| Author | : Cynthia Harriman |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2007-12-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 0762751851 |
From planning and survival tips to youth hostels, restaurants, camping, language, and renting homes, this guide makes it possible to take the kids to Europe safely and, perhaps more importantly, sanely.
| Author | : Tiffany Adams |
| Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2022-05-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1640823778 |
Come on an exciting journey with two sisters as they dive into the old world of voodoo. Mambo Tan Jolie has risen from the grave along with her army of undead. She dares the sisters to thwart her plans, for if they fail, the balance of life and death will collapse, and complete chaos will ensue. Don't miss out on drag shows, Loa debauchery, and a true love story that is to die for.
| Author | : Barbi Cox |
| Publisher | : Barbi Cox |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
I would never fall for anyone. Never be as stupid as my brothers. Then I tasted her cupcakes.
| Author | : Francisco X. Stork |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2016-01-26 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0545634024 |
This beautiful novel from the author of Marcelo in the Real World about life after a suicide attempt is perfect for fans of It's Kind of a Funny Story and Thirteen Reasons Why. When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be alive. But then she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E.M., always angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness and hard work, they push her to reconsider her life before Lakeview, and offer her an acceptance she's never had.But Vicky's newfound peace is as fragile as the roses that grow around the hospital. And when a crisis forces the group to split up, sending Vicky back to the life that drove her to suicide, she must try to find her own courage and strength. She may not have them. She doesn't know.Inspired in part by the author's own experience with depression, The Memory of Light is the rare young adult novel that focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but the recovery from one -- about living when life doesn't seem worth it, and how we go on anyway.
| Author | : Gish Jen |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2012-08-29 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307826589 |
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon comes a “hilariously funny and seriously important” novel (Amy Tan) about American multiculturalism and a Chinese American teenager doing her best to fit in–even if it means converting to Judaism. In these pages, acclaimed author Gish Jen introduces us to teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York. Here, the Chinese are seen as "the new Jews." What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally—even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple "rap" sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's.
| Author | : Jessie Kwak |
| Publisher | : Jessie Kwak |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2019-03-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
She thought nothing could come between herself and her new family. She was wrong. It’s been five years since Starla Dusai’s home station was destroyed by the Alliance, and she’s spent every minute searching for evidence that she wasn’t the only survivor. When she receives a tip that her beloved cousin Mona is alive and well on an astroid station out in Durga’s Belt, she drops everything to find her. Thrust into an unfamiliar world of crime cartels and union politics, Starla soon realizes Mona is caught up in a dangerous plot — and that saving her might just mean giving up the new family she’s come to love. If it doesn’t get them both killed first. DEVIANT FLUX is part of Jessie Kwak’s Durga System series, a fast-paced series of standalone gangster sci-fi stories set in a far-future world where humans may have left their home planet to populate the stars, but they haven’t managed to leave behind their vices. And that’s very good for business.
| Author | : Florence Given |
| Publisher | : Brazen |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2022-08-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1914240553 |
'Dark, funny and wild.' - Chloe Ashby, author of WET PAINT 'As ballsy as you'd hope' - Grazia 'The words just sizzle off the page' - Glamour 'Another triumph for feminism' - Red 'Set to be one of the best books of 2022' - Red 'A thrilling, bisexual romcom that doubles as a smart skewering of social media' - Evening Standard '... enjoyable first novel...' '...easy-to-read story...' - Independent '... the voice of her generation' '... the face of the future' - The Times Magazine 'It's Carrie Bradshaw's columns in Sex and the City on steroids.' - The Times 'Everything is IMMEDIATE. Emphasised.' - The Times 'It's a kind of rags-to-unexpected-riches-to-devastating-realisation-back-to-older-wiser-rags type tale, almost 18th century in progression, except set in a thoroughly modern, even slightly futuristic world where life online is even more all consuming than we know it now.' - Sunday Independent 'A hot debut novel with a dash of relatable existential dread' - Cosmopolitan 'Seriously hot' - Cosmopolitan 'Girlcrush is a funny, filthy and furious exploration of sexuality, identity and the expectations on us all. It's a rare combination - a page turner with a message.' - Daisy Buchanan 'It feels like a ball of energy coming right for you. I loved this debut.' - Emma Gannon GIRLCRUSH is a dark feminist retelling of Jekyll & Hyde by bestselling author Florence Given. In Given's debut novel, we follow Eartha on a wild, weird and seductive modern-day exploration as she commences life as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonderland, a social media app where people project their dream selves online. The distance between her online and offline self grows further and further apart until something dark happens that leads her into total self-destruction, forcing Eartha to make a choice; which version of herself should she kill off? Warning this book does include storylines that some readers may find triggering. *Also by Florence Given* Women Don't Owe You Pretty
| Author | : Sophia Psarra |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2009-01-06 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1134288859 |
Architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organizes and establishes relationships between the parts and the whole. It is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and use. Conceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceived. Examining and exploring the ways in which these three dimensions interact in the design and life of buildings, this intriguing book will be of use to anyone with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environment.
| Author | : Janée J. Baugher |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2020-06-17 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1476639612 |
A common definition of ekphrasis is descriptive writing influenced by the visual arts. Beyond the written word, however, responding to art can engender self-reflection, creativity, and help writers to build characters, plot, and setting. This book unites the history and tradition of ekphrasis, its conventions, the writing process, and multi-genre writing prompts. In addition to subjects such as early art engagement, psychology, and the eye-brain-perception relationship, this book discusses artists' creative processes, tools, and techniques, and offers instruction on how to read art by way of deep-looking.
