![]() Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s-short, cheap, and utterly adored. ![]() These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. ![]() ![]() The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun. ![]()
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![]() The Internet is everywhere now, but Ray Valentine saw it first explode.Ĭircuits of the Wind is the story of Ray's quest to find himself as he grows up wandering the computer underground-the wild, global outback that existed before the net went mainstream. ![]() THE LYRIC STORY OF THE NET GENERATION-GROWING UP AND COMING OF AGE ON THE INTERNET "It is an education into the net-dominated world we live in and likely to be a classic." - author Debbie A. " Michael Stutz has created the Everyman of our wired age." - Tony D'Souza, author of Whiteman, The Konkans, and Mule, which has been optioned for film by Warner Bros. ![]() ![]() with all the grandeur of the influential Fitzgerald himself." - Kilimanjaro magazine "Stutz writes with a grandness that exceeds the deadpan expectations that are associated with his generation of writers. ![]() ![]() ![]() The overall mood of the story has that tense, strong maturity atmosphere. Determined to do the right thing, Sadie will fight hard to protect those she loves.īut there are some battles she cannot win.”Ĭompared to Saven Deception (Book 1), I could definitely tell the characters matured dramatically. While one relationship is embraced forever, another spirals out of control, threatening to destroy everything. ![]() ![]() Sadie’s love life is a tangled, messy affair. When hidden agendas and shocking revelations come to light, the fallout is massive. Fraught with tension and danger, the journey is not an easy one, especially when previous adversaries become new allies and cherished friends become suspicious opponents.Īs the heirs unite in a bid to restore peace to the galaxy, powerful enemies, determined to exact retribution,surround them on all sides. Having accepted her identity, Sadie sets out on a daring quest with her friends, which takes them deep into alien territory. With war looming in outer space and the Earthen government forced into hiding, the battle for ultimate world domination is only just beginning. Will I discover the truth in time to save him? Saven Defiance by Siobhan Davis is the third installment in the Sci-Fi Romance Saven series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now both men must be brave enough to trust each other, to take that leap.Ĭarina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Yet Iseya’s walls of grief may be too high for someone like Summer to climb…until Summer’s infectious warmth shows Fox everything he’s been missing in life. What starts as a daily game to reward Summer with a kiss for every obstacle overcome turns passionate, and a professional relationship turns quickly personal. ![]() The completely, sweetly submissive Summer and Fox get entangled in a ‘kissing game’ where Summer must earn Fox’s signs of affection in secret. The other part of me would like to remind you that in 2016 we laughed at Trump and said his ludicrous crap would never fly, too. Just Like That is a silly, sexy romp filled with absurd scenarios that make no sense in the real world, but work in this bizarre space McCade creates. But that fascination turns into something more when the older man challenges Summer to be brave. One part of me is laughing so hard Im about to collapse. Summer Hemlock never meant to come back to Omen, Massachusetts.īut with his mother in need of help, Summer has no choice but to return to his hometown, take up a teaching residency at the elite Albin Academy-and work directly under the man who made his teenage years miserable.įorbidding, aloof, commanding: psychology instructor Iseya is a cipher who’s always fascinated and intimidated shy, anxious Summer. ![]() ![]() “The romantic longing, themes of bravery and confidence, and moments of cozy domesticity shine in this May-December romance” -Publishers Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the aid of their former captain, Admiral Kathryn Janeway-as well as many old friends and new allies-the crew must unravel an ancient mystery, placing themselves between two warrior sects battling for the soul of the Klingon people.while the life of Miral hangs in the balance.īut these events and their repercussions are merely the prelude to even darker days to come. B’Elanna Torres and her daughter, Miral, are both missing in the wake of a brutal attack on the Klingon world of Boreth. When the USS Voyager is dispatched on an urgent mission to the planet Kerovi, Captain Chakotay and his first officer, Commander Thomas Paris, must choose between following their orders and saving the lives of two of those dearest to them. Following the events of the unforgettable Star Trek crossover trilogy Destiny, the new captain of the USS Voyager embarks on a dangerous mission that is paved with blood and haunted by ghosts of the past. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The land Baden is founded there, by men, who have rediscovered steam power, electricity, and weapons. And then a ship appears, from (former) Europe. But as the son of the Konega (the supreme ruler of Thule, but in an extremely democratic and open way) is not very happy, he wants to be something more than a breeder for future Konega's. Nature, Mother Earth is extremely important, and they make sure they destroy nothing. ![]() Thule is ruled by women, men have no right to power or weapons, because they have caused the war and destruction by not respecting nature and each other. Greenland's ice has melted, and Thule is a very nice place to live. Thule is the land founded on the island of Greenland, after World War 3 has pretty much destroyed the world and caused the poles to shift. A Dutch classic (by one of The Netherlands' favorite writers, Thea Beckman), this is the story of Thule. ![]() ![]() ![]() He had first considered deep brain stimulation (DBS), a more common neurosurgical treatment that has proven effective in treating his disorder. Unfortunately, medications did not work for Williams, and his tremor became worse. ![]() Patients find it a challenge to eat, drink, write, or perform other daily functions, and often avoid social outings. Essential tremor can affect the hands, feet, face, and voice. He had seen a movement disorder neurologist, who prescribed medications. Over the years, Williams had learned to make do with his left hand. ![]() Eating, drinking, and writing all became difficult tasks, especially since he is right-handed. “I couldn’t place a golf ball on a tee,” he revealed. The chief executive officer of a local door manufacturing company in Maryland, Williams had heard about magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound for tremor a few years ago. The patient, 76-year-old John Williams, had been experiencing tremor of his right hand for the past several years. “Neurosurgeons prefer bald patients,” I replied from our pre-operative wing, where preparation for focused ultrasound treatment includes a shaved head. Bald is beautiful, and it’s better than a rug or a combover,” he said. ![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, Tolstoy took great pleasure in his criticism of canonical interpretations of 1812. Tolstoy explicitly resisted calling his work a novel, despite the fact that it contains novelistic elements, and instead proposed his own sui generis form of historiography that is consciously skeptical of the very concept of historical narrative. ![]() War and Peace is a 1,200-page testament to Tolstoy’s evolving philosophies on history, historiography, and the nature of fate and free will, transmitted through a series of real historical figures from the Napoleonic campaigns of 1812, as well as through fictional characters of his own creation.Īs a work of literature, War and Peace rejects all attempts at defining its genre in the traditional sense of the term. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was, perhaps above all else, a man who loved a hot take. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sixth Man is followed by the sixth and final book in the thrilling series, King and Maxwell.Īuthentic scenario, mystery piled on misdirection, and more double-crosses than a tic-tac-toe tournament. After the 1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, S. ![]() Could this increasingly deadly case be the one that leaves the duo permanently parted? Read 2,069 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. On the way to the meeting, King and Maxwell discover his dead body.Īs King and Maxwell dig into Roy’s past, the more they are bombarded with obstacles, half-truths and dead ends that make filtering the facts from fiction nearly impossible.Ī rush of terrifying events unfold that will push King and Maxwell to the limit. As King and Maxwell dig into Roys past, the more they are bombarded with obstacles, half-truths and dead ends that make filtering the facts from fiction nearly. Roy’s lawyer – and King’s former mentor – calls on the pair of former Secret Service agents to look into the case. The government’s uniquely talented, top-tier intelligence analyst, Edgar Roy, is arrested for mass murder and locked away in a psychiatric unit. This novel is action-adventure, the plot ricocheting between isolated Maine woods and Washington power corridors, with stops in Virginia and New York. The fifth book in the heart-stopping King and Maxwell series, The Sixth Man by David Baldacci will keep pulses racing as Sean King and Michelle Maxwell face their next great challenge. ![]() ![]() ![]() The music forms a twinkly backdrop, drawing your attention to Gay’s joyous delivery. Gay is the clear focus of the piece, not Justin Vernon. ![]() On “Catalog Of Unabashed Gratitude,” he reads his poetry over a pretty, droning instrumental from Justin Vernon. Ross Gay is a poet and essayist who’s written a bunch of books. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away- loved ones, the seasons, the earth as we know it - that tries to find solace in the processes of the garden and the orchard National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 2015 National Book Award finalist Notes. ![]() The album’s first single is “Catalog Of Unabashed Gratitude,” a 14-minute collaboration between Bon Iver and the poet Ross Gay. On the LP, Gay reads his poetry over unreleased music from artists like Mary Lattimore, Angel Bat Dawid, Gia Margaret, and Sam Gendel. Dilate Your Heart comes from the poet Ross Gay. That whole campaign includes a series called Jag Quarterly, and the first installment is the first spoken-word album too come out on Jagjaguwar in 20 years. This year, Jagjaguwar is celebrating its quarter-century anniversary with a year-long initiative called JAG25. 25 years later, Jagjaguwar has become an indie-label giant, putting out music from massively successful artists like Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Moses Sumney, among many others. In 1996, the local scenester and University Of Virginia student Darius Van Arman started an indie label called Jagjaguwar in Charlottesville, Virginia, mostly to put out music from his friends’ bands. ![]() |