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![]() ![]() ![]() It is a gift she did not have to give us and I am beyond grateful for it. It is a balance I did not know was possible and it makes reading this surprisingly easy considering the subject matter. The amazing thing is that she tackles this topic in a much broader way than most material I’ve read on the subject, without shying away from the dark corners of history, but with enough humor and sarcasm that you don’t end up spending the entire book wanting to throw yourself off a cliff. What this does is allow people to maintain power by virtue of accidents of birth (race, gender, class, etc – likely an intersection of identities) rather than through their own merit which actively harms our progress as a society. To maintain that power, they have sold a lie to poor whites that they could become one of them, and in the meantime, at least they were better than non-whites. Plot (yes, I’m calling this plot): Western society has been built around the accumulation of power by a tiny fraction of white men. Reading this book puts me in the mind of what I’ve seen on TV of going to one of those televised evangelical church sessions where you pay someone to slap you in the face to cure you of cancer, only instead of a conman trying to steal people’s money, it’s an intelligent woman giving me the words to express frustrations I’ve never been able to properly explain and it is so cathartic it almost feels like an out of body experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() puvani, ajoji, ola Hardworking, loves to help others. I love to travel, weekend trips, spending time with family and friends, watching baseball and football live or on TV, laughing, good conversation, going out I dont drink or smoke, maybe some wine when I'm out to dinner but that's about it, when I'm not taking care of my adorable 2 year old my free time is spe Iam down to earth and easy going. I am kind of a homebody but I do l My Happily Ever After I am a 52 year old female that enjoys life. Loves to be healthy and exercise to stay fit. ![]() My Happily Ever After I am a 52 year old female that enjoys life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only do they encounter one of the Republic of Haven's most capable agents - Victor Cachat - but they also discover that the Solarian League's military delegation seems up to its neck in skullduggery.Īnd, just to put the icing on the cake, the radical freed slave organization, the Audubon Ballroom, is also on the scene - led by its notorious and ruthless assassin, Jeremy X. When they arrive on Erewhon, however, Manticore's envoys find themselves in a mess. In desperation, Queen Elizabeth tries to defuse the situation by sending a private mission to Erewhon led by Captain Zilwicki, accompanied by one of her neices. Added to the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar backyard, which High Ridge refuses to deal with, the recent assassination of the Solarian League's most prominent voice of public conscience indicates the growing danger of political instability in the Solarian League - which is also close to Erewhon. The Star Kingdom's ally Erewhon is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. ![]() ![]() ![]() The skinwalker story takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and is primary inhabited by two types of supernatural creatures, namely: the vampires and skinwalkers. ![]() The story of skinwalker is told within the seven books that constitute the Jane Yellowrock series, the most recent of which, Black Arts, was published in January 2014.Ĭomplimenting this primary story however is a vast array of anthologies and short stories, from First sight to Black water, Cajun with Fangs, Haints and many more. The Jane Yellowrock series first hit the bookshelves in 2009 with Skinwalker, bringing to the literary world Jane, supernatural hunter and alpha female who would encounter many an adventure in the quickly expanding skinwalker universe. ![]() ![]() The oldest vampire in New Orleans, Katherine Fontaneau is a little extraordinary for Jane’s tastes, the ancient being calling the skinwalker into her service and tasking Jane with the objective of hunting a rogue vampire, this then forcing her into a less than pleasant world. One might describe her life as progressing down a fairly ordinary path for her line of work that is until she encounters the madam of Katie’s ladies. The Jane Yellowrock series is also known as Skinwalker, possibly named after the first book in its run and the primary concept behind the story and its protagonist.Įponymously named, Jane Yellowrock stands as the last of her species, a Cherokee skinwalker enabled to turn into any creature of her choosing, Jane makes a living out of hunting vampires. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the first chapter hooks critiques Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963) as being a limited one dimensional perspective on women's reality even if it is a useful discussion about the impact of sexist discrimination on a select group of women, college-educated, middle- and upper-class married white women, namely housewives. A need that came from the women's liberation movement being primarily structured around issues relevant to white women with class privilege. In the Preface to the New edition of the book, hooks outlines how she wrote the book as a response to the need for theory that took into account gender, race and class. The book was published in French in 2017. The "margin" in the title refers to hooks' description of black women as existing on the margins and their lives hidden from mainstream American society as well as not being part of mainstream feminist theory. The book confirmed her importance as a leader in radical feminist thought. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a 1984 book about feminist theory by bell hooks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet it opens with a peritextual statement, distinguished from the main body of the text by italics, stating:Įveryone staying at the refugee reception centre has two stories – the real one and the one for the record. The story relays the refugee’s narrative in his own words. As its title implies, the story explores the boundaries between fact and fiction, exposing the ways in which refugees necessarily move between the two in an asylum-seeking process that requires them to curate a compelling and convincing tale of political persecution in order to be granted asylum. In this opening short story, an unnamed Iraqi asylum seeker recounts his traumatic experiences of war, kidnapping and torture to an immigration officer at a refugee reception centre in Sweden. ‘The Reality and the Record’ is the first tale in The Madman of Freedom Square (2009), a collection of short stories by Iraqi author Hassan Blasim. ![]() ![]() ![]() As I read, I wondered who the main character really was. ![]() I had hoped the story contained a bit more ghostly encounters than it did. I kept wanting to learn more about the others from her eyes. She, I connected with the most and immediately. As a result of so much bouncing back and forth, it took me a good chunk of the book to care about anyone, other than Grace, the 100-year-old relentless ghost who is determined to have the world discover how she died. I found myself questioning why some stories were there as they added unnecessary bulk. Some of the staff I really liked, others not so much. It’s very much a character-driven story, but with so many of them, I’d almost venture to call it character soup. This is a book with many storylines and many characters, but not much plot focus. ![]() The hotel owner, Xavier, tasks Lizbet with fully staffing the hotel, training, and everything else that comes with hotel management.Īs we get to know the many different staff, we learn about their drama as they struggle not only personally but also with trying to get along with their teammates. This is no ordinary hotel though as legend has it, it’s haunted! When her life-long boyfriend screws up their relationship, Lizbet takes on the challenge of running an old abandoned hotel that has been recently renovated by a billionaire. Release Date: JThank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals. ![]() The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.Ĭanfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.Ĭanfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. ![]() ![]() ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. The Gods of Guilt shows once again why "Michael Connelly excels, easily surpassing John Grisham in the building of courtroom suspense" (Los Angeles Times). Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt. ![]() Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. ![]() Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. ![]() |