![]() ![]() managing all their affairs by speaking with and persuading each other.” This meaning of politics underpins the reflections of our chief editor, Dr Filomeno Aguilar Jr., in a professorial address recently published in Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. The political theorist Hannah Arendt defined politics as the space where “men in their freedom can interact with one another without compulsion, force, and rule over one another, as equals among equals. (Photo courtesy of the National Library of the Philippines ) ![]() Re-electionist President Ferdinand Marcos during his campaign for the Presidential Elections of 1969. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() “If that’s what this is, I’ll thank you kindly to take it on home.” “I don’t want charity,” Wes said after a beat. Wes gestured at their enthralled audience. “Unless you’re referring to the clear fact that you hate being attracted to me.” “‘Hate’ is a strong word,” Wes drawled, propping a forearm on the doorjamb. “We hate each other,” Bethany responded with a tight smile. I can’t be the ambassador of this mission. “Oh, I don’t believe this,” Bethany hissed, turning on a heel to face the crowd. “Who are all these women? Is this your coven?” ![]() “That’s right.” He positioned the hat back on his head. “You’re the one? Taking care of a little girl?” He swept over them with a suspicious glance and focused in on Bethany. Wes Daniels took off his cowboy hat and slapped it against his thigh, utter consternation written on his face at seeing the horde of people outside his door. 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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat’s father isn’t just on the suspect list, he is the list. But he has a good reason: a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to retrieve it. ![]() Soon, Kat’s friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. ![]() Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own-scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. Synopsis for Heist Society (from Goodreads): ![]() Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: ![]() ![]() The History of Science Fiction, Second Edition, Adam Roberts. ![]() Asimov devotes a couple of chapters to this story, from the conception of it to the later novelization by Robert Silverberg. Go read History in a nutshell: Isaac Asimov's Nightfall over on Kirkus Reviews. I also got a chance to interview the director behind one of the adaptations, which was a delight. It's one of my favorites, and going back to revisit it after years and years was something. This is probably the first story that I read of Asimov's, or at least, it was an early one. ![]() I'm trying to get back into it, though, and to celebrate yesterday's eclipse, I put together a story about Isaac Asimov's famous story, Nightfall. I've sadly neglected my Kirkus column: work has been busy, which means that on my off-days, I'm trying to stay away from the computer and focus on other writing / reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() If she can capture the elusive Patrick at the same time as attain her goals, her world will be complete. She breaks off her engagement and follows her heart, buying the fabulous château to fulfil an idea that has been her greatest wish since her brother was blown up in Afghanistan. Ellen doesn't give a damn what Patrick looks like, one glimpse of his shaded figure, one hint of his masculine scent and she is his forever. His only option is to ensure she never sees him at all. For her to flinch from his wounds would be terrible, but for her to pity him would be the final insult. But when a bright, beautiful woman, who stirs his blood and steals his heart, discovers the ruined château and estate in which his home stands, it is more than his unerring control can bear. ![]() ![]() Unable to accept his terrible injuries he moves to a secluded cottage in France and hides from everyone, most of all himself. For three years retired Special Services soldier, Patrick Reeves has avoided his once comfortable world. ![]() ![]() ![]() While thefts of high profile paintings, such as Emil Nolde’s The Scream or Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, may garner international attention, it is the lesser-known masterpieces that disappear into the ether. Interpol data from March of 2018 showed that the black market for art was worth between $4-$6 billion. Interpol and UNESCO list art theft as the fourth largest black market in the world, after drugs, money laundering and weapons. Stolen art is a much bigger business than I imagined. He had his uncle accuse Caravaggio’s teacher, Cavalier d’Aprino, of owing exorbitant papal taxes so that Caravaggio’s early masterpiece, Boy with a Basket of Fruit, as well as 105 other paintings, could be confiscated and then delivered to Borghese’s palatial home. Back in 1664 Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, lusted after every Caravaggio painting for his collection. ![]() Art collectors who hire others to steal art for them is not new. Their villains are mostly greedy art collectors who crave certain paintings to make them feel important. The other six writers portray art heists as serious business, often with dangerous consequences. ![]() ![]() Their lives may have looked vastly different from mine, but as children of the same Father, their stories are my family history-on a more significant level than the history of that town in New York. The stories of Augustine of Canterbury, Bertha, Aidan, Columba, and Caedmon captured my imagination because these men and women shared my love for Christ and his kingdom. Bede’s depiction of the process of spreading the gospel to the English people was my history. My experience the first time I read Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People was similar. The people whose stories we read and whose pictures we saw were my people. I remember feeling so important as a kid-this place was named after me! Even today, the history we saw there is especially vivid in my mind because I experienced it as my history. We stopped by the town hall to learn some of the history and discovered it had been named after our distant ancestor. As we drove through upstate New York, we stumbled across both a town and a mountain called by our last name. ![]() When I was in elementary school, my family flew to New Hampshire and took a road trip home to Colorado, stopping to see the sights along the way. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since then she has escaped from her day job and continued creating fantasy worlds as a full-time career. In 1999 she sold her first novel, Bitten, which would be published in 2001. You can listen to the entire podcast interview here. In speaking with VJ Books Podcast host Roger Nichols, she says she has been creating stories even before she was able to write them down, but her parents encouraged her to also find a job in something that she enjoyed while she continued to write. Her latest novel, Someone Is Always Watching, is a young adult psychological thriller, exploring fascinating questions of personhood, identity, and the role of memory in creating a sense of self.Īrmstrong worked as a corporate programmer for several years while working on her stories. She has published more than 30 fantasy novels to date. VJ Books Presents Author Kelley Armstrong! Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian writer, primarily of fantasy novels but has focused more recently on writing thrillers…with a twist. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Armstrong, Kelley ![]() ![]() ![]() Love describes the stories behind his lyrics for pop classics such as "Good Vibrations," "California Girls," "Surfin' USA," and "Kokomo," while providing vivid portraits of the turbulent lives of his three gifted cousins, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. His own story has never been fully told, of how a sheet-metal apprentice became the quintessential front man for America's most successful rock band, singing in more than 5,600 concerts in 26 countries. The Beach Boys, from their California roots to their international fame, are a unique American story - one of overnight success and age-defying longevity of musical genius and reckless self-destruction of spirituality, betrayal, and forgiveness - and Love is the only band member to be part of it each and every step. Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history - timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations." The eBook edition includes 85 additional photos.Īs a founding member of The Beach Boys, Mike Love has spent an extraordinary fifty-five years, and counting, as the group's lead singer and one of its principal lyricists. ![]() |