Engelska

The Technological Republic [Bok / Häftad]

The branch he sat on was creaking under his weight, but he didn´t seem to notice or care. He was shouting about being angry at his brother. I stood by the trunk and cried and begged him to come down, but he wouldn´t listen. <br/><br/>I will not come down until Gregoris has apologised to you! he insisted. There were two birds in the tree with my grandfather, one on each side of him. One of the birds was a dove, the other some sort of bird of prey, like a hawk or a falcon. <br/><br/>"If you won´t come down, will you at least save the dove? And look out for the other bird!" I cried out. Just as my grandfather reached out to the dove, the branch snapped.

<b>In this riveting and immersive biography, acclaimed author Mary Gabriel details the meteoric rise and enduring influence of </b><b>perhaps the greatest pop icon of the modern era: Madonna.</b><br/><br/>With her arrival on the pop music scene in the early 1980s, Madonna generated nothing short of an explosion - as great as that of Elvis or the Beatles or Michael Jackson - <b>taking the world by storm with her liberated politics and breath-taking talent.</b> Within two years of her 1983 debut album, a shopping mall in California was nicknamed "The Madonna Mall" because it was overrun with "Material Girls". Later that year, the flagship Macy's store in Manhattan held a Madonna lookalike contest with Andy Warhol as judge, and opened a department called "Madonna-land".<br/><br/>Everywhere, women and men gravitated to the singer and actor as an emblem of a new age, one in which the <b>women's liberation</b> could shed the buttoned-down demeanour and reserved seriousness of the '60s and '70s and continue to make tremendous strides for a new generation. Topping charts again and again with provocative, visionary music and videos, <b>Madonna brought queer and sexually-curious identities into the mainstream</b>, fiercely defending a person's right to love whomever, and the space to be who they wanted.<br/><br/>Now, after almost <b>45 years in the spotlight, and in her 65th year</b>, no stranger to controversy, Madonna stands as one of the staunchest supporters of women's and LGBTQ+ rights and continues to represent a lionized emblem of liberation throughout the world.<br/><br/>Deftly tracing the artist's life and influence from her Michigan roots through to her sold out concerts around the globe, master biographer Mary Gabriel captures the <b>inspiration, fame, and activism</b> of one of the greatest music icons of our time.

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!<br/><br/>Together they'll restore a divided kingdom-or burn it down-in this new romantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews.<br/><br/>Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood-the prince's silent guard and rumored killer for the crown-invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she's forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder.<br/><br/>To be the King's melder is to be revered and feared in equal measures, but above all it is a slow death sentence. Lyra is determined to find a way to free herself and her friends from bondage. But first she must get more information from the silent, brooding sentry who first took her captive: Roark. <br/><br/>As Lyra gets closer to Roark, she soon learns he's nothing like she assumed-and in fact everything she needs. The more they work as allies, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing passion between them. After a sinister truth is revealed, Roark and Lyra must choose to stand against all they know, or accept their dark destiny.

<b>To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!</b><br/><br/>In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!<br/><br/>While investigating a strange set of mysterious deaths, Itadori meets Junpei, a troubled kid who is often bullied at school. However, Junpei is also befriended by the culprit behind the bloody incident-Mahito, a mischievous cursed spirit! Mahito sets in motion a devious plan involving Junpei, hoping to ensnare Itadori as well.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Being a ranger means adventure, action, and protecting the weak. But who protects the ranger when they lose their way? From the bestselling author of The Moth Keeper and the Tea Dragon Society comes a must read MG graphic novel for fans of soft sweeping fantasy romances.<br/><br/>Rowan knows exactly what they want: to be a ranger, protecting their village alongside their trusted flying horse Kes. But when Rowan's eagerness to show off their worth gets Kes injured, Rowan is suddenly unsure if they're capable of being the protector they've always dreamed of becoming. <br/><br/>With Kes needing to heal, Rowan is assigned a slow and winding expedition across the outlying lands. Paired with a lackadasical sheep hearder Leone, Rowan only finds frustration as they seem to fail even the simplest tasks. But Leone's own struggles, and endless support brings a new possibility to Rowan. Could their unlikely friendship be something more? And if it is, will Rowan be able to leave Leone behind to pursue being a ranger once Kes is healed?

Global uppvärmning har till slut förstört jorden och människorna har tvingats fly. En av deras rymdfarkoster kraschlandar på en planet och ett nytt samhälle växer fram ur spillrorna. Kola bor i samhällets medelskikt, The Middle. Hennes familj har en stark ställning i samhället och hon borde egentligen inte sakna något. En dag hör hon dock något på sina föräldrars kommunikationsenhet som får henne att vända ryggen till både sin familj och sitt hem i The Middle. Hon startar ett upplopp som gör att hon måste fly ner till The Lower. <br/><br/>The Lower är som en annan värld där endast den starkaste överlever. Kola lyckas med hjälp av läkaren Dr. Jack hitta en väg in i denna värld och allteftersom börjar hon se vilket samhälle hon faktiskt lever i. Medan hon utforskar The Lower finns i bakhuvudet hela tiden tankar kring de orättvisor som råder. Kan hon och de vänner hon skaffar sig på något sätt bidra till en förändring? <br/><br/>Kola, Parrot and Skunk är del 1 i en trilogi. Det är en framtidsdystopi där eleverna får läsa om och reflektera kring de orättvisor som ett dystopiskt samhälle innebär. Boken ingår i Libers serie English Short Novels och rekommenderas för helklassläsning i åk 9. <br/><br/>Ordfrekvensen i boken enligt korpus är: <ul> <li>87,1 % av orden ingår i de 1000 mest frekvent använda orden i engelska.</li> <li>92,2 % av orden ingår i de 2000 mest frekvent använda orden i engelska.</li> <li>93,8 % av orden ingår i de 3000 mest frekvent använda orden i engelska.</li> <li>95,1 % av orden ingår i de 4000 mest frekvent använda orden i engelska.</li> <li>95,7 % av orden ingår i de 5000 mest frekvent använda orden i engelska.</li> </ul> <br/><br/>Detta innebär att delar av texten kan vara något utmanande, men eleverna bör överlag ha en ganska god förståelse. Att gå igenom ord och fraser inför läsning rekommenderas. Eftersom ett dystopiskt samhälle skildras i boken så är det också bra att då och då stämma av referensramen med dina elever, t.ex. hur ett rättvist samhälle ser ut i jämförelse med ett där klasskillnader och orättvisor råder. Ett utdrag ur boken finns i Liber Engelska 9. <br/><br/>Till boken finns nedladdningsbara läsförståelsefrågor för läsning i helklass. Boken är helt fristående, men ett mer omfattande upplägg finns även i Liber Engelska 9 Digital.