Bøker av Carol Anderson

The questions came to mind when reading the scriptures from Luke 2:36-38.Who was Anna the Prophetess?What made her go to the temple?What caused her to come back and stay?What did she experience all those years fasting and praying?With a sanctified imagination and a passionate love for the Word of God, this love story unfolded. An experience - a journey of intimacy with the One True and Living God and the Son whom He sent!

'Take off your clothes, ' he commanded. She shivered and bent to unlace her boots. 'No, ' he said slowly, 'start with your blouse. I want to see what it is I've won...' The New Year sky is heavy with snow on the night Helen surrenders her body to a stranger. She loses her virtue on the roll of a dice and the wager sets tongues wagging. Though there are many illicit goings-on in the Fens in the 1920s, for the squire's sister-in-law to run off with a boatman is a scandal. But brave and beautiful Helen doesn't care. If she finds winter warmth and steamy romance in the strong arms of Jack Hartman then that, so she thinks, is a private affair...

He leant closer, his lips brushed hers, the kiss was just the barest caress. Pulling back a little, his eyes sparkled. 'I've waited all day for that and it's been worth every second, ' he whispered. His fingers stroked her neck, pulling her closer as he kissed her again; the combination was intoxicating. His lips tasted of rich red wine and brandy. When her fiancé returns from war service in 1945, artist Rebecca has a rude awakening and Oliver's old-fashioned expectations of a wife send her fleeing from his arms to forget him. On board ship she is seduced by a charming American journalist, and she sees this as the beginning of a new, sexually liberated life. In New York Rebecca feels free to explore her newly-awakened passionate addiction, and with her refined English beauty and her appetite for erotic romance, she soon receives many intriguing invitations...

Her lips brushed his. She smelt of horses and expensive French perfume - a heady combination he couldn't resist. He ran his hand down over her belly, working lower until he found a way under the waistband of her knickers. She gave a little throaty moan, and mingled with her perfume he could detect the subtle, mesmerising scent of her excitement. Within an hour of setting foot inside Malestone House, Jessica realises she has made a mistake. A shy young schoolmistress still pining for the fiancé she lost in the Great War, Jessica has agreed to spend Christmas with an uninhibited group of strangers, but when she discovers her host, Jack Heally, making love to a naked woman in the next room, she decides to leave. The next morning, however, Jessica has a change of heart; the sensual atmosphere at Malestone is infectious. And - she cannot deny it - the sight of the devastatingly handsome Jack embracing the other woman has lit a sexual spark within her. A sexual spark she yearns to fan into an erotic flame...

His lips closed on hers, his eyes reduced to glittering pinpricks in the half-light. With the sharpness of the bitter night nipping at her naked skin, the taste of his kisses was overwhelming and she let out a long throaty sob... It's a shock to Phoebe when her university tutor quits during the build-up to her final exams. Replacement Gerrard Gottlieb is a very different kind of teacher - arrogant, harsh and challenging - with the desire, so it seems to Phoebe, to turn her safe and undemanding life upside down. But under Gottlieb's influence Phoebe takes a fresh look at herself - and glimpses the raw hunger for sensual surrender that gnaws within her. Suddenly she yearns for wild passion unleashed, for new experiences that will lead her to discover the depths of her true sensuality, so with the cruel eyes of her new tutor upon her, Phoebe sets out to complete her private education...

She let the shirt drop to the sand and then guided the thin cotton trousers over her rounded hips. Behind her, she heard a gasp of delight. She turned slowly, posing provocatively. 'Is this what you had in mind?' she said... Fresh out of business school, in a relationship that's going nowhere, Laura is hoping for adventure when she arrives at her aunt's hotel in the Australian Tropics. But she's not prepared for the kind of excitement on offer, for overlooking the Barrier Reef, Belle O'Malley's luxurious beachside hotel is also the best little whorehouse in the whole of Australia! Under the tropical sun, where sexual indulgence is the business of the day and her only duty is to please herself, Laura starts to blossom, and in the sensual wilderness of the rainforest she begins erotic adventures that will change her life for ever...

Her eyes were heavy with desire as she let the towel fall slowly to the floor. This time Daniel didn't hesitate. He crossed the room in two strides and then his hands were on her naked body. His halo of blond curls gave him the look of an avenging angel. As his lips closed on hers, Rachel knew she was losing control... Free at last from a mismatched marriage, Rachel makes her home by the sea in the country house she adores. At last she has time and money - but can she live a life that fulfils all her erotic needs? Because what she needs, despite the disapproval of her friends and the social restrictions of the 1920s, is the sensual bliss she finds in the arms of a golden youth fourteen years her junior. Imagine a world that will not leave her alone to enjoy her affair with Daniel, and imagine the aura of sensuality that surrounds her attracting others - whose intentions are not so innocent...

Buddhist-Christian dialogue has a long and complex history that stretches back to the first centuries of the common era. Comprising 42 international and disciplinarily diverse chapters, this volume begins by setting up a framework for examining the nature of Buddhist-Christian interreligious dialogue, discussing how research in this area has been conducted in the past and considering future theoretical directions. Subsequent chapters delve into:important episodes in the history of Buddhist-Christian dialogue;contemporary conversations such as monastic interreligious dialogue, multiple religious identity, and dual religious practice; andBuddhist-Christian cooperation in social justice, social engagement, pastoral care, and interreligious education settings.The volume closes with a section devoted to comparative and constructive explorations of different speculative themes that range from the theological to the philosophical or experiential. This handbook explores how the study of Buddhist-Christian relations has been and ought to be done.The Routledge Handbook of Buddhist-Christian Studies is essential reading for researchers and students interested in Buddhist-Christian studies, Asian religions, and interreligious relationships. It will be of interest to those in fields such as anthropology, political science, theology, and history.

This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA NYPL Best Book for TeensHistory texts often teach that the United States has made a straight line of progress toward Black equality. The reality is more complex: milestones like the end of slavery, school integration, and equal voting rights have all been met with racist legal and political maneuverings meant to limit that progress. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration was limited when blacks were physically blocked from moving away from the South; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to laws that disenfranchised millions of African American voters and a War on Drugs that disproportionally targeted blacks; and the election of President Obama led to an outburst of violence including the death of Black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the election of Donald Trump.Including photographs and archival imagery and extra context, backmatter, and resources specifically for teens, this book provides essential history to help work for an equal future.

As featured in the documentary All In: The Fight for DemocracyPEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award Finalist, Longlisted for the National Book Award, NPR Politics Podcast Book Club ChoiceBest Books of the Year--Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, Bustle, NYPLFrom the award-winning, NYT bestselling author of White Rage, the startling--and timely--history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin, now with a new afterword by the author.In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice.Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. In a powerful new afterword, she examines the repercussions of the 2018 midterm elections. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans.

Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings.