![]() Escape into a story of hope, discovery and the unbreakable bonds we naively refer to as ‘humanity’. īefore long, Terra will find herself propelled into a fierce battle to save the world she calls home.Ī story for young readers - or adults who remember being one - Mitch Benn’s Terra is a warm and witty coming-of-age Sci-Fi adventure for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. However, its inhabitants are blissfully unaware of the impending invasion that could destroy their way of life forever. Society is ordered and peaceful founded on reason, logic and the pursuit of knowledge. A daunting prospect, even without being the only human in class. ears.Īnd now Terra is starting high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() Terra has always known she was different. wise, funny, and above all, human.' NEIL GAIMANĪbducted from Earth as a baby by a well-meaning alien, Terra has grown up far across the galaxy on planet Fnrr. FOR TERRA, THE HUMAN ALIEN, FITTING IN WAS NEVER AN OPTION. ![]()
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![]() Waiting for her in England is her betrothed’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England. Though England is France’s traditional enemy, Alais goes without complaint. Motherless after the queen died upon her birth, she is her father’s favorite, but the King of France needed the peace more than he needed his daughter. It’s a dynastic marriage made to maintain the uneasy peace with England. English introduces readers to the bright and inquiring mind of Princess Alais of France starting with the day she is told she will be sent across the Channel to be raised and marry Prince Richard of England. ![]() In her first novel, The Queen’s Pawn (Penguin Group, 2010) North Carolina native Christy English brings a pivotal, yet largely unknown historical woman to life. ![]() ![]() ![]() But a century ago, a tough childhood gave a kid "character." Indeed, Mary Vance isn't looking for excuses. ![]() Or pumped full of Ritalin and handed over to Child Protective Services. Laws, I've been licked so much I kind of like it." But pa drunk it all up and ma, she did her part. I'll bet he was richer than your grandfather. Nowadays, Mary Vance would be cast as the pitiful victim on a Law & Order episode, a serial killer's childhood flashback on Criminal Minds. Not surprising, given an upbringing that makes Anne's pre-Green Gables life look comfortable by comparison. While Anne coped by filling up on literature, focusing her mental energy inwards and fueling her imagination, Mary Vance turns hers outwards, with the goal of controlling the chaotic world around her. Mary Vance is the alternate universe version of Anne. Things only get dicier when Mary Vance shows up, the orphan girl they take in like a lost dog. Following the death of his wife, the children mostly raise themselves (not a social worker in sight). They're the offspring of the eccentric and widowed minister. As Joe points out, Rainbow Valley is less about the staid Blythe kids than the wacky Merediths. ![]() ![]() ![]() She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. ![]() A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color.ĭon't miss the audiobook, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, the beloved author and narrator of The Poet X, winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner. In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Against a background of terrifying floods, an alarming bush fire, and the menace of bandits, Joy Adamson kept contact by making long daily treks, always burdened with heavy loads, through bush in which elephants might stampede at any moment, or one might inadvertently arouse the ire of lions and leopards. The life of a wild animal is harsh-but no less harsh is the life of someone dedicated to keeping in touch (over several years) with a family of wild cheetahs. But this did not end her relationship with Joy Adamson: when the first litter was born, Pippa led her to her cubs. Eventually Pippa mated with a wild cheetah and lived in the bush. ![]() Joy Adamson first gained the friendship and trust of her charge then, with what Julian Huxley termed her "passionate patience and understanding love," she encouraged her to enter the wild life. Adamson decided to restore this great and graceful cat to its natural wild heritage, in spite of the fact that no domesticated cheetah had ever consented to return to the bush. This time it is centered on Pippa, a cheetah given to her by her owners, who had raised her as a pet. ![]() JOY ADAMSON, universally known for her epic of Elsa, the Kenya lioness, and her cubs, has a new and fascinating animal story to tell. ![]() ![]() ![]() THOROUGH SPOILERS AHEAD Sorry, but its hard to discuss what makes this story distinctive. ![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. The Dreams In the Witch-House (HP Lovecraft). A further collection of wierdly wonderful stories, published as a "Penguin Modern Classic". ![]() Others, such as From Beyond' and The Shadow Out of Time', depict the catastrophic results when cosmic channels of time and space are opened, while stories such as Polaris' and The Doom that Came to Sarnath' portray the downfall of mythical civilizations. The shadow of New England's witch-hunting past hangs over many of the tales, as in The Shunned House' and The Dreams in the Witch House', in which malevolent spectres return to haunt the region. Lovecraft expanded the vast boundaries of the horror genre with his vividly imagined stories of exotic and fantastical otherworlds, nightmarish dreamscapes or the supernatural terrors lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. ![]() ![]() He served as the chief historian on General Douglas MacArthur’s staff during the postwar military occupation of Japan. Prange (1910–1980) was a professor of history at the University of Maryland and a World War II veteran. ![]() " At Dawn We Slept is the definitive account of Pearl Harbor." -Chicago Sun-Times ![]() "The reader is bound to feel its power.It is impossible to forget such an account." -The New York Times Book Review Prange has written a remarkable historical account of the assault that-sixty years later-America cannot forget. Through extensive research and interviews with American and Japanese leaders, Gordon W. It is widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all time. ![]() As intense and absorbing as a suspense novel, At Dawn We Slept is the unparalleled and exhaustive account of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 78th anniversary (December 7, 2019) of the "date which will live in infamy"Īt 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S. ![]() ![]() My favorite part about this book was Kenzie and Moira’s relationship. ![]() I fly through her books really quickly and I can’t wait to read more of her books in the future. ![]() Katia’s writing style is so easy to get sucked into. She has a way with romances that make you root for the lovers from the first page and I love how her books have some flirty fun while also adding in some more serious topics. This is only my second book by Katia Rose, but I already feel like she’s slowly becoming one of my favorite authors. She makes me feel limitless, even when so much of the world has tried to tell me just how limited I am. She makes me feel like the sun and the sky and the stars all at once. She makes my whole body light up in ways it’s never done for anyone else. ![]() TW// fatphobia, depression, addiction, mentions of cheating, mention of abuse, brief mention of homophobia ![]() ![]() ![]() She was granted a full scholarship to Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), and after earning a Ph.D. Graduating from high school, she stated her ambition as "to travel and write and write and travel," and she was blessed with the ability to meet those ambitions. She was the eldest daughter of Edward John Henry Forrester and Clare Warnock Forrester. Jan grew up in Jacksonville and Ocala, Florida. Waverly Harrell of Durham, NC.īorn in Hampton, Virginia, where her father was stationed during World War II. ![]() Harrell, her husband of 49 years, and the beloved mother of Dr. ![]() Janice Forrester Harrell, age 73, passed away on March 8, 2018. One of her more popular murder mystery novels seems to be "Temptation." She lived in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is a creative telling of a tender coming-of-age tale. When We Were Sisters is a 2022 novel by American writer Fatimah Asghar. Asghar’s poetic sensibilities are on full display in the lyrical and oblique prose (“Brown fingers cradle porcelain, the news spreading fast and careless as a common cold”), and the frequent formal experimentation enlivens the text (for example, one page reads in its entirety: “A bunk bed in exchange for a father./ What idiots. ![]() ![]() The sisters must learn to grapple with their grief while caring for each other and establishing their own identities. It soon becomes apparent that he has taken custody only to cash the checks that the government pays him to care for the sisters (the “zoo” turns out to be a hallway of mistreated pets), and he rules the sisters’ lives with authoritarian neglect, demanding they follow a strict schedule even while he leaves them unsupervised for long stretches of time. Nine-year-old Noreen, the oldest and de facto caretaker Aisha, the quarrelsome middle child and Kausar, the sensitive youngest, are taken in by an estranged relative, referred to only as “Uncle,” who promises them a home with a zoo. Asghar follows the poetry collection If They Come for Us with her elegant debut novel, which follows three Pakistani American sisters scrabbling to get by after their father dies. ![]() |