![]() ![]() I know some people, who read this, where turned off from possible inbreeding. You feel truly immersed into their world. The writing was excellent and the descriptions great. ![]() Was it as fantastic as I could imagine? No, but it was very good. I don't mean to over puff this book, but I had an excitement while reading this. Call this a classic, call it revolutionary, Forrest was one of the first sci-fi authors, to give us erotic romantic relationships between women in an all woman society. ![]() I consider this book to be of importance, to the lesbian sci-fi genre, especially when you consider this book was published in 1984. As a huge fan of lesbian fantasy and sci-fi, I've been wanting to read this book for a while. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Over the past six years, I have produced an average of two books per year, and all the subject matter I write about is very personal to me. I spend most days clacking away on a keyboard (another custom-made job, but one I built myself, with old-timey typewriter keys and a hardwood case), drinking coffee, and talking to my dog. I love those shoes and I wear them everywhere. They're TARDIS blue with white detailing and a black strip down the back that says Police Box. They're custom-made Converse high-tops that I created online. "Crazy" is not a singular-or definitive-experience. ![]() There is power in language, and there's power in what a word or a label can mean to each person. ![]() Some avoid labels, while others embrace them. The more we talk, the more it becomes clear that there's no single definition of "crazy," that there's no single experience of "crazy," and that the word "crazy" itself means different things to different people. ![]() One of the best ways to understand mental health is, of course, to start talking about it. I s there a single definition of what it means to be "crazy"? Is using the word "crazy" offensive to those struggling with mental illness and something to be avoided? What does it mean for people when labels like "crazy" are attached to their everyday experiences? ![]() ![]() ![]() With excerpts from diaries, letters, and telegrams historic photos a map source notes and a bibliography this is an indispensable resource for any young adventure lover, classroom, or library". After she was finally rescued in August 1923, after two years total on the island, Ada became a celebrity, with newspapers calling her a real "female Robinson Crusoe." The first young adult book about Blackjack's remarkable story, Marooned in the Arctic includes sidebars on relevant topics of interest to teens, such as the uses of cats on ships, the phenomenon known as Arctic hysteria, and aspects of Inuit culture and beliefs. ![]() Determined to be reunited with her son, Ada learned to survive alone in the icy world by trapping foxes, catching seals, and avoiding polar bears. Three of the men tried to cross the frozen Chukchi Sea for help but were never seen again, leaving Ada with one remaining team member who soon died of scurvy. ![]() Conditions soon turned dire for the team when they were unable to kill enough game to survive. With the men was a young Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack, who had signed on as cook and seamstress to earn money to care for her sick son. "In 1921, four men ventured into the Arctic for a top-secret expedition: an attempt to claim uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia for Great Britain. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the service had been timed so that a beam of morning sunlight fell directly on the king, buried above his ears in expensive furs. This was Chad's first visit to Erroll City, and he tried to pay attention to what the priest was saying instead of staring at the royal box. A king needs a good warhorse, health and wealth sufficient for his needs, education, understanding of the heart of chess and the needs of a siege, supremacy in an emergency, loyal allies, an appreciation of history and an eye for the weather, respect of the lords, blunted vulnerability to the Songs of Power, a strong work ethic, a hospitable nature, approval of the church, love for the people, and, above all, prowess in the face of adversity.Ĭhapter Eight – An Appreciation of HistoryĬhapter Fourteen – Approval of the ChurchĪs the living embodiment of the immortality that all people and animals shared, King Oberon of Kibus, the Eternal Summer King and paragon of the Church of Eternal Reincarnation, should have stood ten foot tall, or glowed, or something. While the knightly virtues apply to a king, a king should have more. ![]() Sword image used with permission from Darksword Armoryįrom King Pious the Winter King, to King Oberon the Summer King, written in year one hundred and fifteen of the eleventh twelftury, five years prior to Oberon’s rebirth. ![]() ![]() It was bright and hot and dry outside, but inside the suit he was shielded from the sun and the baking air cosseted and cool. Somehow he had survived he had not expected to. Tall dune, from which they ought to be able to see the coast. They must be nearly there the noise of distant surf boomed through the helmet soundfield. He limped across the desert, following the suited figure in front. The story starts with a battle that is not a battle, and ends with a game that is not a game.ĭust drifted with each footstep. The man is a game-player called "Gurgeh." This is the story of a man who went far away for a long time, just to play a game. ![]() Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and The characters and events in this book are fictitious. The Orbit name and logo are trademarks of Little, Brown Book Group Ltd. Orbit is an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced,ĭistributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written ![]() ![]() Excerpt from Matter copyright © 2008 by Iain M. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the women work tirelessly to ensure lines of communication remain open, they discover the meaning of true friendship and the resilience needed to live in sparse quarters while working long hours in less than ideal circumstances. Marie, who met a soldier on the train to New York, keeps writing to him, holding out hope that they may reunite after the war ends. After undergoing training in New York, the women travel to France by ship, encountering the dangerous waters patrolled by German U-boats. Army Signal Corps, including Barnard-educated telephone operator Grace Banker, talented French vocalist Marie Miossec, and Belgian-born Valerie DeSmedt from Los Angeles. ![]() The Army then recruits French-and-English-speaking American women as telephone operators to serve in France in the U.S. joins the war in 1917, General Pershing discovers there’s a lack of adequate phone service in Europe. ![]() Chiaverini’s enchanting latest (after The Women’s March) highlights the heroic efforts of a group of women who helped the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the feared "monster" who maintains the town dump is simply afflicted with "Elephant Man" syndrome. Mired in a land dispute, the local Native American population has a chief who requires sedatives to subdue his violent moods. In a style reminiscent of the late Jean Shepherd, Gildiner tells her tales with a sharp humor that rarely misses a beat and underscores the dark side of what at first seems a Norman Rockwell existence. Her stories of delivering prescriptions with her father's black deliveryman, Roy, are the most affecting parts of this book, with young Cathy serving as map reader for the illiterate but streetwise fellow, who acted as both protector and fellow adventurer. Deemed hyperactive by the town's pediatrician, at age four Gildiner was put to work at her father's pharmacy in an effort to harness her energy. Now a successful clinical psychologist with a monthly advice column in the popular Canadian magazine Chatelaine, Gildiner tells of her childhood in 1950s Lewiston, N.Y., a small town near Niagara Falls, in this hilarious and moving coming-of-age memoir. ![]() ![]() ![]() I often feel slightly sad or guilty that I'm not closer with my own family- but looking at this bunch I sense we all have something in common and I'm far from being alone." -David Byrne There's so much love here- but maybe a little more pain, or desperation, or bewilderment. "Being a test tube baby doesn't seem such a bad idea after looking at these folks. "A living, breathing, laugh-out-loud reminder that no matter how badly you dressed, how oddly you posed, and how weird Uncle Dave who lived in the basement was, somebody out there had it worse." -Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of In Her Shoes "This is the best book of embarrassing and strange photos of people who look like my family that I have ever seen." -Judd Apatow "The genius minds behind the hilarious site Awkward Family Photos - which features cringe-worthy, embarrassing photos of fairly creepy, fashion-challenged families - have taken their collection of awkward photos to a whole new level with their hysterical new site, Awkward Family Pet Photos." "The folks who brought the Internet the face-palming absurdity that is Awkward Family Photos have struck comedy gold again with Awkward Family Pet Photos." -AOL ![]() ![]() Summer vacations are near and now it’s Selin’s turn to make a wise decision to become more productive. 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She was imprisoned for a motor vehicle accident that she was innocent of which left a young girl in a wheelchair for life. ![]() Morgan Christopher was stunned to be called to a meeting with a once in a lifetime opportunity to be released from prison where she had spent months behind bars, fearing for her life daily. She did not expect to find that a favourite son of the area had also entered the competition and had not been successful, so she was behind the 8 ball from the start. She hadn’t expected to win the competition and it was terrible timing for her as she had just buried her mother. She had never been down south and was not looking forward to the racism and segregation that the area was known for. However, she had no choice but to do this as she really needed the money that the prize provided. This required her to become familiar with the area and select appropriate subject matter to adorn the mural. Two timelines – North Carolina, USA in 1940 & 2018.Īnna Dale is a young graduate of an art school in New Jersey and is fortunate enough to have won a 48 States Mural competition to paint a mural in the southern town of Edenton, North Carolina on the post office. ![]() Big Lies in a Small Town is the latest offering by American ![]() |