![]() Allie’s fumbling charm and Matt’s flirtatious humor, however, make her wonder if her life compass needs fixing. Noelle lost her demanding job right before her boyfriend cheated, and she’s looking for the next one-preferably back home. But he’s cool with bringing her new maybe-crush along, especially since he and Noelle keep finding things in common. Matt’s questioning whether he’s entirely straight, and he hopes to find answers on his and Allie’s impending road trip. It’s weird she doesn’t normally like-like people who aren’t Matt. ![]() Meeting Noelle by helping her leave the guy isn’t the night Allie expected, but after the women bond over drinks and a seriously dysfunctional tape gun, Allie’s hesitant to say goodbye. When Allie gets duped by a date, though, she’s found with someone else’s cheating boyfriend. A polyamorous romance about changing your life.Īllie and Matt’s happy open relationship means they’re both free to find hookups. ![]() Three people, one road trip, and so many queer feelings. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Better Known as Johnny Appleseed was also listed by the New York Herald-Tribune as one of the best Western books ever written. She was one of the Newbery Medal runners-up twice, for Have You Seen Tom Thumb? in 1943 and for Better Known as Johnny Appleseed in 1951. ![]() Her first book was published in 1934 ( Lucinda, A Little Girl of 1860) and in 1938 she left her position to write full-time. From 1926 she was a librarian at the Indianapolis Public Library. Hunt studied at DePauw University in Greencastle from 1910 to 1912 and returned to school in 1923 for a year at Western Reserve University Library School in Cleveland. She and her mother then lived in Indianapolis. She was raised in Greencastle and, from age ten until her physician father died, in Plainfield (a center of Indiana Quaker activity). ![]() Hunt was born in Coatesville, Indiana, to Quaker parents. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, she interweaves insights from science fiction writers who construct worlds that in turn inspire scientists. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green Read Science fiction helps us work through not only the possibilities of the cosmos but also the nature of humanity itself, argues Jaime Green science writer and author of a new book on the search for alien biology, The Possibility of Life. In The Possibility of Life, acclaimed science journalist Jaime Green traces the history of our understanding, from the days of Galileo and Copernicus to our contemporary quest for exoplanets. ![]() ![]() It is a reflection of our values, our fears, and most importantly, our enduring sense of hope. One of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? While the science behind this inquiry is fascinating, it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. “Every page of this book makes our shared universe feel larger and more interesting than ever before, a true gift of fascinating science and engrossing storytelling.”- Matt Bell, author of AppleseedĪ spellbinding exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the possibility of life on other planets shapes our understanding of humanity ![]() ![]() and also entirely rewritten from first page to last? They did and they took it.īoth I. I said 2 was now Old Friends and unavailable, would you like to see 3, which was now End of I. Then McSweeney's wrote, saying they were starting a new fiction series and they'd like to see 2. character a name, and submitted the work, as Old Friends, to Melville House, which took it in a couple of weeks. So I removed 2 from the trio, rewrote it in its entirety (something I've been doing a lot with my work the last few years), gave the I. They rejected it, they said, because they were cutting back on their fiction. The trio became a duo when McSweeney’s rejected the second voume of the work, then called 2. ![]() I didn't merge the last two novels of the I. When and why did you decide to merge them into one, and publish it as End of I.? What happened to the pages you cut-will you integrate them into a new work? McSweeney’s Books published the first volume of the “I.” series, I: A Novel, back in 2002, and at the time, you spoke of two more to come, the last a three hundred-page novel. So we were thrilled to have the chance to ask him a few questions about his latest novel, End of I., how he's built a life around writing, and just what you do when your publisher stops returning your calls. ![]() He's as inventive as he is prolific, his work as challenging as it is poignant and funny. ![]() ![]() Stephen Dixon is an inspiration to writers everywhere. ![]() ![]() Benjamin seems to like her back and they engage in consensual sexual activity. This book is completely spot on with how periods are treated sometimes, especially with young people, even though periods is something almost everyone will experience by having them or knowing someone that has them, when someone says the word period people still seem to recoil.įrankie likes this boy, Benjamin. ![]() This book explores the taboo nature of periods, teenage bullying, online bullying and the damage or viral online media. ”īlood Moon is a novel set very presently in our modern age of online entertainment and meme-culture of imitation and humor that can often become bullying. During her seminal sexual experience with the quiet and lovely Benjamin, physics-lover and astronomy fan Frankie gets her period – but the next day a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an innocent, intimate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying and damaging. “BLOOD MOON is a YA novel about the viral shaming of a teenage girl. ![]() Rating: ★★★★★ Published by Walker Books Australia ![]() ![]() *Review Contributed by Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer* Includes a glossary and additional material at the end of the book about Mongolia, its people, and their commitment to protect snow leopards. ![]() But can the girls protect the beautiful cats from the hunters who are looking for them? She meets a girl her age, and the two begin an exciting adventure to save a snow leopard and her two young cubs. One night, she wakes up to find herself in Mongolia, where snow leopards live. ![]() She is fascinated by the animal and wants to learn all about it. ![]() When Isabelle and her family go to the zoo, she is the only one to catch a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard. Includes black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and further information about Mongolia, its people, and their commitment to protect snow leopards. In this latest installment of the exciting Winter Journeys series, Isabelle catches a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard at the zoo and is magically transported to Mongolia to help a snow leopard family in danger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you take decisions and experience the world. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our professional and our personal lives-and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. The importance of properly framing risks, the effects of cognitive biases on how we view others, the dangers of prediction, the right ways to develop skills, the pros and cons of fear and optimism, the difference between our experience and memory of events, the real components of happiness-each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgements and decisions.ĭrawing on a lifetime's experimental experience, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities-and also the faults and biases-of fast thinking and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour. ![]() One system is fast, intuitive and emotional the other is slower, more deliberative and more logical. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices. Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan. ![]() ![]() Start thinking about food as less of a thing and more of a relationship.And when other people adopt this diet, these diseases soon follow. People eating a Western diet are prone to a complex of chronic diseases that seldom strike people eating more traditional diets.Part II The Western Diet and the Diseases of Civilization We have a “healthy” label on a box of Lucky Charms cereal. Don’t trust those health claims from foods.We should be getting better from nutritionism, but we aren’t.Processed foodsare profitable businesses. Nutritionism is good for the food business but not so much for us.There hasn’t been any noticeable benefit to our health with these new dietary approaches. ![]()
![]() ![]() He drops us into scenes and scenarios without any explanation I genuinely felt like Faulkner wanted to deliberately confuse his readers about characters and ideas he could have easily portrayed in a more accessible way. And Faulkner takes it to a whole new level. I don't mind working at a book if it's hard-going, but this style of narration makes it difficult for me, personally, to ever settle into the rhythm of the book. The first problem is my lack of enthusiasm for stream of consciousness narratives. I think, deep down, I always sensed Faulkner just wasn't for me. But when I've felt in the mood for a classic or something "literary", I've always passed him up for other authors, even those with 1000+ page monsters. ![]() His books always appear on lists of "best books of all time" and "books you should read before you die". I've been working up to a William Faulkner book for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mystery deepens and the danger unfolds as the four of them discover that the magical strangers have all come to town in search of a legendary, hidden treasure-one that could be used for great evil if it fell into the wrong hands. But what about the mysterious man in the dark overcoat and fedora hat? And why are all these “magicians” trying to recruit Nate and his friends? Who can they trust? ![]() Stott, has arrived with a few enchanted sweets of his own. ![]() In addition, the ice cream truck driver, Mr. Chocolate balls that make you a master of disguise. White, owner of the Sweet Tooth, and soon learn about the magical side effects of her candies: Rock candy that makes you weightless. In this start to the series, four young friends-Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon-meet the grandmotherly Mrs. Welcome to the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe, where the confections are a bit on the…unusual side. And so begins The Candy Shop War, a trilogy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Beyonders and Fablehaven series. Magical candy that gives kids superpowers? Sweet! The possibility of evil overtaking the world? Not so tasty. ![]() |