Miracle (novel)

Miracle is a novel written by Danielle Steel and published by Random House in June 2005. The book is Steel's sixty-sixth novel.

Synopsis

It is New Year’s Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighborhood in San Francisco, amid the chaos of fallen trees and damaged homes, the lives of three strangers are about to collide. For Quinn Thompson, what happens in the storm’s wake will bring down a barrier he has built around himself since his wife’s death. For neighbor Maggie Dartman, it will spark friendship at a time when she needs it most. And for Jack Adams, a carpenter who will repair Quinn’s and Maggie’s homes, the storm brings an opportunity: to help two people and to be repaid with the greatest gift of all.

As three lives come together and a unique friendship is forged, something extraordinary begins to happen...Maggie, still grieving a loss, slowly comes alive again-–and Jack finally shares a painful secret he has hidden for years. But at the center of the friendship is Quinn. A man who has scaled heights of success in business, Quinn is now adrift, waiting as builders put the finishing touches on his newest passion, a 180-foot yacht he plans to sail around the world. Looking back at all he missed with his family while he built his empire, Quinn is consumed by guilt, focused only on escaping to the sea. But as his plans near completion, and his friendship with Maggie begins to change, Quinn faces a choice–between a safe haven and an adventure of the heart. The choice he makes will affect other lives as powerfully as his own. And it will take him on an extraordinary journey-–and into a second, terrifying storm, one that will bring him danger...or deliverance.

Moon of Israel (novel)

Moon of Israel is a novel by Rider Haggard, first published in 1918 by John Murray. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana.

Haggard dedicated his novel to Sir Gaston Maspero, a distinguished Egyptologist and director of Cairo Museum.

Adaptation

His novel was the basis of a script by Ladislaus Vajda, for film-director Michael Curtiz in his 1924 Austrian epic known as Die Sklavenkönigin, or "Queen of the Slaves".

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Novel (disambiguation)

A novel is a long prose narrative.

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1633 (novel)

1633 is an alternate history novel co-written by Eric Flint and David Weber, and sequel to 1632 in the 1632 series. 1633 is the second major novel in the series and together with the anthology Ring of Fire, the two sequels begin the series hallmarks of being a shared universe with collaborative writing being very common, as well as one—far more unusual— which mixes many canonical anthologies with its works of novel length. This in part is because Flint wrote 1632 as a stand-alone novel, though with enough "story hooks" for an eventual sequel, and because Flint feels "history is messy", and the books reflect that real life is not a smooth polished linear narrative flow from the pen of some historian, but is instead clumps of semi-related or unrelated happenings that somehow sum together where different people act in their own self-interests.

Premise

The series begins in the Modern era on May 31, 2000, during a small town wedding when the small West Virginia town of Grantville trades places in both time and geographic location with a nearly unpopulated countryside region within the Holy Roman Empire during the convulsions of the Thirty Years' War.

Miracle (S.O.A.P. album)

Miracle is the second and final album by S.O.A.P.. It was released in 2000 and peaked at No. 20 in Denmark. The album's debut single, S.O.A.P. Is In The Air, charted in Denmark and Sweden, reaching No. 3 and No. 25 respectively.

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Miracle (film)

Miracle is a 2004 American sports docudrama about the United States men's hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, portrayed by Kurt Russell, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The USA team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet team in the medal round was dubbed the Miracle on Ice. Miracle was directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Eric Guggenheim.

Plot

The film chronicles the journey of the 1980 US Olympic Men's ice hockey team. Then University of Minnesota head coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) interviews with the United States Olympic Committee, discussing his philosophy on how to beat the Soviet team, calling for changes to the practice schedule and strategy.

Brooks meets his assistant coach Craig Patrick (Noah Emmerich) at the tryouts in Colorado Springs. Brooks selects a preliminary roster of 26—later to be cut to a final roster of 20—indifferent of the tryouts and the preferences of senior USOC hockey officials. He convinces Walter Bush (Sean McCann), the executive director of the committee, that he has their best interests at heart. Bush reluctantly agrees to take the heat from the committee.

Miracle (Paula Seling and Ovi song)

"Miracle" is a song performed by Romanian recording artist Paula Seling and Romanian-Norwegian recording artist, songwriter and producer Ovi. The song is best known as Romania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This collaboration marks the second time Paula Seling and Ovi have represented Romania at the contest; in 2010 they placed third with the song "Playing with Fire".

The song is featured as part of the album A Bit of Pop Won't Hurt Anyone, to be released by Ovi on 5 May 2014.

Background

"Miracle" was written in June 2013 at Song Farm, a songwriting camp in Sweden. At the camp Ovi requested to work with Phillip Halloun in order to create the song.

Critical reception

The song's reviews were mostly positive. With 9 reviews from Wiwibloggs, "Miracle" received an average of 8.06 of 10. Angus gave the song a rate of 9.5 of 10 and said that "Miracle" was divine intervention from above. Billy gave the song a rate of 9.5 and said that "Miracle" was not as good as Paula Seling & Ovi's 2010 entry, "Playing with Fire". Bogdan gave it 10 out of 10 and said "The strength of 'Miracle' lies in its live show". Anthony gave the song a rate of 9 out of 10. Deban gave the song a rate of 7 and described the song as fierce as "Benny Benassi on acid". Katie gave the song a rate of 10 out of 10 and described the chorus of "Miracle" as an explosion of lights, high notes and pianos. Mike gave the song a rate of 9.5 and said that the song meant a lot "even a folklore twist couldn't ruin it". Vebooboo gave the song a rate of 8 and compared Paula Seling & Ovi with 2010 Danish representative, Chanee and Tomas N'evergreen. Padraig gave the song a rate of 5 out of 10 and said "Miracle" was not up to scratch. He also praised Paula's vocals.