![]() ![]() His story goes back in time to when his grandmother was young, then into his father's childhood where he too was raised to be a "boy king" and how place, circumstance and culture helped to shape his mom and dad as individuals and as parents. What is striking is not only the book's unflinching honesty and its rawness, but also the way in which Martinez tries to understand what lies underneath the way he and his brothers and sisters were raised. Later, as an adult, this would be most evident in his relationship with his brother Dan, who, as the oldest, was brought up to be the main 'boy-king' in charge of protecting the family's honor as well as his siblings. The author details his upbringing in a family in this border town where cultures can't help but collide, and where the ever-present culture of machismo - which in Martinez's case isn't limited just to the males in his family - came to have a huge impact on his life. ![]() Growing up in Brownsville, Texas in the 1970s and 1980s, then goes on to his life after leavingīrownsville. ![]() The Boy Kings of Texas is its author's first book, and was nominated for this year's National Book Award for nonfiction. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I lived on a farm as a kid, the suburbs as a teenager and the city for my adulthood, and I'm really interested in rural / urban differences. I'm interested in neighbourhoods, various forms of community and how we inhabit the spaces within those communities. Geography does impact my writing, particularly because I'm a home-body and don't tend to travel all that much. But it provided me with a lot of future opportunities.Ģ - How long have you lived in Toronto, and how does geography, if at all, impact on your writing? Does race or gender make any impact on your work? Now I look back and think, wow, I was a kid. At the time I thought I was so old and wordly at twenty-five. I met a lot of interesting people, and learned a lot about what to do differently the next time around in terms of both writing and publishing. It initially gave me tremendous confidence, though it's not my favourite book to re-read now. ![]() 1 - How did your first book change your life? ![]() ![]() ![]() But what will happen when the road to a record-breaking debut isn’t as smooth as they’d planned? When a rival girl group emerges to steal the spotlight, carrying the message of change better than Candace ever could, she’ll have to decide what it’ll cost her and her bandmates to stand up for their beliefs. Her label, S.A.Y., promises to help make the sweeping changes for the industry to become a more humane and compassionate place for artists. With her status as the industry’s K-Pop Warrior, she has all the clout at her disposal to make waves. ![]() Her life is suddenly filled with the fans, cameras, and glamor of stardom: She and her boyfriend, YoungBae, are a K-Pop power couple she’s a walking icon at Brandt Foreign School and her new girl group, known simply as THE GIRLS, is poised to break records across the industry. Summary: In the sequel to K-Pop Confidential, Candace is a Rookie idol. ![]() ![]() Oh, and he learns other important things too-like how to make a baking soda volcano, fence with a lightsaber, slow dance with a girl, and lift boulders with the Force. ![]() This inventive novel follows Roan's first year at Jedi Academy where, under the tutelage of Master Yoda, he learns that he possesses more strength and potential than he could have ever dreamed. But just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to. But as he and his friends deal with substitute. But just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to Pilot School, he is invited to attend Jedi Academy-a school that he didn't apply to and only recruits children when they are just a few years old. Roans one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older brother, father, and grandfather. The Phantom Bully (Book 3) Award-winning author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown returns for the third installation of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series Star Wars: Jedi Academy After last year, Roan will attempt to redeem himself, avoid the Dark Side, be a better student, and a better friend. After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ![]() Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older brother, father, and grandfather. Jeffrey Brown (born July 1975) is an American cartoonist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ![]() This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school-all told through one boy's comics, journal entries, letters, doodles, and newspaper clippings. Author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel was mainly aimed at the embattled Catholic minority in England, who had recently emerged from a half-illegal status. ![]() Woven into this fictitious story are a number of martyrdom accounts of real-life Christian saints, including Saint Agnes, Saint Tarcisius and Saint Sebastian.Ĭardinal Wiseman wrote Fabiola in part as an answer to the vigorously anti-Catholic book Hypatia by Charles Kingsley. ![]() The proud, spoiled Roman girl is humbled by Syra's humility, maturity and devotion to her in this situation, and a slow transformation begins. One day, in a fit of rage, she attacks and wounds her slave girl Syra, who is a secret Christian. Fabiola seems to have everything, including a superior education in the philosophers, yet under the surface, she is not content with her life. This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young pagan beauty from a noble Roman family. LibriVox recording of FABIOLA OR THE CHURCH OF THE CATACOMBS, by CARDINAL NICHOLAS PATRICK WISEMAN. ![]() ![]() Luke’s parents ask Aaron to find out what happened to their son and his family: they want to know whether Luke actually did kill his family. So when Aaron returns, rumours start flying and old enmities are stirred up again. No one ever found out what really happened to her, and Aaron is still haunted by her death. ![]() A note with “Falk” written on it was found in Ellie’s pocket and suspicion fell on the father and son. He grew up in Kiewarra, but when he was a teenager, he and his father had to leave town after Ellie, a close friend of Aaron’s and Luke’s, was found dead in the river. Aaron is a policeman, now working for the financial fraud office. ![]() When the family was found dead, it was assumed that Luke had killed them and then taken his own life.Īaron Falk, a childhood friend of Luke’s, travels up from Melbourne for the funeral. Luke had lived in Kiewarra all his life and had taken over his parents’ farm, where he lived with Karen and their children. Luke, the husband, is found dead in his car, ostensibly having committed suicide. Karen Hadler and her six-year-old son Billy are found shot in their home, with only baby Charlotte left alive. The land is bone dry: the rains have failed again, and farmers are struggling to survive, as is everyone else. ![]() ![]() Kiewarra, a town in the Australian Outback. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can also sign up for guest blogs, podcasts, chapter exceprts and covers ad!. Don't wait until the last minute, you can save your post for when your book is ready! We also colloborate with where all of our reviews are posted for additional exposure. We also share advice on writing, editing, marketing and just have a lot of fun. Once a book receives 10 reviews it comes down from the list. If you need reviews for your book, you can read and review 3 books from the current Active List to earn a post position, then you must read and review 2 more before your turn comes up on Active to have your book listed for reviews. If you need reviews for your book, you can read and revie The Depot is the compliment to the FB discussion group where Indie authors love to hang out. The Depot is the compliment to the FB discussion group where Indie authors love to hang out. ![]() ![]() ![]() Watchmen is set in 1985, in an alternate history United States where superheroes (more commonly known as costumed adventurers) are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union (the Doomsday Clock is at five minutes to midnight). ![]() To date, Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is also the only graphic novel to appear on Time magazine's 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present". Originally published by DC Comics as a monthly limited series from 1986 to 1987, it was later republished as a trade paperback, which popularized the "graphic novel" format. Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. For the HBO series adaptation, see Watchmen (TV series). For the video game prequel, see Watchmen: The End Is Nigh. For the 2009 film adaptation, see Watchmen (movie). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Subsequently, in response to the formation of FEDRA and the military's oppression, a militia group called the Fireflies was created. Initially, heavily populated areas were bombed and quarantine zones (QZ's) were established to ensure protection from infection. In response, the United States military refashioned into a totalitarian government known as FEDRA which maintained violent efforts to censor information to control the population. Martial law failed to contain the outbreak and humans were brought to the brink of extinction. The initial infection caused the total breakdown and destruction of society, inciting widespread violence. The fungus quickly became a worldwide pandemic, decimating the general population, creating panic and disorder. Eventually the fungus kills its host and then grows fungal tendrils out of the host's body to spread spores. This erases memories and drives the host insane, modifying their instincts to seek no goal other than spreading the spores to others. The fungus infects the human brain, growing mycelium inside the brain tissue and killing the brain's cells. ![]() The fungus reportedly originated in South American crops various newspapers in Austin in 2013 support this claim. The infected are the result of a sudden outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus that now affects human beings as opposed to insects. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives with her husband and two daughters. Her award-winning artwork has graced the covers and pages of many magazines, newspapers, and books. Victoria is the co-executive producer of Pinkalicious & Peterrific on PBS Kids. ![]() In addition, Victoria cowrote Pinkalicious: The Musical which premiered in New York City to sold-out audiences and continues to be performed across the country. She is the artist and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Pinkalicious and Purplicious. For more Pinkalicious and Peterrific fun, visit Victoria Kann is the author-artist of the New York Times bestseller Peterrific, and four #1 New York Times bestselling books Aqualicious, Emeraldalicious, Silverlicious, and Goldilicous. Readers can follow Pinkalicious on Facebook and Twitter. ![]() Victoria Kann is the author-artist of the New York Times bestseller Peterrific, and four #1 New York Times bestselling books Aqualicious, Emeraldalicious, Silverlicious, and Goldilicous. ![]() |