![]() ![]() ![]() She shows us how to choose life, get our minds under control, and reap the benefits of a detoxed thought life. She shares with readers the "switch" in our brains that enables us to live happier, healthier, more enjoyable lives where we achieve our goals, maintain our weight, and even become more intelligent. ![]() Caroline Leaf gives readers a prescription for better health and wholeness through correct thinking patterns, declaring that we are not victims of our biology. Supported by current scientific and medical research, Dr. (December 6, 2017) 2 Caroline Leaf, Switch on Your Brain (Baker Books, 2013) 133 3 Timothy Jennings, The God-Shaped Brain (Intervarsity Press, 2017)31-32 4. In fact, fear alone triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses in our bodies, activating more than thirty different hormones! Today our culture is undergoing an epidemic of toxic thoughts that, left unchecked, create ideal conditions for illnesses. What we think about truly affects us both physically and emotionally. According to researchers, the vast majority-a whopping 75-98 percent-of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Instead, we’ve had waves of nation-building irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises, all promoted by politicians more concerned with short-term profits than long-term sustainability. The dispossession and marginalisation of local Indigenous people denied European settlers the cultural knowledge to manage the Basin sustainably. For more than a century, the Basin has faced a series of environmental catastrophes: soil erosion, sand drifts and dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, the threat to native flora and fauna and the drying out of internationally recognised wetlands, along with steadily worsening droughts.Īward-winning author Quentin Beresford delves into the history of the river system since European settlement, revealing Australia’s destructive relationship with the environment, and the willingness of politicians to ignore expert advice. The Murray–Darling Basin, Australia’s food bowl, is in crisis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is a master class in pacing and atmosphere. ![]() Part espionage thriller and part bildungsroman, Ruta Sepetys’ fifth novel, I Must Betray You, focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Cold War history and provides a window into the chilling reality of 1980s Romania, the dictator who fooled the world and the events that led to his downfall. All the while, Romania rushes toward revolution. Glimpses of the world outside Romania stir feelings of confusion and curiosity and leave Cristian reeling as he tries to make sense of the contradictory truths he is uncovering about his country. Under threat of blackmail, Cristian agrees to become an informant and to report on the American diplomat whose apartment his mother cleans.Īs Cristian begins his double life, he starts to doubt everyone around him, even his closest friends and family. Called to the principal’s office one day, Cristian is greeted by an imposing member of the Secu. Gray, lifeless buildings line the streets, and food scarcity, unreliable electricity and constant paranoia are part of daily life under Ceaușescu’s regime.Ĭristian is a high school student who dreams of becoming a writer, but the Securitate, Ceaușescu’s secret police, have other plans for him. But Cristian Florescu, who lives with his parents, sister and grandfather in Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, knows the truth. Romania 1989: Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romania’s longtime leader, has told the world that Romania is a land of bounty, and the world believes him. ![]() ![]() ![]() To read more about all the Bridgerton books (and what order to read them in to watch the show) click here. Julia Quinn has also penned two anthology novels about the infamous Regency-era gossip columnist, 'The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown' and 'Lady Whistledown Strikes Back', which were collaborations with three other authors. She revealed that she pitched the idea of co-writing a book together to Shonda on the red carpet during the second season premiere of Bridgerton – and voila, now fans have the novel and the series! What other books are in the Bridgerton series? I mean, I've never done that.' He says, “No no you have to do it with Shonda as your co-writer!'" My husband immediately said, 'You have to write the novel,' and I said, 'Okay, I don't know. "And then I have to give credit where it's due. Shonda let me know, I thought it was amazing. ![]() The powers that be over at Netflix pitched it and said, we love this character, we should do a spinoff. Julia spoke to WGBH Radio about her collaboration with Shonda, she said: "It absolutely started out as a television show, which I was not directly involved in. 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' is also a book. ![]() In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. The Duke and I is a romance set in the Regency era. The Bridgerton franchise is expanding with the new series. Want to read Kindle 7.99 Rate this book Bridgertons 1 The Duke and I Julia Quinn 3.81 411,572 ratings31,601 reviews Librarian note: See alternate cover editions here and here. So technically, unlike the other series, Queen Charlotte wasn't based on the book but both projects were in the works at the same time. ![]() ![]() You can also be an aetheist and derive much insight into the nature of what drives us toward spirituality to begin with. ![]() She found her drawn to Judaism and converted.Īnd that makes alot of sense, in that The Sparrow does speak about religion but in a completely open, tolerant way. And very very beautiful.Īfter I was done, I read that the author had left the Catholic church at age 15, and after 20 years of aetheism found herself re-examining questions of values, ethics, morality and religion upon the birth of her child. And altho most of the main characters are indeed Jesuits and so many questions and approaches do involve Catholicism, they were universal. I would instead call it a spiritual book in that the journey involves time old questions, of faith, of God, of religion, of humanity. ![]() So I'm really glad that a group decided to read this, because it is NOT a yah-yah Christian book at all. ![]() I had picked this up years ago due to all the terrific reviews, but when I started it, since it involves priests and such, I thought it was going to be a Christian book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, just as he's about to make his move, another woman has staked her claim on hima claim that will be tough to escape. Ever faithful to his best friend, he's done right by Matt's widow as best he can considering he's been secretly in love with her for years. ![]() Paul Haggerty lives by the marine motto: Semper Fi. But the one man she longs to share this love with now acts as if she doesn't exist. In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband, Matt, and gave birth to their sonbreaking her heart while filling it with a whole new kind of love. The community of Virgin River saw Vanessa Rutledge through her darkest daysnow she's looking to a bright future. Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all ![]() ![]() The eighth and final book, Redeemed, was released on September 8, 2015. The series continued with book titles Sent, Sabotaged, Torn, Caught, Risked (originally intended to be titled Kept), and Revealed. The first book in the series, Found, was published on April 22, 2008. Because Jonah is one of the stolen children, he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed. They are then adopted by families in the 21st century. It tells the story of famous children from history stolen by futuristic time travelers from their place in time and accidentally sent to the 21st century as babies. ![]() The Missing is a series of fictional young-adult novels written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Young adult, Historical fiction, Science fiction, Adventure ![]() Cover for Found, the first book in the seriesįound, Sent, Sabotaged, Torn, Caught, Risked, Revealed, Redeemed ![]() ![]() My visual work has been exhibited at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, the New York Public Library, the Marjorie Barrick Museum (Las Vegas), Les Rencontres D'Arles, Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Fotomuseum Winterthur, La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), the Lishui Photography Festival (China), and apexart (NY). My first book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, was published in 2019, and my second book, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock, was published this year. In general, I am compelled by new frameworks that allow us to perceive something new about everyday reality. ![]() My work generally involves acts of close observation, whether it's birdwatching, collecting screen shots, researching trash, or trying to parse bizarre forms of e-commerce. I am a writer and artist based in Oakland, California. ![]() ![]() ![]() A cavernous fortress, a subterranean labyrinth of tunnels and levels, powered by magic and music…įrom the moment she was born, Roh, the daughter of an infamous criminal, has been despised by her own kind. Mighty cyrens have ruled the ancient lair of Saddoriel for centuries. Publisher Info / Release: Alchemy | July 15, 2021Ī deadly contest. In a reading slump? I recommend A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows, The Hades Trials, These Hollow Vows and The Serpent and the Wings of Night. And just a quick side note, all of these do have spice in them! Neon Gods and The Hades Trials helped me get back into reading so Hades and Persephone will have a special place in my heart. They featured strong female leads and very broody, protective men. The books that really stood out to me the most were A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows, A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal and The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Out of my January reads, each book held up on its own and were memorable in their own ways. Kingdom of the Feared – Kerri Maniscalco | Complete Series ![]() ![]() ![]() These Twisted Bonds – Lexi Ryan | Complete Duology These Hollow Vows – Lexi Ryan | Complete Duology The Serpent and the Wings of Night – Carissa Broadbent What Hunts Inside the Shadows – Harper L. Queen of Myth and Monsters – Scarlett St. The Hades Trials – Eliza Raine | Complete SeriesĪ Kingdom of Stars and Shadows – Holly ReneeĪ Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal – Holly Renee ![]() ![]() And the higher Mikhail climbs the wider is the circle of enemies that want him dead. He has done it all: racketeering protection, drug trafficking, arms dealing, raiding privatised factories, dodgy infrastructure projects and money laundering.Īspiring to get legit he moves to London, but behind his new pretended façade nothing really changes. Lying in a hospital bed, Mikhail’s uncensored life story from a poor Jewish boy in communist USSR to disgustingly rich businessman in independent Ukraine, full of corruption, scheming, sex, drugs and violence, flashes in his mind’s eye. ![]() ![]() When Ukrainian oligarch Mikhail Vorotavich is close to achieving his ambition of topping the Forbes rich list, an assassination attempt leaves him in a coma and his vast business empire rapidly descends into turmoil. ![]() |