Sharon m draper november blues5/24/2023 ![]() At the same time, he begins playing football, where he hopes the physical pain will suppress the emotional agony. He finds the only way he can escape the emptiness he feels is to quit doing the things that made him happy when his cousin was alive, such as playing his beloved trumpet. His world becomes divided into “before” and “after” Josh’s death. Jericho Prescott lost his best friend when he lost his cousin, Josh, and the pain is almost more than he can bear. ![]() ![]() How in the world will she tell her mom? And how will Josh’s parents take the news? She’s never needed a friend more. She’s pregnant and now she’s faced with the biggest decision of her life. But Josh left something behind that will change November’s life forever. When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can’t possibly get any worse. ![]() Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Get instant access to all your favorite books. Draper’s Jericho Trilogy and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Jericho and November are locked together in pain from the past and fear for the future, and it feels as though there’s no way to escape either. November Blues audiobook written by Sharon M. ![]()
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Patient Zero by Lydia Kang5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In this conversation with Tom Knoblauch, Kang discusses the massive scientific advancements made to combat infectious diseases, how our reactions to pandemics have and haven’t changed, and what might be in store for our future. Kang and Pederson combine the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more in a darkly funny, very accessible read. Each chapter chronicles a particular disease or virus–such as smallpox, the Bubonic plague, polio, HIV, or COVID-19. Get 50 off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio. It’s called Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World’s Worst Diseases, which chronicles how diseases spread, the scientific race to understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Download or stream Patient Zero: A Curious History of the Worlds Worst D. ![]() From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero. Her latest book, co-written with Nate Pedersen, is nonfiction and incredibly timely. Buy Patient Zero by Lydia Kang for 41.99 at Mighty Ape Australia. ![]() If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store. Lydia Kang practices internal medicine at Nebraska Medicine and has written several novels including Opium and Absynthe, The Impossible Girl, The Beautiful Poison, and Toxic. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the Worlds Worst Diseases. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the Worlds Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang MD, Nate Pedersen 4.4 Hardcover 22.49 24.95 Save 10 Hardcover 22.49 eBook 12.99 Audio CD 51. ![]() Shadowland by meg cabot5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s the ghost of a hot guy named Jesse in her room and she’s having trouble dislodging him. As soon as Suze enters her new bedroom overlooking the ocean, she realizes that her “problems” have not gone away. ![]() ![]() Her mother, who doesn’t believe in the ghosts, hopes the changes will be beneficial for Suze. She will have a new family, a new school, and a new life. Her father died several years ago and her mother has married a man in California. Now she’s moving away from New York, where she grew up. People find her a little strange and she has trouble making friends and fitting in. Because of her weird ability, Suze is not a normal teenager. She doesn’t know what happens to them after they go - just that it’s her job to facilitate their departure. She helps them resolve their earthly issues so they can go wherever they’re supposed to go. Originally posted at Fantasy Literature Suze is a mediator - she can see the ghosts of people whose souls have not been able to move on. ![]() Janie face on the milk carton5/24/2023 ![]() The book has also received several awards, including the Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award (1996) and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award (1993). The book was number 79 on the most frequently challenged books in the US for 1990-1999 and number -2009 for references to kidnapping, cults, challenges to authority, and sexual activity. ![]() The Face on the Milk Carton, which contains themes including the exploration of self-identity, relationships with parents and peers, and individual responsibility, has been used in young adult classrooms to encourage readers to explore these themes in their own lives. The idea for the novel originated from the regular practice in the 1980s and 1990s for milk cartons to feature photographs of missing children. These suspicions come after Janie recognizes a picture of herself on a milk carton under the heading " Missing Child." Janie's life gets more stressful as she tries to find the truth while hiding the secret from her parents. The book is about a 15-year-old girl named Janie Johnson, who starts to suspect that her parents may have kidnapped her and that her biological parents are somewhere in New Jersey. The first in the five-book Janie Johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The Face on the Milk Carton is a young adult mystery novel written by author Caroline B. ![]() The magic mountain mann5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() In the end this is a story about us as a homo dei, the human being with his religious questions about his nature and destiny, the eternal secret of his existence and the awareness of transcendental values. And although illness and death should never be denied, as they are part of life and provide a deeper understanding and experience of our soul and existence than reason can ever offer to us, these dark powers should never be allowed to rule our thought for the sake of goodness and love. It is an education about the human condition, human love and human tragedy. It is a story about how a young man becomes an adult through a thorough education in European humanism. The Magic Mountain is the story about the best spirits and worst demons of European culture. ![]() Mann started writing what was to become The Magic Mountain in 1912. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature. When I red The Magic Mountain by the German novelist and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann for the first time, I realized that I was the protagonist of the book! Like Hans Castorp I was young, curious, naive, a bit arrogant, full of questions, eager to read, to think and have long conversations about life and the world I live in. The Magic Mountain is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. ![]() From Thailand with Love by Camilla Isley5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially not when she picked out the perfect man as her Christmas date. the Stars and Back From Thailand with Love You May Kiss the Bridesmaid Sweet Love and Country Roads First. From Thailand With Love’ is full of romance, dry humour, sexual tension, and incredible scenery. From Thailand with Love: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy Show full title Written by Camilla Isley Narrated by Carly Robins 4 / 5 ( 49 ratings ) About this audiobook From the same narrator of The Kiss Quotient and Musical Chairs comes a brand-new, stand alone romance packed with adventure. Luckily, her job gives her access to an endless catalog of gorgeous actors to choose from.īut Nikki will soon discover that keeping business and pleasure from mixing isn't so easy, and that she might not be immune to a little mistletoe magic. A Free New Adult College Romance Camilla Isley. Nikki has the perfect solution: to hire a fake boyfriend. But she has no time to meet men or to try the newest dating app, she's too busy working as a video producer for an advertising agency. ![]() Nikki can't possibly survive an entire week trapped home as the family's spinster. No one wants to be single at the holidays.Įven Little Miss Grinch, Nikki, a successful and independent woman, must face her bachelorette status at the most horrible time of the year.ĭecember is her personal version of holly-jolly hell: a merry torture made of couples kissing at every corner, forced vacation days, and an inescapable family reunion.Īnd when her baby sister announces she's engaged-to Paul, the man Nikki is secretly in love with-and that he's spending the holidays with them, Christmas starts looking bluer than ever. ![]() Esther perel books5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() There are many ways spouses disengage from one another, and having a secret affair can be one of the most devastating. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.Īnd though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.Īlmost 100 years later, Belgian relationship therapist Esther Perel applies similar thinking to adult relationships in her second book, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity : “Our partners do not belong to us they are only on loan, with an option to renew - or not.” This approach, she says, doesn’t compromise the commitment, but rather encourages us not to take our partners for granted. ![]() IN A 1923 poem by the Lebanese philosopher Kahlil Gibran, he writes: ![]() Douglas adams dark teatime of the soul5/23/2023 ![]() The aforementioned client is found in a sealed and heavily barricaded room, his head neatly removed several feet from his body and rotating on a turn-table. The seriousness of his client's claims becomes clear when Dirk arrives several hours late for an appointment to find a swarm of police around his client's estate. ![]() ![]() Dirk pretends to understand the man's ravings involving potatoes and a contract signed in blood coming due when in reality, Dirk is musing about what he might do if he actually receives payment for his "services" – such as getting rid of his refrigerator, which is so filthy inside that it has become the centrepiece of a show-down between himself and his cleaning woman. A wealthy man in the record industry has retained him, spinning a story about being stalked by a seven-foot-tall, green-eyed, scythe-wielding monster. Dirk Gently, who calls himself a "holistic detective", has happened upon what he thinks is a rather comfortable situation. ![]() Jane franklin book5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() There was not much roughing it on the trip through the bush, since whenever possible they stayed with settlers or officials. As in many of her later journeys, she was accompanied by her niece, Sophia Cracroft for this trip she also had three gentlemen companions, two policemen, and a bevy of servants. Lady Franklin made the surprising (to her contemporaries) decision to sail to the new settlement at Port Philip, and from there make her way overland to Sydney. During Franklin's tenure as governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), she made a number of trips to Australia and New Zealand her 1839 voyage to Sydney is the subject of this volume. Lady Franklin was a great traveler in her own right. Lady Franklin was the strongest advocate for sending out search parties, and financed several such expeditions herself. ![]() ![]() After three years went by with no word from Franklin, dozens of ships were sent to search for him. Lady Jane Franklin is known primarily for being the wife of Sir John Franklin, the polar explorer whose third and final expedition to find the Northwest Passage ended with the loss of both his ships and all of his men. ![]() ![]() ![]() She loves to doodle, write, and take photos at . ![]() Reem seasonally works as a photographer at ReemFaruqi Photography and currently works as a Scheduler for the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. She’s also the author of three middle grade novels in verse, “Unsettled”, “Golden Girl”, “Call Me Adnan”, chapter book “Anisa’s International Day”, and picture books “Amira’s Picture Day”, “I Can Help,” “Milloo’s Mind,” “Swimming Toward a Dream,” many of which received starred reviews. Of Pakistani origin, Reem moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, from Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, when she was 13 years old. ![]() Reem Faruqi is the award-winning author of “Lailah’s Lunchbox,” a picture book based on her own experiences as a young Muslim girl immigrating to the United States. Now, her favorite time at home is reading with her daughters. When Reem Faruqi taught second grade, her favorite time was “Read Aloud” time. Reem is an award winning author who enjoys writing lyrical stories that reflect her own experiences. ![]() Melissa is in conversation with author Reem Faruqi. ![]() |