![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jumping the gun would wind up keeping him out of commission even longer than he had originally feared in December 2022, Hawk had to have his femur surgically realigned. He was initially in denial about how serious his broken femur was, getting back on his skateboard as soon as he physically could and ignoring the signs that something was wrong. Hawk has dealt with injuries before-many of them over his long career. Forget being able to skateboard after he broke his right femur in March 2022, Hawk needed a cane just to get around, which the world witnessed when he presented at the Oscars later that month. We would have gone against the grain anyway we loved what skateboarding provided us and being part of the counterculture.”īut Hawk has has a front-row seat to what life is like when your body betrays you. “We didn’t have those resources or any of that knowledge,” Hawk said. Today, skateboarding is an Olympic sport, and its pros train in state-of-the-art facilities, with access to nutritionists, performance coaches and recovery specialists. ![]()
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![]() Readers see Alem's reactions from the outside, not as an internal process, as the government initially refuses to grant him asylum and later, when both of his parents are killed (his mother in Africa, his father in London). Rather than delving deeply into his protagonist's emotions, the author adopts a relatively objective stance. After being moved from an institution to a more welcoming foster home, Alem musters an army of friends and compassionate social workers who help him combat a cold and impersonal system. ![]() While Alem's parents fight for the unification of Ethiopia and Eritrea thousands of miles away, Alem must mount a battle for political asylum. As the novel opens, Alem's father brings him to London "on holiday" and then abandons him, leaving only a letter to explain his reasoning. ![]() With both of his parents' homelands at war, 14-year-old Alem is persecuted because of the family's mixed nationality his Ethiopian father and Eritrean mother decide that their son will be safest abroad. Zephaniah, a London-based performance poet, sends a strong political message in his realistic account of a young refugee's struggles. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a good book to complement other books on pigments that you may already have. Needless to say he's extremely knowledgeable on this subject. He's also the founder of Langridge Artist Colours that sells paint. ![]() The author David Coles has been working with colours and pigments for almost 4 decades. This book is for those who love colours and pigments and already know their Lemon Yellows and Phthalo Blues because those are too common to be included in this 224-page hardcover. Have you heard of them? There are also pigments made from urine, cow dung, crushed insects and more commonly known deadly metals. Some of the pigments featured are Orpiment, Realgar, Woad, Tyrian Purple (made from sea snails) and Verdigris. As someone who uses watercolour and reviews art supplies, there are so many pigments and dyes included in this book that I've not heard of. ![]() This is a book on the interesting history on how 50 extraordinary pigments are created or where they come from. ![]() ![]() ![]() Home to dozens of protected plant, animal and bird species, including endangered eagles and vultures, the park may well be the closest thing to wilderness in France. The park covers 361 square miles of France’s least populated countryside, a land inhospitable to highways, whose ancient expanse of ragged gorges, steep forested ridges, river-etched valleys and high-altitude plateaus still shelter a rugged way of life that has persisted for millennia. ![]() So much so that in 2018 it was named an International Dark Sky Reserve, or “ Réserve de ciel étoilé”, as the French more poetically call it. ![]() On the way, he climbed rugged windswept peaks, beheld boulder-strewn waterfalls that tumbled into crystalline pools “of the most enchanting sea-green”, and slept out of doors under a darkness so profound he called it “night within night”.Ī century and a half later, the Cévennes national park remains much as Stevenson described it in his book Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes, and is still one of the darkest places on earth. Over 12 days in the autumn of 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson and his capricious donkey Modestine walked 120 miles through the Cévennes, a remote French territory due north of Montpellier, where he met impoverished peasants, silent monks, and lonely shepherds while reflecting on the region’s history of outlaw Protestants and a child-devouring beast. Jennifer Ladonne winds her way through the craggy wilderness of the Cévennes national park, crossing paths with Robert Louis Stevenson ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. ![]() According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. "A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And now, her unique Logos voice makes her an extremely valuable commodity to the Atlanteans - so much so that her enigmatic commanding officer Aeson Kassiopei, who is also the Imperial Prince of Atlantis, has taken an increasingly personal interest in her.īefore the end of the journey, Gwen must convince him that she has what it takes to compete in the deadly Games of the Atlantis Grail. Time and time again, Gwen's uncanny ability to come up with the best answer in a crisis saves her life and others. Fleet Cadet or Civilian? Friend or lover? Average or extraordinary?Ĭan she make new friends? Can she trust the old ones, such as Logan Sangre, her sexy high school crush and an Earth special operative? Now faced with a year-long journey in space, life in a wondrously alien environment, and many tough life choices, Gwen must decide who or what she will become. With Earth about to be destroyed by an extinction level asteroid, teenage nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark, barely Qualified for rescue onboard one of the thousands of ark-ships headed to the ancient colony planet Atlantis. ![]() It's one thing to Qualify.but do you have what it takes to Compete? ![]() ![]() At the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills, as his ear was cocked for the closing credits, we were eventually joined by “Fences” stage vet Stephen McKinley Henderson, who reprises the role of best-friend Bono in the film.Īnne Thompson: It struck me that there’s a drive in you not to just settle for what’s comfortable - to do something more.ĭenzel Washington: Well, Scott Rudin, seven years ago, sent me August’s screenplay. He stays close to his wife and family, lives a normal life as much as he can, and returns to the theater for sustenance. He’s fun to talk to, because he’s buoyant and engaged he listens and responds. He’s doing better than most Hollywood stars in this department, keeping global audiences coming to popcorn fare such as “The Magnificent Seven,” “Equalizer,” “Unstoppable,” “Two Guns” and “Safe House,” while adding occasional nourishment from films like “Flight,” “Inside Man,” “Remember the Titans” and “Hurricane.” He’s been nominated six times, winning for “Glory” and “Training Day.” Since his breakout in 1984’s “A Soldier’s Story,” Washington has built his movie-star status over the decades. READ MORE: Denzel Washington Stuns with ‘Fences’: How He Dodged Broadway’s Stagey Curse “Fences” ![]() ![]() She’s already won the Critics Choice and Golden Globe awards, and has BAFTA and SAG in her sights. Viola Davis Gets the ‘Woman King’ Celebration Oscar Season Failed to Deliverĭavis made the call to change her status to supporting, partly to take the pressure off her busy schedule. ![]() ![]() ![]() She's not on the road trying to work with a Skrull name J as they become basically bounty hunters. She She-Hulk has lost her license to be a lawyer. She-Hulk by Peter David was better than expected even if it feels a little uneven and cut short. ![]() I could def read more adventures with She-Hulk as a bounty hunter. It was great seeing some of the Lady Liberators show up along with the other cameos. Or the bit where Jen’s friend gets captured and Jen has to chose on letting out a big secret in order to help her. ![]() From some people in this foreign country dealing with a natural disaster where their dictator won’t help and has been hoarding all the supplies and aid that has been sent. There were a couple of different serious as hell story beats that Peter David gets into. The book is action packed and remains great as we get into the Secret Invasion tie in stuff that also crosses over with Peter David’s X-Factor. A few different artists in this one and they all do a good job. Jen is also working with a partner who has some of her luggage that comes calling later on. Pretty cool! Also, great fight with Creel. Something happens to Jen here that had me scratching my head like wait, what? Shortly afterwards you learn the twist that happened. ![]() The person she is chasing first has a relative, Creel, the absorbing man. Jen is no longer practicing law but now she a bounty hunter chasing down criminals who have skipped bail. The book starts off with big action from the jump. Awesome!!! This was my favorite out of the She-Hulk omnibuses. ![]() ![]() ![]() and a revelation so personal that everything she once believed is fast turning to dust. Determined to finally uncover the truth, Atlee Pine's journey home turns into a rollercoaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies. When Atlee oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, the FBI gives her a leave of absence - the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began. ![]() Does he really know what happened to Mercy? Quest for justice. A notorious serial killer, locked in a maximum-security prison, continues to haunt her. Atlee has never stopped searching for answers about her sister. Long Road to Mercy Daylight Mercy Zero Day The Innocent Don't miss more Atlee Pine and these other bestselling series from David Baldacci Introducing Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United States who must confront a new threat. Since that fateful night, Atlee has dedicated her life and career to catching those who hurt others. At six years old, Atlee's twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the family home while Atlee was left for dead. ![]() A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world's most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the mission to find the crystal that would protect the city, Zed and Brock’s friendship becomes closer than ever even as their kinship within the Adventurer’s Guild is deepened. A surprise attack by the Dangers that lurk without almost leads to the loss of life-and to a royal command that Frond eliminate the threat of the Dangers. On their very first day, they and the other new apprentices are challenged to survive their first night beyond Freestone’s wall. Zed and Brock soon learn that the Adventurer’s Guild is a rowdy mix of humans, elves, dwarves-and an archivist who can cast a mean spell or two when he has to-run by a ragged old woman by the name of Alabasel Frond. Covert, orchestrated circumstances lead the boys into the lowly Adventurer’s Guild, however, which only the guildless or unwanted enter. Brock’s choice of the Merchants Guild is rooted in family tradition. Zed, the son of a single-parent human mother, has always wanted to join the Mages Guild. Zed, a half-human, half-elven boy with brown skin, and white, human Brock are best friends eager for Guildculling. ![]() |