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Writer Kovie Biakolo became inspired to publish Conversations for Smart People while having rooftop drinks in Brooklyn with a few of her colleagues. In her classic uninhibited style, Kovie deftly weaves through such topics as: being a woman, growing up African, the meaning of beauty, and love. And of course the essay collection includes thoughtful commentary on sociopolitical issues--like race--that Kovie often finds herself discussing in her work.

The astonishingly talented Valerie Trueblood has imbued each story with its own depth and mystery, so rescue comes as a surprise to the listener, who is in intimate sympathy for the soul in extremity. And these are diverse characters whose fates, in lesser hands, might be thought of as hopeless: the fired cop turned security guard, the stolid 19-year-old nurses' aide who will not be going to art school, the cynical radio producer who is dying of breast cancer and on a plane on her way to Lourdes.

Courtier, explorer, thief: Leaper is a man of many skills, but none of his talents satisfy the yearning in his heart for the Queen of Airakland, the ruler of a thunder-clashed kingdom. Their affair is cut too short, however, when she is murdered. But who was the assassin? A political rival? The jealous king? Or, perhaps, the god of thunder who oversees them all? Distraught, Leaper vows revenge, but little does he realize that his mission will lead him away from his forest home, across the vast floodplains, and to the edges of time and myth itself.

What if Cinderella was already a princess? What if her step-sisters weren't mean? What if she learned to control the animals? What if her family, her crown, and her love were ripped away from her? What if, in her grief, she made a terrible mistake? Maybe not all fairy-tales have a happy ending...

Amid the glamour and galas and parties of Palm Beach, Faith knows that image often counts as much if not more than reality. In this town of secrets and gossip and rumors, Faith has kept a desperate grip on everything she holds so dear, built from so little. And yet even she - the only one who knows just how far she has to fall - never suspects from which direction, or how many directions all at once, betrayal will come.

A princess in hiding. A huntsman as her protector. Seven unlikely companions by her side. Can she stop the growing evil threatening her world....

This audiobook contains a fractured Sleeping Beauty retelling with a tragic ending.

Christine's Charlie and the Giants series is filled with magic, mythical creatures, and an awesome female protagonist that has to figure out who she wants to become. If you love books that will help you forget the real world for a little while, are full of surprising characters, and will keep you guessing, these are the perfect books for you!

Finding herself alone in a once-familiar world, 15-year-old Charlie tries to find answers. With help from new friends and old, Charlie learns she must save the world. Again.

Fifteen-year-old Charlie leaves home and ventures into the unknown to battle monsters, befriend fairies, and discover who she really is. Oh, and save the world.