""Recommended for dystopian fans.""- School Library Journal From the Hardcover edition. Toxic Heart: A Mystic City Novel (Trade Paperback / Paperback). The heart gives untold powers to whoever possesses it, but finding it means seeking out a fierce enemy whose deepest desire is for Aria to be gone-forever. Before she can play peacemaker, though, Aria will need to find the missing heart of a dead mystic. She believes she can bring the two warring sides together, save the city, and win back the Hunter she fell in love with. Not surprising, since Hunter is the leader of the mystic uprising, and he'll do whatever it takes to win freedom for his people-even if that means using Aria. Has Aria lost Hunter, her one true love? Ever since rebellion broke out in Mystic City, pitting the ruling elite against the magic-wielding mystics, Aria has barely seen her boyfriend. Theo splits his time between Manhattan and Rhinebeck, New York. it's Romeo & Juliet in a dystopic Manhattan. Mystic City which Kirkus Reviews called a gripping Romeo-and-Juliet exploration of deception, espionage, revolution, the greater good and love conquering allhas been translated into over ten languages and was an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee. Has Aria lost Hunter, her one true love? Ever since rebellion broke out in Mystic City, pitting the ruling. it's Romeo & Juliet in a dystopic Manhattan.
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In fact, Sold (which was published in 2006) is so compelling and well written that it was a National Book Award Finalist, it won the Quill Award, and it was named an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, all in 2007. She knows how to find just the write words, time and again. She traveled to Nepal and India, she explored the red-light districts, she talked to human trafficking survivors-theworks. How could something so awful be written so beautifully? Probably because McCormick did a ton of research to write with authenticity. It's a really intense journey for her… and for us.Īs if the ferocity of Lakshmi's hope wasn't spectacular enough in its own right, the entire novel is written as a series of vignettes, some of which are pure poetry. Yet the friendships that develop and the kindnesses she experiences keep Lakshmi tethered to her hope of freedom. When Lakshmi journeys from her home in Nepal to a brothel in India and her new reality sets in, she sinks into despair. For the family to survive, her stepfather tells Lakshmi that she is going to the city to work as a maid-in actuality, though, he has sold her into prostitution. In Sold, Lakshmi has a hard life on a mountaintop in Nepal-her family's rice paddy is at the mercy of the weather, and her stepfather gambles away what little money they have. A young adult novel about sex trafficking in India and Nepal? And one that doesn't completely depress us or misrepresent the reality of modern day slavery? At the beginning of the novel, she is a young girl at the Pharaoh's court. The story revolves around Nefertari and Ramesses and is written from Nefertari's point of view. I was soon drawn into the story, as the exotic setting is well-described and bewitching and the characters are beautifully written and engaging. But a couple of chapters in, this became easier and the names were no longer an issue. Initially, I was slightly put off by the Egyptian names, as it took a while to get the pronunciation worked out in my head. However, I was swayed towards this book by its pretty front cover and a back cover recommendation by Diana Gabaldon, the author of my favourite Outlander book series. I enjoy historical fiction, but have never previously read one set in Ancient Egypt, preferring to stick with novels set around the British monarchy like those written by Philippa Gregory. The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran is not the kind of book I would usually choose to read. Summary: An interesting book that is involving and warm. (His own collection was eventually purchased by the New York Public Library and turned into the Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.) Recipes such as Jamaican jerk ribs, sweet potato mango cake, curried meat pies, and gingerbread waffles highlight the variety of African-American cooking contributed. A luminary of the Harlem Renaissance who set out to record black contributions to history and culture, Schromburg considered black cooking an important category of this achievement. How did she decide which recipes to feature? The more than one hundred foods Tipton-Martin chose to include in Jubilee were culled from a compilation of nearly four hundred seminal African American dishes curated by the Afro-Puerto-Rican historian Arturo Schomburg. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life." Cataloging source DLC 1954- Ishiguro, Kazuo Index no index present LC call number PR6059. Seven Moons has been described as a cross-genre novel, merging magical realism with a ghost story, a whodunnit, and a state-of-the-nation piece of work. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Winner of the Booker Prize 2022 Kindle Edition by Shehan Karunatilaka (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 2,662 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.49 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Language eng Summary A profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Label The remains of the day Title The remains of the day Statement of responsibility Kazuo Ishiguro Creator After all, in a world of such dazzling heights, you’re always only one step away from a devastating fall…. Here in the Tower, no one is safe – because someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. But being here also means seeing the boy she loves: the one whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.Īvery is grappling with the reality of her forbidden romance – is there anywhere in the world that’s safe for them to be together?Īnd then there’s Calliope, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who’s arrived in New York with a devious goal in mind – and too many secrets to count. When Rylin receives a scholarship to an elite upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But what happens when their business relationship turns personal? She’s afraid the truth will get out – which is why she hires Watt, her very own hacker, to keep an eye on all of the witnesses for her. Leda is haunted by nightmares of what happened on the worst night of her life. Goodreads Synopsis (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS) : TO READ MY REVIEW ON BOOK 1: THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR, CLICK HERE Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. An avid blogger, he has written a large number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Navy Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Select the department you want to search in. 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Having seen his entire race destroyed at the whim of the Knight of the Swords and the hands of the newly arrived race of Man (or Mabden, as the series refers to them)- with he left alive but maimed as the Last of His Kind- Corum and later his allies, find themselves caught in the middle of a war between Gods and primal forces, with only their wits-and some strange gifts Corum recieved from a sorcerer-to aid them. The first trilogy involves the war of Order Versus Chaos, with the Lords of Chaos warring with the Lords of Law for control of the world. The Corum series is composed of two distinct trilogies. The main character, Corum Jhaelen Irsei, is the same kind of Tragic Hero as Elric, and is a different incarnation of the Eternal Champion. It's set in the same multiverse as the Elric saga, and it's very much influenced by Canon Welding. Instead, they began plotting Lava's escape - and found a bit of salvation in a soul-numbing war. Their job, Kopelman writes, was to "shoot the enemy, period, and if anything close to compassion rears its ugly head, you better shoot that down, too." But Kopelman and his battle-mates could not bear to kill the puppy or abandon him in a place where dogs survive by gnawing at corpses. But soon Lava won over his unit, reducing "elite, well-oiled machines of war" to baby talk. It is a provocative examination of an issue that resonates deeply in the wake of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay: Do "softer" values, such as mercy for the weak, sabotage military morale or strengthen it?Īt Kopelman and Lava's first meeting, the exhausted, trigger-happy Marine glimpsed a ball of fur and instinctively reached for his rifle. Kopelman's tale is not just a seasonal heart-warmer. But an array of conspirators, from veterinarians to journalists, helped deliver Lava to safety. In his year-long mission to spirit the dog to America, Kopelman encountered a thicket of military and logistical obstacles. Back at the command post, Kopelman fell for the pup, now named Lava. The pair met after a Marine patrol checked out an empty house in Fallujah and found not an insurgent but a helpless mutt. Jay Kopelman, a Marine in a hellish corner of Iraq, decided to adopt an abandoned puppy, he was breaking every rule in the book. War turns decent men into unflinching killers and compassion into a liability. |