![]() As the sun God, Ra, appeared over the horizon, the chanting of the priests rose filling the air with thanks for his radiance and protection. He opened his arms and abandoned himself completely to the ecstasies of the light.ĭawn broke over the sea of sands, its tender rays washing the limestone of the Pyramids in pale amber hues. His father, the river and Egypt were forgotten. It was filling him, every nerve, every cell of his being until his soul took flame, and the light and Song were all there was. Caesarion could no longer see anything but the pure golden halo streaming around him. It is your mother’s children you must protect.”īut the light around them was so bright now. “Leave your mother to the fate the Gods have set for her. His father pulled back and looked Caesarion dead in the eye. You are Pharaoh now, Lord Horus.”Ĭaesarion could feel more strength and vitality flowing through him than he could hold. “I give you my ka, my power and my titles. ![]() ![]() ‘I…I don’t understand.” Caesarion glanced at the Jackal who sat as silently mysterious as ever.Ĭaesar leaned forward and pulled his son into a firm embrace. “I will protect my mother until my last breath,” promised Caesarion, “But––” Protect the blood of the Gods,” answered Caesar. “Can I defeat Rome then? Will they accept me as their king? Are we to have peace at last?” ![]()
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![]() ![]() Retirement in 2001 was followed by 10 years of library research into pre-Viking history and extensive travel throughout Scandinavia. ![]() Rogers’ interest in Beowulf was piqued while introducing teenagers to the epic and wishing she knew more about the lives of the characters in the story – especially the women. Her teaching career included two years at the University of Houston, 18 years at Kingwood High School and 10 years at Lone Star College, all in Texas, while raising a family of four adopted children.ĭr. Raised as a farm girl, she set her sights on higher education, earning a BA in English from Earlham College (a Quaker school in Indiana) followed by an MA and PhD in English from the University of Minnesota with a minor in art history. ![]() Rogers was born in a small Midwestern town during the Great Depression. ![]() ![]() ![]() Karole from Botswana, Mervyn from Estonia and Jang-Mi from Korea become his new unlikely friends as together they grapple with mind-bending grammar, the art of integration and baffling immigration paperwork. However, his twenty international classmates are not as focussed on study as he would wish. Apparently secure in the cosmopolitan bubble of Berlin, Tim seeks to win citizenship by returning to school to learn German. To do that, he must first learn German.Īn ode to a potential union, a lament for lost citizenship and a celebration of life, Tim Luscombe’s comic diary charms as it enlightens. To apply he must first pass his German language test. With the possiblity looming that the referendum might get passed and he'll lose easy access to his German partner and Germany, British stage director Tim Luscombe must get a German passport. And no one can communicate that with such fantastically self-deprecating wit." Federay Holmes, Associate Artist at the Globe Theatre London. "Not many know and love Europe, and our complex relationship with it, like Luscombe. ![]() ![]() ![]() 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.ħ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever knows God listens to us whoever is not from God does not listen to us. 5 They are from the world therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ![]() This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. ![]() 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() In order to remedy the First Founding’s defects, the Second Founding amended the Constitution to prohibit slavery and empower Congress to remediate slavery’s lingering effects to recognize Black citizenship and protect rights to due process and equal protection for all and to enfranchise African-Americans on a national basis. After centuries of struggle and a cataclysmic Civil War, a new constitutional order emerged: A Second Founding of the nation that sought to dismantle the legacies of slavery and turn American law away from nearly two hundred fifty years of race-based enslavement and discrimination. The nation’s founding compromise with slavery resulted in a Constitution that proclaimed universal liberty in theory while protecting human enslavement in practice. ![]() ![]() The Second Founding and the First Amendment ![]() ![]() ![]() Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society offers us intimacy with a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters. ![]() Castaway, yearns for escape to a better life. Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. At the heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you'll go to bed with me tonight," he continued, losing himself in the scent of her perfume and the softness of her skin, "I'll give you the world. “If you'll kiss me back," he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, "I'll make it six I have the strangest – the uneasiest – feeling,” she admitted, lifting her head and looking at him with unguarded candor, “that something is happening, or going to happen, and it’s terrible. This is their story, it spans about 12 years, from when she is 18 until she turns 30. It is set in Chicago, actually the last few books I have read have been set in Chicago, is this an omen that I must return to visit this wonderful city! But theirs is not a straightforward Happily Ever After. Meredith Bancroft, the Princess, living in the mansion, attending the Country Club… Matthew Farrell, the farmboy, from Indiana, with his Irish roots … Loved the two main characters, Matt and Meredith. But it does not take away from the fantastic writing and characters in the book. Does it seem dated? A little bit, the fact that there are no mobile phones, some of the descriptions of the dresses etc. ![]() This book was written nearly 25 years ago. I have read her Historicals and they have been solid, five stars for me. This is my first contemporary by Ms McNaught. Won’t say too much about it and won’t give too many quotes as it just needs to be read and felt…. As good, if not better the second (or maybe it is the third) time around. ![]() ![]() ![]() Library Journal writes that Brunstetter has a "trademark gift of storytelling." Her dialogue includes phrases from the Dietsch language. ![]() In 1980, her mother asked her to take a correspondence course on writing and afterwards, Brunstetter began to sell work to children's magazines and religious publications. Brunstetter has always tried to portray the Amish culture accurately and uses her personal connection to the Mennonite community for research for her books. Brunstetter's husband, Richard, who grew up in a Mennonite church, was the catalyst for her interest in the Amish. īrunstetter worked as a typist for the government and met her husband through work while he was stationed at Fort Lewis. Her parents disapproved of her wish to be an author when she grew up her father called her "a dreamer." She was 60 years of age when her first book was published in 1997, and she would have to wait another three years before her second book was accepted by a publishing house. Biography īrunstetter grew up in Tacoma, Washington. Her books have been on the New York Times Best Seller list. ![]() Brunstetter is a novelist in the Amish romance genre, with more than 10 million books sold. ![]() ![]() Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. ![]() From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China.Ī Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair.Īdeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. 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