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Small Change by Roan Parrish7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() But hot sex is one thing-truly falling for someone? Terrifying. Christopher's gorgeous, and kind, and their opposites-attract chemistry is off the charts. When they meet, Christopher is smitten, but Ginger. Now, he relishes the familiarity of knowing what his customers want, and giving it to them. She'll get through it all on her own, just like she always does.Ĭhristopher Lucen opened a coffee and sandwich joint in South Philly because he wanted to be part of a community after years of running from place to place, searching for something he could never quite name. is for the best, because then she doesn't notice how lonely she is. ![]() Good thing too, since keeping her shop afloat, taking care of her friends, and scrambling to finish her paintings doesn't leave time for anything else. Tough and independent, she has taking-no-crap down to an art form. Ginger Holtzman has fought for everything she's ever had-the success of her tattoo shop, respect in the industry, her upcoming art show. ![]()
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The war of art steven7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took seventeen years to get the first paycheck) are detailed in The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Authentic Swing, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, and The Knowledge. Marine, an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital and screenwriter. Since graduating from Duke University in 1965, he has been a U.S. His father was in the Navy, and he was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943. A film of the same title was released in 2000, directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith and Charlize Theron. His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was adapted for screen. ![]() Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, The Profession, The Lion's Gate, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, The Authentic Swing, An American Jew, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, The Knowledge, and The Artist's Journey. ![]()
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Mike todd relationship goals book7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, Walt started manufacturing chemically pure crystal methamphetamine to provide for his family upon his death. Wynne High School alongside working at the A1A Car Wash to financially support his family (his wife Skyler, son Walt Jr., and infant daughter Holly). ![]() Before entering the drug trade, Walt was a respected chemist and scientist who later worked as an overqualified high school chemistry teacher at J. White, is an American former chemist and major narcotics distributor from Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose drug empire became the largest meth operation in American history, surpassing both Gustavo Fring's drug empire and the Cartel's. Walter Hartwell " Walt" White Sr., also known by his clandestine pseudonym and business moniker Heisenberg and also frequently referred to as Mr. ![]() ![]() ― Walt's speech to his wife Skyler, explaining who he is. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No. No, you clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. ![]()
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Mario testino diana7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Not long after lunch, she wanted to learn to catwalk. She got into it, laughing and tossing her head back and throwing off the most incredibly languid looks. He put on some music-Dalida, a French dance diva who was gyrating toward self-destruction before the Princess-to-be had graduated from ruffles. Mario has a marvelous voice-very warm, very satisfying, like one of those macerated cherries you get at the bottom of a good Manhattan. On the day of the shoot, in a studio in South London, he just started talking, about this and that, nothing too personal. The photographer, Mario Testino, had been asked for a portrait, little suspecting that this famously enigmatic creature was ready to let down her hair. He wanted her to roll around in her couture silks, right there on that big, gleaming boat of a sofa-and laugh. ![]() Playfully he cast his eyes on the cool blonde seated on the couch, wondering what it would take to make her melt. ![]()
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![]() TSDB Terrorist Screening Database (2004 TSC): The consolidated terrorist watchlist from which specialized watchlists, such as the No Fly List, are derived. “TIPOFF” (1987 DOS): A State Department terrorist watchlist that contained approximately 60,000 names on September 11, 2001. TIDE Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (2002 NCTC): A clearinghouse to centralize collection and analysis of terrorist information. Selectee List (2001 TSA): A list of individuals subject to heightened airport security screening. Page x → No Fly List (2001 TSA): A list of individuals prohibited access to commercial air travel. ![]() ![]() CLASS Consular Lookout and Support Systems (1995 DOS): A system that vets visa and passport applications. ![]() Page viii → Page ix → Abbreviations The Agencies DHS Department of Homeland Security CBP Customs and Border Protection TSA Transportation Security Administration (March 2003–present) DOJ Department of Justice FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation TSC Terrorist Screening Center DOS Department of State DOT Department of Transportation FAA Federal Aviation Administration TSA Transportation Security Administration (November 2001–March 2003) ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence NCTC National Counterterrorism Center (formerly TTIC) The Watchlists* APIS Advanced Passenger Information System (1988 CBP): A system that maintains passenger and crew manifest information from commercial airlines. ![]()
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John gwynne hunger of the gods7/4/2023 ![]() epic, gritty fantasy with an uncompromising amount of heart." -FanFiAddictĪgnar Broksson – chief of the Battle-Grim, slain in an act of betrayal by Biórr on the ash-plain of OskutreðĮlvar Fire-Fist – daughter of Jarl Störr. "A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic." -Anthony Ryan It’s everything I’ve come to expect from a John Gwynne book." -Robin Hobb ![]() “There is not a dull chapter in this fantasy epic.” -Vulture (Best of the Year) A book of forbidden magic with the power to raise the wolf god Ulfrir from the dead…and bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth. Their only hope lies within the mad writings of a chained god. Yet even the might of the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim cannot stand alone against a dragon god. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest.Īs Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own–and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance.Įlvar has sworn to fulfil her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade the Battle-Grim to follow her. Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Packed with myth, magic, and bloody vengeance, John Gwynne's "masterfully crafted, brutally compelling, Norse-inspired epic" (Anthony Ryan) continues in The Hunger of the Gods. ![]()
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Apology by Plato7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Israel we value our democracy and in a democracy we see high value in journalism and in a free press. “She was a journalist, a very established journalist. “I think it’s an opportunity for me to say here that we are very sorry of the death of Shireen Abu Akleh,” he said. Daniel Hagari, in an interview with CNN’s Eleni Giokos on Connect the World on Thursday. The apology came from the IDF’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. It is the first time the IDF has apologized for the killing of the well-known correspondent, after conceding last year that there was a “high possibility” she was shot by an Israeli soldier. The Israel Defense Forces has apologized for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a year to the day after she was killed by a bullet to the back of the head while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. ![]()
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How to write about africa book7/4/2023 ![]() The West has long recognized the abundant literary riches in Africa. Yet, despite all this diversity, a shocking number of Americans still think of Africa as a single country. ![]() Half of the ten poorest countries in the world are African six of the fifteen fastest-growing economies on the planet, including the top two, are in Africa, too. The continent-the world’s second largest by land area-houses 54 nations, from the predominantly Arab Mahgreb of the Mediterranean coast to the resource-rich lands of southern and western Africa. Politically and economically, too, Africa is a patchwork, encompassing a wide range of political systems and economic realities. Its ethnic mix, the more than 1,500 languages spoken there, and even the genetic origins of its 1.2 billion people are more varied than on any other place on Earth. Africa is richly diverseĪfrica today is a richly diverse place. This list of the 20 top books about Africa will help do that. It’s time to cast a little light into the darkness. Everywhere else-Europe, Asia, the Americas-understanding of Africa and Africans is limited, and far too often wildly distorted. ![]() That label is still apt, but not for the same reason. In the 19 th century, as the nations of Europe rushed to grab ever-larger expanses of territory there, Africa was known as the Dark Continent. ![]()
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Year one by nora roberts7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a five-star book that I felt had scope, depth, action, and suspense. Yeah, so that is the keyword with this final installment of the Year One series. And as she faces down an old nemesis, sets her sights on the enemy's stronghold, and pursues her destiny-to finally restore the mystical shield that once protected them all-she will need an army behind her. For although from the time of her birth, she has been The One, she is still only one. Now she must help them heal-and rediscover the light and faith within themselves. Strengthened by the bond she shares with her fellow warrior, Duncan, Fallon has already succeeded in rescuing countless shifters and elves and ordinary humans. She is determined to save even those who have been complicit with this evil out of fear or weakness-if, indeed, they can be saved. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees those who have been preyed upon by the government or the fanatical Purity Warriors, endlessly hunted or locked up in laboratories, brutalized for years on end. ![]() The Rise of Magicks is the conclusing to the trilogyĪfter the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. ![]()
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Night job karen hesse7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() “ Come, it whispers to us.” While sometimes the boy plays (shooting hoops while his father cleans the gym or reading aloud to him while he cleans the library), he also gives him a hand, “sweeping the school from stem to stern.” Hesse captures one night of the father’s custodial work afterwards, they head home and, just as the sun is rising, drift away together in a recliner. “He opens the door, and the building sighs,” Hesse writes. This is the story of a boy and his father, who leave their apartment complex and take a motorcycle on a Friday night to the school that the father cleans for a living. Brian Karas, will be on shelves in September - and it is a book to look forward to. ![]() (See how I waited at least a little bit?) Karen Hesse’s Night Job (Candlewick), illustrated by G. ![]() I’m doing that thing again (forgive me) where I’m writing about a book several months before it arrives on bookshelves, but I’ve had this art for a while and decided to go ahead and share it today. ![]() |