![]() ![]() They did not approach the critical acclaim of the original, but were commercially successful, spawning a live-action television series in 1974 and an animated series in 1975. ![]() Jacobs produced the first five Apes films through APJAC Productions for distributor 20th Century Fox following his death in 1973, Fox controlled the franchise.įour sequels followed the original film from 1970 to 1973: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes, was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works. The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR (2018).Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier (2017). ![]()
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'You wouldn't be saving this girl, you would be damning her. 'Evangeline would be different.' The Fate glowered at the queen. After bringing back Castor and seeing what he became, I vowed to never use that sort of magic again.' For he also possessed an indomitable will. The queen could not fight immortals physically, but she had an iron will forged of mettle and mistakes. She's tried to pull her son away from the girl to stop his unnatural feeding, but her hands were not strong enough. 'I am sorry,' said the queen who'd just awoken. ![]() ![]() No matter how faithful love can be…it takes only one moment to change it all. Will Ellie ever be able to let go of the past and let him into her heart and will Gunner be patient enough to wait for her? What will it take for them to realize they are all each other have ever WANTED? *Adult language and content ![]() Every time he gets close to winning her love, something pushes her away again. Gunner knows they are meant to be together forever, but Ellie keeps denying her feelings out of fear of being hurt again. ![]() He will stop at nothing to show Ellie how much he wants her, even if it means he has to move faster than she would like. Gunner only has two passions in life, football and his grandfather’s ranch, until he falls for his best friends little sister. ![]() The last thing Ellie expected was to fall in love with Gunner Mathews, a starting linebacker for the University of Texas football team and not to mention, her brother's best friend. She focused all of her attention on her grades and getting into the University of Texas to start a new life away from her mother. Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18-year-old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had no idea what to expect when I saw this graphic novel in my local book store. ![]() Recently, Alexander led a delegation of 20 writers and activists to Ghana, where they delivered books, built a library, and provided literacy professional development to 300 teachers, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an International literacy program he co-founded. A regular speaker at colleges and conferences in the U.S., he also travels the world planting seeds of literary love (Singapore, Brazil, Italy, France, Shanghai, etc.). ![]() Kwame believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people through his PAGE TO STAGE Writing and Publishing Program released by Scholastic. ![]() His other works include Surf's Up, a picture book Booked, a middle grade novel and He Said She Said, a YA novel. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York Times Bestselling author of 21 books, including The Crossover, which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal for the Most Distinguished Contribution to American literature for Children, the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, The NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Passaic Poetry Prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Resort-Style Living in the Coastal Carolinas. The owner's bathroom offers a sizeable walk-in tile shower with a double sink vanity, a separate water closet, and a linen closet. The owner's suite is conveniently located on the 1st floor and features a large walk-in closet with custom-built white wood shelving. Outdoor living is simple, with a large screened-in porch off the great room. The Chef's kitchen features on-trend designer finishes, a gas slide-in range, and a stainless vent hood. 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He is still a captive, but he is treated with honor because he is a skilled fighter. Later, he became one of them by defeating a huge warrior in a fight. Last week we told how John Carter was captured by a group of warriors on the planet Mars. Editor's note: This is the third in our series of programs called “A Princess of Mars.” The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not a particularly good reason, but Paloma doesn’t have anyone in her life who understands her. Instead of depression or bullying or drug use, Paloma just doesn’t want to grow up and turn out like all the other adults she meets. Her reasons for suicide are not the usual ones. When we first meet Paloma, she is planning her suicide and wants to burn down the apartment building. ![]() At the beginning of the book, they seem very, very different. ![]() (To be fair, Paloma can be rude.) Over the course of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, we see how similar the two are. Paloma hides her intelligence because her family is so terribly banal any attempt to speak up is quashed as rudeness. ![]() We learn Renée’s reasons later in the book. Unfortunately, neither feel they can express their intelligence. Nothing would have changed if Kakuro Ozu hadn’t moved in upstairs and upset the status quo.īoth Renée and Paloma are highly intelligent and well read. Renée Michel, the building’s concierge, has been hiding her intelligence from everyone in her life, disappearing into a stereotype to avoid notice. Paloma Josse, at 12, thinks she has discovered life’s racket and makes plans to avoid her fate. What is life for? And how should we live? Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog revolves around these two questions through two characters who live in the same apartment building. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the cloud rains suspense only in the book's final quarter, long after the warning of a dire threat has paled. And the Hippopotamus Pool? It's a legend of war and wits that Amelia is translating, one that alerts her to a hippo of a different type-a nefarious, overweight art dealer who may become her next archenemy!From Publishers WeeklyA menacing cloud hangs over the eighth adventure of 19th-century archeologists Amelia Peabody and her husband, Radcliffe Emerson (seen before in The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog). But before the sands of time shift very far, all will be risking their lives foiling murderers, kidnappers, grave robbers, and ancient curses. ![]() When the guide mysteriously disappears before he tells his secret, the husband-and-wife team sail to Thebes to follow his trail, helped-and hampered-by their teenage son, Ramses, and beautiful ward, Nefret. A masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queen's lost tomb.and Amelia Peabody and her irascible archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are intrigued, to say the least. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Revolution in the Valley begins, Hertzfeld is working on Apple's first attempt at a low-cost, consumer-oriented computer: the Apple II. One of the chosen few who worked with the mercurial Steve Jobs, you might call him the ultimate insider. That's because author Andy Hertzfeld was a core member of the team that built the Macintosh system software, and a key creator of the Mac's radically new user interface software. The stories in Revolution in the Valley come on extremely good authority. The book traces the development of the Macintosh, from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond. ![]() Revolution in the Valley traces this vision back to its earliest roots: the hallways and backrooms of Apple, where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. There was a time, not too long ago, when the typewriter and notebook ruled, and the computer as an everyday tool was simply a vision. ![]() ![]() ![]() It had actually been more fun working as a secretary in a tyre making machinery company. In 1976 her son, Alex, was born and she discovered that she was wrong. ![]() Margaret found it difficult to find the kind of work that she enjoyed there, and decided that having a child might be more fun. This secretarial college no longer exists, a fact for which she refuses to bear any responsibility.Īfter that she went to work at the BBC in London, and later moved to work for The Heinemann Group of Publishers at Lower Kingswood in Surrey, where she met her future husband, Alan.In 1974, Margaret and Alan moved to Grantham in Lincolnshire, due to Alan’s work commitments. She was educated at Sutton High School for Girls GPDST and then at Rickard’s Lodge Secretarial College in Wimbledon. Margaret Bingley was born in Sutton, Surrey more years ago than she cares to remember. ![]() |