![]() ![]() FX isn’t expecting those kinds of numbers but they no doubt have high expectations just the same.Īndrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, Michael De Luca, Michaela Clavell, Tim Van Patten, Eugene Kelly and Ronan Bennett Will Executive Produceīased On The Classic Best-Selling Novel by James Clavell Starring Richard Chamberlain, the peacock network’s Shogun averaged 25.4 million viewers for each of the 12 broadcast hours. ![]() ![]() TV viewers may recall that NBC aired a five-night mini-series based on the book back in Fall 1980 ( above). FX has announced they’ll be airing a new Shogun TV series, based on the James Clavell novel that was published in 1975. It seems that everything that’s old is new again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Roberts’s riposte to these and similar denunciations is a stark rebuttal: ‘every single word quoted above about George III is completely wrong.’ No prisoners are taken, as one detractor after another is skewered: Whig and Tory, left and right, British and American. The scene is set with a ripe selection of damning verdicts on King George, featuring everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Lin-Manuel Miranda (creator of the musical Hamilton), the most witty being E C Bentley’s clerihew ‘George the Third/Should never have occurred,/One can only wonder/At so grotesque a blunder’ and the most ignorant being J H Plumb’s equation of him with King John as ‘one of England’s most disastrous kings’. Now, thirty years after the premiere of Bennett’s play, George may become Britain’s best-understood monarch, thanks to this impressive new biography. ![]() A smash hit with public and critics alike, the film garnered a sheaf of awards, including an Oscar and three Oscar nominations. ![]() I f George III is Britain’s most misunderstood monarch, he is also one of the best known, thanks to Alan Bennett’s play The Madness of George III, which served as the basis for Nicholas Hytner’s much better film adaptation (titled The Madness of King George, allegedly to reassure any Americans fearing they might have missed two prequels). ![]() ![]() ![]() This book expands the realm of ideas and topics that seem tractable to scientific exploration. ![]() He argues, “If every scientist were a brush-clearing, never-stray-beyond-established-fact type, science would advance at a snail’s pace and would have a hard time unpainting itself out of corners.” In an era in which shrinking availability of research funding induces greater and greater conservatism, Ramachandran’s open-minded approach provides a refreshing contrast. Writing for a general audience as well as neuroscience specialists, Ramachandran attempts to go beyond what is known and speculate about what might be. These and other neurological oddities serve as a jumping off point for the book’s examination of the human brain, how it evolved, and what mechanisms might differentiate us from “lower” animals. Ramachandran, a prominent cognitive neuroscientist and practicing neurologist at UCSD, is well known for his studies on phantom limb, in which sensations seem to arrive from amputated body parts, and synesthesia, in which sounds may seem to have tastes, letters may have colors, or there may be some other combinations of actual and illusory events. Ramachandran delivers a thought-provoking exploration of the neural basis of human cognition. ![]() ![]() The smudge becomes the face of a bunny, a crumpled ball of paper turns into a lamb's fleecy coat-celebrate the oops in life. A singular work of imagination, creativity, and paper engineering, Beautiful Oops! is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion "telescope‚"-each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder. ![]() And an accidental tear in your paper? Don't be upset about it when you can turn it into the roaring mouth of an alligator.īarney Saltzberg, the effervescent spirit behind Good Egg, offers a one-of-a-kind interactive book that shows young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. Beautiful Oops a collaboration between and the Bruins of Punahou School Honolulu, HI the 1st graders of Ducketts Lane ES Elkridge, MD Beautiful Oops By The. But little kids sometimes have trouble dealing with their mistakes, whether its a. ![]() A spill doesn't ruin a drawing-not when it becomes the shape of a goofy animal. Beautiful Oops - We all make mistakes - grownups and children alike. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery. The unusual artistic format of doors, windows, and unfolding paper creations will surprise. ![]() A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It's OK to make a mistake. Beautiful Oops is a delightful read for both babies and adults. ![]() ![]() But Keeper loves all things magical and marine she knows all about selkies, mermaids and sirens. Never speaking ill of Meggie Marie, Signe allows Keeper to remember her mother as a mermaid, assuming that one day Keeper will stop believing in magic. She has been cared for since that time by young Signe, who loves and protects her with a ferocious love. When she was only three years old, Keeper was abandoned by her mother, Meggie Marie, and her memories of that day are shaky and fading. Everything she touches, from a very special bowl to her mother’s gumbo pot to a neighbor’s ukulele, is ruined. The main character, Keeper, is having a terrible day. ![]() Both books rely on magical elements and old stories, but Keeper, with its 10-year-old main character, is more suitable for younger children, despite its length. Turns out, Keeper has many of the same elements of last year’s stunner for junior high and high schoolers, but with a completely different feel. ![]() ![]() Given that Appelt is also the author of stunning nonfiction ( Down Cut Shin Creek) and many picture books (I am partial to Bubba and Beau), I was curious to see what she would try next. Last year, Kathi Appelt won a Newbery Honor for her dark and magical novel, The Underneath. ![]() |