Sentences with phrase «stories of the next century»

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Although no more Easter narratives were accepted into the authoritative canon of the New Testament which eventuated, such stories continued to appear in the next century, and probably far outnumbered the canonical ones, even though most of them have not survived except in fragments.

In one way, what happens next makes the whole story look like a conventional miracle of the sort that healers of many nations and peoples have done over the centuries, including prophets such as Elijah and Elisha.

In conclusion, as we start to look forward to the invigorating spectacle of the coming coronation — and turn our eyes away from the un-inspiring stories of the scandals surrounding the next generation of royalty — it might now be time to ask whether monarchy is really a fit institution for the coming twenty - second century.

Where «Roots» and «Roots: The Next Generations» were extensive studies on, not one character, but a series of members in a bloodline that spans about a century or so, this series centers around one character, thus the unevenness that plagued this series» sisters has been thinned out tremendously, though unfortunately still not quite to the point of dissipation, because as generally comfortable as this story's flow is, Halle Berry's titular Queen Jackson character extensively faces several dynamic events and characters, yet still doesn't take the time that it should to meditate upon the full exposition and depth of this story's range, thus leaving certain key story aspects to come off as unnecessary and, of course, supplementary to focal inconsistency.

While most of the excitement for blockbusters this month is going to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story next week, 20th Century Fox wants to make sure you don't forget that Assassin's Creed is coming the week after that, just before Christmas.

Indie Next # 1 Pick: A LUCKY MAN: Stories, by Jamel Brinkley TIN MAN by Sarah Winman NOIR by Christopher Moore LOVE AND RUIN by Paula McLain THE ENSEMBLE by Aja Gabel THE ONLY STORY by Julian Barnes THE PERFECT MOTHER by Aimee Molloy WELCOME TO LAGOS by Chibundu Onuzo WARLIGHT by Michael Ondaatje MY EX-LIFE by Stephen McCauley THE MARS ROOM by Rachel Kushner MR. FLOOD»S LAST RESORT by Jess Kidd HOW TO WALK AWAY by Katherine Center YOU THINK IT, I»LL SAY IT: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld WICKED RIVER by Jenny Milchman THE FEATHER THIEF: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL: A New Journey Through Anxiety, by Sarah Wilson THE GIRL WHO SMILED BEADS: A Story of War and What Comes After, by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil MOTHERHOOD by Sheila Heti THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD: Tales From My Momma's Table by Rick STORY by Julian Barnes THE PERFECT MOTHER by Aimee Molloy WELCOME TO LAGOS by Chibundu Onuzo WARLIGHT by Michael Ondaatje MY EX-LIFE by Stephen McCauley THE MARS ROOM by Rachel Kushner MR. FLOOD»S LAST RESORT by Jess Kidd HOW TO WALK AWAY by Katherine Center YOU THINK IT, I»LL SAY IT: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld WICKED RIVER by Jenny Milchman THE FEATHER THIEF: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL: A New Journey Through Anxiety, by Sarah Wilson THE GIRL WHO SMILED BEADS: A Story of War and What Comes After, by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil MOTHERHOOD by Sheila Heti THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD: Tales From My Momma's Table by Rick Story of War and What Comes After, by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil MOTHERHOOD by Sheila Heti THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD: Tales From My Momma's Table by Rick Bragg

Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a multimedia edition of «The Master of Rampling Gate,» a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century.

Gathering accolades and distinctions from centuries of distinguished guests, Barberstown Castle's rich and colorful heritage makes it an Irish treasure with more than 800 years of stories to recite next to its glowing fireplaces.

The Dutch artist's journey is a 20th Century story, while Lee journeying across the Pacific, first to California, is most certainly a forerunner and standard bearer for artists of the turn of the 20th to the 21st Century — an immigrant artist from Asia whose extensive oeuvre of ahead - of - the - curve artworks has changed the cultural landscape from one hemisphere to the next.

The works are partially organized in horizontal installations that have paintings one next to another with space in between, like horses in a stable, that tell stories in more of a 20th Century format.

The first show to go on view next spring — an opening date has not yet been set — will tell the story of 20th - and 21st - century American art entirely through the Whitney's permanent collection.

The story ranges from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, fluid mechanics, and quantum mechanics, to economics and social sciences.The class will consider evidence from the distant past and projections into the distant future, keeping the human time scale of the next several centuries as the bottom line.The lectures follow a textbook, «Global Warming, Understanding the Forecast,» written for the course.