Alison Weber – författare

Celebrated as a visionary chronicler of spirituality, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) suffered persecution by the Counter-Reformation clergy in Spain, who denounced her for her "diabolical illusions" and "dangerous propaganda." Confronting the historical irony of Teresa''s transformation from a figure of questionable orthodoxy to a national saint, Alison Weber shows how this teacher and reformer used exceptional rhetorical skills to defend her ideas at a time when women were denied participation in theological discourse. In a close examination of Teresa''s major writings, Weber correlates the stylistic techniques of humility, irony, obfuscation, and humor with social variables such as the marginalized status of pietistic groups and demonstrates how Teresa strategically adopted linguistic features associated with women--affectivity, spontaneity, colloquialism--in order to gain access to the realm of power associated with men.

Autumn''s brother was an Outlier. A true Outlier. He burnt their village to the ground.

Five years after her brother''s death, seventeen-year-old Autumn now finds herself running from the king after being identified as an Outlier, too. The problem: she has no elemental abilities and most certainly does not plan to harm anybody. Before getting captured and put to death, she is rescued by Sage, a handsome double agent from the king''s guard. Autumn enters the world of the Outliers. She bands together with a group of rebels who show her that not all Outliers are bad.

When her new friends are captured by the king, Autumn''s last hope is to find the Last Celestial in order to save them. Secrets of the past emerge. Not only is Autumn a reincarnation of one of the Celestials, she discovers the dark history of her past life. Feeling caught between two worlds, Autumn must put a stop to the cycle of death and revenge.

Will she be able to reconcile the mistakes of her past life and save her friends, family, and the Last Celestial from the king''s bloody reign?