Victoria hated pregnancy, and as much as she loved Albert, she never let him impinge on her power. The standard account of their union is that young Victoria, married at nineteen, was only too happy to hand over the reins of power to her husband, willingly taking a back seat to bear and raise their nine children.Ī well-known chronicler of the lives of achieving women, author Gillian Gill rejects this outdated interpretation, retelling the couple's story from a fresh, modern perspective. Known as one of history's most powerful and happily married couples, Victoria and Albert together ruled the British Empire for twenty years at the peak of its strength in mid-nineteenth century. All else pristine.Ī twenty-first-century perspective on a giant of English history, Queen Victoria, and her marriage to German Prince Albert-timed to benefit from the release of the upcoming film The Young Victoria Like New copy, jacket shows minor sunfading.
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6/9/2023 0 Comments Variance by Josen LlaveI want to thank the following: my wife, Vicarose, for supporting me and putting up with my writing and brainstorming for so many years the experienced and friendly staff at iUniverse for helping me with my dream of publishing a novel Rances, who provided a Surface and chatted about the story for years Scott A. To the woman who turned me into a midwife, the girl who named a lizard Lost and Found, and the boy who sends his balloons into space. Library of Congress Control Number: 2017902021 The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.īecause of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Breaking Sin by Teresa MummertIf you want to learn more about Bookshelves specifically, please read the Bookshelves FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). There is also a contact link on every page as well in case you ever need extra help. There is Navigation menu in the top-right of every page. Don't worry though it is actually easy to navigate. 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You are currently viewing the details page on Bookshelves for the book Breaking Sin by Teresa Mummert.īookshelves is one feature of Bookshelves is found under the /shelves/ subfolder at. Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson (Paris Press) Renee Tursi, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIE. Most important, unlike previous editors who altered line breaks to fit their sense of what is poetry or prose, Hart and Smith offer faithful reproductions of the letters' genre-defying form as the words unravel spectacularly down the original page. Gone is Emily as lonely spinster here is Dickinson in her own words, passionate and fully alive. For the millions of readers who love Emily Dickinson's poetry, Open Me Carefully brings new light to the meaning of the poet's life and work. Open Me Carefully invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and misinterpretation. Emily Dickinson's uncensored and breathtaking letters, poems, and letter-poems to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinsonįor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence with her childhood friend, neighbor, and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. She calls the internet “the portal,” and it’s the source of her own fame and the force that carries her from Dublin to Sydney to Berlin and many points between. As the nameless main character of Patricia Lockwood’s first novel, No One Is Talking About This, walks into Stephen’s Green in Dublin, she thinks, “the communal stream of consciousness began to flow toward the rigid bust of Joyce.” Joyce may have mastered the early 20 th-century version of stream of consciousness, but, as she asks an audience during one of the many public appearances she makes in the novel, “what about the stream-of-a-consciousness that is not entirely your own? One that you participate in, but that also acts upon you?” The splintered, multivocal, interactive flow of social media feels inimical to the single, sustained voice of the novelist, intoning for page after page, unretweetable and impervious to our DMs. Slate has relationships with various online retailers.īut note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.Īll prices were up to date at the time of publication.ĭepicting how the internet has changed our lives isn’t unusual in fiction and memoir anymore, but replicating on the page how the internet has changed the way we think is another matter. 6/8/2023 0 Comments Scarred by Mia KerickWith scars like theirs, forgiveness is never easy. But when their relationship evolves into something Brett isn’t ready to need, he reacts… and the consequences may destroy their fledgling future. Now he’s determined to make something of his life, even if he has to work himself ragged to do it.Ĭory shouldn’t have to suffer like Brett did, and Brett wants to lend a hand. Unwanted by either parent, the sweet, personable Cory grew up neglected and hungry for affection. So naturally as he’s walking across the parking lot at his new job, reminding himself how self-reliant he is, he meets someone he can’t shove aside.īrett can’t help but admire Cory Butana, the kid who lives above the bar where his father is the principal bartender. He gets a job at a bar in a nothing little town where he can fish and race dirt bikes and hide from the world. After a hard life filled with experiences he’d rather not remember but can’t forget, Brett Taylor decides he doesn’t need anyone or anything. I once got an OIA on the government’s strategy to deal with a zombie attack. And you know it’s going to be devastating for those communities but it will be better for New Zealand if we target our resources in places that have some hope of growing and creating prosperity." Shamubeel Eaqub: It’s horrible to say but yes we have zombie towns and some of them do have to close. "Lisa Owen: So if there are no quick solution as you point out then is there irreversible decline in some town some towns? Does someone need to close the door and switch the light off in certain cities and say ‘it’s a lost cause’? Shamubeel’s most startling revelation in the interview was the existence of “zombie towns” in New Zealand. His NZEIR paper with John Stephenson, Regional Economies, (and forthcoming book Growing Apart) seems to be a must read for anyone wanting to understand the structure of the contemporary New Zealand economy. One of the main topics on The Nation this past weekend was inequality, with Paula Bennett being the main guest, supplemented by a very interesting interview with Shamubeel Eaqub, NZEIR's principal economist. The inequality debate reaches beyond individuals to towns and regions, so what can we do when an entire town is in the doldrums? Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. 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In this audiobook, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate. To the shy, awkward boy, something about the hateful feelings just felt unnatural. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. After his father's incarceration, his family moved often, and as the perpetual new kid in class, he faced constant teasing and exclusion. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to "Remember El-Sayed Nosair."įor Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5, 1990, his father El-Sayed Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. An extraordinary story, never before told: The intimate, behind-the-scenes life of an American boy raised by his terrorist father-the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. 6/7/2023 0 Comments Heaven randy alcorn bookThe book captures surprising aspects of Heaven that I have never considered before. Heaven will not be a foreign place for us but we will recognize it as home: “Too often we’ve been taught that Heaven is a non-physical realm, which cannot have real gardens, cities, kingdoms, buildings…So we fail to take seriously what Scripture tells us about Heaven as a familiar, physical, tangible place.” In “A Theology of Heaven,” Alcorn explains that contrary to a popular belief, Heaven is a real, physical place where bodily resurrected people live and engage in various meaningful creative activities. The book is divided into three sections: “A Theology of Heaven,” “Questions and Answers about Heaven,” and “Living in Light of Heaven”. The founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit organization that promotes an eternal viewpoint and helps underprivileged people around the world, Alcorn based his entire book on biblical study, research, and extensive reading on the subject of Heaven. In his thought-provoking new book, Randy Alcorn dispels all misconceptions about a believer’s eternal destination and presents a compelling case for one of the least-talked-about subjects in Christianity. Do you think of Heaven as a place where disembodied spirits float in the clouds, listening to harp music for eternity? Many people stereotype life in Heaven as a church service that never ends. |