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![]() Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. She must keep it alive, they tell her-feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. ![]() She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Southern Living ![]() Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" ( San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as a baker. From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. ![]() ![]() "Wyoming is at a stage of what we call denial or resistance that the issue even exists in the first place," Sanborn says.Įventually, she'd like to see something in place to guarantee schools are teaching prevention statewide. ![]() Jody Sanborn, the prevention specialist for the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, wants all Wyoming communities to work to keep kids safe from sexual abuse. Vermont is a testing ground for states like Wyoming, which is one of nine other states that allow or recommend this type of education, but don't require it. Additionally, all schools and childcare facilities are required to train teachers and adult employees. Schools must also provide information to parents. K-12 schools in Vermont are required to provide sexual violence prevention to all students. In 2009, Vermont became one of the first. ![]() ![]() Many states are trying to curb those numbers - 20 now require sexual abuse prevention education by law. More than 58,000 children were sexually abused in the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is written by British dramatist Jack Thorne, who also created the Harry Potter stage sequel The Cursed Child, and will attempt to bring Pullman’s complex world to a new TV audience.īut why adapt this decades old trilogy now? Thorne has said that “we live in scary times and I think there’s so much in Philip’s book that’s about now and where we’re at now, even more than when he first wrote it”.Īnd he’s right. ![]() ![]() Now the BBC and HBO have created a new adaptation of the series that features an array of international acting talent, including Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy and Lin Manuel-Miranda. Is Game of Thrones the last great TV blockbuster? ![]() By the same token, Pullman’s words resonated with both the young and culturally attuned adults, who appreciated his stock of grand literary influences from John Milton to William Blake and William Morris. Since the first novel in the series, Northern Lights, was published in 1995, the books have been revered for their capacity to plunge readers into a complex adult world that nevertheless foregrounds child characters. Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy, His Dark Materials, was a unique cultural phenomenon: a rare fantasy work that – despite the convolution of being set in multiple universes – lost none of its literary sophistication. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Janos Ferenczy, master vampire and black magician, has risen from an ages-long sleep. Now, a new evil rears its head in the Balkan Mountains. Father faced son in a terrible battle, and when it was over, Harry awoke safe in his own bed, at home.but his Necroscope powers were gone, locked away in the depths of his mind! What should have been a joyful reunion with his son was tinged with horror when Harry realized that his boy - now a man-was half - Necroscope and half-vampire, and thus a deadly double threat to all mankind. He lost his body, though not his life his wife and infant son disappeared without a trace and he had to kill a woman he had come to love. Harry Keogh has triumphed over much adversity in his life, from the death of his mother and the discovery of his amazing powers - to talk to the dead and to travel instantaneously to any place via the Möbius Continuum - to the fallout from his war against the vampires. The Necroscope novels have sold more than two million copies in English alone. Their exploits have spanned two worlds, 13 novels, and an infinity of time. ![]() They chronicle the adventures of Necroscope Harry Keogh, his successor, Jake Cutter, and the psychically gifted agents of E-Branch, Britain's super-secret spy organization, and their battles against the malevolent, shape-shifting Wamphyri and their spawn. ![]() Brian Lumley's Necroscope novels are one of the horror genre's most towering achievements. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An English translation by Whittaker Chambers was published in North America by Simon & Schuster in 1928, and the novel has since been translated and published in over 30 languages around the world. The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father and experience about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest. “ Bambi, a Life in the Woods, originally published in Austria as Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde is a 1923 Austrian novel written by Felix Salten and published by Ullstein Verlag. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It can turn on you at any moment, and make you think you’re the one running the con game, when in reality, you’re the one being fooled. Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, learning how to solve complex codes and puzzles and creating powerful medicines, potions, and weapons as an apprentice to Master Benedict Blackthornwith maybe an explosion or two along the way. Though their shadowy backgrounds mean that they’ve never trusted anyone but themselves, the five must learn to rely on each other in order to get the job done.īut as Callan has been warned most of his life, it’s best to stay away from magic. 4.16 11,853 ratings1,688 reviews Tell no one what I’ve given you. There’s Callan the con artist, Meriel the expert at acrobatics (and knives!), Gareth the researcher, Lachlan, who can obtain anything, and Foxtail, whose mysterious eyeless mask doesn’t hinder her ability to climb walls like a spider. Lured by the promise of more money than they’ve ever dreamed of, five young criminals are hired to steal a heavily guarded treasure from the most powerful sorcerer in the city. but success could be deadly.įrom the bestselling author of the Blackthorn Key series, this magic-infused fantasy brings together a ragtag group of kids to pull off a crime so difficult, countless adults have already tried and failed. In this thrilling Ocean’s Eleven-like heist story for young readers, five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. ![]() ![]() I read Haddon’s narrative in one sitting, lying flat on my belly by some hotel pool, completely engrossed in the thoughts of his complex, idiosyncratic, frustrating, charming and hilarious protagonist. The book was gifted to me by one of my best friends, one with whom I shared a deep love and appreciation for works of art – be they visual, cinematic or literary – that managed to detach innocence from ignorance and assert it as a possibility in a world seemingly determined to make its preservation as an ethos and disposition unfeasible, at least for us adults. ![]() It’s been years since I read Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but I can still recall the effect it had on me, back when I was an undergraduate in the United Arab Emirates constantly dreaming of sensibilities that a life in Dubai denied me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Commercial Real Estate Investment Opportunities.Residential Real Estate Investment Opportunities.Real Estate Investment Tips for Experienced Investors.Learn from experienced investors and professionals.Real Estate Investment Tips for Beginners.Conduct thorough due diligence before investing.Hire a professional team to help manage investments. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He's co-founder of, a non-profit collective of 74 Northwest authors working together to energize the reading and writing public. Garth Stein is the author of four novels: the New York Times bestselling gothic/historical/coming-of-age/ghost story, "A Sudden Light" the internationally bestselling "The Art of Racing in the Rain" the PNBA Book Award winner, "How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets" and the magically realistic "Raven Stole the Moon." He is also the author of the stage play "Brother Jones." He has a dog, he's raced a few cars, climbed a bunch of really tall trees, made a few documentary films, and he lives in Seattle with his family. The novel features many plot twists, references to natural and supernatural, interesting characters and is set in Whidbey Island, United States. Garth Stein is the author of four novels: the New York Times bestselling gothic/historical/coming-of-age/ghost story, "A Sudden Light" the internationally bestselling "The Art of Racing in the Rain" the PNBA Book Award winner, "How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets" and the magically realistic "Raven Stole the Moon." He is also the author of the stage play "Brother Jones." He has a dog, he's raced a few cars, climbed a bunch of really tall trees, made a few documentary films, and he lives in Seattle with his family. The novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein is a tale that takes you on an unforgettable journey through another kind of mind, through the eyes and nose of a dog. ![]() |