6/10/2023 0 Comments Diamond Girl by Andrea Smith![]() ![]() ![]() Something big is brewing in Indy and it's not about race cars! She soon finds out she's totally out of her league with Slate and the dangerous people he associates with in Indianapolis. Sammie's certain she's embarked on a dangerous relationship with the hot biker and 'prospect' member of the notorious Outlaw Motorcycle Club. ![]() Slate is the ultimate 'alpha' male however there's a problem: he simply wants it to be about exclusive sex Sammie wants and needs more from Slate. She becomes the dancer known as 'Diamond' and very quickly catches the attention of a 'bad-boy' biker named ' Slate.' ![]() She gets a part-time job as a dancer in an Indianapolis Gentleman's Club called Jewels. Sammie finally heeds their advice and takes pole-dancing lessons to get into shape and develop self-esteem, but it serves to do much more than that! The thrill of the dance and sexuality she discovers within herself is a potent mixture. Her husband has his own agenda which does not include her. Her loveless marriage to 'the mannequin' has become intolerable her daughter and best friend have both advised 'Sammie' to get a life of her own. Thirty-five year old Samantha Dennison sends her only child off to college and finds herself generally feeling F-R-U-M-P-Y and lost. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The characters are nicely realized and the suspense holds. This BBC/Arts & Entertainment co-production offers an especially good example of Agatha Christie in adaptation. ![]() Miss Christie would no doubt approve of Joan Hickson, the veteran British character actress who plays Miss Marple. In his review in The New York Times, critic John J. In the United States the film was first broadcast on 4 January 1986 as a part of PBS's Mystery!. Starring Joan Hickson in the title role, it was the first film presented in the British television series Miss Marple and premiered in three parts from 26 to 28 December 1984 on BBC One. Bowen and was directed by Silvio Narizzano. The film uses an adapted screenplay by T. The Body in the Library is a 3-part 1984 television film adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1942 detective novel The Body in the Library, which was co-produced by the BBC and the A&E Network. ![]() 1984 television film directed by Silvio Narizzano ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Zig and wikki in the cow![]() ![]() ![]() When we saw the question “Can cow poop help two friends patch up their friendship?” on the back of this book, we knew the second- and third-graders it’s aimed at would be lured in. Tess is torn between loyalty to her mentor and the truth - plus a pair of men vying for her love.īy Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books) When the survivors arrive in New York, hearings are held about the disaster and the papers report that the designer used her status to commandeer a lifeboat with only 12 people aboard (it could have held 40). Based on a true story, we meet aspiring seamstress Tess, hired as a personal maid by top designer Lady Lucille Duff Gordon - for a voyage on the Titanic. ![]() While the public is still stewing at the misappropriation of lifeboats from the doomed Costa Concordia, here comes a similar, Titanic-based tale in journalist Alcott’s novel. Other stories look at the history of the West Bank, senior citizens’ revenge and a neighborhood bully. In the title story, a Florida couple views an “ultra-Orthodox” couple with skepticism, until a childhood game about hiding Anne Frank sheds some truth on their own marriage. Here, Englander deals mostly with American and Israeli Jews. The author of the award-winning story collection “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges” and “The Ministry of Special Cases,” a novel about Argentina’s dirty war, returns with more short stories. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments This is going to hurt memoir![]() ![]() Many TV series down the years have attempted to capture the NHS on screen, from documentaries like Hospital to the blackly funny Jo Brand sitcom Getting On. It is the thing that has delivered our babies, repaired our injuries, nursed our loved ones at the very end. ![]() But in the corridors of its hospitals, the NHS is not some grand political notion but a personal one. It owes its very existence to the socialist ideals of Aneurin “Nye” Bevan the fight for its survival is as much ideological as it is financial. The way it is often discussed on TV – in terms of budget cuts, staffing crises and promises emblazoned on the sides of buses – makes it sound all too often like a political football, an “issue” to be debated and exploited by parliament and media opinion-mongers. It can be easy to lose sight of exactly how much the National Health Service means to us. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But is what he’s experiencing the effect of altitude and isolation – or is the mountain haunted? He’s on the very edge of the known world, and at the limits of survival. As they climb higher, Stephen finds himself alone. My hero, Stephen, is the expedition doctor, and along with four other Englishmen, he sets out to “conquer” Kangchenjunga: third highest mountain in the world, biggest killer of them all. That was the golden age of mountaineering, a time when climbing the highest peaks in the world was indeed venturing into the unknown. THIN AIR is a ghost story set on a Himalayan mountain in 1935. How does Ultima Thule: a place beyond the borders of the known world or the “unknown”, relate to your work? We caught up with her to find out about her upcoming trip to to Lewis. Michelle Paver is giving the Royal Literary Talk at this year’s Faclan, talking about her chilling Ghost stories, Dark Matter and Thin Air on Saturday 28 Oct. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By listening to God's voice and obeying Him, women will be drawn into a closer relationship to God that brings a deeper desire to serve Him faithfully. ![]() These characteristics are: A Simple Relationship, A Set Apart Holiness, A Still Attentiveness, A Single-Minded Worship, A Sold Out Hunger, and A Servant's Spirit. Priscilla relates six characteristics found in Samuel that are applicable to women today as they tune their hearts to hear God's voice. Priscilla draws life lessons from the account of God speaking to the boy Samuel in the beloved Bible story found in 1 Samuel 3. He Speaks to Me: Preparing to Hear from God - Bible Study Book - eBook by Priscilla Shirer includes study material for six weeks of in-depth, interactive daily assignments and seven small-group sessions plus a leader guide for facilitating the study. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments If I Break by Portia Moore![]() Night clubs in Chicago, she does not have time for distractions namelyįREEBIES are often good for MORE than one day. One that makes loving him come with a price, andīeing his wife cost more than she bargained for.Ĭomplete trilogy: 3 books total! I have been meaning to read this EPIC story! What she thinks will be her happily ever after, is only the beginning.Ĭal has a secret. ![]() Time in her life, a little trouble might be just what she needs. With just two semesters leftĪt six-foot-two, with ebony hair, deep grey eyes, and a smile thatĬould only hide an agenda, she knows he’s trouble. Ones who only want to get into her pants. Night clubs in Chicago, she does not have time for distractions namely With a full course load and a waitressing job at one of the hottest ![]() Up in, get accepted to her dream school in Chicago, and graduate Lauren Brooks wants to do three things: Escape the small town she grew ![]() This is not your typical happily ever after. Includes If I Break, Before I Break, Almost Broken and Beautifully Broken. ![]() ![]() In that post, I mentioned how Rousseau’s unbiblical worldview gave rise to the faulty conclusions in his book, The Social Contract. That’s why I stopped by Rousseau’s house in Switzerland during my backpacking journey to trace the history of Marxism, as my last blog post described. But as we’ll soon see, eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacque Rousseau-whose thinking continues to majorly impact Western culture-suggested the answer is e.Ĭonsidering how this answer paints a picture which looks suspiciously like life under later communist regimes, it’s no wonder Rousseau played a vital (if sometimes indirect) role in influencing the thinking behind Marxism. ![]() Many people who have grown up in liberal democracies would answer f. Political dissent is punishable by death.Private property is ultimately controlled by the state.Political censorship can trump freedom of speech.Pop quiz: Which of these elements are considered traits of a free country? ![]() ![]() ![]() If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her, flesh and bone, to enhance their own powers. Her unique gift is part of a secret so dangerous that she’s been in hiding for years in an isolated compound fiercely guarded by Wardens-gargoyle shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. But all bets are off as a supernatural war is unleashed… Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. To save her family and maybe the world, she’ll have to put her trust in Zayne. Zayne has secrets of his own that will upend her world yet again-but working together becomes imperative once demons breach the compound and Trinity’s secret comes to light. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. When Wardens from another clan arrive with disturbing reports that something out there is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s safe world implodes. ![]() ![]() Published June 11th 2019 by Inkyard PressĮighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’ve read or watched anything that revolves around a toxic relationship, you know what to expect from These Violent Delights. But whereas most academia books focus on a ‘clique’, Micah Nemerever’s novel is very much centred on the obsessive relationship between two seventeen-year-olds. ![]() Being the self-proclaimed connoisseur of academia fiction that I am, I was drawn by the comparisons to The Secret History and I was amazed to discover that unlike other releases (not naming any names) These Violent Delights definitely had some TSH vibes. Heavenly Creatures by way of Patricia Highsmith, plus a sprinkle of Like Minds, and with the kind of teenage morbidity one could find in Hangsaman or Stoker.Īdroit and gripping, These Violent Delights is a superlative debut novel. ![]() |