![]() ![]() After attending Oxford, where she became the first woman to ever edit that university's newspaper, Cooper worked as a reporter and feature writer for London's Sunday Times her first boss was James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Ĭooper wrote her first book for young readers in response to a publishing house competition "Over Sea, Under Stone" would later form the basis for her critically acclaimed five-book fantasy sequence, "The Dark Is Rising." The fourth book in the series, "The Grey King," won the Newbery Medal in 1976. As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer. Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. Susan Cooper's latest book is the YA novel "Ghost Hawk" (2013) ![]()
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![]() He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from. ![]() Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. Twisted Palace, Book 3 (Link coming soon)įrom strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.Įlla Harper is a survivor-a pragmatic optimist. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. ![]() ![]() ![]() And some might just as easily take a gunshot for her as to try to blow her up. Enter Kira Walker, a medically minded teen who is determined to find the cure and secure a future for humankind.īut blocking her way are the harsh totalitarian government that tries to maintain order through control, a band of rebel humans called the Voice who attack the government and any civilians in their way, and the Partials, bio-engineered beings who brought the virus in the first place.Īlong with her friends, Kira fights her way through each group as she struggles to find answers and save the soon-to-be born baby of her roommate, Madison.īut she soon realizes that not everyone is who they seem. Those few thousand whose immunity allowed them to survive try to eke out an existence on Long Island, N.Y. ![]() 485GA18M because no newborn has survived past three days in the last 11 years, due to a weaponized virus that wiped out most of the world’s population. "Partials," a science-fiction thriller by Orem author Dan Wells, begins with the death of a newborn, unceremoniously named No. " PARTIALS ," by Dan Wells, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 480 pages (f) (ages 14 and up) ![]() ![]() ![]() It remains a favorite of mine some five years and hundreds of novels later. I couldn’t stop talking about it, the way her adroit word smithery combined with a hilarious tale of sheer, spun magic. When I read her debut novel, she captured my whole heart. Her eccentricity and her appreciation of working class struggle sets her in a class beyond most authors.Īnd yet. Goodness knows what else she’s got up her sleeve. Clearly, Kidd is at the height of her craft-so far, at least. They are separate, and yet together, and the nearer we get to the conclusion, the more commonalities reveal themselves. The way that Kidd braids the stories of these two children into one well crafted novel is admirable. There isn’t much to do there, and he finds his imagination is captured by the tales of a shipwreck that occurred here hundreds of years ago. Over three hundred years later in 1989, a boy named Gil has also lost his mother, and is sent to live on the same island with his cantankerous grandfather. ![]() When the ship goes down, she is marooned on an island near Australia. Our protagonist is Mayken, a child whose mother has died she is being sent to her father in the company of her elderly nurse maid. The Night Ship is based on a true story, the sinking of the famous ship, the Batavia, in 1629. My thanks go to Net Galley and Atria Books for the review copy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is very effective in its horror elements, especially the running theme of body horror, which for me was the highlight of this novel. The author has clearly done his research and takes a good deal of care and effort to craft the darkest sides of religion into physical monsters. ![]() Review ( No Spoilers): This debut novel is full of great prose and really interesting mutations of religious ideas. ![]() Benji takes refuge in an LGBTQ+ Youth Center called ALC, where he meets a diverse and spunky cast of characters while harboring a deep secret: he has been infected by the cult’s latest bioweapon and is already undergoing mutations. Premise: Hell Followed With Us follows main character Benji, a trans teenager, as he navigates the dangerous dystopia that has resulted from the rule of an extremist Christian cult. Disclaimer: This review is based on an ARC copy, so minor edits may have been made between the version being reviewed and the official print. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her rise and fall have inspired historians, artists and novelists, and she is a patriotic symbol in Syria. Zenobia died after 274, and many tales have been recorded about her fate. The queen maintained a stable administration which governed a multicultural multiethnic empire. She was tolerant toward her subjects and protected religious minorities. Zenobia was a cultured monarch and fostered an intellectual environment in her court, which was open to scholars and philosophers. The Romans were victorious after heavy fighting the queen was besieged in her capital and captured by Aurelian, who exiled her to Rome, where she spent the remainder of her life. ![]() Zenobia, Warrior Queen by Haley Elizabeth Garwood (2005), and Zenobia. However, in reaction to the campaign of the Roman emperor Aurelian in 272, Zenobia declared her son emperor and assumed the title of empress (declaring Palmyra's secession from Rome). The subject of Zenobia was the perennial fascination, if not the obsession. After the Romans assassinate Zebia's husband, she pulls herself from the depths of despair and does what she does best - marches her army against an ally turned enemy. By mid-271 her realm extended from Ancyra, central Anatolia, to Upper Egypt, although she remained nominally subordinate to Rome. The fourth book in Haley Elizabeth Garwood's Warrior Queen Series, Zebia, is the story of a 3rd century Syrian queen who fights the Romans. also, novelists such as Haley Elizabeth Garwood and playwrights such as Nick. In 270, Zenobia launched an invasion that brought most of the Roman East under her sway and culminated with the annexation of Egypt. In contemporary Syria, Zenobia is viewed as a loyal symbol her portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Marcus Harris, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Michele Galagher. Urn:lcp:fivegetintotroub0000blyt_c9m6:lcpdf:92990c03-db7c-464e-b814-2dd197344719 Five Get Into Trouble (1949) Five Fall Into Adventure (1950) Five on a Hike Together (1951) Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) Five Go Down to the Sea (1953). Five Get Into Trouble: Episode Two: Directed by Sidney Hayers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 09:00:52 Associated-names Soper, Eileen Alice, 1905-1990 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40211401 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Sopers original illustrations, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, George and not forgetting Timmy The Famous Five are distraught Dick has been kidnapped. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No one knows this better than artisan natural perfumer Mandy Aftel, who has spent nearly thirty years immersed in the world of scent, culling the most beautiful natural essences from all over the world and using them to create exquisite fragrances. Yet in many ways perfumery, with its lush history and creative and sensual possibilities, is a lost art. In short, it’s a cultural gem.” - Saskia Wilson Brown, director and founder of The Institute for Art and Olfactionįor centuries, people have taken an instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin and using them to pray, to heal, and to make love. It’s a crucial societal touchpoint and a huge factor in the ongoing evolution of independent perfumery. Publication Date Originally published in 2001, Revised and re-released in 2022ĭescription “In my experience, Essence and Alchemy is the first book that people turn to when they’re starting their practices with perfumery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And he’ll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Vance may be ruggedly handsome but he’s as mysterious as the man he’s hunting. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge. Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. 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MARYSE’S SURPRISE FROM HER FAVORITE BOOK BOYFRIEND’S. ![]() ALL MY REVIEWS (ALPHABETICAL BY AUTHOR). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fritjof Capra remains a major figure at the crossroads of physics, spirituality, environmentalism, and systems theory.įritjof Capra is the recipient of many awards, including the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society, the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, the Bioneers Award, the New Dimensions Broadcaster Award, and the American Book Award. ![]() This synthesis, representative of the change from the mechanistic worldview of Descartes and Newton to a systemic, ecological one, went on to inform Capra’s thinking about the life sciences, ecology, and environmental policy. First introduced in the late 1950s to the work of Werner Heisenberg, a founder of quantum mechanics, Capra’s connections between the discoveries of quantum physics and the traditions of Eastern philosophy resulted in his first book, the bestselling The Tao of Physics. Fritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of his thought over five decades in Patterns of Connection. ![]() |