![]() Van Acker was project development manager for ten control and safety systems replacement projects in ExxonMobil downstream and chemical affiliates, all of which came in under budget and within schedule. He chaired the Instrumentation Network, which included instrumentation specialists from each of ExxonMobil’s refineries and was responsible for the maintaining and development of ExxonMobil I&C engineering standards and best practices. Van Acker was the lead I&CS start-up engineer on multiple refining projects in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Europe. ![]() ![]() His experience includes project scope development, business case justification, cost and schedule estimating, resource planning, competitive bid process, and contracting strategies. Torney Van Acker has over 35 years of domestic and international experience with ExxonMobil planning and developing large complex control system replacement projects in the petroleum refining and chemical industry as well as developing the instrumentation, control and safety systems scope for large Upstream production projects at a number of onshore and offshore locations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Agent: Jim McCarthy, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. It’s a provocative concept, but the author’s revisionist choices don’t always pan out. The early sections depicting Jezebel’s yearning are the strongest, though Barnard has less success with the biblical stuff. The details here are a bit fuzzy-it’s not clear how the Israelites, including the king and queen, have enough drinkable water to survive, or why, with the royal court unable to afford fancy imported foods, merchants would travel to the country to sell them. When Elijah calls down the Israelite God’s wrath on the kingdom, ostensibly because of its monarch’s wickedness, a multiyear drought ensues. The marriage, which exiles Jezebel from her homeland, is an unhappy one, but she finds solace in the arms of Ahab’s friend and scribe, Elijah. At 12, she has a priestess divine her future and learns she will be married to a foreign king, a prediction validated when Ithobaal promises her to Ahab, son of the king of Israel, to strengthen Tyre’s geopolitical standing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jezebel, daughter of Ithobaal, the king of Tyre, decides at six years old that she wants her name to be remembered for the ages. Buy Jezebel by Barnard, Megan (ISBN: 9780143137672) from Amazons Book Store. Barnard reimagines the biblical story of Queen Jezebel in her ambitious but muddled debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The word rang in her head as sweat popped out on her face. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction: Katherine Allred Trademarks Acknowledgement ![]() The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.Ĭerridwen Press is an imprint of Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® What Price Paradise This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from the publisher, Cerridwen Press, 1056 Home Avenue, Akron, OH 44310-3502. What Price Paradise Copyright© 2005 Katherine Allred ![]() ![]() The book covers topics common to autobiographies written by black American women in the years following the Civil Rights Movement: a celebration of black motherhood a critique of racism the importance of family and the quest for independence, personal dignity, and self-definition.Īngelou uses her autobiography to explore subjects such as identity, rape, racism, and literacy. Reviewers often categorize Caged Bird as autobiographical fiction because Angelou uses thematic development and other techniques common to fiction, but the prevailing critical view characterizes it as an autobiography, a genre she attempts to critique, change, and expand. In the course of Caged Bird, Maya transforms from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable of responding to prejudice.Īngelou was challenged by her friend, author James Baldwin, and her editor, Robert Loomis, to write an autobiography that was also a piece of literature. ![]() The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 16. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alexis’s co-edited volume of Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines (PM Press, 2016) has shifted the conversation on mothering, parenting and queer transformation. Her poetic work in response to the needs of her cherished communities have held space for multitudes in mourning and movement. Her work in this lifetime is to facilitate infinite, unstoppable ancestral love in practice. ![]() Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist Love Evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all sentient beings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Condemned to play “the Sheik,” his artistic soul was never given free reign. He spent much of his life trying to live down the way his looks affected his life and the life of those who saw him on screen. With fascinating glimpses into his life, Leider paints a portrait of a man who, although uncommonly handsome, was also uncommonly sensitive about his masculinity.įrom his early days as a taxi dancer (he accepted money to dance with women) to the end of his days in Hollywood, he was plagued with unfair rumors that he was just a pretty face. Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino - book review Dark Loverĭark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentinoĭark Lover provides a titillating glimpse into the decadent past of Hollywood with a gentle retelling of the brilliant yet tragic career of Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaele Guglielmi, or Rudolph Valentino, as the public knew him. ![]() ![]() ![]() They have preferences and opinions, and for the breadth of human history, have primarily been men. The problem is that the people performing science-asking the questions and interpreting the data-aren’t neutral and unbiased. Scientific evidence should speak for itself. It’s supposed to be free from bias, existing in a beautiful place where our personal beliefs and politics don’t matter. And their wiring makes them prefer chatting over coffee and comforting others in times of distress instead of building a computer or tackling a complex science problem. ![]() Women’s brains make them better at domestic duties. But what about differences in the brain? This is where the issue gets much more dicey, as science journalist Angela Saini tackles in her book Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story.įor centuries, science has told us that there are fundamental differences between men and women when it comes to our brains or the way we’re “wired.” Men are better suited to working outside the home and doing complex jobs in STEM fields. This isn’t true of all men, of course-especially those who are born into bodies that don’t match their gender identities-but, generally, biological sexes have concrete physical differences that set them apart. When it comes to biological sex, there are generalizations made about the physical appearances of men versus women, such as the idea that male bodies usually are physically bigger, have more facial hair, are broader, and have different genitalia. ![]() ![]() Looking for a new secretary, he is stunned when a lovely woman, Sophia, appears saying she needs a job. Sir Ross Cannon is the chief of the Bow Street runners and a magistrate. Lady Sophia’s Lover – Ross Cannon and Sophia Sydney – Pretty good ![]() I read it over a year ago, I have not revisited it, and I remember it as having one charming moment. Someone to Watch Over Me is not one of Kleypas’ better works. ![]() Someone to Watch Over Me – Gran t Morgan and Vivi en Duvall – Weakīoy meets girl. Just try not to think too much about the realities of conditions for working people, in the prisons, or for the poor in Victorian London. ![]() It’s a profitable enterprise and, assuming they conduct themselves ethically, an honourable one. The Bow Street Runners were a precursor to a metropolitan police force in London and all three heroes work for the team. This trilogy does not feature the usual fancy people of romance which is a pleasant change. ![]() ![]() ![]() The reason we know for certain that super mega cataclysms accompany every change, is that each stratum of the geologic column mostly does not have any transition layer between beds, but changes from an ocean bed (limestone) to some other non-ocean surface, then back to limestone then back to something else on a clean non-transition basis. Proof of strata change on a repeating short cycle basis is called the 'geologic column' and it demonstrates, without question, how dynamic, volcanic, and catastrophic our planet is. Most levels are between 2' and 14' thick, or roughly 1,000 to 7,000 years in age duration. Resource search-core drills collectively show strata that changes from limestone (ocean floor) to sandstone (land erosion buildup) to shale (Shallow sea), and hard rock (granites, etc.) then back again. Many periods are much shorter, some are longer, and a very few are quite long. The geologic column shows the average static or calm periods that are between catastrophes to average about 7,000 years. In this book, I am expecting to prove via catastrophic ocean rise, the geologic column, deep core drills, ice core samples, varve layers, and other readings, that the Earth experiences major and cataclysmic catastrophes including dipole exchange on an irregular short term basis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book's plot focuses on Zinzi's attempts to find the missing female member of a brother-and-sister pop duo for a music producer, in return for the money she needs to fully repay her dealer. Zinzi is attempting to repay the financial debt she owes her drug dealer by charging people for her special skill of finding lost objects, as well as making use of her writing abilities by drafting 419 fraud emails. She lives in the Johannesburg suburb of Hillbrow, which is nicknamed "Zoo City" in the novel for its large population of animalled people, refugees and the dispossessed. The novel's chief protagonist, Zinzi December, is a former journalist and recovering drug addict who was "animalled" to a sloth after getting her brother killed. Zoo City is set in an alternate version of the South African city of Johannesburg, in which people who have committed a crime are magically attached to an animal familiar – those who receive such punishment are said to be "animalled". The cover of the British edition of the book was awarded the 2010 BSFA Award for best artwork, and the book itself was shortlisted in the best novel category of the award. Clarke Award and the 2010 Kitschies Red Tentacle for best novel. Zoo City is a 2010 science fiction novel by South African author Lauren Beukes. ![]() Cover of the 2010 British edition of Zoo City ![]() |