![]() Thanks in part to the sheer speed of their reproduction, microbes are beating us at a game of evolutionary chess we must be vigilant if we hope to protect ourselves and our children from mind-altering infections. Weaving together cutting-edge research and startling case studies, Infectious Madness shows how strep throat can trigger OCD in a formerly healthy teen, how a pregnant woman's contact with cat litter can lead to schizophrenia in her child, and how gut bacteria that leak into the bloodstream may play a role in autism. That's right-you can "catch" mental illness. In her astonishing new book, author Harriet Washington reveals that many instances of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's, Tourette's, bipolar disorder, and anorexia are likely caused by bacteria, parasites, or viruses. But in recent years, a new theory has quietly achieved critical mass. What causes mental illness? Traditionally, we've blamed bad parenting, stress, trauma, genetics, and brain-chemistry imbalances. ![]()
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![]() ![]() All in all, not a bad start - which, when coupled with the distinction of being a No. It got a positive writeup from The Hollywood Reporter, a supportive pitch from *NSYNC's JC Chasez (Sarem's cousin) and the backing of American Pie star Thomas Ian Nicholas, who has been closely involved with the book's planned film adaptation. ![]() That lack of publishing experience didn't appear to impede Sarem, an actress and former music manager, or the prospects for her book, which was billed as "the first book in an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series" - and, according to the book's promotional website, is "already in the works to be made into a motion picture." By mid-afternoon, though, the order the YA world had known for weeks was restored.īut what happened to the hours-long ascendancy of Lani Sarem's Handbook for Mortals? Gather round, everyone - that's going to take some explaining.įirst, a little background: Sarem's debut novel hit the market earlier this month, the first book put out by novice publisher GeekNation, which has spent the bulk of its life online as a space for pop culture news and commentary. In the paper's list of most popular YA hardcover novels, a new face had toppled Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give from the perch it has occupied nearly half a year. For a little while Thursday, young adult literature had a new reigning New York Times best-seller. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miles is the epitome of Tsundere character arc and most of the time I really hated him, mostly because of how he treated Tate. ![]() ![]() It definitely isn’t one of my favourite Co-Ho books but all the same my heart was broken and mended in this book.This trope has been used way too much, too often. The guy runs but then ultimately surrenders to love. It was the same old, friends with benefits and the girl immediately fall head over heels for the guy. I read Ugly Love way back in 2016 and I don’t remember loving it? The plot was cliche which was maybe the biggest turnoff for me.They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Also Dear Cassius, and Hidden in Darkness. I normally don't read vampire books, but I love these. *The VRC series beginning with How to Vex a Vampire, by Alice Winters. Humor, emotion, excitement all wrapped up in one great series. These books supply the excitement of a law enforcement team shifters of different kinds (including the big cat variety) mates and bonding as well as possessive alpha males and the humans or shifters they love. *The Thirds series by Charlie Cochet beginning with Hell and High Water. ![]() Awesome chemistry between MCs and also sweet child character. *Davidson King's Haven Hart series, especially the first book, Snow Falling. *Orientation, book 1 of Borealis Investigations by Gregory Ashe. *Jill Wexler's Having it All-which has kids and a sweet, sweet friends to lovers story. The Middle of Somewhere books by Roan Parrish. The whole series is great, but that one in particular I just love. I love this book because it has everything I enjoy in a romance: one point of view, wondering along with the character if the other one cares (uncertainty of the chase), some snark, a little angst. ![]() *Lily Morton's Rule Breaker-one of my all-time favorites (the entire series is good). I would be terrible at trying to remember them all. I don't want to try to go back and think of every book I've ever loved. I like to share recommendations of books I enjoy with you guys, so I thought-what better place to do that than my website? I'm not only an author, I'm a reader of the MM genre as well. ![]() ![]() ![]() A seventh one was published much later in Popular’s Dime Detective Magazine in 1935. ![]() There were a total of six stores from May to November 1933. The Ken Carter are all short weird mysteries that ran in Ace Magazine’s 10 Detective Aces. This is similar to what happened with Lester Dent and his work on his Lynn Lash stories leading to getting Doc Savage. This series should be of interest to many because it was apparently this series that brought Page to the attention of Popular Publications and landed him the job of The Spider, which he started with the third issue (after The Spider creator RTM Scott left) in December 1933. For most pulp fans, if they’ve heard of Norvell Page (1904-61), it’s for his longtime work on The Spider, where he was responsible for the bulk of the stories and turning the character from an ordinary vigilante hero into the manic character going up against weird menaces.īut he had a long career in the pulps, and one of the earlier works he did was the short-lived Ken Carter series. ![]() ![]() a treasured American classic and peerless coming-of-age story for girls. ![]() Guardian During the 150 years since the novel’s publication, fans have worshipped Alcott’s story. ![]() There’s a reason why Little Women, in print continuously since its first volume was published in 1868, has been such an enduring phenomenon, and that is Jo March. Independent One-hundred-and-fifty-year-old literature never felt so alive. In Audible’s Little Women, Dern narrates as Louisa May Alcott, bringing together a cast of perennial audio favorites, including Suzanne Toren (Pulitzer Prize winner, The Overstory by Richard Powers), Lauren Fortgang (I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown), Allison Hiroto (1Q84 by Haruki Murakami), Emily Bauer (The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann. ![]() Alcott’s book has become the cast-iron foundation from which other writers and artists can build their own beliefs and desires. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, their paths both lead back to the mighty Eze. Both girls are tested in ways that awaken a mystical, formidable power deep within themselves. Though miles apart, both girls share an indestructible bond: they share the same blood, the same face, and possess the same unspoken magic, thought to have vanished with the lost gods.The twin girls were separated at birth, a price paid to ensure their survival from Eze Ochichiri, the man who rules the Kingdom of Nri. Goddesses who grew up believing that they are human. Strong-willed Naala seeks adventure in her quiet and small village. Goddesses who grew up believing that they are human. Jump To daughters of nri review 124 my rating system in action preview 1 Video Parts Jump To daughters of nri review 124 my rating system in action preview. Alphonse Nicholson, Tamberla Perry, Eric Robinson Jr. ![]() Cast: John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, David Alan Grier, J. ![]() Reni K Amayo - The only remnants of the old god's existence lie in twins, separated at birth. Logline: A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper. While the more reserved Sinai resides in the cold and political palace of Nri. Get this from a library Daughters of Nri : the return of the earth mother series. Strong-willed Naala grows up seeking adventure in her quiet and small village. Daughters Of Nri explores their epic journey of self-discovery as they embark on a. ![]() Goddesses who grow up believing that they are human. The only remnants of their existence lie in two girls. A gruesome war results in the old gods' departure from earth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her influence is vast and her death leaves a painful void for those who knew and loved her. Her writings spanned the spectrum from capitalism and imperialism, to education, masculinity, beauty and love. Borrowing her nom de plume from her outspoken great-grandmother, hooks went on to become one of the foremost feminist intellectuals and radical writers of her time. She eventually went to Stanford University on scholarship and worked as a telephone operator to cover her other expenses. She was the daughter of working-class parents born in a small town in the Jim Crow South. ![]() ![]() I will miss her words and her presence in our lives.īell hooks (AKA Gloria Jean Watkins), feminist writer, radical thinker and teacher, died on Wednesday, 15 December at the age of 69, at her home in Berea, Kentucky. For the next three-plus decades we were colleagues, intellectual comrades and interlocutors who sometimes disagreed, but shared a bond of mutual respect and solidarity. I first met bell hooks in the late 1980s at a feminist conference where I, and a slew of other graduate students, slept on the floor of her hotel suite because the meeting was overbooked. ![]() ![]() ![]() What’s remarkable is how he manages to be simultaneously compassionate and dispassionate, truthful, unflinching, and nonjudgmental. Guralnick’s book is a labor of love, and of profound respect. ![]() Narrative biography at its absolute zenith. It must be ranked among the most ambitious and crucial undertakings yet devoted to a major American figure of the second half of the 20th century….What dramatizes Presley’s life for Guralnick, what lends it emotional complexity and resonance, is the essential American drama-the tug between home and flight, acquiescence and rebellion, conventions and their transcendence.” -Gerald Marzorati, New York Times Book Reviewĭefinitive… An epic American tragedy, captured in all its complexity. “Let’s get a little loud….Peter Guralnick’s two-volume life of Elvis Aron Presley, of which Careless Love is the second installment, is not simply the finest rock-and-roll biography ever written. Winner of the Rolling Stone/ BMI Ralph J. Winner of the Book Award for Non-Fiction ![]() Winner of the 1999 Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While our physical copies of the book have some wait times, you can actually read the first book through Hoopla instantly! Now that we’re all more aware of the wonders of historical romance, I thought this would be a perfect chance to recommend some Regency era historical romance novels. I won’t say much about the show other than to say that it was exactly what I was hoping for, which was a dramatic story filled with swoony romance and some shocking twists. As someone who wrote a whole spiel about how much they’ve been loving historical romance novels lately, I felt like my time has arrived when the show started. I’m sure you’ve heard of Netflix’s show Bridgerton, based off of Julia Quinn’s best-selling romance novels revolving around the Bridgerton family. ![]() |