![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-olds have sex a couple of times, but it's not described. Kissing is mentioned a dozen times or so, and making out with hands under shirts is briefly described once or twice. ![]() Lots of strong language includes frequent use of "a-hole" and "s-t," and a wide variety of other strong language is used once or twice each. High school seniors wrestle with complex issues, mostly stemming from protagonist Finch's constant thinking about suicide, including the death of a loved one mental illness committing suicide and losing someone to it abuse and adult attitudes toward drinking, sex, and smoking. The message is ultimately hopeful, but the path to finding hope is heartbreaking, and readers should keep a hankie close by. Parents need to know that All the Bright Places is the young-adult debut of the author of the Velva Jean series, and suicide is the central theme. ![]() Teens smoke cigarettes, including in a scene during PE with no consequences.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. A teen takes half a bottle of sleeping pills. A main character doesn't like drugs but keeps sleeping pills on hand. A few mentions of high school kids drinking beer at parties. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His books can be found in bookstores and English c Gareth Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher’s Weekly called a “mixed-media gem”), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), The Merchant of Venice (which Kirkus called “the standard that all others will strive to meet” for Shakespeare adaptation), The Odyssey (which garnered four starred reviews and a spot on ten “best of 2010” lists), Romeo and Juliet (which Kirkus called “spellbinding”), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called “stellar” and “a remarkably faithful rendering”). Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library’s “Literary Lights for Children” award. ![]() Gareth Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher’s Weekly called a “mixed-media gem”), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), The Merchant of Venice (which Kirkus called “the standard that all others will strive to meet” for Shakespeare adaptation), The Odyssey (which garnered four starred reviews and a spot on ten “best of 2010” lists), Romeo and Juliet (which Kirkus called “spellbinding”), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called “stellar” and “a remarkably faithful rendering”). ![]() ![]() ![]() On this week’s Good One, Vulture’s podcast about jokes and the people who tell them, Jeselnik talks about one of these new styles of jokes. ![]() As he puts it, the devil has gotten older. This is on full display in his newest special, Fire in the Maternity Ward, which came out on Netflix earlier this year. After his 2015, special Thoughts and Prayers - which contained a defense of his perspective on comedy and the infamous “Shark Party” segment from his short-lived Comedy Central show The Jeselnik Offensive - Jeselnik started to expand his approach beyond one-liners and toward extended bits and stories that use his dark, economical joke-writing to achieve something greater and more ambitious. But as Jeselnik has matured (he’s 40 now), things have changed a bit. Since Anthony Jeselnik started comedy nearly two decades ago, his persona has been something of a cartoon villain, an implacable Lord of Darkness ready to slaughter sacred cows, cook their T-bones onstage, and serve them up to audiences bloody. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Look for other Sookie Stackhouse books at The Charmed Bookshop! True Blood Novels (based on the title of the 2008-2014 HBO series): This is #10 in the Southern Vampire Mysteries, a.k.a. As she recovers, she's unaware of the hatred of one of the remaining Fae. Welcome to Bon Temps, Louisiana! Sookie Stackhouse, smart, pretty, part-fairy, and telepathic (a demon rather than fairy gift), is "mentally and physically drained" in the aftermath of being brutalized by her great-grandfather's enemies during the Fae War that wreaked havoc, and bloodshed, on Bon Temps. Berkley Publishing Group, an imprint of Penguin Group. Southern Vampire Mysteries, True Blood #10, by Charlaine Harris. First edition of Dead in the Family: recovers from wounds suffered in the Fae War, just in time to face another Fae enemy. ![]() ![]() This event has come to be known as the palace incident of the renyin year (renyin gong bian) or the incident of the palace maids. The Jiajing emperor was a notoriously short-tempered, harsh man with many enemies, and in late 1542 several maids, despairing of his cruelty, attempted to assassinate him. She gave birth to the emperor’s third daughter in 1539, Zhu Luzheng, Princess Ning’an. In 1537, Imperial Concubine Duan was promoted to Consort Duan. The same year, she was promoted to Imperial Concubine Duan. In 1536, Lady Cao gave birth to the emperor’s first daughter Zhu Shouying, Princess Chang'an. She was one of JIajing Emperor’s favourite consorts. Lady Cao was born in Wuxi, modern Jiangsu Province. ![]() ![]() Consort Duan 端妃 (duān fēi),of the Cao Clan, was a Ming Dynasty concubine of the Jiajing emperor. ![]() ![]() ![]() What follows is over 600 pages of excitement, conflict, battles, heroes and villains. Taking advantage of US preoccupation with events in Taiwan and China, Russia believes it can catch the US and NATO sleeping. This plot includes a lightning strike in Europe aimed at the US Africa Command (based near Stuttgart, Germany), an aerial assault on GPS and satellite systems to disrupt communications across Europe, and an invasion of Africa to take back the mine itself. He comes up with a sweeping plot to reclaim this mine for Russia–or to destroy it so no one can use it. ![]() The mine was rich in rare earth materials, REMs, which are used in high tech products like computers and cell phones. A Russian colonel is embarrassed by having to abandon a mine in Africa that had been controlled by the Russians. All seems lost until a few unlikely heroes step up? Check. Lots of technical jargon (but not too much)? Check. ![]() Hunter Ripley Rawlings, IV, checks all the boxes for exciting, suspenseful, military thrillers. Now a new book, co-authored with retired USMC Lt. Thriller fans will also know him from his “Gray Man” books featuring a former CIA agent who continues to work in the shadows. Ripley Rawlings IVįans of Tom Clancy already know Mark Greaney as one of the authors who has continued his characters in the ongoing Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan, Jr. Book Review: Red Metal, Mark Greaney and H. ![]() ![]() And it’s not just her husband.ĭespite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. After fighting her way back to England, she’s set her sights on Agatha. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy. Nan O’Dea’s world is something very different. ![]() Only I know the truth of her disappearance.Īgatha Christie’s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame. In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. ![]() Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world. ‘Literally out-Christies Agatha’ - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In his new book, Nick takes a humorous, inspiring, and elucidating trip to America's trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land, what that has meant to them and us, and to the land itself, both historically and currently. Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free-not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed. ![]() A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their stories to rise to the top of their profession forms the rest of the book. But both the boys show extraordinary strength and resilience. ![]() Abel, stuck in Poland is a witness to the unrest in Poland and Europe and is subject to the barbaric tortures of Hitler’s regime. Both are brilliant, but luck favours only some. It follows their sorrows and joys hardships and successes. The story carries on following the lives of each protagonist individually, alternatively. They have but one thing in common – their greed to be successful. It follows the story of two men- William Kane and Abel Rosnovski who are born on the exact same day, but poles apart – William, to a rich, industrious family in America and Abel to a poor, penniless trapper family. The book, in a way is a modern adaptation of this play. When Abel’s offering is received with better grace, Cain in a fit of jealousy, kills Abel. Cain, a farmer and Abel, a shepherd, make offerings to the Lord in the form of land produce and flocks respectively. The book follows a similar premise as the Biblical tale of Cain and Abel taken from the book of Genesis. I read this book when five years ago and even today, when I go back to it I feel the same joy as when I first read it. Published in 1979, Jeffrey Archer‘s ‘ Kane and Abel‘ still remains one of the finest books ever written. ![]() ![]() ![]() One hundred years on, Mikhail tries to apply his ideas about how our thoughts affect our preparation for sleep, talking to doctors, scientists and academics along the way. It was only when she started reading a book by her great-great uncle Richard Waters, a leading figure in early 20th-century cognitive therapy, that something began to click. A generous, often joyful tale of mortality, success and failure, the book is summed up by Calista’s line: “What he had to give, nobody really wanted any more.” Teach Yourself to SleepĪuthor and journalist Kate Mikhail spent years with chronic insomnia. She transcribes a remarkable mock screenplay of a movie in which he is the star and helps Wilder explore his past. On a Greek island, the director meets the fictional Calista, a composer invited to work on Wilder’s penultimate film. ![]() Mr Wilder & Meīilly Wilder’s star had faded somewhat by the late 1970s, when this deft novel is largely set. Black Water Sister tackles some big topics, but it is also a lot of fun. She leaves America for Malaysia after graduation and is plagued by the voice in her head of her late grandmother, bringing out the novelist’s wit. While gods and gangsters provide the page-turning treats, what really impresses is heroine Jessamyn’s journey of self-discovery. In this fresh take on the ghost story set in modern-day Penang in Malaysia, London-based fantasy writer Zen Cho blends supernatural events with family trauma. ![]() |