Author: Amber Hartley
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: novel, jimmy
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2005-02-02
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0595336248
ISBN-13: 9780595336241

Edgy. Clever. Emotionally penetrating… A searing portrayal of the 21st century. I think this desk sucked the life outta my ass… Welcome to Mercury High and the opening thoughts of Jimmy—a.k.a. faithful friend, politically-pressured son, younger brother and sarcastic Senior trapped in a skinny body. Jimmy tackles the hot issues of today—Iraq, the family dynamic, drugs, loyalty, freedom of speech, terrorism and other forms of shocking violence—unveiling the true intricacy of love and complexity of hate. From the humorous antics of high school to a world spinning out of control, this is a j

Author: Amber Kizer
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Keywords: meridian
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-08-11
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0385736681
ISBN-13: 9780385736688

Half-human, half-angel, Meridian Sozu has a dark responsibility.Sixteen-year-old Meridian has been surrounded by death ever since she can remember. As a child, insects, mice, and salamanders would burrow into her bedclothes and die. At her elementary school, she was blamed for a classmate’s tragic accident. And on her sixteenth birthday, a car crashes in front of her family home—and Meridian’s body explodes in pain. Before she can fully recover, Meridian is told that she’s a danger to her family and hustled off to her great-aunt’s house in Revelation, Colorado. It’s there that she

Author: Jay Atkinson
Publisher: Livingston Press
Keywords: amber, city
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1931982961
ISBN-13: 9781931982962

In City in Amber, Atkinson has created a compelling story of Lawrence, Massachusetts, a planned industrial city built around the cloth and garment industry, moving from the city’s construction and founding before the American Civil War to the sporadic conflagrations that plagued Lawrence in the 1990’s. The writing in Atkinson s novel is so fine that even the downright evil characters manage to eke out a moment of sympathy from the reader not to mention the laughter and sadness his other characters evoke. And just as the amber metaphor in the title indicates, the reader is constantl

Author: Andrew Ross
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: amber
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0674017293
ISBN-13: 9780674017290

Amber has captured the human imagination for centuries, as amulets, ritual cups, and beads dating back 10,000 years attest. It is a fascinating substance, one that offers a unique intersection of the fields of paleontology, botany, entomology, and mineralogy. The fossilized resin of ancient trees, amber preserves organic material-most commonly insects and other invertebrates-and with it the shape and surface detail that are usually obliterated or hopelessly distorted during the mineralization we associate with fossils. To look at an ant or a bee caught in amber is to look not at an organism th

Author: David A. Grimaldi
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Keywords: amber
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1996-03-30
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 0810919664
ISBN-13: 9780810919662

This remarkable book explores the unique properties of amber (fossilized tree resin) that have intrigued people the world over. First published for the hugely popular 1996 exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, this book reveals amber’s role in tracing evolutionary history and its use in decorative arts and jewelry. New exhibitions--at the Newark Museum and the soon-to-be-open Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York--attest to the continuing fascination with amber in nature and art.

Author: Amber Lehman
Publisher: Closet Case Press
Keywords: torn
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2009-07-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0979593360
ISBN-13: 9780979593369

It was different this time; we weren t acting on a dare. I knew our motive; we were practicing the act, hoping to impress the right boy when it came time. But then something happened in the mix of the moment, in the mix of the alcohol. It wasn t planned, but somehow our kissing experiment turned into something else. Things went further . . . and once they had, once I returned to earth from the euphoria . . . I wrestled with my feelings at that frank realization, questioning whether our said objective was entirely true. When fourteen-year old Krista McKinley transfers from Catholic school in Oh

Author: Amber Jayanti
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, tarot
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2001-08-15
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0764553615
ISBN-13: 9780764553615

For centuries, people have used the tarot to help them gain access to spiritual knowledge and explore universal truths. You don’t have to be spiritually inclined to get something out of the tarot. Even the most hard-boiled materialist, with the assistance of The Knight, The Fool, the Lovers, the Hanged Man, and all the rest of the major and minor arcana, can achieve deep insights into their own true natures and the natures of others in their lives. Used properly, the tarot can reveal to us our deepest longings, help us to confront our fears, and allow us to recognize unspoken emotional and p