![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This might just be more of a paranormal/supernatural book and not horror but I’m including it anyways. I was terrified by the first book and since I’m a sucker for scaring myself I want to read the sequel! The sequel to the amazing “Anna Dressed in Blood” so of course I need to read it! Hopefully it’s as good as the first one, I wasn’t expecting “Anna” to be as gory and scary as it was!ĩ.) The Suffering (The Girl from the Well #2) by Rin Chupeco You can find some of my other Halloween posts here:ġ0.) Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake It was kind of hard for me to come up with a Halloween theme for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday because I’ve already done so many Halloween themed posts! So I decided to just go with some horror books that are still on my TBR but I can’t wait to read them! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Several discourses emerge as hallmarks of power politics in early modernity: cosmopolitan empire, oppressive empire, cosmopolitan nation, oppressive nation. Parallels to the reign of James I are apparent, where England is embarking upon its ascent to empire, its pax britannica, in the face of Welsh, Scottish or Irish resistance. Bound to pay tribute to Caesar Augustus, Britain’s King Cymbeline contemplates a national rebellion against pax romana, whilst at the same time exercising its own dominance over Wales and other conquered territory in the Isles. ![]() Such concepts are central to Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. Those discourses spawn ideologies of liberation (‘the empire liberates the nation’ ‘the nation must be liberated from the empire’) and counter-ideologies of oppression (‘the empire oppresses the nation from without’ ‘the empire prevents oppression by dominant national groups of subordinate national groups’). 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Within the discipline of social theory, Boorstin’s 1961 book The Image A Guide to Pseudo-events in America is an early description of aspects of American life that were later termed hyperreality and postmodernity. ![]() His The Americans The Democratic Experience received the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in history. He also served as director of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution. ![]() He was a lawyer and a university professor at the University of Chicago for 25 years. He graduated with highest honors from Harvard, studied at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned his PhD at Yale University. ![]() He graduated from Tulsa's Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 15. He was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 until 1987. Daniel Joseph Boorstin was a historian, professor, attorney, and writer. ![]() ![]() While several of Harry’s moments of teenage rebellion made the papers in real time-as highlighted in Netflix’s Harry & Meghan*-*many others apparently did not. The Duke of Sussex lost his virginity in a field as a teenager (Notably, neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace has commented on any of the claims in the book so far.) Below, a summary of Spare’s most headline-making claims. ![]() ![]() Based on translations from the Spanish edition, which accidentally went on sale early, the rest of the memoir is similarly no-holds-barred in scope-with Harry detailing everything from his early experimentation with drugs to his strained relationship with King Charles III over the course of its 416 pages. Days before its release, the Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, already began to dominate the news cycle after The Guardian revealed that it described a physical altercation between Harry and the Prince of Wales at Nottingham Cottage. ![]() ![]() ![]() We sacrifice our lives so that they can go into the world spiritually strong, emotionally healthy, and with a virtuous character intact. When we become God’s agents in passing on lifegiving messages to our children, we are serving Him and His Kingdom purposes in meaningful ways. ![]() You are shaping the history of the next generation by choosing to be a lifegiving mother.Īs I look back on the years of mothering my own four children to adulthood, I am more convinced than ever that God created us to be lovers, teachers, spiritual directors, friends, and so much more to our children. ![]() I know that every day, your life is challenging, demanding, and perhaps isolated as you fulfill this important role. ![]() Now, as she slept with little rattles emerging from her open mouth, she looked like a soft, squishy little angel to me-so very precious and dear to my heart.Īs I sat in the growing darkness, I actually thought of you who will read this book. With the terrible respiratory infection our whole family had shared with her, she had cried for twenty minutes as she gasped and wheezed to clear her congested lungs. Today I sat on a crumpled bed with a soft, pink blanket, a half-drunk bottle of milk next to me as I watched my small, fragile grandbaby, one-year-old Lilian, finally begin to breathe the deep breath of a little one deeply in need of rest. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The third edition of McKinsey’s American Opportunity Survey provides us with data on how flexible work fits into the lives of a representative cross section of workers in the United States. People with lower incomes, less education, people living in rural areas, or people aged 65 and older are underrepresented among internet users and those with high-speed internet access. it is possible that biases were introduced because of undercoverage or nonresponse. Given the limitations of online surveys, 1 “Internet surveys,” Pew Research Center. To better reflect the population of the United States as a whole, post hoc weights were made to the population characteristics on gender, age, race/ethnicity, education, region, and metropolitan status. ![]() A sample of 25,062 adults aged 18 and older from the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii was interviewed online in English and Spanish. This article is based on a 25-minute, online-only Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of McKinsey between March 15 and April 18, 2022. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In each small moment, whether in the light or the dark, you can make room for becoming, for breathing, for stumbling, and for simply being-for there is grace, today and every day. All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts For Boundless Living Hardcover Illustrated, 10 April 2020 by Morgan Harper Nichols (Author) 3,850 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 23.09 2 Used from 14.76 18 New from 23.09 A celebration of hope. You are always blooming in the way you were meant toĪll Along You Were Blooming is perfect for self-gifting for your own affirmation or giving to others on Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, birthdays, and other holidays and milestone days. This illustrated collection of poetry and prose invites you to stumble into the sunlight and delight in the wild and boundless grace you've been given.Light will always find you, even when the sun sets and you sit awaiting the dawn.No matter how you want to race through this day or run away from this place, you are invited to live fully-right here, right now.Popular Instagram poet and bestselling author Morgan Harper Nichols gives you the ultimate love letter to your mind, heart, soul, and body, reminding you: This illustrated collection of poetry and prose invites you to stumble into the sunlight and delight in the wild and boundless grace you've been given. ![]() |