![]() And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. ![]() Until him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. ![]() A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania-she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. Armentrout returns with book one of the all-new, compelling Flesh and Fire series-set in the beloved Blood and Ash world.īorn shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosenbefore birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Spending early mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, the days tracking Orkney’s wildlife – puffins nesting on sea stacks, arctic terns swooping close enough to feel their wings – and nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy slowly makes the journey towards recovery from addiction. Now thirty, she finds herself washed up back home on Orkney, standing unstable at the cliff edge, trying to come to terms with what happened to her in London. Unable to control her drinking, alcohol gradually took over. She moved to London and found herself in a hedonistic cycle. But as she grew up, she longed to leave this remote life. Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey.Īmy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father’s mental illness, which were as much a part of her childhood as the wild, carefree existence on Orkney. When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() Forced to return to 2142, Kin quickly finds himself at odds with his old friend, the TCB, and his life in the future. But Kin can’t hide forever, and eventually, the future catches up with him in the form of a best friend he barely remembers. He has committed to his life his wife, Heather and his teenage daughter, Miranda. While visiting the mid-’90s, he was trapped in time by a bullet from one of his targets 18 years later, Kin has broken protocol and settled down in the past. Kin is a Temporal Corruption Bureau agent from 2142, tasked with preventing temporal anomalies. ![]() In this heartfelt and thrilling debut, Chen revitalizes the trope of the absent and unavailable father by placing Kin Stewart in an impossible situation: despite living on the same California coast as his daughter, he is separated from her by a century. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the last half of the book, Hearn presents collected Chinese/Japanese superstitions and his own personal thoughts on various members of the insect world.īutterflies: Personification of the human soul. While he does not declare it in his introduction, Hi-Mawari - among the final narratives in the volume – seems to be a recollection of an experience in his childhood (it is, setting itself apart from almost all the others, written in the first person and set in rural Wales). Riki-Baka is based on a personal experience of Hearn’s. He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and his was apparently the first record of it, both by his own account and according to the research of modern folklorists. ![]() Hearn declares in his introduction to the first edition of the book, which he wrote on January 20, 1904, shortly before his death, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. It was later used as the basis for a movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1964. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bear Bergman to compile an anthology of new transgender voices in the newly released Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, published by Seal Press. And so Bornstein teamed up with fellow author and performance artist S. Given the increasing visibility of this subject, it seemed like perfect timing for an update to Gender Outlaw. passports, no longer mandating gender-affirming surgery prior to a change in gender status. ![]() State Department recently eased its requirements for altering genderidentification on U.S. ![]() Not only has it begun to see the inclusion of trans and genderqueer people in popular films and television series, but their experiences and needs are also being addressed in academic discourse and on legislative agendas.īritish Columbia Member of Parliament Bill Siskay is working to include the protection of trans people in Canada’s Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, and the U.S. The world has seen some significant changes. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of UsĮxposed the cracks in the construction of gender, In the 15 years since Kate Bornstein’s groundbreaking ![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally, she gets to bring her daughters, so it’s a chance for them to be exposed to the culture of their ancestors.Īs they move into their little rental, Carmen is excited with the possibilities the summer holds for them. ![]() It’s a challenging renovation and a big step-up in responsibility for Carmen. A project Carmen is passionate about.Ĭarmen is excited for the project for a number of reasons. Specifically, the project is the renovation of an ancient abbey into a modern hotel, while trying to adhere to the original beauty of the space. Carmen has been assigned the role of site manager for a renovation project in Tulancingo, a city in the Mexican state of Hildago. Carmen works for a prestigious New York design firm, who have projects all over the globe. In this story we follow single-mom, Carmen, and her two daughters, Izel and Luna. ![]() Then I read the synopsis and knew it was something I wanted to pick up as soon as possible. Pinata is a recently released, spooky, toe-curling and thought-provoking Possession Horror story from the mind of Leopoldo Gout. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation. Other recognitions include the Library of Congress Living Legends Award and the 2004 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. in education from New York University in 1961, which named her a Distinguished Alumna in 1996, the same year the American Library Association honored her with the Margaret A. She receives thousands of letters a year from readers of all ages who share their feelings and concerns with her. ![]() More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters Smart Women and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Blubber Just as Long as We're Together and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. ![]() Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. ![]() ![]() ![]() MEMBER:īritish Society for Middle Eastern Studies Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities English PEN. Member of board, Centre for Media Freedom, Middle East and North Africa, of Arts Council of Britain Translation Advisory Group, 1992-96, and of Exeter University Women's Studies Committee, 1990-92. ![]() Lecturer at colleges, universities, and seminars. Member of Arts council Translation Group, London, England, 1990-94 member of creative writing pool of instructors, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993-96 board member, Center for Media Freedom-Mena Region, London, 1999 member of advisory board, Center for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture, Adelaide, Australia, 2000. Garnet Publishing, Reading, England, senior editor, 1990-94 Durham University, Durham, England, lecturer, 1994. Mary's College, Elvet Hill Rd., Durham DH1 3LR, England. Education: University of Jordan, B.A., 1983 University of Lancaster, M.A., 1985 University of East Anglia, Ph.D., 1989. Born August 21, 1956, in Amman, Jordan daughter of Samiha Bayuqa and Ahmad Faqir divorced married second husband, Dean Torok, Jchildren: (first marriage) Haitham Abu Sadah (son), (second marriage) two stepdaughters. ![]() ![]() After Narumi complains about her previous boyfriend breaking up with her because he refused to date a fujoshi, Hirotaka suggests that she try dating a fellow otaku, specifically himself. ![]() Later that night, the pair go out for drinks so that they can catch up after all the years apart. ![]() Luckily for her, the only witnesses-Hanako Koyanagi and Tarou Kabakura-are otaku as well. Although she tries to keep her secret by inviting him out for drinks after work, her cover is blown when he casually asks her whether or not she will be attending the upcoming Summer Comiket. Her plan goes instantly awry, though, when she runs into Hirotaka Nifuji, an old friend from middle school. As she races to catch her train, she makes a promise to herself that none of her coworkers will find out about her dark secret: that she is an otaku and a fujoshi. Having slept through all four of her alarms, the energetic Narumi Momose finds herself running late for her first day of work at a new office. ![]() ![]() ![]() “It is not necessary,” Hawking and Mlodinow write, “to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going.” We come up with mathematical models to explain observations with a set of narrowly defined rules. ![]() Hawking and Mlodinow’s conclusion is, “There is no picture- or theory-independent concept of reality.” All we can use is model-dependent realism. But physicists have come to terms with this problem. The way the problem is often summed up in popular culture is, “What if we were just the playthings of some all-powerful being?” or “Could we all be the stars of an alien reality show?” The answer is: Maybe. And all of them purport to explain reality when in fact we have no idea what is objectively real. Others are more ugly and unwieldy, like the Standard Model. Some are neat and elegant, like Einstein’s theories of relativity (which come in special and general flavors). Physicists have all sorts of tools for describing the universe around us. ![]() |