![]() April and her friends are amiable goofballs and drawn genuinely for their age and time. ![]() “None of us older than twenty-five years old, cruising down Santa Monica Boulevard, planning our press strategy for the announcement of First Contact with a space alien,” says April. After they discover a complex riddle involving the Queen song “Don’t Stop Me Now,” the mystery becomes a quest for April Andy April’s roommate/kind-of-sort-of girlfriend, Maya a scientist named Miranda and April’s new assistant, Robin, to figure out what the Carls are doing here. April’s life is turned upside down when the video goes massively viral and immovable Carls appear in cities around the world. ![]() She phones her videographer friend Andy Skampt, who posts on YouTube a funny introduction to the robot she dubs Carl. On her way home late one night, April encounters an armored humanoid figure, which turns out to be alien in nature-“And I don’t mean alien like ‘weird,’" she says. ![]() It’s endearing how fully he occupies his narrator, a 20-something bi artist named April May who is wasting her youth slaving at a Manhattan startup. ![]() Luckily, he applies wit, affection, and cultural intelligence to a comic sci-fi novel suitable for adults and mature teens. A young graphic artist inspires worldwide hysteria when she accidentally makes first contact with an alien.įamous multimedia wunderkind Green is brother to that John Green, so no pressure or anything on his debut novel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() To sum it up in one sentence, I would say simply for the love of it.” Sometimes I do wonder why I still do it, and other times I realize just how much I love doing it. But it (answering that question) is necessary to be at your best and to be able to accept the wins and the losses equally and be content with yourself when you walk away, no matter what happens. “It’s a very, very deep answer and it’s hard to express. “It (why he fights) is something that I answer for myself on a regular basis,” Brown said. But prizefighting is what pays the bills for his family, so it’s still a high priority for the Ohio native, even if he does ponder why he still does it. Brown is a husband and father now, and not just a prizefighter. Today, there are still professional dreams, but they ride side by side with the realities of life. This is deeper than that for someone who says, “Coming into the UFC, I was a very nervous and scared young kid that was just chasing a dream.” He’s been there and done that and went on to put together a seven-fight win streak in response. He’s better.įorget the losses in four of his last five fights as he heads into his UFC 206 co-main event against Donald Cerrone on Saturday night. Matt Brown isn’t the same man he was when he made his UFC debut in June 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer days in Amsterdam are bright even despite slightly higher amount of precipitation comparing to previous season. Second Saturday of May – Windmills day and cyclists day. March – Amsterdam Coffee Festival, CineDans Festival, Imagine Film Festival. Locals celebrate season of flowers to the middle of May. The city drowns in tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. In April numerous flower beds of the city start to bloom. However air in Amsterdam is always humid due to location and number of canals. In terms of amount of precipitation spring is the driest season of a year. Nighttime averages are in range from 2 ☌ (35 ☏) to 8 ☌ (46 ☏). Temperature gradually grows from 9 ☌ (48 ☏) in March to 17 ☌ (62 ☏) in May. Spring brings gradual warming to Amsterdam. Summers are warm without excessive heat or abundant rains. In winter temperature rarely goes below freezing except times when air masses from Scandinavia of Eastern Europe come to the region. Fist of al it is windy in Amsterdam with prevailing north-western squally winds which occasional grow into storms. The climate of the city is formed under influence of surrounding bodies of water. Amsterdam is called “the Dutch Venice” because of amount of canals in the city. In addition city is connected with the North Sea and river Rhine via dedicated canals. Amsterdam is the capital of Netherland it is situated in northwestern part of the country on coast of Ijsselmeer bay where it receives waters of the Amstel River. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His book, the first to be written by a trained sniper in Afghanistan, reveals the psychological pressures and awesome life-and-death responsibility of his role and, in particular, the deadly cat-and-mouse ‘games’ with the enemy snipers intent on their own kills. ![]() The reader experiences sniper tactics and actions, whether in ambush or quick pre-planned strikes, amid the ever present lethal danger of IEDs. As part of the Battle Group’s crack Mobile Operations Group, James’s mission was to liquidate as many Taliban as possible. James describes the highs and lows of almost daily front line action experienced by our soldiers deployed on active service in arguably the most dangerous area of the world. The Author is one such man who recently served a full tour of duty with 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. As a result, snipers are regarded as the elite of their units and their skills command the ungrudging respect of their fellows - and the enemy. Few soldiers are deemed good enough to be selected and trained as snipers and even fewer qualify. ![]() ![]() A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours. ![]() A New York Times bestseller The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize -winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett "Prodigiously researched. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker, newly risen to the rank of Jedi Knight, again disobeys a command and comes to the aid of his friend and former master. The Jedi Council sends Obi-Wan to the planet, and in his investigation, he comes to sense the presence of dark-side warrior Asajj Ventress. ![]() Following an explosion that devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade Federation, blame falls on the Republic. Racero’s painting depicts Obi-Wan and Anakin as they appear at this point in the timeline, but look closely and you’ll see a city and mountain range in the background - landscapes of Cato Neimoidia, which are central to Brotherhood.īrotherhood picks up after the events of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, with the Clone Wars raging across the galaxy and Anakin and Padmé Amidala secretly married. ![]() Starring Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker, and This Week! In Star Wars are thrilled to reveal the cover: a beautiful painting of the duo by artist Laura Racero. Star Wars: Brotherhood, a new novel by Mike Chen arriving May 10, 2022, will finally tell a tale memorably referenced by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the final film of the prequel trilogy. ![]() What exactly was all “that business on Cato Neimoidia?” We’ll soon find out. Get a first look at artist Laura Racero’s striking painting. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The jackets are protected by an inert, removable cellophane wrapper. The books and their jackets are bright and clean. Threadneedle has no pushing or bruising to the spine. It is most likely caused during the production process. Their text blocks have sprayed edges (Threadneedle with a stencilled design) but they are otherwise bright and clean. The two books in this set are both tight and square. Both books are in FINE condition.īoth dust jackets are also in FINE Condition. Both of the books are First Edition, First Printing, UK Hardbacks that were pre-ordered from Goldsboro Books when they first became available. Both books in the set are SIGNED by the author & NUMBERED. Please note that'The Hedge Witch' is a short Novella (144 pages). ![]() The reduced limitation for the Novella has made these matched number sets much rarer and substantially more collectible. The Hedge Witch (2020) - #029 /500 - Orange sprayed edges. Threadneedle (2019) - # 029/1500 - Black sprayed edges with Stencil design. The Two books are a matched number set as follows. This is an exceptional NEW & UNREAD SIGNED GOLDSBORO BOOKS Limited Edition set of the two novels set in the THREADNEEDLE world by Cari Thomas. GOLDSBORO Threadneedle & The Hedge Witch by Cari Thomas SIGNED & MATCHING No ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. ![]() A page-turner suited to even the most reluctant readers. Plotted with an enjoyable amount of suspense, Ponti’s story features a well-drawn cast of kids from around the world forming a chosen family with sibling-like dynamics. Now, Sara uses her impressive knowledge of computers to stop a villain who is planning an attack at a youth environmental summit in Paris. ![]() ![]() Within a few short days, Sara is being trained for a secret mission with one of Britain’s most elite group of spies-all of whom are under the age of 16. See the complete City Spies series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. boarding school or join the Secret Intelligence Service. James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of three middle grade book series: the all-new City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team the Edgar Awardwinning Framed series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC and the Dead City trilogy. The City Spies book series by James Ponti includes books City Spies, Golden Gate, and Forbidden City. When a mysterious man who calls himself “Mother” appears, posing as her attorney, he persuades the judge to release Sara into his custody, then gives her an option: attend a U.K. In this action-packed spy novel, 12-year-old Sara Martinez, who is Latinx, faces juvenile detention for hacking into New York City’s juvenile justice computer system to reveal her foster parents’ misdeeds and cruelties. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fortified by her desire to save the children and live up to her exacting mother’s standards, Arrah trades years of her life in order to possess magic that will liber¬ate the kingdom from the threat. But when multiple children are abducted and omens of death appear in the market streets, Arrah doesn’t need magic to know that evil is looming. From start to finish, this magical debut is not to be missed.Īrrah was born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, though magic has always evaded her. Fans of folklore-inspired fantasy and Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer will relish in this masterful tale. Will Arrah be willing to give up years of her life in exchange for the magic that might be able to save the people she loves? In this epic West African–inspired debut, Barron weaves a story filled with blood magic, political intrigue, epic world-building, and a brilliant cast of characters. Magic in the Kingdom, however, can be acquired at a cost. ![]() For as long as she can remember, she has waited to come into magic of her own, and though she has the ability to see magic, she cannot touch it. ![]() And if they were wrong about this, where else have they failed? Sixteen-year-old Arrah is the daughter of two powerful witch doctors in a long lineage of magic. Legend has it that the orisha destroyed all of the demons in the Almighty Kingdom, but when children begin to disappear from the Kingdom and a great evil looms, it seems that perhaps the orisha were wrong. ![]() ![]() Schreier, who is repped by CAA, Grandview and Sloane Offer, recently filmed the Netflix and A24 series Beef, which stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. ![]() The studio has a full slate over the next few years and will debut more at D23 in September, Disney confirmed Thursday. Marvel will release Thor: Love and Thunder in theaters next month and just launched Ms. The news comes as Marvel’s publishing arm prepares to debut a new Thunderbolts comic in August from writer Jim Zub and artist Sean Izaakse. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Yelena Bolova (Florence Pugh) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who in both Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Black Widow pulls the strings behind the scenes in a way suggesting she could oversee a team of villains. Villains who feel like a fit for the big screen Thunderbolts include Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), U.S. Marvel has introduced a number of other villains who could make up the roster, though no stars are said to be attached to Thunderbolts. In the comics, Zemo was the founding member of the team, which has been led by figures such as Hawkeye as well. Speculation that Marvel could set up the Thunderbolts dates back to 2019, when studio boss Kevin Feige announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Daniel Bruhl would return as the villain Zemo for Disney+’s Falcon and the Winter Soldier. ![]() Steven Yeun Joins Marvel's 'Thunderbolts' ![]() |