![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Melissa is aimed at 8- to 11-year-olds, and I enjoyed listening to the audio version on the library’s Libby app. Reasons given for the banning and challenges are LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community,” according to the American Library Association. Searching for “Melissa and Alex Gino” in the library catalog will pull up results for both titles, though the contents of the books are identical. Retitling a book after publication is a rare occurrence and was done by the author as a way to respect the main character’s personal journey. Written by Alex Gino, originally published with the title George in 2015 and republished with the title Melissa in 2022, this was the most banned book in America in 2020. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The syntax and diction suggest this was a time and place when the rules of society were important and valued. Although he appreciates the "decent" nature of the Widow Douglas, he finds the regularity of life on a schedule "dismal." He seeks adventure and will gladly give up the comforts of society to get into his "old rags" and run away. We suspect he is a wild thing trapped in the cage of society, an adventurer who prefers to be outdoors, surrounded by nature and free to do as he pleases when he pleases. Based on the syntax and diction of this passage, this character is a young boy: "she took me for her son." He is uneducated and has poor etiquette, "she would sivilize me." This character says that it is "rough living in the house all the time," which suggests he is not comfortable with rules, manners, and the confinement of four walls. ![]() ![]() ![]() The series lasted six books concluding with Nautier and Wilder in 2013. Jaci Burton began the publication of Wild Riders series in 2008 when Riding Wild the first book in the series was published. Lee educated them, made them strong, and made them realize that there was nothing that they couldn’t achieve and now they use the learned skills they acquired to keep their country safe regardless of the cost. There are six young men who as teens were all shoved into this tough circumstance together and forced to rely heavily on each other. They were enlisted into the force by Grange Lee, a man who took them out of dangerous situations and transformed them into strong and honorable men. The wild riders follow a group of Harley Davidson bike riding badass boys who work as undercover agents for the government. Wild Riders is a series of romance novels written by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of more than 70 books Jaci Burton. ![]() ![]() ![]() Potts gives the necessary information on: financing your travel timedetermining your destinationadjusting to life on the roadworking and volunteering overseashandling travel adversityre-assimilating back into ordinary lifeNot just a plan of action, vagabonding is an outlook on life that emphasizes creativity, discovery, and the growth of the spirit. Veteran shoestring traveler Rolf Potts shows how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Visit the vagabonding community' s hub at Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life-from six weeks to four months to two years-to discover and experience the world on your own terms. ![]() Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life- from six weeks to four months to two years- to discover and experience the world on your own terms. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ( December 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. ![]() This section is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. ![]() In Baxter's view the care for external goods should only lie on the shoulders of the 'saint like a light cloak, which can be thrown aside at any moment.' But fate decreed that the cloak should become an iron cage. This choice has been questioned recently by scholars who prefer the more direct translation: "shell as hard as steel". The original German term is stahlhartes Gehäuse (steel-hard casing) this was translated into "iron cage", an expression made familiar to English-speakers by Talcott Parsons in his 1930 translation of Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Weber also described the bureaucratization of social order as "the polar night of icy darkness". The "iron cage" thus traps individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational calculation and control. In sociology, the iron cage is a concept introduced by Max Weber to describe the increased rationalization inherent in social life, particularly in Western capitalist societies. ![]() ![]() ![]() “All Creatures” feels quintessentially British, with its pastoral focus on country life. The show turned out to be the platonic ideal of what Americans expect British TV to look and sound like: thick Northern accents, sprawling green hillsides, quaint towns filled with working-class, salt-of-the-earth farmers. The show didn’t fit into the deliberately highbrow style of the PBS brand, which in the late 1970s was more interested in shows like “I, Claudius” than “I, Veterinarius.” Most importantly, the series was too simple - just a man and his animals. The irony is the original “All Creatures” was not a 'Masterpiece' property. premiere (on Channel 5) coincided with the book’s anniversary, while PBS (which is a co-producer) held it to be part of the planned 'Masterpiece' anniversary celebration. ![]() ![]() But this is the first reboot for “All Creatures.” Part of the reason for bringing the show back now is Herriot’s works themselves are also 50 years old - “If Only They Could Talk” was published in 1970. Since then, there have been other Herriot adaptations and even a reality series inspired by his stories. ![]() ![]() Vladimir’s Academy, as they have been for two years. ![]() As Vampire Academy begins, Lissa and Rose are still on the run from St. It was adapted into a 2014 feature film directed by Mark Waters, although the film was not successful and future books have not been adapted. It received overall positive reviews and landed on the New York Times Best Seller list in the children’s book section. Vampire Academy explores themes of friendship, duty, class, freedom, and coming of age, and was a bestseller upon its release. The story follows the goings-on at this supernatural school and explores the reasons that drove the girls away from the school, as they battle a powerful vampire seeking to harness Lissa’s powerful healing abilities for his own benefit. Vladimir’s Academy after being on the run for unknown reasons for two years. ![]() ![]() It follows the story of seventeen-year-old Rosemarie “Rose” Hathaway, a half-vampire dhampir and her Moroi (undead) best friend, Vasilisa “Lissa” Dragomir, as they are brought back to their school St. Vampire Academy is a young adult supernatural novel by American author Richelle Mead, the first in a six-book series of the same name and followed by Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, and Last Sacrifice. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But in the hunt to bring him down, Laia faces unexpected threats from those she hoped would help her, and is drawn into a battle she never thought she'd have to fight.Īnd in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. But she knows that danger lurks on all sides: Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable and violent, while Keris Veturia, the ruthless Commandant, capitalizes on the Emperor's volatility to grow her own power-regardless of the carnage she leaves in her path.įar to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is desperate to protect her sister's life and the lives of everyone in the Empire. The highly anticipated third book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir's EMBER QUARTET.īeyond the Martial Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger. ![]() "The perfect summer read." - The Washington Post ![]() "Thrilling and hard to put down, readers will absolutely devour Tahir's latest." -BuzzFeedĪn Entertainment Weekly Summer Reads pick! BOOK THREE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES ![]() ![]() ![]() Marilyn Harris (1931 - 2002) was an American author best known for her seven-novel Eden series, an historical saga about the Eden family of England. Still struck by Marianne’s charms, it seems Eden now has an ally in obtaining Marianne for his pleasure… This Other Eden is the first in a series of six historical romance novels exploring the lineage of the Lockes and the Edens. Jane’s heart bears no love for Marianne, only a bitter envy of the captivating girl whose beauty and style eclipse her own - and Lord Eden’s own arrival in London is the perfect opportunity for Jane’s malevolence. But her troubles seem to be just beginning. After a horrendous public lashing, Marianne is sent in humiliation her sister Jane in London, to regain her health and spirit. A beautiful, fiery servant girl, Marianne would rather submit to the cruel kiss of the whip than suffer the lust of a man she did not love. ![]() A man of brooding desire and sudden passion, he finds himself able to take any woman he likes. In the 18th Century English countryside, Thomas Eden sits as the last Lord of Eden Castle. ![]() ![]() ![]() Daymond gives each of the four bullies-and their gentle victim-unique voices that are easy to differentiate. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell: 9780307947475 : Books From the author of the novel Swamplandiaa finalist for the Pulitzer Prizecomes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that. Equally charming is Robbie Daymond’s narration of “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis,” about adolescent bullies who come across an oddly familiar scarecrow. Osmanski’s soft voice and unhurried manner are perfectly suited to this story she uses long pauses as she tells of the workers’ struggle to retain their humanity. Among the standouts in the audio edition is Joy Osmanski’s reading of “Reeling for the Empire,” in which young Japanese factory workers take quiet revenge on their employer, who has enslaved them as human silkworms. ![]() In this collection of stories from Russell (Swamplandia!), multiple threads are tied together by pervasive magical realism, with the author’s macabre imagination conjuring malevolent seagulls, karmic scarecrows, and melancholy vampires who sate their thirst by biting into succulent Italian lemons instead of human necks. ![]() |