| 单词 | quest |
| 例句 | “They cannot help us anymore. We must finish this quest ourselves.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There was another problem with calling for help: this was supposed to be a solo quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s a journey of seventy-five miles, and it’s a quest, and a pilgrimage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One way or another, their quest would end this evening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Yes, a quest to live in every state. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He tells them his story and his quest for the sea. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of all the things you thought to pack on a quest, you brought a pocket dictionary?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry, you two. I don’t care how worthy your quest is. I don’t do anything that Hera wants. Ever.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After a while Luke said, “You miss being on a quest?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie was in trousers for our unusual quest, her hair stuffed into an old newsy cap, her little hands in work gloves. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Ma clearly does not appreciate Vincent’s art, but his quest is no longer for her, or for the memory of Pa. It is for himself, for the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They went on quests and explored dungeons, and they chatted. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If it came to a choice—save Annabeth or let the quest succeed—could Percy really choose the quest? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He found this quest. We wouldn’t even have known about it, were it not for him.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That first quest to rescue Hera seemed like centuries ago. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Grover announced that he'd be able to spend the rest of the summer with us before resuming his quest for Pan. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, he died suddenly in 1916, at least partly exhausted by his quest and the search fell into abeyance while Lowell’s heirs squabbled over his estate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Not to advertise: and to trust this quest of a situation to me. I’ll find you one in time.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z First he dreamed he was back in Alaska on the quest for the legion’s eagle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The remainder of this book consists of a quest to discover those real reasons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I never imagined he would be part of the quest,” she said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The visit rekindled his concern that in the quest to surpass the Paris exposition Burnham and his architects had lost sight of what a world’s fair ought to be. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I hesitated, unsure as to how she would respond to my re quest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As she recited her lines, my sister faded away, and in her place appeared a girl embarking on a quest. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z ‘They require our help with their quest, even if the odds are hopeless.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Annabeth frowned Last summer, before my quest, I’d visited the.strange spirit that lived in the Big House attic and it had given me a prophecy that came true in ways I’d never expected. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to mess up the quest, but she remembered how horrible her life had been when she and her mother had moved to Alaska—no roads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Gather all the senior officers. I want a meeting as soon as Reyna has left on her fool’s quest. There will be a few changes in the legion’s plans.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The line would make perfect sense if Chiron went on the quest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Cabot Searcy would not give up his “quest,” as he called it, for the truth behind modern human existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The memory is almost enough to derail Axel’s quest for his quiet bedroom and a good book. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z ‘Dearest, be sensible. Give up your quest. Your Argo II could never make the trip to Athens. Even if it did, there’s the matter of the Athena Parthenos.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Maybe it would have meant standing around in armor and going on dull quests. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “He’s this half-blood kid we brought to camp last winter. He, uh . . . he asked me to guard his sister on a quest, and I failed. She died. Now he blames me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I could tell by her abrupt manner, and the way she tapped her lorgnette against her teeth, that she was questing possibilities. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “What a cute idea. No, I’m afraid were fresh out of oracles. Now, if we’d gone questing for the Sibylline books, like I recommended—” “The Siba-what?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She could accept death if she had to, but if the Athena Parthenos was destroyed their quest would fail. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “But the whole quest started with us finding Hera and waking that giant king Porphyrion. I have a feeling the war will end with us too. For better or worse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He’d spent enough time thinking he was a mistake—as a demigod, on this quest, in life in general. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, my girl. I’m not a demigod anymore. I don’t do quests.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I hit the top of Half-Blood Hill in time to see the camp’s van disappearing down the farm road, probably Argus taking the quest group into the city. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The coach wouldn’t share details, but he hinted that he was calling in some favours to help with the quest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We’ll take you to the Court of the Sky. There you may formally ask the Council of Guardians for the details of your quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘Personally,’ Nico said, ‘I could do without prophecies or quests for a while.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The three of us met outside the quest gate on Tokusatsu and entered it together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We had come down the short flight of stairs, and she opened another door, standing aside for me to pass through, her dark eyes questing my face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Did this demigod—did he explain his quest?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed on this quest was paparazzi taking pictures of all Frank’s epic fails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Percy and Thalia had led a quest to rescue her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Bobby’s success at Palma had brought him to the next level in his quest for the world title. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “So this whole quest was a lie. Nico brought me down here to get me killed.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Those served me well when I was on my quest. Gift from Dad. Of course, I don’t use them much these days. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. First day leading the quest. Just great.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Perhaps because I hope that you can save many people on this quest, Percy. Not just your friend Grover.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The job of the seven demigods aboard the Argo II, Chiron reminded them, was to finish the quest and come back safely. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But the truth of this guess he did not learn until, years later, the quest of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe led him to the Kargad Lands, and to the Tombs of Atuan. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Your sibling, of course! You think you can quest alone? Questing requires families,” said the bird. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We don’t have to worry about our quest cover story or transportation,” she says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Camp Half-Blood is sending a quest, as you predicted. Our side of the bargain is almost complete.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Others carried standards and insignia Hazel didn’t recognize, as if they’d died at different times, on different quests—maybe not even from Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then the other campers went off to their afternoon classes— gladiator fighting, Latin lessons, paintball with ghosts, eagle training, and a dozen other activities that sounded better than a suicide quest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They were skeptical at first, but after I described the unique nature of the quest, and what I believed the payoff for solving it might be, they finally agreed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Danger, a quest, three figures. They are close to you, but they are not your friends.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Our book is about our quest to live in all fifty states. We have plenty of material to work with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The council had called Grover’s performance on the quest “Brave to the point of indigestion. Horns-and-whiskers above anything we have seen in the past.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot had several other adventures during his first quest—it lasted a year but perhaps only two are worth repeating in detail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on some sort of quest, though he didn’t yet know where it would lead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She couldn’t guess how many skeletons were represented, but she was willing to bet they were all demigods from the past, children of Athena on the same quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Searching for the perfect place had always felt like an adventure, kind of like a fairy-tale quest. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “I do not understand, but I put myself at your service. I pledge my life to preserve you from harm,” he said with the fervor of a new-made knight being sent upon a quest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But a quest to ...” Grover swallowed- “I mean, couldn’t the master bolt be in some place like Maine? Maine’s very nice this time of year.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the feast of Pentecost it was customary for the knights who had been on Table quests to gather again at Carlion so as to relate their adventures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! Or we could be on a quest to find a treasure!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Honestly, reader, what do you think the chances are of such a small mouse succeeding in his quest? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z With hounds questing ahead, in open order, the sons of Autolykos went down a glen, Odysseus in the lead, behind the dogs, pointing his long-shadowing spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Aristarchus, every step in our quest has moved us farther from center stage in the cosmic drama. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered what Hazel had said about finding a treasure that would help them with the quest, but he wasn’t sure what he was looking for. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I visited the Vietnam memorial several years ago and began my quest to find and speak with veterans, I quickly realized I knew very little about the war and the politics surrounding it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Like a false scent, the authorship question has propelled historians down labyrinthine trails of evidence in quest of the real and true author. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “At any rate, I certainly bear you no ill will, my girl. I appreciate the difficulty of your quest. Especially when you have troublemakers like Janus to deal with.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Now that she was here, Hazel felt a reckless urge to finish the quest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A few years ago, Percy and she had gone on a quest in Daedalus’s labyrinth—a secret network of tunnels and rooms, heavily enchanted and trapped, which ran under all the cities of America. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If he denied he was the warrior now, the quest would be called off, and his father would be as good as dead. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Before I tell you of your quest, show me what gifts the gods have given you,” said Urvashi. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wish I could say that love, ambition, jealousy, the quest for adventure, or any of the more romantic feelings were back of these two murders. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We have understood your story about the imprisoned sea creatures in Atlanta. Keto and Phorcys must be stopped. We will send a quest of mer-heroes to defeat them and free their captives. Perhaps Cyrus?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “But you’re a god, right? Can’t you just abracadabra me a quest translator so I can make sure I’m doing the right thing?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A quest for a life whose ultimate goal, I hoped, would be the betterment of my life, my family’s and that of the black people of South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A quest for a new life, different from the nightmare I had been living for eighteen years. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Massari didn’t consider his quest unreasonable, nor did he fully grasp how many steps down the ladder the drama program ranked from a powerhouse athletic team. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A number of committees were formed that day, but the primary purpose of the Youth League was to give direction to the ANC in its quest for political freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I left her there, staring at maps that led from nowhere to nowhere; but I couldn’t shake the feeling that one of us wasn’t going to come back from this quest alive. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I was asking,” Octavian said like he was talking to a three- year-old, “if you have a plan for the quest. Do you even know where you are going?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He now made it his life’s quest to get lead taken out of gasoline. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Will this quest into the Labyrinth help me win her back?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I returned the bow respectfully, then stretched out my palm, a gesture he recognized from the time we’d spent questing together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I tried to figure out how to apologize for getting embarrassed about him before the quest, for telling everyone he wasn’t my real brother. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean yes, but it’s not just that. She recited a prophecy downstairs. I think... I think it was about this quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The news transformed the cocktail reception he had scheduled for himself at a Washington hotel into a triumphal celebration of his quest for the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What if they got themselves in trouble at the top of this cliff, and Jason decided that saving Hazel wasn’t in the best interest of the quest? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nailer slid slowly along the wall, questing down into the murk with his toes, feeling for some bump or ledge that would tell him a door lay below. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You found the answers, as I knew you would. Your quest was a success.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “What can I say, Vikus? Can I return to our people and tell them I withdrew from the quest when our survival hangs in the balance?” said Luxa bitterly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I mean, we all liked Annabeth, and we wanted her to have a quest, but this one seemed insanely dangerous. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “So, will you thirty-three new trustees share this quest for truth and knowledge with me?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Tyrion had wanted desperately to go with them, but his lord father had dubbed the voyage a “fool’s quest,” and forbidden him to take part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We’ve defeated two of her giants, but that’s only the beginning. The real war will take place in the old land of the gods. The quest will take us to Rome, and eventually to Greece.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Shhh,” I tell her, and together we continue to read all about the accident and the track team’s quest to buy me a running leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Humanity’s deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And unless they succeeded in this quest, the world would be destroyed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Blaa-ha~ha! He might as well have transferred me to stable-cleaning duty. The chances of you getting a quest.. . and even if you did, why would you want me along?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now, despite the dangerous quest they were facing, at least she had her boyfriend back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well then, why are you on this quest?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The quest was successful, and the Dragon that guarded the hoard was destroyed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “After today, Nico has less than two days. The fish-centaurs said we have to rescue him. He’s essential to the quest somehow.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had endangered his friends and botched their quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The quest for the bomb was now fully under way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “And he would not have been able to complete the quest without our help!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Pentecost next after Lancelot's first quest was almost a fiasco. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This was when his quest for possession entered its most satisfying phase. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then sleep took him, and the dim light of the last day of their quest found them side by side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Nothing remains except for us to vote what support we can give the quest—transportation, money, magic, weapons.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m looking it up in my quest journal right now,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had to complete this impossible quest, which at the moment meant reaching the convenience store alive. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Without storm or fire, their quest couldn’t succeed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The quest is for Artemis. The Hunters should be allowed to approve their companions.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Would you believe teleportation? No? Then I came down through the bulkhead door like always. And like always, I have a quest in mind." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “We had to make Chiron think the camp wasn’t safe for you, so he would start you on your quest. We had to confirm his fears that Hades was after you. And it worked.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z That is the unexpressed quality in our quest, and we have never tried to put it into words. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We were standing at the dining pavilion, just where we’d last spoken before I went on the quest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Wordlessly, the remaining members of the quest sunk to the floor of the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Please...enjoy this last glimpse of your failed quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “But we just finished a quest...” she moaned. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If they were only a few hundred miles north of Camp Jupiter, their quest was already doomed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the few things she had learned made this quest seem even more impossible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After that, all her quests had been with Percy or her other friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘At my mom for sending me on that horrible quest in Rome. At... well, pretty much everybody. Gaia. The giants. The gods for being jerks.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Who am I to stand in the way of a quest?” he said. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “What does? The fact that you signed up for this stupid quest?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t aware of any other Athena kids who’d gone on a quest in the Sea of Monsters, but still she felt a sense of dread. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But plainly he was rankled at having been outmaneuvered on a quest so easily within reach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But she also had a feeling that if she didn’t see the quest through, if she didn’t face her fate bravely, she would still die —in cowardice and failure. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even though I continued working my two jobs, I still didn’t have enough money to fully support my quest for glory. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Your background provides the context for your scientific quest. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The only meat I'd shot was a squirrel that had practically run over my toes in its quest for acorns, but the animals would still be afoot when the snow buried my other food sources. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Very well. Come closer, children, to hear your quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Jason remembered a quest he’d taken for Camp Jupiter years ago in San Bernardino. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But the real prize for completing the quest was an incredibly rare artifact: Hayata’s Beta Capsule. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "No more crazy adventures or dangerous quests, young man. You have to be careful," she keeps saying. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The quest for such a theory is known as “the unification of physics.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The lifelong quest of Johannes Kepler, to understand the motions of the planets, to seek a harmony in the heavens, culminated thirty-six years after his death, in the work of Isaac Newton. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thank you, Gregor. We will be discussing battle position for our forces, not the efforts of the quest. We shall not be absent long,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The transmutation of the elements was pursued in medieval laboratories in a quest called alchemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If her friends could continue their quest in peace, she was fully prepared to go down fighting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He shall be joining the quest as your guide.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He pecked at her silver cross, hopped onto her head, gazed at her with the old, curious, questing expression of bird intelligence. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Can we still go on the quest without the spinners?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Vincent is still working hard and is making progress. His paintings are becoming lighter, and his great quest is to get sunlight into them,” Theo tells Lies. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I know. But if we’ve misunderstood something about this quest, and we only have nine days to find the master bolt. . . .” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “The heroes are here to meet the Council and receive the details of their quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sefia and Archer got hugs and handshakes and earnest invitations to find the Current again when their quest was over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If she had to go on a horrifying solo quest, at least she’d gotten to have lunch with Percy on the banks of the Tiber first. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mary offered her other hand as well to its soft, bristled, questing touch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “We need official permission to take them on the quest,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A formal bow, a polite wish for her pleasant arrival, and he, too, strode eagerly into the fog in quest of his new teacher. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But Ruben pleaded that his quest for tenure in the Chemistry Department rested on a knife edge, not least because of the acrid hint of anti-Semitism in the Berkeley administration. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “No, Percy. I pushed her into going on the quest. I was too anxious. She was a powerful half-blood. She had a kind heart, as well. I ... I thought she would be the next lieutenant.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, thank you. Always am questing, you know. After the Questing Beast” “Interestin’ job, that very.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth had told him that in each generation, a few children of Athena were sent on the quest to recover the missing Parthenon statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He began to quest the air for her special smell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When I asked him where Clarisse was he said, “Went on a quest for Chiron. Top secret!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then the Labrador walked up to the cat, who rose on his hind legs, placing black forepaws on the neck of the great dog who towered above him, gently questing at the torn ear. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, to the spinners. We must persuade two to join us on the quest,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the game, even as they sat at different computers, they palled around, hanging out mostly together, going on virtual quests. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then there was your own name, slightly smaller, denoting that this was not about the individual, but the larger quest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He hoped they both came out of this quest okay. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I bid you good luck on your quest.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I’m the son of the stupid war god. I have to go on this quest and—” “Have to,” Iris said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Will’s eyes widened to see the alethiometer; the tiny symbols painted around the face, the golden hands, the questing needle, the heavy richness of the case took his breath away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about what Chiron had told me when I started my quest—that a hero should never harm mortals unless absolutely necessary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z California would be the ninth state for Emily in her twelve and three-quarters years, all part of her parents’ quest to live once in each of the fifty states. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles or swimming pools into moats. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He leaned his head against the spool of thread, and he smelled celery there and he thought of Hovis and how Hovis seemed to believe in him and his quest. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I was drawn to the stories of Atalanta, Philemon and Bacchus, Odysseus and the Trojan War, Jason and the quest for the Golden Fleece. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence and Alvarez filled the lawmakers’ heads with a calculatedly sinister vision of Russia’s quest to rule the world by thermonuclear terror. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When they woke, the roaches announced that Temp and Tick would be joining the quest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Vikus sends us. Gnawérs attacked webs. Many spinners lost. We two...we join...the quest.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Redemption marked a turning point in the quest by dominant whites for a new racial equilibrium, a racial order that would protect their economic, political, and social interests in a world without slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure it hadn’t taken me this long to get my quest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I kept talking, trying to explain how it had happened, how Bianca had sacrificed herself to save the quest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “The point is you have options. If you continue this quest ... what happens when you free Thanatos? Will it be good for your family? Your friends?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Besides, there’s a reason a quest is usually limited to three demigods, right?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A red squirrel quested, hesitating a little, into the firelight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Caesar was keen to discover its secret but, as the story goes, his soldiers insisted that he abandon this quest even before they reached the first waterfall. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As I watched her, I realized she still looked exactly the way she did in kindergarten, when we would have tetherball games in the playground or go on fairy quests in the park at sunset. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It was a sort of themed autobiography—an account of Newman’s own loss of faith and the quest for a new one. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran contemplated making the rest of his quest wrapped in a blanket, like a savage aboriginal from one of his schoolbooks. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Frank refused to believe he’d been chosen by the Fates to go on this quest just so he could take online courses in turnip cultivation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Abandoning the quest for a colorblind society is easier said than done, of course. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Despite the complexity of their quest—or perhaps because of it—their work enthralled the public. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Alvarez was using the word amateur in its traditional sense: someone who engaged in a pursuit not for money or fame but purely for the love of knowledge and the abstract quest for truth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wondered, if I were her, would I have had enough courage to go on this quest, to sail straight toward the lair of another Cyclops? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I remembered what Annabeth had said so long ago on our quest: The real world is where the monsters are. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had been a major figure in one of the great scientific dramas of the 1920s, the quest to confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity by astronomical observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The more I thought about my quest, the more I was sure that confronting Hades wasn’t the real answer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We visited the planet Goondocks and finished the entire Goonies quest in just one day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Yes, a quest to live in every state. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Everyone knew the warrior was essential to the quest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She finally hangs up, and I begin my quest: "I'd like to review the documents on file for building projects that come before the city council." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Senator Trueba fought off his political enemies, who were making daily gains in the quest for power. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If she failed them on this quest, zonked out when they needed her most... she couldn’t bear that idea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She sat us down at the kitchen table and insisted on feeding us her special blue chocolate-chip cookies while we caught her up on the quest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His mom knew all about quests, and now she’d be worried. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “By the end of the quest, only eight will remain alive. Four will be dead. But no one knows what four.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The ANC had decided to personalize the quest for our release by centering the campaign on a single figure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hedge nodded grimly, prepared to do his part for the quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The creature appeared from the curtains of webbing, and Annabeth realized that her quest was hopeless. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed was another quest to find another god who would probably demand his own commemorative T-shirt or Valdezinator. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His quest for belonging, for love, had ended when he had knelt by a bed and held his dying mother s hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A successful quest for Olympic gold would require finding nine young men of exceptional strength, grace, endurance, and most of all mental toughness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve wanted to lead a quest since I was seven,” she said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "That's the one," said the little hairy man, his head questing from side to side as if he were preoccupied, or a little nervous. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Piper wondered if he’d made a wish—hopefully that he and Piper would survive this quest and stay together forever. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This was the beginning of the famous quests. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived and breathed the quest for liberation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Id stay here, happy forever, playing games forever, and soon I’d forget my mom, and my quest, and maybe even my own name. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Always some monster. But my dear Percy, that is why the others are on this quest. I’m more interested in you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Just after dawn, the quest group met at Zeus’s Fist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His own quest had been for Hen Wen; Gwydion’s, to warn the Sons of Don. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If you wanted to leave camp during the summer, it used to be you had to come up here to get a quest. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A distraught Mareth quickly made up packs of food for the members of the quest. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But even when the cameras weren’t rolling, I had a feeling my quest was being watched. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After dropping me in a low-level quest area on Greyhawk, the jerk had followed me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “This is my quest, smart girl! Finally I get to be the hero, and you two will not steal my chance.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “But as I was saying, back at Medusa’s, Annabeth and I agreed there’s something strange going on with this quest. Something isn’t what it seems.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “The spirit of adventure, the lure of the unknown, the thrill of a gallant quest. How very grand indeed.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Like I said,” Hercules grumbled, “don’t believe everything you hear. If you want to pass into the Mediterranean, I’m afraid I’ve got to give you an extra-hard quest.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the Anansi tales, Gum Baby was a doll Anansi used to trap an African fairy while he was on a quest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Octavian is right about one thing. We must gain the senate’s approval before we let any of our legionnaires go on a quest—especially one as dangerous as you’re suggesting.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Three is the best number for a demigod quest, right?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I'd played enough computer games in my time to recognize a quest when I saw one. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’d decided that everything outside the window was a distraction from my quest, so I didn’t need to waste time staring at it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Annabeth started to object that she wasn’t the leader of the quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “My dear, it is your quest. But you need help.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It seemed that the only way I could get back would be to clear the gate by completing the quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He began destroying them in the quest to save their legacy. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It’s not clear that much of value is learned by reducing Chris McCandless’s strange spiritual quest to a list of pat psychological disorders. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You quest to achieve the bottom,” he says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z By her design his quest for news about his father’s wandering would bring him fame in the world’s eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold your tongue! I have swallowed your insults to me for the sake of our quest, but you will not speak ill of another.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She explained about their quest in the Argo II. When she got to the part about stopping Gaea from waking, she faltered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a ritual, a quest for chess wisdom. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She kept her words slow and measured as she told him about Pong and about her quest to find him that led her through the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Percy remembered what Luke Castellan had told him years ago, when Percy had come back from his very first quest: Didn’t you realize how useless it all is? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That harpy they brought back from the quest—Ella. I knew she was spouting prophecies! Now I understand. She—she somehow memorized a copy of the Sibylline Books.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Medieval musicians started their quest by adding what looks like shorthand to the text. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Next day, on 12/10, Alex resumes quest for an opening to the sea, but only becomes more confused, traveling in circles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, this whole quest had been one mind-blowing event after another. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “This bead commemorates the first Son of the Sea God at this camp, and the quest he undertook into the darkest part of the Underworld to stop a war!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Could they at last be at the end of their quest? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He explained the Prophecy of Seven, the building of the Argo II, and their quest to reach Greece and defeat the giants before Gaea woke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lancelot had been compelled during the quest to rescue him from three knights who were pursuing him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean turn into a dragon again? Honestly, Percy, I don’t want to spend the whole quest being everyone’s flying taxi.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lawrence viewed the quest for 94 through a double prism. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Thalia would not have been my first choice to go on this quest. She’s too impetuous. She acts without thinking. She is too sure of herself.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “That tells us whom we must persuade to accompany us on the quest. We are proceeding as if the ‘two over’ are you and your sister. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She thought of him now, wherever he was, on his quest to bring a gift to friends. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So I began to complete every quest I could find, sometimes jumping five or six levels in one day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She explained about their quest to the ancient lands to stop the giants from waking Gaea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain,” she said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “The champion should be one who has earned the camp’s respect, who has proven resourceful in the chariot races and courageous in the defense of the camp. You shall lead this quest... Clarisse!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I was coming to that It is the plum of the story. One afternoon I was out in the forest for half an hour’s questing, when I was set upon by two knights from behind.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The boats lined up, the starting gun fired, and the regatta—and Washington’s quest to sweep the Hudson—was under way almost before anyone realized it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z California would be the ninth state for Emily in her twelve and three-quarters years, all part of her parents’ quest to live once in each of the fifty states. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was supposed to find us on the quest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Whether or not their quest succeeded, her journey would be over by the Feast of Fortuna. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately our present leadership won’t authorize a quest to look for them—” “Because Reyna isn’t stupid,” Hazel said. “—so we have only a few remaining scraps from the books,” Octavian continued. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had led the crew of the Argo II into the House of Hades . . . and now he had accepted yet another terrible quest: risking himself to haul the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He wasn’t used to getting a direct answer, without games or riddles or quests. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Grover,” I said, “have heroes really gone on quests to the Underworld?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It made me wonder, again, how he possibly could’ve failed at his quest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But their quest, and everything she’d suffered to get Percy back...if she didn’t go to the ancient lands, it would all mean nothing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Shack had been a stupid detour, one that had only reinvigorated my quest for Trazon and the necessity of putting as much distance between me and myself as possible. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z ‘You have to let them do this, Percy. It’s like Annabeth’s quest in Rome. Or Hazel at the Doors of Death. This part can only be them.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “And now you’re thinking about following them on the quest,” I guessed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The same day we decided to send a quest, Luke had known about it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You should both wait on that gorgon blood. If my sources are right, you’re going to need it on your quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I remembered my first quest when I was twelve. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Everyone was trying to do what I was, so we twisted and moved constantly, a mass of humanity jostling in a never-ending quest to avoid freezing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Piper remembered a wintry day in Chicago last December, when the three of them had landed in Millennial Park on their first quest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Several long, incoherent diatribes from gunters whose quest for the egg had clearly driven them insane. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And you, Percy,” Hermes said, “have a shorter deadline than you realize to complete your quest. Your friends should be coming right about... now.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Now,” boomed Wednesday, over the mechanical music, “at the start of any quest or enterprise it behooves us to consult the Norns. So let us designate this Sybil our Urd, eh?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Sure, he did a lot of teleporting around the OASIS, completing quests and leveling up his avatar, but he didn’t actually know anything. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It took us an entire week, often playing over sixteen hours a day, before we were finally able to clear all thirty-nine levels and complete the quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But the fate of the quest was at stake. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still, that never stopped him on the quest for another great romance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He used the ring many times on his quest, chiefly for the help of his friends; but he kept it secret from them as long as he could. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Usually, the way to obtain an artifact was to defeat some godlike villain at the end of a high-level quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They pawed at Maxim, their long, silken ears strained back with affection, their noses questing his hands, and then they left him and came to me, sniffing at my heels, rather uncertain, rather suspicious. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If that was true, it had to be good manners to walk her to the start of her epic solo death quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They might be craftsmen, artists, maybe advisers, but not warriors. Not leaders of dangerous quests.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Every afternoon in the summer we’d crawl into my tree house to read arm-loads of books filled with great quests and dangerous adventures. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z ‘I’m stupid, sitting here talking about my feelings when we have a quest to finish.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t care. Just remember that without my help, your quest will fail. And everyone you love in the world will die. Now, off with you! Bring me a harpy!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Mars has been visiting me these last few days, keeping me company. He told me of your quest. Find Death in Alaska and release him. Do your duty.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You brats want me to assign a quest?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “You just wait—our journey isn’t going to be half as bad as those hairy-footed people’s quest. It will be much shorter, too.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting in my command center, holding the Jade Key and endlessly reciting the clue printed on its surface: “‘Continue your quest by taking the test.’” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z None of the tales she had read gave her reason to hope; even Eilis, who had succeeded in her quest, fulfilled her end of the bargain. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he didn’t like the idea of this quest, especially since it came from Mars, and especially after his dreams. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A quest must be led by someone of centurion rank or higher. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The creation date in the quest’s colophon said it had been launched several years after Halliday’s death, which meant it couldn’t have any relation to the contest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Still, he had to concentrate on the quest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It is not for him,” Taran said quietly, “but for the sake of our quest.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “That will only take minutes. Will it help on your quest?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “After were done with the quest. I’ll even tell him the truth if you want.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t have any role models to look up to who looked like me in fencing, and there weren’t any other Muslim women wearing hijab at the elite levels of sport to inspire my quest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For the first time, the quest felt real. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Clumps and clusters of birds in flight were questing back and forth, black dots against the blue sky, moving in some kind of desperate Brownian motion. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Were they looking for him, or had they sailed on to Epirus to complete the quest? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the axis had shifted: I was now trying to balance parenting with something altogether different and more confusing—politics, America, Barack’s quest to do something important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Compounded by Lawrence’s campaign for the Super, a project that many physicists considered technically and morally dubious, this record undermined his reputation as a scientist s scientist driven by the quest for knowledge alone. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Octavian stammered, “I wasn’t—” “—part of the quest,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then I made a silent vow not to go outside again until I had completed my quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Finding them becomes the quest for the Holy Grail. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The man who had lured him on a quest toward a dim hope was there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If their quest was going to succeed, they needed these Romans, which meant getting to know them and building some goodwill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The map was hard to read, but it showed a spot on the Tiber River in Rome. I think that’s where my quest starts...the path I’ve got to take to follow the Mark.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “What were you guys talking about, anyway—something dangerous about the quest?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I just need to get by you. I... I am on a quest. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Our quest grows ever more urgent,” Gwydion hastily continued. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Perhaps not yet. But soon. Will you continue your quest?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Very well. Let us adjourn. The members of the quest must prepare themselves. Tomorrow at dawn, we send you into the Labyrinth.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Welcome to day one of our competition, Library Olympians. Today we begin our quest for champions!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Who else would be stupid enough to volunteer for a quest like this?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He drove the metal home, into their organs, questing deeper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It’s just... I was supposed to be in charge of this quest, the centurion, and all. I feel like you guys have had to carry me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nothing the firemen or citizens of Chicago did seemed to stop the fire’s insatiable quest for fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I just wish the quest was logical,” she complained. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the game generated a treasure-hunt excitement, and presently he, too, succumbed to the fun, the fervor of this quest for refundable empties. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z For Leo, the quest had now totally taken on a new dimension. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “My wife leads our warriors. She goes with us not to direct the quest but to gauge the level of support we may expect from our allies.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “If the dragon girl pays a small price, the magician girl can get knowledge vital to her quest.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I realized I did want recognition for the quest I’d completed, but not from the other campers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot clenched his fist until the knuckles stood out, and said, “I want to go on a quest. I want to find an adventure.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As we stepped out of the quest gate, our avatars were each awarded a huge amount of experience points and several thousand credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Lee looked at him, the deep-set eyes still bright, still hot, still questing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The central quest of the study of heredity seemed like an object perceived only through its shadows, tantalizingly invisible to science. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She told them about their quest to free Thanatos in Alaska. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He knew it would be hard to find even if it lived inside Kitum Cave, but he felt he was getting too close to fail in his quest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see no better option. But there will be many monster attacks. I would feel better taking a third person. That’s the optimal number for a quest.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hermann Muller—disappointed by another false utopia—left Berlin for the Soviet Union, on yet another quest to unite science and socialism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Not alone. He’s no match for Gaea. That would take a massive quest... an army of the best demigods.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Had it not been for a determined English professor named Arthur Holmes, the quest might well have fallen into abeyance altogether. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Lazlo had to wonder how many adventurers, crossing the desert without the benefit of threave hawks, had ended their quest in jaws like these. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His life began to seem pointless, his quest pointless, everything, everything, without reason. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For years at Camp Half-Blood, she had chafed as other campers went on quests while she stayed behind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fischer’s quest and charisma transformed the image and status of chess in the United States and other countries, as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I got the prophecy. I will lead the quest to find Daedalus’s workshop.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Now they emerged and quested about her consciousness. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I don’t think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “You want me to abandon the quest, let Camp Jupiter be destroyed? My friends are counting on me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And when I finish my story, the question that comes up the most is the one that initiated this quest: “What made the difference?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Their new science was organized around the virtues of a juge d’instruction: intellectual rigour, a set of formalized procedures, a quest for a complete proof, a confidence that one need only answer to other professionals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As with most quests in the OASIS, playing as a team made it easier to defeat the various enemies and complete each of the levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “But finding the egg is no longer my goal. Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She talked to him about growth and fear and the self in transition and women's spiritual quest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her father’s second marriage had only made her life miserable, and she had never respected Ana’s single-minded quest for a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But he bristled at subordinating his personal quest for the truth to the priorities of the group, which included, tediously, the maintenance of the machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Nice try, Percy. But I’m not Ares. You can’t bait me. My lord is waiting, and he’s got plenty of quests for me to undertake.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You were willing to burn up to save the quest. Mars can’t expect more than that.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She couldn’t believe her only role in this quest would be what Nico had warned her of—removing the obstacle waiting for them in the House of Hades. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Your quest, of course. Will you accept it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just that if you died... aside from the fact that it would really suck for you, it would mean the quest was over. This may be my only chance to see the real world.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You could stay here until we re done with our quest,” I told him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Accept this gift. To aid you in your new quest.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The second quest which he embarked upon was the turning-point of his life. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mandarax had been known to garble or misinterpret quest instructions and cues, which could easily lead to fatal mistakes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Always like to meet magicians. In fact I always like to meet anybody. It passes the time away, what, on a quest” “Hail,” said Merlyn, in his most mysterious manner. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I see... Well, actually, I’m blind, so I don’t see. Have you come to kill me, then? If so, good luck completing your quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Sure. Framing somebody to start a war. Oldest trick in the book. I recognized it immediately. In a way, you got me to thank for your little quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Right before I’d gone on my first quest, Luke had given me a gift, too— magic shoes that had been designed to drag me to my death. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I slurped on a lime Popsicle, continuing my quest to survive on frozen treats, and leafed through the pages, wondering which part to draw next. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Eh, well . . . Zeus insists on certain rules. Hands off, when there’s a human quest. Even when something really major is wrong. But nobody messes with my baby sister. Nobody!’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I’m okay. I’m sorry. I’m on a quest—” He winced. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “So you’re worried one of us will endanger the quest, maybe accidentally destroy the world?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Lord Zeus has closed discussion on this matter. He will not allow talk of Kronos. You have completed your quest, child. That is all you need to do.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Economic entomologists must realize,” wrote A. D. Pickett of Nova Scotia, “that they are dealing with living things . . . their work must be more than simply insecticide testing or a quest for highly destructive chemicals.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was meant to be her brother’s, when he went off on his quest. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘Well, then,’ Jason said, ‘it might take a while. But you’ll be first on the list, Kymopoleia . . . the storm goddess who beheaded a giant and saved our quest.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He always wanted his family along for his quests. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He assured Lawrence that he had his eye on a deep pocket and had “reasons to be hopeful that our quest in this direction may meet with success.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Heroes stored all kinds of stuff in the attic: quest trophies they no longer wanted to keep in their cabins, or stuff that held painful memories. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Now he stepped up his questing activities, alas with no success. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even if he lived through this quest, he would have to leave both camps forever. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He’d saved her life so many times on their quest to Alaska; but when he had needed Hazel’s help in Rome, she’d failed him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nemesis had called him the seventh wheel, the odd man out on the quest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As I learned more about how these early role-playing games worked, I realized that a D&D module was the primitive equivalent of a quest in the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Moths fluttered from under the men’s feet, and a few ticks brushed off the bushes to quest for food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Jason remembered her at the campfire, reciting lines of prophecy that sent Jason, Piper, and Leo on their first quest together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Once Orion is taken down, your quest will be much easier. We’ll send you on your way with our blessings.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I knew Annabeth had been waiting for her own quest since she was a little kid, but she looked uncomfortable. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She was even sent to the Underworld on a quest to show her dedication. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There may be neither death nor triumph to end this quest; nothing to sing of; no end. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I am on quest,” he said to the innkeeper. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “So, it seems my quest has been in vain. But what of the scabbard?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I knew she must’ve had a difficult quest, because she didn’t even try to pulverize me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In spite of being a newlywed, he’d agreed to come on this quest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Still, Percy couldn’t imagine what kind of courage it had taken for Frank to embark on a quest, knowing that one small flame could snuff out his life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It is hard work—a quest that never ends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even after every latrine in camp was screened, this quest for privacy continued. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “They do not wish to invite the anger of King Gorger by joining our quest,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The destruction of humanity they wrought in that quest was not, and is not, seen for what it was: absolute greed and cruelty. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But if you will trust me, it may be that I can advise you in your present quest, whatever that be — yes, and even aid you.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “The knights are to go on quests, aren’t they, to fight against Might? What are you trying to stop me for? It’s the whole point of the idea.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of Oracle would send me on a quest and tell me, Oh, by the way, you’ll fail. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Ludus had been designed as a place of learning, so the planet had been created without a single quest portal or gaming zone anywhere on its surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Yes. Yes, I can believe it. May the gods curse him.... He was never the same after his quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All who attended wished them well on their quest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I would join you on this quest,” Agent said, “but I have another engagement.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d dropped this care package here years ago to help demigods like her with this quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite her discouraging introduction to the team dynamic, Eliza continued her quest to make the national team, and she displaced Daria as our newest team member. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Catherine hands me her notes and then hugs me in a way that suggests I might get different results if I were to attempt the usual quest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If this was a quest, what was my goal? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was also where I conducted my ongoing quest to find Halliday’s Easter egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All the while, in their quest for clicks and ratings, news outlets—particularly the more conservative ones—were gleefully pumping oxygen into his groundless claims. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If the legends were true, their quest would become ten times more dangerous. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His quest to create a powerful first impression was good showmanship, but it also exposed the aesthetic despot residing within. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In a split second, a third member of the quest was dead. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They protested, and it was hard to let them go after all wed been through, but I knew I had to do this last part of the quest by myself. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Pursuing the quest for your father is our best hope of surviving it,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It should have been determination pulling her forward, the surety of her quest, the nobility of her heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z This meant that I couldn’t go to work, continue my quest, or, in effect, live my life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You claim this is a combined quest,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the story of Lancelot’s first quest must speak for their troubled age of Might in its own way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So I’d contacted them to ask if they were interested in teaming up with me, just for this one quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now she realized that the hardest test for a child of Athena wasn’t leading a quest or facing death in combat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘It’s been an honour questing with you, son of Hades.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You were granted a quest. But that hardly ever happens. The last time .. .” Her voice trailed off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He’d thought maybe this quest would be a fresh start for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her quest for Everest had turned into a minor cause celebre in Japan. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But then it occurred to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A trip to his lab, he says, will help illustrate his quest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I moved forward to our life in Rwanda after the attack, when it was a quest to find drinking water. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some design changes arose from Lawrence’s own indefatigable quest for the next big technical advance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If Giebel had been the only person acting out of character in the quest for crazy-quilt expansion, it would have been more difficult to excuse or explain his actions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wishing my dad had given me a cool magic item to help on the quest, something as good as Luke’s flying shoes, or Annabeth’s invisible cap. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wrote this book because I wanted to chronicle my quest to challenge society’s limited perceptions of what a Muslim woman, a Black woman, or an athlete can be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As if there was any way the quest would end well for her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It means,” said Hanuman loudly, “that your fathers are mysterious, but always for a reason. These gifts from them are intended to help you in your quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then again, as I thought about my quest, I realized maybe Hermes was right. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The quest is simple: leave a pair behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z To their colleagues, Rutherford and Lawrence would be known as “the two Ernests,” and their work would bookend an epochal quest for knowledge of the natural world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Which I don't mention to Freak because he's very sensitive about knights and quests and secret meanings. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He quested down along the rim of the door, sinking deeper, reading its outline. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “You stole eight months of my life for a quest that took a week. Why?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was the youngest one on the quest, but she was always holding them together and comforting them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Our book is about our quest to live in all fifty states. We have plenty of material to work with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Piper should have been focused on their quest, not distracting her friends. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I guess Bologna is a city. But why we have to find dwarfs there...I have no idea. Some sort of treasure to help us with the quest.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The chelicerae writhed, questing for prey, and the sphincter-maw spasmed, teeth clicking open and shut, searching for something to bite into. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The gill’s blue eyes stared into mine, and I understood what the Golden Fleece quest had been about. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Tyson would still be with us if it wasn’t for this quest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Here's what characterizes the romances of a heartthrob widower: He and his quirky beloved enter each other's lives conveniently, almost accidentally, without actively searching for romance — a quest that would ruin their aura of innocence. What our love for widower rom-coms says about our flawed search for love 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z And this one, about a band of warriors’ vengeful quest, is among the best of all time. ‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z This makes Pin’s story — her quest to discover the truth, not just about what happened in Hell Gate, but about who she is and how she might find a place in the world — more vivid. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Adams is not alone in her quest for symmetry, whatever the risk. Skin Deep: Questions Surround Iris Implant Procedure – Skin Deep 2013-01-02T20:55:32Z It takes Salander on an extended quest into her origins, with plotlines about religious fundamentalism and the long tentacles of the Russian mafia. Lisbeth Salander is back in ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z But an ankle monitor alone apparently isn't enough to deter Delvey's quest to live out her American dream. An ankle monitor apparently isn't stopping convicted scammer Anna Delvey from hosting dinner parties 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In the movie, they are forced flee to the French Riviera after their quest to book Kate Moss as a new client ends with an unfortunate accident. These are TIME's Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Everyone’s favorite aardvark and his goofy pals made the leap from books to television in 1996 and for 25 seasons maintained an earnest, admirable quest for compassion and learning. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z They meet an old knight, Sir Gawain, who’s on his own quixotic quest and becomes their protector from a host of mundane and supernatural threats. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Yet they can't avoid being drawn into a quest to find an ancient enemy of the throne. 3 new titles in speculative fiction 2011-11-17T00:25:06Z The Millers’ film follows the quest of a troubled young man to track down his equally troubled birth mother. Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2010-03-11T05:31:00Z In a never-ending quest to honor the holy day of nostalgia known as "Throwback Thursday," below are a few reissues of note that have recently arrived on the market. Throwbacks: Reissues from Cocteau Twins, Punk Rockers, more 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z A daunting quest, perhaps fringe to some, but the shaggy-maned and mustached entrepreneur, the sole owner of Bigelow Aerospace and Budget Suites of America, is not easily put off. Can Robert Bigelow (and the Rest of Us) Survive Death? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z DiVincenzo explains how a Hamilton History Club turned into a quest to see the musical. These teachers waited in line nearly 24 hours to be first for 'Hamilton' L.A. tickets 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z “It’s a quest for harmony, but where, what, how …” Mohamed El Bachiri: ‘Terrorists killed my wife: this is my jihad for love’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Romney may have lost handily in his quest to become president, but he famously thought he was going to win right up until the last minute. A question for Washington pollsters: How wrong must you be to never work again? “I want to share my excitement and enthusiasm about this quest, so remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet,” he continued. Stephen Hawking’s dire warning: Humanity won’t last another 1,000 years on Earth 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z At some point that summer she realised that "in his own quest to resolve his ambivalence about black and white, it became very, very clear to me that he needed to go black". Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z This final volume offers sieges, duels, traps, secret tunnels, evil priests, more sieges, vision quests, sea monsters and man-eating snails. 'Inheritance': a boy and his dragon grow up 2011-11-25T18:55:06Z But if I could find one, or maybe two or three or even four of them, and then sort of arrange them in the right order ... well, that would be an excellent quest.” Books of The Times: ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-02T18:37:46Z During her Tuesday speech, Arquette doubled down on her call for pay equality and took steps to correct her previous comments, making sure to include all women in the quest for equal incomes. “Women in the United States are being economically smothered”: Patricia Arquette continues quest for equal pay 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Two sequels later, he has extended his run with “The Santa Clauses,” a new Disney+ series about Calvin’s quest to find a worthy successor. Playing Santa Onscreen Takes Much More Than Just Donning a Red Suit 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z But his compulsive work habits, amiable public persona and quest for self-improvement propelled him from Canadian Broadcasting Corp. gofer to his home country’s leading media personality within a decade. Alan Thicke, mainstay of TV comedy and star of sitcom ‘Growing Pains,’ dies at 69 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Kirsten is on a quest to solve crimes, find her father and become more human. ABC Family's 'Stitchers' takes its sci-fi premise too seriously 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z He’s a rowdy trickster-type figure who leads Nemo through adventures on a quest to find her father and discover some mythical, magical pearls. Five Children’s Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z On another level, it’s downright unfair to other candidates at this early stage — and it may be dangerous to the Democrats’ quest to unseat Trump. Perspective | Joe Biden and the ‘electability’ delusion — and why the media keep making the same mistake 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The quest for perfection that she blames on magazines is idiotic. Girl Least Likely To: 30 Years of Fashion, Fasting and Fleet Street by Liz Jones – review 2013-07-10T14:00:01Z Last year, she wrote in her blog about the arduous quest for a suitable dress, which she called “Operation Hot and Holy.” From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z De Perignon’s debut recounts her quest to recover her family’s art collection after learning that paintings owned by her great-grandfather may have been stolen by Nazis in World War II. Newly Published, From Virtual Worlds to a History of Clothing 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z "The quest for that balance… between the poles of overconfidence and introspection, is unending," he writes. Henry Kissinger's 'World Order' is a timely warning 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z A year after the Supreme Court sidestepped the first part of that quest in Hollingsworth v. ‘Redeeming the Dream,’ by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Step by humorous, occasionally hurting step, Sin-Dee’s quest takes her across Hollywood, which may be a state of mind to some but is a real neighborhood to others. Review: ‘Tangerine,’ a Madcap Buddy Picture About Transgender Prostitutes 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It is just one of the countless times this irresponsibly fanciful mother puts her own unfocused quest for happiness ahead of her son’s stability and well-being. A Novelist’s Encyclopedic Memoir Hints at His Complicated Childhood 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z And it is this quest to give women facts that keeps me up at night. Jennifer Gunter: ‘Women are being told lies about their bodies’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Its subject — an obsessed mariner’s quest for a mythical white whale — was far removed from her previous work, which includes video and performance pieces about migration and nightlife, as well as abstract dance. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s a story about how an obsession with true-crime evolved into a quest for justice. Perspective | Here are six new summer shows to watch as the TV pool begins to dry up 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Surrounded by a distressed Merlin, a ditsy Guinevere and his pesky sister, Morgan, Arthur keeps his knights on their toes by sending them on quests with unexpected consequences. Free performances for kids star a dinosaur, and bullied fifth-graders 2011-07-14T19:43:07Z You enact the quest of a character and lead him or her through a series of imaginary adventures, all referred by a fellow player, called the Dungeon Master. All I needed to know about life I learned from “Dungeons & Dragons” 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z It is one man’s discursive, blearily epic quest to go nowhere and do nothing. Trouble in paradise: The Beach Bum and a history of Florida noir 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z But their quest is a grand one: to tag the giant plastic apple that rises from the ground at Citi Field whenever the Mets hit a home run. Adam Leon on his New York graffiti 'epic' Gimme the Loot 2013-05-02T16:00:00Z At once voluble and mute, these relics of the human quest for knowledge require almost granular scrutiny before their secrets start to emerge, but you cannot be absolutely sure which the artist made. Deep Looking, With Vija Celmins 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z She describes the series as a "light-hearted romantic comedy"; the star of the show, Venus, takes us on her quest through the dating wastelands to find Mr Perfect. Why black British drama is going online, not on TV 2012-07-02T19:30:01Z Forget retirement — the first episode involves the quartet’s quest to scratch together enough cash to pay their $70 electric bill. Forget Florida Man: Summer belongs to the trailer park queens of "Florida Girls" 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Their quest demands repeated forays into the titular woods, a shifting and uncertain place where death and disaster are as easily stumbled upon as magic and romance. Woods team sing Sondheim's praises 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The Cimino Man is strong-willed and ruthless in his quest for power, which he puts in the service of those who don’t have power and are the victims of the powerful. Postscript: Michael Cimino, 1939–2016 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z But there was more to her new quest, and why she wrote a memoir about it. Finding meaning late in life without ‘Eat Pray Love’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z During several sequences in the second act, in which the mystery story switches to a quest narrative and Christopher undertakes a heroic journey to London, his anguish is especially heartbreaking. ‘The Curious Incident’ Is on the Grid With a New Christopher 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It’s a testament to Immerwahr’s considerable storytelling skills that I found myself riveted by his sections on Hoover’s quest for standardized screw threads, wondering what might happen next. ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z It was school holidays in England, and half a dozen families were on a similar quest to locate “woozles” and “heffalumps.” The English countryside that inspired ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ still enchants kids of all ages 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In its never-ending quest to reach young viewers, MTV is going back to the past, and to a generation weaned on its early videos. ArtsBeat: In Nod to Past, MTV Revives 'Art Breaks' 2012-03-30T13:00:18Z His quest is a long shot, and there’s a gun involved. Salman Rushdie Updates ‘Don Quixote’ for the Digital Age 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The recreational pastime quickly evolved into what Jose describes as an "obsessive, quasi-neurotic" quest to forge a unique sound and the discovery that band members would dedicate their lives to making music. French indie rockers in pursuit of global break 2012-01-19T11:18:47Z Our abiding partner in this quest for wellness is the plant, in all its forms and component parts. The coronavirus reminds us of our deep-rooted need for medicinal plants 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The person on the quest goes into nature for several days to communicate with a sacred, sentient Earth, in search of answers to a big life question, or to mark a transition. ‘I cultivated a joy in little things ’ - coping with isolation in the wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The hosts are actors and servants, existing to lead attendees on quests or to satisfy their basest urges. Violence and empathy in “Westworld”: “That’s not the point we want to make, that it’s okay if they’re a robot” 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z His hometown – successful, cash-rich – was in danger of being swamped by its own vigorous quest for beautiful objects, new experiences, foreign coins. Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z I started my quest with a recipe from the invaluable Katie Workman, friend to frazzled cooks everywhere, who has a knack for making food that children like and that also tastes good to adults. Mastering Chinese-Style Ribs at Home 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z It didn't take long in my quest to realize what I was really looking for. Fluffy marshmallow peanut butter blondies are your gooiest, easiest treat 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley's heritage speaks of a considerable artistry and spiritual questing. This week's new live music 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z Alas, not every critic has been charmed by Reeves' quest for vengeance. Keanu Reeves is on fire in 'John Wick,' reviews say 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But in his quest for power and wealth, he also uses them as pawns for political advantage. Sarah Dunant’s ‘Blood & Beauty’: tales of the Borgias 2013-07-11T21:33:10Z The novel is infused with longing and rich with detail about the social reforms of the Victorian era, the quest for rights and freedom for women and slaves, for the disabled and the poor. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman The accompanying Vanity Fair interview is a classic of its form, where the reader is required to wade through some agonisingly stultifying details as if it’s some kind of vision quest. Meghan Markle is the perfect fit for our new touchy-feely royal family 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The rest of the game is filled with mundane fetch quests. 'Donkey Kong' returns with solid play 2010-12-07T20:17:00Z Scrooge chains himself ever more firmly to his desk in his quest to cleanse the firm of its taint. Taking Dickens to the Dark Side 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Success for her was a complex, spiritual matter; the business of melding art and godliness was an unending quest. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But his quest took on new urgency after President Obama dismissed travel agents during speeches in recent years. Profile: The Overlooked Travel Agent, Now Starring Off Broadway 2014-01-17T21:44:47Z The quest of the entire season had been a failure of imagination. Review: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Time-Travels to Silicon Valley’s Dawn 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Bran has spent plenty of time over the past couple of seasons questing without much payoff. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z He evoked universals in an age that veered toward particulars; he sought the respect of institutions that were themselves increasingly suspect; his desperate quest for love seemed too hot for an age of cool. Movie of the Week: “The Patsy” 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Gal Beckerman’s quest for meaning in Judaism takes him everywhere except in the direction of Judaism itself. Letters to the Editor 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The bliss of being young, questing and exquisitely miserable colours her account. Stage to page: do books about theatre ever live up to the real thing? 2011-02-24T13:11:19Z But the book, in true Gray fashion, suggests that this very quest may itself be doomed. Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Only here, the quest for forgiveness occurs between two parties that would be seem to be impossible to bridge, a convicted criminal and the victims or surviving family members of the people they’ve wronged. "The Red Line" builds incredible drama around a third-rail topic: racism 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z In a sense Birds and People is a worldwide quest for the ways in which birds have allowed us to think. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z His quest leads him to the sunken garden, a liminal place between life and death, where he meets psychiatrist Iris Marinus. David Mitchell: 'In a libretto you just write "storm"' 2013-03-25T20:40:00Z The hourlong opera, for chamber orchestra and a cast of five, “is a quest, like ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ or Voltaire’s ‘Candide,’” Crimp said. An Opera Partnership’s Next Step: A Fable About Happiness 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z She made me laugh by talking like a pirate: “Want to do this quest?” Feeling Lonely? Wearing Cat Ears May Help 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The evening will trace the struggles and triumphs of Height's remarkable life, which paralleled not only the battle for civil rights for African-Americans but the quest for women's rights, as well. Honoring civil rights heroine in song 2011-01-31T15:17:00Z One of the festival favorites, “In Reality,” centers on a woman’s quest to get over a breakup and find happiness in herself — a time-tested rom-com theme, but this time without the man. Welcome to Rom Com Fest, a haven for fans who never stopped believing in happily ever after 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z His system had been taught in drama schools from the 1920s, and, slowly at first, but increasingly, leading British actors embraced his quest for psychological truthfulness over mere theatrical effectiveness. Simon Callow: Stanislavski was racked by self-doubt 2013-03-16T08:00:09Z Spy Maggie Hope is in Nazi occupied Paris and is on the quest to find her sister and fellow spy Erica Calvert. Washington Post bestsellers: August 20, 2017 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Jeffrey Binder portrays the title character from unhappy birth — abandoned in a White Castle bathroom — through questing youth and into middle-aged disillusion. Critic?s Notebook: Louisville Dreaming: Characters Exploring Boundaries 2011-04-04T21:55:20Z Since the film is more focused on the quest itself than its conclusions, the second half pivots to apply the doctors’ theories of connection to the assistants who’ve agreed to follow them off the grid. ‘Fathom’ Review: A Whale of a Conversation 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z His quest for fine English and Chinese export porcelain, fanciful floral chintz fabrics and quirky accessories became a lifelong passion. Design royalty is all atwitter about the Prince of Chintz auction 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z They give Clark someone to feel superior to as he struggles in his quest for holiday perfection under his in-laws’ withering judgment. Sympathy for Todd and Margo: Clark Griswold’s childless yuppie scum neighbors are holiday heroes 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z This voyage, which takes place 60 years before Frodo’s great quest, is not nearly as captivating. Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ by Peter Jackson 2012-12-13T18:58:19Z In fact, the lineup highlights a genre in wonderful disarray, one whose competing narratives and quest for fresh rhythmic innovations and sounds reveal a music with a renewed sense of fluidity. Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The quest to understand strangers, the juxtaposition suggests, is as much political as psychological. In the galleries: City life, and the possible menace that lies beneath 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It doesn’t mind padding its overall playtime with perhaps 10 hours of meaningless go-fetch quests. Video Game Review: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword by Nintendo - Review 2011-11-29T16:04:04Z It’s a meditation on social identity, a journey to the mythical land of one’s ancestors, an evocation of childhood as a place of stories and mystery, and a quest for the self. Dance Review: ?Desh? From Akram Khan at Sadler?s Wells - Review 2011-10-08T00:37:35Z Sometimes the quest for self-expression seems narrowed by the ideology of the Web, the need for collective approval. On the Runway Blog: The Armani Blueprint 2013-06-26T17:43:25Z There's much to enjoy in their quest, if you enter this movie with the right expectations. 'The Big Year' is sweet and not for the birds 2011-10-13T18:33:03Z ANY parent whose child is found to have a rare, debilitating medical condition embarks on a quest to learn as much as possible about it. The Week Ahead: Oct. 14 — 20 2012-10-14T07:20:04Z He seemed content with how the show was coming together: a fitting testament to an almost 40-year quest in search of nearly every kind of photographic image-making. Passport Photos and Online Porn: The Dizzying World of Thomas Ruff 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z In the quest for moderately sized conifers, I am always drawn to the Korean pine — long-needled and stately without being huge. Winter wonders: Conifers revive the sleeping garden. But remember, less is more. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z She is speaking bravely to her lost parent about the quest upon which she's embarking: to find her father, who's working on a faraway construction site and who, Mia feels certain, is in danger. 'Mia and the Migoo' refreshing animated feature 2011-06-02T20:13:05Z By Favor of Providence Staged reading of Albert Crowart’s new drama about the quest for civil rights in the late 19th century. L.A. theater openings, Dec. 4-11: 'Complete Works – Table Top Shakespeare' and more 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Benz’s novel centers on a woman’s quest for justice for her dead father upon returning to the Mississippi Delta in 2003, after 30 years away from home. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She has been living in the guise of a soldier, on a dual quest, or so it seems, for paternal connection and romantic revenge. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z Comedy, when it’s funny, risks rejection and revulsion; it is, in large measure, the quest for progress through regressive feelings. Set Melissa McCarthy Free 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Shori learns that she is black because she was experimented upon and mutated in the quest to help the Ina survive the sun – vampires are killed by sunlight. Three essential tales of black vampirism 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z A Harvard graduate, she loves the quest, the probing, almost as much as the writing. The power of the American story: “I want to read something that reaches inside me and rips me up and puts me back together” 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Maybe it required an immersive trance, like a psychedelic vision quest. Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It's a New Genre. 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z He fails in his quest, of course; the program tells you that as well. Review: In ‘Book of Mountains & Seas,’ Puppets Embark on Mythic Quests 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Saker and Sinter are going to the jungles of Borneo on a quest with the forgotten group of nomadic bushmen called the Penan. Quick-fire interview: Steve Backshall 2012-11-29T11:35:11Z Now, Esther chronicles her own attempts to discover what happened to her relatives in a book that is part personal quest, part testament and all thoughtfully, compassionately written. Review | Ten books to read in March 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Most of the ballet's original framing story concerning the magician Drosselmeyer's quest to free his nephew from the Nutcracker curse is edited out. The Nutcracker ? review 2010-12-12T21:29:00Z This is a collection where a simple quest for weed can turn into rescuing a friend whose hair has been frozen to the ground, where everything small is connected to something bigger, something powerful. Beer Runs, Porcupine Hunts, Jars of Teeth and Much More 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Other shows expected to do well in the quest for nominations include a revival of “The Color Purple” and the new plays “The Humans” and “Eclipsed.” Question for Tony Watchers: Will ‘Hamilton’ Make History? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z By defying old baby-name conventions, however, they also stumbled into a new one: the quest to brand one’s child with the most idiosyncratic name possible. Lilith, Lilibet … Lucifer? How Baby Names Went to ‘L’ 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Since then, she said, her quest for any return to normalcy has proved elusive. Can screaming in a field ease mothers’ anger? These women are trying it out. 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z More important, they gave me a glimpse of a father I had never known: a man who faced enormous odds in his quest to make sure the Nazis would never profit from their crimes. Monuments Men: A Baltimore writer learns her father helped in the search for Nazi plunder In the 1960s and 1970s, a kinetic sense of potential was in the air: Many Americans were sympathetic to the quest for youthful adventures. Thumbs up for three new books that capture hitchhiking’s adventurous spirit 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Fresh out of rehab, the book's protagonist, Gabriel, embarks on a quest on behalf of his mentor, a chef called Smuts, to stage the ultimate foodie bacchanal. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z He continues to back the hostages’ quest out of a sense of “equity,” he says. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Yet there’s more to this quest than might appear because along the way Kogonada is upending the noxious stereotype of the “stoic” Asian, a familiar cliché, including in science fiction. ‘After Yang’ Review: Do Androids Dream of Sheep, Babysitting, Being? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z He's a preservationist of sorts, guardian of a rumpled sensibility that screams "Seattle" but that many feel is being drowned out by our quest to become a world-class city. Seattle's Dave Meinart is a nightlife entrepreneur and a political player 2010-07-16T21:08:00Z Now he, too, is on some kind of quest. This Week in Fiction: Michael Andreasen on Writing with Solemnity and Humor 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Little wonder, then, that Penguin has borrowed that spectacular film’s title for its new translation of “Argonautica,” Apollonius of Rhodes’s epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers Little’s quest is even more remarkable when you consider that she plays an instrument more than a foot taller than she is. Meet the 87-year-old bassist who just made symphony history 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Through music played live on traditional Chinese instruments, it tells the story of the garden-loving emperor's search for an heir and the quest he devises to test his subjects' honesty. Edinburgh fringe: the 10 best shows for children 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z The game comprises quests to enrich your miniature pirates, refreshing them with a mug of foaming root beer or by beating them in one of a succession of mildly diverting mini games. This week's new games 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z His previous book, a travelogue that combined a quest for the truth about Spartacus with an unsparing account of his recovery from cancer, was written in a similar vein. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z Humiliated and desperate to recover his shoes, Brandon and his two best friends undertake a classic hero’s quest. Kicks: sneaker violence gets its own movie 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z I’m troubled by the way women in general replace rooting for each other with judgment and competition, as if parenting – and the quest to parent – were a blood sport. Motherlode Blog: Addicted to I.V.F., or Addicted to Hope? 2014-01-28T01:46:11Z JR The commercial success guaranteed by triumph on TV talent quests might well be one of the more baffling phenomena of our epoch but it shows few signs of slowing. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 29 October - 2 November 2012-10-29T08:00:00Z But what is the quest for pop dominance if not a form of winning people’s approval? The 2015 Grammys and Keeping It Real 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z We loved it and my quest for the best toy had begun. Readers Share Their ‘Star Wars’ Memories 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The second is about the quest for freedom, with an attack on corporate greed and the vow that “I’m going to heal myself from your religion.” Music Review: Tori Amos returns to her pop roots 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Les Misérables Hit musical based on the Victor Hugo novel about a French peasant’s quest to redeem himself after spending several years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. L.A. theater openings, April 5-12: 'I and You' and more 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z While Phillips didn’t succeed in his quest, Davis seemed to view the film as one long audition for the part in Manson Family Vacation. Manson Family Vacation: a lo-fi, low-budget labor of love 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z A theme in much of your work is how characters push themselves to the limit in a quest for truth and in many cases confront difficult truths in the process. "This film is Poe's origin story": "The Pale Blue Eye" director on his gothic whodunit at West Point 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z On Saturday the program will screen “Jason and the Argonauts,” Don Chaffey’s 1963 film of the Greek legend of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 20-26 2012-01-19T21:42:34Z Their quest officially began Sunday when the mushers took off from a frozen lake about 50 miles north of Anchorage. 2 foreign mushers battle for lead of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It would be glib to call Malala’s very real fight for justice and Harry Potter’s fictional quest a case of life imitating art. Why Malala's Story Sounds Like Another Story You Already Know 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z That mad quest for immortality is only one thread in an intricate narrative that encompasses witchcraft, impossible transformations, hairbreadth escapes, killer clowns and an assortment of innovative murders. Review | In ‘Something More Than Night,’ Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff are a winning crime-fighting duo 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Mike Jeffries, by all accounts, continues to make progress on his quest to become one of the worst people in human history who wasn’t a genocidal dictator or a hypocritical religious huckster. I sold my body (and nearly my soul) to Abercrombie 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z It follows Barry Williams as he continues a lifelong quest to remind everybody that, almost half a century ago, he played Greg, the oldest son in “The Brady Bunch.” ‘A Very Barry Branson’ Follows Barry Williams’s Stage Show 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “Brooklyn” is about a young Irish woman’s quest for love and a better life in America of 60 years ago. Best Picture Race Puts Fox in a Tight Spot 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z For instance, Captain Crow takes the Inevitable on a sinister side quest that introduces a character who, despite much dastardly foreshadowing, never resurfaces. ‘The Sea Beast’ Review: Of Monsters and Men 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z There are characters in spaghetti westerns who have bided their time and planned their revenge quest less doggedly than Coleen. Whoever hacked Rebekah Vardy’s Insta was obviously never at Baden-Baden 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “Our work is a permanent quest for pieces,” she said. In Paris, a Kind of Watch Repair Cooperative 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z In my quest for a casserole I liked, I began with a chicken base. Show a little love with casseroles 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The 29-song two-hour show, split by a half-hour break, opened with “The Wind,” one of several songs loosely based on the wandering minstrel’s spiritual quest. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet Bond’s message to his students and to us is one of hope: While the quest for equal rights remains unfulfilled, the promise remains. The Twists and Turns of Black History 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The death has intensified Mr. Zimmern’s quest to learn balance, something he says is elusive for chefs, athletes, actors and other celebrities. Andrew Zimmern’s Nonstop Road (and Food) Show 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z This impressively lean French thriller wastes nothing in its quest to deliver the goods. ‘Lost Bullet’ Review: Fast Cars and Quick Fists 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z After all, motivated writing would get us to care about Mulder’s quest to find the truth without quite so much exposition. Review: 'The X-Files' Revival Fails to Find the Truth 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z On the face of it, “Feline Philosophy” would seem like a departure for Gray — a playful exploration of what cats might have to teach humans in our never-ending quest to understand ourselves. Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “If I was looking for happiness, this was the wrong road,” George Michael said of his quest to become the world’s biggest-selling musician. Your Week in Culture: Jay-Z, Eugene O’Neill and ‘Princess Bride’ in Theaters Nationwide 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Loach's quest for authenticity is also evident in his casting of Craig Lundberg, a real British serviceman who was blinded by a grenade in Iraq, in a supporting role. Waterboarded 2010-05-21T16:56:00Z Pragmatism, common sense and an inexhaustible interest in other people are what guided his quest for excellence, which he saw as synonymous with simplicity. Eli Wallach had the power to illuminate a character on stage and screen 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In his show, Neenan, 31, plays Attenborough as an earnest young man in a safari jacket, seeking his big career break via a quest for a mythical creature, the sasquatch, or bigfoot. Seeking bigfoot: TV naturalist Attenborough gets comic homage 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The unrelenting study of one man's murderous quest for power was somewhat undercut by the glittery stars and moons that dangled festively from the ceiling. 'Richard III' goes to prisons, senior centers 2012-08-02T12:48:10Z In these lines, Taseer adopts a historian’s tone, and he is fond of braiding his quest for knowledge with one-off quotes from scholars, writers, and experts. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Next, the sound of a chorus vigorously singing a Christian hymn about a quest for heaven presents a different vision. Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z A moment came, when I was about 14, that should have made me give up this quest to see him. The secret sister my father kept hidden 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z In his quest for excellence, Mr. Opperman became an expert in the mechanics of the instrument and often fabricated tuning barrels and mouthpieces, but only for his students. Kalmen Opperman, Master Clarinetist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-06-22T23:28:00Z But in Mr. Posen’s mind, he was on a philosophical quest. Stephen Posen Knows How to Fashion a Line. So Does His Son. 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z To some, “Macbeth” describes the psychosexual pathology behind a ruthless quest for power; to others, the pandemiclike wasteland left in its wake. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z For Daniel, a skillful woodworker, the seemingly insurmountable obstacle in his quest is his complete ignorance of computers. Review: ‘I, Daniel Blake,’ Stuck on the Bureaucratic Hamster Wheel 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Thomas Hoving, a Met curator who later became its director, acknowledged after leaving the museum that, in the quest to acquire trophy artifacts, the pursuit occasionally trumped all other concerns. Amid Criticism and Seizures, the Met Sets Plan to Return Looted Art 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z A lone man, an outsider, is drawn into an obsessive quest to find a young person who has disappeared. Review | Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’ nods to John Ford’s famous Western with the story of a loner on the hunt for a lost teen 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z There are several hymns in the show, filled with lush lyricism, about the quest for purity in a world of contaminants. Review: The Human Voice Versus the Internet in ‘Octet’ 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Like most stories of obsession, the book is a record of desire—in this case Baker’s quest to observe, follow, and ultimately become one with a falcon. Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.” By the Book: Ben Macintyre 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z It wasn't as though his quest was for Tahiti. SAM's Gauguin show gives equal due to different traditions 2012-02-05T05:07:25Z But in a quest for modernization, much of Hyderabad’s architectural legacy was dismantled, and recent attempts to revisit the past are often a case of too little, too late. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In the book, two birders, Al Levantin of Colorado and Sandy Komito of New Jersey, made pilgrimages to the bog in their quest to spot the most bird species in a single calendar year. Explorer: In a Minnesota Bog, a Festival of Birds 2013-01-18T18:25:51Z Search's sense of questing purpose has already gone the way of other pre-Google concepts, such as "getting lost". Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z Naysayers call it a quixotic quest, but the fund-raising goes by in a blink. ‘Louder Than Words,’ on Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z So they traded in the quests and violence for antiquities and history lessons, and created a mode with a series of Discovery Tours. Assassin’s Creed Has a New Mission: Working in the Classroom 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In Thomas Vinterberg’s new film “Another Round,” four Danish men, all schoolteachers, embark on a pseudoscientific quest: to see if drinking daily will pull them out of their midlife slumps. ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Like Bob Dylan, Haynes, either with Mule or in a solo capacity, seems on a “neverending” quest to find the perfect musical moment, and replicate it according to routine. Gov’t Mule’s “Revolution”: Hope for an angry and divided land 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z As she continues her very chipper quest for global domination, Taylor Swift is pretty successfully making some of the world’s other greatest influencers look like suckers. Taylor Swift ranked greater world leader than Bill Gates, almost as great as Pope Francis 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Her success is in letting enigmas endure beyond the couch, questing on for “the known, the secret, the forgotten.” Family Memoirs: The Ties That Bind and Those That Fray 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z But the now-67 filmmaker, who appears throughout and gently narrates, reveals so little about his own life outside this project that it somehow mitigates the urgency and breadth of his quest. 'Weaving the Past' an exhaustive tribute to a beloved grandfather 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The quest for comparison, the pecking orders it builds, and the evaluations they demand, are always just a click away. Facebook's greatest weapon: endless comparison of ourselves to others 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z "Not just by defending Moira who was interrupted in her quest to have a simple lunch, but he uses the lunch tray as a weapon to beat the kid." Hoagies, Wawa and that funeral spread: The stories told by the food in "Mare of Easttown" 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Another refers to “Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s ugly quest for attractive ‘cool kids.’ and criticizes A&F for ignoring a purported ”revolution” of size inclusiveness in teen fashion led by H&M and American Eagle Outfitters. Is Abercrombie & Fitch the enemy? Or is it us? 2013-05-30T15:28:00Z So much of the discussion of sexual violence in the public realm centers on narrative and a quest for the truth, on what happened and didn’t, and who was wearing or drinking what. Female Artists Delete Rape’s ‘Heroic’ Underpinnings 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In quest of such a place, I set off in late May to travel beyond the universe of half-board arrangements and karaoke nights. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z Dwayne Johnson, continuing his quest to be in every medium and on every device you watch, stars as Spencer, a former player trying to make a career out of giving financial advice to current players. Review: ‘Ballers,’ on HBO, Follows a Financial Guru to the Sports Stars 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Also, come on: Another quest for magic gewgaws? ‘Avengers: Infinity War’: It’s Marvel’s Universe. We Just Live in It. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Her central quest, she writes, “was to figure out what he knew about Sally Horner and when he knew it.” The Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z You travel from planet to planet, meeting silly characters, taking on simple quests and, in theory, learning lessons about jealousy and intolerance. Video Games: Peggle 2, Assassin’s Creed Pirates, Blek and Doki-Doki Universe 2013-12-17T23:04:12Z “The quest for life is the same, whether it’s the Dominican Republic or uptown or Jamaica,” Ms. Cobbs said. M. Tony Peralta Explores His Dominican Roots 2014-01-02T22:06:35Z Not the least of her assets in this quest is her haunting, often exquisite phrasing of states of being and qualities of mind that resonate long after a page is turned. Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z As much as “The Road Warrior” is filled with wild and frenetic action, there is also something hypnotic in its pacing and portrayal of endless barren roadways and the relentless quest for fuel and freedom. SXSW: George Miller on 'The Road Warrior' and 'Mad Max: Fury Road' 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile "Ginny & Georgia," a series that turns a lens on a biracial teenager's quest to find her place in the world and her struggles with racism, ranks No. 1 among its most-viewed shows. Reckonings, pain and joy: ABC's ambitious "Soul of a Nation" explores all of it for all Americans 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z With that established, Bernard’s growing suspicions about Arnold and host awakenings may be part of his quest to retrace the maker. The 11 Most Interesting 'Westworld' Fan Theories 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Next morning, our quest took us into outdoorsy hinterlands, past ski resorts and a tree-fringed lake. Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z On a “spiritual quest,” toward the end of his life, he found only a handful of banalities—a version of early Christianity, nothing more. The Square 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “Lodge 49” has a radiant internal decency, one that respects its characters’ sometimes silly quests because it’s a series that knows trying new things is hard but worth it. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z For always my quest was arrested at that cliff side, and across the fog-veiled Gorge of Eternal Peril stood my father’s love. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z With this story of marriage on the rocks and the desperate quest for love, Cassavetes conjured an air of tragic exuberance that’s as original as it is thrilling. The Front Row: “Faces” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Season 2 barrels through the impossible quest to match one's idealism with capitalist realities. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Hangover series and Due Date may be wildly comic, but the star wrings laughs from his futile quest to be understood. Review: Zach Galifianakis's 'Baskets' Wrings Painful Laughs 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Excluding the final abstract display, the exhibition is an amorphous batch of figurative works that show some artists leading, others following and still others who seem almost oblivious to the Modernist quest. Review: ‘Russian Modernism’ at Neue Galerie, Figurative Focus With Amorphous Results 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Despite his quest for community, he was a somewhat rootless intellectual. Conservative author Rod Dreher’s paradox: Compassion in St. Francisville and cruelty in America 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z She also seeks to interpret their appeal, for while this is a kind of quest narrative, that quest’s true objective might be to answer the question: What am I looking for? From Lahore to Orford Ness, Searching for the Roots of Trauma 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Cynical, acerbic and irreverent though both books are, their underlying message is an old-fashioned quest for meaning. A Quest for Meaning in a Dystopian Era 2010-05-16T15:30:00Z They also are in search of Eeyore’s tail, and Pooh himself, true to form, is on a perpetual quest for honey. | 'Winnie the Pooh': Hundred Acre Gang Is Back in Town 2011-07-14T23:35:54Z In the quest to dominate the world’s restrooms, Campbell discovered, Dryer v Towel is a pitched contest of business strategy and public relations. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The play follows Litvinenko as he investigates his own death, and his wife Marina’s quest for justice. Lucy Prebble’s ‘A Very Expensive Poison’ Wins the Blackburn Prize 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Morris, who works in the finance industry in Richmond, said her quest to research her family’s history was years in the making. She found her father’s segregated schoolhouse decaying in the Va. woods. Now, it is on the way to being saved. 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Hollywood movie studios, in their constant quest for remakes and modern spins on old stories, are about to unleash a new wave of film versions of ancient European folktales. Hollywood wants Red Riding Hood and Snow White to weave a box office spell 2011-03-06T00:14:18Z He became a prolific interpreter of Shakespeare’s works, directing more than 70 productions in all in his quest to “pluck out the political, existential heart and mystery of the plays.” Michael Bogdanov, Shakespearean Stage Director, Dies at 78 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The much anticipated ninth installment in the X-Men film series, the movie finds the mutants pooling their powers to try to stop Apocalypse, a god-like mutant, from his quest to destroy civilization. Watch the Mutants Fight Oscar Isaac's Villain in the New 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Trailer 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It begins with “Food Revolutionaries,” a look at those who have transformed the way food is viewed, cooked and sold, from Christopher Columbus’s quest for pepper to Julia Child’s television series. What’s on TV Friday 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Jason agrees to this quest — for reasons unexplained — and rounds up a team of superheroes. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers And if wounded buildings and jarred joints follow along, they’re just the price you pay when your lifelong quest is to see human beings fly. ‘Born to Fly’ Traces Elizabeth Streb’s Avant-Garde Journey 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “What started out as a quest to find art has turned into an exploration of a whole country,” she writes. Art Review: ‘Oh, Canada’ Exhibition at Mass MoCA 2012-08-30T21:44:01Z The quest is an integral ingredient of all archetypal stories, internal or external, and, perhaps most rewardingly, both. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z The legendary fictional professor would be intrigued by their quest, though. ISU project to restore dome last seen in 1973 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “What about the women?” she asked the professor, whereupon Campbell explained that the women were the hero’s mother, his protectress and the prize at the end of his quest. Forget the ‘Hero’s Journey’ and Consider the Heroine’s Quest Instead 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z So far as she knew, the only way to get more money for her quest was to work as a part-time barista at Starbucks. Hopeful Would-Be Parents Shop Jobs for I.V.F. Coverage 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Txato’s refusal to submit to ETA’s demands costs him his life, and his wife, Bittori, sets off on a quest to find answers about his death. Review | ‘Homeland’ captures the personal costs of Spain’s violent political conflict 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He’s on this quest, but he’s actually not trying that hard to find his son. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Eat Only When You’re Hungry’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z In June, I set off on a quest of my own, traveling through Finland in search of the Moomin-land I’ve loved since I read the books in English translation as a child. In Finland, giving in to Moomin madness Her early quests included finding a performer to play a young Woody Allen. The Art of Matching Actor and Role 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z A new London exhibition explores that fascination, displaying everything from mummified Egyptian cerebral matter to slices of Albert Einstein's brain in the story of our quest to understand what's inside our skulls. Brains! London exhibition looks inside our skulls 2012-03-27T16:31:04Z Its chief points are verbal, and — despite the considerable pathos at the piece’s heart — so shrewdly, wittily made that the audience laughed with recognition as it followed his quest. Dance Review: ‘Breakin’ Convention’ Shows a New York Style’s Diversity 2013-06-17T21:38:11Z In the ancient sources, Perseus's quest to kill the Gorgon is a test set by his adoptive father, Polydectes, who is written out of the 2010 film. Clash of the Titans and the classics 2010-04-13T10:52:00Z She describes her quest for the narrative heart of A Gate at the Stairs. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Inside, the décor spoke of Norway’s longstanding quest to become European, sophisticated and refined — chandeliers everywhere, doilies on the dinner plates, pictures of German royals on the walls. Exploring Norway’s Fjords by Car and Boat 2012-06-29T16:47:27Z Picking up on a big take-away from Women’s Voices, Austin cites the ongoing quest to brand D.C. theater and increase audiences. A festival, a Fringe move and a firing mark D.C.’s theater year 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z And while beauty is her most obvious attribute, she has a sharp mind, an impertinent tongue and, crucially, the unsettled, inchoate yearning that draws the eye, stokes the imagination and has long fueled heroic quests. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z This X-rated version of “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” soon segues into an amusing — and surprisingly absorbing — series of quests. Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z Any pilgrim’s archeological Beat tour, inspired by the movie or not, must begin with the university itself, a useful antagonist in the iconoclasts’ quest for artistic self-actualization. Columbia U. Haunts of Lucien Carr and the Beats 2012-04-05T20:59:01Z Davis is back as Willow, the hero who never left our hearts, the humble farmer who led a quest and the actor who leads a generation still. Warwick Davis is the real hero of Gen X 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Plus, think about the position such a quest puts you in: As you Googled these bullies, recall what you were thinking. Carolyn Hax: When bullies don’t get their comeuppance 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Along his quest to piece together what happened to him, Van Dyk meets with other families of former captives. A Freed Hostage Audits the Murky Business of Captive Negotiations 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “The works exhibited aim to increase awareness to the evolution of us as a species and expose various dimensions in our quest to further human potential.” In Transit: At London Show, Art Meets Science 2011-02-02T11:00:41Z First, it showed my friends to be less than fully supportive of my quest for self- improvement and, second, it showed they don’t read my bloody column. I'm on a lads' night out and my friend's just been homophobic. What do I do? | Romesh Ranganathan 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z I knew that the music would shed some of its tightly wound splendor and grow boisterous, noisy, questing toward different ends. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z But her story gets lost amid what comes across as a bold attempt to write the great California opera — a sweeping tale of the mad quest for fortune that was the mostly disastrous Gold Rush. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Nothing in the show is unconnected from the quest to maintain power. 'House of Cards' Knows Exactly What It Is 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z As the “mesmerizing and delicate” novel follows them on their quest, our critic Molly Young writes, “it centers on faith, history, language and yearning.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z She tells the story of her romance with Augustus Waters, a cancer survivor, and their shared quest to visit the reclusive author of a cult novel in Amsterdam. 2012′s best — so far 2012-07-04T14:00:00Z Whereas the point of the game is satisfaction — to win, to achieve the quest.” 2010-01-30T05:20:00Z Kobun teaches Jobs walking meditation, and alludes to Jobs' quest to understand ma, a Japanese design concept which the publishers said was apparent in the simplicity of today's Apple products. Graphic book reimagines key time in Steve Jobs' life 2011-12-14T21:52:33Z The spurious quest for the true author of the plays had its origins in snobbery. Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro | Book review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z "It is another quest to find the comic in the tragic and vice versa." Six hours, one song: the National perfect the art of repetition 2013-07-11T18:03:02Z Grossman creates profoundly sad characters and gives them ample room to put their pain into words as they pursue a sort of quest, charting their pitiable state of living-with-death. Fable of grief has clipped wings at Theater J 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Five fans immediately took him up on his offer and got a free lunch at Oskar Blues, a microbrewery in Lyons, Colorado, where the actor began his 30-day quest. The Strangest Things Shia LaBeouf Told His #TakeMeAnywhere Fans 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It, too, is about a sheltered, childlike woman whose quest for knowledge forces her to venture out into the real world, where the complicated politics of gender both appall and fascinate her. Venice: Emma Stone Is a Bizarro Barbie in ‘Poor Things’ 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Eisenberg could have stopped there and had a compelling story, but as in all the best true-crime books, “The Third Rainbow Girl” is about more than just a quest to solve the mystery. Decades After Two Murders, an Appalachian Town Grapples With the Crimes 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Then “The Consul” more or less sank from view, despite the fact that its themes of political oppression, soulless bureaucracy, and the quest for freedom are as timely today as at the opera’s premiere. Seattle Opera revives a gripping, polished ‘Consul’ 2014-02-24T19:05:37Z The franchise has stumbled at times in its quest to become more inclusive. The future of Star Wars has arrived, and it takes place hundreds of years in the past 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z He talks with families seeking asylum, rides along with border patrol and accompanies activists in their quest to shield undocumented migrants from harm. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Parts Unknown’ and the BET Awards 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z MasterClass merges the American zeal for self-improvement with our impatience, quest for speed, convenience and unshaking belief that the celebrated know better. Perspective | We took Bill and Hillary Clinton’s MasterClasses. Guess who seemed more prepared. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Unchecked, it will grow 15 feet a year and smother shrubs, trees and in time whole landscapes in its quest for world domination. How America’s frenzy for Japanese plants brought beauties — and a mega-weed 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The question of identity, of image, of truth, of confabulation, shifts constantly and gains new meanings, turning the book into a quest for Kapuscinski's personality. Ryszard Kapuscinski: The Biography by Artur Domoslawski – review 2012-08-02T07:00:02Z Call it ancestral tourism, a quest for roots, branches and a family reunion across centuries. In Spain, a Family Reunion, Centuries Later 2014-04-04T16:57:12Z The basic FarmVille idea is still there: Farm fruits and vegetables, use them to cook items for quests or sell them in the market to purchase more land. Video Games: Reviews: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, FarmVille 2: Country Escape and Monument Valley 2014-04-22T20:57:56Z Instead, Eagling focuses on Clara, the girl caught up in Drosselmeyer's quest, so that the ballet becomes focused on her first adolescent experience of love. The Nutcracker ? review 2010-12-12T21:29:00Z As in Countess Dracula, the quest for eternal youth appears to have succeeded pretty well, albeit on a temporary basis. Anne Billson 2010-12-02T21:45:00Z Think of the Barbara Ehrenreich method, all of this work and explaining and illuminating and understanding, and all of these quests, and it’s all very valuable. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z Several years and fruitless Oscar nominations later, around the turn of the century, she launched her quest to make it into a film. Will Glenn Close finally win her first Oscar for The Wife? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The Old Man and the Old Moon West Coast premiere of PigPen Theatre Co.’s fantastical musical fable about one man’s epic quest to find his missing wife. L.A. theater openings, May 14-21: 'The Old Man and the Old Moon' and more 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The story of the clueless politician and the brave group of men who spoke out about his actions has, rightfully, raised awareness about freedom of expression and the quest for marriage equality. Football gets LGBT-positive 2012-09-10T16:25:00Z “When I bought my ticket, I achieved that quest,” Stipek said. How this ‘Zelda’-playing, ‘Harry Potter’-loving nerd built a loyal fitness community 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z “In a way, my quest to understand ‘There all is aching’ mirrors mankind’s search for meaning in a random and senseless universe that too often leads us to inflict horrors upon one another,” he concludes. Rate Culture 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Loan agreements with other museums and private collectors mean those galleries must remain tightly climate controlled, hampering institutions in their quest to drive down energy bills and emissions. As Energy Costs Bite, Museums Rethink a Conservation Credo 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Place, Eudora Welty wrote, is where an author’s quest for truth starts. A Road-Paving Job Takes On a Sinister Allure in Dave Eggers’s New Novel 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z When Breath of the Wild was released in 2017, it rescued The Legend of Zelda, a video game franchise growing stale because of a predictable gameplay loop of dungeons and fetch quests. To Meet Sky-High Expectations, Tears of the Kingdom Goes Vertical 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Only one male and one female dancer can win the school’s competition for places at a prestigious ballet company — a quest that consumes the student body and turns the two women into ardent frenemies. ‘Birds of Paradise’ Review: Dirty Dancing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Emily's revenge plan is long and complex and there are a lot of characters to wade through in her quest to get ultimate payback from the fearsome Victoria Grayson. TV highlights 04/06/2012 2012-06-03T19:00:02Z Homer’s quest to be the toughest guy at the chilli-eating contest leads him to consume Guatemalan insanity peppers. The Simpsons Thanksgiving marathon: the 25 best episodes to gorge on 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Her quixotic quest was not a lost cause, because she is inventing the tableaux she photographs. Deana Lawson Reveals Hidden Grandeur in Her Uncanny Portraits 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Social media introduced me to Cannon's quest to exemplify what he calls a "virile man," but I mostly ignored the commentary on him until it found its way into my circle of friends. Stop making fun of Nick Cannon for having so many kids 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The quest is to get ahead of buzz-worthy events “right before they blow up,” Mr. Jackson said. The New Club Kids 2010-11-19T23:56:00Z It seems natural that the museum, in its quest for a new identity, would want to get in touch with its roots. ‘What Would Mrs. Webb Do?’ at the Museum of Arts and Design 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It bit my quest for certainty and spit it back at me. Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z The session is led by various characters, including Dr. Creeps, the assistant to the bar’s fictional Dr. Raven, a 19th-century physician who kidnapped and experimented on his party guests in a quest for immortality. What Does Horror Taste Like? ‘Carnage Asada’ and Bloody Cocktails 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Because Apocalypse is a god—or believes himself to be—that makes his quest rather dull. When “X-Men: Apocalypse” fails its heroes of color, it fails the “X-Men” spirit 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Advertisement The early films are lean; “Un Carnet de Bal,” which requires 130 minutes to detail the quest of a young and most unmerry widow to regain her past, is not. Julien Duvivier, a Gallic Auteur at Home, and Jacques Feyder, One Abroad 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Frida’s temporary life becomes as real as her permanent one, and her quest to become a suitable parent — or at least, the government’s twisted idea of one — is both bolstered and complicated by new friendships. What Happens When the State Controls Moms? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The nominal director of the film is James Solomon, but Bill Genovese is its main author, and its prime virtues arise from his quest. Kitty Genovese’s Brother Reëxamines Her Famous Murder 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But Obama brilliantly – some would say deceptively – absorbed the political capital of the prophetic expression in public and then articulated it as his own quest for office. Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Subsequent Impulse! releases, such as “Jewels of Thought,” “Thembi,” and “Black Unity,” extended a musical quest that has now, in one form of another, lasted more than fifty years. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Scott Rudin, who produced the film, said that its formal, reverent approach to the western, a place where quests are undertaken and adventures are had, is on the screen everywhere you look. Film: The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight 2010-12-10T19:26:00Z That quest for tidiness has prompted me to pick up a few tips and tricks along the way. 13 organizing hacks for your tidiest fridge yet 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z While on their quest, she and others learn about the responsibility of choosing their wishes carefully. My children are hooked on Faulkner! 2012-12-03T20:30:00Z Her quest is to live without being judged by others. Raspberry 2010-04-06T20:30:00Z The two set off on a quest to bring home the Bacon in time for Christmas morning. Gifts from "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” we want year-round 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z I thought I’d kick things off my quest for productivity by hypnotizing myself into taking up more effective habits. Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z A prolific author often compared to Anton Chekhov and known for his limpid French prose, Mr. Makine used the pen name since 2001 to write novels about the world’s cruelty and human quest for transcendence. ArtsBeat: Who is Gabriel Osmonde? A French Literary Mystery is Solved 2011-04-01T17:40:04Z I embraced it with gusto and soon found myself on a quest for coziness. Need a getaway to celebrate (or escape) the holidays? Travel like a queen to Victoria 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It examines the unrelenting quest for fellowship when it’s easier to spin apart. ‘Pepperland’ is an ecstatic and provocative Beatles tribute — and like no land you’ve been to before 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Snowden's mission isn't like Raskolnikov's quest for redemption, it's more like Dostoevsky's attempt to make people confront difficult, uncomfortable questions, and to make them choose what they believe in. Edward Snowden's study guide to Russian literature 2013-07-28T13:00:00Z With a whole room devoted to his scientific pursuits, it seeks to capture the quest for knowledge and perfection of a man Delieuvin called “a universal genius.” Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The first episode of “Personal Effects” follows Langford’s quest to find him. Say anything: 3 Seattle podcasts with unique voices 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z He achieved all he did by his amazing energy and a tireless quest for perfection. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T10:55:00Z A native of El Salvador, she was on the last leg of a 2,000-mile quest to reunite with her mother. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z You can feel the rage wafting off the screen in this drama about a teenager’s difficult quest to obtain an abortion. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z OK, I’ll admit, Proper Flops, while practical, don’t fully fulfill my quest to be stylish. Summer stuff that’s good for you, good for the planet 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z The plot of 2003’s “Elf” centers on the quest to reunite with a lost father. What makes Christmas movies so popular 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Photograph: AP It's the story of a dark world, of knights and princesses, swords and sorcery, quests and betrayals, and it's from the pen of JRR Tolkien. 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next year 2012-10-09T15:49:40Z One of those is the never intentionally hilarious Jason Derulo, who according to a backstage interview is currently “on a quest to bring the art of performance and dance back to live shows”. The People's Choice Awards: seven things we learned 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps, she mused, we need to revisit these painful situations, instead of continually brushing over them in our constant quest for all that’s good and wholesome and positive. Forget being positive and take note of what makes you angry 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z One of the questions Bergner poses is whether or not the search for female Viagra is really a quest for a medical solution to monogamy. Women and sex: the myth-buster 2013-07-05T21:34:00Z The Ice King often kidnaps her and others in his quest for a wife, but his back-story evokes empathy. The Weird World of Adventure Time Comes Full Circle 2013-03-29T11:00:44Z The convoluted passage of Paul Klee's drawing, from its seizure to the present destination, reflects an ongoing quest by Jewish organizations to restore artwork stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners. Israel passes Nazi-seized drawing to owner's heir 2010-09-29T18:07:00Z For almost three years now, with the fervor of the newly converted, Ms. Marshall has been on a quest that from the outside may seem quixotic and even naïve. Her Family Owned Slaves. How Can She Make Amends? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Watermelon juice and booze are delicious together, but they’re not quite the thing sought by those questing to perfect the drunken watermelon. Plugging a watermelon with vodka ruins both. There’s got to be a better way. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Lee’s father, who went by A. C., was the model for the determined Atticus Finch and his virtuous if doomed quest to defend a black man from an unfair verdict in Depression-era Alabama. My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Jeremy, a clerk at the video store, is reluctantly tugged into the search for the provenance of these altered films, a quest that becomes an unhealthy obsession for the store owner. Mountain Goats founder John Darnielle returns with a second powerful novel 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z In these moments, “Partita” can start to feel like a college dance — earnest and derivative in its quest to experiment. Review: At City Ballet, Giving Voice to the Body, With Sneakers 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z He is, though, an ideal foil for the leading lady, who adds Dolly to the pantheon of parts she has taken on, of charismatic characters in quests for rebirth. Review | Betty Buckley joins the ‘Hello, Dolly’ parade. And the pleasure of it doesn’t pass us by. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Reenactments in projects like these still have a bad reputation owing to years of the channel's over-utilization of the tool in its quest to give its subjects a populist gloss. "Abraham Lincoln" and "Lincoln's Dilemma" clarify a few things about uncomfortable history 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Cherlise says it’s not anyone’s fault that the Florida archives that spurred her quest didn’t include photos that reflect her childhood memories. The radical power of ordinary Black life 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z She dragged her kids across the world to connect them to their Japanese heritage, but the real quest seems to be finding her own sense of identity. ‘The Nosebleed’ Review: Reconciling the Ghosts in the Attic 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Since embarking on my penguin quest years ago, I have witnessed four species in the wild. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z That quest may be helped by the habits of the generation that grew up in front of the tube. You?re Not Getting Older; You?re Becoming a Target Audience 2011-06-26T19:32:25Z And by the time you come to realize that the hook is the dangerous eccentricity of Fauna’s quest, you’re in too far not to hang on for the denouement. Ted Bundy, "I Am the Night" and our secret obsession with psychos 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s one thing to document someone’s quest to get in shape, it’s quite another to thrust cameras into a person’s decisions about their religious life and how they will choose to honor their cultural heritage. Would we ever tolerate “Breaking Muslim”? 2013-05-11T20:30:00Z Jobs made many trips to Japan and India as part of his supposed quest for spiritual enlightenment—something he once claim to have attained, at least to his skeptical guru, Kobu Chino Otogawa. Review: Alex Gibney's Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Pulls Back the Curtain 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Devastated by the news, she sets out on a dangerous and terrifying quest to obtain a child. Kim Basinger made the time for low-budget '11th Hour' 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z But mention the idea of adventure or quests to Mr. Herzog as a motivating force for his documentary work, and he instantly recoils. Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall 2011-04-23T23:31:38Z In fact, Anne and Frankie become intimate friends during their dangerous quest to seize their desires in a world where women are expected to passively accept their lot. Review | ‘A Net for Small Fishes’ is dark, entertaining historical fiction 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The MacGuffin in the suitcase proves an essential unifier, bringing together the threads of past and present in the quest to obtain it and understand the importance of its contents. Lev Grossman's 'The Magician's Land' closes the book 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z That already places Burton in a position to fulfill his quest to helm a trivia show, and one he can shape to suit him. From "Jeopardy!" to "Trivial Pursuit," how LeVar Burton's latest lesson is one to inspire us all 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z And watching Carrie's quest for fulfillment, tempered and frustrated by the presence/absence of Big, helped me step back up and date again, however tentatively. Saved by Pop Culture: How "Sex and the City" helped me get over my marriage 2011-04-15T13:52:00Z It is an unusual quest for a former juror, most of whom, researchers say, seldom engage in activism precipitated by their experience during a trial. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Evey seems to be left with no other choice but to help V on his quest. What’s on TV: ‘Under the Autumn Moon’ and ‘Haunting of Hill House’ 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z As part of the harrowing quest to find her scientist father, Meg is presented with the gift of her faults by the strange and tragic Mrs Whatsit. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z It doesn't work out and, angry, Simmu sets out on a quest to drink the waters of immortality in order to destroy Death. World of fantasy: Death's Master by Tanith Lee 2010-08-27T10:05:00Z And that, Ms. Janisse said, is good news for Miskatonic and its quest for a “balanced education” of history, theory, production and, perhaps most important, community building. At This Film Institute, the Course Material Is Killer 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z His personal quest is to develop a whole-grain loaf with the texture of a mostly white loaf. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review 2013-05-22T06:30:11Z Aurora must decide what she believes and if she will help the man on his quest. Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z With his girlfriend and an Irish vampire, he embarks on a quest to track down God and force him to answer for the state of the world. Steve Dillon, Comic Artist Who Helped Create ‘Preacher,’ Dies at 54 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The action takes place in Canada’s frozen north in 1910, when three Inuit youths embark on a quest to find a mythical land of plenty to feed their starving clan back home. Travails of ‘Legend of Sarila,’ Canadian Animated 3-D Film 2014-02-07T22:08:01Z As one of two women seen in the Imperial Security Bureau's supervisory council room – you can't claim the Empire isn't an enthusiastic patriarchy! – her zealous quest to climb the ranks make her exacting and cruel. From bureaucratic drudgery to prison labor, “Andor” shows how exploitation leads to the Dark Side 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Some countries — Canada, parts of Europe, Scandinavia, etc. — haven’t been so hoodwinked by over-automation and the endless carnivorous quest for money and “efficiency.” Magazine readers respond to stories on tobacco, workplace advice 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z In Northern Ireland, Planet Belfast at the Mac is a new play by Rosemary Jenkinson, produced by Tinderbox, which explores one woman's quest to save Belfast from big business. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-15T14:03:42Z On Tuesday, the network will reveal how it is going about its quest when it unveils a slate of new shows at its annual upfront presentation. Upfronts 2015: 'Scream,' social-media celebs headline MTV slate 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Hudson describes his quest as a lonely battle. You’ve never heard of these people, but they’ve changed the way you fly 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z This takes him on a quest, a circuitous trip of sorts, through other games in the movie’s arcade universe. How ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Revisits Retro Video Games 2012-10-28T07:23:01Z I'm not sure there's a right or wrong answer -- Aronofsky is deliberately employing the conventions of misogynistic genre movies, while identifying strongly with Portman's Nina Thayer and her insane, impossible quest for artistic perfection. "Black Swan": Even better than you've heard 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z The book is framed by Scott’s expedition, but the quest for the penguins is the centre of it. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z The show is best when it's groups of people bantering in the woods, as opposed to wallowing in damp industrial buildings, so it's nice to see the band head off on a merry side quest. "See" recap: Manure, rain and still no war 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z We plan to meet up, and my quest to find out more about my biology continues. ‘It made me question my ancestry’: does DNA home testing really understand race? 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Which means that the eager-to-please quotient of a musical about the quest by a bevy of souls, alive and dead, to alleviate loneliness, is still amped up a bit too frantically. Review | ‘Beetlejuice’ cleans up its act for Broadway. It’s not a raging success, but it’ll do. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z In his ongoing and remarkably successful quest to be the worst of the Fox News nighttime hosts, Tucker Carlson hit a new low on his Tuesday show. Perspective | Tucker Carlson’s claim that white supremacy is a hoax is easy to prove wrong. Just watch his show. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Even if we don't always understand, we never lose a sense of urgency in Chihiro's quest and a fascination in her surroundings. Spirited Away: No 8 2010-10-21T10:47:00Z One particularly noteworthy aspect of Tominsky's quest is that it was entirely self-imposed, with no promise of money, attention, followers, or clout — though they did come and in hordes, at that. The appeal and allure of the rotisserie chicken guy 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Many women interviewed for this column brought the conversation around to shoes and the eternal quest for style and elegance for feet no longer able or willing to contort themselves into unnatural positions. Am I Done Suffering for Fashion? 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z This quest provides the book’s momentum and tension, but readers will also enjoy mischievous Mai’s clandestine motorcycle rides, the banter with her teen translator and her budding friendship with a frog-loving cousin. The best children’s books for February 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The peerless “Finishing the Hat,” from “Sunday,” mixes the exhilaration that comes from the quest for perfection and the painful knowledge of the selfishness and sacrifices that it requires. Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z But the most endearing throughline of “Halloweentown” is in its message of finding one’s identity, and how this is an ongoing quest, rather than one that magically disappears after adolescence. Forget "Hocus Pocus," make "Halloweentown" your Disney Halloween watch this year 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z This clever and extremely enjoyable novel deserves to be popular not just with hippies, students and other questing types, but also with more sceptical audiences. Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru ? review 2011-07-27T10:30:00Z And of how the quest for knowledge frequently mutates into greed. ‘The Spine of Night’ Review: Cosmic Forces at Work 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Maintaining the cultural element is my biggest quest.” Lowriding Culture Goes Global 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The ideas in “The Swerve” are tucked, cannily, inside a quest narrative. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z After all, this is a chivalric quest with spurs. Review | Paulette Jiles returns to the Civil War era with the romantic western ‘Simon and the Fiddler’ 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The teenaged you, and I guess the adult you too, are pretty relentless in following this quest wherever it takes you. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z Thus the quest for his genetic roots began. His Paula Deen takedown went viral. But this food scholar isn’t done yet. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The U.S. picked up on this in its quest for empire. Stop calling Asians "robotic" please 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z It's that quest for answers that keeps life interesting, and on some level, it's what drives these men, just as it drives real scientists the world over. 'Killing Bigfoot': Sad days for poor Sasquatch 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Meeting over coffee at Christmastime with Samantha Hankey, a young mezzo-soprano, he mentioned his quest. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The trick to making April the film’s prime questing spirit is in turning those around her into the dimmest of bulbs. REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mock Turtle 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Pop Striver From Britain Arrives for a Debut in Full Regalia The search for the next Adele is a full-time quest in the British — and worldwide — music business. Music Review: Paloma Faith at Joe’s Pub 2012-09-12T22:06:19Z For those seeking a human helping hand in their quest for new music, Sonos Radio, a streaming service introduced earlier this year, offers a selection of artist-curated programs on its signature station, Sonos Sound System. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z It's the element of surprise that we're looking for in our quest for the best songs with false endings. Readers recommend: songs with false endings ? results 2011-07-21T15:26:44Z Her quest to do so is often amusing and sometimes poignant. Anna Quindlen’s No. 1 Rule for Grandparents: Butt Out 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z If you’re a woman, though, this fundamental possibility of quest is denied. Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z Despite their bios, Ben is sure his future wife is there and like a grandma mining a Whitman’s Sampler for all the Maple Fudge squares, Ben will never stop in his quest to find her. The Bachelor Recap: A Unicorn, A Tiny Pony, and Ben Higgins 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z What began on a whim finished as a quest. The light and springy Easter cheesecake you’ve been waiting for 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z I’m on this never-ending quest in my writing to bring my female characters up to the level of importance and plausibility of the male characters. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z The quest is tension-filled and perilous, riddled with trial and tribulation. “The Revenant” is Trump, “Spotlight” is Bernie: What this best picture race tells us about our divided America 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There are colleges that I am looking at in my quest for a college to attend. Mary Anna Dennard on College Theater Degrees 2010-08-19T09:00:00Z In a desperate quest that mirrors both “Huckleberry Finn” and the knights from the tales of King Arthur, he must overcome physical deprivation to reach the girl he loves. Surfer, Environmentalist, Novelist. Australia’s Living Legend. 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Part of television's constant quest to find a personal narrative in everything, even when there isn't one? Springwatch Guide to Butterflies and Moths – TV review 2013-07-27T07:00:13Z From there, the film follows the quest of that girl, Sheeta, and her courageous new friend, Pazu, as they try to find a mythical levitating kingdom hidden in the clouds. Now That Studio Ghibli Is Streaming on HBO Max, Where Do You Start? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Mortenson's quest to end extremism through education has made him a darling of the U.S. military. 'Three Cups of Tea' author defends book 2011-04-18T13:12:00Z Their dual quest constitutes the novel’s long, mind-boggling climax. Book review: ‘Blue Labyrinth,’ by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child The novel’s title refers to one character’s quest for breast augmentation and another’s for a sperm donor. New in Paperback: ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ and ‘Coffeeland’ 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The duo’s lyrics are cryptic, but such songs as “The Innocents” and “Holy Ghost” — both performed on Monday — seem to address spiritual questing. Everything about veteran indie-rock group Low is emotionally constrained 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Thorpe’s quest also took in issues in his personal life. Do I Sound Gay? Film-maker's personal journey explores the 'gay voice' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Fairy and folk tales, with their panoply of magical and enticing quest objects or enchanted gifts, have proved a bit of a minefield for me in this respect – and not only as a child. Fictional cravings: what are your storybook desires? 2010-03-25T13:30:00Z Waters put her quest for new connections into action Wednesday, participating in an online video conference that saw her taking questions about cooking and food policy from her Berkeley kitchen. Food activist Alice Waters takes to Web, mulls TV 2010-04-21T21:05:00Z Rather than heeding his warnings about it, prominent people in town and fellow churches deemed his quest to have the park “cleaned up” extremist and homophobic. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z One of Arbus’s lifetime quests was to expose what she called the “flaw,” a telltale detail that reveals the crack between the way people wish to present themselves and how they actually are seen. Arbus, Untitled and Unearthly 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z What kind of impact is China’s historically consistent quest for wealth, power and status, as you lay out in your book, having on the region today? ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Orville Schell and John Delury on China’s Quest for Rejuvenation 2013-07-16T18:46:30Z In “The Eagle,” for instance, Mr. Sutherland serves as a temporary foil and mentor for Channing Tatum, the blunt and brooding star, whose dour quest to restore his family honor drives the narrative. Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z If you’re booking nightly lodging in advance, underestimate you daily mileage to allow for off-highway quests for seasonal produce stands or unscheduled stops at roadside attractions. How to plan the perfect road trip 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Then her daughter's teenage quest to learn more about her father pulls her away right at the moment when Callie presents Laura with an opportunity to resurrect her own mythical younger self, if she can. Recommended reading for April: New must-read books to liven up long shutdown days 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Its themes haunted him: the miraculous wresting away of the golden bough; Charon’s lugubrious barge; Aeneas’s quest to meet the shade of his talkative father, Anchises, by descending into the underworld. Music from the underworld 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z There’s an attractively questing quality in the album’s opener, “Arcturus,” named after the brightest star in the Northern sky. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He becomes maddeningly possessive, balking at Miller’s quests for autonomy. Review | Lee Miller was more than Man Ray’s muse 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z This first book is his quest to find his sister; in it, Hylas meets Pirra, the 12-year-old daughter of a high priestess, who disfigures her face to avoid an arranged marriage. Michelle Paver: a life in writing 2012-08-24T21:55:05Z “King of Kong: A Musical Parody“ is a fast-paced musical comedy following two men on their quest to hold the Donkey Kong video game high score. Last Year’s Fringe Festival Successes Look Back 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z With her trusty apprentice Thorne, they set of on a quest to find the Fiend and stop him. Spooks: I am Grimalkin by Joseph Delaney - review 2012-12-12T09:00:00Z And yes, this time around Croft will be questing her way into tombs – lots of them. 'Rise of the Tomb Raider' is a tale of 'woman versus wild' 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s never clear why exactly Mr. Zajac embarked on his quest or what he hoped to find. Review: ‘The Tailor of Inverness,’ a Father-Son Tale at Brits Off Broadway 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Independent Lens Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz recounts how the divorce of her parents sent her on a quest to clarify her identity — an unlock a family secret — in the new documentary "Little White Lie." Monday's TV Highlights: 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z In a voice-over, the details of her quest for steady work are articulated in a matter-of-fact tone. ‘Between Two Worlds’ Review: Juliette Binoche Goes Undercover 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In one sharply revealing sequence, two professors consider the selection of fifteen candidates, with a flippant tone regarding the quest for diversity: A Documentary that Explains the Dearth of Innovative Young French Filmmakers 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z We see through his eyes as he journeys across the desert with his brother Kwame, and then across the Mediterranean, on a quest to find their vanished elder sister, Sisi. Stories for Kids About Heroic Young Refugees 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z They offer a testament to their quest for even the simplest of freedoms despite the societal oppression they faced. Read Your Way Through Tokyo 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z And my quest for requital was about to start. How I stole my bike back (and what I learned about anti-theft measures along the way) 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z "The quest to find Britain's Brightest will inspire all of us," said Balding, the face of the BBC's Olympic coverage. Balding to host BBC One quiz show 2012-10-19T10:21:56Z Time-travel shows and movies tend to fall into one of two categories: quaint personal journeys and heroic quests. “See You Yesterday” and the Perils—and Promise—of Time-Travelling While Black 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z King's role as a Muslim woman consumed with her quest to save her drug-addicted brother accused of the crime was one of the highlights of the series, which also starred Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton. Emmy Contenders: Regina King's 'amazing ride' on 'American Crime' 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z “This is the subtly ironic story of a man’s destructive quest for absolute beauty and goodness, told with compassion and skill.” Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Suspense Novelist, Dies at 98 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z That dictum is the force behind the plot and presentation of “The Light Years,” the Debate Society’s leisurely and copiously detailed contemplation of the quest for illumination. Review: Big Dreams, Bright Ideas in ‘The Light Years’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Tucker’s band of players may be tiny, but they succeed unerringly in their quest to show us Joan as an unfathomable tower of strength. Review | The small-cast ‘Saint Joan’ at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z “The best docudramas engage in a quest for understanding: on a experiential level, on a social level, on a political level too,” says Vidal. Real-life terror: is it exploitative to use human suffering for cinematic thrills? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps most controversially, she believes that feminist campaigns around workplace parity and equal pay have “negated motherhood” in their quest for women to be equal to men. The Vatican editor who exposed the sexual abuse of nuns – and took on the Pope 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The movie, based on the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum, follows Dorothy on her quest to ask for the Wizard's help in sending her back to her home in Kansas. Wizard of Oz 'medical drama' for TV 2013-08-09T15:10:02Z Paralleling Charles’s quest for selfhood is that of a bewildered Prince Harry, whose hedonistic lifestyle is not unlike that of Prince Hal in the “Henry IV” plays. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The books’ many quotidian concerns always occur in the context of a larger quest. Books of The Times: ‘A Place in the Country,’ Essays by W. G. Sebald 2014-02-09T22:17:26Z Martin Short hides inside a fat suit to become Jiminy, whose quest is to make his guests break by bombarding them with aggressively clueless questions. With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Their quest came to a close and a true friendship was born. Wine jelly is the nostalgic dessert that deserves a comeback 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z His lifelong theme and predominant obsession is the quest for love, and, in particular, the spurning of false loves in pursuit and anticipation of a true one. The Film Where Eric Rohmer Let Desire Win 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The Broad is also taking heart from an esteemed neighbor in its good housekeeping quest: Disney Hall. The fine art of keeping the Broad museum super-clean 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The men’s gymnastics team continues its quest for a medal. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ and Michael Phelps at the Rio Olympics 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Don Iloff Jr., a senior executive at the Joel Osteen Ministries, said one reason Mr. Burton’s acting career slowed was that he had begun a spiritual quest that included studying Eastern religions. Wendell Burton, Actor and Megachurch Minister, Dies at 69 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Fischer put the quest for justice in a specific cultural context: “The ‘Two Americas’ couldn’t be more different and largely despise and distrust one another.” What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The quest for perfect skin is a year-round endeavor in Hollywood, but awards season is a particularly popular time to be at Kate Somerville. What four different Hollywood people do in the 24 hours before the Oscars 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Link now flies around from one island or dungeon to another, receiving quests from villagers and exploring deep caverns to earn glory and riches. Game On: 'Skyward Sword' has plenty to enjoy ... 'Defiance' intense 2012-01-26T19:38:03Z I loved the puzzles that the characters would have to work out to complete their quests ... how excited I was to discover what "I – am that is" meant. Brian Jacques's animal magic 2011-02-10T11:25:50Z Now a vertebrate paleontologist at Chicago, the Moroccan-German scientist was a doctoral student at University College Dublin, when he began the quest. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He had met the great Bengali film director in India during his long quest to set up Gandhi. Richard Attenborough obituary 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Coltrane was on an endless quest to express his spirituality and to connect with humanity through his music. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s hard road to greatness 2014-02-03T17:30:00Z He also delves into the nature of dreams, a terrifying condition called sudden deafness and his own continuing quest for meaning in his mid-60s. A Rose Is a Rose Is … Your Experience of a Rose? A Writer Plumbs Consciousness 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Midway through the story, Lalani sets off on a quest, with the words of her friends and family buzzing in her ear. She’s Seeking Power, But She’s Not Power-Seeking 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Once you’ve won, it’s not as meaningful as it was when it was an insurmountable quest. ArtsBeat: Alex Gibney on ?Catching Hell? 2011-04-27T18:21:21Z It was a sketchy premise to begin with: even assuming an audience interested in the beige-box computing era, the quest to create a slightly better, cheaper knockoff did not exactly make a thrilling underdog story. Review: Halt and Catch Fire Works the Bugs Out in Version 2.0 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z That turns Miller’s quest to find Exley into a matter of life or death. Books of The Times: A 9-Year-Old Fan of ?A Fan?s Notes,? Finding Truth in His Own Fiction 2010-09-29T20:52:00Z It would send them on their own ambitious quest to create the most historically accurate depiction of Vikings ever. A Viking epic to conquer them all in ‘The Northman’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Damaged, twitchy, unfocused, he is a lost soul in a pitiless world, and his evolving relationship with Eric provides an intriguing counterpoint to that man's ferocious quest. A car theft drives the chilling, intense 'The Rover' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The first Dungeons & Dragons quest I played was inspired from pre-made modules, but ultimately strung together by a bright adolescent who, much like me, was nearly invisible in high school. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z Barbecue “really is a never-ending quest,” he said. The BBQ Joint’s red light means go 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Vicky Featherstone directs a story of one young girl's quest to find her father in a world torn apart by conflict and war. This week's new theatre 2011-07-22T23:08:04Z Mr Parker neither understands nor respects Marlowe's inhibitions; he fritters them away, unconsciously questing for some contemporary ideal of gruff likability. John Banville to revive Philip Marlowe in new novel 2012-08-09T09:05:12Z So begins the fairytale quest for Sophie's mother, a search which leads, unexpectedly, to the Parisian rooftops. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell – review 2013-05-18T09:31:01Z “There’s a quest for interaction,” said Andrew Freeman, a hospitality public-relations veteran in San Francisco. How Will We Eat in 2023? Here Are 10 Predictions. 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z The film follows her on her quest to create a performance using sanitation workers and their equipment. ArtsBeat: Finding Subjective Truths at SXSW 2012-03-14T19:30:48Z In fact, a few scenes show how nearly she comes to real harm in her quest to sit down with dangerous criminals for a one-on-one conversation. Nat Geo's "Trafficked" delves into the criminal underworld, while putting its reporter at risk 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Dave Eggers embarks on that alternative quest in his eighth novel, “The Parade.” A Road-Paving Job Takes On a Sinister Allure in Dave Eggers’s New Novel 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Venter’s big quest is to extend our life spans. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z We enjoyed speaking with Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan, and found in her an ally in our quest to bring co-parenting information to light. Motherlode: Equality Isn't Always Easy 2011-01-31T16:54:38Z She may have fame and finely turned ankles up the wazoo, but we’re sisters under the skin, in our quest for permanence, slightly sheepish, desperately sincere. I do, again: ‘There is nothing as deadly serious as a second marriage’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z One of the interesting aspects of the book is its profile of the President’s quest for health care reform. Obama Was "Concerned About Legal Challenges" to Individual Mandate When Obamacare Was Being Designed 2011-09-22T15:06:23Z Austin: By not becoming yet another foil in her quest for control. Carolyn Hax: Fearing that a teen’s ultra-healthy diet really isn’t that good for her 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Life beyond you goes on, both during and after the quest. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z Selections from this impossible quest are now on view at New York’s Dominique Lévy Gallery in a major survey titled "Roman Opalka: Painting ∞." Looking Back at Roman Opalka's Attempt to Paint Every Number 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Lovato’s quest is “to do the personal forensic work of recovering the fragments of my childhood and adolescent memories, especially the ones that are often more painful to conjure.” A Salvadoran-American Assembles the Fragments of a Violent Cultural History 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z That doesn’t stop people from seeking that trip to the altar, despite “Love Is Blind” proving how tricky that quest can be. The best takeaway from this season of "Love Is Blind"? Act like Milton 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Sure, it's easy to play the band summit game with Muse: The Who meets Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, melded with Queen and even Emerson, Lake and Palmer for a galactic quest. Muse a contender for world's biggest band 2010-09-27T00:59:00Z Change of some kind is at the heart of this quest, and so too is choice, because finally the protagonist must choose how to change. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z Sturges becomes an undercover U.S. agent, his work dovetailing handily with his quest to stop the elusive A. Grander, who is still slaughtering vampires. Review: ‘The Last American Vampire,’ by Seth Grahame-Smith 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Few of us want to shuffle off this mortal coil, but there is something ridiculous about the Methuselah plans of such people as Ray Kurzweil and his pill-popping quest for longevity. Review | Does living forever sound ideal? These 5 new books will change your mind. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z More than that, "Boys in the Trees" is about a woman's lifelong quest for self-acceptance. A revealing interview with Carly Simon at her home in Martha's Vineyard about her new book, 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A small inner me wondered why this quest for a definition was so important to the caterpillar. New Picture Books Pose Two of Life’s Biggest Questions 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Whether the parental gimmick was aromatherapy or an obsessive quest for perfection, each episode left you glad you weren’t raised that way. Reality TV Parents Need a Timeout 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The Takeover festival continues at the Theatre Royal in York and in Sheffield at the Crucible take a look at Betrayal and Kaite O'Reilly's fascinating sounding LeanerFasterStronger about the quest to be the best. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z The point, she tells her charge, is for her to understand what the quest to fit society’s beauty ideals nets her, and to comprehend what it takes away. “The Bold Type,” “Dietland” and fashion: The feminist army is assembling (literally) in t... 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z My brain and I became friends and together we began a quest for even more flavor. Flavor bomb roasted chicken bites tossed with pepper 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z We're chucked headlong into the centre of the Albigensian French Crusades and the quest for the Holy Grail, as Alaïs, the daughter of a Grail guardian, is handed a rather important ring. Catch-up TV guide: from Labyrinth to Plebs 2013-04-06T05:00:04Z The quest to transform life into literature, Boyle realizes, can ruin the life. Megan Boyle’s “Liveblog” and the Limits of Autofiction 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He’s abroad to discover the secrets of his deceased father, born in Denmark, and to find his grandfather, but neither the screenplay nor Mr. Anthony manages to bring that quest into the emotional present. ‘Copenhagen,’ a Debut by the Writer-Director Mark Raso 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Going to the supermarket became a highly chronicled quest as we took videos of the ingredients for that night’s dinner. My Plea for a Sixth Love Language 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Story-wise, this vessel is a speedboat, magically navigating the globe on a mystical quest celebrating mystical quests, powered by a brash musical score and lots of sword fights on deck. Review | The new musical ‘Blackbeard’ swashbuckles into rough waters 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z I’m not against you dating, or eternally questing for Mrs Right, but is it absolutely necessary to envelop the children quite so swiftly into the newest family fold? My ex-wife is angry that I’m happy with my new partner 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z But their quest for acceptance is hardly over. Other Israel Film Festivtal Explores a Fractured Nation 2012-11-07T23:31:57Z Her quest, apart from a lot of swimming in the cold, is to explore the relationship between people and water, how it has made its mark on myth and legend and inspired artists and writers. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-08-03T07:00:00Z The quest to prevent future births coincides with continued prejudice against living people with Down syndrome. “Didn’t you get tested?” 2013-04-28T19:00:00Z No trait is more disruptive than reactive aggression, which fuels such behaviors as quests for dominance and demands for submission; arrogance, bullying, and random violence; and the monopolizing of food and females. Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z I was on a quest to learn more about Saint Louis’s legacy. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The labor strife would sully the team's quest to repeat gold. The NBA Lockout: All About Timing 2011-10-07T09:00:00Z At first, when few were specializing in the field, it was a lonely quest. ‘Art Fairs Bring Me the Whole World’ 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In “Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid,” inspired by “The Kids Stays in the Picture,” Bill Hader plays a Hollywood producer on a 40-year quest to win an Academy Award. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Rectify’ and ‘Lip Sync Battle’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Balancing a quest for innovation with the realities of producing theater today is undeniably tough. 2010-01-31T03:59:00Z “Cosby notes that his early quest for ‘love’ was beset by chaos because of his preoccupation with female anatomy.” Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z What starts as a camp activity becomes an urgent quest — the camp needs money to stay in business. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘The Water Bears’ 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z What is clean and comfortable to the questing soul? I’m going crazy in my job 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z Ironically, many believe Salinger's quest for privacy actually stoked far more fascination. JD Salinger's secret life exposed in new documentary 2013-05-18T12:04:10Z “Sontag” reads like an epic quest, offering a deep and thorough portrait of the intellectual giant that’s both dishy and enlightening. Review | The 10 books to read in September 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z While Clark’s songs were filled with lonely quests, he was an inveterate collaborator. Critic’s Notebook: An Ex-Byrd’s Album Is Given New Flight 2014-01-23T23:08:51Z This helps Ig in his quest to catch his girlfriend's killer. Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for new role 2012-07-16T11:47:48Z He is on a quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father. Scorsese's 'Hugo' UK premiere gets royal audience 2011-11-28T17:36:24Z The impressively maintained National Museum most vividly embodies the Malay quest for a usable and dignified past. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z But his quest to conquer the clarinet and its challenges never ceased. Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The latter quest led me to unexpected places, including the landscape design world of Edith Wharton. From the horticultural greats, garden guidance for all of us 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z But an underlying discipline shaped this one, saving it from lapsing into a facile quest for novelty. Beneath the book bubble at U of C 2011-05-18T22:31:15Z “So I began my quest to hunt down the car.” His mom died in 1975. He spent decades trying to find her car and buy it back. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Her ambition to win the Little Miss Sunshine title becomes a collective quest for family redemption. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z These are colleges that I am looking at in my quest for a college to attend. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z Our quest, right now, is to understand this: Why do artists let her burrow through their crannies — literal and metaphorical — in the first place? Sociologist Sarah Thornton scrutinizes the insular art world Fitzpatrick offers a rich story of quick-witted and resilient women who preceded Hillary Clinton’s quest. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z As a fellow-sufferer from what might be called hydraulic dysfunction, I shall relish Tim Parks's account of his rebellious bladder and his heroic quest for a cure. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Whether it be changing Dothraki rules, ending slavery or abandoning her quest to help Jon, she has shown that she plays the counter card and breaks rules and tradition. 'Bow down to King Tyrion': your Game of Thrones ending predictions 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The expansiveness contributes to the notion of four questing souls dwarfed as much by a daunting landscape as by the size of their hopes. ‘Ordinary Days’ is an extraordinarily charming musical of questing young New Yorkers The Big Picture With Kal Penn The season finale features a global quest to identify the mysterious, the mislabeled and the just plain missing stretches of the globe that remain unmapped. Monday's TV Highlights: 'The Night Shift' on NBC 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The fall/winter 2013 season continues Common’s quest for a modern elegance while adding the uncharacteristic visual layer of repeated logos. T Magazine: Not Your Everyday Swedish Label 2013-04-24T15:19:59Z Coates' marvelous invention in the third movement is to so tire the brass players lips that their intonation begins to falter, revealing her quest for new tunings as a natural process. Gloria Coates' great oddity on display at REDCAT 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The script flatly renders its female characters as either strong or weak, which fuels a stilted quest to prove themselves worthy of redemption in the eyes of the lackluster men around them. ‘Snakehead’ Review: Nightmares on the Way to the American Dream 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z And Kevin Crossley-Holland rewrites Arthurian legend commandingly in his acclaimed and award-winning Seeing Stone trilogy, and takes one of its most engaging characters on a quest to the Holy Land in Gatty's Tale. Old stories for young readers 2011-02-24T10:32:26Z "That's the whole emotional storyline that plays throughout the film, which is, we get four people who get into this adventure and this quest for their own reasons," Thurber said. 'We're the Millers' subverts family to construct it 2013-08-05T15:14:02Z Yasmeen: Enchant’s theme this year is “Mischievous,” featuring an interactive quest to find lost toys throughout the maze. Enchant Christmas, with its light maze and skating trail, returns to Seattle. Does it live up to the hype? 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The quest for beauty is one of the rare pastimes that unites this polarized oil-rich nation. Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans hunt for scarce makeup, implants 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z “He was interested in the personal story of trying to figure out what happened, and our quest,” Woodward recalled, in a 2006 documentary about the making of the film. William Goldman Turned Reporters into Heroes in “All the President’s Men” 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z “We don’t want to wait for the key from a gatekeeper who’s an old white guy,” said Gabrielle Burton-Hill, a community activist who recently joined the quest for a burial site. Should a Park Include a Burial Ground? Residents of Newburgh, N.Y., Can’t Agree. 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohl described the changes to come as part of a quest for excellence, not a rescue. A Broadway Superlative for All the Wrong Reasons 2011-03-13T23:28:26Z Although she is on the opposite end of the autism spectrum from my brother, she faces similarly formidable challenges in her quest “to experience all aspects of life.” Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The quest to cook the perfect steak has been a challenge since slabs of meat were roasted over fire. How to Grill the Perfect Steak 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Which makes his quixotic quest for the White House all the more bewildering. Richard Norton Smith Dissects Nelson Rockefeller 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z In 1992, I began a quest to walk all 30 routes in the national trails system. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In her quest to clear his name, Marjoun confronts her relationship with god and her identity as a Muslim American in her hometown, Little Rock, Ark. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Dirty John’ and ‘The Business of Drugs’ 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The desperate quest as Edwards tries to escape his fate is reminiscent of Griffin Dunne’s hallucinatory lower Manhattan imprisonment in another bit of ’80s marginalia, Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours.” The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z In a passage that never fails to bring tears to my eyes, the earnest Starbuck pleads with Ahab to abandon his blasphemous, vengeful quest for the white whale. Call me the greatest American novel 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z Segaki told of a 14th-century Buddhist monk who embarks on a quest to find his brother, a painter, whom he hasn't seen in years. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z At first an account of action and adventure, the letter turns to Meissner’s quest to live a life of atonement. The books to read in September 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The ninth season of Larry David’s comedy has distractedly followed Larry’s quest to create “Fatwa! The Musical,” which was inspired by Salman Rushdie going into hiding after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for his death. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Curb’ and a Carol Burnett Celebration 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z This would be a good time to mention that each play in this year’s Source Festival incorporates one of three themes — revenge, quests and mortality — and “Thrush” falls into the revenge bucket. Source Festival: ‘The Thrush and the Woodpecker’ review His quest culminated in “Un coup de dés,” its words scattered across the page like a star chart. Artists are just this screwed: When capitalism markets rebellion, how does the rebel stand outside? 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Here she seizes the opportunity – and HBO's ample budget – to play around with an array of cinematic genres and tell many stories within the course of a single, season-long quest. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z He also has a reputation for rapacious, predatory behavior—and we know Lucious, at least, to be a man capable of violence, in his quest to dominate every scenario. “Empire”’s sex slump: Why sex on TV’s sexiest show — including that threesome — is so incredibly awkward 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He considers himself, like Avi, to be on a never-ending quest for perfection. The path to rice perfection begins when you start paying attention 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z But it's an obsessional quest to find the hand she held. "It's not about the terrorists": "Revoir Paris" captures fragmented memories after mass shooting 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Their bitter estrangement was excruciating, but their actual separation is unbearable, so Lyra embarks on a quest to reunite with Pan. Review | Philip Pullman returns to the world of ‘His Dark Materials’ with ‘The Secret Commonwealth’ 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z By the end of "The Golden Bachelor" series premiere, it become clear that Gerry's quest for companionship isn't the main pitch. Here for the right reasons: Why "The Golden Bachelor" is already our favorite edition 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z To achieve his quest, the self-taught fiddler and self-proclaimed scholar of life climbs into the surrounding hills and sits with the elder musicians, many in their 80s. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World The season is perhaps most satisfying if consumed in a binge, so that its questing convolutions feel like the motions of a languorous epic. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z At first, my quest threw up a blizzard of troupes, including Dog Kennel Hill, a group making esoteric, site-specific pieces whose latest work will be performed on a barge drifting along UK waterways. Spirit of the underground: dance 2011-01-30T21:30:00Z Thompson writes candidly about the spiritual quest that led him to Sufism, and about relationships with his family, bandmates and Linda. British guitarist Thompson’s memoir revisits golden rock era 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z “Contest of Champions” will receive a large update, with a new alliance quest, a new story event and player-versus-player tournaments. Marvel games to get a whole lot more 'Ant-Man' content 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Everyone had their own reason for being there – typically a variant on wanting to live the longest, happiest life possible – and they were hoping to pick up some tips for their quest. Self-tracking: the people turning their bodies into medical labs 2012-11-24T00:05:29Z Indeed, Larrain abandoned his photography career in the late 1970s, believing it hindered his spiritual quest. Stumbling Upon Greatness: Discovering Sergio Larrain 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “I still think that a magpie instinct and a sixth sense are still the best tools in the unending quest for the next thing,” she said. How to Tell the Fashion Future? 2013-08-26T10:48:07Z The Father Flanagan League has gathered testimony from six people in its quest to prove to the Vatican that Flanagan is responsible for several miracles, all involving the curing of illnesses. Neb. founder Boys Town orphanage up for sainthood 2012-02-27T23:03:18Z It would help Jason Wu’s quest if he eliminated at least one fabric from his collection. 2010-02-13T01:54:00Z To walk through the property is to understand what made the Hall of Famer great: the passion for sports, the methodical planning, the quest for perfectionism. Cal Ripken is moving on, literally and figuratively 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Photograph: James Edward It’s a quest that many chefs are now joining, not least in response to a nagging awareness that the environmental costs of producing animal proteins for human consumption are unaffordable. Vegetarian and proud: without meat, Nix packs a bite 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z But here there’s a more straightforward desire for connection and a much less postmodern quest to find someone to eat with. To Nosh or Not to Nosh: An Immigrant’s Dilemma 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But it was steered by the needs of the spirit and by astrological practice rather than by a quest for scientific understanding in itself. Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Elton’s offstage tragedy involves the enduring wounds from his early family life, his frustrated quest for love, and his inability, as both a gay man and a public figure, to live his romantic life openly. “Rocketman” and the Inevitable Shortcomings of the Hollywood Pop-Star Bio-Pic 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z I think of the final scene of Voltaire's "Candide," where Candide has ended his philosophical quest at the home of Martin, a farmer who prides himself on a simple life free from vice. My houseplant garden is a tiny national park Donald Trump can never destroy 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z It contains 9 stories from Ancient Greece which are told by a Greek man called Atticus who is on a quest. Greek Beasts and Heroes: The Monster in the Maze by Lucy Coats - review 2011-08-26T08:00:00Z Hiromu Arakawa’s Japanese graphic novel series about two brothers on a quest to restore their bodies has been adapted into a television series and an animated film. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Tell Them We Are Rising’ and ‘The Dog’ 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Schumann’s oratorio is one of his less appreciated compositions today, not least because of an embarrassingly sentimental text, drawn from Thomas Moore’s “Lalla Rookh,” that charts the mythical peri’s quest to return to heaven. Classical Playlist: Holliger, Pieczonka, Sivan Magen and More 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z I was on a version of a vision quest – the traditional rite of passage ceremony practised by many indigenous cultures across the world, including the Native American Lakota and Hopi people. ‘I cultivated a joy in little things ’ - coping with isolation in the wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Instead, we get appeals to conscience and calls to action, phrased as the questing citizen journalism of class clowns made good. Jordan Klepper, Wyatt Cenac, and the Citizen Journalism of Class Clowns Made Good 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Hummingbirds come and go with their endless quest for energy, but they vanish too with the seasons. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time This piece represents a next step of the quest to push dancing’s limits. At REDCAT, 'Tesseract' blurs dance boundaries 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z By the end, there is death and rebirth, more death and the opening of a quest, but also a striking lack of consequence. A dark fable of love, adventure and redemption 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Those events, as well as the quest for peace, are commemorated in the Bogside murals, 12 oversize street paintings by artists from this community. Next Stop: Where Irish ‘Troubles’ Began, the Arts Heal 2012-11-16T16:29:12Z I set off to find Swami Ritu alone the following day because Jennifer was convinced that my quest to find a swami who kept regular office hours was a waste of time. Finding a Warm Welcome in the Elqui Valley 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The Republican party had experienced yet another setback with their ongoing quest to repeal Obamacare as their latest bill failed to pass. John Oliver: Trump's response to Puerto Rico relief was 'horribly racist' 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z A quirky psychiatrist dissatisfied with his humdrum life embarks on a global quest to uncover the secret of true happiness. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z But in calmer times the usual focus of such a quest is the landscape of cliffs and gorges in central Mali known as Dogon country. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z A good legal brief anticipates counter-arguments, and in her book Ms. Rubin quotes friends and relatives who raised eyebrows at her quest. On Top of the Happiness Racket 2010-02-26T23:31:00Z Below is a guide to my quest, presented in order from the point with the highest elevation to that with the lowest. Explorer: 6 Days, 6 States, 6 Peaks 2010-09-04T03:29:00Z The mythology episodes obsessively circle Mulder and Scully’s quest to expose the Syndicate, while the MOTWs detail the cases they take on the side as distraction from the puzzle consuming their lives. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In the quest for the new, an odd '80s retro flavor permeated many performances. Lollapalooza closes on high note 2011-08-08T02:22:00Z The quest to match Thriller would be a hard one. An Oral History of Michael Jackson's Bad 2012-08-29T12:00:43Z His quest reflects a belief among many wine lovers that the best rosés are ones with the least color. When he couldn’t get his favorite Provence rosés, he changed careers 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z “The ‘It’ plant is the quest,” said Katie Dubow, the president of Garden Media Group, a public relations firm that advises companies on market trends. The Fiddle Leaf Fig Is Dead 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z But while the quest may be thrilling, it’s never simple. Game of Thrones Watch: Making a List, Checking It Twice 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Designer Max Lamb is a man on a quest. AD Innovator: Max Lamb 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Which waylays his own quest for redemption as he's forced to face his victims. Being Human: Series three, episode one 2011-01-23T22:34:00Z Stranger Things sends cute kids on a quest into another dimension. As Television Expands, the Emmys Are Becoming a Battlefield 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In that quest “Islamic authority was de rigueur,” she says. Books of The Times: In ?The Tenth Parallel,? by Eliza Griswold, Religions Clash 2010-08-17T23:26:00Z On the one hand, there is proven pleasure; on the other, the quest for illumination—a quest that often fails. The Film That Yields Nothing on a Second Viewing—or a First 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z A young man's quest to become enlightened, and the physical and spiritual battle that ensues. Clip joint: rain 2010-07-21T12:53:00Z The millions displaced by that calamity couldn't have foreseen the "purification" of peoples that was to accompany the quest for national identities. Mehdi Hassan's songs live on as Pakistan and India unite in mourning 2012-06-14T12:47:46Z Low-key glamorous in bare feet, a black slip dress and a sweatshirt that read, “There Are Artists Among Us,” she radiated a particular mix of seriousness, playfulness and a questing intelligence. Zawe Ashton Isn’t Here to Be a Victim of Your Projections 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z She claimed she’d withdrawn from chemotherapy in “a quest to heal myself naturally… empowering myself to save my own life, through nutrition, patience, determination and love.” Cancer charlatan Belle Gibson will perform her ritualized public apology interview on “60 Minutes” 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z She has constructed this story as a quest, but the path forward feels like descending stairs in an Escher drawing. Review | ‘The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures’ is a story that John le Carré might have written for ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Van Hove’s troupe translated the quest for political domination into a universal language as timeless as it was modern. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z But Jon's witty, turbulent and compelling quest to make peace with a lost father resonates universally, too. 5 plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: a critic's take 2011-07-31T04:07:15Z “I’m not going to be defeated here,” said Frank Marshall, who was a line producer on the film in the 1970s and has been among those on a quest to finish it. Unfinished Orson Welles Film Gets a Netflix Commitment 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z His quest led him through the works of theologians, historians, philosophers and scientists. 'The Rocks Don't Lie': looking at the evidence for a Noah-style flood 2012-08-15T19:03:03Z His quest is not just his own; it becomes emblematic of a national political quest. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z He befriends a cub, "Wolf", who becomes his guide on a quest to the Mountain of World Spirit. Ten of the best wolves in literature 2010-10-08T23:06:00Z The Junk Jam was one of high points in my quest to discover the UK's underground dance scene, by far the most elusive, ephemeral and camera-shy of the UK's subcultures. Spirit of the underground: dance 2011-01-30T21:30:00Z Throughout the year, I wrote some characteristically cynical things as part of my ongoing quest to depress Guardian readers to death. The G2 Quiz of 2010: Charlie Brooker's quiz 2010-12-23T08:00:01Z The action revolves around the continuing quest to replace Michael Scott, the bumbling middle manager played for seven seasons by Steve Carell. Warren Buffett to make cameo on "The Office" 2011-05-11T02:18:29Z Mr. Levit’s performance was more somber than violent, more questing than defiant. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z For them it takes on the nature of a quest, what Fernanda calls a “search for real values.” Brazil's Mountain Palace: Botanique 2013-03-28T11:00:00Z There’s a desperate earnestness about its quest for both spiritual meaning and old-fashioned romance, its determination to be “the kind of movie they don’t make anymore,” although in this case nobody ever did. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z The film, the second part in Seidl's trilogy about three women from the same family on different quests, stars Maria Hofstaetter as a single woman who dedicates her vacation to missionary work. South Korean film 'Pieta' wins Venice top prize 2012-09-08T22:16:04Z After facing death, Shadyac embarked on a quest for enlightenment, meeting with experts in science, philosophy and faith, among other areas. Filmmaker Tom Shadyac: from "Liar" to truth seeker 2011-03-11T20:19:39Z Elsewhere, his band proudly hold on to the regional accents that can be casualties of a quest for pop stardom, and he peppers guttural grumbles with Yorkshire slang such as "summat". Bring Me the Horizon – review 2013-04-03T17:45:54Z Pat’s struggle to get Nikki back serves as his nominal quest, the mission that catapults him out of the house and running around the neighborhood wearing a large plastic garbage bag. Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Directed by David O. Russell 2012-11-15T20:57:57Z And who better to deal with the agony and ecstasy of such a quest than Mr. Stoppard? Review: Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Hard Problem’ Is a Mind-Body Gabfest 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The film’s first trailer finds Edina’s PR agent and Patsy’s magazine editor accidentally shoving Kate Moss to her apparent death while on a quest to book her as a new client. The Quest for a Glamorous Life Continues in the First Absolutely Fabulous Trailer 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z There is also the sheer nutso glory of Madeleine’s fantasy life, in which a swan on a pond in the park addresses her in French about her quest for beauty and Johnno. Review: ‘Pondling’ Looks Deep Into the Heart of a Disturbed Child 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z So not long after the bill was introduced, I embarked on a quest to garner nominations. If D.C. makes go-go its official music, what would its official song be? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Instead of topic sentences and footnotes, he wrote a short story about a fictional character on a quest that covered the points of the assignment. Billy Porter Tells His Own Story in ‘While I Yet Live’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The sisters’ quests to discover their family roots, for instance, mirror the efforts made by so many of the orphans in 19th-century literature, like Dickens’s Pip and Oliver Twist. The Handmaid’s Thriller: In ‘The Testaments,’ There’s a Spy in Gilead 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Then he learns that he is the last of an order called the Old Ones, warriors for good in an ancient battle, and that he must go on a quest to fight a looming evil. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z In June of 1964, three white blues fans drove to Rochester, N.Y., and knocked on a door, hoping to find a lead in their quest to track down a blues legend. 'Preachin' the Blues': the life and times of enigmatic bluesman Son House 2011-06-30T19:35:04Z One might send you off to the kitchen on the quest to create a “good bake.” Smart Watch: Top TV picks this week include “Orange Is the New Black” and the “Pose” finale 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The plot is being kept under wraps, but it is rumoured that Segel will play a man on a quest to find and reunite the Muppets. Segel 'to star in Muppets movie' 2010-03-16T10:34:00Z After April’s over-the-top epic “Avengers: Infinity War,” Marvel also downsized the story for “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” focusing on a small group of characters and a quest to reunite with Hope’s mother. Graceful but lethal 'Wasp' joins Marvel forces in new film adventure 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The movie follows Magdalena as she attempts to follow her lost son’s trail, and her quest soon spills over into the plains near where Jesús was last seen. ‘Identifying Features’ Review: Lost in Migration 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Rather it’s a bland, unoriginal action thriller about an entirely predictable quest for revenge. Review: ‘There Are No Saints.’ Neither Are There New Plots. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But a staid and silly extended piano intro, a sloppy pseudo-jam session and shoddy bleeping undermined Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” performance — and his ongoing quest to be considered a serious R&B singer. Best and Worst Moments From the 2022 Grammys 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Enamored of the jungle’s nature and natives, Fawcett repeatedly leaves his wife and children behind to continue his quest. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Jerry Before Seinfeld’ and ‘Somewhere Between’ 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z But she set off on a quest seven years ago to five countries to gather archival information and documents. ArtsBeat: France Returns Three Paintings Looted by Nazis 2014-03-11T16:47:48Z Much of the rest of the show expands on the idea of locating Guston’s questioning, questing presence in his art. After a Tempest, Philip Guston Shines in a Show True to His Spirit 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Expect to learn about his conservative Tennessee childhood, his quest for fame in LA, drink, drugs and tales about the rich and famous. This week's new theatre 2011-01-22T00:06:52Z I’m here with the Billy Goat — he also goes by Bill — on a midwinter quest for feathery powder, light crowds and friendly locals. A skier’s circuit: The ‘powder highway’ through the Canadian Rockies 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “When I go to Iowa, a lot of people thanked me,” said Delaney, who chose early on not to seek a fourth term in Congress to focus on his long-shot quest to lead the nation. ‘Considering it.’ ‘Looking at things’: How 2020 Democrats mastered the coy art of mulling 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Tough, intrepid reporters were associated with a dogged quest for the truth. Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The peppers send him on a vision quest to learn who his soul mate is. The Simpsons Thanksgiving marathon: the 25 best episodes to gorge on 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The war is just happening to these young men, who serve on the lowest rung in the Army hierarchy, and, as implausible as it might be, this quest is their chance to regain some agency. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z "The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness" is Ramey's account of her quest for answers in a healthcare system that is often antagonistic to patients, especially female ones. Mystery illnesses are on the rise with women, whom doctors are dismissing as "nervous Nellies" 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z For me, it merely felt like music performed with the lights dimmed low, instead of the “quest for heightened consciousness and revelation” sought by Mr. Haas. Music Review: Sympho Orchestra at the Church of the Ascension 2013-05-10T21:39:19Z He's the one allowing Dolores to go on her vision quest. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Is he a benighted fool embarking on a quixotic quest, or a devoted son fulfilling a religious obligation? ‘Like a JDate for the Dead’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z It's the unquenchable quest for revenue that the city is after. Chicagoans expect a global boost from NATO 2012-05-17T05:00:00Z Another project planned by the duo was "Battle Angel Alita," based on a Japanese novel set in the future and centering on a young female cyborg's quest for self-discovery. "Avatar" makers consider sequel, other 3D projects 2010-03-14T16:38:00Z They related to this quest of Mia and this journey back to real life. "It's not about the terrorists": "Revoir Paris" captures fragmented memories after mass shooting 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Cargo tells the tale of two people's quest for a place to call home. Edinburgh theatre review 2010-08-17T15:03:00Z The Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, devoted a long article to the subject, stressing the "deep Catholic sensibilities of the American writer, who devoted his life to an endless religious quest". Franco Angeli's Photographic Dream - review 2011-07-12T14:09:39Z They were full of optional side quests and mini-games, and interesting environments to explore and characters to encounter, even while control of the main story line was never in the player’s grasp. Video Game Review | Final Fantasy XIII: From Square Enix, a Stunning and Distant World 2010-03-15T04:35:00Z It was the final step that led me back to Catholicism, so it has become my favourite book and the one I recommend to anyone on a spiritual quest. Martin Sheen: ‘Which living person do I most despise? Yellow Hair' 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z To me, the film is about the question of century — the quest for sexual identity. Catherine Breillat, legendary provocateur, on her sexual manifesto on film and why she hates porn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Gay, a refugee from Nazi Germany, devoted his career to exploring the social history of ideas, a quest that took him far from his original area of specialization, Voltaire and the Enlightenment. Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Because I undertook my quest at the height of the Christmas season, an additional flock of Marys appeared in outdoor Nativity scenes. My obsessive quest to solve the mystery of a missing Virgin Mary 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z It will likely sport rousing music and a long quest. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z It is a vicious, beautiful, profane and wickedly funny reimagining of the rise and fall of King Arthur without the chivalry, divine right or holy quests. Review | ‘By Force Alone’ is an exciting and wickedly funny reimagining of the King Arthur legend 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The story concerns a quest by two Indians to build an airplane and to show the British rulers of India — “A monkey can’t make a machine!” one says — what their subjects can do. ‘Hawaizaada’ Depicts Indian Aviation Pioneers 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z His predicament — and his quest — were eerily familiar. Don Juan in a wheelchair 2013-02-02T01:00:00Z Deftly probing the nature of honesty, accountability and freedom with a blend of magic, comedy and an ethical quest, it’s a “Magic Flute” for our times. Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit For a Renovated Theater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Ben — crushed, frightened and enraged — insists Kate see a doctor at once, and a quest for an explanation begins. A Heroine Who Lives at Once in Elizabethan England and 21st-Century New York 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z To its credit, in its quest to figure out what global audiences will respond to, the L.T.I. has shown an apparently genuine willingness to take chances on all manner of stories—even unflattering ones. Can a Big Government Push Bring the Nobel Prize in Literature to South Korea? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Fiercely competitive in their quest for audiences, Fringe shows live in hope of a mention in The Scotsman’s weekly Fringe First Awards, which are a useful way of finding the theatrical musts. Onstage in Edinburgh, the Mood Is Grim 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z In an intriguing nod to mythology, Orpheus is presented as two characters: an everyday guy and a spirit double who appears when the young man’s questing nature comes to the fore. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In the third year of its quest for viability, the Bellevue Jazz Festival begins Thursday night with six performances including the headline show by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Bellevue Jazz Festival gets under way at Meydenbauer Center and beyond 2010-06-02T22:11:00Z A solo quest during which animal “spirit guides” could conceivably rip out my pancreas after the sweat lodge? Personal Journeys: In Pennsylvania, a Quick Shot of Peace, on a Budget 2011-12-29T18:59:14Z Louie is that sitcom, and last night’s season finale, “New Year’s Eve,” encapsulated the hilarious, surreal, openhearted ways this season has pursued that quest. Louie Watch: Yin and Yangtze 2012-09-28T19:03:18Z Engaging, entertaining and full of insight about race and ethnicity, “Dragon Hoops” follows the real-life Bishop O’Dowd Dragons, an Oakland high school basketball team, in its quest to win the California state championship. No Fan of Sports, a Graphic Novelist Learns to Follow the Bouncing Ball 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Tcherniakov sets the opera, about the quest for an untainted soul who can purify the Grail knights’ worship, in the present day, seemingly in a cold northern country. Review: A Present-Day ‘Parsifal’ With a Nod to the Past 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Muammar el-Qaddafi: “Luckily, I was skinny and always managed to slip through the crowd until I got in amongst the girls, where, like everyone else, my questing fingers poked and prodded in every direction.” Books of The Times: ‘Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution’: Essays From 8 Nations 2013-12-30T21:05:36Z The ballet centers not so much on good vs. evil but on how the scales tip in one’s quest for freedom. Review | At Wolf Trap, a ‘Swan Lake’ with streaks of light 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The same quest is being taken up by another group experiencing collateral damage from the grain-alcohol ban: What do college partyers, violin makers and cake decorators have in common? They make good on their quest, the rest get their hearts’ desire, and that’s when the trouble starts. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Memos and communications detailed the task force’s quest. Monuments Men: A Baltimore writer learns her father helped in the search for Nazi plunder It was Britain's enterprising nature and quest for food that led to colonization — and effectively changed global cuisine, suggests Lizzie Collingham in "The Hungry Empire." How pepper went from "black gold" to everyday seasoning 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Well, when they’ve finished this particular act, they start bickering pretentiously about whether what they’ve done is about life’s eternal quest for balance or a matter of listening to ghosts. Review: In ‘Séquence 8’ Acrobats Defy Gravity and Constrictive Words 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z This gripping quest tale is set in Cornwall in a near future suffering the effects of climate change and social collapse. Fiction for teenagers – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:02Z Ultimately, the tale of what has happened on Pitcairn over the years is “the oldest one in the book: the ineffable quest to return to paradise,” Presser writes. Serial Killers, Bank Robbers and H.M.S. Bounty Mutineers 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Yet that's not too surprising, as its heart isn't in this quest. The Tree of Life is a colossal commercial 2011-07-11T10:18:14Z He is just as exposed in his quest for ecstatic spiritual communion. Review: In ‘Black Exhibition,’ a Playwright Exposed 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Full of secrets and suspense Mister Creecher is the perfect book for people who enjoy quests, friendship and surprises all wound into one thrilling tale. Mister Creecher by Chris Priestly - review 2012-06-15T08:00:00Z Sorin offers a scholarly examination of the history of black mobility in this country from the antebellum period to now, including the ongoing quest by whites in power to deny or restrict that mobility. Highways Through Hell 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Dwayne Johnson drives, shoots and leaves on a macho revenge quest, with Billy Bob Thornton in hot pursuit. This week's new films 2011-03-19T00:05:59Z That adds a claustrophobic urgency to the therapist’s quest for facts, Mr. Esmail says: “Boxes within boxes.” The Surreal World: TV Delves Into Paranoia, Anxiety and Misinformation 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z That type of quest for power can, what would you say, leak out of the bucket into other areas. Adam McKay on the Veracity of “Vice” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z In “Sandblasted,” the playwright Charly Evon Simpson sends two women on a desert quest that might not lead exactly where they dreamed. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z By the end of the memoir, in a final section titled “Surrender,” Moore writes, of this quest, “The truth is, the only way out is in.” Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In George MacDonald’s “The Golden Key,” Mossy and Tangle enter Fairyland as children but soon grow old in their quest to reach a mysterious land of shadows. Review | What we all could use right now: Tales of magic, wonder and the triumph of goodness 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z As a result, his lousy life takes an unexpected, 180-degree turn, as he embarks on a quest to find his father's murderer. Crusher by Niall Leonard - review 2013-07-21T14:00:00Z As she leaves the Middle East with more questions than answers, her quest for a deeper understanding is clearly just beginning. 'How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less': a whirlwind search for knowledge 2010-12-29T23:04:08Z And as a quest for revenge feeds much of the action, so does the kind of smoldering attraction great romances are made of — something Spencer relished. In ‘The English,’ Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer Saddle Up 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Not only is this one of the catchiest things in recording history, it strikes a blow against one of Steven's lifelong musical nemeses: the quest for "authenticity". Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z And even within the more overtly literary and artistic category, much of the point of the work is entirely different from any sort of quest for breadth or reach. Real Worlds, Possible Worlds and Fantasy Worlds 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z On a break in rehearsals for ACT Theatre's production of the Friedrich Schiller play "Mary Stuart," Allgood recounted her quest to play a certain Scottish monarch. Queens prepare to clash in ACT Theatre's 'Mary Stuart' 2011-09-08T20:37:10Z That interfaith cooperation is an important aspect of the quest to advance social progress wasn’t a conclusion I came to overnight. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z As Mahendra’s quest widens, eventually leading him to Mumbai, he begins to lose his grip. ‘Siddharth’ Follows a Father’s Search for His Son 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Packer's whole day is a quest for liberation. Cannes 2012: Robert Pattinson buries Twilight spectre with banker role 2012-05-25T18:29:28Z “While it was fun to be the chick from outer space in my imagination,” Ms. Womack writes, “the quest to see myself or browner people in this space age, galactic epic was important to me.” Afrofuturism: The Next Generation 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z So began my quest for eye-popping Hanukkah candles and menorahs to hold his attention until he was older and ready to understand that Christmas and Hanukkah are not interchangeable. Motherlode Blog: Tough Choices This Hanukkah (Holiday) Season 2011-12-26T21:18:24Z That describes Marla to a T: convinced that her relentless conning of seniors is some type of righteous quest for equality. “I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z And I often identify with their quests to belong, their struggle to ascertain self-realization and meaning in a world often hostile to the sight and sound of them, to their very existence. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Mine was a quest for a new spirit.” A Woman Sleeps a Year Away in Ottessa Moshfegh’s Darkly Comic New Novel 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z There is abundant emotion in the film, but it isn’t allowed to sidetrack Margaret’s quest for answers or to achieve whatever justice can be salvaged. | 'Oranges and Sunshine': ?Oranges and Sunshine,? Starring Emily Watson - Review 2011-10-20T23:25:39Z I'm on a quest to see how many near-death experiences I can have. Artist Paul Marioni's home a real piece of work 2011-12-02T06:06:24Z This means that you can’t begin your quest for pumpkin greatness with just any pumpkin seed. How do giant pumpkins grow so big? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It is a question worth asking, though difficult to answer – is there something about the quest for truth and honesty that drives some artists to drugs and alcohol? Philip Seymour Hoffman’s hard road to greatness 2014-02-03T17:30:00Z In the quest to make the perfect film for the age of Trump, some strive for success and others stumble upon it. Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying: 'We're not meant to kill. We're not cut out for it' 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The almost-mythic narrative follows Skyhorse’s search for his biological father, Frank, a quest that begins with promising mundanity: “It took Google about ten minutes to find my father.” Brando Skyhorse’s memoir of surviving his wacky mother is harrowing and humorous “The Interview” mirrors their quest, in a touchingly self-defeating way. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z "Sea of Monsters" will see Percy and his friends join forces on a quest for a golden fleece that will save their home, Camp Half Blood. 'Percy Jackson' sequel hopes to lure in bigger U.S. audience 2013-08-06T12:02:03Z Gong, 48, has a powerful supporter in her quest to toughen punishment for sex offenders -- the country's president, Lee Myung-bak. South Korea writer hopes hit film brings legal changes 2011-10-19T06:01:50Z Set in the isolated communities of the Ozark mountains, the story sees Lawrence's character Ree embarking on a quest to find her missing deadbeat dad. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-01-29T00:06:05Z The gap deprives us somewhat of our own quest, to bond with her. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Amateur sleuths, genealogists and gold diggers joined the quest—as did con artists, resulting in the sensational “discovery,” in 1937, of a large stone about 60 miles to the west of Roanoke Island. ‘The Secret Token’ Review: America’s First Unsolved Mystery 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Your quest is to feed him candy as quickly as possible by catapulting, swinging or floating it into his mouth. Best apps: our experts pick 50 of the most dazzling, useful and novel 2010-12-26T00:04:04Z Hannah responds, and the question reverberates through a film that begins as a family quest but evolves into a gripping study of know-don’t-tell reticence and the umbilical tie of a lost homeland. Movie Review: ‘The Flat,’ a Jewish Family History in a Documentary 2012-10-18T23:12:36Z Their quest becomes even more complicated when a fantastical blue tiger arrives in the garden. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 28-Jan. 3 2012-12-27T23:31:39Z This is the age of WikiLeaks and the rabid righteousness of Julian Assange’s quest for the truth, for his right, for the world’s right to know about the war and sensitive military and government secrets. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z My quest to find the ideal frugal carry-on bag raised tons of comments and complaints, including questioning my very definitions of “ideal,” “frugal,” and “carry-on.” Readers Respond on Bags, Airfares and Global Entry 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The self-pity is monotonous; endless disappointments with men, a quest for perfection, the boring details of the hyper-grooming, the classic ambivalence towards femininity itself. Girl Least Likely To: 30 Years of Fashion, Fasting and Fleet Street by Liz Jones – review 2013-07-10T14:00:01Z “Titanic” ends with a hearing in which Ismay is acquitted, the injustice underscored by a statement describing the movie as a condemnation of “England’s eternal quest for profit.” ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s a Homeric quest to reclaim control over the heroine’s own life and sanity. Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Was it the desire to save a life or the quest for a medal? 'Matterhorn': an epic journey through the fog and filth of war 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z What she wants is to build a place in which the quest for sobriety isn’t weighted by stigma. Kristen Johnston, on Fighting Addiction and for a Recovery High School 2012-03-07T23:44:30Z Yet he is less enthusiastic about his other co-stars - the large creep of tortoises who help Mr Hoppy in his romantic quest. Never a Dahl moment: Esio Trot on TV 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z And lest we overlook the obvious: The men went equipped to do harm in their quest for — oil. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z In the end I sat open-mouthed, but never engaged emotionally with the suffering of the Master, still less Margarita's quest to be reunited with him. The Master and Margarita – review 2013-01-08T16:30:03Z The theme of the show is really her quest for self-esteem with the image of Horne as inspirational lodestar. Music Review: A Singer?s Tribute to Lena Horne, Her Regal and Daunting Role Model 2011-05-12T21:12:39Z The volume "explores the quest to find a sense of calmness in a chaotic world," according to the publisher. New in local books: Buddhist rebels, forgotten carols and the last installment of 'Vampire Academy' 2010-12-14T05:01:04Z That also means no lazy NPCs doling out quests or drudging lists that make you feel like one of those home delivery grocery services. 9 Ways Guild Wars 2 Is Better than Any Other MMO 2012-09-11T18:00:50Z She bears this and other racial microaggressions politely, but she’s determined to learn more about her origins, which is Faber’s subtle way of blending an ancient quest tale with contemporary concerns. Review | Michel Faber’s ‘D’ is a quirky adventure for readers young and old 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z This poetically written, gorgeously painted picture book, about our quest to replicate the color of the ocean and the heavens, encompasses joy and sorrow. Newly Published, From Cryptocurrency to the Kennedys 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Continuing the quest to cash in on McCarthy's post-Bridesmaids appeal, this standard road-trip buddy comedy mainly just laughs at her physique. This week's new films 2013-03-23T06:00:09Z The Western remake True Grit, about a girl's quest to track down her father's killer, has garnered 10 Oscar nominations, among them nods for the film's stars Jeff Bridges and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld. Jeff Bridges on True Grit co-star Hailee 2011-02-01T15:44:42Z He then recounts his time in self-imposed exile on a sort of quest of self-discovery. These Books Deliver Fables to Live By Today 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z While Jax remains in something of an irredeemable position, his misguided quest for vengeance is somewhat beyond my capability to care. 'Sons of Anarchy: Playing With Monsters' recap: It's a black day 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Ted Hughes's unfinished Crow poems are a dark, gurgling exploration of birth, death and the quest for love, taking the form of a fragmented and epic folk story. Crow – review 2012-06-25T17:22:12Z The world — or at least mine — would no longer be dictated by the generational quest to "be a man" that has permeated our culture for far too long. The androgyny of being Ernest: A gender-fluid reading of Hemingway that upends his macho image 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z |
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