![]() As much as I enjoyed this book, I found that there were a few scenes that weren’t explained enough and it made some parts hard to understand. Not a great way to entice readers but the shadowy wings, similar to the first cover, improve it. It was too badly photoshopped on to be believable. I understand they wanted to follow a pattern with the covers but to me it looked like a trashy guy in track pants and no top with a sword on his back. Even though I really liked the cover of Shadows this cover was not great. Negatives – The cover of a book is always a huge part as to why you would select it in a sea of millions of other books. ![]() I often found myself awkwardly smiling or laughing from the witty remarks of Rafa and Gaby which means reading this book whilst in the company of others may incur some strange looks. ![]() The storyline had some very real scenes that bring you back from the fantasy world and grounds the story. In some ways you can understand his conflicting emotions and the reasoning behind them although we won’t truly understand it until we find out what happened between the two before Gaby lost her memory. Rafa’s bipolar moods were a bit hard to keep up with but it makes him who he is. Thankfully she still held her attitude which makes her a more interesting protagonist. Gaby was more confident and stronger in this book. Positives – I loved the first book in the series Shadows and my high expectations of Haze were delightfully warranted. ![]() As soon as I finished the first book Shadows, I absolutely had to start Haze straight away. ![]()
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![]() strikingly in-depth examination of the sometimes clinical complexities of being transgender, even as Kuklin’s empathy-inducing pictures put a human face on the experience. The collective portrait that emerges from these narratives and pictures is diverse, complex and occasionally self-contradictory - as any true story should be.Informative, revealing, powerful and necessary. Kuklin brings her intimate, compassionate and respectful lens to the stories of six transgender young people. As Kuklin writes, “My subjects’ willingness to brave bullying and condemnation in order to reveal their individual selves makes it impossible to be nothing less than awestruck.” She isn’t wrong. Kuklin captures these teenagers not as idealized exemplars of what it “means” to be transgender but as full, complex, and imperfect human beings. Sorely needed resource for teens and, frankly, many adults. ![]() ![]() Rick illustrated the first appearance of JOHN CONSTANTINE, a character who went on to film and television fame. He was a regular penciler of SWAMP THING, collaborating with Alan Moore for a year and a half, before taking over as writer. ![]() ![]() Rick was highly active in the 1980’s, drawing issues of NEXUS, SCOUT and MIRACLEMAN. Rick was a regular contributor to Marvel’s EPIC MAGAZINE under editor Archie Goodwin, producing two graphic novels, ABRAXAS AND THE EARTHMAN and HEARTBURST, before creating one of the first revisionist superhero comics, THE ONE, for the EPIC COMICS line in 1984. Out of school, Rick’s work appeared in HEAVY METAL which led to his collaboration with Steve Bissette and Alan Asherman on the graphic novel adaptation of the Steven Spielberg film “1941”. While still at school he began his professional career in mainstream comics, contributing over a dozen short stories to DC’s combat title, OUR ARMY AT WAR. Rick enrolled in the Joe Kubert School in 1976, studying under veteran cartoonists Joe Kubert, Ric Estrada and Dick Giordano and was part of the school’s first graduating class in 1978. They went on to collaborate on the underground comic TWO-FISTED ZOMBIES, published by Last Gasp in San Francisco, in 1973. ![]() While still in high school, he and his brother, Tom Veitch, created the comic strip, CRAZYMOUSE which ran regularly in THE VERMONT CYNIC. Rick Veitch was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont and felt the calling of comics at an early age. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Besties & Booze Series is a Wh圜hoose/Reverse Harem shared universe meaning the female main character in the story doesn't have to choose between her love interests. ![]() How will my bestie feel about me hooking up with her brother, and will my own brothers ever accept me falling for three guys?īook 3 of the Besties & Booze shared universe Against all odds, I’m somehow starting to believe them. After an unforgettable night, Grant, Beckett, and Carter all try to convince me to rewrite that equation. What could it hurt? I’ve had crushes on them for years, and everyone knows a night of dancing and booze doesn’t equal love. ![]() That is until one bachelor party has an… interesting twist. Thank goodness for my three besties who let me vent at girls’ night. My name’s Hollis Moore, burlesque dancer and a whole lot of woman that doesn’t have time for people who look down on the job I love. Parties typically aren’t a big deal, dance, flirt, then go home at the end of the night. No one you know will be there, they said. Perform at this bachelor party, they said. ![]() ![]() A man like this needs to be recognized, to be listened to, to be quoted just once. Nobody knows him, nobody quotes him, nobody seeks his advice after seventy-five years. “This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant old man who has been nothing all his life, who has never had recognition, his name in the newspapers. ![]() He gambled for support and I gave it to him.” “Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. He's had a pretty terrible sixteen years. He spent a year and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. You know-living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. “Look, this boy's been kicked around all his life. We nine can't understand how you three are still so sure. No jury can declare a man guilty unless it's sure. But we have a reasonable doubt, and this is a safeguard that has enormous value in our system. We may be trying to return a guilty man to the community. “Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities. ![]() “There were eleven votes for "guilty." It's not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first.” ![]() And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.” “It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. “Facts may be colored by the personalities of the people who present them.” “It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.” ![]() ![]() ![]() As secrets from his dark past are revealed, Lucian begins to question everything he knows to be true, including the yearnings of his own heart. When danger closes in, Catherine discovers a man of immense passion and he discovers a woman of immeasurable courage. ![]() But what she asks for in exchange will put their very lives in jeopardy. I know I read romance for the fantasy and Heath hit it out of the ballpark with her characterization of Luke. The main characters, Catherine and Luke, were fantastic. I think it harkens back to her earlier books and I feel it is a definite keeper. ![]() Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he wants. In Bed With the Devil has to be one of Lorraine Heaths best books. A proper young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. Lucian desires respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the aristocracy. Lorraine Heath Romance They call him the Devil Earla scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. ![]() To protect those she loves, she would do anything-even strike a bargain with the devil himself. They call him the Devil Earl-a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. James #1) by Lorraine Heath – Free eBooks Download ![]() ![]() ![]() Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. ![]() He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. 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The 100 best nonfiction books: No 63 The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857) Possibly Elizabeth Gaskell’s finest work a bold portrait of a brilliant woman worn down by. When Charlotte died in 1855, her father, Patrick Brontë, asked Gaskell to write her biography. Gaskell's work brought her many friends, including the novelist Charlotte Brontë. ![]() 'North and South' was published the following year. It was an immediate success, winning the praise of Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle.ĭickens invited her to contribute to his magazine, 'Household Words', where her next major work, 'Cranford', appeared in 1853. However, the death of her only son inspired her to write her first novel, 'Mary Barton', which was published anonymously in 1848. Motherhood and the obligations of a minister's wife kept her busy. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, also a Unitarian minister, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester. After her mother's early death, she was raised by an aunt who lived in Knutsford in Cheshire. © Gaskell was a Victorian novelist, also notable for her biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë.Įlizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September 1810, the daughter of a Unitarian minister. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. Lt p>The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. ![]() |