![]() And I can see your love for it also in your book. ![]() And they, you know, helped me do little science experiments with parts and things. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.įLATOW: Bell Labs has been one of my great interests, ever since I was a little kid. Jon Gertner writes all about the magical days of the Hell's Bells Laboratory in his new book "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation." He's also an editor at Fast Company here in New York. They - two of them, Penzias and Wilson, would go on to win the Nobel Prize for that. A couple of scientists even discovered the first echoes of the big bang by accident. Researchers at Bell Labs were inventing the future in all kinds of ways doing pioneering work on solar cells, lasers and communication satellites. But the transistor - maybe the most important innovation of the 20th century - was invented there too. ![]() ![]() You may remember it as the place where Ma Bell developed part of its indestructible telephones. It's the Hell's bells and buckets of blood at the Hell's Bells Laboratory.įLATOW: The Hell's Bells Laboratory, the storied Bell Labs nestled into the rolling hills of New Jersey. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing) We've traveled a long way to bring you this song, a brand new calypso we're sure to get wrong, about the reform school to which we belong. ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HELL'S BELLS LABORATORY") What sort of company would have a song written about it, let alone have its employees sing it? ![]()
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![]() It feels like it's been a very long time since I've read a retelling, so it felt appropriate to start with an Alice in Wonderland one that I've been so excited about. Returning to the place of nonsense from her childhood, Alice finds herself on a mission to stop the Queen of Hearts' tyrannical rule and to find her place in both worlds. ![]() And as Alice develops a self-portrait, she finds the most disturbing image of all-a badly-injured dark-haired girl asking for Alice's help. There's something eerily off about them, even for Wonderland creatures. She's also interested in learning more about the young lawyer she met there, but just because she's curious, of course, not because he was sweet and charming.īut when Alice develops photographs she has recently taken about town, familiar faces of old suddenly appear in the place of her actual subjects-the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar. Alice is happy to meander to Miss Yao's teashop or to visit the children playing in the Square. ![]() She'd rather spend golden afternoons with her trusty camera or in her aunt Vivian's lively salon, ignoring her sister's wishes that she stop all that "nonsense" and become a "respectable" member of society. What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late?Īlice is different than other eighteen-year-old ladies in Kexford, which is perfectly fine with her. ![]() ![]() Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. ![]() Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel.Īnd for good reason. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. ![]() ![]() Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, they were taken aback and held on to their weapons, ready to strike, in case she was sent to harm them by their rivals and enemies. This was the first time that the Four Psychos ever saw her. At this point, she suddenly became less transparent, even though she had not completely turned into a natural human being. Keyla, who had no name at the time, saved the Four Psychos and aided one of them in killing the intruder. One night, Keyla happened to stumble into an intruder who sneaked into the home of the Four Psychos to kill them. Part 3: Main Characters of Four Psychos.What this tells us is that she had an attachment to them that was beyond a physical one. ![]() It would interest readers to know that anytime Keyla was away from them for less than an hour, she would start to fade. For some reason, she felt jealous anytime she had to watch them with other females. At the beginning of the book, Keyla thought to grab a popcorn and watch the sex session that the Four Psychos were having. She watched them do all sorts of activities that were genuine to them, including group sex. ![]() Keyla, as she was eventually named in the latter part of the book, followed and literally lived with the Four Psychos, Ezekiel, Gage, Kai, and Jude, whom she preferred to call one, two, three, and four. She didn’t know how she ended up in that house with the Four Psychos, and for five years, she could see them, but they couldn’t see her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Natalie knows there is more to the case, but as the investigation deepens, even she cannot predict the far-reaching consequences – for the victim, for the missing of Burning Lake, and for herself. The suspect is in a coma, collapsed only hours after the teacher's death, and it turns out Daisy had secrets of her own. Then Daisy Buckner, a beloved schoolteacher, is found dead on her kitchen floor, and a suspect immediately comes to mind. Tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of nine missing transients who have disappeared over the years, Natalie wrestles with the town's troubled history – and the scars left by her sister's unsolved murder years ago. Natalie Lockhart is a rookie detective in Burning Lake, New York, an isolated town known for its dark past. There's something wicked in Burning Lake. From Alice Blanchard, the author of the New York Times Notable mystery novel Darkness Peering comes Trace of Evil, first in an evocative new series about a small New York town, its deeply held secrets, and the woman determined to uncover them, no matter what the cost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Polanski's first feature-length film, '' Knife in the Water'' (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. His Polish Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. ![]() He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, nine César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards,Īs well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or. Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański |group=lower-alpha|name=note_a}} ( né Liebling 18 August 1933) is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. ![]() ![]() ![]() SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONSĭisciples of Dread, T. The Mountains of Madness, Cemetery Dance (Forest Hill, MD), 2004. The Evil Returns, Leisure Books ( New York, NY), 2001. The Dawning, Leisure Books ( New York, NY), 2000. ![]() WRITINGS: NOVELSīlack Sun, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1960. War correspondent during World War II.ĪWARDS, HONORS: World Fantasy Award, World Fantasy Convention, best collection/anthology, 1978, for Murgunstrumm and Others Lifetime Achievement Award, Horror Writers of America, 1991 World Fantasy Convention Award, 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Horror Guild, 1998. ![]() Long, 1935 children: Kenneth L., Donald H.ĬAREER: Writer. PERSONAL: Born July 11, 1910, in Chester, England died June 27, 2004, in Sebastian, FL married Margaret P. ![]() ![]() She soon finds out that bewitching her father, Pierre, is only the first step in Severine's plan to claim the entire island for the jumbies. And when this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne's house, cooking dinner for Corinne's father, Corinne is sure that danger is in the air. When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger speaking to the town witch at the market the next day, she knows something unexpected is about to happen. Those shining, yellow eyes that followed her to the edge of the trees, they couldn't belong to a jumbie. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have listeners holding their breath as they fly through the audio.Ĭorinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are my notes on each of the epilogues. I found this incredibly useful especially for those stories that I have not read in years. ![]() Each has a definite subject and for fans that have read (and re-read) the series and call it a favorite this may be of interest, however it would be of no use or interest to a reader who has not read the entire series.Īt the start of each second epilogue Quinn gives a bit of information about that book, just enough to remind us what that story was about and how the second epilogue ties into that book. Three of these are new material (the other six were previously available/published), and this is the first time the complete collection has been made available. Happily Ever After is a series of second epilogues for the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn ![]() ![]() Carlton – eBook Detailsīefore you start Complete Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet, #2) PDF EPUB by H.D. Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet, #2) by H.D. ![]() ![]() The final installment to the Cat and Mouse Duet…The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I’m trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren’t as they seem.They won’t keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I’ve become,And I’m fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.They call me a diamond,But they’ve only created an angel of death.The HunterI was born a predator,With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.When what’s mine is stolen from me in the night,Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,I find that I can no longer contain the beast.Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.And bring her back to where she belongs.No one will escape my wrath,Especially not those who have betrayed me.Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You can read this before Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet, #2) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Carlton which was published in January 28, 2022. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet, #2) written by H.D. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet, #2) by H.D. ![]() |