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Air Bound (Sisters of the Heart #8)
by Christine FeehanFor as far back as she can remember, Airiana Ridell has always been aware of her extraordinary gift. She can intuit revealing and illuminating 'patterns' in the air around her-whether in a spray of mist, in billowing clouds, or in the dense swirls of an impenetrable fog. Her abilities led to her placement in a secret government training facility when she was a child, but everything changed after her mother was murdered.Airiana fled the program, but she couldn't outrun the desperate members of a shadowy cabal who want her, who need her, who will kill to get her. Kidnapped and held aboard a ship bound for dangerous seas, her only chance for rescue is Maxim Prakenskii. He has his reasons for helping her, but he isn't about to reveal them to Airiana. Not yet. Not as the two are drawn together as moth to flame. Not when there are so many secrets yet untold that could shatter the quaint community of Sea Haven and all who reside there . . .
Air Bridge: Isvik, Air Bridge, Atlantic Fury, And Levkas Man
by Hammond InnesA daredevil pilot joins the Berlin Airlift to fight for democracy in this Cold War adventure from &“a whale of a writer&” (The New York Times). When his plane goes down over Germany, Neil Fraser vows not to die in a POW camp. He tunnels out beneath the barbed wire, commandeers a Messerschmitt fighter plane, and flies it home to England. He&’s been stealing planes ever since. After the war, Fraser falls in with an international ring of thieves, lifting planes from England and flying them to the land that will soon be known as Israel. But his luck doesn&’t last. The owner of a charter company catches Fraser in the act and gives him a simple choice: Work for him, or rot in jail. His new boss, Bill Saeton, a ruthless tycoon with dreams of conquering the sky, has a contract that could make his fortune—if only he can get his newest plane into the air. Together, Saeton and Fraser embark on the most astonishing adventure of the Cold War: flying in the skyborne armada of the Berlin Airlift, to live or die in the skies above a divided Germany. Authored by Hammond Innes, who witnessed the Berlin Airlift firsthand, Air Bridge is the incredible story of the men who fought impossible odds to win one of the most crucial battles of the Cold War.
Air Carnation
by Guadalupe MuroGuadalupe Muro, recipient of the Raul Urtusan - Frances Harley Scholarship for Young Emerging Artists from Argentina, has always had her own unique way of experiencing life. When applied to her writing, Muro says she finally "felt like a dog deciding to be a dog." Muro's Spanish publications have achieved strong acclaim, and now, BookThug is proud to introduce this remarkable new talent to the Canadian literary market. Air Carnation features an absorbing narrative that bridges non-fiction and fiction, poetry and song, as Muro explores themes of independence in love and the writerly life. With sojourns in Argentina, Buenos Aires, New York, Washington, and a cross-Canada train passage from Edmonton to Toronto, Air Carnation is an affecting work that will have readers laughing, crying, and all the while, enjoying this fascinating meta-fiction that sings of hippiedom in Patagonia.
Air Dance Iguana
by Tom CorcoranAlex Rutledge strayed from ad agency photo jobs to tropical magazine assignments. He went for extra income in the crime scene business, but now he wants out. He misses his carefree Key West lifestyle. Then his lover, Detective Bobbi Lewis, is on the phone. She asks Alex to document Monroe County's first hanging in thirty years. Within hours he confronts a second murder and an abrasive investigator new to the Keys. He's also reminded that you can't pick your relatives. ... AND "COMES-AROUND" BRINGS NO CLUES. The cops want to think that Alex's brother, Tim, new in town with his shady past, might be a killer. Tim has messed up his life, so Alex doesn't know what to believe. As he digs deeper with photo evidence, Alex finds clues the cops have missed- or covered up. He suspects revenge when he digs up connections to a decades-old unsolved crime. Then, when a third man is found hanged on a dock, Alex knows time is running out for his brother ... and maybe for himself.
Air Force One
by Max Allan CollinsIt is called the flying White House, the most tightly guarded airborne fortress in the world . . . until now. Terrorists have seized Air Force One thirty thousand feet above the earth.
Air Force Wives
by Ruth WalkerFour women live an exciting decade of hardship and romance--all for the love of their men and their country. They were married to the men who were married to the air force. ... Tai, the adventurous daughter of a disgraced Air Force officer, pursues a secret dream in a world of crushing reality. Bobby Jo, the base chaplain's sheltered daughter, breaks loose-with devastating results. Shelley, the pampered daughter of a powerful general, shocks her family and herself with her first big decision. And Crystal, frustrated by her father's low rank, takes a ruthless route to the status she has always craved. This is just the beginning of this big, wonderful, delicious novel of four close friends whose personal lives become intimately tied to the military as AIR FORCE WIVES. RUTH WALKER was an Air Force wife who accompanied her husband all over the world. Based on her own experiences and on correspondence with scores of other Air Force wives, she has written a novel that is totally authentic and completely impossible to put down!
Air Keep (Farworld #3)
by J. Scott SavageFor the first time in paperback, the adventure continues. . . It's been six months since Marcus and Kyja obtained the help of the land and water elementals. But before they can get help from the mysterious air elementals, they have to figure out how to open a box with no key. Together, Marcus and Kyja travel into the Is, the Was, the Will Be and the Never Was as they try to open the box, save their city, and free Land Keep and Water Keep from water and land elementals who have joined the Dark Circle. Marcus still has to find a way to change the future and save Kyjas life, but there is a catch: any changes they make in the Abyss of Time may destroy the doorway, trapping them forever . . . Even with his physical handicap, Marcus is able to accomplish great things. It is a story of determination and friendship, and of having the courage to make those hard decisions.
Air Mail (Mandarin Edition)
by Tomas TranstromerAir Mail is a comic anthology of letters that demonstrates how one man bamboozled and exasperated over forty international airlines, from British Airways to Air Malta. It tackles everything from the common bugbears of excess baggage charges and duplicitous exchange rates to the more surreal predicament of how to fly an elephant back from India. 1963年 特朗斯特罗默注意到诗人詹姆斯·赖特在罗伯特·布莱创办的 六十年代 杂志上发表的几首诗作 并有意翻译 他给赖特的去信四个月后才得到一个客套而冷淡的答复 反而是布莱给了他热情的回应 两人的通信从此开始 从一开始的客套拘礼到后来的真诚亲密 两人通信近三十年 交流诗歌创作与翻译之道 更彼此传递友谊 在地球的两端为彼此的文学世界开辟天地
Air Raid (Destroyer, #126)
by Warren MurphyDON'T BREATHE THE AIR They are tiny, genetically engineered blue seeds that mature quickly into trees that literally suck all the oxygen out of the air. They're the earth-friendly but highly secretive Congress of Concerned Scientists, and now they've been snatched by its head, Dr. Hubert St. Clair. Having killed off all but one of his scientific team, he's leading Remo and Chiun on a chase through the proverbial forest. He's got enough seeds to choke off the world's oxygen supply, and the ability to create environmental disasters at will. Battling everything from acid rain to blistering heat to frigid cold, the Destroyer races to thwart double disaster in the Amazon rainforest: St. Clair is planting seeds like a maniac and a U.S. President prepares to nuke Brazil into oblivion.
Air Raid: Number 126 in Series (The Destroyer #126)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirDon't breathe the air...They are tiny, genetically engineered blue seeds that mature quickly into trees that literally suck all the oxygen out of the air. They're the twisted experiment of the earth-friendly but highly secretive Congress of Concerned Scientists, and now they've been snatched by its head, Dr. Hubert St. Clair.Having killed off all but one of his scientific team, he's leading Remo and Chiun on a chase through the proverbial forest. He's got enough seeds to choke off the world's oxygen supply, and the ability to create environmental disasters at will. Battling everything from acid rain to blistering heat to frigid cold, the Destroyer races to thwart double disaster in the Amazon rainforest: St. Clair is planting seeds like a maniac and a U.S. President prepares to nuke Brazil into oblivion.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Air Time
by Hank Phillippi RyanWhen savvy TV reporter Charlotte McNally enters the glamorous world of high fashion, she soon discovers that when the purses are fake--the danger is real. And no one can be trusted!Now Charlotte can't tell the real from the fake as she goes undercover to bring the couture counterfeiters to justice--and in her struggle to answer an all-important, life-changing question from a certain handsome professor.... The one thing Charlotte knows for sure is that the wrong choice could be the last decision she ever makes!
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
by Gregory PardloFrom the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and blistering meditation on fatherhood, race, addiction, and ambition. Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. But when he loses his job following the famous air traffic controllers' strike of 1981, he succumbs to addiction and exhausts the family's money on more and more ostentatious whims. In the face of this troubling model and disillusioned presence in the household, young Gregory rebels. Struggling to distinguish himself on his own terms, he hustles off to Marine Corps boot camp. He moves across the world, returning to the United States only to take a job as a manager-cum-barfly at his family's jazz club. Air Traffic follows Gregory as he builds a life that honors his history without allowing it to define his future. Slowly, he embraces the challenges of being a poet, a son, and a father as he enters recovery for alcoholism and tends to his family. In this memoir, written in lyrical and sparkling prose, Gregory tries to free himself from the overwhelming expectations of race and class, and from the tempting yet ruinous legacy of American masculinity. Air Traffic is a richly realized, deeply felt ode to one man's remarkable father, to fatherhood, and to the frustrating yet redemptive ties of family. It is also a scrupulous, searing examination of how manhood can be fashioned in our cultural landscape.
Air Travel Fiction and Film: Cloud People (Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture)
by Erica DuranteAir Travel Fiction and Film: Cloud People explores how, over the past four decades, fiction and film have transformed our perceptions and representations of contemporary air travel. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of a wide range of international cultural productions, and elucidates the paradigms and narratives that constitute our current imaginary of air mobility. Erica Durante advances the hypothesis that fiction and film have converted the Airworld—the world of airplanes and airport infrastructures—into a pivotal anthropological place that is endowed with social significance and identity, suggesting that the assimilation of the sky into our cultural imaginary and lifestyle has metamorphosed human society into “Cloud People.” In its examination of the representations of air travel as an epicenter of today’s world, the book not only illustrates a novel perspective on contemporary fiction, but fills an important gap in the study of globalization within literary and film studies.
Air Volume 1
by G. Willow WilsonA new edition of the first of four thrilling volumes in this mind-bending, Eisner-nominated science fiction mystery graphic novel series! Acrophobic flight attendant Blythe has just fallen for a mysterious traveler—who may or may not be a terrorist—and she's about to embark on the strangest journey of her life.Searching for him, Blythe will crash-land into a web of technological conspiracies, dark politics and secret organizations. When she learns that she is the only person able to control flight and reality, with science so advanced it might be magic, she'll have to break the rules of time and space for answers. But will she reach new heights...or free-fall? By award-winning author G. Willow Wilson (Invisible Kingdom, Ms. Marvel, The Bird King) and acclaimed illustrator M.K. Perker (The New Yorker, Mad Magazine, Fables), AIR is a high-stakes, high altitude adventure about where limits lie, and what happens when they're not only broken...but remade."...I've enjoyed AIR to no end—it starts off as Rushdie and then parachutes off into Pynchon."–Neil Gaiman "The fantasy is real, and the reality is fantastic. AIR is a compelling and completely original read that thrills, surprises and delights."–Gail Simone "An entertaining read with some serious points to make about the fluidity of borders in the 21st century."–The Onion
Air Volume 2
by G. Willow WilsonThe adventure continues in Volume 2 of this genre-bending, death-defying, Eisner-nominated series by acclaimed author G. Willow Wilson (Invisible Kingdom, Ms Marvel, The Bird King) and celebrated illustrator M.K. Perker (The New Yorker, Mad Magazine, The Unwritten, Fables).Acrophobic flight attendant Blythe has left her safe, sterile life for a world of strange danger. And she's been taken under the wing of none other than Amelia Earhart herself—alive and soaring after all these years. How did Amelia survive her disappearance? What is the centuries-old secret that enables her to travel the known and unknown world, using nothing but dreams for fuel? And what is her real agenda? The answers find Blythe charting a course for the edge of reality—and the heart of the man she loves."...I've enjoyed AIR to no end—it starts off as Rushdie and then parachutes off into Pynchon."—Neil Gaiman"An entertaining read with some serious points to make about the fluidity of borders in the 21st century."—The Onion
Air Volume 3
by G. Willow WilsonWith the help of none other than Amelia Earhart, Blythe has begun to harness her perplexing power; one step closer to controlling time and space.But when the fragmented trail of her mysterious love leads her to dangerous territory of double agents, metalhead jihadists, and an alarming backstory, Blythe will need to control more than just reality: she'll need to manage her own suspicions—and her addiction.What is the real truth about Zayn? And when Blythe can't depend on her pills, can she depend on herself?Find out in Volume 3 of this high-altitude, high-stakes, Eisner-nominated adventure by acclaimed author G. Willow Wilson (Invisible Kingdom, Ms Marvel, The Bird King) and celebrated illustrator M.K. Perker (The New Yorker, Mad Magazine, The Unwritten, Fables).
Air Volume 4
by G. Willow WilsonPREPARE FOR LANDINGBlythe's metaphysical training is over, and one final test stands between her and her future as the greatest hyperprax pilot to ever live.Caught between opposing organizations: the dazzling explorers who support and need her, and the cutthroat conspirists who have targeted her, Blythe must find her own path in her most perilous journey yet: to pass her test, find her future, and make sense of a senseless universe—for Good. It will take her deep into the past and far into a future she was never meant to see...but may be able to re-shape.The exhilarating conclusion of the brilliant, Eisner-nominated series!
Air and Darkness (The Books of the Elements)
by David DrakeAir and Darkness, an intriguing and fantastic adventure, is both an independent novel and the gripping conclusion of the Books of the Elements, a four-volume set of fantasies set in Carce, an analog of ancient Rome by David Drake.Here the stakes are raised from the previous novels in an ultimate conflict between the forces of logic and reason and the forces of magic and the supernatural. During the extraordinary time in which this story is set, the supernatural is dominant. The story is an immensely complex journey of adventure through real and magical places. Corylus, a soldier, emerges as one of the most compelling heroic figures in contemporary fantasy. Battling magicians, spirits, gods, and forces from supernatural realities, Corylus and his companions from the family of the nobleman Saxa-especially Saxa's impressive wife Hedia, and his friend (and Saxa's son) Varus-must face constant deadly and soul-destroying dangers, climaxing in a final battle not between good and evil but in defense of logic and reality.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Air and Earth (Elemental Harmony #1)
by Rowan McallisterElemental Harmony: Book OneWhen absent-minded video game developer Jay Thurson impulsively follows his intuition westward, he never expects his rideshare to turn out to be a gun-toting madman. In an act of desperation, Jay turns to the gift he's long neglected and feared for help and leaps from the moving car on a dark and deserted back country road. Running for his life leads him to the doorstep of Adam Grauwacke, a roadside nursery owner and sometime vegetable farmer, whose affinity for the earth goes far beyond having a green thumb. Adam's world is ordered and predictable, dependable and safe, but despite having his dream farm and business, he's always felt something's missing. When he welcomes Jay into his home, life seems to click for both men, and together they explore their gifts and their attraction. But harmony has no value if it is easily won, and a crazed gunman and volatile ex might be their end if Jay and Adam can't learn to trust the strength of their bond.
Air's Appearance: Literary Atmosphere in British Fiction, 1660–1794
by Jayne Elizabeth LewisIn Air’s Appearance, Jayne Elizabeth Lewis enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. She shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Air’s Appearance links the emergence of literary atmosphere to changing ideas about air and the earth’s atmosphere in natural philosophy, as well as to the era’s theories of the supernatural and fascination with social manners—or, as they are now known, “airs.” Lewis thus offers a striking new interpretation of several standard features of the Enlightenment—the scientific revolution, the decline of magic, character-based sociability, and the rise of the novel—that considers them in terms of the romance of air that permeates and connects them. As it explores key episodes in the history of natural philosophy and in major literary works like Paradise Lost, “The Rape of the Lock,” Robinson Crusoe, and The Mysteries of Udolpho, this book promises to change the atmosphere of eighteenth-century studies and the history of the novel.
Air: 'a Stunning Read For Summer' (Blue Ser. #2)
by Lisa GlassLast year, one amazing summer was enough to turn Iris's world upside down. She met the boy of her dreams, the super talented Zeke, and the two of them set off on a pro-surfing adventure around the globe.Now, one week in Miami could be enough to tear her life apart.When Iris and Zeke take a break from competitions to relax on South Beach, Iris feels more than just the draw of the surf pulling Zeke away from her. Something's not right, and soon Iris will have to decide if she and Zeke are really the best thing for each other after all.Air is the thrilling follow-up to Blue; a gorgeous story of sun, sea and first love.
Air: A Novel
by Geoff RymanA near future technology brings connection and chaos to a remote Central Asian village in this Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning sci-fi novel.The remote farming villages of Karzistan have changed little over the centuries. But as a new communications technology sweeps the globe, even places without computers or powerlines will be connected. This technology—a network that channels directly into the mind—is called Air.Chung Mae is her village’s resident fashion expert, bringing an uncommon knowledge of the wider world to her insular community. When an initial test of Air goes catastrophically wrong, Mae—and her brain—will never be the same.As the government announces another Air test, Mae must prepare the others for the profound changes to come. Caught between suspicious officials, wary villagers, and the voices in her head, Mae discovers the true cost of joining the future.
Air: A Novel
by Monica RoeAn action-packed, empowering middle grade novel about a girl who has to speak up when her wheelchair motocross dreams get turned upside down.Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX, when a mishap on a poorly designed ramp at school throws her plans into a tailspin. Instead of replacing the ramp, her school provides her with a kind but unwelcome aide—and, seeing a golden media opportunity, launches a public fundraiser for her new wheels. Emmie loves her close-knit rural town, but she can’t shake the feeling that her goals—and her choices—suddenly aren’t hers anymore. With the help of her best friends, Emmie makes a plan to get her dreams off the ground—and show her community what she wants, what she has to give, and how ready she is to do it on her own terms.Air is a smart, energetic middle grade debut from Monica Roe about thinking big, working hard, and taking flight.
Airball
by L. D. HarkraderKirby Nickel loves basketball. The only problem is he can't play basketball. But when an opportunity to meet NBA star Brett McGrew comes up, Kirby knows he has to take a chance and try out for the basketball team. Getting on the team turns out to be easy--the rest of the boys are as supremely untalented as Kirby--but winning in order to be eligible to meet McGrew is a whole different problem. Different and embarrassing. The coach's radical new plan for success involves the boys playing in their underwear. But if this crazy idea works, Kirby will get to meet his hero--who he secretly also hopes is his long-lost father.
Airborn
by Kenneth OppelSailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . .Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.