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![]() ![]() Prior to going into active politics he was a political journalist and editor so he knows how to write entertainingly and engagingly. But that public persona doesn’t quite hide the other facts about Boris, that he is a highly intelligent, extremely knowledgeable and articulate man, whose political ambitions reach to the very top. This is pretty spectacular for a man who is best known for being exceptionally funny on panel games, having a silly hairstyle and being an upper-class buffoon who would fit in well in the Drones Club. A leading light in the Conservative Party, he has been the Mayor of London for the last six years and is strongly tipped in many quarters to be a future leader of the Party and possibly a future Prime Minister. Boris is one of those few people who are known to all by their first names – if you mention Boris over here, everyone will assume that it’s this Boris you mean unless you specify otherwise. ![]() Winston Churchill needs no introduction and, in the UK, nor does Boris Johnson, but perhaps he does elsewhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() This story connects the past and present, healing women who made connections through time and distance. As she scavenges the river bank, she finds a vial that will change her life. To escape, she travels to London, where she receives an invitation to go mudlarking. We meet Caroline, who has learned of her husband’s infidelity. One day, a young girl enters, setting in motion a series of events that jeopardizes the lives of the women in the book.įlash forward to the present day. She also chronicles the women and their victims in a journal kept in her store. She mixes poisons and secretly deals in magic. Nella has turned to the dark side after an unfortunate situation with a man. Down a dark alley, we find a small shop that helps women who seek revenge on the men who control their lives. Welcome to 1790s London – a dark, dismal place of intrigue and secrets. Travel back in time to when women’s lives were challenging – a time when men ruled the household and women were often left trapped in situations that they couldn’t escape from. ![]() 99 Three Women Across Centuries Collide on a Dangerous Course in The Lost Apothecary ![]() ![]() Gordis begins with the importance of the writings of Moses Hess, Leon Pinsker, and Theodor Herzl in articulating the need for a Jewish homeland to combat perennial anti-Semitism. By asking big questions-e.g., what was behind this “grand human story”-he gets at the broad contours of the founding of the state of Israel. A thematic one-volume survey of Israel delineating the evolution of late-19th-century Zionism through the tumultuous defense of the nascent state to today’s rise of the religious right.įair-handed in dealing with the Palestinian question though definitely written with an Israeli bias, this solid work by Israeli author Gordis (Senior Vice President/Shalem Coll Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul, 201, etc.) thankfully keeps concision in mind, but the author does not sacrifice veracity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peeling back the layers, Gurney quickly finds himself waging a dangerous battle of wits with a thoroughly corrupt investigator, a disturbingly cordial mob boss, a gorgeous young temptress, and a bizarre assassin whose child-like appearance has earned him the nickname Peter Pan. The daunting task that confronts Gurney, once the NYPD's top homicide cop: determining the guilt or innocence of a woman already convicted of shooting her charismatic politician husband – who was felled by a rifle bullet to the brain while delivering the eulogy at his own mother's funeral. In John Verdon's most sensationally twisty novel yet, puzzle-solving master Dave Gurney brings his analytical brilliance to a shocking murder that couldn't have been committed the way the police say it was. ![]() ![]() ![]() No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. ![]() Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, and face this terrifying creature – and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone… Mer legend says that only those with dual blood – half Mer, half human – can overcome the Kraken. And soon both Sapphire and Conor will be drawn into Ingo’s troubled waters…Ī devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. ![]() They long to see their Mer friends Faro and Elvira, and swim with the dolphins once more.īut a crisis is brewing far below the ocean’s surface, where the wisest of the Mer guards the Tide Knot. ![]() Sapphire and Conor can’t forget their adventures in Ingo, the mysterious world beneath the sea. The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands. Diving down into Ingo, she discovers a world she never knew existed, where she must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea… Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Mer boy. When he is lost at sea she can’t help but think of that old myth: she’s convinced he’s still alive. Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again… Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously this is a sore spot for me, but I think that if someone (or a group of people) believes in the Bible and in Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, they fall under the umbrella of Christianity. ![]() But the protagonist, as she "finds" Christianity, and "accepts" Jesus Christ as her "personal Lord and Savior," constantly says things like, "I've never learned about forgiveness or Jesus or grace before-all this is so foreign to me I don't know what to think." Since she was raised Amish and had been to church at least once every week, of course she "knew Jesus"! Give me a break. I don't know much about the Amish (the protagonist was raised Amish), but I do know that they consider themselves to be Christian: they believe in the Bible and in Jesus Christ. I consider myself to be a tolerant person when it comes to religion-I think everyone should find what works for them and stick with it-but I really hate it when people who belong to one religion make judgments about those from another. Besides the unbelievable plot developments, the poor writing, the forced and cheesy dialogue, and the fact that this easily could have been one book instead of three, I think the thing that most drove me crazy about this series (particularly this last book) was the author's constant and redundant preaching of her own narrow view of Christianity. ![]() ![]() He then collected 900 of these photos into a book titled CHINA: Portrait of a People. Carrying a camera - just a a 4-megapixel point-and-shoot - Carter captured some amazing images of the widely varying landscape, people, and architecture across the nation. He managed to find another job as a teacher, and saved enough money to embark on a 56,000 km trip through all of China's 33 provinces that lasted two years. Nine years ago, Carter traveled from San Francisco to China, responding to a job posting that turned out to be a scam. In that spirit, today, I'd like to introduce photographer Tom Carter. "China's rise is the story of the century," writes Matt Schiavenza, editor of The Atlantic's newly launched China Channel - a new avenue for our expanding coverage of the world's largest nation in the 21st century. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as Eva's past and Grace's future intersect, Grace realizes she must choose between the life she thinks she should live and the person she is truly meant to be. Told by invoking the three distinctive perfumes she inspired, Eva d'Orsey's story weaves through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London.īut these three perfumes hold secrets. ![]() ![]() There, in a long-abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank, she discovers the seductive world of perfumers and their muses, and a surprising, complex love story. ![]() So begins a journey that takes Grace to Paris in search of Eva. There's only one problem: she has never heard of her benefactor, the mysterious Eva d'Orsey. Then one evening a letter arrives from France that will change everything. However, playing the role of the sophisticated socialite her husband would like her to be doesn't come easily to her and perhaps never will. Despite her sheltered upbringing in Oxford, her recent marriage has thrust her into the heart of London's most refined and ambitious social circles. London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young woman. An inheritance from a mysterious stranger.Īn abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank of Paris.Īnd three exquisite perfumes that hold a memory.and a secret. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why, at the present rate will we have to wait in Britain until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear? Why, in 2015, did 11% of women lose their jobs due to pregnancy discrimination? Why, globally, has 1 in 3 women experienced physical or sexual violence?In 2018, on the centenary of one of the greatest steps forward for women - the Fourth Reform Act, which saw propertied women over 30 gain the vote for the first time - suffragette descendant and campaigner Helen Pankhurst charts how the lives of women in the UK have changed over the last 100 years. I am deeply grateful to Helen for writing it!' Annie Lennox OBEWhy is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality. Informative, enlightening, and with the potential to change women's lives.' Sandi Toksvig'A valuable guide and reference to anyone who wants to understand the Women's Movement in more depth. ![]() |