![]() ![]() Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. The first book in a thrilling series featuring an intrepid wildlife biologist who's dedicated to saving endangered species.and relies on her superior survival skills to thwart those who aim to stop her. It reminded me of the best of Nevada Barr." -James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Odyssey ![]() “Both a mystery and a survival story, here is a novel written with a naturalist’s eye for detail and an unrelenting pace. ![]()
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![]() The stories often refer to plot events in other stories, meaning that in some respects, the collection is more like a novel than a traditional book of short stories. ![]() Many central characters - most notably Victor Joseph, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, and Norma Many Horses - appear in multiple stories. Published in 1993, The Lone Ranger and Tonto includes 22 stories about life on the Spokane Indian Reservation. ![]() Alexie followed up The Business of Fancydancing with this collection, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, which consists of stories that Alexie had mostly written prior to Fancydancing. ![]() His work received critical acclaim and attracted a great deal of attention from mainstream publishers and agents. Sherman Alexie's first book, The Business of Fancydancing, was published in 1992 by an independent press, and Alexie was 26 years old at the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ma l’incontro con Shug Avery, la misteriosa cantante di blues di cui suo marito è innamorato da sempre, permetterà a Celie di fare una scoperta, e i legami di sangue torneranno a riannodarsi attraverso gli anni e i continenti.Īl suo primo apparire, nel 1982, Il colore viola conquistò il pubblico e la critica americani per il candore con cui affrontava temi universali come il razzismo, la violenza di genere, la sessualità femminile, vincendo l’anno successivo il Premio Pulitzer e il National Book Award e ispirando uno dei film più amati di Steven Spielberg. Mentre Celie, privata dei suoi figli, si ricostruisce a fatica una vita con un matrimonio combinato e una nuova famiglia caotica e bizzarra, di Nettie si perdono le tracce. Il colore viola è la storia di due sorelle, Celie e Nettie, in fuga da un padre violento e da un passato di abusi. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sleman BookStoreJogja65 5.0 Terjual 7 Sisa 2 Novel - Musashi (Eiji Yoshikawa) Rp25. Banjar Telespy BUKU MUSASHI - Eiji Yoshikawa (HardCover) Rp130.000 Kab. Isaku’s extensive experience both on stage and in the recording studio has allowed him to serve a wide range of organizations and objectives including Asano Taiko US, the Japan Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, and Taiko Community Alliance. Rp180.000 Depok Waterseven book Ad musashi eiji yoshikawa Rp120.000 Depok metrobookstrore Ad Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa HARDCOVER HC Rp500.000 Kab. Isaku completed his Student Teaching in LA Unified School District, and has taught after school programs at Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Quincy Jones Elementary School, and Yokohama International School. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Longy School of Music of Bard College, and trained for over 20 years with Tokyo-based taiko ensemble Amanojaku.įrom 2011-2014, Isaku was the resident taiko instructor at Wellesley University and the University of Connecticut, and has held taiko clinics at Berklee College of Music, Brown University, Rochester Institute of Technology, North American Taiko Conference, East Coast Taiko Conference, and Intercollegiate Taiko Invitationals. Isaku Kageyama is a taiko artist and instructor at Los Angeles Taiko Institute with extensive experience teaching both traditional and contemporary taiko styles. ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything is about image all of the time.And Kaeleigh lives up to that perfect ideal. Even when she's home, she's not really there. ![]() She escapes her duties as a wife and mother by campaigning around the country. He's addicted to alcohol and prescription pills, and stated sexually abusing Kaeleigh when she was a young, young girl. ![]() Which is fairly ironic, because he is a demon at home. That said, I can talk about a majority of the plot of this book without giving too much away. I had to figure it all out on my own, and I don't want to ruin this for all of you who decide to read this book. There are lots of ways that I could spoil this book by going into deep detail about these two characters, but I will not. I think that this is a mark of good writing, because it takes a lot to make me feel physically ill just from reading.In Identical, we meet two main characters. Maybe I'm just emotional or something, but I had an almost physical aversion to a couple of the characters in this book. This one, unlike some of the others that I've read, is so disturbing that I had a tough time reading it. I am officially caught up with her and understand the full body of her work.This book, like all of the others in Hopkins's repertoire, is filled with edginess. ![]() With Identical, I've now read all of Ellen Hopkins's books that are in print. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. And when her adopted family's long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can't help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she's quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including- Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. Being the middle child has its ups and downs. ![]() National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benway's beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms-how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Viking Ships at Sunrise / Voyage of the Vikings Vacation Under the Volcano / Racing with Gladiatorsĭay of the Dragon King / Palace of the Dragon King ![]() Sunset of the Sabertooth / Mammoth to the Rescue ![]() Mummies in the Morning / Secret of the Pyramid Below is a list of Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):ĭinosaurs Before Dark / Valley of the Dinosaurs Beginning with the 29th book, Jack and Annie begin taking quests from Merlin the Magician and the series is given the subtitle “Merlin Missions.” There is also a non-fiction companion series called the Magic Tree House Research Guide series or the Fact Tracker series, which Mary co-authors with her husband (Will Osborne ) and later her sister (Natalie Pope Boyce). The Magic Tree House series began in July 1992 with the book Dinosaurs Before Dark, which was published as Valley of the Dinosaurs in the UK. The Magic Tree House books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. The books are about two children from Frog Creek, Pennsylvania named Jack and Annie who are sent by Morgan le Fay on various adventures using a magical tree house that can send them anywhere throughout time and space. ![]() The Magic Tree House series is a series of children’s fantasy/adventure books by American author Mary Pope Osborne. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The challenge Feinberg sets forth-a complex, multisided one-is to take up the banner of feminism and extend it, stretch it, until it has room for all women.”–Rosemarie C. History becomes art, the political becomes transformative, the personal becomes universal.” –Craig Hickman, Gay Community News “No book since Toni Morrison’s Beloved gives so much and holds itself so well. It delves into the transgender experience, inviting the reader to consider a spectrum of gender possibilities.” –Linda Gebroe, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review “ does far more than document the history of transgenders. A brief review cannot do justice to this amazing resource, not only for our communities, but for the world.” –Patricia Roth Schwartz, Lambda Book Report “ leaves us with a sense that a transgendered concept of what it is to be fully human and psychologically whole is both valid and nothing new. This is the history book for the rest of us." –Kate Bornstein, author of Gender Outlaw S/he is the author of the acclaimed novel Stone Butch Blues. Leslie Feinberg has been a grassroots activist, journalist, and lecturer on behalf of the lesbian/gay/bi and transgender movements. Transgender Warriors is an eye-opening jaunt through the history of gender expression and a powerful testament to the rebellious spirit. In this fascinating, personal journey hrough history, Leslie Feinberg uncovers persuasive evidence that there have always been people who crossed the cultural boundaries of gender. ![]() ![]() OK, maybe I am just using this review as an excuse to post Capybara pictures, but the resemblance is striking.Īnyway, since this site is called GoodReads and not GoodLargeRodents, suppose I should talk about the book. For those ignorant of these fair beasts, here is a picture of one: They are likely the reason I find Capybaras awesome. I remember really enjoying it as a child and it still holds its old charm for me as an adult.įor those not in the know, this is a wump (or more specifically, several wumps): He thought the ending kind of sucked - his words. He thought the people of Pollutus were gross and nasty and he didn’t like them. The nephew read this and he didn’t react much too it. It was quite a downer really and I didn’t feel the ending was that uplifting either. The wumps do find one patch of trees and grass left and they know eventually the skies will clear and the buildings will fall and they are happy once the people of Pollutus move on to another world. ![]() I believe our environment is important, but the Lorax is a much better tale about this, yet it’s good to have more than one. They come in and ruin this world with buildings and smog and concrete. ![]() They had to leave their world and find another. ![]() One day the world is invaded by the blue peoples from Pollutus. The only creatures are happy little Wumps. ![]() Wump World is a small world with only rivers, trees, lakes and grasses. This is a great story around Earth day or anytime to remember the good Earth. Much like the 1970s, this is a strange book. ![]() ![]() ![]() They cursed the woman and her descendants to be the butts of jokes and to perpetually embarrass themselves for all to see, for eternity. They found the most intimate moment of her second-eldest daughter’s life and made it immortal. But it was also a curse upon her and upon mankind. Pleased with her obedience, the gods granted her irrational fame. She drank it, sealing her and her daughters’ fates. Perpetual youth is necessary so that no one will ever forget your name,” he said. Nor will your daughters’ faces see the curse of time. The woman agreed without hesitation - she had many daughters after all. One offered her a proposition: If she sacrificed her daughter, everyone would know her name. The gods, feeling itchy and bored one day, noticed this young woman’s yearning. ![]() ![]() Though she would eventually marry wealthy, the desire to be famous still burned in her veins. Back when the world was new, there was a young woman whose only dream in life was for everyone to know her name. ![]() |