![]() ~1250 BC – Adonei Zadek, King of Shalem, is defeated by Israelite’s Joshua (Joshua 10).~14TH century BC – Mentioned as “Urasalim” in the Amarna letters, a 14th century BC Egyptian archive of clay tablets.Mid Bronze II – Referred in the bible as Cananaite “Shalem” (Genesis 14: 18).~18 century BC – Referenced in Egypt as “Rushalimum”.Jerusalem’s long history is summarized in several highlights along the timeline: This strategic location, first selected by King David 3000 years ago, made the city the heart of the biblical Israel and the Jewish faith, a Holy city for the Christian and Muslim faiths, and the capital of Modern Israel. Jerusalem, the capital of Israel and the most Holiest city in the World, is located in the center of Israel, on top of the Judean mountains (700-800M above sea level). Psalms 122:2: “Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem”. Details of its sites are described in additional web pages. ![]() This page is an overview of the old city of Jerusalem. ![]() The Holy City of Jerusalem is for 3000 years the capital of the Israelites, Jewish Kingdom and State of Israel. ![]()
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![]() With seven years and a murky blended family dynamic between them, Ainsley and Kate have never been overly close, but their shared sorrow dovetails their faltering worlds into one. Kate has always been so poised, so self-assured, but Nathan's death shatters everything she thought she knew - including her husband - and sometimes the people who step up aren't the ones you expect. ![]() Devastated and humiliated, Ainsley turns to her half sister, Kate, who's already struggling after the sudden loss of her new husband. What she doesn't anticipate is for Eric to blindside her with a tactless breakup he chronicles in a blog - which (of course) goes viral. ![]() Following in the footsteps of her critically acclaimed novel If You Only Knew, best-selling author Kristan Higgins returns with a pitch-perfect look at the affection - and the acrimony - that binds sisters together.Īinsley O'Leary is so ready to get married - she's even found the engagement ring her boyfriend has stashed away. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No one reading her books will ever be the same again." - Debbie Macomber "As we 'watch' Hadassah and Atretes struggle through first-century trials, we learn how to handle similar situations in the twenty-first century. Includes discussion questions suitable for individual use or group discussions "Francine unlocks the longing in each one of us to connect to God in a deeper, life-changing way. Even as she's torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, Hadassah clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of a decadent empire. Amid the depravity around her, a young Jewish slave girl becomes a light in the darkness. While wealthy Roman citizens indulge their every whim, Jews and barbarians are bought and sold as slaves and gladiators in the bloodthirsty arena. The first book in the beloved Mark of the Lion series, A Voice in the Wind brings readers back to the first century and introduces them to a character they will never forget-Hadassah. ![]() New paperback.īook 1 in the 3-book historical Christian fiction series by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece. ![]() ![]() In 1904, in his early twenties, Joyce emigrated to continental Europe with his partner (and later wife) Nora Barnacle. He went on to attend University College Dublin. ![]() A brilliant student, he briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and Belvedere, despite the chaotic family life imposed by his father's alcoholism and unpredictable finances. ![]() Joyce was born in Dublin into a middle-class family. His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, his published letters and occasional journalism. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, most famously stream of consciousness. ![]() He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. ![]() ![]() Additionally, the novel showcases Levithan’s lyrical writing style and skillful pacing, making it a page-turner from beginning to end. For one, the story explores important themes of love and connection in a thought-provoking and moving way. There are many reasons why you should read “Two Boys Kissing” by David Levithan. Also, if you’re looking for a powerful literary experience that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page then you can read the books mentioned below. If you love reading sad romantic books then you can check our list of Sad & emotional books. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson Denton Little’s Death Date by Lance Rubin ![]() History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera You & Me At The End of The World by Brianna Bourne ![]() Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson ![]() ![]() Will love bloom when the cameras stop rolling? But when the TV set is shut down unexpectedly, Cece and Dylan suddenly get a little more time together than they’d expected. When Cece gets eliminated on the first night, it seems like her and Dylan’s awkward first meeting will be their last conversation. ![]() As spokesperson for a men’s mental health foundation, and the franchise’s first non-white male lead, Dylan’s got a charity to plug and something to prove. An Olympic gold medallist with calloused hands, kind eyes and a propensity for panic attacks, it turns out he’s not here for the right reasons either. ![]() The last thing on her mind is the hunky ‘Romeo’ waiting for her at the end of the gravel driveway.īut Dylan Jayasinghe Mellor isn’t your usual fame-hungry TV star. She’s knee deep in debt and desperate for the associated paycheck. When Cece James agrees to be cast as a ‘Juliet’ on the next season of the hit television show Marry Me, Juliet, it’s certainly not for the right reasons. ![]() Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and The Spanish Love Deception. A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom in – well, the most likely of places. ![]() ![]() ![]() Zane had caught a glance between Ty and Nick that spoke clearly to the fact that Nick had read Ty the riot act at some point about drinking in Zane’s presence. Ty had ordered a scotch to toast Richard Burns, but after that he’d stuck to Dr Pepper. They’d retreated from the graveyard and taken up residence in a local tavern, one Ty had apparently frequented when he’d been based in Washington, DC. Zane had loosened his tie and removed his suit coat because he refused to be in a funeral suit longer than he had to be. Ty, Nick, and Kelly were still in their dress blues. “And I look forward to it,” Zane mumbled against his lips. “I’ll get you eventually, my pretty,” he whispered. Ty pulled Zane to him and kissed him, holding him by a handful of his hair so he couldn’t get away. ![]() ![]() Ty and Zane both watched them go, then turned back to each other, both of them smiling. “That’s cold,” Kelly added before they were gone. Zane looked from him to Nick and back, a grin spreading across his lips. ![]() ![]() Images are ways of ‘seeing’ and looking’ and can be captured by painting, photography, and other media. Vision is a unique process that is “continually active, continually moving, continually holding… constituting what is present to us as we are” (9). He characterizes ‘seeing’ as an involuntary process where one detects a stimulus while ‘looking’ is a voluntary process where one chooses what to see. Berger is able to distinguish vision into two components. Even today, this concept holds some validity in that “the way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe in” (8). In the past when science was not dominant, “seeing was believing”. John Berger emphasizes the importance of vision when he states “it is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it” (7). ![]() ![]() Berger – Ways of Seeing Posted by dhuie - July 29, 2010 ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Putting Rechy's text in conversation with the contemporaneous documentary Word Is Out (1977), by Peter Adair, the article establishes The Sexual Outlaw as both a response to and a parody of these landmark films, specifically by shedding light on the invisible and oft-forgotten outcasts of the LGBT community, those young outlaws of the working class who cruise and define themselves against the white and affluent “Mr. While tracing the continuities between this text from 1977 and his earlier best-selling novels, the article locates this genre-bending novel in the context of the boom in LGBT documentaries of the time. Interrogating this characterization, the present article takes up the subtitle to Rechy's sixth novel, The Sexual Outlaw (“a prose documentary”), as a way to analyze the novel's generic and formal choices. Known for his controversial first novel, City of Night (1963), John Rechy is a Chicano gay writer whose reputation as a documenter of the seedy sexual underworld of hustlers and tricks has set the tone for discussions about his work. ![]() |