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![]() This choice proves to be a durable source of energy and keeps the pacing running smooth. Written and directed by Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect), this movie is packed with singing and dancing to the point that the talking only makes up perhaps twenty percent of the movie. In short, it's a fleeting but fun experience that's a winning 100 minutes for families with young children and adults who enjoy a peppy, self-referential musical. ![]() ![]() Do we need another rendition of good ole' Cinderella, especially only a few years after the Disney live-action version? The new Cinderella starring pop star Camila Cabello is a surprise jukebox musical, and it's irreverent where it should be and progressive where social critiques are warranted with the source and historical context. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This primer dispels, once and for all, the myth that coats of arms are boring, snobbish, medieval holdovers that have no relevance today. Publisher: The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada It is lavishly illustrated with newly commissioned art. Publisher: Lorenz Books Childrens (December 2002)Īccessible and contemporary in style, this book is a clear introduction to novices and contains much of interest to the expert. An excellent reference and a rich source of inspiration for artists, designers, and craftspeople. Includes a useful section on heraldic nomenclature. Publisher: Dover Publications (March 21, 2001)Ĭlassic work, enhanced with 165 illustrations, explains the origins of heraldry, defines its terms and apparatus, and demonstrates how individuals and families arranged and distinguished their coats of arms. (used copies - not including shipping & handling) Ferguson is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and a heraldic illustrator. Friar is a heraldic consultant, founder of the Society of Heraldic Arts, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. This new title complements Friar's earlier work, A Dictionary of Heraldry (Harmony, 1987). With these symbols, leading families and monarchs were distinguished. Publisher: A&C Black New Ed edition (September 1999)Ī coat of arms contains many elements including shield, tinctures, charges, helm, crest, wreath, and motto scroll. ![]() ![]() ![]() The man meets a woman who helps him navigate the public transit system of flying boats. The creature goes out with the man in the morning. ![]() From the windowsill, the dumb-looking but attentive creature watches the man settle in. Instead of attacking the creature as he initially intends, the man shoos it off his bed. The man finds a creature who looks like a cross between a dog and a lizard hiding in a pot. It is a small room full of unfamiliar objects. The local leads him to a woman who rents the man a room. They can't understand each other, so the man draws in his notebook the image of a bed. 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Across the street from their house she lets go of his hand, knowing his eagerness to get into their kitchen for a snack and a few minutes of television. ![]() A mother and her young son are walking home from his school on a rainy afternoon in Bristol, England. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes, Inc. The family will receive friends on Sunday, Mafrom 2-6 p.m. /rebates/2fBeloved-Bertrice-Small2fbook2f627608&. Small, Bertrice Beloved: A Novel ISBN 13: 9780345327857 Beloved: A Novel Small, Bertrice 4. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms.Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense.PUBLISHERS WEEKLY", Small, an American New York Times bestselling writer of historical and erotic romance novels died at her home in Southold on February 24, 2015. 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When the quiet streets of small-town Montana beckon, she leaves Denver behind and moves to Calamity. ![]() ![]() Nellie Rivera is trading traffic for tranquility. ![]() ![]() ![]() Veteran-centered care requires ongoing assessment of veterans' satisfaction with their care, their perceived ability to access care, their perceptions about provider communication, and other aspects of their care experience. ![]() Providing veteran-centered care requires health care providers to be familiar with veteran culture and identity, the implications of military service, and the needs of diverse populations of veterans-a concept known as cultural competence. Similar to the traditional health care model of patient-centered care, the goal of veteran-centered care is to provide effective and timely treatment that addresses the unique needs, values, and preferences of veterans. Veteran Wellness Alliance partners already practice aspects of high-quality care, but a shared definition would help improve coordination and could serve as a model for the treatment of PTSD and TBI. Operationalizing this definition and improving care for veterans will require common metrics drawing on a variety of data sources to provide a comprehensive picture of veterans' needs, experiences, treatment progress, and outcomes. Share on TwitterĪ literature review and semistructured interviews with Veteran Wellness Alliance partners highlighted standards that can serve as a foundation for efforts to develop a definition of high-quality care for veterans with PTSD and TBI. High-quality care for invisible wounds should be veteran-centered, accessible, and evidence-based, and it should include outcome monitoring. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the “worst of the worst,” among other bravura works of literary journalism. ![]() As Keefe says in his preface “They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. ![]() “Fast-paced.Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller." - The Washington Post "An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing." -NPR From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing-and one of the most decorated journalists of our time-twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue. ![]() ![]() ![]() But after an awkward misunderstanding, Logan turns out to be asexual, and he isn't so easy to get in bed with. ![]() Still, a little fun along the way wouldn't hurt, would it?Įnter twenty-nine-year-old Logan, a hookup who's more beautiful and irresistible than any man Ernie has ever met, perfect for a Halloween treat. He's been leaning toward older men these days because guys his age never seem to know what they want. ![]() Granted, he'd still prefer having a boyfriend over a meaningless hookup, even though he's never known what love is, but his exes turned out to be a waste of his time. After all, he's ready for some spicy action as his Halloween treat. Twenty-one-year-old Ernie isn't prudish about wearing his sexy Spiderman costume that leaves little to the imagination. ![]() |