![]() ![]() A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran's most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafes, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humour and powerful insights. And so they embarked on a yearlong journey through the controversial text. Both knew that a close look at the Quran would reveal a faith that preached peace and not mass murder respect for women and not oppression. Their friendship-between a secular American and a madrasa - trained sheikh - had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names. If the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power's eye-opening story of how she and her long-time friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It hit the headlines in Northern Ireland. Long repeated herself: ‘Simple answer: why are you asking? Do you not know?’īack and forth it went, with sarcasm aplenty from Long, but no effort to answer the question. ‘It’s a simple question, Naomi… what’s a woman?’, her tormentor continued. ‘You don’t know?’, Long replied, clearly buying time. ‘What is a woman, Naomi?’, the tweeter asked. ![]() She got into a Twitterspat last week during which someone hurled that bizarrely incendiary question her way. The latest politician to be stumped by this simplest of queries was Naomi Long, leader of Northern Ireland’s Alliance Party. Try it next time one of them crosses your path. Now it takes a measly four words to reduce a politician to a mumbling wreck. A citizen would really need to know his stuff if he wanted to pin down any of the big dogs of politics. Politicians used to be formidable characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate is the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams…Ĭontrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands - and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry-he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended’s older sister, Kate Sheffield - the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1814īut this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. And in truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better… The book was originally published in 2000.ġ814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London’s most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. ![]() The book follows Anthony Bridgerton, the eldest Bridgerton child, in his quest for a wife. The Viscount Who Loved Me is the second novel in the Bridgerton series, by Julia Quinn. ![]() ![]() ![]() But other, less familiar creatures lurk in these pages, and it takes time-deliciously well-spent time-to understand how Szabo is using familiar images and types to tell their own kind of coming-of-age story. Szabo is upfront about the wolves suggested by the book’s title they run through the trees in the very first pages. What Big Teeth gazes into that darkness to face the monster that dwells within. Szabo is very adept at picking and choosing traits that telegraph understanding without anchoring the characters to everything that's come before. ![]() ![]() But as the story progresses and we learn the true depth of her alienation from everyone around her, I found myself understanding and sympathizing with her somewhat passive approach. Eleanor herself is sometimes a frustrating protagonist, retreating when I wish she'd fight and remaining silent when I want her to probe more deeply. The Zarrins are a tragic and prickly bunch, but as the story progressed, I found myself becoming increasingly fond of them. ![]() The unraveling of this mystery does take its time, giving us lots of space to appreciate its cast of oddballs and misfits. I think that I went into What Big Teeth expecting it to be coy about its magic and monsters, and was delighted when it quickly went full, unapologetic Addams Family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Collin is the nuetral one, the one that doesn’t react out of love or anger. To have Chris become one person, not three. I want to know what everyone is thinking. When Cal first disappeared I swore my heart had broken, and before all of this is over I swear it will shatter into pieces.īest part of Portia’s books is that they are all in different perspectives. You wish it away but are too terrified to let it go…. It hides underneath your smile, rests between your laugh, revels in your tears and taunts your every thought. When you’re heartbroken, it lies beneath everything that you do. ![]() He also discovered he killed his real mother and his adoptive father is a cheating husband who fathered a daughter with his mistress who is also Chris’s best friend Lisa. Crestfield Sr, Cal’s best friend Dexter is actually his half brother. I mean, can you blame him though? He just found out his real father is Mr. Chris remembers his dad’s betrayal and Cal realizes that his father never killed his real mother. Book 4 goes back to when Collin was outed. ![]() Well, we thought Cal/Chris’s story was done after book 3, but of course Portia had other plans. I thought Portia’s last 3 books were full of drama and surprises but she really went all out in book four. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Olive has to deal with the guy that’s teased her their entire life. ![]() ![]() Then her best friend and roommate announced she’s moving out, and her older brother was moving in. She’s worked hard to achieve a zero-human interaction life and wants to keep it that way. Olive’s content living her anti-social existence, letting the characters she writes about fulfill her wild side. Teased by Fire is an enemies-to-lovers, older brother’s best friend, romantic comedy with a curvy, anti-social, supernatural-obsessed, all-year-round holiday-loving, secret romance author, and a hunky firefighter who is more than willing to be her new research partner. Domestic shipping promo code for orders over $50 - enterįrom USA Today bestselling author Molly O’Hare comes Teased by Love, Hank and Olive's story and holiday follow-up in one place. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was at this moment that Tolkien first started creating the story of Beren and Luthien.Įdith died in 1971. Taking a walk one day, Edith began dancing in a clearing of blooming hemlock. When Tolkien returned from war, they lived for a time at Roos in Yorkshire. Edith could decipher Tolkien’s letters, and thereby keep track of his movements on a map of the front. Letters from the front line were censored, so Tolkien and Edith devised a secret code. Tolkien served in WWI, and the separation caused them both a lot of pain. Edith met him at the train, and by the end of the day she’d returned her engagement ring and agreed to marry Tolkien.Įdith converted to Catholicism (though religion remained the one sore spot between them), and the couple had several kids. Tolkien immediately traveled to the town she was living in. Edith replied that she was already engaged, having thought that he’d forgotten her. Tolkien obeyed, but sent Edith a letter on the night of his 21 st birthday, asking her to marry him. ![]() During the summer of 1909 they fell in love.īut Edith was Anglican, and Tolkien a Catholic, and his guardian (a Catholic priest) forbade Tolkien to see Edith again until he was a legal adult at 21. They spent time together in a teashop balcony, dropping lumps of sugar into the hats of people walking below. They met when Tolkien was 16 and Edith 19, both orphans, and living in the same boarding house. In honor of Valentines Day I thought I’d make a post about the real-life love story of J.R.R. ![]() ![]() ![]() The dust wrapper of 'Wyrd Sisters' is price-clipped while the others remain unclipped.?Internally, firmly bound. ![]() It's all there - a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. The dust wrapper is excellent with minor shelf wear only, the front wrap of 'Sourcery' is slightly faded with minor faint soiling. Wyrd Sisters: The Play Stephen Briggs (adapter), Terry Pratchett 4.39 10,905 ratings60 reviews Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth and then turns it up 'till the knob comes off. ![]() Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The books in the series were mainly inspired by classic works: fantasy or science fiction, as well as mythology,?folklore?and?fairy tales.?Each in its charming dust wrapper, that of Wyrd Sisters is price-clipped while the others remain unclipped.? In the original publisher's cloth binding. Notably, Pyramids was awarded the BSFA Awards in 1989.?The books included in this collection sees many magical elements and the re-introduction of Granny Weatherwax?of?Equal Rites.This series is set on a flat planed balanced on the backs of four elephants, standing on the back of a giant turtle and was a regular best-seller in the Sunday Times list. The second impression of Sourcery and sixth of?Wyrd Series, while?Pyramids is a first impression. ![]() Three first editions of these novels, consecutive in the popular Discworld fantasy series by Terry Pratchett, the fifth, sixth, and seventh of forty-one. Three lovely first editions in the fantasy 'Discworld' series by Terry Pratchett, each in its colourful dust wrapper. ![]() ![]() ![]() One great book after another has passed through my hands all year, both independent and professional fields of publishing, too. ![]() I've been on a roll lately with my reading. As for me, I'll keep writing, and dodging any speeding church vans heading my way. Malice is now stronger, creepier and a far smoother reading experience. I also added 5000 words and at least two new scenes. I kept that in mind during this last edit and nicked out any bucket of blood that wasn't absolutely necessary. I originally wrote the book to be frightening and creepy (which I'm told it is), but it wasn't intended to be a blood squirting gore fest. ![]() On July 17, 2012, I released a newly edited version of Malice. But rest assured, I take all of this very seriously and when I begin to see patterns in the kinds of comments readers make, I also take very careful note. ![]() After all, in the end, it's for you that I sit down everyday to peer into the shadows and report back on the dark and clammy things I find lurking within. Quite honestly, I read and appreciate all the feedback I get from both sides. Others come from readers who pray I'll be struck down by a speeding church van. Many are glowing letters from people who thoroughly enjoyed the book. To date, Malice has generated by far the most emails from readers. ![]() ![]() This cradle to grave flow relies on brute force (including fossil fuels and large amounts of powerful chemicals). It is conceived around a one-way manufacturing flow – what is known as a “cradle to grave” lifecycle. The industrial framework that dominates our lives now is fairly primitive. ![]() Cradle to Cradle is a registered service mark owned by MBDC.Īn excerpt from the MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) website The Wikipedia entry states that cradle to cradle is an ‘holistic design philosophy’. Their book Cradle to Cradle Remaking the way we make things (2001) is a seminal publication and, a decade after it was first published, it still represents thought leadership within the more generic notion of a circular economy. ![]() Although a phrase first introduced by Walter Stahel, the notion of producing within a ‘cradle to cradle’ framework as opposed to a ‘cradle to the grave’ framework, which has dominated industrial society, is largely the work of William McDonough and Michael Braungart. ![]() |