6/30/2023 0 Comments Contagion by Erin Bowman![]() Read this one with the lights on!”-Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe series and Star Wars: Rebel Rising ![]() “Few understand the true horror that lies in the empty unknown of space, but Erin Bowman nails it in Contagion. ![]() “Gripping, thrilling and terrifying in equal measures, Contagion is the perfect intersection of science fiction and horror-I couldn’t look away.”-Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae and Unearthed As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried-and some monsters are only too ready to awaken. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project-including its members’ dead bodies. Perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken trilogy.Īfter receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Mystery ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Minion by la banks![]() The Shadows: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #11) (Paperback): The Darkness: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #10) (Paperback): The Cursed: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #9) (Paperback): The Wicked: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #8) (Paperback): The Forsaken: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #7) (Paperback): The Damned: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #6) (Paperback): The Forbidden: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #5) (Paperback): ![]() The Bitten: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #4) (Paperback): ![]() The Hunted: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #3) (Paperback): The Awakening: A Vampire Huntress Legend (Vampire Huntress Legends #2) (Paperback): This is book number 1 in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Night Sins by Tami Hoag![]() ![]() Though she is a master of suspense, the story falters when a major secret about the kidnapping is exposed. Hoag ( Night Sins Dust to Dust), herself an experienced equestrian, shows off her dressage-to-showing knowledge of the sport as she weaves behind-the-scenes tidbits-about the training, competitions, horse brokers and grooms-into a plot that gallops along. As Elena digs deeper into Erin's disappearance, the dark side of the horse-show set is revealed. She's been keeping a low profile at a friend's Florida ranch, but her world is disrupted when 12-year-old Molly Seabright, wise beyond her years, attempts to hire Elena to find her older sister, Erin, who has been missing for two days. ![]() Elena Estes is a former cop whose bravado on the force resulted in a colleague's death it also cost her her job and her self-esteem, not to mention the psychological and physical fallout from nearly being shot. ![]() The professional horse world, as seen through Hoag's eyes, is full of intrigue, glitter and skullduggery. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Nikki giovanni a good cry poem![]() In her early work, Giovanni expressed the militant themes of the Black Arts Movement. ![]() Giovanni then enrolled in an MFA program at Columbia in 1969. ![]() From 1967 to 1968, she studied social work at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude in February 1967 with BA in history. Before taking graduate courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia, Giovanni organized the Black Arts Festival in Cincinnati. Giovanni also restored Fisk’s chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Giovanni returned to Fisk four years later and participated in the Fisk Writing Workshops directed by then writer-in-residence John Oliver Killens. She was dismissed after her first semester for failing to conform to the university’s conservative standards. In 1960, Giovanni enrolled at Fisk University. ![]() Her older sister, Gary Ann, began to call Giovanni “Nikki” during childhood. Raised in Woodlawn, Ohio, north of Cincinnati, Giovanni was the youngest of two daughters. ![]() She was the daughter of Jones “Gus” Giovanni and Yolande Cornelia Giovanni (née Watson). Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Srikanta novel by sarat chandra![]() ![]() He values humanity more than chastity and raises his voice against traditional morality and religious dogmatism in depicting illicit love relationship and in disclosing the deceptions underlying the established marriage custom. Sharat chandra is not a feminist in the traditional sense nor does he take the side of forceful assertion of women rights but he shows a significant understanding of woman psyche and to a great extent, protests against social and religious double standard that ultimately results in gender nonconformity. They are all precursors to the later day women characters depicted by the feminist writers. ![]() These characters are unwavering and resolute enough to cast around an emancipated futuristic outlook. ![]() ![]() In this novel Sharat Chandra’s portrayal of women characters- Rajlaksmii, Annada, Abhaya, and Kamal Lata assert their individuality, self-worth and deliverances boldly in the then male-controlled and traditional society. The present paper is a sincere effort to explore the image of Indian women in the early 19th century social context as depicted in Sharat Chandra’s novel Srikanta. Gender Nonconformity, Individuality, Free Will, Sharat Chandra Abstract International Islamic University Chittagong ![]() |