Well I am having an awesome reading month so far! I was in a tad bit of a reading slump the last couple months and had only been getting 2 to 4 books read in a month, but so far this month I have read 6 books and finished an audiobook! He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined-and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier-and secretly, its most unwilling. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.īut when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death.
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Of course, he has a strong track record when it comes to turning books by Stephen King into hits. A project like this, I wouldn’t want to be involved in it at all If we were taking it in a direction that was going to be blasphemous to the Stephen King material, but he’s been very, very supportive and very excited about what we’d like to do with it."įlanagan has spoken before about his longstanding desire to adapt The Dark Tower, calling it his "dream project of all dream projects" in a Men's Health interview earlier this year. "And it was in response to that, that he gave us the rights. "This happened because I sent a very, very detailed outline of what I wanted to do with it," he continued. But that's something we’ve been developing ourselves and are really passionate about finally getting it up on its feet at some point." "We actually have those rights carved out of our Amazon deal, which doesn't mean that they can't or won't get behind it at some point-you don't know. "Predating our deal with Amazon, we acquired the rights to The Dark Tower, which if you know anything about me, you know it has been my Holy Grail of a project for most of my life," Flanagan said in a recent interview with Deadline, clarifying that this ambitious undertaking will be separate from his Prime deal. Following the recent announcement that he would be partnering with Amazon Prime Video once his Netflix deal is over, horror maestro Mike Flanagan has just confirmed his next project: a TV adaptation of Stephen King's epic fantasy saga The Dark Tower. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather-and the hot, grumpy local-that she’s more than a pretty face.Įxcept it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar… in Washington. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. Many thanks to Avon and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. It Happened One Summer will be available on July 13, 2021. With 5% of the world's population, the United States now holds 25% of the world's prisoners, winning it the dubious title of the world's leading jailer. 4 While incarceration rates for non-drug crimes have remained remarkably stable over many decades, the drug war has provided a new, ever increasing supply of prisoners over the past 15 years. 3 The population of this vast American Gulag, if brought together in a territory of its own, would rank as the 35th most populous state, just surpassing Nevada's 1.99 million residents. Today, thanks in no small part to harsh sentences for drug crimes, especially for low-level nonviolent offenses, almost two million people fill the prisons and jails of the United States. John Walters, the new drug czar, and Asa Hutchinson, the choice to head the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), are promising ever more interdiction, incarceration and arrests.Īs the nation prepares to careen further down this pernicious path, the drug war's costs urge a different course. ""I want to refresh it, relaunch it if you will."" 2 And Bush's nominees to fight the drug war have joined in Ashcroft's chorus. 1 ""I want to renew it,"" he told CNN's Larry King. Published in NACLA Report on the Americas, July/August 2001ĭespite the growing public feeling that the drug war has failed, Attorney General John Ashcroft has declared that he wants to escalate it. The Drug War is the New Jim Crow by Graham Boyd In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page.This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt-or not. Sapiens for natural history: a stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microbial life 550 million years ago, by a brilliant young paleobiologist.The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. I think the writing is more for teens than young adults with some cursing here and there (not a lot). This is a very light young adult romance book. When the line between real and pretend begins to blur, they are forced to answer the question: is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives? But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not dating and she can keep up the ruse.Īcting like the perfect couple isn’t easy though, especially when you barely know the other person. When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be her mystery guy. Being captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom. But when her former best friend teases her for not having a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.īrett Wells has it all. It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. This recording of the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling includes Kipling's descriptions of the pictures he drew for the book. Each listener will need to examine critically both Kipling's attitudes and their own. Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud.Īs we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in "How the Leopard Got his Spots" he uses what one recent reviewer called "the N word" to refer to the Ethiopian. For both reasons these stories been loved by generations of children and adults alike. This playfulness is also dramatically present in the plotting. The Nobel prize-winning author's enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults' enjoyment of these stories for children. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out. The Just So Stories for Little Children are among Kipling's best known and loved works. Download cover art Download CD case insert Just So Stories (version 4) Those young and old who, just like Calvary, are bored with this trend-driven, high-obsessed era, would find a kindred spirit in the narrator of "Broken Daydreams." The tale of his spiritual journey through childhood, adolescence, and teen years is exciting, unique, and yet relatable. And nobody realizes that more than Calvary. His stories of attending church, youth group, and Christian camps are not what one would expect from a member of Generation Z. Otherwise Known as My Eclectic, Sometimes Random, Almost Optimistic, Totally Unconventional Thoughts on How to Redeem a Fractured Generation" reminds us that despite the all-consuming darkness, hope is always dancing in the shadows.Ĭalvary has been surrounded by faith since he was a little boy. In a world dominated by technology, political turmoil, and broken economy, holding your head above water is almost impossible. Like everyone else in his generation, seventeen-year-old Calvary Dominique is waging war against time. While the Reekie women’s options in Restoration London are limited, their intelligence, courage, and cunning are not. But as the townspeople gear up for war against them, Ned must decide where his loyalties lie.ĭark Tides features strong female characters without being anachronistic. Having come to America after the Restoration, he befriends the local Native Americans. Meanwhile, in New England, Alinor’s brother, Ned, is content with his life as a river ferryman several miles outside of town. Still suspicious, Alinor sends her granddaughter, Sarah, to Venice to investigate Livia’s claims and search for Alinor’s son, Rob, whom she is certain is still alive. Alys nearly bankrupts the Reekies bankrolling the shipment of Livia’s “antiquities” from Venice to London, but Livia assures them that selling them will make them all rich. Alinor, however, doesn’t believe Livia for a second, but her adult daughter, Alys, embraces Livia as a sister. Livia di Ricci clutches her infant son and declares herself the widow of the son of warehouse’s owner, Alinor Reekie. On Midsummer Eve, 1670, a beautiful young woman from Venice arrives at a ramshackle warehouse in London. But when their indiscretion results in an unexpected complication, Josephine struggles to decide whether her heart truly belongs with heroic Martin or dashing Rake. The captivating robber baron sets her heart aflame once more, leading to a champagne-fueled night together. Then, a figure from her past reemerges to change her life forever: the hotel’s dapper owner, railroad tycoon Rake Solvino. Working at the lavish Regal Sol hotel and newly engaged to Pinkerton Detective Martin Cadden, Josephine Galena Valencia has big dreams for her future. Snow Falling is a sweeping historical romance set in 1902 Miami-a time of railroad tycoons, hotel booms, and exciting expansion for the Magic City. With these tumultuous events as inspiration, Jane’s breathtaking first novel adapts her story for a truly epic romance that captures the hope and the heartbreak that have made the television drama so beloved. Summary: It’s been a lifetime (and three seasons) in the making, but Jane Gloriana Villanueva is finally ready to make her much-anticipated literary debut! Jane the Virgin, the Golden Globe, AFI, and Peabody Award–winning The CW dramedy, has followed Jane’s telenovela-esque life-from her accidental artificial insemination and virgin birth to the infant kidnapping and murderous games of the villainous Sin Rostro to an enthralling who-will-she-choose love triangle. |