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Andy Shane, Hero at Last

A bicycle-decorating contest provides Andy with a humorous and highly appreciated opportunity to save the hometown parade. (Ages 5-8) There are two things Andy Shane wants more than anything -- to win the contest for best-decorated bike in the parade, and . . . to be a hero. He has a great idea for the bike part, although high-strung Dolores is upping the ante with her paper-daisy-covered helmets for her and her cat. But the second goal has Andy stumped, until the parade is in motion and his eagle eyes catch the reason why the drum corps has suddenly thrown the marchers out of whack. Pass the baton to a lovably low-key hero as he saves the day in a new adventure for early chapter-book readers.

Andy Shane is Not in Love (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Blue #Level K)

On the day Ms. Janice introduces Lark Alice Bell to the class, Dolores is proud to be the new girl's helper at recess. But Dolores is not so glad to see her friend Andy scribbling LAB inside a heart in his notebook, and she's downright mad to find out that Lark has visited Andy at home. Luckily, when they all go back to Lark's house — and take a peek at the squirming puppies in her basement — Dolores figures out what has really been on Andy's mind all along. In his fourth engaging adventure, Andy Shane learns about the delicate balance of old friends and new, and the special joy of bringing home a dog of his own.

Andy Shane Is Not in Love

In his fourth engaging adventure, Andy Shane learns about the delicate balance of old friends and new, and the special joy of bringing home a dog of his own.

Andy's Gone

What stories do we tell ourselves to keep our walls up and our privilege intact? What is the cost of revolution? In this contemporary retelling of Antigone, denial of what rages outside of a city’s perimeter comes to a head when a young princess named Alison tries to expose the truth of her beloved cousin Henry’s death. By night, Henry went as Andy, as together he and Alison scaled the walls of their kingdom to help the migrants who are kept out of sight. Burdened by the weight of the inequality that his future reign represented, he killed himself. But his mother, Queen Regina, hails his death as a valiant knight and will do anything she can to keep Alison silent. The two women become locked in a poetic battle of power and prejudice, until a push turning into a shove might mean it’s too late to find peace.

Anécdotas del destino

Una soberbia recopilación de relatos. Leyendo a Isak Dinesen participamos de una vida marcada por la pasión. Isak Dinesen (seudónimo de la baronesa Karen Blixen) es uno de los casos literarios más insólitos, novelescos y románticos de los últimos cien años. Su propia vida es ya una excelente novela, como sabe el lector de Memorias de África. Pero, sobre todo, Dinesen es una espléndida y fluida narradora, una artista de continuada brillantez. Dos de los relatos contenidos en Anécdotas del destino han sido llevados al cine. Así «Unas historia inmortal» queda en la filmografía de Orson Welles como uno de sus filmes más poéticos y memorables. Y «El banquete de Babette», por su parte, fue llevado a la gran pantalla por el realizador danés Gabriel Axel, con enorme éxito. Todos los relatos de Isak Dinesen están llenos de derivaciones inesperadas en las que predomina el diálogo enjundioso y pausado, y de temas con una clara raíz autobiográfica: el miedo a la vejez, la sífilis, el poder de los niños... Y entre todos constituyen una vasta y muy rica galería de mujeres: jóvenes, perversas, puras, engañadoras, brujas, cocineras, princesas, amazonas, walkirias.

Anecdotes

With dreamlike stories and dark humour, Anecdotes is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse. Absurdist flash fictions in "The Boy is Dead" depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings. "We're Not Here to Talk About Aliens" gathers autofictions that follow a young protagonist from childhood to early 20s, through the murky undercurrent of potential violence amidst sexual awakening, from first periods to flashers, sticker books to maxi pad art, acid trips to blackouts, and creepy professors to close calls. "This Isn't a Conversation" shares one-liners from overheard conversations, found texts, diary entries, and random thoughts: many are responses to the absurdity and pain of the current political and environmental climate. In "My Dream House," the past and the future are personified as various incarnations in relationships to one another (lovers, a parent and child, siblings, friends), all engaged in ongoing conflict. These varied, immersive works bristle with truth in the face of unprecedented change. They are playful forms for serious times.

Anècdotes de primera magnitud

Dues tassetes de porcellana creuaran fronteres i desencadenaran una sèrie d’històries, confl ictes i emocions fi ns que aconseguim descobrir-ne l’origen real; un perfum delator que ens farà viatjar per tot el món; parelles, mares i fi lles, germans i cunyades; fotografi es i quadres, i molts lligams emocionals que entreteixiran una estructura més complexa del que sembla a primer cop d’ull. Anècdotes de primera magnitud és una co_ lecció de relacions humanes exposades en un aparador internacional. Al fi nal del recorregut ens veurem enxampats en una teranyina literària tramada per personatges l’existència dels quals penja d’un fi l. «Com si descansessin sobre un llençol de setí que cobrís elegantment el tipus de material que es feia servir per minimitzar els cops d’objectes transportats, hi va trobar dues tasses blanques decorades amb motius fl orals blaus i amb el logotip de Royal Copenhagen a la base exterior, res més. Cap nota, cap res de res... Simplement dues tasses, que semblaven més de te que no pas de ca_ , que havien arribat inesperadament un dijous i que no tenia ni la més remota idea d’on havien sortit». Anna Molina (la Vilella Baixa, Priorat, 1972)Després de llicenciar-se en Filologia Anglesa a la Universitat de Barcelona va decidir anar a passar un any sabàtic a Dinamarca, i avui encara hi és. Viu en el petit país escandinau des del 1996 i, a part d’escriure, gestiona la comercialització dels vins ecològics que produeix al Priorat amb un grup d’amics. La seva narrativa bascula amb naturalitat entre la infl uència de la cultura escandinava i de la mediterrània. Va debutar amb la novel·la L’home de lava (Saldonar, 2016), va continuar amb Voliac 2004 (Saldonar, 2017) i ha col·laborat amb els seus relats en recopilacions i premis literaris.

Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

This book contains five stories in Anecdotes of Destiny, which are The Diver, Babette's Feast, Tempests, The Immortal Story, and The Ring, and the short story Ehrengard.

Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares a sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and a rakish artist.

Anecdotes of the Cynics (Penguin Little Black Classics)

'It's you who are the dogs...'

Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson

Anelthalien

When Kindle discovers a necklace that transports her to a strange land called Anelthalien, all she wants is to return home. Soon, though, Kindle meets the strange yet kind Cifra and discovers that the necklace carries with it much more than a simple painting. After meeting three others who also find similar necklaces, the Cifra lead them to a farmer who also proves to hold many more secrets from times altered out of Anelthalien's memory. Once the farmer begins recalling the past and linking Kindle and the three others to it, Kindle realizes that returning home may not be as easy or as important as she believes. In fact, none of them expect the necklaces will tie them to not only an almost forgotten past but a gilded present and possibly disastrous future.Anelthalien provides an approachable, enchanting picture of the difficult, destructive problem of apathy toward God so that readers readily realize the problem does exist and that they must leave their preoccupations and misconceptions to follow God. From Anelthalien, readers will learn that tying yourself to God results in living out a purpose bigger and more important than yourself and also that followers of God must tell others about Him.

Anem a totes! (Campió! #Volumen 5)

Cinquè llibre de «Campió!», la sèrie de futbol que explica la històrica al·lucinant de com Antoine Griezmann va convertir-se en un dels millors jugadors del món. Els somnis es poden fer realitat! En Grizi ha aconseguit un nou somni: unir-se a l'equip de joves aspirants de la Reial Societat a Espanya. És la seva primera experiència a l'estranger! Ara bé, amb només catorze anys, al petit prodigi se li fa difícil fer amics nous lluny de casa i en un país on es parla una altra llengua. I no només això, sinó que també li és complicat concentrar-se durant les classes, perquè a més de passar el dia pensant en el futbol... hi ha una noia que el té ben enlluernat! Què estarà disposat a perdre per guanyar?

Anfiteatro (Consolación de la pornografía)

Una ingeniosa sátira autobiográfica en clave erótica protagonizada por Romerito, un autor de novelas pornográficas. Anfiteatro (consolación de la pornografía) es la delirante historia de un escritor sin esperanzas que confiesa cómo terminó inventándose un mundo para poder seguir a flote en su pequeña agonía diaria. Un peligroso divertimento que nos revela, a partir de las digresiones de su protagonista, todo aquello que lo obsesiona: los libros, la música, el cine, el teatro, los espectros del sexo y la literatura como salvavidas. Con un humor certero y una prosa que pone a prueba sus peligrosos extremos, Sandro Romero Rey presenta las narraciones de un personaje que construye una inmensa broma, una letanía y, en medio de su colección de coitus interruptus, compone su traviesa canción de despedida. "¿Anfiteatro? Oh, un lugar para las representaciones antiguas. Un palco o una sala diseñada para el estudio de los cadáveres. En nuestro caso, una pista de baile para confundir el polvo con las cenizas".

Angado: The Dumarest Saga Book 29

On Angado's planet, there was a man who knew the whereabouts of the lost Earth. Earl Dumarest, born on Earth, longed to find the way home. Because they were comrades in arms, Angado would help Earl find that man - for a price. For Angado was returning to a complex of high-tech cunning and high-wealth power . . . the prodigal son against whom all would plot. The Cyclan, who had put a fabulous price on Dumarest's head, were also closing in. But Dumarest was willing to stay to the bitter end - for the priceless reward of forgotten Terra. (First published 1984)

Angado: The Dumarest Saga Book 29 (DUMAREST SAGA)

On Angado's planet, there was a man who knew the whereabouts of the lost Earth. Earl Dumarest, born on Earth, longed to find the way home. Because they were comrades in arms, Angado would help Earl find that man - for a price.For Angado was returning to a complex of high-tech cunning and high-wealth power . . . the prodigal son against whom all would plot. The Cyclan, who had put a fabulous price on Dumarest's head, were also closing in. But Dumarest was willing to stay to the bitter end - for the priceless reward of forgotten Terra.(First published 1984)

Ange et Demon: Demonica Universe #1

Book 1 in the Demonica series, in which a team of paranormal beings and humans guard the world from the forces of darkness.Matteo, a human agent, is surprised to be partnered with the newest arrival -- the demon Vilmos, who prefers to work alone. When Vilmos upsets Matteo, he incurs the wrath of Priel and Ull, the team's powerful angel and demon pairing.Priel and Ull consummate their love and Vilmos comes to care for Matteo, but no one realises dark and deadly forces are at work. Nor that Matteo is the key to the culmination of a long-planned revenge.When the powerful Ciaran unleashes his attack, angel, demon, and human must risk all to fight him, and Vilmos needs to find a way to save a mortally wounded Matteo.

Angel

Romance

Angel: A Novel (Charnwood Large Print Ser.)

A saga of friendship and fame, secrets, and success from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Woman of Substance. Orphaned at a young age, the lives of Rosie, Gavin, Nell, and Kevin are irrevocably intertwined. Rising from poverty, all four go on to stunning success: Rosie as an award-winning costume designer; Gavin as a world-renowned Hollywood actor; Nell as the head of a global public relations company; and Kevin as the head of the NYPD Crime Intelligence Commission and a leader in the fight against organized crime. Told with the broad scope and narrative power characteristic of Barbara Taylor Bradford, this book is the story of a family formed by fortune, not blood, as they lose their innocence, follow their passions, triumph over adversity, and ultimately transform their own lives. Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford and her novels &“Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page.&” —The Guardian &“Pure gold.&” —Cosmopolitan &“An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion.&” —The New York Times &“The storyteller of substance.&” —The Times (London) &“A long, satisfying novel of money, power, passion and revenge set against the sweep of 20th century history.&” —Los Angeles Times &“A wonderfully entertaining novel.&” —The Denver Post &“Legions of readers will be satisfied by the romantic fortunes of the cultured, wealthy and powerful people she evokes.&” —Publishers Weekly

El Ángel

NEGRÍSIMA Tras el éxito internacional de No está solo, vuelve la inolvidable pareja de investigadores formada por Colomba Caselli y Dante Torre en un electrizante thriller de aterradora actualidad. La muerte llega a Roma a las doce menos diez minutos de la noche con un tren de alta velocidad procedente de Milán. Del coche de lujo extrañamente no sale nadie. Todos los pasajeros están muertos. La subcomisaria Colomba Caselli, que acaba de reincorporarse al servicio tras su último y escalofriante caso, es quien se encarga de evaluar la masacre. Aunque todo apunta a un ataque de terrorismo y el ISIS reivindica la autoría a través de un vídeo, Colomba prefiere pedir consejo a la única persona capaz de ver lo que nadie más ve: su excolaborador Dante Torre, al que no dirige la palabra desde hace meses. Este deberá juntar los indicios uno a uno hasta llegar al Ángel. Críticas:«Un gozoso descubrimiento.»Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC «Dazieri sigue los pasos de Larsson y de Stephen King. Un desafío muy oscuro para los amantes del misterio.»Kirkus «Los dos protagonistas más logrados de la novela negra nacional e internacional.»L'Unità «El escritor de negra más anarquista del momento. Un libro con el ritmo de una novela gráfica, a mitad de camino entre el thriller dramático y la comedia de humor negro.»Severino Colombo, Il Corriere della Sera «Un gozoso descubrimiento.»Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC «Dante y Colomba son dos gigantes. Un thriller magnífico.»Massimo Carlotto, La Stampa «Un final tan inesperado que he tenido que volver a leerlo para saborearlo por completo. Dante y Colomba son dos gigantes. Un thriller magnífico.»Massimo Carlotto, La Stampa «Un thriller magistralmente construido en el que nada es lo que parece. Su mecanismo narrativo arrastra al lector.»La Repubblica «Un arranque fulminante. La historia avanza sin dar tregua al lector y se cierra con un epílogo muy sorprendente. Maestría, una escritura ágil y afilada y una perfecta caracterización psicológica de los personajes, hasta de los secundarios.»Mauro Trotta, Il Manifesto «Una nueva y letal antiheroína.»Simona Santoni, Panorama «Un final verdaderamente imprevisible y un perfecto epílogo para un thriller maravilloso que confirma lo que Dazieri empezó con No está solo.»Simona Sireus, Thriller Nord

Angel (The Manhattan Ten Series #4)

A fresh and sexy take on superheroes...left me wanting more!" -Lori, Romancing the Dark SideA super secretary. A jaguar shifter.She’s the organizational mastermind behind the famed Manhattan Ten super hero crew. With perfect recall, she can remember every face, every book, and every moment of her life. Angel can’t forget her past and she can’t escape it, either.He’s a jaguar shifter who hasn’t left the jungle in a looooong time. When Tequani hitches a flight to visit his brother at the M10 headquarters, he’s so rough around the edges, he sparks a full-blown TSA panic. After Angel steps in to rescue him, he’s fascinated by the woman who can do it all.If home is where the heart is, Tequani might as well start shopping for a penthouse in the city.It’s love at first fight in the fourth volume of the Manhattan Ten Series.[A novella-length superhero romance of 30K words. Rated 18+ for adult language and some sexual content. Perfect reading for fans of Jennifer Estep’s Bigtime series and Lexi Dunne’s Superheroes Anonymous.]The Manhattan Ten Series:1. Ivory - October 20192. Temptress - November 20193. Belle Fury - December 20194. Angel - January 2020

Angel: A Novel

A wise stranger has come to save our world. But is he too good to be true?An earthquake shakes Southern California, setting the stage for the appearance of Aster a stranger from a world far from our own. Miracles happen around him, spectacular promises are made, and wisdom flows from his lips. He says he has come to complete our knowledge, to explain our beginnings, and to correct our spiritual errors. And the world is ready to receive him: politicians seek his advice, religious leaders wish to call him friend, scientists want to study him, and philosophers wish to debate him.But not everything is what it seems. This messenger seems too good to be believed. Priscilla Simms, an investigatory journalist, is the only one close enough to the stranger to get at the truth. But unraveling the truth may cost her reputation, and maybe even her life.

Angel

Back Cover Blending action and suspense with deep spiritual insights, Gansky creates memorable, thought-provoking tales. -STEVEN JAMES. author of the critically acclaimed thriller The Pawn Alton Gansky is a master of the speculative novel. When you place yourself behind the wheel of one of his novels, don't forget to buckle your seat belt. -ANGELA HUNT, author of Uncharted Gansky has the gift of riveting storyteller and consummate teacher. As you race through the pages, you're barely aware of the truths he's conveying until the ride is over. And the truths on this ride are worth paying attention to. An earthquake shakes Southern California, setting the stage for the appearance of Aster, a stranger from a world far from our own. Miracles happen around him, spectacular promises are made, and wisdom flows from his lips. He says he has come to complete our knowledge, to explain our beginnings, and to correct our spiritual errors. And the world is ready to receive him: politicians seek his advice, religious leaders wish to call him friend, scientists want to study him, and philosophers wish to debate him. But not everything is what it seems. This messenger seems too good to be believed. Priscilla Simms, an investigatory journalist is the only one close enough to the stranger to get at the truth. But unraveling the truth may cost her reputation, and maybe even her life. ALTON GANSKY is the author of twenty published novels and six nonfiction works. He has been a Christie Award finalist (A Ship Possessed) and an Angel Award winner (Terminal Justice). He holds a BA and MA in biblical studies and has served as senior pastor for three Baptist churches in California, with a total of over twenty years in pulpit ministry. He and his wife live in the High Desert area of Southern California.

Angel (Angel #3)

Darkness has possessed another innocent...and Angel has no choice but to fight them. Trapped in an empty hospital with nowhere to go, Angel needs to find a way to save the host from this deadly and elusive demon, or have yet another life on his conscience. Will his new ally Fred Burkle be able to help him...or is she the reason he's battling this monster in the first place? The next exciting chapter of the pop culture reimagining that made headlines worldwide continues from Bryan Edward Hill (Detective Comics, Killmonger), Gleb Melnikov and series creator Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marvel’s The Avengers).

Angel: City Of

To distance himself from Buffy and the pain of love that can never be, Angel has moved to Los Angeles, ready to take on all the evil the City of Angels can throw at him. Alongside him in the fight against darkness is an unlikely ally - Cordelia Chase.