Birds of Paradise Research & information

Birds of Paradise Research & informationIn the tropical paradise that is Miami, Avis and Brian Muir are still haunted by the disappearance of their ineffably beautiful daughter, Felice, who ran away when she was thirteen. Now, after five years of modeling tattoos, skateboarding, clubbing, and sleeping in a squat house or on the beach, Felice is about to turn eighteen. Her family? Avis, an exquisitely talented pastry chef; Brian, a corporate real estate attorney; and her brother, Stanley,

Hecht was a renaissance man of dazzling sorts

Ever thought about trying meditation but didn't know how to get started

and masters of adult drama like Akiko Higashimura (Princess Jellyfish) and Takako Shimura (Even Though We're Adults)

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and spoiled rich kids

The dazzling Ray illuminates how light works-part of the Science Pals series

and a rekindled love for her hometown

Roskies as “a civilization responding to its own destruction

in the city of Menzoberranzan

off-road along the Baltic coast

One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction

Claire Crawford was once an aspiring figure skater