![]() ![]() I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he could still hurt me. “You should have asked yourself that when you decided to forget you were a married man.” Some emotion crept in, but I held steady. “That’s it, after nineteen years together?” His audacity was astounding. “Goodbye, Neil.” I reached around him to open the door. I wanted to laugh in his face-I was done with tears-but I was too tired. “I think you mean you never meant to get caught.” “I didn’t mean for us to turn out this way.” He shuffled the box in his hands, using both now to hold it. I used more force this time and took the key and my hand back, along with my life. I used to see my future reflected in those brown pools now all I saw was a fork in the road. Lines crinkled where there was once smooth skin. My gray eyes bore into his tired brown eyes that now wore the mark of his age. ![]() I knew that hand better than my own-soft but firm, a comfort once. He barely met my eyes when he pressed the key into my hand and lingered. Well, maybe one thing, but I was claiming Cody mostly mine. ![]() ![]() He shifted the box to one hand while he reached into his pocket for our. He held an open box filled with odds and ends-his alarm clock, the paper weights that used to sit on his desk. ![]()
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![]() As she visits slums and leper colonies, interviews inmates at the Quito Women's Prison, and tussles with corrupt government officials, she paints a vivid portrait of a nation in transition. Soon, she is fending off marriage proposals from thirteen-year-old Darwin, locked in a battle of wills with his classmate Oscar, and struggling to decode the intricacies of the junior high pecking order. She moves into a convent with a rogue American priest, two nuns, and dormitory full of volunteers, and begins teaching children from the poorest and most dangerous slums of Quito, Ecuador. intelligence analyst Maureen Klovers embarks on a year-long quest to understand why so many Latin Americans are willing to risk their lives to come to America. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a memoir that is at once heart-breaking and hilarious, former U.S. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Lovecraft herbert west![]() ![]() Additional head attachments will be created during this campaign that you may purchase as an ADD-ON for just $25. We will be LAUNCHING this figurine and Issue 1 of MEMOIRS of the ReANIMATOR on PDF & PRINT, OCTOBER 11th till CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT on KICKSTARTER. These heads represent portions of this transformation. West has the ability to disappear due to a plan to escape CHARLES DEXTER and his goons. This figure is pulled from the stories of LOVECRAFT P.I. His maniacal smile is accompanied by a syringe of “Reagent,” along with the tentacled head of Dr. Kann & Illustrator Daniel Sguiglia to deliver you one of the most iconic characters to grace literature and movies, Dr. This amazing figurine was sculpted by Mauro Misiewicz with design by Author D.W. UPDATE: Prototype is currently being produced and will be appearing with Darkside Media at Fall 2022 Comic Con Appearances. That includes (3) magnetic interchangeable heads, the muscle-tissue head even glows! Herbert West, THE ReANIMATOR 1:10 Scale PAINTED FIGURINE. ![]() ![]() SPECIAL COMIC CON PRE-SALE TILL DECEMBER 1stĭarkside Media LLC is proud to present the official LOVECRAFT P.I. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Founding fathers ellis![]() We cannot help but point out that many, living in Los Angeles today, look much like the founders of the city. L.A.’s founders were perhaps the most ethnically diverse group of founders for any major city in America. The rest are multiracial combinations of white, black and indigenous. Here, there are 22 adults and 22 children. The result is this collage of 44 faces offering a conceptive portrayal of what the city’s founders may have looked like. We matched their demographics with images of similar contemporary Mexicans. Although we cannot know specifically what they looked like, we do have a record of their names, origin, age, sex, and racial make-up (see table below). To honor the founding of Los Angeles (September 4, 1781), we “put a face” on the 44 people who founded what was originally a tiny farming village. PUTTING A FACE ON THE FOUNDERS OF LOS ANGELES Whatever Happened to the Original Settlers?.Courtesy of the California Historical Society & USC Library. ![]() ![]() Court & Vital Records from Orange County, CAĮl Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles, 1781. ![]() ![]() ![]() Great for individuals, small groups, and mentoring. ![]() Young women will also realize the tremendous wisdom, guidance, and answers available in God's Word. Teens will discover checkpoints to use as guides for making decisions, and they will learn to take the long view when considering consequences. And with the rise of alcohol, drugs, sexual issues, and crime, they must make serious decisions daily.īible teacher Elizabeth George takes teens through the step-by-step process of making decisions that are life-affirming, godly, and wise in areas that include. Today's teens are bombarded with choices about attitudes, behaviors, friends, clothes, finances, and college. Elizabeth George, author of A Young Woman After God's Own Heart (more than 230,000 copies sold), offers another life-changing teen book- A Young Woman's Guide to Making Right Choices. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Strugatsky goodreads![]() ![]() It still speaks to me' Goodreads reviewer, 'Such an intriguing setting for me, such an unusual take on alien interaction' Goodreads reviewer, 'It is a thought-provoking, hard-to-put down masterpiece, most probably the best introduction to Soviet science fiction. Readers can't stop thinking about Roadside Picnic:'A story of a horrific yet fascinating place, a story of an ordinary and unlikable man just trying to get by, a philosophical interlude on humanity and its significance or lack thereof, of greed and wonder, and the fever dream of the soul scream. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. ![]() The Strugatsky brothers' poignant and introspective novel of first contact that inspired the classic film StalkerRed Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the day his nanny fails to show up, Grace goes from caring for Josh's lovable mutt to caring for his rambunctious son. Losing everything has landed her in Lucky Harbor, working as a dog walker for overwhelmed ER doctor Josh Scott. After a hot night under a starry sky, Amy can't deny their attraction but she won't make the mistake of getting involved with the local heartthrobįorever and a Day : Grace never thought she'd be starting her life over from scratch. But when a wrong turn takes her off the trail, she finds herself up close and personal with forest ranger Matt Bowers. ![]() A waitress in the local diner, she's looking forward to her first weekend hike through the mountains. Besides, his lean, hard body and sexy smile will give her plenty to remember once he's gone.Īt Last : Amy Michaels loves her new life in Lucky Harbor. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he's only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine. ![]() But for once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. As the local good girl, she's expected to date Mr. Lucky in Love : Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A church without godly leaders is an endangered church.Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons will be a most useful primer for all those who are committed to doing church leadership by the Bible. The consistent transition into the practical counsel at the end of each chapter, however, is where this book really proves its worth. Right from the start, with the simple clarity and conviction of its opening sentences, this book is marked by sound biblical teaching. ![]() It’s simple, clear, accessible, and wise.Īs a member of a pastoral team that is always at some point in the process of identifying, developing, and affirming elders and deacons, I welcome this helpful book by Thabiti Anyabwile. any Christian since the qualifications for elders (except for the ability to teach) are qualities that should characterize all Christians.Although its primary goal is to help pastors cultivate and select leaders in the church, it’s an edifying read not just for people currently serving as pastors or deacons but for ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Marcus aurelius gregory hays![]() ![]() ![]() If you expect to find a philosophical treatise on Stoicism you will also be disappointed. If you go in expecting a coherent, structured narrative you will be disappointed. Most people appreciated his emphasis on ‘immediacy’ as well as his approach that viewed these notes left by Marcus Aurelius as personal jottings and reminders to self, rather than profound doctrines.įor anyone approaching Meditations for the first, it is a good point to note. Farquharson (1944), Maxwell Staniforth (1969) as well as for the four newer editions published since Hays’, but consistently, repeatedly, overwhelmingly, the rave reviews were all for Hays’ translation. When I started researching for this post, there was love and admiration for the translations by Richard Graves (1792), George Long (1862), C. There had not been a new translation of Meditations since 1969. When Gregory Hays’ translation of Meditations came out in 2002, it was a bit of a landmark event in the classics world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hurricane Lily by Rebecca Rogers Maher (contemporary romance). I'm really excited about this series, and I hope you check this one out. Angel and her girlfriends have some great scenes, too, and we get a really creepy, evil villain. Cole may look like a blond Clark Kent, but once he decides he wants Angel, he becomes a sexy Superman. This book is full of action and such a sexy hero. Angel and Cole end up tangled in this heist together, and their attraction to each other quickly makes things more complicated. ![]() He is undercover trying to bring down this crime lord. What she doesn't know is that Cole is a brilliant agent who works for a secret organization called The Association. She assumes he is just one of the security guards at the sleazy crime lord party they are crashing. During this heist, she meets Cole Hawkins. Angel left the thieving business behind five years ago, but when her best friend's aunt gets kidnapped, she agrees to help her girlfriends pull off one more diamond heist to pay the ransom. What a fun and sexy book! With the start of a new series, Carolyn Crane gives us a book filled with jewel thieves, secret organizations and fun, quirky characters. This week I have a really fun romantic suspense, an angsty contemporary and an erotic novella that I really enjoyed.Īgainst the Dark by Carolyn Crane (romantic suspense). ![]() |