![]() ![]() Fans will experience their favorite scenes, characters, and lines in a new-yet fully faithful-way, through monologues and dialogue by everyone from Captain America to Groot ('Tis I!).įrom the best-selling author of William Shakespeare's Star Wars, this book has all the wit, hilarity, and charm of the Star Wars series but in a lavish new format featuring a two-column layout and dozens of full-color illustrations that capture all the iconic moments. What if the most epic cinematic franchise of all time had been penned by the greatest playwright of all time? Wonder no more! William Shakespeare's Avengers: The Complete Works reimagines all four films as plays by the Bard of Avon, complete with authentic meter and verse, stage directions, and entertaining Easter eggs. And in July, he will see the latest of his repurposing of William Shakespeare as William Shakespeare's The Avengers: The Compete Works, based on the four movies produced so far.Īssemble, Ye Avengers! All four Avengers films presented as Shakespearean plays in this ultimate treasury for Marvel fans. He has written for Marvel Comics, including Deadpool Does Shakespeare, and is a contributing author to the story collection Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View. Ian Doescher is the New York Times best-selling author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series, the Pop Shakespeare series, and MacTrump. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Also, one of the characters might have been neurodivergent, though it wasn’t stated in text. ![]() ![]() This was a sweet, lightly magical holiday romance with a sort of floaty, ethereal feel and nice characters. In The Remaking of Corbin Wale, a man moves back home to start his own bakery and meets a man who steals his heart but might be cursed for anyone he loves to die. The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish *Quick Reviews are posts where I share summaries and links for reviews I’ve recently posted to Goodreads and Amazon but don’t plan to make full review posts for here on the blog. ![]() So here are my thoughts, and Merry Christmas if you’re celebrating! I enjoyed all of these, even if I had some issues here and there. And yes, two have the words “Christmas Spirit” in the title. Anyway, most of these are about Christmas, but one is more about general holidays with a bit of Hanukkah. I’ve got some more holiday book reviews! I know, I know, I’ve done a lot of Christmas posts this year, and I might still do one or two more quick reviews, but I’ll be getting back to the usual stuff soon. ![]() ![]() With Pollyanna her fictional and uplifting story of an orphaned girl with a sunny attitude, Eleanor H. Film - starred Mary Pickford in 1920 and Haley Mills in 1960Įleanor Hodgman Porter became a remarkable woman of history, and achieved a rare distinction internationally in the 20th century as an American novelist.Most famous Book - Pollyanna in 1913 - Topped the Best Seller list for two years.Third - Miss Billy - three bachelors and the result of a woman entering their lives (1911).Second book - Turn of the Tide dealt with Child labor (1908). ![]() First Book - Cross Currents appeared in 1907.Wrote between 150-200 articles for magazines.Writing Career - Wrote her first short story at age 33.Marriage - to John Lyman Porter, a native of Corinth, Vermont.Studied in Boston - New England Conservatory.Schooling - Attended Littleton High School (tutored at home due to ill health). ![]() ![]() He was honored for his work in this field by being asked by the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1976-1980. He is also the author of several major literary reviews published in Denmark, India, Britain and the United States. He is a literary critic, a linguist, an anthropologist and has made a name in all three fields.Īs a literary critic, he is the author of Caribbean Writers, a collection of critical essays on the Caribbean novel. ![]() During the decade of the 1960s he broadcast weekly from Britain to Africa and the Caribbean. From 1957-1959 he served as a Press and Broadcasting Officer in the Guyana Information Services. He was educated at the School of Oriental and African Studies (London University) and the Rutgers Graduate School and holds degrees in African Studies and Anthropology. ![]() Ivan Van Sertima was born in Guyana, South America. ![]() |