![]() ![]() Robert Muchamore is widely praised for his straight-forward style, never talking down to his audience even though he writes for teenagers, this paired with his knack for writing engrossing action has cemented Cherub among the finest young-adult series and has made Cherub a worldwide bestseller. For official purposes, these children do not exist. They are trained to slip under adult radar and discover information that sends criminals to jail because, unlike adult-spies, they are unlikely to be suspected of anything. ![]() ![]() The Cherub series is a group of spy novels for teenagers written by Robert Muchamore which revolve around a top-secret branch of the British Security Service called CHERUB, which employs bright children, predominantly orphans, under the age of 17, as intelligence agents. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Since the story takes place in the Seventies and Eighties, it captures the progress of the drug trade, beginning with the-in retrospect-almost idyllic time when the kids idolized the local marijuana-peddler because of his wealth and his commitment to the neighborhood and carrying through the hard times: the crime and killings after cocaine and heroin took over. MacDonald’s tales of project life ring true to me. I never lived in Southie, but spent a lot of time there and in Roxbury in the mid-Seventies when I was considering moving there. ![]() I happened to pick it up just after watching The Departed and found the book a refreshing real-life look at the symbiosis of drug lords, politicians and policemen in South Boston. MacDonald’s prose is straight-forward and engaging as he tells this story of growing up in the projects in Southie. I cannot recommend this memoir highly enough. ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes vintage media interstitials, oral history commentary, photos, and more. Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into one of history's darkest corners in this epic, heart-wrenching novel about identity, unforgettable love, repercussions of war, and the hidden violence of silence – inspired by the true post-war struggles of Spain. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city. He is backed into a corner of decisions to protect those he loves. ![]() ![]() Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. Photography – and fate – introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War – as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. ![]() Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. tags: daniel-matheson, maria-matheson, memories-are-hungry, teenage-fling. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets amidst a Spanish dictatorship. I'd hate to think that a teenage fling might leave you alone for the rest of your life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Charles and Anna must use their skills-his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker-to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn. ![]() Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf-but can't stop blood from being shed. With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support far enough away to not cause any harm. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other-one that lurks too close to home. In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs "spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well" (USA Today Online). ![]() ![]() ![]() Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future, Eleanor Davis's The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Before cracking open The Hard Tomorrow, it might be a good idea to mentally buckle up and maybe even put on an emotionally protective helmet for good. Helping Johnny build the house is Tyler, an off-the-grid conspiracy theorist driven sick by his own cloudy notions of reality. ![]() Helping Hannah in her fight for the future is her best friend Gabby, a queer naturalist she idolizes and who adores her. Legs in the air, for a better chance at conception, Hannah scans fertility Reddits while Johnny dreams about propagating plants-kale, tomatoes-to ensure they have sufficient sustenance should the end times come, which, given their fragile democracy strained under the weight of a carceral state and the risk of horrible war, doesn’t seem so far off. Davis captures facial expressions, body language, and gestures with curving, wiry lines that imbue the artwork with both spontaneity and grace.The AV Club. They're currently living and screwing in the back of a truck, hoping for a pregnancy, which seems like it will never come. The Hard Tomorrow looks at a bleak and very familiar near-future to tell a story about activism, empathy, and believing in a better world. Her husband, Johnny, is a stay-at-home pothead working-or "working"-on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. ![]() Hannah is a thirty-something wife, home-health worker, and antiwar activist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Giridharadas’s new book will make a lot of people angry. So when he mounted the stage at the Aspen Institute and told his fellow fellows that their pretensions of doing good were just that - pretensions - and that they were more the problem than the solution, it caused some controversy. His education took him through Oxford and Harvard he spent years as a New York Times columnist he’s a regular on Morning Joe and a TED talker. Giridharadas has done his time in elite circles. “The answer may be: when the good is an accomplice to even greater, if more invisible, harm.” “How can there be anything wrong with trying to do good?” asks Anand Giridharadas in his new book, Winners Take All. ![]() ![]() The actual mole inside Citadel will turn out to be someone else. ![]() Certain things cast suspicion on Nadia Sinh ( Priyanka Chopra Jonas) but the audience can sense those are probably red herrings. The evil Manticore organization was able to destroy Citadel with the help of someone on the inside. ![]() Very early in the pilot episode, the script established perhaps the most important plot point of the series: Citadel was betrayed by one of its own agents. Citadel 1×06 reveals a lot but also leaves the viewer feeling like Mason and Nadia’s story has just begun. ![]() With spy stories, you can expect to get your fill of action but this show also decided that heightened drama in the plot would also be consistent. And the writers made sure to outdo every other WTF moment the show has ever had. Well, the season finale of the first season of Citadel has arrived. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indian spiritual teachings were not entirely unfamiliar to Americans when Yogananda arrived in 1920. ![]() Like any other science, yoga is applicable by people of every clime and time. “You can’t say it all began with him, but I think it began most popularly with him,” she said. If you stream yoga classes online, meditate to alleviate stress, or consider yourself more spiritual than religious, you have Paramahansa Yogananda, in part, to thank, said Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion at Harvard Divinity School. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album - and on contemporary thought Apple founder Steve Jobs requested that everyone who attended his memorial service be given a copy of “Autobiography of a Yogi.” Yogananda’s influence can still be felt on popular culture - his face and the faces of his three gurus appear on the cover of the Beatles’ “Sgt. He counted Mahatma Gandhi among his friends, and President Calvin Coolidge invited him to the White House. Yogananda spent 32 years in the United States, addressing tens of thousands in concert halls across the country, writing a bestselling autobiography that has sold more than 1 million copies, and instructing disciples that included George Eastman, founder of Kodak, and the pioneering botanist Luther Burbank. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rod Gray, the author of the Eve Drum Lady from L.U.S.T. ![]() Along the way, she finds new love and a new position in her career, making for an emotional and exciting journey for fans of the series. finally, but Eve is not one to go down without a fight. In this story, old enemies have gathered together to put an end to the Lady from L.U.S.T. This thrilling new book sees Eve Drum, the cunning spy, facing her most formidable challenge yet as her past comes back to haunt her. series by Rod Gray can now purchase the latest installment, Return of the Devil, from the library. ![]() In other news, fans of the Eve Drum Lady from L.U.S.T. The Gardner Francis Fox Library announces a new addition to its collection: Fox Fan Fiction, a project that allows fans of Gardner Francis Fox to contribute their own stories based on his characters. A new addition to the Library - Fox Fan Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() Combining the act of self-reflection with literal fear really drives her themes home and makes you think. Even those who consider themselves aware and allied to the cause of Black empowerment will be made uncomfortable when reading When No One is Watching, and that is truly a gift from Cole, who somehow manages to make you turn pages at lightning speed, even when you are sitting in your own feelings of discomfort and guilt. ![]() Though it should never fall on Black writers to educate and enlighten us, Cole takes on this task bravely and unapologetically, demanding that her white readers open their eyes to see how easily racism and greed can hide in plain sight, and how systems like gentrification, prisons and even banks have been stealing and benefiting from people of color for centuries. But her paranoia is rooted in something painfully real, and even as she questions herself, readers will see that there is a lot at play behind the scenes. She spaces out her reveals tremendously well, with one coincidence after another popping up to terrorize Sydney - first slowly, and then building in frequency until even Sydney herself feels like a crazed conspiracy theorist. Cole manages to unpack centuries of American history in a way that is neither boring nor distracting, and somehow, at the same time, she weaves a sinister and horrifying novel that is terrifying in its familiarity. an expertly crafted thriller that succeeds on almost every level. ![]() |