Sunday, February 26, 2017

f Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurs





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About Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurst:

Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely, by outspoken New York Times—bestselling author, wife, and mother Lysa TerKeurst, is a spiritual guide to “living loved” in today’s busy, social media–driven world. The book inspires and empowers women to find the strength to overcome the pain of rejection, and to take control of their actions and feelings in order to fullyexperience God’s love.

Uninvited is an invitation to understanding, acceptance, belonging, and soulful restoration and redemption.

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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, February 14, 2017 by George Saunders





The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented

February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.” Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body.

From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state—called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie’s soul.

Lincoln in the Bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?
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Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System Hardcover – February 28, 2017 by Jerome F. Buting




Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America’s criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.
Over his career, Jerome F. Buting has spent hundreds of hours in courtrooms representing defendants in criminal trials. When he agreed to join Dean Strang as co-counsel for the defense in Steven A. Avery vs. State of Wisconsin, he knew a tough fight lay ahead. But, as he reveals in Illusion of Justice, no-one could have predicted just how tough and twisted that fight would be—or that it would become the center of the documentary Making a Murderer, which made Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey household names and thrust Buting into the spotlight.
Buting’s powerful, riveting boots-on-the-ground narrative of Avery’s and Dassey’s cases becomes a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of law enforcement and justice in the United States, which Buting has witnessed firsthand for more than 35 years. From his early career as a public defender to his success overturning wrongful convictions working with the Innocence Project, his story provides a compelling expert view into the high-stakes arena of criminal defense law; the difficulties of forensic science; and a horrifying reality of biased interrogations, coerced or false confessions, faulty eyewitness testimony, official misconduct, and more.
Combining narrative reportage with critical commentary and personal reflection, Buting explores his professional and personal motivations, career-defining cases—including his shocking fifteen-year-long fight to clear the name of another man wrongly accused and convicted of murder—and what must happen if our broken system is to be saved. Taking a place beside Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow, Illusion of Justice is a tour-de-force from a relentless and eloquent advocate for justice who is determined to fulfill his professional responsibility and, in the face of overwhelming odds, make America’s judicial system work as it is designed to do.
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Pearl S. Buck’s The Hidden Flower

 


New York Times–bestselling novel by the author of The Good Earth: An affecting portrait of interracial love in postwar Japan.

Pearl S. Buck’s The Hidden Flower centers on the relationship between a Japanese student and an American soldier stationed in postwar Japan. The Japanese student’s father worked in the United States as a doctor, but had to flee to Kyoto to avoid imprisonment in an internment camp. The American soldier has inherited his family’s estate in Virginia, where interracial marriage is forbidden. Against such forces, and without the help of their families, how can the love between the young pair—and the future of their child—flourish? The Hidden Flower is an emotionally astute and moving exploration of a taboo love across cultures.

About the Author

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth (1931) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women’s rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont.   

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

World Famous Landmarks of Myth, Legend and Lore

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World Famous Landmarks of Myth, Legend and Lore

By Christa Thompson //
These world famous landmarks will take you on an adventure through myth and lore. There are many stories that we know well today about events and places which existed a very long time ago. In some cases, we are able to visit the places which formed the basis of these legendary stories and in most cases, these are journeys that are well worth making. These famous landmarks will take you on an adventure through myth and lore.

Check out These World Famous Landmarks

Troy, Turkey


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Photo Peter CCL

The city of Troy is well known for the legend of the Trojan Horse that Greek troops hid inside to gain access to the city which they then destroyed. The reason that the Greeks were so annoyed with the Trojans was because Helen of Sparta had run off with a prince of Troy. She was now Helen of Troy – the face that launched a thousand ships. The city was lost for hundreds of years before it was discovered in part of what it now modern day Turkey.

Valley Of The Kings, Egypt


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Of all the world famous landmarks, this may be one of the most mysterious. Many of the most famous Kings of Egypt are buried in great tombs which can be found in the Valley Of The Kings. The Valley is one of the top tourist destinations in the whole of Egypt and visitors are certainly not deterred by the legends of curses that will befall all who disturb these tombs. There are over 60 chambers that have been discovered all in all and there may be more out there to discover. A lot of mythological slot themes are based around the Kings of Egypt because there are so many different myths and legends that exist about them all.

Giant’s Causeway, Ireland


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Today we know that the Giant’s Causeway was formed by columns of lava that have been in existence for over 60 million years. However, a far more interesting story is the legend of two giant’s that decided to have a battle to decide which one of them was the most powerful. The Giant’s Causeway was built between Northern Ireland and Scotland so that they could meet up and fight, but the Scottish giant was tricked. He retreated back to Scotland, destroying some of the causeway as he went so that he could not be followed.

Dracula’s Castle, Romania Bran Castle


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Bran Castle in Romania is known all over the world as ‘Dracula’s’ castle but in reality, there is no evidence that Bram Stoker knew it existed when he wrote his famous tale. There are some connections with Vlad The Impaler, who the character of Dracula is thought to be based on, but these are very slim. Nevertheless, it still remains a very popular attraction and is now a museum that is open for members of the public to walk around and explore. It is designated as a National Monument and Landmark.

And Just for Fun El Dorado, Columbia


 The fabled city of gold has been searched for since the 1500’s but has never been found. It is said that the city can hide itself from people searching for it who are not worthy of any riches. The origin of the El Dorado legend is Lake Gustavia, about 35 miles north-east of Bogota, and is well worth a visit. Legend has it that a Muisca tribal chief covered himself with gold dust and submerged in the lake as an initiation rite. Over time, the El Dorado legend changed from a mythical man to a city and then to an empire.

 Everyone tries to visit famous world landmarks when then travel. But, I guarantee if you visit these places, you’ll have more than just pretty photos to share. 

About Christa Thompson

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Christa Thompson is the Founder and Senior Editor of The Fairytale Traveler. Christa has been traveling the world since 2003 when she attended a summer abroad study at the University of Cambridge in England. Since then, her wanderlust has been fierce. Her three passions in life are her son, traveling, and being creative. The Fairytale Traveler brand gives Christa the opportunity to do all of these things and to live intentionally every day. "It's never too late to believe in what you love and to pursue your dreams." -Christa Thompson
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