A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, illusion, and female identity in the digital age.Though beautiful, cunning, and privileged, nineteen-year-old Mickey finds herself with a stalled modeling career, an escalating drinking problem, few friends, and next to nothing in the bank. To numb her growing despair, she spends her days frantically refreshing her Instagram feed, obsessively tracking the movements of Insta-famous model Gemma Anton.Mickey sees Gemma as a perfected version of herself. Gemma is living a seemingly perfect life: a skyrocketing career, a famous boyfriend, and adoring followers. It's the life Mickey wants more than anything. Mickey studies every detail Gemma offers through the window of her phone, trying to absorb, mimic, become the object of her growing fascination.When a chance encounter thrusts Mickey into a world of opportunity, she is met with surprising--and immediate--success. But as her online persona begins to take over, the line between reality and illusion disappears. Then suddenly, so does Gemma.Engrossing, sharp, and astute, Like Me is a shimmering portrait of infatuation, disconnection, and identity--and a dazzling introduction to a brilliant new voice in contemporary literature.
The author's magnum opus on the outer darkness was a two-volume book by that title. That book found the background for the outer darkness in the OT, principally in the book of Isaiah. The present book expounds that OT background for the outer darkness by examining the precursor texts in Psalms, especially Ps 1-2. The outer darkness is explained in relation to New Jerusalem. The water of life is a free gift for those who drink it outside the city walls but a reward at its point of origin at the throne atop the city. The tree of life is a reward that is found on both sides of the river of life inside the city. The water of life flows through the city gate to the outside of the city, where it can be drunk freely. But the tree of life is not found freely outside the city. When David describes the faithful believer as a tree firmly planted by the streams of waters, he prophetically anticipates the rewards faithful believers will receive in New Jerusalem, which he perceives in terms of Mount Zion. New Jerusalem is the heavenly version of this mountain. The earthly version is but the shadow of this heavenly reality. David sees the shadow, speaks in terms of typology, and anticipates the Heavenly City. Whereas David foresees the reward of the faithful, he also foresees the punishment of the unfaithful. Naturally, since he associates the reward of the faithful with inhabitation in the Holy City, the punishment of the unholy is, not surprisingly, associated with lack of access to this Reward City. An appendix includes some of the author's collaborating material from other books pertaining to other Zionistic texts dealing with New Jerusalem and the outer darkness. Texts for Isaiah are of particular interest for the OT background for the outer darkness and misthological death, that is, death in terms of loss of rewards.
These one hundred short poems with no names were written in the late winter and the spring of 2017 when we had a lot of rain in Northern California. That's why several of them speak about that time of year when there is the gray sky above and the wet earth below. It's also the time of year when a cup of hot tea and a piece of toast is a wonderful thing. Sometimes the simplest thing is the most satisfying. If you're having your tea with a piece of dry toast, and you're dunking it, there's no need to put jam or butter on it. To add the jam and butter would ruin the perfect balance between the toast and tea. It's complete. A cup of hot tea can do many things, depending upon how it is served. With milk and sugar, it's warm and comforting. Holding the cup in your hand is almost like holding the hand of your best friend. If green tea is served plain, it can stimulate your mind. If it's black tea with a slice of lemon, it can help you get over a cold or the flu. Tea is so simple, yet so beneficial. I hope you find these poems simple and complete, like dry toast in hot tea.
Like a Thief 4 End Time Bible Keys has the power of the most convincing evidence of the apocalypse, the direct connection of Biblical text to world events.The apocalypse is really all about finding out the truth: were not alone in space. Read the dynamic details inside and make your choice. do you believe the facts or not?
In this collection, no fewer than 30 of Edward S. Herman and David Peterson's essays in the critique of the "Art of Deceit" spanning a period of close to 20 years have been published together in one volume for the first time. They bring impressive levels of skepticism and scholarship to bear on the often hidden-in plain-sight systems of false belief (or ideologies) that rule both intellectual and popular culture. They cover the real as opposed to the ideological uses of the word 'terrorism'; the long-term U.S. and media misrepresentations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Honduras, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda; the warmongering work of the late writer Christopher Hitchens, as well as the multiple systematic falsehoods of the "New Humanitarians," who shared a penchant for advocating War in the name of Peace and Human Rights. As long-time Herman collaborator Noam Chomsky remarked, the result constitutes "A real triumph." This collection demands to be read and studied closely and carefully. "This collection of essays and articles by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson is some of the finest media analysis I have ever read. Herman is mandatory reading for anyone serious about news media analysis, and in Peterson he has a worthy collaborator. This book is also a compendium of the great global political struggles of the past three decades. For media critics and political observers alike, this is a book worth reading and keeping around as an invaluable reference book. It is Herman and Peterson at their best." - ROBERT W. McCHESNEY, Gutgsell Endowed Professor, Department of Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "As humanity owes Hannah Arendt for the courage of her pen, so we owe Edward Herman for a lifetime's revelations of the banality of evil in our midst. This extraordinary collection with David Peterson is a truth teller's guide." - JOHN PILGER, journalist, war correspondent, film-maker and author of Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire "A forensic demolition of the corporate media which is saturated with propaganda serving elite and oppressive state-corporate interests that are now actually threatening human survival in an age of climate chaos. This is a truly indispensable book." - DAVID CROMWELL, Co-Editor, Media Lens "The greatest political writing partnership since Herman and Chomsky, Herman and Peterson are a crucial antidote to the extremist corporate media system sometimes described as 'mainstream'. At close to 900 pages, Like A Cuttlefish Spurting Out Ink, is a treasure trove of razor-sharp but ultimately compassionate analysis derailing the deceptions that keep the West's Perpetual War machine on track and killing with impunity. Don't miss it."- DAVID EDWARDS, Co-Editor, Media Lens Edward S. Herman (1925-2017) was professor of finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and wrote extensively on economics, political economy, and the media. Among his books were Corporate Control, Corporate Power (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Real Terror Network (South End Press, 1982), and, with Noam Chomsky, the two-volume The Political Economy of Human Rights (South End Press, 1979; Haymarket Books, 2014), and Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 2nd. Ed., 2002). David Peterson is an independent journalist and researcher based in Chicago. Together, they were coauthors of The Politics of Genocide (Monthly Review Press, 2nd. Ed., 2011), and Enduring Lies: The Rwandan Genocide in the Propaganda System, 20 Years Later (The Real News Books, 2014).
Everyone craves approval, but when that desire becomes an addiction where nothing is ever good enough, it is time to step off the hamster wheel of people pleasing and seek the only approval you really need -- God's.There is a difference between being someone other people like and being defined by what others think. Some people are so addicted to approval that their lives spiral out of control creating discontent, depression, and alienation. Recovering approval addict Dawn Owens identifies all the ways craving approval can negatively impact our lives, and offers sound, biblical strategies to overcome them. Using her own and other's stories as relatable examples, Owens shares the journey to an identity found only in Christ.
Like a Fragile House of Cards, My Life Came Crashing Down is a story about the author, but it could also be you. Struggling with an addiction brought on by deceit and lies, she gets caught up in a difficult and painful situation by no fault of her own. She offers a way to recovery by turning everything over to God and not giving up. Let the words be like seeds that are planted and, over time, take root in your life.
