5/30/2023 0 Comments Eleven minutes story![]() ![]() In true Bridgerton style, the episode opens with the familiar voice of Lady Whistledown who begins by introducing a season unlike any other and duly clarifying the story is "fiction inspired by fact" with "all liberties taken by the author.quite intentional." Playing within the same delectably colorful palette viewers are accustomed to, Queen Charlotte quickly paints a vibrant picture of the young royal's headstrong nature. In honor of the show's impending release, the streaming giant unveiled the first nine minutes of Queen Charlotte. ![]() ![]() The Shonda Rhimes limited series, which is a prequel tale to the epic Bridgerton series, chronicles the elaborate life and love of Princess Charlotte ( India Amarteifio) and her regal entanglement with the King of England, King George ( Corey Mylchreest). Dearest gentle reader, a new and long-awaited season of passion is finally upon us with just hours until Netflix's regency drama Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story makes its formal arrival. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Bobby hall this bright future![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the message boards and livestreams of this brave new world, Bobby became Logic, transforming a childhood of violence, anger, and trauma into music that spread a resilient message of peace, love, and positivity. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and-with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education-he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age. This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist of our tumultuous age.Ī self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Icon by Frederick Forsyth![]() Who is this man with the golden tongue who is so quickly becoming the promise of a Russia reborn? A document stolen from party headquarters and smuggled to Washington and London sends nightmare chills through those who remember the past, for this Black Manifesto is pure Mein Kampf in a country with frightening parallels to the Germany of the Weimar Republic. As he waits in the wings for the presidential election of January 2000, his striking voice rings out over the airwaves offering the roiling masses hope at last - not only for law, order, and prosperity, but for restoring the lost greatness of their land. ![]() ![]() But for Igor Komarov, one-time army sergeant who has risen to leadership of the right-wing UPF party, the chaos is made to order. An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation is wracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seething hordes of the unemployed roam the streets. It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy. ![]() ![]() ![]() There can be wide differences in how males and females present and I think the author managed to bring those out in Caitlin, though the intense plot does put Caitlin in a situation above and beyond normal everyday life.Ī small town has been devastated. As a female with Asperger's I felt that Caitlin was portrayed realistically. ![]() I came away from this book very satisfied. Reason for Reading: I have Asperger's and when I saw a book that featured a female protagonist with Asperger's I was elated and HAD to read the book. "Allusions to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community's healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn's behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers."- Booklist "A strong and complex character study."- The Horn Book And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be so black and white after all. ![]() Then she comes across the word closure-and she realizes this is what she needs. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. The world according to her is black and white anything in between is confusing. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERSĬaitlin has Asperger's. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Agape cs lewis![]() ![]() Walter Hooper illustrates this in his recollection of the first time he met Lewis. To give time and toil is far better and (for most of us) harder.īecause Lewis was so caught up in the divine dance, he was willing to sacrifice in both his life and financial giving. Giving money is only one way of showing charity. Lewis writes in one of his letters,Īgape is all giving, not getting…. John Stott defines agape love as the sacrifice of ourselves in the service of another. We need to learn to love in an “agape” way. Here are a few hopefully they will inspire you to live out the love of the Trinity. Lewis’s life is full of instances where he modeled this Divine self-giving. That love is not only warmed by the Divine love but modeled by the Divine self-giving of the cross. Our love is preceded by the Divine love and proceeds from it. Love arises out of participating in and getting close to this pulsating energy of the tri-personal love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ![]() ![]() As such, if we’re connected to this source of love, it should impact how we love others. He maintained the Trinity was a source of love and personhood. Lewis wrote a lot about the Trinity and the love that is at the center of it. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Native son by richard wright![]() ![]() ![]() It's not often that I have so many ups and downs with a read- generally, if I like or dislike a book for the first, say, 25%, that is not likely to change in the remaining 75%. I went on quite the journey with this book. How can law contradict the lives of millions of people and hope to be administered successfully? I think Native Son is one of the most powerful and important American books ever written. You can't read this story from a distance. That makes the way the man is treated thereafter so incredibly present and real. ![]() This book dares to tell the story of a young black man who, in a moment of panic, commits a horrible act. There have been many profound and moving stories, both true and fictionalized, of young black men wrongfully accused of crimes. Those who have studied the Harlem Renaissance know that Richard Wright was a passionate, angry man, the writer about whom other African American writers of his era would say, "Well, I'd never write THAT, but I'm glad someone did." Native Son is a brutally frank look at the racial divide of the America of the 1930s, and the relevance to today is positively painful. ![]() Well, here is Larry's two-word review of the book: He explained that he had actually never read it before, which he confessed was really odd, given that the book is an undisputed classic. My older brother Larry, who is extremely well-read, recently came to town for a visit. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Down by Mark Adam Kaplan![]() ![]() Smart analysis delivered to your in Sign up for the OnPolitics newsletter Sen. ![]() Ted Cruz, R-Texas., said during a Republican-led press conference on the debt limit Wednesday. "I can tell you a short-term extension and clean debt ceiling is not going to pass Congress," Sen. Republicans on Wednesday afternoon stood behind the GOP-led House bill that passed April 26, saying a short-term extension would only delay future negotiations. ![]() House Republicans insist they won't raise the borrowing limit unless Democrats agree to spending cuts. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's proposal would curtail spending growth and impose policy changes that include eliminating Biden's student loan forgiveness plan and adding new work requirements for some people who receive food assistance and health coverage. The Biden administration and the GOP-controlled House have been in a standoff over the impending deadline. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Monday the federal government may default and reach its borrowing limit as soon as June 1. WASHINGTON − Lawmakers are turning their backs on passing a short-term debt limit increase that would delay a default on the nation’s debt as President Joe Biden and House Republicans remain gridlocked in negotiations over a debt ceiling bill. ![]() ![]() ![]() Beauty, who is to be the recipient of the gift, agrees to live in the castle. ![]() He bargains and asks if a daughter can take his place. On the verge of leaving for home, the merchant spots a rose in the garden, picks but one flower, and is detained by a hideous beast, who he fears will devour him on the spot.Īt this point, the crux of the story does resemble the modern Disney tale: the merchant is about to be made prisoner of the beast for life. A full spread of food has been set out for him and he rests there. The merchant travels and then finds himself at a magnificent castle. Eleven voices clamor for jewelry or riches, but one, the youngest daughter named Beauty, asks for a rose. He is to embark on a journey and asks his children what gift they desire upon his return. Yet, Villenueve's tale little resembles the modern animated film, and is an interesting study in the origins of fairy tales.Ī well to do merchant is the father to six daughters and six sons. Her story has also produced adaptations, most famously Disney's story about Belle and the Beast. Influenced by Perrault, Gabriella- Suzanne Barbot de Villenueve wrote the original Beauty and the Beast in 1740. Charles Perrault penned the most famous one, Cinderella, which has spurred countless adaptations. The 1700s introduced fairy tales to the world. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Wild texas rose by jodi thomas![]() (The sixth book in the Whispering Mountain series) Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Her newest mainstream novel, TWISTED CREEK, is garnering rave pre-release reviews and is set for release in April 2008. An anthology of short stories, GIVE ME A TEXAN, will be available in February 2008. TEXAS PRINCESS, the next novel in the series was published in November 2007. TEXAS RAIN, the first book in her latest historical "Whispering Mountain" series, was released in November 2006. When not working on a novel or inspiring students to pursue a writing career, Thomas enjoys traveling with her husband and renovating an historical home they bought in Amarillo. ![]() Honored in 2002 as a Distinguished Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Thomas enjoys interacting with students on the West Texas A & M University campus, where she currently serves as Writer In Residence. ![]() With a degree in Family Studies, Thomas is a marriage and family counselor by education, a background that enables her to write about family dynamics. A fifth-generation Texan who taught family living, Jodi Thomas chooses to set the majority of her novels in her home state, where her grandmother was born in a covered wagon. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Douglass the heroic slave![]() ![]() Ecocriticism has failed so far to engage substantially with black cultures of nature. The trope's polemical function is especially apparent when it is contrasted retrospectively with The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), in which nature is a paralyzing wilderness rather than a theater of self-emancipation. This kind of radical republican pastoralism also shapes My Bondage, My Freedom (1855). Douglass fictionalized these ideas in his only novella, “The Heroic Slave” (1853), in which Madison Washington, leader of the 1841 Creole mutiny, declares his independence in a forest glade that functions as a chapel of natural rights. ![]() ![]() Democratic access to arable land was a precondition of real emancipation, which required reversing capitalism's expropriation of the commons. Douglass developed a protoenvironmentalist critique of capitalism's alienation of workers from the land, arguing that liberty achieved its truest expression when free people mixed their labor with nature in the pursuit of self-reliance. ![]() In the 1850s, Frederick Douglass set out to nurture emergent antislavery commitments within the most advanced political milieu of the antebellum decade, the Free Soil movement. ![]() |