![]() He describes details like angels, the heavenly thrones and the triune God. ![]() After years go by, however, Colton continues to tell his parents about things that he could not have possibly known at his age. In time, however, Todd and Sonja realize that Colton must have visited heaven while in surgery.Ĭolton’s parents are in awe of what he tells them, though they are not certain that he has really been given a glimpse of heaven. It is during this trip that Colton begins making what were then thought of by his family as strange statements, puzzling his parents. When the family then travels to visit relatives, they celebrate the fact that Colton has survived. While en route, the family is hindered by a storm. ![]() His body is still fighting off infection, though, and it is decided that he should be sent to a children’s hospital. ![]() Colton eventually recovers, which is considered a miracle to most everyone. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But it’s also a story of survival and strength and of coming to terms with what it means to survive. It is not an easy experience it’s a story of trauma and violence and heartbreak. Freshwater embeds you deep into Ada’s mind, demanding that you feel what this young woman feels, that you see the world the way she does. But then something vivid and clear happens - Asughara turns the tables on another domineering man with her unbridled sexuality, say - and Emezi’s prose calls the reader to attention. In those parts of the book, the reader is left floating in a sea of language which sounds pretty, but which doesn’t seem to be actively describing anything. Some scenes lack a sense of place or a narrative thrust. Freshwater at times feels a little too unmoored from reality. What is reading, but inviting another voice to take up residence in your head? Emezi’s voice is hypnotic and powerful and imaginative, leaving the reader unsure of what in the story is real and what is not. ![]() National Book Award finalists is PET, a sinister morality tale by Akwaeke Emezi. These voices in Freshwater - the chorus of personalities - should feel familiar to anyone who spends a lot of time lost in books. Akwaeke Emezi is an honoree on the National Book Foundations '5 Under 35' list, a long-list nominee for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence, and a short-list nominee for the Center for Fictions First Novel Prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() My client was returning from a long trip with one of her daughters and was attempting to pay for gas for the return when her card was declined. Both had hired lawyers but my client wanted to wait before suing her husband for adultery, hoping things could be worked out amicably. I represented a mother of three whose doctor husband was fooling around with a nurse. She thinks she has really shown him, but all she is really doing is provoking him and throwing down the gauntlet for an all-out war. When he returns home, he doesn't have anything to sit on and nothing to cook with. ![]() She is mad at him and wants to really stick it to him, so when she leaves, she takes absolutely everything in the house. It seems clear that if she lets her husband know that she is leaving, he will prevent her. Leave Him With Nothing.Ī female client is contemplating leaving the marital home. Here are some examples of what not to do: 1. During your divorce proceedings, resist the urge to engage in vengeful behavior because you just might find that the joke is on you. Much like the bombing of Pearl Harbor awoke a sleeping giant, dirty divorce tricks can also provide inspiration to the other side. ![]() Retaliating for wrongs your ex committed may give you a sense of satisfaction knowing that you are getting revenge or giving your ex what he/she deserves.īut the truth of the matter is that these dirty divorce tricks rarely give the perpetrator any advantage and almost always lead to animosity. Dirty tricks to get back at your soon-to-be-ex may seem like a good idea at the time. ![]() ![]() She comes across as weak and strong, driven and passive, at various points along the story. The main character of this story is clearly Morgaine, later Morgan la Fay, and her struggles to unite Britain with its pagan half as the weight of the Christian world force Avalon deeper into the realm of fairies. ![]() Even knowing the history of the saga, or watching the television series based on this book, didn’t keep me from being surprised in places and moved by the quality of both characters and story. ![]() It comes across as odd to the casual Arthurian reader, as the stories were about the Knights of the Round Table and their quests. Except for the scrying on Galahad with the Holy Grail, the main focus is kept tight on the women of the myths. ![]() Told this time through the female characters. Mists of Avalon is a reworking, retelling and re-imagining of the Arthur Pendragon saga. Most of these underwritten descriptions provided a rash cattiness to the characters that seems standard in this genre. The stock actions, and trite descriptors made me feel that the female characters where being underwritten and not given the attention or development that they deserved. Those wishing to avoid spoilers have been duly warned with this sentence as spoilers may follow.Ī friend recommended this book to me as my complaints of basic female characters in the fantasy fiction I’ve been reading had gotten out of hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() She had about 20 more over the next few months, and three emergency room visits. At the age of three months, Lia Lee had an epileptic seizure. ![]() The story told in ''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,'' by Anne Fadiman, a freelance journalist and the newly named editor of The American Scholar, is that of Lia Lee, born on July 19, 1982, in the Merced Community MedicalĬenter. It has no heroes or villains, but it has an abundance of innocent suffering, It is a tale of culture clashes,įear and grief in the face of change, parental love, her doctors' sense of duty, and misperceptions compounded daily until they became colossal misunderstandings. This was a historic transition, and this child's story is in many ways her people's tale in microcosm - and taken to an extreme. The town of Merced in the fertile San Joaquin Valley of California. It is the tale of an immigrant child whose family went in one generation from traditional tribal life in the war-torn mountains of Laos to a bustling existence in Us more than melodrama, then this fine book recounts a poignant tragedy. When medicine butts up against traditional belief, tragedy ensues.į tragedy is a conflict of two goods, if it entails the unfolding of deep human tendencies in a cultural context that makes the outcome seem inevitable, if it moves ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SELECT READS (for older readers) – GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECKS White hurricane: a Great Lakes November gale and America’s deadliest maritime disaster by David G. SUNKEN Shipwrecks of Lake Superior by Kathy Groth The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Loss of the Largest Ship on the Great Lakes by Charles River Editors The Gulls of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Tres Seymour The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell by Kathy-Jo Wargin and Gisjbert Van Frankenhuyzen. The Edmund Fitzgerald: Lost With All Hands: A True Story for Young Readers by Robert Hertel SELECT READS (for kids) – THE EDMUND FITZGERALDĢ9 Missing: The True and Tragic Story of the Disappearance of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald by Andrew Kantar ![]() Stories from the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks by John Odin Jensen Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes by Pamela Cameron illustrated by Renée Graef Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tales of Courage - And Cowardice by Cheryl MacDonald Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes by Ed Butts Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures, Great Lakes: Legends and Lore, Pirates and More! By Michael Varhola Shipwrecks: Exploring Sunken Cities beneath the Sea by Mary Cerullo Lost & Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks by V.O. ![]() Great Ships on the Great Lakes: A Maritime History from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals by William Ratigan The Christmas Tree Ship: The Story of Captain Santa by Rochelle Pennington.ĭoor Peninsula Shipwrecks by Jon Paul Van Harpen SELECT READS (for kids) – GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECKS ![]() ![]() ![]() New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns teams up with some of comics top artists, including David Finch, Ivan Reis, and Jason Fabok for the biggest battles the DC Universe has ever seen! Now Darkseid will once again make the planet a war zone, as Earth becomes the frontline in his battle with the Anti-Monitor one of the most powerfully destructive creatures ever created! The Justice League first came together years ago to stop Darkseid and his Parademon army from invading our Earth. But that s just a prelude to the main event: the Darkseid War! His main ally in this seemingly impossible battle? Batman. In a flash of light, the world s most powerful heroes vanish as the Crime Syndicate arrives from Earth-3!Īs this evil version of the Justice League takes over the DC Universe, no one stands in the way of them and complete domination no one except for Lex Luthor. This omnibus collection of the second half of visionary writer Geoff Johns time on Justice League pits the team against some of their greatest threats, as super-villains look to inherit Earth in the Forever Evil saga! In 2011, DC s New 52 era ushered in daring reinventions of pop culture s greatest characters with the Justice League at the forefront! ![]() ![]() ![]() But spending each day watching the sun melt into Dinkins Bay and the moon rise over the mangrove trees, cooking dinner for his beautiful neighbor, and dispensing advice to the locals over a cold beer lulled him into letting his guard down. After ten years of living life on the edge, it was hard for Doc Ford to get that addiction to danger out of his system. Its dark undercurrents threatened to destroy him. Its cool gulf breezes lured him from a life of danger. Sanibel Flats Series: 1 of Doc Ford Written by: Randy Wayne White Narrated by: Dick Hill Audiobook Club Unabridged Audiobook Play Free with a 30-day free trial Add to Cart - 10. Will he rescue the boy and return to his quiet life in Florida? Ford knows that he must rescue Hollins’ kidnapped son and asks his sailboat-dwelling neighbor Tomlinson to come along on the adventure that leads them to South America.Īlong the way, Ford encounters a corrupt island development company, unscrupulous art dealers, Guerrilla fighters and even a Mayan goddess. When Ford agrees to meet up with Hollins, he finds his friend hanging from a tree on a nearby Island, but also finds emeralds and pre-Columbian artifacts. ![]() Choose your countrys store to see books available for purchase. ![]() In Sanibel Flats, the first of Randy Wayne White’s Doc Ford series novels, ex-CIA agent Marion “Doc” Ford is enjoying his new life as a marine biologist on the Dinkins Bay Marina, when high school friend Rafe Hollins calls him for help when his son is kidnapped. The Sanibel Flats Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Sanibel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A second issue discussed is what Pompeians got out of their economy: how well-off were people in Pompeii? This involves discussing the consumption of everyday consumer goods, analyzing archaeobotanical remains to highlight the quality of Pompeian diets, and discussing what bone remains reveal about the health of the inhabitants of Pompeii. The first of these is the position of Pompeii and its agricultural environment, discussing the productivity and specialization of agriculture in the Vesuvian region, and the degree to which we can explain Pompeii’s size and wealth on the basis of the city’s economic hinterland. ![]() ![]() This volume presents fourteen papers by Roman archaeologists and historians discussing approaches to the economic history of Pompeii, and the role of the Pompeian evidence in debates about the Roman economy. ![]() ![]() Art is communicating the nuance of our sensibilities and sensualities and there’s space for all of us to do it in our own way. In a capitalistic world, making art is pointless so it’s great to be doing something on my own, without a linear way of being. After painting my entire life it became the best way for me to turn the mundane into something beautiful. ![]() I love creating a picture from nothing at all and seeing some sort of internal activity eventually and inevitably show itself. Andrea Romano, Giuliano Sale, Nicola Samori, Christian Schoeler, John Seal, Lui Shtini, Tamuna Sirbiladze, Jim Thorell, Ann Toebbe, Santo Tolone. ![]() I’m inspired by having the freedom to explore and play with these colors and tools and to do it in a serious way like a child inventing a story to play upon. Lucie, 2020, Nicola Samor exhibition curated. I think I initially started enjoying painting when I was a child because of the praise I receive from it and no one else around me really cared much about it so it could be a lane of my own. untitled association (untitledassociation) on Instagram: Nicola Samor, Sofonisba, 2018. ![]() I both jokingly and earnestly hope to receive patience and faith in me as I test the limits of my ignorance, pursue what may very well be useless, as I go in search of that mystery and intuition that may or may not exist within me. ![]() |