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Rick Silva

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Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University and Curry College, and works as a high school science teacher. He is currently teaching oveseas. He worked for three years at a school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and is now teaching in Shanghai, China, where he lives with his wife and son, and their very well-traveled cat. Rick has had several short stories published in anthologies by Apex Books, Crossed Genres, and Flying Pen Press, among others. He is working on his first novel, and has also collaborated on self-published and small press zines and comics.

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	Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabrina Vourvoulias (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fierce Family by Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Effie Seiberg (Goodreads Author), Layla Lawlor 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Close Encounters of the Urban Kind by Jennifer Brozek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rosemary Jones (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nathan Crowder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Identity-Conscious Practice in Action (Equity and Social Justice in Education Series)

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Extraordinary story that is one of the most realistic depictions I've read of a future economic and societal collapse of the United States. It's also the story of the beginning of a religion. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in a small wa ...more
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Mass-market paperback collection reprinting the first three issues on Marvel's Conan the Barbarian. Brief introductions by Stan Lee (in typical Stan Lee hype style) and Roy Thomas (with a bit more insight into the history of the Conan character). The ...more
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Set in the Shilla kingdom of ancient Korea, this is a period court drama with some minor fantasy elements. Ji-Hae, a girl disguised as a boy, is training to become part of the Hwa-Rang-Do. She has feelings for Ja-Yun, a warrior recovering from an inj ...more
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