![]() ![]() Robbie has the makings of a star hockey player, loved and adored by his parents, schoolmates and friends, but is troubled by suicidal thoughts that stay hidden for fear of dropping out of drafting position. ![]() Though the brothers have shades of the Sedin twins, the pair are anything but close. ![]() The novel follows the story of two hockey playing twin brothers, Tristan and Robbie, as they traverse high school. While Jerkbait doesn’t solve this problem, it highlights how toxic hockey’s underlying culture of masculinity - where showing weakness is shunned for being too “feminine” and sexist and homophobic language still remain staples of trash talk - affects teenagers. Shaw was eventually suspended for using a gay slur, but the incident brought hockey fandom’s inclusivity problem into the light for the whole sports world to see. Just a few weeks prior, the hockey world was dealing with the ramifications of Andrew Shaw’s homophobic comments to a referee during the Stanley Cup playoffs. When Mia Siegert’s debut novel Jerkbait hit bookshelves on May 10 of this year, the young adult hockey novel focusing on homophobia and mental illness was never more relevant. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Meacham sets Lincoln’s development against the growing crisis of the slave states’ determination to maintain and expand the scope of slavery, a fight culminating in Lincoln’s election and the Civil War. The author also traces Lincoln’s evolution from bookish farm boy to trial lawyer to politician, a progression aided by the rise of the new Republican Party, whose views largely matched his own. Allusions to some of them cropped up in famous speeches later in his career. ![]() ![]() At the time, writes the author, Lincoln was “far more attracted to reading, thinking, and talking than he was to farming, rail-splitting, and hunting.” Meacham astutely examines the contents of some of those books we know he read, showing their influence on his thinking. As a young boy, the future president would memorize and repeat the sermons of local pastors, and he read voraciously even though, other than the Bible, not many books were readily available on the frontier. Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Meacham follows Lincoln from his rural Kentucky roots to his assassination in 1865, paying close attention to the many influences on his ideas and values. A deeply researched look at Lincoln’s moral evolution on the issue of slavery. ![]() ![]() Rapid developments in genetic engineering suggest a future in which scientists can edit, engineer, and create life.Thanks to AI and big data analytics, our biology is becoming another form of information technology.There are three critical lessons within Metzl’s book, and they include: In Jamie Metzl’s book, “ Hacking Darwin,” Jamie lays out these possibilities and how they can be attained within the next two decades. You might even be able to choose traits to enhance, which would influence height, IQ, and personality traits. ![]() Imagine, 15 years from now, medicine could reduce the chances of a child developing Alzheimer’s disease, or even certain types of cancer or heart disease later in life. However, with our current use of advanced technology, the length of time between what is and what could be in the future is ever-shrinking. ![]() ![]() Science Fiction has always offered us a glimpse of hope concerning future medicine and what might be possible 20, 30, or even 50 years in the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() I haven't read the two Raisins which come between Blood and Tree ( Dishing the Dirt and Pushing up Daisies), but Blood comes off like a work of sheer genius compared to Tree and Ringer, though in fact Blood is very much adulterated in my view. ![]() ![]() Sadly, they are practically unreadable, like Agatha Christie's Postern of Fate (1973) without that novel's dotty, meandering charm. Green, not of having done it with the revolver in the billiard room, but of having helped in the writing of the last of the Beatons ostensibly produced by his benefactor, Beating about the Bush, published the year of her death, because to me it doesn't read quite like Beaton herself and it is a huge improvement on her previous two Raisins, The Witch's Tree (2017) and The Dead Ringer (2018), which are, to be brutally frank, two of the worst mysteries I have ever read. Green (a man, Rod Green), who has been described as a longtime friend of Beaton. The series has since continued under the hand of R. Only five more Raisins from the author's hand (ostensibly) followed it before her death at age 83 on the last day of 2019. At the time of its publication, The Blood of an Englishman (2014) was advertised as something of an "event" in crime writer MC Beaton's long-running Agatha Raisin mystery series, as it was the author's 25th book in the series. ![]() ![]() This book seems like it is going to have the fake-dating trope, as well as friends-to-lovers. ![]() Will does not want Annie to change, but he agrees to help her out. Annie wants help transforming herself into an interesting, flirty person and she enlists Will, a typical bad-boy to help her out. “Practice Makes Perfect” by Sarah Adams (“When in Rome”) will be out on May 2. This book will have the fake-dating trope, as well as what seems like a second chance romance. They have to pretend to still be in love for the entire trip. What could go wrong when a couple that has been broken up for six months has to act like they are still together? Harriet and Wyn have not told their friends they are no longer together and they still agree to go on their annual trip with them. ![]() Next up is “Happy Place” by Emily Henry (“Beach Read”). “Not Here to Stay Friends” is about childhood best friends reconnecting, and working together on the set of a television show similar to “The Bachelor.” This book is expected to be a friends-to-lovers book, however it seems like there also might be a love triangle. Kaitlyn Hill released her debut novel “Love From Scratch” early last year, and has a new novel coming April 4. Here is a guide for what to expect through November of 2023. 2023 is set to be an exciting year for readers with many authors continuing or wrapping up their current series. ![]() ![]() As a religious history at the intersection of gender, white evangelicalism, and popular culture, Du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation advances a provocative argument: White evangelical Christianity over the course of the last century has been distinguished more through its endurance as a cultural and political movement than by its theology (298), and the mark of its particular cultural moorings is its coalescence around the assertion of authoritarian white masculinity. This Jesus, or rather, the evangelicalized trope of Jesus, is an archetype of a militant masculinity that evangelicals have fashioned to anchor their battles against the major wedge culture wars of our time (295). The Jesus of white evangelical Christianity, writes Kristin Du Mez, is a veritable “badass.” ![]() ![]() ![]() As the child begins to die, his father first rages at God and then begs for his son’s possible death.Īfter some time, Colton miraculously recovers from the deadly situation. In the meantime, Colton’s appendix bursts. His parents eventually decide to take him to a hospital, but doctors are unable to diagnose any problems. The family begins a trip to Colorado for a vacation and Colton starts complaining of terrible stomach pain. ![]() Colton’s father Todd is a minister in the town of Imperial, Neb. The name of this remarkable story is "Heaven is for Real," written by Todd Burpo.Ĭolton Burpo is 4 years old when all of these events occur. In reply to this ignorant skepticism, a book on the New York Times Best Seller List about a 4-year-old boy’s visit and return from heaven has captivated thousands of readers. They will sometimes even ridicule people believing in eternity. ![]() Unfortunately, many modern people frequently only think of this world and completely discount the possibility of heaven. Many saints have had similar revelations about heaven and have been unable to describe its beauty. Because of this faith, death doesn’t have to be seen as a dreadful terror. Paul states that "no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him." (1 Cor. ![]() Because of this, everyone must die and render an account for their actions on earth. Our Lord tells us in Genesis that death came into the world because of the sinful behavior of man. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re buying your books as a gift, we can gift-wrap them in a lovely bundle and send them wherever in the world you wish! We can even hand-write your greetings card with your personal message. If we recommend books to you through this service, we’ll be able gather up those books and send them to you no matter where you are in the world. Our recommendations service is open for all to use. Moreover, we pride ourselves on being able to track down and obtain any book our customers want. ![]() In 1982, she published the novel The Color Purple, for which she won the National Book Award for hardcover fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. About the AuthorĪlice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves. ![]() But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker – a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls ‘father’, she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. Set in the deep American South between the wars, The Colour Purple is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. ![]() ![]() ![]() He spends his days managing his dukedom and his nights in far less wholesome pleasures. Chase gave up on love, and even affection, a long time ago. He’s Not The Marrying Kind…The Duke of Rathmore is not the sort of man to indulge in a happily ever after. ![]() But maybe, just maybe, she's exactly what I need. She's exactly the type of girl I've always avoided, the kind of girlfriend I never wanted. The girl might not bring drama, but get to close to someone like that and someone's heart is bound to break. They're too sweet, too wholesome, and they're way more trouble than they're worth. My relationships are always exciting, right up until the point it goes crazy. I mean emotionally, but one of them might actually attempt murder. It's obvious that kissing Derek is nothing but trouble.so then, why can’t I stay away? Derek: My type of girl is going to kill me. This can't work out for either of us, not in the long run. I don't do casual flings and Derek's sworn off long-term girlfriends. Even though I know this doesn't make sense. But when he turns that passionate gaze on me, I'm helpless to resist. My well-laid plan for the future definitely doesn't involve brooding guitarist/singer with intense eyes and a history of disastrous relationships. Melissa: The baddest member of the band, Derek is the picture of a dark rock god and everything I never wanted in a boyfriend. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Starvation set in rapidly, and people ate anything: grass, tree bark, dogs, corpses. The state sealed the republic's borders and seized all available food. In Red Famine, Anne Applebaum argues that more than three million of those dead were Ukrainians who perished not because they were accidental victims of a bad policy but because the state deliberately set out to kill them.Īpplebaum proves what has long been suspected: after a series of rebellions unsettled the province, Stalin set out to destroy the Ukrainian peasantry. But instead of sending relief the Soviet state made use of the catastrophe to rid itself of a political problem. At least five million people died between 19 in the USSR. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization-in effect a second Russian revolution-which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. ![]() From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes-the consequences of which still resonate today ![]() |