![]() When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulnerable to the perils of the world, run away to live on their own, the situation could not be more grim. YA readers aged 14 and up who loved John Larkin’s The Shadow Girl and Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue should be diving for this powerful coming-of-age story. Pip Harry doesn’t shy away from some heavy topics-Tiny’s story is heartbreaking and the details about life on the streets of Sydney is horrifying-but Because of You is ultimately a hopeful story about human resilience and the life-changing power of discovering your best friend. Because of You is a story about homelessness, prejudice and the power of words to provide a little hope.Īt its heart is the friendship between Tiny and Nola, and how this relationship changes both girls at the core. And Tiny begins to see that falling down doesn’t mean you never get back up. ![]() ![]() But despite her initial prejudice, Nola quickly learns that there isn’t much separating her from the people who live on the streets. They meet when Nola is forced into volunteer work for the writers’ group at the homeless shelter where Tiny is staying, and at first it seems impossible that two people who are so different could ever be friends. ![]()
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![]() basis for the renowned Bogey/Hepburn film. ,Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wind their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. The binding is excellent and tight as this book is unread. Binding & Interior Pages lite FOX: The pages of this book are very crisp and clean with no markings, folds, or tears. Boards, spine, and corners all quite neat, in great shape. ![]() Grey Cloth Hard Cover & Gold Gilt Title in Black box on front & Spine Cvr, 308 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, in fresh mylar cover, tiny chips/lite rubbing to jacket corners & spine DJ ends else a tight square unmarked copy Blue Topstain, Light scuff DJ spine edge, Some lite visible wear, but only rubbing along edges and creasing at corners. BackDustacket lists 250 previous titles and 95 cents per copy, with pre Zipcode coupon on back lightly scuff DJ, Inverse of DJ Lists 274 titles, DJ of Yellow & Green Titled in White OF BOAT ON RIVER IN JUNGLE lite Edge Cresases. STATED 1ST Modern Library edition on Copyright pg. ![]() ![]() ![]() She tries to go about the day like normal, with the new girl instead of Ivy helping her shave her head and in turn, she shaves her head too, and then goes about her chores. That means Reychel’s going to have to go through the traumatizing ceremony not only alone, but that she’s lost her only friend. Living as a slave her entire life has been hard, and life is about to get even harder when on the morning of her fifteenth birthday, with her branding ceremony just around the corner, Reychel’s best friend Ivy is missing from their bed. ![]() I can’t wait to check out the second book in the trilogy. Way different than anything I’ve read lately, books like these have really brought me to love the fantasy and magical power genre, something I didn’t used to enjoy. Though I’ve had this book for a really long time just sitting collecting imaginary dust on my ereader, I only just got around to reading it. Published February 5th 2011 by Createspace ![]() ![]() ![]() “My job was to make the robot drive around the lab,” Munroe says, “so I was less worried about navigating over rocks on Mars and more about dodging chairs and trying not to hit the children of any of the Langley executives.” Rex were released in New York City, how many humans would it need to eat per day to stay alive? (About half a human daily, or 55,000 calories worth.) Could you eat a cloud? (Maybe, but first you’d have to squeeze out all of the air, and the cloud would have to start out no bigger than a house, since one that size would contain about a liter of water, which is all the human stomach can hold at one time.) How long would it take you to fill an Olympic size swimming pool with your own saliva? (About 8,345 years, given that the average human produces about 500 milliliters of saliva a day.) What If? 2, like the original, is stuffed with questions that are fanciful in the asking, but perfectly-and playfully-informative in the answering. There’s a little bit of Amelia in all of us-and Munroe has made it his mission to keep our curiosity satisfied. They’re just sort of pushing concepts together in surprising ways.” “I mean, why soup? The questions I get from little kids are always the best, because they’re not being put together by adults, who understand lots of stuff. “I loved the specificity of the question,” Munroe says. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Levinson, an afterword by the author, and a reprint of the story "Redshift Runaway," a companion story set in the same universe as Stith's Nebula Award nominated novel REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS. The Amazing Select illustrated edition in 2021 will include an introduction by Dr. His other novels are PUSHBACK, SCAPESCOPE, MEMORY BLANK, DEATH TOLLS, and DEEP QUARRY. All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time machine to stop a secret project. ![]() Stith's novels include REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS (Nebula Award nominee from Ace Books), MANHATTAN TRANSFER (Hugo Award Honorable Mention from Tor Books), REUNION ON NEVEREND, and RECKONING INFINITY (on Science Fiction Chronicle's Best Science Fiction Novels list for its publication year, on the Nebula Award preliminary ballot). Tiny Time Machine by Nikolett Timar, John Stith, 2021, Independently Published edition, in English. A new short novel from Nebula Award nominee John E Stith, from Amazing Stories, with illustrations by Nikolett Timar. TINY TIME MACHINE: All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run from cops can harness a bizarre time machine to stop a secret project. A new short novel from Nebula Award nominee John E Stith, from Amazing Stories, with illustrations by Nikolett Timar.All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time machine to stop a secret project.Meg is an angry scientist’s. Stithįrom Amazing Selects (standalone editions from Amazing Stories) Coming Later, maybe in 2022-2023: Tiny Time Machine, Due in January 2021: "Tiny Time Machine", a novella by John E. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Realize this, and you will find strength.” “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book: And maybe, just maybe, it’ll rewire your brain and help you to view situations from a new perspective. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius will help you to feel less lonely on your journey to becoming a better person. He also discusses anxiety, depression, and many other things you probably experience in daily life. After all, Marcus writes about the struggle of getting out of bed each morning. When you read this book, you’ll realize that humans have been facing the same problems for thousands of years. Yet, in this collection of diary entries, Marcus frequently preached the importance of tolerance, empathy, and respect. He was, therefore, one of the most powerful people on the planet. Marcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 AD. ![]() ![]() ![]() She sees him in her room, as he is "the watcher", tasked with spying on new arrivals to make sure they don't find out their secret too early.Īmanda's best friend. One of the first kids Amanda meets in Dark Falls. He senses that something is off about Dark Falls, and the citizens have him killed because dogs always find out. Dad got a call saying his Uncle, whom he had never heard of, died and left him a house in Dark Falls. He seemingly dies for real after having a halogen flashlight bashed into his head, but appears to be "alive" again in the end, selling the house to a new family.Īmanda and Josh's parents. He pretends to be alive when the kids attack them but is revealed to be undead as well. The realtor who sells Dead House to the Benson family. He is very impatient and has trouble adjusting to the new house. She doesn't like that she had to leave her old house and best friend behind.Īmanda's eleven-year-old brother. Stine introduces and closes out the episode. This page contains spoilers! Do not read this before finishing the story. The following is a list of characters from Welcome to Dead House and its television adaptation in order of appearance. ![]() ![]() ![]() But he was betrothed to Naledi as a tiny child, and even though her parents fled from Thesolo, and it’s taken quite some time to find her (and he’s been busy with his royal duties and whatnot) when he needs to go to New York for some meetings about new investments into Thesolo, he also decides to pop in on Naledi. Prince Thabiso is the aforementioned Crown Prince, and under enormous pressure to just SUCK IT UP and GET MARRIED ALREADY. She’s been getting these weird emails from the African country of Thesolo, telling her that she’s the long lost betrothed of the Crown Prince, which is obviously a new twist on the Nigerian prince scam, but really, she’s too busy for all that shit. She has a tiny apartment, several jobs, two mice she rescued from a failed experiment, and a history of being shuttled from foster home to foster home. Naledi Smith is a graduate student in epidemiology in New York. ![]() ![]() I don’t know if someone at Avon went “Hey, you know what would be smart? Releasing this book around the same time as Black Panther!” or if it was a grand coincidence, but it’s brilliant synchronicity. Theme: Arranged Marriage, Mistaken/False Identity ![]() ![]() ![]() However, some modern editions have tiny type and no illustrations.Ĭopyright on the books has expired and free digital versions are available from the Internet Archive. Paperback reprints are often obtainable on the used book market for a few dollars. ![]() ![]() Also, both you and your audience will want to keep reading to the point of absolute exhaustion. Your listeners might grab the book when your back is turned and read ahead. The cliff hangers are the only problem with the series. Dorothy is stuck in the evil Nome King’s cave. The Scarecrow is stuck halfway up a cliff with the birds pecking out his straw. Baum anticipates television, Face Time and a host of other “new” inventions, as well as some inventions that will no doubt be familiar to future generations such as commuting by tornado.Īs Baum hit his stride in the later books, every chapter ends with a cliff hanger. And they are surprisingly modern in tone. You will find that the Oz books are absolutely magical when read aloud. Next, start reading the books aloud, a chapter at a time. ![]() They only get better as Baum abandons literary pretense and concentrates on fun. You do not want to run out unexpectedly and it is best to read them in order. I think part of the reason the later thirteen volumes are not as popular is that modern readers don’t know how to read them in the best manner. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The problem is my kind of minds getting screened out of school because we can’t do algebra. Visual thinkers see images in their mind’s eye - they include everyone from the photorealist-inclined object visualizers with a knack for design and proble. Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and has also written “Animals in Translation,” “Animals Make Us Human,” “The Autistic Brain” and “Thinking in Pictures.” She joined CultureShift to discuss how we can better incorporate non-verbal thinking into our schools and workplaces. In the new book “ Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions,” New York Times bestselling author, autism activist and scientist Temple Grandin explores cutting-edge research to take us inside the world of visual thinking, reframing the conversation on neurodiversity and showing how different types of thinkers are essential for our collective well-being. Our language-dominated society tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing them over in the workplace, even though visual thinkers - many of whom are neurodivergent - constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed. ![]() ![]() For millions of neurodivergent people, it can be incredibly difficult to thrive in a world that is full of unspoken rules and narrow thinking. ![]() |