to "compete effectively on the world stage" that has prevailed "over the last several presidential administrations."įor example, McMaster expresses dismay at President Barack Obama's willingness to deal with Iran largely through negotiation, hope and faith in our alliances. The author's mission here is neither to praise nor trash Trump but to show how he fits into a perceived pattern in U.S. But I would also realize that the toxic environment in Washington, in the administration and the White House had hobbled my ability to make a positive contribution to the president and our nation." McMaster in Battlegrounds maintains the same rather arch attitude in discussing his departure from the innermost councils of power: "I would regret leaving unfinished our work on crucial challenges to our freedom and security. ![]() He clearly regards it as his duty to respect the commander in chief under whom he served, whatever his personal feelings toward the man who appointed him and then pushed him to resign with a campaign of media leaks about their falling out. But McMaster is a retired three-star Army general who had 34 years of active service - including the 13 months he was in the White House. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leonard follows him and persuades him to return. Still struggling with withdrawal and the “Fury”-James’s name for the inner antagonist which drives him to alcohol and drugs-James walks out of the clinic. He needs root canal surgery to fix his teeth, but due to the drugs he is taking to manage his withdrawal, he must undergo this surgery without anesthetic. These friendships sustain him as he begins to go through withdrawal, experiencing constant pain and vomiting. Shortly afterwards, during a meal, he gets to know Leonard, a middle-aged mafia boss. ![]() At the dispensary, James meets and befriends a young woman named Lilly. Horrified by his appearance, they arrange for him to be signed into a rehab clinic the next day. When the plane lands-in Chicago-James’s parents are waiting for him. ![]() He has a broken nose and several broken teeth, and he doesn’t know where he’s going. ![]() Set largely in a private rehabilitation clinic, A Million Little Pieces charts James’s journey to recovery and the relationships he forms with other patients in the clinic. A Million Little Pieces is a 2003 book by American writer James Frey, originally marketed as a memoir and subsequently relabeled a “semi-fictional novel” after Frey was found to have invented many details of his story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mood: chipper At long last, my upcoming debut novel, THE CULLING, is now available for Pre-Order! If you have any questions, you can contact Julie Fuller, the Young Adult Librarian at Office: 95 Email: forward to seeing you there! It's going to ROCK! This event is opened to teens and “writers and lovers of YA fiction!" The panel will be held on the floor from 2-3pm and then we’ll move into an adjacent program room from 3-3:30pm for a meet and greet with the authors and light refreshments. The panel event is scheduled for Saturday, October 19 th from 2:00-3:30pm in the Public Library Services department on the first floor. The Library is located at 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. The panel will be moderated by Author and Writing Coach, Joyce Sweeney. In honor of Teen Read Week (October 13 - 19, 2013) The Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University will be hosting a panel of Young Adult Authors consisting of Marjetta Geerling (" Fancy White Trash"), Debbie Reed Fischer (" Braless in Wonderland," " Swimming With the Sharks" ) and myself (" The Culling" " The Sowing" ). ![]() It's been waaaaaay too long since my last post! In between the release of the first book in The Torch Keeper series, THE CULLING, wrapping up edits on Book 2, THE SOWING, and beginning the draft of Book 3, I've been getting my Swamped-ON! ![]() ![]() Very rarely do we come across a magnum opus spread across five volumes with hundreds of characters that gather our attention. Kalki had also the genius to classify the historical and non-historical events, historical and non-historical characters and how much the novel owes to history. Sixty years ago, at a time when the literacy level was low and when the English-educated Tamils looked down on writings in Tamil, Kalki’s circulation touched 71,000 copies – the largest for any weekly in the county then – when it serialised his historical novels. The success that Krishnamurthy attained in the realm of historical fiction is phenomenal. Ki’, ‘Tamil Theni’, ‘Karnatakam’ and so on. He wrote under the pen names of ‘Kalki’, ‘Ra. Krishnamurthy’s witty, incisive comments on politics, literature, music and other forms of art were looked forward to with unceasing interest by readers. ![]() His writings includes over 120 short stories, 10 novelettes, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, editorial and political writings and hundreds of film and music reviews. His name also represents “Kalki avatar”, the tenth and last avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. ![]() He derived his pen name from the suffixes of his wife name Kalyani and his name Krishnamurthy in Tamil form கல்யாணி and கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி as Kalki (கல்கி). ![]() Tamil language Novel Writer, Journalist, Poet & Critic late Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy also known as ‘Kalki’. ![]() ![]() Rachael Lippincott is the coauthor of All This Time, #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart, and She Gets the Girl and the author of The Lucky List. The Book Five Feet Apart is adapted into a movie under the same title with Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse as lead characters. This novel appeals a demand for its readers to think the priorities of a normal life, that often a person with persistent sickness fails to enjoy. Talking about the difficulties of life and love while struggling with a inherited chronic disease, is artistically presented in this book. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott ( co-authored with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis) is such an endearing, engaging and modern-age young adult novel. Love can happen to anyone at anywhere, even at a hospital. ![]() ![]() By reyawriteshere on FebruFive Feet Apart: The Book Review Cover of Five Feet Apart ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After all, the first chapter was published in 1996. A centrist power structure that is threatened by the right but can’t seem to do anything but protect the status quo, invariably taking the fascists’ side when left and right clash.īut author Jason Lutes had no such roman à clef in mind when he set to work on his epic graphic novel series Berlin. A rising racist right vowing to restore a country’s greatness, baying for blood and attacking the left in the streets. An insurgent left agitating for drastic political reform. ![]() New social norms around sex and gender clashing with conservatism. It seems too easy to draw comparisons between 1930s Germany and the US today, but the parallels are inescapable: A society reeling from an economic collapse a decade before. Few events in Berlin occur without incorporating the politics of the time (courtesy Drawn & Quarterly) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II ( more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions ( more information). Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. 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