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Aquamarine: Aquamarine And Indigo
by Alice HoffmanA New York Times bestseller—now a major motion picture. A luminous tale of nostalgia and enchantment, for readers both young and old.Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart: a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her six sisters to search for love on land. Now, as this mythological yet very real being starts to fade in the burning August sun, a rescue is begun. On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire are discovering that life can take an unpredictable course, friendship is forever, and magic can be found in the most unexpected places.“This spare, haunting novella . . . is a lovely introduction to the author’s storytelling genius and matter-of-fact lyrical style.” —The New York Times Book Review“Hoffman creates an apt metaphor for that twilight time between childhood and adolescence when magic still seems possible and friendships run deep and true.” —Publishers Weekly“In this small, spacious book, Hoffman’s spare words reveal the magic and the gritty realism in daily life, ‘somewhere between laughter and a wave breaking.’” —Booklist“This book has some wonderful elements—there is some vivid imagery, especially when it comes to the setting, with its waves of heat and air of decay.” —School Library Journal
Aquamarine & Indigo (Two Novels, One Book)
by Alice HoffmanTwo luminous stories of friendship, magic, and the sea -- bound together in one beautiful volume -- by bestselling author Alice Hoffman.In Aquamarine, twelve-year-old best friends Hailey and Claire are enjoying their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There, among the seaweed and jellyfish that a summer storm washed in from the ocean, is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart -- a mermaid named Aquamarine.As her six sisters beckon to her to return to the sea, and Aquamarine begins to fade away in the burning August sun, she stubbornly refuses to leave the pool and persists in her search for love on dry land.On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire learn that life can take an unpredictable course, that friendship is forever, and that magic can be found in the most unexpected places.In Indigo, thirteen-year-old Martha Glimmer is convinced this is the worst time of her life. Her mother died, she grew seven inches, and she has to put up with a woman who plies Martha's lonely father with food and opinions about how thirteen-year-old girls should behave. Martha longs to leave Oak Grove and travel. Her best friend Trevor and his brother Eli also want to leave Oak Grove. Nicknamed Trout and Eel because of the thin webbing between their fingers and toes, they long to see the ocean. When the trio decide to run away to the ocean, trouble ensues.Bestselling author Alice Hoffman weaves together two enchanting tales of friendship and magic, finding home and the sea.
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
by Dan SantatDive in to this whimsically adventurous graphic novel from Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat!Ever since her father was lost at sea, Sophia has been moping around Aqualand, the marine theme park her dad and uncle created. But Sophia's world is turned upside down when an "aquanaut" breaks into the park's research lab.To her amazement, Sophia discovers that the aquanaut is not what it seems -- inside lives a band of four goofy sea creatures! And when they all realize that Aqualand has evolved into something much darker than Sophia's dad had envisioned, Sophia is determined to help the aquanaut crew free the park's captive marine life before it's too late.
Aquanauts: Book 6 (Robo-Runners #6)
by Damian HarveyMeet Crank and Al ... robots on the run.They arrive at the ancient city of Tarka, a flooded city behind a great wall. Hoping to discover Robotika, where robots can be free, instead they end up trapped between the mysterious underwater Aquanauts and the cruel Crodilus ...A refreshed cover look for this well-loved series, illustrated by the incomparable Mark Oliver. Read on with The Tin Man, Tunnel Racers, Razorbites, Powerball and The Ghost Sea.
Aquariums
by J.D. KurtnessAn intimate yet wide-sweeping story of a marine biologist working to save ocean ecosystems from climate change.With the world’s oceans ravaged by climate change, Émeraude, a young marine biologist, works to preserve aquatic ecosystems by recreating them for zoos. When her work earns her a spot aboard a research vessel with an extended mission in the Arctic, it is the inescapable draw of the ocean that will save her when the world she leaves behind is irrevocably changed.Stories of Émeraude’s ancestors — a young sailor abandoned at birth, a conjuror who mixes potions for her neighbours, a violent young man who hides in the woods to escape an even more violent war, and a talented young singer born to a mother who cannot speak — weave their way through her intimate reflections on a modest life, unknowingly shaped by those who came before.A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Aquarius
by Jan MarkViner lives in a land that constantly floods - his skill as a water diviner has lead to ridicule. But when he is kidnapped all this changes. His murderous captors force him to work for them in their drought-stricken country - and to challenge the Rain-King whose failure to provide the necessary rainfall is sorely trying all those around him. But instead of ridiculing the King, Viner befriends him - perhaps more ... Aquarius is a deeply humane story of power, manipulation, ambition, and burgeoning sexuality. Viner is a complex character - easy to like and despise in equal measure. His story will not easily be forgotten.
Aquarius
by Jan MarkViner lives in a land that constantly floods - his skill as a water diviner has led to ridicule. But when he is kidnapped all this changes. His murderous captors force him to work for them in their drought-stricken country - and to challenge the Rain-King whose failure to provide the necessary rainfall is sorely trying all those around him. But instead of ridiculing the King, Viner befriends him - perhaps more ... Aquarius is a deeply humane story of power, manipulation, ambition, and burgeoning sexuality. Viner is a complex character - easy to like and despise in equal measure. His story will not easily be forgotten.
Aquerón (Cazadores Oscuros #Volumen 15)
by Sherrilyn KenyonEl libro más deseado por los seguidores de Sherrilyn Kenyon: la novela sobre Aquerón, el líder de los Cazadores Oscuros. El acero más fuerte se forja en las llamas del infierno... Fue el primer Cazador Oscuro. Ahora es el líder indiscutible de todos ellos. No responde ante nadie y sus órdenes son acatadas al momento. Es poderoso, enigmático, inaccesible. Una leyenda entre las leyendas. Ha luchado por la supervivencia de la humanidad al tiempo que ocultaba celosamente sus orígenes y su tormentoso pasado. Esta es una historia que comenzó hace once mil años, cuando una diosa escondió a su primogénito entre los humanos. Esta es la historia de Aquerón. La crítica ha dicho...«Kenyon es la reina absoluta de las novelas de vampiros.»Publishers Weekly
Aquerón (Cazadores Oscuros #15)
by Sherrilyn KenyonEl acero más fuerte se forja en las llamas del infierno...Fue el primer Cazador Oscuro. Ahora es el líder indiscutible de todos ellos. No responde ante nadie y sus órdenes son acatadas al momento. Es poderoso, enigmático, inaccesible. Una leyenda entre las leyendas. Ha luchado por la supervivencia de la humanidad al tiempo que ocultaba celosamente sus orígenes y su tormentoso pasado.Esta es una historia que comenzó hace once mil años, cuando una diosa escondió a su primogénito entre los humanos. Esta es la historia de Aquerón.
Aquí, allá y en todas partes
by Avlon McCreadiePaul es un joven interesante e inusual. Él puede ver a la gente de adentro hacia afuera. Esto significa que primero ve la personalidad y luego las apariencias externas. Los ojos de Paul ven la luz que brilla en las personas buenas o las sombras que acechan en personas no tan buenas. Su círculo de amigos y su madre no son conscientes de esta habilidad que tiene. Pero él no está solo en esto. Él tiene un amigo invisible; Un amigo que dirige y guía sus pensamientos a medida que pasa por las experiencias de su vida. Paul también tiene un interés romántico. La chica de la que se está enamorando, solo podría enamorarse si viera gente de adentro hacia afuera. Ella es absolutamente hermosa, por dentro! Él sabe que no es como otras personas. Él sabe que siempre se siente fuera de lugar o que algo simplemente no está bien. El problema es que no puede identificar exactamente qué es realmente algo. La mayor carga y desafío en su vida es luchar con el hecho de que su madre no habla. Él sabe que ella puede hablar porque eso fue lo último que le dijo su padre antes de irse. Ella simplemente elige no hacerlo. Lo que Paul no sabe es que había otro niño; un hermano que murió antes de que él naciera. El hermano de su mejor amigo Johnny está en la cárcel por un crimen que no cometió. Y como si eso no fuera lo suficientemente malo, también ha logrado embarazar a su novia.
Aquí hay Grifos (Más allá del ciclo del viento del norte #1)
by Courtenay KasperAquí hay Grifos (Más allá del cliclo de los Vientos del Norte Libro 1) (2020) - Cuando Molybdenum McTavish, de 12 años, encuentra un huevo de grifo en el patio de remolques de su abuelo, se ve envuelta en una aventura vertiginosa que la lleva más allá del viento del norte y fuera de su propio mapa. Moly debe descubrir quién es y en quién puede confiar antes de que el último de los grifos sea brutalmente asesinado y la gente de Hyperborea se convierta en esclava. ¿Pueden una niña y su grifo tigre recién nacido derrotar a una horda de Arim tuerto antes de que sea demasiado tarde?
Aquila in the New World (The Aquiliad, Volume I)
by S. P. Somtow Somtow SucharitkulCould a Roman general survive an untamed America? Perhaps, with the aid of the wily Indian Aquila.
Aquorea - Inspira
by M.G. FerreyUma adolescente comum. Um guerreiro subaquático. Uma ligação mágica que eles não querem permitir... e a que nem querem resistir. No dia do funeral do avô, Arabela Rosialt afoga-se e, quando acorda, reencontra-o. A sua vida sofre uma reviravolta avassaladora ao descobrir que está em Aquorea: uma exótica e milenar comunidade que prosperou milhares de metros abaixo do nível do mar. Kai, um rapaz de inescrutáveis olhos azuis, com um comportamento enlouquecedor, umas vezes frio e sisudo, outras vezes arrebatador, atrai-a e repele-a em simultâneo. Deixando-a louca de raiva... e de desejo. Apesar das saudades infindáveis da sua família, Ara sente-se irresistivelmente atraída pelas novas amizades, a vida agitada e a existência daquela comunidade excêntrica, mas extremamente calorosa. Tudo parece perfeito, até que alguns habitantes de Aquorea começam a morrer. Quando ela percebe que, afinal, o seu mergulho não foi coincidência e que dela depende a salvação ou condenação daquele mundo, terá de enfrentar a decisão mais difícil da sua vida. Colocando as suas diferenças de lado, ambos tentarão perceber quem está por detrás dos assassinatos e daquela misteriosa conspiração.
Ara Pacis: ¿Otro mundo es posible? (Non #1)
by Ana Margareth Gonçalves da SilvaSiglo XXII. La polución indiscriminada, resultado de las decisiones equivocadas de la sociedad, causa desastres climáticos incesantes y rediseña el mapa político del planeta. En ese ambiente de extremos, "AraPacis", a traves de la historia de Sybila, militante del grupo ambiental de orientación anarquista Fuerzas Amadas; Dana, activista ecológica en la Colonia Experimental y Raquel, dueña de la oficina de construcciones sustentables VidaMásNatural, nos cuenta la trayectoria del lider radical Maiko, obstinado líder ambientalista del colectivo EcoIntelligentia, en su lucha contra la incredulidad y la apatía de muchos, reforzada por la actuación de la poderosa Liga Mundial Contra los Alarmistas-LIMCA, cuya avaricia pretende dejar todo cómo está. Maiko es conocido como "El hombre que no sonríe", él se cerró para el amor, sin embargo, al retornar a la Colonia Experimental, después de un viaje de conferencias, conoce a la nueva compañera e integrante de los organizadores, la vivaz Dana...
Arabella and the Battle of Venus (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby #2)
by David D. LevineThe thrilling adventures of Arabella Ashby continue in Arabella and the Battle of Venus, the second book in Hugo-winning author David D. Levine's swashbuckling sci-fi, alternate history series!Arabella’s wedding plans to marry Captain Singh of the Honorable Mars Trading Company are interrupted when her fiancé is captured by the French and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp on swampy Venus. Now, Arabella must find passage to an enemy-controlled planet in the middle of a war, bribe or fight her way past vicious guards, and rescue her Captain.To do this she must enlist the help of the dashing privateer, Daniel Fox of the Touchstone and build her own clockwork navigational automaton in order to get to Venus before the dread French general, Joseph Fouché, the Executioner of Lyon. Once on Venus, Arabella, Singh, and Fox soon discover that Napoleon has designed a secret weapon, one that could subjugate the entire galaxy if they can’t discover a way to stop Fouché, and the entire French army, from completing their emperor’s mandate.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Arabella and the Battle of Venus (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby #2)
by David D. Levine&“Arabella embarks on another entertaining quest in an imaginative setting that combines 19th-century seafaring with pulp-style space adventure.&” —Publishers Weekly Though happy to be back on her home planet of Mars, Arabella&’s peace is shattered when she receives distressing news. Her long-absent fiancé Capt. Prakash Singh, commander of the Honorable Mars Company airship Diana, has been taken as a prisoner of war on Venus, the very planet where the exiled Napoleon has fled. Desperate to rescue Singh any way she can, Arabella pays off the gambling debts of a rakish privateer captain in order to arrange passage on his vessel. But when they&’re captured by a French squadron and taken to Venus, Arabella finds herself reunited with Singh, as a captive in the same brutal prison-camp. In a spacefaring adventure filled with interplanetary espionage, cosmic combat, and mind-blowing inventions, Arabella finds herself torn between two very different—yet ultimately courageous—men. Together they plot a daring conspiracy to expose Napoleon&’s dangerous plan: the building of a secret weapon that would make the French emperor virtually unstoppable. Praise for Arabella of Mars &“If Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and Patrick O&’Brien had sat down together to compose a tale to amuse Jane Austen, the result might be Arabella of Mars. So. Much. Fun!&” —Madeleine Robins, author of the Sarah Tolerance Regency mystery series &“A fanciful romp through a cosmic 1812, Hugo Award–winning Levine&’s first novel is a treat for steampunk fantasy fans.&” —Library Journal (starred review)
Arabella Dreams: Arabella's Secret (Arabella's Secret #2)
by Nancy M BellArabella Angarrick is heartbroken. Exiled from her beloved Cornwall, she must come to terms with life on the Canadian prairies and her arranged marriage to D’Arcy Rowan. She struggles to reconcile herself to life on a remote ranch with a man she barely knows. He knows he’s getting a two for one deal and Bella is thankful he is happy to welcome her unborn child into his home. D’Arcy is a kind man, but try as she might, Bella just can’t bring herself to love him. Her heart still yearns for Vear Du, the father of her baby. Will she ever stop dreaming of him?
Arabella of Mars
by David D. LevineSince Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel was both possible and profitable.Now, one century later, a plantation in a flourishing British colony on Mars is home to Arabella Ashby, a young woman who is perfectly content growing up in the untamed frontier. But days spent working on complex automata with her father or stalking her brother Michael with her Martian nanny is not the proper behavior of an English lady. That is something her mother plans to remedy with a move to an exotic world Arabella has never seen: London, England.However, when events transpire that threaten her home on Mars, Arabella decides that sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than behaving as expected. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of the Diana, a ship serving the Mars Trading Company, where she meets a mysterious captain who is intrigued by her knack with clockwork creations. Now Arabella just has to weather the naval war currently raging between Britain and France, learn how to sail, and deal with a mutinous crew...if she hopes to save her family remaining on Mars.Arabella of Mars, the debut novel by Hugo-winning author David D. Levine offers adventure, romance, political intrigue, and Napoleon in space!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Arabella of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby)
by David D. Levine&“A fanciful romp through a cosmic 1812, Hugo Award–winning Levine&’s first novel is a treat for steampunk fantasy fans.&” —Library Journal (starred review) Born on Mars, sixteen-year-old Arabella Ashby enjoys many more freedoms than most girls her age, tramping around the desert with her older brother. But that liberty is not to last. Finding Mars much too unladylike for her daughters, Arabella&’s mother takes the girls back to London, where they&’re sure to find suitable husbands among the ton. Weighed down by Earth&’s gravity—and her own unhappiness—Arabella dearly misses her father and their shared passion for automata. When she learns of his death, she also uncovers her cousin&’s devious plot to travel to Mars, murder her brother, and claim the family inheritance for himself. To foil his dastardly plans, Arabella disguises herself as a boy to gain employment on an airship to Mars. Though she is valued by the captain for her talent with the automaton navigator he invented, she must survive French privateers, mutiny, and her own unmasking, only to reach a Mars embroiled in rebellion . . . &“If Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and Patrick O&’Brien had sat down together to compose a tale to amuse Jane Austen, the result might be Arabella of Mars. So. Much. Fun!&” —Madeleine Robins, author of the Sarah Tolerance Regency mystery series &“A very clever and entertaining start to a memorable saga.&” —Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times–bestselling author &“Arabella, a human teenager born on Mars, is catapulted into adventure in a tale that cleverly combines some of the most intriguing elements of steampunk and classic science fiction.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Arabella the Traitor of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby #3)
by David D. LevineArabella is now a hero, but her new status brings attention that could threaten all she holds dear, in this final cosmic adventure. Finally and truly husband and wife, Arabella Ashby and Capt. Prakash Singh are lauded as heroes in England after defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Venus. When they are invited to the Brighton palace of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a Martian- and Venusian-inspired architectural marvel, the mechanically-bent Arabella finds herself drawn to the prince&’s steam-powered Merlin chair and two-wheeled Draisine. But the Prince has motives other than mere entertainment for their visit. He offers Singh a great opportunity, divulged under a cloak of secrecy. In his dual role of captain and spy, Singh will be sent to Mars to help bring the planet under British control, a mission that will pit Arabella&’s love and loyalty for her home against the most powerful realm in the universe. Praise for the Adventures of Arabella Ashby trilogy &“Clever and entertaining . . . A memorable saga.&” —Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times–bestselling author &“If Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and Patrick O&’Brien had sat down together to compose a tale to amuse Jane Austen, the result might be Arabella of Mars. So. Much. Fun!&” —Madeleine Robins, author of the Sarah Tolerance Regency mystery series &“A fanciful romp through a cosmic 1812 . . . A treat for steampunk fantasy fans.&” —Library Journal (starred review) &“An imaginative setting that combines 19th-century seafaring with pulp-style space adventure.&” —Publishers Weekly
Arabella The Traitor of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby #3)
by David D. LevineHail the conquering heroes!The tyrant, Napoleon, has been defeated with Arabella and the crew of the Diana leading the final charge. But, victory has come at a tremendous cost. Britain’s savior, Lord Nelson, has not survived the final battle and the good people of the Diana must now return to London as both heroes and pallbearers. At last husband and wife, Arabella and Captain Singh seem to have earned the attention of great men, ones who have new uses in mind for the Mars Company captain and his young wife. Both Company and Crown have decided that it is time to bring Mars into the folds of Empire, and they think Singh is the perfect man to do it.Now, Arabella must decide between staying loyal to the man she loves and the country of her father or betraying all that she has known to fight alongside the Martians in a hopeless resistance against the Galaxy’s last remaining superpower.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Arabesque
by Hayden ThorneAn ambitious young princess, Ulrike, turns to the dark arts in order to become queen despite her younger sister’s warnings of a fatal consequence to mortgaging her soul. She succeeds, yet Ulrike finds herself trapped in a hateful marriage, her mind slowly being devoured by her powers, while conceiving and giving birth to a boy.Alarick -- “the bastard prince” -- becomes the court’s favorite object of mockery because of the scandal of his conception, his mother’s spiraling madness compounding his ordeal. When Alarick falls in love with a childhood friend, Roald von Thiessen, the added sin of an unnatural romance gets caught up in a tumultuous aristocratic environment that’s rife with hypocrisy, cruelty, betrayal, and murder.Forcibly separated from each other during a bloody uprising, Roald and Alarick become helplessly ensnared in nightmarish adventures designed to twist their characters and destroy their minds in the process. The young lovers fight for their souls and a way back to each other in a world weighed down by the forces of dark and light magic, and gods grapple with each other over mortal destinies. Arabesque is more than a gothic, homoerotic retelling of the Snow White folktale. It is at once allegory and a darkly satirical account of contemporary issues such as misogyny, homophobia, and the process of reparative therapy.
Arabian Jazz: A Novel
by Diana Abu-Jaber"This oracular first novel, which unfurls like gossamer [has] characters of a depth seldom found in a debut." —The New YorkerIn Diana Abu-Jaber's "impressive, entertaining" (Chicago Tribune) first novel, a small, poor-white community in upstate New York becomes home to the transplanted Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud: his grown daughters, Jemorah and Melvina; his sister Fatima; and her husband, Zaeed. The widower Matuseem loves American jazz, kitschy lawn ornaments, and, of course, his daughters. Fatima is obsessed with seeing her nieces married—Jemorah is nearly thirty! Supernurse Melvina is firmly committed to her work, but Jemorah is ambivalent about her identity and role. Is she Arab? Is she American? Should she marry and, if so, whom?Winner of the Oregon Book Award and finalist for the National PEN/Hemingway Award, Arabian Jazz is "a joy to read…You will be tempted to read passages out loud. And you should" (Boston Globe). USA Today praises Abu-Jaber's "gift for dialogue...her Arab-American rings musically, and hilariously, true."
The Arabian Nightmare: A Novel (Original Fiction In Paperback Ser.)
by Robert IrwinA cult classic that &“combines the genres of travelogue, fable, dream narrative, novel and confessional into one beguiling whole&” (Publishers Weekly). The hero and guiding force of this epic fantasy is an insomniac young man who, unable to sleep, guides the reader through the narrow streets of Cairo—a mysterious city full of deceit and trickery. He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings that describe an atmosphere constantly shifting between sumptuously learned experiences, erotic adventure, and dry humor. The result is a thought-provoking puzzle box of sex, philosophy, and theology, reminiscent of Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco. &“Deft and lovely . . . The smooth steely grip of Irwin&’s story-telling genius is a joy to read.&” —The Washington Post &“The Arabian Nightmare is a conceit worthy of Borges.&” —The New York Times &“[Irwin&’s] fascination for inner perception, helped along with a delight in Scheherazadian frames and exotic lore, makes for quite a rich experience: a strangely playful construct that, like an intricate Chinese box, delights with each unexpected combination and hidden drawer.&” —Kirkus Reviews
The Arabian Nights: Tales of Wonder and Magnificence
by Padraic ColumGenies, wishes, thieves, and treasure abound in these classic stories of magic and adventure from master storyteller Padraic Colum. <P><P>Every night for a thousand and one nights, Shahrazad begins to tell her husband the king a new tale but each night she stops before finishing. Why? Because the king has promised to kill her when the last one is over. However, her nightly stories—of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba, and many other heroes and villains—are so enthralling that King Shahryar has to postpone her execution again and again... <P><P> Padraic Colum brings together a selection of the most amazing of the over 600 stories which Shahrazad told. Full of genies, flying carpets, and daring adventures, The Arabian Nights will captive a new audience and leave readers asking for one more story.