![]() ![]() " if your into suspense then you should really read this book " Violence, moral dilemmas and a few choice words. ![]() " begining=very strange, alfred is very strangegets kinda good, steel a sword of king arthuralferd is still a strange kidget very good on quest to get the sword backlots of action " King Arthur meets Charlie Brown meets James Bond! Great young adult fantasy and there's a sequel! Lots of action, head chopping, guns and cars. but the ending where he dies is a bit weird. " this was a book that i did not think would be good but i could never putt it down its action packed and it has to times in one its amising The greatest flaw of this book is its incredibly annoying, unrelatable, apathetic protagonist. Yes, this book is stupid, but I actually like some books that are admittedly stupid. ![]() Awesome action and good character development.you really hate the bad guys, but sometimes you don't know who the bad guys are. ![]() " I loved this book series.like a spy action book with the Knights of the Round Table in it. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Her debut young adult novel, WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. TEHLOR KAY MEJIA is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction. Once again Tehlor Kay Mejia draws on her Mexican heritage to tell a wild and wondrous story that combines creatures from folklore with modern-day challenges. Will the truths her father has been hiding save the people Pao loves, or destroy them? Pao's search for her father will send her far from home, where she will encounter new monsters and ghosts, a devastating betrayal, and finally, the forest of her nightmares. And when Dante's abuela falls mysteriously ill, it seems that the dad Pao never knew just might be the key to healing the eccentric old woman. Even more troubling? 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The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How the left trashes Christian doctrines critical to the American Republic, much like radical Islam’s war on “infidel” cultures like ours.In Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America, Horowitz examines how our elites - increasingly secular and atheist - are pushing a radical agenda: Kill off such values and all of our freedoms could perish. He says that Judeo-Christian values are at the very root of America’s democracy. The liberal establishment and their radical allies envision a new millennium in which Christianity is banished, Horowitz argues. 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Just For You: Sunday Best by Ford, Juwanda Bootman, Colin Illustrator and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Elementris, Exposure, Eruption Box set: The Vangeretta Curse Series. ![]() Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Can you choose between love and friendship? Get ready for the storm. Elementris, Exposure, Eruption Box set: The Vangeretta Curse Series - Kindle edition by Mobley, Christina, Davis, Melissa. Ava's decision threatens the lives of the two people she cares about most. The current True Elementris is behind it all, and she will do whatever necessary to keep Ava from making it to her 18th birthday. ![]() In her present, the seasons are colliding together, storms are destroying lives, and love is a dangerous curse. Give up this rare gift and live the normal life she has always craved or accept it and challenge the current True Elementris in a battle to the death.Īva's past haunts her as she struggles to decide. As her 18th birthday approaches, she is faced with a choice. Ava is the first True Elementris to be born in many years. Unlike most born of the element, she was born alone. They call them, Elementris.Īva Vangeretta is 17 years old and different. Ava Vangeretta is seventeen years old and different. The elements bind them earth, fire, wind, water, and spirit. The elements bind them earth, fire, wind, water, and spirit. Every seven years, five people are born on the same day, at the exact same time. They have an unbreakable and extraordinary bond. There are people born in this world with a powerful connection to the Earth itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Against the backdrop of outrageous corporate misdeeds, Fallout offers honest accounts of personal humility and suffering, and the transformation of a naïve young man into a shrewd player in the world of highly-tactical, uber-aggressive class-action litigation. In the process, Scott also changed, undergoing a radical shift in his vision and thoughts about what it means to be an advocate for others, a champion, and a human being with compassion. Against the backdrop of corporate greed and heart-wrenching stories of human loss, it’s. After breaking the story and filing what became his first class action case ever, Scott battled Unocal and then dozens of competing lawyers over the next four years–finally surpassing even his own expectations, and on a shoestring budget, changing the lives and outlook of an entire community. Through this budding legal advocate’s eyes, get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of class action litigation, and how this young lawyer partnered with a community of thousands to expose one of California’s worst environmental tragedies. The release sickened thousands of local residents and, until Scott arrived on the scene, it appeared Unocal might avoid any real scrutiny for it. In 1994, the company’s Rodeo, CA refinery released tons of a caustic chemical into the air over a sixteen-day period. Fallout tells the true story of a young lawyer, Scott Cole, who takes on Unocal, one of the nation’s biggest oil refiners. Scott Edward Cole - Fallout (Sausalito Store) Her residents knew it, but never had the voices with which to organize, much less take action and no one would have cared if they did. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Democrats, meanwhile, are unwilling to give up some spending they enacted in 2022, when they had the majority. Some Republicans, flexing their majority in the House, argue the country must make tough choices regardless of the outcome. Economists and government officials say it would be a financial calamity of untold proportions. You’re going to hear a lot more about this in the coming days as the country hurtles toward what previously seemed unthinkable: US lawmakers failing to agree to pay the nation’s debts. It’s also not clear what a potential deal to avert a first-ever default will look like. The clock is ticking down to a US default, but it’s not entirely clear when the US will officially run out of cash. ![]() With no bill to vote on, House lawmakers left Washington for the Memorial Day weekend and will be given 24 hours’ notice to return if a deal is reached. There are signs that negotiations over raising the nation’s debt limit are gaining momentum, but major differences remain and it’s unclear how quickly an agreement could come together. House Republicans are insisting on spending cuts before they will agree to raise the nation’s debt ceiling past $31 trillion.ĭemocrats argue Congress already spent the money and must be allowed to repay America’s debt holders without an embarrassing and economically disastrous default. ![]() ![]() “Dire Straits” is excellent Urban Fantasy by any standard: it gives a new and convincing take on Vampires, Witches and Demons it has a complicated, well thought through plot that kept me hungry to know what would happen next while feeding me action, tension, and emotional upheaval along the way and the main character is engaging as much for her flaws as for her strengths. ![]() ![]() Set in an alternative contemporary London where Tribers (Demons, Witches and Vampires) have been an accepted part of society for centuries, “Dire Straits” tells the story of Bo Blackman, a bottom-rung-of-the-ladder investigator at the Dire Straits detective agency, who is set up for a murder charge when she attempts to serve a summons on a demon. ![]() |