![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I could feel the fear, the hot frustration, the haunted separateness. In the beginning, I was often preoccupied, imagining how it would feel to sit there, held at the focus of scrutiny, ardently denounced before all who cared to listen, knowing that the most ordinary privileges of a decent life – common trust, personal respect, and even liberty – were now like some cloak you had checked at the door and might never retrieve. If you don’t have the courage to point, John White whispered, you can’t expect them to have the courage to convict.Īnd so I point. It was almost a dozen years ago, long before I had formed even the most secret ambition to hold John’s job myself. He was the chief deputy PA then, a hale Irishman with white hair wild as cornsilk. ![]() Ned Halsey was making the opening statement for the state, and as he gestured across the courtroom, John, in his generous, avuncular way, with the humid scent of alcohol on his breath at ten in the morning, whispered my initial lesson. The sheriff took my fingerprints, the chief judge swore me in, and John White brought me up to watch the first jury trial I’d ever seen. That was the day I started in the office. You must always point, Rusty, I was told by John White. You will decide if it proves the defendant’s guilt. I am here to present to you the evidence of a crime. ![]()
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With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people-including Star Wars creator George Lucas. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. ![]() ![]() The national bestseller, now available in a non-illustrated, standard format paperback edition ![]() ![]() Above all, she offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. Wang explores a range of life areas that call for attention, offering readers the permission to question, feel, rage, say no, take up space, choose, play, fail, and grieve. Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American together with her insights as a clinician and evidence-based tools, Dr. ![]() Permission to Come Home takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health. Yet despite the fact that over 18 million people of Asian descent live in the United States today - they are the racial group least likely to seek out mental health services. As Asian Americans investigate the personal and societal effects of longstanding cultural narratives suggesting they take up as little space as possible, their mental health becomes critically important. I am so very grateful that she exists.” -Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead and MinariĪsian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture. I believe that her knowledge, presence, and activism for mental health in the Asian American/Immigrant community have been invaluable and groundbreaking. ![]() Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian mental health. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the go-to Italian cookbook for students, newlyweds, and master chefs, alike. Polenta Shortcake with Raisins, Dried Figs, and Pine Nuts.Chestnuts Boiled in Red Wine, Romagna Style.Tortelli Stuffed with Parsley and Ricotta.In these pages, home cooks will discover: In this, her magnum opus, she gives us a manual for cooks of every level of expertise-from beginners to accomplished professionals. 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Then came 2013, a year that seemed to be full of standard summer blockbusters and a few indie films.just like any other year. In fact many masterpieces have been set in space: Stanley Kubrick's ground breaking 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ridley Scott's terrifying Alien and Pixar's animated feature Wall-E. It's been the setting for hundreds of movies through the years. Space, the endless emptiness that holds many wonders and anomalies. Rating: PG-13 (Intense Perilous Sequences|Brief Strong Language|Some Disturbing Images) As fear turns to panic, they realize that the only way home may be to venture further into space. Then, during a routine space walk by the pair, disaster strikes: The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Ryan and Matt stranded in deep space with no link to Earth and no hope of rescue. 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The 70s were so good for giving us these kinds of surreal, sinisterly captivating and unsettling themes. One with an eerie, queasy mood amidst the ornate set design and restrained performances. Perhaps provocative in a way that might turn many away as being a revolting little psychodrama. Though there are details and subject matter that most will consider too perverse, it’s still a potent yet slightly murky thriller. I think this film is perhaps as uniquely disturbing as it is underrated & thoughtfully done. ![]() If a movie lingers… if it stays with you for hours… days, then it has done something right. Alas… I do not have a good copy of the film. Please forgive the quality of some of my screen capturs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her daughter also made an angel at Build-a-Bear that wears their dog's tag. "We tell funny stories to keep our dog's memory alive," she says. The mother of a preschooler in Davidson, N.C., agrees that sharing stories is helpful along the grief journey. Talking, writing or drawing about your companion can be healing, as can reliving memories with friends and family. Ideas include: plant a tree, put together a photo album or contribute to an animal-related cause like the Humane Society. Rituals are especially important for children grieving a pet, Hogan says, because this helps them learn about the natural life cycle while honoring and saying goodbye to their furry friend. ![]() Sadness is a big part of coping with the loss of a pet, but there are other feelings, too, such as anger and denial, and it's OK to feel them all. Patricia Hogan, a psychologist in Charlotte, N.C. So says the Mem Fox book "Tough Boris" (Sandpiper, 1998), the story of a pirate whose parrot died, and "he cried and cried." After a beloved pet dies, grieve with your family through a mix of tears and funny tales.Įven pirates cry. ![]() ![]() Even so, once Bull reveals what he really does for a living, she’s not sure she can handle it. Skylar’s innocent, and he wants to keep her that way.Ĭautious by nature, Skylar never expected to fall in love with her tow truck driver. ![]() ![]() The problem is Bull’s career has jaded him. When kindergarten teacher Skylar Reid calls for help while stranded on the side of the interstate, the attraction is instant. ![]() Since then he’s opened Silverstone Towing - which is a front for his other job: hired killer. From best-selling author Susan Stoker comes a sizzling new series about four former military operatives who rid the world of the worst of humanity while fighting to protect the best part of their lives: the women they love.įormer military operative Carson “Bull” Rhodes hasn’t dated seriously since he and his teammates left the army. ![]() ![]() ![]() Flashman meets both the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion and members of the Qing Dynasty who participated in the Second Opium War. ![]() There is no explanation as to how he ends up in Hong Kong, but it is from here that he begins his adventures in China. The present novel takes place shortly after Flashman's service with John Brown in the United States (detailed in Flashman and the Angel of the Lord). The book begins with an explanatory note detailing the discovery of these papers. The papers are attributed to Flashman, who is not only the bully featured in Thomas Hughes' novel, but also a well-known Victorian military hero. ![]() Presented within the frame of the supposedly discovered historical Flashman Papers, this book describes the bully Flashman from Tom Brown's School Days. Flashman and the Dragon is a 1985 novel by George MacDonald Fraser. ![]() |