![]() ![]() Since its available in English now, I won't spoil any further details. It's certainly one of the better ones in general. While this isn't my favourite of the Hohlbein books (that honour belongs to Labyrinth of Horus), The finale even takes more than a little bit of inspiration from that film! In fact, the level of gruesomeness can be on par with Temple of Doom. ![]() ![]() There's a sense of humour consisting of plenty exaggerations and sarcastic descriptions.Īt the same time, it's not a comedy. The writing (in Dutch) is very entertaining. Indy gets beat up (a lot!!) and gets scared as well.īut just as we know and love him, he perseveres all the same and comes out on top in the end. What it IS, is a straightforward adventure with a very human hero. And it's less philosophical than Caidin too. I'm lucky to have all his books in Dutch, but I just discovered *this* one was translated to ENGLISH on the 22nd of March this year!Ĭompared to McGregor, there is a lot less historical detail involved. Just finished reading his chronological first Indiana Jones one, set in 1929-1932. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Another reviewer didn't like how she was painted with such a scarlet brush, but let's face it, she was trying to seduce a married man. Now as to Charlene, I don't want to slut shame her or anything, but there was something off about her. That really pissed me off, her anger, but i again I felt it too. That scene meant so much to me and the heroine destroyed the moments after when her husband was trying to tell her what he felt. ![]() I have done these very things and I understood it. I annoy myself too sometimes especially when I am jealous. I would have pushed him away too and would be hateful and ugly and scared just like her. They were both wrong, but what he did was far worse in my opinion. ![]() ![]() It was a two way street and she was writing to her editor and while it wasn't sexual, she confided in him and let him take up her time. It annoyed me too, but they didn't communicate. Now the wife, once she thought he cheated on her, and it really looked like he did more than kiss to everyone, she became bitter and hateful. Not in bed but with his confidences and his time. He turned away from his wife and let the OW take her place. It might have been two kisses but there was a lot of lust going on there too. Because in every Christian romance fiction the hero cheats and is forgiven by everybody!!! And this gentleman did cheat. Okay the first thing I want to say is that for the first time in my life, I am glad my husband is agnotic/atheist leaning. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The eloquent orator Frederick Douglass (c. ![]() "A collection of rousing 19th-century speeches on freedom and humanity. Errol Louis, host of NY1's Road to City Hall Douglass in Brooklyn shows how the great author and agitator associated with radicals-and he associated with the president of the United States. "Insight into the remarkable life of a remarkable man. "In Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn, Theodore Hamm persuasively and passionately makes the case that the borough (and former city) became a powerful forum for Douglass's abolitionist agenda in the mid-19th century after he escaped slavery in 1838." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() John Dewey is often misrepresented – and wrongly associated with child-centred education. Dewey’s philosophical pragmatism, concern with interaction, reflection and experience, and interest in community and democracy, were brought together to form a highly suggestive educative form. John Dewey (1859 – 1952) has made, arguably, the most significant contribution to the development of educational thinking in the twentieth century. (This ‘John Dewey’ page is due to be extended). His attention to experience and reflection, democracy and community, and to environments for learning have been seminal. Arguably the most influential thinker on education in the twentieth century, Dewey’s contribution lies along several fronts. John Dewey on education, experience and community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their love is sure to melt hearts the chemistry is titillating fun literary references add to the charm and well-drawn secondary characters create additional depth and humor. ![]() Bonnie and Theo are kind, smart, and oh-so-deserving of each other. Martins Paperbacks Publish Date: May 28th, 2019 Format: ebook My Star Rating: 5 out of 5. But his family has financial problems, and his mom is pressuring him to marry a wealthy woman, even though Theo only has eyes for a certain red-haired American. Title: Smitten by the Brit Author: Melonie Johnson Publisher: St. USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnsonaka thewritinglushenjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. An opportunity to teach at Cambridge is perfect, with the added bonus that Theo is nearby. When Bonnie discovers what her fiancé has been up to, a fresh start is needed. ![]() As if it isn’t hard enough to help plan her friend’s wedding instead of her own, Bonnie is trying to repress her attraction to the best man, Theo Wharton, an actual duke who seems to have walked right out of one of Bonnie’s beloved Jane Austen novels. Bonnie Blythe is maybe slightly jealous that her best friend, Cassie-introduced in Getting Hot with the Scot (2019)-is about to get married to a man she has known less than a year, while Bonnie’s fiancé and childhood sweetheart refuses to set a date for their nuptials. ![]() ![]() ![]() Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother’s life, she turns to science for answers. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two – and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away. ![]() SynopsisĪs a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. This post includes affiliate links, which means we may receive a small amount of commission if you purchase an item via this page. It was refreshing to read without prior expectation and once again, the author’s words carried me along seamlessly, while also illuminating the contradictions within the human mind Unusually for me, I requested the e-book without scrutinizing the blurb – simply because I was interested in Gyasi’s work. ![]() I was blown away by Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – the writing and the structure combined to create a truly powerful effect – so I was curious to see which path she’d take next. Transcendent Kingdom was one of my first requests on NetGalley this year and I’m thankful to both them and Penguin Random House for letting me access a review copy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lehane, cementing his reputation as the bard of Irish Boston, did not draw them with such insight and intimate familiarity. The Coughlins would be straight out of central casting if Mr. The book moves to Boston to meet the Coughlins, the lace-curtain Irish family of a proud police captain. Lehane signals the questions of fairness, conscience, fame, power and tactical maneuvering that shape his panoramic story. When Luther walks away from an easy catch and throws the game to avoid an ugly showdown, he creates the highly charged atmosphere in which “The Given Day” will unfold. One particularly gifted black player, Luther Laurence, who will become one of this novel’s central characters, is good enough to get Babe’s goat. The segregated black and white teams get along fine until the blacks start winning. Babe happens onto a group of black players and decides to engage them in some harmless, sporting fun. The train breaks down in Ohio, leaving the white ballplayers with time to kill. The book begins in September 1918 with Ruth on a train, en route from Chicago to Boston in the midst of the World Series. ![]() Babe Ruth, who turns up throughout “The Given Day,” is Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is the only book in the biblical canon that is overtly political, in which God’s role is inferred rather than explicit. For another, God is never mentioned in the entire book. True, Esther is all but Mordechai’s puppet in the palace, but she shows courage in the face of danger, and she saves an entire people from certain death. For one thing, a woman plays the central role. ![]() And it is a wonderful and altogether unusual story to be included in the Hebrew Bible. The story exists for reasons other than verisimilitude. ![]() There is no extra-biblical proof for the events recorded in the book of Esther: no decree for the extermination of the Jews, nor any evidence of the killing spree that the Jews supposedly indulged in once Haman is found out and hanged. The story is full of deception and intrigue: Esther, whose Hebrew name is Hadassah, doesn’t let on that she’s a Jew until the climactic moment when she reveals Haman for the scoundrel he is palace guards plot to kill the king, only to be thwarted by Mordechai, Esther’s uncle and guardian Haman, a deeply anti-Semitic man (if such a word even applies to biblical-era Persia), has to parade Mordechai through the streets, proclaiming the king’s gratitude. The biblical book of Esther tells the story of a beautiful Jewish girl who marries the king of Persia and is able to save all the Jews from the evil plot cooked up by Haman, the king’s chief advisor. ![]() Hadassah: One Night with the King - book review ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything she loves is contained within those four walls, and she has complete control over her space and time. After a childhood accident left her scared (and, if we’re being honest, even before that), she hesitates to leave the house. This might say more about me than Myra, but I found her all too easy to relate to. Furniture moves as though a tiny, invisible force is redecorating on a whim. ![]() It’s a mansion, with hidden secrets that even Myra herself doesn’t fully understand. She is a 34-year-old woman who barely leaves her house, though she impacts the lives of thousands of people every day through her website where she posts pictures and writes stories about the little house she inherited from her step-grandmother.Īnd before you ask-no, it’s not a dollhouse. ![]() Myra Malone is, by definition, a recluse. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone is one such story, and I am grateful for the winding paths this book took me down. I love stories that incorporate magical realism because it makes all of my childhood dreams feel a little more tangible. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges encapsulates a story that stretches across generations and explores all the ways love and loss can affect us, with a mystery steeped in magical realism. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Google ( GOOGL) launched its competing social network, Google Plus, in mid-2011, García Martínez recalls a tense environment at Facebook.ĬEO Mark Zuckerberg commanded his company to operate in a "lockdown" mode. But García Martínez comes off as arrogant instead, especially when he compares Facebook's culture to fascism. He tried to make this part of the book - his time at Facebook - more interesting by weaving in colorful, but unrelated, stories and observations. He worked on ad targeting and launched FBX, a marketplace where advertisers bid on ads.įacebook fired him after two years for a variety of reasons, he says, including insubordination and his struggling ad product, which the company is now shutting down. García Martínez joined Facebook in 2011 as a product manager. Related: I built a Facebook chatbot, but it was awful at chatting "Chaos Monkeys" chronicles García Martínez's life in the San Francisco area between 20 - years that bookended Facebook's IPO. ![]() |
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