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In Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Year Disguised as a Man, she gender swaps and hits strip clubs with the boys. Norah Vincent is a no holds barred kind of journalist. “I spent four lost, interminable days in lockup that first time in the bin, getting worse, weeping at the sealed windows, yelping for rescue through the pay phone in the soul-destroying dayroom, wrapping into my roommate’s seamless paranoia, and, finally, out of sheer rage, altogether losing what was left of my tenuous grip.” Make your own Six-Word tee or choose among our favorites. Our witty, wordy, fast, fun game for of all ages.Ī new six-worder each day-and spot to write your own.
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With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence-right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly. Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle.Īnd in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising up to make more.īorn into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home. The end of the world didn’t happen overnight.Īfter years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Ruscetti offers a true insider’s portrait of nearly four decades at the center of public health. In 1991, Ruscetti received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Institutes of Health.ĭr. Ruscetti was deeply involved in performing some of the most critical HIV-AIDS research in the 1980s, pioneered discoveries in understanding the workings of the human immune system in the 1990s, isolating a new family of mouse leukemia viruses linked to chronic diseases in 2009, and offers his insights into the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Ruscetti would eventually go on to work for thirty-eight years at the National Cancer Institute.ĭr. Ruscetti’s team isolated the first pathogenic human retrovirus, HTLV-1. Ruscetti is credited as one of the founding fathers of human retrovirology. Mikovits and Kent Heckenlively with legendary scientist, Dr. Ending Plague continues the New York Times bestselling team of Dr. Some of the wordplay, such as “more can than knot” and “more pause than fast-forward,” will tickle older readers with their accompanying, comical illustrations. The line reads: “I wish you more treasures than pockets.” Most children will feel the better wish would be that he had just the right amount of pockets for his treasures. Then there's a picture of a boy on a beach, his pockets bulging with driftwood and colorful shells, looking frustrated that his pockets won't hold the rest of his beachcombing treasures, which lie tantalizingly before him on the sand. His feet are visible, but it's not clear whether he's floating in the deep end or standing in the shallow. The line “I wish you more tippy-toes than deep” accompanies a picture of a boy happily swimming in a pool. It starts out simply enough: two children run pell-mell across an open field, one holding a high-flying kite with the line “I wish you more ups than downs.” But on subsequent pages, some of the analogous concepts are confusing or ambiguous. A collection of parental wishes for a child. She just wanted to see the sun… just like everyone else,” whispered David Corner in an ashamed voice. I mean, it’s not like we ever talked to her before anyway,” said Sally Jenson, a small blonde girl with a high sing-song voice. They weren’t even able to properly relish in the memory of a burning ring of light against the grayish blue of the clearing sky. No one wanted to look into those cold blue eyes and ask forgiveness. Each one wanted to say something, maybe they should say sorry, or that they didn’t realize what an awful thing it was at the moment, but no one said those things. They all felt guilt heavier than ten tons of uranium tossed on their shoulders. The other children wouldn’t look into her eyes. Then she would open her eyes and realize for the millionth time that Venus was her home, and that for another seven years, she would never see the sun hidden behind the devastating clouds. All she thought about was the smell of cut grass lawns in the summer time, warm sun beating down on her face, blue skies, and a soft tickling breeze. She no longer tried to tame the desperate longing that her heart desired to feel the sun. Though no shadow was darker, no darkness blacker, no deeper shade of loathing and pain was reflected, than those of that in the eyes of Margot. The shadows that lurked outside crept into every crack on the inside. Even the rain probably knew that it was doing something wrong by never stopping to fall, destroy, and rebuild in its endless cycle. Nothing was exactly the same after that day. And a dream director, the man behind such films as "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Pacific Rim": "Guillermo del Toro would be my first choice."Īlso on the dream cast list for smaller but key parts: Game of Thrones actress Michelle Fairley as a voyant fugitive named Antoinette Carter, and British actor Michael Obiora as Julian, a voyant captured along with our heroine Paige, who fast becomes her close friend.īut Shannon finds it difficult to imagine who would play the leads, Paige and her love interest Warden, in part because Warden and the rest of his species, the Rephaim, are not of this world. "I do have a dream cast," Samantha Shannon told. (And who wouldn't want to see the sweeter side of Skarsgård?) Cumberbatch would play a clairvoyant crime-lord (or "mime-lord," in the parlance of the book), and Skarsgard would be the Swedish doctor with a secret who becomes a love interest for our heroine. (Full synopsis in comments) I loved how the story jumped backwards and forwards between Liv and her family arriving on the island, to them leaving (wait to see how) and back to the present day, with the story bringing you closer and closer to. No mercy was bestowed for Agnes’ confession, however – she was swiftly garrotted and burnt at the stake. The lighthouse and island is surrounded by tales of witch burnings, missing children and danger. After spending days thus, she confessed to raising the storm in partnership with the Devil, though I always thought that if I’d had to suffer days on end in a cell wearing such a monstrous instrument I’d have confessed to being Satan himself. In Agnes’ case, the bridle was chained to the wall of her cell, and therefore she was forced to endure countless days unable to speak, eat, or sleep, enduring the humiliation of opening her bowels or bladder without being able to attend to herself, and doubtless in a terrible amount of pain without a moment’s relief. Four sharp blades penetrated the mouth of the witch to keep her quiet, and doubtless to ruin her tongue for a long time thereafter. Book Review: The Lighthouse Witches by C. She’d been kept in a scold’s bridle, a fearful instrument wrought of iron that enclosed the head. This was one of the numerous books that are sitting on my goodreads to. Agnes Sampson, an elderly woman and a healer from Haddington, was the ringleader. “The punishments meted out to the witches of North Berwick were recounted from generation to generation. Nilah Magruder's debut picture book charmingly tells the story of what it means to not give up and how sometimes what you're looking for is closer than you think. But foxes are sneaky, and it proves more difficult than she thought. Manga elements (such as exaggerated facial reactions for humor), a vividly evoked setting, and intriguing worldbuilding make this a fine choice for fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender and other adventures where culture, history, and magic intertwine with larger-than-life action. Equipped with a camera and determination, a little girl sets out to track down an elusive red fox. Though this hero’s journey follows a fairly predictable course, Abbie is an appealingly gruff and reticent protagonist with a worthy foil in Jaime, an enthusiastic local boy who is determined to make inroads with her. Originally published as a webcomic, this first graphic novel from picture book creator Magruder ( How to Find a Fox) unfolds over three chapters, setting the stage for Abbie’s adventures to come. But rogues with superhuman abilities, known as parasai, wander the barren lands surrounding Little Marigold, demanding tributes from the townsfolk, and Abbie reluctantly reveals her own powers in order to protect the town that has taken her in. Injured and lost in a sandstorm, Abbie-a deaf, tough-as-nails girl on a personal mission-is rescued and nursed back to health by a small family in the poor desert town of Little Marigold. |