![]() ![]() Habitable extrasolar planets are still out of reach. The Compton Crook awardâ?winning author of The Prey of Gods and Temper returns with a dazzling stand-alone novel, set in deep space, in which the fate of humanity rests on the slender shoulders of an idealistic and untested young womanâ?a blend of science fiction, dark humor, and magical realism that will appeal to fans of Charlie Jane Anders, Jeff VanderMeer, and Nnedi Okorafor.Įarth is a distant memory. Miller, Nebula-Award-winning author of The Art of Starving and Blackfish City I loved these characters and this story, and so will you." ![]() "Don't be alarmed - that dizzy pleasurable sensation you're experiencing is just your brain slowly exploding from all the wild magnificent worldbuilding in Nicky Drayden's Escaping Exodus. ![]()
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![]() ![]() My thoughts: Again, I'm not a big fantasy fan and I have to say I sort of struggled through this one - at times it felt like a slog. Full of great tenderness and humor, this magical journey tells the story of a world plagued by intolerance and wickedness, and the elf and the dragon who will fight for its redemption and bring it back into the light."įirst line: "The rain had been falling for days." First, however, the young elf will have to find another orphaned creature-the world's last dragon. But soon Yorsh discovers he is part of a powerful prophecy to save the world from the Dark Age that has begun. His village has been destroyed by the torrential waters, leaving Yorsh suddenly orphaned and alone-the earth's last elf. In a world shrouded in darkness and continually lashed by rain, a young elf named Yorsh struggles to survive. Reason for reading: it's this month's choice for my library's kids' book clubīook description: " When the last dragon and the last elf break the circle, the past and the future will meet, and the sun of a new summer will shine in the sky. ![]() ![]() ![]() These are numbers every one in publishing wants a piece of. I say this on the PW podcast all the time, but probably haven’t said it here at The Beat as much – these are REAL numbers. The new Dog Man has already sold 595,890 copies. While we all hail Queen Raina and her new memoir – which is a marvelous look at overcoming anxiety and the other every day battles we all face – we also need to salute King Dave. Is there any wonder why this is one of the hottest categories in the publishing world? So two out of the five bestselling books OVERALL IN THE US this week were graphic novels for young readers. The gods did not send me to check in that week, but I won’t make the same mistake in the future. Looking at the data I see this book also debuted at #1. Looks like that 1 million copy first printing was a good idea.ĭav Pilkey’s Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants was the #3 book overall. THE REGULAR OLD BOOK/BOOK BESTSELLER CHARTS, with 76,216 copies sold that week. Not the graphic novel bestseller list, not the kids bestseller list. ![]() ![]() But the queer holiday blues have persisted, and they have even been a source of theorizing about sexuality. “As many scholars have pointed out, with the emergence of gay liberation such expressions of sadness and loss faded from view, replaced, at least publicly, with more politically ‘useful’ feelings of righteous anger and pride. The holiday issues of mid-century queer magazines reveal “the extent to which depression constituted a queer Christmas tradition,” writes Lauren Gutterman at Notches: Things About Queer Books (And Other Books Relevant To Your Interests) ![]() The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinemaįeature image by viktor hanacek via. ![]() LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now. ![]() ![]() When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves. ![]() Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.įed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she's never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her-until she discovers that he's completely unavailable. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn't earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother's former nurse, the little half-brother isn't allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. ![]() Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo From Colleen Hoover, the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth. ![]() ![]() So, was Macquarie the man who sowed the seeds of a great nation, or a tyrant who destroyed Aboriginal resistance? However, the governor's ambitions for the colony (which he lobbied to have renamed 'Australia') brought him into conflict with the continent's original landowners, and he was responsible for the deaths of Aboriginal men, women and children, brutally killed in a military operation intended to create terror among local Indigenous people. An egalitarian at heart, Macquarie saw boundless potential in Britain's refuse, and under his rule many former convicts went on to become successful administrators, land owners and business people. He also helped shape Australia's national character. Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia's destiny, transforming the harsh, foreboding penal colony of New Holland into an agricultural powerhouse and ultimately a prosperous society. A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Several African and international media have reported that Nigeria's outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has since transferred the bronzes to Oba Ewuare II, the current head of the former royal family of the Benin Empire.Ī presidential decree was issued on March 23 stating the artworks, and subsequently returned works, will be given to Oba Ewuare II. ![]() From left to right: Claudia Roth and Annalena Baerbock with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Culture Lai Mohammed Image: Florian Gaertner/photothek/IMAGO Giving the bronzes back to royalty Yet recent developments have some wondering if the Nigerian public will ever be able to view the returned bronzes in a museum - and if it even matters. ![]() Most of them were stolen by British colonialists around the year 1897. The objects made of bronze, ivory and other precious materials, are among the most important works of art on the African continent. ![]() The artworks had been in Germany for 125 years, along with around 1,100 looted artifacts from the palace of the former kingdom of Benin, which is now in present-day Nigeria. "It was wrong to take them, and it was wrong to keep them," Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said while visiting Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, on December 20, 2022.īaerbock, along with Germany's Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, made the visit to return the first of 20 Benin Bronzes which were once looted from the west African region. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bester's work is maybe ambitious, maybe absurdist magical realism, maybe it could even be considered by some to be good. Bester casts as his protagonist a professional perfume smeller (perhaps unique in all of literature - if not let me know) and about a hive mentality, and the Palestine Liberation Organization being a world power and about over-population, and satanic rituals and demonic summoning. So, what is this about? A lot of things really. I trudged through and finished this out of morbid curiosity. This book falls on the opposite side of the spectrum - the worst book. Many people have a favorite book or a list of the best novels they've ever read. Because just as love is not the opposite of hate, indifference is the opposite of love, the one star is that rarest of accolades, the book so bad you want to finish. Good reads should have five stars and then a DNF – did not finish. ![]() ![]() “Accommodation” here refers to the accommodating behaviors that parents engage in to decrease their children’s anxiety, but which may make the long-term problem worse. One term Julian discusses is especially crucial to our work: accommodation. ![]() ![]() It’s full of important information and insight focusing on what we called “paranoid parenting” in the book. If you care about the decline in mental health among young people, which Jonathan Haidt and I discuss in “ The Coddling of the American Mind” (COTAM), be sure to check out this month’s cover story for The Atlantic magazine, “ The Anxious Child and the Crisis of Parenting ,” by Kate Julian - a deep dive into what is causing the spike in anxiety among children. Special thanks to Jonathan Haidt for his feedback and edits. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a multi-part series updating developments since the publication of “ The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting up a Generation for Failure” (2018). ![]() ![]() ![]() “Do you regret this?” he asked softly as he leaned over and picked her shawl up from the floor. When she did not speak, he finally found words. Uncertain of what to say, he waited for her, expecting she would be overwhelmed by the power of the passion between them. She let him go but watched him with wide, intent eyes. When he attempted to step back she resisted, tightening her grasp on his shirt and leaning against him. Being together can only lead them into danger, yet the temptation to risk all for their perilous passion is impossible to ignore.Ī very desirable and pleasing line, but one that an honorable man did not cross with an innocent unless there was an understanding between them. But with his formidable reputation, he is strictly forbidden. Isobel is drawn to the vulnerability she senses behind the fearsome facade of the clan chief. ![]() ![]() ![]() Until he is utterly disarmed by the innocent beauty in the eyes of Isobel Ruriksdottir… Cursed by past tragedies, notorious Highlander Laird Athdar MacCallum has devoted himself to leading his people-and has vowed never to marry again. ![]() |