Letitia's bookshelf: need-to-get en-US Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:45:30 -0700 60 Letitia's bookshelf: need-to-get 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg On Freedom 203956715 A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On TyrannyTimothy Snyder has been called “the leading interpreter of our dark times.� As a historian, he has given us startling reinterpretations of political collapse and mass killing. As a public intellectual, he has turned that knowledge toward counsel and prediction, working against authoritarianism here and abroad. His book On Tyranny has inspired millions around the world to fight for freedom. Now, in this tour de force of political philosophy, he helps us see exactly what we’re fighting for.Freedom is the great American commitment, but as Snyder argues, we have lost sight of what it means—and this is leading us into crisis. Too many of us look at freedom as the absence of state We think we're free if we can do and say as we please, and protect ourselves from government overreach. But true freedom isn’t so much freedom from, as freedom to—the freedom to thrive, to take risks for futures we choose by working together. Freedom is the value that makes all other values possible.On Freedom takes us on a thrilling intellectual journey. Drawing on the work of philosophers and political dissidents, conversations with contemporary thinkers, and his own experiences coming of age in a time of American exceptionalism, Snyder identifies the practices and attitudes—the habits of mind—that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish. We come to appreciate the importance of traditions (championed by the right) but also the role of institutions (the purview of the left). Intimate yet ambitious, this book helps forge a new consensus rooted in a politics of abundance, generosity, and grace.]]> 368 Timothy Snyder 0593728726 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 4.30 2024 On Freedom
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<![CDATA[Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement]]> 25330108
Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine.

Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and buildĚýthe movement for human liberation.ĚýAnd in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle."]]>
158 Angela Y. Davis 1608465640 Letitia 5 2025, audiobook, need-to-get 4.45 2015 Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
author: Angela Y. Davis
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average rating: 4.45
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A collection of Angela Davis' speeches, essays, and interviews that doesn't seem to have aged a day. Every single issue in here is the moment. Palestine. Democrats' impotence. New wave white nationalism. Resurgence of and bold affirming of fascism. It's here. It's brilliantly described. Her reminders to be in movement and community will never not be relevant. I was particularly moved in the segment of the first interview where she reminds us that while we have our heroes such as MLK Jr, yes, he only existed because of all the people around him who were doing the work. It has never been about one leader or champion. All progressive movements have happened in community and out of a commitment to collective liberation. You don't need another reason to be in love with the teachings and Dr. Davis, but this is a good collection to have on your liberation shelf for reference.
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The Portable Anais Nin 12560009 AnaĂŻs Nin Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 4.22 2010 The Portable Anais Nin
author: AnaĂŻs Nin
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<![CDATA[Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights]]> 58968252
Manifesting Justice is the first book to call out and challenge wrongful convictions based on sexual orientation.

Through the lens of her work with the Innocence Movement and her client Leigh Stubbs—a woman denied a fair trial in 2000 largely due to her sexual orientation—innocence litigator, activist, and founder of the West Virginia Innocence Project Valena Beety examines the failures in America's criminal legal system and the reforms necessary to eliminate wrongful convictions—particularly with regards to women, the queer community, and people of color...

When Valena Beety first became a federal prosecutor, her goal was to protect victims, especially women, from cycles of violence. What she discovered was that not only did prosecutions often fail to help victims, they frequently relied on false information, forensic fraud, and police and prosecutor misconduct.

Seeking change, Beety began working in the Innocence Movement, helping to free factually innocent people through DNA testing and criminal justice reform. Manifesting Justice focuses on the shocking story of Beety’s client Leigh Stubbs—a young, queer woman in Mississippi, convicted of a horrific crime she did not commit because of her sexual orientation. Beety weaves Stubbs’s harrowing narrative through the broader story of a broken criminal justice system where defendants—including disproportionate numbers of women of color and queer individuals—are convicted due to racism, prejudice, coerced confessions, and false identifications.

Drawing on interviews with both innocence advocates and wrongfully convicted women, along with Beety’s own experiences as an expert litigator and a queer woman, Manifesting Justice provides a unique outsider/insider perspective. Beety expands our notion of justice to include not just people who are factually innocent, but those who are over-charged, pressured into bad plea deals, and over-sentenced. The result is a riveting and timely book that not only advocates for reforming the conviction process—it will transform our very ideas of crime and punishment, what innocence is, and who should be free.]]>
320 Valena E. Beety 0806541512 Letitia 0 4.36 Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
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<![CDATA[Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions]]> 263291 293 Thich Nhat Hanh 1594481342 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2025 4.07 2004 Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
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Lady Venom Takes a Mistress 123719015
To be bid on was to be bought as a wife. To the winning bidder his prize, a maid, a servant, a child-bearer. That would be Poesy Laroche’s life, she realized, as she walked down the aisle to her future husband. He’d promised to break her into submission, and she knew his words were true.

In an act of desperation, she takes the reins of her fate and dives into the woods rife with terrors. The screams that come at night become only whispers of stories about the mysterious Lady Venom. Her manor is filled with snakes and horrors. And when Poesy gets lost within her maze, Lady Venom claims her as her own mistress, with no hope to escape.

Poesy is locked into a haunted estate where the flowers watch, the ghosts whisper while the snakes slither, and everyone knows the deadliest of them all is their Lady that rules them.

But there are secrets to uncover both within the eerie walls and in the riddles atop Lady’s Venom’s forked tongue as she incites more danger and pleasure than Poesy ever thought possible.

But will it be enough to keep Poesy from her fate? Or will the hidden truths prove more fateful than a serpent’s bite?

Lady Venom is a haunted, spooky, lesbian romance with lethal women and gothic magic. It’s a twist on both Medusa and Beauty and the Beast and features femme dom and captive tropes with off the charts spice. This story is set in The Halloween Boys universe with crossover of lore, but you do not need to read The Halloween Boys before enjoying Lady Venom Takes a Mistress. Please see authors site for content information.]]>
124 Kat Blackthorne Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 3.76 2023 Lady Venom Takes a Mistress
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<![CDATA[Sistah Vegan: Black Women Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society]]> 6594123 Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans. Collectively, these activists are de-colonizing their bodies and minds via whole-foods veganism. By kicking junk-food habits, the more than thirty contributors all show the way toward longer, stronger, and healthier lives. Suffering from type-2 diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure, and overweight need not be the way women of color are doomed to be victimized and live out their mature lives. There are healthy alternatives. Sistah Vegan is not about preaching veganism or vegan fundamentalism. Rather, the book is about how a group of black-identified female vegans perceive nutrition, food, ecological sustainability, health and healing, animal rights, parenting, social justice, spirituality, hair care, race, gender-identification, womanism, and liberation that all go against the (refined and bleached) grain of our dysfunctional society. Thought-provoking for the identification and dismantling of environmental racism, ecological devastation, and other social injustices, Sistah Vegan is an in-your-face handbook for our time. It calls upon all of us to make radical changes for the betterment of ourselves, our planet, and by extension everyone.]]> 232 A. Breeze Harper 1590561457 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.28 2009 Sistah Vegan: Black Women Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society
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<![CDATA[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]>
401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 4.12 2022 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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<![CDATA[NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity]]> 22514020 Ěý
Along the way, he reveals the untold story of Hans Asperger, the father of Asperger’s syndrome, whose “little professors� were targeted by the darkest social-engineering experiment in human history; exposes the covert campaign by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner to suppress knowledge of the autism spectrum for fifty years; and casts light on the growing movement of "neurodiversity" activists seeking respect, support, technological innovation, accommodations in the workplace and in education, and the right to self-determination for those with cognitive differences.]]>
477 Steve Silberman 158333467X Letitia 0 need-to-get, 2026, to-read 4.27 2015 NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
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<![CDATA[Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist]]> 36555616 Becoming Dangerous is a book of intelligent and challenging essays that will resonate with anyone who’s ever looked for answers outside the typical places.

From ritualistic skincare routines to gardening; from becoming your own higher power to searching for a legendary Scottish warrior woman; from the fashion magick of brujas to cripple-witch city-magic; from shoreline rituals to psychotherapy—this book is for people who know that now is the time, now is the hour, ours is the magic, ours is the power.]]>
294 Katie West 0995716439 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 4.02 2018 Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist
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<![CDATA[Shouting at the Crocodile: Popo Molefe, Patrick Lekota and the Freeing of South Africa]]> 295076 200 Rose Moss 0807002100 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.00 1990 Shouting at the Crocodile: Popo Molefe, Patrick Lekota and the Freeing of South Africa
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Braving the Wilderness 34565022 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives--experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."]]>
197 Brené Brown 0812995848 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.11 2017 Braving the Wilderness
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The Wood at Midwinter 206101583 'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.'

Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.

One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the Strange universe. Featuring an introduction by Susanna Clarke and gorgeous illustrations from Victoria Sawdon truly worthy of the magic of this story, this is a mesmerising, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's bookshelf.]]>
64 Susanna Clarke 1639734481 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.47 2024 The Wood at Midwinter
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<![CDATA[Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives]]> 4948826 Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.]]> 110 David Eagleman 0307377342 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 4.13 2009 Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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<![CDATA[Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives]]> 56889030 A fully updated 2-in-1 edition, with a new introduction by the author, combining Dr. Jim B. Tucker's bestselling books about children who remember past lives�Return to Life and Life Before Life.

These two books contain first-person accounts of Jim B. Tucker's experiences with a number of extraordinary children with memories of past lives, and expands on the international work started by Tucker's University of Virginia colleague Ian Stevenson.

Tucker's work has been lauded by the likes of parapsychologist Carol Bowman and Deepak Chopra, and has been described by some as quantum physics. His goal in each case of a child reporting memories of previous lives is to determine what happened—what the child has said, how the parents have reacted, whether the child's statements match the life of a particular deceased person, and whether the child could have learned such information through normal means. Tucker has found case studies that provide persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives.

Thought-provoking and captivating, the stories in Before urge readers, skeptics and supporters alike to think about life, death, and reincarnation and to reflect about their own consciousness and spirituality.]]>
505 Jim B. Tucker 1250781787 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.05 Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives
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<![CDATA[The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me]]> 41746084 A BreakBeat Poets anthology of writings by Muslims who are women, queer, genderqueer, nonbinary, or trans.

We live in an Islamophobic world, where Muslim people are constantly under attack, and must prove their innocence when they’ve not even committed a crime. We also live in a world of rigid gender roles and gender violence, where women, gender non-conforming and trans people are victims of violence, and have their gender expressions, freedoms, and desires policed. There’s pressure from both Muslims and non-Muslims to fit into severe stereotypes of Muslim identity and the ways in which it is acceptable to be Muslim.

The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me is a celebration of intersectional identity that dispels the notion that there is one correct way to be a Muslim, particularly for women, gender non-conforming, and trans people. In holding space for multiple intersecting identities, the anthology celebrates and protects those identities.

Halal If You Hear Me features poems by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar, Warsan Shire, Tarfia Faizullah, Angel Nafis, Beyza Ozer, and many others.]]>
250 Fatimah Asghar 1608466043 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.35 2019 The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me
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Star Wars: Choices of One 9579882 New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn comes a brand-new Star Wars adventure, set in the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and featuring the young Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and the beloved Mara Jade.

The fate of the Rebellion rests on Luke Skywalker’s next move.
But have the rebels entered a safe harbor or a death trap?

Eight months after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector proposes an alliance, offering the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord Nuso Esva, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal.

Mara Jade, the Emperor’s Hand, is also heading for Candoras, along with the five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their mission: to punish Ferrouz’s treason and smash the Rebels for good.

But in this treacherous game of betrayals within betrayals, a wild card is waiting to be played.
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Don’t miss the new novella by Timothy Zahn, “Crisis of Faith,� featured in the 20th anniversary edition of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire]]>
357 Timothy Zahn 0345511255 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.10 2011 Star Wars: Choices of One
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Star Wars: Union 334816 96 Michael A. Stackpole 1569714649 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 3.71 2000 Star Wars: Union
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<![CDATA[Star Wars: Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand (1998-1999) #2 (of 6)]]> 28356625 23 Timothy Zahn Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.16 Star Wars: Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand (1998-1999) #2 (of 6)
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<![CDATA[Star Wars: Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand (1998-1999) #1 (of 6)]]> 28356571 23 Jan Duursema Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 3.85 Star Wars: Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand (1998-1999) #1 (of 6)
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Women of Magdalene 1845412 288 Rosemary Poole-Carter 1601640145 Letitia 0 to-read, 2027, need-to-get 3.80 2007 Women of Magdalene
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Brotherless Night 60324341 In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as civil war devastates Sri Lanka.

Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K's invitation to work as a medic at the field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. But after the Tigers murder one of her teachers and Indian peacekeepers arrive only to commit further atrocities, Sashi begins to question where she stands. When one of her medical school professors, a Tamil feminist and dissident, invites her to join a secret project documenting human rights violations, she embarks on a dangerous path that will change her forever.

Set during the early years of Sri Lanka's three-decade civil war, Brotherless Night is a heartrending portrait of one woman's moral journey and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home.]]>
348 V.V. Ganeshananthan 0812997158 Letitia 0 to-read, 2027, need-to-get 4.45 2023 Brotherless Night
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<![CDATA[The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions, and Power at Work]]> 61722162 "A terrific read for the new generations rising in the workforce—and for their leaders."Ěýâ€� Stephen M. R. Covey, The New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust and Trust & Inspire

STOP SPINNING YOUR WHEELS AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER FUTURE TODAY.

Building a successful career in the world of remote work, hybrid schedules, and a lack of work/life balance is not easy. In fact it’s difficult and often seems impossible. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. By confronting the lies we are told about building a career, this book will bring you one step closer to the epiphany that will change your life.

This workplace manual lays out the truth behind the lies that are fueling the most common career frustrations,

The truth about pay. Hard work doesn’t always lead to more money. Learn how to leverage your position to maximize your salary.The truth about promotions. If you want to be considered for a better job title with better pay, you need to be better than your job description. Understand how to build the skills you need to be considered for a promotion.The truth about loyalty. Companies are not designed to return the loyalty you give them. Stop waiting for the praise you’ve earned and start focusing on your future.The truth about burnout. Work/life balance doesn’t have to mean taking a step back. Learn to work with your brain and not against it.The truth about office politics and power. You may hate office politics, but they are in every company in every industry. Learn to use the political landscape of your workplace to your advantage.ĚýĚýMaster these unspoken truths for greater recognition, increased opportunities for pay and promotions, and to provide a path to greater influence and power. The truth can indeed set you free.

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256 Tessa White 1400236010 Letitia 5 2024, audiobook, need-to-get
While many professional development books are written by stright white men who don't understand the subtle ways everyone else is pushed away from power, this is written by a woman who is extremely insightful, and explains what is typically assumed in a manner that is honest and helpful. While I am beyond the first sections of her book that deal with early career, as I'm moving from the mid- to advanced-career stage of my life, I think everyone will find this useful in its entirey, whether you're a starter outer, a manager, or an executive. ]]>
4.29 The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions, and Power at Work
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I have been focusing on reading books about professional development this year, and while most of the books I have read so far have been somewhere between annoying and useless, this one landed. I appreciated it so much that I ordered my own copy after borrowing this from the library.

While many professional development books are written by stright white men who don't understand the subtle ways everyone else is pushed away from power, this is written by a woman who is extremely insightful, and explains what is typically assumed in a manner that is honest and helpful. While I am beyond the first sections of her book that deal with early career, as I'm moving from the mid- to advanced-career stage of my life, I think everyone will find this useful in its entirey, whether you're a starter outer, a manager, or an executive.
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<![CDATA[A Black Theology of Liberation (Ethics and Society)]]> 271654
With the publication of his two early works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), James Cone emerged as one of the most creative and provocative theological voices in North America. These books, which offered a searing indictment of white theology and society, introduced a radical reappraisal of the Christian message for our time.

Here, combining the visions of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Cone radically reappraises Christianity from the perspective of the oppressed black community in North America. Forty years later after its first publication, his work retains its original power, enhanced now by reflections on the evolution of his own thinking and of black theology and on the needs of the present moment.

Offers a radical reappraisal of Christianity from the perspective of an oppressed Black North American community.]]>
214 James H. Cone 0883446855 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.20 1970 A Black Theology of Liberation (Ethics and Society)
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<![CDATA[She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse]]> 171002 328 Elizabeth A. Johnson 0824519256 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.18 1992 She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse
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Cinderella: Ninja Warrior 9305414 309 Maureen McGowan 1607102552 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 3.72 2011 Cinderella: Ninja Warrior
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<![CDATA[Women Under Primitive Buddhism]]> 2735806 391 Isaline Blew Horner 8120806646 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 3.60 1930 Women Under Primitive Buddhism
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<![CDATA[Pariah Syndrome: An Account of Gypsy Slavery and Persecution]]> 1533285 Hancock, Ian F. Ian Hancock 0897200799 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.36 1987 Pariah Syndrome: An Account of Gypsy Slavery and Persecution
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Man and His Symbols 123632 Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide public, rather than just by psychiatrists, and therefore he agreed to write and edit this fascinating book. Here, Jung examines the full world of the unconscious, whose language he believed to be the symbols constantly revealed in dreams. Convinced that dreams offer practical advice, sent from the unconscious to the conscious self, Jung felt that self-understanding would lead to a full and productive life. Thus, the reader will gain new insights into himself from this thoughtful volume, which also illustrates symbols throughout history. Completed just before his death by Jung and his associates, it is clearly addressed to the general reader.]]> 415 C.G. Jung 0440351839 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.19 1964 Man and His Symbols
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<![CDATA[Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy]]> 161812
Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Neiman explores who we've become in the three centuries since the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it. Whether expressed in theological or secular terms, evil poses a problem about the world's intelligibility. It confronts philosophy with fundamental questions: Can there be meaning in a world where innocents suffer? Can belief in divine power or progress survive a cataloging of evil? Is evil profound or banal?

Neiman argues that these questions impelled modern philosophy. Traditional philosophers from Leibniz to Hegel sought to defend the Creator of a world containing evil. Inevitably, their efforts--combined with those of more literary figures like Pope, Voltaire and the Marquis de Sade--eroded belief in God's benevolence, power & relevance, until Nietzsche claimed He'd been murdered. They also yielded the distinction between natural and moral evil that we now take for granted. Neiman turns to consider philosophy's response to the Holocaust as a final moral evil, concluding that two basic stances run through modern thought. One, from Rousseau to Arendt, insists that morality demands we make evil intelligible. The other, from Voltaire to Adorno, insists that morality demands that we don't.

Beautifully written and thoroughly engaging, this book tells the history of modern philosophy as an attempt to come to terms with evil. It reintroduces philosophy to anyone interested in questions of life and death, good and evil, suffering and sense.]]>
384 Susan Neiman 0691117926 Letitia 0 need-to-get, to-read, 2026 4.03 2002 Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy
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<![CDATA[It Ends with Knight (Nena Knight, #3)]]> 62559467 In this thrilling conclusion of the Nena Knight series, the trained assassin will have to confront the ghosts of her past…before she becomes one herself.

Until his untimely death, Nena’s mentor was the backbone of the Tribe. With his leadership position unfilled and despite the Tribe’s newfound misgivings about her, Nena has stepped into a new role she never wanted.

Politics is an entirely new venture for her, and now one of the Tribe’s own has been kidnapped, forcing her back to her origins as an assassin. But the only person qualified for such a rescue mission is Nena Knight—and a new team whose trust in her continues to waver.

Determined to harness the power of her former role to succeed in her new one, Nena must also face what she left behind. Old fears, resentments, and anger threaten the precarious hold Nena has on her new life as she realizes that the past—and the people from it—are never far behind.]]>
381 Yasmin Angoe 1662508301 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.28 2023 It Ends with Knight (Nena Knight, #3)
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<![CDATA[They Come at Knight (Nena Knight, #2)]]> 59132250 Yasmin Angoe’s They Come at Knight is the heart-pounding second installment in the Nena Knight series about an intrepid female assassin who will stop at nothing to protect her family.

For elite assassin Nena Knight, eliminating dangerous players on the world stage is part of the job. The Tribe, a powerful business syndicate in Africa, ensures that she has those opportunities. But for Nena, the Tribe is more than just her employer; it’s an organization that supports the African people—until it turns on itself.

As Nena embarks on a new mission, a violent siege by a paramilitary group throws the Tribe into chaos, and mysterious acts of violence plague the Tribe’s territories. As the attacks escalate, Nena suspects a different kind of enemy at someone on the inside, determined to undermine the Tribe’s leaders.

As this new threat closes in on her own family, Nena enlists a team to root out the danger. But as she gets closer to the truth, she will have to risk everything to protect the future she holds dear—even if it means facing off with an enemy she never expected.]]>
365 Yasmin Angoe 1542036615 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.33 2022 They Come at Knight (Nena Knight, #2)
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Pillars of Salt 432267 Pillars of Salt is the story of two women confined in a mental hospital in Jordan during and after the British Mandate. After initial tensions they become friends and share their life stories.]]> 256 Fadia Faqir 1566562538 Letitia 0 to-read, 2025, need-to-get 3.83 1996 Pillars of Salt
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The Radiant Lives of Animals 50696203
From a celebrated Chickasaw writer, a spiritual meditation, in prose and poetry, on our relationship to the animal world, in an illustrated gift package.

Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants, Indigenous writer and environmentalist Linda Hogan depicts her own intense relationships with animals as an example we all can follow to heal our souls and reconnect with the spirit of the world. From her modest forest home in Colorado, and venturing throughout the region, especially to her beloved Oklahoma, she introduces us to horses, packrats, snakes, mountain lions, elks, wolves, bees, and so many others whose presence has changed her life. In this illuminating collection of essays and poems, lightly sprinkled with elegant drawings, Hogan draws on many Native nations� ancient stories and spiritual traditions to show us that the soul exists in those delicate places where the natural world extends into human consciousness—in the mist of morning, the grass that grew a little through the night, the first warmth of this morning’s sunlight. Altogether, this beautifully packaged gift is a reverential reminder for all of us to witness and appreciate the radiant lives of animals.]]>
160 Linda Hogan 0807047929 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.38 2020 The Radiant Lives of Animals
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The Gospel According to Jesus 50009 160 Stephen Mitchell 006095146X Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2026 4.20 1991 The Gospel According to Jesus
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<![CDATA[Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process]]> 181630
Whether Edward Said is addressing the fatal flaws in the PLO's bargain, denouncing fundamentalists on both sides of the religious divide, or calling our attention to the distortions in official coverage of the Arab world, he offers insights beyond the conventional wisdom and a sympathy that extends to bot Israelis and Palestinians. He does so with an incisiveness, clarity, and fairness that make Peace and Its Discontents essential reading for anyonve who cares about the future of the Middle East.]]>
188 Edward W. Said 0679767258 Letitia 0 need-to-get, to-read, 2025 4.28 1996 Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process
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<![CDATA[From Colony to Nation: Women Activists and the Gendering of Politics in Belize, 1912-1982 (Engendering Latin America)]]> 924361
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From Colony to Nation draws on extensive research and previously unmined sources such as almost one hundred interviews, colonial government records, the files of Belize’s first feminist organization, and court records. Anne S. Macpherson examines the tensions of the 1910s that led to the 1919 anticolonial riot; the reform project of the 1920s, in which Garveyite women were key state allies; the militant anticolonial labor movement of the 1930s; the more ambitious reform project of the 1940s; the successful but nonrevolutionary nationalist movement of the 1950s; and the gender dynamics of party politics and both Black Power and feminist challenges to the party system in the 1960s and 1970s.

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From Colony to Nation connects to historiographies of racialized and gendered reform in colonial and other multiracial societies and of tensions between female activism and masculine authority within nationalist movements and postcolonial societies.]]>
408 Anne S. Macpherson 080323242X Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, 2025 5.00 2007 From Colony to Nation: Women Activists and the Gendering of Politics in Belize, 1912-1982 (Engendering Latin America)
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<![CDATA[Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain]]> 11976774 Human, Michael S. Gazzaniga has been called the “father of cognitive neuroscience.� In his remarkable book, Who’s in Charge?, he makes a powerful and provocative argument that counters the common wisdom that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes we cannot control. His well-reasoned case against the idea that we live in a “determined� world is fascinating and liberating, solidifying his place among the likes of Oliver Sacks, Antonio Damasio, V.S. Ramachandran, and other bestselling science authors exploring the mysteries of the human brain]]> 260 Michael S. Gazzaniga 0061906107 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.98 2011 Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
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<![CDATA[Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing]]> 16225525
Holy Sh*t also explains the advancement of civility and corresponding censorship of language in the 18th century, considers the rise of racial slurs after World War II, examines the physiological effects of swearing and answers a question that preoccupies the FCC, the US Senate, and anyone who has recently overheard little kids at a playground: are we swearing more now than people did in the past?

A gem of lexicography and cultural history, Holy Sh*t is a serious exploration of obscenity.]]>
316 Melissa Mohr 0199742677 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.86 2013 Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
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<![CDATA[Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo]]> 12524951 164 Joy Harjo 0819571504 Letitia 0 need-to-get, to-read 3.96 2011 Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo
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The Last Color 40118099
It was in this city that, twenty years ago, Choti, a sassy, tight-rope walker befriends an old widow, Noor. As a member of the ashram, she lives a life of complete abstinence, but her young friend's innocent exuberance and joy of life fills her with renewed hope.

The two form an unlikely bond, with Noor looking out for Choti, inspiring her to 'fly high' by seeking an education and fighting for her rights with dignity. Choti listens enraptured by the memories her friend shares: of playing Holi dressed as Radha, the consort of Lord Krishna, and flinging great bursts of her favorite pink-colored gulal into the sky. Choti promises her that they will play the next Holi together.

But then, one night, another friend of Choti's, Anarkali, is murdered by the heinous police chief and his goons. Being the only witness to her murder, Choti is imprisoned on the eve of Holi. Everything falls apart in the ensuing chaos.

Will Choti be able to keep her promise of playing Holi with Noor?

Pitting the smoke rising from the funeral pyres of Manikarnika Ghat, against the joyous color-bursts of Holi celebrations, Vikas Khanna's marvellously layered story of the survival of a delicate friendship, is brilliantly told and poignantly life-affirming.]]>
224 Vikas Khanna 9387863212 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.97 The Last Color
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<![CDATA[Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir]]> 826070 256 Urvashi Butalia 1842772090 Letitia 0 need-to-get, to-read 4.50 2002 Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir
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<![CDATA[Live in a Home That Pays You Back]]> 58722635
Featuring programs and resources available throughout the U.S. and Canada

"An authoritative and comprehensive overview of the benefits of energy-efficient homes." ---Kirkus Reviews

Live in a Home that Pays You Back lights the way for enjoying a home that is healthier, more comfortable, saves money, and reduces your carbon footprint. Whether you are planning to build, buy, or retrofit a home, award-winning author Anna DeSimone takes you on a virtual tour through the home of the future.

A practical reference guide that can be used for years to come, this illuminating book uncovers every part and parcel of the sustainable home, with precise explanations and infographics, plus hundreds of resources for further exploration.

You'll have fun exploring the world of renewable energy, such as solar photovoltaics, wind power, geothermal energy, hydro-electric power, and biomass fuels. You'll learn how "positive energy" puts money in your pocket through incentives such as net metering, net billing or renewable energy certificates--a tradeable commodity with cash value.

This eye-opening book takes a look at the health benefits of living in an energy-efficient home, and includes guidance about water safety, biological pollutants and environmental toxins.

Everything you need to know about energy scores, building certifications, and the home building options for net zero, net zero ready, passive homes, pre-fab, modular, log and timber, and more.

Mortgage financing chapter covers down payment assistance, national energy-efficient loan programs, borrower qualification incentives, and how to roll in the cost of an energy retrofit into your mortgage.

The path to zero can be taken in small steps. This book prepares you and your household to make informed decisions for implementing energy-efficient technologies according to your needs and budget. And you'll enjoy many kinds of payback, every step of the way.

Book includes a directory of rebates and incentives by Canadian province and U.S. state. Available in paperback and e-book.]]>
234 Anna DeSimone 1039123481 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.42 Live in a Home That Pays You Back
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<![CDATA[Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest]]> 174710 and Pizarro.

Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth. This vividly written and authoritative book shows, for instance, that native Americans did not take the
conquistadors for gods and that small numbers of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. We discover that Columbus was correctly seen in his lifetime--and for decades after--as a briefly fortunate but unexceptional participant in efforts involving many
southern Europeans. It was only much later that Columbus was portrayed as a great man who fought against the ignorance of his age to discover the new world. Another popular misconception--that the Conquistadors worked alone--is shattered by the revelation that vast numbers of black and native allies
joined them in a conflict that pitted native Americans against each other. This and other factors, not the supposed superiority of the Spaniards, made conquests possible.

The Conquest, Restall shows, was more complex--and more fascinating--than conventional histories have portrayed it. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest offers a richer and more nuanced account of a key event in the history of the Americas.]]>
240 Matthew Restall 0195176111 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.93 2003 Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
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<![CDATA[Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)]]> 6043781 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat.

The Witcher returns in this sequel to The Last Wish, as the inhabitants of his world become embroiled in a state of total war.]]>
398 Andrzej Sapkowski Letitia 0 need-to-get, to-read 4.05 1994 Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
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<![CDATA[Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History Of Black Organizing And White Violence In Florida From Reconstruction To The Bloody Election Of 1920 (Volume 16)]]> 303644 Throws a powerful light on the struggle of Black Floridians to create the first statewide civil rights movement against Jim Crow.

Concentrating on the period between the end of slavery and the election of 1920, Emancipation Betrayed vividly demonstrates that the decades leading up to the historic voter registration drive of 1919-20 were marked by intense battles during which African Americans struck for higher wages, took up arms to prevent lynching, forged independent political alliances, boycotted segregated streetcars, and created a democratic historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Contrary to previous claims that African Americans made few strides toward building an effective civil rights movement during this period, Ortiz documents how black Floridians formed mutual aid organizations—secret societies, women's clubs, labor unions, and churches—to bolster dignity and survival in the harsh climate of Florida, which had the highest lynching rate of any state in the union.

African Americans called on these institutions to build a statewide movement to regain the right to vote after World War I. African American women played a decisive role in the campaign as they mobilized in the months leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment. The 1920 contest culminated in the bloodiest Election Day in modern American history, when white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan violently, and with state sanction, prevented African Americans from voting.

Ortiz's eloquent interpretation of the many ways that black Floridians fought to expand the meaning of freedom beyond formal equality and his broader consideration of how people resist oppression and create new social movements illuminate a strategic era of U.S. history and reveal how the legacy of legal segregation continues to play out to this day.]]>
432 Paul Ortiz 0520250036 Letitia 0 4.15 2005 Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History Of Black Organizing And White Violence In Florida From Reconstruction To The Bloody Election Of 1920 (Volume 16)
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Sugar in Milk 50998423 When I first came to this country, I felt so alone. A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins.

A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them, determined to refuse their request for refuge. But there was a language barrier, so the king filled a glass with milk and pointed to it as a way of saying that the land was full and couldn't accommodate the strangers. Then, the leader of the refugees dissolved sugar in the glass of milk. His message was clear: Like sugar in milk, our presence in your country will sweeten your lives. The king embraced the refugee, welcoming him and his people.]]>
48 Thrity Umrigar 0762495197 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.40 2020 Sugar in Milk
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Ruined City 27277211 When originally published in 1993, Ruined City (Fei Du) was promptly banned by China’s State Publishing Administration, ostensibly for its explicit sexual content. Since then, award-winning author Jia Pingwa’s vivid portrayal of contemporary China’s social and economic transformation has become a classic, viewed by critics and scholars of Chinese literature as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Howard Goldblatt’s deft translation now gives English-speaking readers their first chance to enjoy this masterpiece of social satire by one of China’s most provocative writers.

While eroticism, exoticism, and esoteric minutiae—the “pornography� that earned the opprobrium of Chinese officials—pervade Ruined City, this tale of a famous contemporary writer’s sexual and legal imbroglios is an incisive portrait of politics and culture in a rapidly changing China. In a narrative that ranges from political allegory to parody, Jia Pingwa tracks his antihero Zhuang Zhidie through progressively more involved and inevitably disappointing sexual liaisons. Set in a modern metropolis rife with power politics, corruption, and capitalist schemes, the novel evokes an unrequited romantic longing for China’s premodern, rural past, even as unfolding events caution against the trap of nostalgia. Amid comedy and chaos, the author subtly injects his concerns about the place of intellectual seriousness, censorship, and artistic integrity in the changing conditions of Chinese society.

Rich with detailed description and vivid imagery, Ruined City transports readers into a world abounding with the absurdities and harshness of modern life.
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536 Jia Pingwa 0806151730 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 3.57 1993 Ruined City
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<![CDATA[The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)]]> 14781491 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher
Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill -- but only if she lives to use it.

A coup threatens the Wizard's Guild.
War breaks out across the lands.
A serious injury leaves Geralt fighting for his life...
... and Ciri, in whose hands the world's fate rests, has vanished...

The Witcher returns in this sequel to Blood of Elves.


The Witcher series
The Last Wish
The Sword of Destiny
Blood of Elves
The Time of Contempt
Baptism of Fire

The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only)]]>
331 Andrzej Sapkowski 0316219134 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.10 1995 The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)
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Nosotros en la Luna 49123680
Una noche en París. Dos caminos entrelazándose.
No hay nada más eterno que un encuentro fugaz.

Cuando Rhys y Ginger se conocen en las calles de la ciudad de la luz, no imaginan que sus vidas se unirán para siempre, a pesar de la distancia y de que no puedan ser más diferentes. Ella vive en Londres y a veces se siente tan perdida que se ha olvidado hasta de sus propios sueños. Él es incapaz de quedarse quieto en ningún lugar y cree saber quién es. Y cada noche su amistad crece entre emails llenos de confidencias, dudas e inquietudes. Pero ¿qué ocurre cuando el paso del tiempo pone a prueba su relación? ¿Es posible colgarse de la luna junto a otra persona sin poner en riesgo el corazón?
Una historia sobre el amor, el destino y la bĂşsqueda de uno mismo.

Porque a veces, solo hace falta mirar la luna para sentirte cerca de otra persona.]]>
477 Alice Kellen 8408223291 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get, spanish 4.08 2020 Nosotros en la Luna
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And Still I Rise 1294681 112 Maya Angelou 0860687570 Letitia 5 2020-to-read, need-to-get 4.31 1978 And Still I Rise
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book published: 1978
rating: 5
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368 Susan Fletcher 0007321597 Letitia 0 to-read, need-to-get 4.35 2010 Corrag
author: Susan Fletcher
name: Letitia
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2010
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