Sentences with phrase «characters as her other books»

Sadly, I have not (yet) read the work, but imagine that it contains the same vibrant characters as her other books, with an equally powerful understanding of human desires (but without the violence).

Not exact matches

In their new book, Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, Globe and Mail reporters Sean Silcoff and Jacquie McNish document the fascinating story through unprecedented access to company co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, as well as numerous other important characters.

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

He is better known to us as an individual than any of his predecessors — possibly better than any other character in the Old Testament; for his book contains many chapters of personal confessions and autobiography.

Careful reading of Book Z of the Metaphysics, to be sure, makes clear that there are at least two conceptions of substantial form in Aristotle's philosophy: one more Platonic in character whereby the form possesses its own substantial unity and communicates that unity to the material elements (stoicheia) from the outside, so to speak; the other apparently originating with Aristotle himself according to which the substantial form comes into being as it unifies the elements into an organic whole (cf. TKT 67 - 120).

Remember, all we know of God is as a character that appears in a book just as these other beings appear in media so, by your argument, all of these things could equally exist.

He consented, and before going out, sat down and wrote quickly the five thousand characters which constitute what is at once the most delightful, and perhaps also the most baffling of all the sacred books.59 It is translated variously into English as The Canon of Reason and Virtue, The Way and Its Power, and otherwise, but when one compares the translations, they differ greatly one from the other, probably reflecting therein the religious biases of the several translators.

There are several other roles for new characters, presumably those that appeared in the «Kick Ass 2: Balls To The Wall» comic - book, such as Mother Russia, Cleopatra, Marcus Williams, Katie Deauxma and possibly members of the group Justice Forever.

Three years ago, The Guardians of the Galaxy was considered the first big risk of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, completely removed from the rest of the Avengers on other planets with characters even avid comic book readers weren't overly familiar with, all led by an actor who was primarily known as the chubby goofball on an NBC workplace sitcom.

It's clear that Masters of the Universe is a derivative film, from the very Superman - like opening credits and theme song, to the Star Wars type confrontations, and some even cite Jack Kirby's «New Gods» comic books as a primary source, although my belief is that the film's creators merely ripped - off other sources that were influenced Kirby's creations rather than a direct lifting of characters and themes.

Annihilation is the first in a trilogy of books by VanderMeer (known as «The Southern Reach Trilogy»), but it's a unique series in that each book feels entirely different from the others, and in fact each follows a different set of characters — although there is some overlap that brings it all together in the end.

McGrath is so determined to wedge in as much of the book as possible that he slices out all the nuance, so characters who discreetly withhold every thought and emotion in the book core - dump them on each other in the movie, in a flood of rushed exposition.

Eastwood's aggressively incoherent movie follows the book so ineptly that it turns Stone into the central figure and treats the others as supporting characters.

But what initially seems to be just a literary framing device, tying the film we're about to see to A.A. Milne's original tales, turns out to be a much more involved conceit, as Pooh and the other characters talk back to the narrator and the actual words on the page of the book often become part of the story.

Dreyer's interest in creating historical adaptations, undoubtedly a consequence of his former career as a journalist, would perpetuate his reputation as a religious filmmaker when, after the popularity of Master of the House in France, the Société Général de Films approached Dreyer to make a historical drama, and Joan of Arc was selected over the other worthy subjects of Catherine de Medici and Marie Antoinette (who, like Jesus, was a prior character from Leaves from Satan's Book).

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

Her other books had used crime as a sublimation of homosexual desire in her characters.»

As we've seen with the other films in the franchise and her other work in Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, or Winter's Bone, she's a strong actress that can bring complexity to this character that isn't always present in the books.

Like many other characters in the book, she has special gifts as a mutant, but they are unlike any that have been featured on the big screen before.

Eventually, visitors will be able to locate the book they want and specify, down to the most microscopic detail, the way it will be presented to them: as white characters on a black background, as a Braille printout, as text spoken and displayed simultaneously, or any of a hundred other permutations.

The Center co-sponsors the Smart & Good School initiative, which includes free resources, a quarterly newsletter of best practices, and a research report; offers assessment instruments and other character education resources, such as books, articles, Spanish - language materials, classroom strategies, and parenting resources; and provides presentations and seminars for educators and parents.

There are other stories, though, particularly in the latter half of the book, such as «The River Warta,» that read like workshops for writers, teaching them the mechanics of short stories without the distraction of feeling anything for the characters: You introduce the character this way, hit this beat, give the reader something to chew on right here, and soon you have a workable short story.

As in his previous book, Lyga's cast feels very real, and he knows how to play the characters against each other.

Lewycka skips the narrative between characters rapidly and skillfully, giving everyone their moment in the spotlight, some more than others; even a stray dog who attaches himself to the group gets a say in punctuation - free capitals that initially irritate but grow on the reader as the book progresses.

My heart ached for each of the characters in the book - as each grappled with their own loss, different than the other.

My novel The Rescuer's Path came out this January, with glowing cover comments from Ursula Le Guin («exciting, physically vivid, and romantic»), Cheryl Strayed («held me from the first page to the end»), and many other noted authors whose opinions, one would think, would count with the media; yet, except a notice in Small Press Review («lyrical and poetic, the characters vividly drawn, the story captivating») and elsewhere, and mostly 5 - star Amazon reviews, media critics and bookstores will not so much as open the book.

While they might be perfect for your character, keep in mind that having a model that is the same on 100 other book covers (many in the same genre as you) may do more for your personal visual of the story than helping bring in potential readers.

But, as a crime and thriller writer myself, I found enough examples from other genres to allow me to recognise the help in creating characters this book and worksheets provide.

In other words, we can market books as a series without featuring the same characters or cliffhangers.

Working in Track Changes, I'll go through the book doing the line editing, as above, but will also give notes on plot and character, or any other relevant global issues that need attention.

There are five planned for Synthia and Ryder, and I have books planned for a lot of the other characters as well.

I'm around people like myself all day, I like to put myself in other situations when reading books and then mentally compare what I would do in situations as opposed to what the characters do.

Now I have a page for each book, with a chart with details about the new characters and other musings, and a page for the story arc and timeline for the series as a whole.

You spent a long time writing your book, but dashed off your description in a few minutes, without researching how other top selling books in your genre are described, or even noticing things such as layout, use of a hook, introduction of character, location, plot or benefits to the reader, in the case of non-fiction.

My other writings include book reviews (published in Fantasy magazine Black Gate, and SF Site), a handful of short stories (I'm a contributor to the Cast of Characters anthology edited by Lou Aronica), and a number of articles on writing and publishing that have appeared in venues such as Writer's Digest and Romance Readers Report.

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I abandon books if the main characters are a total pain in the arse, usually because they are also Mary Sues but the problem with Mary Sues is that no other characters are allowed to see them as anything but perfect or with slight flaws that many people find endearing anyway, example: «She was beautiful, but her teeth were a little crooked so she covered her mouth when she laughed.

Some guesses make more sense than others (many stated in previous comments), but nothing in this book gave me a clue - I see this as a failure to underdeveloped this thread - the title of the book; some story about wolves - just enough so the reader has some connection to the main character - would have helped.

Because the book is written as if it's Tiny's own composition, his confident, hilarious voice can be heard throughout; Tiny «speaks» even when the words belong to other characters.

«The surprise for you as a reader is that when you get really far into this long book, you realize that the characters you have grown to know so well and who live in a very confined space don't know each other all that well, and that's because they occupy different social realms.»

I found the modern characters a little more interesting than the 19th century ones, and I think that there is not as much sparkle in the dialogue in this book as in her others.

Angela Ackerman is a writing coach, international speaker, and co-author of the bestselling book, The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, as well as five others.

Plus, the author did a great job of making Sadie a very likeable character and Roy the epitome of evil so it is easy to forgive / justify Sadie's actions as well as the actions of the other women in the book that took care of their problems.

The characters we meet throughout this book often don't immediately seem to be connected, but it is slowly revealed how intricately intertwined their stories are and how each of their experiences brings them close to each other as if they were a family.

Diversity in books is also a strong need among principals and school librarians, as books in other languages, culturally relevant titles and books with diverse characters are high on their list.

Interestingly, Bush first envisioned the character of Rick Frost as an adult who was thrown into harrowing situations, but as he began to write the book he realized that a full - grown man rescuing himself and others in a wilderness survival tale wasn't really thrilling.

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The interface isn't quite as easy as the «swipe» screen on other books, since you have to use «arrows» to turn the page, but it's unique in it's search capabilities — you can search by categories like animal characters, imaginary creatures, nonfiction, fairy tales, and age range or length of book (you can even search by color of the cover!)

Emma Tate who voices Nico Collard, Maria de Santos, a young Tiago Marques and Sofia has a massive amount of experience in voice - overs having voiced characters in television series including Captain Scarlet, The Jungle Book, Angelina Ballerina and more besides, alongside roles in videogames such as Telltale's Wallace and Gromit episodic games, Rogue Trooper, Shinobido, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, LEGO: The Hobbit and Bloodborne, amongst others; while Nicholas Boulton voices Richard Langham having voiced characters in Killzone 3, The Witcher 2, Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward and much more besides; Toby Longworth voices Marques having voiced Senator Lott Dodd and Gragra in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace as well as videogames such as Tropico 5, Sacred 3, Risen 3: Titan Lords and more besides; Terry Wilton voices Father Simeone and Vlad having previously narrated the Trine games, alongside an incredibly talented cast.