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NYC’s activist Transportation Commisioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and her new book, Street Fight.ĭespite the rise of ever more skyscrapers over the past ten years, New York City is a whole lot more human-scaled at street-level. ![]() ![]() ![]() This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. 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Amulet graphic novels are a captivating and thrilling series of comics written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (But then, that's also the book in which Carey inserts her own 20th century sailing diaries as part of the text, throws in loads of epigrams from Hornblower stories, has a holodeck version of Kirk teach Picard what it really means to be a good Starfleet captain, etc, so it's a good way to be exposed to her obsessions in their purest form. Carey's Ship of the Line gives Bateson an all-male crew. New York Times Bestselling author Diane Carey, top-selling author for Star Trek books, also author of new book How to Help Stray Pets Without Getting Stuck. The few canonical seconds of Morgan Bateson's crew from Cause and Effect show Bateson, two female bridge officers, and one male bridge officer. Diane Carey The Way of the Warrior - Diane Carey Star Trek: Klingon Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch Trials and Tribble-ations Diane Carey. Aside from creating supergirl Piper, Carey was all about the guys. Recurring themes: way overdone Hornblower obsession, Kirk lust, TNG-bashing, American conservative political blathering. Her first Piper novel wasn't as bad as a lot of her later stuff, either. ![]() I don't recall being driven nuts by her prose as much with that one, either. Click to expand.Best novel might have been her Challenger Gateways novel, because it wasn't a Star Trek novel - no Federation, no Starfleet, no familiar characters or species (other than humans) from any version of Star Trek, etc - so I didn't get that sense of wrongness I usually got when she was putting her own spin on something familiar. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book's compact size belies its true power. Despite all the obstacles, we must not lose sight of the fact that profound transformation is possible. In her inimitable and inspiring way, Solnit reminds us that social change follows an unpredictable path. 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Nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker’s family had been settled in Texas for two years when their home was raided by Comanche Indians. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when he takes on a new patient, Eric's entire worldbegins to crumble. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. "Scottoline has plenty of tricks up her sleeve." - Booklist (starred review) Dr. ![]() New York Times best selling author Lisa Scottoline's visceral thriller, Every Fifteen Minutes, brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the quest to survive such ruthlessness, every minute counts. ![]() |