![]() ![]() The novel comes with two afterword essays by cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier, and hacker Andrew "bunnie" Huang, and has a bibliography of techno-countercultural writings, from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" to Schneier’s "Applied Cryptography. The New York Times says, “Little Brother isn't shy about its intent to disseminate subversive ideas to a young audience. Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the YA graphic novel In Real Life, the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free, and young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and Little Brother and novels for adults like Rapture Of The Nerds and Makers. ![]() ![]() Little Brother received the Sunburst Award in the young adult category. It also was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Little Brother won the 2009 White Pine Award, the 2009 Prometheus Award. The novel is available for free on the author's website under a Creative Commons license, keeping it accessible to all. The novel is about four teenagers in San Francisco who, in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and BART system, defend themselves against the Department of Homeland Security's attacks on the Bill of Rights. Little Brother is a novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Tor Books. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments Perfect chemistry trilogy![]() ![]() Neither Brittany nor Alex is prepared for the most surprising chemical reaction of all-love. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. Perfect Chemistry Series 4 primary works 4 total works Book 1 Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles 4. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for-her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect.Īlex is a bad boy and he knows it. When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. ![]() ![]() Opposites attract when a good girl with a "perfect" life meets a bad boy with nothing to lose in this New York Times bestselling steamy romance. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The de burgh bride![]() ![]() It would be fair to deduce that a whirlwind romance ensued as they unearthed more similarities with each small gathering at Omar's house, on weekends when they'd go to Manhattan, NY, to shop or during the family's annual boat ride, or on vacation to Bali. It's no surprise that they left with each other's contact information. Their encounter bore a striking resemblance to Chris de Burgh's lyrics, "Lady in Red is dancing with me." In between dances they discovered a mutual kinship: they were both born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in St Catherine. "As the evening progressed, I asked Tanesha for a dance," Omar shared with Tuesday Style Vows (TSV). They accepted the drinks and I went back to partying with my friends. I approached her and offered to buy her and her friends a drink. "I noticed Tanesha standing at the bar in this beautiful red dress. Both were attending Omar's cousin's party.Ĭonvivial conversation and laughter over cocktails marked their initial acquaintance. Who knew that a cursory glance would become the permanent reflection of a happily-ever-after? Tanesha Davis and Omar Jones met at a lounge in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr & Mrs Omar Jones bask in each other's company. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Atheist Muslim, we follow Rizvi as he finds himself caught between two narrative voices he cannot relate to: extreme Islam and anti-Muslim bigotry in a post-9/11 world. Discovering that he is not alone, he moves to North America and promises to use his new freedom of speech to represent the voices that are usually quashed before reaching the mainstream media-the Atheist Muslim. Struggling to reconcile the Muslim society he was living in as a scientist and physician and the religion he was being raised in, Ali A. The inextricable embedment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the heavy costs of abandoning their parents’ religion: disowned by their families, marginalized from their communities, imprisoned, or even sentenced to death by their governments. In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. ![]() ![]() James's intelligent, believable dialogue rises above the often trite language found in historical romances, giving the characters depth and substance. Before long, Rafe becomes determined to pursue Imogen-for his wife. When Imogen meets Rafe's illegitimate half-brother, Gabe Spenser, however, she becomes determined to pursue an illicit affair with Gabe soon, Rafe is impersonating Gabe-complete with a fake mustache-in a scandalous nighttime outing with Imogen that pushes them to the edge of temptation and forces Rafe to seriously consider the delicate proposition of seducing his own ward. ![]() As she clashes with the controlling, brutish Rafe, Imogen believes she is uninterested, but helping Rafe through painful alcohol detox helps spark the attraction between them. Now a widow residing at Holbrook Court in Suffolk, England, Imogen lives under the care of her guardian, Rafe Jourdain, the stubborn, drunken duke of Holbrook charged with the parentless Essex sisters' care. ![]() ) revolves around Imogen Maitland, the mischievous sister of Kiss Me, Annabel ![]() James's delightful third installment in her successful Four Sisters Regency series ( Much Ado About You ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Witchling Academy by Avery Song![]() But we’re racing against a ticking clock, and it’s only a matter of time before it comes to a dramatic stop. With Connor’s family problems and Kaito’s sudden disappearance thrown in, I, Brianne Marie Harlow, have to figure out the solution to the cascade of challenges coming our way. I’m not ready to back down, and neither are my men, best friends, and growing allies, but when a new drug is introduced to the student body, it’s the student council’s job to find the culprit while juggling academic challenges. Sure, summer provided a brief respite, but as we prepare for our final year at Witchling Academy, more secrets come to light and we’re left to prepare for the toughest two semesters of our lives.Īlice Blaze is with us as we enter Semester Seven, and her abrupt introduction into our lives has brought forth dangerous flames from the hidden enemy. ![]() But the exam is over and things are a more confusing mess than ever. Not so long ago, the biggest worry on the Notorious Five’s plate was surviving Semester Six. ![]() Twin reincarnations? Royal familiars? Lurking shadows? The dead rising? I thought my life couldn’t be any more complicated, but it seems fate has a way of constantly introducing more chaos. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Health at every size bacon![]() ![]() Bacon’s advocacy for body respect has generated a large following on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, health and nutrition listservs and specialty blogs, and the international lecture circuit. Bacon taught courses in social justice, health, weight, and nutrition for almost two decades they also conducted federally funded health studies and published in top scientific journals. They also wrote the iconic and bestselling Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight.Ī former professor and researcher, Dr. Bacon is coauthor of the paradigm-shifting Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, or Just Fail to Understand about Weight. Bacon delivers a unique blend of academic expertise, clinical experience, and social justice advocacy, all couched in a raw honesty and compassion that touch and inspire. A compelling speaker, writer, and storyteller, Dr. A medical establishment that equates thin with healthy is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesnt match an impossible ideal is the problem. ![]() Author: Lindo Bacon (Author) Summary: 'Fat isnt the problem. Lindo Bacon holds graduate degrees in physiology, psychology, and exercise science. Health at every size : the surprising truth about your weight. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Outlander series in order![]() ![]() ![]() A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating. Here are the 7 Casting Decisions That Hurt Outlander (And 13 That Saved It). Series list: Outlander (13 Books) by Diana Gabaldon. With that in mind, we have broken down the members of the Outlander cast who hurt the show more than helped it, as well as the ones who made it into the sensation it has become. Sometimes, though, there were either mistakes made in casting or it was simply just too hard for the fans to picture certain actors in the roles of certain characters.Įither way, it has become abundantly clear that proper casting in any television show - especially one that was bound to become a cultural phenomenon - can make or break it. Luckily for the team behind Outlander, they did a great job.for most of the characters. There are all of the added action sequences and the passion between the two protagonists that draws in both male and female viewers from all over the world.īut the truth of the matter is, the incredible popularity of the show would have never happened if they hadn't made the right casting choices with the majority of their characters. The romantic story, the beautiful Scottish Highlands as the backdrop, with the 18th-century being the primary setting makes it one of the most breathtaking and intriguing shows on right now. Outlanderis one of the biggest shows on television. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Ghost play by henrik ibsen![]() ![]() ![]() Most theater of Ibsen’s time was either melodrama, sappy romance or farcical comedy. ![]() These include some of the masterworks of social realism, including A Doll’s House (1879), Ghosts (1881), An Enemy of the People (1882), The Wild Duck (1884), Hedda Gabler (1890), and The Master Builder (1891) among many others. ![]() For the next two decades, he published a series of plays, usually at the rate of one every other year. With plays like Brand and Peer Gynt, he began to establish his reputation, and it was with the publication and success of The Pillars of Society in 1877 that Ibsen began what is known by most critics and historians as his great period. The Story | Artists | Context | Enrichment ActivitiesĪlmeida Theatre and Sonia Friedman ProductionsĪside from the two decades or so that William Shakespeare was active in the London theater scene, has any playwright in history had such a run of brilliant, durable successes as Henrik Ibsen did in the last two decades of the 19th century? Scarred by a difficult childhood, Ibsen had struggled for years in obscurity, both in his native Norway and in various locations throughout Europe. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Figuring maria popova![]() ![]() ![]() In between, we read about Maria Mitchell, an astronomer, Margaret Fuller, a journalist and critic, Harriet Hosmer, a sculptor, and Emily Dickinson, prominent poet. It starts off with Johannes Kepler, famed for the discovery of the planetary motion, and weaves its way to the 20 th century to Rachel Carson, catalyst behind the environment movement. Figuring traces the stories of a handful of people- a cast of artists, writers and scientists – mostly women, mostly queer, as Maria herself writes on the back cover. Figuring talks of people whom I had seen mainly as a product of their intellect, their identity restricted to their achievements, and others, of whom I had no idea. ![]() I am writing this after taking nearly half a day just to collect my thoughts and feelings. ![]() How do I even begin to summarize Figuring? When I finished reading it, I sat in silence and thought about all the people who were part of the book. “Lives interweave with other lives, and out of the tapestry arise hints at answers to questions that raze to the bone of life: What are the building blocks of character, of contentment, of lasting achievement? How does a person come into self-possession and sovereignty of mind against the tide of convention and unreasoning collectivism? Does genius suffice for happiness, does distinction, does love?” An article reviewing the titular book by the famed blogger and writer, Ms. ![]() |