![]() Read MoreĪ summer romance with the football hero she's always loved. Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife’s case.Ĭaught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decide if he can set aside the past for a future with Ivy―a future more and more at risk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resort and Deep Haven itself. And once she gets past Darek’s tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity’s death.Īll Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family she’s always longed for. New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn’t know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. ![]() ![]() But he’s also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. ![]() 2014 Christy Award winner!Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor―oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father. ![]()
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As an example of Hollywood studio system “product” from the days when the main objective of movies was to provide escapism and sell popcorn, Mildred Pierce is every bit as efficient as its titular character. ![]() ![]() ![]() Young’s nonfiction book, Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (Graywolf Press, November 14, 2017), won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and named a New York Times Notable Book, a N ew York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice” selection, and a “Best Book of 2017″ by NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Smithsonian, Vogue, the Atlantic, Nylon, BuzzFeed, and Electric Literature. ![]() ![]() His collection Jelly Roll: a blues (Knopf, 2003) was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, most recently Brown (2018), a New York Times Notable Book Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015(Knopf, 2016), longlisted for the National Book Award and Book of Hours (Knopf, 2014), a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize for Poetry from the Academy of American Poets. ![]() Kevin Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, newly named a National Historic Landmark, and Poetry Editor of the New Yorker. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His administration also continued arming the Indonesian military in its brutal and deadly occupation of East Timor.īut Carter also oversaw major (and under-appreciated) foreign policy successes, such as the SALT II nuclear weapons reductions, the Camp David Accords ending the Egypt-Israel conflict, and the removal of U.S. After the Russian invasion, Carter also reimposed draft registration, a costly and foolish policy that persists to this day. ![]() Some of his mistakes (in retrospect, at least), include the failed mission to rescue American diplomats held hostage in Tehran, which ended with nine people dead, and secretly arming Islamist mujaheddin in Afghanistan in order to draw the Soviets into a Vietnam-style bloodbath. It has something to do with "malaise" and lack of "leadership." And the Carter administration surely had its blunders, particularly on foreign policy. As his doctors bring a full-court press of medical interventions-including chemo, surgery and radiation-political commentators are rushing to fill in the 90-year-old former president's legacy.Ĭarter gets a very bad rap, particularly from libertarians and conservatives, but it's not entirely clear why. Last month, Jimmy Carter announced he had cancer and that it has spread to his liver and brain. This article first appeared on the Anything Peaceful site. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is Susannah's story of her terrifying descent into madness and the desperate hunt for a diagnosis, as, after dozens of tests and scans, baffled doctors concluded she should be confined in a psychiatric ward. Everything she had taken for granted about her life, and who she was, was wiped out. Within weeks, she would be transformed into someone unrecognisable, descending into a state of acute psychosis, undergoing rages and convulsions, hallucinating that her father had murdered his wife that she could control time with her mind. Then one day she woke up in hospital, with no memory of what had happened or how she had got there. ![]() Susannah Cahalan was a happy, clever, healthy twenty-four-year old. Though I would have moments of lucidity over the coming days and weeks, I would never again be the same person. ![]() ![]() 'My first serious blackout marked the line between sanity and insanity. Brain on Fire is the stunning debut from journalist and author Susannah Cahalan, recounting the real-life horror story of how a sudden and mysterious illness put her on descent into a madness for which there seemed to be no cure. ![]() ![]() The Second Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. The First Formic War (with Aaron Johnston)Įarth Unaware / Earth Afire / Earth Awakens Shadow Puppets is the continuing story of Bean and Petra, and the rest of Ender's Dragon Army, as they take their places in the new government of Earth.Įnder’s Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind / Ender in Exile / Children of the FleetĮnder’s Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets / Shadow of the Giant / Shadows in Flight With Bean at his side, the two will reshape our future. And he has an irresistible call on the loyalty of Earth's young warriors. Peter Wiggin, Ender's older, more ruthless, brother, sees that any hope for the future of Earth lies in restoring a sense of unity and purpose. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most of all, seeking to control the skills and loyalty of the children from the Battle School.īut one person has a better idea. ![]() ![]() The unity forced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. ![]() ![]() Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth and The Shadow Series.Įarth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, as normal as life can be when you can see souls and your boyfriend is Death. You would think after helping save her boyfriend from an eternity in Hell that things would go back to normal. He is Death and he's about to break all the rules. What she doesn't realize is that her appointed time to die is drawing near and the wickedly beautiful soul she is falling in love with is not a soul at all. Not only does he not go away when she ignores him, but he does something none of the others have ever done. Until she stepped out of her car the first day of school and saw an incredibly sexy guy lounging on a picnic table, watching her with an amused smirk on his face. If she didn't let them know she could see them, then they left her alone. Once she realized the strangers she often saw walking through walls were not visible to anyone else, she started ignoring them. Seventeen year old Pagan Moore has seen souls her entire life. ![]() Pagan Moore doesn't cheat Death, but instead, falls in love with him. ![]() What happens when you're stalked by Death? You fall in love with him, of course. ![]() ![]() ![]() But is Jenna ready to sacrifice what she's worked so hard for in exchange for a shot at something much deeper? As the two women grow closer onstage and off, they must learn how to fit each other into a demanding lifestyle full of unexpected twists and difficult decisions. Her new costar is talented, beautiful, generous, and the utmost professional. The one thing she didn't prepare for, however, was Adrienne. She's waited for this opportunity her entire life and will let nothing stand in her way. Jenna settles easily in to life on tour and has a promising career laid out in front of her, if only she plays her cards right. In more exciting news, Jenna discovers acclaimed television star Adrienne Kenyon is headlining the production. ![]() At graduation, she's stunned when a chance audition lands her a prime supporting role in the hottest Broadway touring production in the country. ![]() She's taken dance classes, voice lessons, and even earned her performance degree from one of the most prestigious musical theater programs in the nation. Jenna McGovern has spent her whole life training for the stage. If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. ![]() With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future-and they're still happening. ![]() Sixteen year old Evangeline "Evie" Greene leads a charmed life-until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Seth Material has been considered in certain circles to be "a book entirely written by a demon. Various ministries have warned their members about the dangers and deceptions of reading channeled messages from Roberts and others. Seth's teaching of a philosophy far more detailed than and not in keeping with traditional Church-authority, God-separate-from Creation, one-mortal-life, Jesus-centered messages has also received its share of criticism from some Christian believers. There certainly was the time and talent for fraud to play a role, but we cannot discriminate between that possibility and the possibility of unconscious production- At any rate, given these circumstances, there seems little need to consider the involvement of any supernatural agency." Alcock opined, "In light of all this, the Seth materials must surely be viewed as less than ordinary. Professor of psychology and noted critic of parapsychology James E. ![]() His opinion was that the Seth texts are based on a misunderstanding of both Christianity and of Eastern religions. The poet Charles Upton, in his collection of essays titled The System of Antichrist, posited that Roberts multiplied the self due to a fear of death. ![]() Roberts and the Seth Material have attracted critiques from outside the paranormal community. ![]() |