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Vicious Cycle: An Intervention Novel (An Intervention Novel #3)
by Terri BlackstockWhen fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of a car, he knows she's the newborn daughter of a meth addict he's been trying to help. But when police arrest him for kidnapping, Lance is thrust into a criminal world of baby trafficking and drug abuse. His mother, Barbara, looks for help from Kent Harlan--the man whom she secretly, reluctantly loves and who once helped rescue her daughter from a mess of her own. Kent flies to her aid and begins the impossible work of getting Lance out of trouble, protecting a baby who has no home, and finding help for a teenage mother hiding behind her lies. In this latest novel of suspense and family loyalty, bestselling author Terri Blackstock offers a harrowing look at drug addiction, human trafficking, and the devastating choices that can change lives forever.
Vicious Spirits
by Kat ChoNew romance and dangers abound in this companion to the crowd-pleasing Wicked Fox.After the events of Wicked Fox, Somin is ready to help her friends pick up the pieces of their broken lives and heal. But Jihoon is still grieving the loss of his grandmother, and Miyoung is distant as she grieves over her mother's death and learns to live without her fox bead. The only one who seems ready to move forward is their not-so-favorite dokkaebi, Junu.Somin and Junu didn't exactly hit it off when they first met. Somin thought he was an arrogant self-serving, conman. Junu was, at first, amused by her hostility toward him until he found himself inexplicably drawn to her. Somin couldn't deny the heat of their attraction. But as the two try to figure out what could be between them, they discover their troubles aren't over after all. The loss of Miyoung's fox bead has caused a tear between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and ghosts are suddenly flooding the streets of Seoul. The only way to repair the breach is to find the missing fox bead or for Miyoung to pay with her life. With few options remaining, Junu has an idea but it might require the ultimate sacrifice. In usual fashion, Somin may have a thing or two to say about that.In Vicious Spirits, Kat Cho delivers another beguiling and addictive read full of otherworldly dangers and romance.
Vicki Finds the Answer (Vicki Barr, Book #2)
by Helen WellsReturning to New York City on a routine flight from the South, Vicki finds a runaway girl on her plane, Joan Purnell. The young girl's bewilderment and panic arouse Vicki's ready sympathy. Persuading Joan to return home, Vicki promises to help her solve her strange problem. Back in New York once more, Vicki is drawn swiftly into the gay pattern of life in the cosy apartment she shares with five other young stewardesses. Dates with her favorite copilot, Dean Fletcher, the growing romance between her friend Jean Cox and the young newspaperman Pete Carmody, a brief but happy visit home, and most of all, her work, absorb Vicki's time. But she does not forget her promise to Joan. In trying to help her new friend, Vicki lands herself in the middle of a mysterious plot to defraud Joan's father of a valuable timber tract. How Vicki manages to unravel the mystery and restore happiness to Joan and her harassed parents make a fascinating story and a worth successor to Silver Wings for Vicki, which already has won thousands of friends for the gay little flight stewardess with her unquenchable spirit of adventure.
Victoria entre las sombras
by Marcelo Di MarcoDos amigos y una fuga que se convertirá en la peor de TUS pesadillas. Se sentía tan odiado que decidió fugarse para siempre con su mejoramiga: estaba harto del miedo, los golpes y las amenazas de los adultos.Todo empezó como una inocente aventura. Pero ninguno de losdos podía sospechar el espanto que los esperaba.Un ruinoso barrio de pescadores, las playas de Punta Mogotes, unbosque laberíntico y un parque de diversiones abandonado son losescenarios de este brutal y vertiginoso thriller de supervivencia.Con un lenguaje crudo y provocador, el autor sabe alternar el humorcon la crueldad, el suspenso y el terror extremo.
Victoria. Mi camino hacia el amor propio
by Victoria Volkova"Puedo decir que mi más grande victoria hasta ahora ha sido atreverme a ser yo misma, y cuando digo yo misma me refiero a mi versión más cruda, sin edición, sin filtros y mostrando mi lado más vulnerable." Años antes del éxito en redes sociales, Victoria Volkova enfrentó situaciones complejas: bullying, limitaciones, incomprensión y señalamientos de una sociedad que malmira la diversidad, que rechaza a las personas trans y que nos limita a todxs. Llegó a tal punto que Victoria #como muchxs de nosotrxs # sentía que ser como era estaba mal, eso le había subrayado la sociedad hasta el cansancio. Luego de diversas luchas internas y externas, Volkova alcanzó su camino a la autoaceptación y el amor propio, aunque nada de esto fue sencillo. En su primer libro, Victoria se sincera respecto a vivencias y emociones complejas al ser una mujer trans, que a lo largo de sus veintiocho años ha vivido en carne propia. Cada una de esas experiencias conlleva aprendizajes que Victoria quiere compartir en estas páginas. #En este libro les cuento todas las cosas que me han hecho la persona que soy el día de hoy. Muchas de ellas me dan orgullo y otras no tanto, pero definitivamente todas las historias me hicieron conocerme un poco más, me hicieron amarme, y me obligaron a ver esas partes de mí que no me gustan tanto, pero que también son dignas de amar.#
Victoria: Portrait of a Queen
by Catherine ReefCatherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman. Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of her reign now bear her name—the Victorian period. Victoria is filled with the exciting comings and goings of royal life: intrigue and innuendo, scheming advisors, and assassination attempts, not to mention plenty of passion and discord. Includes bibliography, notes, British royal family tree, index.
Victorian Children’s Literature
by Ruth Y. JenkinsThis book reveals how the period's transforming identities affected by social, economic, religious, and national energies offers rich opportunities in which to analyze the relationship between identity and transformation. At the heart of this study is this question: what is the relationship between Victorian children's literature, its readers, and their psychic development? Ruth Y. Jenkins uses Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection to uncover the presence of cultural anxieties and social tensions in works by Kingsley, MacDonald, Carroll, Stevenson, Burnett, Ballantyne, Nesbit, Tucker, Sewell, and Rossetti.
Victorian Verse: The Poetics of Everyday Life
by Lee Behlman Olivia Loksing MoyVictorian Verse: The Poetics of Everyday Life casts new light on nineteenth-century poetry by examining the period through its popular verse forms and their surrounding social and media landscape. The volume offers insight into two central concepts of both the Victorian era and our own—status and taste—and how cultural hierarchies then and now were and are constructed and broken. By recovering the lost diversity of Victorian verse, the book maps the breadth of Victorian writing and reading practices, illustrating how these seemingly minor verse genres actually possessed crucial social functions for Victorians, particularly in education, leisure practices, the cultural production of class, and the formation of individual and communal identities. The essays consider how “major” Victorian poets, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were also committed to writing and reading “minor” verse, further troubling the clear-cut notions of canonicity by examining the contradictions of value.
Victories (Shadow Grail)
by Rosemary Edghill Mercedes LackeySpirit White and her friends Burke, Loch, and Addie have escaped from Oakhurst Academy. But their freedom has come at a terrible cost--a dear friend sacrificed her own life to save theirs. In the wake of Muirin's death, they are also forced to deal with the terrifying truth behind the facade of Oakhurst Academy: all of the legends are true.Queen Guinevere, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table really had existed. With the magic of Merlin, they were able to imprison their greatest foe, Mordred, before he could plunge the world back into the Dark Ages. But Mordred is now free, in charge of Oakhurst Academy, and determined to finish what he started so long ago. Pursued by Shadow Knights, the reincarnated remnants of Mordred's original army, Spirit's small band undertakes a quest to recover the Four Hallows, objects of immeasurable power. Memories of a past life have begun to surface, one in which Spirit wields a legendary sword. She comes to realize that these memories are the true key to Mordred's defeat. Can Spirit and her friends manage to recapture the magic of Camelot in time to save their fellow students and prevent the end of the world? Shadow Grail #4: Victories is the fourth and final book in the Shadow Grail series by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1)
by Charlie Jane AndersOutsmart Your Enemies. Outrun the Galaxy.“Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don’t stop running for anything.”Tina never worries about being 'ordinary'--she doesn't have to, since she's known practically forever that she's not just Tina Mains, average teenager and beloved daughter. She's also the keeper of an interplanetary rescue beacon, and one day soon, it's going to activate, and then her dreams of saving all the worlds and adventuring among the stars will finally be possible. Tina's legacy, after all, is intergalactic--she is the hidden clone of a famed alien hero, left on Earth disguised as a human to give the universe another chance to defeat a terrible evil.But when the beacon activates, it turns out that Tina's destiny isn't quite what she expected. Things are far more dangerous than she ever assumed--and everyone in the galaxy is expecting her to actually be the brilliant tactician and legendary savior Captain Thaoh Argentian, but Tina....is just Tina. And the Royal Fleet is losing the war, badly--the starship that found her is on the run and they barely manage to escape Earth with the planet still intact.Luckily, Tina is surrounded by a crew she can trust, and her best friend Rachel, and she is still determined to save all the worlds. But first she'll have to save herself.Buckle up your seatbelt for this thrilling YA sci-fi adventure set against an intergalactic war from internationally bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist For Justice
by Derrick Barnes Tommie Smith Dawud AnyabwileLonglisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports—and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award–winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today.
Vidas descalzas
by Fabio GedaErcole está atrincherado en el techo de un cobertizo, armado y rodeado por la policía. Con él está Luca, que tiene seis años. ¿Cómo han terminado allí? «Recuerdo que esa mañana, en el párking del centro comercial, mientras salía de la furgoneta, agarrando el rifle del asiento trasero, miré hacia el bosque y me di cuenta de que el sol emergía del campo como un moratón. Era octubre y yo tenía quince años.» Ercole y su hermana Asia pasan una infancia difícil, que superan a base de imaginación y perseverancia. Sin embargo, como todo el mundo, crecen, van a la escuela, se enamoran... Hasta que todo parece hacerse pedazos y Ercole cree que ser un desastre es un destino del que no puede escapar. Cuando está a punto de rendirse, se entera de que su madre, de la que no ha tenido noticias en mucho tiempo, vive cerca de él. El reencuentro terminará provocando que tome una elección dramática. Tal vez, la única posible si quiere cambiar su destino...
Vidas que cambian vidas: 40 historias inspiradoras anteriores a la tuya
by Cristina Nuñez Rafael RomeroDe los autores de Emocionario: di lo que sientes, 40 historias inspiradoras anteriores a la tuya En este libro encontrarás historias fascinantes de exploradores, luchadoras, magos, escaladoras, escritores, pianistas..., de personas que han salvado el mundo o alcanzado más de lo que se propusieron. Sus vidas son tan inspiradoras que nos empujan a perseguir nuestros sueños. Ilustrado por Raquel Cané.
Vides que canvien vides: 40 històries inspiradores anteriors a la teva
by Cristina Nuñez Rafael RomeroDels autors d'Emocionari: digues el que sents, 40 històries inspiradores anteriors a la teva. En aquest llibre hi trobaràs històries fascinants d'exploradors, lluitadores, mags, escaladores, escriptors, pianistes..., de persones que han salvat el món o arribat més enllà del que s'havien proposat. Les seves vides són tan inspiradores que ens empenyen a perseguir els nostres somnis. Il·lustrat per Raquel Cané.
Vidhyarthigaagi
by Swami PurushotamaanandaThis book mainly focussed on the student's. The first article describes about concentration formulas as 'concentration in the study', but in the past they must have a knowledge of the way in which life can be streamlined. It has taught in the second article 'Letter to a Student'.
Vidyarthigaligagi Kathegalu Bhaga- 1
by Swami RaghaveshaanandaTwenty one short stories for the Students.
Vidyarthigaligagi Kathegalu Bhaga- 2
by Swami RaghaveshaanandaTwenty four short stories for the Students.
Vienen por ti
by Andrea LarrabeLa primera novela de romance paranormal adolescente escrita por la periodista Andrea Larrabe. Estée Deveraux no es una adolescente común y corriente: disfruta capturar almas para el Diablo, su jefe, en compañía de su familia en la localidad de Puerto Umbra, un pueblo "al fin del mundo". Le fascina su trabajo porque la distingue de los demás humanos de su edad, a los que aborrece y encuentra inútiles. Pero todo cambia el día de su cumpleaños número 17, cuando se interesa por indagar el pasado de su familia que ha tenido la misma labor por siglos. En el camino, Estée estrecha lazos con Gabriel, su compañero de clase que, en un principio, no le cae muy en gracia, pero termina por cambiar su destino.
Vietnam There and Here
by Margot C. MabieIn Vietnam There and Here, Margot C. J. Mabie discusses the war in Vietnam, the turmoil it caused in the United States, and the issues it raised that still remain a source of conflict.
Vigilante
by Kady CrossA brutally honest, uncompromising story about a teen girl who decides to take matters into her own hands It's senior year, and Hadley and her best friend, Magda, should be starting the year together. Instead, Magda is dead and Hadley is alone. Raped at a party the year before and humiliated, Magda was driven to take her own life and Hadley is forced to see her friend's attackers in the classroom every day. Devastated, enraged and needing an outlet for her grief, Hadley decides to get a little justice of her own. Donning a pink ski mask and fueled by anger, Hadley goes after each of the guys one by one, planning to strip them of their dignity and social status the way they did to Magda. As the legend of the pink-masked Vigilante begins to take on a life of its own, Hadley's revenge takes a turn for the dangerous. Could her need for vengeance lead her down a path she can't turn back from?
Vigilante Nights
by Erin RichardsA "good boy" will do anything for vengeance when a gang rite kills his twin sister. Will Lucas win, or follow his sister Silver into the darkness?After a hideous car wreck, Lucas wakes from a coma to find that his world is gutted. Not only is his beloved twin sister, Silver, gone forever, but Lucas is broken in body and spirit. He will never be a college athlete, and is robbed of what he now realizes was the most important bond of his life. Although they weren't identical twins, Lucas and Silver shared a bond so fierce it defied reason, and was nearly supernatural.After her death, that bond seems to endure when Lucas sees Silver everywhere he turns. Either he's crazy, or Silver is trying to tell him something about the California gang initiation they stumbled into that cost Silver her life. Lucas is bent on revenge, turning on Raymond, Silver's former boyfriend; the one Lucas never wanted her to date. He forms a posse of vigilantes to take out the gangsters responsible for Silver's death, but he risks not only his own life, but the love of the new girl on his block, who knows more about Lucas and Silver than can be accounted for by mere chance.
Villain (Gone #8)
by Michael GrantAcclaimed author Michael Grant’s globally bestselling Gone series continues with Villain, where old foes return and new ones rise, with action-packed scenes, gory battles, and plot twists that will leave readers scrambling for more. It’s been four years since the events of GONE. The Perdido Beach dome is down, but the horrors within have spread. The alien virus-infested rock that created the FAYZ is creating monsters—monsters that walk the cities and countryside, terrorizing all.There are tanks in the street and predator drones in the sky, doomed efforts to stop the disintegration of civilization. Into this chaos comes a villain with the power to control anyone with just the sound of his voice. Dillon Poe wanted to be a comedian once…but everyone made fun of him. Dillon the loser. Dillon the freak. Now he’s sending thousands to their death. Who’s laughing now? The only people who can stop a superpowered villain are superpowered heroes. Dekka, Shade, Cruz, Malik, Armo, and a new mutant with unmatched powers, are all that stand in Dillon’s way. But when the lines begin to blur between hero and villain—some begin to wonder who’s really the monster.Praise for the Gone series:“Exciting, high-tension stories. I love these books.” —Stephen King“Intense, marvelously plotted, paced, and characterized.” —ALA Booklist (starred review)
Villano (Monstruo #Volumen 2)
by Michael GrantEl aclamado autor Michael Grant nos ofrece una impresionante continuación de la saga Olvidados. Monstruo, villano, héroe. es el momento de escoger. El virus alienígena que creó la ERA sigue generando monstruos que extienden el pánico allá donde van y amenazan los mismos cimientos de la civilización. Por si fuera poco, en medio de este caos, aparece un villano capaz de controlar a cualquiera solamente con el sonido de su voz. Ahora, los únicos que pueden detener a un villano con superpoderes son héroes con superpoderes. Solo Dekka, Shade, Cruz, Malik, Armo y una nueva mutante con habilidades increíbles están preparados para interponerse en el camino del enemigo. Pero cuando las líneas entre héroe y villano se difuminan, es hora de preguntarse quién es realmente el monstruo.
Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer
by Mary WollstonecraftLa colección «Bebi Edita» arranca con una de las primeras obras de la literatura y filosofía feministas. El primer manifiesto feminista revisado por una de las voces actuales más revolucionarias: Bebi. Desde su perspectiva única, @SrtaBebi comenta el texto madre del feminismo moderno, Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer, de Mary Wollstonecraft, una relectura con una granada en una mano y un subrayador en la otra. *** @SrtaBebi empezó incendiando las redes con más de 615.000 seguidores. Poco después inflamó libros: Indomable lleva más de 85.000 ejemplares vendidos. Ahora llega para editar su propia colección: «Bebi Edita». Ella decide autores, textos y añade su personal y único punto de vista en un prólogo y comentarios que acompañan a cada libro de la colección. Para seguir quemando.