![]() ![]() ![]() Olivia I can see what you mean about not financing more toward the family with the Trump last name, race aside. ![]() Again - as I see the result of the family, I find it very believable. It is a bleak, sad account of quite a dysfunctional family. But that doesn't mean that these things didn't happen or aren't true. Sometimes our memories magnify the most significant moments. We remember things that have affected us the most. As children, we see things from a different perspective. Much of what is discussed is what the author witnessed in her young life. It would be difficult to be objective having lived through things and seeing the result of certain behaviors from different family members. I didn't think it was over-dramatic or that things were done for shock value, as we see evidence of the resulting behavior every day. It seems to focus more on her dad (Freddy) than Donald, but it certainly gives insight to the demographics of the family. It seems to focus more on her dad (Freddy) than Donald, but it certainly gives insight to the demographics of the f …more I think it is. ![]()
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A twentieth-century Cassandra, Oswald Spengler thoroughly probed the origin and "fate" of our civilization, and the result can be (and has been) read as a prophesy of the Nazi regime. In all its various editions, it has sold nearly 100,000 copies. Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our time. ![]() ![]() ![]() It can make you do anything–even kill the person you love the most. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. ![]() They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. ![]() They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. It looks like I’m going to need them.Ĭenturies ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill–until she locked her doors against them. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "An erotic romance that should not be missed. "If I were to recommend any book today to readers who enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey.this would be the first one I would offer.Scorching love scenes." -Dear Author " Bared to You obliterates the competition.Unique and unforgettable." -Joyfully Reviewed The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wound.and desires. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness. Print Bared to You (The Crossfire Series #1) Sylvia Day is the 1 New York Times and 1 international bestselling author of more than a dozen award-winning novels translated into over three dozen languages. ![]() ![]() The majority of children who die as a result of this abuse are under the age of five. It can have a serious impact on long-term health and public safety, and is spread from generation to generation, family to family.Īccording to recent statistics, seven million American children a year are abused and neglected. It impacts schools and a child's ability to learn. ![]() Family violence, learned at home, spreads out into all facets of everyday life, all over our country. Additionally, when the mistreatment of children was addressed during that time, it was seen as a problem predominately associated with the economically disadvantaged and not as impacting a larger group of people. How do you feel that this issue has evolved, or not, in the years since?īefore the publication of Mommie Dearest, there was no meaningful public conversation about child abuse, family violence, or abuse by clergy or coaches. ![]() Mommie Dearest brought awareness to and opened up the conversation about child abuse in the late 1970s. ![]() ![]() This type of gathering hasn't taken place in over a century but with a shortage of females among the werewolf population the males are getting worried they won't ever find their true mates. Not only is she dealing with that not so un-frustrating problem, she now has been informed that because of that little drop of werewolf blood in her she is now required to attended a multi-pack gathering for un-mated wolves. Drawn to each other by something they don't understand Jen finds herself frustrated by the lack of mating signs between her and said fur ball. ![]() Now that she and her friends are living in Romania with Fane's pack, she is also oh so conveniently stuck with the object of her affection, the fur ball Decebel. Jen has just found out that human DNA is not the only thing that resides in her veins, she happens to share that little pesky werewolf gene, although it isn't more than just a drop. ![]() ![]() Jennifer Adams, best friend to Jacque Pierce and Sally Morgan, spicy, out spoken, a little crazy and human.or so she thought. ![]() |