Sentences with phrase «narrative chronicles»

New York, NY About Blog The Elven Tower is a source of original imaginative content and narrative chronicles for D&D and other RPG games.

Set in a time when women had few rights, this compelling narrative chronicles one woman's emotional journey from abuse to independence.

DiCamillo's terse third - person narrative chronicles the everyday agonies of her characters, which include testy old women, a comforting insurance clerk, a swim coach with the secret of life, and two indomitable animals: one dog, one cat.

Not content with reaching a dazzling apotheosis in the on - screen presentation of song and dance, Fosse wove singing and dancing into a semi-autobiographical narrative chronicling the final days in the life of Joe Gideon, a genius director - choreographer whose non-stop work regimen is making him physically ill.

Richly colored, highly focused illustrations coupled with straightforward narrative chronicle the daily journey of the sun's nourishing energy.

That work creates a fugue from three narratives chronicling the effects of the global economic crash: one about a successful photographer in Iceland who loses everything in the downturn, one about a hedge - fund art collector in London who doesn't have much to worry about, and one about a housekeeper in Dubai who is trapped in an immaculate apartment in the middle of the desert.

Not exact matches

Runciman's History resembles the medieval chronicles on which it is based, using narratives of events and depictions of individuals to draw moral as well as historical lessons: «by the inexorable laws of history, the whole world pays for the crimes and follies of each of its citizens.»

The question animating his narrative is, as he puts it, «what sort of person wrote the Chronicles of Narnia?»

But I chose this volume that chronicles McLean's visits to 10 small towns across Canada because it's a bit more complex and narrative than his usual down - home stuff, he dives into forgotten history, talks to people that aren't usually on the front page or the television, to tell their stories.

Isabel's quest to be reunited with her husband provides the narrative thread for Whitaker's lively chronicle.

Despite an obligatory narrative, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India is an excellent continuation of this unique spinoff and I can't wait to get my hands on the third game next month.

Through the personal lives and music of Sderot's diverse musicians, and the personal narrative of the filmmaker, who ends up calling the town home, the film chronicles the town's trauma and reveals its enduring spirit.

The details of the story, taken from real events chronicled in Krystyna Chiger's memoir The Girl in the Green Sweater and Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, lend the familiar elements of In Darkness» narrative a fresh potency.

But unlike some RPGs that stretch the length by revisiting old maps and forcing level grinds, the pacing in Xenoblade Chronicles 3D manages to make every moment feel significant to the weight of the story, and the character level progression flows seamlessly with the narrative.

What's surprising is that this cliche - filled narrative takes a turn at a certain point and begins to barrel towards much more exciting and immediately engaging events — but like what feels like everything in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 it takes a while to get to that point even if you ignore side quests and attack the main story specifically.

Also among the 9 Oscar nominees for best picture Thursday: the old - age love story «Amour»; the Iran hostage thriller «Argo»; the independent hit «Beasts of the Southern Wild»; the slave - revenge narrative «Django Unchained»; the musical «Les Miserables»; the shipwreck story «Life of Pi»; the lost - souls romance «Silver Linings Playbook»; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle «Zero Dark Thirty.»

The second narrative, told in words and set in 1977, chronicles Ben (played in the film by Oakes Fegley) as he travels to Manhattan in search of clues about his long - lost father.

Although not linked to the Wii's Xenoblade Chronicles in a narrative sense, Chronicles X carries over much of the gameplay elements of its predecessor — but now couples on - foot exploration with flight via weaponized, giant robots.

David O. Russell's cast shines in this delirious chronicle of the Abscam scandal, but the director occasionally loses his grip on the narrative thread.

But as the film goes on, a narrative starts to form, one that chronicles with heartbreaking detail the sorts of dilemmas that poor parents and their children face in America, and the broken systems that try to add structure to impossible situations.

But as The Florida Project goes on, a narrative starts to form, one that chronicles with heartbreaking attention the sorts of dilemmas that poor adults and their children face in America, and the broken systems that try to cope with impossible situations.

Valkyria Chronicles 2 had at least four major hurdles to clear: deliver a second helping of the first game's quirky strategy and action; adhere to the cartoony, yet charming and often beautiful aesthetics; tie it together with a strong narrative; and do it all with the PSP's hardware.

Indeed, despite the movies dark subject matter, the chronicle of events is far from the serious crime thriller or gritty drama you may expect from such narratives.

Later that year, she served as the narrative thread in the Ron Mann - directed documentary «Altman,» which chronicles the life and work of the late director.

So, for my buddies in the charter world, this discursive narrative on Alan Watts, the road sign and the test, may read like something out of the Martian Chronicles — because state mandated teacher evaluations don't apply to us!

An utterly absorbing narrative that chronicles Tim Butcher's forty - four - day journey along the Congo River, Blood River is an unforgettable story of exploration and survival.

Plain chronicles the naturalist's adventurous life in a succinct, absorbing narrative that is well researched, meticulously documented, and beautifully written.

«If fact - filled narrative were all there was to historical writing, this book would be unsurpassed; history being more than chronicle, the book suffers as a result.»

We'd like to know whether our audience consumes ebooks in the same ways they do our website content — are they dipping in and out of them to get the advice they're looking for, or are they sitting down for a couple of hours to read a narrative like Pakistan Chronicles from beginning to end?

Her epic history of an alternative, magical England is so beautifully realized that not one of the many enchantments Clarke chronicles in the book could ever be as potent or as quickening as her own magnificent narrative.

Buck is a mildly diverting memoirist, and the chronicle of his personal adventure is not without its moments — though it does suffer from a certain monotony, as only so much narrative momentum can be generated through the recitation of the daily tasks of hitch the mules, steer the wagon, find a campsite, unhitch the mules, cook dinner, sleep under the stars.

The latter theme pervades her new memoir cum investigative nonfiction narrative, a faithful, funny and thought - provoking chronicle of a...

The history of this pivotal World War II event is chronicled in a compelling narrative, presented in an accessible, engaging format and buttressed by a variety of primary sources.

Sides, best - selling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers, displays his knack for narrative history yet again as he chronicles the journey of American officer George Washington De Long and his crew of 33 aboard the USS Jeannette.

The characters Yong has found who spend their lives peering through microscopes or monitoring petri dishes are as colorful and diverse as the life they are chronicling, but there's a sort of sameness that creeps into the narrative.

Chickasaw novelist Hogan tells her harrowing life story in this beautifully rendered, cathartic, and ultimately transcendent narrative, chronicling her difficult childhood, alcoholism, the anguish of her two psychologically damaged adopted children, and struggles with a neuromuscular disease.

Accompanied by excellent color illustrations, Plain chronicles Audubon's adventurous life and the importance of his groundbreaking bird paintings in an absorbing, meticulously researched narrative.

Spiral Jetta Summer is a chronicle of this adventure, and it reveals Hogan's unpretentious and boisterous narrative flair on the roads of middle - of - nowhere Utah in pursuit of Robert Smithson's classic work Spiral Jetty.

Chronicles of our trip to Los Angeles for E3 2016, as told by the narrative director of Vampyr, Stéphane Beauverger!

Under Night In - Birth Exe: Late [st] features four new characters, 4 new stages, re-balanced gameplay, new combo challenge and tutorial modes as well as a chronicle mode to discover the narrative of the game.

Valkyria Chronicles 2 had at least four major hurdles to clear: deliver a second helping of the first game's quirky strategy and action; adhere to the cartoony, yet charming and often beautiful aesthetics; tie it together with a strong narrative; and do it all with the PSP's hardware.

The finest piece of Xenoblade Chronicles is within its epic narrative.

I'd come from a line of relatively terse action - adventure games like Zeliard on the PC and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the SNES, but it wouldn't be long before I'd experience more verbose narratives in games like Betrayal at Krondor or little - known shareware gem The Aethra Chronicles.

It's a neat way to chronicle your road trip, but it also pulls double duty by filling in otherwise assumed narrative gaps.

Often inspired by autobiographical details and by the arduous transformations of his home country, Paci's work intertwines personal narratives with metaphorical and poetical chronicles of the experience of life in exile.

On both formal and conceptual levels, the artist and filmmaker challenges common notions of space and boundary, weaving together archival material, scripted text and hypothetical circumstances to chronicle the political narratives of our day.

I'm in Love, and thereby serve as entry points into her personal narrative, one she openly admits is a chronicling of her love life.

Accompanied by an illustrious publication featuring texts by Als and Jeremy Lewison, the exhibition chronicles an artist's personal and creative journey over the decades, while chronicling complex social and political narratives embedded in American history.

I see each painting as an ongoing storyboard chronicling an extended narrative.

While chronicling individuals who faced a range of civil and social hardships in South America in the 1970s, she became fascinated by the story of the individual and was drawn to the narrative power of images.