"El mismo día que el antipático Edwin Courcey le revela a Robin que la magia existe y que ahora él, un baronet caído en desgracia, es el vínculo entre el mundo mágico y el no mágico, también conoce su perdición... Cuando magos oscuros lo maldicen para que les entregue el último juramento, para encontrarlo Robin deberá insertarse en un mundo totalmente desconocido y lleno de peligros."
There are times when a picture doesn't just say it all - it changes everything. Isabel Sterling isn't even aware she has been entered in the Sophisticated Women 'Watch Your Dreams Come True' contest, so it comes as a complete surprise to learn she has won not only a makeover she doesn't want or need, but also the chance to appear on the cover of a national magazine and an all expense paid trip for two to exotic locales. Photographer Natasha Kashnikova is a cynical celebrity playgirl who is barreling toward full, midlife-crisis mode when she agrees to take on the Sophisticated Women shoot as a favor for a friend. Kash is convinced that every woman who shows an interest in her has ulterior motives, so love is not on her agenda—and certainly not with some naive romantic during an assignment from Hell.
"CADA DIEZ AÑOS SE LLEVAN A CABO LAS PRUEBAS DEL SOL Solo los diez semidioses más dignos y poderosos son escogidos por Sol para participar en ellas. El ganador se convertirá en el Portador de la luz. El perdedor será sacrificado. Teo es el hijo trans de la diosa de las aves, y nunca se ha preocupado por las Pruebas... al menos no cuando los candidatos más probables son su mejor amiga, Niya, la heroína más fuerte de su generación, y Aurelio, un famoso semidiós Dorado. Pero por primera vez en más de un siglo, Sol elige a dos semidioses que no son Dorados: Xio, el hijo del Dios Mala Suerte y... a Teo. Ahora deberán competir en cinco pruebas misteriosas, contra oponentes más poderosos y mejor entrenados que ellos. Y Teo está dispuesto a lograrlo. POR LA FAMA. POR LA GLORIA. POR SU PROPIA SUPERVIVENCIA."
The bigger they are… When Skye Fargo foils a band of pirates from bushwhacking a cargo boat in east Texas, he’s rewarded with a fortune in trouble. There are two rival logging companies fighting for the big trees—and the big profits. But Red Mike McShane and his bayou brigands are only attacking lumber deliveries on one side. Now, the Trailsman has to locate the swamp snake’s lair—and do some clear-cutting of his own…
Último volumen de la saga éxito de ventas en Latinoamérica. En las ruinas de Caswell, Carter Bennett descubrió demasiado tarde aquello que siempre estuvo frente a sus ojos... Desesperado por respuestas, ha abandonado a su manada para ir detrás del hombre que hasta hace poco no era más que un lobo perdido. Para ir detrás de Gavin Livingstone. Pero los lobos no son animales solitarios, y cuánto más tiempo pasa por su cuenta, más se sumerge en la locura que amenaza a los Omegas. Aunque... ese no es el único peligro que lo aguarda en el camino, y lo que hallará cambiará por siempre la vida de los lobos. Porque Gavin podría ser más que un eslabón perdido. Podría ser otro de los terribles secretos de Thomas Bennett. Y los pecados del padre siempre caen sobre sus hijos. EL FINAL HA LLEGADO, ¿ACOMPAÑARÁS A LA MANADA EN SU ÚLTIMA CANCIÓN?
El viaje de Lopez a través del mundo congelado es una celebración del Ártico en todas sus formas. Un deslumbrante paisaje hostil de hielo que es hogar de millones de animales y personas; escenario de migraciones masivas por tierra, mar y aire; y escenario de épicos viajes exploratorios. Sueños árticos no solo es el relato de un viaje inolvidable, donde los peligros y bellezas del Ártico se dan la mano, sino también un minucioso examen sobre las gentes, la fauna y la flora que habitan un lugar aún poco conocido. La apasionante visión que nos ofrece de las masas de hielo, ruidosas y silenciosas a un tiempo, de los secretos del océano, de los paisajes celestes y de la vida salvaje es difícilmente superable. Lopez nos cuenta además la vida de los nativos esquimales; las migraciones masivas de peces, mamíferos marinos y aves; la historia del hielo y los acantilados monolíticos capaces de destrozar barcos; y las expediciones de monjes irlandeses, marineros isabelinos y otros intrépidos exploradores obsesionados con llegar al polo. Pero lo que convierte este maravilloso trabajo de historia natural en un estudio impresionante de profunda originalidad es su meditación...
Tim Te Maro y Elliott Parker son alumnos de la Escuela Glaciar Fox para Expertos en Magia y enemigos acérrimos, pero eso no es suficiente para evitar que ambos se pongan de acuerdo para vengarse cuando les rompen el corazón por el mismo motivo. Entonces, un trabajo de clase los pone una situación un tanto... extraña. De repente, se encuentran cuidando un huevo mágico como si fuese un bebé y se ven obligados a pasar mucho, muchísimo tiempo juntos para conseguir aprobar. Mientras se esfuerzan por soportarse y ser buenos padres, algo empezará a florecer entre los dos. Algo que ni ellos mismos se atreven a clasificar. ¿Amistad? ¿Atracción física? Sin sentimientos de por medio y con la posibilidad de dar rienda suelta a su deseo sin ataduras... ¿QUÉ PODRÍA SALIR MAL?
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A history of South Conway, New Hampshire.
From the National Book Award–winning author comes a highly charged, stunningly original work of fiction—a passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly “parties of interest” to the government tell their stories. A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses to seek a new understanding of compassion rather than revenge. A carpenter traveling in India changes his life when he explodes in an act of violence out of proportion to its cause. The beginning of the end of a man’s lifelong search for coherence is sparked by a Montana grizzly. A man blinded in the war in Vietnam wrestles with the implications of his actions as a soldier—and with innocence, both lost and regained. Punctuated with haunting images by acclaimed artist Alan Magee, Resistance is powerful fiction with enormous significance for our times.
'Voices From the Wreckage: Young Adult Voices in the #MeToo Movement' is an edited collection by Kimberly Greenfield Karshner (Lorain County Community College). This collection focuses on situating young adult voices in the #MeToo movement, and into American culture and identity. Children’s and young adult literature is an area of study that has rapidly evolved in the past ten years, bringing previously silenced voices to light. This is especially true for YA LGBTQ+ voices, and also for young narrators who are not only discovering, celebrating, and coming to terms with their identities, but also dealing with assaults on their identities. This collection will build on what writers like Laurie Halse Anderson have begun, first with her groundbreaking book on sexual assault, 'Speak', published in 1999, and more currently, her follow-up book, 'Shout' (2019). These authors continue what Anderson started, exploring texts from the perspectives of YA male and female voices, Native American and international perspectives, and LGBTQ+ character representation. Chapters investigate various literary forms such as graphic novels, memoirs, and novels, and cover topics such as sexual desire,...
Cuatro adolescentes, hijos de las familias fundadoras de Cuatro Caminos, tendrán que enfrentarse a un terrible monstruo… y al secreto que rodea la fundación de la ciudad. Violet Saunders acaba de mudarse a Cuatro Caminos, el pueblo natal de su madre, después del fallecimiento de su hermana Rose. Juniper, su distante madre, parece buscar allí una paz que no encuentra. Sin embargo, esa paz no parece estar a su alcance. Al llegar, se encuentra con una tía desconocida y medio loca, Daría, y una mansión familiar que es de todo menos acogedora. El pueblo tampoco resulta ser un lugar tranquilo: las familias fundadoras y sus descendientes están atrapados y su vida se centra en una única misión: mantener a raya a un misterioso monstruo que habita en el Gris, un lugar oscuro que parece engullirlo todo. ¿Qué es ese monstruo? ¿Quién lo recluyó allí? ¿Lograrán Violet y sus amigos salvar al pueblo del peligro que les acecha? ¿O el Gris acabará por engullirlo todo?
"Thea es fuerte. Segura. Atractiva. Al menos así la ve Camden. Cuando le salva la vida en una fiesta y la lleva a su casa para que se recupere, no puede creer al destino. Especialmente cuando sus caminos no dejan de cruzarse y esa chica parece interesada en él, un tímido estudiante de Medicina. Un trazo beige junto a sus esplendorosos dorados. Pero no todo lo que brilla es oro. Y si bien Thea no reniega de su personalidad deseable y avasallante, ha construido un muro alrededor de sí misma que oculta el dolor, la culpa y la lucha por no convertirse en lo que no desea ser. En quien no desea ser. ¿Se puede vencer el miedo? ¿Se puede renacer de la oscuridad?"
A New York Times bestseller! Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy. For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augustine. Together, they must join forces with Syd's witch grandmother, Babette, and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town and Lucely's firefly spirits before it's too late. With the family dynamics of Coco and action-packed adventure of Ghostbusters, Claribel A. Ortega delivers both a thrillingly spooky and delightfully sweet debut novel.
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Une vingtaine d’années s’est écoulée depuis que l’enfer s’est abattu sur le lycée Elmbridge, emportant la vie de trois élèves et laissant Carly Johnson portée disparue. La principale suspecte : Kaitlyn, « la fille de nulle part. » Le journal de Kaitlyn, découvert dans les ruines, révèle un esprit perturbé. Ses pages racontent une nouvelle version de l’histoire, bien plus sinistre et tragique, et la fille de nulle part se retrouve au centre de tout. Beaucoup disent qu’elle n’existe pas, et d’une certaine manière, c’est vrai – elle est l’alter ego de Carly Johnson. Carly est là le jour, laissant place à Kaitlyn la nuit. Et c’est durant la nuit que le mystère de la Maison Morte se dévoile, fruit d’une magie sombre et dangereuse. Le premier roman de Dawn Kurtagich est une chef d’œuvre d’angoisse qui réunit rapports de police, comptes rendus psychiatriques, retranscriptions vidéo et extraits du journal retrouvé.
Fuyant un père qui les maltraite, Silla et Nori arrivent à «La Baume», le manoir de leur tante, une vieille bâtisse couleur de sang. Pour la première fois, les deux sœurs se sentent enfin en sécurité. Mais peu à peu une sombre réalité se dévoile... Le bois qui entoure la propriété n’est-il pas trop silencieux ? Tant de questions restent sans réponse : qui est cet homme que seule Nori peut voir ? Tante Cath n’est-elle pas en train de sombrer dans la folie ? Et pourquoi les arbres semblent-ils se rapprocher ?
In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars. “Earnest, wistful, romantic, and real.” —Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. There, she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants, the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. The two are drawn to each other and can't deny their growing feelings. But while Morgan--out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start--doesn't want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, Ruby isn't ready to come out yet. With each girl on a different path toward living her truth, can they go the distance together? “Beautiful, necessary, and completely irresistible.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Nahona`ara means ‘facing the `ara’, the place where the southeast winds meet the land just west of Point Cruz. Nahona`ara became Honiara, the capital city of Solomon Islands with a population of 160,000, the only significant urban centre in a nation of 721,000 people. Honiara: Village-City of Solomon Islands views Honiara in several ways: first as Tandai traditional land; then as coconut plantations between the 1880s and 1930s; within the British protectorate (1893–1978) and its Guadalcanal District; in the 1942–45 war years, which created the first urban settlement; in the directly post-war period until 1952 as the new capital of the protectorate, replacing Tulagi; and then as the headquarters of the Western Pacific High Commission (WPHC) between 1953 and 1974. Finally, in 1978, Honiara became the capital of the independent nation of Solomon Islands and the headquarters of Guadalcanal Province. The book argues that over decades there have been four and sometimes five changing and intersecting Honiara ‘worlds’ operating at one time, each of different social, economic and political significance. The importance of each group—British, Solomon Islanders, other Pacific...
A queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do. “Shocking, captivating, and utterly chilling. A delicious thriller that will have you tearing through pages to get to the end, where you won’t be disappointed.” —Jessica Goodman, bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The Counselors Sloan and Cherry. Cherry and Sloan. They met only a few days before masked men with machetes attacked the summer camp where they worked, a massacre that left the rest of their fellow counselors dead. Now, months later, the two are inseparable, their traumatic experience bonding them in ways no one else can understand. But as new evidence comes to light and Sloan learns more about the motives behind the ritual killing that brought them together, she begins to suspect that her girlfriend may be more than just a survivor—she may actually have been a part of it. Cherry tries to reassure her, but Sloan only becomes more distraught. Is this gaslighting or reality? Is Cherry a victim or a perpetrator? Is Sloan confused, or is she seeing things clearly for the very first time? Against all odds, Sloan survived that hot summer night. But will she survive what comes next?
"Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision," Terry Tempest Williams tells us. "Mosaic celebrates brokenness and the beauty of being brought together." Ranging from Ravenna, Italy, where she learns the ancient art of mosaic, to the American Southwest, where she observes prairie dogs on the brink of extinction, to a small village in Rwanda where she joins genocide survivors to build a memorial from the rubble of war, Williams searches for meaning and community in an era of physical and spiritual fragmentation. In her compassionate meditation on how nature and humans both collide and connect, Williams affirms a reverence for all life, and constructs a narrative of hopeful acts, taking that which is broken and creating something whole.
Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies offers accessible, academically sound information on a wide range of topics, including history, culture, and Queer Theory; an exploration of LGBTQ+ relationships, families, parenting, health, and education; and how to conduct research on LGBTQ+ topics. The book explores LGBTQ+ issues from the ancient world to contemporary global perspectives. Employing an intersectional analysis, the textbook highlights how sexuality and gender are simultaneously experienced and constructed through other structures of inequality and privilege, such as race and class. The text supports multiple learning styles by integrating visual elements, multimedia resources, discussion and project prompts, and resources for further research throughout the textbook. An OER version of this course is freely available thanks to the generous support of SUNY OER Services. Access the book online at https://milneopentextbooks.org/introduction-to-lgbtq-studies-a-cross-disciplinary-approach/.
A history of the landowners and merchants in the Western part of Puerto Rico in the later half of the 19th century.
A spine-chilling psychological thriller from stunning talent and author of The Dead House, Dawn Kurtagich. Sinister and creepily atmospheric, Dawn's second YA title is sure to grip fans of Stephen King, Kendare Blake and Juno Dawson. When sisters Silla and Nori escape London and their abusive father, Aunt Cath's country house feels like a safe haven. But slowly, ever so slowly, things begin to unravel. Aunt Cath locks herself in the attic and spends day and night pacing. Every day the forbidden surrounding forest inches slowly towards the house. A mysterious boy appears, offering friendship. And Nori claims that a man watches them from the dark forest - a man with no eyes, who creeps ever closer. . .
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
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