![]() ![]() Ostracised by society, May has nothing but time to think on her revenge, after she discovers the true reason for her uncle and cousin’s duplicity. Though alarm bells ring in her head, May doesn’t want to think this jackpot she has stumbled upon is anything but real, but her wilful ignorance robs her of a great deal and at great personal cost. As weeks turn into months, she finds herself increasingly enmeshed in her new family’s crushing kindness. Arriving destitute in San Francisco, into the welcoming arms of family, May Kimble is star-struck by her ‘golden’ cousin and her aristocratic uncle, and falls headfirst into the luxurious opulence of their world, of which she has only ever dreamed. ![]() Set shortly before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, this highly recommended and immersive novel reminds us to be careful what we wish for. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thus, all Chinese Canadian writing is inevitably hybrid" (174). As Maria Ng notes, "Whether the Chinese Canadian world is written about by an outsider or an insider, it remains undeniable that the Chinese Canadian experience is written in a non-Chinese language. As a theme, assimilation is also reflected in Choy's choice, as a Canadian-Chinese individual, to write his novel predominantly in English. Since the characters who are most eager to assimilate are children, Choy may be hinting that assimilation is an idealistic or even short-sighted project, and that, as individuals grow and mature, they gain a deeper appreciation of their traditions and heritage. The parents are where the meeting of the past and the future coincide, and they experience the most conflict about assimilating versus maintaining cultural traditions. The grandmother represents the desire to hold onto the ancient traditions of China, while the children who narrate the novel represent the willingness to embrace Western cultures even at the expense of losing those traditions most cherished by their grandmother. Because the novel focuses on the experiences of multiple generations of an immigrant family, assimilation and resistance to cultural assimilation become important themes. ![]() ![]() Close-up on War tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the war's few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the twenty-year conflict. ![]() ![]() The incredible story of Catherine Leroy, one of the few woman photographers during the Vietnam War, told by an award-winning journalist and children's authorįrom award-winning journalist and children's book author Mary Cronk Farrell comes the inspiring and fascinating story of the woman who gave a human face to the Vietnam War. ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will find themselves expertly guided on a journey that involves them not only in confronting Christianity but also in confronting themselves-their worldviews, hopes, fears, failures, and search for identity and satisfaction-and, finally, in confronting Christ as the altogether credible source of life as God means it to be.” ~John C. ![]() “This book is compelling reading, not only because of its intellectual rigor and the fact that it is beautifully written but also because of its honest, empathetic humanity. ![]() She is cofounder of Vocable Communications and former vice president of content at the Veritas Forum, where she spent almost a decade working with Christian academics at leading secular universities. Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD in renaissance literature from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill College in London. Chapter 1: Aren’t we better off without religion?Ĭhapter 2: Doesn’t Christianity crush diversity?Ĭhapter 3: How can you say there is only one true faith?Ĭhapter 4: Doesn’t religion hinder morality?Ĭhapter 5: Doesn’t religion cause violence?Ĭhapter 6: How can you take the Bible literally?Ĭhapter 7: Hasn’t science disproved Christianity?Ĭhapter 8: Doesn’t Christianity denigrate women?Ĭhapter 9: Isn’t Christianity homophobic?Ĭhapter 10: Doesn’t the Bible condone slavery?Ĭhapter 11: How could a loving God allow so much suffering?Ĭhapter 12: How could a loving God send people to hell? ![]() ![]() But Jill is in deeper waters than she's ever known as she soon discovers, the perils of running wild rivers are tame compared with the hidden dangers in the high-stakes game of art collecting.įrom the cozy rooms of the Breck homestead cabin to the cold multimillion-dollar galleries of the Western art circuit, Zach and Jill must race against time to unmask a ruthless killer hidden in a blue smoke of money, threats, lies, and death. Protecting Jill will take him into familiar territory-among a strange, savagely competitive bunch of collectors who'll do anything to stay at the top. ![]() Though he's got the skills to be a highly effective bodyguard, being a bullet catcher isn't his preferred way to spend time. His expertise is gathering and analyzing information from unlikely and often dangerous sources. Zach Balfour works part-time as a consultant for St. Elizabeth Lowells exciting novels of romantic suspense include the New York Times bestsellers Dangerous Refuge, Beautiful Sacrifice, Death Echo, The Wrong. But when a string of ominous events-including a mysterious fire that kills her great-aunt and a furor in the Western art world raised by a dozen Breck family paintings-culminates in a threat to her life, Jill reluctantly calls in a favor. Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of Lane Faroe, son of two of St. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first six novels in this series had never previously been released in a hardcover edition. In this list, they are numbered not in the order of their original publication, but rather in their chronological order in Drizzt's life. ![]() This series includes re-issues of novels (with new cover art) that had previously been published under different series titles. Drizzt Do'Urden is the main character of most of the books. It combines the series The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, and other sets into an abridged compilation. They are based in the Forgotten Realms setting in the dimension of Abeir-Toril on the continent Faerûn in the popular D&D universe currently published/owned by Wizards of the Coast. Salvatore that began in 1988, and consists of 38 books as of August 9, 2022. The Legend of Drizzt is a series of fantasy novels by R. ![]() ![]() ![]() She comes to love the ailing, obese king, enduring his nightly embraces with fortitude and kindness. ![]() Henry tells the world his new bride is a rose without a thorn, and extols her beauty and her virtue, while Katheryn delights in the pleasures of being queen and the rich gifts her adoring husband showers upon her: the gorgeous gowns, the exquisite jewels, and the darling lap-dogs. But as instructed by her relations, she holds out for marriage and the wedding takes place a mere fortnight after the king's union to Anna is annulled. Henry quickly becomes besotted and is soon laying siege to Katheryn's virtue. A fun-loving, eager participant in the life of the royal court, Katheryn readily succumbs to the king's attentions when she is intentionally pushed into his path by her ambitious family. ![]() Like her cousin Anne Boleyn, Katheryn is a niece of the Duke of Norfolk, England's premier Catholic peer, who is scheming to replace Anna of Kleve with a good Catholic queen. A prematurely aged and ailing forty-nine, with an ever-growing waistline, he casts an amorous eye on a pretty nineteen-year-old brunette, Katheryn Howard. In the spring of 1540, Henry VIII is desperate to be rid of his unappealing German queen, Anna of Kleve. ![]() Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth wife, a nineteen-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Fruit Collection offers an interesting range of items for the home. 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BLM Global Leaders: 'It Feels Like There Is Actually Change Happening Now'.City Approves Reparations for Black Americans in Historic Vote Joe Biden Wants to See Studies About Feasibility of Slavery Reparations.House Could Hear Slavery Reparations Bill for Black Americans This Summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patent and Trademark Office is opposed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which holds trademarks with the office for the terms Mormon, Book of Mormon, Mormon Channel, Mormon Messages, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Since being on the show, she has written a book and titled it “Bad Mormon.” She also applied for a trademark on the term to cover merchandise and other goods, which has resulted in the LDS Church opposing her application, claiming it will tarnish the church’s good name. Heather Gay appeared on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. You may have heard of a wildly popular Broadway musical, for instance.īut it appears that the Church is back to its overly aggressive IP ways. I do like to note in posts like this that the LDS Church has also occasionally been quite lenient when it comes to responding to critiques or commentary as well. The Church of Latter Day Saints has made it onto our pages before for trying to abuse intellectual property laws, typically to keep content out of the public eye that it finds undesirable. ![]() Mon, Feb 13th 2023 03:36pm - Timothy Geigner ![]() |