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An Army Awakens: Series 4 Book 4
by Adam BladeX-Men meets Beast Quest at the school for superheroes! An epic new adventure series from bestselling author Adam Blade - with amazing comic-book style illustrations. TEAM HERO VS THE AGENT! IT IS TIME FOR JACK, RUBY AND DANNY TO FACE THE DREADED AGENT. CAN THEY RESTORE THE SHARDS OF ETHER BEFORE THEY ARE USED FOR UNSPEAKABLE EVIL?There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in this series - don't miss out! Book 1: The Secret Jungle, Book 2: Ninja Strike, Book 3: The Night Thief, Book 4: An Army AwakensAnd don't forget Adam Blade's other series: Beast Quest and Sea Quest
The Army Doc's Christmas Angel (Hope Children's Hospital #3)
by Annie O'NeilLetting go of his past……to embrace their future!In this Hope Children’s Hospital story, pediatrician Dr. Finn Morgan keeps himself fiercely private—after losing his leg in Afghanistan, he pushed everyone away. So his unexpected attraction to colleague, physiotherapist Naomi Collins, infuriates him! Something in her stunning eyes tells him she’s a survivor too. Christmas is a time for healing, maybe they’ll both find what they’ve both been looking for—in each other’s arms…Hope Children’s Hospital miniseries Book 1 — Their Newborn Baby Gift by Alison RobertsBook 2 — One Night, One Unexpected Miracle by Caroline AndersonBook 3 — The Army Doc’s Christmas Angel by Annie O’NeilBook 4 — The Billionaire’s Christmas Wish by Tina Beckett “Both the main characters were fascinating and I loved their back stories, as they’re so different, and yet, they’re so great together.” Harlequin Junkie on One Night with Dr Nikolaides“Annie O’Neil is a master of her craft when it comes to feeling what her characters feel and the whole mix together is what made me adore this story.” Goodreads on Reunited with Her Parisian Surgeon
Army of Darkness: Series 3, Book 3 (Team Hero Ser. #11)
by Adam BladeX-Men meets Beast Quest at the school for superheroes! An epic new adventure series from bestselling author Adam Blade - with amazing comic-book style illustrations. Team Hero Vs the world!Jack, Danny and Ruby must stop a powerful foe from regaining an ancient sceptre and unleashing its dark magic. But on their quest, they discover some new, unexpected enemies ...There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in this series - don't miss out!
Army of Darkness: Series 3 Book 3 (Team Hero #11)
by Adam BladeX-Men meets Beast Quest at the school for superheroes! An epic new adventure series from bestselling author Adam Blade - with amazing comic-book style illustrations. Team Hero Vs the world!Jack, Danny and Ruby must stop a powerful foe from regaining an ancient sceptre and unleashing its dark magic. But on their quest, they discover some new, unexpected enemies ...There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in this series - don't miss out!
An Army of Lovers
by Juliana Spahr David Buuck"This experimental work is not for the faint of heart, but it is laced with meditations that will appeal to readers concerned with poetry's role in the world."--Publishers Weekly"I am fascinated by their attention to inequality, to questions of violence and community: something borne out by the collaboration itself."--Bhana Kapil's Best Books of 2013 on The Volta"An Army of Lovers explores the liminal spaces where cities and individuals come together and stand apart with strange, brainy grace."--Michelle Tea, author of Mermaid in Chelsea Creek"By means of a series of stylistically and tonally various prose segments (by turns reflexive and dialogic, ironic and depressive, unhinged and hallucinatory, wetly emotional and dryly wry, including a detournement of a Raymond Carver story), the book centers, emotionally, on the ebb and flow of what it calls 'struggle-force.' Signature drone strikes, torture, ecological collapse, environmental illness and chronic fatigue syndrome: it's all connected." --Miranda Mellis, Rain Taxi"The book offers many ways of approaching the age-old questions What makes something art and What makes someone a decent citizen, as well as (if not primarily) exploring the ways in which the answers to these questions might intersect. More impressively, it does so without being didactic and yet without being obscure, as so many efforts at high-concept art tend to be."--Evan Karp, SF Weekly"Fantastical, lyrical, whimsical and wildly experimental, An Army of Lovers is as serious as it is absurd."--Christopher Higgs, HTMLGIANT"Authors who co-write often produce two halves that refuse to coalesce, but East Bay poets Juliana Spahr and David Buuck fuse with fantastic results in this short experimental novel. It's the story of Demented Panda and Koki, two poets united by a desire to write politically engaged works. Wounded, bored, inspired and skeptical, they soldier on through a landscape of toxic spills, consumer excess, odd juxtapositions and trance states."--Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News"Authors Spahr and Buuck, who appear in this novel as Bay Area poets 'Koki' and 'Demented Panda,' style it up all the way from magical realism to 'new journalism' and Raymond Carver Cathedralspeak, but it's the weary 'I can't go on. I'll go on' optimism at which wounded veterans of the army of lovers excel. Theirs is a rigorous book, and a book of marvels, with something funny, something painful, stirring on every page."--Kevin Killian, author of Spreadeagle"This picaresque story about the 'particular lostness' of poetry, the ways poems always win and the lives of self-described 'mediocre' poets is actually pretty hilarious! It's also smart, incisive and politically astute. Now, to the barricades!"--Rebecca Brown, author of American Romances: EssaysAn Army of Lovers begins with the story of two poets, Demented Panda and Koki, united in their desire to write politically engaged poetry at a time when poetry seems to have lost its ability to effect social change. Their first project is more than a failure, resulting in a spell that unleashes a torrent of raw sewage and surrealistic embodiments of consumerist excess and black site torture techniques. Subsequent chapters feature an experimental composer (Koki?) and a performance artist (Panda?) whose bodies are literally invaded with the ills of capitalism, manifested through leaking blisters and other maladies, as well as a radical remix of a Raymond Carver story, questioning "What We Talk About When We Talk About Poetry." The novel concludes with Panda and Koki returning to the site of their failed collaboration to conjure up a more utopian vision of "an army of lovers." Fantastical, lyrical, whimsical and wildly experimental, An Army of Lovers is as serious as it is absurd.
An Army of One: A John Rossett Novel (The John Rossett Novels)
by Tony SchumacherIn this enthralling historical thriller set in post—World War II London, detective John Henry Rossett must stop a murderous ex—SS officer as the German occupation of England begins to falter.Working with the SS in German-occupied Britain was never easy for John Rossett. Though he’s returned to his former job, the police inspector has been tainted by his Nazi associations. His suspicious colleagues see him as a collaborator, and he’s unwelcome at his old haunts. But the Germans aren’t done with Rossett. When decorated SS Captain Karl Bauer kills the US consul in Liverpool, then goes on the run, Generalmajor Neumann orders Rossett to find the missing killer—a swift, cunning, and ruthless man known as "the Bear."While the Nazis still maintain control over London, Liverpool is run by criminal networks and the British resistance. A wasteland of burned-out buildings and mountains of rubble, the northern port city is the perfect place for a clever warrior like Bauer to hide. Neumann and Rossett’s search also turns up damning new information: Bauer’s superior, Major Theo Dannecker, has been colluding with the US consul and the British resistance to smuggle large amounts of gold out of the country. As for the Bear, the fervent SS officer has repudiated his allegiance to the crumbling Reich and is now focused on destroying Rossett, the famed "British Lion," one innocent victim at a time.To prevent more deaths and protect Britain, Rossett must trap the Bear and uncover a diabolical conspiracy that has brought Nazi officers and the British resistance together. Vivid and energetic, full of Schumacher’s trademark action and rich, conflicted characters, An Army of One reveals how the strength of one man can turn the tide in an uncertain world.
Army Of Terror (Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear #6)
by John WhitmanFollow the adventures of Tash, Zak and their Uncle Hoole as they fight the evil Imperial scientist Borborygmus Gog in this six-volume sequel to Star Wars. Even the most reluctant readers will enjoy this spine-tingling series that explores the dark side of the Star Wars universe.
Army of the Fantastic
by John Helfers John Marco13 original tales of fantastical battles for anyone who needs a dose of un-reality. How might the course of World War II have changed if civilized dragons ran bombing missions for the Germans? Here are 13 tales of war in alternate worlds where magical creatures are real and often prove victorious. Human troops fight alongside gryphons, unicorns, and a sea serpent, who can give submarine warfare a whole new slant. These are just a few of the stories gathered together in this all-original volume that opens the way to magical places in our own world where the armies of the fantastic are on the march, waging wars both vast and personal.
The Army of the Republic: A Novel
by Stuart Archer CohenIn an America stretched by crisis to the breaking point, billionaire entrepreneur and government insider James Sands is riding high. Over the protests of civic groups and the increasing alienation of his wife, Anne, Sands is poised on the brink of an immensely risky and controversial deal that will give him control of all public water in the Pacific Northwest. But when his business partner is murdered by a radical group called The Army of the Republic, Sands finds himself losing control of his business and his life. Desperate, he turns to Whitehall Security, a private intelligence firm with far-reaching political connections. For a steep monthly fee, Whitehall will hunt down and eliminate any threats to Sands's enterprise.Meanwhile, in Seattle, a young guerrilla named Lando leads The Army of the Republic into a dangerous war of ideals. Charismatic and cunning, Lando is obsessed with the goal of saving the country from its corrupt ruling alliance by any means necessary. His reluctant ally is political organizer Emily Cortright, coordinator of a network of civil, religious, and labor groups. Bound together in a web of common aims and conflicting loyalties, the two plan a massive peaceful protest against a conference of national business leaders, which they hope will stagger the Regime.Beyond his control, through, Lando's Army of the Republic has already unleashed a chain of events that will electrify and frighten an uneasy nation. Hemmed in by their lethal compromises, Emily, Lando, James, and Anne struggle to redeem or destroy those whom they love most.Thrilling and unforgettable, The Army of the Republic is a brilliant, provocative novel about what it means to live in a democracy.
Arnie
by Claudio HernándezArnie Hammer was strange and since he was born, he revealed to the world that something inside him had come into this world. Chris succumbs to his friendship and discovers the power of Telepathy in Arnie. In his nightmares he sees an evil Arnie that always says; I know what you need. Chip and his bouncers are after Arnie until they are responsible for an act Arnie will never forgive. The new phrase is; Things are fine like this. Then, Chris further finds out. that he has telekinetic powers and revenge is about to begin but he can't stop it until Arnie finally rests and lives his life elsewhere. Being him again.
Arno and the MiniMachine
by Seymour ChwastA prescient and humorous tale of a boy's futuristic life gone haywire with the interruption of ... nature.GO BACK TO YOUR CLASS, says the MiniMachine.The brightly moving thing flutters into Arno's hand. It feels warm. Attached to a foot is a label, reading: BIRD.Two hundred years in the future, Arno's pre-programmed, machine-controlled day takes an unexpected turn when nature intercedes. Arno wakes each morning when his personalized "MiniMachine" tells him it's time. The MiniMachine squawks at him all day: "Eat your Instant Mealtime," "Wait for the school jet," "Go to your electric tuba lesson," "Do not step off the Power Path"..... But Arno's curiosity and a little yellow bird lead Arno off his pre-programmed track. "Go Back to Your Class!" squawks the MiniMachine with increasing alarm. Arno's mischievousness will delight young readers. And Seymour Chwast's illustrations, including his Seuss-like mechanical inventions, are both charmingly old-fashioned and presciently futuristic. A gentle corrective to our infatuation with electronics, Arno and the MiniMachine is a sweet reminder of the joy of nature and following one's own path.
El aroma de la oscuridad
by Christina DoddHace mil años, Konstantine Varinski, un cruel guerrero de la estepa rusa, selló un pacto sombrío: a cambio de la habilidad de transformarse en un depredador, entregó al diablo su alma. Y con ella, el alma de sus descendientes.La primera novela de «La llamada de la oscuridad».Ann Smith no ha podido evitar que su apuesto y dinámico jefe, Jasha Wilder, la atraiga locamente. Cuando al fin se decide a poner toda la carne en el asador para seducirlo, se encuentra con un lobo negro apostado ante la chimenea. Ante su mirada atónita, el animal se transforma en el hombre que ella desea.Ahora no podrán separarse: porque Jasha es el descendiente de Konstantine, y Ann es la mujer destinada a romper la maldición que lo tiene cautivo. Pero la pasión prohibida que los consume quizá les haga perder de vista un peligro ominoso que espera el menor desliz...Para encontrar el cielo, tendrán primero que pagar al diablo.
Around the Spider-Verse (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel Anthology)
by Pablo Leon Justin A. Reynolds Roseanne A. BrownBeloved Marvel characters Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Araña star in three original Spider-verse stories! Don't miss this collection from bestselling authors Justin A. Reynolds, Roseanne A. Brown, and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon!Take a trip around the Spider-Verse (and New York City) in three comic adventures! The tour guide on his field trip to the Museum of Natural History has Miles Morales's Spidey Sense tingling... Gwen Stacy's punk band's concert at the Central Park Bandshell is interrupted by the Jackal ... and Anya Corazón must save her father from a trap laid by Kraven the Hunter at the Bronx Zoo. Filled with tons of action and laughs, this graphic novel is perfect for young readers in search of more spider-thrills!
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules VerneThe classic novel from Jules Verne features Phileas Fogg and his quest to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a bet. Following an argument at the Reform Club over the opening of a new railway section in India, Fogg agrees to the outlandish bet. Setting off at 8:45pm on Wednesday, 2nd October, Fogg must return no later than Saturday, December 21st. What follows is one of the most famous journeys in fictional history.
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules VerneOne night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.
Around the World with AA, BB, and CC
by Allan TurnerEmbark on an extraordinary adventure with AA, BB, and CC, three curious aliens from a distant planet, sent to explore the wonders of Earth. As shapeshifting beings of pure energy, they traverse all seven continents, visiting captivating places and encountering fascinating creatures along the way.CC, a mischievous free spirit, leads the trio into a series of thrilling and educational misadventures. From narrowly escaping a leopard seal in Antarctica to riding a geyser in Yellowstone, conversing with polar bears, and becoming heroes in Amsterdam, their journey is filled with excitement and surprises. CC&’s antics even lead to reports of a woolly mammoth roaming the countryside and someone being ejected from a volcanic eruption!Throughout their escapades, young readers will discover various branches of science, including geography, climate, zoology, archaeology, paleontology, and volcanology. The aliens&’ ability to change form allows them to interact with the colorful and quirky animals they meet, leading to delightful and informative conversations.
Around the World with the Millionaire
by Nina SinghFrom New Orleans to Niagara Falls An Adventure to Remember!When a priceless necklace belonging to attorney Zeke&’s client accidentally makes its way into free-spirited Vivi&’s hands, he has no choice but to track it—and her!—down. Except it&’s not that simple… They must travel the world to prove Vivi&’s innocence, too! At first, Zeke was counting down the days to their goodbye and a return to normalcy. Now, why is goodbye the very last word he wants to say? &“Her Inconvenient Christmas Reunion is a poignant and irresistible romantic read that sparkles with warmth, emotion, intensity and heart. Nina Singh has written a second chance romance about letting go of the past, moving on and the magic of falling in love that will hold readers spellbound from beginning to end.&”-Goodreads &“The romance is gentle moving …glitzy setting, with a hint of danger, and an intense romance, the perfect escapist read.&”-Goodreads on Her Billionaire Protector
La Arqueología negada del nuevo mundo
by Herbert FreyEn una época en que la cuestión de lo moderno y la modernidad aparece como preocupación central de los gobiernos y de los debates acerca del desarrollo en América Latina, el presente libro aborda el origen de la modernidad en Europa, continente en que se inaugura un pensamiento de alcance universal, al que se asocia la emergencia del nuevo mundo. En este sentido, el autor destaca la relevancia de las estructuras que determinan el sistema feudal europeo y la cosmovisión medieval, pues en su evolución se sitúan la expansión europea, el desarrollo del sistema capitalista y el surgimiento de la era renacentista, cuando el pensamiento adquiere una dimensión universal y la civilización se acoge a la modernidad. Maquiavelo, padre de la teoría del Estado moderno, Colón el descubridor y Cortés el conquistador, simbolizan algunos aspectos de este proceso; los dos últimos son, además, artífices del ingreso del nuevo mundo a la Era Moderna. Herbert Frey (1949, Viena, Austria) es doctor en filosofía por la Universidad de Viena con la tesis La génesis del nihilismo en Friedrich Nietzsche (1975). Doctorado de Estado en Ciencias Políticas (habilitación) por la Universidad de Hannover (Alemania) con la venia: Relaciones interculturales Europa América Latina (1988). Es autor de los libros: La feudalidad europea y el régimen señorial español (INAH, 1988, 1993); Die Entdeckung Amerikas und die Entstehung der Moderne (Peter Lang, 2000); Nietzsche, Eros y Occidente, la crítica nietzscheana a la tradición occiden-tal (2001); además es coordinador de los libros: La muerte de Dios y el fin de la metafísica (UNAM, 1997) y La genealogía del cristianismo. ¿Origen de Occidente? (CNCA, 2000). A partir de 1978 es profesor de la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, y desde 1992 es investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM e imparte cátedra de posgrado en la FCPYS y en la FFYL.
An Arranged Marriage (Cowboy Grooms Wanted!)
by Susan FoxBlue Summer was a self-made man who had everything money could buy-except a wife and children. He craved the respectability his tough upbringing had denied him. Allison Lancaster was his passport to a socially acceptable world of power and privilege. A banker's daughter, she'd be the perfect wife!Allison declared she would only marry for love, but her family had other ideas. They wanted Blue's money as much as he coveted their social standing. The wedding was arranged, and it was only when Blue kissed his bride that Allison realized he made her head spin with a dizzy attraction.
The Arrangement
by Suzanne ForsterAlison Fairmont Villard wakes in a hospital bed with a face she doesn't recognize and a husband she doesn't know. Andrew Villard, a self-made millionaire, has a bright future but a shadowy past. When he tells Alison the details of their life together, she has no choice but to believe him-and to accept the shocking proposal he offers.It isn't just the partial amnesia that Alison suffers. She has her own terrifying secrets that can't be entrusted to anyone, even Andrew. Even the police suspect he was behind Alison's near fatal accident aboard his yacht and were ready to charge him with murder before her body was found, battered on the razor-sharp coral reefs.When the veil of amnesia lifts, it's too late. Alison is caught in a web of her own making. And now an FBI agent with a personal vendetta is about to blow the lid off her deadly marriage of convenience.
The Arrest: A Novel
by Jonathan LethemFrom the award-winning author of The Feral Detective and Motherless Brooklyn comes an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car.The Arrest isn’t post-apocalypse. It isn’t a dystopia. It isn’t a utopia. It’s just what happens when much of what we take for granted—cars, guns, computers, and airplanes, for starters—quits working. . . . Before the Arrest, Sandy Duplessis had a reasonably good life as a screenwriter in L.A. An old college friend and writing partner, the charismatic and malicious Peter Todbaum, had become one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. That didn’t hurt. Now, post-Arrest, nothing is what it was. Sandy, who calls himself Journeyman, has landed in rural Maine. There he assists the butcher and delivers the food grown by his sister, Maddy, at her organic farm. But then Todbaum shows up in an extraordinary vehicle: a retrofitted tunnel-digger powered by a nuclear reactor. Todbaum has spent the Arrest smashing his way across a fragmented and phantasmagorical United States, trailing enmities all the way. Plopping back into the siblings’ life with his usual odious panache, his motives are entirely unclear. Can it be that Todbaum wants to produce one more extravaganza? Whatever he’s up to, it may fall to Journeyman to stop him. Written with unrepentant joy and shot through with just the right amount of contemporary dread, The Arrest is speculative fiction at its absolute finest.
The Arrival (Animorphs #38)
by K. A. ApplegateAndalites have finally arrived on Earth. Ax and the other Animorphs now have allies willing to fight against the Yeerk invasion. But there are only four Andalites. Not nearly enough to defeat thousands of Yeerks. Not enough to stop humans from being infested.Everyone agrees that the battle must continue, but the Andalites don't want to fight alongside humans. They feel their skills will be less than adequate. And they demand that Ax choose a side. Will Ax stay with his friends... or stand with his people?
Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)
by Ted Chiang<P> Ted Chiang has long been known as one of the most powerful science fiction writers working today. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Arrival presents characters who must confront sudden change. <P>"Story of Your Life," which provides the basis for the film Arrival, concerns the presence of alien lifeforms on Planet Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its nonlinear structure helps her deal with the pangs of divorce and the death of her daughter. <P>In each story of this incredible collection, with sharp intelligence and humor, Ted Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by wonder. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
The Arrival of Missives
by Aliya WhiteleyFrom the award-winning author of The Beauty, Aliya Whiteley, comes a genre-defying story of fate, free-will and the choices we make in life. "One of the most original and haunting stories I have read in recent years." Nina Allan, author of The RiftIn the aftermath of the Great War, Shirley Fearn dreams of challenging the conventions of rural England, where life is as predictable as the changing of the seasons.The scarred veteran Mr. Tiller, left disfigured by an impossible accident on the battlefields of France, brings with him a message: part prophecy, part warning. Will it prevent her mastering her own destiny?As the village prepares for the annual May Day celebrations, where a new queen will be crowned and the future will be reborn again, Shirley must choose: change or renewal?