![]() ![]() She contacted young women she knew, asking if they were coping with the same shame-induced issues she was. ![]() When the youth pastor of her church was convicted of sexual enticement of a twelve-year-old girl, Klein began to question purity-based sexual ethics. This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with.įearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to and took pregnancy tests despite being a virgin, terrified that any sexual activity would be punished with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. This message traumatized many girls-resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-and trapped them in a cycle of shame. ![]() ![]() Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. In Pure, Linda Kay Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to take us "inside religious purity culture as only one who grew up in it can" (Gloria Steinem) and reveals the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's views on female sexuality has had on a generation of young women. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() And the price of doing that might be her life. Aileana holds the key to saving both worlds, but in order to do so she must awaken her latent Falconer powers. Edinburgh has been destroyed, and the few human survivors are living in an uneasy truce with the fae, while both worlds are in danger of disappearing altogether. She is Californian by birth and Scottish by choice, and holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews. With the help of an unexpected ally, Aileana re-enters the human world, only to find everything irrevocably changed. Elizabeth May is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Seven Devils and Seven Mercies (co-written with Laura Lam), The Falconer series, and romance novels under the pen name Katrina Kendrick. Elizabeth May has such a way with words, and she has woven a gorgeous tale full of adventure, magic, and romance Goodreads reviewer, Annnnnnnd this book enters my top ten of favourites. ![]() ![]() Now she wakes up in the fae world, trapped and tortured by the evil Lonnrach. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the portal that she was trying to close forever. The second book in the Falconer trilogy is packed with surprises and suspense. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the original essay indicated, he blamed these appalling conditions on English colonial policies and hoped that Ireland would be given its freedom someday. Although no one at the time knew the exact population of the country, Swift did not believe that it was growing very rapidly at all, but that the death rate was probably higher than the birth rate. ![]() ![]() He knew that the reality was the exact opposite, and the true situation in the country was extreme poverty for most of the population, hunger, famine and mass emigration to America. In my opinion, during the 1720s, Swift and his supporters were part of a serious debate about the true conditions in Ireland, which their English rulers often imagined to be a rich and prosperous country with a rapidly growing population. ![]() They would have offered further proof of my main thesis that even though Swift’s essay was intended only to be satire, he had a very serious political purpose. Neither of the articles would have changed my basic conclusions that Ireland was suffering from extreme poverty, hunger and poverty because of England’s colonial policies. I used two 20th Century sources about the demographic and economic conditions of Ireland at the time Swift write “A Modest Proposal”, and in my opinion these would have strengthened the paper overall by placing it in a more detailed historical context. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history.ĭestiny of the Republic is the story of James A. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. The unhinged assassin's half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power-over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. ![]() Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard James A. ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautifully written, What Remains “gets at the essence of what matters,” wrote Oprah Winfrey. With unflinching honesty and a journalist’s keen eye, Carole Radziwill explores the enduring ties of family, the complexities of marriage, the importance of friendship, and the challenges of self-invention. Three weeks later Anthony dies of cancer. Kennedy Jr., Anthony’s cousin, and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Carole’s closest friend. A small plane plunges into the ocean carrying John F. What Remains begins with loss and returns to loss. Her marriage led her into the old world of European nobility and the newer world of American aristocracy. ![]() Her career at ABC News led her to the refugee camps of Cambodia, to a bunker in Tel Aviv, and to the scene of the Menendez murders. carried him through the toughest of times in his battle with cancer. Anthony Radziwill, (JFK Jr.'s cousin) and his close relationship with John Jr. The aspect that is most compelling is the way Carole shows the importance of friendship. At nineteen, she struck out for New York City to find a different life. This book was one of the best I have ever read. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and his cousin Anthony. Carole grew up in a small suburb with a large, eccentric cast of characters. What Remains audiobook, by Carole Radziwill. What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the urging of fellow authors, he returned to the world of novels in 1992 with his first Cliff Janeway novel, Booked to Die. Partly because of trouble with his publishers, in 1984 he stopped writing and opened a store specializing in second-hand and rare books called the Old Algonquin Bookstore. ![]() In 1970 he left the newspaper and took up writing novels, while pursuing a variety of jobs. In 1964 he left his parents' home and moved to Denver, Colorado, where, after a time working as a stable hand at a horse racing track, he got a job at The Denver Post. He is known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway.īorn in Brooklyn, New York in 1942, Dunning moved to his father's hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of three. John Dunning (born January 9, 1942) is an American writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() He exited the building after only a couple minutes and went on foot to a nearby gas station, where he commandeered a pickup truck that had been left unattended and left the area, Hampton said. Patterson had an appointment at the facility and started shooting in the waiting area, Atlanta Deputy Chief of Investigations Charles Hampton said. ![]() ![]() Police received a call of shots fired on the 11th floor of Northside Hospital's Midtown location just after noon Wednesday, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a news conference. He was booked at Fulton County Jail and faces one charge of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, jail records show. The Atlanta Police Department confirmed the suspect, Deion Patterson, was apprehended in Cobb County. The 24-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one woman and injuring four others inside a waiting room at a hospital in Atlanta before carjacking a vehicle and fleeing the scene was apprehended Wednesday evening after an hourslong search, police said. ![]() ![]() ![]() Susan has been published more than twenty-five times in full-length novels, novellas, and non-fiction books. Susan G Mathis is an international award-winning, multi-published author of stories set in the beautiful Thousand Islands, her childhood stomping ground in upstate NY. ![]() Peyton has to ignore the prejudices and persevere or she could lose her job, forfeit Patrick’s love and respect, and forever become the talk of local gossips. Patrick Taylor, Calumet’s carpenter and Peyton’s childhood chum, hopes to win her heart, but her unconventional undertakings cause a rift. But when her pyrotechnics-engineer father is seriously hurt, she takes over the plans for the fireworks display despite being socially ostracized. As she works in a male-dominated position of upholsterer and fights for women’s equality, she’s persecuted for her unorthodox ways. Peyton Quinn is tasked with preparing the grand Calumet Castle ballroom for a spectacular two-hundred-guest summer gala. 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Now this classic work is available in a completely redesigned and lavishly illustrated gift edition, featuring over one hundred beautiful full-color pictures by Michael Sewell, one of the country's leading nature photographers. ![]() Hailed for prose that is "full of beauty and vigor and bite" ( The New York Times), it is perhaps the finest example of nature writing since Thoreau's Walden. ![]() Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously interested in protecting the natural world. ![]() ![]() ![]() evocative prose and richly drawn characters. But if she can learn to trust him with her heart, she might discover just the champion she desires. ![]() If Paris learns the truth, she might lose her freedom for good. Hiding under her brother’s nose, Rosamund knows she shouldn’t take risks. And if words won’t work, perhaps kisses would be better? With his clever mind and persuasive skill, Paris could soon have her spilling her secrets freely just to lift the sorrow from his face. But after her midnight escape from a brother bent on marrying her off to a scoundrel, honesty is a luxury she can no longer afford. Burke think her the candidate from the employment bureau. The Dukes Suspicion (Rogues and Rebels) The Ladys Deception (. Rosamund Gorse knows she should not have let Mr. Books by Craig, Susanna See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Craig, Susanna. An unexpected heir, Tristan is torn between his duties as an intelligence officer and his responsibilities as a duke. ![]() But her quick wit and mysterious past prove an unexpected temptation. ![]() The aftermath of a failed rebellion weighs on his conscience, so when the young English gentlewoman with an unwavering gaze arrives, he asks far too few questions before hiring her on as governess. Paris Burke, Dublin’s most charismatic barrister, has enough on his mind without the worries of looking after his two youngest sisters. Can a runaway English bride find love with a haunted Irish rebel? ![]() |