Friday, October 4, 2024
Born on this day – Louis Lumière:
Betsy Byars, on writing:
But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.
- Betsy Byars.
Recommended reading - The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day
The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day
by Cornelius Ryan.
First published 1959.
Published by Simon & Schuster.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0671890913
ISBN-13: 978-0671890919
Description:
The unparalleled, classic work of history that
recreates the battle that changed World War II – the Allied invasion of
Normandy.
The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s
unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military
history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy,
Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the
massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would
turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi
Germany.
This book, first published in 1959, is a must
for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better
understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the
earth.
Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:
Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).
Born on this day – Anne Rice:
Credits:
Books:
Interview with the Vampire (1976); The Vampire Lestat (1985); The Queen of the Damned (1988); The Tale of the Body Thief (1992); Memnoch the Devil (1995); The Vampire Armand (1998); Merrick (2000); Blood and Gold (2001); Blackwood Farm (2002); Blood Canticle (2003); Prince Lestat (2014); Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016); Blood Communion (2018); The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983); Beauty's Punishment (1984); Beauty's Release (1985); Beauty's Kingdom (2015); The Complete Vampire Chronicles (1989); The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1992); The Vampire Chronicles: Books 1-3 (2003); The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle (2013); The Mummy (1989); The Passion of Cleopatra (2017); The Reign of Osiris (2022); The Witching Hour (1990); Lasher (1993); Taltos (1994); Pandora (1998); Vittorio the Vampire (1999); Out of Egypt aka The Young Messiah (2005); The Road to Cana (2008); Angel Time (2009); Of Love and Evil (2010); The Wolf Gift (2012); The Wolves of Midwinter (2013); The Feast of All Saints (1979); Cry to Heaven (1982); Exit to Eden (1985); Belinda (1986); Servant of the Bones (1996); Violin (1997); The Anne Rice Reader (1997); The Master of Rampling Gate (1991); Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story (2012); The Wolf Gift: The Graphic Novel (2014); Called Out of Darkness (2008); Anne Rice-Boxed Set (1993); Belinda / Exit to Eden (2010); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); The New Gothic (1991); The Ultimate Zombie (1993); The Vampire Omnibus (1995); The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996); American Gothic Tales (1996); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Blood Thirst (1997); Freniere (1976); Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) (1976); The Master of Rampling Gate (1984); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 1) (1985); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 2) (1985); Doctor (1990); Ballad of the Sad Rat (1995).
Movies and television:
20/20 /
Segment: Vampire Empire (2003); A Place Among the Dead (2020); Ancient
Mysteries (1994); Anne Rice's the Talamasca (2025); Biography (2000); Bookmark
(1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2006); Charlie Rose
(1994–2005); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Earth Angels (2001); Eli
Roth's History of Horror (2018); Ellen (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2021);
Exit to Eden (1994); Great Books (1993–1999); Interview with the Vampire (1994
/ 2011); Interview with the Vampire / TV Series (2022–2024); Interview with the
Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2001); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards
(2014); La galerie France 5 (2018); Larry King Live (2003); Les Carnets de
route de François Busnel (2012); Lestat (2006); Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire
Phenomenon (2014); Mayfair Witches (2023 / 2025); MsMojo (2023); Night Bites:
Women and Their Vampires (2003); Prisoners of Gravity (1993–1994); Queen of the
Damned (2002); Rag and Bone (1998); Scarborough Country (2005); SexTV
(2001–2002); Talk Stoop (2016); The 700 Club (2010); The Book Show (2011); The
Colbert Report (2012); The Factor (2005); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The
Future of Fear (2011); The Hour (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(2012–2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991); The Queen of the Damned (2011); The
Real Vampire Files (2010); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Undead
Series (2016); The Vampire Lestat (2011); The Young Messiah (2016); Tom Cruise:
An Eternal Youth (2020); Without Walls (1993).