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When the #MeToo movement went global in fall 2017, the world opened its eyes to the pervasive culture of workplace harassment toward women. While the media focused on abuses at powerful corporations and the Hollywood casting couch, voices of female victims in average American communities remained largely unheard. Exposed reveals, in heartbreaking detail, how the systems that… Continue reading Exposed: Nevertheless She Persisted by Alicia Curry
A peaceful world is the ultimate goal pursued by Oracle - a goal its founders intend to achieve, no matter the cost. Every aspect of human life is regulated through their blockchain system, and the specially trained agents in charge of securing the invaluable data coursing through Oracle’s network work for the Data Security and… Continue reading The Superiors (The Superiors, #1) by Lav A. Kuatron
Not everyone who hears the call to adventure wants to answer it....Jedi Padawan Reath Silas loves adventure—reading about it, that is, not living it. Content to spend hours browsing the Jedi Archives on Coruscant, Reath dreams of being one of the great scholars of the Jedi Order. But Reath's master, the well-respected and virtuous Jora… Continue reading Into the Dark (Star Wars Disney Canon Novel) by Claudia Gray
They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without… Continue reading Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi
Could an old-fashioned ballgown be used to commit murder?Daiyu Wu is aware that fear of the Yellow Terror has made her nationality a rare breed in the Lone Star State. Being Chinese and blind makes her doubly unique in 1930 Dallas. Despite these impediments, anyone who dismisses her for either fact does so at their… Continue reading Black Jade – A Daiyu Wu Mystery (Daiyu Wu Mysteries, #1) by Gloria Oliver