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Author Jennifer Echols - Perfect Couple Perfect Couple is 2 in the Superlatives series about seniors at a Florida high school who are selected for their class's superlative categories in the yearbook, and how the labels change the way they view themselves and alter the course of their lives. ![]() Description: Perfect Couple is 2 in the Superlatives series about seniors at a Florida high school who are selected for their class’s superlative categories in the yearbook, and how the labels change the way they view themselves and alter the course of their lives. And ever since the senior class voted her and star quarterback Brody the “Perfect Couple That Never Was,” her friends have been pushing her to ask Brody out. Perfect Couple By: Jennifer Echols Superlatives Book 2 Available January 2015. Her parents’ bitter divorce left her wondering what a loving relationship looks like. But her own life is anything but picture perfect. ![]() As yearbook photographer, Harper is responsible for those candid moments that make high school memorable. In this second book in The Superlatives trilogy from Endless Summer author Jennifer Echols, Harper and Brody think they’re an unlikely match, but the senior class says they belong together. ![]() ![]() ![]() This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. Al-Jahiz transformed the world forty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rebel Heir is centered around Rush and Gia. I can follow every literary criticism with a point that went well, yet that doesn’t negate the fact that there is a plethora of those critiques. I found more wrong with this than right but I still really enjoyed myself. That being said, it does end in a cliffhanger and I feel no push to read the second book. ![]() I kept reading and I couldn’t stop myself. I don’t know if it was because it was a slow burn romance or because it was humorous at times or even because I was stuck on a 5 and a half hour flight. ![]() However, beyond the cliches and the predictable plot lines lay a page-turner. In fact, it was the epitome of one – because I know for a fact if I read this again and sit down and think about it, I would list out a whole bunch of reasons why this book and me wouldn’t gel well. ![]() Now, although a lot of the tropes and the cliches in this book were done before – I do want to go ahead and start this by saying this was a massive guilty pleasure. That was a brief summary of what this book was like to read. Placed it on the kitchen counter top, stared at it and thought, “You are no good to me whatsoever, I have experienced your effects multiple times and have seen what you do to me.” Then, just when you’re about to close the box and outsmart that fucking pizza, you say damn it all to hell… and you stuff your “I deserve this” mouth. “You ever just look at someone and know that if you let them, they could turn your life upside down…completely ruin you?”Įver got yourself a massive pizza with stuffed crust and extra carbs on the side to go. ![]() ![]() Wilson returns from the conflict unable to cope with the sadness that engulfs him. ![]() His hometown of Bradford in northern England is ripped apart by the fighting. Wilson is one of the Great War’s heroes, but also one of its victims. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. Wilson’s eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. ![]() ![]() In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit-all utterly alone. An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure. ![]() ![]() The culmination of his work was the passage in 1906 of the Meat Inspection Act, enshrined in history, or at least in history books, as a sacred cow (excuse the pun) of the interventionist state.Ī century later, American schoolchildren are still being taught a simplistic and romanticized version of this history. Sinclair’s “jungle” was unregulated enterprise his example was the meat-packing industry his purpose was government regulation. Muckraking novelist Upton Sinclair wrote a novel entitled The Jungle-a tale of greed and abuse that still reverberates as a case against a free economy. (Editor’s Note: Versions of this essay have appeared in print in several places since 1994, notably in FEE’s journal, The Freeman, and Liberty magazine.)Ī little over a century ago, a great and enduring myth was born. #29 – “Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ Proved Regulation Was Required” ![]() ![]() ![]() See the index of the published chapters here. The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) is proud to partner with Young America’s Foundation (YAF) to produce “Clichés of Progressivism,” a series of insightful commentaries covering topics of free enterprise, income inequality, and limited government. ![]() ![]() ![]() Make a donation by check to the Los Angeles Public Library and send it to:.Foundation members receive a variety of benefits with their membership. ![]() ![]() The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds for Library enhancement programs such as adult and early literacy, children and teen reading clubs, technology, and cultural programs. Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.For more information click here or talk to your local librarian. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. Two-time Pulitzer winner Whitehead (The Nickel Boys) returns with a sizzling heist novel set in civil rightsera Harlem. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() Julius could not have predicted what would happen. In my opinion, he did not do enough to protect and prepare them, and I was distressed by it. This calculated cruelty took me aback, as I would have expected him to value his children more. He needed a way to get into the museum and to keep the curator locked up and distracted, so used his children to do it. ![]() He used his children as weapons, or though perhaps props or uniformed accomplices is a better term. Julius merging with Osirus the way he did was unexpected. Trickster deities are often reduced to being villains and nothing more. ![]() ![]() I enjoy that he is given his owed complexity in The Red Pyramid. I look forward to seeing how Set is turned from a villain to a hero in future books. All of the characters are now set up to where they need to be for the upcoming challenges against Apophis. However, it was extremely satisfying to see Set put in his place at the end. That Apophis and not Set who is the big bad of the series was obvious to me fairly quickly. We can tell that he is an author who truly enjoys having fun with his craft. His multiple writing styles across his various series intrigue and delight me. The frame allows Riordan to play with the storytelling in interesting and compelling ways that I appreciate. I love how they keep taking the mike back and forth from each other. The framing device of the story is brilliant. They have such a great dynamic as brother and sister. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hearing Faith speak for the first time, in a crowded campus chapel, Greer – misunderstood yet full of longing for an ambition that she can’t quite place – feels herself changed. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.’ But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. ‘Greer didn’t really know why Faith took an interest. ‘The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer’s writing are extraordinary’ Jeffrey Eugenides ![]() ![]() ![]() The result was a thick-as-molasses lover’s lament, “This Should Go On Forever”, a triplet blues that crossed color lines without detection due to a booming baritone saxophone and a voice that oozed sincerity. After many hours of practice in his room, at school, and while cruising in his car, he decided he could sing as well as his heroes and proceeded to prove the point by travelling to Jay Miller’s recording studio in Crowley, Louisiana. The Rod Bernard story began in Opelousas, Louisiana where young Rod fell under the spell of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and local boys Frankie Ford and Jimmy Clanton. Yet in all that the time that has passed, that song has stayed with him as he has developed into an explosive stage personality. ![]() It has been almost twenty years since Rod Bernard charged onto the pop charts with the million seller “This Should Go On Forever”, which even today ranks as one of the biggest jukebox request records in the South. ![]() |