![]() ![]() Her grief over Nancy’s death, and the psychic and out-of-body events she experienced following that loss, led to an eight-year spiritual quest where she explored her Jewish roots, the Kabbalah, Buddhism, and reincarnation. ![]() only to lose her abruptly just one year later. ![]() Roberta soon found love again, with a woman named Nancy. As she cleared land, hammered nails, lifted beams, and shivered in her rented mobile home, the answers began to come to her. Immersed in a world of blueprints, materials, contractors, and critters, Roberta confronted the major losses she’d suffered in her life-in particular the deaths of her mother and aunt from cancer and her separation from her father and brother during her placement in an orphanage-and to try to understand how those losses had shaped the woman, lawyer, and activist she’d become. On a blustery Maine day, thirty-nine-year-old Roberta Kuriloff found herself standing on a plot of land purchased with her former partner, Mary Ann, h On a blustery Maine day, thirty-nine-year-old Roberta Kuriloff found herself standing on a plot of land purchased with her former partner, Mary Ann, holding a couple of wood stakes to mark off exactly where her new house would sit. ![]() We're giving away 5 copies of Roberta Kuriloff's poignant memoir! We're giving away 5 copies of Roberta Kuriloff's poignant memoir!. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As a result, a devastated George refuses all of the play’s masculine parts and ends up in the crew. Udell definitely doesn’t understand: When George auditions for the play, the teacher views George’s delivery of Charlotte’s lines as a joke (70). While her best friend Kelly is supportive, she does not understand that George wants the part not merely for the chance to pretend to be a girl on stage but to instead show the world who she really is. ![]() George’s main motivation at the outset is to get the part of Charlotte in the school play version of Charlotte’s Web. Udell, tries to reassure her that her tears at the end of Charlotte’s Web will make her into “a fine young man” in the future (15) and gives her a pass to the boys’ bathroom. ![]() Hiding who she really is hurts George deeply, and having the world think she is a boy is frustrating. The novel opens with George sneaking into the bathroom to look at her secret stash of girls’ magazines, concealing them again before her mother and brother return home. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lilly is at her wits’ end – until a chance encounter with a dark, dangerous and powerful stranger changes her life forever. ![]() Not marriage, not a brood of squalling brats, and certainly not love, thank you very much!īut freedom is a rare commodity in 19th-century London, where girls are expected to spend their lives sitting at home, fully occupied with looking pretty. ![]() Radish/Published Versionįreedom – that is what Lilly Linton wants most in life. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way. Storm and Silence is based around two main characters, the irrepressible Lily Linton and the inimitable Mr Rikkard Ambrose. In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes. Enter the world of Mr Rikkard Ambrose, where the only rule is: Knowledge is power is time is money Book Details Table of Content File Name: storm-and-silence-by-robert-thier. ![]() "Either do what I say - or get another job." "It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. Rikkard Ambrose (Brother) Physical Description Gender Female Eye color Blue-green-grey Hair color Black Lady Adaira Ambrose is Mr Ambrose's younger sister. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The fact that the operatives have sex shows that their observation of society goes beyond recording for scientific study. The central figure to this novel, Anton, only removes his when he has sex his partner assumes it is out of some religious conviction. Operatives spend years observing from within, recording behaviour through a circlet on their foreheads. Rather like the crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek they are banned from intervening in the human societies they encounter, but they do immerse themselves. The book is set in a future time when humans from Communist Russia are exploring the galaxy. Banks and I am certain Banks must have had it in mind when he wrote one of his more neglected SF works, Inversions. ![]() Hard to be a God has similarities to a number of other more contemporary works, in particular the Culture novels by Iain M. This is a really clever and original piece of science fiction that could only have been written by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky from their vantage point within the Soviet Union. ![]() ![]() This format is so helpful to use for a quiet time devotional in addition to one’s regular Bible reading plan. ![]() ![]() Then she directs the reader in things to consider for prayer regarding that attribute. How can this bring Him glory? How can this help one live in better relationship with others? In each chapter, the questions will lead the reader to consider both their vertical relationship with God as well as their horizontal relationship with others. These allow the reader to personally engage with the teaching and to consider one’s own limitations in light of God’s limitlessness. ![]() At the end of each chapter, she invites the reader to meditate on several Scripture verses related to that attribute and then she gives several questions for reflection. In every chapter, Jen notes first our own limitations, drawing the contrast between ourselves and our glorious God, to highlight each attribute, one per chapter. While Jen’s choice of Proverbs 31:30 as her introductory verse and her application of Psalm 139 to women at the end of the book demonstrates an intention to speak to a female audience, the main content of the book is germane to men and women alike. Jen Wilkin is a writer, Bible teacher for women, and speaker. She also explains why this is actually good for us. ![]() Jen Wilkin, in ten chapters, takes an easy-to-read and conversational approach to explain ten attributes of God’s character and shows how we do not possess these attributes. Our culture radically prizes the individual in the way we choose to define or redefine who we think we are. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nina Sheridan desperately needs a timeout vacation. To this end, and as a way to thank her readers for their support, Kristen has created the Rock Chick Nation, a series of programs that are designed to give back to her readers and promote a strong female community. Welcome to New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley's Colorado Mountain Series, where friends become family and everyone deserves a second chance. ![]() ![]() She now writes full-time.Īlthough romance is her genre, the prevailing themes running through all of Kristen’s novels are friendship, family and a strong sisterhood. She worked as a charity executive for eighteen years prior to beginning her independent publishing career. Since, she has lived in Denver, the West Country of England, and she now resides in Phoenix. Kristen, born in Gary and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana and was a fourth generation graduate of Purdue University. ![]() She'll also publish her first-ever murder mystery romance in an episodic format on Kindle Vella. In March, she'll release the THE GIRL IN THE WOODS, the second in her romantic thriller series, Misted Pines. Finally, a good woman rolls into Carnal and Wood finds he’s in competition with his ex-best friend for her love. In December 2022, Kristen published the second in her Wild West MC series, SMOKE AND STEEL, the love story of Hellen and Core. Burdened with guilt and a sister who was out of control, Wood let this leak into his marriage to Maggie. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she’s sold millions of books. Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over eighty romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Startup Way - released in early-October 2017 - is the continuation of the award-winning The Lean Startup - both written by Eric Ries. Embedding the entrepreneurial function in the organizational structure, creating career paths and assessment processes that value innovation, and making use of innovation accounting, ultimately leads to an organization that embodies the concept of continuous transformation. Making use of growth boards and metered funding, the teams learn how to pivot or persevere on each project. A repeated cycle of testing leads to an iterative process where failure becomes a key component in validated learning. ![]() ![]() The core of the approach is the small, internal startup team, a cross-functional group that is focused on testing leap-of-faith assumptions about potential new products with the use of minimum viable products. The lessons of the lean startup movement of Silicon Valley are the basis of The Startup Way, a series of tools and techniques that will unleash this entrepreneurial approach in any organization. A modern company must give every employee the opportunity to be an entrepreneur, recognizing entrepreneurship as a core discipline. ![]() To thrive in the coming century, every organization needs the ability to experiment rapidly with new products and new business models to empower their most creative people, and to engage repeatedly in a process of innovation in order to unlock new sources of growth and productivity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It also seems a bit formulated since Gary knows everything that is going to happen and any information that's needed to survive. ![]() I do think Gary has way too much information and his stats (and reasons for putting new advancement stats where he does) is a bit weird because I played D&D since it came out and only stopped when my brother (who made the world) lost interest in 2010. The game was made for 5 gamers.not 5 gamers and the DM. Gary was a gamer who was a DM (dungeon master) and didn't play a character in the games he was DMing so when the transfer occurred and he was sent along with 4 of his gamers it messed things up a little. I wondered why one player didn't transport but then figured out that Gary transporting was the reason why Zane didn't (or at least I believe that's the reason.). DM gets transported along with 4 of the 5 players in his gaming group and has to deal with adventures. I found the plot of the book to be quite good. I'll admit I was, at first, a bit bored with the dice rolling and stats of the gamers but as I kept reading I found myself looking for these just to see what Gary was going to put the new stats on and how he was going to use them. While I loved the Guardian of the Flame Series up until they decided to "end" slavery, I also liked this book too. Since my only introduction to fantasy gaming group actually entering the fantasy world they play in was Joel Rosenberg's Guardian of the Flame series, I wasn't sure what to expect from a "modern" scenario. ![]() ![]() I wasn’t sure that I really believed a kid her age would think of that. The one moment that rang false to me was when Suzy plans to use her father’s credit card and times her transaction to be a few days before he receives his credit card statement. ![]() Each character felt real, complex, as if they were the type of family one might encounter anywhere in America. It’s clear that among her peers she’s a bit of an odd duck, and she longs to fit in, despite her frequent inability to say the “right thing.” Her family members added a great deal to the story without intruding on Suzy’s space. Suzy seems like she may be on the autistic spectrum, but that never really enters into the narrative. This is one of those books I couldn’t help loving. But her tenacity and wit will bring her friendship much closer to home. Her effort to prove her case will lead her halfway around the world. ![]() Maybe she’ll be able to explain it to everyone. If Suzy can prove why her friend died, maybe the awful ache inside her will go away. ![]() Then she learns about a rare, deadly jellyfish that may have been spotted in waters near where her friend swam. The loss and senselessness of it leave Suzy unmoored. When Suzy’s best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy’s mother says sometimes things just happen. The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I went to look for information on the Kit’s books online, I couldn’t find much, so I created this site in 1998. There’s a great (out-of-print) paperback edition of Masquerade that gives the answer, but I was looking for even more detailed information–a complete breakdown of all the puzzles and the paintings’ clues. Kit Williams created another puzzle book, where the challenge was to discover the book’s very title, before returning to his chosen career of painting. To this day, the complexity of the riddle floors me. I couldn’t, and neither could any of my friends–but it was extraordinary fun trying, and it was a great mental workout. I was sure I would be able to solve the riddle. My father brought the book home one day as a gift and I was hooked. The book, written and illustrated by Kit Williams, could be read as a standard child’s fable about the moon falling in love with the sun, but it was designed as a real-world treasure hunt: Follow the subtle clues dropped throughout the book, and you’d discover the location of a very real hand-made jewel, valued at the time at $5,000. Like a lot of kids who grew up in the late 70’s/early 80’s, I was absolutely enthralled with a picture book called Masquerade. ![]() |