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Playlist for Last Man Alive

( This just a playlist of random songs that go with/relate to my fic,, if u think of a song that u think should be here feel free to comment it and I’ll add it! Songs in green are the ones that suite the most perfectly )

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Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Dear John TV - Taylor Swift

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things - Taylor Swift

Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me - Waitress

Meant to Be Yours - Heathers

Karma - Taylor Swift

Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne

I Did Something Bad - Taylor Swift

The Red Means I Love You - Madds Buckley

Lotta True Crime - Penelope Scott

Invisible String - Taylor Swift

Dead Girl Walking Reprise - Heathers

Jealous Girl - Lana Del Rey

Haunted TV - Taylor Swift

An Unhealthy Obsession - The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Love Story cover - Sarah Cothran

You’re On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell

Gods & Monsters - Lana Del Rey

The Beast in Me - Bonnie Pointer

Right Where You Left Me - Taylor Swift

Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Oblivion - Grimes

Yo Girl - Heathers

Always Forever - Cults

Hey Lover - The Daughters of Eve

Get Out Of My Head - Tryhardninja

Tag, You’re It - Melanie Martinez

I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Paparazzi - Lady Gaga

Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence

Cool for the Summer - Demi Lovato

Pacify Her - Melanie Martinez

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Knee Socks - Arctic Monkeys

Christmas Kids - Roar

You Don’t Own Me - Lesley Gore

You Don’t Own Me - SAYGRACE

Illicit Affairs - Taylor Swift

Smoke and Mirrors - Jayn

Enchanted TV - Taylor Swift

Little Girls - Annie 2014

Hellfire - Hunchback of Notre Dame

Call Me Crazy - Gabbie Hanna

MONTERO - Lil Nas X

Strawberry Shortcake - Melanie Martinez

You Belong With Me TV - Taylor Swift

Senpai Notice Me - Random Encounters

I Can Hear The Bells - Hairspray

All Men Are Pigs - Studio Killers

Gorgeous - Taylor Swift

Take A Hint - Victorious

Play Date - Melanie Martinez

Our Love is God - Heathers

Better Than Revenge TV - Taylor Swift

Ready or Not - Bridgit Mendler

Teacher’s Pet - Melanie Martinez

Norman fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey

August - Taylor Swift

Cake - Melanie Martinez

The Archer - Taylor Swift

Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga

Clean TV - Taylor Swift

Hopelessly Devoted To You - Grease

Final Girl - Graveyardguy

My Tears Ricochet - Taylor Swift

This Little Girl - Cady Groves

Obsessed With You - The Orion Experience

Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve - Taylor Swift

Lay All Your Love On Me - Abba

EVIL - Melanie Martinez

I’m Still Standing - Elton John

Using You - Mars Argo

All I Want For Christmas Is You cover - Chase Holfelder

Betty cover - Chase Holfelder

Michelle - Sir Chloe

You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis

The Wolf - SIAMES

Obsession - Animotion

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Abba

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

The Point of No Return - Phantom of the Opera

You’re the Inspiration - Chicago

I’m Just Ken - Barbie

Don’t You Want Me - The Human League

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - The Beatles

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Don’t You Ever Leave Me - Hanoi Rocks

Oh! Darling - The Beatles

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Chair of Science Museum Group has paid tribute to Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James who died aged 40

Chair of Science Museum Group has paid tribute to Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James who died aged 40

Chair of the Science Museum Group Dame Mary Archer today pays tribute to the incomparable cancer awareness campaigner Dame Deborah James who has died at the age of 40. Dame Deborah, who has raised millions for Cancer Research UK, played a key role in supporting the Cancer Revolution exhibition, which is open at the Science Museum following a successful run at the Science and Industry…

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The Trouble With Women in Tech (hint: it's not biological)

There is disproportionate representation of women in tech and yes, it is a problem.

Advocates of the devil will ask questions such as: Why is it a problem? If women and girls don’t gravitate towards STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) why force the issue? Well, when the global population is increasingly reliant on technology, from a grass root level through to government, military, education, law, it is important that the 3.5bn female humans on the planet are represented. If the only tech inventors, scientists and luminaries of a generation are boys and men, then women and girls will be at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life. Using literacy as an example, there is undisputed correlation between a child who can read and write faring better in life than one who can’t. ‘Success’ is subjective and personal, but life is easier for the literate person – and now we need to consider technological literacy as vital alongside reading, writing and numeracy. London School of Economics MSc student Marie Misund-Bringslid puts it beautifully:

“So why should women work in tech? To me the answer is quite obvious. After all, we make up half the users of technology. Tech is all too often designed for great big man bodies, and not for women. This includes vital inventions such as the air bag, artificial hearts and mobile phones. As we are becoming more and more dependent on technology, it makes up an increasingly important part of our everyday lives. It is obvious that women should be as influential in development and creation as men.”

Men and women are different; but they should also be equal in terms of representation in, and benefitting from the outputs of, STEM fields.

Why are girls not as drawn to STEM subjects as boys? Why are there fewer women in STEM careers? What puts women off working in the tech sector? How do we fix the problem?

Many leaders in STEM do appreciate the benefits of a diverse workforce and would gladly hire more women, but they are finding that only 5% of applications for tech positions come from women. Tech sector recruiters concur – not enough women are putting themselves forward in the first place.

This leads to the ultimate question: what do only girl children experience that steers them away from science, tech, engineering and mathematics?

Let’s put ourselves in a girl’s shoes from the very beginning and take a hypothetical journey with her. This should go some way towards highlighting the hurdles and obstacles that she may be forced to navigate in order to become a successful female leader in a STEM field. We are hypothesising and empathising – this is absolutely not a description of every woman’s experience; there are countless differences, factor combinations, levels of privilege, nuances. But all these experiences are going on, in the developed world, right now, to girls and women.

First steps

In the US in particular it’s increasingly common for parents to find out a baby’s gender months before her birth. Whilst not completely mainstream, gender reveal parties are a growing trend – cakes are sliced, balloons are released, powder crackers are pulled with the resulting pink or blue emerging to much excitement from all involved. Unconsciously, and certainly without malice, parents build up certain expectations and ideas about their unborn child based on the result of this ‘revelation’. Even before such celebrations were invented, the first question on anyone’s lips on the arrival of a new baby is “boy or girl?”. This stuff is given real meaning.

There are so many assumptions and unchallenged beliefs based purely on a child’s gender that it is be nigh on impossible to raise a child without any gender bias; those who do try are widely lambasted and mocked. Sugar and spice / slugs and snails. Princesses / superheroes. Beauty / brawn. Of course, many boys and girls fit comfortably into their assigned roles, and many are none the worse for it.

But what of the girl child who asks too many difficult questions, thinks critically, shuns her ‘cute’ toys in order to explore and build and dismantle? She gravitates towards “boy’s” toys, books, games, TV shows and pursuits which are so often based on bravery, discovery, adventure, strength, heroics, risk taking, problem solving and competing. At the very least she is labelled a ‘tomboy’, which serves to let her know she is different, not a ‘normal’ girly girl. She may even be forced to comply, to play the girly girl role, and is denied the chance to follow the interests that lie outside of these parameters. Of course there are the 'girly’ engineers, the super-feminine scientists, but they exist because their environment has allowed them to nurture all sides of their character rather than just one, and they are even more in the minority. Chances are there are few, if any, realistic female role models who she can emulate and look up to. And all this before she even starts school.

School days

Already carrying the weight of feeling “different” from her peers, our inquisitive and scientifically-minded girl child joins the education system. We can now add to the passive, unconscious gender expectations, with some more active gender stereotyping by those around her. Teachers are unwittingly deterring female students from taking maths and science subjects by implying that they are more difficult than other subjects, according to a report published in 2015. Gender stereotyping is a broader issue in schools and the problems associated with gender bias affect boys as well as girls - in some cases secondary school pupils are deterred from choosing subjects traditionally associated with the opposite gender because they feared homophobic bullying. This is particularly an issue for girls in maths, physics and engineering, and for boys in modern foreign languages.

A large number of pupils, both male and female, reported living with a daily barrage of sexist “banter”. These pupils “were aware that some of their behaviours and subject choices are heavily gendered, and often driven by peer pressure”. 

Peer pressure can be a minefield, most children want to feel ‘normal’, no teen enjoys having their differences pointed out. It will be even tougher if a school girl is relatively uninterested in all the pursuits that are expected and even encouraged amongst her female peers – such as beauty / appearance, female-dominated subjects, and being popular / sociable. She may start to quieten her voice, withdraw into herself, and feel less brave when it comes to participation in her science, technology or maths lessons. She may feel all too conspicuous – school years are hard enough when one does blend in to the crowd and stick with the mainstream.

Dame Mary Archer, chair of the Science Museum Group, explained “Girls switch off from maths and science around the age of 14… Young role models between the ages of 14 and 16 are really important in showing girls that science and maths are for people like them." 

In addition to this she is subjected to the usual deeply ingrained mainstream misogyny, along with all her female peers; she is expected to be aesthetically pleasing, to take up as little space as possible, to be accommodating and apologetic, to avoid being 'bossy’, to take responsibility for any affect she has on her male peers, to behave well, and to not question rules or authority. The aforementioned report also highlighted “casual sexism in class, such as cat-calling, sexist jokes and derogatory language. Often senior leaders would assert that there was no problem with sexist language at their school but students would report it as an “everyday reality”. In extreme cases this language 'verged on bullying’.”

Higher education

So, our young female protagonist has stuck with her STEM interests thus far. She now carries passive, unconscious, preconceived expectations, active stereotyping, gender bias and peer pressure, few relatable real-life STEM role models, a magnified self-consciousness, and she looks to the STEM community for inspiration on what to do next. She is bright, she is still inquisitive and diligent, and she is all the more resolute and resilient having taken a trickier path than many through school. But her proverbial voice is not as loud as it could be, and certainly not as confident as the majority of male voices around her – there is not necessarily a correlation between their volume and the skills and talent behind them.

Indeed, bright girls are much quicker to doubt their ability, to lose confidence and to become less effective learners as a result. As explained by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D in her 2011 article The Trouble With Bright Girls:

“Successful women know only too well that in any male-dominated profession, we often find ourselves at a distinct disadvantage. We are routinely underestimated, underutilized and even underpaid. Studies show that women need to perform at extraordinarily high levels, just to appear moderately competent compared to our male coworkers.”

Workforce

She overcomes unconscious (and conscious) bias in the hiring process and joins the workforce in a STEM field. She knows that she is at least as skilled as her male co-workers but she watches as those with the loudest voices are progressed and promoted. She is in the minority, and fellow female colleagues are noticeable in their absence. The culture is often competitive, ego-centric and sometimes aggressive. She is none of those things (although she does know some young women who are, and they are labelled unfavourably too). But she is ambitious, and brave. The majority of female friends she has made along the way were dissuaded from even considering a career in STEM, despite their great skill and qualifications, by the reputation that preceded it. Or perhaps they dipped their toe in the water and decided that no, it would take too much extra emotional – and literal – labour to be a woman in STEM.

The Elephant in the Valley was a collaborative effort between seven women in Silicon Valley with backgrounds including venture capital, academia and entrepreneurship. They compiled a list of several hundred senior level women from their collective contact lists and invited them to participate in a survey about gender in Silicon Valley between April and May 2015. 100% of respondents were women, and 100% with at least ten years of experience; 25% of whom were at CXO level, and 22% were venture capitalists or company founders / entrepreneurs.

The results are alarming. 84% of women in tech have been told they are ‘too aggressive’, almost half have been asked to carry out lower-level tasks that male colleagues are not asked to do, two-thirds have felt excluded from key social / networking opportunities, 59% have not had the same opportunities as their male counterparts and an astonishing 90% have witnessed sexist behaviour at company events or industry conferences. When it comes to unconscious bias, 88% of women in tech have had clients / colleagues address questions to male peers that should have been addressed to them, 87% have been on the receiving end of demeaning comments from male colleagues and 60% have experienced unwanted sexual advances - 65% of these were from a superior, and half were repeat offences.

As Bethanye Blount’s and Susan Wu’s examples show in Liz Mundy’s infamous piece in The Atlantic, “succeeding in tech as a woman requires something more treacherous than the old adage about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels. It’s more like doing everything backwards and in heels while some guy is trying to yank at your dress, and another is telling you that a woman can’t dance as well as a man, oh, and could you stop dancing for a moment and bring him something to drink?”

So, are women in tech doing anything to help themselves? The answer is yes, but of the women who do report sexual harassment, 60% are dissatisfied with the subsequent course of action. 40% don’t report at all because they believe it will negatively impact their career, with a further 30% keeping quiet in order to forget presumably traumatic or at the very least unpleasant experiences. Women in lower paid positions fare worse still as their ability to ‘fight back’ legally is limited financially.

Glass ceilings

Our young woman continues on her journey. She now carries the weight of a lifetime of passive, unconscious, preconceived expectations, active stereotyping, gender bias and peer pressure, few relatable real-life STEM role models, a magnified self-consciousness, the effort of treading a fine line in terms of character traits (she can’t be perceived as too hard OR too soft), casual and recurring sexual harassment or unwanted advances happening to her or around her or both, and the effort required to ensure she cannot be seen to invite it, discrimination (both assumed and literal) around childbearing and family, and prevalent unconscious biases at every level from entry to C suite… and she navigates the casual sexism that ripples throughout in every industry, but is magnified still in STEM.

Sexist conversations infiltrate her consciousness and undermine her confidence. Harassment and discrimination suits abound, and these are just the tip of an iceberg of all the incidences that go unreported or are settled privately in non-disparagement agreements.

She draws on the resilience and resolve that got her through the tough school years, and she ‘leans in’. She collaborates with like-minded and diverse counterparts. She studies, networks, learns and absorbs, seeks inspirational mentors – male and female – and she aims high. She is judged on her appearance more than any male counterpart. There is a perception that she has less gravitas. She has to continually break through the threads of old boy’s networks. She endures and overlooks gender-based (and often patronising) labels such as ‘mumpreneur’ (‘dadpreneur’?), ‘girl’ (no male tech leader is ever called ‘boy’), ‘bossy’ (that old chestnut), ‘feisty’, ‘ball-breaker’, or the classic ‘bitch’. She dreams of the day she is only ever referred to in terms that are applied to both men and women.

Role model

She is accomplished and successful not just because of her natural strengths, interests and conspicuousness, but also in spite of them.

She is a board member or a thought leader or a tech evangelist or a CTO or a luminary or a key note speaker – a celebrated Woman In Tech. She becomes the role model that she needed. And the unborn girl babies will have one more role model to look to for strength and inspiration as they deflect all the outside forces that work to discourage or distract them from their STEM destinies.

In her Fortune interview back in January 2015, hugely influential tech venture capitalist Eileen Burbridge displayed the balanced, logical and inspiring attitude that STEM needs more of:

“I actively seek out strong entrepreneurs – regardless of gender or demographic. For obvious reasons, I take a great interest in women entrepreneurs in particular. Therefore, I try to make myself available to anyone who is interested in connecting, getting feedback – or pitching. Over the years I’ve seen more women entrepreneurs emerging and I look forward to this trend continuing.”

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, she and her VC partners refuse to invest in “jerks”, a business policy that would go a long way towards eradicating the objectionable behaviour that’s disproportionately rife in STEM, but such progressive and outlandish business practices are unsurprisingly rare.

The future

We’ve not even touched on the can of worms that is the gender pay gap, nor examined the extra discrimination experienced by non-white women and men. These are hugely important issues in and of themselves – only when we achieve equal pay for equal work and eradicate racial bias and under-representation can we even begin to congratulate ourselves.

In the meantime, let’s celebrate the ones who have made it, acknowledge all that it took to get there, and work to remove the obstacles that we’ve historically put in girls’ paths to STEM success for those who wish to follow in our hypothetical heroine’s footsteps.

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Hi keeping it low detailed as possible- just some fluff with Haldir, since I loved Starlight; he's teaching his s/o archery but they fail miserably. Please 💝

Please create an elf (or any kind) oc too! I adore reading your oc fics especially Mari 💕🥺. But only if you are interested and comfortable

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Of course, dearest anon...

Haldir, not my strongest suit I am afraid...I hope you won't be too disappointed, but I gave it a shot :D

Straight through the heart

Words: 1.7k

Characters: Haldir x OC

Warnings: none...innocent fluff

Tara sighed; she had been up and about for a long time already in hopes to make herself appear as if she had not paid the way she looked any heed while being as beautiful as she possibly could at the same time.

Now, it was said that Elves had the most beautiful hair – liquid starlight pouring in waterfalls of brilliance down their straight backs – and she couldn’t deny having seen such things but – unfortunately – she had not been thus blessed by the Valar.

Smoothing down the rebellious stray strands that kept sticking out of her carefully crafted braids every time she took her eyes off her reflection in the mirror, she resigned herself to looking like an unruly child rather than a dignified young Elf-dame.

After months of just coincidentally being wherever it was Haldir wanted to go, he had finally taken a first step towards her; unsurprisingly, he had chosen an activity that only a mind such as his could deem appropriate when it came to wooing a woman.

“Ah,” Lady Galadriel had chuckled when Tara had asked her advice, “the March Warden is a proud man; you have to see this for what it is, little one, he seeks to impress you with his prowess.”

“May he not have simply invited me to gaze upon his stunning countenance?” Tara had cried out, slightly resentful to still be called ‘Little One’ by her Ladyship.

“Your admiration is unrelated to his vanity,” the lady had replied with gentle indulgence, “and I know – for having known Haldir many a century – that besides malice, this might be the one trait he lacks most.”

Her hand had settled – light as a bird’s feather landing on the surface of a lake – on her shoulder as she’d encouraged Tara to humour her subordinate.

“He is a good man,” she had promised, “but he has paid little mind to courting and the rituals inherent to a circus he thought himself exempt of. Let him show you archery – his skill and dedication are admirable and impressive – and make sure to express your appreciation.”

Between the lines, Tara could hear the heart of the matter beat frantically: Haldir was as clueless as her, a shortcoming that was paid in worries and insecurities by the both of them.

“I am not an archer though,” Tara had muttered, “my skills are subpar.”

With a mischievous smile, Lady Galadriel had whispered: “Forget every single skill you’ve ever held! Let him guide you, let him teach you, give him this easy win, I pray you.”

Remembering her lady’s words, Tara strode out quickly before adjusting her position into the one of a truly insecure maiden.

As soon as Haldir saw her, he adjusted her hold on the bow which almost made her betray her pretence by making her smile too widely.

“So, we’ll start with easy targets,” he announced after clearing his throat a few times.

Knowing that she’d pretend being a complete novice, Tara had allowed herself to wear a entirely impractical but utterly flattering dress which managed to capture the Warden’s attention, judging by his furtive but insistent looks.

A slight annoyance rose in Tara’s heart at the sight of the truly amateurish targets set up at what felt like mere steps away from where Haldir was taking up his position; did he really think her that incompetent?

Well, she’d show him incompetent.

Contrary and challenging by nature, Tara did her utter best to commit every mistake she could think of; from holding the bow upside down to closing her eyes when letting the arrow fly, she didn’t miss a single trap or misstep along the way.

After a while, she started to truly enjoy herself because – no matter how stupid or grievous her wrongdoing had been – Haldir stayed his amiable and encouraging self.

“Maybe,” she purred, “you have to show me. I understand your words, but somehow I cannot translate them into the right movements.”

It was mean, it was base, it was despicable, but when his strong, lean arms were wrapped around her own and his hands gripped hers to correct her hold, Tara heard the tiny sigh whistling like the whisper of a bird across the skin of her bared shoulder.

“Are you doing this on purpose, Milady?” he asked, his fingers tensing around her own.

“A little bit,” she admitted, “Do you mind it, Milord?”

“A little bit,” he smiled. He had understood how monumentally wrong he had been the very moment she had appeared – in one of her best dresses, her hair carefully braided – on the field.

She was beautiful in ways that made him feel entirely inadequate; not that he was not used to gorgeous women, he was in the service of Lady Galadriel after all, only, he had never thought that a creature this marvellous would ever take an interest in him.

Tara – the wise one – though had been looking at him expectantly like a huge, sleek cat observing a confused bird with that mix of amusement and anticipation that set his teeth on edge.

He wanted to prove himself to her; he yearned for that moment when her eyes would light up in admiration of his skill and proficiency.

The only problem was that – as a March Warden and warrior – he was woefully unprepared for dances and smooth talking, so he had invited her for a round of archery.

“Thrice damned may I be,” he muttered under his breath, utterly disgusted with his failure.

“I am sorry,” Tara said hastily, “I should not have deceived you so. I…I like it when you teach me things.”

“Things you have no use for,” Haldir grunted; of course, a well-born lady such as Lady Tara would never see herself compelled to save her life by a good shot. He had embarrassed himself and disrespected her by being such a dumb savage.

“I shall hope not,” Tara smiled, pressing her back further into his chest and smiling up at him, “but if the worst was to happen, I’d feel safer and more confident knowing that I’ve learned from the best.”

There it was, he thought, that light in her eyes that made the whole forest around them blur into nothingness.

“You flatter me, Milady,” he mumbled sheepishly.

“Well yes,” Tara grinned cheekily, “flattery is a part of courtship; it doesn’t have to be dishonest though. I truly am in awe whenever witnessing your calm, self-possessed competence, Haldir.”

“Are you?” he stammered, realising how close her silken skin and her rose-petal mouth were, breathing sweet confidence into his frozen mien.

“I am,” she confirmed sweetly, “and I shall stand here and shoot arrows until the Sun and the Moon are replaced by yet another invention of the Valar…until the World is remade and the Halls of Mandos are emptied if you so wish.”

“It was a silly idea,” he sighed, his hands falling away heavily, “forgive me, Milady.”

“No,” she cried out suddenly, “do not turn away from me. Let us shoot some more and I promise that I’ll be good for you.”

Her exclamation made his blood curdle; he couldn’t deny that her earnest promise to be ‘good’ did things to his body and mind that he dared not even think about.

“Are you jesting, Milady?” he asked sternly, “I could not bear it if you were making mock of me; I know that I went about this the wrong way, but trust in the honesty and depth of the affection that inspired such a hare-brained scheme.”

“I do,” Tara smiled and took up his hand again to hold it loosely, “tell me, Haldir, if I hit the target three out of five times, what shall be my reward?”

Ambition flared up in him like a wildfire; he loved a good game and – judging by the sparkle in her gaze and the smile on her face – so did Tara.

“If you hit the middle of the target three out of five and the inner rings the other two times, you may choose your prize,” he purred, stepping away from her to let her take aim without being distracted.

“A kiss,” she cheered, “I shall have a kiss yet. Are we agreed?”

“We are,” Haldir chuckled; never before had he hoped and prayed that a shot may not miss its mark, not even when his life had depended on it.

Calm and steady as the running river, Tara lifted her arms and focused her breath before hitting the centre of the target four times, the fifth arrow only missing it by a breath.

“So, about that kiss, March Warden?” she grinned provocatively.

“Witch,” he hissed before cupping both her cheeks and cradling that pristine face in his strong hands.

The kiss was sweet and hesitant like the first touch of spring caressing the frozen ground, but – under the fire of Tara’s eagerness – his reticence thawed and melted so quickly that he barely recognised himself as he all but tore the bow from her hands and lifted her into his arms.

“More,” she panted, forgetting about her messy hair and her mediocre skills; all that counted in this second – this one precious pearl in the sea of pebbles that were her days – was the feeling of his arms around her body and his lips branding sweet words of devotion onto her skin.

“Patience,” he grinned, “get the fifth arrow into the bull’s eye as well and we’ll see about that.”

“You’re a cruel teacher,” Tara moaned but retrieved her bow and – feeling as tense as the string that dispatched the beautifully fletched arrow – she took up her position again.

“And you’ve promised to be good,” Haldir murmured into her ear, ecstatic when he saw gooseflesh race down her arms, “so prove it.”

This would be a very long afternoon, Tara thought hazily, but she hoped that it would lead to an equally as eventful and proportionally as delightful evening.

She would do everything in her power to make it so, even if that meant sweating through her best dress; such a development might well lead to disrobing and bathing.

The very thought redoubled her vigour and conjured a feline smile onto her face which she hid behind her hand as she lifted the bow once more.

Dearest anon, I hope you liked this :D

Lots of love from me <3

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31 (Films) to Life: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The name’s 365. And the game: mediocre film reviews.

There I was, on a normal winter afternoon. Snow falling from the clouds, glittering white spectacle hiding the harsh cold outside. Seems like the world is that way sometimes: beautiful at a glance, but it’ll kill you if you leave yourself bare and unprotected. That’s why I stay indoors in times like this; watch it from afar, and you can’t get hurt. So I’ve learned in my 30 years of being on this planet.

I settled down, decided on watching a moving picture that day. I had settled on watching a 1941 classic, The Maltese Falcon. They say it’s the first film noir, or at least the first film that defined the genre as we know it. I fired up the television, and found the movie in HBO Max. I grabbed a drink, a cool glass of raspberry lemonade Crystal Lite, and relaxed for the first time in what felt like a long time.

But before I tell you about this, I need to ask: are you in? This is a story full of twists and turns, and some of you may not want to come along for the ride. I don’t get out much, but from what I hear, the kids today call them SPOILERS. You sure you want to hear this story? Well, then, sit down; grab a lemonade. Because boy, do I have a story to tell you.

Spoilers ahead, buster.

The picture came on, and there he was: Humphrey Bogart. This hadn’t been the first time we’d crossed paths, although that was a different time...different people. He was in The African Queen, playing a boat captain in World War I era central Africa. I was watching romance movies at the time, and had no idea what I was doing. Well, Bogart was different. I still have no idea what I’m doing on this hellsite.

Bogart was in rare form. He was playing detective Sam Spade, one of the most famous characters in script and screen. A hard-nosed private eye who takes no guff from those who’d offer it. He was mean, he was lean...he was cool. I liked him, to be frank. Admired his moxie, you could say. Spade was sitting in his office, accompanied by his secretary Effie (Lee Patrick). She was also a tough gal, and I also liked her a lot. Movie came out it 1941, but it felt like she was Spade’s real partner throughout the film. As for his other partner...ah, but I’m getting ahead of myself. My mind wanders in times like these.

That’s when she walked in. Well, maybe I should say they. Entering into my little world was my fiancée, a bright spot in my temporarily shades-of-gray world. She looked at me and asked what I was doing, and why I was wearing a fedora and in black-and-white. I just said “noir”, and she figured it out; she’s a smart dame. She sat down and played Minecraft, or something. I was too wrapped up in the movie.

Entering Sam Spade’s office was Ruth Wonderly (Mary Astor), and I knew who she was right away: the stereotypical film noir love interest/seductress/not to be trusted person. She wove some story about her missing sister, not that I or Spade believed it. Caught the interest of his partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan), and they agreed to help her out. Got Archer killed. Why? Because it was inevitable in a film like this. Partners die. It’s the rules of the game for a film noir private eye detective. As is this shot of a newspaper. Surprised it wasn’t spinning. Then again, my head was compensating for the both of us. Too much lemonade, I think. I should probably lay off, but I need something sweet to tolerate this salty and sour world.

From there, the film went on in earnest. Archer’s wife, Iva Archer (Gladys George) is another in a likely long line of women in love with Sam Spade, and believes that Spade killed Miles to get her. Which, to me, sounds like somebody needs to get off her high horse; she’s liable to get hurt. Spade turns her away, but has two more visits soon enough. Detectives Dundy (Barton MacLane) and Polhaus (Ward Bond) are on his ass, also thinking he killed his partner. Idiots. He’s the main character in a film noir film. His hands might be dirty, but not with his partner’s blood.

The last visit, though, comes from a curious character, and another familiar face to me. The large-eyed Hungarian man was none other than Peter Lorre, from the last movie, M. He was playing Joel Cairo, a crook and a smuggler looking for a priceless treasure: the Maltese falcon. He offers Spade a tidy sum for the statuette back in his possession, but I was distracted. I knew at once that I’d heard of this fabled object. Not only was it the title of the film, but it’s also one of film history’s best and greatest MacGuffins. While Joel pulled a gun and Spade knocked him unconscious IMMEDIATELY, I got to work.

You’ve been in this business as long as I have, and you’ll be able to recognize a MacGuffin when you see it. Citizen Kane had the sled, Pulp Fiction has the briefcase of mystery, Frodo had to yank around that damn ring for three movies, et cetera. It’s that item that the plot centers around, that item that the characters have, need, or have a need to get rid of. But that’s not the only reason this little bird was flying through my head.

The Maltese falcon in particular is very well-known in film history. Why? A story for later on, but take it from be; it’s famous. So famous that I already knew the ending of this movie. A pity, but I had to stick through to the end. Which wasn’t hard, since the direction and cinematography by Western director John Huston and partner Arthur Edeson made me tear up a little bit. First time I’ve cried in hours. This film was gorgeous, no doubt about that; you could see that as plain as the nose o Bogart’s face. Easy on the eyes makes for easy watching, lemme tell ya.

Spade thought the same thing about his client, the former Ruth Wonderly. I say former because, as I’d suspected, she was a sham and a pathological liar. Her real name was Brigid O’Shaughnessy, and she was in league with a group of smugglers and treasure hunters, one of whom was dead the same night as Archer. Another mystery to solve, although it’s pretty certain that the same dead man killed Archer before kicking his own bucket. 

Soon, Spade decides to bring together the gang: him, Brigid, and Cairo. Together, at his apartment, they’ll figure out where they stand. When Cairo arrives, things are tense, real tense. He introduces another player into the mix: the Fat Man. That puts Brigid on edge, and makes Spade and I as curious as a cat in a canning factory. A new player? What role is he going to play in this sordid affair?

But just then, the tension boils over! Cairo pulls a gun, Spade bloodies his nose a bit, and then there’s a knock on the door. It’s Dundy and Polhaus, the nosy ninnies. They’ve come to talk with Spade, but end up breaking up the fight between Cairo and Brigid (feisty fella and dame that they are). Cairo’s taken into custody for questioning, and Brigid and Spade get to know each other. But all the while, somebody else is watching outside.

Doesn’t take long for us to meet that other person: a two-bit no-account thug named Wilmer (Elisha Cook Jr.). Handy with a knife as my lungs are with air, Wilmer’s not all there in the brainpan; a couple screws short of a full box, if you know what I mean. He threatens Spade, who takes it in stride. That’s our Sam for you; unnerved to the core. Anyway, Wilmer has a message for Spade, who’s at a hotel, waiting for Cairo post police questioning. Wilmer tells Spade that the Fat Man wants to meet him to propose a deal about the Falcon. Spade accepts, and goes to meet the man himself. And lemme tell ya...you’re gonna love this.

The minute I laid eyes on “Fat Man” Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet), I knew two things. One, this guy was one tough customer. And two, he is literally live action Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) before the character even existed. I did my research, and sure enough, Stan Lee based his famous NYC crime boss on Greenstreet, and on the Fat Man himself. I allowed myself to shed a tear in joy. Let’s go, Mets.

The Fat Man starts to dance around the topic of the Falcon, much to Spade’s feigned irritation. He throws a fit to get his way, and he gets his way alright. The Fat Man asks him to come back later that night, and he tells him the history of the little black bird. Apparently, it’s a treasure over 400 years old, and it’s worth a fortune. The Fat Man even offers Spade a quarter of the profits, were he to help them find it. But if you walk into a viper’s nest...expect to get bitten. Spade’s drink is spiked, and he passes out. Gutman, Wilmer, and the in-league Cairo escape, planning on going after the person they believe has the statue: Brigid.

From there, all hell breaks loose. See, Brigid actually smuggled the statue to a friend, a boat captain at the harbor. The two got caught by the Fat Man and his guys, leading to a burnt-down boat, a dead captain, and the statue in Sam’s oh-so-capable hands. Brigid sent him, dying, to Spade’s office, with the statue in hands. And once the Falcon is recovered, Sam rescues Brigid from the Fat Man’s clutches, only to find the Fat Man and crew waiting for them at his place.

Three dead men and one burned boat, all for this little black statuette. Spade agrees to take $10,000, right off the bat, assuming somebody can get fingered for the three murders, including that of his partner. Looks like Wilmer’s the fall guy, the poor slob. After all, he did kill the boat captain and the other dead man...but not Archer. That’s still a mystery. But enough of that; it’s Christmas time, because it’s time to unwrap our presents.

Ho. Ho. Ho. Somebody fetch the milk and cookies.

There it is: the Maltese Falcon. In the world outside of the silver screen, this little bird fetched $4.5 million at auction, making it one of the most valuable film props in film history. And in universe, underneath its black lacquer, priceless jewels rest beneath. Or, uh...so you’d think.

See, the big ending of the film, and the most ironic twist in film history, is that the statuette that was worth 4.5 big ones in real life...is a fake in the film. Three men dead, all for a useless, worthless, statue of a falcon. The owner of the bird swapped it out when he realized these idiotic treasure hunters were coming, making the entire struggle of the movie completely pointless. The world feels that way sometimes, to a film noir private eye. All that struggle, for a useless hunk of rock.

Cairo freaks out, and Gutman demands his money back. Spade takes a service fee, professional shyster that he is. Gotta admire that fella’s moxie. Cairo and Gutman make a clean escape to find the statue elsewhere, while Wilmer escapes and Brigid stays with Sam. But Spade knows the score now, and he lays the truth squarely on the liar’s head: Brigid killed Archer. And she’s gonna pay for it. No amount of honeyed words or passionate kisses can save her now. He turns her over to the detectives, and tells them where to find Gutman, Wilmer, and Cairo. One of the detective picks up the bird, asks what it is. And Spade says:

Hell of a film. My thoughts? Worth about 92¢.

Cast and Acting: 10/10

Plot and Writing: 9/10

Direction and Cinematography: 10/10

Production and Art Design: 9/10

Music and Editing: 8/10

...Also, yeah, enough of the noir speak. Got draining towards the end there. Real talk, this film is goddamn fantastic. Even knowing from the beginning that the falcon was fake didn’t matter to me; gorgeously shot and iconically written by John Huston, beautifully scored by Adolph Deutsch, and perfect acting literally all around (not a single weak point here for me, I loved it whole-heartedly), this movie...this is a great movie.

I’d have more analysis normally, but...I really don’t! It’s a great movie! My only notes are the fact that I wouldn’t really buy this sountrack (it’s good, but not playlist-worthy for me), the Falcon actually does just look like wood, and the writing is great, but also cheesy-as-hell. Still, in context, it works ridiculously well. If you’re a film fan, a mystery fan, or a film noir fan (especially if you’re a fan noir), this is your movie, hot damn! Can’t wait for another film noir! So, what’s next? 

Next: The Third Man (1949), dir. Carol Reed

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Favorite Movies Set Aboard Trains

Below is a list of my favorite movies set aboard a train:

1.  “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) - Sidney Lumet directed this all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel about Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solving the murder of an American passenger aboard the famed Orient Express.  Albert Finney starred.

2.  “The Tall Target” - Dick Powell starred as a New York City detective who struggles to foil an assassination plot against President-elect Abraham Lincoln during the latter’s rail journey to Washington D.C. in 1861.  Anthony Mann directed.

3.  “North West Frontier aka Flame Over India” (1959) - Kenneth More and Lauren Bacall starred in this adventure tale about a British Army officer ordered to escort and protect a young Indian prince and his American-born governess during their train journey to Delhi during an uprising in the North West province.  J. Lee Thompson directed.

4.  “Silver Streak” (1976) - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor teamed up for the first time in this comedy thriller about a book editor who stumbles across a murder plot during a train journey from Los Angeles to Chicago.  Arthur Hiller directed.

5.  “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) - Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in this all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel about Belgian detective Hercule Poirot solving the murder of an American passenger aboard the famed Orient Express.  

6.  “From Russia With Love” (1963) - Sean Connery starred as British agent James Bond in this adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 1957 novel about a plot to assassinate the agent.  Terence Young directed.

7.  “Narrow Margin” (1990) - Gene Hackman and Anne Archer starred in this remake of the 1952 movie, “The Narrow Margin”, about a Los Angeles deputy district attorney who attempts to keep a murder witness safe from hit men while traveling through the Canadian wilderness aboard a train.  Peter Hyams directed.

8.  “The Lady Vanishes” (1938) - Alfred Hitchcock directed this adaptation of Ethel Lina White’s 1936 novel, “The Wheel Spins”, which is about a young English tourist, who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train they were traveling aboard.  Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave and Dame May Whitty starred.

9.  “The First Great Train Robbery” (1978-79) - Michael Crichton wrote and directed this adaptation of his 1975 novel about a master criminal’s plan to rob a train carrying gold to British Army troops during the Crimean War.  Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down starred.

10.  “The Narrow Margin” (1952) - Richard Fleischer directed this adaptation of  Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard’s unpublished novel about a Los Angeles Police detective and his partner assigned to protect a mob boss’s widow during a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.  Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, and Jacqueline White starred.

Honorable Mention:  “Shanghai Express” (1932) - Josef von Sternberg directed and actress Marlene Dietrich starred in this film about a group of first-class train travelers who are held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War.  Anna May Wong, Clive Brook and Warner Oland co-starred.

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Top Five Favorite Books

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The other famous novel by Victor Hugo. Written in 1831, Notre-Dame de Paris, known in English as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, is a rich, meandering tale that addresses messy relationships, fate, and the future of architecture in 1482. The English title is a misnomer, since the protagonist of the story is Esmeralda, the original title being a metaphor on the cathedral who serves as the central location of the novel, and Esmeralda herself (though one could argue the cathedral is itself a character). Victor Hugo strongly protested against the English title, as it turns the focus from the cathedral onto the characters.

The hunchback is Quasimodo, the deaf, one-eyed, hunchbacked, monstrously ugly bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Abandoned outside the church at the age of four, he was taken in out of kindness by the Archdeacon of Josas, Claude Frollo, who raised him in the church and introduced him to the bells. When the hitherto chaste Frollo sees the  romani girl Esmeralda dancing in the street one day, he finds himself stricken with lust, and doesn't know how to deal with it. So, sure as Love Makes You Evil, he grabs Quasimodo (for muscle) and tries to kidnap her. The attempt is foiled by Phoebus, Captain of the Archers. It is spectacularly not foiled by lovable slacker-poet Pierre Gringoire, who gets knocked out trying to save the girl.Later that night, however, Esmeralda temporarily marries the poet, to save his life from her friends at the Court of Miracles. That doesn't mean she's going to let her new "husband" touch her, mind you, or that she's going to give up her dreams of marrying Phoebus. Phoebus likes the look of her, himself, and although he's already engaged to his teenage cousin Fleur-de-Lys, he's not opposed to a bit on the side. Esmeralda's small kindness to Quasimodo when he is in the stocks for the kidnapping attempt (Frollo having let him take the fall) makes her an angel in Quasimodo's mind, and he is henceforth devoted to her. This eventually, and painfully, puts him in conflict with Frollo, whose combination of lust and loathing for Esmeralda makes him increasingly unstable. Amidst the drama and tragedy resulting from everybody's fatal obsessions, Hugo includes leisurely chapters on the architecture of Paris and the expected impact of the newly-developed printing press.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, usually abbreviated to Frankstein is a novel by Mary Shelley. It was originally published in 1818. It had a 1823 reprint without Shelley's involvement and a third edition in 1831, this time with significant edits from the author. Frankenstein is considered an Ur-Example of Science Fiction and inarguably has vast historical significance.

The novel tells of Dr. Victor Frankenstein who unlocks the secrets to Creating Life. He uses this knowledge to create an artificial man, larger and stronger than most mortals, by means which he chooses not to describe. While he is initially triumphant with his success, a few moments of observing the flailing and moaning patchwork being leaves Victor disgusted by and fearful of his creation. Realizing the ramifications of his success, he is horrified. He abandons the Creature and flees to his family's estate. In his absence, the Creature is forced to come to grips with suddenly finding itself alive and alone without explanation or guidance. He learns about humanity by watching a family cottage from afar, but is again driven off when he attempts to offer his friendship- one of many bad run-ins with humanity which leave the monster bitter and cynical. Eventually, the Creature comes to resent his creator, whom he views as his father, for abandoning the Creature to a life of torment, and decides to come home to seek vengeance against Frankenstein...

The subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, compares Victor Frankenstein to the Greek titan Prometheus, who brought the secret of fire from Mount Olympus to mortal men, reflecting on Frankenstein's spiritual would-be theft of the secret to creating life — but like Prometheus, Frankenstein also came to regret his transgression.note Many would say that Frankenstein was the ultimate warning of Science Is Bad, though similar stories were common throughout the industrial revolution and it is not even clear whether the act of creating the Monster was bad in itself, if the world wasn't ready for it, or Frankenstein was just a horrible and abusive parent.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a 1967 novel that won Gabriel García Márquez the Nobel Prize for Literature. It's become a staple of Spanish-speaking high school curricula everywhere.  Arguably one of the most important pieces of literature written in the 20th century, or to put in context, almost as important as Don Quixote to Spanish speaking literature. Famous, among other things, for using every conceivable trope one could ever hope to fit in 28.8 oz of paper.

The book follows the story of the Buendía family and the town they create, Macondo, from its foundation to its end. Of course, it is told in a non-linear fashion with every generation having the same few names, as well as the same basic attributes (except for a pair of twins whose names are thought to have been accidentally switched at some point). Alongside the story of the Buendía family, there are an abundance of vignettes recounting both the everyday and the supernatural occurrences that shape the lives of the inhabitants of Macondo. The themes range widely, incorporating legendary figures (such as the Wandering Jew), historical events (Sir Francis Drake’s bombing of Rioacha, the Massacre of the Banana growers), and short stories about the love of two minor characters who never get to interfere with the main action. Believe it or not the story takes place in a time span of a hundred years.

Netflix has announced that it will be adapting the story into a television series.

The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights, correctly known as The Tales of One Thousand and One Nights (Farsi Hezār-o yek šab, Arabic Kitāb 'alf layla wa-layla), is a massive collection of Fairy Tales drawn from sources as far apart as the Middle East, North Africa, India, and, to an extent, even China and Greece. It has for centuries shaped the European view of the [relative to Europe] "(Near) East" or "Orient", even though only some of the stories are widely known. In fact, early Arabic-language versions only contain about 300 nights. The 701 others were added later; most of the additions were by Arab writers, but European translators added some other folktales they'd collected in their editions. Some of these additions were based on other Arabian sources, but others, including Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, were stolen by Antoine Galland (the French translator) from Syrian Maronite writer Hanna Diyab, who recounted those tales to Galland and based them on various aspects of his own life. Diyab's autobiography was found in 1993 and greatly expanded our understanding of these stories.

The Framing  Device for the story cycle is the tale of King Shahryar and Shahrazad. The King's first wife had cheated on him, so he had her executed. Then, feeling that no woman could be trusted, he hit upon a plan only a powerful and insane tyrant could pull off: He'd marry a woman, spend the night with her, and then, in the morning, send her off to the royal Wazir (chancellor) to be executed. No woman would ever betray him again! After a great many wives were executed in this manner (Richard Burton's translation says the King did this for three years, which would be about 1,100 wives), the Wazir was running out of marriage prospects to present to the King. Then the Wazir's daughter, Shahrazad, came to him with a plan. Since her plan involved marrying the King, the Wazir objected in the strongest manner possible, but nothing would deter the girl, and finally he brought her to the King.

Come the wedding night, once he started putting the moves on her, she feigned becoming upset, and pleaded to see her younger sister one last time. The King acquiesced, and allowed Shahrazad's sister Dunyazad to stay in the room with them until dawn. Even while they consummated the marriage. Awkward. After that and the three of them went to sleep, the sisters woke up at midnight. Just as planned, Dunyazad asked Shahrazad to tell her a story, but by the morning she was not finished, and ended the story on a Cliffhanger. The awoken King was so hooked on the story that he postponed the execution for one night, in order to hear the rest. But after Scheherazade ended that story, it was still the middle of the night, and she started up another story, again ending on a cliffhanger in the morning. The nightly routine continued. Some of the stories were simple, some complex and multi-layered; sometimes a character in one story would begin to tell a second story, and sometimes the story was never actually ended because Scheherazade had gone on two or three layers and never returned to wrap up. Or sometimes she claimed she didn't know the ending, but had another tale that was even more intriguing than the unfinished one. But all of the stories were so compelling that the King could never bear to order her execution without hearing the ending. So Shahrazad kept up the stories for three years — in the meantime bearing Shahryar three sons — and finally, after 1,001 nights, she said that she had told all of her tales and was ready to die. But the King had fallen in love with her, and had been calmed by her entrancing stories. He declared that no woman in the kingdom was as wise as Shahrazad, and he made her his queen for keeps this time, and they lived Happily Ever After.

Unlike many legends which deal primarily with the deeds of the nobility (who after all were the ones who could afford to have a bard as a permanent resident at their palaces), Arabian Nights has the fascinating twist that it covers people from myriads of occupations in a highly-complex society.

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

A novel by Umberto Eco.

Yambo Bodoni has a problem. After suffering a stroke, he lost his episodic memory. Now he can't remember his name, family, or any aspects of his life. Thanks to a lifetime of work as an antiquarian book dealer in Milan, however, he can recall anything he's ever read. In order to rediscover his lost past, Yambo heads to his childhood hometown of Solara. As he pores through old newspapers, comics, and magazines, Yambo - and the reader - get glimpses into the often tragic and bittersweet reality of a boy coming of age in Italy during World War II.

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Halloween Must Reads

Halloween will soon be here and who doesn't enjoy a good ghost story – especially if you can base it off local legend. Here are some must reads for ghost stories in Indiana:

Haunted Indiana 1 to 4 by Mark Mariman: Written by Merrillville born and raised author, Mark Mariman, you will find four installments of Haunted Indiana which includes stories of the ghost of Reeder Road in Griffith. Here’s the first installment.

Ghost Stories of Indiana by Edrick Thay: Enjoy tales of ghostly visits such as Amelia Earhart at Purdue University and George Gipp at Notre Dame. Also read about the Ladies in White in Hammond: two stories about the ghostly beings on Cline Avenue. Place your hold here.

Haunted Tales from the Region by Dorothy Salvo Davis: This book includes stories from Michigan City, LaPorte, Hammond, East Chicago, and Chesterton. Anyone from these areas in Indiana may be able to tell you these stories first hand – did they have an encounter of their own? Check it out.

For a book about stories throughout the United States and the world, you may want to read The World's Most Haunted Places by Jeff Belanger. You will read about the RMS Queen Mary, the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, and Chicago's own Archer Avenue Resurrection Mary. The book also includes stories about the Tower of London and Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Look for it in nonfiction.

Enjoy!

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Des concerts à Paris et autour

Mars 14. Extreme Precautions + Violent Magic Orchstra + Round B + Hallebardier – Espace b 14. Phew + Johann Mazé + :such: (fest. Sonic Protest) – théâtre de Vanves 15. This is not this Heat + Heimat (fest. Sonic Protest) – Le 104 16. Quator Béla & Albert Marcoeur (Paris Music fest.) – Petit Palais 16. Maoupa Mazochetti + None (Paris Music fest.) – La Rotonde de Stalingrad 16. Charles de Goal + Dageist + Electric Press Kit – Supersonic (gratuit) 16. La Féline + Pierre-Jean Cormier (Paris Music fest.) – La Maroquinerie 16. Russian Circles + Dirge + Cloakroom – Trabendo ||COMPLET|| 16. Eric Chenaux + Lucas Koenig + Ar Ker (Paris Music fest.) – Centre Barbara FGO 16. Vincent Ségal (Paris Music fest.) – Sunset Jazz Club 16. Damien Dubrovnik + Ghédalia Tazartès & Low Jack + Anne Gillis (fest. Sonic Protest) – Le Générateur (Gentilly) 16. Otto Van Schirach + Infecticide + Gwyn Wurst + Qebrus – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 16/17. Philippe Cohen Solal (Gotan Project) (Paris Music fest.) – Hôtel de Lauzun 17. Jean-Michel Blais (Paris Music fest.) – Petit Palais 17. Le Comte + Timsters (Paris Music fest.) – Crypte archéologique du parvis Notre-Dame 17. Harry Merry + Humming Dog + The Choolers Division (fest. Sonic Protest) – Centre Barbara FGO 17. EECEE – Les Voûtes 17. Ulrich Schnauss + Almeeva – Batofar 17. Franck Vigroux : Ruines (fest. Marto) – Théâtre Jean-Arp (Clamart) 17. Andrew Weatherall + Recondite + Mind Against – Nuits fauves 17. Xosar + I-F + Low Jack + Eastel – La Machine 17. CAR + Yula Kasp + Gina XXX – La Java 17/18. Peter Rehberg : musique pour “Uccello, uccellacci, & the birds” de J.-L. Verna – La Ménagerie de verre 18. Seabuckthorn (Paris Music fest.) – Crypte archéologique du parvis Notre-Dame 18. Nosfell (Paris Music fest.) – cour khmère|Musée Guimet (gratuit) 18. Adrien Soleiman (Paris Music fest.) – Petit Palais 18. Taku Sugimoto & Junko – Le Bal 18. Tamara Goukassova + Genesis Adcition – Treize 18. Tarek Atoui + Florian Hecker + Giulio Colangelo & Valerio De Bonis – Centre Pompidou 18. Anla Courtis vs Turbulences ! + André Robillard & Alexis Forestier + The Nihilist Spasm Band (fest. Sonic Protest) – Centre Barbara FGO 18. Fabrizio Rat/La Machina + Heptatonia + Ensemble Links joue "Drumming" de S. reich – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 18/19. Philippe Cohen Solal (Gotan Project) (Paris Music fest.) – Hôtel de Lauzun 19. Sarah Kenchington (fest. Sonic Protest) – La Générale 19. Anla Courtis (fest. Sonic Protest) – Petit Bain 20. Carbon Sink : musique pour la lecture performée de "Mojave Épiphanie" d'Ewen Chardronnet – La Colonie 20. Warpaint – Élysée-Montmartre 21. Nurse With Wound + Martial Bécheau + O. Augst, A. Bellanger & S-A. Johansson jouent "Chante France !" (fest. Sonic Protest) – église Saint-Merry 22. The Flying Luttenbachers + Zoo + Jean-Philippe Gross (fest. Sonic Protest) – église Saint-Merry 23. Art Kill Art (fest. Sonic Protest) – église Saint-Merry 23. Die Selektion + Crave + Cheyenne Schiavone – Point FMR 23. The Eye of Time + Badbad + The Absolute Never + On lâche les chiens – Cirque électrique 23. Chapelier fou (Curieuse nocturne) – Musée d'Orsay 23. Vitalic – Olympia ||COMPLET|| 23. Etienne Jaumet & Romain Turzi – Badaboum 24. Golden Oriole + La Tène + Orgue Agnès (fest. Sonic Protest) – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 24. Nosfell – Maison populaire (Montreuil) 24. Society of Silence + Jerome Hill + Jaquarius – La Java 25. Buzzcocks – Elysées Montmartre 25. Wolf Eyes + Liberez + Cantenac Dagar (fest. Sonic Protest) – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 25. One Lick Less + Grand Veymont – tba (La Courneuve) (sur invitation) 25. Papier Tigre + Will Guthrie + Totorro – Centre culturel Paul B (Massy) 25. Kangding Ray (dj) + Felix K + Varsovie + DiMs – Trabendo 26. Sarah Kenchington (fest. Sonic Protest) – La Générale 28. Alan Courtis + Frgttn + La Petite paire des peuples + P1g3on – tba 29. Spectres – Supersonic (gratuit) 29. Marnie (Ladytron) + Soldout (fest. Les femmes s'en mêlent off) – Batofar 30. Jay-Jay Johanson joue "Whiskey" – Centre Pompidou 30. Krikor + Tolouse Low Trax + Discipline & Michel Wisniewski + 67Yarc – Salo 31. Austra + Barbi(e)turix + Rebeka Warrior (dj) (fest. Les femmes s'en mêlent) – Le Trianon 31. Monarch! + Birushanah + Chaos Echoes + Chaos ET Sexual (fest. Frisson acidulé) – Centre Barbara-FGO 31. John Zorn : The Hermetic Organ – Salle Boulez|Philharmonie

Avril 01. John Zorn : The Interpretation of Dreams – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 01. John Zorn – musée du Louvre 01. Rubin Steiner + Night Riders + dDamage + B.I.M. + La Mverte – Centre Barbara-FGO 01. Terminal Cheesecake + Reproach + Paddy Steer + In Zaire + Rat's Blood + X-Or + Le Renard + Noyades + Syndrome 81 + Futuroscope + Mhonos + Cheap Wine + Bras mort + Danc Music Rhône Alpes (fest. Frisson acidulé) – Cirque électrique 01. Is a Fich + Franq de Quengo... (Forum Famille, autisme et fraternité) – Les Chapiteaux turbulents 01. Superpitcher B2B Joakim + Joakim + Clara 3000 + Apollo noir + Full Circle – Salo 01. Mark Archer + Myako + Ed Isar + Aprile – Batofar 02. Slowdive + Dead Sea – Trabendo 02. John Zorn : Bagatelles Marathon – Salle Boulez|Philharmonie 02. Jessica93 : cinéconcert sur “Haxan” de B. Christensen + Ashtoreth + La Cabine + Orval Carlos Sibelius + Héron cendré + Dr Snuggle & MC Jacqueline + Arno de Cea & The Clockwork Wizards (fest. Frisson acidulé) – Cirque électrique 04. December + Voiron + Morzig – Point FMR (gratuit avant 20h) 05. NLF3 + Foudre & Christine Ott – Petit Bain 05. Les Filles de Illighadad + Guilhem Lacroux – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 06. King Dude + Dune Massiah – Batofar 06. Tristesse contemporaine – Badaboum 06. Grandaddy + Jamie Lee + Mourn (Arte concerts fest.) – Gaîté lyrique 07. Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales + Peter Broderick + Sarah McCoy (Arte concerts fest.) – Gaîté lyrique 07. Function + Shifted + Lucy + SNTS + Anetha – Dock Eiffel 08. Miss Kittin + Clark + Danny Daze + Factory Floor + Noga Erez (Arte concerts fest.) – Gaîté lyrique 11. Broken Lights + Händer Som Vårdar + Milos Olympus – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 12. :Of the Wand and the Moon: + Jo Qail – Petit Bain 13. Vashti Bunyan + Steve Gunn – Le Carreau du Temple 13. Glorias Navales + Sun Stabbed – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 14. David Behrman + Ivo Malec + Thomas Ankersmit + Kara-Lis Coverdale + Cannibal (Cameon Jamie, Cary Loren & Denis Tyfus) (Présences électronique) – Le 104 14. Trans Am – Point FMR 15. Thomas Tilly + Felicia Atkinson + L'Ocelle Mare + Jana Winderen + François Bayle + Stephan Mathieu joue "Earle Brown December 52" + Hild Sofie Tafjord + Demdike Stare (Présences électronique) – Le 104 15. Hologram_ + Chrysalide + Meta Meat + Näo + Horskh + Moaan Exis + DJ K.Oz + Nine Flesh (dj) – Petit Bain 15. Gnod + Common Eider, King Eider + Me donner – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 16. Meryll Ampe & Leafcutter John + Mazen Kebra & Roland Kayn + James Tenney + Andrew Pekler + Deathprod + Akira Rabelais (Présences électronique) – Le 104 18. Bleib Modern – Espace B 18. Horse Lords + Clouds Become your Hands – Olympic café 19. Winter Family + Jambinai – Centre Barbara FGO 19. Xeno & Oaklander + Nova Materia – Badaboum 20. Pharmakon + Descendeur – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Croatian Amor + Andrea Belfi – église Saint-Merri 21. Fils de Vénus + Balladur + Tommy Genesis – Badaboum 21. Grand Blanc + Marietta + Robbing Millions +  The Parrots + Johnny Mafia + Halo Maud (Mofo fest.) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 21. Dave Clark – Nuits fauves 22. Fujiya & Miyagi + Black Devil Disco Club + Buvette + Il esty vilaine + Faire + Oko Ebombo (Mofo fest.) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Komplikations + Taulard + Pour X raisons – Cirque électrique 23. Arnaud Rebotini + Jacques & Gain + Aquaserge +  Rendez-Vous + Onze onze + The Luyas + Julien Barbagello + Human Theorema (Mofo fest.) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 26. Rodolphe Burger + Sylvain Vanot – Le 104 ||COMPLET|| 26. True Widow + King Woman – Espace B 26. Aluk Todolo + Oranssi Pazuzu – Petit Bain 27. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Elysée Montmartre 27>29. Gaëtan Boudy & Clément Hauvrette : cinéconcert sur "M le maudit" de F. Lang – Le Cirque électrique 28. Oxbow + Celeste + Sumac + Inter Arma (Old Town Bicycle fest.) – Le Gibus 29. Dälek + Ovtrenoir + Jaye Jayle + Emma Ruth Rundle (Old Town Bicycle fest.) – Le Gibus 29. Sébastien Roux – Le Bal 29. Frustration + Cheveu + JC Satan + La Femme + Usé + Violence conujugale + Cannibale + Marietta (dj) + Topper Harley (dj) – La Machine 30. Nadja + Matt Jencik + Ensemble économique – Supersonic (gratuit) 30. Seefeel + BLN – Batofar

Mai 01. Black Marble – Batofar [REPORTÉ] 04. Group A – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 03. Meat Wave – La mécanique ondulatoire 04. Qual – Espace B 05. La Novia & Yann Gourdon : “In C” de Terry Riley – Centre Pompidou 06. Esmerine – Espace B 09. Blanck Mass – Point FMR 10. Zombie Zombie + Tomaga + None + Tristesse contemporaine (dj) (Zombie Jamboree fest./10 ans de Julie Tipex) – La Machine 11. Oiseaux-Tempête – Trabendo 11. Ambassador 21 – Bus Palladium 12. Wire – La Maroquinerie 12. Etienne Jaumet + Gilb'r + Tolouse Low Trax (Zombie Jamboree fest./10 ans de Julie Tipex) – La Machine 13. Collection d'Arnell Andrea – Batofar 17. Xiu Xiu + Le Prince Harry – Petit Bain 23. Sleaford Mods + Mark Wynn – Gaîté lyrique 24. Death in Vegas – Gaîté lyrique 24. God is an Astronaut – Flow 25. Collectif_Sin (Villette sonique) – Wip 25. Keiji Haino, Merzbow & Balasz Pandi + Afrirampo + Puce Mary (Villette sonique) – Trabendo 26. Royal Trux + Groupe Doueh & Cheveu + Uranium Club + Bernardino Femminielli (Villette sonique) – Grande Halle de La Villette 27. Annette Peacock + OOIOO (Villette sonique) – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 27/28. Princess Nokia + Randomer + Marie Davidson + Doomsday Student + Mandolin Sister + The Goon Sax + Pizza Noise Mafia + Deena Abdelwahed + Volition Immanent + Mdou Moctar (Villette sonique) – Parc de La Villette (gratuit) 28. Einstürzende Neubauten + Jenny Hval – Grande Halle de La Villette 29. Ruins + Akaten + Zubi Zuva X + Acid Mother Temple SWR + Acid Mother Kirisute Gomen + Psyche Bugyo + Makoto Kawabata + Zoffy + Atsushi Tsuyama + Emiko Ota (Japanese New Music) – Gaîté lyrique 29. Psychic TV 3 – Petit Bain 30. Broken Social Scene – L'Alhambra 31. The Make Up + The Blind Shake (Villette sonique) – Cabaret sauvage

Juin 08. Primal Scream – Gaîté lyrique 08. Soror Dolorosa + Schonwald – Bus Palladium 09. Skinny Puppy + Carpenter Brut (fest. Download) –  Base aérienne 217 (Brétigny/Orge) 10/11. Richie Hawtin + Flying Lotus + Jon Hopkins (dj) + Parcels + Jessy Lanza + Action Bronson  + Anderson Paak + Abra... (We Love Green) – Bois de Vincennes 11. Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka Spel – La Cigale 30. Geneviève Pasquier + Position parallèle + Black Light Ascension – Le Zèbre de Belleville 30>10.07. Air + Metronomy + Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales + Savages + Devendra Banhart + Michael Kiwanuka + Tindesticks présentent "Minute Bodies" + James Vincent McMorrow + Lady Sir (Rachida Brakni & Gaëtan Roussel) + Kate Tempest + Calypso Valois + The Color Bars Experience joue Nick Drake (fest. Days Off) – Philharmonie

Juillet 01. Ke/Hil + Kommando + Tunnels of Āh + AntiVallium – Le Zèbre de Belleville 05. Group Doueh & Cheveu – Institut des Cultures d'Islam 21. Hocico + Shaârghot – Petit Bain

Août 25>27. PJ Harvey + The XX + At the Drive In+ Franz Ferdinand + Cypress Hill + Ty Segall + Rone + The Kills... (Rock en Seine) – Parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 22. She Past Away – Petit Bain 27. Sigur Ros – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 28/29. Sigur Ros – Grand Rex

Octobre 03/04. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Zénith 28. Peter Hook & The Light – Le Trianon

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

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The 5000 Best Books of All-Time

Book 251–499 (go to book 1 to 250)

251. All the King’s Men (1946) by Robert Penn Warren 252. The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett 253. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain 254. Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori 255. Plague (1947) by Albert Camus 256. Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton 257. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson 258. Shogun (1975) by James Clavell 259. A Town Like Alice (1950) by Nevil Shute 260. Ambassadors (1903) by Henry James 261. Blood Meridian (1985) by Cormac McCarthy 262. No Country for Old Men (2005) by Cormac McCarthy 263. The Castle (1926) by Franz Kafka 264. Phantom of the Opera (1910) by Gaston Leroux 265. Middlesex (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides 266. The Book of the New Sun (1994) by Gene Wolfe 267. Vanity Fair (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray 268. Heidi by Johanna Spyri 269. Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison 270. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand 271. Pippi Longstocking (1945) by Astrid Lindgren 272. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles 273. North and South (1855) by Elizabeth Gaskell 274. Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005) by Rick Riordan 275. Gilgamesh by 276. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 277. Millennium series by Stieg Larsson 278. Cat’s Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut 279. Northanger Abbey (1817) by Jane Austen 280. The Secret History (1992) by Donna Tartt 281. Screwtape Letters (1942) by C.S. Lewis 282. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 283. The World According to Garp (1978) by John Irving 284. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) by John Kennedy Toole 285. Birdsong (1993) by Sebastian Faulks 286. Dandelion Wine (1957) by Ray Bradbury 287. Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner 288. The Glass Castle (2005) by Jeannette Walls 289. People’s History of the United States (2010) by Howard Zinn 290. Lamb by Christopher Moore 291. Water for Elephants (2006) by Sara Gruen 292. Moneyball (2003) by Michael Lewis 293. Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome 294. Jungle (1906) by Upton Sinclair 295. The Forever War (1974) by Joe Haldeman 296. Le Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac 297. Number the Stars (1989) by Lois Lowry 298. Siddhartha (1951) by Hermann Hesse 299. Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 300. Misery (1987) by Stephen King 301. Calvin and Hobbes (1993) by Bill Watterson 302. I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson 303. Tuesdays With Morrie (1997) by Mitch Albom 304. Medea by Euripides 305. The Witches (1983) by Roald Dahl 306. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 307. Where the Red Fern Grows (1961) by Wilson Rawls 308. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson 309. Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe 310. Angela’s Ashes (1996) by Frank McCourt 311. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1963) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 312. Howl’s Moving Castle (1986) by Diana Wynne Jones 313. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) by James Baldwin 314. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) by John le Carre 315. Silmarillion (1977) by J.R.R. Tolkien 316. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) by Truman Capote 317. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) by John Boyne 318. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 319. High Fidelity (1995) by Nick Hornby 320. Parade’s End (1928) by Ford Madox Ford 321. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling 322. Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson 323. Works by William Shakespeare 324. Song of Solomon (1977) by Toni Morrison 325. Satanic Verses (1988) by Salman Rushdie 326. Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline 327. Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein 328. Mahabharata by Vyasa 329. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) by Jules Verne 330. The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West 331. The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham 332. My Antonia (1918) by Willa Cather 333. Swiss Family Robinson (1812) by Johann Wyss 334. I Capture the Castle (1948) by Dodie Smith 335. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (1990) by Dr. Seuss 336. Sirens of Titan (1959) by Kurt Vonnegut 337. The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 338. The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing 339. Tempest by William Shakespeare 340. Prophet (1923) by Kahlil Gibran 341. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 342. Everything is Illuminated (2002) by Jonathon Safran Foer 343. The New York Trilogy (1987) by Paul Auster 344. The Host (2010) by Stephenie Meyer 345. How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie 346. Brief History of Time (1988) by S.W. Hawking 347. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) by Jonathan Safran Foer 348. One Thousand and One Nights by 349. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson 350. Ivanhoe (1820) by Sir Walter Scott 351. Farewell to Arms (1929) by Ernest Hemingway 352. Awakening by Kate Chopin 353. Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder 354. Fun Home (2006) by Alison Bechdel 355. USA by John Dos Passos 356. The Shadow of the Wind (2001) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 357. Ramayana by Valmiki 358. Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) by Malcolm X 359. The Alchemist (1986) by Paulo Coelho 360. The Power of One (1989) by Bryce Courtenay 361. Aesop’s Fables by Aesop 362. The Virgin Suicides (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides 363. Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler 364. Love You Forever (1986) by Robert Munsch 365. Batman by 366. Story of Ferdinand (1936) by Munro Leaf 367. Scott Pilgrim (2010) by 368. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) by Stephen R. Covey 369. Divergent (2011) by Veronica Roth 370. Outliers (2008) by Malcolm Gladwell 371. Childhood’s End (1953) by Arthur C. Clarke 372. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen 373. Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo 374. Thirteen Reasons Why (2007) by Jay Asher 375. Polar Express (1985) by Chris Van Allsburg 376. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 377. The Neverending Story (1979) by Michael Ende 378. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 379. Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling 380. Shantaram (2003) by Gregory David Roberts 381. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 382. Light in the Attic (1981) by Shel Silverstein 383. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) by Brian Selznick 384. Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne 385. Jude the Obscure (1895) by Thomas Hardy 386. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien 387. Ringworld (1970) by Larry Niven 388. The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett 389. Redeeming Love (1991) by Francine Rivers 390. The Shipping News (1993) by E. Annie Proulx 391. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 392. Thus Spake Zarathustra (1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche 393. Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) by Beatrix Potter 394. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 395. The Once and Future King (1958) by T.H. White 396. Little Dorrit (1857) by Charles Dickens 397. Mythology by Edith Hamilton 398. Gulag Archipelago (1973) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 399. Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino 400. The Walking Dead (2003) by Robert Kirkman 401. Hush, Hush (2009) by Becca Fitzpatrick 402. Bridge to Terabithia (1977) by Katherine Paterson 403. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967) by E.L. Konigsburg 404. Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton 405. Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins 406. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 407. Lovely Bones (2002) by Alice Seybold 408. Paper Towns (2008) by John Green 409. The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr. 410. Underworld (1997) by Don DeLillo 411. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein 412. Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami 413. The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson 414. Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton 415. Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 416. Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) by J.M. Coeztee 417. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) by Ursula Le Guin 418. Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos 419. Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996) by Helen Fielding 420. Kane and Abel (1979) by Jeffrey Archer 421. Martian Chronicles (1950) by Ray Bradbury 422. Delirium (2011) by Lauren Oliver 423. Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton 424. Origin of Species (1977) by Charles Darwin 425. Steve Jobs (2011) by Walter Isaacson 426. The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) by Thomas Hardy 427. Killer Angels (1974) by Michael Shaara 428. The Poisonwood Bible (1998) by Barbara Kingsolver 429. Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) by Jared Diamond 430. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) by Dee Alexander Brown 431. Book of Job by God 432. The Dark Tower by Stephen King 433. Under the Dome (2009) by Stephen King 434. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert A. Heinlein 435. Stories (1971) by Franz Kafka 436. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) by Mark Twain 437. Joy Luck Club (1989) by Amy Tan 438. The Sneetches and Other Stories (1989) by Dr. Seuss 439. The Blind Assassin (2000) by Margaret Atwood 440. The Graveyard Book (2008) by Neil Gaiman 441. A Suitable Boy (1993) by Vikram Seth 442. Sister Carrie (1900) by Theodore Dreiser 443. Constitution by United States 444. Notebook (1996) by Nicholas Sparks 445. Silas Marner by George Eliot 446. The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006) by Michael Pollan 447. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) by Fannie Flagg 448. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba 449. The Last Song (2009) by Nicholas Sparks 450. The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler 451. Unwind (2007) by Neal Shusterman 452. A Walk to Remember (1999) by Nicholas Sparks 453. Republic by Plato 454. Little House in the Big Woods (1932) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 455. The Sandman (1996) by Neil Gaiman 456. Speak (1999) by Laurie Halse Anderson 457. The Selfish Gene (1976) by Richard Dawkins 458. Lorna Doone (1869) by R.D. Blackmore 459. The Far Pavilions (1978) by M.M. Kaye 460. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais 461. The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner 462. Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe 463. Glass by 464. House at Pooh Corner (1928) by A.A. Milne 465. Tawny Man by Robin Hobb 466. Kafka on the Shore (2002) by Haruki Murakami 467. Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James 468. Good Earth (1931) by Pearl S. Buck 469. Tuck Everlasting (1975) by Natalie Babbitt 470. Make Way for Ducklings (1941) by Robert McCloskey 471. Red Harvest (1929) by Dashiell Hammett 472. The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton 473. Naked Lunch (1959) by William Burroughs 474. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985) by Laura Joffe Numeroff 475. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) by Philippa Gregory 476. Angle of Repose (1971) by Wallace Stegner 477. Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun 478. The Beach (1996) by Alex Garland 479. Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck 480. The Last Lecture (2008) by Randy Pausch 481. Power and the Glory (1940) by Graham Greene 482. Pygmalion (1912) by George Bernard Shaw 483. My Name Is Asher Lev (1972) by Chaim Potok 484. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) by Sherman Alexie 485. Cold Mountain (1997) by Charles Frazier 486. Horton Hears a Who! (1982) by Dr. Seuss 487. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie 488. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) by Alfred Doblin 489. Cider House Rules (1985) by John Irving 490. Goedel, Escher, Bach (1979) by Douglas Hofstadter 491. The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester 492. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) by Jules Verne 493. The English Patient (1992) by Michael Ondaatje 494. Outlander (1991) by Diana Gabaldon 495. Sentimental Education (1869) by Gustave Flaubert 496. Marley & Me (2005) by John Grogan 497. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 498. Possession: A Romance (1990) by A.S. Byatt 499. As You Like It by William Shakespeare

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Compétition sélective de tir à l’arc en salle à Vinça le 15 décembre 2019

Cette compétition de tir à l’arc en salle (2 x 18 m) comptant pour les sélections pour le championnat régional a opposé 62 archers : Castelnaudary, Carcassonne, Céret, Llupia, Perpignan, Prades, Sorède, St Cyprien, Sainte Marie La Mer, Tarbes, Vinça, étaient représentés Les archers, du benjamin au senior, homme et dame, se sont affrontés dans […]

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Mirror Group Agrees To Pay Hefty Bill in Damages Over Phone Hacking

Mirror Group Newspapers have been hit with a bill running into tens of millions of pounds after dozens of phone hacking victims settled their claims for damages. Lord Archer and his wife Dame Mary, who was hacked while he was serving a prison sentence, were among dozens of well known figures who reached an agreement with the newspaper. Other victims included former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, ex-England football manager, Kevin Keegan and actress Patsy Kensit all settled claims after having their private conversations and messages hacked by journalists.

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Mirror Group settles dozens of celebrity phone-hacking claims

Dozens of celebrities have received damages and an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over phone-hacking. Lord Jeffrey Archer, Dame Mary Archer, ex-footballer Kevin Keegan, actress Patsy Kensit and former home secretary Charles Clarke were among 44 …

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Airport Limo To Sam Spade’s San Francisco

Trade shows got you down. Looking for something various before you take a San Francisco Airport Limo back to the airport. Why not have your Quicksilver TownCar driver drop you off at John’s Grill for a martini and take a look at Sam Spade’s San Francisco.

Author Dashiell Hammett developed detective Sam Spade. Hammett was the creator of the “hard-boiled” school of investigator fiction throughout the ’20s and ’30s, with criminal offense stories featuring the Continental Op and investigator Sam Spade. Spade’s criminal offense exploits covered all San Francisco looking for ideas. Today travelers are lucky since Hammett tape-recorded the routes with unexpected precision.

San Francisco itself became a primary character in the Continental Op stories as well as a motivation for Hammett’s best fiction, The Maltese Falcon. The 1941 noir movie based on the unique, stared Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, with classic performances by Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet. The film was the directorial debut of John Huston.

Though John’s Grill, 63 Ellis Street, does not appear in the 1941 film version of The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett composed in the 1930 novel,” [Sam Spade] went to John’s Grill, asked the waiter to rush his order of chops, baked potato, and sliced tomatoes, ate fast, and was smoking a cigarette with his coffee when a thick-set youngish man with a plaid cap set aside above pale eyes and a tough cheerful face entered into the Grill and to his table.”

The restaurant is still serving chops, potatoes and sliced up tomatoes; you can stop and have a Martini too.

The Thin Guy, Black Mask, and Maltese Falcon author resided in at Tenderloin house building, 891 Post Street # 401, one of his many San Francisco addresses in the 1920s. The Tenderloin was a preferred neighborhood for Hammett. This downtown community located in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, nestled in between Union Square shopping district to the northeast and San Francisco’s ornate Civic Center to the southwest. It encompasses about fifty square blocks.

Hammet filled his work with Tenderloin places. Today the Tenderloin is consistently described in many tour guide as “the worst area in San Francisco,” – great factors to have Quicksilver TownCar, 800.486.9622, drive you.

San Francisco’s foggy streets and strange environment were a perfect match for Hammett’s dame-and-gumshoe imagination. “Grant Opportunity, the primary street and spinal column of this strip, is for the majority of its length a street of ostentatious shops and flashy chop-suey homes, accommodating the traveler trade, where the racket of American jazz orchestras drowns the occasional squeak of a Chinese flute.” From Dead Yellow Women

In the Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade’s partner, Miles Archer, is shot to death on Bush Street over the Stockton Tunnel where you can stroll securely today. Info on the Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco walking trips are offered at www.donherron.com/tour.html.

For those who desire their TownCar, www.qstc.net, driver to browse after martinis at Johns and whiskey at a Grant Street “chop-suey home” there is well documented Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco book. The book is edited by Ed Sams with photos edited by Ric Botelh. Using the book as a guide, you can find exactly what remains of Hammett’s San Francisco, and Hammett’s immortal criminal offense stories.

The doll’s eyes resembled the cold fog rolling off the hill …

SF Bay Area Transport Specialist As President of Quicksilver TownCar Service http://www.qstc.net, Phil Macafee knows all of the highways and the majority of the byways from Carmel to Sacramento to the wine country and many of the high-cultures aviaries and sailor’s dives in between.

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