Just Ash

Just Ash
Author: Sol Santana
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1728432251

Ash has never thought much about being intersex. But when he gets his period and his parents pressure him to "try being a girl," he must fight for who he really is

Real Magic

Real Magic
Author: Ash Magic
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Attention-deficit-disordered children
ISBN: 1761043927

Magic is making the impossible possible. And there are tons of tips and tricks in this book, but the REAL MAGIC is finding the good vibes every day in everything you do! Australian magician and TikTok star Ash Magic is here to turn your frown upside down with his unique blend of magic, positivity and lifestyle content. Find out how he overcame challenges, including anxiety and ADHD, to become a world-class stage performer and online sensation. Pick up Real Magic for personal photos and anecdotes, never-before-shared insights into Ash's story and the philosophy behind his success. Read about how to recreate Ash's magic tricks and learn how to bring his good-vibes mindset into YOUR life. If you know where (and how) to look, real magic is out there and opportunities are just around the corner! Real Magic is the kind of fun, positive lift we all need right now - for Ash Magic fans and anyone who needs a little bit of sunshine in their lives!

The Gay Agenda

The Gay Agenda
Author: Ashley Molesso
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0063010208

A joyful celebration of the LGBTQ+ community’s development, history, and culture, packed with facts, trivia, timelines, and charts, and featuring 100 full-color illustrations. Compiled and designed by queer power couple and illustrators extraordinaire, Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham, founders of the popular stationery company Ash + Chess, The Gay Agenda is an inviting and entertaining guide that pays tribute to the LGBTQ+ community. Filled with engaging descriptions, interesting facts, helpful features—such as historical queer icons and events and LGBTQ+ acronym definitions—this fabulous compendium illuminates the transformation of the community, highlighting its struggles, achievements, landmarks, and contributions. It also salutes iconic members of the LGBTQ+ community—the celebrities, politicians, entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens who have made a notable impact on gay life and society itself. The Gay Agenda is a nostalgic look back for older generations, an archive for younger people, and a helpful introduction for those interested in learning more about the community and its contributions. From James Baldwin and Emma Goldman to Marsha P. Johnson and Jodie Foster; the Pink Triangle and the Rainbow Flag to Stonewall and the AIDS crisis; Matthew Shepard and Pulse Nightclub to Sodomy Laws and Obergefell; Drag and Transitioning to The L Word and The Kinsey Scale, Freddie Mercury and Ellen Degeneres to Laverne Cox and David Bowie, this magnificent digest is a keepsake honoring all LGBTQ+, and the ongoing fight to gain—and maintain—equality for all.

The Open Mouth of the Vase

The Open Mouth of the Vase
Author: Amy Ash
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781930781184

Poetry. Winner of the 2013 Cider Press Review Book Award, selected by Charles Harper Webb. "Pain, love, regret, joy, longing, loss, humor, and an earthy sexuality all find memorable expression in these poems. Ash has a gift for reversing reader expectations in illuminating ways, as well as for coining metaphors that startle with their aptness and their ability to refresh the world. I congratulate Amy Ash on having written this book, and you, reader, for the journey you are about to make." Charles Harper Webb"

Take Me Home

Take Me Home
Author: Melanie Sweeney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2024-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593716094

Road Trip Rules: No bad music. No detours. No falling in love. Hazel Elliot never looks back. If a door closes, she burns the whole house down. But when she’s invited to her father’s wedding, she’s forced to return to Lockett Prairie, Texas, for the first time since she fled for college. Ash Campbell has been in love with Hazel since she dated his best friend in high school. Now, Ash and Hazel’s relationship is limited to playful feuding over the best chair in their favorite coffee shop, but his attraction to the prickly girl from home has only grown stronger. When Ash’s car breaks down just as family obligations pull him home, only one person can get him there on time. But Hazel has a condition: Everything between them must stay the same. And if it doesn’t? She gets the coffee shop. So the frenemies endure bad music, inclement weather, and B&Bs with only one bed—and that’s just the drive across Texas. When they finally arrive, Hazel must face that, in a small town, there’s nowhere to run . . . and maybe, for the first time, she's found a reason to stay.

The One for You

The One for You
Author: Roni Loren
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2019-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1492693200

There were only a few survivors of that one fateful night. Now, twelve years later, the kids once called The Ones Who Got Away are back...and ready to claim the lives they never truly got to live. The goth girl and the popular boy The best friends turned lovers The hot nerd and the life of the party The guilt-ridden brother And their second chance at love Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend—but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way. Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved. Readers love The Ones Who Got Away series! "A crackling, heartfelt love story."—Entertainment Weekly for The Ones Who Got Away "Absolutely unputdownable! Roni Loren is a new favorite."—COLLEEN HOOVER, #1 New York Times bestseller, for The One You Can't Forget "Stunning... Truly exceptional."—Booklist STARRED Review for The One You Fight For

The Full Scoop

The Full Scoop
Author: Jill Orr
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1945551828

Reeling after tragedy hits close to home, young journalist Riley Ellison becomes obsessed with uncovering the secret that led to her grandfather’s murder years before and that just took another life in Tuttle Corner. Her desperate search for answers leads her down a dark path, both personally and professionally, as she struggles with how far she's willing to go to get answers. Just as she finally discovers the truth, she’s forced to choose between exacting justice and protecting the people she loves most. With pressure coming in from all sides, Riley has to look deep within to decide if she can let go of the past in order to hold on to the future.

This Gorgeous Game

This Gorgeous Game
Author: Donna Freitas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1429933046

A CHILLING NOVEL ABOUT THE ISOLATION OF BEING STALKED AND THE ABUSE OF POWER. Olivia Peters is over the moon when her literary idol, the celebrated novelist and muchadored local priest Mark D. Brendan, offers to become her personal writing mentor. But when Father Mark's enthusiasm for Olivia's prose develops into something more, Olivia's emotions quickly shift from wonder to confusion to despair. Exactly what game is Father Mark playing, and how on earth can she get out of it? This remarkable novel about overcoming the isolation that stems from victimization is powerful, luminous, and impossible to put down. A 2010 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A 2011 ALA Best Book for Young Adults A 2011 CCBC Choice

The Knowing One

The Knowing One
Author: Lexy Wolfe
Publisher: BHC Press/Indigo
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2017-03-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

After two thousand years, the Desanti god known as the Raging One was freed from his imprisonment, releasing the Sundered Lands from the chains slowly tearing apart the fabric of reality. Except freedom came with a heavy price. Almek must reverse the accelerated degradation of time on his body before it’s too late. Only by returning to the Fortress of the goddess of time will he be able to stop the damage. Although powerful, Almek’s students cannot alter the natural course of the seasons, and the onset of winter makes travel impossible. The victory they gained will be lost unless two long-time enemies bridge the chasm between their cultures in time to save their friend and master.

Passing The Torch

Passing The Torch
Author: Maxine Marsh
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2013-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1781842981

Wet your toes in this chilling erotic tale of a love triangle created by one man's dying wish. Calla faces an avalanche of grief and confusion when she finds out her husband Owen is dying. Owen's last wish is that she and his brother, Ash, be together when he's gone. The only problem is that Ash is not happy about the idea, but that doesn't stop Owen from bringing them on one last sentimental camping trip, one that is immediately filled with intense longing, fear and denial. Out in the forest, where past and present collide, where far off noises and active imaginations chill the spine, Owen intends to teach Ash how to be intimate with his wife. Grief, strong wills and insecurities clash in the forest, where Ash learns just how deep the sexual connection between Owen and Calla is, and just how much he can relate. Throughout it all, Calla must find a way to bring the two brothers together to find resolution about their past, and to find resolution to her own doubts about the future.