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![]() Sal is a master magician who can punch holes in the universe and summon items from different multiverses. He enrolls at Culeco Academy of the Arts where he meets the editor of the school newspaper, Gabi Real, and a bully named Yasmany, who could use a friend like Sal. Sal is looking to start a new life and get a fresh start at school. Papi takes a job in Miami to study his son’s special ability, and hopefully stop this magical interdimensional power. ![]() The family moves to Miami so that everyone can have a fresh start. ![]() Sal has even summoned his mother from a parallel universe many times. Sal and his father, Papi, move with his step mom which he calls American Stepmom, to Miami because Sal’s ability to punch holes in the universe and access parallel worlds has caused problems for the family. The book features a thirteen-year-old protagonist named Sal Vidon who has recently moved to Miami from Connecticut after the death of his mother. Following in the footsteps of past offerings from the Rick Riordan Presents banner, Sal & Gabi Break the Universe continues the now successful tradition of offering diverse cultural stories for middle school readers. ![]() ![]() Carlos Hernandez’s latest book Sal & Gabi Break the Universe is a flat out laugh riot from the first word to the last. ![]() ![]() ![]() The above affiliate links, at no extra cost to you, provide a small commission for me if you purchase something. ![]() Presumably not to Mordred, but to whom? Rating: 3/5īuy this book: Amazon UK | Amazon US | The Book Depository Mary Stewart manages to excuse Mordred everything while throwing the blame on Morgan, and there’s always blame to go around in Arthurian stories, so I’d kind of like to see where it shifts in this case. I kind of think I might be able to judge this better once I’ve read I Am Mordred as well, to see how Springer handles Mordred. Cernunnos is a character, but it doesn’t really go into the significance of magic and how that’s linked to divinity in their world. The mythology is a bit of a hotchpotch, but I didn’t mind that too much because it was so lightly touched on. Morgan is a willful, mischievous girl with. The series was re-published in 2005 as Morgan le Fay. ![]() It was originally published as five books between 19, followed by an omnibus edition in 1992. It’s reasonably successful in that, though it’s not one of my favourite Arthurian stories I’ve ever read - it seems a bit slight, and Morgan’s behaviour and the outcome was entirely obvious. Fans who love King Arthurs legend, Camelot, Merlin, and similar tales will love reading about Morgan le Fay. Series: Tales of Camelot Series Number: 2 Language: English User Rating: This title has no votes. It tells the story of the life of Arthurian legend character Morgan le Fay, presented through an oral history narrative from her early childhood to her disappearance. I Am Morgan Le Fay is a young adult novel which tries to give Morgan Le Fay more of a reason for her actions and more psychological depth. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The dog is the god of frolic.” – Henry Ward Beecher.“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” – Harry S Truman.I should have a dog as a life coach.” – Moby ![]()
![]() Now, with a sly sense of humor and a big wink at her media image, Paris lets you in for a sneak peek at the life of a real, live heiress/model/actress/singer/it-girl and tells you how anyone can live a fairy-tale life like hers. ![]() Paris Hilton has a lifestyle most girls dream about, but can she help it if she was born rich and beautiful? Now, with her trademark sense of humor, Paris looks back on her rise to fame and reveals the delicious details of her fairy tale life. ![]() ![]() The New York Times Bestseller, Confessions of an Heiress reveals the fast, fun world of Paris Hilton, packed with enough photos, advice, and inside scoop to help anyone become an heiress and live a life of luxury. ![]() ![]() ![]() And there are more than occasional religious ruminations in these pages. ![]() To be sure, there were deep religious rumblings within Lincoln. What was the “light,” and just when-and about what-was Lincoln finally enLIGHTened? That leaves the “struggle.” Was it the country’s struggle or Lincoln’s-or some combination of the two? The title is a curious one, perhaps even a mysterious one. And yet there are more than a few glimpses of Lincoln, the son and husband, Lincoln the father and friend, as well as Lincoln the searcher (for ultimate truths) and Lincoln the struggler (whether with his own demons or against his political opponents or for the greater causes of somehow ending slavery and preserving the Union). It is also a heavily political book about a highly political figure. Put simply, this is a great read about a great man. No matter the era or the moment, there will always be a place for a new Lincoln biography-especially if the biographer in question is as deft and insightful as Mr. ![]() Jon Meacham surely thought so, and he was surely right to think so. Is there room for yet another biography of Abraham Lincoln? Of course there is. Is there room for yet another biography of Abraham Lincoln? Of course there is, especially if the biographer in question is as deft and insightful as Jon Meacham.Īnd There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham (676 pages, Random House, 2022) ![]() ![]() The university is withholding funds for Adam's research out of fear that he'll leave for a better position elsewhere. But rumors start to spread, and the one-time kiss morphs into a fake relationship, especially as Adam sees there's a benefit for him. When Olive needs her best friend, Anh, to think she's dating someone so Anh will feel more comfortable getting involved with Olive's barely-an-ex, Jeremy, she impulsively kisses Adam, who happens to be standing there when Anh walks by. ![]() As a faculty member, Adam's reputation precedes him, since he's made many students cry or drop their programs entirely with his bluntness. Now, nearly three years later, Olive is fully committed to her research in pancreatic cancer at Stanford University's biology department. ![]() It's a memory that only one of them has held onto. Olive wore expired contact lenses, reducing her eyes to temporary tears, while Adam just needed to dispose of a solution. ![]() Olive Smith and professor Adam Carlsen first met in the bathroom of Adam's lab. An earnest grad student and a faculty member with a bit of a jerkish reputation concoct a fake dating scheme in this nerdy, STEM-filled contemporary romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Carol Anderson’s new book, “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide,” brings such a historical context sharply back into focus. ![]() To see the full picture, whiteness must be understood in light of our national history, specifically the use of state power to engineer preferential treatment for whites and deliberately impose cumulative disadvantage on blacks. Unfortunately, this reversal of perspective has tended to seize on the shallower ways in which whiteness functions in American life. From discussions of diversity on campus and white appropriation of black culture to #OscarsSoWhite, “whiteness” as a cultural and social category has become a subject for scrutiny and criticism in ways that “blackness” was in years past. ![]() But over the last eight years something very important has emerged in the way race gets discussed in America: the foregrounding of whiteness. $26.Īs the Obama presidency draws to a close, it is clear that the post-racial democracy it was supposed to inaugurate has not materialized. WHITE RAGE The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide By Carol Anderson 246 pp. ![]() ![]() ![]() You could even argue that it is a novel about a house, and that the dominant character is the house itself. This, her 20th, is set in a well-to-do house in the leafy suburbs. ![]() Her novels are all set in Baltimore, where she lives, but Tyler’s is a Baltimore far removed from the housing projects in The Wire. Her books are full of families talking about humdrum things like doing the washing-up, or going shopping or what’s for lunch, yet they are somehow more gripping than the paciest transcontinental thriller. She doesn’t go in for adverbs or ornament. Her writing style seems close to styleless. How does she capture so accurately the peculiar ebbs and flows of married life, of family life, of life itself? How does she manage to give her readers the impression they have actually been living in a given household, overhearing her characters talk? How does she do it? How does she construct such a complex narrative out of such simple sentences? How does she do it? Each time I come to the end of a novel by Anne Tyler, I find myself asking this question. How does Anne Tyler construct such a complex narrative out of such simple sentences? ![]() ![]() ![]() It's as historically accurate as is possible, is well written and researched. ![]() ![]() As I have stated countless times, the attention to detail is next to none. The Highland Guard series is one the very best Historical Highlander series in my opinion. ![]() His goal is to show Elizabeth he is worthy of her. Bitter, and angry, Thomas sets out to become a Knight and better himself. Well, Elizabeth does return, but his plans and hers couldn’t be more different. But, Thom always believed in Elizabeth, always knew she would return and they would have their happily ever after. The class distinctions were too great to overcome. Why? Well, Thom is the son of a blacksmith and Elizabeth is a princess. The two men argued and Elizabeth was sent away. But, as they grew up, Thom’s feelings toward Elizabeth became clear to her brother. Although Elizabeth was only six years old, she proclaimed that one day she was going to marry Thom. This eleventh installment in the Highland Guard series starts off like a sweet fairy tale when Thomas McGowan becomes friends with Jamie and Elizabeth Douglas as children. I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher as an XOXpert, the official street team of XOXO After Dark. The Rock by Monica McCarty is a 2015 Ballantine publication. ![]() |