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Amari and the Great Game: Amari And The Night Brothers, Amari And The Great Game (Supernatural Investigations #2)
by B. B. AlstonSequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy—perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. <p><p>After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.But between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magician-kind as its new leader, she declines. She’s got enough to worry about! <p><P>But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magician-kind. <p><p>The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope—so how can Amari refuse? <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Amari and the Night Brothers: Amari And The Night Brothers, Amari And The Great Game (Supernatural Investigations #1)
by B. B. AlstonArtemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. <P><P> Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet, containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton—if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real. <P><P>Now she must compete for a spot against kids who’ve known about magic their whole lives. No matter how hard she tries, Amari can’t seem to escape their intense doubt and scrutiny—especially once her supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed “illegal.” With an evil magician threatening the supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she’s an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn’t stick it out and pass the tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton. <P><P> <b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Amari y los hermanos de la noche
by B. B. AlstonAmari sabe tres cosas: Su hermano Quinton ha desaparecido.Nadie quiere hablar sobre el asunto.Una misteriosa invitación es su única pista. La invitación es para una prueba en la Agencia de Investigadores Sobrenaturales y es una oportunidad para descubrir qué le pasó a Quinton. Pero ¿cómo se las arreglará en un mundo donde las sirenas, los alienígenas y la magia son reales? ¡Y con una compañera de habitación que es un niña dragón! Rodeada de peligros, entre ellos un mago que amenaza con destruir a todas las criaturas sobrenaturales, Amari deberá confiar más que nunca en sus amigos y demostrar, de una vez por todas, su verdadero valor.
Amarillo by Morning
by Bethany CampbellSHOW TIME -- TEXAS STYLE! Crystal Creek. . . where power and influence live in the land, and in the hands of one family determined to nourish old Texas fortunes and to forge new Texas futures. EVERYBODY LOVES A COWBOY And Cal McKinney is one of the best. Rodeo is in his blood and the fringe benefits aren't bad either--beautiful women seem to fall at his feet. But designer Serena Davis is different--her proposition is strictly business. She wants him to endorse her hand-tooled boots. But she has no intentions becoming another notch on his belt.
Amarillo inoxidable
by Nacho Delgado WickeDe la fortuna poco saqué; de los infortunios, demasiado. Amarillo inoxidable reúne 110 micropoemas, aforismos y greguerías, los cuales -pese a su breve esqueleto- tratan de abrir brecha en el asfalto humano.
Amarillo y Violeta
by Valeria Lagos Terrizzano Nancy FreundLa entrada a la madurez de una mujer adulta. Madre, melliza y sintésteta, cuyos sentidos se cruzan y mezclan, Carolann es una americana que vive en Inglaterra y debe poner urgentemente en orden los secretos de su familia. Amarillo y violeta es una fascinante historia, llena de matices, sobre una mujer extraordinaria y su peculiar hijo adolescente, y cómo enfrentan sus respectivas llegadas a la mayoría de edad. Es también la historia de la maduración de esta familia, una familia americana que se encuentra expatriada en Inglaterra, porque también las familias se desarrollan y maduran. Carolann Cooper es sinésteta: sus particulares sentidos le permiten ver en color las letras y números, pero también tiñen sus turbulentos recuerdos. Su familia acaba de irse de Kansas a Londres, y esta mudanza remueve su compleja historia, a la vez que deja expuesto aquello que ha ocultado junto a su marido -y lo que le ha ocultado a él- mientras su hijo explora la nueva pero riesgosa libertad que da vivir en otro país. Carolann debe descubrir urgentemente quién es en realidad, para reconciliar su pasado personal con el futuro de su familia. Amarillo y violeta es una opera prima llena de color que retrata el encuentro de dos culturas, obra de un nuevo talento en el ámbito de la ficción contemporánea.
Amaryllis
by Craig Crist-Evans"This is a powerful tale of family, forgiveness, and acceptance of what life throws in our paths- but ultimately, with its almost painful realism, this is the finest depiction of war we've yet seen for young readers." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review) AMARYLLIS. It was the name of the ship that ran aground on Singer Island, Florida, during a hurricane in 1965. It became a battle cry for Jimmy Staples and his older brother, Frank, and a code word for going surfing together. But now that eighteen-year-old Frank is off battling the enemy (and his own addictive demons) in Vietnam and fifteen-year-old Jimmy is left to deal with the repercussions at home, "Amaryllis" takes on an ominous new meaning - a symbol of what happens when life places the unexpected in our paths. Craig Crist-Evans has written a wrenching novel of a family whose internal battles chase one son away - into the clutches of a war and an enemy he could never have imagined. Told both from a soldier's view and by the brother he leaves behind, Amaryllis is an ideal choice for students learning about the Vietnam era, or for any reader curious about the reality of war.
Amaryllis
by Nikita Lynnette NicholsShe's back! The feisty, hot to trot, and unsaved Amaryllis Price has returned and continues to wreak havoc on the lives of those around her. After witnessing Randall Loomis drive off into the sunset with his new wife and family, Amaryllis starts a new chapter. She moves to Las Vegas to live with her sister, Attorney at Law Michelle Denise Price. Michelle is engaged to Minister James Bradley, and it doesn't take long for Amaryllis to set a new goal. Envying the attention and affection James showers on her sister, Amaryllis puts a plan in motion to destroy Michelle's fairy tale relationship and claim James as her own.What Amaryllis doesn't know is that someone else has a plan. "Vengeance is mine," says the Lord. Stirring her pot of evil, Amaryllis cooks up a recipe for destruction; but this devilish diva is about to get a dose of her own medicine.
Amaryllis & Little Witch
by Pascal BrullemansIn these dark fairy tales, two girls face danger while grieving loved ones, and learn some hard truths about growing up along the way. Imaginative and curious, these fables illustrate adventures for children who have to make big choices. In Amaryllis, a preteen goes missing on her birthday. Amaryllis heads out with her sister Fey’s ashes, determined to scatter the remains and set Fey free. But when she discovers that Fey is stuck between life and death, she realizes she has to join Fey on a trek to the Land of the Dead. In Little Witch, a sickly mother and her daughter live in the deep, dark wood. One day, Big Witch finds an ogre caught in a trap. They make a deal: in return for saving him, the ogre agrees to take care of Little Witch once Big Witch has passed. Soon, the little girl finds herself in the ogre’s home, frightened and alone except for her pet cat. But when a Hunter Boy gets caught by the ogre, Little Witch must make a choice: save herself, save the boy, or choose another path . . .
Amaryllis (Ladies in Love #1)
by M.C. BeatonOnce Miss Amaryllis Duvane had been the reigning beauty of the London season, about to marry the man of her dreams and live and love happily ever after.Then her father died. Suddenly Amaryllis was penniless and alone, forced to survive on the charity of relatives who made her little more than a servant to their husband-hunting daughters.Now the lord that Amaryllis had once loved - the magnificently handsome Marquess of Merechester - had come to court one of these daughters. And the only thing Amaryllis feared more than his discovering the sad state to which she had descended, was her finding out that she still wanted him so much . . .
Amaryllis (The Ladies In Love Series #8)
by M. C. BeatonWhen London’s reigning beauty suddenly loses everything, she must pine in secret for the Marquess she loves in the beloved author’s Regency Romance.Amaryllis Duvane is the belle of the London Season: a Diamond of the First Water, desired by every man and envied by every woman. Even better, she’s about to marry the devastatingly handsome Marquess of Merechester. But when her father dies, Amaryllis loses more than a parent. She loses her fortune, her standing among the ton . . . and her happily ever after.Forced to depend on the generosity of rich relations, Amaryllis must work as a servant to her own socially ambitious cousins. When her ex-fiancé starts courting one of her relatives, she can’t bear the thought of him seeing what’s become of her—or how much she still desires him.Amaryllis was originally published as The Poor Relation.
Amaryllis in Blueberry
by Christina MeldrumA novel about an American woman accused of killing her husband in Africa told through the perspectives of her four teenaged daughters.
Amaryllis: Futuristic World of St. Helen's #1) (Large Print Ser. #1)
by Jayne CastleAcclaimed for her novels of &“delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense&” (Booklist), the wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes off on a star-dusted excursion to a rich civilization where danger and passion are just a heartbeat away.Amaryllis Lark is one of the best psychic detectives on St. Helen&’s, the Earth colony recently cut off from the mother planet—and a place where love defies the most incredible odds. Lucas Trent, the rugged head of Lodestar Exploration, isn&’t attracted to prim and proper women and takes no interest in Amaryllis, with her crisp business suit and her aloof evaluation of his request to bust a corporate thief. But when a bold hunch leads them from a wild murder investigation to an electrifyingly red-hot love affair, no power on heaven, Earth, or St. Helen&’s can keep them apart.
Amarás a un extraño
by Kathleen WoodiwissAmarás a un extraño es una novela de pasiones encendidas y obsesiones inconfesables, magníficamente ambientada en el siglo XIX en una mansión sureña de Estados Unidos. Para el apuesto Asthon aquella mujer milagrosamente reencontrada era su adorada Lieren, la esposa perdida en un accidente de navegación, la mujer que le había enseñado el arrebato del amor verdadero en una breve luna de miel cruelmente interrumpida. Sin embargo, para otro hombre, aquella mujer era Lenore, la esposa que él había arrastrado a través de una pesadilla de oscuras pasiones y muerte. ¿Quién era en realidad aquella mujer subyugante que, confundida y temerosa, no recordaba su propia identidad y mucho menos la de los dos hombres que se la disputaban en calidad de maridos?...
Amarás la noche (Gigoló #Volumen 1)
by Chris Razo¿Qué estarías dispuesto a hacer por amor? Un amor valiente, lleno de dificultades... Un amor de verdad. Carol y Sergio han decidido separar sus caminos, pero no todo está dicho entre ellos. Sergio está enamorado de Carol, pero el precio para estar con ella es demasiado alto. Tiene una responsabilidad tan grande que no le permite ser feliz. Sin embargo... «No quiero que nadie te toque». Ese es el pensamiento de él cada día. Carol sabe que quiere recuperarlo y tienen el plan perfecto para conseguirlo. Hará que su vida dé un giro y que todo en lo que siempre había creído comience a convertirse en duda# hasta que se dé cuenta de que todo lo que ha vivido es tan solo una mentira. No te pierdas el desenlace de esta fascinante historia. Amarás la noche para siempre.
Amateur Barbarians
by Robert CohenTeddy Hastings is more of a doer than a thinker, a man who measures his life by what he has built: a successful career as a middle school principal, a solid marriage, two lovely if distant daughters. But once he hits fifty, in the shadow of his younger brother's death and a health scare of his own, Teddy feels the gravitational pull of his mortality and realizes he is no longer quite so in the middle, no longer building a life but maintaining one. He yearns for delivery and transcendence, for a hint of the sublime, and is determined to find it. What he gets instead is the "intrusion of the irrational in his affairs." Oren Pierce, a perpetual grad student who has "made a mark, or left a smudge anyway" all over the place, has had more than enough transcendence in his life. Neither the extraordinary existence for which he assumed he was destined nor the woman with whom he assumed he would share it has materialized. In their absence he flounders in the possible, wondering what it will take to anchor himself to the supremely ordinary existence he both longs for and abhors. The intersecting and diverging paths of these two men take them from the grids of New York City to the domesticated gardens of New England to the wildest, most unstructured landscapes of all -- the bedroom, the classroom, the darkroom, and the far reaches of East Africa, where Teddy at last finds something akin to what he seeks. Amateur Barbarians showcases a writer at the peak of his powers, laying bare the evasions and unrealities of the familiar, the odd recognition with which we view the remote, plumbing the depths of the unlived life with uncanny wit and perception, revealing yet again why Robert Cohen was touted by The New York Times Book Review as the "heir to Saul Bellow and Philip Roth."
Amateur Night
by K. K. BeckIt's been a long time since she solved her first "hopeless case" and Jane da Silva is running out of money. Her Uncle Harold's bizarre will provides her with a handsome income if she successfully runs his Foundation for Righting Wrongs and pleases its crusty old board of directors. Through Calvin Mason, the young attorney who befriends her, she finds a new ¿hopeless case. A real hopeless case. Kevin Shea is a teenage drug addict convicted of holding up a pharmacy and killing the druggist's wife. Kevin is such a low-life even his mother is convinced he's guilty and glad he's behind bars. Now it appears there was a witness to the murders, a young woman whose prescription was being filled at the time of the murder. The witness might be able to prove that Kevin is innocent of the murder. Jane learns that four women with the same name all live in remote areas of Vancouver Island, one of them the missing witness. There's someone else who wants to find the missing witness too, someone who isn't afraid to turn to murder when Jane gets too close for comfort. Jane's breath-taking and dangerous romp through the northern wilderness leads her to the Tip Top Club, a stripper bar, where she faces down the clever killer¿and wraps up a satisfactory hopeless case, proving that everyone deserves justice.
Amateur in Chancery
by George O. SmithThe creature from Venus didn't know right from left--and life and death hung in the balance!
Amateurs: A Novel
by Dylan HicksPraise for Dylan Hicks:"Hicks is a terrific writer who can craft a simile with the best of them."-Kirkus Reviews"The joy in Hicks' debut arises less from plot than from the writing itself: nuanced, ingenious, perceptive, funny."-The Star Tribune"Do yourself a favor and read this smart, tender book. The characters will haunt you with their longing, and inspire you with their sweet, caustic wit."-Sam LipsyteArcher is a semi-celebrated novelist and sex-toy heir. His best friend, John, is as earnest as Archer is feckless. John's girlfriend, Sara, envies Archer's writing career. And Sara's roommate, Lucas, wishes he'd never lost his girlfriend to the man. Money, friendship, and resentment unspool in the conversations we have as we're coming of age and coming to grips.Dylan Hicks is a writer and musician. His first novel, Boarded Windows, was published in 2012, along with a companion album of original songs, Dylan Hicks Sings Bolling Greene. His journalism has appeared in the Village Voice, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Star Tribune, and elsewhere. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Nina Hale, and their son, Jackson.
Amati, amami
by Shirin Klaus Erika CecchettoCristina deve comprare un vestito per il matrimonio di sua sorella, ma ha un problema: a causa del suo sovrappeso, odia l'abbigliamento e, soprattutto, i camerini dei negozi. Tuttavia, non può fare altro che continuare a provarsi vestiti... o no? Con la scusa di perdere qualche chilo, decide di liberarsi della tortura che per lei rappresenta lo shopping, senza immaginare che sua sorella la prenderà sul serio e la obbligherà a seguire una dieta e, orrore!, a fare sport. Ma come può una ragazza come lei, dalle ossa grandi, buongustaia e allergica allo sport, riuscire a dimagrire? Non ci crede nessuno... Nessuno tranne sua sorella e Sergio, l'ex di un'amica, che a sorpresa si offre di aiutarla a raggiungere il suo obiettivo. Per compassione, sicuramente, altrimenti perchè dovrebbe darle una mano una persona così... così... fuori dalla sua portata? Cristina dovrà imparare a volersi bene, anche se il cammino non sarà affatto facile.
Amatka
by Karin Tidbeck“I recommend that you lay your hands on a copy.” —Ann Leckie“An instant classic.” —Jeff VanderMeerA surreal debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin. Vanja, an information assistant, is sent from her home city of Essre to the austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for the government. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on: people act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion. Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja falls in love with her housemate, Nina, and prolongs her visit. But when she stumbles on evidence of a growing threat to the colony, and a cover-up by its administration, she embarks on an investigation that puts her at tremendous risk.In Karin Tidbeck’s world, everyone is suspect, no one is safe, and nothing—not even language, nor the very fabric of reality—can be taken for granted. Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by a captivating new voice.
Amaya's Anger: A Mindful Understanding of Strong Emotions (Growing Heart + Minds)
by Gabi GarciaAmaya feels angry. Tia helps her process her emotions.
Amazing
by Steve AntonyA joyful new picture book by the award-winning Steve Antony, creator of the bestselling Please Mr Panda.A little boy and his pet dragon are the very best of friends. They laugh, they sing, they dance, they snooze. They are both amazing - just like everyone else!A celebration of friendship and being yourself with a positive message about celebrating diversity. The perfect platform to start conversations about the importance of understanding and acceptance. Steve Antony is the winner of the Oscar's First Book Prize and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.