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This week Kayla is joined by one of her favorite authors, C.W. Gortner! They discuss his latest novel The Saint Laurent muse, historical fiction as a whole, and so much more.The April book club pick is Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen. The episode will be out on 4/28.As always, the reviews are spoiler-free.Thank you for listening! Buy the books Kayla covered here: https://bookshop.org/shop/professionalbookgirlFollow Professional Book Girl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionalbookgirl/Follow Kayla on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayreadwhat/Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@professionalbookgirlpod

Ghosts of Spain — Giles Tremlett (2007)A Concise History of Spain by Carla and William Philips (2010)Homage to Catalonia George Orwell (1938)Don Quixote — Miguel Cervantes (1605) Tales of the Alhambra — Washington Irving (1838) The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2001) The Sun Also Rises — Ernest Hemingway (1926)Cathedral of the Sea — Ildefonso Falcones (2006) The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner (2006)As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning — Laurie Lee (1969) Driving Over Lemons — Chris Stewart (199)A Broken Mirror — Mercè Rodoreda (1974)The Lonely Hearts Club novel — Raul Nuñez (1989) Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com or through Twitter @RorshokSpain or Instagram @rorshok.spain Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: https://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Bonjour et bienvenue dans l'Appel du Calme.Connaissez-vous la pratique du journaling, à savoir écrire dans un journal personnel ses mots, ses pensées, ses émotions, ses idées ...Cette pratique confère de nombreux bienfaits aujourd'hui démontrés par les études scientifiques et c'est un bon outil de développement personnel pour se connecter à soi.Pouvoir déposer, sans filtre, ses préoccupations, ses douleurs mais aussi ses joies, ses expériences positives est un moyen d'alléger son esprit, d'apaiser son anxiété, de poser un nouveau regard sur soi et de développer son estime de soi. Un bon outil pour conscientiser le vécu, le chemin parcouru, les ressources mobilisées et les preuves de résilience au fil des expériences de vie. La pratique régulière de l'écriture, expressive ou intuitive revêt également des fonctions thérapeutiques particulièrement appréciée des personnes introverties.Le journaling se décline sous diverses formes : journal intime, recueil de pensées, carnet de voyages, journal de gratitude, bullet journal ... Ecrire est une activité qui permet de créer le calme dans nos vies de femme active, de maman, d'entrepreneure.C'est aussi un outil transformationnel qui aide à mieux se connaître et à créer des relations authentiques.Nous verrons dans cet épisode quels sont les bienfaits de l'écriture expressive, quoi écrire, et comment écrire.A tout de suite

From Lucrezia Borgia to Marlene Dietrich, Empress Marie Fyodorovna of Russia, and most recently the actress Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner has made a career out of finding strong, fascinating, real-life heroines for his novels. In The American Adventuress (William Morrow, 2022), he focuses his attention on Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill. From the moment we first meet her as a sassy and defiant twelve-year-old schoolgirl, Jennie charts her own course—to the consternation of her more conventional but in some ways wiser mother. Her father—an entrepreneur hovering on the edge of elite New York society—adores and supports this second daughter whose character so resembles his own, but some shady business dealings and a long-term affair with Jennie's piano teacher eventually undermine his marriage. Jennie's mother flees with her three daughters to Paris, where the girls complete their education. Then the Franco-Prussian War begins, and the family moves to London and safety. There Jennie makes the acquaintance of an odd-looking but charming and intelligent young man, Lord Randolph Churchill, who proposes marriage almost right away. Jennie falls madly in love, and soon they are courting in earnest despite opposition from both their families. A gifted pianist, a beauty, a free spirit, and a loving if often-distant mother, Jennie lives life to the hilt: spending extravagantly, flirting outrageously, neglecting her children, and breaking convention in ways that defy our views of the constraints placed on Victorian women. But whatever her faults, Jennie herself is unforgettable, and it is Gortner's achievement that he brings her so vividly to life. C. W. Gortner holds an MFA in Writing with an emphasis in Renaissance Studies from the New College of California. From an original focus on the Tudors, the range of his bestselling fiction has expanded to include the lives of Coco Chanel, Catherine de Medici, and Isabella of Castile. The American Adventuress is his twelfth novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next novel, Song of the Storyteller, will appear in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From Lucrezia Borgia to Marlene Dietrich, Empress Marie Fyodorovna of Russia, and most recently the actress Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner has made a career out of finding strong, fascinating, real-life heroines for his novels. In The American Adventuress (William Morrow, 2022), he focuses his attention on Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill. From the moment we first meet her as a sassy and defiant twelve-year-old schoolgirl, Jennie charts her own course—to the consternation of her more conventional but in some ways wiser mother. Her father—an entrepreneur hovering on the edge of elite New York society—adores and supports this second daughter whose character so resembles his own, but some shady business dealings and a long-term affair with Jennie's piano teacher eventually undermine his marriage. Jennie's mother flees with her three daughters to Paris, where the girls complete their education. Then the Franco-Prussian War begins, and the family moves to London and safety. There Jennie makes the acquaintance of an odd-looking but charming and intelligent young man, Lord Randolph Churchill, who proposes marriage almost right away. Jennie falls madly in love, and soon they are courting in earnest despite opposition from both their families. A gifted pianist, a beauty, a free spirit, and a loving if often-distant mother, Jennie lives life to the hilt: spending extravagantly, flirting outrageously, neglecting her children, and breaking convention in ways that defy our views of the constraints placed on Victorian women. But whatever her faults, Jennie herself is unforgettable, and it is Gortner's achievement that he brings her so vividly to life. C. W. Gortner holds an MFA in Writing with an emphasis in Renaissance Studies from the New College of California. From an original focus on the Tudors, the range of his bestselling fiction has expanded to include the lives of Coco Chanel, Catherine de Medici, and Isabella of Castile. The American Adventuress is his twelfth novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next novel, Song of the Storyteller, will appear in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

From Lucrezia Borgia to Marlene Dietrich, Empress Marie Fyodorovna of Russia, and most recently the actress Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner has made a career out of finding strong, fascinating, real-life heroines for his novels. In The American Adventuress (William Morrow, 2022), he focuses his attention on Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill. From the moment we first meet her as a sassy and defiant twelve-year-old schoolgirl, Jennie charts her own course—to the consternation of her more conventional but in some ways wiser mother. Her father—an entrepreneur hovering on the edge of elite New York society—adores and supports this second daughter whose character so resembles his own, but some shady business dealings and a long-term affair with Jennie's piano teacher eventually undermine his marriage. Jennie's mother flees with her three daughters to Paris, where the girls complete their education. Then the Franco-Prussian War begins, and the family moves to London and safety. There Jennie makes the acquaintance of an odd-looking but charming and intelligent young man, Lord Randolph Churchill, who proposes marriage almost right away. Jennie falls madly in love, and soon they are courting in earnest despite opposition from both their families. A gifted pianist, a beauty, a free spirit, and a loving if often-distant mother, Jennie lives life to the hilt: spending extravagantly, flirting outrageously, neglecting her children, and breaking convention in ways that defy our views of the constraints placed on Victorian women. But whatever her faults, Jennie herself is unforgettable, and it is Gortner's achievement that he brings her so vividly to life. C. W. Gortner holds an MFA in Writing with an emphasis in Renaissance Studies from the New College of California. From an original focus on the Tudors, the range of his bestselling fiction has expanded to include the lives of Coco Chanel, Catherine de Medici, and Isabella of Castile. The American Adventuress is his twelfth novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her next novel, Song of the Storyteller, will appear in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

We welcome our new co-host, Mary, and discuss women-led stories in books, movies, and television. Check out what we talked about: Books mentioned: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" of the "Millennium" series by Stieg Larsson with readalike "White Heat" by M.J. McGrath. "The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna" by C.W. Gortner with readalike "The Secret Daughter of the Tsar" by Jennifer Laam. The graphic novel series "Alias" by Brian Michael Bendis. "The Color Purple" by Alice Waker. "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas. "Cold Mountain" by Jennifer Frazier. Movies and TV shows mentioned: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, Directors Niels Arden Oplev and Daniel Alfredson Promising Young Woman, Director Emerald Fennell Jessica Jones, Netflix Agent Carter, ABC The Color Purple, Director Steven Spielberg The Help, Director Tate Taylor The Hate U Give, Director George Tillman Jr. Cold Mountain, Director Anthony Minghella Read Brit Marling's opinion piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/brit-marling-women-movies.html To access complete transcripts for all episodes of Not Your Mother's Library, please visit: oakcreeklibrary.org/podcast Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee County Federated Library System: countycat.mcfls.org hoopladigital.com wplc.overdrive.com oakcreeklibrary.org

La donna protagonista di questo nuovo episodio è stata richiesta spesso nel corso di questi quasi due anni di attività nel mondo dei podcast. Per troppo tempo la sua memoria è stata a dir poco disonorata e ancora oggi se si vogliono cercare informazioni su di lei, le parole chiave da utilizzare in qualsiasi motore di ricerca sono il suo nome associato a “la pazza”. Ma lo è stata davvero? In questo episodio proverò a scoprirlo. Sitografia: -       https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanna_di_Castiglia -       http://www.castellocarlov.it/giovanna-di-castiglia/ -       https://www.studenti.it/giovanna-la-pazza-biografia-e-storia-della-figlia-dei-re-cattolici.html -       https://www.storicang.it/a/giovanna-pazza-destino-spezzato_15481 -       http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/juana-i-di-castiglia/ -       https://www.vanillamagazine.it/giovanna-di-castiglia-fu-davvero-pazza-o-soltanto-una-vittima/ -       https://www.studenti.it/reconquista-spagnola-espansione-regni-cristiani-penisola-iberica.html#:~:text=1492Nel%201492%20%E2%80%93%20lo%20stesso%20anno,ufficiale%E2%80%9D%20di%20conclusione%20della%20reconquista. -       https://anticafrontierabb.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/521-anni-fa-il-2-gennaio-1492-si-conclude-la-reconquista-granada-lultima-roccaforte-moresca-in-spagna-si-arrende/ -       https://www.homolaicus.com/storia/moderna/colombo/inter-caetera.htm -       https://www.reccom.org/isabella-di-castiglia-e-ferdinando-daragona-i-primi-re-cattolici-di-spagna/#:~:text=Isabella%20e%20Ferdinando%20sono%20i,all'interno%20dei%20propri%20regni. -       https://www.storicang.it/a/cristoforo-colombo-e-i-re-cattolici_15282 -       http://www.geostorie.it/tag/compostela/ -       https://www.camminosantiagodecompostela.it/storia/ -       https://lostilitacolombino.wordpress.com/category/il-meglio/ -       https://blog.necrologi-italia.it/giovanna-la-pazza/   RIFERIMENTO AI QUADRI: Giovanna: https://www.google.com/search?q=giovanna+di+castiglia&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjDpquL2vL3AhXIk_0HHVnVC7MQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=giovanna+di+castiglia&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBg6BAgjECc6BggAEB4QCDoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgQIABBDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToECAAQA1DZB1ixK2C3M2gAcAB4AIABYYgBqA6SAQIyMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=OvaJYsOhMcin9u8P2aqvmAs&bih=647&biw=693#imgrc=YIneoOgsRZwSmM Margherita: https://www.google.com/search?q=giovanna+di+castiglia&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjDpquL2vL3AhXIk_0HHVnVC7MQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=giovanna+di+castiglia&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBgyBAgAEBg6BAgjECc6BggAEB4QCDoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOgQIABBDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToECAAQA1DZB1ixK2C3M2gAcAB4AIABYYgBqA6SAQIyMpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=OvaJYsOhMcin9u8P2aqvmAs&bih=647&biw=693#imgrc=PvRoon7h8YnYPM Bibliografia: -       “Indomabile. Il romanzo di Giovanna la Pazza”, Alexa Hennig von Lange -       “L'ultima regina”, C.W. Gortner -       “Giovanna la Pazza”, Edgarda Ferri -       “Sulle orme di Giovanna. Regina di Spagna, detta “La Pazza”, Mariateresa Sivieri Filmografia: -       “Isabell” serie tv su RaiPlay -       “Giovanna la Pazza” film del 2001 diretto da Vicente Aranda -       “I Borgia” serie tv 3x13 e 3x14

E28 – Sex in the Church vs Sex in the Church Announcements Show Announcements: Brad and Corrie Update Work EXPLODING again Battling through other things Next Show E29 - Corrie and Her First Lady Experience   In The News Doc Jody disengaged from the Show 2nd time in our relationship he has rejected me for not agreeing with him Liberals, just like solid conservatives, are the most judgmental, meanest people I know   Listener Questions/Comments JD from Only Fans Either way im disappointed, I saw the videos of u eating pussy and vice versa and it broke my heart. I thought u were straight. See i only support and give my money to straight queens, and “bi friendly” doesnt like a straight queen to me, sounds to me like ur a mentally ill faggot ?? U can snitch all u want, as long u realize that i fucking hate ur nasty faggot ass, dirty ass bitHow embarrassing Faggot ass bitch i feel sorry 4 u ????????????Never send this disgusting shit again JD And whoever that other bitch is tell her shes a mentally ill faggot too Imagine being attracted to ur own gender??? how embarrassing. Mentally ill faggot ?   The Show Christians and Sex Information Statistics Adultery in vs outside of the church[i] 65% of men and 40% of women have affair by age 40 23% of pastors surveyed Statistics inside church same as outside. Ashley Madison Results[ii] In fact, a quarter of the survey participants self-identify as evangelical, making it the most common faith among the unfaithful. Many of the would-be cheaters on the site are also Protestant (about 23%) or Catholic (about 23%). The study also found that 24% of the men and 32% of the women who use Ashley Madison say they pray regularly. As for Commandment number seven, only 18% of male and 11% of female participants said they consider cheating to be a sin. According to the Pew Forum, about 26% of adults are affiliated with an evangelical church, while almost 24% consider themselves Catholic. Less than 5% identify as non-Christian, which lines up with the low percentage of Jewish, Muslim and Hindu users in the survey. Ashley Madison founder Noel Biderman told the Daily News that he expected the results to stray further from the norm, but now religion can be "crossed off the list" of factors that may drive infidelity. "You can go and pray every Sunday, or Saturday, or three times a day, and it may not make a difference in how monogamous you are," he said. The survey broke down the religious preferences of more than 63,000 affair-seeking individuals in the U.S. About 57% of the respondents were male. The average age among the men surveyed was 39, while the average age of the women was 34. Participants were asked to select their religion from a list. Here are the top 10 responses: Evangelical 25.1% Catholic 22.75% Protestant 22.7% Agnostic 2% Mormon 1.6% Muslim 1.5% Jewish 1.4% Atheist 1.4% Jehovah's Witness .5% Hindu .3% [iii] Sex in the Church  - Winston 'Bello' Bell By Tony Robinson The Jamaica Observer August 20, 2006 sex in the church is a reality. Pastor power is real, church sister sex is surreal, deacons are daring, adults do adultery, and the flock do fornicate. More time. It's like this young girl who gave in to this parson then confessed to him saying, "Oh father forgive me but I have sinned twice," to which he queried, "Twice? But we only did it once." She retorted, "But aren't we going to do it again father?" In the News Catholic Church Oct 2021 Report[iv] French Clergy Reported 216,000 child sexual abuse scandals 1950-2020 Australia 4,444 child sex abuse between 1950-2010 As high as 15% of priests involved German 3,677 children between 1975-2018 Over 1670 Clergy Persons involved United States 11,000 children Hundreds of millions paid out in court settlements 300 Predator Priests Ireland 15,000 children from 1970-1990 Total 250,121 Reported Child Sexual Abuse Hillsong Church[v] Carl Lentz Covering up Child Sexual Abuse Preached Sexual Purity No kissing in 1st year No sex until marriage yet, known within the church to be a womanizer 5 month long affair with Ranin Karim 10 Sex Scandals that Rocked the Christain Church [vi] John Paulk, 2000 John Paulk, former leader of the Love Won Out conference, was also author of the autobiography “Not Afraid to Change,” his story about being delivered from homosexuality. However, in September 2000, Paulk was photographed in a Washington, D.C. gay bar flirting with male patrons. Paulk initially denied the claims, but later confessed to being in the bar, adding that he did not enter the bar for sexual pursuits. Douglas Goodman, 2004 Evangelist Douglas Goodman and his wife Erica were pastors of Victory Christian Centre, one of the largest churches in London, England, with a very popular televised ministry. After sexually assaulting four female churchgoers, Douglas Goodman was sentenced and jailed for three and a half years. VCC was closed, but after his release from prison Goodman joined his wife Erica in pastoral ministry at her newly established Victory to Victory church. Ted Haggard, 2006 Ted Haggard was the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as the president of the National Association of Evangelicals from 2003-2006. In 2006, it was revealed that Haggard had been regularly visiting a male prostitute who also provided him with drugs. Haggard admitted to his solicitation and resigned as pastor of his church and as president of the NAE. In 2009, Haggard admitted to a second relationship with a male church member on CNN-TV. Paul Barnes, 2006 Paul Barnes, in his 28 years as a pastor, founded the Grace Chapel church in Douglas County, Colorado, with a few dozen people in his home basement. With time, the church's membership grew to 2,100 loyal followers. In 2006, Barnes confessed to homosexual activity and resigned. Many believe he was so forthright because of Ted Haggard's scandal, which happened at the same time in the same state. Lonnie Latham, 2006 The Southern Baptist Convention, or the SBC, is an extremely powerful movement not only amongst Southern Baptists but Baptists nationwide. In 2006, Lonnie Latham, member of the SBC Executive Committee and senior pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, was arrested for allegedly inviting a male undercover Oklahoma City police officer to his hotel room for sex. Latham urged people not to believe it, and was later found not guilty in a one day trial for the misdemeanor. Earl Paulk, 2007 Earl Paulk, sometimes considered the father of the religious sex scandal, has scandals (plural) that stretch over a decade. The late Earl Paulk was the founder and head pastor of Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Decatur, Georgia, from 1960 until the late 90s. During his time as pastor, a number of women from the congregation came forward claiming that they had sexual relations with Paulk, many of which were proven true. However it was the scandal involving Donnie Earl Paulk, the current senior pastor of the church and nephew of Earl Paulk, that was the most shocking of them all in. In 2007, Paulk D.E. Paulk took a court-ordered DNA test which showed that he was Earl's son, not his nephew — sadly proving Earl and his sister-in-law had had a sexual relationship. Earl Paulk, who passed away in 2009, is said to be the longtime mentor of Bishop Eddie Long. Coy Privette, 2007 Coy Privette is one of the famous Baptist ministers in the state of North Carolina, as the longtime head of the N.C. Christian Action League. In 2007, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Kannapolis Police Department charged Coy Privette with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution. Privette, who was 74 at the time, was the Cabarrus County Commissioner and a former N.C. State Representative. Joe Barron, 2008 Before there was “Dateline: How To Catch A Predator,” there was Joe Barron — one of the 40 ministers presiding over the 26,000 members at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. Barron, a marriage counseling pastor, was caught in the web of an internet crackdown on pedophiles when he was arrested in 2008 for solicitation of a minor. Barron made the drive from the Dallas area to Bryan, Texas, in order to allegedly engage in sexual relations with what he thought to be a 13-year-old girl he met online. The “girl” turned out to be an undercover law enforcement official. At the time of the arrest, police found found condoms, a webcam and headset in Barron's car. Tony Alamo, 2008 In September 2008, FBI agents raided the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries headquarters in a child pornography investigation, after the mayor of Fouke, Arkansas, office had received complaints from former ministry members about allegations of child abuse, sexual abuse and polygamy. In late July 2009, Alamo was convicted on ten counts of transporting young girls and boys across state lines for sexual activities and pornography. On November 13, 2009, he was sentenced to the maximum punishment of 175 years in prison. George Alan Rekers, 2010 George Alan Rekers, a far-right Christian leader was encountered and photographed at Miami International Airport returning from an extended overseas trip with a twenty-year-old gay male prostitute, known as a “rent boy.” Given Rekers' opinion on homosexuals and homosexual behavior, his decision to employ a homosexual escort as a traveling companion, stirred up a scandal. Rekers initially claimed that the escort was there to help carry luggage, but later gave a new explanation for the trip on Facebook, “I deliberately spend time with sinners with the loving goal to try to help them.” The escort claimed in subsequent interviews, that Rekers had paid him to provide nude massages daily, which included genital touching. 22 Evangelical Christian Scandals[vii] Aimee Semple McPherson, 1920s–40s One of the most famous evangelist scandals involved Canadian-born Aimee Semple McPherson in the 1920s, who allegedly had an extramarital relationship and faked her own death as a cover. She later claimed that she had been kidnapped, but a grand jury could neither prove that a kidnapping occurred, nor that she had faked it. Roberta Semple Salter, her daughter from her first marriage, became estranged from Semple McPherson and successfully sued her mother's attorney for slander during the 1930s. As a result of this she was cut out of her mother's will. Aimee Semple McPherson died in 1944 from an “accidental” overdose of barbiturates. Billy James Hargis, Early 1970s Hargis was a prolific author and radio evangelist. Hargis formed American Christian College in 1971 in order to teach fundamentalist Christian principles. However, a sex scandal erupted at the College, involving claims that Hargis had had sex with male and female students. Hargis was forced out of American Christian College's presidency as a result. Further scandals erupted when members of Hargis' youth choir, the “All American Kids”, accused Hargis of sexual misconduct as well. The college eventually closed down in the mid-1970s. Hargis denied the allegations publicly. Marjoe Gortner, Early 1970s Gortner rose to fame in the late 1940s as a child preacher, but he had simply been trained to do this by his parents and he had no personal faith. He was able to perform “miracles” and received large amounts of money in donations. After suffering a crisis of conscience, he invited a film crew to accompany him on a final preaching tour. The resulting film, Marjoe, mixes footage of revival meetings with Gortner's explanations of how evangelists manipulate their audiences. It won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, but was never screened in the Southern United States due to fears that it would cause outrage in the Bible Belt. Jim & Tammy Bakker And Jimmy Swaggart, 1986 And 1991 Swaggart's confession where he declared to his congregation on television, “I have sinned against you, my Lord”, became an iconic image of the 1980s. In 1986, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart began on-screen attacks against fellow televangelists Marvin Gorman and Jim Bakker. He uncovered Gorman's affair with a member of Gorman's congregation, and also helped expose Bakker's infidelity (which was arranged by a colleague while on an out-of-state trip). These exposures received widespread media coverage. Gorman retaliated in kind by hiring a private investigator to uncover Swaggart's own adulterous indiscretions with a prostitute. Swaggart was subsequently forced to step down from his pulpit for a year and made a tearful televised apology in February 1988 to his congregation, saying “I have sinned against you, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God's forgiveness.” Swaggart was caught again by California police three years later in 1991 with another prostitute, Rosemary Garcia, who was riding with him in his car when he was stopped for driving on the wrong side of the road. When asked why she was with Swaggart, she replied, “He asked me for sex. I mean, that's why he stopped me. That's what I do. I'm a prostitute.” Peter Popoff, 1987 A self-proclaimed prophet and faith healer in the 1980s, Popoff's ministry went bankrupt in 1987 after magician and skeptic James Randi and Steve Shaw debunked his methods by showing that instead of receiving information about audience members from supernatural sources, he received it through an in-ear receiver. Morris Cerullo, 1990s A number of incidents involving California-based televangelist Morris Cerullo caused outrage in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. Cerullo's claims of faith healing were the focus of particular concern. At a London crusade in 1992, he pronounced a child cancer sufferer to be healed, yet the girl died two months later. Multiple complaints were upheld against satellite television channels transmitting Cerullo's claims of faith-healing, and a panel of doctors concluded that Cerullo's claims of miraculous healing powers could not be substantiated. Cerullo also produced fund-raising material, which was condemned as unethical by a number of religious leaders, as it implied that giving money to his organization would result in family members becoming Christians. Mike Warnke, 1991 Warnke was a popular Christian evangelist and comedian during the 1970s and 1980s. He claimed in his autobiography, The Satan Seller (1973), that he had once been deeply involved in a Satanic cult and was a Satanic priest before converting to Christianity. In 1991, Cornerstone magazine launched an investigation into Warnke's life and testimony. It investigated Warnke's life, from interviews with over one hundred personal friends and acquaintances, to his ministry's tax receipts. Its investigation turned up damaging evidence of fraud and deceit. The investigation also revealed the unflattering circumstances surrounding Warnke's multiple marriages, affairs, and divorces. Most critically, however, the investigation showed how Warnke could not possibly have done the many things he claimed to have done throughout his nine-month tenure as a Satanist, much less become a drug-addicted dealer or become a Satanic high priest. Robert Tilton, 1991 Tilton is an American televangelist who achieved notoriety in the 1980s and early 1990s through his paid television program Success-N-Life. At its peak, it aired in all 235 American TV markets. In 1991, Diane Sawyer and ABC News conducted an investigation of Tilton. The investigation, broadcast on ABC's Primetime Live on November 21, 1991, found that Tilton's ministry threw away prayer requests without reading them, keeping only the money or valuables sent to them by viewers, garnering his ministry an estimated $80 million USD a year. In the original investigation, one of Tilton's former prayer hotline operators claimed that the ministry cared little for desperate followers who called for prayer, saying that Tilton had a computer installed in July 1989 to make sure that the phone operators were off the line in seven minutes. Tilton sued ABC for libel in 1992, but the case was dismissed in 1993, and Tilton's show was off the air by October 30, 1993. V. Grant, 2003 Like Peter Popoff, Grant was investigated by James Randi regarding his faith healing claims. He was then imprisoned for tax evasion in 1996. After restarting his ministry upon release, a TV investigation found that claims of healing he made at a 2003 revival in Atlanta were false. Paul Crouch, 2004 Paul Crouch is the founder and president of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, the world's largest evangelical Christian television network, as well as the former host of TBN's flagship variety show, Praise the Lord. In September 2004, the Los Angeles Times published a series of articles raising questions about the fundraising practices and financial transparency of TBN, as well as the allegations of a former ministry employee, Enoch Lonnie Ford, that he had a homosexual affair with Crouch during the 1990s. The Times spoke with several sources that claimed that other evangelists such as Benny Hinn, Jack Hayford, and Paul's son Matthew were aware that an affair had taken place. TBN denied the allegations, claiming that Ford's claims were part of an extortion scheme and that the Times was a “left-wing and anti-Christian newspaper” for publishing the articles. In 2005, Ford submitted to and passed a lie detector test on the ION Television program Lie Detector. Douglas Goodman, 2004 Douglas Goodman, an evangelical preacher, and his wife Erica were pastors of Victory Christian Centre in London, England. The church was one of the largest in the United Kingdom. He came into notoriety when he was jailed for three and a half years for the sexual assault of four members of his congregation in 2004. VCC was closed by the Charity Commission, but his wife Erica started a new church, Victory to Victory, in Wembley. Douglas has upon his release resumed full pastoral ministry alongside his wife Kent Hovind, 2006 Kent Hovind is an American Baptist minister and Young Earth creationist. He is most famous for creation science seminars, in which he argues for Young Earth creationism, using his self-formulated “Hovind Theory.” He has been criticized by both the mainstream scientific community and other creationists. In 2006, Hovind who also has a reputation as a tax protestor had been charged with falsely declaring bankruptcy, making threats against federal officials, filing false complaints, failing to get necessary building permits, and various tax-related charges. He was convicted of 58 federal tax offenses and related charges, for which he is currently serving a ten-year sentence.[16] Ted Haggard, 2006 Ted Haggard was the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado and was the president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2003 until November 2006. Haggard's position allowed him occasional access to President George W. Bush. In 2006 it was alleged that Haggard had been regularly visiting a male prostitute who also provided him with methamphetamine. Haggard admitted his wrongdoing and resigned as pastor of New Life church and as president of the NAE. The high-profile case was significant also because it immediately preceded the 2006 mid-term elections and may have even affected national voting patterns[citation needed]. In January 2009, Haggard admitted to a second homosexual relationship with a male church member on CNN-TV and other national media, and when asked, would not directly answer a question about his other possible homosexual relationships. Gilbert Deya, 2006 Kenyan-born Deya moved to the United Kingdom in the 1990s and started a number of churches. He claims to have supernatural powers that allow him to make infertile women become pregnant and give birth. However, police investigations in the UK and Kenya concluded that Deya and his wife were stealing Kenyan babies. Deya was arrested in London during December 2006 and as of April 2010 he is currently fighting extradition to Kenya.[20] Richard Roberts, 2007 In October 2007, televangelist Richard Roberts (son of the late televangelist Oral Roberts), was president of Oral Roberts University until his forced resignation on November 23, 2007. Roberts was named as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging improper use of university funds for political and personal purposes and improper use of university resources.[21] Earl Paulk, 2007 Earl Paulk (no relation to John Paulk) was the founder and head pastor of Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Decatur, Georgia from 1960 until the 1990s. A number of women from the congregation came forward during the 1990s claiming that Paulk had sexual relations with them. Some of these claims have subsequently been proven correct. Moreover, Donnie Earl Paulk, the current senior pastor of the church and nephew of Earl Paulk, had a court-ordered DNA test in 2007 which showed that he was Earl's son, not his nephew, which means that Earl and his sister-in-law had had a sexual relationship which led to Donnie's birth. Coy Privette, 2007 Privette is a Baptist pastor, conservative activist, and politician in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Privette was president of the Christian Action League and a prominent figure in North Carolina moral battles. In 2007, Privette resigned as president of North Carolina's Christian Action League and from the Board of Directors of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, following revelations on July 19 that he had been charged with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution. Michael Reid, 2008 Bishop Michael Reid (born 1944) is a Christian evangelist in Essex, England and founder of Michael Reid Ministries who resigned from the role of pastor at Peniel Church in April 2008, after admitting to an eight-year extra-marital sexual relationship. The scandal was widely reported online and in UK newspapers. He has since re-developed an itinerant evangelistic ministry and has been speaking at a number of churches in the UK and overseas. Joe Barron, 2008 Joe Barron, one of the 40 ministers at Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the largest churches in the United States with 26,000 members, was arrested on May 15, 2008 for solicitation of a minor after driving from the Dallas area to Bryan, Texas, in order to allegedly engage in sexual relations with what he thought to be a 13 year-old girl he had met online. The “girl” turned out to be an undercover law enforcement official. Todd Bentley, 2008 Canadian Todd Bentley rose to prominence as the evangelist at the Lakeland Revival in Florida, which began in April 2008. Bentley claimed that tens of thousands of people were healed at the revival, but a June 2008 investigation by ABC Nightline could not find a single confirmed case. Bentley took a short break after the program was broadcast, but returned to leading the meetings. However, in August 2008, he stepped down permanently when it was revealed he was separating from his wife, Shonnah, and was in a relationship with Jessa Hasbrook, a member of his staff. Tony Alamo, 2008 On September 20, 2008, FBI agents raided Tony Alamo Christian Ministries headquarters as part of a child pornography investigation. This investigation involved allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse and allegations of polygamy and underage marriage. According to Terry Purvis, mayor of Fouke, Arkansas, his office has received complaints from former ministry members about allegations of child abuse, sexual abuse and polygamy since the ministry established itself in the area, and in turn, Purvis turned over information about the allegations to the FBI. Investigators at the scene plan to conduct a search of ministry headquarters and the home of Alamo and interview children present on the compound. In late July 2009, Alamo (who had a previous conviction for tax evasion in the 1990s) was convicted on ten counts of transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes, sexual assault and other crimes. On November 13, 2009, he was sentenced to the maximum punishment of 175 years in prison.   Our Experiences in Church The Way Ladies Dress Lady spreading her legs in the tent Sexually Suggestive Hymns He touched Me. oh,he touched me He touched me. Oh, he touched me. And oh, the joy that floods my soul! Something happened, and now I know! He touched and made me whole. –He Touched Me Have Thine own way, Lord, Have thine own way Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Thou art the Potter; I am the clay. Mould me and make me After Thy will, While I am waiting, Yielded and still. Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Hold o'er my being Absolute sway. Fill with Thy Spirit Till all shall see Christ only, always, Living in me. He is Coming Again, He is coming again He is coming again, He is coming again, The very same Jesus, rejected of men; He is coming again, He is coming again, With power and great glory, He is coming again! Fill Me Up God Come on, let the sound of worship be released from your lips tonight Come on, raise it now Oh, that's good y'all, raise it, raise it You provide the fire I'll provide the sacrifice You provide the spirit And I will open up inside You provide the fire I'll provide the sacrifice You provide the spirit I will open up inside Fill me up God Fill me up God Fill me up God Fill me up Fill me up God Fill me up God Fill me up God Fill me up Oh Come, All ye faithful   Show Wrap     EndNotes   [i] https://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2008/september/why-affairs-happen.html [ii] https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/survey-reveals-faiths-unfaithful-article-1.1815733 [iii] http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20060819 T200000-0500_111618_OBS_SEX_IN_THE_CHURCH_.asp [iv] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/5/awful-truth-child-sex-abuse-in-the-catholic-church#:~:text=The%20Catholic%20Church%20has%20been,clergy%20between%201950%20and%202020. [v] https://nypost.com/2022/03/23/bombshell-hillsong-doc-details-carl-lentz-scandal-churchs-cover-ups/ [vi] https://www.essence.com/news/sex-scandals-christian-church-eddie-long/ [vii] http://www.back2stonewall.com/2019/07/ye-sin-22-evangelical-christian-scandals-rocked-world.html

C.W. Gortner, "Marlene". Kirjastuselt Tänapäev. Loeb Kristi Aule. Sel nädalal kuuleme Kuku raadio järjejutuminutites lugusid kuulsa Marlene Dietrichi eluteelt. Saame teada, kuidas vaesuses kasvanud tüdrukust sai laulja, kuidas ta vahetas koduse keskklassi säravate kabareede vastu ja kuidas „Sinine ingel” tegi Marlene Dietrichist filmistaari.

Here is the NLS annotation: The first actress: a novel of Sarah Bernhardt DB99894 Gortner, C. W. Reading time: 16 hours, 20 minutes. Read by Gabrielle de Cuir. Historical Fiction Young Sarah Bernhardt has rarely known love from those who should care for her. Her mother wants her to join the family business as a … Fiction Old and New will be discussing the book The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt by C. W. Gortner, DB99894 12/04/2020 Read More »

Listen in while C.W. Gortner and I talk about his latest book, about the fascinating, larger-than-life Sarah Bernhardt. There have been so many great reviews, but I particularly loved this one: “A literal drama queen, the historical Bernhardt provides a great wealth of material—sleeping in a coffin, keeping pumas as pets, the circles in which she moved with the likes of Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde—for the creation of a colorful melodrama, equal parts flamboyancy and pathos. Since Bernhardt loved to extravagantly mythologize her own story, she would doubtless delight in Gortner’s first-person fictionalization of her extraordinary life.”—Booklist What's not to like?

Gabrielle de Cuir’s luminous narration transports listeners into the turbulent life of acclaimed nineteenth-century French actress Sarah Bernhardt. AudioFile’s Robin Whitten tells host Jo Reed what she loved about the absorbing historical fiction audiobook, including the colorful and unique characters, descriptions of Paris and events, and lavish Golden Age opulence. De Cuir’s accents are impeccable as she portrays the romance, complex family dynamics, and the many people who influenced Bernhardt’s life. Published by Random House Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO, dedicated to producing top-quality fiction and nonfiction audiobooks written and read by the best in the business. Visit penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/audiofile now to start listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

101 years have passed since the murder of the Imperial Family of Russia at Yekaterinburg, but their appeal has not diminished.  Indeed, interest in the Romanovs is at a historic high as television and the Internet age enables ever more devotees to discover the sepia-tinged appeal of Tsar Nicholas II and his doomed family. Less attention is devoted to the members of Nicholas’s family of origin, including many who survived the slaughter of 1917, escaping Russia for lives of exile in Europe and North America. And of these, no one is more fascinating than Nicholas's own mother, Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the Danish princess who captured the hearts of Russia when she arrived to marry the heir to the throne, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich in 1866. C.W. Gortner's latest novel, The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (Ballentine Books, 2018) goes a long way to addressing this disparity.  The novel is an exceptionally well-researched, masterfully crafted account of Maria Fyodorovna from her upbringing in a cozy and modest childhood home in Denmark — which she shares with her sister, Alix, destined to be Britain's Queen Alexandra — to her final bittersweet moments in Russia in 1918. Gortner endows Maria Fyodorovna with the ability to see more than one side of an argument, and through her interaction with her father-in-law, the Tsar Liberator Alexander II, the reader gets keen insight into the urgent need for political and social reform in Imperial Russia. The tragic early death of Maria Feodorovna’s husband leaves her eldest son, Nicholas, woefully unprepared to assume the throne.  Gortner deftly draws the inevitable clash of wills between Maria and Alexandra, 'Nicholas's stubborn but strong-willed wife, who comes to entirely rely upon the Mad Monk Rasputin.  This struggle between the two women successfully drives the second half of the novel as war and revolution begin to overshadow the gilded Romanov world. Gortner's research shines through The Romanov Empress, and the resulting novel is several notches above many other attempts to recreate the hermetically sealed world of Tsarskoye Selo and the Winter Palace in terms of both quality and accuracy.  His cameo portraits of the sprawling tribe of Romanovs are spot on — particularly that of Maria Feodorovna’s sister-in-law and sidekick, the redoubtable Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder.  But at the heart of the novel is Maria Fyodorovna herself — by no means perfect but trying hard to do what is right for the family and the country she loves in almost impossible circumstances.  Romanov fans will rejoice in this welcome addition to the canon. Jennifer Eremeeva is an American expatriate writer who divides her time between Riga, Latvia, and New England.  Jennifer writes about travel, food, lifestyle, and Russian history and culture with bylines in Reuters, Fodor’s, The Moscow Times, and Russian Life.  She is the in-house travel blogger for Alexander & Roberts, and the award-winning author of  Lenin Lives Next Door:  Marriage, Martinis, and Mayhem in Moscow.  Follow Jennifer on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook or visit jennifereremeeva.com for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

101 years have passed since the murder of the Imperial Family of Russia at Yekaterinburg, but their appeal has not diminished.  Indeed, interest in the Romanovs is at a historic high as television and the Internet age enables ever more devotees to discover the sepia-tinged appeal of Tsar Nicholas II and his doomed family. Less attention is devoted to the members of Nicholas’s family of origin, including many who survived the slaughter of 1917, escaping Russia for lives of exile in Europe and North America. And of these, no one is more fascinating than Nicholas's own mother, Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the Danish princess who captured the hearts of Russia when she arrived to marry the heir to the throne, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich in 1866. C.W. Gortner's latest novel, The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (Ballentine Books, 2018) goes a long way to addressing this disparity.  The novel is an exceptionally well-researched, masterfully crafted account of Maria Fyodorovna from her upbringing in a cozy and modest childhood home in Denmark — which she shares with her sister, Alix, destined to be Britain's Queen Alexandra — to her final bittersweet moments in Russia in 1918. Gortner endows Maria Fyodorovna with the ability to see more than one side of an argument, and through her interaction with her father-in-law, the Tsar Liberator Alexander II, the reader gets keen insight into the urgent need for political and social reform in Imperial Russia. The tragic early death of Maria Feodorovna’s husband leaves her eldest son, Nicholas, woefully unprepared to assume the throne.  Gortner deftly draws the inevitable clash of wills between Maria and Alexandra, 'Nicholas's stubborn but strong-willed wife, who comes to entirely rely upon the Mad Monk Rasputin.  This struggle between the two women successfully drives the second half of the novel as war and revolution begin to overshadow the gilded Romanov world. Gortner's research shines through The Romanov Empress, and the resulting novel is several notches above many other attempts to recreate the hermetically sealed world of Tsarskoye Selo and the Winter Palace in terms of both quality and accuracy.  His cameo portraits of the sprawling tribe of Romanovs are spot on — particularly that of Maria Feodorovna’s sister-in-law and sidekick, the redoubtable Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder.  But at the heart of the novel is Maria Fyodorovna herself — by no means perfect but trying hard to do what is right for the family and the country she loves in almost impossible circumstances.  Romanov fans will rejoice in this welcome addition to the canon. Jennifer Eremeeva is an American expatriate writer who divides her time between Riga, Latvia, and New England.  Jennifer writes about travel, food, lifestyle, and Russian history and culture with bylines in Reuters, Fodor’s, The Moscow Times, and Russian Life.  She is the in-house travel blogger for Alexander & Roberts, and the award-winning author of  Lenin Lives Next Door:  Marriage, Martinis, and Mayhem in Moscow.  Follow Jennifer on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook or visit jennifereremeeva.com for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

101 years have passed since the murder of the Imperial Family of Russia at Yekaterinburg, but their appeal has not diminished.  Indeed, interest in the Romanovs is at a historic high as television and the Internet age enables ever more devotees to discover the sepia-tinged appeal of Tsar Nicholas II and his doomed family. Less attention is devoted to the members of Nicholas’s family of origin, including many who survived the slaughter of 1917, escaping Russia for lives of exile in Europe and North America. And of these, no one is more fascinating than Nicholas's own mother, Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the Danish princess who captured the hearts of Russia when she arrived to marry the heir to the throne, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich in 1866. C.W. Gortner's latest novel, The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (Ballentine Books, 2018) goes a long way to addressing this disparity.  The novel is an exceptionally well-researched, masterfully crafted account of Maria Fyodorovna from her upbringing in a cozy and modest childhood home in Denmark — which she shares with her sister, Alix, destined to be Britain's Queen Alexandra — to her final bittersweet moments in Russia in 1918. Gortner endows Maria Fyodorovna with the ability to see more than one side of an argument, and through her interaction with her father-in-law, the Tsar Liberator Alexander II, the reader gets keen insight into the urgent need for political and social reform in Imperial Russia. The tragic early death of Maria Feodorovna’s husband leaves her eldest son, Nicholas, woefully unprepared to assume the throne.  Gortner deftly draws the inevitable clash of wills between Maria and Alexandra, 'Nicholas's stubborn but strong-willed wife, who comes to entirely rely upon the Mad Monk Rasputin.  This struggle between the two women successfully drives the second half of the novel as war and revolution begin to overshadow the gilded Romanov world. Gortner's research shines through The Romanov Empress, and the resulting novel is several notches above many other attempts to recreate the hermetically sealed world of Tsarskoye Selo and the Winter Palace in terms of both quality and accuracy.  His cameo portraits of the sprawling tribe of Romanovs are spot on — particularly that of Maria Feodorovna’s sister-in-law and sidekick, the redoubtable Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder.  But at the heart of the novel is Maria Fyodorovna herself — by no means perfect but trying hard to do what is right for the family and the country she loves in almost impossible circumstances.  Romanov fans will rejoice in this welcome addition to the canon. Jennifer Eremeeva is an American expatriate writer who divides her time between Riga, Latvia, and New England.  Jennifer writes about travel, food, lifestyle, and Russian history and culture with bylines in Reuters, Fodor’s, The Moscow Times, and Russian Life.  She is the in-house travel blogger for Alexander & Roberts, and the award-winning author of  Lenin Lives Next Door:  Marriage, Martinis, and Mayhem in Moscow.  Follow Jennifer on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook or visit jennifereremeeva.com for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

101 years have passed since the murder of the Imperial Family of Russia at Yekaterinburg, but their appeal has not diminished.  Indeed, interest in the Romanovs is at a historic high as television and the Internet age enables ever more devotees to discover the sepia-tinged appeal of Tsar Nicholas II and his doomed family. Less attention is devoted to the members of Nicholas’s family of origin, including many who survived the slaughter of 1917, escaping Russia for lives of exile in Europe and North America. And of these, no one is more fascinating than Nicholas's own mother, Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the Danish princess who captured the hearts of Russia when she arrived to marry the heir to the throne, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich in 1866. C.W. Gortner's latest novel, The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna (Ballentine Books, 2018) goes a long way to addressing this disparity.  The novel is an exceptionally well-researched, masterfully crafted account of Maria Fyodorovna from her upbringing in a cozy and modest childhood home in Denmark — which she shares with her sister, Alix, destined to be Britain's Queen Alexandra — to her final bittersweet moments in Russia in 1918. Gortner endows Maria Fyodorovna with the ability to see more than one side of an argument, and through her interaction with her father-in-law, the Tsar Liberator Alexander II, the reader gets keen insight into the urgent need for political and social reform in Imperial Russia. The tragic early death of Maria Feodorovna’s husband leaves her eldest son, Nicholas, woefully unprepared to assume the throne.  Gortner deftly draws the inevitable clash of wills between Maria and Alexandra, 'Nicholas's stubborn but strong-willed wife, who comes to entirely rely upon the Mad Monk Rasputin.  This struggle between the two women successfully drives the second half of the novel as war and revolution begin to overshadow the gilded Romanov world. Gortner's research shines through The Romanov Empress, and the resulting novel is several notches above many other attempts to recreate the hermetically sealed world of Tsarskoye Selo and the Winter Palace in terms of both quality and accuracy.  His cameo portraits of the sprawling tribe of Romanovs are spot on — particularly that of Maria Feodorovna’s sister-in-law and sidekick, the redoubtable Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder.  But at the heart of the novel is Maria Fyodorovna herself — by no means perfect but trying hard to do what is right for the family and the country she loves in almost impossible circumstances.  Romanov fans will rejoice in this welcome addition to the canon. Jennifer Eremeeva is an American expatriate writer who divides her time between Riga, Latvia, and New England.  Jennifer writes about travel, food, lifestyle, and Russian history and culture with bylines in Reuters, Fodor’s, The Moscow Times, and Russian Life.  She is the in-house travel blogger for Alexander & Roberts, and the award-winning author of  Lenin Lives Next Door:  Marriage, Martinis, and Mayhem in Moscow.  Follow Jennifer on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook or visit jennifereremeeva.com for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FANS: ModernHorrors.com writer and former 35mm projectionist, video store clerk, underground radio host Jon Cohorn talks about influences, underground radio and tells tales of working at an indie theater in Austin, TX. He does this all while wearing a Dawn of the Dead tee shirt. FILMS: We tackle Mausoleum (1983), which recently received a sparkling new Blu-ray release from Vinegar Syndrome and features Bobbie Bresee's bre--err, best assets (her acting skills, of course). Also, Marjoe Gortner and makeup by the late horror maestro John Carl Buechler. FINDS: Universal's Invisible Man reboot, the lost Bill Paxton movie, and a plea from Jon to watch Level 16.

The Rev. David T. Gortner, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement

The Rev. David T Gortner Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement

The Rev. David Gortner is the Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement and Professor of Evangelism and Congregational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. David Gortner, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement and Professor of Evangelism and Congregational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. David Gortner, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement and Professor of Evangelism and Congregational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Rev. David Gortner, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Church and Community Engagement, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Professor of Evangelism and Congregational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary.

Rev. David Gortner, Ph.D. (Thursday, September 22, 2016) by Virginia Theological Seminary

Guest/Author: C.W. Gortner 5 Star Recommendation! You will be gracefully swept away by the glamour, sorrow, love, and memories of the most legendary designer in fashion history. Gortner’s brilliant gift ... The post C.W. Gortner: Mademoiselle Chanel appeared first on Danielle Lin Show.

I only have logic and emotion circuits. No room for craziness. STELLA: It's episode 11 of Prognosis Negative featuring Eric, Sean, Chris, and special guest Phil! Join us as we delve into the greatest Itallian space opera, Starcrash or Scontri Stellari Oltre La Terza Dimensione. Let the banter begin! WARNING: This discussion contains miscellaneous  SPOILERS pertaining to the film(s) discussed and more! If you are 100% spoilerphobic to films not yet seen, do not complain to us. This episode is mostly negative (though often that is a misnomer) and contains EXPLICIT terms, concepts, and as always expect strokes of innuendo throughout. LINKS: Phil: @Whos_He_Podcast Who's He? Podcast: whos-he.co.uk Turkish Star Wars training montage: youtu.be/U3uAUp6FjgM DISCLAIMER: We are in no way affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This episode was orginally recorded April 26, 2012. COMING SOON: ProgNeg #14 My Summer of Love   Computer, stop the flow of time!   Host/Producer: EricEmail: EscoWHO ~at~ gmail ~dot~comTwitter: @BullittWHOBlog: bullitt33tvblog.wordpress.comPodcast: guidetothewhoverse.libsyn.com Co-Host: SeanTwitter: @tardistavernPodcast: tardistavern.libsyn.com Co-Host: ChristopherTwitter: @dubbayooPodcast: radiofreeskaro.com Coverart Artist:  Julian aka 'Louis Blair'Email: samwisewise ~at~ gmail ~dot~comTwitter: @JLB_ToschedeviantART: type40productions.deviantart.comThe 2am Show: twoamshow.libsyn.com Prognosis NegativeEmail: guidetothewhoverse ~at~ gmail ~dot~comWebsite: prognosisnegative.libsyn.com Twitter: @ProgNegTumblr: progneg.tumblr.com Facebook: facebook.com/ProgNeg ProgNeg Theme assembled by J.L.B. Chapman

Jesus is leaving. Our journey begins.

Jesus is leaving. Our journey begins.