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![]() ![]() ![]() The themes of Perfect Chemistry include looking beyond appearances, prejudice, being true to one's self, and the courage required to declare an unpopular love. The novel is written in alternating first person point of view, offering the perspective of both protagonists this structure complicates the story and contributes to its considerable suspense. Perfect Chemistry won the RITA award for Young Adult Romance, the top honor within the romance genre. Elkeles was raised around Chicago, where the story is set. The novel won praise for its humor, heart, and suspense, and became a New York Times bestseller. This urban romance story follows two 18-year-olds as they overcome stereotypes and fall in love. YA novelist Simone Elkeles published the first of her three-part trilogy, Perfect Chemistry, in 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() His characters are quirky and funny, cracking jokes amidst missions that will impact each of them as well as the world as we know it. Schewe brings page turning action and drama from the first pages to the last. Arriving there in time to contact the aliens, will change the gang’s lives forever. ![]() One of their destinations is the infamous Area 51 and a spot in China that observers claimed to see a space ship much like the one in the states. He needs to see his parents as they were notified that he was missing in action and presumed dead. With FDR paving the way for them and the rest of the Bad Love Gang as they travel to several key cities working undercover to complete their mission. During this meeting they discuss the White Hole Project (time travel) and shock FDR by reintroducing him to Bucky, who was assumed dead the first time the White Hole Project was used. Bouncing from the 1970’s to the 1940’s BB, Browmar, Bucky, Waldo and Tator have the honor of meeting with President Roosevelt very shortly before his death. Their motto is “live dangerously, have fun – don’t die”, which sums up their crazy, time traveling adventures.Īmidst spies, assassins and aliens, the gang travels around the United States and China on their current mission. The Bad Love Gang is back with guns blazing to save the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Armentrout returns to the world of the Lux with this steamy, shocking third installment of the Origin series that will leave readers reeling. But Evie might already be lost to the shadows.#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Kill.But there are truths that not even Luc can prepare for, and as Evie's abilities evolve, the consequences of everything he's done turn devastating. Now she's learned the truth about who she was and what she is.Hidden within Zone 3, she knows that if she loses control of her dangerous abilities again, she not only puts everyone in the secret community at risk, but also the beautiful, deadly inhuman Luc. The HC edition of The Brightest Night includes a bonus short story, and the first printing will be signed by the author.He is the darkest star.She is the burning shadow.And together, they will bring about the brightest night.Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living a safe, rather unremarkable life-a life that was a total lie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only for the entertainment value, but because she’s right. Whatever the reason, Gruff is willing to fight by this human’s side. Or her bravery facing down dragons and mad queens from distant lands. Maybe it’s the way her eldest sisters underestimate her. there is something about the uncontrollable princess that he can’t ignore. Gruffyn of the Torn Moon Clan has no time for human beings. Even if that means joining forces with angry battle nuns, irritating monks, and overbearing centaurs. She’ll do whatever is necessary to take down the soulless Beatrix. Sides have been taken, lives are on the line, and Ainsley has no doubt which sister must be queen. But what was once farming, smithworking, and bickering over the dinner table has turned into open warfare between sisters. ![]() Īinsley Farmerson has always planned to break free of the family business-and the family drama. Aiken’s newest fantasy, warring factions take up arms, a land is divided, and uncertain allies become very certain lovers. Books List The Heretic Royal Book 3 in The Scarred Earth SagaĪs two sisters battle for a single throne in G.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() Xiang is convinced this map could lead to the fabled treasure. Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure-the plunder of a thousand ports-that for decades has only been a myth, a fool's journey. ![]() The revelation that Xiang's father sailed with the Dragon Fleet and tucked away this secret changes everything. Her single memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry.īut the pendant's true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Her father is also only a story, dead at sea before Xiang was born. She desperately wants to prove her worth, especially to her mother, a shrewd businesswoman who never seems to have enough time for Xiang. Its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Head of the Dragon, is now only a story, like the ones Xiang has grown up with all her life. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. ![]() Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island. This program features an author's note, read by the author "Emily Woo Zeller offers an exciting narration of this sapphic TREASURE ISLAND retelling with Asian characters." -Audiofile Magazine ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon after moving to the rural prairie, Norris developed a relationship with the nearby Benedictine abbey, which led to her eventually becoming an oblate. Instead, they ended up remaining in South Dakota for the next 25 years. In 1974, her grandmother died leaving Norris the family farm in South Dakota, and she and her future husband, the poet David Dwyer, decided to temporarily relocate there until arrangements to rent or sell the property could be made. At first shocked by the unconventionality surrounding her, Norris took refuge in poetry.Īfter she graduated in 1969, she moved to New York City where she joined the arts scene, associated with members of the avant-garde movement including Andy Warhol, and worked for the American Academy of Poets. Her sheltered upbringing left her unprepared for the world she encountered when she began attending Bennington College in Vermont. ![]() ![]() She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as on her maternal grandparents’ farm in Lemmon, South Dakota. Kathleen Norris was born on Jin Washington, D.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() We now treat the Levin transformations in more detail. We mentioned in Section 6.3 that the Levin-Sidi d (1)-transformation reduces to the Levin u-transformation when the R l in Definition 6.2.2 are chosen to be R l = l + 1. In the remainder of this work, we use the notation of this definition with no changes, as we did in previous chapters. We recall that the sequences mentioned here are in either b (1)/LOG or b (1)/LIN or b (1)/FAC described in Definition 15.3.2. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. (Analysis of the diagonal sequences turns out to be very difficult, and the number of meaningful results concerning this has remained very small.) Practical extrapolation methods : their theory and application. We show how these transformations are derived, and we provide a thorough analysis of their convergence and stability with respect to columns in their corresponding tables, as we did for the iterated Δ 2-process, the iterated Lubkin transformation, and the Shanks transformation. In this and the next few chapters, we discuss some nonlinear sequence transformations that have proved to be effective on some or all types of logarithmic, linear, and factorial sequences ∈ b (1). ![]() ![]() Lesley, especially, has been in the crosshairs though she has not lived near them in over 15 years. Any woman he has brought home/married has been the target of her insults and verbal abuse. No woman has ever been good enough for her boys, most especially Terry, Dominic's younger brother. He will do anything to protect her from the dangers of motorcycle riding and I mean anything.ĭominic's Family - His mother, Peggy is the ruler of the Brennan roost and never, ever lets anyone forget about it. ![]() Lesley's father is protective and hates that she rides a Harley even though she has owned and ridden one since she was 26 years old. Her mother and father were very funny as well her mother is worried she won't ever catch a man and thinks Lesley wears her hair too long and her skirts too short for her age (both protags are in their 40's). His pursuit of her was so funny and so cute and sweet. However, he has developed a crush on an Irish lass who not only sits in front of him during mass but frequents the same senior center. He is Sicilian and has a foul mouth and is insulting and bossy. ![]() Lesley's Family - her 92-year old grandfather was my favorite secondary character. ![]() Ok, this started out as a very solid 4-star read for me but it ended up 2.5-stars for lack of sufficient grovel. ![]() ![]() The cost, combined with some of the incorrect stereotypes that the plant is old fashioned and "fussy" in modern homes means it can be quite difficult to get hold of. The disadvantage of growing so slowly means it does take a long time to grow to a saleable size, therefore Aspidistra's can be very expensive to buy. It will live quite happily in many areas of the home without too much effort from you. The main advantage of this is that it won't outgrow the location you choose for it, for a good many years. The large paddle shaped leaves are often a dark shade of green and growing slowly it produces only a few new leaves a year. ![]() It famously even appeared in the 1936 novel " Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by George Orwell (although the book itself has nothing to do with houseplant care!). In fact, because it's fully capable of dealing with poor light, murky conditions as well as poor air quality, warm or cold temperatures it received its nickname: Cast Iron Plant for its near indestructibility. The fall in popularity however is nothing to do with the plant being complicated or difficult to keep. ![]() Although less common to see, an Aspidistra still makes for an elegant houseplant ![]() |