The Never Known Darkness Comes


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In these early years of his life he was learning how much he loved to kill... I wonder, is the hair on the back of their necks tingling right now with my thoughts of their death lingering over them? Do they see my face in their nightmares because they know they can never get away with what they have done? Or are they clueless to their future. Living one drug induced day to the next. Thinking nothing at all of the children whose father was taken from them or the years Ill never get back. If thats the case, when I look down upon them and see only confusion in their eyes then mess or no mess they will beg for death, to no avail. I will make sure the pain will be continuous and be severe.




Twisted Hate


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"Twisted Hate" follows Robin, a dedicated police officer, as she grapples with a series of violent crimes in her community. The story opens with a robbery and murder of an elderly man, which enrages Robin and sets her on a path of justice. Along the way, the town faces a heroin epidemic that is taking lives, leading Robin to make a public plea for community help in the war against drugs. Amid these challenges, personal stories unfold, including that of Robin’s sister, Liz, who is still bitter over her husband's betrayal and her daughter's troubled relationship. As the investigation into various crimes deepens, a disturbing event occurs when Amanda, Liz’s daughter, leaves her child, Bella, with her boyfriend Eric, who ends up physically abusing her. Robin decides to take a drastic step, moving to Ohio to take on a new role in drug enforcement and homicide. She undergoes a significant transformation, including gender reassignment surgery, becoming "Robert," with a new identity and renewed strength to fight crime. The plot intensifies as Robert gets entangled in a personal mission to avenge the death of his parents, eventually taking extreme measures against those he holds responsible. His dark side emerges, influenced by a voice called "Darkness," which pushes him to kill criminals who evade justice, starting with Eric and others like him. As Robert fights crime, the story delves into deeper issues of morality, justice, and revenge, with themes of betrayal, family, and inner turmoil shaping the narrative. The novel explores the fine line between justice and vengeance, as Robert's actions grow increasingly radical and personal.




Spirits Abroad


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Winner of the LA Times/Ray Bradbury Prize Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again.” A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora.




Acting Naturally


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From the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema’s finest actors and how they approach their craft "Open to any page and you’ll become enthralled by the...tales of forgotten film lore, childhood memories, sexy gossip.”—Philip Kaufman, director Meryl Streep, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan. When we watch these remarkable actors in a performance, we see only Sophie, Stanley Kowalski, Hannibal Lecter, or Cassie from Promising Young Woman. How are they able to transform our world in this way? How and why do they do what they do? In Acting Naturally, David Thomson sheds light on the actors who have shaped the film industry. He shrewdly analyzes these stars—among them, James Dean, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, Louise Brooks, Riz Ahmed, Sir Laurence Olivier, Viola Davis, and Jean Seberg—revealing how a sly smile, an extra-long pause, even a small gesture of the hand can draw in an audience. And he takes us behind the scenes to examine casting and all the other moments leading up to “Action!” Through intimate anecdote, humor, and the insight born of a lifetime watching and analyzing film, Thomson explores the real reasons why we go to the movies and looks at how they influence our lives. This book is not only necessary reading for an insider’s view of the industry but also a surprising investigation of the relationship between acting and living.




The Winged Girl of Knosses


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"When push comes to shove, Katniss Everdeen has nothing on Inas, daughter of Daidalos."―Betsy Bird Inas leaps at adventure. She dives to the bottom of the Aegean Sea to harvest sponges and somersaults over charging bulls in front of thousands of people. Best of all, she soars from cliffs wearing the glider-wings her father builds in secret, safe from the prying eyes of their neighbors, who think flying is sorcery. When Princess Ariadne seeks Inas's help to hatch a plan with Theseus, a young Greek who's held prisoner in the palace's Labyrinth, Inas doesn't realize how much adventure she is taking on. In fact, Inas suddenly finds that she may be about to lose everything she holds dear on the island of Crete. A fun, fast-paced retelling of the Greek myths of Icarus and Theseus, this 1934 Newbery Honor book was ahead of its time and is sure to find lots of fans among today's readers.




Water Walkers


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Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, aEURoeWhom shall I send? And, who will go for us?aEUR And I said, aEURoeHere am I, Lord. Send me.aEURIsaiah 6:8As I was finalizing this book, I struggled with a title for the collection of stories I was telling. The common thread was, of course, the story told in Matthew 14:22aEUR"29 when Jesus, standing on the Sea of Galilee, called Peter to come to him. Peter heard the MasteraEUR(tm)s voice and stepped out of the safety of the boat. And, for his faith, Peter walked on water. It is important to remember that the sea at the time of the walk was rough and the winds were strong. The walk was hard.aEURoeWater Walkers,aEUR is about contemporary Christian men and women who were immersed in careers when they were called to leave what they were doing and become messengers of the good news of Jesus Christ. Their stories of calling and discernment, of walking on rough seas, are worthy of understanding. The stories in this book demonstrate that GodaEUR(tm)s call to fulltime Christian service comes at many times, in many ways, some subtle, some not so subtle. But all, at some point, are clear and irrefutable. The stories of the servants profiled here are provided in short, informal and easy-to-read chapters that are engaging and inspiring. Cover to cover the book is a study in discernment through the lives of .39 water walkers.aEURoeWater Walkers,aEUR may raise the question for you: aEURoeAm I called?aEUR




From Unconciousness to Consciousness


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After one thousand, three hundred and fifteen days of silence, it feels as if I am coming to you from a totally different world. In fact it is so. The world of words, language, concepts, and the world of silence are so diametrically opposite to each other, they don’t meet anywhere. They can’t meet by their very nature. Silence means a state of wordlessness; and to speak now, it is as if to learn language again from ABC. But this is not a new experience for me; it has happened before too.




America's Resurrection


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God has Begun to Judge AmericaAll your fears of what will soon occur are spelled out. Americas Resurrection ties together everything you've been feeling and wondering concerning the immediate future of America. God is sending His prophet with a message to America.A lying senate, wicked presidents, greedy wealthy corporations, modern day idolatry, cheating businessmen, corruption at all levels of government, immorality being the order of the day, selfishness, liars, deceivers, murder, theft in all areas, hatred, divorce, worship of money, a crumbling economy, national debt, drug abuse, watered down churches, abortions, sexual perversion. All this wickedness and more are the reasons God has begun to pour out His judgments upon America.God has begun to send judgments of drought, economic bankruptcy, famine, diseases, riots, roaming gangs, burning cities, death, destruction, violent wind storms, super-heated temperatures and much more.But the prophesy doesn't end with disaster. Americas Resurrection is a prophesy of hope and life. This prophesy is to those who choose to survive the coming judgments. God always sends a prophet with a plan of escape for those who do not partake of the gore of any nation. How will God establish a new America?




Learning to Walk in the Dark


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In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?




Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV


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MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture consists of 32 volumes of the exposition of Holy Scriptures, each concerning a particular place in the Bible. This part refers to St. John.