![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is also the author of Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers (Harcourt 2007), which won a Lambda Literary Award and was a Stonewall Honor book. Her most recent book, To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (H oughton Mifflin-Harcourt, 2013), was named a 2013 New York Times Notable Book, was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Award, shortlisted for the William Saroyan Prize and the and was a best book on several year-end lists including NPR, New York Magazine and The Boston Globe. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable Cris Beam is an author and professor in New York City. ![]()
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![]() ![]() There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries.įinding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. But breaking Alex’s connection to Seth isn’t the only problem. ![]() The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods-and Alex herself-to bring her back. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex.Īlex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. ![]() ![]() It is understood that the Doctor has a love for, “…the gold he gained from pestilence”, buying extravagant blue and scarlet robes with his immense wealth. An interesting contrast is made between the Doctor, who learns for his own monetary benefit, and the Clerk, who learns for the love of knowledge to the detriment of his financial standings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Of all the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales, the Doctor of Physics is one of the most knowledgeable. In many cases, his expertise often, “…kept a patient from the pall”, by diagnosing the patient’s problem and sending them to the renowned apothecaries he was friendly with to be cured. Chaucer states that there was, “…none like him to pick for talk of medicine and surgery.” As a Physician, this man uses many different methods to cure his patience from his origins in astronomy to “…horoscopes and magic natural.” No matter what method he uses, the Doctor is extremely skilled at correctly identifying all the causes of a disease, and exactly how to cure it. There is no one better at his profession than the Doctor of Physics. ![]() ![]() Is there a connection between the evil group Scepter and whoever apparently wants the princess dead? The longer Clayton and Cordelia spend evading her enemies and pursuing their individual missions, the more they realize they can depend only on each other…Praise for Anna Harrington's historical romances:"Steamy, sweet, luscious. But when she is shockingly attacked at a party, Clayton becomes her bodyguard. Resigned to doing her duty for her country, she is in London to make a match with a royal duke-and as a royal princess, she has no say in which duke she'll marry. Everyone says that the anarchist group he's been fighting died along with its leader, but his instincts say just the opposite.Then he meets Her Serene Highness Princess Cordelia of Monrovia. ![]() ![]() A princess is drawn into forbidden love in this steamy, danger-filled Regency romance from award-winning author Anna Harrington that fans of Sarah MacLean, Elizabeth Hoyt, and Bridgerton won't want to miss!General Clayton Elliott, Home Office Undersecretary and new viscount, gets suspicious when London is too quiet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, she has responded to those who want so badly to destroy her with Blackout, a compelling argument that African American culture is going to continue to deteriorate as long as her fellow blacks are willing to sell their votes to the Democratic Party so cheaply. To her credit, this articulate young woman has done neither. ![]() As such, she has often been viciously targeted by media people and/or via social media in an attempt to discredit her to the point that she shuts up or changes her message to suit her critics. Owens is what used to be much more rare than it is today: a young, black conservative with the courage to publicly share her beliefs about today’s political environment. ![]() I generally prefer the ones written by respected historians (although my respect for even some of those people has slipped more than a notch or two in recent years) or by someone with a particularly interesting point-of-view.Ĭandace Owens is one of those people, and Blackout is one of those books. I do, on the other hand, still occasionally read a political book written by a relative outsider, someone still far enough away from scene of the crime that they are not completely nauseated by the smell in the room. I almost never read political opinion books written by elected officials anymore because I think the majority of them are actually written by the kind of hired-gun ghost writer paid handsomely to make the politician look a whole lot smarter than they actually are. ![]() ![]() ![]() Actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith’s nuanced performance as the killer reminds us that monsters are made, not born, and that within even the most heinous murderer is a shattered, lonely child." ( Booklist, starred audiobook review) Here, she does an excellent job of conveying Mariana’s confusion, courage and determination to solve the mystery at any cost. "The audiobook is narrated primarily by actor Louise Brealey, who has given life to complex female characters in the audio editions of The Girl on the Train and The Silent Patient, Michaelides’ first novel. "Between the three of them, author Alex Michaelides and narrators Louise Brealey and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith cast a spell that will have listeners glued to this suspenseful novel every chance they get." ( AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner) ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. If you want to see that trend reversed, turn to Pagan Christianity.a book that examines and challenges every aspect of our contemporary church experience. One of the most troubling outcomes has been the effect on average believers: turning them from living expressions of Christs glory and power to passive observers. Pagan Christianity leads us on a fascinating tour through church history, revealing this startling and unsettling truth: Many cherished church traditions embraced today originated not out of the New Testament, but out of pagan practices. The New Testament is not silent on how the early church freely expressed the reality of Christ’s indwelling in ways that rocked the first-century world. Yet those practices look very different from those of the first-century church. Many Christians take for granted that their churches practices are rooted in Scripture. Co-authors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence in the first-ever book to document the full story of modern Christian church practices. ![]() Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we "dress up" for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, choirs, and SEMInaries? This volume reveals the startling truth: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. ![]() ![]() ![]() Listen, I’m a morning person, but 4:45 doesn’t even count as morning if you ask me, and I’m an optimist.Īfter swiping away the last alarm on my phone, I roll out of bed and pull on my fuzzy baby-pink robe with a scrolled M embroidered on the collar. Which is probably why I’ve been able to psych myself into thinking that a 4:45 wake up call is humane. There is no greater satisfaction than a notebook full of beautifully executed lists.Ī long time ago I decided to make a list of all the things I could control and what it came down to was this: my attitude. (Using my gel pens and a predetermined color scheme, of course.) Make it happen. ![]() The book opens with an introduction to Millie: I loved this book as much as I loved Dumplin’, which tells you a lot! ![]() Callie, who mistakenly blames the members of her dance team for turning her in, begins working with Millie at the gym to repay her debt. Millie and Callie seem to have little to nothing in common, yet they are brought together unexpectedly when Millie identifies Callie on security footage taken the night her uncle’s gym is vandalized. Puddin’ focuses on Millie Michalchuk and Callie Reyes, two characters we met in Dumplin’. ![]() Puddin’ is the much-anticipated and equally joyous companion to Julie Murphy’s Dumplin’. ![]() ![]() And though she can’t talk to him, they soon forge a connection neither of them can deny… and Kahlen doesn’t want to.įalling in love with a human breaks all of the Ocean’s rules, and if the Ocean discovers Kahlen’s feelings, she’ll be forced to leave Akinli for good. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude…until she meets Akinli. And though a single word from her can kill, she can’t resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again. Kahlen became a Siren after her family died in a terrible shipwreck, decades ago. But once her century of service is over, each Siren gets a chance to start over – a chance to live the mortal life that was almost stolen from her. To keep their true nature secret, Sirens must never speak to humans, and must be careful never to stay in the same place for too long. ![]() ![]() ![]() To repay their debt, these young women must serve for 100 years as Sirens, remaining young and beautiful and using their deadly voices to lure strangers into watery graves. Throughout the ages, the Ocean has occasionally rescued young women from drowning. ![]() Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books (28th Jan 2016)Ī girl with a secret. ![]() ![]() But the space between has been neglected. Plenty of self-help gurus have offered suggestions for setting goals, and plenty of productivity experts have created systems for getting things done. And tasks are necessary to get things done, but without a focal point, they fly by in a forgettable haze. Long-term goals are useful for orienting you in the right direction but make it hard to enjoy the time spent working along the way. We believe focusing on activities that fall between long-term goals and short-term tasks is the key to slowing down, bringing satisfaction to your daily life, and helping you make time. And when you’re busy day after day, time slides by in a blur. Doing more doesn’t help you create time for what matters it just makes you feel even more frazzled and busy. ![]() It’s the only way to fit those important moments into your life. ![]() If you want to make time for things that matter, the Busy Bandwagon-our modern culture of constant busyness-will tell you the answer is to do more. ![]() This is an excerpt from Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. ![]() |