A new, emotional novel from Stacie Ramey, the author of The Sister Pact They say you can never go home-and John's about to find out just how true that is. John's mother kicked him out of the house when she couldn't handle his anger, and John's spent the last few years bouncing between relatives. But after his last scrape with the law, there's nowhere for him to go but home. Starting senior year at a new high school and fitting into the family that shut him out is a challenge. And it's all that John can do to keep from turning back to bad habits.
Lacrosse training helps him focus. As does Emily, the girl next door. She's sweet and smart, and makes him think his heart may finally be healing. Maybe he's ready to trust again. But tragedy has a way of finding John, and he must decide between saving his family or saving himself.
Growing up with his mother in Germany, Peter Debauer knows little about his father, an apparent victim of the Second World War. But when he stumbles upon a few pages from a long-lost novel, Peter embarks on a quest that leads him across Europe to the United States, chasing fragments of a story within a story and a master of disguises who may or may not exist.
Homecoming is a tale of fathers and sons, men and women, war and peace. It reveals the humanity that survives the trauma of war and the ongoing possibility for redemption. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona—need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now. Familiar or little-known, each case springs to vivid life in the hands of the acclaimed writers who dive into the history, narrate their personal experiences, and debate the questions at the heart of each issue.
Hector Tobar introduces us to Ernesto Miranda, the felon whose wrongful conviction inspired the now-iconic Miranda rights—which the police would later read to the man suspected of killing him. Yaa Gyasi confronts the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, in which the ACLU submitted a friend of- the-court brief questioning why a nation that has sent men to the moon still has public schools so unequal that they may as well be on different planets.
For most, it's the safest place on earth. For Gracie, it's the last place she wants to be With nothing but five dollars and the wedding dress she's wearing, Gracie Lister flees with her daughter by train to West Texas, to the town she ran away from so long ago. Michael and Gracie aren't looking for love, but it finds them right away.
Together, Michael and Gracie must find the strength they need to protect their newly forged family. If you're looking for an awesome writer, I highly recommend her! Homecoming is a big-hearted, bittersweet drama about how a family falls apart and comes back together again from a hugely talented new writer. Up on the North Yorkshire moors, the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year. Ann and Joe, with more than thirty years of marriage and two sons between them, are torn between giving up and pressing on with their struggling farm.
Forbidden love. And the true price of wealth. The story begins with a dinner party invitation… When young journalist Thomas Cleary is sent to dig up quotes for the obituary of a legendary film producer, the man's eccentric daughter offers him access to the exclusive upper echelons of Hollywood society. As Thomas enters a world of private jets and sprawling mansions, his life and career take off beyond his wildest dreams. Then he meets Matilda Duplaine.
Beautiful and mysterious, Matilda has spent her entire life within the walls of her powerful father's Bel-Air estate.
Thomas is entranced, and the two begin a secret love affair. But the more he learns about the mysterious woman's identity, the more he realizes that privilege always comes with a price. Her father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo.
And her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? She's the worst of all. She's a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. Despite these beastly grownups trying to push her down, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a magical mind.
And she's had enough. So all the terrible adults had better watch out, because she's going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget! This translation into Scots is a timely addition to the growing number of high quality books available to children and young people to read in the wonderfully rich and expressive Scots language.
And Matilda's Heidie, Miss Trunchbull? Weel, she's a muckle great bully, wha thinks aw her pupils are pizenous wee plooks and locks them in the dreided Chowker. From my deduction of the first 30 pages there seems to be a pattern of the symbols indicating three "states" per symbol: these would be minor, mean and major. In English there are two symbols for each letter in the alphabet. Lets assume three things: there are letters, capitol letters and bold font letters indicating the importance of each letter.
Each symbol has two characters. Every "word", indicated by spaces, is a musical chord. For the first 30 or so pages I can see rythmatic patterns. To me that would indicate either poetry, music or some other format displaying structure. Thereafter more symbols are added one or two at a time every so often.
There are certain examples of similar format in modern languages such as vocabulary books for children and, this may be a stretch for some music. This isn't a solution by any stretch of the imagination but something to consider. When we open a book of botany what do we find? Description of plants with texts and images. Scientific names and common use of plants. These plants are not common, but they have one thing that is repeated in several pages : the flowers can contain one or more persons.
It seems that some of the pictures describe how to prepare special baths , uploading some flowers with pollen or substances. Are empty and are filtered with another plant. They can be different concentrations , each with a different purpose. The compositions included in the later flowers that are empty are described in the penultimate section of the book: the ingredients of the flowers are drawn in the first part of the book if you look carefully. Reviewer: AnnaTaliesin - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 22, Subject: possible meaning of the Voynich manuscript the manuscript looks to me, like an old healers book.
Reviewer: sinduatlantis - favorite favorite favorite - October 8, Subject: just my opinion Reviewer: ReBytes - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 6, Subject: My opinion its no hoax Looking at the proficiency the lettering was made I dint believe its a hoax. It would take a person months of training to get the lettering so consistent for the whole manuscript. I do believe its a real language. I also do believe it contains information about the diagrams. Trying to disregard the text and only looking at the diagrams will not give much insight since any one drawing can be interpreted a thousand different ways.
The theory of it being a coded text I also disregard since the coding mechanisms for the dated time was primitive but very effective back then. But master cryptographers with computers today will have no problem breaking the code. I believe the reason it is so difficult to get meaning from the text is because the base system of the writing is something that is not known.
This might indicate the "peasant" actually had a high intellect in a remote area who had no access to books or anyone who could write. Reviewer: maishmaish - - September 23, Subject: unhelpful i believe any knowledge is supreme only if it is understood and put to use for the good of humanity. Reviewer: Jabberwoky1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 9, Subject: voynich manuscript I believe if yo try to read the images rather than the text you get the "picture" I believe it is showing the cycle,s of life ie the seasons, the cycles of eclipse,s of the sun.
The weather. A woman's cycle. When I first looked at this I decided to look at the images Rather than try to de cipher the text of which some appear To resemble the Russian alphabet. Further to this review, if you look at the sketches of the buildings they look extraordinary like the Kremlin.
As to cycles of life take a look at the sketches of women, have the naughty ones been removed. Reviewer: naveensippy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 6, Subject: suggested this is a herb formulas book for women problems while i viewing this book i noticed the drawings and details of plants are in its physical looks and the surrounding text is supposed to be the information regarding the plant.
Some last pages are the formulation and potions and medications compositions made with the help of these herbs and plants for women related problems. Reviewer: tyguk - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 23, Subject: Language This in my opinion is not a language whatsoever its a code, although some of the symbols are familiar such as the Greek letter R,T,TH, and many more in lower case.
Also the manuscript has nothing to do with plants its just a means of confusion. The mind has to be opened away from 21st century modern computerized motions then taken back to see the manuscripts future.
How Fauna based life form migrate from plant to animal - e. The Pictures are 28, 30 leaf, Red Green - red green transformations. Nickel - Zinc Lunar period cycles. Some pictures show the DNA chain. The women in the pictures represent the Borgship Mother earth. Other websites show 3d interpretation of the pictures, suggesting prior knowledge. The Black hole star in the sky. I give the book a low rating because it is just another example of this asshole lying to every living human in the world.
Adam and Eve. Adam and Evil! Fu John! Reviewer: Ramesh - favorite favorite - June 25, Subject: The Voynich Manuscript While reviewing the manuscript, it gives me the feeling that the writer is attempting to convey about the type of plants which were available in the vicinity. Another observation: a zodiac has been drawn, probably to indicate the period when such plants were present in their surroundings. Read the supposed expert's testimony.
He doubts the translation and scrutiny of tens of thousands of scholars for 3, years Old Testament , says there were no "Hebrews" it's a mistranslation as he states , or "Israel" ditto and therefor the entire world is on the wrong "track". While to me this language does appear to be some form of Latin written without grammatical knowledge not by scholars, at least not as we view them , for your hero to state that the entire Bible is invalid is hubris beyond belief.
I don't know what this manuscript is or is not. I do know that, viewing it in its entirety, I was left with an uncomfortable "feeling". I won't change my world view based upon one arrogant man's self aggrandized assumptions. Why isn't he chairing a department at Yale, why isn't he world famous, if he's correct? By their fruits ye shall know them.
Reviewer: WaldorfTBeagle - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 22, Subject: People think too hard about this People think too hard about this. It's probably a 5th generation copy of an Arabic or Farsi or Greek or etc herbarium made by a series of medieval scribes who had no idea what they were copying but tried their hardest to keep it as accurate as possible.
Any resemblance to the original text is probably long since lost and the pictures not far behind. Anyway, it's good to see a nice hi res version available for free. Reviewer: Kwai Noi - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 14, Subject: Interesting from a historical point of view It is also interesting how so many people can look at the same thing, clam they have decoded it and it comes out totally different from what any others say they have decoded.
There are many ways to encode a message that are one-way encryption or totally unbreakable without the key, even with today's computer cryptoanalysis programs.
Here is a very interesting site written by a professional cryptanalysis. Reviewer: Zlatodej Prof. There is written the at Czech language. Have you found algorithm!!! VM is encrypted and written in Czech language.
It is also used gematria. The manuscript describes the Czech history. The last entry made last Rosenberg Petr Vok. Reviewer: Hyperborea - - March 7, Subject: The solution That is the one and only real solution of the Voynich manuscript. Reviewer: Pentarba - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 21, Subject: Alchemical Manuscript This is undoubtedly an alchemical manuscript in the Paracelsus tradition of using alchemy to produce superior medicines.
It may even have been written by him as the time period around A D corresponds. Nearly all alchemical manuscripts of this period are undecipherable to the uninitiated. The traditional reason for this was to keep the information out of the hands of the unworthy, while at the same time giving useful information to those that had been initiated into the Mysteries. The time period of the creation of this MS also corresponds to the founding of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood.
Dorje Jinpa. Reviewer: cmccoy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 5, Subject: decoded This is the first five books of King James. You can print this and add your own notes. We are a team of Christians creating a visual journey through the Bible as a resource for teaching all ages — available for free download by anyone, anywhere at any time. FreeBibleimages is a UK registered charity All images are free for you to use in teaching.
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