The Unwanteds Series (#1-7) by Lisa McMannRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 13.9 MBOverview: Lisa McMann lives and writes in the Phoenix area. Her newest middle grade fantasy series is called The Forgotten Five. Book one, Map of Flames, was an instant NYT bestseller. It’s about five supernatural kids, raised in a deserted hideout, who enter civilization […]
Roman Ivory by Robert BruegmannRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.3 MB | RetailOverview: In Victorian England, Joseph Stapleton, 1st Viscount Barringon, has died unexpectedly, leaving his nineteen-year-old son, Robert, to inherit his title, estate, family business, and a curious collection of ancient and contemporary male erotica. Eager to discover more about his father’s carefully hidden passions, Robert […]
The Complete Tamara Hoyland Crime Thrillers by Jessica MannRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.4 MBOverview: ABOUT THE AGENTTamara Hoyland is a beautiful, brilliant woman. Brave, athletic and independent, she is celebrated as an archaeologist. But she uses that job as cover for her second, less public role — a British secret agent.Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller IN THIS […]
Deadly Choice by S. Lee Manning Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.5 MbOverview: After her daughter bleeds out from a miscarriage in Texas, Patricia Scott kills the doctor who had failed to perform a medically necessary abortion. Her next target is the attorney who’d advised against the abortion out of personal ambition. Lizzie Vaughn, an investigator with […]
Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing by Nicholas Lemann Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.3 MbOverview: How to make American higher education fairer In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the […]