![]() Her decision to keep the baby slows her drug use, but doesn't stop it, and the author leaves the reader with the distinct impression that Kristina/Bree may never be free from her addiction. Kristina hits her lowest point when she is raped by one of her drug dealers and becomes pregnant as a result. Soon, her grades plummet, her relationships with family and friends deteriorate, and she needs more and more of the monster just to get through the day. ![]() There is only Bree." Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank. ![]() While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree: "there is no perfect daughter, / no gifted high school junior, / no Kristina Georgia Snow. ![]() ![]() In it, she chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father. Ellen Hopkins's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Crank, reads like a Go Ask Alice for the 21st century. ![]()
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![]() The novel and now dance theater piece follows Bruno Littlemore, a preternaturally gifted chimpanzee who falls under the care of - and, in turn, in love with - university primatologist Lydia Littlemore. Bruno will premiere April 29th through May 1st at The Englert Theatre.īased on the novel of the same name by Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Benjamin Hale, the piece was commissioned to celebrate a work from a recent Workshop alum. The Englert Theatre is proud to announce that it has commissioned its first original stage play, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, in partnership with Working Group Theatre. It’s the story of Bruno Littlemore, an unusually intelligent chimpanzee. ![]() It’s a story of oppression, of inequality and colonialism. ![]() ![]() It’s a story of love, across boundaries and species. It’s a story of evolution, biological and lingual. ![]() ![]() ![]() Giving into passion could cost both their careers. That gets harder and harder to do amidst regulations both are tempted to break. When Kyle and his partner get seconded to Alpha Team to help fight a terrorist threat, he has to balance his desire for Jamie against his duty to keep his secrets safe. He didn’t know the hot guy he picked up at a bar was the leader of the MDF’s top field team. Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan was only looking to relieve some stress after a long mission. When a mission to take down a terrorist cell brings that same stranger back into his world, Jamie’s life gets complicated. ![]() ![]() An enticing one-night stand with a gorgeous stranger is all it takes to show Jamie exactly what he’s been missing. The job requires his full dedication, so it’s no surprise Jamie doesn’t have time for a relationship. For three years he’s been working for the Metahuman Defense Force and leading Alpha Team-all against the wishes of his family. Publisher: Hailey Turner (February 19, 2017)Īfter surviving a horrific chemical attack that turned him into a metahuman, Captain Jamie Callahan got a second lease on life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet there is no difference in information content between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. Life is at root a chemical phenomenon: this is its deep logic.įor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. And it puts the subtle differences between individuals in the same grand story as the rise of the living world itself. It links the emergence of consciousness with the inevitability of death. It connects the first photosynthetic bacteria with our own peculiar cells. To grasp the Krebs cycle is to fathom the deep coherence of biology. Nick Lane is in the vanguard of scientists now tracing its ramifications across the tree of life. ![]() This conflicted merry-go-round of energy and matter has long taunted true understanding. At its core is a cycle of reactions that transforms inorganic molecules into the building blocks of life, and the reverse - the iconic Krebs cycle that sits at the heart of metabolism. In Transformer, Nick Lane captures a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight. The answer could turn our picture of life on Earth upside down. What really animates cells and sets them apart from non-living matter? This question goes back to the flawed geniuses and heroic origins of modern biology. Yet in terms of information there is no difference between a living cell and one that died a moment ago. 'One of my favourite science writers' Bill Gatesįor decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. ![]() ![]() ![]() This immediately grabbed my attention because I use to intern there. She wrote this book in a unique way, as a reporter.īesides being a columnist and an author, she does a show on NY1. Since he is a journalist, she wrote the book in a journalistic way. It sounds funny because novels are supposed be fiction. In this novel, she based the story on facts. She does not believe in organized religion. ![]() Stasi believes that if it were possible to clone a human, it would be possible to clone Jesus.Īfter her journey through the Middle East and Turkey, Stasi was amazed after what she had found. She is an author and released her first novel last year called The Sixth Station. This book is about the how she has found the real “Veil of Veronica,” the ancient artifact that supposedly contains an image of Jesus as well as his blood and, presumably, his DNA. ![]() When she is not busy writing columns twice a week, she is trying to finished her second book. She spoke about her career briefly and her return the New York Daily News after getting fired early in her career. This past monday we were treated with an appearance by New York Daily News columnist, Linda Stasi. ![]() ![]() ![]() So this was when epigenetics became popular. Part 3 examines the new paradigm that considered the environment much more in line with the genetics. Part 2 looks at the next cancer paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease. Part 1 examines the theory that cancer is a result of excessive cell growth. Fung goes through the common theories at each period of history in the last 50 years. The basic premise of the book is his pursuit of what causes cancer. And a friend kindly sent me a copy so I made it a point to read it in December 2020. Fung came out with a new book, The Cancer Code. I reviewed The Obesity Code a few years ago and continue to live by the principles laid out in that book. Jason Fung is a favorite writer and “mentor” of mine through his books on fasting and diabetes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Making a Name: How DJ Kool Herc Lost His Accent and Started Hip-Hopĥ. Blood and Fire, with Occasional Music: The Gangs of the BronxĤ. Sipple Out Deh: Jamaica’s Roots Generation and the Cultural Turnģ. Necropolis: The Bronx and the Politics of AbandonmentĢ. Longing on a large scale is what makes history.ġ. Rita Fecher, Benjamin Davis, Richie Perez and the Ancestors To Jonathan and Solomon, who will soon be leading us ![]() Who haven’t always understood where we were going To Eugene and Eleanor and Nestor and Melinda, Appears by permission of the publisher, Thunder’s Mouth Press, a division of Avalon Publishing Group.Įxcerpts of letters, quotes, and lyrics by Chuck D and excerpts of quotes by Sally Banes, Simon Reynolds, and Richard Goldstein are reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.Įxcerpt from “Black Art” by Amiri Baraka, from the book The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader, William J. “Two Shot Dead In Bronx Duel.” From The New York Amsterdam News, January 11, 1975. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ![]() Introduction copyright © 2005 by DJ Kool Herc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when it becomes clear that the house, influenced by the magic of Nathaniel's ancestors, requires a price for its obedience, Elisabeth and Nathaniel will have to lean on their connection like never before to set things right. ![]() ![]() She has a bachelor's degree in anthropology, and when not busy reading or writing, she enjoys watching more documentaries than most people consider socially acceptable. An Ohio native, she currently lives near Cincinnati. Not an easy task when the house is filled with unexpected secrets, and all Elisabeth can think about is kissing Nathaniel in peace. Margaret Rogerson is the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens. With no access to the outside world, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas-along with their new maid Mercy-will have to work together to discover the source of the magic behind the malfunctioning wards before they're due to host the city's Midwinter Ball. Surely it must be a coincidence that this happened just as Nathaniel and Elisabeth started getting closer to one another. But something strange is afoot at Thorn Manor: the estate's wards, which are meant to keep their home safe, are acting up and forcibly trapping the Manor'' occupants inside. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny from nosy reporters hungry for gossip about the city's most powerful sorcerer and the librarian who stole his heart. Description In this delightful sequel novella to the New York Times bestselling Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball!Įlisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a great observation – “Erica Yurkan you have an exaggerated sense of your own importance”. ![]() There is a great line in this book that was put in there at just the right moment when my patience of putting up with Erica was getting thin. ![]() And the stories she comes up with were so unrealistic they just became annoying as every time she opened her mouth it was a lie. You forget she’s only supposed to be 12 years old or something if she’s only in year six. It was interesting to see Erica’s family and social point of view but by golly she was an annoying child. ![]() This book was so surprising and a very odd read. Granted it was less eloquent in my mind but that isn’t important. The first thought when I started reading this was that we finally got a story from someone other than the middle class. So we sit through Erica assuming the worst, convinced Alison is out to get her and finding more things to hate no matter how small and shallow. Hating Alison Ashley is about a new girl arriving at school and Erica Yurkan instantly hating her because she looks out of place and a better class of person. Never in any doubt about her own genius she felt superior to everyone at notorious Barringa East… that is until Alison Ashley turned up. ‘I wouldn’t even be on the same bus as you… If I could have caught a virus in time.’ Erica Yurken knew she was destined for great things. ![]() ![]() She knew that she shouldn’t allow Alex’s security staff to browbeat her. Involuntarily, Kerry’s magnolia skin heated. There was a studied insolence to the roaming sexual appraisal of his dark eyes. We would have brought Nicky home as we usually do.” One of them stepped forward coolly to say, “It really wasn’t necessary for you to come to the airport, signora. ![]() As she slowly lowered her three-year-old son to the ground, she noticed the two dark-suited men lodged several feet away. Kerry had watched the calendar through every day of his absence, resenting the unusual silence echoing round the cottage and the emptiness of her weekends. He had been staying with his father for an entire month. ![]() “Missed you,” he confided, burying his dark head under her chin where unmanly tears could be decently concealed. NICKY CAME hurtling through the crowd ahead of his escort and threw himself into his mother’s arms like a miniature whirlwind. ![]() |