The sunbearer trials 26/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all-they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body melted down to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the chaotic Obsidian gods at bay. ![]() ![]() "Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. Summary Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. ![]()
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Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the most enjoyable scenes are the interactions between Sarah and her supportive, funny, and casually out-of-shape husband, who’s also the stay-at-home dad of their twins. While she’s no-nonsense at work, she’s still learning how to be bold, take charge, and play the game when politics come into play. FBI Agent Sarah Keller is the breakout star in Every Last Fear. But perhaps the most interesting character is the one who’s not a member of the Pine family. The ensemble cast works well, each voice distinct and relatable with a perspective that moves the story along. There’s the obsessive father hell-bent on proving his son’s innocence the mother with a guilty conscience the teenage brainiac sister who will put the puzzle pieces together one by one. There’s his brother, Danny, the subject of a true-crime documentary that questions whether or not he actually murdered his high school girlfriend, for which he’s serving a life sentence. There’s Matt Pine, a likeable kid from a family that can’t shake an unfortunate past. ![]() It’s not an easy task to pull off, but Alex Finlay does it with page-turning suspense and genuine empathy for the characters at the center of this debut novel. ![]() Author of the paris library6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. When the Nazis march into the city, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet seems to have the perfect life with her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. ![]() An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller-based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II- The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections we find within both” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author). ![]() ![]() The essays span four decades of his career, and are drawn from a wide variety of sources: many of them will be relatively unknown even to specialists in ancient philosophy. Method and Metaphysics presents twenty-six essays in ancient philosophy by Jonathan Barnes, one of the most admired and influential scholars of his generation. (Method and Metaphysics presents twenty-six essays in anci.) Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I He is the brother of the novelist Julian Barnes, and he and his family feature in the latter"s memoir Nothing to be Frightened Of (2008). He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2012. He is an expert on ancient Greek philosophy, and has edited the two-volume collection of Aristotle"s works as well as a number of commentaries on Aristotle, the pre-Socratics and other areas of Greek thought. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987. He taught at the University of Paris-Sorbonne in France, and took his éméritat in 2006. He was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Geneva 1994–2002. ![]() He was Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University, 1989-1994. ![]() A Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1978-1994, and has been Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College since 1994. He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, 1968-1978. He taught for 25 years at Oxford University before moving to the University of Geneva. ![]() |