![]() "Follow the tributaries of today's political combat a few decades into the future and you might arrive at something as terrifying as Omar El Akkad's debut novel, American War. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike. ![]() Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. ![]() ![]() When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. ![]() ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - NPR - GQ - Esquire - The Guardian - The Austin Chronicle - PopSugar - Paste MagazineĪn audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle-a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Warning: Mature content and language not intended for anyone under the age of 18. My friends and I can’t trust anyone, and nothing is as it seems on the surface - not even me. Every time he touches me or looks at me with those golden eyes, he seems to pull me further in under his spell, despite my better judgment. ![]() Oh - did I mention that he is absolutely sex-on-a-stick gorgeous and he makes me feel things that I never ever wanted to feel for a Fae. He’s a rude, overbearing, egotistical ass with a compulsive need to possess, dominate, and control me. ![]() What started out as a strange assignment leads to one of the most gruesome murder mysteries of our time, and my friends and I are set and determined to find out who is killing off Fae and Witches alike.Ĭouple of problems in the way - I hate the Fae, and the Prince of the Dark Fae is bound and determined that I work for him. Have you ever heard of the old Celtic legends of the Fae - beautiful, magical, deadly, and a love of messing with humans just for kicks and giggles? ![]() ![]() The book will prove engaging to anyone interested in contemporary feminism and the fight for gender equality. ![]() She makes the case for men and women alike to become engaged in fighting misogyny and argues that “gender equality promises liberation for everybody trapped by gender roles.” The structure of the text will be familiar to those exposed to academic writing, but Ukockis’s writing style ensures the text is accessible to a general audience. GAIL UKOCKIS IS a writer, social worker and instructor who taught Womens Issues at Ohio Dominican University for 11 years. 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But when her parents catch her with her girlfriend, she finds herself travelling to Bangladesh, believing she was visiting a sick relative and stripped off her passport until she agrees to an arranged marriage. Luckily for her, she has only months between her life in Seattle to her new life in Caltech, where she can hope to be herself with her girlfriend, Ariana. ![]() Rukhsana tries her best to live up to her parent’s unbelievably high expectation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Resilience” - I know, because I was on campus last fall." Thousand students of all colors joined a vibrant campus “march of ![]() Their first frank conversations about race with minority classmates."įirst conversation about race? Seriously? Is anything else discussed on campus these days? Identity politics trumps all. "What the video didn’t show were the hundreds of white students having I urge you to read it yourself to see if you can figure out what the hell he's trying to say. Had I tried to turn this in as a paper in high school, it would have been handed back dismissively with the word "rewrite" scrawled in red ink. The article, as you will see, is an incoherent mess. “Iĭon’t think anything has damaged Yale’s brand quite like that” video, he What they see as coddled children and weak-kneed administrators. ![]() Johnston and other alumni to cease funding ![]() ![]() Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. "A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes."" And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. ![]() "Saving Fish from Drowning" seduces the reader with a fagade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions-both good and bad-and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others. ![]() Through twists of fate, curses, and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in the jungle, where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages and destruction of the Myanmar military regime. On an ill-fated art expedition into the southern Shan state of Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas-morning tour-and disappear. A provocative new novel from the bestselling author of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Bonesetter's Daughter." ![]() ![]() ![]() The other main character (Clay) slowly realizes that he is falling for another man. ![]() Keira Andrews does an exquisite job of putting the reader in the shoes of someone who is trying to live life with hearing loss. One of the main characters, Ethan, has a disability that affects the way he communicates and gets through life. Clay is the sexy, rugged man of Ethan's dreams, and as the clock counts down on their time together, neither wants this honeymoon to end. Yet as the days pass and their connection grows, long-repressed desires surface in Clay, and they are shocked to discover romance sparking. 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Betrayed the night before his wedding by the supposed boy of his dreams, Ethan Robinson escapes the devastating fallout by going on his honeymoon alone to the other side of the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here in Castlebay, perched precariously on the seaside cliffs, the lines between them were clearly drawn. Power's cherished only son saw in the huckster's daughter the answer to his own heart's desire. 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