![]() ![]() After that, it better be the pearly gates of heaven."īut to Haley, Penn Ultimate was paradise itself. Gam called it that because, as she said, "This is the second-to-last place I want to go before I die. ![]() The Miller family was driving down to Pennsylvania to celebrate Easter Sunday at her grandmother Polly's horse farm, Penn Ultimate. What is going on? Haley thought, baffled as to why no one was returning her e-mails or phone calls.įortunately, Haley had something to distract her. Which was why she found it so incredibly unacceptable that certain people in Hillsdale were now avoiding her after she had spent almost all of spring break with them. It was twice as bad as someone not liking you in the first place. To Haley Miller, there was nothing worse than getting close to a friend or a boy only to then be snubbed. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Jenny frame unexpected![]() Sometimes, though, a little complication can be just what a girl needs. Her house, car and financial situation are all falling apart and the feelings that Dale stirs are unwelcome. Pregnant with her second child, Rebecca is barely hanging on as it is. But her past is threatening to come knocking at her door and the last thing she needs is her 10-year-old bringing a new complication into their lives. She had to change her name and move to get away from the media circus and the criminals looking for her. One day Jake, a gorgeous 10-year-old boy, turns up at her work and tells her that she is his missing mother and he needs her help. ![]() ![]() She feels like she will never get to have the family that she secretly dreams about. ![]() Unexpected by Jenny Frame is a charming butch/femme romance that is perfect for anyone who wants to feel the magic of overcoming adversity and finding true love.ĭale McGuire is a business owner who is successful in business and in racing but her heart is empty. ![]() ![]() I initially joined to help take care of the soldiers who were hurt since they did not ask to be there in the first place. Since it was a draft army it was made up of everyone from every walk of life. Everyone worked together, the chief nurse would come and help pass out meal trays. I have wonderful memories of working long 12-hour days, six days a week, with one weekend off every 8 to 10 weeks. For a farm girl with three sisters it was a great way to get a college education. ![]() I joined the Army because it would pay for two years of college and then I would serve three years of active duty. There was a time when 24 hours seemed like forever and a week could be eternity. I was living on my parents' farm near the little town of Seneca, South Dakota located in western Faulk County. Shortly after high school graduation, at age 18, I was drafted. ![]() Tales of the Vietnam War from the Veterans who lived it.īelow, you will find an illustration of the Vietnam War told by the sons and daughters of South Dakota as they lived it through personal experience, heroic actions and tragic loss. Free Highly Rural Transportation Program. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments The Times We Had by Marion Davies![]() ![]() I came to believe, as a young adult, that three of my uncles who were younger than Bill had even more disdain for her. Jr., widely known as Bill Hearst), had reservations about Marion Davies. I knew that my dad, one of five sons (W.R. It seemed like a marvelous Disneyland, with sun-filled gardens, a compound on the scale of a hilltop Spanish village, an amazing art collection, and grand architecture-which meant nothing to me then, except that it was something impressive, extraordinary, rare and the garden smelled very good. As a little boy, I spent summer vacations at San Simeon, his castle in Central California. A dutiful grandson, I’ve always had the greatest regard for my grandfather. Time tends to soften the intensity of family wounds. ![]() It isn’t every day you are asked to review the biography of your grandfather’s mistress. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Billion dollar whale tom wright![]() ![]() ![]() Low used the money to finance elections, purchase luxury real estate, throw champagne-drenched parties, and even to finance Hollywood films like The Wolf of Wall Street.īy early 2019, with his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing criminal charges in Malaysia and in the United States, Low had become an international fugitive, even as the US Department of Justice continued its investigation. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund - right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs. In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude - one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. ![]() Now a number-one international best seller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" ( Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history. Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times best seller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" ( Axios ). ![]() ![]() ![]() Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. ![]() ![]() “Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. The BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this “CANDID, DARKLY FUNNY.POIGNANT” memoir ( The New York Times)Ī MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Time, Associated Press, Goodreads, USA Today, and more! ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Warleggan poldark book![]() In this installment, Ross Poldark and Demelza are now happily married and giving birth to their first child, Julia. This is one of my favorites out of all the Poldark books. I look forward to the rest of the series in the books and the show. ![]() She knew it was right even when everyone else were being jerks.īut there is a tragedy that strikes and it's so damn heartbreaking. I also love how she fights for Verity and Captain Blamey's love. ![]() ![]() She takes care of the sick and does her best to make sure no one dies. She does for others that she otherwise doesn't care for. And I course, I know what's going to happen down the line so don't even get me started.ĭemelza is selfless. I don't like Elizabeth and I feel for Demelza that she has to feel second best. Well, not the evil ones but I have to admit they are played wonderfully in their own right. The wind was as yet only gusty on the land, but here and there eddies rushed over the water, little winds, vicious and lost.Īnd wee little Julia was born to Demelza and Ross ♥ Once, when he glanced out of the bedroom window, his eyes confirmed that the swell had, in fact, quite broken up and the sea was stippled with white-lipped waves, which crossed and recrossed each other in confusion, running heedlessly, colliding, and breaking up into wisps of futile spray. At the back of his mind, Ross was aware of the sound of wind rushing about in the distance. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Victorian Church by Owen Chadwick![]() ![]() The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Together with his brother, Henry Chadwick, 1920–2008, a priest and historian of the early church, Owen Chadwick also edited the Oxford History of the Christian Church (16 vol., 1981–2010), and contributed three volumes to the series. Other works include The Reformation (1964), The Victorian Church (2 vol., 1966–70), A History of Christianity (1995), and biographies of J. A vivid and prolific author, he published his first book, a biography of John Cassian, in 1950. As head of the Archbishops' Commission on Church and State (1966–70), he was instrumental in producing the Chadwick Report, which altered the constitutional relationship between the Church of England and Parliament and led to the government of the church and its forms of worship by a general synod. ![]() He held several positions at Cambridge including Regius professor of modern history (1968–83) and later was (1985–94) chancellor of the Univ. John's College, Cambridge (1938, 1939), ordained Anglican priest (1941). Chadwick, Owen, 1916–2015, British religious historian and educator, b. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments ReMIND by Scott McElhaney![]() ![]() Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, Writer-soon-to-be-law-student Micah Herskind reminds Atl City Council how many local org’s, gps oppose Cop City…and gets applause, bringing Pres. Washington Post, This conversation reminds me of the copyright problems that came up in the early days of hip-hop and sampling, when there wasn’t much of a structure for licensing any of that stuff. ![]() , But Delaunay-Terk’s work reminds us that dance and even fashion were also important. Ryan Conner, Dallas News, Harry has long been bitterly at odds with the press, blaming the paparazzi for his mother’s death and saying that harassment of his wife by the tabloids reminded him of his mother’s experience. Town & Country, The dark gray exterior blends in with the lush surroundings and reminds us of a treehouse. Recent Examples on the Web Because while, as my dear friend Glo often reminds me, there is still so much work to be done. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Nightfall asimov full text![]() ![]() ![]() According to Asimov's autobiography, Campbell asked Asimov to write the story after discussing with him a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson: It was the 32nd story by Asimov, written while he was working in his father's candy store and studying at Columbia University. The short story was published in the September 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine under editor John W. In 1968, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted "Nightfall" the best science-fiction short story written prior to the 1965 establishment of the Nebula Awards, and included it in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964. The short story has been included in 48 anthologies, and has appeared in six collections of Asimov's stories. It was adapted into a novel with Robert Silverberg in 1990. "Nightfall" is a 1941 science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated by sunlight at all times. ![]() |