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![]() ![]() Mogel makes these teachings relevant for any era, and any household of any faith. Parents will learn to accept that their children are both ordinary and unique, and treasure the power and holiness of the present. ![]() Sharing stories of everyday parenting problems and examining them through the lens of the Torah, the Talmud, and important Jewish teachings, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee shows parents how to teach children to honor and respect others. But how to accomplish this feat? The answer has eluded the best-intentioned individuals who overprotect, overindulge, and overschedule their children's lives. Parents want so badly to raise self-disciplined, appreciative, and resourceful children who are not spoiled. In the trenches of a typical day, every parent encounters a child afflicted with ingratitude and entitlement. Wendy Mogel offers an inspiring roadmap for raising self-reliant, ethical, and compassionate children. New York Times bestselling author and host of the podcast Nurture vs Nurture Dr. ![]()
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Blood heir ilona6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Names like Luther, and Ascanio, Nick, and Robert Lonesco. Along the way, she will be forced to deal with a whole lot of familiar faces from the Kate Daniels series. To do that she has to solve a murder, track down a powerful religious artifact, and change the future. Aurelia Ryder is a daughter of Shinar back in Atlanta hoping to save her mother’s life. This Julie has a new name and a new face. And yes, there is a whole lot of Derek and it’s everything y’all. I need to go back in time and pat past me on the back for such a great decision. I wanted to read it all at one time, in one sitting, and savor. But honestly? This is the one weekly serial that I haven’t followed week after week, I kind of wanted to wait until it was edited and all the magic that happens after it’s pulled for publication was finished to binge. When this book first popped up as a serial on this author duo’s blog I was beyond excited. His eyes were aglow, and he looked at me as if I were the thing he wanted most in the entire world. A fully human Derek stood right in front of me. ![]()
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Nora roberts bride quartet audio books6/29/2023 ![]() But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. ![]() Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows. Jack Cooke is so close to the women of Vows that he’s practically family-which makes things awkward when he admits that his feelings for florist Emma Grant have developed into much more than friendship. Wedding photographer Mackensie “Mac” Elliot is most at home behind the camera for Vows, but her focus is shattered moments before an important wedding rehearsal when she bumps into Carter Maguire-the bride-to-be's brother-in an encounter that has them both seeing stars. The four ladies of Vows wedding planning company find love of their own in this delightful collection that includes all four novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet. ![]()
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Bitter Brew by William Knoedelseder6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Would you consider the audio edition of Bitter Brew to be better than the print version? PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. It's a cautionary tale of prosperity, hubris, and loss. At the same time, it weaves a broader story of American progress and decline over the past 150 years. This engrossing, vivid narrative captures the Busch saga through five generations. ![]() In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist Knoedelseder paints a fascinating portrait of immense wealth and power accompanied by a barrelful of scandal, heartbreak, tragedy, and untimely death. Louis, Missouri - it grew into one of the most fearsome marketing machines in modern times. A jewel of the American Industrial Revolution, in the hands of its founders - the sometimes reckless and always boisterous Busch family of St. Over a span of more than a century, the company behind it, Anheuser-Busch, has attained legendary status. ![]() The engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce - a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success.įrom countless bar signs, stadium scoreboards, magazine ads, TV commercials, and roadside billboards, the name Budweiser has been burned into the American consciousness as the "King of Beers". ![]()
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Swept away by marsha canham6/29/2023 ![]() Even as she bound the dangerous scoundrel's wounds, she fell deeper under the spell of a man handsome as the devil, sent to her by fate. Annaleah Fairchilde, heiress and noblewoman, soon learned the identity of the man she saved: Emory Althorpe, adventurer, accused traitor, and Napoleon's spy. Before it is too late." Those were the half-naked stranger's only words as he opened his eyes, looked into her soul, then lost consciousness in the shallow tidal pool. ![]() ![]() Bestselling, award-winning author Marsha Canham's breathtaking new novel transports readers to Regency England as a young woman rescues a mysterious man, only to find love, danger, destiny. When a woman who's ready for love meets a dangerous, passionate man, she can easily getSwept Away. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Hoetink, in Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, jrg. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and index. |a Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |b a case study of small power politics in the Caribbean / digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.įor review see: H. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and index. Antilles néerlandaises - Relations extérieures - Venezuela. ![]() Venezuela - Relations extérieures - Antilles néerlandaises. Curaçao (Antilles néerlandaises île) - histoire. Curaçao (Antilles néerlandaises île) - conditions économiques. Venezuela - Foreign relations - Netherlands Antilles. Netherlands Antilles - Foreign relations - Venezuela. Guzmán Blanco, Antonio, - (1828-1899) Diplomatic relations. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 76 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 76. Saved in: Bibliographic Details Author / Creator: ![]()
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Neuromancer matrix6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() I'm going to hang up this phone and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. ![]() This is shown very clearly through Neo's words at the end of the movie: “I know you're out there. This difference is fundamental to the opposing metaphors: on the one hand is the world of cyberpunk-solitary, self-oriented, artificial, lifeless on the other is the world of life beyond the computer program-communal, participatory, free, vibrant.” ( ) “The fundamental difference between Neuromancer and The Matrix is that Case, the hero of Gibson's book, is motivated purely by selfish desires, while the heroes of the movie have already freed themselves from the delusion of the Matrix but are intent now on freeing the rest of mankind. ![]()
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Becoming Kerry by Lynn Kelling6/29/2023 ![]() The trouble is, that's not the kind of man's man Tucker really wants to be. The people from his record label tell him he's destined to be one of the greats-but only if he fits the "good ol' boy" image country fans expect from him. Tucker Reynolds is a rising star in country music. Song of the Lonesome Cowboy (Trade Paperback / Paperback) ![]() But when Kerry is forced to confront the pain and self-doubt that keep him crushed in his boxes, he's afraid that no one, not even Ewyn, will be able to love who he is when he finally, truly becomes Kerry. Ewyn and Kerry hit it off, each finding something he desperately needs in the other. When he meets Kerry, he makes a not completely innocent offer of company after work. Everyone thinks he's straight, but Ewyn doesn't fit into simple boxes, either. ![]() Ewyn Garrity, a security guard at the gay club where Kerry dances, has found himself in protecting others. But even the small rebellions he's fought for himself-moving into a sketchy part of town and becoming an exotic dancer-aren't giving. He's crushing himself to fit into the boxes others have put him in: dutiful son, good boyfriend, real man. Becoming Kerry (Trade Paperback / Paperback) ![]()
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Massachusetts dirtbag6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() And that was very much a story of a woman who was having a very hard time in her life, and she didn't have boundaries and also maybe didn't have the support to know that she probably shouldn't, in that moment, be leaning on an 8-year-old. “That's a tough thing to hear at any age, but especially when you're 8 years old. ![]() On living in a homeless shelter and his mother, who told him she wanted to abort him when he was 8 years old: ![]() “Knowing that this might be my one shot at it, I didn't want to leave anything out.” “This is a story that I've been hoping to get down on the page for years,” Fitzgerald says. “ Dirtbag, Massachusetts” will be released on July 19 and chronicles Fitzgerald’s life, finding community and safety in unlikely places. It’s these stories Fitzgerald has combined into a spellbinding memoir. As a young adult, he worked in bars and acted in the porn industry. Growing up, Fitzgerald’s father beat him while his mother often leaned on him after attempting suicide. ![]() Issac Fitzgerald is known for both his popular Substack newsletter and bright personality as he shares book recommendations on “The Today Show.”īut what’s not immediately apparent about Fitzgerald is he was someone who snorted Adderall as a kid and grew up in a Catholic shelter after his parents became homeless. ![]()
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The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson. ![]() But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. ![]() "From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists."– Associated PressĪ spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller) ![]() |