![]() ![]() So, if you like company, advertising your home as haunted can actually be a plus.īut more likely, you’re heading down a rabbit hole that’s probably best avoided. Others will be intrigued and will want to hang out at your place to see if the walls bleed or your refrigerator houses an ancient demon. Naturally, when you tell people your home is haunted, there are going to be some different reactions. Make sure you really live in a haunted house Here’s what you need to know about how to make sure you’re legally covered when selling a home you think might just be haunted. Joking or not, you might have to disclose it to prospective buyers-or risk losing the deal or-worse-getting sued. The bottom line? Be careful if you go mouthing off about things that go bump in the night. ![]()
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![]() ***This is a dark, bully romance – don’t go expecting a sweet school for magic with friends around every corner. But fate might have other ideas.ĭammit, why couldn’t I have gotten a letter to Hogwarts? ![]() He and his three psycho friends are determined to make my time here hell.Īll I’ve got to do is survive. My biggest problem is the drool worthy Dragon shifter who has his eyes on my throne. ![]() And that Gemini star sign I mentioned? It now determines my elemental magic and affects my destiny, so learning astrology is essential if I’m going to beat down my classmates – which is actively encouraged by the way. ![]() Vampires bite weaker students in the corridors, the Werewolf pack has orgies in the Wailing Wood at every full moon and don’t even get me started on the dark and twisted ways the Sirens use their powers on people’s emotions, or how my sinfully tempting Cardinal Magic teacher hosts detentions that leave people needing therapy.Ĭlasses are totally interesting if you manage to live through them. The school they’ve sent me to is both dangerous as sh*t and one helluva party. ![]() But the bit they didn’t put in the brochure was that every single Fae in this Kingdom would claim my throne if they could. And sure, technically that’s true as I’m the daughter of the Savage King. And it turns out, I’m Fae.īut of course there’s a catch - all I have to do to claim my birth right is prove that I’m the most powerful supernatural in the whole of Solaria. ![]() ![]() ![]() A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in the midst of the Mexican revolution. ![]() When he starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo - where the Bolshevik leader, Lev Trotsky, is also being harboured as a political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolution. Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. From Pulitzer Prize nominee and award winning author of Homeland, The Poisonwood Bible and Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. ![]() ![]() It’s the stable “style” that defines each of us. Personality is the final piece of the puzzle. Although some people are naturally more emotionally intelligent than others, you can develop high emotional intelligence even if you aren’t born with it. Emotional intelligence, on the other hand, is a flexible set of skills that can be acquired and improved with practice. Intelligence is your ability to learn, and it’s the same at age 15 as it is at age 50. ![]() There is no known connection between IQ and emotional intelligence you simply can’t predict emotional intelligence based on how smart someone is.
![]() ![]() Finally, she has the chance to confront Konstantin Black, the traitor who tried to kill her father years ago. Meanwhile, there’s an attack on the kingdom-one that will test Bryn’s strength like never before. And she’s beginning to think he feels it too. A relationship between them is strictly forbidden, but Bryn can’t fight her attraction to him. Her dream is to become a member of the King’s elite guard, and she’s not going to let anything stand in her way…not even her growing feelings for her boss, Ridley Dresden. ![]() But she’s determined to prove herself as a loyal protector of the kingdom she loves. Her blond hair and blue eyes set her apart as an outsider-a half-blood unable to hold a respectable rank. Hidden deep in the heart of a snow-covered wilderness lies the secret kingdom of the Kanin-a magical realm as beautiful as it is treacherous…īryn Aven has never fit into Kanin society. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Subsequently, Lewis went onto specialise in similar splatter films (and even developed a cult following).Īs with the rest of Herschell Gordon Lewis’s films, Two Thousand Maniacs! is set around the splatter set-pieces – a woman is lured into a field by a paramour who maliciously cuts her fingers off, after which she is held down and her arm severed with an axe a woman is tied down in the middle of a field while the locals throw baseballs at a target to drop a large rock on top of her a victim is tied between four horses, which are then set running in different directions (although this scene is a cheat as all we see of this is one arm being dragged across a field) and, most imaginatively, a man is placed in a barrel, nails then hammered through it and the barrel rolled down the hill with him inside. Two Thousand Maniacs! was Herschell Gordon Lewis’s second splatter film, produced in conjunction with infamous exploitation producer David F. ![]() ![]() Director Herschell Gordon Lewis had had great success with Blood Feast (1963), a laughably ineptly made nevertheless entertainingly over-the-top film that had the distinction of being the world’s first splatter film. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tobacco use has been linked to a long list of health dangers, including those related to the teeth. Sean Kutlay, a dentist in Santa Clarita, California, told Fox News Digital. Neglecting oral hygiene “includes not brushing and flossing regularly, which can lead to tooth decay, gum disease and other oral health problems,” Dr. If you’re making any of these dangerous dental mistakes, you could be putting the health of your teeth and gums in jeopardy, according to experts.įailing to take proper care of dental health is the biggest mistake cited by dentists. ![]() While it’s common knowledge that everyone should brush and floss every day, what about the things people are not supposed to do to their teeth? Research has shown that oral health impacts the wellness of the entire body and is directly linked to risk levels for heart disease, pneumonia and other conditions. IkTok user's 'unethical' plane 'life hack' to punish reclined seat passengers goes viralĬalifornia hiker dies after suffering medical emergency, falling from waterfallĪ healthy mouth means more than an attractive smile. AI tool gives doctors personalized Alzheimer’s treatment plans for dementia patients ![]() ![]() ![]() This love for fungi is a love for life, from single-cell spores to the largest living organism on the planet a story stretching from Aliya's lawn into orbit and back again via every continent.įrom fields, feasts and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of extraordinary organism, one that we have barely begun to understand. ![]() But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth and decay of their interconnected world.Īliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi - from a childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien beauty. They can invade our bodies and thoughts live between our toes or our floorboards they are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats symbols of both death and eternal life. Welcome to the astonishing secret world of fungiįungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. 'A lyrical, fascinating exploration of this weird organism' Scottish Field Fungi are not like us - they are entirely, magically, something else. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a work of fiction, however, it lacks direction, a cohesive story, or a sense of momentum. As a semi-autobiographical narrative with literary leanings, it's perfectly adequate. ![]() Along the way, she also contemplates her future, not quite ready to fall in love or figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. ![]() The narrative skips around over the course of several years, as Eliza ruminates on the death of her grandfather, the cutting down of her favorite tree, and her friendship with Paisley Park, a socially conscious animal rights activist. In this meandering, nonlinear coming-of-age story, 13-year-old Maclyn "Eliza" Mills reflects on what it's like to grow up in the late 1970s. ![]() ![]() Neither Lucas nor Chloe has any interest in being tied down. Recently single, he’s definitely not in the market for a new relationship, but he still can’t resist taking a second, third, and fourth look at the recent arrival of Miss Golden State. When Lucas Campbell isn’t at the family veterinary clinic, he’s paddle boarding in Monterey Bay. ![]() And that while she’s not looking for a new man, the good-looking local veterinarian has his eye on her. ![]() It’s rumored that she’s a former beauty queen (true) who ditched her fiancé the morning of their wedding (also true). The gossip mill in the seaside community of Monterey is churning about Chloe Patterson, the newcomer who is starting a sanctuary for rescued pit bulls. Looking for the perfect mix of smart, sexy, and sassy? Mai Tai’d Up continues New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton’s Cocktail series, which began with Wallbanger and continued with Rusty Nailed and Screwdrivered. ![]() Posted on 2 December, 2014 by momsread in Alice Clayton, Review / 0 comments Mai Tai'd Up by Alice Clayton Subscribe Review: Mai Tai’d Up (Cocktail #4) by Alice Clayton Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email. ![]() |