Author: Calix Leigh-Reign
Publisher: Sovareign Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING SERIES⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scion Saga Series doesn't disappoint. Split Adam flawlessly resumes the Scion Saga with Adam struggling to pick up the pieces of his youth after having lost both his biological and adoptive fathers. Unbearable nightmares, Carly's grief, the stress of being hunted by the Iksha, and various teen woes all plague him. Weighing so heavily on his mind, seemingly causing it to fracture. In an effort to save him, Carly leaves in search of answers. When she returns with the cure, it's beyond what anyone could've expected -- forcing Adam to face a part of himself that he never thought he'd live to see.
Split Adam: Scion Saga Book 2
Author: Calix Leigh-Reign
Publisher: Sovareign Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING SERIES⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scion Saga Series doesn't disappoint. Split Adam flawlessly resumes the Scion Saga with Adam struggling to pick up the pieces of his youth after having lost both his biological and adoptive fathers. Unbearable nightmares, Carly's grief, the stress of being hunted by the Iksha, and various teen woes all plague him. Weighing so heavily on his mind, seemingly causing it to fracture. In an effort to save him, Carly leaves in search of answers. When she returns with the cure, it's beyond what anyone could've expected -- forcing Adam to face a part of himself that he never thought he'd live to see.
Publisher: Sovareign Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING SERIES⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scion Saga Series doesn't disappoint. Split Adam flawlessly resumes the Scion Saga with Adam struggling to pick up the pieces of his youth after having lost both his biological and adoptive fathers. Unbearable nightmares, Carly's grief, the stress of being hunted by the Iksha, and various teen woes all plague him. Weighing so heavily on his mind, seemingly causing it to fracture. In an effort to save him, Carly leaves in search of answers. When she returns with the cure, it's beyond what anyone could've expected -- forcing Adam to face a part of himself that he never thought he'd live to see.
Split Adam
Author: Calix Leigh-Reign
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997923933
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In the 2nd installment of the Scion Saga Series, Adam finds himself face to face with adversity. Carly faces life without her parents. The Descendants learn how to make decisions as a team, independent of the Afrax council. New relationships blossom. Others crash & burn. This is an exhilarating young adult tale of danger, bravery, and determination.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997923933
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In the 2nd installment of the Scion Saga Series, Adam finds himself face to face with adversity. Carly faces life without her parents. The Descendants learn how to make decisions as a team, independent of the Afrax council. New relationships blossom. Others crash & burn. This is an exhilarating young adult tale of danger, bravery, and determination.
Specular: Scion Saga Book 3
Author: Calix Leigh-Reign
Publisher: Sovareign Publishing
ISBN: 0997923962
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
In the long-awaited and highly-anticipated third installment of the Amazon bestselling Scion Saga Series, Carly abandons her innocence to progress into a mature young adult. Amidst a succession of changes, an unlikely ally will not only reveal the origin of the Descendants, but also the Iksha's. Believing the Iksha has been their worst enemy for a millennium, the Descendants discover a more lethal force. Specular will unveil a realm of history, exposing secrets, confirming truths, breaking old bonds, and forming new ones.
Publisher: Sovareign Publishing
ISBN: 0997923962
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
In the long-awaited and highly-anticipated third installment of the Amazon bestselling Scion Saga Series, Carly abandons her innocence to progress into a mature young adult. Amidst a succession of changes, an unlikely ally will not only reveal the origin of the Descendants, but also the Iksha's. Believing the Iksha has been their worst enemy for a millennium, the Descendants discover a more lethal force. Specular will unveil a realm of history, exposing secrets, confirming truths, breaking old bonds, and forming new ones.
Specular
Author: Calix Leigh-Reign
Publisher: Scion Saga
ISBN: 9780997923957
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adam and Carly reach adulthood, discover their true origins, and set out to change the fate of their universe.
Publisher: Scion Saga
ISBN: 9780997923957
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adam and Carly reach adulthood, discover their true origins, and set out to change the fate of their universe.
An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Author: Ed Simon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1953368131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of Books calls it an "epic, atomic history of the Steel City." The land surrounding the confluence of the
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1953368131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of Books calls it an "epic, atomic history of the Steel City." The land surrounding the confluence of the
White Tears
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101973218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • GQ • Time • The Economist • Slate • HuffPost • Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101973218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • GQ • Time • The Economist • Slate • HuffPost • Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.
The Cult of Smart
Author: Fredrik deBoer
Publisher: All Points Books
ISBN: 1250200385
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.
Publisher: All Points Books
ISBN: 1250200385
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.
To Paradise
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385547943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections comprise an ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385547943
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections comprise an ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
Deus Ex
Author: James Swallow
Publisher: Random House Worlds
ISBN: 9780345523594
Category : Biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. In the near future, with physical augmentation gaining ground and nano-cybernetics only years away, the dawn of limitless human evolution is just beyond the horizon, and a secret corporate cabal of ruthless men intends to make sure that humankind stays under its control. But two people on opposite sides of the world are starting to ask questions that could get them killed. Secret Service agent Anna Kelso has been suspended for investigating the shooting that claimed her partner's life. Anna suspects that the head of a bio-augmentation firm was the real target, and against orders she's turned up a few leads concerning a covert paramilitary force and a cadre of underground hackers. But the cover-up runs deep, and now there's a target on her back. Meanwhile, Ben Saxon, former SAS officer turned mercenary, joins a shadowy special ops outfit. They say they're a force for good, but Saxon quickly learns that the truth is not so clear-cut. So begins a dangerous quest to uncover a deadly secret that will take him from Moscow to London, D.C. to Geneva, and to the dark truth--if he lives that long. The year is 2027; in a world consumed by chaos and conspiracy, two people are set on a collision course with the most powerful and dangerous organization in history--and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
Publisher: Random House Worlds
ISBN: 9780345523594
Category : Biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. In the near future, with physical augmentation gaining ground and nano-cybernetics only years away, the dawn of limitless human evolution is just beyond the horizon, and a secret corporate cabal of ruthless men intends to make sure that humankind stays under its control. But two people on opposite sides of the world are starting to ask questions that could get them killed. Secret Service agent Anna Kelso has been suspended for investigating the shooting that claimed her partner's life. Anna suspects that the head of a bio-augmentation firm was the real target, and against orders she's turned up a few leads concerning a covert paramilitary force and a cadre of underground hackers. But the cover-up runs deep, and now there's a target on her back. Meanwhile, Ben Saxon, former SAS officer turned mercenary, joins a shadowy special ops outfit. They say they're a force for good, but Saxon quickly learns that the truth is not so clear-cut. So begins a dangerous quest to uncover a deadly secret that will take him from Moscow to London, D.C. to Geneva, and to the dark truth--if he lives that long. The year is 2027; in a world consumed by chaos and conspiracy, two people are set on a collision course with the most powerful and dangerous organization in history--and the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.