![]() ![]() ![]() Since publishing De Niro's Game more than a decade ago, Hage has followed up with two award-winning and acclaimed novels set in Montreal's immigrant community: Cockroach (shortlisted for the Giller Prize), and Carnival (shortlisted for the GG and Writers' Trust Fiction prizes). An explosive new novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of De Niro's Game and Cockroach, and only the second Canadian (after Alistair Macleod) to win the prestigious Dublin IMPAC Literary Award.īeirut Hellfire Society is a brilliant return to the world Rawi Hage first imagined in his extraordinary, award-winning first novel De Niro's Game, winner of the Dublin IMPAC Award, an international bestseller, finalist for the Giller, Governor General's, and Writers' Trust literary prizes, and widely considered a new Canadian classic. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Additional Heaven cast members include Christian Convery and Madeline Hirvonen. Heaven, Dark Angel and Fallen Hearts casts also include James Rittinger, Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Jessica Clement, Samantha Coughlan. Jennifer Laporte ( Freaky Friday), Max Lloyd-Jones (War for the Planet of the Apes) and Cindy Busby (The Big Year) also star in Web of Dreams. Additionally, Lizzie Boys ( Winter’s Dream) and Keenan Tracey have also been cast to star in Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams. Priestley returns and stars in Gates of Paradise alongside Daphne Zuniga ( Witness Unprotected, Melrose Place). ![]() Priestley is also set to direct Fallen Hearts. Basso and Martin will return for the second and third installments, Dark Angel and Fallen Hearts, joined by Jason Priestley ( Private Eyes, Beverly Hills, 90210) and Kelly Rutherford ( Gossip Girl, Melrose Place). Toni Braxton Inks Production Deal With Lifetime & A+E NetworksĪs previously announced, Heaven, stars Annalise Basso ( Captain Fantastic), Julie Benz ( Dexter), Chris William Martin ( The Vampire Diaries), and Chris McNally ( Altered Carbon). ![]() ![]() ![]() His personal growth is believable, and readers will be engaged and empathize with his problems. PRAISE FOR Heart of a Champion : "Using straightforward prose, Schwartz develops Kenny into a well-rounded character. Kenny's persistence, hard work and big dreams shape the teen he is to become in this story of happiness found despite all odds. One by one, the boys in the camp pitch in, and the work gives purpose to their long days. Coming across a vacant field covered with scrap wood, broken shakes and torn tar paper, Kenny gets permission to clear it and convert it into a baseball field. When Mickey is arrested for a small act of violence, Kenny manages to keep his family's spirits up, despite the deplorable conditions in camp. When Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in 1941, everything for Kenny and his family spirals out of control: schools are closed, businesses are confiscated, fathers are arrested and sent to work camps in the BC interior and mothers and children are relocated to internment camps. ![]() But world events soon overtake life in this quiet community. Despite Kenny's suspected heart condition, he is determined to practice secretly with Mickey so he, too, can one day try out for the Asahi. Ten-year-old Kenny (Kenji in Japanese) worships his older brother, Mickey (Mitsuo), a baseball hero whose outstanding performance on the Asahi baseball team has given him fame and popularity. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this way, the book can explain those themes, like how Morse, Braille, and electricity have only 2 states: dot or dash, clear or pointed, on or off. It introduces some elemental topics, like the Morse code or Braille, and explains all in detail and with easy words that anyone can understand. ![]() The book introduces a little story that is metaphor for the human troubles to stay communicated. ![]() Has been a while since the first computers of the world have been created, but the systems and knowledge to build them have been invented before them.Ĭomputers have advanced so much but the components that compose them are in essence the same.Ĭode: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software written by Charles Petzold talks about the history, not only of the computers but the essential components that compose them, binary codes and electricity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The suspension of disbelief required here happens almost before the book begins. ![]() He is, instead, offering a tale richly layered with the pleasures we’ve come to expect: characters of good heart and wounded lives, whose adventures into the fantastic are made plausible because they are anchored in reality, in the conversations and sense of place that take us effortlessly into the story. Dick (“ The Man in the High Castle”), or the Charles Lindbergh presidency of Philip Roth (“ The Plot Against America”). This does not belong on the What If? shelf that has given us the Nazis-win works of Robert Harris (“ Fatherland”) and Philip K. Not until 800 pages have gone by in “ 11/22/63” does King offer up an account of the world as it might have been, and even then it has a cursory, I’m-doing-this-because-I have-to feel to it. Kennedy not been assassinated in Dallas, put those expectations aside. First, the (possibly) bad news: If you’re expecting Stephen King to provide an alternative history of what America would have been like had John F. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thus Khlebnikov, the most acclaimed of Cubo-Futurists among linguists and poets, is largely unknown beyond their circles. In addition, the Cubo-Futurist displacements of language, their attempts to find meaning in the word and the letter as objects and in sound divorced from its conventional linguistic context, did not find widespread favor among readers. ![]() By 1928 in the Soviet Union politics had intervened in the shaping of art's future, while translation of the Cubo-Futurists' language play was and remains a formidable task. While Cubism entered the mainstream of art appreciation with relative ease, becoming a phenomenon of commercial reproduction, the Cubo-Futurism of the language arts did not. He thought of language as a game played with dolls: ''Thus,'' he wrote of the ''trans-rational'' language favored by the Cubo-Futurists, ''a word is a doll of sound, and a dictionary a bunch of toys.'' In Khlebnikov's poetry and prose the analogy with the visual arts was especially strong. THE Russian Cubo-Futurist writers of the 1910's and 1920's, in particular Velimir Khlebnikov, sought to break down and rearrange language as the early French Cubists did pictorial elements, lending dynamism to what had become commonplace, staid. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. THE KING OF TIME Selected Writings of the Russian Futurian. ![]() ![]() Not only did I gain additional storytelling skills, but I received positive feedback from my peers. It was the best decision I could have made. ![]() ![]() So, I took a creative writing course at my local community college and decided to share some of the stories I’d written with my classmates. I was plagued with anxiety about sharing my stories, and feared public opinion if I took the leap of faith towards publishing. In the beginning of my writing journey, I was quite different from the confident author I am today. ![]() K.N., thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s the best or worst investment you’ve made (either in terms of time or money)? (Note, these responses are only intended as entertainment and shouldn’t be construed as investment advice)Īs an author, business owner, and host, I’d say the best investment you can make is in yourself. Lee and have shared our conversation below. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tell us about your career journey after leaving university. S ophie’s story shows how a passion and excellence in writing sparked a career change and direction that has led to great personal success as a published author. ![]() She is the author of The Law Of Inertia, acclaimed for addressing mental health issues including depression, anxiety and suicide Only Mostly Devastated, a contemporary, queer re-imagining of the film Grease Perfect On Paper If This Gets Out (co-written with Cale Dietrich) and Never Ever Getting Back Together. Sophie has since returned to Adelaide where she now is fulfilling her dream of being a published author. ![]() In 2018, Sophie received full registration as a psychologist where she worked in occupational rehabilitation and in primary/high schools, with kids aged from 5-18. She moved to Melbourne to undertake an internship for three years. Sophie studied a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at The University of Adelaide and graduated in 2014. Sophie Gonzales was born in South Australia and writes young adult queer contemporary fiction with memorable characters, biting wit, and endless heart.Įarly beginnings and life began in Whyalla, South Australia, and from the age of 11, Sophie began writing fiction at school. ![]() ![]() ![]() She gives a brief introduction to the types of algorithms programmers use, and hints at the power they wield in our lives. Fry showcases the almost miraculous potential of algorithms, while also being careful to illustrate their deep-set (and sometimes fatal) faults.įry, a math professor at University College London, takes on a big subject, whose scope I appreciate even more after reading Hello World. ![]() ![]() This tension lies at the core of Hannah Fry’s approachable if at times disconcerting new book, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms. In other words, the difficulty with designing algorithms is teaching them how to be more human-but without human imperfections. It doesn’t matter if your car can switch lanes perfectly if it can’t tell the difference between smooth white metal and open sky. “What’s hard is all the problems with driving that have nothing to do with driving,” says Oxford robotics professor Paul Newman. Programming driverless cars is a formidable task, and not just because the stakes are so high. The Tesla continued driving underneath the trailer until it veered off and hit a tree. The navigation system, thinking the side of the trailer was just a bright sky, had directed the car full-speed into the truck. In July 2016, an autopilot-controlled Tesla crashed into a white tractor-trailer on a highway in Florida. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. ![]() We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life.Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. ![]() |