![]() ![]() ![]() In 1981 I left Northern Ireland, a place of very overt hostilities compounded by covert ones, to live in Wales where the surface is relatively calm and the conflicts deep. Well, I hadn’t “got my ear in” to the accent at that stage. It was very good of my husband to marry me because at our first meeting I greatly offended him by asking what part of Scotland he came from. It’s hard not to bump into the English when encountering the Welsh. My mother said he fought against the English and was “in Shakespeare”? ![]() I saw it every day from my bedroom as a child. In fact, I married the first one I met – apart from those soldiers on Belfast’s High Street with the wee silver leek in their berets and Owain Glendower who had a street in east Belfast named after him. Most of the 26 stories are set in Northern Ireland or Wales. It has recently been longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. My short story collection A City Burning emerges from that double life. This double life has stretched me, sometimes painfully, but that creative tension has fed into my work. For decades I have been living in two places at once – at least in terms of imagination. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Split Ends: Sometimes the End is Really the Beginning. Start by marking Split Ends: Sometimes the End is Really the Beginning as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. She's armed-with hot irons, sharp shears, and a flair for color. She has a bachelor’s degree in advertising from San Jose State University. ![]() She has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, World Magazine, the Atlanta Journal Constitition and been seen on the "Today Show" for her pioneering role in Christian Chick Lit. Kristin Billerbeck is the author of numerous Christian novels, hitting the CBA bestseller list and winning the coveted ACFW Book of the Year in 2004 for What a Girl Wants and again in 2006 for With this Ring, I’m Confused. ![]() ![]() The competition is tough and some of the girls are just rude, but Christy thinks she has a good chance to make the squad. Whether you’re meeting her for the first time or have known her for years- Christy Is a Forever Friend Surprise EndingsĬheerleading tryouts are coming up, and Christy Miller is giving it all she’s got. ![]() Fireball Katie keeps everyone guessing what she’ll do next, and surfer Todd keeps showing up while popular Rick has determined to get her full attention! As these memorable years unfold, Christy and her God-loving friends find out what it means to be a “peculiar treasure.” Follow Christy Miller as she stays true to her identity in Christ, drawing closer to God for help in realizing her dreams and dealing with her disappointments. A red-headed new best friend, a try at cheerleading, a job at a pet store, and expectations for the prom fill Christy’s high school years with a string of laughter-and-tears moments. But after moving across the country with her family, Christy must begin her sophomore year of high school uncertain where she’ll fit in. ![]() It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever. ![]() Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or perhaps he is simply trying to provide for his family who might otherwise starve as native ways of life fade and industrialism creeps into all corners of the globe. ![]() Namely, that the "Bad Guy" is the one who cuts down the trees (or hunts the wildlife, or.)and-that's it! rather than going the extra distance to show that, well, WHY is he cutting down the trees!? It's not just for fun. This book still rather annoyed me, though, following a bit too close to one of the lines that I find extremely afrustrating in much of the conservation literature, etc. ![]() Also, I am all for the message of conservation-this one wasn't too heavy-handed, but still will help raise children's awareness that it is important to preserve nature. ![]() Okay, first let me say that this is a lovely book-the writing style is simple but touching, the artwork is great-realistic yet still "artsy" (I love the inside-cover spread with the map of the world, showing the rain forest areas, and then a border of rain forest fauna). ![]() ![]() ![]() If we have indeed entered an era of pandemics, how might we design the cities of tomorrow so that the outdoors doesn’t become a no-go zone, but remains a safe and habitable space?Ĭities have already come a very long way when it comes to disease prevention. The 21st Century has so far seen Sars, Mers, Ebola, bird flu, swine flu and now Covid-19. ![]() This layout might have made sense when cities were internationally connected hubs filled with millions of people working, commuting, sightseeing, drinking, dancing and hugging one another without a second thought. Modern cities weren’t designed to cope with life during a pandemic, and this upside-down way of living has turned them into “a disorganised array of disconnected bedrooms and studios”, says Lydia Kallipoliti, assistant professor of architecture at The Cooper Union in New York. Public spaces are now areas to be ventured into sparingly, except by essential workers, so for most of us our worlds have shrunk to the size of our homes. The pandemic has turned the world outside our doorsteps into a newly formed wilderness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The dedication and detail that went into writing Wiseguy is nothing short of amazing. Both the book and the film use verbatim quotes from Hill, who dictated his story while an informant in the FBI’s Witness Protection Program. The perfect melding of page to screen is to be expected, as Pileggi co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas (he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay). ![]() ![]() It is laid out much like the film, in a linear fashion and mostly from its subject’s point of view. The book is authored by Nicholas Pileggi, who got his start as a hard-news reporter and knew a lot about the politics and crimes of the east coast Mafia. It’s a true-crime classic, so I was eager to see how it unfolded. While I have seen the movie Goodfellas (1990, directed by Martin Scorsese) countless times, for whatever reason, I’d never picked up the book Wiseguy-until now. In particular, Henry Hill became a pop-culture legend when his story was made into a book and a film-both of which have aged well. Instead of covering something new or upcoming, I’m going to take you back to the bloody 80s and 90s when wiseguys ruled the bestseller list and the box-office. – Henry Hill, as told to Nicholas Pileggi Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. ![]() ![]() And its awakening.ĮARTH'S LAST WAR: CHILDREN OF DESTINY - BOOK 2 (Oct. It lies far below ground, in an impenetrable chamber. Today is the day that he learns what it is. The last broken communication from the President years ago, giving him unfounded confidence that mankind still had a fighting chance. To fight, means certain death and the end of humanity.Īnd yet, his thoughts and dreams haunt him. The numbers are too great, the odds beyond calculation. ![]() Even with the ship, it's Commander knows its an unwinnable war. Six-thousand people survived, hidden in a military base deep in the Pacific Ocean. The first wave of the invasion had been perfect. Radioactive, electrical superstorms a thousand miles wide roam the planet, destroying the cities and last vestiges of human existence. ![]() ![]() Within weeks, even those hiding below ground were gone, hunted by a terrifying enemy. Earth is a wasteland. Eight billion people are dead. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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