7/6/2023 0 Comments The Gift by Julie Garwood![]() ![]() Nathan had never bared his soul to any woman, but he was soon utterly beguiled and exasperated by Sara’s sweet, defiant ways. a warrior-gentleman whose gentle touch aroused her to the wildest, deepest pleasures of love. The man who now stood before her was perplexing, arrogant and powerfully handsome. Charmingly innocent, she dismissed the ancient feud that divided Nathan's family from her own.and she was totally unaware of his past exploits as the notorious pirate, Pagan. ![]() James, would return to claim her heart at last. ![]() The New York Times best-selling author of Ransom weaves the delightful, sensual story of two lovers destined for high adventure and blissful rapture!Ī child bride, Sara Winchester had grown into a winsome beauty, joyfully anticipating the day when her husband Nathan, Marquess of St. ![]()
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![]() "Harri-son Bergeron" likely draws upon a controversial 1961 speech by then Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow titled "The Vast Wasteland," a reference to a supposed dearth of quality in television programming. Popular aspects of the story include Vonnegut's satire of both enforced equality and the power of the Handicapper General, and the enervating effect television can have on viewers. By the late 1980s, however, "Harrison Bergeron" was being reprinted in high school and college literature anthologies. Initial reviews of the collection generally were less than favorable, with even more positive reviewers, such as Mitchel Levitas in the New York Times and Charles Nicol in the Atlantic Monthly, commenting negatively on the commercial quality of many of the stories. ![]() The story did not receive any critical attention, however, until 1968 when it appeared in Vonnegut's collection ![]() ![]() It was Vonnegut's third publication in a science fiction magazine following the drying up of the once-lucrative weekly family magazine market where he had published more than twenty stories between 19. ![]() "Harrison Bergeron" was first published in the October, 1961, issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The scenarios that follow are recognizable and can be applied anywhere teamwork is involved, whether it is a multinational company, a small department within a larger organization, or a sports team. The story is about a female CEO who is hired to bring together a dysfunctional executive staff to work as a team in a company that just two years earlier had looked promising. Departing from the dry, theoretical writing of many management books, he presents his case in the context of a fictional organization, and in doing so succeeds at communicating his ideas. Building a cohesive team is not complicated, declares Lencioni, president of his own management consulting firm and author of The Five Temptations of a CEO. ![]() Succinct yet sympathetic, this guide will be a boon for those struggling with the inherent difficulties of leading a group. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit instructions for overcoming the human behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results). In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni ( The Five Temptations of a CEO ) begins by telling the fable of woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Washed and waiting review![]() ![]() Because our review will focus on a specific topic within the book, we would like to link you to a couple of reviews that address the book as a whole. This much-anticipated book has generated considerable buzz, and you can find many additional reviews on other sites. ![]() We’re going to start with God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines, which was released on 22 April 2014. Because of this interest, we have decided to post occasional resource reviews on the blog. Here at A Queer Calling, we are interested in discovering what these resources have to say to celibate LGBT Christians or those who are considering celibacy. Please see our updates below.Īs the conversation about LGBT issues in the Church has continued to develop, more and more queer Christian books have begun to line the shelves in bookstores around the world. * We have made a few adjustments to this review since we first published it. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Unearthly book![]() Acclaimed artist Samuel Araya graces this edition of The King in Yellow with his finest work. This beautiful, deluxe edition brings new potency to its stories of madness and romance. Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart. Chambers’ unearthly book has inspired millions of shivering readers since the death of the Gilded Age. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny? ![]() Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.Īs Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make-between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place-and out of place at the same time. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Ĭlara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. ![]() In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Light marks to dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Johns, in the very scarce publisher's original illustrated dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Stead.The fourth novel about flight officer Joan Warralson, known as 'Worrals', a fictional member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the Second World War, inspired by two real female aviators of the author's acquaintance.With the inscription of Irene Rennie, Age 14, to the front free endpaper, dated Sept. The author also wrote a six-volume series titled Worrals series published from 1941- 1950 a series that details the exploitation of plucky WAAF Flight Officer. The first edition, first impression of this novel from W. Johns' fourth Worrals novel, in the charmingly illustrated dust wrapper. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The dog stars![]() ![]() He wants to find out who else might be out there, but there’s one big problem – if he flies too far he might not have enough fuel to get back… Then one day Hig hears a voice on his radio and is intrigued. ![]() Under normal circumstances, Hig and Bangley would have had little in common, but to survive in this new world they have decided to work together to protect the abandoned airport compound they both call home. He spends a lot of his time flying over the mountains surveying the area and searching for food for himself and his nearest neighbour, Bangley, a tough, aggressive man who is obsessed with guns and killing. Among the few survivors is Hig, a pilot from Colorado who lost his beloved wife Melissa to the disease and has been left alone with his dog Jasper and his Cessna plane. The Dog Stars is a post-apocalyptic novel set nine years after life on earth was almost entirely wiped out by a flu-like illness. ![]() ![]() ![]() "This vividly described tale takes readers to an original fantasy world full of strange creatures, intriguing relationships, and long-lost secrets. This is the female protagonist I want my daughters to read and emulate." - SciFi Pulse"What happens when an international best-selling crime novelist tries his hand at a youth fantasy? Well, in this case, success." - BOOKLIST, starred review"Best known for his adult crime novels, Baldacci makes a detour into middle-grade with this wildly fanciful and darkly intriguing tale of a girl forced to fight for her life as she investigates the secrets of her tiny community." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ![]() I've read several novels in the last few years with female protagonists and none of them are as amazing as Vega. Baldacci proves that his pen can engage youth as well as adults." - Richard Paul Evans, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Michael Vey series"Vega Jane has stolen my heart. Baldacci knows how to deliver thrills." - Brandon Mull, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Fablehaven series"THE FINISHER is an enchanting romp through a fantastical world worthy of Rowling or Brooks. ![]() ![]() ![]() An exciting story of smugglers, lawmen, corrupt government officials, organized crime, and slithery beasts., Bryan Christy has fulfilled his contract as a writer on all counts in this impassioned, noirish, funny, ruthlessly-researched masterpeice he has, with a poet's soul, given voice to the voiceless, shown us a world we could not otherwise explore on our own and born witness to the careless mentality of our collecting, consuming culture. Christy takes us deep inside the world of the smuggler. Abagnale's Catch Me if You Can: the determined lawman, the flamboyant scofflaw, the eventual showdown. Set in the mid-1990s, is reminiscent of the film version of Frank W. ![]() By the timeTHE LIZARD KINGhas escalated to describing the bear-gallbladder trade, it is rich with memorable moments.", Who knew the world of reptile smuggling was so poisonous?. ![]() has a tangle of smugglers, agents, breeders and highly colorful minor players (like the tiger-purchasing Miami gangster who sounds like the prototype for "Scarface") with stories to tell. ![]() Christy's entertaining book is about the crooks, swashbucklers and drug kingpins who constitute the underbelly of the reptile-dealing world. ![]() "THE LIZARD KINGis a wild, woolly, finny, feathery and scaly account of animal smuggling on a grand scale, in a weird world so expansive that a few hundred stray snakes and turtles amount to peanuts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No previous yoga experience required, includes section on chair yoga. 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