![]() ![]() Liv takes us on a journey through her life from Thirteen Weeks Before to Six Months After.
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![]() ![]() ![]() To say that Italy holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. He knows nothing about Parma, has never been to Europe, and doesn’t speak or understand a word of Italian. ![]() So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers–at least until a better offer comes along–and heads off to Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player–any former NFL player–at their helm. Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback–for the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams.īut all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, find a team that needs him. ![]() With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, as in Kissing the Rain (2004), Brooks has trouble tying up loose ends. Psychic Ruben can see things happening miles away, so Cole''s battles with those responsible for Rachel''s death are literally seen through Ruben''s eyes. The author uses an interesting technique to heighten that effect. Brooks'' great strength is his talent for intense description he makes readers see, feel, and smell all that Ruben does-most of it coarse, disgusting, and ugly. ![]() He knows, for instance, that his ice-cold brother, Cole, is going to get into-and cause-trouble when he decides to go to desolate Dartmoor, where Rachel met her end. Perhaps it is his Gypsy blood that gives him second sight Ruben can see and feel things others can''t. Fourteen-year-old Ruben Ford is sitting in his father''s junkyard when he knows-knows-that his older sister, Rachel, has been raped and murdered. ![]() ![]() ![]() How true is that?Ĭourtney Act: Oh, yes, writing Caught in the Act was the deepest childhood regression therapy ever! For over a year, I sat immersed in remembering and writing about the most informative events of my life. ![]() It is often said that writing a memoir is therapy for the author. We caught up with Courtney from her home in Sydney, Australia. ![]() There’s lots of Drag Race tea spilled, too like her shaky introduction to Adore Delano and oh, the time RuPaul blocked her on Twitter. She shares tales of the thrill in discovering drag and digs into the seedier side of her adventures, including dabbling in meth and engaging in multiple sexual encounters with a broad spectrum of sexualities and genders. The Drag Race season six star’s new memoir, Caught in the Act, is a hilarious, often scandalous and at times heartbreaking peek into her experiences in developing a greater understanding of gender, sexuality and identity.Ĭourtney (male name: Shane Jenek) writes about growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s and how her adolescent angst was pitted against the love of her traditionally wholesome parents. Behind Courtney Act’s rise to global fame is a story of searching for and finding oneself. ![]() ![]() ![]() But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework – without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. If you trust her you'll never make it home.Īvery is an exceptional child. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in Over the Woodward Wall, an exceptional tale for readers who are young at heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() His favorite analogy seems to be a musical one, wherein he recounts how one piece of music which is performed in many different ways by different artists. ![]() In his translation of Francoise Sagan’s La Chamade, Douglas Hofstadter states the case for a certain leeway in the transmission of a novel in French to one in English, at least for HIS translation style. You have a clunky, misshapen, machine translation-like rendition of something – God knows what. And when you are finished, what do you have? A polished, faithful transmission of the thought, the ambience, the idea of the original? No. Almost anyone with a 20-pound dictionary and lots of patience can do it – you take a word or two in, say, Russian, then look them up, hope you don’t have to spend the weekend digging through verb conjugations, then put those down in, say, English. ![]() ![]() Translating is not transliteration, which is simple, if awkward – even ugly – word-for-word replacement. Translating a written work from one language to another is a tricky business or a tricky art or a Sisyphean task with a boulder weighing more than the universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God Don’t Waste Your Life This Momentary Marriage A Peculiar Glory and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.įounder and Teacher, Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary author, Desiring God John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of and the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. Pastor, Anacostia River Church, Washington, DC author, What Is a Healthy Church Member? He and his wife, Kristie, have three children. ![]() ![]() He serves as a council member of the Gospel Coalition, is a lead writer for 9Marks Ministries, and regularly blogs at The Front Porch and Pure Church. Anyabwile (MS, North Carolina State University) serves as a pastor at Anacostia River Church in Washington, DC, and is the author of numerous books. three African American pastors who made an impact through their faithfulness. ![]() ![]() 'Fun, informative stories in which tourists and animals are treated with the same affection and humour. But Africa worked its magic, and Peter ended up falling, quickly and completely, in love with the country and its wildlife. ![]() If you enjoyed Peter's first bestselling book of hilarious safari stories you're going to love Don't Look Behind You, But. Peter Allison was only nineteen when he left Australia for Africa, thinking he might travel around and see a bit of the country before going home to a proper job. picks up where Whatever You Do, Don't Run left off. Yet, despite a growing suspicion that it is trying very hard to kill him, he just can't shake his love of this remarkable land, its animals and its people.ĭrawing on his experiences in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia, Don't Look Behind You, But. ![]() From avoiding territorial hippos and half-starved lions to dodging landmines and getting lost on the unforgiving savanna, Peter Allison has had his fair share of close calls. By now you'd think he'd know his way around. ![]() It shouldn't be fun to be chased by an animal that outweighs you by a factor of seventy, but Peter Allison gets an odd thrill every time an elephant charges his beaten-up jeep or a peckish crocodile looks at him sideways.Īnd now our favourite safari leader is back with more crazy, incredible, endearing and laugh-out-loud funny tales from his time guiding unsuspecting tourists through the African bush. Another serving of campfire stories - hair-raising and hilarious tales of Africa, animals and close escapes - from Australia's intrepid safari guide Peter Allison, bestselling author of Whatever You Do, Don't Run. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the process, the charming rogue with the grade school education created the most definitive archive of the American Indian. Curtis would amass more than 40,000 photographs and 10,000 audio recordings, and he is credited with making the first narrative documentary film. And the undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. It took tremendous perseverance - ten years alone to persuade the Hopi to allow him to observe their Snake Dance ceremony. But when he was thirty-two years old, in 1900, he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent’s original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared.Ĭurtis spent the next three decades documenting the stories and rituals of more than eighty North American tribes. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. Egan’s spirited biography might just bring the recognition that eluded him in life.” - The Washington PostĮdward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. “A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea. ![]() New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man determined to preserve a people and culture in Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. ![]() A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction ![]() ![]() ![]() With it, the Elf King forges new Amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. The stakes, for both Emily and Navin, are higher than ever.Įmily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. Meanwhile, Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's loyal followers, where she learns his darkest secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King. Meanwhile, the Voice of Emily's Amulet is getting stronger, and threatens to overtake her completely. What they discover is a dark secret that changes everything. They're hoping to uncover the events of Trellis's mysterious childhood - knowledge they can use against the Elf King. Emily and Navin must be smarter and stronger than ever to ensure Alledia's survival.Įmily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter lost memories. Meanwhile, Emily's brother, Navin, travels to Lighthouse One, a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces that would drain planet Alledia of all its resources. Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to escape the influence of the Voice. ![]() |