![]() ![]() The SWAT team and Smoothville residents work around the clock to salvage Smoothville’s Christmas celebration. Is the community right? Is Luke the undercover Scrooge? Luke is excluded from the team and doesn’t seem to care. Angelica convinces Luke and Jocelyn they need a special SWAT team to identify the Grinch in their midst. Smoothville residents’ tempers flare when rumors circulate that the mayor never planned to deliver on his promise. ![]() What better way to mend the ill will caused by the recent election? As Luke and his team begin to plan for the massive event one expected to be larger than NYC’s celebration at Rockefeller Center, Smoothville City Manager, Angelica Mason discovers someone’s out to sabotage Smoothville’s Christmas Extravaganza. ![]() Mayor Luke Evans and Deputy Mayor Jocelyn Lopez promise Smoothville, Georgia residents a Christmas celebration like none other in order to heal their broken city torn apart by the recent mayoral election. ![]()
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![]() But at the time, copies of it were prohibitively expensive and I despaired of every getting a copy of it, just like the other two books on my wishlist: STORMFIRE and THE SILVER DEVIL. It was like something out of a Lisa Frank-themed porno shoot and I knew I had to have it. Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestĮNCHANTED PARADISE has been on my to-read list for a while ever since I saw it featured on a blog celebrating beautiful covers. He knew he must possess her totally and have her by his side, so together they could share love's Enchanted Paradise Her long raven hair was like silk to his touch her ruby lips beckoned for his kiss. She was an innocent child on the brink of womanhood, and his desire for her pulsed through his body with burning fury. The sight of his strong, muscular chest made her weak with longing, for once he awakened her to the joys of passion, she wanted to spend the rest of her nights with him alone!įrayne's quest left him with little time for anything other than his search for the unicorn, yet he could not believe his good fortune when he first set eyes on the ravishingly beautiful Aurora. Frayne - magnificent warrior, reckless lover - the only man Aurora ever needed. It was not until she met Frayne that she understood her destiny was in his embrace. ![]() ![]() Aurora knew that she didn't belong with the elves who raised her, but was happy to live among the gentle creatures of the glade. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Larson recounts this fascinating account in his highly researched nonfiction volume that reads more like an epic novel than a history book. ![]() But 18 minutes later, with its entourage of nearly 2,000 stranded in the water, the ship submerged. Even though there was a gaping hole in its side, many still believed the Lusitania wouldn’t sink. Most assumed the Germans would leave the Lusitania alone because it was filled with civilian passengers, including many women and children.Īuthor Erik Larson tells of the ship’s final voyage and its ultimate sinking in his captivating book “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.”Ī single torpedo fired by a German submarine sunk the Lusitania with only a day left on its journey and within sight of land. It departed from New York in the spring of 1915 but did so after a warning had been issued by the German government. The Lusitania was regarded as unsinkable not only because of its tremendous size but also because it was blazingly fast. " DEAD WAKE : The Last Crossing of the Lusitania," by Erik Larson, Broadway Books, $17, 452 pages (nf) ![]() ![]() First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis saw as the fundamental truths of the religion. Boethius’s theory that an omnipotent God exists outside of time, and therefore sees humanity’s past, present, and future simultaneously, shows up in the fourth part of Mere Christianity, and appears in many of Lewis’s other books. Lewis's forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief. While the book makes no specific references to Christ, Christian thinkers have celebrated Boethius for pioneering Christian theology. The late classical philosopher Boethius composed The Consolation of Philosophy in the weeks leading up to his execution for treason. Milton’s portrayal of Satan as a “fallen angel”-that is, a being who has corrupted good into evil-had a major influence on the composition of Lewis’s book, particularly the first part. ![]() Milton’s poem tells the story of the fall of man, partly from the perspective of Satan. ![]() ![]() Two of the most notable are John Milton’s long poem Paradise Lost (1667), and Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy, which was written in the sixth century A.D. ![]() The book takes inspiration from many famous Christian works of literature and philosophy. ![]() ![]() ![]() “While Amazon’s applications and its $5 incentive can be viewed as friendly to consumers, physical retailers will see it only one way - as an attack,” writes Tricia Duryee at .Īmazon is a business, and they’ll do what’s best for their bottom line. Now, with the holiday shopping season upon us, Amazon has announced they’re taking $5 off purchases that are scanned in brick-and-mortar stores via their Price Check app for smartphones. ![]() Thirty-nine percent of people who bought books from Amazon in the same period said they had looked at the book in a bookstore before buying it from Amazon, the survey said.” “According to survey, conducted in October by the Codex Group, a book market research and consulting company, 24 percent of people who said they had bought books from an online retailer in the last month also said they had seen the book in a brick-and-mortar bookstore first. Last weekend, Julie Bosman at the NY Times addressed a nefarious shopping trend that’s plaguing bookstores: “showrooming.” The term means browsing in a brick-and-mortar store, finding a book you like, and then using your smartphone to buy it online, and “probably at a steep discount from the bookstores’ archrival, .”īosman isn’t just pointing fingers at the e-commerce giant she’s got figures to back her up. ![]() ![]() ![]() From these "mismatches" comes a strong feeling of exclusion. Each of these examples is a "mismatch", a design anomaly that deprives a group of people of the use of a product. In other cases, the small size of some women forces them to wear shoes in the children's department. Similarly, racialized people are confronted with facial recognition systems that are set up to distinguish only white-skinned people. Mismatch by Kat Holmes: 9780262539487 : Books How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work for all.Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't. This is particularly the case for people in wheelchairs for whom access to certain buildings is impossible. Very often, products and infrastructures designed by designers leave out entire populations who cannot use them. ![]() ![]()
![]() But that is more on me and my lack of knowledge about Norse mythology. Outside of the behavior of several of the characters. I’m not sure I can truly find something else I did not like about the book. I assume that means the chapters in the actual book were close to 70 pages each. Yes, I listened to the audiobook, but each “chapter” was roughly 75 minutes in length. One negative about this book is the lack of chapters. This is a story of love- the love of a mother for her children, a wife for her husband, the love of friends. This is more than a story of a powerless witch gaining her powers back. And if you are unfamiliar with many of the names found in Norse mythology and folklore, this is probably the best way to read the book. I will admit, I listened to the audiobook and did not read a physical copy. ![]() Will she fight to stop the prophecy? Or will she fight to control the destiny of her loved ones? Postives Angraboda works hard to keep her family safe, especially as she starts to regain her power of prophecy. ![]() Their union produces three children, each with a unique power and destiny. ![]() She distrusts him and his actions, but over time finds herself in love with him. He reveals himself to be the trickster god, Loki. Soon she is found by a man bearing a special gift. Injured and powerless, she flees to the farthest corner of the 9 Worlds. CW/TW: death, violence, murder, war, forced marriage, kidnapping Synopsisįor refusing to give Odin what he wanted, Angrboda was sentenced to death by burning. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL66562W Page_number_confidence 94.21 Pages 486 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210727155737 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 497 Scandate 20210723095501 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9782909240251 Tts_version 4. ![]() Urn:lcp:raisonetsentimen0000aust:lcpdf:6b8f6bfa-8b34-439d-a097-e8c9612179eb Publié en 1811, Raison et sentiments est considéré comme le premier grand roman anglais du XIXe siècle. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:03:48 Associated-names Montolieu, Isabelle de, 1751-1832, Trad Seyrès, Hélène, Préf Boxid IA40194111 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Ang LeeRalisation Emma ThompsonScnario, Interprte Kate WinsletInterprte Hugh GrantInterprte Alan RickmanInterprte Jane AustenRoman Michael Coulter. ![]() ![]() I’m sure the combo of the cover and the romance novel blurb on the paperback drew in a lot of readers but they really don’t reflect the novel or do it justice. ![]() Lou is a fully realised character, who just can’t help how much she loves cataloguing everything. I like how little the bear is humanized in the story and it’s not supernatural or too allegorical, which I think is what I was expecting.ĭon’t believe the synopsis that calls the main character “a mousy librarian” either. The sex scenes are stark and almost uneventful in the context of the novel. It is a lot less lurid than I was expecting and also a lot shorter (girl, I love a novella). It illustrates a specific time in Canadian history and in Canadian fiction but still feels really contemporary today. Róisín: Straight up, this book is amazing. The synopsis: “ A mousy librarian is called to a remote Canadian island to inventory the estate of a secretive Colonel whose most surprising secret is a bear who keeps the librarian company–shocking company.” Anyway, I’ve known of this book for a while but never really been interested in reading it. ![]() I was like, ugh not another book where a lady fucks a bear! Just kidding, I don’t know about any other books where that happens (please send some my way if you do though). I think I first heard about this book in university and was probably rolling my eyes. Bear, published in 1976, is apparently “the most controversial novel ever written in Canada”. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The desolate Soames learns that his wife is having an affair with a Belgian, and discovers that Irene's house, Robin Hill, is empty and to let. She marries Michael Mont, the heir to a baronetcy, and when young Jolyon dies Irene leaves to join Jon in America. In To Let Fleur and Jon fall in love Jon's father feels compelled to reveal the past of Irene and Soames, and the agonized Jon, in spite of Fleur's Forsyte determination, rejects her. Meanwhile Soames marries Annette Lamotte and they have a daughter, Fleur. In Chancery describes the growing love of young Jolyon, Soames's cousin, for Irene Irene's divorce from Soames and her happy marriage with Jolyon and the birth of their son Jon. Bosinney is killed in a street accident and Irene returns to Soames. He marries the penniless Irene and builds a country house for her, Robin Hill when she falls in love with its architect, Bosinney, Soames asserts his rights over his property and rapes her. As Irene Forsyte, in the new, eight-part Masterpiece Theatre version of 'The Forsyte Saga' (based on the first two books of the trilogy by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Galsworthy). Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor, the nephew of ‘old Jolyon’, lives in London surrounded by his prosperous old uncles and their families. The three novels containing the story, The Man of Property (1906), In Chancery (1920), and To Let (1921, with two interludes, ‘Indian Summer of a Forsyte’, 1918, and Awakening, 1920), appeared together in 1922 as The Forsyte Saga, tracing the fortunes of three generations of the Forsyte family. ![]() |