![]() By virtue of a superscientific technology known as ''quantum teleporting,'' these self-proclaimed gods can move around in time and space at will. but the actual volcano on Mars that is the tallest mountain in the solar system. Wielding energy-hungry devices of unknown provenance, they have established a base on Mount Olympos, not the mythical abode of Zeus et al. This time, the threat comes from beings who literally cloak themselves in the guise of Greek gods. Once again, the fabric of the universe is threatened by ill-considered use of godlike powers. But whereas the Hyperion books were deadly serious, wrestling with end-time issues of sin and redemption, ''Ilium'' takes a more playful approach to apocalypse. ![]() With ILIUM (Eos/HarperCollins, $25.95), he returns to science fiction on a grand scale. ![]() ![]() In the massive four-volume space opera that he has retrospectively called the ''Hyperion Cantos,'' Dan Simmons not only created a galaxywide civilization of plausible complexity but filled it with characters whose fate we came to care about. ![]()
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![]() It’s never too soon for children to learn that violence is never okay, hands can do many good things, and everyone is capable of positive, loving actions. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. ![]() By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C. ![]() ![]() Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games
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Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard’s library. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mutual care for an aging Englischer, Adeline, reunites Mary and Levi as young adults. Mary comes from a more liberal district than Levi, but she's facing family troubles of her own. One person knows Levi's talents: Mary Hershberger, the girl who promised years ago to keep his secret. Levi asks God often why music tempts him when playing an instrument isn't allowed in his world. His strict Amish community forbids instruments or the singing of any music not in their approved songbook. Musical prodigy Levi Shetler hasn't touched a piano since he secretly played one many years ago. The first novel in the new Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman, Hearts in Harmony explores how far the heart will travel for the melody of love. Their love for music brings them together, but it could be what tears them apart. Music is forbidden in their Amish communities. ![]() ![]() Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, and Michael Maloney Kirby Heyborne, Ariadne Meyers, and Jennifer Niven Flake, Robert Burleigh, Rita Williams-Garcia, Joseph Bruchac, Adam Rapp, and Robert Lipsyte Smith, Jr., Walter Dean Myers, Bruce Brooks, Willie Perdomo, Sharon G. Walter Dean Myers, Muhammad Cunningham, Charles Turner, Robin Miles, Monica Patton, and Gail Nelson Winners are listed first each year and highlighted in light green. It has been awarded since 2007, when it was separated from the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up. Before 2009 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Twelve and Up. From 2009 to 2015 the award was given as the Audie Award for Teen Title. It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a young adult audiobook intended for children ages 13 to 18 released in a given year. ![]() The Audie Award for Young Adult Title is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). Annual literary award for young adult audiobooks ![]() ![]() This is such a hyped story so I will be honest I had NO clue how I would feel about this one. So I do think that if you have read her other books than this is one that you can enjoy fully as well. Punk 57 is a standalone by Penelope Douglas, but there is a loose connection between some of her other books. Or right under my nose, and I wouldn’t even know it. I should’ve gotten his phone number or picture or something. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch. Name’s Ryen, loves Gallo’s pizza, and worships her iPhone. Until I run across a photo of a girl online. ![]() No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. ![]() She’s the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am. Sometimes there’s one a week or three in a day, but I need them. Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever…Īnd that was the start. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. It didn’t take long for us to figure out the mistake. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed. ![]() Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. ![]() I can’t help but smile at the lyrics in her letter. This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. ![]() ![]() ![]() I made a Bookstagram to promote my blog, but quickly fell in love with that community. To me, there seemed to be enough of a gap that I could start my own blog of spoilers to help people like me! I found a couple of sites that spoil the endings (shouting out my new friend Jen Ryland here!), but couldn’t find everything I was looking for. When I didn’t write down the ending right away, I would try googling it to add it to my list. Often the synopsis alone isn’t enough to jog my memory! I especially needed these spoilers for books in a series, when it had been a while since I read the previous novel. I started jotting down endings because I found myself re-reading books I had already read, knowing I’d read it before but unable to recall the ending. Before I started blogging and Bookstagram, I was writing down the endings to books in my bullet journal as I finished them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Ivanovich is Ivan's longtime friend and colleague.He takes on the role of sole comforter and caretaker during Ivan's illness. Gerasim is the Golovins' young butler.She is characterized as self-absorbed and uninterested in her husband's struggles, unless they directly affect her. ![]() Praskovya Fëdorovna Golovin is Ivan's unsympathetic wife.Ivan Ilyich Golovin ( Ilyich is a patronymic, his surname is Golovin) is a highly regarded official of the Court of Justice, described by Tolstoy as, "neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them-an intelligent, polished, lively, and agreeable man." As the story progresses, he becomes more and more introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his agonizing illness and death.The Death of Ivan Ilyich (also Romanized Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, romanized: Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.Ĭonsidered to be one of the finest examples of a novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness. ![]() ![]() ![]() The frontal cortex’s predisposition for top-down processing is one reason why the subjects in these studies were so. The East-West synthesis evident in these articles reflects my many years of work and study on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, and my lifelong interest in how to improve the human brain. Top-down processing is when we drive our own reality based on perception. Interestingly, much of the recent neuroscience research confirms that many of these ancient Eastern practices do result in greatly improved brain functioning. In addition to being supported by recent research of the human brain in the Western world, the articles in this book are also influenced by my knowledge of mindfulness and other ancient practices from the Eastern world. ![]() This audiobook is a collection of those articles. ![]() I see a need for simple, clear, accessible explanations of how to apply brain-based practices to greatly improve how we work and conduct business, so that everyone can benefit from use these discoveries.Ī few years ago, I was invited to write a series of articles for publication, with exactly that goal. However, very few people outside of the neuroscience community understand these discoveries well enough to take advantage of them or apply them to their own lives in a way that gets meaningful results. For those of us directly involved in this research of the human brain, it is a very exciting time. Neuroscience research is producing an almost constant stream of new discoveries that are unlocking the secrets of how our brains work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Louis: It was probably a bit easier for me, especially playing Sid, I didn’t have to get to too high a standard. ![]() Like, these guys can look so cool when they go off and play music but if I go up, I’d look like a tribute act! Talulah Riley plays Vivienne Westwood on the right (Picture: Miya Mizuno / FX Networks) Louis and Anson, you had no experience of music – how was that?Īnson: It isn’t learning how to sing, really, it’s learning to capture John Lydon singing. The punk era was heavily tied to fashion. And because most of the guys hadn’t done that before, it rekindled that feeling of when I was 13 forming my first band. It was great to have an excuse to get back in a room and make some noise with the boys. Jacob: Nice plug! It was really lovely though because during Covid even me as the supposed professional musician had been missing out playing with other people. Was this your first time playing an instrument?Ĭhristian: Jacob and I were already musicians.Ĭhristian: He goes under the name of Wunderhorse ![]() It’s finding your way into your character through the music, which I’ve never had the chance to do, but looking back now it’s apparent that was a clever way of getting us connected. Louis Partridge: We learned about our characters through it, too, Glen plays in a different way to my character Sid. And we really were playing live gigs, we really became a band. There’s something that connects you to the guys when you’re playing together. ![]() What was it like channelling your inner rock star?Ĭhristian: Playing the music was the best part. ![]() |