5/23/2023 0 Comments Baghdad Sketches by Freya Stark![]() But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and a blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you. The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. ![]() ![]() For this reason your customary thoughts, all except the rarest of your friends, even most of your luggage-everything, in fact, which belongs to your everyday life, is merely a hindrance. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it. To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. ![]()
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5/23/2023 0 Comments Ice breaker hannah grace![]() ![]() It had depth and was plain amazing till the freaking end. It was riddled with ups and downs but you can’t help but feel everything with these characters. This wasn’t the typical third-act conflict type of book. I drank every damn page like it was my only source of water. ![]() The diversity in this book was amazing to see! The writing was □□□□□□□□□□. I can go on and on about how beautifully written this masterpiece was. I read this so slowly because I knew when it would be over I’d be a wreck. You know when you read a book and you feel like if you don’t read it in one sitting then you’ll enjoy it less because the rush of the newness leaves and its appeal dies down? Yeah, this was □□□ that. ![]() Update: I just read the bonus chapters and ugh I’m in dire need of my very own Nate, please and thank you <3 ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Song of the nile stephanie dray![]() ![]() ![]() Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. ![]() In Tom Doyle's thrilling debut, American Craftsmen, Seal Team Six meets ancient magic-with the fate of the United States hanging in the balance. They will discover that the demonic horrors that have corrupted American magic are not bound by family or even death itself. 15.80 16.99 My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie 18.59 19. He hunts for his enemies before they can murder him and Scherie, a new friend who knows nothing of his magic.Įndicott pursues Dale, divided between his duty to capture a rogue soldier and his desire to protect Dale from his would-be assassins. Song of the Nile Stephanie Dray 17.00 Lily of the Nile Stephanie Dray 14.88 16.00 Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolutions Women Kate Quinn, Heather Webb, et al. Major Michael Endicott, a Puritan craftsman, finds gruesome evidence that the evil Mortons, formerly led by the twins Roderick and Madeline, have returned, and that Dale might be one of them.ĭale uncovers treason in the Pentagon's highest covert ranks. US Army Captain Dale Morton is a magician soldier-a "craftsman." After a black-ops mission gone wrong, Dale is cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by his good and evil ancestors. In modern America, two soldiers will fight their way through the magical legacies of Poe and Hawthorne to destroy an undying evil-if they don't kill each other first. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Found in you laurelin paige![]() When I was there-working the bar, assisting the wait staff, attending to the DJs-I felt more free than at any other time of my day. The alternating flashes of dark and soft lights, the throbbing pulse from an Ellie Goulding club mix, the movement of sweaty bodies dancing, grinding, enjoying each other-The Sky Launch Nightclub got into my blood and turned me on in a way that I hadn’t let anyone or anything else do in quite some time. The following story contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual situations. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. ![]() Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The Fisherman by John Langan![]() ![]() The entire backstory started off really well, now this might just be my opinion, but I really like stories which explore a places history and it's consequences in today's times. Then the story of The Station and Corneleus Dort along with Der Fischer was amazing as well. ![]() The story started out really strong, with Abe's grievances, his search of numbing the pain, and the start of his journey as a fisherman, was really captivated with all the intricate details the author managed to portray, especially the one involving the pain segment of Abe's pain vs Dan's.ĭan's initial story arc also started out amazing, with his loss, his failure in coping up and eventual friendship of the two widowers, in a world of sadness. Just finished reading 'The Fisherman' by John Langan and I was disappointed with the ending. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The article also demonstrates that PKC participates within a largely intersubjective tradition of masculine identity formation that is particular to Canada. First, why is it that despite Canada’s geographical and cultural proximity to the United States, the PKC has not followed the same historical trajectory and elicited similarly negative responses as its American counterpart? Second, is there something particular about Canadian experiences of masculinities that accounts for the differences? The article uses the concept of “culture wars” as one of the keys to explaining the differences in public reception. This article addresses two questions regarding the Christian men’s organization Promise Keepers Canada (PKC). Evangelical Christianity, Culture Wars, Hegemonic Masculinity, Intersubjective Masculinity, Promise Keepers Canada, Relationality, Religious Men’s Movements Abstract ![]() ![]() ![]() When We Were Sisters tenderly examines the bonds and fractures of sisterhood, names the perils of being three Muslim American girls alone against the world, and ultimately illustrates how those who’ve lost everything might still make homes in one another. The youngest, Kausar, grapples with the incomprehensible loss of their parents as she also charts out her own understanding of gender Aisha, the middle sister, spars with her “crybaby” younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an impossible situation and Noreen, the eldest, does her best in the role of sister-mother while also trying to create a life for herself, on her own terms.Īs Kausar grows up, she must contend with the collision of her private and public worlds, and choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow, and codependency that she’s known or carve out a new path for herself. In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, the acclaimed author of If They Come for Us traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, NPR, Time, Vox, PopSugar, Autostraddle An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in this lyrical debut novel from the acclaimed author of If They Come For Us.In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, Fatimah Asghar traces t.WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION ![]() a knife-sharp story of self-discovery.”- People “This exquisite debut wrestles with gender, siblinghood, family, and what it means to be Muslim in America-all through the lens of love.”- Time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interactions were found among place and pair bonds, and multigenerational patterns were noted for ancestral and cultural senses of place, with sense of place styles passed from parent to child. Being raised in the place affected feelings of rootedness, particularly for Maori peoples who have ties to tribal territory. Three contexts are used to examine the development of sense of place: residential status in the place (superficial, partial, personal, ancestral, and cultural senses of place) age stage, as in development across the life cycle, using a psychodynamic model (after Erikson and Vaillant) and development of the adult pair bond, most often in marriage. Insider status and local ancestry are important toward the development of a more rooted sense of place. Sense of place differs from place attachment by considering the social and geographical context of place bonds and the sensing of places, such as aesthetics and a feeling of dwelling. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The return of martin guerre davis![]() ![]() Publisher: Macat International Limited ISBN: 9781912127603 Number of pages: 114 Weight: 128 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm You may also be interested in. ![]() Her work is also a fine example of good interpretation - practically every document in the case needs to be assessed for issues of meaning. By Kimberly Webb In 1548, a peasant from the French town of Artigat, Martin Guerre, left home, abandoned his wife, Bertrande de Rols, their son, Pierre Guerre, and a sizeable patrimony to join the Spanish army. Davis takes rich material - dramatic enough to have been the basis of two major films - and uses it to explore issues of identity, women's role in peasant society, the interior lives of the poor, and the structure of village society, all of them topics that had previously proved difficult for historians to grapple with.ĭavis displays fine qualities of reasoning throughout - not only in constructing her own narrative, but also in persuading her readers of her point of view. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. Basing her research on records of a bizarre court case that occurred in 16th-century France, she uses the tale of a missing soldier - whose disappearance threatens the livelihood of his peasant wife - to explore complex social issues. Few stories are more captivating than the one told by Natalie Zemon Davis in The Return of Martin Guerre. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The Cold War Swap by Ross Thomas![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote nearly a book a year for twenty-five years, occasionally under the pen name Oliver Bleeck, and won the Edgar Award for Best Novel with Briarpatch (1984). Thomas followed it up with three more novels about McCorkle and Padillo, the last of which was published in 1990. The novel was a hit, winning Thomas an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and establishing the characters Mac McCorkle and Mike Padillo. After the war, he worked as a foreign correspondent, public relations official, and political strategist before publishing his first novel, The Cold War Swap (1967), based on his experience working in Bonn, Germany. Born in Oklahoma City, Thomas grew up during the Great Depression, and served in the Philippines during World War II. The winner of the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, Ross Thomas (1926–1995) was a prolific author whose political thrillers drew praise for their blend of wit and suspense. ![]() |