Year House

Las conferencias matutinas de Andrés Manuel López Obrador se convirtieron en el imperio de los “los otros datos”. El mandatario prometió que las mañaneras serían una herramienta de transparencia, pero desde el día uno de su gobierno devinieron en instrumentos de propaganda y desinformación.

Tal vez el mejor testimonio sobre la época más sombría de la historia estadounidense son las memorias de Solomon Northup, un afroamericano nacido como hombre libre en Nueva York, pero luego engañado, secuestrado y vendido, para acabar doce años esclavizado en varias plantaciones de Luisiana.

Surprising, charming, upsetting, enlightening, and ultimately hopeful - driven by the insight and humor of Salzman’s voice and by the intelligence, candor, and strength of his students, whose writing appears throughout the book - True Notebooks is itself a reward of the self-expression Mark Salzman teaches: a revelatory meditation on the process, power, and meaning of writing.

Two thousand years ago, the prophecy of fire and light foretold the coming of the queen empress who would lead the empire into a time of peace and tranquility. But instead of the coming of a prosperous world, a forbidden love for the empress waged a war that ravaged the land, creating a chasm between the factions and raising the death toll of innocent lives until the final, bloody battle.

In the summer of 1976 it's picking season on an Australian stone-fruit orchard run by Celia, a hardworking woman in her early 40s. Years ago, when her husband was killed as a bystander in an armed robbery, Celia left the city and brought her newborn daughter, Zoe, to this farm for a secure life. Now 16, Zoe is a passionate, intelligent girl, chafing against her mother's protectiveness, yearning to find intensity and a bit of danger.

In Sermons on the Couch, Cindy Gentry offers weekly sermons that meet people where they are—whether religious or spiritual, agnostic or atheist. Instead of references to deities, her lessons are placed in the context of a force in the Universe. Instead of Biblical quotes, she uses the wise words of celebrities, scientists, poets, and thinkers. Rather than traditional hymns, she closes each sermon with suggested popular songs from across genres. At the end of each Sermon, she offers journal questions to guide further contemplation of the weekly topic.

You are about to discover how to develop a highly productive garden that supplies you with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables all year round by leveraging the power of greenhouse gardening and hydroponics! Now more than ever, people are increasingly looking for efficient ways of growing fruits and vegetables – ways that are not at the mercy of the environment; ways they can create ideal environmental conditions for growth of plants within the growing area even when the surrounding is hostile or unsuitable for such plants.

Charismatischer Millionär, Mann des Jahres und Mörder? Natalies beste Freundin verlässt den Club mit einem attraktiven Fremden. Am nächsten Tag wird sie bewusstlos an einer Bushaltestelle gefunden. Was ist passiert? Kurz darauf entdeckt Natalie den Mann aus dem Club auf einem Magazin, das ihn als »Man of the Year« feiert. Ihr wird klar: Dieser Mann ist reich, berühmt, unantastbar und gefährlich. Die einzige Möglichkeit, an ihn heranzukommen: Natalie nimmt einen Job in seinem Haushalt an.

When we are yearning to walk more closely with Jesus but wavering in commitment and vigor, the liturgical church year can be a gracious guide into a robust and vibrant faith. In Rhythms of Faith, Anglican priest and pastor Claude Atcho invites us on an immersive journey through the life of Jesus as expressed in the church calendar. This structure grounds, deepens, and intensifies our experience of living with, in, and for Christ.

From best-selling author and entertaining aficionado Christina Sledge, comes her audiobook that gives you tips for planning for this festive time of year. The winter holiday season always calls for celebrations. It’s the most wonderful time of year for entertaining at home. Her favorite comfort food recipes and holiday cocktails are nostalgic and whimsical.

The Jewish people have been and are indisputably the most persecuted people in the annals of history. Today. 53% of all hate crimes in the United States of America are directed at the Jewish People.At the source of Jew-hatred in its myriad forms is anti-Semitism, a sinister and vile mindset that has existed since Old Testament times or for thousands of years. Anti-Semites pervade social, religious, economic and political confines, even mainstream Christianity, and their dislike for people of Jewish ancestry often translate into mindless persecution and slaughter, such as the atrocities ...

Twenty stories were originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens felt at the social and economic injustices of his day. Some of the stories were written in collaboration with other authors.

For two and a half years, Ari Fleischer served as the official liaison between the White House and members of the press, acting as the voice of President George W. Bush.

The Power of Dreams tells the story of a couple, already in their 40s, who uprooted themselves from urban life to follow their dream of living in the wilderness. They settled in a remote mountain valley called Precipice Valley, part of the ancient trade route linking B.C.’s Chilcotin plateau to the Pacific Coast. These are the stories of how the two of them designed and hand-built a solar-powered, two-story post-and-beam house while learning to live off-grid and in harmony with nature.

Every year, tens of thousands of children write to Highlights magazine, sharing their hopes and dreams, worries and concerns, as if they were writing to a trusted friend. From the beginning, the editors at Highlights have answered every child individually. Longtime editor in chief Christine French Cully has curated a collection of this remarkable correspondence (letters, emails, and poems) in Dear Highlights - revealing an intimate and inspiring 75-year conversation between America’s children and its leading children’s magazine.

Whit Fraser delivers a smart, touching and astute living history of five decades that transformed the North, a span he witnessed first as a longtime CBC reporter and then through his friendships and his work with Dene and Inuit activists and leaders. Whit had a front-row seat at the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline inquiry, the constitutional conferences and the land-claims negotiations that successfully reshaped the North. His vivid portraits of groundbreakers bring home their truly historic achievements, but they also give us a privileged glimpse of who they are, and who Whit Fraser is.

I spent 60 years in the school as a student, a teacher, and an elementary principal. My experiences with peer pressure, family dysfunction, evangelical fundamentalism, and lack of success in school strongly influenced my role as a professional educator. I use the power of story and humor to illustrate the life lessons I learned along the way.

Welcome to the easy life, where your kitchen always sparkles, your closet is organized, and your to-do list has an end. It sounds almost too good to be true, but TV's Queen of Clean, Lynsey Crombie - mother of three, pet owner, Instagrammer, This Morning cleaning expert, and head of her own cleaning business - has all the tips, tricks, and routines you need to create a happy and healthy home environment.

Blue House: Ten Years on the Way Home tells the struggles, traumas and tragedies of a family in the former USSR during Stalin’s reign, pre-WWII. Dispossessed of the happy home and wealth they built through their own sweat and labor, they were forced to withstand horrors and hardships as their daily bread…when there was any bread

Polly Manaia is living in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. She's desperate to bring her young daughter to live with her, but beneath her brash confidence lie dark secrets which threaten to drag her under. Gina is excited to live with her mum again. She's mature for an eleven-year-old, but can this young girl cope with Polly's demons? Rhoda and Star, transgender performers and Polly's flatmates, bring stability to Polly and Gina's lives. Yet this unlikely little family will find themselves threatened in more ways than one.