![]() But Rob's situation suddenly changes when sheriff's deputy Ryan Martinez accidentally enrols in her bridal boot camp class. The closest Rob has come to her 'happily ever after' is happy hour at the Mermaid Café with her buddy Bree, the bartender slash waitress who's got romance problems of her own. ![]() Physical trainer Roberta 'Rob' James moved to Little Bridge hoping she'd found paradise, but things haven't turned out quite as she'd hoped. ' Meg Cabot is chick-lit royalty' NEWSWEEK ' Her trademark frank humor makes for compulsive reading' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Escape to Little Bridge Island, the first story in a new series from Meg Cabot *Includes an excerpt from the forthcoming new full-length novel No Judgments* _ Looking for a tropical escape? Welcome to Little Bridge, one of the smallest - and most beautiful - islands in the Florida Keys, home to sandy white beaches, salt-rimmed margaritas, stunning sunsets and some of the quirkiest - but also kindest and most resourceful - people you'll ever meet. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments The Generalissimo by Jay Taylor![]() Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong-his archrival for leadership of China-he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. ![]() ![]() One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Interactions were found among place and pair bonds, and multigenerational patterns were noted for ancestral and cultural senses of place, with sense of place styles passed from parent to child. Being raised in the place affected feelings of rootedness, particularly for Maori peoples who have ties to tribal territory. Three contexts are used to examine the development of sense of place: residential status in the place (superficial, partial, personal, ancestral, and cultural senses of place) age stage, as in development across the life cycle, using a psychodynamic model (after Erikson and Vaillant) and development of the adult pair bond, most often in marriage. ![]() Insider status and local ancestry are important toward the development of a more rooted sense of place. Sense of place differs from place attachment by considering the social and geographical context of place bonds and the sensing of places, such as aesthetics and a feeling of dwelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() " grapples convincingly with one of the oldest arguments among theologians: their interpretation of what the Bible has to say about slavery. Advanced students and discerning general readers will appreciate the book's lively prose and its suggestive conclusions."- Civil War Book Review ![]() Scholars in both fields will profit especially from its pioneering research into Christian Europe's varied reactions to the American Iliad and its causes. This slim set of lectures greatly enhances the study of religion's role in the American Civil War and the study of Christian intellectual life during a crucial period of U.S. "A distinctive piece of Civil War scholarship. masterful analysis of Civil War-era religion."- American Historical Review "Bound to spark major revisionist studies and challenge young scholars to explore its provocative and convincing theses. ![]() intriguing insights into an understudied aspect of our nation's greatest civil ordeal."- Books & Culture "Raises momentous questions for the history of American Christianity while offering. "The best account and interpretation of how Christian ideas shaped, and were shaped by, the Civil War."- Christianity Today His other books include A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, Americas God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, and Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. This slim work of history is surprisingly timely."- Publishers Weekly McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. This book's substantive analysis belies its brevity. "An informative account of the theological dramas that underpinned and were unleashed by the Civil War. ![]() |