From the critically acclaimed author of "The Painted Kiss" comes a rich and romantic story of the passionate love triangle between William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement; his mentor, the painter Daunt Gabriel Rossetti; and the woman they both love.
Elizabeth Hickey's beguiling debut THE PAINTED KISS is a page-turning novel about romance, art and beauty that will delight anyone who is looking for an entertaining summer read. The grandeur of nineteenth-century Vienna with its elegant cafes, grand opera houses and thriving artistic community provides the backdrop as young Emilie Floge begins painting lessons with the controversial artist Gustav Klimt. A passionate relationship ensures - with lifelong consequences for both Emilie and her famous mentor. Elizabeth Hickey, inspired by their love affair, did not choose to write a factual biography but an engaging and romantic story. She has let her imagination fill in the missing details and given room for readers' imaginations also to take flight. The result is a page-turning good read about two passionate characters living a life we can now only dream of in the sumptuous and colourful city of Vienna.
Gustav Klimt, one of the great painters of fin de siècle Austria—and the subject of Helen Mirren’s latest film, Woman in Gold—takes center stage in this passionate and atmospheric debut novel, which reimagines the tumultuous relationship between the Viennese painter and Emilie Flöge, the woman who posed for his masterpiece The Kiss, and whose name he uttered with his dying breath. Vienna in 1886 was a city of elegant cafés, grand opera houses, and a thriving and adventurous artistic community. It is here where the twelve-year-old Emilie meets the controversial libertine and painter. Hired by her bourgeois father for basic drawing lessons, Klimt introduces Emilie to a subculture of dissolute artists, wanton models, and decadent patrons that both terrifies and inspires her. The Painted Kiss follows Emilie as she blossoms from a naïve young girl to one of Europe's most exclusive couturiers—and Klimt's most beloved model and mistress. A provocative love story that brings to life Vienna's cultural milieu, The Painted Kiss is as compelling as a work by Klimt himself.
Six Mysteries Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas The coffee shop on the corner of First and Main in Oak Grove, Kansas, seems to attract a series of mysterious events. Or perhaps it is the six women who frequent the shop for book club who are magnets for trouble. . . . Morgan Butler, owner of the Coffee Perk, finds a project worker hanged at her shop. Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her beehives. Evelyn Kliff discovers a dead church meal organizer. Jo Anderson shares hazelnut coffee creamer, sending a woman into anaphylactic shock. Harper Daggett is being stalked for an antique jade owl she bought. Baker Jeanine Gransbury’s charity event money goes missing. Join them as they unravel six unexplained events that have the potential to ruin business and spoil friendships if not handled with care.
12 Gifts from Jesus Christ is designed to help ech of us tke steps toward living a more Christ-like life. In order to help us make progress, each chapter focuses on one GIFT, and the intent is to practice that GIFT for 30 days-- the amount of time it takes to form a new habit. If you will put this book to work for you, we believe new habits will be formed in accordance with the GIFT you are focusing on that particular month. At the end of the year, your GIFT back to Jesus Christ is inteneded to be an imporved, more Christ-like version of yourself. Our book is an act of love. And it is our hope and prayer that we will all be inspired to live our lives embracing each of the gifts Jesus came to earh to teach us. Our own lives have changed for the better as we have contemplated, discussed and written the words on these pages. We believe this is a special book, and it is our sincere hope that each of you will find something wonderful and life-changing as you read it. We realize life is a roller coster, and although we may have improved by the end of the year after studying 12 Gifts From Jesus Christ, it doesn't mean we have arrived. For this reason, we would like you to use this book throughout your life. Read it often, as a reminder. Give it to those you love, and give it to those who love our Savior Jesus Christ.
Estimations suggest more than 2 million children have experienced a parental deployment since 2002, and 1.2 million of those children are school-aged (i.e. 6 to 18 years). Academically, school-aged children whose parents are deployed perform lower than children whose parents have never been deployed, particularly with increased cumulative months of deployment experienced by military-connected (MC) children. School personnel hypothesize the impact may be due to internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems resulting from parental deployment, which often relate to mental health challenges of the non-deployed parent. Home-based studies suggest deployment impacts internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, particularly in younger children aged five to 12 years. However, there is a lack of studies examining the impact of deployment on these behavioral outcomes within the school setting and using teacher report. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of parental deployment on internalizing and externalizing behaviors within the home and school setting. The study utilized a mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) design to examine differences in behavioral and emotional risk, utilizing both parent and teacher report, between two groups. The two groups included military-connected (MC) students currently or recently experiencing deployment (within previous 6 months), and MC students who neither currently nor recently experienced parental deployment. Results suggest a significant main effect for rater on internalizing behavioral problems, with the parents rating the children higher than the teachers; however, no significant main effect of parental deployment status was indicated. No significant main effect of parental deployment status or rater was found for externalizing behavior problems. Further, while there was a significant main effect between parents and teachers on internalizing behaviors, most of the sample fell within the average range on both scales, based upon both teacher and parent report. Implications, limitations and future research are discussed.
The Elizabeth Stories serves as a legacy of Alfred Baroody's wife, Elizabeth--the author--who previously published several articles, short stories, and books. This is a collection of ten short stories and two novelettes compiled into one book. These are stories about adventure, action, mystery, and so much more.
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