![]() ![]() What does it mean to be a girl? For Mara, growing up in a small, traditional town, being a girl means she has strict guidelines for how a girl looks and behaves and it’s everything Mara is not and hates. ![]() What results is a coming-of-age story that is at once tear-jerking and funny, thought-provoking and real, as Mara’s preconceived notions about gender, sports, sexuality, and friendship are turned upside down. Complicating matters is the fact that Valentina, Mara’s crush, is one of the new players, as is Carly, Mara’s nemesis-the girl Mara fought with when she was kicked off the basketball team. Now Mara’s lumped in as one of the girls-one of the girls who can’t throw, can’t kick, and doesn’t know a fullback from a linebacker. Inspired by what they see as Mara’s political statement, four other girls join the team. But joining the team sets off a chain of events in her small Oregon town-and within her family-that she never could have predicted. A lifelong football fan, Mara decides to hit the gridiron with her brother, Noah, and best friend, Quinn-and she turns out to be a natural. ![]() ![]() After getting kicked off the basketball team for a fight that was absolutely totally not her fault (okay maybe a little her fault), Mara is dying to find a new sport to play to prove to her coach that she can be a team player. ![]()
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![]() Some of the individually "named" local Bigfoot creatures first appeared in this book, including Momo (Missouri Monster), Lake Worth Monster, Murphysboro Mud Monster, the Enfield Thing, El Reno Chicken Man, Noxie Monster, Navajo's Skinwalkers, and Yukon's Bushman. It documents episodes from the fringes of human experience and exposes what they may tell us about ourselves and the strange world we live in, where things - whether fairies, ghosts, divine apparitions, or ostensible extraterrestrials - may be even more mysterious than they seem.Ĭreatures of the Outer Edge surveys the cryptozoologically bountiful decade of the 1970s (and more) with accounts of Mothman, Owlmen, Thunderbirds, Phantom Panthers, Devil Dogs, Texas Big Birds, and, yes, of course, Bigfoot. The Unidentified finds the links that connect supernatural folklore, religious visions, cryptozoology, and modern-day UFO stories. The Unidentified and Creatures of the Outer Edge, the classic early works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, now in a special double edition with a new introduction by the authors. ![]() ![]() Back in print for the first time in decades! ![]() ![]() ![]() Putin also has options to be speaker of the Duma (parliament) or leader of its main party, United Russia, thereby exercising power behind the scenes in the manner of Jaroslaw Kaczyński, leader of Poland’s Law and Justice party. Or he could become chair of the State Council, a body he created. So under proposals unveiled last week, Putin could assume a newly powerful post of prime minister in 2024 when his presidential term ends. He values a veneer of democratic legitimacy. Yet it appears Putin does not want to emulate out-and-out dictators in other countries by making himself president-for-life – the path chosen by China’s Xi Jinping. ![]() ![]() To yield power would be to invite retribution, legal or physical. ![]() Russia under Putin’s grim tutelage has grown notorious for cronyism and corruption on a vast scale, repression of domestic opponents and free speech, and military aggression and disruption abroad.Īgain like Stalin, retirement is not a safe option for the ruthless ex-KGB spy who normalised assassination as a modern-day tool of state policy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The watchdog intends to fine Paterson up to £7,500 but gave the former MP an opportunity to overturn the decision. On Friday, Harry Rich, the registrar of consultant lobbyists, said he proposed to conclude that Paterson had acted unlawfully when he lobbied ministers on behalf of Randox. ![]() Paterson now faces being fined after a Whitehall watchdog provisionally concluded that he broke transparency rules by failing to register as a lobbyist for a healthcare firm. Paterson later resigned his safe Conservative seat of North Shropshire, triggering a byelection that was won by the Lib Dems. It followed the outcry over disclosures that the Tories’ Owen Paterson broke the ban on paid lobbying by MPs while the Conservative backbencher Geoffrey Cox earned more than £900,000 last year from his work as a lawyer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One hot steamy night only complicates matters. Lauren Reynolds lives for new shoes at Saks. A knock on her door on the day of his funeral tells her differently.īrett Donovan lives for danger. High Stakes Suspense - Lauren Reynolds is widowed after an explosion in her husband's warehouse. Is he really at Rachel's deli for a coffee and bagel every morning? Second chances happen when least expected. To pharmaceutical tycoon, Derek Rutherford, it's now home where the woman of his dreams lives. It's known as the gateway to Atlantic Canada. ![]() Guarded by lighthouses, sun-drenched beaches, sparkling coves, and rugged shorelines the seaside city in Nova Scotia is known for its culture and heritage. She has her kids, her business, and a hydrotherapy shower. She's already accepted she'll never have what her parents have. Will Rachel find the strength to rebuild her life and her daughter's?Ī handsome man captures her interest but she denies love to enter her mind. And for her daughter, the second chance of having a dad. Which one will gain control of planned seduction?Ī tale of one mother's heart: heartbreak, her children's love, and second chances.Īs Rachel Winters's fiftieth birthday approached, the forever she'd found with Ryan ended with heartache. Her magazine article had her focused on the sexy resort owner. Then Elsie Chisholm arrived at his resort for her sister's wedding. Submissive women kept him a confirmed bachelor.Īaron MacDonald always got what he wanted, and no woman would ever change that. ![]() ![]() Grab this and devour it." - Booklist on Blade of Secrets, starred review "Levenseller elevates her already intriguing fantasy world through her depiction of Ziva, whose anxiety will ring true for anyone who’s ever had a panic attack. Pearson, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Remnant Chronicles on Blade of Secrets ![]() Be prepared to laugh, cry, and gasp." - Mary E. ![]() ![]() Loaded with action, betrayal, slow-burn romance-honestly, that is the best first kiss scene ever. The forge has always been Ziva’s safe space, a place to avoid society and the anxiety it causes her, but now it is her prison, and she’s not sure just how much of herself she’ll have to sacrifice to save Kellyn and take center stage in the very war she’s been trying to stop. When the events that follow lead to Ziva and Kellyn’s capture by an ambitious prince, Ziva is forced into the very situation she’s been dreading: magicking dangerous weapons meant for world domination. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister’s life. ![]() In Master of Iron, the conclusion to Tricia Levenseller’s exciting and romantic Bladesmith duology, a magically gifted blacksmith with social anxiety must race against the clock to save her beloved sister and stop a devastating war.Įighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. ![]() ![]() ![]() She had an older sister named Mary two younger sisters, Carrie and Grace and a younger brother named Charles, who died at nine months old. In her books, Wilder would later come to call the cabin "The Little House in the Big Woods." Two years after her birth, in 1869, her family moved to Kansas, which would become the setting for her book Little House on the Prairie. Wilder was born on February 7, 1867, to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in their log cabin just outside of Pepin, Wisconsin. On February 10, 1957, she died at age 90, on her farm in Mansfield, Missouri. Laura Ingalls Wilder published Little House in the Big Woods, the first of her well-known Little House series that eventually spawned the hit TV program Little House on the Prairie, in 1932. ![]() (1867-1957) Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the painting was also used in the 2016 Fantasy Calendar. This painting was used for the box's 'Human' exterior cover.Ī painting for the online video game R.Y.L Path of the Emperor, this was used for the box's 'Human' interior cover. One of several paintings produced by Boris and Julie for the online game R.Y.L Path of the Emperor. This painting was used for the 'Mutant' outer cover.įor those that are interested, R Y L stands for 'Risk Your Life.'Īnother of the four paintings for the online game R.Y.L Path of the Emperor, this one was used for the 'Mutant' inner cover and also on some of the game's promotional material. The box is double-sided, with 'Human' and 'Mutant' sides and each of these sides having an outer and inner cover. ![]() Borisography - Alphabetic: R The Borisography: R R.Y.L Mutant Destroyer (2005) (BJ)īox art for the online game R.Y.L Path of the Emperor. ![]() ![]() His relationship with Mary Jane, his friendship with Johnny Storm, and his partnership with Black Cat are all affected by Peter’s fateful decision. Peter gives into the power of the symbiote, and things start to spiral horribly out of control. Their reunion is cut short when the Hobgoblin attacks May’s home. He visits Aunt May one evening and the two end up making up after an argument they had previously about Peter dropping out of school. Spider’s Shadow plays out pretty much the same scenario except that Peter isn’t willing to give up the costume just yet. The symbiote would bond with Eddie Brock and become Venom. ![]() Peter would end up ditching the symbiote and going back to his classic red and blue costume. ![]() It was revealed that the new wardrobe was actually alive and classified as a symbiote. Fantastic to have Reed analyze his black suit. ![]() He came across a machine on Battleworld that produced a small black glob that adhered to him and became his new duds. Zdarsky takes us on a journey to answer the question – What if Peter Parker bonded with the Venom symbiote?ĭuring Secret Wars, Spider-Man’s costume was torn to shreds after engaging in numerous fights with supervillains. Chip Zdarsky showed us what Peter Parker’s life would be like if he aged in real time in Spider-Man: Life Story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, when her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition. What do ghosts know about eating peanut butter for dinner? ![]() Things get worse, when a ghost warns her to stop the summonings or she’ll “burn everything down.” Katrell is willing to call them on their bluff, though. Clients pay her to talk to their deceased loved ones, but it isn’t enough to support her unemployed mother and Mom’s deadbeat boyfriend-of-the-week. Katrell doesn’t mind talking to the dead she just wishes it made more money. On this episode of Everything is Canon, Steve talks to Jessica Lewis all about her debut YA novel, Bad Witch Burning, which is described as “ For fans of Us and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comes a witchy story full of black girl magic as one girl’s dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future.” ![]() |