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Hug Me, Holly! (Harlequin Duets Ser.)
by Jill ShalvisCan a city girl save her family’s small-town café all by herself? Or will she need a Christmas miracle? Enjoy this classic romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis!Sheriff Riley McMann couldn’t believe his ears when Holly Stone announced that she’d be taking over the only café in Little Paradise. She looked as if she hadn’t worked a day in her life, and besides, he had to eat there! But he was soon working up quite an appetite for “Calamity Holly” when he discovered there was more to her than designer clothes and an attitude. Maybe his Christmas wishes were going to come true after all...Originally published in 2000.
Hugenau o el realismo
by Hermann BrochEncarnación de la lógica particular del comerciante y de su correspondiente escala de valores, que le llevará a convertirse impunemente en un desertor, un arribista y un asesino, Wilhelm Huguenau -personaje central de la tercera y última novela de la trilogía Los sonámbulos, una de las obras básicas en la narrativa europea del siglo XX- se enfrenta aquí con los protagonistas de las novelas anteriores, Joachim von Pasenow y Ausgust Esch, cuyos avatares le sirven a Broch para expresar, valiéndose de diversos géneros literarios -el ensayo filosófico, el análisis psicológico, la poesía y el diálogo teatral-, la descomposición y degradación de los valoresdel mundo moderno.
The Hugglefish (Little Golden Book)
by Andrea Posner-SanchezHenry's new little pet ends up causing some big problems! Boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will love this Little Golden Book based on an episode of the hit Disney Junior show Henry Hugglemonster!
Hugo and Rose
by Bridget FoleyRose is disappointed with her life, though she has no reason to be--she has a beautiful family and a perfectly nice house in the suburbs. But to Rose, this ordinary life feels overshadowed by her other life--the one she leads every night in her dreams. After a childhood accident, Rose's dreams take her to a wondrous island fraught with adventure. On this island, she has never been alone: she shares it with Hugo, a brave boy who's grown up with her into a hero of a man. But when Rose stumbles across Hugo in real life, both her real and dream worlds are changed forever. Here is the man who has shared all of her incredible adventures in impossible places, who grew up with her, even if they aren't what either one imagined. Their chance encounter begins a cascade of questions, lies, and a dangerous obsession that threatens to topple everything she knows. Is she willing to let go of everything she holds dear to understand their extraordinary connection? And will it lead her to discover who she truly wants to be?
The Hugo Winners, Volume 4
by Isaac AsimovThis is the fourth volume of the Hugo Winners edited by Isaac Asimov. The Hugo winners is a collection of science fiction short stories that won the 'Hugo Award' in the World Science Fiction Convention between 1955 and 1961.
The Hugo Winners, Volumes 1 and 2
by Isaac AsimovThe Hugo Award is to science fiction what the Oscar is to Hollywood, and every year the coveted statuette (modeled after a spaceship) is presented at the World Science Fiction Convention. Here are twenty-three award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1970, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. All of the stories are unusual and contain that special something that marks them as prize winners. Highly original and provocative, they examine the mystery of existence and the very real possibilities that lie within the realm of future experience. And together they provide a lavish treat of the very best writing chosen by the most prominent people in the field--truly superior science fiction.
Hugsby
by Tiemdow PhumirukThe most adorable pet monster ever shows what everyone needs: hugs!When Shelly adopts her pet monster Hugsby she loves everything about him. It doesn't matter that he can't do fancy tricks, or whistle, or blow bubbles. He gives the best hugs ever. But when Pet Monster Show and Tell Day arrives, Shelly worries. What can Hugsby do? All the other pet monsters can juggle or do flips or even Hula-hoop! Finally, it's time to show everyone her beloved Hugsby . . . and finally Shelly realizes that what she loves about Hugsby is more important than fancy tricks. Hugsby gives the best hugs ever!
La huida de Lacarna
by R. Paula Sánchez Marc BacoLacarna es, junto a su marido y Lunardiel (el hijo de ambos), uno de los pilares de la lucha de los rebeldes contra los siervos de los grandes dioses ancestrales. Sin embargo, tras algunos eventos críticos, la elfa empieza a albergar dudas sobre el sentido de esta lucha. Un día, cuando su hijo la guía a través de una puerta dimensional a otro mundo, en su interior empieza a librarse un conflicto entre la lealtad a los rebeldes y un futuro pacífico con su familia. Pero se aproxima una gran oportunidad que permitirá a los rebeldes cambiar su suerte en la guerra. Lacarna marcha con su familia, aunque lo que siente en su fuero interno es otro cantar. Este breve volumen es la PRECUELA, los antecedentes de Lacarna, la capitana del ciclo La rueda de la fortuna.
La huida del cazador
by George R. MartinEn La huida del cazador, Martin unió fuerzas con Gardner Dozois y Daniel Abraham, autores reconocidos por sus brillantes carreras dentro de la ficción especulativa, para crear el alucinante planeta de São Paulo. Entre los habitantes de São Paulo, está Ramón Espejo, quien sueña con tener una vida próspera al tiempo que es sumamente autodestructivo y violento. Sus problemas se precipitan la noche en que comete un crimen que tendrá consecuencias a gran escala y se ve obligado a huir hacia una montaña. Ahí se encontrará con una inesperada compañía que lo obligará a arriesgar la vida, pero también le dará la oportunidad de reinventarse de una forma en la que Ramón jamás habría podido imaginar. La crítica ha dicho: «El fondo exótico es evocado vívidamente. Esto podría estar escrito por Jack London o Kipling.» The Times «Tan filosa que debes tener cuidado de no cortarte los dedos mientras giras las páginas... La huida del cazador es una tensa e intrigante batalla de las culturas, con un ingenio que te mantiene en suspenso. Y tal vez haga que tu amor por la ciencia ficción renazca.» The Star Press «Una tensa batalla interespecie, con ricas atmósferas y una triste lección sobre el significado de la libertad.» Entertainment Weekly
Hulk
by Peter DavidFrom acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee, a dark vision of the beast that lives inside the man . . . In a Berkeley lab, Bruce Banner, a young man haunted by his murky past and the parents he never knew, works intensely day and night. A bright scientist with repressed emotions and few social skills, Bruce and his colleague, the sharp and beautiful Betty Ross, experiment with the body's ability to repair itself and fight disease. But their research draws unwanted attention. For the power of regeneration catches the eye of the military, which sees its potential on the battlefields of the future.But when Bruce is exposed to radiation in an accident that should have killed him, a ferocious truth about his past begins to emerge--along with something else, something deep inside his own body that is triggered when he is provoked . . . when he is pushed beyond reason . . . when anger takes over and he transforms into . . .THE HULKFrom the Paperback edition.
The Hulk, the Junior Novel: Based on the Diaries of Bruce Banner
by James SchamusBruce Banner . . . man or monster? This collection of Banner's diary entries reveals the struggle between his dream of a peaceful life and the nightmare of being the Hulk. Through science, Banner hopes to heal others. Yet science turns him into a force of unstoppable destruction. When the Hulk takes over, Banner is trapped inside a being filled with rage, but he feels strangely free. How much Bruce Banner exists in the creature? The answer could never be known -- till now.
Hull Zero Three
by Greg BearA starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination-unknown. Its purpose-a mystery. Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from a dream of a new home-a new planet and the woman he was meant to love in his arms-he finds himself wet, naked, and freezing to death. The dark halls are full of monsters but trusting other survivors he meets might be the greater danger.All he has are questions-- Who is he? Where are they going? What happened to the dream of a new life? What happened to Hull 03?All will be answered, if he can survive the ship.HULL ZERO THREE is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride through the darkest reaches of space.
Hullmetal Girls
by Emily SkrutskieAisha Un-Haad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague, she knows her janitor's salary isn't enough to fund his treatment. <P><P>So she volunteers to become a Scela, a mechanically enhanced soldier sworn to protect and serve the governing body of the Fleet, the collective of starships they call home. If Aisha can survive the harrowing modifications and earn an elite place in the Scela ranks, she may be able to save her brother. <P><P>Key Tanaka awakens in a Scela body with only hazy memories of her life before. She knows she's from the privileged end of the Fleet, but she has no recollection of why she chose to give up a life of luxury to become a hulking cyborg soldier. If she can make it through the training, she might have a shot at recovering her missing past. <P>In a unit of new recruits vying for top placement, Aisha's and Key's paths collide, and the two must learn to work together--a tall order for girls from opposite ends of the Fleet. <P><P>But a rebellion is stirring, pitting those who yearn for independence from the Fleet against a government struggling to maintian unity.With violence brewing and dark secrets surfacing, Aisha and Key find themselves questioning their loyalties. They will have to put aside their differences, though, if they want to keep humanity from tearing itself apart.
Hum: A Novel
by Helen PhillipsA Most Anticipated Book for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Goodreads, LitHub, and Book Riot A Best Book of the Summer for Esquire, Electric Lit, and Town & Country A People Book of the Week From &“one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction&” (The New York Times), this &“tense dystopian thriller&” (Time) and &“tender portrait of love and care in an uncertain world&” (Esquire) is an urgent and unflinching portrayal of a woman&’s fight for her family&’s security in a world shaped by global warming and rapid technological progress.In a near-future world addled by climate change and inhabited by intelligent robots called &“hums,&” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. Desperate to resolve her family&’s debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be recognized by surveillance. Seeking reprieve from her recent hardships and her family&’s addiction to their devices, May splurges on passes for her family to spend three nights respite in the Botanical Garden: a rare green refuge where forests, streams, and animals still thrive. But when her children come under threat, May is forced to put her trust in a hum of uncertain motives to save her family. Written with &“precision, insight, sensitivity, and compassion&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Hum is a &“striking new work of dystopian fiction&” (Vogue) that delves into the complexities of marriage, motherhood, and selfhood in a world compromised by global warming and dizzying technological advancement, a world of both dystopian and utopian possibilities.
The Hum of Taos
by Andrew DuvallA rash of mysterious murder-suicides in Taos, New Mexico, leads local police to an investigation of a supernatural sound driving innocent people to kill. A Hum is terrorizing the small town of Taos, New Mexico. Those who hear the droning vibration go insane, killing others in a fit of rage before turning their hatred on themselves and committing suicide. Stumped, the town sheriff and deputy call on the state’s foremost Audiologist, hoping to discover some rational explanation. But it soon becomes apparent to all involved in the investigation that the Hum is beyond the scope of science. Was it a paranormal force or some kind of divine retribution? The only thing clear is that as long as the Hum persists, no one is safe.
Human After All
by Connie BaileyIn the future, corporations buy the life contracts of infants and raise them for specific careers. Jaymes, aka The Prince, is Erotic Bioware, Thoroughbred Class, trained to seduce and give pleasure in the highest tiers of society. But his latest client involves him in a political assassination, and Jaymes must flee the comforts of the city for the barbaric outlands. With Drue the Fox, Bioware, Exotic Class, Jaymes struggles through the last wilderness on his world in his quest to return to civilization and his pampered life. The ruthless corporate mercenary on their trail should make them want to work together--but Jaymes and Drue are diametrically opposed in personality, class, and ideology and can't stop bickering about Bioware inequality. Eventually, Jaymes's dislike of Drue evolves into something else as Jaymes wakes up to the reality of his place in society and admits that Drue is right. It will take great courage, a band of ex-military outcasts, and a sympathetic politician to clear Jaymes's name and bring about lasting changes for all Bioware. Only then can he and Drue have a life together with all the rights a human deserves.
Human and Other Beings
by Allen DeGraeffThis book contains sixteen science fiction short stories about what it is to be human, or in some cases, not human, including; Dark Interlude by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds, Love by Richard Wilson, Honor by Richard Wilson, Double Dome by Raymond E. Banks, Way in the Middle of the Air by Ray Bradbury, The Other Foot by Ray Bradbury, The Vilbar Party by Evelyn E. Smith, Made in U.S.A. by J. T. McIntosh, The NRACP by George P. Elliott, The Big Stink by Theodore R. Cogswell, Down Among the Dead Men by William Tenn, All the Colors of the Rainbow by Leigh Brackett, The World of Myrion Flowers by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, The Lady Green Sleeves by Frederik Pohl, Holdout by Robert Sheckley, Test Piece by Eric Frank Russell
The Human Angle
by William TennOriginally published in 1956, this collection of early gems won acclaim from reviewers all over the country, richly deserving a place as one of six simultaneously published volumes celebrating William Tenn. The Human Angle contains the following:Project HushThe Discovery of Morniel MathawayWednesday's ChildParty of the Two PartsThe Flat-Eyed MonsterThe Human AngleA Man of Family
The Human Angle
by William TennThis book contains eight science fiction stories by William Tenn that look at what being human is like from some very different angles, including: "Project Hush," "The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway," "Wednesday's Child," "The Servant Problem," "Party of the Two Parts," "The Flat-Eyed Monster," "The Human Angle," and "A Man of Family." WIT--An extra-terrestrial sells pornographic literature from his world on Earth. IMAGINATION--A politician seeks complete security, only to find... CHARM--Modern art gets viewed from the future. IRONY--Just what kind of an animal is a human being?
A Human at the Hotel (Hotel Transylvania: The Series)
by Cala SpinnerThere’s a human at the monster hotel in this hilarious novel based on the first episode of the hit Disney Channel show Hotel Transylvania: The Series.Count Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, is a lot like any other teenager: She wants to be taken seriously! So when her father has to leave Hotel Transylvania—the monsters-only hotel he built as a safe haven free of humans—Mavis thinks it’s her big chance to prove to him that she can run the hotel all by herself. How hard can it be? Unfortunately for Mavis, Drac calls his sister, Mavis’s Aunt Lydia, to watch over Mavis and the hotel while he’s gone. Worse, Mavis mistakenly lures a human to the hotel. Can Mavis get the human to leave before Aunt Lydia finds out? ™ & © 2018 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Human Blend
by Alan Dean FosterAlan Dean Foster's brilliant new novel is a near-future thriller that has all the dark humor and edgy morality of an Elmore Leonard mystery, in addition to the masterly world-building and quirky but believable characters readers expect from Foster. This gripping adventure reveals a place where criminals are punished through genetic engineering and bodily manipulation--which poses profound questions about what it means to be human.Given his name because radical surgery and implants have reduced him to preternatural thinness, Whispr is a thug. His partner in crime, Jiminy Cricket, has also been physically altered with nanocarbonic prosthetic legs and high-strength fast-twitch muscle fibers that give him great jumping abilities. In a dark alley in Savannah, Whispr and Jiminy murder what they take to be a random tourist in order to amputate and then fence his sophisticated artificial hand. But the hapless victim also happens to be carrying an unusual silver thread that appears to be some kind of storage medium. Ever quick to scent potential profit, Whispr and Jiminy grab the thread as well.Chance later deposits a wounded Whispr at the clinic of Dr. Ingrid Seastrom. Things have not gone smoothly for Whispr since he acquired the mysterious thread. Powerful forces are searching for him, and Jiminy has vanished. All Whispr wants to do is sell the thread as quickly as he can. When he offers to split the profits with Ingrid in exchange for her medical services, she makes an astonishing discovery.So begins a unique partnership. Unlike Whispr, Ingrid is a natural, with no genetic or bodily alteration. She is also a Harvard-educated physician, while Whispr's smarts are strictly of the street variety. Yet together they make a formidable team--as long as they can elude the enhanced assassins that are tracking them.From the Hardcover edition.
Human Catastrophe
by Luiz Cláudio Avallone BeloA huge human being. A mysterious research and its side effects. Which chain reaction could it cause in the lives of scientists, in the victim of this research, and in the invisible humanity to eyes of a giant? Creative and lively this novel brings together drama, catastrophe and science. The main character, which has no idea how he ended up in a strange and apparently uninhabited world, became innocently a personified catastrophe. Francisco Moraes, a scientist anguished because the greatest tragedy lived by humanity, because of his secret project. Armado Bastos, a ambitious and prejudiced military and scientist which involves his youth friend in a project to the development of a powerful weapon. Sandro, Alda, Fábio and Estela: four scientists who barely know that their project is being used for a parallel purpose.
The Human Disguise (Tom Wilner #1)
by James O'NealThe world has been shattered. Disease and war have ravaged the Earth. A resurgent Germany once again threatens Europe, and the United States is engaged in the Middle-East while New York sits, an empty, radioactive ruin. The city of Miami has become a virtual prison, home to the worst life has to offer. Tom Wilner lives on the outskirts of this foresaken realm. He's what this future passes off as a police officer. With his family shattered, Wilner is just a pale version of the police hero he once was. When a chance encounter in a rundown roadhouse erupts in violence, Wilner is forced to step in. His exploration into the violence of that evening leads him onto the path of two ancient warring races. They have been manipulating power and control on Earth for centuries, and are about to enter into a battle for ultimate supremacy. Unless Tom Wilner puts an end to their fury.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Human Error
by Paul Preuss"[W]onderful, enlightened, and convincing beyond any reasonable expectations of what a science fiction novel should be." —Greg Bear Compugen has become a giant player in the tech field overnight by making genetically altered viruses into "biochips" that are replacing silicon chips as the brains of computers. Toby Bridgeman and Adrian Storey are an odd-couple of scientists—Toby, the programmer, and Adrian, the sloppy genius and genetic artist, have formed an enduring friendship and produced Epicell, a biochip so powerful that it will make all others on the market obsolete and save Compugen from financial disaster—if it can be rushed out fast enough. But Epicell, elemental living virus, is so awesome in its capabilities that tests have not yet established any limits to its multiplication or its computing sophistication. Adrian wants more testing—he believes that Epicell is potentially dangerous. Instead, it is rushed to market to save the failing company. Then those in contact with Epicell begin to come down with bad colds—the virus has spread outside computers, living and growing in the human body. Adrian, and perhaps the human race, are doomed unless Toby can reprogram the Epicell inside Adrian—and inside himself.