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Now You Access Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass ShootingMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity, and a very personal hopeKindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, she?d sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street from her childhood home in Texas was targeted in a drive-by shooting. But now she lived in Oregon, where she spent her time swimming in rivers with friends or attending classes at the bucolic Umpqua Community College.?And then, one day, it happend: a mass shooting shattered her college campus. Over the span of a few minutes, on October 1, 2015, eight students and a professor lost their lives. And suddenly, Kindra became a survivor. This empathetic and ultimately hopeful graphic memoir recounts Kindra?s journey forward from those few minutes that changed everything.??It wasn?t easy. Every time Kindra took a step toward peace and wholeness, a new mass shooting devastated her again. Las Vegas. Parkland. She was .Book Details :Author : Kindra Neely

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Now You Access The House of MirthMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :First published in 1905, The House of Mirth shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities.Lily Bart, beautiful, witty and sophisticated, is accepted by 'old money' and courted by the growing tribe of nouveaux riches. But as she nears thirty, her foothold becomes precarious; a poor girl with expensive tastes, she needs a husband to preserve her social standing, and to maintain her in the luxury she has come to expect. Whilst many have sought her, something - fastidiousness or integrity- prevents her from making a 'suitable' match. .Book Details :Author : Edith Wharton

Now You Access Tragic Bonds (The Bonds That Tie, #5)More Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :Nothing will ever be the same again.Our Bonded Group has been torn apart, and the monsters are now the prey.But we?re not going to just wait around for our enemy to strike; the blood on his hands is unforgivable, and the god living inside of me wants her revenge paid in blood.And a thousand souls.We have been pushed to the limit, tested in ways that have devastating outcomes, and paid the ultimate price. Can we recover from such losses? Is the promise of a world without our enemy worth the sacrifices we?ve made?Can we prove to everyone, and ourselves, that together our bonds are unbroken?*Tragic Bonds is a full-length reverse harem PNR novel with material that may be difficult for some readers. This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations. .Book Details :Author : J. Bree

Now You Access Woman of LightMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award Finalist Sabrina & Corina"There is one every generation--a seer who keeps the stories."Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930's Denver on her own, she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors' origins, how her family flourished and how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the end, it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's singular voice, the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the .Book Details :Author : Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Now You Access Requiem for a DreamMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :In Coney Island, Brooklyn, lonely widow Sarah Goldfarb wants nothing more than to lose weight and appear on a television game show. In her obsessive quest, she becomes addicted to diet pills, while her junkie son, Harry, along with his girlfriend, Marion, and best friend, Tyrone, attempt to secure an illicit shortcut to wealth and leisure by selling heroin.Entranced by the gleaming visions of their futures, these four convince themselves that unexpected setbacks are only temporary. Even as their lives slowly deteriorate around them, they cling to their delusions and become utterly consumed in a spiral of drugs and addiction, refusing to see that they have instead created their own worst nightmares."Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists . . . To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." ?The New York Times Book Review .Book Details :Author : Hubert Selby Jr.

Now You Access To Bleed a Crystal BloomMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :Hace diecinueve a?os me rescataron de una masacre que no dej? m?s supervivientes. Era peque?a; fr?gil. Un enigma.Ahora soy la protegida del Maestro, un hombre poderoso que sabe mucho y dice muy poco, y nunca traspaso los confines de la l?nea imaginaria que delimita el terreno seguro alrededor del castillo.All? afuera, los monstruos acechan. Aqu? estoy a salvo..., aunque el precio a pagar sea un amor no correspondido hacia un hombre encerrado en s? mismo.Sin embargo, cuando la oscuridad comienza a apoderarse de nuestra tierra, los p?talos de la realidad caen uno a uno hasta revelar una verdad terrible. En una fortaleza atestada de secretos, ninguno resulta ser mayor que el que se esconde en mi interior.Y no hay torre lo bastante alta como para protegerme de aquello que podr?a romperme el coraz?n. .Book Details :Author : Sarah A. Parker

Now You Access The Christmas PigMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world?s greatest storytellers.One boy and his toy are about to change everything...Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens ? DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack?s newest toy ? the Christmas Pig (DP?s replacement) ? has a daring plan: Together they?ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known... .Book Details :Author : J.K. Rowling

Now You Access To Be Taught, If FortunateMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the solar system instead transform themselves. Ariadne is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel, she and her fellow crewmates sleep between worlds and wake up each time with different features. Her experience is one of fluid body and stable mind and of a unique perspective on the passage of time. Back on Earth, society changes dramatically from decade to decade, as it always does.Ariadne may awaken to find that support for space exploration back home has waned, or that her country of birth no longer exists, or that a cult has arisen around their cosmic findings, only to dissolve once more by the next waking. But the moods of Earth have little bearing on their mission: to explore, to study, and to send their learnings home. Carrying all the trademarks of her other beloved works, including .Book Details :Author : Becky Chambers

Now You Access Felix Ever AfterMore Info ?≈   ≈Book Descriptions :FROM STONEWALL AND LAMBDA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR KACEN CALLENDER COMES A REVELATORY YA NOVEL ABOUT A TRANSGENDER TEEN GRAPPLING WITH IDENTITY AND SELF-DISCOVERY WHILE FALLING IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.Felix Love has never been in love - and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but hime to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalization too many - Black, queer, and transgender - to ever get his own happily-ever-after.When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages - after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned - Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi-love triangle. . .But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning a self-discovery that helps redefine his .Book Details :Author : Kacen Callender