Pride
Title | Pride PDF eBook |
Author | Ibi Zoboi |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2018-09-18 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062564072 |
In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. "Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Title | Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Roach |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2004-05-17 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0393069192 |
Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s “acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating” (Susan Adams, Forbes) classic, now with a new epilogue. For two thousand years, cadavers – some willingly, some unwittingly – have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They’ve tested France’s first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender confirmation surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. “Delightful—though never disrespectful” (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die? “This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession. . . . You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is.” —Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal “Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting.” —Entertainment Weekly
Designing Virtual Worlds
Title | Designing Virtual Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Bartle |
Publisher | New Riders |
Pages | 768 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9780131018167 |
This text provides a comprehensive treatment of virtual world design from one of its pioneers. It covers everything from MUDs to MOOs to MMORPGs, from text-based to graphical VWs.
One for the Road
Title | One for the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Bjørn Christian Tørrissen |
Publisher | One for the Road |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2008-01-07 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1847994539 |
Building on experience from 60 countries worth of independent travel, the author takes you on three journeys to places you may never have considered visiting, although you probably should and you definitely could. Learn about a low-budget cruise to Antarctica, understand what the Trans-Siberian Railway really is like, enjoy the natural wonders of Southern Africa. The book is a fun read, but you will also learn about far-away destinations and about how to travel independently anywhere. It's not a travel guide or a travel journal, it's both!More details, including free downloads, available from http://bjornfree.com/
The Chris Farley Show
Title | The Chris Farley Show PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Farley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780670019236 |
A portrait based on personal stories by friends and family members traces the late comedian's passionate dedication to bringing laughter into the lives of others, his successes on SNL and in numerous top films, and the incapacity for moderation that led to his fatal battle with drugs and alcohol.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Title | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Lewis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2011-02-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0393078191 |
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."—Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking. Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.
Focus on Vocabulary 1
Title | Focus on Vocabulary 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Schmitt |
Publisher | Allyn & Bacon |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780131376199 |
A research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary, such as that found in novels, newspapers, films and social and workplace settings.