![]() ![]() ![]() "Scan the cover blurbs on David Nickle's new collection of horror and dark fantasy - he has an armful of awards to his credit - and you might well wonder how you've missed him. Nathan Ballingrud, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of North American Lake Monsters He's at the top of his game in this new book of short stories, and that's about as good as it gets." His stories are dark, wildly imaginative, and deeply compassionate-even when they're laced with righteous anger. "David Nickle is my favourite kind of writer. ![]() Nickle's prose has gorgeous lines of symmetry and a steel spine." -Laird Barron, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All "Knife Fight and Other Struggles is a remarkable collection that drops some hi-fidelity weirdness on the scene. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test. The local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues. ![]() The vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head. The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. 'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one armchair, a police officer in another, and between them a mystery.' Print The Cornish Coast Murder - A British Library Crime ClassicĪuthor(s): John Bude Martin Russ Edwards (Introduction by) ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the novel takes place in Russia, where food is scarce - food scarcity is always an issue whenever you hear about life in Soviet times, of course. Rosa was raised in an orphanage where she learned Russian and forgot the tartar language, culture, and cooking of her vaguely remembered parents. ![]() In the novel, Rosa's daughter Sulfia, Sulfia's daughter Aminat, her husband (who leaves her and she scarcely cares), and several lovers and other contacts all are seen through her self-absorbed, self-serving, and sometimes cruel eyes, and as a result it's also hard to be very sympathetic to them or to her. I don't know if this difference has anything to do with the unlikeableness of this character. ![]() Bronsky's family left Russia for Germany, unlike most of the other immigrant writers I've read - who live in New York, mainly. Rosa, the narrator of Alina Bronsky's novel The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine is for me one of the least sympathetic characters of this newish literary school (if you can call it that). These Russian emigrants, as I've noted before, offer us a variety of insights into how they adjusted (or didn't adjust) to their new schools, environments, material possessions, and to the problems of assimilation that their parents faced. Now we know that among these children were a large number of gifted writers. As the Soviet Socialist Empire disintegrated, large numbers of Jewish refugees fled from their impoverished, discriminatory, and increasingly erratic life there, often taking young and impressive children with them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rob Pue Publisher, Wisconsin Christian News David Fiorazo is an eloquent and excellent writer, challenging Christians to speak out and take action against the growing secular culture infiltrating our nation. This book will open people’s eyes and motivate them to action. ![]() Jan Markell Founder of Olive Tree Ministries The Cost of Our Silence should be required reading for high school and college students, professing Christians, and perhaps most importantly, our pastors and church leaders. ![]() I consider him one of the best “watchmen on the wall” sounding alarms today. He is one of my most articulate radio guests. His sense of urgency to warn the church about our silence cannot be overstated. David Fiorazo has an uncompromising, hard-hitting writing style overflowing with compassion for all people, and his perspective is soundly based upon the truth of God’s Word. ![]() ![]() ![]() That's what Winter thinks.Ī heartwarming, heart-burning, passionate, sexual, comical, and completely original adventure is about to happen in real time-raw, shocking, soulful, and shameless. Hell is the same as any hood and certainly the Brooklyn hood she grew up in. Will she blow Winter's head off? Can Winter dodge the bullets? Or will at least one bullet blast Winter into another world? Either way Winter is fearless. Simone, Winter's young business partner and friend, is locked and loaded and Winter is her target. But Winter is not the only one with revenge on her mind. She's eager to pay back her enemies, rebuild her father's empire, reset his crown, and ultimately to snatch Midnight back into her life no matter which bitch had him while she was locked up. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow. The long-anticipated sequel to Sister Souljah's million copy New York Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever. ![]() ![]() With a Reader card you can now access the archive in the Manuscript Reading Room (LM 101). The card is valid for two years, grants you access to the library’s reading rooms, and makes an excellent keepsake from your travels in Washington, D.C. Staff direct you to a computer area where you enter your contact information and then proceed to another area where details are finalized, your photo is taken, and you are issued an official Library of Congress Reader card. The Reader Registration & Researcher Guidance Room (LM140) is well organized. The largest library building in the world, the archive is contained somewhere within its 1.5 million square feet of space. ![]() The Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive is located in the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress at 101 Independence Avenue, SE. so beginning at the correct building is a good starting point. The Library of Congress has three buildings in Washington, D.C. Here’s our experience as a helpful guide if you’d like to do some exploring of your own. Thanks to the help of friendly staff, we learned how to locate and access the archive. The Library of Congress contains “ more than 162 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves.” It was our first time exploring the Library of Congress so knowing where to look involved some luck and assistance. Actually holding letters and research notes written by Carl Sagan makes his work tangible and connects the reader with the person who has inspired so many of us. Exploring the archive is exhilarating and personal. ![]() ![]() By obeying the wishes of men, Laura becomes trapped into the most disastrous marriage imaginable. However, this world order arranged by men is totally dysfunctional. Their mobility and freedom are constrained by the cumbersome Victorian-style dresses consisting of numerous petticoats, tight corsets and wide skirts. ![]() They cannot freely choose their marital partners and have to comply with the wishes of their domineering fathers and uncles. They are secluded in the domestic sphere under the guardianship of men, such as their uncle and their solicitor. ![]() They cannot venture outside of their house and seek useful employment in the wider world. Laura and Marian are denied the chance of a higher education and must content themselves with learning the feminine subjects of painting and music. The story shows that women have little power to shape their lives to their liking. Laura’s uncle is unwilling to safeguard Laura’s property and marital happiness while Anne’s mother is indifferent to her daughter’s imprisonment in the asylum. ![]() Most people around them are indifferent to their suffering and plight. Laura Fairlie and Anne Catherick are the damsels in distress who endured great physical and psychological pain under the tyranny of patriarchal society. The Woman in White is the story of distressed damsels who are suffering from the abuse and persecution of men. Buy Study Guide The oppression of women in the Victorian era ![]() ![]() Honor Mackenzie and Rowdy, her trusty Search and Rescue dog, join the SAR team to search for the tail section, reported by witnesses to have landed in the dark and rainy woods along Baltimore’s Patapsco River. ![]() ![]() (For more information about these worthy groups, visit ) About Honor Redeemedĭuring rush hour one cold November night, a jumbo jet crashes on a busy highway…most of it, anyway. She has received nearly 10,000 letters from fans who write to say she’s “a gifted writer whose stories touch hearts and change lives.” Her 9/11 series, First Responders ( From Ashes to Honor, Honor Redeemed, A Man of Honor) is no exception, and it’s raising awareness and funds for organizations that assist soldiers and first responders, and their families. With more than 3,000,000 copies of her books in circulation, best-selling author Loree Lough’s titles earn 4- and 5-star reviews and industry/reader’s choice awards. ![]() ![]() Ayda Mensah last interacted with This Unit on Preservation Station at 08:27:22 on CRST. ![]() Yuen: Well, that’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? SecUnit, where did you last physically interact with Dr. ![]() Yuen: More receptive? Is that what they’re calling it…? Tidwell: I’m used to working with ComfortUnits! They’re more receptive if you’re polite.ĭr. Tidwell: Sorry, SecUnit, you’re not allowed to know-ĭr. This Unit: Please identify yourself and your location. Still, it’s creepy, the way it snaps awake. Unidentified Human 2: You knew it was gonna wake up, stop freaking out. Reason=Admonishment+Annoyance, 82% likelihood. Unidentified Human 2 hits Unidentified Human 1 in the shoulder. Please identify yourself and our current location. 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![]() In this compelling historical picture of Jesus, Prof. ![]() Wright guides readers through the life of Jesus, drawing on the messages from the Old Testament and offering insights into New Testament accounts of the life of the Son of God.Īs always, Wright’s work is written in accessible rather than academic language, with an inherent appeal to a popular mass audience. In an introduction to the revised book, he highlights why he decided to revisit the publication: principally the challenges – both political and religious on a global scale – brought to the world of the 21st century. Wright, Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, seeks to make the arguments and research of the 1996 publication accessible to lay people, adding a resurrection discussion to the original text. The life and death of Jesus is shrouded in challenge, debate and questions. ![]() ![]() Drawing from the roots of his 1996 work, Jesus and the Victory of God, one of the world’s best known New Testament scholars seeks to tackle what is described as ‘the historical Jesus’ debate. ![]() |