Author: Hazel Longuet
Publisher: Novel Experience
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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How did a foreign slave girl rise through the ranks of the perilous Egyptian court of Amenhotep III to take the position of High Seer of Egypt? Taken from her family when the gods of Egypt chose her to guide the hot headed Pharaoh, Kiya's life is transformed as she walks a daily tightrope between the needs of the Pharaoh and the secret plot of the gods. With a sprinkling of murder, a sticky fingered baboon, and the need to embed her position at court, it's a good thing Kiya is the most powerful oracle the world has ever seen. Predict - Can a young foreign slave girl really secure one of Egypt's highest posts? Behold - With no body can Kiya prove there's been a murder most foul? A Theft - No one wants to risk the wrath of Queen Tiye but with a crazed queen on the rampage, and a court in chaos, can Kiya solve the mystery before the Queen's anger turns toward her?
Author: R B Lemberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781619761971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Ursula K. Le Guin, celebrated for her speculative fiction, was also a prolific poet. Although poetry framed Le Guin's life, her poetic oeuvre never garnered the same acclaim as her fiction. Distinct from the cosmic worldbuilding of her science fiction and fantasy, Le Guin's poems were "smaller scale, more intimate, more fragile." As a tribute anthology, Climbing Lightly Through Forests hosts multiple conversations: poets respond to Ursula K. Le Guin, her work, or their own reactions to Le Guin or her work; editors Lemberg and Bradley put the poets in conversation with each other and with readers. Poets from around the world (including Greece, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, the UK, Australia, Canada, and the United States) contribute perspectives that both honor and challenge Le Guin's legacy. In addition, Lemberg, a Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow, provides a retrospective essay analyzing Le Guin's nine full-length poetry collections.
Author: Elly Blue
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
ISBN: 1648410502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Has your cat been plotting to take command of your spaceship? This and other important questions are tackled in the 11 science fiction and fantasy stories in this volume, told variously from the perspectives of humans and cats. A bicycle designer finds an exciting new technical challenge on a planet inhabited by felines. A wise cat tries to convince an excited puppy not to chase cyclists. On Mars, a cat helps save the life of their human after a quake. In other stories, a student must live with the consequences of magic gone awry, a cat contrives to go on a bicycle trip, a police robot learns empathy, a captured tiger lashes out, and a young sphinx finds her wings. Featuring stories by Alice Dryden, Cherise Fong, Gerri Leen, Gretchin Lair, Jessie Kwak, Judy Upton, Juliet Wilson, Kathleen Jowitt, Kiya Nicoll, Monique Cuillerier, and Summer Jewel Keown.
Author: Brandon O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734054507
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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An anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories about characters recognizing the fascism in their worlds and making the choice to fight it.
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101652950
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly
Author: Sarah Kay
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1938912578
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Top selling poet Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of work from the first decade of her career. Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," No Matter the Wreckage presents readers with new and beloved work that showcases Kay's skill for celebrating family, love, travel, history, and unlikely love affairs between inanimate objects ("Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire"). Both fresh and wise, Kay's poetry allows readers to join in on her journey of discovering herself and the world around her. - 2011 TED speaker (recording has been viewed 3 million times online) - First book, "B" was ranked #1 Bestselling Poetry Book on Amazon - Featured on HBO, American Public Radio, Huffington Post, CNN.com, etc. - Founder and Co-Director of Project VOICE
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0451494636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama). Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.
Author: Aliki
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606369848
Category : Picture books for children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Discover how you use your five senses, sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch to learn about the world. In this classic Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book, Aliki uses simple, engaging text and colorful artwork to show young readers how they
Author: Faith Hunter
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1940709172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Lie. Cheat. Bargain. Fight. Accept. Bribe. Conquer. Evade. No matter what humanity tries, Death always wins. Or does it? Discover the answer in The Death of All Things, where twenty-one writers take their shot at the Grim Reaper with explorations of the mythical, fantastical, and futuristic bonds between life and death. Learn the cost of mortality, the perils—and joys—of the afterlife, and the potential pitfalls of immortality... Featuring stories from: K. M. Laney, Andrea Mullen, Faith Hunter, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Jason M. Hough, Julie Pitzel, Shaun Avery, Christie Golden, Leah Cutter, Aliette de Bodard, Andrew Dunlop, A. Merc Rustad, Ville Meriläinen, Amanda Kespohl, Mack Moyer, Fran Wilde, Kathryn McBride, Andrija Popovic, Jim C. Hines, Stephen Blackmoore, and Kiya Nicoll.
Author: Kate Millett
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231541724
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors—D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet—and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples taught a generation to recognize inequities masquerading as nature and proved the value of feminist critique in all facets of life. This new edition features the scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon and the New Yorker correspondent Rebecca Mead on the importance of Millett's work to challenging the complacency that sidelines feminism.
