![]() ![]() ![]() After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Simply extraordinary."Īward-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. ![]() Laurie Halse Anderson, award-winning author of Speak, calls Challenger Deep "a brilliant journey across the dark sea of the mind frightening, sensitive, and powerful. ![]() National Book Award and Golden Kite Award WinnerĪ captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.Ĭaden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.Ĭaden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.Ĭaden Bosch is designated the ship's artist in residence to document the journey with images.Ĭaden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.Ĭaden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.Ĭhallenger Deep is a deeply powerful and personal novel from one of today's most admired writers for teens. ![]()
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Lydia Kincaid’s shipping back to Boston, but she’s not happy about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() This blocks about a third of the beautiful cover illustration by fashionable designer Julian House but on the plus side, (a) it may attract people to the book who wouldn’t otherwise consider it (er, other than those swayed by a Penguin Modern Classic tag), and (b) the introduction is very short. As with Robert Walser’s The Assistant, they’ve pulled out the promotional stops by wrapping the book in a vivid red sleeve, advertising a new introduction by the egregious Paulo Coelho (the Helen Steiner Rice de nos jours). (A presumption which had a purity all its own, untainted by evidence.) Now Penguin have gone and made me rethink my prejudice by issuing the book in their fine Modern Classics range. As for Siddhartha, well, a rationalist, sceptical soul like me knew it for a load of sentimental, soft-hearted spiritualism. Gave up on Steppenwolf, intimidated by the scale of The Glass Bead Game (not to mention his Nobel), and tempted – but not enough – by lesser-known titles such as Peter Camenzind and Strange News from Another Star. Hermann Hesse is yet another of those authors I’ve never had much success with. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "e little short of a standing miracle."e Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. ![]() As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. ![]() ![]() I’m not gonna lie – I was drawn to this book cover and title because of the cheese. Now a prime suspect, Willa has always believed life’s problems can be solved with cheese, but she’s never tried to apply it to murder… I’m in cheese heaven She doesn’t think the night can get any worse… until she finds the critic’s dead body, stabbed with one of her shop’s cheese knives. What Willa didn’t know is that this guy never gives a good review, and when he shows up nothing goes according to plan. The small town of Yarrow Glen is Willa’s fresh start, and she’s determined to make it a success – starting with a visit from the local food critic. She’s opened her very own French-inspired cheese shop, Curds & Whey, in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. ***Ĭheesemonger Willa Bauer is proving that sweet dreams are made of cheese. Martin’s Press, for providing me with an e-copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review. Acquired: from the publisher via Netgalley ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1986, he went to London, where he worked as a reporter and sub-editor for various UK national newspapers before becoming a staff feature writer on The Mail on Sunday in 1989. In February 1979 he began a journalism cadetship on the Sydney afternoon newspaper The Sun and later worked for The Sydney Morning Herald as a court reporter and police roundsman. Robotham was born in Casino, New South Wales, and went to school in Gundagai and Coffs Harbour. His eldest child is Alexandra Hope Robotham, professionally known as Alex Hope, an Australian producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. ![]() Michael Robotham (born 9 November 1960) is an Australian crime fiction writer who has twice won the CWA Gold Dagger award for best novel and twice been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for best novel. Michael Robotham in 2014 at Mosman Library Service ![]() ![]() His PhD was supported by a NATO studentship from the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. He moved to the United States to complete his PhD in computer science at Stanford University in 1986 for research on inductive reasoning and analogical reasoning supervised by Michael Genesereth. He studied physics at Wadham College, Oxford, and was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class honours in 1982. ![]() He attended St Paul's School, London, where he was 1st scholar. Russell is the co-author with Peter Norvig of the most popular textbook in the field of AI: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach used in more than 1,500 universities in 135 countries. He founded and leads the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) at UC Berkeley. He holds the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering at University of California, Berkeley. ![]() ![]() He is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and was from 2008 to 2011 an adjunct professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Stuart Jonathan Russell OBE (born 1962) is a British computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence (AI). ![]() ![]() Her books have been translated into multiple languages and are enjoyed throughout the world. ![]() ![]() Written to inspire and expand the practice as a reader moves through the eight sabbats, Nock provides the practitioner with the astrological and astronomical influences that govern the seasons, meditations that reflect timely themes, and rituals and crafts that anyone may enact in order to enhance spiritual expression.Ībout the Author Judy Ann Nock, MS, is the bestselling author of five books on witchcraft including The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Runes, The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs, and The Modern Witchcraft Book of Natural Magick. In these pages, Wiccans will find several appropriate cyclic activities. The handbook offers something for everyone: recipes, crafts, activities, spells, rituals, and meditations. Book Synopsis In The Provenance Press Guide to the Wiccan Year, Judy Ann Nock offers you a definitive guide to "the wheel of the year." Capturing the essence of the major and lesser holidays, this complete and practical reference will appeal to Wiccans of all levels of experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() In inimitable Clancy fashion, ''Executive Orders'' would have us believe that Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford in two movies) - rogue C.I.A. ![]() Clancy's latest, makes the memoirs of Richard Nixon (1,120 pages) seem far more entertaining, if not as Inside every Tom Clancy novel is a thin Ian Fleming waiting to get out. Is a DEFINITE PASS, pending of course a NEW SCRIPT. ![]() But the real problem is that Ryan has little to do here,Īnd without his beating up Russians (''The Hunt for Red October'') or taking down Colombian drug lords (''Clear and Present Danger''), this will be a major disappointment for Clancy fans and Moments before the crash, is forced to take over the Presidency, fight the Iranians (who have launched an Ebola virus threat), declare martial law, prevent a bloody kidnapping attempt on his daughter and finally save the country.ĬOMMENT: Unfortunately, most of the book is about what's wrong with America and how Jack Ryan can make it a better place (not the kind of place Oliver Stone would like). ![]() The inexperienced Veep, Special Agent Jack Ryan, who had been sworn in only LOGLINE: The President, Congress and the Supreme Court are wiped out when a Japanese airline pilot turned terrorist crash-dives a 747 into the Capitol. LOCATION: Mostly Washington but also the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() What Christianity has almost singlehandedly done to foster true tolerance in the world. ![]() ![]() Why relativism doesn't even work "in real life." How relativism is counterproductive to the true practice of tolerance Why religion which makes claims to absolute truth is finally more tolerant than relativism. How relativism has a direct influence on the morals and virtues of a nation. What makes it one of the worst ideas in the history of ideas. He recognized this in his homily on April 18, 2005, "We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires." Through a down-to-earth, easily accessible Question-and-Answer format, Stefanick's book Why relativism inherently contradicts its own claims. Pope Benedict XVI, Christ's personally chosen defender of the Truth is fighting back. Welcome to the new tyranny "If it feels good, do it." "That's your opinion, and this is mine." "I don't want to impose my beliefs on others." And thus the Dictator of Relativism speaks as he has always spoken to seduce humanity into a false sense of freedom. ![]() |