![]() ![]() In the 24th century, Earth is so polluted as to be nearly uninhabitable. It wasn’t exactly that, but it was an enjoyable read that raised a lot of thought-provoking questions. I bought it because from the description, it looked like the closest new novel to the good, old-fashioned, “strange new worlds” sci-fi. Since I had an empty reading list this summer while I was waiting for a couple of new titles to come out, I decided to try it for a change, and I liked what I found.Īrchangel is the first novel by sci-fi author Marguerite Reed and Book 1 of an anticipated series, The Chronicles of Ubastis. In fact, of the many book reviews I’ve written on this blog, I have never reviewed a book for which I knew neither the title nor the author by reputation before I read it. I can’t remember the last time I just picked up a book from a bookstore bookshelf without knowing anything about it besides what was on the back cover. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “I’m surprised that they wouldn’t want teenagers to read about healthy relationships that are monogamous, consensual, healthy, and end up in marriage,” she said. Roberts told the Post that her novels banned in the district did contain sex, but that she didn’t believe the scenes were objectionable. Last year, she donated $50,000 to a Michigan library that was defunded by voters after it refused to remove LGBTQ+ books from its shelves. ![]() Roberts has previously spoken out against censorship. ![]() The district previously banned 20 novels by Jodi Picoult and two by Toni Morrison. The Martin County ban didn’t just target Roberts’ novels, but also Judy Blume’s Forever…and Bernard Malamud’s The Fixer. But you don’t have the right to say nobody’s kid can read this book.” Roberts called the ban of her novels “shocking,” telling the Post, “If you don’t want your teenager reading this book, that’s your right as a mom-and good luck with that. The books were removed after objections by an activist from Moms for Liberty, a right-wing group behind several other book challenges, including a recent ban of a graphic adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman report that the Martin County School District pulled the novels, including the four installments of Roberts’ Bride Quartet and the three books in her Dream trilogy. A Florida school district has banned eight books by romance novelist Nora Roberts, and the author is speaking out against it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He regarded the Gandhi- Ambedkar debate on the issue of caste system and untouchability as the most important contemporary debate whose outcome would determine the fate of India in the 21st century. He is among the few Indian thinkers to shed new light on Dalit and Bahujan politics. ![]() He started out as a Marxist critic but renounced the Marxist framework that he had used in the book Amruta mattu Garuda as too reductionist and became a much more eclectic and complex thinker. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Sahitya Kathana. Nagaraj (20 February 1954 – 12 August 1998) was an Indian cultural critic, political commentator and an expert on medieval and modern Kannada poetry and Dalit movement who wrote in Kannada and English languages. Doddaballapur, Mysore State (now in Karnataka), Indiaĭr. ![]() ![]() ![]() A compelling story, told with characteristic verve.-Richard A. There is no question about the historical importance of the Burgess Shale, and Gould is right when he says that it deserves a place in the public consciousness along with big bangs and black holes. Recommended reading for scientists and nonscientists of all persuasions.-Walter C. ![]() The message of history is superbly conveyed. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history. ![]() It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived-a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. The late Stephen Jay Gould - a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science - covers the discovery and study of the famous Burgess. It is surely one of nature's best stories, told with a light touce by a master of the field".-Lewis Thomas, M.D.īook Synopsis High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. About the Book "Luminous.Filled with profound and upsetting ideas like the Burgess Shale itself and just as solid. ![]() ![]() ![]() She looks down at the photo, the old black-and-white print she’s kept for almost thirty years, hidden away in the drawer of her bedside table. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īmy’s heart hammers, and her skin is slick with sweat.ĭon’t think about the thing in the tower.Īmy knows that if she thinks too hard about it, she won’t be able to do what needs to be done. ![]() Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one knows the secret that will haunt the generations to come. Sylvie Slater had dreams of running off to Hollywood and becoming Alfred Hitchcock’s leading lady, while her little sister, Rose, was content with their simple life. ![]() Now, Amy stands accused of committing a horrific crime, and the only hint to her motives is a hasty message that forces Piper and Margot to revisit the motel’s past, and the fate of two sisters who lived there in its heyday. until the day their innocent games uncovered something dark and twisted that ruined their friendship forever. They loved exploring the abandoned rooms. The Tower Motel was once a thriving attraction of rural Vermont. Today it lies in disrepair, alive only in the memories of the three women-Amy, Piper, and Piper’s kid sister, Margot-who played there as children. From the New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon ( The Winter People) comes an atmospheric, gripping, and suspenseful tale that probes the bond between sisters and the peril of keeping secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() For a teen who wants to solve mysteries, she isn’t all that keenly aware of how her actions affect the people around her. Goldie is a bit self-indulgent and into herself. Much like Nancy Draw, Goldie Vance leans heavily on her friends, Cheryl and Diane (who is also a romantic interest). ![]() In volume 4, Sugar, Goldie’s arch nemesis hires her to find out who is sabotaging her racing car. In volume 3, unknown saboteurs threaten the big music festival that the hotel is hosting. While the girls uncover who the girl is and where she came from, they are put in unexpected danger. In volume 2, Goldie and Cheryl find someone in an astronaut suit washed up on the beach. As soon as Goldie finds them, the hotel guest goes missing. While the victim claims his jewels are priceless, they seem to be worthless. In the first volume, a collection of issues 1-4, there is a theft in the hotel. ![]() ![]() ![]() They’ll be afraid to commit suicide, and so will their children. Because if I do go on in this frame of mind and continue to support them, I shall teach them to be like I am, and they’ll go on, dragging it out to support their children, and they won’t enjoy it. Or I identify with my children, and I think of them going on without me and nobody to support them. ![]() Because there might really be after all eternal damnation. So if you think that’s the way things are, you might as well commit suicide right now. And these mechanics–doctors–are trying to help you out, but they really can’t succeed in the end, and you’re just going to fall apart, and it’s a grim business, and it’s just too bad. And you, poor thing, have to put up with being put into a body that’s falling apart, that gets cancer, that gets the great Siberian itch, and is just terrible. It is a mechanism, it is electronic and neurological mechanisms into which you somehow got caught. Because if you seriously go along with this idea of the world, you’re what is technically called alienated. People who had an advantage to make, a game to play by putting it down, and making out that because they put the world down they were a superior kind of people. But however, you see, this whole idea that the universe is nothing at all but unintelligent force playing around and not even enjoying it is a putdown theory of the world. ![]() ![]() She was also employed with Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, IL as a children's literature consultant (1988) as well as a children's book specialist (1994). Before becoming an author of children's literature Walker worked for Junction Book Store in DeKalb, IL as a children's book buyer (1988–94). Walker is a literature consultant and an author of nonfiction juvenile literature. She holds memberships in the International Reading Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her avocational interests are hiking, reading, cooking, and gardening. In 1974 she married James Walker, an igneous petrologist, and she is the mother of two children. She was born in New Jersey in 1956 and now lives in DeKalb, Illinois. ![]() Additionally, Walker is known for books written in both Spanish and English (bilingual books) as seen in La Luz/Light (2007) and La Electricidad/Electricity (2007). ![]() She is best known for writing about scientific subject matter such as Mystery Fish: Secrets of the Coelacanth (2005) or Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (2009). Sally Macart Walker is an American writer of nonfiction for children. ![]() ![]() ![]() We got our first glimpse at many of the show’s characters, and learned tidbits about the changes made to the story, the production, and how COVID-19 impacted filming-and will almost certainly inform how audiences react to and engage with the show when it finally debuts. Today, Vanity Fair shared a first look at the upcoming show, featuring interviews with show runners Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore, the cast, and King himself. ![]() And soon, it will make its way to the small screen (again) in the form of a CBS All-Access miniseries. ![]() The massive novel is one of the horror author’s most famous and esteemed works. No, we’re not talking about the current coronavirus pandemic, but the plot of Stephen King’s The Stand. Tensions rise, violence flourishes, chaos reigns. The catastrophic event instills survivors with fear and guilt, and splinters them into groups with first and separate sets of beliefs about the tragedy. A terrifying pandemic envelopes the globe, killing off a significant portion of the population. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Noah and his sister, Abbey, are understandably upset that their dad is in jail but are even more upset when he gets out and vows to stop trying to stop the illegal dumping to save his marriage. That’s why he sunk the Coral Queen, a gambling ship that’s been illegally dumping sewage into the bay, polluting the protected waters and making the beaches unsafe for swimmers and sea life. In fact, he’s a very good guy who can’t stand to seeing wrongdoers get away with illegal activities. ![]() The second is that his father has serious anger management issues that not only have landed him in jail, but have also threatened his family as his mother is now threatening divorce. The first is that he’s constantly getting harassed by two local bullies. Hiaasen again forays into the YA territory with his newest book, Flush. A couple of years ago, Hiaasen ventured into the young adult market with his Newbery Award winning Hoot. Carl Hiaasen has been a popular author for years for his Florida-based, wacky comedy-mysteries including Strip Tease, Lucky You and Skinny Dip. ![]() |