![]() anyone could want me – and now Emma – dead.įrom Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting new series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences. ![]() It turns out my friends and I played a lot of games – games that ruined people’s lives. But the deeper she digs, the more suspects she uncovers. I remember little from my life, just flashes and flickers, so all I can do is follow along as Emma tries to solve the mystery of my disappearance. And my killer is watching her every move. She sleeps in my room, wears my clothes, and calls my parents Mom and Dad. To solve my murder, my long-lost twin sister, Emma, has taken my place. From Sara Shepard, the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences. ![]() But none of them know that I’m gone – that I’m dead. It turns out my friends and I played a lot of games-games that ruined people's lives. Not long ago, I had everything a girl could wish for: amazing friends, an adorable boyfriend, a loving family. ![]() NOW I’D DO ANYTHING TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH. From the author of the New York Times bestselling PRETTY LITTLE LIARS comes a killer new series, THE LYING GAME. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Issuing an invitation to participate fully in feminist movement and to benefit fully from it, Hooks shows that feminism-far from being an outdated concept or one limited to an intellectual elite-is indeed for everybody. Hooks speaks to all those in search of true liberation, asking readers to take look at feminism in a new light, to see that it touches all lives. In language both eye-opening and optimistic, Hooks encourages us to demand alternatives to patriarchal, racist, and homophobic culture, and to imagine a different future. ![]() With her customary insight and unsparing honesty, Hooks calls for a feminism free from divisive barriers but rich with rigorous debate. Hooks applies her critical analysis to the most contentious and challenging issues facing feminists today, including reproductive rights, violence, race, class, and work. Hers is a vision of a beloved community that appeals to all those committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. In this engaging and provocative volume, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience. There can be no love without justice." –from the chapter "To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism" "Genuine feminist politics always brings us from bondage to freedom, from lovelessness to loving. ![]() ![]() The fifth edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a comprehensive source of material on the principles and practice of distributed computer systems and the exciting new developments based on them, using a wealth of modern case studies to illustrate their design and development. From mobile phones to the Internet, our lives depend increasingly on distributed systems linking computers and other devices together in a seamless and transparent way. It will also be invaluable to software engineers and systems designers wishing to understand new and future developments in the field. Distributed Systems provides students of computer science and engineering with the skills they will need to design and maintain software for distributed applications. ![]() Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in the fast moving area of Distributed Systems. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor with more than twenty years experience in women's health. Topics include how to come off hormonal birth control what your period should be like what can go wrong how to talk to your doctor treatment protocols for all common period problems, including PCOS and endometriosis. ![]() Lara's book, previously self-published, has already garnered rave reader reviews because of its willingness to deal with this important aspect of women's health openly and compassionately.Ĭontaining invaluable advice for women of every age and circumstance, and detailing natural treatments from nutritional supplements to a healthy diet, this book promises to help women change their relationship with their menstrual cycle. Half the population will menstruate in their lifetime, and 1 in 2 women will struggle with their period health. Naturopathic doctor Lara Briden wants to give women the knowledge and tools to improve their period health. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then there’s Cai, the Roman soldier she fell in love with, who is pulled into the conflict as Fallon and her friends are forced to make a desperate escape from their home in the middle of the night. Bent on revenge, a rival school is about to threaten everything Fallon fought so hard to gain, including the autonomy she has won for herself and her fellow gladiatrices. Their gladiator academy is also flourishing, having gained the favor of Caesar as well as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.īut those Fallon has wronged have not forgotten nor forgiven the way she humiliated them. Following the events of The Valiant, Fallon is looking forward to spending some time with her sister Sorcha, with whom she was recently reunited. Warning: possible spoilers for the first book if you haven’t read it yet! Our series protagonist, Fallon, has gone from Celtic princess to captured slave to Rome’s most beloved gladiatrix, but now she’s about to learn that fame comes with a price. I think it’s safe to say if you enjoyed The Valiant, then The Defiant will continue to impress. I adored the first book-finally, a Young Adult novel I was really hyped up for that didn’t disappoint me-but this sequel was even better. ![]() Publisher: Listening Library (February 13, 2018) Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult ![]() This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher. ![]() ![]() ![]() The text suggests the strong bond built by this Afro-Latinx father and daughter with their ongoing project without needing to point it out explicitly, a light touch in a picture book full of delicate, well-drawn moments and precise wording. Rosen uses lively language and well-chosen details to move the story of the baby birds forward. Renata witnesses the birth of four chicks as their rosy eggs split open “like coats that are suddenly too small.” Renata finds at a crucial moment that she can help the chicks learn to fly, even with the bittersweet knowledge that it will only hasten their exits from her life. Rather than seeing it as an unfortunate delay of their project, Renata and Papi decide to let the avian carpenters continue their work. One warm night, after Papi leaves the window space open, two wrens begin making a nest in the bathroom. Renata and her father enjoy working on upgrading their bathroom, installing a clawfoot bathtub, and cutting a space for a new window. A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() His silence was grand and oppressive his body under the sheet that dropped in stiff folds, his face were as indifferent as stone. THE INJURED QUARRIER LAY ON a high hospital bed. The Unreal and the Real BROTHERS AND SISTERS Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. ![]() The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin-selected with an introduction by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The end of this heartwarming and delightful story will have you wiping tears from your eyes, as grandma learns a few lessons from Maggie and Mr. Would her secret cranberry bread recipe be safe with him in the house? The cooking was done and her famous cranberry bread was cooling on a wooden board.īut she wasn’t happy to find out Maggie had invited the unsavory Mr. Thanksgiving was Grandmother’s favorite day of the year. “Ask someone poor or lonely,” she always said. ![]() Grandma is famous for her delicious cranberry bread, and she always carefully hides the recipe away behind a brick above her kitchen stove.Įvery year Grandmother invited a guest for Thanksgiving dinner and allowed Maggie to do the same. So grab this book and cuddle your kiddos up with you in a cozy blanket and enjoy this story time!Ĭranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin, is the story of Maggie and her grandmother, who live near a cranberry bog in New England. And the best way (in my opinion) to teach character attributes is through good literature. This is the perfect time of year to teach your kids about gratitude and kindness. Hello, November! Thanksgiving is right around the corner. They’re boring, but you can read my full disclosures here if you want.) (Please note that this post includes affiliate links. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I beg your pardon,” said Alleyn “I did not hear you come in. The eyes themselves were a very dark grey, the nose absolutely straight, and the mouth, rather too small, with drooping corners, was at once sensuous and obstinate. The contour of the forehead and cheek-bones, the little hollows of the temples, and the fine-drawn arches of the eyes had the quality of a Holbein drawing. ![]() She was beautiful, with that peculiar beauty that covers delicate bone. ![]() Now, with the white veil behind it, the extreme pallor of her face was less emphatic. He had thought at the inquest that she was very good-looking. There she stood, her fingers twisted together, staring at the inspector. Jane Harden had come in so quietly that he had not heard her. He wrote busily, shut his little book, glanced up and gave a start of surprise. ![]() ![]() Milne’s classic children’s stories – featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself – are gently humorous while teaching lessons about friendship and kindness. The nation’s favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for over 95 years. They are truly iconic and contributed to him being known as ‘the man who drew Pooh’. ![]() This book is all the more special due to E.H.Shepard’s decorations, which are shown in full, glorious colour. This collection is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from Milne's favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne – as popular now as when they were first written. ![]() “They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace – Christopher Robin went down with Alice.”Ĭurl up with A.A.Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. ![]() |