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![]() ![]() Of course, the problem with addiction is that oftentimes it’s difficult to explain why you enjoy the thing you’re addicted to so much. Obviously, I have a problem and were it not for the fact that I want to get Romanus and its sequel, Chevalier, blogged this week in the leadup to Halloween, I’d probably still be putting off writing this review. You’re likely laughing at me or scoffing at my claim of repeated listening, but it’s so true that I received the Silver Repeat Listener badge from Audible, which is earned for listening to the same audiobook at least 10 times. I’ve always been fascinated by gargoyles, yet I think this is the first M/M gargoyle romance I’ve read (or listened to, in this case) and that has probably contributed to my addiction as well. The fact that it’s just under two hours long makes it possible to listen to it daily, yet I’ve refrained from writing my review just so I had a semi-plausible excuse to listen to it again and again and again. ![]() ![]() There is something about the combination of the story that Calmes has penned and Tremblay’s narration that has resulted in me listening to it every day for a week, sometimes twice a day. I am absolutely addicted to this audiobook. I received a free copy of this audiobook to listen to and review for Wicked Reads. ![]() ![]() Now is he born, his parents base of stock, In Germany, within a town call'd Rhodes: Of riper years, to Wertenberg he went, Whereas his kinsmen chiefly brought him up. CHORUS Not marching now in fields of Thrasymene, Where Mars did mate the Carthaginians Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of kings where state is overturn'd Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt her heavenly verse: Only this, gentlemen,-we must perform The form of Faustus' fortunes, good or bad: To patient judgments we appeal our plaud, And speak for Faustus in his infancy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fukuyama’s new book seeks to explain why. What we have had to learn the hard way since 1989, though, is just how difficult it can be to build lasting liberal democratic institutions, even if lots of people desperately want them. Will millions be rushing to live in the Islamic State do westerners dream the Chinese dream? Fukuyama doesn’t think so. The question is not whether we still see one damn thing happening after another – as Henry Ford is supposed to have defined history – but whether there are serious rivals to liberal democracy in the global political imagination. But Fukuyama had never been so naive as to claim that conflicts would cease overnight his point in 1989 had been that only liberal democracy could ultimately fulfil human aspirations for freedom and dignity. Whoever had nothing interesting to say about the era since the end of the cold war felt they could at least land a blow against a famous American intellectual by sneering that history had not ended, after all. ![]() Twenty-five years after his essay on “the end of history”, Francis Fukuyama still believes that liberal democracy is the final stage of human political development – but worries that his own country has entered a path of political decay.įor exactly a quarter of a century Fukuyama has been a kind of intellectual punchbag. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, Irvin Yalom in The Gift of Therapy calls personal therapy a tuning of the “therapist’s most valuable instrument … the therapist’s own self.” Other insights stem from my particular experiences and growing understanding of how extensively counselors’ self-explorations influence the clinical experience. Many of today’s most admired clinicians still emphasize these points. Some of the reasons I present for personal therapy echo classic arguments put forth since the early days of analytic training. Through this process, I realized that the value of this vital learning experience is not necessarily recognized across the field, so I am petitioning here for what should be the central place of personal therapy in counselor education. ![]() I was therefore quite surprised that when applying for my licensed professional counselor intern license, I had to formally appeal for acceptance of five personal therapy credits on my transcript. Among the many factors that influence a counselor’s abilities, I have long believed that personal therapy is the most crucial. ![]() ![]() Officially, Jenny Stills tragically drowned, but the letters insist she was murdered-and when Rachel starts asking questions, nobody in town wants to answer. Someone is following her, and she won’t stop until Rachel finds out what happened to her sister twenty-five years ago. Under pressure to make Season 3 a success, Rachel throws herself into her investigation-but the mysterious letters keep coming. A local golden boy, a swimmer destined for Olympic greatness, has been accused of raping the beloved granddaughter of the police chief. The new season of Rachel's podcast has brought her to a small town being torn apart by a devastating rape trial. ![]() ![]() ![]() Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help. A true crime podcast host covering a controversial trial finds herself drawn deep into a small town’s dark past and a brutal crime that took place there years before.Įver since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name-and the last hope for people seeking justice.īut she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lydia befriends Javier, a regular visitor to her bookshop who shares her taste in books. A fairly new cartel, Los Jardineros, has become dominant in Acapulco, once a peaceful tourist trap, but now its economy is in doubt as visitors stay away. ![]() The story starts out in Acapulco, where Lydia lives with Sebastián, a journalist who writes exposés on the Mexican drug cartels who hold sway over the country. I held my breath through a lot of this book, actually. The two hide out in the shower, holding their breath, and as a reader I was holding my breath too. ![]() That’s sixteen people, including Lydia’s husband, Sebastián. Picking it up I was instantly caught up in the world of Lydia and her young son Luca, as they hide from drug cartel hitmen who have gatecrashed a barbecue celebration and murdered all her family. This book came highly recommended, the back cover promising an unputdownable page-turner and in a sense it is. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beginnings Ĭlose to midnight on September 3, 1944, six white male assailants stopped Recy Taylor, Fannie Daniels, and West Daniels as they returned home from church in Abbeville, Alabama. With this attention came national support, which led to what the Chicago Defender called the "strongest campaign for equal justice to be seen in a decade." Committee members formed eighteen chapters across the United States, and included such figures as WEB DuBois, Mary Church Terrell, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Sengstacke and Langston Hughes, among others. Taylor's case garnered heavy media coverage. Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks founded the committee in 1944 after six white men kidnapped and raped Taylor, an African-American woman, as she left her Abbeville, Alabama church. Recy Taylor) was an organization founded with the goal of assisting black women reclaim their bodies against sexual violence and interracial rape. The Committee for Equal Justice (also known as the Committee for Equal Justice for the Rights of Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists-until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. She knows that the memories she’s blocking will help make sense of her brother’s behavior and the strange and threatening sensations she feels in this house, but will she be able to put the pieces together in time? The Mesmerist by Ronald L. The whole atmosphere gives Harper a sense of déjà vu, but she can’t remember why. ![]() Harper isn’t sure she believes those rumors, until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely. Harper doesn’t trust her new home from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors are that the Raine family’s new house is haunted. This list, originally published on the “Kids Are All Right” Book Riot newsletter on October 1 (sign up here for the weekly emails), is perfect for anyone wanting to get in the mood for Halloween. Middle grade books, aimed for readers eight to twelve years old, have had a run on perfectly creepy books for readers that like to be terrified. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is at this time that a stranger appears in the village as if summoned by the ongoing events. Cuza fails to grasp that the being is not a mere vampire but actually something much worse. It is not long before he encounters the malevolent force that is loose in the keep. The professor is useful at first in translating a mysterious message that has been written in an ancient Romanian dialect. A Jewish History Professor, Theodore Cuza and his daughter Magda, are forced by SS Sturmbannfuhrer Eric Kaempffer to provide background information and help with the investigation. ![]() ![]() “Something is murdering my men.” A Nazi SS extermination squad is dispatched as it is assumed that this is the work of partisans. In April of 1941 a message is sent to German High Command from an Army Captain stationed in a remote castle keep in the Dinu Pass high in the Transylvanian Alps. Paul Wilson states “I consider this visual presentation of The Keep my version of the movie, what could have been. Paul Wilson scripted a graphic novel version of his book with artwork drawn by Matthew Dow Smith, of Hellboy fame. Paul Wilson, a New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between, is a practicing physician who resides in Wall, New Jersey. ![]() Suffice to say that I may write an extended piece on its troubled history and many versions, at some point in the future. Michael Mann’s adaptation of the 1981 bestseller is a curiosity in itself, which I will not discuss at great length here. “Visually intriguing, but otherwise utterly incomprehensible” is one of his more sedate quotes. Paul Wilson has always been vitriolic regarding the 1983 film version of his novel. ![]() |