Dream Quest One

Poetry and Writing Contest

Winter 2009-2010 Contest Deadline: December 31, 2009

Attention! The Summer 2009 Contest is now closed and in the reading/judging phase. All entries must be postmarked by the extended deadline of August 9, 2009 for competition consideration. All Summer 2009 Contest Winners will be notified by phone, postal mail or email and will be published online in the Dare to Dream pages, on September 9, 2009. Stay tuned to the Dream Quest One.com website for any contest updates. We are now accepting entries for the Winter 2009-2010 Poetry Contest and Writing Contest. Best wishes to you all! ~ From our Site Sponsor Andre L. West, editor

Eoin Colfer 'Artemis Fowl, Book 1': "
Eoin Colfer 'Artemis Fowl, Book 1'
Audiobook | Publisher: Listening Library | ISBN: 1400085861 | 2004 | English | MP3 128 Kbps | 328 MB

Eoin Colfer describes his new book, Artemis Fowl, as 'Die Hard with fairies.' He's not far wrong.

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. With two trusty sidekicks in tow, he hatches a cunning plot to divest the fairyfolk of their pot of gold. Of course, he isn't foolish enough to believe in all that 'gold at the end of the rainbow' nonsense. Rather, he knows that the only way to separate the little people from their stash is to kidnap one of them and wait for the ransom to arrive. But when the time comes to put his plan into action, he doesn't count on the appearance of the extrasmall, pointy-eared Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaisance) Unit--and her senior officer, Commander Root, a man (sorry, elf) who will stop at nothing to get her back.

Fantastic stuff from beginning to end, Artemis Fowl is a rip-roaring, 21st-century romp of the highest order. The author has let his imagination run riot by combining folklore, fantasy, and a fistful of high-tech funk in an outrageously devilish book that could well do for fairies what Harry Potter has done for wizardry. But be warned: this is no gentle frolic, so don't be fooled by the fairy subject matter. Instead, what we have here is well-written, sophisticated, rough 'n' tumble storytelling with enough high-octane attitude to make it a seriously cool read for anyone over the age of 10.

Part I

Part II

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New York, The Incomparable: "

Postcard, dated September 1912:

Miss Ethelwyn Doolittle
420 W 118th St
New York N.Y.

Welcome back to New York, the incomparable!

Found in 'Jersey Street and Jersey Lane' by H.C. Bunner. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896.

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IFC.com’s The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time: "

The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time

IFC.com has released it’s list of the 50 greatest trailers of all time.

Agree? Disagree? These are their choices.

Check them out for yourself.

Original Source

* indicates a Movie-List Classic.

50. Night of the Iguana (1964)

49. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

48. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

47. Magnolia (1999)

46. Watchmen (2009)

45. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) *

44. The Big Sleep (1946)

43. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

42. Little Children (2006)

41. Maximum Overdrive (1986)

40. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

39. Zabriskie Point (1970)

38. Face/Off (1997) *

37. The Strangers (2008)

36. Spider-Man (2001)

35. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) *

34. The Minus Man (1999)

33. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

32. The Matrix (1999)

31. Corruption (1968)

30. Femme Fatale (2002)

29. Point Blank (1967)

28. The Bishop’s Wife (1947) *

27. A Night at the Opera (1935)

26. Speed (1994) *

25. Real Life (1979)

24. Schindler’s List (1993)

23. Red Eye (2005)

22. Sin City (2005)

21. Strange Days (1995) *

20. She’s Gotta Have It (1986)

19. Unbreakable (2000) *

18. Sleeper (1973)

17. Charade (1963)

16. GoldenEye (1995)

15. Pulp Fiction (1994) *

14. Garden State (2005)

13. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

12. Independence Day (1996) *

11. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

10. The Shining (1980) *

9. Mission: Impossible (1996) *

8. The Texas ChainSaw Massacre (1974) *

7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) *

6. Citizen Kane (1941) *

5. Comedian (2002)

4. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) *

3. Cloverfield (2008)

2. Psycho (1960) *

1. Alien (1979) *

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See Official High Def Lionsgate/UK Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus Trailer!: "
This trailer is phenominal! It’s in high definition and is absolutely beautiful.


Dr. Parnassus will be released in the UK on October 16, 2009.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR LIONSGATE’S OFFICIAL DR. PARNASSUS WEBSITE
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Selling You!: A Practical Guide to Achieving the Most by Becoming Your Best by Napoleon Hill: "
Selling You!: A Practical Guide to Achieving the Most by Becoming Your Best by Napoleon Hill
Audiobook | English | Abridged | High Roads Media 2000 | ISBN: 1559276177 | MP3 44100Hz 128kbps | 2 hours | 105 Mb

No matter who you are or what you do...every time you meet someone, explain an idea, talk on the telephone, or give your opinion, you are selling your most valuable asset: YOU!



Let Napoleon Hill teach you how to sell yourself. The author spent thirty years investigating how the most successful people got to be that way. His studies resulted in the biggest-selling self-help book of all time, Think and Grow Rich. Now, Selling You!, a major success in book and audiocassette editions, is available for the first time on CD. It demonstrates how to put Hill’s philosophy of personal achievement to work for you, every day of your life! It’s fun and easy to learn how to present yourself in a positive and successful way.

Here’s just part of what you’ll find inside this inspiring audiobook:
• Napoleon Hill explains the philosophy behind his most
effective theories
• Joe Slattery narrates highlights from Napoleon Hill’s bestseller How to Sell Your Way Through Life
• Includes a special introduction by world-renowned philanthropist W. Clement Stone

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Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) 'Blaze': "
Stephen King 'Blaze'
Audiobook | Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition | ISBN: 0743569784 | 2007 | English | MP3 192 Kbps | 543 MB

Clayton Blaze Blazedell Jr.'s chance for a normal life ended when his father repeatedly threw him down a flight of stairs. After finishing his adolescence in an orphanage, the large man with a striking dent in his forehead plays sidekick to George, a social deviant with a knack for cons.

However, when George is killed, Blaze must come up with a con of his own. With George's ghost to guide him, Blaze just might pull it off. Stephen King's last novel under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman has all the classic markings of the auteur, but is marred even before it starts by King's introduction, where he almost apologizes for publishing the book. Having narrated several King books already, McLarty already knows the author's syntax. His raspy but gentle narration provides a familiar and comforting voice for King fans. His rasp lightens up when delivering the slow-witted Blaze, but then deepens for George's scratchy voice. His old-timer Maine accents also produce a smile, when not evoking mental images of grizzled old semitoothed men.

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How-to-Gatsby

The How-to-Gatsby workshop, fashion show and sale will be Sunday, August 23rd 1 – 5pm, at the Chapel of the Chimes in Piedmont. We are busy working with vendors, speakers, workshops and entertainment. All so you will be ready for:

Our famous Gatsby Summer Afternoon - 25 years at the Dunsmuir Estate! As always the Gatsby will be held the second Sunday in September: September, 13, 2009. See you there!

We have a fabulous new How to Gatsby event planned for Art Deco Ladies and Gents complete with lectures, demonstrations and vendors galore!

Cosponsored by the Lifemark Group the event will be held in the lovely Chapel of the Chimes - built in 1909. The structure was expanded and re-built in 1928 based on designs by Julia Morgan—one of the premier architects of the 20th century. Today, it is one of the Bay Area’s most beautiful buildings.

What
How To Gatsby, workshop, show and sale. Enjoy our How to Gatsby online guide.

When
August 23rd, 1-5 pm

Where
Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611 (map)

Admission
Members: $15 Nonmembers: $20. Pay at the door.



Join The Hunt To Save The Fox!

The Art Deco Society of California has committed to raise $2,500 to help the Oakland Fox Theater pay down their bills. Now is the time we become a fundraising organization instead of cheering from the sidelines. The economy has slowed down and makes money tight for everyone, including non profits. So please dig deep with a tax-deductable donation and help us help our neighbors. Keep your eye on the Fox-O-Meter, every $100 turns a fox red as we get closer to our goal of $2,500. With this commitment the ADSC gets a lovely brass plaque at the Fox Theater site.

You may donate any amount you like using PayPal or a check, made out to:
Art Deco Society of California

Mail to: Art Deco Society of California
100 Bush Street #511
San Francisco, CA 94104

Recently I have had the pleasure of merging with some fantastic writers and artist. Being fortunate to have been introduced to a wide variety or writers and artist I came across the attached link and site. The Boat Lullabies ( A Subsidiary of Square America)

"exert below" Taken directly from the site

"Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America", my heart racing to see the photos inside I went through every link in the site and found that even I could find a trace of my own family inside this book.


Photographs are a link to our past, tell stories of our present, and guide us as we take this journey to the future.

I encourage everyone to Support the Site support our "Artist": Buy the Book today! I did.


For me this book is a collectors item, each picture is rich, as it tells the story, serving as a "Link" to our history, connecting us to our American Family.


Who We Were: A Snapshot history of America- A collaboration between myself, Michael Williams, and Richard Cahan. 350 photos, all taken by amateur photographers, tell the story of America from the 1890s through the early 1970s, literally beginning inside a surry with the fringe on top and ending on the Moon. Of course there's World Wars (two of them!), the Depression, and Civil Rights marches but there's also cave-dwelling child brides and love-lorn bootleggers, rabbit hunters and rat-catching contests.

Click here for more details!

Could you forgive a person who murdered your family?
Find Out If They Can




Thursday August 13th 7:00 pm
"As We Forgive"
Free Movie Night
Special Guest
Samuel Rushombo


Watch Trailer



Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal—two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide.

Lonnie Plaxico
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Photo by Tom Beetz
Lonnie Plaxico (born 4 September, 1960) is an African American jazz bassist.
Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both double bass and bass guitar). His first recording was with his family's band, and by the time he was twenty he had moved to New York City, where he had stints playing with Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Junior Cook, and Hank Jones. He won the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award in 1978.
Plaxico first came to public attention through his work with the Wynton Marsalis group in 1982, though his first regular attachment was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1983–1986), with whom he recorded twelve albums. In 1986 Plaxico joined Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, and stayed with them until 1993. He is now the musical director and featured bassist for Cassandra Wilson, with whom he has been playing for fifteen years. He has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including David Murray, Alice Coltrane, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Sample, Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Cosby, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ravi Coltrane, and Barbara Dennerlein.

Master


(Author Bridget Morrow)

About the author

Bridget Morrow is a writer living in Los Angeles, California. She is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. She has written magazine articles, published poems and written for the New World Press based in Los Angeles. She started her own publishing company in 2005 after writing her first novel “Master,” which won the Los Angeles Black Book Expo Award for Fiction.

She is an actress and has been seen on runways, television, commercials, plays and film. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities/English Literature. Her second novel “Alex,” is the sequel to “Master,” and is available now. She lives happily with her husband and two cats.



About the book

“Master” is an urban gothic novel about love. The central characters being a young black female vampire and her 400 year old sire; a Spanish nobleman. It begins in the American South of the 1860’s, travels to 15th century Spain and continues to 1960’s New York . A brief synopsis: Lila is a beautiful seventeen- year- old born into slavery, reared by her mother’s dearest friend Sally.

Unbeknownst to them, a 400- year- old vampire named Alexandre Venosillo has been obsessed with Lila since the day she was born. He saves Lila from a brutal lynching by making her a vampire, but is ill prepared for the ramifications that come along with making Lila. She is as headstrong and unyielding in death as she was as a slave. As the decades pass, the question arises- who is the master?

Heath Ledger Modest Mouse "King Rat"