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Cultural Exchange and two more stories (Classics To Go)
by Keith LaumerThis is a great collection of action short stories by Keith Laumer from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Cultural Exchange", "The King Of The City", and "The Night Of The Trolls".
Cultural Legal Studies of Science Fiction (TechNomos)
by Edited by Alex Green, Mitchell Travis and Kieran TranterThis book presents and engages the world-building capacity of legal theory through cultural legal studies of science and speculative fictions.In these studies, the contributors take seriously the legal world building of science and speculative fiction to reveal, animate and critique legal wisdom: juris-prudence. Following a common approach in cultural legal studies, the contributors engage directly, and in detail, with specific cultural ‘texts’, novels, television, films and video games in order to explore a range of possible legal futures. The book is organized in three parts: first, the contextualisation of science and speculative fiction as jurisprudence; second, the temporality of law and legal theory and third, the analysis of specific science and speculative fictions. Throughout, the contributors reveal the way in which law as nomos builds normative universes through the narration of a future.This book will appeal to scholars and students with interests in legal theory, cultural legal studies, law and the humanities and law and literature.
Cultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear
by Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez Pilar Alderete-DiezCultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear is the first book-length analysis of topics, such as death, fear and biopolitics in J.K. Rowling’s work from controversial and interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection brings together recent theoretical and applied cultural studies and focuses on three key areas of inquiry: (1) wizarding biopolitics and intersected discourses; (2) anxiety, death, resilience and trauma; and (3) the politics of fear and postmodern transformations. As such, this book: provides a comprehensive overview of national and gender discourses, as well as the transiting bodies in-between, in relation to the Harry Potter books series and related multimedia franchise; situates the transformative power of death within the fandom, transmedia and film depictions of the Potterverse and critically deconstructs the processes of subjectivation and legitimation of death and fear; examines the strategies and mechanisms through which cultural and political processes are managed, as well as reminding us how fiction and reality intersect at junctions, such as terrorism, homonationalism, materialism, capitalism, posthumanism and technology. Exploring precisely what is cultural about wizarding politics, and what is political about culture, this book is key reading for students of contemporary literature, media and culture, as well as anyone with an interest in the fictional universe and wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Cuore di Cristallo
by Juliane SeidelPotrebbero essere le vacanze perfette... Lynn, Marie e Lia progettano di trascorrere il tempo a prendere il sole e a nuotare sulle rive del lago Stechlin. Se solo gli incubi di Lynn la lasciassero in pace... Ogni notte sogna misteriosi bambini fantasma che chiedono aiuto e la mettono in guardia dai pericoli delle acque del lago. Quando un mostruoso cavallo appare sulla spiaggia, le amiche di Lynn scompaiono senza lasciare traccia. I suoi incubi sembrano avverarsi... Come se non bastasse la misteriosa Daja compare di punto in bianco per proteggerla dal mostro del lago, e la sua presenza inizia a turbarla sempre più. Mentre si getta alla ricerca di un Cuore di cristallo blu e mette a rischio la sua vita per salvare le amiche, Lynn deve fare i conti con un antico segreto, legato al passato della sua famiglia... "Cuore di Cristallo" è un urban fantasy per adolescenti, pieno di segreti, oscure leggende e un pizzico di romanticismo queer - per lettori 12+
Cupid Cats (Dark Ones series)
by Vicki Lewis Thompson Connie Brockway Katie MacalisterFrom New York Times bestselling authors Katie Macalister, Vicki Lewis Thompson and National bestselling author Connie Brockway: Stories full of magic, love-and cats. This one-of-a-kind-all-original anthology features stories by three bestselling superstar authors starring the mysterious, mischievous, and magical matchmaking felines of the Cupid Cats Animal Shelter, who assist their owners in finding romance and true love.
Cupid's Ax
by K. A. MastersA traumatic event in his childhood keeps Tuxtax from being able to shift into his were-griffin form. Ashamed of his looks and terrified of rejection, he spends his life in seclusion, with his sister Eleuthereia and centaur friend Rixa as his only connections to the outside world. Even though Tuxtax yearns to be with the elfin soulmate he had met before the accident, the vanth’s insecurity and self-doubt keep him from reaching out.But now Rixa needs his help. Tuxtax joins his friend on a desperate rescue mission to save the centaur’s pregnant soulmate, hoping that the quest will give him a chance to overcome his insecurities and prove himself. Their rescue mission leads him back into the land of the elves, where Tuxtax must confront his past and the fears that are holding him back.The further Tuxtax travels, the louder he hears his soulmate’s call. Can Tuxtax find the courage he needs to return to his soulmate and reclaim the man of his dreams?
Cupid's Light
by Tami Lund"You're a Cupid? Like toddlers with wings who go around shooting people with bows and arrows?""Not quite. We don't actually take on assignments until we're adults. And most of us have lousy aim, so we gave up the bow and arrow bit a long time ago."Meet Adora Adone, a hapless Cupid with a lousy track record. She's been given one last chance: find shifter Matt Tigre a mate or lose her wings. Should be easy enough. Shifters are some of the easiest species to mate with one another.Except Matt doesn't want a mate. He's been burned in the past, and he's not interested in a future with another shifter. Now the Cupid, on the other hand... When she said she was there to find him a mate, she should have been more specific.Get ready to fall in love with Cupid's Light, the fifth installment in the Lightbearer series by Tami Lund.
Cupid's Match
by Lauren PalphreymanHe's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . ."Miss Black, we have a big problem.”Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down.It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her.Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . .Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.
Cura Sanguínea (Trilogia Cura Sanguínea #1)
by Eileen SheehanHaven deve encontrar uma maneira de distribuir uma cura para o vírus liberado pelos vampiros que tomaram conta do país. Vampiros tomaram conta do país sob o disfarce de uma Nova Ordem! Para aumentar o dilema, eles lançaram um vírus que transforma humanos para que seu sangue seja mais benéfico para o vampiro. Em meio ao mal está Haven. Treinada em herbologia e ingênua ao ponto da maldade da Nova Ordem, ela se esconde para criar uma cura para o vírus. Não percebendo que a Nova Ordem é dirigida por vampiros, ela vai para o leste para a fazenda de seu tio na esperança de que ele a ajude a distribuir a cura. Surpresas, perigos, perdas e amor rapidamente alteram sua visão ingênua da vida. Uma mulher forte e determinada surge e a guerra com os vampiros começa.
Curandera
by Irenosen Okojie"I loved it. Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive." Joanne Harris"Curandera is the mesmerising by-product of Okojie's extraordinary imagination and writing that is mindbogglingly glorious." Yvvette EdwardsIn the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a series of strange events that will leave the town's inhabitants changed: men sporadically blind in the afternoons, children disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women pregnant with the memories of past births.In present-day London, a quartet are brought together by their fascination with ritual, miracles and a life beyond the mundane. Botanist Therese lives with Azacca, a soulful Haitian musician, Peruvian drifter Emilien, who is haunted by the past, and adventurous Finn, who is increasingly drawn to living life on the edge.With the past and present beginning to blur into one, Curandera is a story of rebirth and redemption, a mythic tale of recalibrations across time.Praise for Irenosen Okojie's previous books:"Dazzling . . . a feast for the senses." Diana Evans "One of the finest literary imaginations working today." Max Porter "A liberatingly odd, seductive and fearless talent." Laline Paull "Okojie has a sharp eye . . . and a turn of phrase that switches from elegance to brutality in a single line." Stella Duffy
Curandera: A Novel
by Irenosen OkojieSet between seventeenth-century Cape Verde and contemporary London, CURANDERA is a kaleidoscopic story of rebirth and redemption, and a mythic tale of metamorphic recalibrations across timeIn Gethsemane, Cape Verde, the appearance of a mysterious new arrival, Zulmira, coincides with a series of strange events. Zulmira is a shamanic disciple of Oni, an omnipotent and loving yet vengeful deity.In contemporary London, botanist Therese lives with Haitian musician Azacca, Peruvian drifter Emilien, and daring Finn. These four kindred spirits, bound together by their shared descent from Oni, travel to another realm to complete a secret, sacred task at Oni&’s behest. But a disruptive object returns with them from the other plane: a bleeding ribcage, flowering with intoxicating fruit.As Zulmira grows close to a fisherman, Domingos, and his wife and daughter, the increasingly disturbing occurrences in Gethsemane disrupt forms, time, and place. In London, Therese and her housemates, growing ever more powerful on the otherworldly fruit, discover the disturbing costs of their service to Oni. As the stage is set for the collision of two dimensions, the esoteric workings of shamanism intersect with powerful forces of friendship, love, and jealousy.
Curdy y el Cetro de Carlomagno
by Artur BalderHexmade, la montaña màgica, corre peligro. En la última y desesperada oportunidad, sólo si recupera el misterioso Cáliz Sangrante, podrá detener las fuerzas de los lores tenebrosos. Pero eso no será tan sencillo: deberá profanar la tumba del mismísimo Carlomagno y hacerse con su cetro, un amuleto que confiere a quien lo tenga poderes ilimitados...Para ello contará con la ayuda de un incómodo ayudante que no le dejará tranquilo ni un solo minuto. Mientras, en Hexmade, los amigos de Curdy, liderados por Ilke Lewander, ven cómo Luitpirc, el gran maestro, ha caído en una especie de letargo y ha confiado todo el poder al enigmático Plumbeus y a su ayudante, sir Adelbrandt, un renegado con un perturbador pasado...
Curdy y el vampiro de Gothland (Curdy #Volumen 2)
by Artur BalderUna nueva aventura de Curdy. La Montaña Gótica está en ruinas. Ahora el mundo de Gothland se extiende sin control hacia el horizonte. Ylke Lewander ya es una mujer. Tiene que elegir entre la salvación de su hermana, presa de la maldición del sueño, o un amor imposible. Mientras tanto, ha llegado la hora decisiva para el Consejo de Inglaterra, y Aurnor lanza el ataque definitivo... La Ciudad del Crepúsculo va a ser azotada por un mortal duelo entre el Bufón Asesino y el Vampiro de Gothland. La locura y el terror se van a ver las caras en la frontera de la magia.
Curdy y la cámara de los Lores (Curdy #Volumen 1)
by Artur BalderEn la Inglaterra del año 1099, un joven aprendiz, Idruk Maiflower, espera impaciente para convertirse en uno de los iniciados de la Hermandad de Alquimistas de Wilton. Avisado por caballeros templarios, Luitpirc, su maestro, se ve obligado a viajar con él a Londres para investigar un terrible suceso: un fraile ha sido asesinado en la abadía de Westminster, rodeado de extraños signos diabólicos que parecen ocultar un espantoso misterio. Un crimen imperdonable. Un arma de increíble poder. Un secreto que la inquisición y los templarios codician desde hace siglos. Un secreto que puede cambiar el rumbo de la historia.
Cure for Wereduck (The Wereduck Series #2)
by Dave AtkinsonAn old family recipe could save a 13-year-old wereduck and her family from danger in this action-packed, paranormal fantasy sequel. Kate is an odd duck—literally. When the full moon arrives, the rest of her family turns into wolves, but she is a happy wereduck. Relatively happy, that is. Her family has been uprooted from the wilds of New Brunswick to a placid farming community in Ontario, thanks to a fellow werewolf, Marcus, selling them out to sleazy tabloid journalist Dirk Bragg. When Kate discovers her great-great-grandmother&’s recipe &“A Cure for Werewolf,&” she can&’t help but wonder, is it really possible? Could she one day resist the call of the moon? Could she be free from the constant threat of exposure? When Marcus&’s abandoned werewolf son, John, books a desperate train journey back to New Brunswick at the full moon, the ancient recipe and its arcane ingredients are put to the test. Will Dirk Bragg finally corner Kate and John in their wereforms and expose them to the world, or will the &“Cure for Werewolf&” keep them safe? A rare sequel that is as full of action and revelations as its predecessor, A Cure for Wereduck is imaginative, exciting, and peppered with delightful humor.&“As silly and fun as it is believable: you&’ll be checking your friends for feathers at every full moon. . . . With cliffhanging scenes in all the right places, I cannot wait for book three!&” —Meghan Marentette, author of The Stowaways&“[A] fast-paced fun read . . . Mixes a generous portion of action and adventure with plenty of humor.&” —Riel Nason, author of The Town That Drowned
Cured (Stung #2)
by Bethany WigginsNow that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders. Luckily, they find a new ally in Kevin, who saves them and leads them to safety in his underground shelter. But the more they get to know Kevin, the more they suspect he has ties to the raiders. He also seems to know too many details about Jacqui and her family--details that could endanger them all. For the raiders will do anything they can to destroy the cure that would bring an end to their way of life. Bethany Wiggins's reimagining of our world after an environmental catastrophe won't fail to stun readers.
Curfew
by Jayne CowieThink The Handmaid's Tale but with the women in charge, set in a world where all men are electronically tagged and placed under strict curfew, and the murder investigation threatening to undo it all.Imagine a near-future Britain in which women dominate workplaces, public spaces, and government. Where the gender pay gap no longer exists and motherhood opens doors instead of closing them. Where women are no longer afraid to walk home alone, to cross a dark parking lot, or to catch the last train. Where all men are electronically tagged and not allowed out after 7 p.m. But the curfew hasn&’t made life easy for all women. Sarah is a single mother who happily rebuilt her life after her husband, Greg, was sent to prison for breaking curfew. Now he&’s about to be released, and Sarah isn&’t expecting a happy reunion, given that she&’s the reason he was sent there. Her teenage daughter, Cass, hates living in a world that restricts boys like her best friend, Billy. Billy would never hurt anyone, and she&’s determined to prove it. Somehow. Helen is a teacher at the local school. Secretly desperate for a baby, she&’s applied for a cohab certificate with her boyfriend, Tom, and is terrified that they won&’t get it. The last thing she wants is to have a baby on her own. These women don&’t know it yet, but one of them is about to be violently murdered. Evidence will suggest that she died late at night and that she knew her attacker. It couldn&’t have been a man because a CURFEW tag is a solid alibi. Isn&’t it?
Curio: The Prequel To Curio
by Evangeline DenmarkCurio, written by Evangeline Denmark, is the story of Grey Haward’s struggles to keep her friends and family safe from their totalitarian government while she’s at home, and from afar. After her friend Whit is taken by a patrol for breaking curfew, Grey is willing to give him her ration of the potion that allows citizens to digest their food, believing she is like her grandfather and father, who don’t need the potion. After being accused of ration dealing, Grey is on the run and becomes trapped in Curio City with the upper-class "Porcies" and ragged, lower-class clockwork people. She is befriended by another trapped human, Blaise, and they must escape together, or the porcelain Lord Blueboy will try to take her power of being unbreakable by force. Grey needs to return to her own world before her friends and family lose their lives.
Curioddity: A Novel
by Paul JenkinsWill Morgan is a creature of habit—a low-budget insurance detective who walks to and from work with the flow of one-way traffic, and for whom imagination is a thing of the distant past. When a job opportunity enters the frame in the form of the mysterious Mr. Dinsdale—curator of the ever so slightly less-than-impressive Curioddity Museum—Will reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing box of levity (the opposite of gravity). What he soon learns, however, is that there is another world out there—a world of magic we can only see by learning to un-look at things—and in this world there are people who want to close the Curioddity museum down. With the help of his eccentric new girlfriend Lucy, Will will do everything he can to deliver on his promise to help Mr. Dinsdale keep the Curioddity Museum in business.Curioddity is Paul Jenkins’ debut novel... exciting, fast-paced, and uncanny. A must-read.
Curiosity House: The Fearsome Firebird (Curiosity House Ser. #3)
by Lauren Oliver H C ChesterIn this third book in the exceptional Curiosity House mystery series by bestselling author Lauren Oliver and mysterious recluse H. C. Chester, four children must uncover the evil Nicholas Rattigan's newest dastardly scheme, wage war with a rival freak show, and deal with a spy who may have infiltrated their happy home.Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from Rattigan. But the children's lives don't stay quiet for long.A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when Professor Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum's now immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime-a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan.
Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue (Book Two)
by Lauren Oliver H C ChesterFour extraordinary children must avenge their friend's death, try to save their home, and unravel the secrets of their past . . . before their past unravels them.Pippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max are happy to be out of harm's way now that the notorious villain Nicholas Rattigan is halfway across the country in Chicago. But unfortunately their home, Dumfreys's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, is in danger of closing its doors forever.But their troubles only get worse. The four friends are shocked when their beloved friend, famous sculptor Siegfried Eckleberger, is murdered. As they investigate, they find clues that his death may be tied to the murder of a rich and powerful New York heiress, as well as to their own pasts.
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (Curiosity House Ser. #Bk. 1)
by Lauren Oliver H C ChesterThe book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head.Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist, Sam is the world's strongest boy, and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The children live happily with museum owner Mr. Dumfrey, alongside other misfits. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins the group, it sets off an unforgettable chain of events.When the museum's Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, the four are determined to get it back. But their search leads them to a series of murders and an explosive secret about their pasts.
Curious George and the Rocket (Curious George Ser.)
by Margret ReyGeorge takes a giant leap for monkeykind when he gets suited up and blasts off into space in this out-of-this-world interplanetary adventure.This lively story captures George’s adventure of becoming the first space monkey from the classic Curious George Gets a Medal.Praise for the Curious George books“What distinguishes the George stories is where the trouble is—almost never in a person, never in humanity. George lives in a super benign world, even if it is often strange and unfamiliar to him. This is different than living in a world that is familiar but crowded with evil or indifference . . . George is at once an impossible monkey, a fantasy, and also, simply, one of us.” —The New Yorker“Curious George certainly deserves a spot on the shelf, and these engaging stories will provide a good exercise in imagination and creativity.” —The Horn Book
Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic, Book #2)
by Harry TurtledoveFollowing on last year's Gunpowder Empire, a new novel of "Crosstime Traffic"- In the San Francisco of a parallel-world in the twenty-first century in which the Kaiser's Germany won World War I and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father, Lawrence, are secret agents from our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a storefront shop called Curious Notions, selling what in our world is routine consumer technology-record players, radios, cassette decks-all of which is better than anything in this world, but only by a bit. Their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. Just as important, they must guard the secret of Crosstime Traffic-for of the millions of parallel timelines, this is one of the few advanced enough to use that secret against us. Now, however, the German occupation police are harassing them. The police want to know where they're getting their mysterious goods. Under pressure, Paul and Lawrence hint that their supplies come from San Francisco's Chinese ... setting in motion a chain of intrigues that will put the entire enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at deadly risk.
Curious Notions: A Novel Of Crosstime Traffic (Crosstime Traffic Ser. #2)
by Harry TurtledoveIn a parallel-world 21st-century San Francisco where the Kaiser's Germany won World War One and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father Lawrence are secret agents for our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a storefront shop called Curious Notions, selling what is in our world routine consumer technology - record players, radios, cassette decks - all of which is better than anything in this world, but only by a bit. Their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. Just as importantly, they must guard the secret of Crosstime Traffic - for of the millions of parallel timelines, this is one of the few advanced enough to use that secret against us.Now, however, the German occupation police are harassing them. They want to know where the Gomeses are getting their mysterious goods. Under pressure, Paul and Lawrence hint that their supplies come from San Francisco's Chinese...setting in motion a chain of intrigues that will put the entire enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at deadly risk.