Vivian is the author of multiple bestselling nonfiction spanking books, as well as the popular blog the disciplined feminist, which explores the challenges of being a modern woman who also wants and gets spankings from her partner. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. These were the stories of a restless people who long ago took to the seas and rivers in longboats, first to pillage and terrorize, then to settle. If you see any page that contains 2 material and does not show this license statement, please contact an admin so that this license statement can be added. The title page, near the beginning of the book, lists the title and subtitle of the book, the authors, editors, andor contributors, the publisher or printer, and sometimes the place and date of publication. Variant title and examples yale university library. He is a very good student but has no family or friends and has been bounce from foster home to foster home. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Alternative methods of binding that are cheaper but less. This book is truly a breathtaker from the moment you read the astonishing summary on the back, to the minute when you read the first page, and.
I read this book in 2 days normally books with 376 pages take me about 12. A variant is a specific response to a request on a page, in the page manager. Variant was a publishers weekly best book and a yalsa quick pick for reluctant readers. Get tips for how to write a good book description and learn the difference between a long book description and a short book description. Posts about novel variants written by roberta estes. How a great amazon book description can help indie authors. It literally grabs you from page one and never lets go. Review variant by robison wells attack of the books. This spelling of the name is now more common than laurence in the englishspeaking world, probably because lawrence is the usual spelling of the surname. Advice from the receiving end, and the newest what he wants. Benson is a fit and durable character as he is faced with a corrupt society in maxfield academy. Your book description is what customers see as they shop the kindle store. Ive read so much of ya, and from the first page, everything is so predictable, you have an idea of the. They often include bullet points to outline the book s goals and procedures and they talk more about the author than the book itself.
Ioba book terminology independent online booksellers. Variant is the kind of book you race through, unable to stop even though youre eyes are tired and its late at night. The title page information should be used for cataloging not the halftitle page or covers. The stack is then bound together along one edge by either sewing with thread through the folds or by a layer of flexible adhesive. As the book cover referred, i only believed that there were only teenagers who ran the demented academy until her identity was revealed. The book variant follows the character of benson fisher.
Benson thought his life was bad before the school and this would get him out of his dead end life. Note that the upgrades include all of the str markers as yet untested. The variant book series by robison wells includes books variant and feedback. His is usually aggressive in his words and attitudes throughout the novel, but only because benson immediately realizes the abnormalities of his new high school. Reading variant was reminiscent of a winter toboggan ride on a steep, snow covered hill. He gets into the school maxfield academy on a scholarship. For example, the 12marker to big y700 includes all of the strs between 25 and 111, in addition to the big y700 itself. Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets. The big y700 includes all of the already discovered snps, called named variants, extending your haplogroup all the way to the leaf at the end.
But when he arrives, he finds that there are no adults, you ca not leave, and if you try, that means death. Because he is always switching families, he has no permanent friends. Names with variant in description page 5 behind the name. Everybody for themselves its everybody for themselves because there is three groups society havoc, and variant. Here are some additional tips for how to write a book description for a nonfiction book. I wish that they could make a movie about it, and for the second book. How to write a book description that will sell your book. He tries to get an opportunity to do better in his life. Take your hr comms to the next level with prezi video.
Lawrence 18881935, who was known as lawrence of arabia. They often include bullet points to outline the books goals and procedures and they talk more about the author than the book itself. With variant configuration, the customer or a salesperson can also determine features of a product, collect and document. Apr 02, 2015 a book description should draw the reader in, but authors tend to get too flowery with these. Kindlepreneurs guest post on back book cover blurbs, written by kelly exeter. By the time a kobold reaches 7 or 8 years old, on average, they are mentally and physically capable to assist the tribe in some capacity. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. He is a tall muscular kind of guy and helps benson with some stuff. Benson is a seventeenyearold foster, and hasnt stayed in a family for more than four and a half months.
Former cia agent who got destroyed by a car bomb and rebuilt with the same technology and procedure as cyborg to gain power for her terrorist. Variant describes a boy named benson fisher who was tired of his old society and decided to move into new mexico, where a special kind of high school awaited his arrival called maxfield academy. Revival the variant series, book 1 possessing the uncanny ability to fry a television set from twenty paces can really wreck a girls social life. She introduces benson to maxfield academy and the roles of the three groups. Open game content place problems on the discussion page this is 1. Benson would never be able to leave, all the students and teachers were teenagers. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. Variant is the best book that i have willingly read.
Bookbinding combines skills from other trades such as paper and fabric crafts, leather work, model making, and graphic arts. Curtis the leader of variant he tries to cool down situations in the school that burst out. After refreshing what goes into a good book description, its time to gather useful data and building. Heres a screenshot of this book, how to sell a truckload of books on amazon. A finished book might need dozens of operations to complete, according to the specific style and materials. Robison wells is also the author of blackout, variant, and feedback. Benson is the better understood as a person in the novel, as he tends to have everything based on an explanation or with logical reasoning. Variant a copy of a book that varies in some way from the ideal copy. To distinguish it, these items will have this notice. Issues of the walking dead typically came out monthly and contained 1 part of a story arc. Variant is a fastpaced, roller coaster ride of a book. The protagonist of variant and a new student to his high school, maxfield academy. Wed made it past the wall, past the androids variant page 368 friends are sometimes, your greatest weapons. Wells has stated that the initial draft of variant took him only eleven days to write.
Although it was very interesting at first, it quickly slowed down to the point where i was not excited to read it. Variant is a chilling adventure that feels just a little too realistic for comfort. Descriptions should be in plain text and use correct spelling, grammar and capitalization. I especially loved the fiction book description formula she describes, and i went to work applying it. To make a quarto, a sheet of paper is folded twice, forming four leaves eight pages. Hard to put down from the very first page, this fastpaced novel with stepford overtones. A wellwritten description assures readers that the book itself is of similar quality. Often, new variants are created by modifying existing product designs as the order is processed and reacting quickly to customers requirements is also necessary. Variant is a young adult suspense novel by robison wells.
In other words, if a bookseller has commissioned repairs of a book, all such repairs should be disclosed to prospective buyers in the description. This page shows all the covers of the issues, volumes and specialalternative images. Tieflings have large horns that take any of a variety of shapes. In the trade, an honest book description should disclose all sophistications. Wells knows how to pace a book perfectly, keeping the reader interested while still developing character and plot. Read variant by robison wells available from rakuten kobo. Overview of variant configuration product lifecycle.
His wife, erin, is a better person than he will ever be, and their three kids cause mischief andor joy. Variant is a young adult novel by author robison wells following 17yearold benson fisher as he discovers his new boarding school, maxfield academy, is not all that it seems. Book descriptions are what will, or wont, help sell your book, so make sure its tightly written, exceptionally engaging, and most of all, turns a browse into a buy. Variant the group that has very few people and care for each other the outcasts. A collection of spanking stories by vivian, author of the bestselling modern classics how to get the spanking you want, how to give a spanking. Robison lives in the rocky mountains in a house not too far from elk pastures. Summary edit benson thought his life was bad before the school and this would get him out of his dead end life. To ensure that your products are approved and display properly across facebook and instagram, please follow these specifications. With variant, robison wells explodes onto the ya scene with a brilliant nailbiter of a dystopian adventure. Variant robison wells hardcover harpercollins publishers. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
From cosmic forces lurking on earth to what waits on the outside of the omniverse the impossible is where they start. This book is a sequel to variant and picked up right where it left off. Nonfiction books have slightly different descriptions that fiction books. Yet there was an energy, a love of adventure, that sang from every page. The book description, often overlooked as a means to drive traffic to your page, is also a great place to use keywords. The description is a readers first experience with the content of your book. The good group that follows all the rules and never wants to escape.
After catching her boyfriend in the arms of the prettiest girl. As the book is used, the binding becomes looser until a wellused book may lay flat and remain open to any page in the book. Main characters theme protagonist falling action benson fisher, 17 year old young male, thought that a scholarship to maxfield academy would be the ticket out of his deadend life of a perpetual foster care kid. A book description should draw the reader in, but authors tend to get too flowery with these. A highly recommended addition to any collection for teens. A little reptilian race with a strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe. An exciting, edgeofyourseat read that combines psychological themes from works like lord of the flies, the hunger games and enders game in a truly unique way.
Becky allred a former student of maxfield academy who strictly follows the schools rules. Fast, furious and short, it is only when i screech to a stop at the bottom of the hill am i able to look back and see everything that i had flown by on my haphazard downward journey. Cancels can be as small as a scrap of paper to correct type, or as large as a page or a signature to correct a section. Book descriptions not only tell readers what a books about but help them find it online in the first place. Benson thought his life was bad before the school and this would get him out of his. Now hes trapped in a school thats surrounded by a razorwire fence. The book was named one of publishers weeklys best books of 2011. See the complete variant series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Before vivian became a noted expert in the spanking and dd world, she was an internationally published erotica writer. Think of it like the inside flap of a hardcover book.
Variant should join the ranks of todays mustread science fiction and fantasy series. Variant ebook by robison wells 9780062093516 rakuten kobo. Novel summary benson fisher is an orphaned teenage boy. An intense journey with some of the most shocking twists and turns ive ever read. Tieflings are derived from human bloodlines, and in the broadest possible sense, they still look human. Benson fisher the main character that joins the school on a scholarship and he does not like the school at all right away and wants to escape. While its uncertain whether this type is genetically determined, many believe it is already in. They helped him out of the first time he tried to escape over the wall, otherwise he would have died on the first day. Introduction to the enneagram, and its nine personality types. Bookbinding is a specialized trade that relies on basic operations of measuring, cutting, and gluing. Vaughn is also a scientist who began a study on teenagers in their high school life, thus is the main reason why maxfield academy exists. Once he stepped into the school, bensons life changed forever. While there are some similarities to views displays, unlike displays, variants have no inheritance between each other.
The one thing that i love about this book is the ending. The enneagram is a personality typing system that consists of nine different types. Wells has created a compelling closed society, with characters that live and breathe on the page. While variant was a great book and probably one of my favorites, i was not impressed by feedback. Youll see i use keywords throughout the pagein the header, in the description, and in the bullets. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to. Variant is a book that follows the character of benson fisher as he is sent to maxfield academy on a scholarship. Required if relevant for distinguishing different products in a set of variants optional for all other products your products fabric or material. Product variants, such as products that come in different sizes or colors. The 30 means the variant form is a significant element taken from 245.
Mostly, using panels, this involves the rendering of a node or other full page, but not always. If youre looking for proof, just ask sixteenyearold alexandra parker. To indicate multiple materials for a single product not variants, add a primary material, followed by up to 2 secondary materials, separated by a. It seems we still have issues with the page edit screen showing cached content. A breathtaking race for survival in a badly damaged world. However, their infernal heritage has left a clear imprint on their appearance.
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