Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Free from troublesome opinions or individual interests.īut the girls’ carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. Obedient girls, free from arrogance or defiance. Under the watchful gaze of their guardian, they receive a well-rounded education that promises to make them better. The girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved - it says so on their report cards. ![]() Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns. Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this start to a thrilling, subversive near-future series from New York Times best-selling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() On Earth, the world religion is an amalgam of all the "good" aspects of previous Earth religions. On Omega, the citizens worship Evil (always capitalized) in a cult dedicated to an entity called The Black One. Its striking social stability is maintained by robots brainwashing children in "closed classes." The ideologies of both Earth and Omega resemble one another, differing only in words. It is sleepy and stagnant, developing neither socially nor technologically. ![]() The story concerns Barrent's attempt to survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear himself of the accusations against him.Įarth is a uniform, weakly structured, utopian society based on the mutual trust and conformity of its citizens. The average life expectancy from time of arrival on Omega is three years. Omega, used to imprison extreme offenders, has a hierarchical society of extreme brutality, where the only way to advance (and avoid dying) is to commit an endless series of crimes. The Status Civilization concerns Will Barrent, a man who finds himself, without memory of any crime or, indeed, of his previous life, being shipped across space to the planet Omega. The Status Civilization is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, first published in 1960. Cover of the first edition, published by Signet. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Recycling Economic Information (REI) Report found that, in a single year, recycling and reuse activities in the United States accounted for 757,000 jobs, $36.6 billion in wages and $6.7 billion in tax revenues. Recycling is an important economic driver, as it helps create jobs and tax revenues. ![]() Remanufacturing: After all necessary processing is completed, recyclables are made into new products at recycling plants or other facilities, such as paper mills or bottle manufacturing facilities. ![]() For example, glass and plastic are often sent to glass beneficiation plants and plastics reclaimers, respectively, where they are processed into mill-ready forms. Some commodities may require more processing for additional sorting and decontamination. At the processing facility, the recyclables are sorted, cleaned of contaminants, and prepared for transport to a milling facility or directly to a manufacturing facility.
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Paid parking operator determine the size of the parking fee - if the price is low enough, all parking spaces will be occupied and there will be problems with parking, in addition, there will be lost profits. ![]() Therefore, paying for parking is beneficial for people who have a higher their value of time. Obviously, under otherwise equal conditions the car user will choose free parking, but this will lead to an increase in the time to find a parking space. The problem of optimizаtion the distribution of urban territory near a center of gravity (airport, railway station, mall, etc.) between two types of parking lots: paid and free is considered. ![]() The Wounded World by Chad L. Williams5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The surprising story of this unpublished book offers new insight into Du Bois’s struggles to reckon with both the history and the troubling memory of the war, along with the broader meanings of race and democracy for Black people in the twentieth century.ĭrawing on a broad range of sources, most notably Du Bois’s unpublished manuscript and research materials, Williams tells a sweeping story of hope, betrayal, disillusionment, and transformation, setting into motion a fresh understanding of the life and mind of arguably the most significant scholar-activist in African American history. In The Wounded World, Chad Williams offers the dramatic account of Du Bois’s failed efforts to complete what would have been one of his most significant works. Seeking both intellectual clarity and personal atonement, for more than two decades Du Bois attempted to write the definitive history of Black participation in World War I. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to “close ranks” and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. ![]() Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I- and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers. ![]() Henry h neff impyrium book 25/28/2023 ![]() ![]() But the empress has other plans for her granddaughter, dark and dangerous plans to exploit Hazel’s talents and rekindle the Faeregine mystique. Hazel, the youngest member of the royal family, is happy to leave ruling to her sisters so that she can study her magic. Whether it’s treachery from a rival house, the demon Lirlanders, or rebel forces, many believe the Faeregines are ripe to fall. But the family’s magic has been fading, and with it their power over the empire. Neff’s new high-stakes middle grade fantasy follows two unlikely allies as they confront a conspiracy that will shake the world of Impyrium to its core.įor over three thousand years, the Faeregine dynasty has ruled Impyrium. ![]() ![]() A new classic in the fantasy genre." - Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series A 2018 TEXAS LONE STAR READING LIST PICK! ![]() The killing moon jemisin5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Those whose souls are 'gathered' are usually those whose time has come, or who have been judged and found guilty of corruption. ![]() The priest-sect, the Hetawa, use magic taken from dreams to heal and to ease pain, but easing pain is a double-edged sword as they also gently usher people into the next life. Where Jemisin has made in roads into the unusual is in one of the main religions, the worship of the female deity Hananja, that crosses national boundaries. It's a desert setting, prone to annual flooding transport is by camels, horses and the occasional ship. The story takes place in a low-tech, stratified society roughly based on ancient Egypt. ![]() I sat down today and read until it was finished, breaking only for dinner and to follow the sun as it shifted around the yard. ![]() An unusual story line, an interesting fantasy world, multi-culti characters, and theological sophistication while being oh-so-readable made for an engrossing, delicious read. Every now and then, something special brings a new flavor, a blending of colors, an amazing moment, that just leaves me saying 'wow.' Jemisin did that for me in The Killing Moon. ![]() The last of mohicans novel5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The whole thing is a racist piece of crap. I'm shocked they don't greet each other by saying, "How."Ģ 1/2) While we're on the subject, they're all stereotypes of either the noble savage variety or the "me big chief Ugh-a-Mug gotta have 'em squaw" variety. And even then, it would have been 3 pages too long.Ģ) Native American dialogue is limited to the occasional exclamation of "Hugh." Not Hugh as in Hefner, but something more like "huh." They're a quiet people, apparently. This book would have been 3 pages long without the description. No pebble escapes his scrutiny, no leaf his lingering gaze. Why do I hate Cooper so much? Let me count the ways:ġ) His never-ending description of every rock, twig, river, etc., with which the main characters come into contact. If time travel were possible, I'd go back in time and assassinate James Fenimore Cooper before he ever put pen to paper (in this imaginary scenario, let it be known that I also possess mad ninja skills). ![]() Chocolat audio book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Though fantastical, Harris says Vianne's world, in which seemingly ordinary people live decidedly extraordinary lives, was inspired, in part, by her own childhood. " Chocolat was very much about what makes you happy, whereas The Girl with No Shadow is what makes you afraid," Harris says. But if that first book was milk chocolate, Harris calls her latest work "dark chocolate." She describes the new novel as a dark, urban fairy tale. Harris says she took up Vianne Rocher's story again because it just didn't feel finished after Chocolat. But when an exotic stranger named Zozie enters the scene, Vianne realizes that it's not always easy to swear off the supernatural. Now a mother of two daughters, she is attempting to live a quiet, non-magical, dutifully maternal life in Montmartre. The story picks up five years after Vianne Rocher closed the door of her mystical candy shop. Joanne Harris' new novel, The Girl with No Shadow, revisits the supernaturally sensuous world of the author's 1996 book, Chocolat. Joanne Harris picks up the story of magical confectioner Vianne Rocher in her new novel, The Girl with No Shadow. ![]() |