Long-listed for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry!In Derricotte's own words:"How do you gain access to thepower of parts of yourself youabhor, and make them singwith beauty, tenderness, and compassion? This is the record of fifty yearsof victories in the reclamationof a poet's voice." Views: 174
Stranded At A House Party With The Mysterious Duke...When a storm hits, outspoken Abigail Prescott is trapped at a house party with Benedict Moore, the Duke of Danforth–the very man she was once betrothed to! Wishing to know the man she's to marry, Abigail had called off their sudden engagement. But reunited once more, Benedict seems determined to win her back and make her his duchess. His method: irresistible seduction... Views: 174
Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement―in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana―all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary endurance against the violence and deprivation he faced daily. That he was able to emerge whole from his odyssey within America's prison and judicial systems is a triumph of the human spirit, and makes his book a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the U.S. and around the world.Arrested often as a teenager in New Orleans, inspired behind bars in his early twenties to join the Black Panther Party because of its social commitment and code of living, Albert was serving a 50-year sentence in Angola for armed robbery when on April 17, 1972, a white guard was killed. Albert and another member of the Panthers were accused of the crime and... Views: 174
Just when you thought it was safe . . . out comes Book 3 in this super-gross, icky, and totally disgusting series! Here comes even more yucky, disgusting, and icky topics in Butt Blast! This book features hilarious stories that ponder those big questions in life. For example, how can your butt smell when it doesn't have a nose? Is it possible to make candles from earwax? And what on earth are "Hair Fairies"?! Full of yucky, gross, and totally bootilicious encounters, this book will have kids rolling around with laughter and parents shaking with dread! The Yucky, Disgustingly Gross, Icky Short Stories series is designed for fast laughs to kick-start even the toughest non-readers. Targeted to ages 7 to 11, these gross, absolutely hilarious tales will leave kids grimacing for more. There's definitely more than enough snot & vomit in this sordid series. Views: 174
This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. This doesn't matter. Views: 174
Sometimes that little voice in your head isn't always yours.What if the only friend you have isn't real? When the voices in his head begin to make sense, high school senior Branson Kovac turns to the one friend he's still got… only to discover he's not really there. Views: 174
From award-winning author Gareth L. Powell, the second book in the critically acclaimed Embers of War space opera series.The former warship Trouble Dog and her crew of misfits is called upon by the House of Reclamation to investigate a distress call from the human starship the Lucy's Ghost. Her crew abandon their crippled ship and seek refuge abroad an abandoned, slower-than-light generation ship launched ten thousand years before by an alien race. However, the enormous ship contains deadly secrets of its own. Recovered war criminal, Ona Sudak, faces a firing squad for her actions in the Archipelago War. But, at the last moment, she is smuggled out of her high security prison. The Marble Armada has called for her to accompany its ships as observer and liaison, as it spreads itself across the human Generality, enforcing the peace at all costs. The alien ships will not tolerate resistance, and all dissenters are met with overwhelming and implacable force. Then... Views: 174
