![]() Then, says Bradshaw, the healed inner child becomes a source of vitality, enabling us to find new joy and energy in living. Through a step-by-step process of exploring the unfinished business of each developmental stage, we can break away from destructive family rules and roles and free ourselves to live responsibly in the present. In this powerful book, John Bradshaw shows how we can learn to nurture that inner child, in essence offering ourselves the good parenting we needed and longed for. If any of this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing the hidden but damaging effects of a painful childhood-carrying within you a “wounded inner child” that is crying out for attention and healing. ![]() Are you outwardly successful but inwardly do you feel like a big kid? Do you aspire to be a loving parent but all too often “lose it” in hurtful ways? Do you crave intimacy but sometimes wonder if it’s worth the struggle? Or are you plagued by constant vague feelings of anxiety or depression? ![]()
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![]() ![]() If elected, the progressive Democrat would make history as the first Black woman in Tennessee ever elected to Congress. "I really saw just how this war on drugs really decimated Black and brown, low-income communities." ![]() I've been a defendant and defender," Haynes told ABC News. "I have a unique perspective that a lot of people don't have. 6, has no Republican in the race so the winner will almost certainly be elected to Congress come November. The primary election, which is slated for Aug. Haynes, a former public defender, is in a three-way race that includes 17-year Democratic incumbent Rep. ![]() After spending over three years in prison for a crime she says she didn't commit, she hopes a spot in Washington will allow her to speak for vulnerable constituents - and make a little history as well. Keeda Haynes believes she brings a unique perspective to the race for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s also been honored by the Prix de Roma, the National Endowment of the Arts and the Alpert. In 2013, she received a MacArthur “Genius Grant” as well as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Weems has been making her discourse-inspiring art works for more than 30 years. Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects is curated by Courtney Taylor and organized by LSU Museum of Art in collaboration with LSU College of Art + Design and the LSU School of Art. The images are from three projects by Weems: All the Boys The Usual Suspects and People of a Darker Hue. This exhibition will include photo and video works by Weems that pose questions about the stereotypical association between black bodies and criminality. “Her work asks visitors to acknowledge the Black lives that have been lost at the hands of police and to reflect on how assumptions about race can impact our thoughts and actions.” ![]() “Weems’ work promises to ignite an important dialogue about race,” says Carolyn Grosch, curator of collections and exhibitions at Bardo Arts Center. A contemporary artist, Weems explores power and privilege through the lens of family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class and political systems. Opening on Tuesday, February 1, and running through April 29, the WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center presents Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects. ![]() ![]() Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WOOL and Beacon 23 "One of the sharpest minds and clearest voices writing today." Is it time for the Captain to give up criming and retire to a sedate life more suitable for a woman of her age? Soon the Nameless is racing around the galaxy with not only the powerful Commonwealth on its tail, but another dangerous creature bent on revenge.Īnd then an unexpected visitor arrives, putting Wu and her crew in the position of taking care of some very precious cargo. So when the squid-shaped xenos show up and destroy the guys who are there to receive it, Wu is barely able to make it back to her ship alive. ![]() Or at least, it used to.īut this time the merchandise is a little too hot to handle. The Captain and her crew make their living taking undercover assignments from questionable clients. Wu loves a good fight and lives for a good heist. She was just about to hand off the package-Wu didn't know what was inside, and she didn't want to-when three tentacle-faced strangers attacked. ![]() To be fair, they only started shooting after she started insulting them. ![]() ![]() There is also crypto-Mormonism in this book, which is kind of weirdly neat. There was a theme of children left alone to wander in the wilderness that probably came either from the Bible or the Book of Mormon. But she will also experience unexpected friendship and love. As her contracted year of employment goes on, Julia will experience the dangers of frontier life: the cold, the isolation, the lack of respect for fancy cooking, the brutal range wars between the ranchers and homesteaders, and the prejudices local people have against Mormons. Her new employer, Paul Otto, has a somewhat mysterious past, and Julia is the only ranch employee who doesn't seem to be an outcast or misfit of some sort. This is the story of Julia Darling of Salt Lake City, graduate of the Fannie Farmer cooking school of Boston, who dumps her calculating fiance and goes to Wyoming to be a cook on a ranch. ![]() Now, I'm not Mormon, so the Mormon-y bits of this book were a bit over my head, but the underlying spiritual development of the characters in the book is probably common in any religion. I've always liked Kelly's regencies, so when I heard she had written an inspirational romance, I was naturally curious as how that would work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you for your photos and reviews (please tag us!) and shouting about our books to your friends (and strangers). Thank you for letting us join you on vacation and sharing your precious quiet time, and often, the time you don’t have lol. Christina Lauren The Soulmate Equation Hardcover by Christina Lauren (Author) 14,980 ratings Editors' pick Best Romance See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 14.49 49 Used from 3.70 30 New from 9.92 1 Collectible from 7. Thank you for reading our stories, and if we see you on tour, thank you for taking time out of your life to celebrate with us. And while we are nowhere near as cool as our effervescent, romance-writing Fizzy, when she talks about chasing your joy and loving her readers, that’s all us.īasically we are obsessed with all of you. We never planned to write a book for Fizzy, which is why it delights us to see the way she has wrestled her way to the top of our favorites list. Usually it’s whatever book we’re working on at the time–how can we expect readers to fall for characters if we aren’t head over heels for them ourselves? But we noticed that we rarely refer to our 29th book as “The True Love Experiment” because we almost always just say Fizzy. We are often asked which of our books is our favorite. The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren The Instant NYT Bestseller A sexy, science-filled, and surprising romance full of warmth and wit. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of her testimony, Maritcha became the first African-American graduate of Providence High School in 1869. Downing had petitioned for equal access to the city's schools for years, but the requests did not gain traction until the end of the Civil War. ![]() The Providence public school system was segregated at the time, and there was no high school for students of color. They lived at 16 B Street, two doors down from the celebrated painter Edward Mitchell Bannister and his wife, Christina Bannister, also a successful hairdresser and activist. Her father made and sold ice cream and other frozen desserts and her mother was a hairdresser. The Lyons fled the city, ultimately resettling in Providence. During the New York City Draft Riots of 1863, Black people, homes and businesses were targeted and attacked, including Maritcha's family. ![]() In 1869, she was the first African-American to graduate from Providence High School. Maritcha Lyons was an African-American teacher, writer, and activist who testified before the General Assembly as a 16-year-old girl to desegregate the Providence Public School System. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language ![]() A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play The authoritative edition of The Merchant of Venice from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that “droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.” Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero. ![]() Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. ![]() In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. If he fails, he may never marry at all.īassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a journey that will eventually take him to the top job at SHADO. Air Force test pilot who gets sucked into the world of alien infiltration and human kind’s fight for survival. It opens with three action-packed full-cast audio adventures, following Ed Straker (Barnaby Kay – Wallander, Doctor Who and former RSC member) as a U.S. ![]() ![]() It featured all the explosive, action-packed hardware hallmarks of an Anderson series, but also tackled very human, emotional themes.īig Finish’s version is written by Andy Lane (known for his Young Sherlock Holmes YA novels) and script edited by Jamie Anderson (son of Gerry) and Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish’s award-winning creative director). This sci-fi cult favorite, originally launched in 1970 but set in the then ‘futuristic’ 1980, centered on the struggle between SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) and mysterious, alien would-be invaders. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the book I have been waiting most of my life for! Exclusive cover art by Graham Humphreys.Foreword by American Horror Story: Hotel star Matt Bomer.Including archive material from Corey Haim, Brooke McCarter, Edward Herrmann and Jeffrey Boam. Interviews with over 40 members of the original cast and crew. ![]() Over 400 behind the scenes photos, many of which have NEVER been seen before.First 1,000 copies will be numbered and signed by the author.LOST IN THE SHADOWS delves into the complete history of the film, from its inception as a Peter Pan inspired kids adventure, its eventful production, and its enduring 30-year legacy.įeaturing brand new interviews with Joel Schumacher, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Richard Donner (and many more), and hundreds of rare behind the scenes images, LOST IN THE SHADOWS serves as the ultimate chronicle to one of the most beloved vampire movies of the 1980s. This time around the author trades werewolves for vampires, with a brand new limited edition, 200 page, all colour, hardback book on the making of the 1987 cult favourite, THE LOST BOYS. and Dead Mouse Productions, comes the anticipated follow up to BEWARE THE MOON – THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. From writer and director, Paul Davis, Cult Screenings Ltd. ![]() |