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36 Righteous Men: A Novel
by Steven PressfieldThe fate of the world hangs in the balance in this futuristic noir thriller.New York homicide detectives James Manning and Covina “Dewey” Duwai have been called in to investigate a string of brutal and bizarre murders with apocalyptic warnings carved in blood. Their NYPD bosses dismiss this stuff as preposterous. But when Manning and Dewey apprehend a defrocked rabbinical scholar fleeing one of the crime scenes, they are brought face-to-face with the shocking truth: the Jewish legend of the hidden Righteous Men, the 36 who protect the world from destruction, is no legend at all. They are real, and they are being murdered one by one. Manning and Dewey must save the last of the Righteous Men from a killer who may or may not be supernatural and who won’t stop until he has brought about the End Times for the entire human race.
36 Streets
by T. R. NapperAltered Carbon and The Wind-Up Girl meet Apocalypse Now in this fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity and the power of narratives. <p><p>Lin "The Silent One" Vu is a gangster in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, living in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider. Through grit and courage, Lin has carved a place for herself in the Hanoi underworld under the tutelage of Bao Nguyen, who is training her to fight and survive. Because on the streets there are no second chances. <p><p>Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory, an addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war. When an Englishman –- one of the game’s developers –- comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend’s murderer, Lin is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods: the mega-corporations backed by powerful regimes that seek to control her city. Lin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.
The 36 Watchers: Book I: Fall
by Dan Bar Hava"It is said that at all times, there are 36 special people in the world, and that were it not for them, all of them, if even one of them was missing, the world would come to an end." - TALMUD, THE CENTRAL RELIGIOUS TEXT OF RABBINIC JUDAISM, AS QUOTED BY WIKIPEDIA Was the crucifixion engineered to end Roman rule? Could World War II have been avoided? Could the Titanic have been saved? The 36 Watchers tells the story of Jenna Berg, a young, professional, carefree NYC dweller, who, almost unwillingly, becomes a member of the most secretive and powerful group that has been protecting humankind from total destruction since the beginning of time.
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
by Nam LeFifteen years after his best-selling, award-winning collection of stories The Boat, Nam Le returns to his great themes of identity and representation in a virtuosic debut book of poetry36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, says Le, a Vietnamese refugee to Australia, is &‘the book I need to write. The book I've been writing my whole life&’. This book-length poem is an urgent, unsettling reckoning with identity and the violence of identity, embedded with racism, oppression and historical trauma. But it also addresses the violence in those assumptions – of being always assumed to be outside one&’s home, country, culture or language. And the complex violence, for the diasporic writer who wants to address any of this, of language itself. Making use of multiple tones, moods, masks and camouflages, Le&’s poetic debut moves with unpredictable and destabilising energy between the personal and political, honouring every convention of diasporic literature – in a virtuosic array of forms and registers – before shattering the form itself. Like The Boat, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem conjures its own terms of engagement, escapes our traps, slips our certainties. As self-indicting as it is scathing, hilarious as it is desperately moving, this is a singular, breakthrough book. 'Nam Le takes the English language to pieces and reassembles it with a virtuoso ease not seen since Finnegans Wake' J.M. Coetzee 'A masterly performance' David Malouf 'These poems seethe and sing' Cathy Park Hong
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
by Nam LeAn explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The BoatIn his first international release since the award-winning, best-selling The Boat, Nam Le delivers a shot across the bow with a book-length poem that honors every convention of diasporic literature—in a virtuosic array of forms and registers—before shattering the form itself.In line with the works of Claudia Rankine, Cathy Park Hong, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, this book is an urgent, unsettling reckoning with identity—and the violence of identity. For Le, a Vietnamese refugee in the West, this means the assumed violence of racism, oppression, and historical trauma.But it also means the violence of that assumption. Of being always assumed to be outside one&’s home, country, culture, or language. And the complex violence—for the diasporic writer who wants to address any of this—of language itself.Making use of multiple tones, moods, masks, and camouflages, Le&’s poetic debut moves with unpredictable and destabilizing energy between the personal and the political. As self-indicting as it is scathing, hilarious as it is desperately moving, this is a singular, breakthrough book.
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by Donald E. WestlakeThe men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray woke up in the hospital a month later, he was missing an eye, and his father was dead. Then things started to get bad...From the incomparable Donald E. Westlake comes a devastating story of betrayal and revenge, exploring the limits of family loyalty and how far a man will go when everything he loves is taken from him.
365 adivinanzas, una cada día: misterio y alegría
by Mar BenegasAdivina adivinanza... ¡cada día del año! Descubre 365 adivinanzas de la mano de Mar Benegas. ¡Cada palabra en danza es una adivinanza! Atrévete con las mejores adivinanzas rimadas de Mar Benegas para pensar, reír y jugar en familia. Hay una para cada día: ¡365 misterios para resolver con risa y alegría! Animales, frutas y muebles esconden un secreto... ¿Serás capaz de descubrirlo? El animal más raro es: pues es una cosa y nada a la vez. ¿Qué es?
365 Bedtime Stories
by Christine AllisonArranged as a lively journey through the year, 365 Bedtime Stories includes stories for every mood, occasion, and day of the year. There are stories celebrating the New Year, beginnings and second chances, myths about the arrival of spring, foolhardy stories for April, tales of independence for July, spooky tales for October nights, soothing tales for difficult days, tales of gratitude and thanksgiving, and miracles for the year end. Although each story is designed to be read aloud, the charming drawings and sidebars on storytelling that accompany them are likely to inspire both readers and listeners to add their own imaginative embellishments along the way.Designed for children from ages 2 to 10 years old, these entertaining stories are short enough (one-half to one-and-a-half pages long) to make it easy for readers to agree to the "just one more story" their listeners are sure to request.From the Hardcover edition.
365 Days: A Novel (365 Days Series #1)
by Blanka LipinskaNow a hit Netflix film!The sexy and deeply romantic internationally bestselling novel that inspired the blockbuster movie. Laura Biel and her boyfriend are on a dream vacation in beautiful Sicily. On the second day of their trip, her twenty-ninth birthday, she is kidnapped. Her kidnapper is none other than the head of a powerful Sicilian crime family, the incredibly handsome, young Don Massimo Torricelli, who is determined to possess her at all costs. Massimo has his reasons. During an earlier attempt on his life, a vision appeared before his eyes: a beautiful woman, identical to Laura. After surviving the attack, he vows that he will find the woman in his vision and make her his own. No matter what. For 365 days, Massimo will keep Laura captive in his palatial estate and attempt to win her heart. If she doesn&’t fall in love with him during this time, he will let her go. But if she tries to escape at any point, he will track her down and kill her entire family. Soon Laura develops a fascination with her handsome and powerful captor. But as a precarious, risky relationship forms between them, forces outside their control threaten to tear them apart...
365 Days / 365 Plays
by Suzan-Lori Parks"Suzan-Lori Parks is one of the most important dramatists America has produced."-Tony Kushner "The plan was that no matter what I did, how busy I was, what other commitments I had, I would write a play a day, every single day for a year. It would be about being present and being committed to the artistic process every single day, regardless of the 'weather.' It became a daily meditation, a daily prayer celebrating the rich and strange process of a writing life."-Suzan-Lori Parks On November 13, 2002, the incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play every day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The result is an extraordinary testament to artistic commitment. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day. Parks is one of the American theater's most wily and innovative writers, and her "stark but poetic language and fiercely idiosyncratic images transform her work into something haunting and marvelous" (TIME).
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book Of Precepts
by R. J. PalacioIn the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to live by, and Mr. Browne has compiled 365 of them--one for each day of the year--drawn from popular songs to children's books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of human beings, the strength of people's hearts, and the power of people's wills. Interspersed with the precepts are letters and emails from characters who appeared in Wonder. Readers hear from Summer, Jack, Charlotte, Julian, and Amos. There's something for everyone here, with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, Sappho--and over 100 readers of Wonder who sent R. J. Palacio their own precepts.
365 días con la chica de Los Planetas
by Holden CentenoEn esta segunda parte de La chica de Los Planetas, Holden Centeno relata cómo ha reaccionado la chica a la publicación del libro, cómo ha evolucionado su relación, pero también habla de muchos otros temas fundamentales como el azar, la muerte la música o la literatura. «Tengo heridas en las manos de no tocarte y de escribirte tanto». Después de un año vuelvo para cerrar el círculo. 365 días, 8760 horas, muchos centenares de miles de minutos para contarte y solo unas cuántas páginas de papel. Tal vez sea imposible concentrar nuestra historia en unas hojas, pero es el único lugar en el que te encuentro siempre. Aquí está el punto y seguido que es también en nuestro caso el punto y final. La última gota de tinta que derramarán mis venas donde ahora me pregunto si realmente fuimos una gran casualidad, un azar inédito, está dentro de este libro. Ábrelo y después no hará falta que nos digamos nada. 365 días con la chica de Los Planetas es la cara B de la historia de Holden Centeno con la chica de Los Planetas. En estas páginas Holden vuelve a la transparencia narrativa de la primera parte de la historia y nos descubre paso a paso las emociones, sentimientos y vivencias que ha traído consigo la publicación de su historia de amor: el nacimiento del blog, la idea del libro, la publicación... Pero sobre todo cómo ella, a raíz de todo esto, ha vuelto a ser parte de su universo. O no. «La gente cree que me merezco estar con ella pero no tienen razón. Eso es una chorrada. Nadie se merece nada cuando estamos hablando de personas. El que lucha por alguien, el que ama sin condición, lo hace sin esperar nada a cambio, porque si haces todos esos actos creyéndote el mejor y con derecho a alguna cosa, vas por muy mal camino. Las personas no se merecen. Conectan y punto. Viven, luchan, se matan y vuelven a vivir porque son capaces de quitarse esas balas que se han disparado mutuamente. Todos hemos disparado alguna vez contra otra persona sin razón alguna y luego hemos sido capaces de entregar las armas y curar las heridas». La crítica dijo sobre La chica de Los Planetas...«Regresa el más desconocido -y exitoso- escritor veinteañero de la literatura española.»El Confidencial «Cuando la realidad se cruza con la literatura que se inspira en hechos reales ocurren cosas como las que le pasan a Holden Centeno.»El Periódico «En 365 días con la chica de Los Planetas aparece una declaración de intenciones sobre él y sobre sus gustos literarios.»Todoliteratura «El fenómeno literario que triunfa.»SModa, El País «A veces la literatura se alía con la realidad para superar a la propia realidad.»El Periódico de Catalunya «Holden Centeno, un misterioso autor que no ha necesitado más que enseñar sus entrañas para conquistar a un montón de chicos, y sobre todo de chicas, que ahora compran su primer libro, La chica de Los Planetas, como si fuera una biblia.»PlayGround «Relatos de amor y desamor, crudos pero llenos de esperanza, que parecen escritos por un beat millennial.»Carlos G. Miranda, El Huffington Post
365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice
by J.P. KalonjiJ. P. Kalonji wields a clean, street-informed style to deliver a tale that glistens with blood and drama, yet is ultimately uplifting. Nearly four hundred pages long, this graphic novel employs full-page panels to tell the story of an Edo-era swordsman's quest for survival and enlightenment. When Ningen leaves his dojo at the request of his master — to travel the world and grow as a swordsman — he embarks on a journey that becomes a metaphor for the cycle of life and every human's possibility for spiritual growth.* Collaborating with such international clients as Wyclef Jean, Amnesty International, Thrasher, and Burton snowboards, illustrator J. P. Kalonji has begun to enchant the world with his energetic art style. Now he's ready to make a splash with his English-language graphic-novel debut!* This engaging, nearly 400-page tale draws comparisons to both Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal and Jeff Smith's Bone.
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by Maria BeaumontOn the eve of her thirty-seventh birthday, Fran Clark finds herself in a role she would never have envisioned: that of a surprisingly desperate housewife. As Fran halfheartedly attempts to relaunch her once-vibrant career as a voiceover artist and obsesses over keeping up with the ruthless mothers' scene at her children's school, she begins to realize that her thirty-seventh year isn't going to resemble the midlife bliss she had imagined. Instead, she makes excuses for the fact that she's depressed and drinking -- a lot. But when Fran realizes she has failed her children one too many times, and begins to suspect her husband is having an affair, she knows she has hit rock bottom. It is Fran's two closest friends who ultimately come to her rescue. She learns to thank them for her salvation -- not because they are there for her, but because she discovers how to be there for them. Literate and well written, 37 is a searingly intimate and compulsively readable novel, a very modern diary of a (not quite) mad housewife. Filled with acute, often bitingly funny observations about motherhood, friendship, and the claustrophobia of suburbia, this pitch-perfect novel will resonate with any woman who has ever been stricken with self-doubt. 37 is Maria Beaumont's third novel. After the mums from her kids' school have finished with her, it may be her last.
37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939
by Barbara KrasnerIn May 1939, nearly one thousand German-Jewish passengers boarded the M.S. St. Louis luxury liner bound for Cuba. They hoped to escape the dangers of Nazi Germany and find safety in Cuba. In this novel in verse, twelve-year-old Ruthie Arons is one of the refugees, traveling with her parents. Ruthie misses her grandmother, who had to stay behind in Breslau, and worries when her father keeps asking for his stomach pills. But when the ship is not allowed to dock in Havana as planned—and when she and her friend Wolfie discover a Nazi on board—Ruthie must take action. In the face of hopelessness, she and her fellow passengers refuse to give up on the chance for a new life.
37 Things I Love (in no particular order)
by Kekla MagoonA powerful story about friendship, death, and figuring out who you are, from the author of How It Went Down, The Rock and the River, and X: A Novel (with Ilyasah Shabazz) <P><P>Ellis only has four days of her sophomore year left, and summer is so close that she can almost taste it. But even with vacation just within reach, Ellis isn't exactly relaxed. Her father has been in a coma for years, the result of a construction accident, and her already-fragile relationship with her mother is strained over whether or not to remove him from life support. Her best friend fails even to notice that anything is wrong and Ellis feels like her world is falling apart. But when all seems bleak, Ellis finds comfort in the most unexpected places.
The 37th Hour (Sarah Pribek #1)
by Jodi ComptonIn a suspense novel of astounding power and depth, Jodi Compton unleashes a haunting tale of secrets and betrayal...and of one woman's search for her missing husband that spirals into a dark journey strewn with bitter truths and damaged lives. Here debut novelist Compton introduces an extraordinary character: Detective Sarah Pribek, a woman of strength, complexity, and instinct, a woman caught in an unimaginable nightmare.... The 37th Hour On a chilly Minnesota morning, Sarah comes home to the house she shares with her husband and fellow cop, Michael Shiloh. Shiloh was supposed to be in Virginia, starting his training with the FBI. A seasoned missing-persons investigator, Sarah is used to anxious calls from wives and parents. She's used to the innocent explanations that resolve so many of her cases. But from the moment she learns that he never arrived at Quantico, she feels a terrible foreboding. Now, beneath the bed in which they make love, Sarah finds Shiloh's neatly packed bag. And in that instant the cop in her knows: Her husband has disappeared. Suddenly Sarah finds herself at the beginning of the kind of investigation she has made so often. The kind that she and her ex-partner, Genevieve, solved routinely--until a brutal crime stole Genevieve's daughter and ended her career. The kind that pries open family secrets and hidden lives. For Sarah this investigation will mean going back to the beginning, to Shiloh's religion-steeped childhood in Utah, the rift that separated him from his family--and the one horrifying case that struck them both too close to home. As Sarah turns over more and more unknown ground in her husband's past, she sees her lover and friend change into a stranger before her eyes. And as she moves further down a trail of shocking surprises and bitter revelations, Sarah is about to discover that her worst fear--that Shiloh is dead--may be less painful than what she will learn next.... In a novel of runaway tension, Jodi Compton masterfully weaves together the quiet details of everyday life with the moments that can shatter them forever. At once a beguiling mystery and a powerful rumination on family, friendship, and loss, The 37th Hour is a thriller that will catch you off guard at every turn--instantly compelling and utterly impossible to put down.
.38 Caliber Cover-Up
by Angi MorganUndercover DEA agent Erren Rhodes was used to working alone. So the very idea of teaming up with Officer Darby O'Malley to ferret out a killer wasn't exactly how he thought this critical mission would go. But thanks to information only the beautiful cop possessed, finding whoever was responsible for shooting Erren's friend made Darby a valuable- and irresistible- partner. Digging into the case, though, revealed a far-reaching conspiracy... and angered all the wrong people. Now, trying to bring a killer to justice while keeping Darby safe was making Erren remember why he was better off on his own. Especially when Darby made him long to hole up with her in the safe house and never let her out of his sight.
38 de junio
by Ramón Araiza QuirozRebeca, una chica arrogante que lo tiene todo, vivirá días inexistentes en el calendario de los humanos. En estos días aprenderá mucho de sí misma y de su compañero Olaf, un anciano sabio, que compró en una subasta de artículos valiosos y antigüedades. A bordo de una bicicleta de dos plazas, juntos viajarán a lugares, tiempos y dimensiones muy especiales, como una bodega abandonada, donde ella es humillada; una escuela, donde se transforma en niña; el cielo, donde visita a su padre; un hospital, donde se convierte en madre. Se verá en tres escenarios al mismo tiempo: llena de vida, agonizando y muerta; así como en una conferencia, que ella imparte, donde siente la presencia de Lucifer y de Dios. Al final del trayecto, Rebeca comprenderá cuál es “el sentido de la vida” para poder transmitirlo a otras personas. Después se reencontrará con Frederick, un hombre que cambiará el destino de la nueva Rebeca.
The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven
by Jonah Winter Barry BlittHow hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times?Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And it's very hard to move a piano. Even harder to move five). Beethoven's next apartment was in a dangerous part of town... so he moved, and the pianos followed on a series of pulleys. Then came an apartment with a view of the Danube (but he made too much noise and the neighbors complained), followed by an attic apartment (where he made even MORE of a rukus), and so Beethoven moved again and again. Each time, pianos were bought, left behind, transported on pulleys, slides, and by movers, all so that gifted Beethoven could compose great works of music for the world.
39 Berne Street (Global African Voices)
by Max Lobe"My mother says that there are things in life that she can't forgive . . ."At age 16, Dipita's mother, Mbila, arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon. Trafficked into Europe, she supported herself and her son as a prostitute in Geneva. Dipita, now a young, black, gay man serving a five-year sentence in a Swiss prison, shares their story and his own search for purpose. He intertwines their stories with the life of Uncle Démoney, a former civil servant in Cameroon, who staked everything on sending his sister to Switzerland.39 Berne Street explores the complex themes of prostitution, immigration, and homosexuality through a fluid and expressive prose that makes it ring true. Originally published in French, it won the Prix du Roman des Romands in 2014.Max Lobe's 39 Berne Street vividly describes the unforgivable actions visited by family members upon family members in desperate bids for survival and contentment in the midst of Dipita's struggle toward forgiveness and acceptance.
The 39 Clues: Operation Trinity (The 39 Clues: The Cahill Files #1)
by Clifford RileyFor 500 years, the Cahills have been the most powerful family in the world. For 500 years, they've protected the source of their power - the 39 Clues. And for 500 years, they've kept their secrets silent. Until now. This extraordinary stand-alone novel cracks open the Cahill vault to tell the story of the most coveted piece of artwork in the world, a masterpiece that has been the target of seven separate theft attempts: Jan van Eyck\u2019s altarpiece at Ghent. OPERATION TRINITY chronicles the first Vesper attack on the altarpiece in the 1600s, then jumps to WWII and young Grace Cahill\u2019s desperate bid to save the masterwork from the Nazis. The final piece of the novel tells the story of Ian and Natalie Kabra\u2019s first solo operation and features an 11th hour appearance by Grace Cahill on her final mission. History will never be the same.
The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief (The 39 Clues #3)
by Peter LerangisKid-favorite Peter Lerangis takes on Book 3 in the high-octane 39 Clues series, and it might be the most thrill-packed yet! JOIN ANYTIME TO PLAY FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN! ATTENTION! Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well-guarded . . . and the price to uncover them just might be lethal.
The 39 Clues, Infinity Ring, and Spirit Animals Powerpack (The 39 Clues)
by James Riordan Rick Riordan James Dashner Brandon MullThree bestselling novels in one powerpack! Includes Rick Riordan's THE 39 CLUES: THE MAZE OF BONES, James Dashner's INFINITY RING: A MUTINY IN TIME, and Brandon Mull's SPIRIT ANIMALS: WILD BORN!Available together for the first time, three novels that each launched a blockbuster series. This powerpack includes:THE 39 CLUES #1: THE MAZE OF BONES by bestselling author Rick Riordan. Are you ready to save the world?INFINITY RING #1: A MUTINY IN TIME by bestselling author James Dasher. Fix the past. Save the future.SPIRIT ANIMALS #1: WILD BORN by bestselling author Brandon Mull. The legend lives in you.Three unforgettable adventures are waiting for you....