As a student and connoisseur of Southern literature, being brought up on Flannery O'Conner, Truman Capote, Eudora Welty and Mark Twain, I have learned to distinguish between the nuances of true Southern writers and those who—bless their hearts—wish to be. The differences are sometimes subtle but stand out like a carpetbagger at a pig pickin' to natives.
I do appreciate those who love the South and have tried to assimilate into our culture so that they've taken it upon themselves to document our truth with words in novels and poetry. It's just that many who genuinely know and love Southern literature are authentic Southerners themselves, and when they read those authors who straddle the Mason-Dixon Line with words and details—well, let's just say, they can tell (and it pulls them out of a story).
Southerners use particular dialects, colorful phrases and unusual sentence structures that are unique to an area…and a culture. I could be writing about a party with lots of characters and have numerous Southern dialects, phraseologies and structures in one scene. Writers who don’t understand the South won’t be able to differentiate the linguistic nuances well enough to fool Southern readers; however, they do a good enough job so that they get by with the masses—and the New York editors who’ve never once been to an oyster roast or a camp meeting.
Southerners, however, can identify an imposter from the first page…and from the very first paragraph, they can identify a native who writes humidity and hospitality into every sentence. Normal Southerners don’t prepare meals, they “fix” them. Their meals must be more than the ubiquitous fried chicken, but it won’t include a barbecue with hamburgers and hotdogs. Southern women are affiliated with church and life-long girlfriends, and Southern men know hunting and college football. Though an outsider can toss a few of these facts into a manuscript, a Southern writer can weave these facts into the fabric of the novel effectively and effortlessly.
For many years, my reading list was filled with novels from authentic Southern authors—writers who lived the South, breathed the pluff mud, and ate its fare. Pat Conroy, Ann Rivers Siddons and Dorothea Benton Frank were my favorites and never disappointed on any page. They sat me down and told tales like I’d been told by my grandparents—tales filled with family, heart, disappointment and food. Each had a lesson—a lesson best learned in the South. These days, my heart beats more sadly because each of my favorite Southern writers have ended their stories—two in the last year…and the world of Southern literature is poorer for the losses.
I strive to write that which is authentic, true and realistic for the actual South in which I live—not the one outsiders see or wish it to be. As I weave a tale with an insider’s heart, I attempt to anchor the region as a character in my books. This stretch of Southern coast we call The Lowcountry is my South, my home, my world, and I write about it as though I have been anointed to write a book for a Southern Bible.


AT THE TABLE by Claire Powell (Fleet £14.99, 336pp)
AT THE TABLE
(Fleet £14.99, 336pp)
The Maguires of South all have problems. Parents Linda and Gerry have just separated after 35 years, glamorous daughter Nicole is an alcoholic, and teacher son Jamie is drifting into a disastrous posh marriage.
Their interwoven stories are relayed through the brilliantly simple device of food and drink and the way we use them.
We sit with the Maguires at trendy London bars, yuppie dinners, childhood Chinese restaurants and,unforgettably, the bijou barn where Jamie’s wedding reception is held.
Powell is a fantastic writer who exercises perfect control. Every detail is forensically, sympathetically observed, and while there’s a lot that’s tragic, it’s often very close to comedy.
SIX DAYS by Dani Atkins (Aria £16.99, 400pp)
(Aria £16.99, 400pp)
This enjoyable romcomturned-detective story has Gemma with the man of her dreams, the cottage of her dreams and poised for the wedding of her dreams.
But then Finn fails to turn up at the altar. How could she have got him so wrong?
We slip back and Kusen Aluminium forth between the story of the romance and the eponymous six days before the police declare Finn a missing person.
Best friend Hannah provides moral support as distraught Gemma follows every clue. The twist at the end is dramatic.
A well-paced, good-natured and emotional novel whose strength is its depiction of modern urban living.
EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN by Ben Hinshaw (Viking £14.99, 224pp)
EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN
(Viking £14.99, 224pp)
Such an incredibly clever idea this, a set of interlinked stories in which people who appear in one turn up in another, often in a different place and years afterwards, with character and consequence forming the links. Betrayal is a major theme, and there’s a regretful, wistful atmosphere that’s compelling.
Many tales are set on Guernsey, which forms the backdrop to a boy’s cruel act; the same boy’s brother appears in a later story, in love with a reckless rich girl.
My favourite sequence was about Flora and Jonathan. His adultery with his secretary (who features in another set of tales) results in a terrible but brilliant revenge.


Book review published in the homepage of the Ernest Becker Foundation:
Julio Costa’s To Be More Person: A Reading of Otto Rank By E. James Lieberman, M.D. M.P.H. “[Editor’s note: For Becker newcomers, Rank was a major source for Becker during the writing of Denial of Death and Escape from Evil.] Julio Roberto Costa, a Brazilian sociologist concerned with sustainable development, has been a student of Otto Rank’s life and work for 30 years. In his view a person becomes less when acting selfishly, criminally, wastefully. The book’s title reflects the antithesis of such behavior, and the factors inherent in Rank’s thinking that makes us more–expanded, improved, better.
Otto Rank (1884-1939) was Freud’s student and secretary beginning in 1906 when Freud turned 60 and Rank was 22. Freud supported Rank’s studies at the University of Vienna, where he got his Ph.D. in 1911. Rank was a member of the secret Committee formed in 1913 to guide the psychoanalytic movement; he and Freud were the only two (of seven) in Vienna. With his growing dissatisfaction with formulaic analysis, Rank published The Trauma of Birth (1923), emphasizing the tie between mother and infant, and the process of separation and individuation. He broke with his mentor in 1926, moved to Paris, and finally, in 1935, to New York. Rank is known for his books on myth, art, education, and humanistic or existential therapy. J. R. Costa is well-informed about Rank. He offers a thoughtful, provocative, sometimes paradoxical treatment of his subject. He presents many a dramatic, complicated idea, e.g., “It is impossible for subjectivity to testify against itself. A message discoursing about its own non-existence is impossible.” And, “…the life project to be more is nourished by cultural elements contrary to the images of decadence and finitude.”
“We must remember that in Rank’s thought both the person and the community have the same roots: starting with a will to live given by existence itself, subjectivity will cultivate values relative to the renunciation of the finite and search for the eternal, in such a way as to create a specifically human experience and will represent this creation in the community symbolic repertoire which is accessible to everyone. In this conception the individual-group conflict ceases to be an unquestionable fact, and we are obliged to think of a person-community collaboration in favor of the creation of human experience.”
Costa asserts that “person and community yearn for the same things: the permanence and intensification of a specifically human experience.” He condemns excessive selfish, criminal, or wasteful behavior—all forms of being less person, anti-life—and deplores these tendencies among opinion leaders. This book is small but carries much weight, many challenging and worthwhile ideas. He credits Otto Rank in new and interesting ways. Those who are steeped in Rank’s work will be surprised and some will consider Costa to have over-extended his interpretation. This is a stimulating, creative commentary that will challenge those already familiar with Rank while bringing him to new readers in an attractive light.
About Dr. E. James Lieberman, M. D.
After medical school (UCSF) and psychiatry residency (Harvard) James Lieberman came to Bethesda in 1963. After 7 years at NIMH he began psychotherapy practice with emphasis on couples and family therapy. He first encountered Rank in 1977 and published a biography in 1985. Since then he edited new translations of several Rank works. He has been active in end-of-life issues through Compassion and Choices. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, George Washington University – School of Medicine.”


The Hunt for Eros
Young preschool teacher Jane Andrews is awakened in the middle of the night by a mysterious phone call that drags her into a quest for an enigmatic sculpture that rivals anything she’d ever read about in her beloved romantic adventure novels.
Jane travels to Cambridge, England to retrieve the sculpture, her inheritance from a colorful uncle, and meets the handsome art expert Ben Hunt, a wealthy explorer and collector who lives on the edge, both in the art world and in his erotic exploits. Jane and Ben set out to follow the clues left by her great-uncle in search of what may be a priceless work of art, but the hunt for the missing Eros is far from easy. Their path is full of twists and turns, relentlessly pursued by those who would stop at nothing to possess what they desire. Nothing is at it seems, and dark secrets from the past threaten to destroy them both. Trust no one, she was warned from the grave, and it soon becomes clear to Jane that this includes the charismatic man she is falling for.
The Hunt for Eros is a thrilling, sexy story of intrigue, suspense, and adventure. If you enjoy cultural travel quest stories like The Da Vinci Code, you’ll love this erotic twist on the genre.
Due to strong language and frequent, explicit sexual scenes, The Hunt for Eros is intended for mature audiences only, 18 years and older. This is a standalone erotic romance novel of approximately 57,000 words with a happily ever after ending.
Contains frequent profanity, voyeurism, multiple partners, group scenes, mild bondage, oral, anal, and exhibitionism. This is NOT a BDSM novel.
I’ve read her work before and loved them, The authors makes one thinks that it easy easy to write. Her smooth transition between genre’s is noted of a talented writers.
Who doesn’t love a treasure hunt? Oh Plain Jane, maybe not so plain has been left a item part of her late uncles will. She is off to new adventures as she is left to find what is called “Cupid”.
Ben Hunt our answer to bad boy with a twist of posh, after all its Britain. With his vast knowledge of the Arts, Jane allows him to sweep her away into the amazing world of art, deception, decadence in some parts. With Jane’s limited sexual knowledge, Ben gives her a crash course in freak me 101.
A wonderful story that has wonderful characters. Its a stand alone and just about the perfect length, the story flowed and I found myself both laughing and gasping. A big does of bit of kinky, a bit of suspense and danger along with some twists.
**A fun read and glad I had the opportunity to have the ARC gifted to me and to give my honest review.**
Sam J.D. Hunt
When the first series completes in late 2014, Hunt plans to pen an art-adventure series set in Cambridge, England. The second series will feature the wealthy art acquirer Ben Hunt, a kinky playboy who struggles to reform when he meets the unlikely love of his life, the simple American girl who falls into his life, Jane. Hunt also has a fighter pilot series in the works, which features a strong, curvy heroine in addition to an Alpha male man in uniform.
Hunt’s writing always combines true love with laugh-out-loud funny scenes, authentic settings and culture, and explicit panty-soaking sex. Hunt also publishes Aunt Kitty’s Prude’s Erotica on her blog, www.sjdhunt.com. You can find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SJDHunt, on twitter at @sjd_hunt, and on her Amazon author page at www.amazon.com/author/samhunt.
Hunt is a frequent traveler and lover of art, literature, coffee, and wine. She calls Las Vegas home with her husband, the inspiration for the young Thomas Hunt, and two children.


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This book is about how to consciously learn to meditate.It was developed by the author of the book, Mark Williams and his colleagues at Oxford.If you dream about, to stop experiencing stress and feel calm inside, reduce irritability and forget about bad mood, then this book will help you for sure!
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Imagine that scientists have invented a pill that will prevent the development of any disease, and always be alert.And this tablet - what is on your plate.Yes, it is a common food.That's just what it should be, so that we at the same time never hurt?"China Study" -book, written explanations of the large-scale study in the history of food, which contributed more than 8,000 direct correlation between what we eat and deadly diseases.Want to live longer - read a book!
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You know that people can be divided into "Scanners" and "divers"?"Divers" - those who love to immerse themselves in one thing and study it, "scanners" have many interests and can not choose one.Guru Destiny and Life-coach Barbara Sher is sure: if you are a "scanner" that is a huge talent!And you do not have to choose just one thing.Barbara will learn how to apply a multi-faceted skanersky mind.
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We are seeking quotes from suitable consultants to provide research and writing services for the production of a ‘coffee’ table book (‘the book’) for the 10 Deserts Project (10DP).
The book will be full colour aimed at highlighting and raising the profile of the Australian deserts; with particular focus on Indigenous land management and ranger teams and their work. The design of the book will be similar to The Pew Charitable Trusts The Modern Outback, though the focus will be much more narrative – telling the story of rangers and ranger teams, as opposed to the presenting of information and reports.
We require stories to be written about each of the ranger teams and their activities; as well as their connection, through funding and support to the 10DP. There is a strong expectation that the stories will be good reading, humane, and point to the need for greater investment in and support of, desert peoples.
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Today is the day after Martin Luther King Day. In some ways it is the most American of the holidays in the year here in the USA. The 4th of July, Independence Day, celebrates liberation from British rule, establishing an independent sovereign nation, and its relationship with other nations, but MLK Day calls us into the ideals of the relationships within this nation, as articulated by Thomas Jefferson,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence
Martin Luther King Jr reminded us that there is work to do because that which was declared as “self evident” in the founding of the nation, apparently did not include “all”. It is a good premise for a story, but the story is still being written.
In 1982 I attended a workshop in Toronto, coordinated by the Toronto Justice Council, an organization established to address issues of justice related to those who have been put in jail. The presenter at the workshop was a man from the Mennonite Central Committee. He shared a perspective on justice that came from the ancient Hebrew people. Justice was the state of “right relationships”, and when relationships are “right” there is an experience that can be felt in our being, in the space between us, and it is peace.
The workshop was all about “restorative justice”, doing the work of creating the conditions for the break and violation within in the relationships in a community to be healed by bringing together those who have harmed, with those who have been harmed, and together to confront the experience and discover possibilities for righting the relationships, bringing the community into closer alignment with each other. It is a high ideal, maybe even the highest of ideals. It was an ideal that Martin Luther King Jr lived, worked, and died for.
When Nelson Mandela was elected as President in South Africa, he charged Desmond Tutu with leading the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to recognize the harm of a violent history, and work on reconciliation.
I have been reading a book, “Just Us: An American Conversation”, by Claudia Rankine. It has been a slow read, slow because it takes us into the space between “us”, the us who live here in the USA. It is an emotionally charged space filled with hurt, and ignorance, different stories we tell ourselves, and uncertainty of how to proceed with our relating in the face of it all. I have been taking it slow, because somehow it is not to be glossed over quickly. How we see each other matters. It shapes what happens in the space between us. Claudia Rankine takes us into the uncomfortable place of questioning how we see ourselves, and each other, and how that impacts the way forward.
“What if what I want from you is new, newly made a new sentence in response to all my questions, a swerve in our relation and the words that carry us, the care that carries. I am here, without the shrug, attempting to understand how what I want and what I want from you run parallel— justice and the openings for just us.” Claudia Rankine. “Just Us: An American Conversation.”
I have been pretty safe in my choices of when I use the camera lens to see people. I usually have been welcomed into the space, and the camera is a way for me to participate in that welcome space. I am not very skilled at multi tasking however. I can either participate by observing people through the lens, or I can participate in conversation, activity or play, but I can’t do two things at the same time.
This past year my camera has not been a way that I have participated and related in the world, except on Zoom.
It has been a year that highlights the trouble boiling over in "the space between" us. I don't know yet what it can look like, or how it can be created, but somehow I feel we need safe (even though they may be uncomfortable) spaces to come together, in large and small ways, to address what has and is happening between us.
I wonder how that will shape what I see through the lens.
Yesterday I listened to another of Krista Tippet's On Being podcast with Nikki Giovanni, author, poet, activist, and Professor at Virginia Tech. She shared a poem to highlight how we see each other, called "Nikki-Rosa".
"...and I really hope no white person ever has cause to write about me because they never understand Black love is Black wealth and they’ll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy" Nikki Giovanni "Nikki-Rosa"
I wonder how I will see differently through the lens after time to explore "the space between". Or will it just be as T.S Eliot wrote,
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T.S.Eliot


|1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
|1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
|1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
|1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
|1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
|1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
|1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
|1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
|1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
|1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
|1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
|1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
|1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
|1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
|1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
|1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
|1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
|1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
|1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
|1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
|2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
|2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
|2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name`s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
|2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
|2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
|2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
|2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
|2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
|2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
|2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
|2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
|2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
|2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan`s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
|2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
|2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
|2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
|2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
|2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
|2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
|2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
|2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
|2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
|2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
|2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
|2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
|2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
|2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
|2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
|2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
|3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
|3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
|3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
|3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
|3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
|3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
|3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
|3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
|3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
|3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
|3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
|3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
|3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
|3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
|3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
|3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
|3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
|3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
|3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
|3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
|3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
|3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
|4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
|4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
|4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
|4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
|4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
|4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
|4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
|4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
|4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
|4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
|4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
|5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
|5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
|5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
|5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
|5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
|5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
|5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
|5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
|5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
|5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
|5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
|5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
|5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
|5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
|6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
|6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
|6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
|6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
|6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
|6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
|6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
|6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
|6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
|6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
|6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
|6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
|6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
|6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
|6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
|6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
|6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
|7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
|7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
|7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
|7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
|7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
|7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
|7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
|7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
|7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
|7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
|7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
|7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
|7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
|7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
|7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
|7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
|7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
|8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
|8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
|8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
|8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel`s hand.
|8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
|8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
|8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
|8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
|8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
|8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
|8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
|8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
|8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
|9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
|9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
|9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
|9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
|9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
|9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
|9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
|9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
|9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
|9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
|9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
|9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
|9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
|9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
|9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
|9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
|9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
|9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
|9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
|9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
|9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
|10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
|10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
|10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
|10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
|10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
|10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
|10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
|10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
|10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
|10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel`s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
|10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
|11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
|11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
|11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
|11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
|11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
|11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
|11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
|11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
|11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
|11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
|11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
|11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
|11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
|11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
|11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
|11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
|11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
|11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
|11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
|12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
|12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
|12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
|12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
|12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
|12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
|12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
|12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
|12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
|12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
|12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
|12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
|12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
|12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
|12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
|12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
|12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
|13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
|13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
|13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
|13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
|13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
|13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
|13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
|13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
|13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
|13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
|13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
|13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
|13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
|13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
|13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
|13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
|13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
|13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
|14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father`s name written in their foreheads.
|14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
|14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
|14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
|14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
|14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
|14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
|14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
|14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
|14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
|14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
|14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
|14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
|14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
|14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
|14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
|14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
|14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
|14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


Arasimowicz, Sylvester - Brief History.
Brief History of Sylvester Arasimowicz
Sylvester and Anna Arasimowicz immigrated from Lithuania to the United States in 1905, and married in 1913. Sylvester left Orany, Lithuania, traveling to Hamburg, Germany. He boarded the SS Moltke for New York.
According to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Clemente, he was raised in an orphanage, and possibly had a twin brother. He left the orphanage at age 14. He immigrated to the United States in 1903 at age 17. He was a carpenter for the civil service on the island, as well as the groundskeeper for the Fishers Island and Hays Harbor Golf Clubs. He was a life member of the Fishers Island Fire Department. Sylvester died on June 25, 1959 on Fishers Island, New York, and is buried at St. John's Cemetery on the island.
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By the time you read this, I'll be far from home, in the heart of the American southwest. Why do I only visit the desert in the middle of summer? I'm like the anti-snowbird, heading south for the hot season and going north come winter. Clever, clever me.
Below, my review of uSea's Ditzy Doo and the Blustery Day.
Impressions before reading: I commented on this story when it was first posted: "I have nothing to say, save this: that was absolutely, spectacularly amazing." In retrospect, "amazingly spectacular" would have flowed better, but the point is I liked it a lot, and I'm really hoping that it's as good as I remember it being.
Zero-ish spoiler summary:
Thoughts after reading: The story's post has links to both fimfiction and google doc copies, the latter containing a redirect to the former. Both the author and I recommend reading this on fimfiction, as it has fewer spacing issues and overall better formatting (as regards this particular story, anyway. My general preference is still for stories in gdocs, but I'm flexible).
The technical side of this story is pretty solid; the only consistent problem is the lack of commas setting off names. "'Good morning Applejack,' said Ditzy" and the like are the norm throughout. I don't know why so many authors seem to be unfamiliar with this rule, but it's one of the most common problems I see in fanfiction. That aside, the editing was pretty good.
That comment about the commas is pretty much the only negative thing I have to say about this story. As an homage to children's stories in general and A.A. Milne's most famous works in particular, Ditzy Doo and the Blustery Day is thoroughly deserving of any superlative I could think to toss at it. Perhaps its most noted feature are its illustrations and the way it occasionally plays with its text, and these are certainly worth mentioning: the simple but colorful drawings are an excellent stylistic match for the story being told. But the writing is equally well done.
uSea uses simple, direct narration to mimic the just-so quality which many readers, children and adults alike, find so pleasing in classic English bedtime stories. Ditzy Doo is a tangled, meandering tale of the titular mare going about a very unusual day, but the narrative turns that lack of focus into a strength by tying it to the meta-story. The writing style does an excellent job of capturing the simplistic, repetitive nature of children's lit without ever becoming boring itself. All told, there's very little in the writing or structure that doesn't accomplish exactly what it is meant to.
The characters throughout are wonderfully realized; most are ponies cast in the role of characters from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (Carrot Top as Rabbit, Pinkie as Tigger, etc.), and I was shocked by how well each pony was executed while recognizably "playing the part," so to speak, of another character. Pinkie was an especial highlight for me; her bouncy exuberance and cheery willfulness, coupled with the completely sincere narration and dialogue, made her a pleasure to read. Even if a reader had somehow managed to live their life without any familiarity with Pooh and company, the story needs no explanation lying outside of familiarity with their show in order to be enjoyed.
That last sentence is a key element to Ditzy Doo's success: this story is totally capable of standing alone. Yes, it leans heavily on Milne's best-known stories, and its writing style is clearly borrowed from that of he and other children's authors of the same time (Arthur Ransom, Beatrix Potter, et al). But even those who didn't grow up listening to Old Peter's Russian Tales or The Wind in the Willows being read to them before bed each night will have no difficulty in enjoying this tale on its own merits.
Star rating: ★★★★★ (what does this mean?)
This was one of those rare stories where I had a great silly grin plastered across my face from start to finish. Other than some minor punctuation issues, I really can't think of anything bad to say about this. It's a nostalgia trip, sure, but it's more than that: it's a pleasure to read in its own right.
Recommendation: Everyone should read this story. I suppose some readers might find the writing style affectatious, but the quality of execution is undeniable.
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LARGE PRINT BOOKS
Well I had a couple of pictures to add to this post but Blogger won't let me load them up.
I have discovered Large Print Books. At my age my eyes aren't what they used to be and as much as I read discovering the Large Print section of the library was a pleasant surprise. I have to give my daughter credit for steering me to that section.
I can get on line to my county library system and order large print books from other libraries. There are a lot of them out there.
If I could have posted the pictures you would have seen that three of the books were by Nora Roberts. I had always passed over her books till my daughter got me to reading Nora Roberts works and now I am working my way through all of her books I can find. I have a list that I mark off what I have read so I won't order the same book when I am on line to the library.


Into and Out of the Woods
I said, the woods, when
we were small, they
were a place of treasure, mystery,
adventure. If they did
not hold the fortunes
of kingdoms gone, they held
story the way a book does, a vade mecum.
I read the woods, then, I said, its map;
we were all pirates,
conquerors, young Muirs.
She said, you say we
are out of the woods now.
You say, this is good
and it is. We are, many of us, out of the
woods. I say, yes, it
is good. The woods, though, are still, and
still in me. The inside
of my head is dark, friends. There are
things frightening to me and
this is their sovereign: the woods are me.
Above Us Only Sky
And sometimes it’s enough,
like the blue of my
daughter’s eye, a background
for birds, a launching
pad for the flight in me.
Sometimes it’s enough, like the
space between the first
word and the second and the third.
A Short Introduction to the Neighborhood
The blind woman next door keeps complaining about the noise. The garbage man leaves more and more garbage, stuff we can’t refuse. The crippled little girl is playing marbles. The ragman draws flies. I step out onto my porch and survey the outlying properties. Nothing is mine, yet I feel this newborn power. It is my turn, my rag-and-bone-shop wife tells me, to sift through the garbage.
COREY MESLER is the owner of Burke’s Book Store, in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the country’s oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores. He has published poetry and fiction in numerous journals including Turnrow, Rattle, Pindeldyboz, Quick Fiction, American Poetry Journal, Thema, Mars Hill Review, Adirondack Review, Poet Lore and others. He has also been a book reviewer for The Memphis Commercial Appeal and Memphis Flyer. A short story of his was chosen for the 2002 edition of New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best. Talk, his first novel, appeared in 2002. His 2nd novel, We Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon, came out in January 2006. His novels have received praise from Lee Smith, John Grisham, Robert Olen Butler, Frederick Barthelme, George Singleton, Marshall Chapman, Steve Stern and others. His latest poetry chapbooks are The Hole in Sleep (2006), The Agoraphobe’s Pandiculations (2006), Publisher (2007) and The Chloe Poems (2007). His poem, “Sweet Annie Divine,” was chosen for Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. His first full-length collection of poetry, Some Identity Problems, is due out in 2007. He also claims to have written “Dang Me.” Most importantly, he is Toby and Chloe’s dad and Cheryl’s husband. He can be found at www.coreymesler.com.


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A preview of Marvel’s #9 reveals the dark secret behind Lady Lotus’ power and the truth behind the Siancong War.
Warning: Contains a preview for miracle #9
Finally, Marvel Comics attempts to understand its complex timeline using events depicted in The wondersthe miniseries by Kurt Busiek and Yildiray Cinar to explain one of the most controversial events in the Marvel Universe, The Siancong War.
Marvel Comics’ biggest selling point has always been that its stories, no matter how fantastic, are set in the world “outside your window.” The “sliding timescale” is a concept used to “fix” the passage of time in the Marvel Universe so that characters do not age noticeably. For example, Spider-Man was a teenager in the 1960s and a young adult male in the 2020s. This created an issue regarding real-life events related to some characters, such as B. the Vietnam War, which prompted writers Kurt Busiek and Mark Waid to invent a conflict, the Siancong War, which serves as a setting for characters whose origins were originally tied to specific wars that took place in real life and can not be held by the sliding time scale. This idea caused mixed reactions and sometimes even more confusion from fans, but it seems Marvel is finally trying to explain what the Siancong War is and why it’s been going on for so long.
In 2019 History of the Marvel Universe (a series of books charting Marvel’s entire in-universe timeline), Mark Waid introduced the Siancong War (a concept he developed with Kurt Busiek), a conflict in Central Asia that predates the current Marvel continuity by about fifteen years will stay behind. This war serves to “fix” the origin stories of the many Marvel characters associated with the Vietnam War, such as Tony Stark, who was originally captured there, or the Punisher, who was a Vietnam veteran. That way, these characters don’t age too much, as they’re tied to a real-world conflict that’s becoming more and more distant over time. Fan reactions to this decision were mixed, as some felt Marvel would be betraying its flagship motto of setting stories in the world outside your window. However, Mark Waid promised that the Siancong War would get its own spotlight, and it eventually happened The wonders. A preview of Issue #9 – written by Kurt Busiek with illustrations by Yildiray Cinar – shows that some truths about the reclusive Asian country are finally about to emerge.
Lady Lotus is a central character in The wonders. After spending many decades as a crime boss in the west, she returned to Siancong and erected a black dome around the entire country, killing anyone who comes in contact with it. She then sent a message to the world announcing that Siancong would no longer tolerate outside interference in his affairs. A group of heroes then infiltrated the land, only to be captured by Lady Lotus. In Issue #9, titled The Forgotten War, readers will finally find out Learn about the Siancong War. The dark power that Lady Lotus is tapping into influences the people of the land, making them pretend to be from a distant era, trapped in the past. This affects not only the people of Siancong, but the world around them and anyone who enters the area.
This mysterious power is likely used by the writers to explain Siancong’s unique position as the “anchor point” in time that connects the stories and pasts of so many characters. The Marvel Comics Chronicle will always be a complicated thing, as characters always age differently than the world they find themselves in, Kurt Busiek tries to explain Siancong War that he created is certainly welcome. The wonders #9 will be available on March 16th.
Next: Punisher writer Garth Ennis returns to expand on Frank’s origin story
Kang isn’t the true “he who stays,” and Marvel just proved it
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Title: The Ending of the World
Author: Valentine (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Pairing: Eowyn/Eomer, Eowyn/Faramir, Eoywn/Eomer/Faramir
Summary: The aftermath of the War
Disclaimer: I have no legal claim to the characters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Archive: Yes, just let me know where
The first thing he does when he reaches the city is to go looking for her. He leaves his horse in the hands of a stranger and continues up the slope on foot. He’s not exactly running, but not strolling either.
When he has almost reached the top, he looks up and sees her on the steps above him. It reminds him of the many times that he’s seen her on the steps of Edoras, cold and distant and wind-blown. But then she smiles a welcome and runs down to meet him in a swirl of robes.
They embrace, not caring that his armour is dirty and sweaty and that the hug is hard enough to be almost painful.
He kisses her, brotherly now and not like a lover.
“Sister,” he says, “you’re alive.”
“So are you,” she says, stroking his face.
“Yes,” he says, turning his head aside and kissing her palm.
“There were moments when I wanted to die, when I thought despair would swallow me,” she says, wiping strands of tousled hair off his brow. “But then I thought that Theodred would want us to live. He’d want us to survive the battles we’ve dreamed of. He’d want us to be happy.”
“He wanted to make us happy in life, he’d want us to be happy now,” he says. He holds her close and she leans her head against his.
They stand like this for a long time, until he sees movement from the corner of his eyes, a flash of red and gold. He looks up to see a man standing at the top of the stairs, in the same spot where his sister stood. If not for the darker hair, he would easily take the other for a Rohirrim.
“Do you remember the Stewart’s son?” she asks.
He remembers a time when the Stewarts still came to Rohan to buy horses. He remembers two brothers fiercely attached to each other - the one who seemed destined to become the Captain of the Guard and the other, quieter one.
“He’s not the warrior of my dreams,” she says. “But he’s a kind man. And he sees me for who I am, not for who he wants me to be.”
The man at the top of the stairs looks down at the siblings, the heroes of Rohan. The wind mingles her golden tresses with her brother’s blond locks and makes her shawl wave like a banner. They both look up at him.
Love me, love my brother, her eyes seem to say. It’s a feeling he knows so very well. It’s a challenge - take us, both of us, or leave it.
He was never one to step away from a challenge, so he walks down the steps to join them.
They are three, Eowyn, Eomer, Faramir.


Episode 1 : Blueprints - A Study Through Deuteronomy 12-26
June 1, 2016 | Daniel Fusco
Our second series in the book of Deuteronomy is called “Blueprints,” and it begins with instruction on worship. We will discover why as we make our way through the second telling of the law to the generation entering the Promised Land. In looking at the sanctuary and the sacrifices, we will realize that the reason for such specific instruction on worship is because it is foundational in our relationship with God.


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Girls Made of Snow and Glass
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1250077737 (ISBN13: 9781250077738)
Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale
At sixteen, Mina’s mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother.
Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen’s image, at her father’s order. But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. Now Mina is starting to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do—and who to be—to win back the only mother she’s ever known…or else defeat her once and for all.
Entwining the stories of both Lynet and Mina in the past and present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything—unless both can find a way to reshape themselves and their story.
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Lynet first saw her in the courtyard.
Well, the girl was in the courtyard. Lynet was in a tree.
The juniper tree in the central courtyard was one of the few trees still in leaf at Whitespring, and so it was one of the best hiding places on the castle grounds. Nestled up in its branches, Lynet was only visible to anyone directly beneath her. This hiding place was especially helpful on afternoons like these, when she had decided to skip her lessons without telling her tutors.
The young woman who walked briskly across the courtyard did not pass directly under the tree, so she didn’t notice Lynet watching. What struck Lynet first was the girl’s clothing. Instead of a dress, the girl was wearing a long brown tunic over loose trousers, allowing her to move more freely, in a long, striding gait. She walked with purpose, dark eyes staring straight ahead.
Lynet thought she knew every face at Whitespring, but she didn’t recognize the girl at all. True, they had visitors come and go throughout the year, but usually for special occasions, and even then, Lynet could recognize most of them by sight, if not by name.
A stream of questions all fought for attention in Lynet’s head: Who was this girl? Where had she come from? What was she doing at Whitespring? Where was she heading now with such conviction? Why was she carrying a large bag in her hand? She was a mystery, and mysteries were rare at Whitespring, where so little changed from day to day. The stranger was certainly more exciting than the music lesson Lynet was avoiding.
Now at the other side of the courtyard, the girl went up the short flight of stone steps that led to the west wing of the castle. As soon as she’d disappeared through the arched doorway, Lynet dropped down out of the tree and hurried after her, her bare feet silent on the snow. She peeked down the hall and saw the girl starting to go up the stairwell on the left. Lynet waited until the girl was out of sight and then scurried directly across the hall to climb out the window. Whitespring’s uneven stones and ledges and sharp corners made the castle excellent for climbing, something she had discovered at a young age. She used the ledge above the window to pull herself up, careful not to snag her gray wool dress on the sharper parts of the sculpted ledge. She didn’t want to have to explain to her father why there was a tear in her dress, or to see the forced smile on her sewing mistress’s face as she asked why the embroidery on the hems that Lynet had done just last week was already coming undone.
Crouching silently on the ledge, Lynet traced the young woman’s movements in her mind: after going up the stairs, she would come down the hall until she reached the first turn, a little past where Lynet was perched, at which point she could continue straight ahead or turn right down another hallway. Lynet counted the seconds, knowing that she should be hearing footsteps any moment—
Yes, there they were, passing down the hallway just inside. Lynet was sure to duck her head so the girl wouldn’t see her hair peeking up past the window frame, and she listened as the footsteps continued on past the turn, straight down to the end of the hall, followed by a loud knock.
She heard a voice call, “Ah, come in!” and then the sound of the door closing again.
Lynet wasn’t sure who had spoken, but it didn’t matter who, as long as she knew where. She peeked over the ledge just in time to see the stranger going through the door at the very end of the hall to her left. Lynet climbed in through the window, hurried down the same hall, and went back out the last window so that she was now on the other side of the castle. She carefully skirted the ledge, counting the windows in her head.
When Lynet reached the window of the room where the stranger had gone, she knelt on the ledge and peeked in through the corner. The window was closed, but she had a clear view of the young woman, and that was what truly mattered. Lynet recognized the other person as Tobias, one of the nobles who had lived at Whitespring since before Lynet was born.
Tobias was saying something now, his enormous eyebrows making him look fiercer than he really was. But the young stranger didn’t seem at all intimidated by Tobias’s intense stare—she held her head high and stared right back.
In fact, the stranger didn’t seem to let anything trouble her. There were flakes of snow in the messy dark braid down her back and on the collar of her shirt, but she made no move to brush them away. The bag she was holding was bulging full, and yet even after carrying it through the castle, she showed no sign of tiring. The inky thumbprint on her jawline, the fraying edge on one sleeve … these small imperfections fascinated Lynet because the girl wore them all with such ease and confidence. Lynet had never seen a woman look so comfortable in her own skin without appearing pristine.


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Accident Library is a company operating from Garrett, Maryland providing professional Lending Library and relevant B2C variables. It was founded in 0 and registered with the SIC code 8231 as Lending Library, and with the NAICS code 5191200 as Lending Library.
With a current employee count of 1 to 4, Accident Library has gone to report making Unknown per annum on its journey towards growth. This company invites you to contact its representative Susan Haydel, Manager Full Name Report at (301) 746-8792 Full Phone Report for related queries, or to locate its Branch using the coordinates 39.617524,-79.292462.
The Branch can also be found at the street address 106 North North St in Accident, Maryland 21520 and can be engaged online through the company website at relib.net, the company Twitter , and Facebook page .


Scott Burns’ (34th Co.) book Baseball: More Than a Game’ has been added to Class Authors page. In this book, Scott compiles baseball stories from the life of his Dad, Coach Don Burns. It goes from the start of his baseball life in 1950 at St. George High School in Chicago, to the University of Illinois-Navy Pier, the Chicago White Sox minor league organization, before starting his baseball coaching career at Benton Harbor HS in Michigan, finally ending up at Glenbard West HS in Glen Ellyn Illinois, where he retired in 1989. The book reviews each season, the players, records and stories. Special memories from his players are included as well. Coach Burns was voted into the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1982.
Scott is our 22nd author on the Class Authors page.


Andrew is a Charlotte, NC native who learned the importance of a good night’s sleep in college after too many late nights in the library. Today, he helps connect Mattress Clarity’s array of resources with people looking to get a better night’s sleep. He enjoys researching the links between sleep and health, nutrition, and exercise as well as finding practical ways for people to improve their sleep quality.
Sleeping Position: Side and back
Hours Logged Each Night: 7-9
Always Sleeps With: The fan on