It will haunt you, fittingly, for a very, very long time.” -Dan Wells, author of I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER A terrifying meditation on faith, human nature, and the relentless scope of eternity. “Profound and disturbing, A SHORT STAY IN HELL is a perfect blend of science fiction, theology, and horror. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter.
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Tamara, an agoraphobic 911 dispatcher, who is trying her hardest to remain as calm and emotionless as an automated message, is propelled into the middle of a story that she can’t avoid and must enter the world to find out how it ends. Respected police officer Mike is on the edge of burnout and sets himself on a downward spiral that may be impossible to break, fraying the bonds of love that hold his family together. Estranged from her troubled family, she must confront the fact that resolution may elude her forever. Tough-as-nails Kate, when she’s not working with her beloved search-and-rescue dog, Zeus, is a trauma nurse who spends her off-duty hours trying to forget what she has seen. Each is deeply devoted to what they do, but they are all beginning to crack under the immense pressures of their work. When tragedy erupts on a stifling summer night, three ordinary people, with the extraordinary jobs of rescuing strangers, are connected to one another in ways both explicit and invisible. When you spend your life saving others…who will be there to save you? Please join us at the Lunenburg School of the Arts on Monday May 6, at 7pm for what will be a great evening as Shandi reads from, and speaks about the creation of her book, and if you like, Shandi will be pleased to sign a copy just for you! Lunenburg Bound Books, and Viking Canada are thrilled to announce the launch of Shandi Mitchell’s new book, the WAITING HOURS. Mack was an orphan from age 13 moving from foster home to foster home and living on the street at times with her friend Talia. He ended up being murdered by a member of the Russian Mob. Mackenzie’s background story is also very good, her father was a an underground boxer and was involved with some shady characters. 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Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door. Turns out, infiltrating the Irish mafia isn’t exactly what I thought it would be. "Action, suspense, seduction. "A touching and tempestuous romance, with all the ingredients Regency fans adore."- GAELEN FOLEY, New York Times bestselling author, for Dukes Are Forever My favorite kind of historical!"- GRACE BURROWES, New York Times bestselling author, for Dukes Are Forever Her hateful husband now deceased, she yearns for contact with her child. The biggest one being the existence of her young son. Lady Sydney Rowland, Baroness Rowland, has been keeping secrets. But when she turns to him for help, nothing will stop him from coming to her aid. A Remarkable Rogue by Anna Harrington is the fifth book of the Lords of the Armory. He's determined to keep the secretive widow at arm's length despite the attraction that burns between them. And that includes risking her life when she's coerced into working for a revolutionary group determined to overthrow the government.Ĭaptain Nathaniel Reed has heard of Sydney's involvement with Scepter. Now that the husband she despised is dead, she'll do anything to get her young son back and protect him however she can. In the dangerous and glittering world of Regency England, no one is safe until you know who to trust.īaroness Sydney Rowland has spent a lifetime keeping secrets. This type of imagery incorporates all the senses visual (sight), auditory (sound), kinesthetic (refers to movement), olfactory (smell), and gustatory (taste). The function of this type of imagery is to create a vivid, realistic description of the natural features of varied scenery appealing to as many of the reader’s senses as possible. Descriptive language is direct method of creating imagery in literature. Descriptive language appeals directly to the senses whereas figurative language uses more sublime descriptions and often invokes other meanings or themes of a work.īoth types of language are used to create imagery in literature. Two types of languages are used in literature: descriptive and figurative. It is a technique that appeals to the senses and brings a realistic or naturalistic quality to characters or settings. Imagery is used in literature in order to describe, intensify, enhance or provide sensory experiences to the text. In literature, imagery is a huge literary device in the hand of a writer. He used a dark style in the novel which he presents with the help of imagery of death and darkness. His style is unique as he makes use of different literary techniques to give credibility and depth to his novel. This research paper entitled Imagery in The Road by Cormac McCarthy intends to explore McCarthy’s style in the novel. 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When Sophie Kinsella’s most entertaining novel “Confessions of a Shopaholic” hit bookstores several years ago, I ran to grab my copy.
Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care in this bold and indispensable work. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and women’s rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sanger’s racism. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”- The New York TimesĪngela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. “Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. Davis is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class (1980), Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (1999), Are Prisons Obsolete. From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. Attracting the banks are the _ (surge) economy and reforms that have opened up industries to foreign capital.ġ7. The demise of the industry has caused _(tell) misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen. Do not set your goals too high or else you will always be failing and there is nothing more _ (moral)ġ5. She has become _(mesh) in a tangle of drugs and petty crime.ġ4. The teachers are fair and avoid _ (favour) and scapegoating.ġ3. Their views lie outside the _ (stream) of current medical opinion.ġ2. Your speech should not have been _ (lace) with these facts beside the point. When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own _ (critic) 10. They were now faced with seemingly_(mount) technical problems.ĩ. The _ (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs. Some economists are now predicting the danger of _ (run) inflation.ħ. Too late, she remembered the _ (settle) effect such comments would have on Johnny. |