![]() ![]() In addition to being preoccupied with typical high school concerns such as dating and the angst that attends the start of one’s senior year, these teens are also, like everyone else in their community, coping with the consequences of ever scarcer and costlier oil. Our main characters are a motley group of teenagers on break from high school. ![]() While the novel has become quite dated in some respects, its core takeaway-that oil is finite and we’re unprepared for its decline-remains as relevant now as it was eight years ago.Īs the story opens, it’s summertime in the small town of Sage Valley, New York. The book’s author, Suzanne Weyn, saw it as a means of raising awareness about the issues at the root of these rising energy prices through a fictional narrative set 10 years in the future. It was published in 2010, following a period of mounting public concern over runaway energy costs. Ages 12 to 14.Īimed at readers aged 12 to 14, this novel successfully blends high school drama and adventure with an important message about the world oil crisis. ![]()
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Sandman Slim is back in Los Angeles and kicking more supernatural ass in this inventive, high-octane page-turner-the next to last volume in the popular and acclaimed fantasy adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.Īs the battle between warring angels continues, James Stark is focused on seemingly simpler matters now that he’s resurfaced on earth: an invasion of ghosts. "I loved where Kadrey started with this series, but I love where he's going even more." - NYT Bestselling author Cory Doctorow ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of Firdaus’ life was marked by a struggle for knowledge of self. 100).Īnother important psychological issue that was addressed in the book was self-identity. Her lack of access to education and economic opportunities, therefore, put her in the lower social classes (Saadawi, p. Her upbringing had ill-prepared her for the challenges of adulthood and this caused her to use a morally incorrect pathway to earn a living. 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Its influence on all Christian theology thereafter, East and West, ensures its place as one of the few "must read" books of Christian theology for all time.We are pleased to offer this new translation with a full introduction by C.S. Lewis, from the IntroductionBy any standard, this is a classic of Christian theology. for only a master mind could have written so deeply on a subject with such classical simplicity. ![]() When I first opened his De Incarnatione I soon discovered I was reading a masterpiece. ![]() ![]() ![]() Add the #MeToo movement to the mix, and this conversation has become even more frequent and intense. This is a conversation I’d been having for years with meditation teachers and practitioners all over the world. “I want to work with my stress, but practicing seems to be making things worse. “Should I keep meditating?” she’d asked him. When she’d meditate, images and sensations would flood her field of consciousness, leaving her more rattled than before. ![]() ![]() A few months ago, a colleague who taught meditation in corporate settings asked for my advice.Ī woman in one of his programs had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, and she was now experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress. ![]() ![]() ![]() He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures–Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu River and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. ![]() Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. Halberstam considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America’s postwar foreign policy. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. Halberstam has brought the war back home.”- The New York Timesĭavid Halberstam’s magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. “In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the marriage went well and he had three children. It is striking that he married in 1970, at the age of 18, because he was still in high school when he did. Try Kindle Unlimited for free: million books for you In fact, it came to topping The New York Times' Most Famous Books List with each and every one of his books, which is quite an achievement.īorn to an American father and a German mother, his childhood was spent coming and going from both countries. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1952 and was a world famous writer of romance novels. ![]() When she married, her last name became Lindsey, hence her stage name. But who was this famous romance novel author?Įl Johanna Lindsey's real name was Helen Johanna Howard. Unfortunately, we have to speak in the past tense because writer Johanna Lindsey passed away on Octoat the age of sixty-seven in Nashua, New Hampshire.
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