A new girl shows up at the Tendo Dojo. And she isn't after RanmaA new girls shows up at the Tendo Dojo to challenge one of the people living there. She is not have Ranma or Akane this time. She is after GenmaA Ranma 1/2 fan fiction Views: 542
From the author of the critically acclaimed Gracefully Grayson comes a thoughtful and sensitive middle-grade novel about non-binary identity and first love, Ami Polonsky's Spin with Me .In this elegant dual narrative, Essie is a thirteen-year-old girl feeling glum about starting a new school after her professor dad takes a temporary teaching position in a different town. She has 110 days here and can't wait for them to end. Then she meets Ollie: delicate, blue eyes, short hair, easy smile. At first, Essie thinks she has a typical crush on a beautiful boy. But as her crush blossoms, she soon realizes that Ollie is not a boy or a girl, but gender non-binary.Meanwhile, Ollie is experiencing a crush of their own . . . on Essie. As Ollie struggles to balance their passion for queer advocacy with their other interests, they slowly find themselves falling for a girl whose stay is about to come to an end. Can the two unwind their merry-go-round of... Views: 537
The following poems were excerpted from the post-heart attack, post-bypass surgery, recovery journal of Theodorus J. van Joolen written in 1982. The poems speak for themselves. "Departure" is the title of one of the poems and seemed a fitting title for the entire collection.Edited by Theo van Joolen [son]A young family falls in love with a beautiful house at the edge of a picturesque village.The house is being sold by an adorable elderly couple and the family could not be happier. But, even before the moving in day arrives, the children discover that the house has a much darker side than they could ever have imagined.A short extract:-..... his curiosity made him go right up to the back of the house and even in the half-light it was clearly derelict. Window frames were empty of glass, a rear door was hanging from one hinge and even the bricks were loose in places. He thought of Jackie waiting and knew he mustn’t be too long but he seemed almost compelled to enter into the house. This actually proved quite easy, as he only had to swing the door slightly to one side and step through. ******* Views: 529
Cassandra Lopez is a multi-talented 18 year old, who is going out with a rapper, but she's falling in love with a newcomer.Meet Risgan: rogue, gambler and outlawed treasure-hunter.Cursed with carrying a talisman that conveys youth or age, by strange fate, he crosses paths with a Timesmith, an inventor of remarkable engines. The relic-hunter finds himself enveloped in a series of inexplicable events and earns the wrath of the estimable ‘Time Adjudicator’—a predicament not to be taken lightly. Besieged with bizarre circumstances, the relic-monger must contend with forces more universal than he cares for. Views: 523
Thousands of years have passed, but Calu can't forget who he is or how he came to be this way. Nor can he forget the beautiful goddess he did all of this for.Thousands of years have passed, but Calu can't forget who he is or how he came to be this way. Nor can he forget the beautiful goddess he did all of this for. Ides explores the backstory of Bethania and the mysterious wolf eyed hunter. Views: 520
Dr. Janet Watson and former covert agent Sarah Holmes, introduced in the acclaimed A Study in Honor, continue their dangerous investigation into the new American Civil War with the help of fresh allies, advanced technology, and brilliant deduction in this superb reimagining of Sherlock Holmes. It's been months since Dr. Janet Watson has seen Sara Holmes. Her worries for her brilliant friend and compatriot are compounded by her own troubles. Though she survived the attack that severely injured her and received a new high-tech arm, Dr. Watson cannot work at Georgetown University Hospital until she is cleared by her physical therapist. Worse, she's been given a month's notice to vacate the apartment she and Holmes shared. When a rumored assassination attempt on the president's life fails but causes mass destruction—killing twelve and injuring dozens—Watson is contacted by Micah, one of Holmes' associates. She learns that her friend is no longer working for... Views: 501
A short story about life in the chaos and uncertainty of post-Communist Russia. Nina Ribakova is worried about her son Ivan, who is undergoing an operation. She reflects on her relationship with her stern, unbending father and jokey, easy-going brother, and befriends a young cashier called Nastia who is having problems with her young sister.Added bonus of a recipe, a song and two pictures.A short story about life in the chaos and uncertainty of post-Communist Russia. Nina Ribakova is worried about her son Ivan, who is undergoing an operation. She reflects on her relationship with her stern, unbending father and jokey, easy-going brother, and befriends a young cashier called Nastia who is having problems with her young sister.Added bonus of a recipe, a song and two pictures of Volgograd to illustrate the location of the story. Views: 498
Denise Zen has been having dreams, seeing visions, instilling in her a sense of impending dread more than wonder.Her senses and gifts will prove to be right as usual, when she is contacted by a member of Rome’s Ninth Legion who, along with five fellow legionnaires, and the beings from another world who abducted them nearly 2000 years earlier, arrive to ask her assistance in finding Coventina.Denise Zen has been having dreams, seeing visions, instilling in her a sense of impending dread more than wonder.Her senses and gifts will prove to be right as usual, when she is contacted by a member of Rome’s Ninth Legion who, along with five fellow legionnaires, and the beings from another world who abducted them nearly 2000 years earlier, arrive to ask for her assistance in finding Coventina, the reincarnation of the woman Quintus left behind.Their search takes them on a dangerous and horrific, fast paced, action packed journey through Europe’s human trafficking sex slavery living hell to find Coventina and her cousin Anna, who were kidnapped upon arriving in Rome for a vacation.Denise and her friend Layla Martine will need to bring all their powers to bear before the journey is over, having to deal with sex traffickers, some of the most vile humans on the planet, and the six Roman legionnaires, who have their own ideas of, and methods for administering justice. Views: 496
When Bunnie's Easter basket gets chosen by Johanna's daddy, a world of adventures begins. In their first adventure, Bunnie and Johanna go on a surprise trip to a museum.When Portia Simpson implemented tax on patty, it mad Dr. Bert Kemp, a psychiatrist. He then became a fat ninja, hell bent on murdering Portia Simpson’s head-crown, so every patty can be tax-free. His wife, Marjorie, decides to take care of her mentally-touched husband and hopes she has the strength to stick by him for better or worse. But as she unbearably loses everything and everyone because of Bert’s insanity, she crumbles, thinking she’s holding on to dead hope for her husband to regain his sanity, but will it ever happen? Scorned by her friends and family for living with a madman her only listening ear is the handsome, thick-bodied Dr. Arnold who wants her for himself. Bert grows jealous and goes to utterly unsound measures to keep his wife’s love but instead, is pushing her away. The ultimate question then is, “Will Bert ever get to take off the Right Honourable Portia Simpson’s head-crown?”EXCERPT 1Marj looked at him and the wrinkles straightened out her face. “See how mi smart? You nuh see how fast mi mek you reach yah?” Bert asked, “You lucky you come quick though enuh, a light mi did gone light the gas cylinder and mi couldn’t find the matches, you think you coulda out it in time if mi did get fi put mi hand pon the matches? You stay deh, you woulda blow till you weak you couldn’t put out that deh big fire deh mi woulda set the house pon. A woulda bun dung the whole a in yah then claim insurance.”She threw her hand up and slapped her forehead harder than she intended to. She wanted to be angry, but when she looked in his eyes she breathed out some of the fire out her chest and shook her head. Her voice lowered,“Bert, that’s a boxing ring Hun, I can’t wear that.”She repeated her mantra, “For better or for worse Lord, for better or for worse.”EXCERPT 2Six and a half hours later, Marj came in the evening and was greeted by the Vybz Kartel, he was blasting in the house, ‘Cock it up pon the Dumper Truck’. Her ears hurt. But what was more alarming to her senses was a smell. She was smelling heat, stale heat like an iron left in fire. Something was burning. She charged into her living room. Bert still had the curling iron plugged in, until it was dangerously hot and red.“What are you doing Bert?!”Bert was reclined on his back in the sofa, he offhandedly answered,“Clearlyyyy,” he dragged on the word ‘clearly’ for emphasis, because she must have been blind not to recognize what he was doing, “what I’m trying to do here Marj. I’m trying to master level seven of Ninja’s Thermatology, where my eyes can absorb the direct heat from the hot curling iron. Alsooo, . . . mi can absorb the heat wid the inside a mi bottom lip. Ain’t that obvious?”EXCERPT 3Bert totally oblivious to the hill and gully in his chest that Clivey was talking about, Bert indifferently said,“A suh mi chest stay. Mi a get thick from morning. No pills.”“No Bert, mi know a nuh suh it stay. Mi know a sponge under deh fi buff up your chest. Mi a nuh idiot.”Bert slammed down his fart tonic on the bench and said,“You chat too much. A mi chest. A mi so-so chest.”“A nuh your chest. Lift up your blouse mek mi see if a so-so chest under deh.”Same time Clivey spotted the piece of sponge shifted up at the neck of his blouse. It was obvious now. A piece a sponge Bert have underneath deh. Bert replied,“Weh mi a tell lie fa!” He kissed his teeth and blatantly said, “God kill mi right yahso ten time if mi a tell lie. Views: 486
'Why has there never been a King of all the World?' From this question follows a fable of foolishness, realisation and redemption. A Greater Kingdom is a short tale of growing up and discovering what is important in life.When Concetta Pianto sang her Il dolce suono, the people on Bokeem slowed to listen. But no one ever asked why she sang so often. “Nor did they query the vibrant bruises, tracked downward from her face to her limbs.” Background Music is a woman’s story of societal denial and private suffering—though the pain is not Concetta’s alone. There are others. A cross-dressing teen, a dutiful wife, and a mutt named Red-eyed Blue suffer, too. But no one ever asks—Why? Views: 485
Another story in the popular series about life in post-Communist Russia, Survivors reflects on the experiences of Nikolai Ribakov and his wife Lera during the Siege of Stalingrad and the Great Patriotic War.The 7 Poems of One Direction: Fan Edition is part of a collection of books created by Amanda Song. The young mind will be able to learn about poetry while reading about their favorite people or topics. Teachers can grab their young ones attention by using examples of poetry that involve their interests. Students can impress their teachers by already knowing different styles of poetry. There are many styles in the collection, including Acrostic, Haiku, Cinquain, Sonnet, and even Sestina! Once students become acquainted with the different style of poetry, they will be able to identify where the author went outside the lines every now and then. Views: 454
When it comes to flying under the radar, Ro Snow is the expert. No friends. No boys. No parties. And strictly NO VISITORS. It may be lonely but at least this way the truth remains where it should - hidden. Then Tanvi Shah, the girl who almost died, comes tumbling back into her life and Ro finds herself losing control of her carefully constructed lies. Because if Ro's walls come crumbling down, who's going to take care of Bonnie... Bonnie. Never Mum or Mummy or Mother. Just Bonnie. Views: 450
A village destroyed, it's people slaughtered, a young elf woman enslaved. It is up to her last remaining relative to save her before she too is lost. Her life as she knew it is gone, will he save her before her life ends? The First book of the Saga of Loralil Greyfox, a young elf maiden. She sees her family killed, her village destroyed and everything as she knows it ends.A divorced man decides to take a risky chance at solving his money problems during a storm in Ireland. All he has to do is make it to the boathouse, but the waves have other ideas. Views: 448
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay. Views: 440
Super fun way to teach your kids about the parts of speech! You can begin teaching at an early age because it is in story format!V.Campudoni's 1994 illustrated novel of darkness, and redemption, and a little lost cat. Views: 427
