![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m not here for your entertainment,” I hiss, my back aching from an uncomfortable sleep. I roll and flail, my air mattress squeaking like a little bitch.īear laughs and I turn. Can she risk losing him all over again?įighting Absolution is a friends to lovers romance and features characters from Fighting Redemption, but is written as a standalone.ĭownload your copy today or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!Īmazon Worldwide: mybook.to/FightingAbsolutionĪfter an early night, I wake in the morning with my body sagging into the ground. Soon Jamie finds herself not only fighting against her enemies, but her feelings for a man who left her once before. No longer the boy she once knew, Bear is now a man: big, bearded, and SAS-one of the army’s elite. The last thing she expects is the best friend from her past to reappear in the dusty plains of a war-torn country. ![]() Left with nothing, Jamie joins the army hoping it will give her purpose. Fighting Absolution, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by USA Today Bestselling author Kate McCarthy.Īt fifteen, Jamie Murphy finds herself broken and alone, convinced she doesn’t need anyone.īear is the boy behind the fence, the one who was there for her when no one else was. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Khairlanji by Anand Teltumbde![]() ![]() Nor will it allow us to think of Khairlanji as an aberration. Those who perpetrate such atrocities visit the courthouse casually, with the full knowledge that their political friends will protect them until the case is forgotten – as so many others are.Īnand Teltumbde has now written a book that will never allow this massacre to be forgotten. The violence against the Bhotmanges was so extreme (the local BJP leader, Bhaskar Kadav, is accused of raping Surekha Bhotmange post-mortem) that it is impossible to discount the rage that comes from ideas of caste superiority. The Bhotmanges are Dalits and their neighbours are OBCs, many of whom resented the dignified and successful lives being led by the victim family. Apart from the animosities inherent in the caste system, there was no motivation for the attack. The three children had done well in school, with Roshan on the road to becoming a computer professional and Priyanka a topper in class 10. With impunity, the gang raped and killed Surekha Bhotmange and her daughter Priyanka, and killed her two sons, Sudhir and Roshan. ![]() ![]() ![]() A gang of Other Backward Castes (OBCs), led by the local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) potentate, raided the home of a Buddhist agricultural family, the Bhotmanges. On 29 September 2006, in a modest town in eastern Maharashtra called Khairlanji, a tragedy occurred. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Infinite jest![]() As with the novel, the play was very much a test of endurance. There weren’t, as far as I could tell, any casualties the day I took this infinite theater tour, though a good number of my 150 fellow travelers dropped out before the sun came up. It’s Wallace-style capital-E Entertainment, whose primary purpose isn’t to bring enjoyment-though it can be enjoyable-but to captivate, to incapacitate, like the novel’s deadly eponymous film whose viewers are so thoroughly entertained that they cease to eat, drink, sleep and, eventually, live. This isn’t entertainment in the traditional sense. True to the novel, quite a few of the play’s scenes have gone on far too long. ![]() The youngest son of the Incandenza family, he is close to both of his older brothers, Orin and Mario. ![]() And the actor sharing his history of teen addiction to Quaaludes and Hefenreffer-brand beer is droning on far too long and starting to give me the howling fantods. Quotes Infinite Jest Characters Hal Incandenza Hal Incandenza Hal Incandenza is the closest the book comes to having a protagonist. But so we’re at this AA meeting in a Boston school cafeteria, which in this case is the cultural center of a city quarter that was drawn up from scratch in the 1960s in the far, far north of Berlin, like practically halfway to the Baltic, this sticks-of-the-sticks-type section of town. ![]() ![]() ![]() North and the Battle of the Nightmare King E. The space is entirely inviting and comfortable, but the office environment. ![]() ![]() This set includes all five titles in the Guardians chapter book series: Nicholas St. Walking into William Joyces Moonbot Studios is like walking into one of his books. But.where did they come from? And what nefarious evil-doer forced to band together to protect the children of the world? Answers are revealed and imaginations unfurl in this treasure trove of a boxed set. You've known them since before you can remember: Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost. The origin stories of your favorite childhood heroes are revealed in this boxed set featuring all five of William Joyce's Guardians chapter books.Of course you know the Guardians. ![]() Morris Lessmore, which is also his Academy Award-winning short film, to name a few). Talk to William Joyce and see upcoming work at on Twitter and Instagram. William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children's books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the 1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Biografía del autor William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children's books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments The color of compromise![]() ![]() The Color of Compromise is not a call to shame or a platform to blame white evangelical Christians. Is a perfect book for pastors and other faith leaders, students, non-students, book clubs, small group studies, history lovers, and all lifelong learners. ![]() Charts a path forward to replace established patterns and systems of complicity with bold, courageous, immediate action.Reveals the cultural and institutional tables we have to flip in order to bring about meaningful integration.Covers the tragedy of Jim Crow laws, the victories of the Civil Rights era, and the strides of today's Black Lives Matter movement.Takes you on a historical, sociological, and religious journey: from America's early colonial days through slavery and the Civil War. ![]() You will be guided in thinking through concrete solutions for improved race relations and a racially inclusive church. ![]() Equal parts painful and inspirational, it details how the American church has helped create and maintain racist ideas and practices. The Color of Compromise is both enlightening and compelling, telling a history we either ignore or just don't know. And a call for urgent action by all Christians today in response. A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller!Īn acclaimed, timely narrative of how people of faith have historically-up to the present day-worked against racial justice. ![]() |