She captures teenage antics and banter with astute comedic style, simultaneously skewering bullies, a culture of slut-shaming, and the devastating impact of religious zealotry. Afterward, a potent blend of Christian guilt and internalized homophobia causes Lauren to question the experience.Īuthor Jessica Campbell ( XTC69) uses frankness and dark humor to articulate Lauren's burgeoning crisis of faith and sexuality. That evening, Mariah gives Lauren a makeover and the two melt into each other, in what becomes Lauren’s first queer encounter. Mariah has dial-up internet, an absentee mom, and a Wiccan altar-the perfect setting for a study session and sleepover to remember. She’s a devout member of an evangelical church, but when her Bible-thumping parents forbid Lauren to bring evolution textbooks home, she opts to study at her schoolmate Mariah’s house. Lauren is fifteen, soft-spoken, and ashamed of her body. A queer coming-of-age story, complete with secret cigarettes, gross gym teachers, and a lot of church
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The authors include Louis Ozawa, who played “Hanzo” in Predators, Roshni “Rush” Bhatia, director of the Shadow at the Door, and Scott Sigler, author of Earthcore, Alive, and Aliens: Phalanx. Edited by Jonathan Maberry and Bryan Thomas Schmidtįifteen original short stories set in the expanded AvP universe, featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja from Predator, pitted against the ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien, with humans caught in the middle! Set on Earth and in the far reaches of space, in the past, present, and future, these tales are produced by a culturally and ethnically diverse of authors of varied genders, gathered exclusively for this anthology. The first anthology of original short stories featuring the confluence of two iconic properties, as the Predators seek the ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.Īt first consumed by despair and self-pity, Brian slowly learns survival skills-how to make a shelter for himself, how to hunt and fish and forage for food, how to make a fire-and even finds the courage to start over from scratch when a tornado ravages his campsite. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared-and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Urtica dioica from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885 Edibilityįor centuries, nettle has been a staple for ancient cultures and continues to be an important food source throughout the world. Stinging nettle resembles clearweed ( Pilea pumila), a non-toxic but unpalatable plant, but clearweed has no stinging hairs. Male flowers can be yellow or purple, while female flowers are green and white. The tiny flowers are arranged in inflorescences that hang off the stems like catkins. Stinging nettle is dioecious, which means plants can have either male or female flowers. The trichomes inject formic acid, histamines, and other chemicals into your skin, which is what causes the sting. The tips break off when touched, unsheathing the sharp needles. The stinging hairs, called trichomes, are hollow like hypodermic needles with protective tips. True to its name, stinging nettle imparts a painful sting through tiny hairs on the underside of its leaves and on its stems. Smaller, younger leaves are more heart-shaped. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale). He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. During his lifetime and after his death, Feynman became one of the most publicly known scientists in the world. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed. On one Fourth of July weekend, as they do every year, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family's annual gathering. In New York, oldest sister Sabrina is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie is an American artist in Florence, living for her art. Her sister Tammy has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV, and a home she loves in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills. Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel's new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy-and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof.Ĭandy-it's the only name she needs-is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion's latest international supermodel. The Beavers along with the three children set off on a long and perilous journey to find Aslan – the King and Lord of Narnia – and rescue Edmund. During lunch they realize that Edmund (who had fought and was angry with the other three) had left to join forces with the White Witch whom he believed would make him Prince. Beaver who invites them to lunch at their cottage. Susan and Peter enter together and find Lucy and Edmund. Edmund, who enters second, finds the White Witch and thinks she's kind and caring, only to later discover that she is a cruel, evil and untrustworthy woman. Lucy enters first and encounters the Faun who is in the pay of the White Witch and tries to kidnap her. They enter at different times, but from the same place – the old Wardrobe. Four children – Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund all enter Narnia – a magical world where animals talk and the White Witch who reigns as Queen makes it always winter and never Christmas. "So at some point we were in the Rocky Mountains with no heat. After her parents split up when she was 5, Auder and Viva went on the road, traveling cross-country in a beat-up car with a cat they picked up along the way. As a kid, she played the daughter of a dominatrix in an underground film. Growing up in Warhol's orbit meant Auder's childhood was an unusual one. Viva appeared in the Warhol films Lonesome Cowboys and The Loves of Ondine, and she was on the phone with Warhol in 1968 when he was shot. Alexandra Auder's memoir is Don't Call Me Home.Īlexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor - a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven.But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she's already been placed under 'house arrest' with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller. I first started reading this book when I lived in Walt Disney World on the Disney College program. This book was an absolute treasure to read. Selznick, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Howard Hughes, Abbott & Costello, Walt Disney, and a children's book, Walt Disney: Magician of the Movies. Other Thomas biographies include Joan Crawford, Marlon Brando, David O. Thalberg as sparking their interest in pursuing a career behind the scenes. Many in the film industry credit his 1969 biography of producer Irving G. Mayer.ĭuring his long history of reporting for the AP, Thomas authored at least 30 books. Acclaimed as the dean of Hollywood reporters, Bob Thomas wrote about the movie business for the Associated Press since the days when Hollywood was run by the men who founded it: Jack Warner, Darryl F. Thomas made his mark by engaging celebrities in activities that brought out their personalities, whether by measuring their waistline after childbirth (as he did with Betty Grable) or testing just how tall a leading lady needed to be by kissing her himself (as he did with June Haver). He lived in Encino with his wife, Patricia. Robert Joseph "Bob" Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944.īorn in San Diego, he grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a film publicist. |