6/12/2023 0 Comments Goldilocks by L.R. Lam![]() This is The Martian by way of The Handmaid’s Tale – a bold and thought-provoking new high-concept thrillerĭespite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the Goldilocks Zone, where conditions are just right for human habitation. ![]() ![]() ‘BOLD, FEMINIST SCI-FI FROM A SINGULAR, VISIONARY TALENT’ Waterstones Online ‘ GOLDILOCKS GRABS YOUR ATTENTION AND DOESN’T LET GO – A THOUGHT-PROVOKING, IMAGINATIVE CALL-TO-ARMS’ Katie Khan, author of Hold Back the Stars THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SEVEN DEVILS ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL16025659W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 85.94 Pages 130 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:006025243X His book, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, won the National Jewish Book Award for 2005 in the category of Reference. Urn:lcp:diamondtreejewis00schw:epub:0464028f-dc83-452a-94b3-064785c819f4 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier diamondtreejewis00schw Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2c83502p Isbn 0060252391ħ8002976 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Howard Schwartz Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural Starting at 15.35 Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism Starting at 24. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:25:51 Boxid IA138317 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Comment Removing Scanfee from Billable Books scanned before June 2011 which appear to have manually set scanfees Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1. As Howard Schwartz reveals in this book, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as any in. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Specials scott westerfeld![]() Fausto was pumping dance music straight through her skintenna, but that was silent to the world outside. The cold air seemed to make sounds crisper: The loose tail of her dorm jacket cracked like a wind-whipped flag, her grippy shoes squeaked against the hoverboard surface with every turn. She breathed in the forest, tendrils of pine coating her throat and tongue, thick as syrup. Tally felt everything with an icy clarity: the brittle, freezing wind across her bare hands, the shifting gravities that pressed her feet against the hoverboard. ![]() ![]() In their wake glowed a crystal rain, tiny icicles shaken from the pine needles to fall behind, aflame with moonlight. The riders ducked and weaved among ice-heavy branches, laughing, knees bent and arms outstretched. The six hoverboards slipped among the trees with the lightning grace of playing cards thrown flat and spinning. ![]() By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ![]() ![]() Based on a True Story: Not just shortened, but there are a few inaccuracies.This contains examples of the following tropes: It was also adapted for the stage in 2006. It has been adapted at least three times for television: as a 1987 BBC miniseries (starring BRIAN BLESSED as Spiro), a 2005 BBC Made-for-TV Movie (starring Eugene Simon as Gerry and Imelda Staunton as Louisa), and the 2016–19 ITV series The Durrells (starring Keeley Hawes as Louisa). It has two sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives (1969) and The Garden of the Gods (1978), though these are not nearly as famous as the original. There's his long-suffering, widowed mother, who never seems to be surprised by anything eldest brother Larry, who became another famous writer middle brother Leslie, the gun nut ditzy older sister Margo over-protective family friend Spiro "Americano" Chalikiopoulos and distinguished naturalist and king of Incredibly Lame Puns Dr Theodore Stephanides. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each of Gerry's family, as well as other characters, have their own idiosyncrasies, which help to make this one of the funniest books ever written. My Family and Other Animals (1956) is a hilarious semi-autobiographical account by British naturalist Gerald Durrell of his childhood spent living with his family on the Greek island of Corfu between 19, as well as various fauna of the island. ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Natalie’s hope for a better a future remains. Memories connect us to the past, and can often cause us to long for a better future, but they can drive our minds into a state of hell if a better future is unattainable. Her spirits crushed and her will to live destroyed, Natalie knows everything is dead and gone, and soon she will be, too. Risking ruthless leaders, attempted mind control, and her very existence on the planet, Natalie, along with Hunter and Ethan, will stop at nothing in their quest to regain everything they’ve ever known. ![]() And they’re willing to jeopardize everything in desperate pursuit. With nothing to lose, and the threat of government hitmen kidnapping them at any moment, the three must battle to survive in a horrid, post-apocalyptic world run by President Ash and his invasive government. ![]() When Protocol 00 is enacted, Natalie’s family is taken by the government, along with the families of her two best friends, Ethan and Hunter. In Michael Evans’s first novel, Control Freakz, Natalie’s journey toward a better life begins. Everything she’s known and everyone she’s ever loved is gone, and it’s up to her to get her old life back. Natalie has lost all hope for a better future. ![]() ![]() ![]() But their growing intimacy threatens to expose a secret that could either turn the tide of the war. And as the walls between them crumble, Phineas realizes that Roark isn't the monster he'd imagined. Trusting Roark's mysterious motives may be foolish not accepting his temporary protection would be deadly.Ĭaught in the middle of the impending war, Phineas and Roark forge a dangerous alliance. But Roark is also the only one able to help Finn tame his magick. Phineas can't begin to sort through their six years of sexual tension masquerading as mutual dislike. Unseelie Prince Roark Lyne, Phineas's roommate-and self-proclaimed arch nemesis-is beautiful and brave and a pain in the ass. They don't realize he can't levitate a feather, much less defend the Faerie Realm as it slips into civil war. Born with the rare ability to tap into unlimited magick, he finds both Faerie Courts want his allegiance-and will do anything to get it. The only human student at Mather's School of Magick, Phineas Smith has a target on his back. Roark Lyne is his worst enemy and his only hope. Phineas Smith has been cursed with a power no one could control. ![]() Grant Narrated by John Solo 4 / 5 ( 79 ratings ) About this audiobook Phineas Smith has been cursed with a power no one could control. Phineas Smith has been cursed with a power no one could control. Prince of Air and Darkness Show full title Written by M.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() Public Health JournalsĮuropean Journal of Public Health StudiesĮuropean Journal of Fitness, Nutrition and Sport Medicine StudiesĮuropean Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Studies Education JournalsĮuropean Journal Of Physical Education and Sport ScienceĮuropean Journal of Foreign Language TeachingĮuropean Journal of English Language TeachingĮuropean Journal of Special Education ResearchĮuropean Journal of Alternative Education StudiesĮuropean Journal of Open Education and E-learning Studies ![]() Literature, Language and Linguistics JournalsĮuropean Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics StudiesĮuropean Journal of Applied Linguistics StudiesĮuropean Journal of Multilingualism and Translation Studies ![]() ![]() Suzanne Kaufman is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of All Are Welcome. About the Author – Alexandra PenfoldĪlexandra Penfold is a literary agent, recipe developer and the author of Eat, Sleep, Poop!, illustrated by Jane Massey and We Are Brothers, We Are Friends, illustrated by Eda Kaban as well as the co-author of New York à la Cart: Recipes & Stories from the Big Apple’s Best Food Trucks with Siobhan Wallace. ![]() Where can you buy the All Are Welcome book?Īvailable to buy from Amazon and all other leading book retailers in Paperback and Kindle Edition. Engaging lyrical text and bright, accessible illustrations make this book a must for every child’s bookshelf, classroom and library. Warm and inspiring, All Are Welcome lets young children know that no matter what, they have a place, they have a space, and they are welcome in their school. A school where students grow and learn from each other’s traditions. A school where children in patkas, hijabs, baseball caps and yarmulkes play side by side. ![]() Win a Paperback copy of All Are Welcomeįollow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcome.About the Illustrator – Suzanne Kaufman.Where can you buy the All Are Welcome book?. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The Uplift War by David Brin![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This was status normally accorded only royalty, but within the palanquin all went on unnoticed as the bureaucrat's heavy beak lowered toward the holo-image. Aircars and floater barges darted aside and regimented lanes of traffic melted away before the bright beacon of the official vehicle. Two downy aides fluttered quietly nearby, preening the bureaucrat's feathers and bright torc for the appointment ahead. Crazy Terran concepts were infecting its mind. The absurd idea demonstrated that the bureaucrat had spent too much time studying the enemy. There was the feeling one had only to reach out with a talon and seize.īut no. If I were one of the gods spoken of in wolfling legends. Blue seas and a jewel-bright spray of islands came into view as the bureaucrat watched, sparkling in the reflected glow of an out-of-view star. But no sound penetrated to disturb the bureaucrat of Cost and Caution, who concentrated only on the holo-image of a small planet, turning slowly within reach of one down-covered arm. Traffic roared amid the towers of Capital City, just beyond the sealed crystal dome of the official palanquin. How strange, that such an insignificant little world should come to matter so much. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Trizendar History by Sarah Baethge![]() It was full of strong imagery, and left things on a cliffhanger of sorts that begged for more story to be told. Exploring a unique twist on the time travel/seeing the future storyline, we get to see a man who’s memories are replaced with visions of the future, and one person’s struggle to accept that reality. ![]() With her recent release The Illumination Query, it was fun to explore the creative force behind that novel in this short story. This short read was a great way to delve more into the works of author Sarah Baethge. Strangely, this seems to have enabled a brief glimpse of the future for him. When investigating the workings of an aerospace company, Legacy Towers, they come across a strange man named Joe that should have his own knowledge of their workings yet his memory of the past has somehow been almost completely taken away. Lilly Aldern finds herself without a job,so she is hired to work as a secretary for her brother and his partner. ![]() All opinions are my own.Ī private investigating firm finds themselves in the middle of a strange phenomena in author Sarah Baethge’s novel Right Now. ![]() ![]() I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. ![]() |