5/29/2023 0 Comments Indestructible by Cristy C. Road![]() ![]() Her career began with Greenzine, a punk rock zine, which she made for ten years. She has reached cult status for work that captures the beauty of the imperfect. Road is a twenty-nine-year-old Cuban American artist and writer from Miami she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She finds solace in the closet-where she lets her deep excitement about punk rock foment, and finds in that angst and euphoria a path to self-acceptance.Ĭristy C. In this stunning graphic biography, Road renders the clash between her rich inner world of fantasy and the numbing suburban conformity she is surrounded by. ![]() Road is struggling to balance tradition in a Cuban Catholic family with her newfound queer identity, and begins a chronic obsession with the punk band Green Day. "Road's writing has long brought to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker."- Bitch magazineĪt its core, Spit and Passion is about the transformative moment when music crashes into a stifling adolescent bedroom and saves you. She has a list of published work that leaves me awed and inspired."-Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments Vasily mahanenko survival quest 8![]() ![]() All they want is to survive the virtual inferno. /rebates/2fSurvival-Quest-Vasily-Mahanenko2fbook2f33869658&. They aren't in it for the dragons' gold or the abundant loot. They are criminals sent to Barliona to serve their time. For a certain bunch of players, Barliona has become their personal hell. The only rule that attempted to regulate the game demanded that no player was allowed to feel actual pain. In Barliona, anything goes: you can assault fellow players, level up, become a mythical hero, a wizard or a legendary thief. The game has become so popular that players now choose to spend months online without returning home. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves and magic, dragons and princesses, and unforgettable combat. Barliona: a virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles-and, pr. Survival Quest: Das Geheimnis des dunklen Waldes: Roman (Survival Quest-Serie 3). ![]() ![]() ![]() A virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles - and predictably, players. Read 483 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Renegade (Underdog Book 8): LitRPG Series. Translated into English, German, Polish, Czech and Korean languages. An original LitRPG fantasy from one of the founding fathers of LitRPG! #1 bestseller in audiobooks. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Poison princess book![]() ![]() An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him? Who can Evie trust? As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. ![]() She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. ![]() Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future-and they’re still happening. Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance.She could save the world-or destroy it. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments March book 1![]() ![]() The irony, just to be clear, is that the USA formed its government around the profession that all people were created equal, even though those very government entities have been complicit in the continual mistreatment of minority groups. ![]() In the 1960's, even the government institutions were openly hostile to the civil rights movements, because the tradition of white supremacy was so prevalent in America, especially the south, that people were killed and injured just for asserting their equality. But it happened, and it's important to talk about that. The gravity of racism is hard to understand, because for people who believe in the equality of the races, it seems nearly impossible to entertain racist ideas. The unspeakably sad irony of dehumanizing a people group Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() In contrast to Joseph Wheelan’s biography of John Quincy (which devotes three-quarters of its pages to John Quincy’s post-presidential years), Unger reserves that much of his book for Adams’s pre-presidency.Īnd although this book is nominally focused on John Quincy Adams, in its early chapters it often seems as much a book about John Quincy’s parents, John and Abigail Adams, as anyone else. Clocking in at just over 300 pages, Unger’s book covers a tremendous amount of ground in a short amount of time. ![]() Unger’s “John Quincy Adams” is an interesting and fast-paced – but not exhaustive – biography of our sixth president. His latest work, on George Washington and the creation of the presidency, will be published in the next few weeks. Among his nearly two dozen books, Unger has authored biographies of James Monroe, John Hancock, Lafayette, Patrick Henry and Noah Webster. ![]() “ John Quincy Adams” is author and historian Harlow Unger’s most recently published biography. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Íslandsklukkan by Halldór Laxness![]() ![]() Laxness uses grey to portray the dreary life and destitute people in the desolate and remote Icelandic fishing village of Óseyri, which he juxtaposes against colourful descriptions of the vibrant and flourishing lives of wealthy individuals both within and outside the village. While Laxness employs a wide variety of basic and non-basic colour terms throughout the novel to describe various people, objects, and natural phenomena, most interesting is his use of grey as opposed to other colours. An interesting feature of Salka Valka is Laxness’s use of colours and colour symbolism. The Nobel Laureate has written many well-known works, one of which is his early novel Salka Valka (1931-1932), a political romance that follows the life of a young girl in a remote Icelandic fishing village from age ten to age twenty-five. ![]() ABSTRACT: Halldór Kiljan Laxness is one of the most successful and renowned authors in all of Iceland. ![]() ![]() Duilearga, W.B Yeats, Professor Antonio Gramsci Fo, Antonio Gramsci, Axel Olrik, Boris, Yurisokolov, Seamus O. ![]() Goldstein, Deceased Axel Olrik, Arnold Van Gennep, Séamus Ó. 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Blight Los Angeles Times "A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald'sLincolnis a scholarly achievement.", David W. BlightLos Angeles Times"A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald's Lincoln is a scholarly achievement.", David W. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Dust by Kara Swanson![]() #recommendedbooks #christianyafantasy #christianthriller #shortstories #novels". TikTok video from TyreanMartinson "Four books by Christian Authors I recommend: Dust by Kara Swanson is a YA contemporary fantasy featuring new characters and characters from Neverland, The Shadow Queen by CJ Redwine is YA Fantasy is a highly charged Snow White retelling with a protagonist who has agency, The Progeny by Tosca Lee is a contemporary thriller for adults with a sci-fi and historical angle, Stories that Sing: A Flash Fiction Anthology by Havok is an excellent group of stories. ![]() ![]() Four books by Christian Authors I recommend: Dust by Kara Swanson is a YA contemporary fantasy featuring new characters and characters from Neverland, The Shadow Queen by CJ Redwine is YA Fantasy is a highly charged Snow White retelling with a protagonist who has agency, The Progeny by Tosca Lee is a contemporary thriller for adults with a sci-fi and historical angle, Stories that Sing: A Flash Fiction Anthology by Havok is an excellent group of stories. ![]() ![]() Molly never let it get her down as she and the other urchins knew how to make do with nothing.Īnd at the centre of her world was her fearsome but loving Grannie, whose tough, independent spirit taught Molly to rise above her pitiful surroundings and achieve her dreams. Whether Molly was brushing the hair of her wizened neighbour Mrs MacKay, running to Jimmy's chip shop for a ha'penny of crimps or dancing at the annual fair, there wasn't a moment to spare for self-pity. Hunger, cold and sickness was an everyday reality and complaining was not an option.ĭespite the crippling poverty, there was a vivacity to the tenements that kept spirits high. From sharing a pull-out bed in her mother's tiny kitchen to running in terror from the fever van, it was an upbringing that was cemented in hardship. The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. Whether Molly was brushing the hair of her wizened neighbour Mrs. ![]() ![]() Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'Poverty is a very exacting teacher and I had been taught well' Despite the crippling poverty, there was a vivacity to the tenements that kept spirits high. ![]() |