![]() See Being and Time for a description of his overall project, and to give some context to these technical terms. Heidegger's overall analysis is quite involved, taking in a lot of the history of philosophy. Other related terms are also explained below. Science itself is an attitude, one that attempts a kind of neutral investigation. more basic than, the various sciences of the individual items in the world. For Heidegger, such "attitudes" are prior to, i.e. Two of his most basic neologisms, present-at-hand and ready-to-hand, are used to describe various attitudes toward things in the world. Such was the depth of change that he found it necessary to introduce many neologisms, often connected to idiomatic words and phrases in the German language. ![]() Martin Heidegger, the 20th-century German philosopher, produced a large body of work that intended a profound change of direction for philosophy. For the documentary film by Ruspoli, see Being in the World. ![]()
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Among the earliest Maya a single language existed, but by the Preclassic Period a great linguistic diversity developed among the various Maya peoples. ![]() Unlike other scattered Indigenous populations of Mesoamerica, the Maya were centered in one geographical block covering all of the Yucatan Peninsula and modern-day Guatemala Belize and parts of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas and the western part of Honduras and El Salvador. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They didn't expect this either, but fate doesn't come with a warning. If first impressions mean everything, then what happens… the very second time? What happens to forever? This isn't a story about how two young lovers meet, get to know each other, and how they effortlessly fall in love. I always knew we’d be together for years and years I just didn’t imagine it would be the same ones. He’d be able to save me if our roles were reversed. No matter how hard I fight to save him, the outcome is permanently the same. I’ve done everything in my power to make her mine and keep her.He’s almost impossible to say no to. ![]() The kind that was so wrong, it felt right.I’ve tried and failed to stay away from him. You don't have to worry about the "Will they?" or "Won't they?" We’re soulmates, but don't assume our ending is a happy one. Mabie (Author) Kindle Paperback From Book 1: He was trouble from the start, but I couldnt resist. This isn't a story about how two young lovers meet, get to know each other, and how they effortlessly fall in love. ![]() ![]() “Got it.” I pulled the vodka from the shelf behind me. ![]() “I need a vodka tonic, a White Russian, and two Butterballs.” ![]() “Laynie.” Sasha, the waitress working the upper floor, pulled me from my thoughts and back to my job. But rumor was The Sky Launch, which had been up for sale for quite some time, was about to be sold. No one was going to sue me for focusing too hard or long on my job. ![]() It was a place I could attach myself without worry of going overboard. The club held magic.įor all its vibrancy and life, the club was a safe haven for me. When I was there-working the bar, assisting the wait staff, attending to the DJs-I felt more free than at any other time of my day. The alternating flashes of dark and soft lights, the throbbing pulse from an Ellie Goulding club mix, the movement of sweaty bodies dancing, grinding, enjoying each other-The Sky Launch Nightclub got into my blood and turned me on in a way that I hadn’t let anyone or anything else do in quite some time. The following story contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual situations. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]() ![]() In 1968 she exiled herself from ‘Amerika’, spending five years in the Netherlands. Like many women of her generation, Dworkin was also radicalised by her experience of misogyny in the New Left. Her description of the instrumental rape she suffered during her arrest made international headlines and helped shut down the facility. Arrested and jailed in the Woman's House of Detention in Greenwich Village, she was subjected to a brutal internal examination. She began life as a political activist in 1965, protesting against the Vietnam War. Dworkin studied literature and philosophy at Bennington College, Vermont. Gloria SteinemOn 9 April 2005 Andrea Dworkin died and with her death was silenced the most strident, angry, polemical, iconoclastic, passionate, compassionate, irrational, rational and radical voice of second-wave feminism.īorn in Camden, New Jersey, it was Dworkin's father, a socialist teacher and postal worker, who inspired her early radicalism. Every century there are a handful of writers who help the human race evolve, Andrea is one of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Panzer tank through your heart, leaving dirt and rubble through which poppies bloom. Gorgeous prose around historical details. Just a gorgeous masterpiece of a book." -Mia Sheridan, New York Times bestselling author "Beautiful and luscious. I barely took a breath." -Katy Regnery, New York Times bestselling author "Amy Harmon's love stories never cease to touch my heart, but From Sand and Ash touched my soul. It felt completely and utterly authentic, painstakingly balanced between history and fiction and faith. I marvel at her ability to weave together a story that grips hold of my heart and my imagination." -Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author "I was mesmerized. They can drive us out, like they've driven us out before. I had to stop throughout to catch my breath." -Schmexy Girl Book Blog "Amy Harmon is a fresh and creative voice in fiction. From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon 57,323 ratings, 4.37 average rating, 4,830 reviews Open Preview From Sand and Ash Quotes Showing 1-30 of 98 They can take our homes, our possessions. ![]() The writing was brilliant, the love story was epic, and the depiction of events, gut-wrenching. Amy Harmon is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of ten novels, including the Whitney Award-winning The Law of Moses. A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, Historical Fiction "I just finished and I can't stop crying. ![]() ![]() Jacob gets everyone’s concerns, but he’s waited years for his shot at joining the elite smokejumping team, hoping to honor his brother’s memory. And yet here Jacob is…and almost instantly, the same temptation Linc has always felt around him is causing way too many problems. Linc had promised his late best friend he’d stay away from his little brother. Smokejumper Lincoln Reid is speechless to see Jacob Hartman among his squad’s new recruits. ![]() Enjoy!ĭanger lurks everywhere for Central Oregon’s fire crews, but the biggest risk of all might be losing their hearts… I also have an extract for you all to sink your teeth into, which you can read further down the page. Worldwide - UK - US - I want to thank Stephanie from for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with an e-copy of this book for review via Netgalley. ![]() ![]() Highly recommended for zombie fans looking for something different. Contrary to the original cover, no killer curtains make an appearance. The Breeze Horror was originally published in 1988 and recently republished by Bloodshot Books. ![]() ![]() I was rooting for the main character, Sandy, and her young son, to get off the island and escape the beachers. It gets pretty gory and definitely isn't for the faint of heart.Īlthough I could empathize with the beachers, the norms were even more compelling characters. Are the monsters the unlucky ones caught in the rain, or the ones who refused to help the infected?īut I don't think what the beachers do to the norms by the end of the book is justified by any means. It's always more interesting when a villain isn't just inherently evil. They had motivations and personalities, just like the rest of the characters. It's refreshing to read a book that lets you get inside the head of a zombie. Their anger and hatred of friends and family is because of how they were treated after they became infected. ![]() They prefer inflicting pain and torturing the norms. ![]() The "beachers" come to resent the "norms" and plan their revenge, becoming more sadistic as their bodies become more decayed.Ī different kind of zombie book, these zombies-or beachers-aren't interested in eating brains. The frightened residents of Sea Breeze Island quarantine the infected on the beach. When a space shuttle carrying toxic waste collides with a meteor, contaminated rain pours down, infecting everyone it touches, causing their bodies to decompose, but leaving their minds intact. ![]() ![]() Emilia was warned that when it came to the Wicked, nothing was as it seemed. Together, Emilia and Wrath play a sin-fueled game of deception to solve the murder and stop the unrest that’s brewing between witches, demons, shape-shifters, and the most treacherous foes of all: the Feared. Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points to Vittoria as the murderer. She doesn’t just desire his body she wants his heart and soul-but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. All hail the king and queen of Hell.Įmilia is reeling from a shocking discovery about her sister, Vittoria. ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes the steamy conclusion to Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy.Īnd a love more powerful than fate. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Like a lion in the jungle,” Schwartzman said. It was the same for the second set, where a sudden glut of misfires from the forehand side allowed Schwartzman to push it to 5-all from 1-5 down.īut the muscular Mallorcan, who pounded 35 winners and broke serve eight times, was able to clamp down on the critical points in each session to stake a commanding two-sets-to-none lead over the 27-year-old from Buenos Aires. ![]() ![]() Nadal led 4-love in the opener before an abruptly wayward forehand enabled the 5ft 7in Argentine to level at 4-all, prompting chants of “olé, olé, olé” from the rollicking late-night crowd in Queens. “Of course I made some mistakes, but I’m super happy the way I accepted the situation and I accepted the challenge. “When he is under confidence he’s very difficult to stop,” Nadal said after reaching the semi-finals of a major tournament for the 33rd time. ![]() |