![]() ![]() But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics simplified for Western headlines. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China a city rocked by mass protests, where residents once rallied against threats to their democracy and freedoms. But in a place that never allowed you to write your own history, even remembrance can be a radical act. An insider’s account of Hong Kong–from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music scene, to its unique history of youth-led protest–that explores what it means to survive in a city of broken promises. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This is painstaking work, but Feser seems to love what he is doing. ![]() The author presents five (classic) proofs for the existence of God, gives reasons people sometimes oppose those arguments, and refutes the arguments against. For that matter, it would also depend on its parts even if it had not existed always, and not been assembled over time either, but instead came into existence altogether and all at once. Edward Feser spends much fruitful effort examining the arguments. ![]() For instance, even if a certain chair had always existed, it would still be true that its existence presupposes that its parts exist and are put together in the right way. Moreover, a composite thing would be less fundamental than its parts in the relevant sense even if it had never come into existence but somehow had always existed. Rather, they all develop together as cells divide while you gestate within the womb. In the case of the human body, for example, it isn’t that the arms, legs, eyes, and ears all come into existence first and are then assembled into a body. For example, the parts of a chair are made first and then assembled into a chair. You might think that this has essentially to do with there being some point in time at which the parts are not assembled into the whole, and then later on they are so assembled. And a composite is less fundamental than its parts in the sense that its existence presupposes that its parts exist and are put together in the right way. So, the things of our experience are composite, or composed of parts. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are also accomplished tie-in writers who have created bestselling properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. ![]() In addition to their critically acclaimed mysteries, Alice and Marc have written multiple works of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. To learn more, visit their CLEO COYLE page here at Goodreads, as well as the pages dedicated to their two bestselling, long-running mystery series:Īlice/Cleo’s Haunted Bookshop Mystery series, hailed as a highly original and "utterly charming" ( Mystery Scene) blend of cozy and hardboiled genres, features an earnest young New England widow who catches criminals with the help of a gumshoe ghost, the irresistible spirit of a tough private detective who’d been gunned down in her bookshop decades before.Ĭleo’s Coffeehouse Mystery series, celebrated for pioneering both the “coffee” and “urban cozy” genres, follows the adventures of amateur sleuth Clare Cosi, a single mom with a complicated love life who manages a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and a quirky crew of baristas while helping the NYPD solve perplexing crimes. ![]() Alice and Marc now write the series under their primary pen name CLEO COYLE and their Alice Kimberly titles have been re-released under their Cleo Coyle name. They first used it to launch their Haunted Bookshop Mystery series in 2004. ALICE KIMBERLY is a pseudonym used by New York Times bestselling authors Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still a teenager, Lords pulled in the reins and, remarkably, engineered her own reversal of fortune. Federal agents finally started giving child pornography the scrutiny it deserved, but the actors, not the producers, bore the public brunt of their investigation. ![]() And that's what got me off.” But it was hardly a joyous milieu drugs and booze calmed her, while a series of wretched relationships gave her glancing moments of security. She captures this dark and rotten world with all its ambiguities-and hers: “ allowed me to release all the fury I'd felt my entire life. ![]() To make money, she agreed to do some nude posing (she was still only 15 when Penthouse featured her as a centerfold), and from there it was an alarmingly simple step to pornographic movies. Sexually abused by one of her mother’s boyfriends, she fled home at 15. She hailed from a low-rent Ohio mill town, product of a drunken father and a feckless mother, soon divorced. Wary, defiant, not a little defensive, and not a little pissed off, Lords recaptures her youthful voice as she excavates all the rocks on her road from underage porn star to singer and actress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here, he finds Rosy, a girl he hardly remembers, a grown woman now, and all sunshine and smiles as she runs wild in her father’s stables. While traveling home from a failed investment opportunity, Giles is led by chance to Rutland to his old acquaintances, the Barretts of Broadstone. Seven years after his father’s financial ruin, Giles Harrington, Lord Montbury, does not like to waste time or money, having little to spare of either resource. Wholly focused, that is, until Giles Harrington, the boy she loved as a child, appears out of nowhere into her life again. With the foaling season well underway, she is wholly focused on obtaining the beginnings of her own future breeding operation, separate from her father’s. Rosy Barrett is a woman of simple tastes, asking nothing more than for leave to ride from dawn until dusk and tend to the horses in her father’s stables at Broadstone Manor. ![]() ![]() ![]() (I don't know that one, says Mary-Ellen, I thought I knew them all.) And in real life? We could ask Mary-Ellen, except one thing we know for sure about Mary-Ellen is she's not called Mary-Ellen, else she'd have sued Bryson's ass off by now. Except in the book, where he says 'Cunnilingus'. When asked his star-sign by the tiresome Mary-Ellen (played by Kristen Schaal), Bryson's companion Stephen Katz (played by Nick Nolte) says 'Gemini'. Oddly, none of my own long-distance jaunts has been made into a movie with Robert Redford as me, married to Emma Thompson. 'A little voice in my head said: "Sounds neat! let's do it!".' To grab a gun and join the revolution to get pregnant with this particular bloke to spend most of next year walking northwards in a wood we decide these in an instant, without any of that overrated process known as rational thought. More serious mountain accounts have sections as long and tedious as the Great Smokey Mountains about motivation and mental health. Oddly, I didn't have the urge to carry on walking past trees all the way to Maine. Bryson is known for his many travel memoirs, notably his 1996 memoir about Britain, Notes on a Small Island. Over the three days I walked past approximately one million trees. After two days of looking at trees from underneath I emerged onto a hilltop with a view. I did once do three days in the Appalachians. ![]() That's assuming there are some enjoyable bits of the Appalachian Trail. Instead, he skips over all of the bits that are even slightly enjoyable ![]() Bryson is determined to avoid this mistake. Most long-distance walk stories skip over the boredom and the really miserable bits. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even the addition of the fifth teen, convicted murderer Gabriel, can't dull her happiness.īut then she starts to realise that something is wrong at the Institute, perhaps not everyone is as trustworthy as she'd like them to be, and in the wrong hands, the teens' powers could be a terrible weapon. After meeting charismatic healer Rob, psychokinetic Lewis, and Anna, who can talk to the animals, she already feels at home. So, when she's given the opportunity to go away to an Institute where she, and four other teens with other powers, will be trained to control their abilities, she jumps at the chance. Worse, they scare people, as do her weird eyes. She's able to draw things that haven't happened yet - although the drawings are never specific enough to be of any use. Kaitlyn Fairchild has always known she was different. ![]() Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books ![]() Summary: Superb teen supernatural fiction with vividly drawn characters and enough romance and action to enthrall anyone. ![]() ![]() 2019 Issue (Click drop-down arrow) open child menu.A Farewell from The Fogdog Review’s Faculty Advisor.The Fogdog Review Final Issue Editor Interviews.Your Vote Matters: A Fogdog Review Editorial.Politics and Literature: Fogdog Student Survey.Blog Post | Cowboys and Indians: Mailhot and the Native Spirit.Blog Post | “Trigger Warning”: This Book Is about Your Life.Reflections on Walbert’s His Favorites and Mailhot’s Heart Berries open child menu.An Interview with Dayton Photographer Adam Stephens.An Interview with Dayton Chalk Artist Ben Baugham.An Interview with Dayton Tattoo Artist Jessica Poole. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() How the Grinch Stole Christmas is streaming on HBO Max ($9.99+ per month) and is available for digital purchase ($9.99) and rental ($3.99) at Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, and other outlets. Whether you find it delightful or nightmarish, Carrey’s version is certainly tough to forget. ![]() Seuss’s simple story in order to fill out a feature-length film. Howard channels a bit of Tim Burton in his creation of the rather psychedelic Whoville, expanding on Dr. The only comedy star with the right kind of intensity to take on the Grinch was Jim Carrey, who donned some mildly unsettling full-body prosthetics to play the character in Ron Howard’s live-action adaptation. You Better Watch Out Hes green.hes mean.and he hates Christmas The Grinch is a bad tempered hairy green creature, who live inside a cave atop Mount C. Where You Can Stream Your Favorite Christmas Movies and Specials. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Crouching low as I moved, I made my way to the willow tree that took up the center of the Morgan’s yard. Digging my bare toes into the soggy ground, I turned around the corner of the house and moved out into the open space of the backyard. There was no way Peter was going to win yet again. You’re ability to bring my idea to live was truly a wonderful addition to this book! Special thanks to Tabitha, Monique, and Emily for attending cheer comps with me as well as joining me to watch countless YouTube videos.įinally, thank you so much to the Etsy shop ArrowandBowss for creating the perfect bow for the book cover. ![]() Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.Ī big thank you to my friends and family for supporting me on this amazing creative journey. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. ![]() |