Susannah Burke Review
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<p><strong><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></strong></p><p>Orah and Nathaniel return home with miracles from across the sea, hoping to bring a better life for their people. Instead, they find the world they left in chaos.</p><p>A new grand vicar, known as the usurper, has taken over the keep and is using its knowledge to reinforce his hold on power.</p><p>Despite their good intentions, the seekers find themselves leading an army, and for the first time in a millennium, their world experiences the horror of war.</p><p>But the keepmasters’ science is no match for the dreamers, leaving Orah and Nathaniel their cruelest choice—face bloody defeat and the death of their enlightenment, or use the genius of the dreamers to tread the slippery slope back to the darkness.</p><h1><strong><em>THE LIGHT OF REASON</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the third book of "The Seekers" series, closing out the story started in the critically-acclaimed, multiple award-winning <em>The Children of Darkness</em>, and continued in the award-winning <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>Books by David Litwack:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>The Children of Darkness</em> (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li><em>The Light of Reason</em> (The Seekers - Book 3) [Coming November 28, 2016]</li><li><em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></li><li><em>Along the Watchtower</em></li></ul><h2><strong>More Great Sci-Fi from Evolved Publishing:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Red Death</em> by Jeff Altabef</li><li><em>Shroud of Eden</em> by Marlin Desault</li><li><em>The Jakkattu Vector</em> by P.K. Tyler</li></ul>
My Pomona College first year students in Biographies of Biologists seminar wanted to read a memoir or biography of a woman in science who had a family life and achieved family-career balance. When I couldn't find one, they urged me to write a memoir since I told them I had balanced my own career and family and still did research on the molecules of aging. Later I heard Donna Shalala say that we need many more biographies of women in science, and having surveyed the few available, I am sure she is right.
Susannah Burke Review
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Review by engineer Rossana D'Antonio
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Libby Grandy review
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Midwest Review
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Book and author feature, May, 2011 From a Writers Point of View
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<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">Spiral Ceiling isn't just about women in science.<span> </span>It's about each of us trying to be the person we should be, the hurdles that change our direction, and the power that comes from realizing we've become exactly the person we want to be.<span> </span>An uplifting read for anyone whose path is unclear.%u201D Johanna Hardin, Mathematics Professor</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CThis book is inspirational to so many women venturing into science, engineering, or any field, where they will be subject to injustice due to their gender, subtle or otherwise. %u201D Rossana D%u2019Antonio, Engineer </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CHoopes' story of marching undaunted through a man's world to pursue the discipline she loved is evocative and compelling.<span> </span>When she writes about science, her words become luminescent.<span> </span>An inspiring read!%u201D<span> </span>S. Kay Murphy, Author and Teacher </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">"Laura Hoopes takes you on an inspiring journey of self-discovery as she chronicles her successful efforts to achieve the balance of a<span> </span>scientific career and a fulfilling personal life.%u201D<span> </span>Libby Grandy, Writer </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CLaura captures both the egregious and the more subtle (and often more deadly) ways women were discouraged from pursuing their passion for higher education in the %u201860s and %u201870s.%u201D<span> </span>Helaine Scarlett Golann, PhD in Psychology.</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"></span></p>