5/13/2023 0 Comments Consolation duet corinne michaelsI knew what I wanted to happen, and I just wanted it to happen…like NOW! There were so many emotions (as there always are with Corinne’s books) but this time it was different for me. Would Lee and Liam runway and live happily ever after? Would Aaron confess his sins and would he and Natalie be able to move past this and return to their previous life? I just didn’t know. When I FINALLY picked up Conviction I was not sure what direction would Corinne Michaels take us in. A minute to prepare myself for what was to come and for the feelings that I knew would stay with me. Well, we all know where we were cut off last time in Consolation…this right here is how I felt, and still feel thinking about these stories If only he’d see the conviction behind my words-then he’d still be here. He doesn’t understand and I can’t make him. The idea of being without him cripples me but the reality is, he’s gone. I fell in love with Liam only to be left shattered into a million pieces.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments City of God by Augustine of HippoHe also pours scorn on pagan religious ritual, in which pagans placate the gods with theatrical performances that Augustine sees as lascivious and immoral. Drawing on extensive study, he provides a thorough examination of the pre-Christian history of Rome, which was just as full of disasters, tragedies, plagues, murders, and calamities as post-Christian Rome, and wonders why pagans don’t accuse their own gods of neglect. In City of God, Augustine replies to these accusations not only by pointing out their inconsistency, but by mounting an attack on pagan religion-and providing a contrasting account of the consolations and truthfulness of Christianity.īooks 1-10 of Augustine’s argument examine the pagan system and finds it both ludicrous and self-evidently unhelpful. In the aftermath of a disastrous and unprecedented attack on Rome by the Vandals, many Roman citizens blamed Christians, saying that the pagan gods demanded sacrifice and worship that the Christian population denied them. Please note that this guide covers only Part 1 (Books 1-10) of the 22 books of City of God.īegun in 413 AD, only a few years after the Sack of Rome, City of God is Augustine’s rejoinder to pagan misconceptions of Christianity. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Excavations at the Black Spout, Pitlochry, and the Iron Age M... by David StrachanHe captures the essence of that which is often looked at as the Lolita girl and he does so in a way that is both provocative yet graceful. Using professional lenses to capture his work, David Hamilton sets out on a quest to bring you some of the best models the world has to offer. Very thick book of full page and half page photos of preteen and tween and early teen girls. Beautiful nymphets photographed expertly by world famous photographer David Hamilton. I will certainly be looking at more of his work. If you are looking for a cheap thrill, then this book is not for you, suggest the Razzle for that, if you are looking for the purest form of art closest to Humans then this book is for you. The pictures within this book are far from provocative and certainly not pornographic. But I suggest you look deeper into his work, look for the beauty with in, the Human form at it's purest. Many people may criticise his work as 'Pornographic' and an incitement to commit acts of indecency against Children. This is my first look at David Hamilton's work and I believe he captures the very essence of the beauty of Adolescence not seen by today's society. Accompanied by lyrical poetry, this collection showcases the nude portrait photography David Hamilton is known for. This collection of Hamilton's erotic photographic portraits of young girls is accompanied by lyrical poetry. It was one of the most anticipated books of 2021. The book received several positive receptions from reviewers and readers. Voya is given 30 days to finish the plan and as she forms a bond with a boy named Luc, whom she plans to kill but soon she learns more secrets about her family and she begins to question the original intention of the act. Afraid of being banished and humiliated because she refused her calling, her ancestor Mama Jova force her to witness her execution as a slave and she commands her to kill her first love or else magic will be taken away from her family. Set in the year 2049 in Toronto, Voya Thomas is called by her ancestors and given a challenge in order to receive her magic. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster and follows Voya, a teenager who is asked to kill her first love in order to save her family's magic. Sambury's debut novel, it was published on 15 June 2021 by Margaret K. Blood Like Magic is a 2021 young adult science fantasy novel by Trinidadian Canadian writer Liselle Sambury. 5/12/2023 0 Comments The giving tree poetryAfter his military service, Silverstein became a cartoonist for national magazines and published some of his military cartoons in book format. military forces in Japan and Korea during the 1950s, where he also worked as a cartoonist for the military newspaper, the Pacific Stars and Stripes. He developed his writing style and skills as a boy. He was born Sheldon Allan Silverstein on September 25, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Silverstein was unfamiliar with the great poetry of his time but had a desire to write at a young age. While generally best known for his poetry and literature for children, he was also a cartoonist, composer, lyricist, and folksinger. Shel Silverstein was a unique writer with many artistic talents. The darkness fades in a few seconds and the brilliant blue of the horizon quickly intensifies, beginning the spectacle she has been anticipating since she woke at four in spite of the pill she had taken, breaking her rule against sedatives. She waits for the sea to become visible through the window of her room on the ninth floor of the Hotel Jaragua, and at last she sees it. Could that have been her father's idea too? Urania! As absurd as insulting old Santo Domingo de Guzmán by calling it Ciudad Trujillo. Was it his idea or hers? Too late to find out, my girl your mother was in heaven and your father condemned to a living death. As far as she could remember, after she left Santo Domingo (or Ciudad Trujillo-when she left they had not yet restored the old name to the capital city), no one in Adrian, or Boston, or Washington, D.C., or New York had called her Urania as they did at home and at the Santo Domingo Academy, where the sisters and her classmates pronounced with absolute correctness the ridiculous name inflicted on her at birth. Fortunately nobody called her that anymore now it was Uri, Miss Cabral, Ms. Her parents had done her no favor her name suggested a planet, a mineral, anything but the slender, fine-featured woman with burnished skin and large, dark, rather sad eyes who looked back at her from the mirror. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Tribute by Lisa HenryLisa was also an advocate for the pursuit of academics and education. She truly lived and breathed the core values of the Air Force: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence In All We Do as she volunteered for deployment orders in support of Hurricane Andrew’s humanitarian and disaster relief efforts in 1992. While in the service, Lisa was a role model to all who served with her. Air Force Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and lastly, returning to Robins AFB, Georgia where she retired in July 2007. Her 26 year career led to duty stations at: Kusan AB, Korea Homestead AFB, Florida MacDill AFB, Florida Robins AFB, Georgia AL Kharj AB, Saudi Arabia Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota where she was inducted into the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. She decided to cross-train into the Aviation field as an Air Traffic Controller. Air Force where she would begin her career as a Health Service Management Journeyman (Medic). Lisa was educated in the Prince George’s County Maryland Public School System and graduated from Central High School in 1980. Lisa was baptized at an early age at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in White Stone, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Alma Henry. She departed this world on August 22, 2021. She was the second of five children born to the late William Alfred Henry and Alma Beatrice Henry. Lisa Maria Henry was born in Landstuhl Germany. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Unbeautifully by Madeline SheehanTheir first meeting is innocent, but as Eva matures into a woman, their chance reunions evolve into a fit of lust and love. Like Eva, he was born and raised in the club-but that’s where the similarities end. Deuce West is the sexy, biker bad-ass of the Hell’s Horsemen Motorcycle Club. When she’s a young girl, Eva meets the reason for her existence. Growing up with bikers in the club lifestyle is all that she knows. Eva Fox is the princess of the Silver Demons Motorcycle Club. It grows and develops-with hurt, sacrifice, and heartache-over the span of a lifetime. This is an epic love story that knows no boundaries and has no time limits. It’s intense, gritty and raw, dark and disturbing, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is an all-consuming, soul-crushing, tear-your-heart-into-pieces story. Warning: This is not a typical, sappy, love story. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Trinity leon uris bookThe Baltimore‐born former Marine, peering hard above his Burberry officer's trenchcoat from below his Irish tweed cap on the book jacket, addresses himself to large themes in his novels: war, the Warsaw ghetto fighters, the Berlin airlift, perhaps Jerusalem in the future. McNamara, who helmed Live Like Line, will direct his adaptation of an ambitious novel that captures the terrible beauty of Ireland, during its long. He describes himself as a zealous Zionist and, politically, a “Roosevelt Democrat.” Exclusive: David Brookwell and Sean McNamara s Brookwell McNamara Entertainment have set the Leon Uris novel Trinity as an Irish/Canadian co-production that will get underway in September. And the Irish have self‐destructive devices.”Įver since “Exodus” was published in 1958, Uris has kept up his interest in the fate of Israel. It's in other people's interest to settle their differences. “There's more chance of settling the Arab‐Israeli conflict than the Irish,” Uris said. Leon Uris has written a series of 17 books. Leon Uris has painted a masterful portrait of a beleaguered people divided by religion and wealth-impoverished Catholic peasants pitted against a Protestant. I did, 3,000 miles away, by phone to California, where he is preparing a film version of “Trinity.” Most Recommended Books presents the Leon Uris series written by Leon Uris. “Ask him about the Irish situation and the Middle East situation,” McCormick said, talking in New York. Leon Marcus Uris (AugJune 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. “There's a part of the Irish mystique in the novel.” “I was very turned on to the Irish,” Uris said. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Max bey deckardBut, just when you think you’ve got an idea or think things are a little clearer, the rug is ripped out from under you and you’re left scratching your head wondering if you missed any clues. I found myself engrossed and searching for more details about Max, about what his true intentions were and what the end game was going to be, much like Dr. There is a point where you wonder who has bigger psychological issues that need dealing with, and every twist and turn of this story keeps you on your toes. Crane’s life basically turning it upside down in every bad way possible, and Dr. The story plays out as Max takes over more and more of Dr. He is in control from their very first conversation and uses that control to manipulate and play every piece of his puzzle/game with scary and intricate precision. It also quickly becomes clear Max has some major issues and is one smart cookie. Wow! This story grabs you right from the get go as Max begins his sessions with new doctor Crane. Review – Book: I previously reviewed this book here. |