In 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan. Traversing 2,500 miles of the toughest terrain on the planet in a twenty-five year-old Land Rover, they faced repeated challenges, from kleptocracy and fire ants to non-existent roads and intense suspicion from local people. Through imagination and teamwork -- including building rafts and bridges, conducting makeshift surgery in the jungle and playing tribal politics -- they got through. But the Congo is raw, and the journey took an unexpected psychological toll on them all. Crossing the Congo is an offbeat travelogue, a story of friendship and what it takes to complete a great journey against tremendous odds, and an intimate look into one of the world's least-developed and most fragile states, told with humor and sensitivity.
Ils s’attirent autant qu’ils se détestent ! *** – On ne devrait pas, réponds-je. – Tu dis ça comme si c’était une mauvaise chose, remarque-t-il. La déraison. La perte de contrôle. – C’est une mauvaise chose. Regarde où ça t’a… Je m’interromps avant de dire quelque chose de blessant et rougis jusqu’aux oreilles. – … Où ça m’a mené ? complète-t-il en tenant mon visage entre ses mains. À trouver le courage d’embrasser une fille aux yeux saphir qui a un goût de cerise. Qui me prend pour un con, certes, mais qui me rend dingue. Il parle si près de mes lèvres que c’est comme s’il les caressait avec ses mots, avec sa voix feutrée, légèrement cassée par la fatigue, terriblement profonde et masculine. – J’ai menti, je ne te prends pas pour un con, lui avoué-je. Mais tu me fais peur. – Je ne te ferai pas de mal, tu le sais ? promet-il avec un regard intense et protecteur tout en laissant sa main descendre jusqu’à l’endroit le plus défendu et le plus avide de mon corps. J’exhale, ferme les yeux et me laisse faire. Ma tête bascule en arrière. Bon sang, c’est trop bon ! Je gémis et, instinctivement, pousse mon intimité contre sa paume. – Oui, tu le sais… Non, je ne le sais pas. Mais ça n’a plus aucune importance à présent. Je me fiche que Casey me blesse comme il a blessé Nicole et toutes celles qui se sont confiées à la presse. Je me fiche de souffrir. Ce que je veux, c’est vivre, enfin. *** Star d’Hollywood aux mille frasques, Casey Lewitt est envoyé contre son gré à Hawaï pour une mission humanitaire : pas d’alcool, pas de drogue et pas de fête. L’enfer ! Mais il reste la drague et les filles, qui succombent toutes à son corps de rêve et son sourire charmeur. Toutes, sauf Alana. Aussi fière que coincée, la jolie bénévole le déteste et refuse d’être une conquête de plus… malgré son attirance. Entre le bad boy qui refuse de se repentir et la fille aux mille secrets qui ne veut pas se dévoiler, les affrontements sont électriques ! *** Retrouvez dans cette saison 2 des héros aussi passionnés que blessés ! Ce roman est aussi publié dans sa version intégrale sous les titres Wild Love et Tombeur.
Ils s’attirent autant qu’ils se détestent ! *** – On ne devrait pas, réponds-je. – Tu dis ça comme si c’était une mauvaise chose, remarque-t-il. La déraison. La perte de contrôle. – C’est une mauvaise chose. Regarde où ça t’a… Je m’interromps avant de dire quelque chose de blessant et rougis jusqu’aux oreilles. – … Où ça m’a mené ? complète-t-il en tenant mon visage entre ses mains. À trouver le courage d’embrasser une fille aux yeux saphir qui a un goût de cerise. Qui me prend pour un con, certes, mais qui me rend dingue. Il parle si près de mes lèvres que c’est comme s’il les caressait avec ses mots, avec sa voix feutrée, légèrement cassée par la fatigue, terriblement profonde et masculine. – J’ai menti, je ne te prends pas pour un con, lui avoué-je. Mais tu me fais peur. – Je ne te ferai pas de mal, tu le sais ? promet-il avec un regard intense et protecteur tout en laissant sa main descendre jusqu’à l’endroit le plus défendu et le plus avide de mon corps. J’exhale, ferme les yeux et me laisse faire. Ma tête bascule en arrière. Bon sang, c’est trop bon ! Je gémis et, instinctivement, pousse mon intimité contre sa paume. – Oui, tu le sais… Non, je ne le sais pas. Mais ça n’a plus aucune importance à présent. Je me fiche que Casey me blesse comme il a blessé Nicole et toutes celles qui se sont confiées à la presse. Je me fiche de souffrir. Ce que je veux, c’est vivre, enfin. *** Star d’Hollywood aux mille frasques, Casey Lewitt est envoyé contre son gré à Hawaï pour une mission humanitaire : pas d’alcool, pas de drogue et pas de fête. L’enfer ! Mais il reste la drague et les filles, qui succombent toutes à son corps de rêve et son sourire charmeur. Toutes, sauf Alana. Aussi fière que coincée, la jolie bénévole le déteste et refuse d’être une conquête de plus… malgré son attirance. Entre le bad boy qui refuse de se repentir et la fille aux mille secrets qui ne veut pas se dévoiler, les affrontements sont électriques ! *** Retrouvez dans cette saison 1 des héros aussi passionnés que blessés ! Ce roman est aussi publié dans sa version intégrale sous les titres Wild Love et Tombeur.
Whether you're 16 or 40 years old, who doesn't like a good cookie or a warm muffin with some cold milk? Unless you're diabetic, this is the cookbook for you! (We've got nothing against diabetics, but we really do have another cookbook for them). This book is packed with 30 sweet recipes to put your baking skills to the test, even if you don't have any! We've got cake, brownies, cobbler, pound cake, and so much more. Which one are you drooling over right now? If you start now, it might just be done in time for dessert, so hurry!
Sponge cake is one of those things any baker, amateur or pro, needs to master in case there's ever a need for a last-minute dessert. Sure, there are other treats we can think of that are quicker, but the point is that sponge cake is an essential dessert everyone needs to know in order to call themselves a baker. If you haven't yet mastered it, that's what you're here for, so don't worry! Fortunately, these cakes are easy, light, fluffy, and can be made in one hour or less! Best of all, they are super customizable, which means you'll get many more chances to impress yourself and others with the same basic ingredients and principles. All you have to do is make sure it's fluffy and light!
During the early days of the professional English theatre, dramatists including Dekker, Greene, Heywood, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, and Shakespeare wrote for playhouses that, though enclosed by surrounding walls, remained open to the ambient air and the sky above. The drama written for performance at these open-air venues drew attention to and reflected on its own relationship to the space of the air. At a time when theories of the imagination emphasized dramatic performance's reliance upon and implication in the air from and through which its staged fictions were presented and received, plays written for performance at open-air venues frequently draw attention to the nature and significance of that elemental relationship. Aerial Environments on the Early Modern Stage considers the various ways in which the air is brought into presence within early modern drama, analyzing more than a hundred works that were performed at the London open-air playhouses between 1576 and 1609, with reference to theatrical atmospheres and aerial encounters. It explores how various theatrical effects and staging strategies foregrounded early modern drama's relationship to, and impact on, the actual playhouse air. In considering open-air drama's pervasive and ongoing attention to aerial imagery, actions, and representational strategies, the book suggest that playwrights and their companies developed a dramaturgical awareness that extended from the earth to encompass and make explicit the space of air.
The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism In the eighteenth century, women’s contributions to empire took fewer official forms than those collected in state archives. Their traces were recorded in material ways, through the ink they applied to paper or the artifacts they created with muslin, silk threads, feathers, and shells. Handiwork, such as sewing, knitting, embroidery, and other crafts, formed a familiar presence in the lives and learning of girls and women across social classes, and it was deeply connected to colonialism. Chloe Wigston Smith follows the material and visual images of the Atlantic world that found their way into the hands of women and girls in Britain and early America—in the objects they made, the books they held, the stories they read—and in doing so adjusted and altered the form and content of print and material culture. A range of artifacts made by women, including makers of color, brought the global into conversation with domestic crafts and consequently placed images of empire and colonialism within arm’s reach. Together, fiction and handicrafts offer new evidence of women’s material contributions to the home’s place within the global eighteenth century, revealing the rich and complex connections between the global and the domestic.
In the biblical canon, two books lack any explicit reference to the name of God: Song of Songs and Esther. What is the nature of God as revealed in texts that don't use his name? Exploring the often overlooked theological connections between these two Old Testament books, Chloe T. Sun takes on the challenges of God's absence and explores how we think of God when he is perceived to be silent.
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Seattle. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover all within a 2-hour drive.
Providing solutions to specific issues which regularly arise in practice, this practical guide gives detailed and up to date coverage of all key aspects of privilege including legal advice privilege, joint and common interest privilege, and the privilege against self-incrimination as they apply to litigation and non-litigation situations.
When it comes to talking about the activity of directing the church, the language of leadership and leaders is increasingly popular. Yet what is leadership – and how might theological narratives better resource the discourse and practice of leadership in ecclesial contexts? In identifying and critiquing managerialism as a dominant narrative of leadership in the Western church, this book calls for an alternative approach founded on the concept of friendship. Engaging with the wider field of leadership studies, the book establishes an understanding of leadership activity and brings it into conversation with an incarnational ecclesiology. The result is a prophetic reimagining of ecclesial leadership in terms of a relational, kenotic praxis. This praxis of mutuality and love is framed here in the rich language of Christian friendship. The book also wrestles deeply with the embodiment of such a praxis, making explicit the power behaviours typical of friendship-leadership and offering constructive guidance for practitioners in the task of implementation within a complex and fractured world. This book offers a new vision of the centrality of friendship to leadership of a healthy church community. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of practical theology, ecclesiology and leadership, as well as practitioners in church ministry.
Washington Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Washington Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Washington that other guidebooks just don't offer.
Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? Best Hikes Near Vancouver details the 41 best hikes within a close proximity of the city, perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional cues, a detailed map, and color photos. The rewards of hiking near Vancouver are plentiful: Howe Sound panoramas, island explorations to giant Doug firs, an up-close look at The Lions, feeling the spray of Shannon Falls, and spotting migratory flocks at Boundary Bay. It is easy to select a hike you prefer by combining information in the Trail Finder (which categorizes each hike, i.e., Best Hikes for Waterfalls; Best Hikes for Families/Children) with the short Summary of the hike. GPS points are used along with a written description to identify the location of each trailhead.
Celebrating the contributions of the ethnic seminary in America While the narrative of decline haunts churches and seminaries in the United States, there is great hope to be found in the explosive growth of Christian populations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. In light of this, much can be learned from points of intersection between the minority and majority worlds, such as Logos Evangelical Seminary, an ATS-accredited Chinese-language seminary in California—the first in the US. Chloe Sun makes the case here for why an ethnic seminary like Logos has much to teach us about the evolving possibilities for theological education in a society of cultural exchange, with many populations living in diaspora. Sun, a professor of Old Testament at Logos, has herself been formed by an array of cultural influences. She was raised by Chinese parents who were born in Vietnam, she grew up hearing multiple languages, and she has lived in China, Hong Kong, and the United States. With this unique background, she recognizes and extols the richness of pluralism, recognizing in it the work of God, akin to the diversity instantiated at the biblical Pentecost event. The title of this book comes from Logos’s motto: “Attempt great things for God; rescue millions of souls.” In this spirit, Sun’s vision is one of both humility and ambition, which begins by honoring the particularity of a person or group of people, and then moves outward to the universal, all-inclusive movement of the Holy Spirit.
London, a city of constant transition, transaction, translation. London does not exist; London is a language without a place and it is the aphasic city; it's the mother of all languages. Lucifer Over London is a new anthology nine narrative essays written by a host of international prize-winning authors including Chloe Aridjis, Viola di Grado, Xiaolu Guo, Joanna Walsh and Zinovy Zinik. First published in Italy by Humboldt Books, Lucifer Over London is now appearing in English for the first time. This is a version of London as seen from the immigrants of recent migrations, of deportations to come, from those who create London even as they contradict it.
This comprehensive guide for anyone with knee pain shows you how to treat your own knees and get back to doing what you love. With over 10 years of experience as an orthopaedic physiotherapist, Chloe Wilson shares her wealth of knowledge on how to beat knee pain using simple treatment techniques that anyone can do from the comfort of their own home. This easy to read, practical guide will take you through step by step: 1. The Structure Of The Knee: Including how a normal knee works, what can go wrong and why knee pain is so common 2. Diagnosing Your Knee Pain: How to work out what is wrong with your knee without needing any scans 3. Common Knee Symptoms: and what they mean 4. Treating Knee Pain: Top treatments for knee problems and which ones are best for you. Includes topics such as rehab, diet, physical therapy, natural remedies, injections and surgery 5. Rehab Exercises: Loads of great exercises plans to get your knee stronger and more flexible with easy to follow instructions and illustrations. Tried and tested on countless people with knee problems like yours 6. Common Knee Problems: Everything you need to know about the causes, symptoms, treatment and recovery from all the common knee conditions and injuries including Runners Knee, Tendonitis, Bursitis and Arthritis 7. Mastering Life With Knee Pain: Loads of great advice on how to thrive in day to day life, packed full of loads of top tips from our experienced physiotherapist. Includes topics such as Getting Up & Down Stairs, How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep, Is Resting Good Or Bad For Your Knee & How To Run Without Wrecking Your Knees. You don’t have to live with knee pain. Take back control and start your journey to beating knee pain today.
When the Queen asks you over for tea, you show up. But what could you bring? A tea cake, of course! Even if you're not really meeting the Queen over tea, you could be invited elsewhere and it's never alright to show up empty-handed! And nothing says you appreciate an invitation more than taking the time to bake a tea cake to enjoy over tea, coffee, or even wine! That is why we've put together A Royal Invitation: The High-Tea Cake Book, to get you through all of this year's invitations with a yummy treat to share with your coworkers, friends, family, or even the Queen herself. What's even better is that we know you don't always have the most time or aren't necessarily the most experienced baker, so we've made sure our recipes stay easy while tasting like a million dollars. We know you've got a get-together this week, so put on your apron and let's get baking!
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