![]() James.Īs with Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, the sophomore middle grade novel by Ashley Herring Blake adds to the slowly growing, but still small list of queer MG titles. ![]() With the reemergence of her mother, Sunny begins a journey to becoming the new Sunny St. ![]() Her New Life Plan seems to be racing forward, but when she meets her new best friend Quinn, Sunny questions whether she really wants to kiss a boy at all. James receives a new heart, she decides to set off on a New Life Plan: 1) do awesome amazing things she could never do before 2) find a new best friend and 3) kiss a boy for the first time. ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() To be certain, a Heinlein story where four interesting characters experience an adventure into Barsoom and Wonderland and Oz and also meet up with some classic Heinlein characters like Lazarus Long and Jubal Harshaw sounds like a great story and much of it is … but.Īs much of a fan as I am, I cannot help but apply the damning tag of self-indulgent. Heinlein’s earlier works, generally classified as his “juveniles” published from 1947 until the late 50s, may be confused and disappointed by his 1980 novel Number of the Beast.Īlso, those familiar with and inspired by his middle period, roughly late 1950s until 1970, spanning the publications of The Door Into Summer in 1957 until I Will Fear No Evil in 1970 (the period that I regard as his zenith) may likely be nonplussed by what is going on in this work published when the grandmaster was 73 years old. ![]() ![]() And in the end, I thought, stability will always win. It had to make a show! It had to startle and challenge! It was instability attacking stability. “It came to me suddenly that evil was, perhaps, necessarily always more impressive than good. Knowledge of what the mind is - what it can do - what it can be made to do.” There are new horizons." "Such as?" "The mind. Science has enlarged our frontiers." "With untraceable poisons?" My voice was sceptical. ![]() ![]() But we've progressed a long way beyond that nowadays. ![]() Do you know what they really used? Ordinary white arsenic! Just the same as any little wife poisoner in the back streets. And yet - how childish it all was in the past! The Borgias and their famous secret poisons. There's always been a greater trade in that than there ever has been in love potions. "I wonder." She shot me a glance, keen, searching. "Are you so interested in death?" "Who isn't?" I said lightly. "Death?" She laughed, a queer little laugh that made me uncomfortable. The truth is the aphrodisiac in the draught!" "And death?" I asked. ![]() Draw patterns on the floor or on the wall. Recite the names of devils or of spirits. A draught to be taken at the full of the moon. The love potion to win the man you want, the black mass to keep your lover. The love potion or the cup of poison." "Ah." "So simple, isn't it? Love - and death. “here are only two things that are wanted badly enough to risk damnation. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only thing standing in his way? The most mismatched squadron in the New Republic Navy, led by his former mentee: the traitor Yrica Quell. Once adrift in the aftershocks of the war, Keize has found meaning again, leading the lost soldiers of his unit through to safety. Soran Keize, last of the Imperial aces, has stepped into the power vacuum at the head of Shadow Wing, reinvigorating the faltering unit in their hour of need. Determined to finish the fight once and for all, Quell works with New Republic Intelligence’s contentious Caern Adan and the legendary General Hera Syndulla to prepare the riskiest gambit of her starfighting career-a trap for Shadow Wing that could finish the chase once and for all.īut in the darkness, their enemy has evolved. ![]() ![]() Yrica Quell’s ragtag Alphabet Squadron still leads the search for Shadow Wing, but they’re no closer to their goal-and the pressure to find their quarry before it’s too late has begun to shake them apart. And none are more dangerous than Shadow Wing. But some old ghosts are harder to banish than others. In its wake, the capital ships of the newly legitimized galactic government journey to the farthest stars, seeking out and crushing the remnants of imperial tyranny. Keeper Mnemis says: Throughout her life, Agthia wielded great command over the powers of anima. News of the New Republic’s victory still reverberates through the galaxy. Alphabet Squadron’s hunt for the deadliest TIE fighters in the galaxy continues in this Star Wars adventure! ![]() ![]() ![]() Syeed, Islamic Society of North America In this moving book, journalist Donna Gehrke-White provides a rare, revealing look into the hearts, minds, and everyday lives of Muslim women in America. Is she garbed in the traditional hijab and chador? Is she subservient to a male-dominated culture and religion? Does she grocery shop, do her nails, go to the gym? “A superb attempt at helping us to discover the emerging identity of American Muslim women.”-Dr. Hear them roar!”-Asma Gull Hasan, author of Why I Am a Muslim For years, the image of the Muslim woman in America has been as mysterious as the face behind the veil. Summary “Proud, defiant, brave, these are the Muslim women of America. ![]() But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! The Face Behind the Veil - The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America Donna Gehrke - White We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. ![]() |