![]() ![]() Not only does Hard Days Night Hotel offer stunning views of the city, but it is also one the best hotels to stay in Liverpool for sightseeing. ![]() The hotel’s ideal central location means you won’t need to travel Across the Universe to experience Liverpool’s famous tourist attractions. A stay at Hard Days Night Hotel is characterized by enjoying a relaxing cocktail in one of our bars while enjoying some of Liverpool's very best musical talents performing great live music, or enjoy a true culinary experience at Blakes, our flagship restaurant. Situated in the heart of Liverpool's 'Beatles Quarter', adjacent to the world-famous Cavern Club where the Fab Four began their meteoric rise, the hotel offers the best location not only perfect for music lovers, but also for great shopping, local history and fine dining. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He visits Norwegian megafarms that use genetic techniques once pioneered on sheep to grow millions of pounds of salmon a year. In Four Fish, award-winning writer and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a culinary journey, exploring the history of the fish that dominate our menus - salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna - and investigating where each stands at this critical moment in time. We stand at the edge of a cataclysm there is a distinct possibility that our children’s children will never eat a wild fish that has swum freely in the sea. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex and confusing marketplace. ![]() Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. ![]() ![]() ![]() While at Charterhouse in 1912, he fell in love with G.H. Robert von Ranke Graves (1895-1985), born in Wimbledon, received his early education at King's College School and Copthorne Prep School, Wimbledon & Charterhouse School and won a scholarship to St John's College, Oxford. Each story is accompanied by Graves’ interpretation of the origins and deeper meaning of the story, giving a reader an unparalleled insight into the customs and development of the Greek world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawing on his experience as a novelist and poet, Graves tells the fantastic stories of Ancient Greece in a style that is both absorbing and easy for the general reader to understand. The Greek Myths is the culmination of years of research and careful observation, however what makes this collection extraordinary is the imaginative and poetic style of the retelling. Demeter mourning her daughter Persephone, Icarus flying too close to the sun, Theseus and the Minotaur … all are captured here with the author’s characteristic erudition and flair. In this much-loved collection, poet and scholar Robert Graves retells the immortal stories of the Greek myths. For a full appreciation of literature or visual art, knowledge of the Greek myths is crucial. Combines in a single volume the complete text of the definitive two-volume classic, citing all the ancient myths. ![]() ![]() ![]() How does an elephant vanish without a trace? At first there's nothing Bernie and Chet can do-it's a police matter and they have no standing in the case. The only problem is that Peanut, the headlining pachyderm of this particular one-ring circus, has gone missing-along with her trainer, Uri DeLeath. ![]() ![]() Bernie scores tickets to this less-than-greatest show-on-earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling circus comes to town. Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. In the third book in the brilliant New York Times bestselling series featuring a lovable and wise dog narrator, Chet and Bernie go under the big top to solve the most unlikely missing persons (and animals!) case ever. ![]() ![]() Our Town performed April 27th-29th, 2018, at the Hudson Guild Theatre in NYC, and received 4 National Youth Arts Awards in 2018 (Outstanding Direction, Ensemble, 2 Lead Performances). Leaning into Wilder’s famous use of theatrical convention and absent fourth wall, this visit to Grover’s Corners is visually styled after a tech rehearsal, where time is precious, somehow both sluggishly dragging and swiftly running out. This performance-centric take on Our Town thrusts the Stage Manager narrator into the (possibly busted) spotlight. 80 years after Wilder’s brilliantly bittersweet portrait of small-town life first opened on Broadway, the people of Grover’s Corners are back on the small stage, and they’re almost ready to get started. Firebird returns to the stage with Our Town, a fresh look at the beloved American classic by Thornton Wilder. ![]() ![]() ![]() The remaining villagers are taken hostage-all except Solimar. ![]() This alone would be a huge responsibility, but tragedy strikes when a neighboring king invades while her father and brother and many others are away. After the magical frenzy, she realizes she's been given a gift-and a burden: she can predict the near future! She has also become a protector of the young and weak butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies humming and swirling around her. Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. ![]() ![]() If this road was walked upon by Hannibal, it was built long before his day by Hercules, and 100,000 unemancipated performed the dirty work. Look at all the slop that this one sent us! And we weren’t trespassing on his corns either! There is a power, namely, that keeps us to the road. Sources Campbell and Robinson’s A Skeleton Key to Finnegan’s WakeĬampbell and Robinson provide a translation for our convenience: “Yes, the invincible’s all around us can’t be downed. In November, I got underway at Book I, Chapter 4 on, and continued to the end of the first sentence ending of.
![]() One could even argue that it was a bargain. One night compared to that would be minuscule. This was more money than she could ever see in her lifetime. She came into this room with the thought of backing out, but after reading the document, Violet had another change of heart. Violet looked up to see Damon handing her a pen. Damon already signed his part and hers was left blank. It basically stated that she’d agree to this sale of her virginity for the aforementioned price and that their signatures would seal the deal. ![]() The agreement was pretty self-explanatory. Violet swallowed hard and her eyes began to glaze over the words on that paper. He said it so calmly and so nonchalantly, like he wasn’t buying a girl’s virginity for one million dollars. “A written agreement for the price of our sale,” Damon replied. ![]() ![]() He took out a piece of paper and pushed it towards Violet. “Before we get on with our business, there’s a bit of a paperwork you’d need to sign,” Damon said suddenly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was seventy-seven and, after a lifetime of unblemished health, had gardened too late and too long, and had caught a chill which turned into pneumonia. They’ll see me out.Īnd now it seemed that they were going to do just that. For years her daughter Isobel had been trying to persuade her to buy new ones, but They’ll see me out, Tuppy had said, without thinking very much about it. But she loved their familiarity like that of old friends. The sun had bleached their bright roses to a faded pink, and the linings were so threadbare that they could no longer be sent to the cleaners for fear of total disintegration. He stood at the window, with his back to her, framed by the faded curtains which she had chosen forty years before. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And an anniversary they will never forget. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.Įvery anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts – paper, cotton, pottery, tin – and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. Think you know the person you married? Think again… ![]() The Last Passenger – Will Dean May 11, 2023.The Red House – Roz Watkins May 19, 2023.Cover Reveal – Abby Davies – Arrietty May 24, 2023.Looking for something? Search for: Search MY MOST RECENT POSTS ![]() |