![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. “In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistan’s women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions.” -Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours ![]()
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![]() ![]() The threats insects face are many: Light pollution, the increasing use of pesticides and climate change are just a few ( SN: 8/31/21 SN: 8/17/16 SN: 7/9/15). ![]() For instance, a study of nearly 40 years of data from a protected rainforest in Puerto Rico found that insect biomass had decreased by 98 percent on the ground and 80 percent in the canopy since the mid-1970s. Researchers have been observing declining insect populations for decades. And yet, the threat of an impending “insect apocalypse” doesn’t get nearly the same level of attention as climate change. “The loss of insects would be an agonizing ordeal eclipsing any war and even rivaling the looming ravages of climate breakdown,” he writes. That’s just a snippet of the horrifying picture of an insect-free future that journalist Oliver Milman paints in the beginning of The Insect Crisis. ![]() What you probably won’t picture is trudging through a landscape littered with feces and rotting corpses - what a world devoid of maggots and dung beetles would look like. ![]() You might breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of mosquito-free summers, or you might worry about how agriculture will function without pollinators. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All he has ever wanted is to escape the grim destiny he sees when he looks in the mirror, but when he is tasked with a mission that will define the course of human history, Michael finds he cannot refuse. Michael Forward is cursed with the ability to see the future – every possible future – when he gazes into another person’s eyes. Extrahumans, those possessing supernatural abilities such as flight and strength, are required by this government to belong to the Union, where they can be trained, monitored, and weaponized. In a post-war, future world, where first contact has been made with intelligent life and humans are colonizing the stars, the nations of Earth have been united under a central government. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! We are beyond delighted to finally unveil the cover of Broken (The Extrahuman Union Series, #1) by Susan Jane Bigelow–the very first novel from Book Smugglers Publishing. ![]() In which we reveal the cover and open up preorders for Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That my friends, is what I’m always looking for.Īllow me to set the stage: Insurance agent Paul Tsabo is still in shock over his recent divorce, still trying to make his new apartment look fun and friendly to his six year old daughter Aliyah. The magic is weird and soul-crushingly expensive, the characters are fantastic, the stakes are high, and the story is intimate. He takes the “people learn how to do magic, will they use it for good or ill?” question and blows it right open, exposing the soft underbelly of a society that first resorts to fear and violence when faced with something they don’t understand. Luckily, Ferrett Steinmetz’s Flex falls firmly and undoubtedly in the first camp. I tend to either really like the book, or be bored out of my mind by it, and I struggle with understanding why some UF books rock my world and why others don’t work for me. I’m a tough customer with many Urban Fantasy titles. Where I got it: received eARC from the author (Thanks Ferrett!) ![]() ![]() Is called simply Jiichan, meaning Grandpa: he belongs to all children With them-especially the small boy who is not part of the crowd. Play an important part in the story and young readers will empathize Urge to take his kamishibai back to town after many years. Younger generation with this story of an old man who has a sudden With his own childhood and he brings it to life here for the present Allen Say introduces kamishibai as being very much tied up Mainly from the 1930s to the 1950s, when television superceded Was a well-loved form of entertainment for children in Japan, Story, we learn that kamishibai, a traveling 'paper theater', Caldecott Award winner Allen Say's book is a remembrance of a time in Japan when Kamishibai men were important in children's lives and a commemoration of the power of these memories. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now that it is 2018, the excitement of a new year, new adventures and new beginnings are upon us. What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah is a collection of short stories that has been described to me as stunning. It examines the human condition through the boundary of what is real and imagined. A book that spans both science fiction and literary fiction is The Wanderers by Meg Howrey. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, whose novel Salvage the Bones captivated me, is another that I plan to dive into soon. The Changeling by Victor LaValle, which topped many critics’ lists last year, is certainly on mine. ![]() Where did all of the time go? How is it already 2018? At the end of each year, I like to take time to reflect on the successes and failures of my year and ask myself “What did I want to accomplish that I didn’t get done?” My thoughts inevitably turn to books and the phrase, “so many books, so little time.” With that in mind, I am pleased to offer you a few of the books that I carried over to my 2018 To-Be-Read List. As 2017 drew to a close, I felt as if I was in a speeding train watching the world go by. It’s a time of reflection on the year that has gone by and excitement for the promise of a new beginning. The changing of one year to the next holds a type of mystical allure. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, when Blaze’s boyfriend, Marcus, makes a public pass on Ronnie, Blaze retaliates by setting Ronnie up for a shoplifting charge, her third in recent years. ![]() Ronnie makes a new friend in Blaze, a girl her age who is also struggling with parental issues. In the beginning, Ronnie spends as much time away from the house as possible. However, Ronnie finds herself forced to spend the summer with her father. For this reason, Ronnie has stopped playing the piano, a passion she and her father once shared, and has not spoken to her father for three years. ![]() Ronnie assumes that her father had an affair and this is what has caused him to abandon her, her mother, and her little brother, Jonah. Ronnie Miller is angry with her father for leaving the family without explanation. The Last Song is a novel of growth and maturity, but also a novel of love that takes the reader’s breath away. Initially, Ronnie does all she can to avoid her father by hanging out with a new friend on the beach, but overtime Ronnie finds herself reconnecting with her father in a more meaningful way than she could ever have imagined. However, Ronnie finds herself forced to spend the entire summer at her father’s home in North Carolina. In this novel, Ronnie Miller has spent the last three years not speaking to her father because of his decision to leave the family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Némirovsky's brilliance as a writer lay in her portrayal of people. The first is a brilliant depiction of a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion and make their way through the chaos of France the second follows the inhabitants of a small rural community under occupation who find themselves thrown together in ways they never expected. Set during a year that with Franca fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ends with Germany turning its attention to Russia, Suite Francaise falls into two parts. sixth five years later, Suite Francaise would be published for the first time, and hailed as a masterpiece. She did not live to see her ambition fulfilled, or to know that. Irene Némirovsky sat down to write a that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and but by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. 'But for me, as long I live, I will never forget the low, regular sound of those boots pacing across the floorboards.' The war will be no more than a memory, a page in history,' thought Lucile. ![]() ![]() "We are here to do our part as a resource to our community of booksellers and booksellers associations, national and international. ![]() "As we learn more, we will join our colleagues at the European and International Booksellers Federation in sharing information about human rights and Ukrainian political prisoners in Russian custody with the hashtag #SolidarityWords. ![]() "We ask our booksellers to help by exercising their freedom to promote and sell books that educate people about the region and about the ongoing war, and offering comfort to customers and bookselling colleagues with familial ties in the Ukraine. "In the coming weeks, we pledge to amplify Ukrainian authors and books offer support directly to Ukrainian booksellers and promote organizations working to resist, inform, and offer aid. ![]() ![]() "We stand with our colleagues-booksellers, publishers, and authors-who we know will face danger as they make information that is critical to democracy available to their communities. The American Booksellers Association issued a statement condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine, noting: "We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with the people of Russia protesting this act of war and international threat. ![]() ![]() "Some books take readers to different places or let us experience fantastical lands, but Circus Mirandus brings the magic to our world." - Scholastic Instructor, " 50 Best Books for Summer" " Circus Mirandus is an engag-ing, innovative tale that balances fantastical goings-on with an exploration of love, loss, friendship and the value of being open to the unexplainable."- BookPage * "Readers will be left with the reminder that "just because a magic is small doesn't mean it is unimportant" and the hope, reminiscent of Peter Pan, that those who still believe will always have magic in their lives."- Publishers Weekly, starred review * "This gripping fantasy tale will have readers hooked from the opening scene to the breathtaking-and unexpected-conclusion."- School Library Journal, starred review * "The book is a fantastical circus romp.a delicious confection and much more: it shows that the human heart is delicate, that it matters, and that it must be handled with care."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review ![]() ![]() "Cassie Beasley's story will enthrall older kids."- Parents Magazine "Totally immersive (and plans for a movie version are in the works!)."- Good Housekeeping "You'll love the chance to believe in magic again."- Redbook "Manifestations of belief and unbelief run through Cassie Beasley's charming debut, which takes readers to a marvelous place."- The Wall Street Journal "A beguiling first novel"- Gregory Maguire, author of Egg and Spoon, in the New York Times ![]() Circus Mirandus is a New York Times Book Review EDITOR'S CHOICE! ![]() |