Reading while black by esau mccaulley5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Reading While Black is a personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation. This ecclesial tradition is often disregarded or viewed with suspicion by much of the wider church and academy, but it has something vital to say. A key element in the fight for hope, he discovered, has long been the practice of Bible reading and interpretation that comes out of traditional Black churches. ![]() ![]() Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and hope that marks the lives of some in the African American context. ![]()
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Sovereign by C.J. Sansom5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Peter Kemp * Sunday Times * Dissolution by C J Sansom was an impressive start to a historical fiction series featuring stubborn, admirable Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake. The latest in CJ Sansom's increasingly thrilling series of 16th-century crime mysteries, it pulls you like its predecessors, into a tortuous world of Tudor terror. Its grip is so compulsive that, until you reach its final page, you'll have to be almost physically prised away from it. Roz Kaveney * Time Out Book of the Week * Don't open this book if you have anything urgent pending. Sansom does a nice line in irony and savage humour, as well as the simple affections which keep people going in nightmarish times. * Sunday Telegraph * This is an atmospheric thriller where velvet and silk hide putrescence, and beyond the grandeur of a Court lies a world where people rot alive or choke in deep mud. ![]() This is a compelling read, vividly capturing the atmosphere of constant fear, as religious fervour and political ambition are expressed in cruelty and corruption. ![]() Sovereign is bigger in scope, more colourful, has a more complex plot and moves at a faster pace. Descripción - Críticas CJ Sansom's new Matthew Shardlake adventure shows how far this series has developed since his first book. ![]() A pledge of silence by flora j solomon5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Though these factions show up in my story, in the end my choice was to focus the spotlight on an American woman who opened a nightclub in Manila to support the guerrillas, and who then became a spy for the Allied forces. My difficulty lay on where to focus the voice of the story: on the journalists who obtained much of their information from forbidden radio broadcasts, on medical personnel who provided contraband drugs to the prisoners, on government officials who collaborated with the underground, on the guerrillas in the mountains who unceasingly harassed Japanese military units, or the missionary families who hid in the swamps to avoid capture or worse. She has this to say about writing her most recent book: “Choosing the subject matter was easy…I would weave a story about those brave people who endured the Japanese occupation outside the prison camps. Besides reading and writing, she enjoys visits from her children and grandchildren, bicycling through the community, a hard won tennis match, and an occasional round of golf. Solomon moved from Michigan's winter wonderland to the beautiful North Carolina coast where she lives with her husband. Soloman to discuss her latest book, "Along The Broken Bay."įlora J. On Monday, August 12th, at NOON in the MC Erny Gallery, host Ben Steelman of The Star News will sit down with author Flora J. ![]() Shonda rhimes book yes5/31/2023 ![]() (Plus, she devotes an entire chapter to saying yes to saying no, so she’s got that one covered, even if it’s sort of cheating.) What Makes You Happy? The realization caused her to reevaluate her life, and she didn’t like what she found. She almost turned down a chance to hang out with the president because she doesn’t do anything. This kind of advice is often about what you need to hear, and Rhimes needed this. How often do we hear from pros talking about the importance of saying no? (For example: Carrie Dils, Daniel Espinoza and Curtis McHale, among others.)īut hold on. I know what you’re thinking: Yes to everything? That’s just stupid. What About No?Īnd immediately I can feel the rejection. Prompted by an observation from her sister that she says no to everything, Shonda Rhimes sets out on a year of saying yes to everything. Rhimes is the producer of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away With Murder. But it’s written by an amazing TV writer, so it’s got all the feels. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes is basically a self-help book. ![]() Like a self-help book from a TV producer. ![]() There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think sometimes the most helpful insights can come from something completely different. But the books often fall into the same category. Sometimes we read biographies of fellow entrepreneurs. Often times freelancers and entrepreneurs only read books with practical, business sounding titles. ![]() |