DAILY DEALS: Art detectives, Europe elopements, and a film textbook
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Saint’s Gate by Carla Neggers $ 1.99
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Two people, isolated by their pasts. An obsessive killer who will force them together. Welcome to Saint’s Gate.
Emma Sharpe is summoned to a Maine convent, partly for her FBI art crimes work, partly because of her past with the Order. At issue is a mysterious painting of Irish lore and Viking legends. But when the nun who contacted her is murdered, it seems legend is becoming deadly reality.
Colin Donovan is one of the FBI’s most valuable deep-cover agents. Back home in Maine after his latest mission, a contact clues him in to an intrigue of murder, international art heists and long-held secrets that is too tempting to resist. As danger spirals ever closer, Colin is certain of only one thing?–Emma Sharpe is at the center of it all.
Every Boy’s Got One by Meg Cabot $ 0.99
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Cartoonist Jane Harris is delighted by the prospect of her first-ever trip to Europe. But it’s hate at first sight for Jane and Cal Langdon, and neither is too happy at the prospect of sharing a villa with one another for a week—not even in the beautiful and picturesque Marches countryside. But when Holly and Mark’s wedding plans hit a major snag that only Jane and Cal can repair, the two find themselves having to put aside their mutual dislike for one another in order to get their best friends on the road to wedded bliss—and end up on a road themselves … one neither of them ever expected.
Inda by Sherwood Smith $ 1.99
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Acclaimed Inda series within Sherwood Smith’s epic fantasy Sartorias-deles universe • Military fantasy woven with courtly politics, vast worldbuilding, and diverse characters
Indevan-Dal is the second son of the Prince and Princess of Choraed Elgaer, destined to become his elder brother Tanrid’s Shield Arm-his military champion. Like all second sons, he is to be privately trained at home by Tanrid, the brother whose lands he will one day protect.
When the King’s Voice comes to summon Inda to the Military Academy, he might well feel foreboding, or even fear-war is imminent-yet youthful Inda feels only excitement. But there are things that Tanrid hadn’t prepared him for, and Inda will soon learn that the greatest threats to his safety will not come from foreign enemies, but from supposed allies within his own country.
Literature into Film by Linda Costanzo Cahir $ 3.99
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For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: “The movie wasn’t as good as the book.” This volume undertakes to show the reader that not only is this evaluation not always true but sometimes it is intrinsically unfair. Movies based on literary works, while often billed as adaptations, are more correctly termed translations. A director and his actors translate the story from the written page into a visual presentation.
Depending on the form of the original text and the chosen method of translation, certain inherent difficulties and pitfalls are associated with this change of medium. So often our reception of a book-based movie has more to do with our expectations and reading of the literature than with the job that the movie production did or did not do. Avoiding these biases and fairly evaluating any particular literary-based film takes an awareness of certain factors.
Written with a formalistic rather than historical approach, this work presents a comprehensive guide to literature-based films, establishing a contextual and theoretical basis to help the reader understand the relationships between such movies and the original texts as well as the reader’s own individual responses to these productions.
To this end, it focuses on recognizing and appreciating the inherent difficulties encountered when basing a film on a literary work, be it a novel, novella, play or short story. Individual chapters deal with the specific issues and difficulties raised by each of these genres, providing an overview backed up by case studies of specific film translations.
Films and literary works receiving this treatment include The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Lady Windemere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare’s Henry V. Interspersed throughout the text are suggestions for activities the film student or buff can use to enhance his or her appreciation and understanding of the films.
I love art history, mystery, forgery, x-marks-the-spot stories. Top of my list are Peter Watson’s LANDSCAPE OF LIES and Arturo Perez Reverte’s THE FLANDERS PANEL. Carla Neggers is new to me, will have to take a look.
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Inda is a fabulous book. The names are hard to keep track of at first, but it’s worth it.
I’ve read the first couple of books in the Carla Neggers series, but I haven’t continued. There’s something missing. In my mind, I contrast her prose with Deborah Crombie, and there’s just no comparison. Deborah Crombie’s writing is excellent and I guess i judge Carla Neggers’ to be average. I did enjoy the first one, though. I would check her books out of the local/digital library. And to all who read this, if you’re not using the Overdrive app to find digital books to check out from your local library, you should! A library card number is required. I’m sure I’m talking to the choir!
I love the Sharpe & Donovan books. The romance is slow to develop and her writing style isn’t for everyone, but I enjoy them. There’s a large cast of characters and most of the books have a secondary romance as well. Regardless of the fact Rock Point is being billed as a prequel novella I highly recommend reading the series in the published order (1) Sainht’s Gate (2) Heron’s Cove (2,5) Rock Point (3) Declan’s Cross (4) Harbor Island (5) Keeper’s Reach and the upcoming (6) Liar’s Key
Every Boy’s Got One is $1.99 at Amazon, not $0.99.
@Darlynne: Did you read Perez-Reverte’s The Club Dumas? It’s sort of literary/theological intrigue rather than art, but SO GOOD.