![]() ![]() ![]() Miami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation or genetic information. Inquisitive, instructive, heartrending, and hopeful, Where the Lost Dogs Go pays tribute to the missing dogs-and to the found-and to the restless space in between. ![]() And when unexpected heartbreak shatters her own sense of direction, it is Ace-the shelter dog that started it all-who leads Susannah home. Along the way, Susannah finds a part of herself also lost. The mission to reunite lost pets with their families starts with Susannah’s own shelter rescue, Ace, a plucky Maltese mix with a mysterious past who narrowly survived months wandering lost. In Where the Lost Dogs Go, Susannah Charleson, author of Scent of the Missing and a trusted chronicler of the human/animal bond, dives headlong into the world of missing dogs. She is the author of Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). ![]() She shares her home with a fur and feather menagerie, including a paralyzed pup on wheels named Ruff Draft. She trains search and detection K9s, service dogs for the disabled, and comfort dogs that serve the community. Susannah Charleson is the New York Times bestselling author of Scent of the Missing and The Possibility Dogs. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It's actually about those societies around the Culture, and how they interact and react to their enormously powerful neighbour. That said, most of this novel is not about utopian life in the Culture. The remaining pylons simply sit there, and decay. There's no reason for this, though it provokes a mass movement of people in favour and against, until, well, things move on. One eccentric individual galvanizes thousands of others to build a massive complex of pylons linked by cable-cars. There's a lovely example of this mental experiment in Look to Windward. ![]() In Look to Windward Banks' even imagines the boredom of those living in a society without exploitation, conflict, poverty and oppression. Everything, from sexuality and language, is up for grabs.īy setting the bulk of his stories in a society that has left the inequality and oppression of capitalism far behind, and replaced it with the joyous utopia that results from a society (the Culture) were resources are managed in the interests of all, Banks' is free to explore what things might be like. Banks' loves playing around with his imagination. ![]() His science fiction, and Look to Windward is a beautiful example, is full of experiment. ![]() Re-reading some of Iain Banks' works I'm constantly reminded how much we have lost with his untimely death. ![]() ![]() Not only is the love story the most important aspect of the novel for personal reasons, but the fate of the world hinges upon its success. It also meets my romance novel criteria of old. Its use of language is marvelous, the sense of humor sneaks up on you in the most fantastically subversive fashion, and it is deeply moving. ![]() I can tell you with confidence that Warm Bodies is an amazing book. As a result, R falls in love with Perry's girlfriend, Julie. R, a zombie, eats Perry, a human, and takes in Perry's memories. In an un-named city, the zombies have taken up residence at the airport, while human survivors live at the stadium. In Warm Bodies, a zombie apocalypse has destroyed most of human society. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lately the book Warm Bodies has challenged my assumptions about what a romance novel is or can be. This is less of a review than it is a question – what makes a romance novel worthy of the title of romance novel? Up until now I considered any novel to qualify if it had a HEA, and if the love story was the central aspect of the novel. ![]() ![]() I liked just how we found out Grant’s story in recalls to the past and just how every little thing was settled. ![]() Vi Keeland – Inappropriate Audiobook Free. ![]() Keeland constantly writes steamy scenes as well as these characters were charming and their tale (particularly Give’s) brought me to splits more than as soon as. I’m constantly searching for a stand-alone romance that’s excellent on sound as well as this one fit that costs flawlessly. As soon as he does, he’s charmed and also captivated by Ms. Give Lexington gets this e-mail as well as he doesn’t recognize what to do about it at first, yet he wishes to satisfy Ireland. She goes right over her managers head as well as sends a fiery e-mail to her bosses, managers, boss to attempt to get this fixed. ![]() This story starts off with Ireland Saint James getting unjustly fired from her task as an on-air press reporter. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this scathing indictment of Venetian Jews who had embraced Kabbalah as an authentic form of ancient esotericism, Modena proved the recent origins of Kabbalah and sought to convince his readers to return to the spiritualized rationalism of Maimonides. Drawing on a range of previously unexamined sources, this book tells the story of the first criticism of Kabbalah, Ari Nohem, written by Leon Modena in Venice in 1639. Scholars have long studied the revolutionary impact of Kabbalah, but, as Yaacob Dweck argues, they have misunderstood the character and timing of opposition to it. ![]() From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. How the Jewish culture war over Kabbalah began The Scandal of Kabbalah is the first book about the origins of a culture war that began in early modern Europe and continues to this day: the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shields in Shadow is the first book in the action-packed Silent Champions military fantasy series. As his quick raids sow chaos amongst the enemy, the bloodthirsty savages threaten to make Aravon's nightmarish history repeat itself.Ĭan the captain take command of his fighting spirit before the kingdom falls to barbarous invaders? But the captain fears that all the tactical drills in the world may not matter when they’re forced to defend a helpless village against overwhelming odds. Burning for vengeance, he leaps at the chance to spearhead a specially-trained company and pay back his tragic defeat with blood.ĭesperate to not repeat his tragic past, Aravon trains his new warriors relentlessly. But the experienced veteran’s march toward glory dissolves into pain as ruthless barbarians massacre every last one of his soldiers. Hellbent on bloody revenge.Īs the son of a famous general, Aravon is proud to captain his own company against his people's enemy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Irby can be remarkably candid, as when she admits to having a “running inner monologue recounting every horrible thing I’ve said or done since I can remember first publicly humiliating myself,” one that “never shuts the fuck up or goes away even for a minute.” This emotional honesty is the book’s best feature, but is less appealing than it might have been, due to the hectic tone. She also overemphasizes showbiz references-at one point, she imagines her life as a wacky Hollywood comedy, and at another point, as several seasons of a TV show. In recounting a period in her life that saw her attain success as an author, endure a frustrating flirtation with Hollywood, and move from Chicago to Kalamazoo, Mich., “where the most popular bar has a mechanical bull,” Irby primarily aims to amuse, but the humor is one-note, leaning too much on double exclamation points, triple question marks, and caps lock, and too little on original observations. ![]() This overly manic collection from blogger Irby ( We Are Never Meeting in Real Life) hints at the author’s talent, but ultimately disappoints. ![]() ![]() ![]() The great libraries are filled with magical books, grimoires, their pages are forbidden to be read by all except the sorcerers who live in the kingdom. This is no ordinary library, and this is no ordinary kingdom. Sorcery of Thorns follows Elizabeth Scrivener, a foundling raised in the confines of one of the Great Libraries of Austermeer. I was pleasantly surprised by what Sorcery of Thorns delivered. ![]() How could a stand alone novel capture the wonder of a fantasy adventure adequately? How could the world building be completed in such a short timeframe? I usually prefer fantasy books that are in series so I was skeptical of Sorcery of Thorns largely because it is a standalone novel. I’ve been eyeing it warily as post after post popped up claiming this book was wonderful, was it worth the hype? Published in June 2019, I have been seeing this book all over social media for the last few months. If Hermione was your favourite character from Harry Potter you’ve got to check out Sorcery Of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson. ![]() ![]() ![]() Anti-Asian racism is not new in the history of the United States, but I think its visibility-through social media, news platforms, and things like that-really ignited a sense of: Who are we? What is our identity? What is our place here in the United States? Why did you write this book, and why now?Īs Asian Americans, we have been through such a trying few years. An edited version of the conversation follows. Managing this tension can take its toll, which is why Wang is working to destigmatize mental-health conversations and promote self-advocacy in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Wang says that children of Asian immigrants often have to maintain a balancing act of traditional parental expectations, Western cultural norms, and their own personal desires. ![]() Jenny Wang about her new book, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans (Balance, May 2022). ![]() In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Christine Y. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a lot for the hard-bitten loner toĪccept as love rushes into his life. Then Jackson Landry, a new lawyer, turns up to present a surprise that will change the direction of his life: An inheritance from the father Rusty never knew-and the promise of the family he’d never had. Like a wish he hadn’t even known to make, Starri landed in Rusty’s life, filling him with a longing for a family. But convincing Rusty he has something to live for is going to take all of Starri’s faith in miracles. How else to explain the compelling connection she feels to the stranger she pulls out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty years earlier? Alongside Auntie Ona-May, the only mother she’s ever known, Starri saves Rusty O’Sullivan’s life-just as Ona-May once did when Starri was an orphaned babe. In a small Texas town where most families go back generations, four strangers meet and unite as they bury a father none of them has ever seen and begin slowly to piece together a bond that will not only change them, but the community for the better. ![]() Complimentary Review Copy Provided by Publisherįans of Robyn Carr and Susan Mallery will adore this heartwarming new book from the beloved New York Times bestselling author. ![]() |