its disembodied hand numbering the King’s final days. Then comes the stranger, the serpent-wielding young woman with the glittering amber eyes. Her words are always the same. Emmett will soon save her. Then the supposed hero awakens to his unremarkable life, awaiting the next night and the...
He doesn’t need to be ashamed of it at all. Golden States is about David, a young boy living with his mother and sister Lizzie in California, and his experiences on the cusp of young adulthood. Parts of him are very childish – he constantly squabbles with his sister, and plays ...
HARKING BACK TO THOSE DAYS OF YORE…E.B. Whitesimply had no stomach for the nostalgic stylings ofMary Ellen Chase(left) orHenry Seidel Canby, seen here on the cover of the May 19, 1924 issue ofTime.(U of Maine/Time Inc) * * * Fifty Years Young “The Talk of the Town” marked...
I caught sight of a indistinct patch of red. I became confused at such vibrance at this time of year, for displays of crimson blooms are rare even in the growing season. Lured by the mystery, I found myself overlooking a low, damp stretch of savanna, home to phalanxes of long...
here the rapid spread of the Old Gold brand across the country is equated to the record-breaking feats of a young female pilot, Elinor Smith… …I don’t know if Smith herself smoked, but she almost lived 100 years, and flew well into her her 90s…we looked at Smith’s feats in a...
In July 1988, DBP decided to sell Taal Vista Hotel through an unsolicited proposal from SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) headed by its chairmanHenry Sy, Sr.who, when he was a young man, was one of the many regular visitors of the hotel, often choosing one spot on the grounds from which...
MONKEY BUSINESS…Clockwise, from top left, the Iowa-bornErnest B. Schoedsackcut his filmmaking teeth as a producer/director of quasi-documentaries, beginning with 1925’sGrass, which followed a caravan from Angora to Persia; a young Sumatran boy, Bin, bonds with the orangutan Rango; promotional...