Wicked Academia 2: Stormwind of Shadows

Author: Jasmine Jenkins
Publisher: Luna Fox Press
ISBN: 177803196X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518

Book Description
The second book in the Wicked Academia series. Full synopsis coming soon. Vivian falls for a prince… and keeps trying to kill him. Marion discovers a plot that can topple kingdoms and unseat even a god’s power… if she claims it for herself. And Timothée delves into magic so dark, it’s been forbidden for thousands of years. One will become a monster. The other, a queen. The last, a god. Anything is possible at the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. Wicked Academia: Lost Stars is a new adult fantasy romance perfect for fans of A Court of Silver Flames, Blood and Ash, and Zodiac Academy. It has magic, adventure, swoon-worthy romance, and lots of steam! If you've graduated from Hogwarts, it's time to attend the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars!

Wicked Academia: Lost Stars

Author: Jasmine Jenkins
Publisher: Luna Fox Publishing
ISBN: 9781778031922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A viral TikTok sensation! Join thousands of other students at the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars and discover what house you belong to! There is something wicked about the Greywick triplets. Vivian, Marion, and Timothée Greywick's father told them one thing before he died: stay away from the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. And they've done just that, becoming perfectly respectable members of society, with no use for star magic. Never mind that Vivian has a mysterious affliction that her siblings call an illness and she calls a curse. Never mind that Marion works at a leech shop and hoards blood for...some reason. Never mind that Timothée looks exactly like an ancient god who tormented the world thousands of years ago. Never mind that on moonless nights, the Greywick siblings glow. When the triplets accidentally save the future king from a vampire attack, they're not just the Greywicks anymore. They're the Lost Stars: descendants of the gods, harbouring unforetold magic. Now they're bound for the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars, whether they like it or not. A school in the sky. Clouds that rain starlight. Students with terrible magic and worse intentions. The Academy will test not only the triplets' ability to survive, but their loyalty to each other. Vivian falls for a prince...and keeps trying to kill him. Marion discovers a plot that can topple kingdoms and unseat even a god's power...if she claims it for herself. And Timothée delves into magic so dark, it's been forbidden for thousands of years. As the triplets unravel the secrets of the Celestial Academy, they begin to realize their father didn't want to protect them from the Academy. He wanted to protect the Academy from them. One will become a monster. The other, a queen. The last, a god. Anything is possible at the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. Wicked Academia: Lost Stars is a new adult fantasy romance perfect for fans of A Court of Silver Flames, Blood and Ash, and Zodiac Academy. It has magic, adventure, swoon-worthy romance, and lots of steam! If you've graduated from Hogwarts, it's time to attend the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars!

Wicked Academia 2

Author: Jasmine Jenkins
Publisher: Wicked Academia
ISBN: 9781778031977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
The second book in the Wicked Academia series. Full synopsis coming soon. Vivian falls for a prince... and keeps trying to kill him. Marion discovers a plot that can topple kingdoms and unseat even a god's power... if she claims it for herself. And Timothée delves into magic so dark, it's been forbidden for thousands of years. One will become a monster. The other, a queen. The last, a god. Anything is possible at the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. Wicked Academia: Lost Stars is a new adult fantasy romance perfect for fans of A Court of Silver Flames, Blood and Ash, and Zodiac Academy. It has magic, adventure, swoon-worthy romance, and lots of steam! If you've graduated from Hogwarts, it's time to attend the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars!

Wicked Academy 1: the Magic Elite

Author: Nissa Leder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
Harry Potter meets Gossip Girl in this exciting new academy series! I've always known my family had its secrets, I just never knew how big they were... Secret 1: I'm a Sorcerer, my powers hidden from me until I find myself on the boat ride to Wicklow Academy. Secret 2: My parents are Protectors, dedicated to defending the world against dark magic. Secret 3: My grandpa, whom I've never met, is president of the Sorcery World. When I head to Wicklow Academy--or Wicked Academy, as the other students call it--I assume the hardest part will be winning the bet I made my friend Zane not to sleep with anyone the entire semester, but Wicklow isn't at all what I expected. Now Sorcery classes fill my days, and I've caught the eyes of two cute guys--my brother's charming roommate and the mysterious leader of the school's not-so-secret society. Too bad I made that stupid wager. To combat the growing strength of the dark arts, Wicklow has found a way to transfer someone's magic to another, which means only the best students will get to keep their powers. As I juggle classes and struggle to keep my pants on, I'm thrown into a group with my long-time rival Elaine. And if we can't bury our years-old grudge, we will both lose our newfound powers forever. If you love a fierce heroine finding her way, a world of magic, and unexpected twists, you'll love Wicked Academy! *This is an upper YA/NA crossover best suited for ages 16 and older.

Loaded Words

Author: Marjorie B. Garber
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823242048
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory condition of the airways which causes coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and tightness of the chest. Asthma attacks can be triggered by exposure to allergens, physical exertion, stress, or can be aggravated as a result of common coughs and colds. Over 5 million people in the UK and over 6% of children in the US suffer from Asthma, and a recent increase in prevalence is thought to be attributed to our modern lifestyle, such the changes in housing, diet and a more hygienic environment that have developed over the past few decades. Asthma: The Facts is a practical guide to asthma, suitable for those who suffer from asthma, their families, and the health professionals that treat them. It details how a diagnosis of asthma is reached, and what treatments are available to successfully manage the condition and prevent attacks on a day-to-day basis. The book contains advice on proactive changes which can be made to lifestyles, such as avoiding allergens, as well as how to cope with an attack, and how to administer the relevant treatment effectively. The authors conclude that whilst there is currently no cure for asthma, by taking a proactive, self-directed approach to management, its impact on the patient and their lives can be significantly reduced.

Challenging Academia

Author: Heather Piper
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3036508260
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Some social issues and practices have become dangerous areas for academics to research and write about. ‘Academic freedom’ is increasingly constrained, not just by long established ‘normal’ factors (territoriality, power differentials, competition, protectionism), but also by the increased significance of social media and the rise of identity politics (and activists who treat work which challenges their world view as abusive hate-speech). So extreme are these pressures that some institutions and even statutory bodies now adopt policies and practices which contravene relevant regulations and laws. This book seeks to draw attention to the limiting and damaging effects of academic ‘gagging’. The book, drawn from a special edition of Societies, offers an eclectic series of international articles which may annoy some people. The book challenges taken for granted mainstream assumptions and practices in a number of areas, including gender mainstreaming, social work education, child sexual abuse, the ethnic disaggregation of population groups, fatherhood and masculinity, the erosion of democratic legitimacy, the trap of victimhood and vulnerability, employment practices in universities, and the challenges presented by the widespread and deliberate suppression of scholarship and research. In an analytic postscript Laurent Dubreuil discusses the nature of identity politics and the manner in which its effects can be identified across the many topics covered in these challenging articles.

The Value and Limits of Academic Speech

Author: Donald Alexander Downs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351064487
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
Free speech has been a historically volatile issue in higher education. In recent years, however, there has been a surge of progressive censorship on campus. This wave of censorship has been characterized by the explosive growth of such policies as "trigger warnings" for course materials; "safe spaces" where students are protected from speech they consider harmful or distressing; "micro-aggression" policies that often strongly discourage the use of words that might offend sensitive individuals; new "bias-reporting" programs that consist of different degrees of campus surveillance; the "dis-invitation" of a growing list of speakers, including many in the mainstream of American politics and values; and the prominent "shouting down" or disruption of speakers deemed inconsistent with progressive ideology. Not to be outdone, external forces on the right are now engaging in social media bullying of speakers and teachers whose views upset them. The essays in this collection, written by prominent philosophers, political scientists, sociologists, and legal scholars, examine the issues at the forefront of the crisis of free speech in higher education. The contributors address the broader historical, cultural, legal, and normative contexts of the current crisis, and take care to analyze the role of "due process" in protecting academic freedom and individuals accused of misconduct. Additionally, the volume is unique in that it advances practical remedies to campus censorship, as the editors and many of the contributors have participated in movements to remedy limitations on free speech and open inquiry. The Value and Limits of Academic Speech will educate academic professionals and informed citizens about the phenomenon of progressive censorship and its implications for higher education and the republic.

Decolonizing Academia

Author: Clelia O. Rodríguez
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 177363075X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the Ivory Tower. Clelia O. Rodríguez illustrates how academia is a racialized structure that erases the voices of people of colour, particularly women. She offers readers a gleam of hope through the voice of an inquisitorial thinker and methods of decolonial expression, including poetry, art and reflections that encompass much more than theory. In Decolonizing Academia, Rodríguez passes the torch to her Latinx offspring to use as a tool to not only survive academic spaces but also dismantle systems of oppression. Through personal anecdotes, creative non-fiction and unflinching bravery, Rodríguez reveals how people of colour are ignored, erased and consumed in the name of research and tenured academic positions. Her work is a survival guide for people of colour entering academia.

Poison Ivy

Author: Cynthia Riggs
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466863080
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
On her first day as adjunct professor at Ivy Green College, Victoria Trumbull recognizes the stench emanating from her classroom as more than just dead mice. Brownie, the groundskeeper's mangy mutt, soon discovers a second body hiding beneath a cluster of poison ivy. The stakes have never been higher for Ivy Green, which is on the brink of losing already-lukewarm support from its accredited partner, Cape Cod University. Thackery Wilson, the founder of Ivy Green, worries that the bad publicity from the murders will obliterate the financial and academic support the tiny college and its dependent students desperately need. As the bodies continue to pile up, all tenure committee members, Victoria and Brownie find themselves hunting a serial killer and trying to save the college. This charming 11th entry in Cynthia Rigg's Martha's Vineyard mystery series brings the island to life with a cast of eccentric characters led by a unique and endearing sleuth.

Academia Obscura

Author: Glen Wright
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523425
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
If you think the groves of academe are all stuffiness, elbow patches and greying old men... think again. Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants. Procrastinating PhD student Glen Wright invites you to peruse his cabinet of curiosities and discover what academics get up to when no one's looking. Welcome to the hidden silly side of higher education.