**A book-length poem about how an American Indian writer can’t bring himself to write about nature, but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes, manifest destiny, and his own identity as an young, queer, urban-dwelling poet.
A Best Book of the Year at BuzzFeed, Interview , and more.**
Nature Poem follows Teebs―a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet―who can’t bring himself to write a nature poem. For the reservation-born, urban-dwelling hipster, the exercise feels stereotypical, reductive, and boring. He hates nature. He prefers city lights to the night sky. He’d slap a tree across the face. He’d rather write a mountain of hashtag punchlines about death and give head in a pizza-parlor bathroom; he’d rather write odes to Aretha Franklin and Hole. While he’s adamant―bratty, even―about his distaste for the word “natural,” over the course of the book we see him confronting the assimilationist, historical, colonial-white ideas that collude NDN people with nature. The closer his people were identified with the “natural world,” he figures, the easier it was to mow them down like the underbrush. But Teebs gradually learns how to interpret constellations through his own lens, along with human nature, sexuality, language, music, and Twitter. Even while he reckons with manifest destiny and genocide and centuries of disenfranchisement, he learns how to have faith in his own voice. ** Views: 529
It was a terrible idea.
But that doesn’t stop Sarah Meadows from saying yes to covering for her identical twin sister at staff orientation week at Camp Firefly Falls. It’s just a few days and she'll be back to finishing her master's thesis, right? But when her sexy, ex-park ranger partner figures out her secret, she’s got her work cut out convincing him not to turn her in.
Beckett Hayes knows he should report Sarah to the boss, but instead, he finds himself agreeing to train her. There’s just something about those big, doe eyes and all that sass. But when Sarah starts to matter more than he planned, the pressure's on. Can he convince her to take the road less traveled or will this one week have to be enough?
A novelette of approximately 16k words. This story is a crossover introduction to the Camp Firefly Falls series. Check out my full novel in the series, Second Chance Summer. Views: 529
"Sure to add to Allbeury's already large readership."—Time Out. As the world still reels from the Kennedy assassinations, an English intelligence operative uncovers a sinister conspiracy: the CIA has joined with the Mafia and communist Cuba to create sleeper agents, unwitting pawns hypnotized to kill on command. Now London wants in, setting its sights on the IRA and other enemies of the British Empire.In this spine-tingling suspense about one of the darkest eras in American history, the bestselling author of The Twentieth Day of January proves once again why The New York Times Book Review called him "a most knowledgeable chronicler of espionage." Views: 529
Volumes 1-3 in the Bad Boy Rebels Series
My name is Zhara and my life is complicated. I’ve spent the last couple of years pretending to be a good girl. But that changed the day the Bad Boy Rebels asked me to join a secret detective program and work undercover, pretending to date all of them.
All the guys are sexy and love to get into trouble.
And the number one rule to my assignment of dating them: I can no longer act like a good girl…
I think I’m in way over my head…
This is a reverse harem series.
The Bad Boy Rebels series that follows Zhara and six guys who are part of a secret detective program. It contains a lot of kissing, steamy scenes, with a bit of suspense, and mystery. Views: 529
Beyond the coffee and doughnuts--the real Agent Cooper. Beginning with his 13th birthday, Cooper's autobiography is a unique portrait of a man who is complex and elusive, yet hard-working and generous for a rare glimpse into the private life of the G-Man who captured America's attention. Views: 529
We're going where??Kira's life in Nuath is getting better and better. She's a rising star on a prestigious sports team and the guy she's been crushing on has just started to notice her. When her parents announce they're all moving to technologically backward Earth for the good of their underground Martian colony, Kira is aghast—and furious. The last thing she wants to do is leave Mars to "blend in" with inferior Terrans. Worse, once there she'll be expected to make nice with the new Sovereign, a girl no more fit to rule their people than Kira herself. When Kira is offered a chance to undermine Sovereign Emileia, she leaps at it.During the past year, the life Sean O'Gara eagerly anticipated has crashed and burned. He was excited to move to Jewel, Indiana. Excited to take his place as the destined Royal Consort of Princess Emileia, a girl he'd fantasized about for years. But nothing turned out the way he expected. Emileia... Views: 529
"I want to offer you a deal, Michael. A million dollars a year for the rest of your life. All you have to do is one odd job a year." It's an offer struggling fish store owner Michael Ridding can't afford to refuse.For seven years, Michael did jobs as small as writing reports and as large as traveling to Antarctica. Why? Because he was "chosen" by his friend and CEO's enigmatic advisor.But the seemingly inconsequential work has not gone unnoticed. From LA to Palm Springs, a terrorist cell is on his trail, and they're not shy about taking any shot they have.As the truth is revealed, Michael must choose who to believe: his mysterious benefactor, or the terrorists trying to kill him. The action of Brad Thor meets the imagination of Matthew Reilly in this heart-pounding thriller! Views: 529
A marble tablet found in the ruins of Babylon warns of the resurrection of a banished serpent in the final days.
A sarcophagus discovered in the deepest ocean is locked by seven seals scattered throughout the ancient world.
From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author J.F.Penn
As the Brotherhood of the Serpent race to find the seals before a rare lunar eclipse over the heart of Jerusalem, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber battle to find them first.
But this time, evil threatens to destroy all that Morgan loves and she must wrestle an apocalyptic foe as well as fighting to conquer her own fears.
In a fast-paced adventure from the ruins of Iraq to the snake-handling churches of the Appalachian Mountains, from archaeological digs in Israel to the tombs of Egypt, Morgan and Jake must find the seven seals and stop the resurrection of an evil as old as mankind. An evil that will usher in the End of Days.
End of Days is Book 9 in the ARKANE action adventure thriller series but can be read as a stand-alone story.
**About the Author
J.F.Penn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the ARKANE supernatural thrillers and London Psychic crime series. Her books weave together ancient artifacts, relics of power, international locations and adventure at the edges of faith. Joanna lives in Bath, England and enjoys a nice G&T. Views: 528
The title of the book comes from Luke 17:21. It is a non-fiction work of the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. He wrote it after many years of reflexion on Christianity and Jesus. Many subjects are present such as wars, non-violence, misunderstanding by believers of the faith, etc. Views: 528
A gripping new psychological thriller from the highly acclaimed author of WITHOUT TRACEBooker's fast paced, twisting thrillers are a must-read for anyone who loves a good page turner' Simon Kernick 'A must-read' Mark Billingham 'Val McDermid meets Stephen King' Hadley Freeman Karl Savage is dead. He must be. His ex, Anjelica, is in prison for murdering him in an arson attack. Multiple forensic experts testified to finding his charred remains. So when Anjelica begs investigative journalist Morgan Vine to prove her innocence, it seems an impossible task. It doesn't matter that Karl was abusive. That Anjelica has a baby to care for. That she's petrified of fire. The whole world knows Karl is dead. Then he turns up outside Morgan's window . . . Praise for KILL ME TWICE and Simon Booker 'Full of twists, turns, surprises. Everything you want in a pacy, page-turning thriller' Neil Dudgeon, Midsomer Murders 'Booker's long experience in writing for television has granted him a sure... Views: 528
