He had been in on it from the beginning when it had been only an idea in an old friend’s head. It had always been more than just another investment. Which was probably why he’d found this project just that bit different. Multiplying original investments had become an expectation for him. He had done a lot of that during the four years since he took over from his late father, he mused idly. Plus the fact that he had multiplied his original investment, he was business-orientated enough to add. The new Spanish resort had developed into something special and having enjoyed a very much hands-on experience during its development, he felt that sense of satisfaction was well deserved. LEANDROS PETRONADES sat lazing on a sunbed on the deck of his yacht and looked out on the bay of San Estéban.
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Unless Zane can find the godborns before the gods do, they will be killed. One day he discovers that by writing the book about his misadventures with the Maya gods, he unintentionally put other godborn children at risk. But he cant control his newfound fire skills yet (inherited from his father, the Maya god Hurakan) theres a painful rift between him and his dog ever since she became a hell hound and he doesnt know what to do with his feelings for Brooks. Zane Obispos new life on a beautiful secluded tropical island, complete with his family and closest friends, should be perfect. An excellent sequel that doesnt fall short, gearing readers up for big battles in the future.The storys cast has grown considerably, but the characters are all distinct and relatable in their own ways.-Booklist Zane Obispo has an impossible choice to make: save other godborns like him from the angry gods, or rescue his father Hurakan from his eternal prison. Cervantesfiery and fast-paced sequel to The Storm Runner. Book Synopsis Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. “But a child has no basis for comparison. “Dead bodies were frozen in peculiar positions on the street,” she recalled in a 2011 New York Times interview. Kaufman grew up amid unrest and then revolution in Russia. Her father was a physician and her mother a writer. She was born Belle Kaufman on May 10, 1911, in Berlin, but grew up in Odessa and Kiev in what is now Ukraine. Back then, she told the New York Times in 2004, “Schools were a haven from what was happening outside. Kaufman recognized that conditions in many urban schools had gotten significantly worse since she wrote the novel. It was made into a 1967 movie with Sandy Dennis as Sylvia. The book was on bestseller lists for more than a year and translated into numerous languages. The title came from a memo by a school official in the book who wrote that a student was being disciplined for walking up a staircase that was designated for downward travel. It was just short story without a lot of detail. When the girl arrived, humans would be very different than when she was supposedly put to sleep hundreds of years before. would malfunction, so she’d be awake for the journey that took hundreds of years. (I know… I know… cheesy) that would put the character to sleep for her journey through time and space. Then came the…“So how do I make a story about a girl that couldn’t sleep because there was a pea under her pillow Sci-Fi?” I decided the “pea” would be the “P.E.A” or pellet of extended animation. So instead, I chose The Princess and the Pea. I decided I didn’t want to use those stories that get tons of airtime: Snow White or Cinderella, The Little Mermaid or something that gets tons of airtime. “Take a traditional fairy tale and make it Sci-Fi.” What was the inspiration for THE LAST CUENTISTA?ĭonna Barba Higuera: The idea came from a simple writing prompt. Karla Valenti: To borrow from Betsy Bird's review of the book:Ī delicious mix of dystopian fiction, Mexican folklore, and good old-fashioned high drama, this is the kind of science fiction that has the potential to lure in even those people that don’t usually indulge in futuristic fantastical imaginings. 'Valuable for its necklace of vignettes - poignant, comic, and weird ' * Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review * 'He ranges widely and, in doing so, illustrates how Chinese history accumulates' * Mick Herron, Geographical Magazine * 'A brilliant tapestry of ancient and modern China' * Spectator * You will be hooked' * International Herald Tribune * 'Extensive travel around China with occasional flits back home to the U.S., combine with some fascinating speculation on the origins of Chinese civilisation and how the remote past impinges on the present' * China Review * 'Oracle Bones, the much anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed debut, River Town, lays bare a rapidly evolving China through his often bizarre encounters with the engines of its social changes.' * South China Morning Post * 'A swirl of interconnecting stories and histories make up Peter Hessler's extraordinary, genre-defying second book' * Daily Telegraph * 'One of the most profoundly original books about China' * The Economist * To encounter one that is as literate and sensitive as Peter Hessler is a joy * Simon Winchester * To come across a Westerner patient enough and tolerant enough to try and understand the immense, exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is China is always a pleasure. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view. “The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. “Funny, wise, poignant, and thought-provoking.” - Horn Book (starred review) “A beloved middle grade series.” - School Library Journal (starred review) Rita Williams-Garcia’s books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds’s and Ibram X. Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in these books. Be Eleven and Gone Crazy in Alabama, all of which will make the perfect addition to a young reader’s growing library. This box set includes One Crazy Summer, a Newbery Honor book, National Book Award finalist, and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award P.S. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their kin all over the rapidly changing nation-and as they discover that the bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew possible. View PS Pupungs profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. All three books in the Coretta Scott King Award-winning series by New York Times-bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia are now available in one beautiful, giftable box set!Įach humorous, unforgettable story follows the Gaither sisters as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent American history, the 1960s. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Spensa's team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it's only a matter of time until humanity-and the rest of the galaxy-falls.ĭefeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. The Superiority didn't stop in it's fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. It is planned to be the last novel in the initial Skyward arc, although Skyward Legacy would include some of the same characters. Defiant is the fourth book in the Skyward series and the sequel to Cytonic, scheduled to be released November 21, 2023. This book was definitely a shout out to indigenous culture and knowledge, knowledge that is often ignored by academia, or seen as wishy-washy or not true science: As much as I focus on indigenous research in my studies, this is the first time I have seen the focus being on science. There is acknowledgement that the previously ignored indigenous cultures and knowledge are absolutely essential. Her love for the land, especially the land she grew up on, comes through very clearly in her writing. Her writing is absolutely stunning and eloquent. The author is a scientist but she is also a poet. This is by far one of the most important books I’ve read this year. Our PM isn’t that great with environmental issues or indigenous issues, so this is one book I would recommend this book to him if he's not too busy meeting panda bears (. People on Twitter was discussing other books to add to the list to make it more diverse (. In 2007, Yann Martel compiled a reading list for Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper (. And so it is with these silent green lives."- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass "What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all and yet there was something you needed to say? Wouldn't you dance it? Wouldn't you act it out? Wouldn't your every movement tell the story? In time you would be so eloquent that just to gaze upon you would reveal it all. Here Kleppman describes different types of data processing, Batch Processing and Stream Processing. The third, and last, part of the book is called Derived Data and consists of three chapters. Kleppman describes so many things that can go wrong in a system that you start to wonder how in the world it is possible that things actually do work…most of the time. After reading this part of the book I remembered thinking that it is amazing that we have these big complex systems that actually work. It discusses Replication, Partitioning, Transactions, Troubles with Distributed Systems, and Consistency and Consensus. The second part is called Distributed Data and has five chapters. The details are quite complex and you will most probably not be able to just scim over the pages and expect to be able to follow along. Examples of topics being explained are Reliability, Scalablity, and Maintainability, SQL and NoSQL, datastructures used in databases, different ways of encoding data, and modes of dataflow. The first part is called Foundations of Data Systems and consists of four different chapters. The book is divided into three different parts, each made up of several chapters. I’ve always been terrified even of the name and it was never on my agenda. I’ve listened to many a great beauty editor speak honestly at conferences and skin events explaining how much they love some botox, along with a suitable skincare routine. I’ve been a long term fan of peels and IPL (which you can read about ), so next on the agenda thanks to my curious followers was to see what the deal is with injectables. This tends to go away after the summer, but still, it’s not ideal and will speed up the ageing process if it continues. And with the heat we have been experiencing (and despite wearing SPF every day) I have some pigmentation which has darkened the area around my eyes as well. Not that anyone would notice, but I see it, and have seen it my whole life. I also have on one eye, skin turns down slightly. I have a few lines, mostly expression marks, but all the same I see them. To start off, I want to share a little about my own point of view. You can buy lotions and potions to help combat the signs of ageing, but what are the best ones, and what kind of procedures can we try to get results? I did a poll of my followers on Instagram to see were there aspects of the beauty industry they wanted to know more about, and hence, here I am writing a weekly series on anti ageing skincare and procedures. I turned 36 in June and not that my age has anything to do with my starting a series on anti ageing, it’s more that it’s a hot topic. |