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In these wise and lovely mortal ruminations Neil Carpathios, long one of my favorite poets, turns fifty, that perilous promontory from which the world starts to flicker like an old neon sign. But age just makes Carpathios pay attention all the more keenly. The joy of this book is that it makes us pause with him on our little human journey and take in the view while we still have time. You couldn't ask for a better guide. --George Bilgere
The poems in Neil Carpathios' new book, though much concerned with death, are very much alive: intelligent, tender, humorous, entertaining, and even profound--sometimes all at the same time. As the best poets do, Carpathios celebrates our astonishing luck in being able, however limited our time, to "behold the lipstick kiss on a glass's rim," and "listen to the crickets." --Charles Harper Webb
With the world spiraling toward climate-induced collapse ... a woman boldly combats abortion bans by performing vigilante vasectomies on businessmen; a farmer (and religious zealot) raises a band of warriors for Christ; scientists investigate an alarming case of nanobot infection; a sniper inflicts terror from the rooftops; and a classic, noir detective surveils them all, trudging through a hallucinogen-fueled, comic-book terrain of crime and controversy.
Told in a detached, objective style, with narrative threads continually lost and found in one another, Crunch depicts a pressure-cooker society beset by extreme, desperate, and monitored behavior - a swirling chaos that might too easily be our own.
In the follow-up book to Curiously Cara Meets Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Daisy the Talking Cat, Grandma, Cara, and her sister, Amani, journey to ancient Nubia. While there, they visit The Forgotten Pyramids and learn all about the people living there, The Kushites!
Not long after arriving, they discover that The Kushite Army, led by Queen Amanirenas, has been battling one of the most powerful armies, The Romans! To help stop the fighting and maintain peace, Cara and Amani negotiate a treaty between The Kushites and The Romans.
With vivid illustrations and a helpful definitions and pronunciations page, young readers and their caretakers will stay engaged and entertained while traveling through time.
This is a great book to read at home or inside the classroom.
Under the apple tree, they said their magic poem. "Dance to the left, circle to the right, ring Daisy's bell, and hold on tight."
The magic funnel appeared and whisked them around and around.
When they opened their eyes, they were in a new land and Daisy wore her Adventure Crown that allowed her to talk, just like people!
"Are we in Egypt, again?" Cara asked.
