I truly hate not liking books and it's not really that I didn't like it, I certainly didn't hate it but it just didn't live up to its promise there could have been much more depth to the characters and story, all the premises were there but they just petered out.and it's not that I dislike happy endings, I'm a sucker for them, but usually there is a lot of heartache and trouble before the happy ending. Don't get me wrong it was nice to read a nice story about nice friendships and nice relationships and nice husbands but where were the problems we were promised? They all nicely disappeared with no real heartache, everything worked out just.well, nicely. I wanted to like this so much more as it is a new author and the blurb sounded like it would be a fairly decent story however I have to say I was disappointed, the blurb didn't come through with it's promise - confrontation of pasts, a friendship that changes their lives, breaking points.not from where I was reading.
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Novel the hunchback of notre dameContrary to what every movie based on the book would lead you to believe (see below), it is primarily about Paris and the cathedral and medieval French society, against which backdrop a story of obsessive lust, naive love, and betrayal unfolds. The proper title of Victor Hugo's novel is Notre-Dame de Paris. Written with a profound sense of tragic irony, Hugo's powerful historical romance remains one of the most thrilling stories of all time. When Esmeralda is condemned as a witch by Claude Frollo, the tormented archdeacon who lusts after her, Quasimodo attempts to save her but his intentions are misunderstood. It is the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral, who falls in love with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda. Set amid the riot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's masterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1831. So many books refer to religious sentiment as if it were a single sort of mental entity. There is no one essence in religion, but many characteristics. Lecture 2: Circumscription of the Topic.These peculiarities often have given them their religious authority and influence. In those for whom religion is an acute fever one often finds symptoms of nervous instability, psychical visitations, exalted emotional sensibility, often fallen into trances, heard voices, seen visions and other ordinarily behavior patterns classed as pathological. The description of man’s religious constitution fills these twenty lectures. This classic book has become famous as the standard scientific work on the psychology of religious impulses and of the varieties of religious experiences. (ENTIRE BOOK) It is to our culture’s advantage that there exists so many religious types and sects and creeds. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock. This material is taken from the book published by The Modern Library, New York, 1902. He was a teacher at Harvard (1872-1907), at first of physiology and anatomy, later of psychology and philosophy. William James (1842-1910), became one of the most eminent of American philosophers and psychologists. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Dear john nicholas sparks summaryJohn and Savannah get over his unhappiness, and he pledges that he'll be back at the end of 12 months so they can wed.īut then 9/11 happens, and like every man in his group, John re-enlists. Diseases don't destroy and kill, but exist primarily to inspire admirable conduct by nexts of kin. In a Sparks story, as we know from " The Notebook," problems like autism and Alzheimer's are never seen in their tragic stages, but always allow the good souls of their victims to visibly glow. Did he never, by the age of 22, observe that his father was strangely mannered? Did no one else? What was his (now absent) mother's thinking? Did the movie mention any employment history for Mr. Savannah meets him and casually observes to John that he is autistic - a mild case, she gently suggests. John was raised by his father ( Richard Jenkins), a quiet man who wears white gloves while admiring his coin collection, and cooks chicken every Saturday and lasagna every Sunday. In the few precious days they share, they fall deeply into PG-13 love. He could have gotten her kitten down from a tree. John dives in and retrieves it, and we guess it could have been worse. Amanda Seyfried plays Savannah, an ethereal beauty whose purse falls off a pier. Channing Tatum stars as John Tyree, a handsome Army Special Forces specialist home on two weeks' leave at the South Carolina shore. Rowling.įor more fantasy collections and box sets, take a look at Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch series for more magical and spell-binding adventures. Delve into the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with this stunning new edition of the classic and internationally bestselling series by J.K. This collection includes a stunning paperback edition of all seven novels in the series in one affordable box set making it the perfect gift for children ages 9+ to keep them entertained for hours on end. The Harry Potter books are essential for any bookshelf. Escape to Hogwarts with the unmissable series that has sparked an enthralling beginning to a lifelong reading journey for children and families all over the world. Join the spellbinding adventures of Harry Potter, presented in a magical boxed set containing paperback editions of J.K. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Ben clanton booksMy hope is that young readers will help make that future!Ģ. that bullying and untruthful boasts and bravado will be less tolerated. My hope is that in another 8 years, Vote for Me will not be as relevant. I have written and illustrated a number of books since I made my debut with Vote for Me, but I think this title remains one of my best (and admittedly most polarizing) read-alouds. I think a humorous take on this can be a great way to open a dialogue. The divisiveness, name-calling, and mud-slinging parodied in Vote for Me are pervasive realities that people (including kids!) see and hear on a daily basis. If anything, Vote for Me is more relevant now than when it first published in 2012. Why did you decide to revisit this title?īen Clanton: Unfortunately (and I think unsurprisingly), politics and elections haven’t become any cleaner in the past 8 years. Vote for Me was originally published in 2012. Hello! Please welcome our special guest today, Ben Clanton, creator of Mo’s Mustache and the graphic novel series Narwhal and Jelly as he talks about his re-issued edition of Vote for Me!ġ. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Now i rise bookShe so blatantly refuses to be held down by any man. I honestly just couldn’t help but grin at so many of her remarks and witticisms throughout the book, and I love every second of how devoted her men are to her. LADA ➳➳ “Why must I always be a man’s servant? If anything, I should be partners with the devil, not his servant.” Will Radu’s love for his childhood friend be enough, or must he, too, find his own way? Meanwhile, Radu helps Mehmed plot to overtake Constantinople, but the waters become muddied when Radu is sent into the city as a spy and begins to second-guess his own motives as well as the sultan’s. When she finds that Mehmed has not been entirely honest or beneficial to her cause, Lada’s rage encourages her to finally embrace the cruelty of her nature and to seek out the throne via any means necessary. She was built into this amazing, fierce little creature in the first book, but her leadership qualities as well as her dedication to Wallachia really shine in this one.Īfter leaving Mehmed’s side to carve out her own path to the throne of Wallachia, Lada Dracul finds herself without allies, assistance, or power to speak of, besides the loyalty of her men. Now I Rise is non-stop action, death, war, betrayal, and general bad-assery from Lada. They were loyal to her, and to the hope that perhaps she would find them a place in the world.įIVE. They had nothing better, nowhere else to go. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Lick kylieOnce you get past the premise, the story improves from F to average. “Not that I hadn’t given him provocation.” Her: You didn’t notice that you were marrying someone too sloshed to stand, and this is my fault for some reason? You’re a dick for taking advantage of me. What do you mean, you have no memories? If it was True Wuv, you’d have been immune to the biological effects of alcohol. What? You realize things don’t always have to make you sore, right? And a used condom would have been better? Her: “The pertinent parts of anatomy felt fine…. Her: HOLY CRAP I’M ON A BATHROOM FLOOR THERE’S A MAN HERE I DON’T KNOW HIM I DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING OMIGOD RAPE PREGNANCY AIDS WHAT HAPPENED?!! I know I have piles of money and other assets to protect, and I’ve only known her for a few hours, and she’s been drunk for all of them, but what the hell. I was extremely frustrated with the opening sequence. I’m not into alcohol as the new forced-marriage matchmaker, but after that opening scene, the story becomes an ok read. Yet when she declines a settlement from his lawyers, they take a detour to spend some time together and try to decide whether or not their instincts back in Vegas led them astray. He quickly agrees to a divorce, and Evelyn flies down to Los Angeles to sort out the paperwork. David is also shocked – that Evelyn doesn’t remember a thing. The morning after her twenty-first birthday, Evelyn Thomas is shocked to find herself married to rock god David Ferris. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Temple grandin picturesShe also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers and their singular gifts, proposing new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers.ĭr. Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically-inclined “visual spatial” thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside the minds of visual thinkers, from the photo-realistic object visualizers like Dr. With her genius for demystifying science, Dr. A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired in Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, and the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Book on heaven by randy alcornIs there something I could do to send signals to Google to show that I am in Matthews, NC?Ģ months ago my listing quit showing up at all unless you typed exact business name What could possibly cause my listing or Google to do this? I have been without my listing for a few months now and have NO calls coming in from it. If you search Locksmith Independence, KS it shows up on the maps. If you search Locksmith Matthews, NC my listing does not show up at all. Keep in mind the GMB is in Matthews, NC All my service areas and the actual map show the correct areas. Now if I search my business name under the auto populate I see it with Independence, KS on the listing. I pretty much do not have any traffic, views or calls now. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. |