![]() ![]() ![]() Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Streets NW, Washington, D.C. A new movement to end all war is growing.Īpril 4, 2017, 6-8 p.m. ![]() and Preventing the NextĪn event to mark 100 years since the United States entered World War I, and 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. Kazin will be speaking on April 4, 2017, at this event: We discuss World War I, World War II, and peace activism. His most recent book is War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918. Kazin writes frequently for such publications and websites as The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, and The Daily Beast. His main interest is the history of politics and social movements in the United States. Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University and editor of Dissent, a magazine of politics and culture which has been published since 1954. ![]()
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The essays cover a wide range of topics, including the principles of federalism, the separation of powers, and the need for a strong central government. The Federalist Papers are considered one of the most important works in American political history and provide a detailed analysis of the principles of American government and the ideas that underpin the Constitution. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He struggles to adjust to prison life, and Red believes he might be innocent after all. Andy maintains that he’s innocent though the evidence against him is overwhelming. The drama is based on King’s book of the same name. Andy Dufresne is serving life imprisonment for killing his wife, Linda, and her tennis-playing lover. Could there be another season of 11.22.63Series producer Stephen King says he has an idea for a sequel to the Hulu series, AV Club reports. ![]() Red’s a cold man, but even he’s affected by the arrival of a new inmate at the prison. He tells the reader how he murdered his wife but accidentally killed a neighbor and her child. He moves contraband within Shawshank Prison. The first novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, is narrated by a man called Red. King is an international best-selling horror and thriller writer whose books have inspired movies and TV series for decades. ![]() The book was a World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Anthology/Collection in 1982, and the first novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, inspired a major motion picture. Instead, its a prequel to his famous vampire novel, Salems Lot. First published in 1982, the collection takes place over four seasons, moving from a man seeking revenge after wrongful imprisonment to a woman fighting against death. Chapelwaite (TV) Like Hulus Castle Rock, EPIXs Chapelwaite is a Stephen King TV series that isnt exactly an adaptation. Different Seasons is a collection of four horror novellas by Stephen King. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book was a nice difference from the first book, the plot was engaging and I really liked both MCs. I usually don't like series' that hop around between friend groups but the way the author writes the ends of each book really lends itself into gnawing at my interest. Theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom.and doom them both. ![]() But when her brother abdicates, she's suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.Īnd as she navigates the intricacies-and treacheries-of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can't have. Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he's faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her.īecause she's his. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. A princess with a stubborn streak and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. He has never once been tempted to break those rules.until her.īridget von Ascheberg. Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously something beyond his comprehension. ![]() “She stopped driving the car,” Victor said, almost wondrously. But it was all still there to see-the conventionally handsome, even kind face, with its brooding blue eyes and almost black hair, the sensitive yet commanding set of his features, his full mouth, the imperious yet curiously respectful tone of his voice. ![]() She looked at his face and wished she could be like some of those women she had often read about who, when they looked at a lost or former lover, wondered what they could have seen in him in the first place. She almost smiled-why should their divorce be any different than their marriage? Could you give us some examples of what you describe as your wife’s erratic behavior over the last few years.”ĭonna Cressy sat in the straight hard-backed chair, her back rigid, not touching the wood, and watched the man in the witness stand, the man to whom she had been married for six years, Victor Cressy, age thirty-eight and five years her senior, continue to grind what was left of her self-image into fine flecks of ash (human remains from the cremator’s oven), to dissect every phrase she had uttered during their life together, every tone, every nuance until there was nothing left but his interpretation of how it had been. The lawyer smiled with well-practiced patience, perfectly pitched understanding in his voice as he elaborated. “Could you be a little more specific when you say ‘erratic behavior’?” ![]() |