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Eve of Man: How Do You Choose Between Love And The Future Of The Human Race? (Eve of Man #1)
by Tom Fletcher Giovanna FletcherShe survived against all odds. The first girl born in fifty years. They called her EVE.Scythe meets The Handmaid's Tale in this gripping new dystopian trilogy written by UK-bestselling authors Tom and Giovanna Fletcher.On the first day, no one really noticed. All those babies wrapped in blue blankets--not a pink one in sight. On the third day, people were scared--a statistic-defying abundance of blue. Not just entire hospitals, not only entire countries, but the entire world. Boys. Only boys.Until Eve. The only girl born in fifty years. The savior of mankind. Kept protected, towering above a ruined world under a glass dome of safety until she is ready to renew the human race. But when the time comes to find a suitor, Eve and Bram--a young man whose job is to prepare Eve for this moment--begin to question the plan they've known all along. Eve doesn't only want safety, and she doesn't only want protection. She wants the truth. She wants freedom.
Eve (Adapted for Young Adults): How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution
by Cat BohannonThe groundbreaking New York Times bestseller is now adapted for young adults! This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future.Why do women live longer than men? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? Is the female brain "wired differently?" These questions and common debates around scientific claims are thoughtfully examined in this adaptation perfect for young people.This brand-new adaptation is a friendly, funny, and engaging read. It explores teen related topics such as mental health and the biology behind it, including insights on how adolescent brains are going through all kinds of changes, and shifting hormones. Author Cat Bohannon explains the roots of sexism and shows how, though it may have even served some evolutionary purpose long ago, it no longer serves us today, and it&’s high time we leave it in the past.Filled with amazing stories of both past and present, Eve will delight any young reader looking to understand the body—its amazing history, its wondrous capability, its oddities and mysteries, and its relevance to so many issues captivating contemporary thought and discussion.
Evangeline's Heaven: A Novel
by Jen BraaksmaWar is ravaging the Seven Heavens. Lucifer and his Commoner supporters, the lowest class of angels, are rebelling against God&’s plan to exile them to the new Earth. When Lucifer departs on a desperate war mission, he leaves his daughter, Evangeline, to defend their home in First Heaven. Fiercely loyal and trained to fight, Evangeline stands ready to do her father&’s bidding. But things change when Evangeline overhears the archangel Gabriel forming a plan to destroy Lucifer—because, as he tells his son, Michael, he believes Lucifer&’s plan is to find the Key to the Kingdom and claim the power of God to control all the Heavens for eternity. Refusing to believe her father capable of such treachery, Evangeline sets off to alert her father. As she battles through the Heavens, however, Evangeline is shocked to discover that what she believed she knew about her father might not be true after all. For the first time in her life, she begins to question whether or not her father&’s motives are pure. With the fate of the Heavens hanging in the balance, she must decide who she&’s going to be: her father&’s daughter, or her own person.
Eva's Story: A Holocaust Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank
by Eva SchlossPeople around the world know the tragic story of Anne Frank, the teenage girl who lost her life in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. But most people don't know about Eva Schloss, Anne&’s playmate and posthumous stepsister. Though Eva, like Anne, was imprisoned in Auschwitz at the age of 15, her story did not end there. Together with her mother, Eva endured daily degradation and countless miseries at the hands of the Nazis. She was freed in 1945, but it would be decades before Eva was able to share her survivor&’s tale with the world.Concluding with new discussion questions and a revealing interview with Eva, this moving memoir recounts—without bitterness or hatred—the horrors of war, the love between mother and daughter, and the strength and determination that helped a family overcome danger and tragedy.
Eva
by Peter DickinsonEva&’s hospital room looks out onto the skyscrapers of a huge city, but since waking up from her coma she only dreams of trees Thirteen-year-old Eva opens her eyes to find herself in a hospital, her body paralyzed while it heals from a devastating accident. Her mother says that Eva will be able to move her hands and face soon and that everything is going to be fine, but something in her voice tells Eva it&’s not that simple. The doctors give Eva a keyboard that turns her typing into speech and controls a mirror that rotates to look around the room and out the window—every direction except back at her bed. What are the doctors trying to hide from her? And why, in an overpopulated world where humans have tamed all the wild places, does Eva keep dreaming of a forest she&’s never seen?This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Peter Dickinson including rare images from the author&’s collection.
Eureka!: 50 Scientists Who Shaped Human History
by John GrantGalileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking — we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety from his battle with the Vatican over the question of heliocentrism, but did you know that he was also an accomplished lute player? And Darwin of course discovered the principle by which new species are formed, but his bold curiosity extended to the dinner table as well. (And how many people can say they've eaten an owl!) In Eureka! John Grant — author of Debunk It!, Discarded Science, Spooky Science and many others — offers fifty vivid portraits of groundbreaking scientists, focusing not just on the ideas and breakthroughs that made them so important but also on their lives and their various...quirks.
Etiquette: The Original Guide to Conduct in Society, Business, Home, and More
by Emily PostFirst published in 1922, Etiquette has served for generations as the premiere guide to manners and decorum. It details the nuances of various social settings as well as how to act within them, so as not to offend any parties present.Different settings often call for different conduct. In addition to covering general forms of communication, salutations, greetings, and conversation, this classic manual also details what behaviors and topics are socially acceptable (and unacceptable) at specific events such as weddings, formal dinners, engagements, funerals, christenings, games and sports, business and politics, ball and dances, and many, many more. It will teach you the contemporary time period’s sense of how an individual should conduct oneself, offering tips and tricks long forgotten in an age of impulse, social awkwardness, and conversational disrepair, condoned by our reliance on technology.Featuring a new foreword by a leading etiquette consultant, pick up a copy of this stunning new edition of Etiquette—start improving your charm and conversational skills today!
Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series (Finishing School #5)
by Gail CarrigerIt's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's young ladies learn to finish . . . everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage - in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.
Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series (Finishing School #1)
by Gail CarrigerIt's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners-and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's young ladies learn to finish . . . everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage - in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.
Ethos: Rise of Malcolm
by Aaron DworkinA science-fiction thriller set in Flint, Michigan, 500 years in the future, where humans can choose to die a natural death—or live forever. David is a forty-eight-year-old divorced accountant from Flint, Michigan, who finds himself drawn suddenly and without warning through the use of a virtual reality game into a world five hundred years in the future: the Planet Ethos. Flint, Michigan, still exists on Ethos, but it is a city rocked by colliding and seemingly contradictory forces. Advanced biotechnology coexists with avian species that have devolved to resemble ancient pterodactyls. Human beings are racially and religiously tolerant as never before, yet they've organized themselves along a tribal division between the Immortals and the Bereft. And Flint and Detroit are locked in a dangerous, violent conflict—a war that could annihilate the human race or secure lasting peace for the first time in history. Along with his adopted teenage son, Malcolm, David learns that on Ethos, humans have evolved the genetic capacity for immortality, a trait they earn by discovering their purpose in life, or their ethos. Does David, a consummate drifter, have such an ethos? Will he fight on the side of the Immortals, or join the Bereft, a group of humans who age and die naturally and eschew the idea that life has a singular, unchanging purpose? Join David and Malcolm in their struggle for meaning and their battle for the future of the human race itself.
Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature: A Critical Reader (SUNY series in Multiethnic Literatures)
by Marilisa Jiménez García Sonia Alejandra RodríguezBrings together scholars and practitioners to present an ethnic studies framework for studying and teaching youth literature.For decades, youth literature has been reckoning with its role in systemic racism and oppression. In this landmark edited volume, Marilisa Jiménez García and Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez assemble a cadre of well-known women of color scholars and practitioners to make a case for ethnic studies as a path for pursuing racial justice in the field. Ethnic studies, they argue, demands that we go beyond seeing race, ethnicity, culture, and diversity as questions of identity and difference. Instead, it shows us how marginalized positionalities create epistemologies that shape our understanding of age, craft, genre, and knowledge production. Multidisciplinary and intersectional in its approach, Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature analyzes US imperialism through the lens of youth literature and vice versa, shedding light on the roots of our current culture wars and curriculum battles.
Ethics and Form in Fantasy Literature: Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer
by Lykke Guanio-UluruEthics and Form in Fantasy Literature: Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer by Lykke Guanio-Uluru examines formal and ethical aspects of The Lord of the Rings , Harry Potter and the Twilight series in order to discover what best-selling fantasy texts can tell us about the values of contemporary Western culture.
Ethics and Children's Literature (Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present)
by Claudia MillsExploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children’s literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of value, depict the moral development of their characters, and call into attention shared moral presuppositions. The essays in Part I look at various past attempts at conveying moral messages to children and interrogate their underlying assumptions. What visions of childhood were conveyed by explicit attempts to cultivate specific virtues in children? What unstated cultural assumptions were expressed by growing resistance to didacticism? How should we prepare children to respond to racism in their books and in their society? Part II takes up the ethical orientations of various classic and contemporary texts, including 'prosaic ethics' in the Hundred Acre Wood, moral discernment in Narnia, ethical recognition in the distant worlds traversed by L’Engle, and virtuous transgression in recent Anglo-American children’s literature and in the emerging children’s literature of 1960s Taiwan. Part III’s essays engage in ethical criticism of arguably problematic messages about our relationship to nonhuman animals, about war, and about prejudice. The final section considers how we respond to children’s literature with ethically focused essays exploring a range of ways in which child readers and adult authorities react to children’s literature. Even as children’s literature has evolved in opposition to its origins in didactic Sunday school tracts and moralizing fables, authors, parents, librarians, and scholars remain sensitive to the values conveyed to children through the texts they choose to share with them.
Etherwalker (Silicon Covenant #1)
by Cameron DaytonIn the first book of this thrilling adventure series, an unlikely hero sets out to save a broken world. Enoch sees things differently than the other youth in Rewn's Fork, and that makes him an outcast. When he accidentally awakens a powerful Artificial Intelligence, he discovers the truth behind his peculiarity—Enoch is an Etherwalker, the last in a long line of powerful technopaths who can control machines with their minds. Without knowing it, he has triggered the ancient Hunt, and now legendary monsters are hungry for his blood and bent on his extinction. They know he has seen the truth behind the broken world, and, if he survives, he may have the power to shatter it . . . or to make it whole again.
Ethel's Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems
by Barbara KrasnerConvicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States, Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs, loves, secrets, betrayals, and injustices in this compelling YA novel in verse.In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg, a devoted wife and loving mother, faces the electric chair. People say she&’s a spy, a Communist, a red. How did she get here? In a series of heart-wrenching poems, Ethel tells her story. The child of Jewish immigrants, Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York City&’s Lower East Side. She dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming Julius Rosenberg. Both are ardent supporters of rights for workers, but are they spies? Who is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets? Why does everyone seem out to get them? This first book for young readers about Ethel Rosenberg is a fascinating portrait of a commonly misunderstood figure from American history, and vividly relates a story that continues to have relevance today.
Eternity: A Fallen Angel Novel (Fallen Angel)
by Heather TerrellThe savior of the world can&’t be late for class—or the apocalypse—in this celestial supernatural sequel from the author of Fallen Angel. When Ellie and Michael discover they&’re destined to play a part in the upcoming Armageddon, they have to keep it to themselves. That would just start the End Times countdown. It&’s not easy going through the motions of schoolwork and football practice in the face of impending doom, especially when the seven seals start to break . . . Earthquakes are the first sign. To stop each catastrophe, Ellie and Michael will have to destroy the remaining fallen angels. Their secret weapon is a real angel, straight from heaven above. He&’s teaching Ellie and Michael the flying techniques and sword skills they&’ll need to prevail. That is if the Nephilim don&’t get to Ellie first. Because whoever controls Ellie, controls the world.
Eternidad (Inmortales #Volumen 1)
by Alyson NoëlIrresistible. Adictivo. Arrollador. Así es el amor. Así es el libro juvenil del año. Ever guarda un secreto: puede oír los pensamientos de todos los que están a su alrededor, ver su aura y conocer su pasado con solo tocarles la piel. Abrumada por la fuerza de este extraño don, vive encerrada en sí misma y solo tiene dos amigos, los excéntricos Haven y Miles. Todo cambia, sin embargo, cuando Damen se incorpora a su clase; atractivo y enigmático, despierta rápidamente el interés de todas las chicas del instituto. Ever, como siempre, intenta mantenerse al margen, pero muy pronto descubre con una mezcla de temor y fascinación que Damen no tiene aura y que altera de forma misteriosa todos sus poderes... Reseña:«Nunca me cansaré de recomendarla.»Stephenie Meyer, autora de Crepúsculo
Eternally Yours
by Patrice CaldwellGive in to this irresistible paranormal romance anthology filled with tales of the mortal and the monstrous. In Eternally Yours, fifteen of today&’s bestselling writers explore love in its many forms . . .Contributors include Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, Kat Cho, Melissa de la Cruz, Hafsah Faizal, Sarah Gailey, Chloe Gong, Alexis Henderson, Adib Khorram, Anna-Marie McLemore, Casey McQuiston, Sandhya Menon, Akshaya Raman, Marie Rutkoski, and Julian Winters.Vampires and merpeople, angels and demons—the stories in this anthology imagine worlds where the only thing more powerful than the supernatural, is love. A girl in a graveyard goes on an unexpected date, a shipwrecked sailor makes a connection on a forbidden island, a piano melody summons a soul mate. Creatures of folktales and legend, of land and sea, of centuries past and life after life, all wrapped into one spellbinding compendium. Once you sink into its pages, it&’ll never let you go.
Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite
by P. C. CastImmortal: Love Stories With Bite, edited by P.C. Cast (author of the #1 New York Times phenomenon House of Night series), collected dark, romantic short stories from seven of the hottest vampire writers in YA. Now Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite presents all-new YA stories featuring vampires, the romantic heroes and heroines that still hold the reading public enraptured. A mix of writers from the first anthology and new contributors makes for a fresh new collection with all of the dark romance of its predecessor, and a book that's sure to thrill vampire romance fans old and new. The book includes an original introduction by Cast.
Eterna Vigilia
by Marisha PesslUna espectacular novela de suspense. Nunca crecerás. Nunca te enamorarás. Nunca saldrás de aquí. No te fíes de nadie. Ten miedo de todo. Beatrice Hartley y sus cinco mejores amigos eran los alumnos más populares del instituto. Pero la sobrecogedora muerte de Jim, el genio creativo del grupo y novio de Beatrice, lo cambió todo. Un año después, Bee regresa a Wincroft -la casa junto al mar donde había pasado muchas noches con sus amigos- con la esperanza de esclarecer los sombríos interrogantes que la persiguen desde la muerte de Jim. Todos están allí. A medida que avanza la noche, entre bromas forzadas y silencios indescifrables, se va dando cuenta de que jamás descubrirá qué sucedió en realidad. Entonces, un hombre misterioso llama a la puerta y les anuncia lo inconcebible: el tiempo se ha detenido para ellos. Están atrapados. Solo podrán avanzar si toman la decisión más difícil de sus vidas. Así empieza la pesadilla. La nada. La eterna vigilia.
Estúpido orgullo (Siete noches #Volumen 4)
by Alys MarínLa soberbia y el orgullo siempre fueron su arma y, en este instante, serán su perdición. Adriana Castro siempre se ha caracterizado por ser una joven de gran personalidad, tosca y soberbia, aunque solo la ven así aquellos que no la conocen verdaderamente. Bajo esa actitud, se halla una chica muy sencilla. Habiendo tenido que ocupar el lugar de su madre para cuidar de su traviesa y astuta hermana, se olvidó de que todavía es joven y se merece divertirse sin preocupaciones. Con el corazón dañado por la desaparición de su pareja durante un mes, se refugia en sus amigos. Sin embargo, el regreso de esa persona la volverá todavía más orgullosa y egoísta. Porque aunque la ame, para ella su victoria es lo más importante, ya que no le gusta perder. Hay otra chica que la persigue buscando su momento para explicar el motivo de la desaparición durante ese tiempo, pero ella no puede dejar de comportarse de manera más infantil. Hará y deshará a su antojo, arriesgando su relación con la única persona que conoce cada virtud, defecto y errores que comete. Sin embargo, conseguirá su objetivo o acabará siendo ella quien suplique por tiempo a la chica que la enamoró con ese comportamiento prepotente y mirada fría. ¿Conseguirá lo que desea sin juegos?
Estás bien cuando eres tú
by BlanchoakEl libro de @blanchoak, la cuenta de Instagram de inspiración y crecimiento personal. Voy a salir a la calle, y pienso comerme el mundo mejor de lo que lo hacía antes, voy a disfrutar todo lo que pueda y más. Pienso ponerme a cantar como una loca en medio de la calle, a bailar bajo la lluvia, a reírme a carcajada limpia y a lograr todo lo que quiero, y más. Solo estoy cogiendo carrerilla... ¿Estáis preparados? Ya salgo. El libro de @Blanchoak, el Instagram que inspira, anima y alegra el día de cientos de miles de seguidores cada día. Con textos inéditos que te llenarán de energía y de ideas para cumplir tus metas y, sobre todo, para ser todo lo feliz que mereces ser.
Estuvimos aquí
by Nana Rademacher"Durante dos años no pude escribir ni conectarme a la red. Se siente casi como volver a casa. No conozco a nadie que siga conectándose. Aunque igual nadie lo admitiría". En la destruida ciudad de Berlín de 2039, Ana tiene quince años y lucha por sobrevivir. El clima hace la vida difícil, no hay suficiente comida para todos y la libertad que algún día conocieron ahora es inexistente. La ciudad y su vida civil desapareció por completo; ahora, tras años de guerra, los habitantes están sometidos a las órdenes de un estricto régimen militar. Inmersa en este universo desolador, Ana logra lo imposible: recuperar la conexión a internet y, en contra de las reglas establecidas por la dictadura, comienza a escribir un blog. Pronto la contacta Ben, con quien primero chatea y luego se encuentra en persona. Ana es fuerte y, a pesar de la crudeza de su realidad, busca un mundo no sólo diferente sino mejor,impulsada por los recuerdos de los que ya no están, la amistad y... el amor. Una historia intensa y devastadora, pero llena de poesía y esperanza.
Estuve en el fin del mundo (Estuve en el fin del mundo #Volumen 1)
by Eduardo Robles (Tío Patota)Novela testimonial para jóvenes, acerca de los peligros del abuso de las drogas. Tras ser golpeado y herido de bala, Santiago yace tendido en un almacén. Al borde de la muerte, sólo piensa en llamar a alguien para que lo auxilie. Poco a poco, y en su delirio, comienza a relatar lo que pasó y cómo fue que llegó hasta ese punto de su vida. Santiago y sus amigos de la escuela planearon ir al Festival Internacional Cervantino, en Guanajuato, para echar relajo y reventarse a más no poder. Lo que en un principio parecían ser las vacaciones ideales, sin la presión de los padres, pronto se convertirán en una pesadilla. Estuve en el fin del mundo es una historia basada en la realidad, tomada de la vida misma, en un mundo en el que está inmersa una juventud que no logra encajar en los patrones de conducta que ha fijado una sociedad que, a su vez, no quiere ver lo que sucede a su alrededor.
Estuche trilogía Los Juegos del Hambre (Hunger Games Trilogy #Bk. 1)
by Suzanne CollinsLos Juegos del Hambre, una de las sagas más exitosas de todos los tiempos reunida en un bonito estuche. Este pack contiene los tres títulos de la trilogía Los Juegos del Hambre: Los Juegos de Hambre En una oscura versión del futuro próximo, doce chicos y doce chicas se ven obligados a participar en un reality show llamado Los Juegos del Hambre. Solo hay una regla: matar o morir. En llamas Contra todo pronóstico, Katniss Everdeen y Peeta Mellark han sobrevivido a Los Juegos del Hambre. Deberían sentirse aliviados, pero saben que la tensión crece en el Capitolio, que los gobierna a todos. Sinsajo Los supervivientes de Los Juegos del Hambre no están a salvo. Un meticuloso plan se extiende contra el Capitolio... Y este necesita un símbolo, el emblema de la rebelión: el Sinsajo.