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Aurora by Melanie Windridge6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The science behind it is incredibly complex, the source of the energy comes from the solar wind and coronal ejections from our sun and the light is produced by the interaction between that and the trace elements in the upper atmosphere. This is a really nicely written book about the aurora. Also woven into the narrative is an exploration of the cultural effect that the light has had on the people that see them and how we have tried to replicate them and explain them before science. ![]() Her travels take her from Scotland to Iceland, then Canada and onto Svalbard, where she sees the magnificent total solar eclipse. As well as a clear explanation behind the science of the northern lights, Windridge head north to experience them for herself. ![]() Melanie Windridge’s work as a plasma physicist means that she is well placed to reveal all that has been learnt about the science behind these beautiful lights. However, it is only in the past few decades that we have become to understand how they are created. They have been known to humanity for millennia and have been a sense of wonder and inspired stories and myths of their creation. The haunting beautiful lights that hang in the skies of the northern hemisphere also have their south equivalent, the aurora australis. I don’t have a bucket list, (do have a bucket though), but one day I want to see the amazing natural phenomena that is the aurorae borealis. ![]()
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Tobly mcsmith books6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In this moving, honest debut from Tobly McSmith, one transformative relationship opens the eyes of a whole town-and opens the door for Pony and Georgia to celebrate their truths, even when it feels hard. Then, on the very first day of classes, the new guy and the cheerleader lock eyes. Which is why she promised herself that dating is a nonstarter for the foreseeable future. She just wants to keep a low profile until graduation. Georgia is beginning to think there's more to life than cheerleading. But it's hard to live your best life with the threat of exposure lurking around every corner. Join local host, Fae Johnstone for a conversation with author Tobly McSmith about his debut YA novel, Stay Gold. Tired of getting too much attention at his old school after coming out as transgender, he's hoping for a fresh start as a Hillcrest High senior. ![]() Pony plans to fly under the radar this year. ![]() Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Becky Albertalli, and Jenny Han. Aspiring actor August Greene just landed a coveted spot at the prestigious School of Performing Arts in New York. Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who's going stealth at his new Texas high school and a cisgender girl who is drawn to him, even as she's counting down the days until graduation. A trans teen walks the fine line between doing whatever it takes for his acting dream and staying true to himself in this moving, thought-provoking YA novel from the acclaimed author of Stay Gold. ![]()
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Lighter than my shadow6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The device of using a noisy black cloud over her head to show her disorder which grows and recedes, overwhelms and surrounds, and never quite goes away is illuminating of the omnipresence of her troubles. There are many spreads showing her looking in a mirror, and reflecting what she is seeing. With just a few lines, Green is able to convey the depth of her problems. Green shows how her eating disorder is a manifestation of her need for control and perfection, and how long term therapy ultimately helps her, though not in a dramatic “breakthrough” way, rather in a series of small realizations. After ineffective treatment after ineffective treatment, her father takes her to see an alternative therapist and while initially his support and confidence building seems to really help her, it later becomes something much darker. Green pulls no punches about how it affected her and her family. As she enters secondary school, and social pressures increase it develops into full blown anorexia. Using deceptively simple drawings and a shades of gray palette, British illustrator Green relives her battle with eating disorders from a young age through to her young womanhood.Įven as a young girl, Katie had a difficult relationship with food. ![]()
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Dark money mayer6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() I don’t know if Palin is the one that they would want.” On the potential for Palin being Trump’s vice presidential pick, Mayer said: “I’m sure the Republicans, should they be competing against Hillary Clinton, would love to have a woman somewhere on their ticket. John McCain chose Palin as his running mate on the Republican ticket, said: “I suppose because he’s a dealmaker and he’s stolen her away from Ted Cruz, and it’s considered a get for him in the context of Iowa.” On why the Palin endorsement matters, Mayer, who wrote a New Yorker article in 2008 about why Sen. ![]() Jane Mayer, the bestselling author of the new book “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,” joined Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga to talk about the impact of Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and the impact of money on the 2016 presidential campaign. ![]()
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Timeless by alexandra monir6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Millicent goes on to explain that she is the founder and president of the Time Society, an organization dedicated to bringing together individuals born with genes that gift them the ability to time travel. Winter 1888, NYC: Seventeen year old Rebecca Windsor receives a visit from the mysterious Millicent August, who hands Rebecca a book titled Handbook of the Time Society, insisting she read it. Now that Michele is gifted, there are some who will do anything to take that power away. Alexandra Monir's short story exclusive ebook, Secrets of the Time Society, sheds light upon the world created in her novel Timeless and forecasts the fate that lies ahead for its protagonist, Michele Windsor. Those who try to enter the society quickly come to realize that time is a force not to be reckoned with. ![]() There exists a secret society where one's ability to travel through time is "gifted" to members only by blood. ![]()
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The songs of web dubois6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. The NAACP Image Award-winning poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic-an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing Sing, Unburied, Sing and The Water Dancer-that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era. I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family. Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction.Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() 2 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s women’s bantamweight division Mikey Rotella, star of the Travel Channel’s “Making Monsters” show Philo Barnhart, an author, editor and illustrator who worked on “The Little Mermaid,” “The Secret of NIMH” and books on drawing Disney characters Jamie Snell, a freelance comics illustrator Collin Royster, a costume designer from Henderson, Ky. Guests will include: Miesha Theresa Tate, a mixed martial artist ranked No. ![]() They will include sessions on comic collecting, toymaking and costume crafting as well as cosplay costume contests for children and adults. Saturday the event opens to the public with a lineup of activities running to 10 a.m. The event will open Friday with VIP-only activities. Martial artists, comic artists, costume designers, hometown ghost busters and a sculptor with a homemade Batmobile have enlisted to help celebrate the inaugural Pop! Con gathering this weekend at the National Guard Armory, 3300 Division St. ![]()
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Gideon the ninth audio book6/25/2023 ![]() The beginning of the book was a bit challenging for me to get into. The cover looks rad and it was published by Tor, it was all I needed. All I knew about Gideon the Ninth was that we have queer necromancers in space. I’m someone who likes to know very little about books I’m getting into, to keep expectations neutral and just let the book take me where it does. Secondly, I’m sliiightly sad I’m coming into this series late but better now than never. ![]() Of course, some things are better left dead.įirst of all… I have FEELINGS. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. ![]() ![]() If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service. ![]() She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.īrought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir ![]()
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Rules of entanglement gina l maxwell6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Jax and Vanessa’s first meeting at airport was not a very positive one. Vanessa has always had a wall around her heart and by creating her seven rules to live by she avoids any signs of heartbreak. Jax Maris is Lucy’s very protective, loving, older brother who practically raised her after a tragic incident involving their parents. ![]() She has never had a serious relationship, trying to keep all men at arm’s length. ![]() Major props to you Gina Maxwell on another job well done! I can’t wait to read more of your work! This story is about Vanessa MacGregor (Lucie’s best friend) who is the firecracker, independent, always in control, and very vocal about everything. The banter that goes on between Jax and Vanessa was quite amusing. So of course, I instantly fell in love with Jax. I fell in love with Reid and Lucy in her first book, Seducing Cinderella. ![]() |