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Mandorlinfiore: und die Drachen von Zonza
by Simon Kellow BinghamGlaubst du an das Schicksal oder bist du mutig und schlau genug, dein eigenes Glück zu suchen? In einer Welt, die vom Übersinnlichen regiert wird, wo Geister und alte Götter mit Drachen, Dryaden und Königen wetteifern, behältst du lieber einen kühlen Kopf. Zu Mandorlinfiores Glück hat Prinzessin Belfioré genug Verstand für sie beide. Gemeinsam müssen Sie Rätsel, Magie, Intrigen und die fürchterlich scharfen Zähne einer Drachendame mit einem Kater, seinem Mäuserich und einem schäbigen alten Gedichtband überleben. Von europäischer Folklore inspiriert kannst du dem Erzähler durch 101 kleine Kapitel folgen!
Mandorlinfiore: Et les Dragons de Zonza
by Simon Kellow BinghamMandorlinfiore Et les Dragons de Zonza Une aventure fantastique aux racines des contes populaires français et italiens, se déroulant sur l'île de Corse.
The Mane Attraction (The Pride Series #3)
by Shelly LaurenstonEven the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. . .Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping. It doesn't help that Mitch's appraising gaze makes her feel like the most desirable creature on earth. . .Mitch is an undercover cop about to testify against some dangerous ex-associates. Even more worrisome, he's harboring hot, X-rated fantasies about one fast-talking little canine--and he has to deal with every male in Sissy Mae's Pack sniffing around her in a way that makes his hackles rise. Mitch has his pride, and he intends to show Sissy Mae that when a lion sets out to make you his mate, the only thing to do is purr, roll over, and enjoy one hell of a ride. . ."Laurenston's latest couple is unabashedly sexual, which makes their emotional battle of wills all the more enjoyable." --Romantic Times
The Mane Event: The Mane Event; Angel Of Darkness; Howl For It (The\pride Ser. #1)
by Shelly LaurenstonMace Llewellyn. Brendon Shaw. Two tall, gorgeous, sexy alpha heroes who are 100% male--with a little something extra. Lion-shifters, to be exact, who can unleash every woman's animal side and still look good--make that spectacular--in a suit...and even better out of it...NYPD cop Desiree "Dez" MacDermot knows she's changed a lot since she palled around with her childhood buddy, Mace. But it's fair to say that Mace has changed even more. It isn't just those too-sexy gold eyes, or the six-four, built-like-a-Navy Seal body. It's something in the way he sniffs her neck and purrs, making her entire body tingle... Meanwhile, for Tennessean Ronnie Lee Reed, New York City is the place where any girl--even one who runs with a Pack--can redefine herself. First order of business: find a mate, settle down, and stop using men for sex. Even big, gorgeous, lion shifter men like Brendon Shaw. But she needn't worry, because now that Brendon's set his sights on her, the predator in him is ready to pounce and never let go...
The Mane Event: My Little Pony (Equestria Girls #3)
by Perdita FinnThe third exciting adventure in the Equestria Girls series! The girls rock a new story about friendship at Canterlot High. The follow-up to Through the Mirror and Rainbow Rocks.
The Mane Squeeze (The Pride Series #4)
by Shelly Laurenston"Laurenston has a gift with words and humor." --USA Today.comJust Roar And Bear ItGrowing up on the tough Philly streets, Gwen O'Neill knows how to fend for herself. But what is she supposed to do with a nice, suburban Jersey boy who has a tendency to turn into a massive Grizzly? Despite his menacing growl and four-inch claws, Gwen finds Lachlan "Lock" MacRyrie cute and really sweet. He actually watches out for her, and unlike the rest of her out-of-control family, manages not to morbidly embarrass her. Too bad cats don't believe in forever.At nearly seven feet tall, Lock is used to people responding to him in two ways: screaming or running away. Gwen--half lioness, half tigress, all kick-ass--does neither. She's sexy beyond belief and smart as hell, but she's so busy protecting her family and friends that she's forgetting about her own safety. Lock probably shouldn't get involved, but he can't simply walk away. Not when Gwen means absolutely everything to him.Praise for Shelly Laurenston's novels"Bear Meets Girl is hilarious, sexy fun."--Heroes and Heartbreakers"Fast-paced action and smoking hot love scenes." --RT Book Reviews TOP PICK on Wolf with Benefits
Manfred's Curse
by Shawn LaneAn unsettling storm arrives in Conrad’s seaside town, turning his life upside down when his housecat shifts into a sexy man.Manfred is used to being a cat -- and shifting to his human form whenever he wants -- until he crosses paths with a vindictive witch who curses him. He finds the man of his dream in Conrad, but before he can get his man, the curse must be broken for good.
Mangler the Dark Menace: Book 8 (Sea Quest #8)
by Adam BladeMax and his friends have already fought off three terrible Robobeasts. Now they face the ultimate battle, as the evil Professor tries to use Mangler the Dark Menace to destroy the ocean worlds!Don't miss the other books in this series: Shredder the Spider Droid, Stinger the Sea Phantom and Crusher the Creeping Terror.
Manhattan Transfer
by John E. StithMANHATTAN TRANSFER by John E. Stith Aliens kidnap Manhattan. Read all about it! Under a huge clear dome, Manhattan is placed aboard an enormous alien spacecraft. Through the dome, the trapped residents can see dozens of similarly trapped alien cities. There are no communications from their captors, no clues to why the humans have been taken, or how long to expect their captivity to last. That means the agenda boils down to one step: escape plan. A Science Fiction Book Club selection. Hugo Award Honorable Mention. Seiun Award nominee (Japan). La Tour Eiffel nominee (France). Complete information on Stith's work may be found at www.neverend.com. The author of this book donated a digital copy to Bookshare.org. Join us in thanking John E. Stith for providing his accessible digital book to this community.
Manhunt
by Gretchen Felker-Martin"By far the best book I've read this year.” —Roxane Gay #1 Best Book of 2022 (Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature (The New York Times Style Magazine).Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.“A modern horror masterpiece.” —Carmen Maria MachadoBeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics—all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons."A filthy, furious delight."—The New YorkerAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mania: A Novel
by Lionel ShriverSet in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel about a lifelong friendship threatened by culture wars, from the New York Times bestselling author.In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word (“stupid”) and encouraged to report parents who use it at home.A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah’s Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she’s also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children’s spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can . . . until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes.With echoes of Philip Roth’s The Human Stain, told in Lionel Shriver’s inimitable and iconoclastic voice, Mania is a sharp, acerbic, and ruthlessly funny book about the road to a delusional, self-destructive egalitarianism that our society is already on.
The Maniacal Mischief of the Marauding Monsters (Captain Underpants)
by Adapted by Meredith RusuTwo of Captain Underpants' funniest and most fearsome adventures in one!No one loves Halloween more than George Beard and Harold Hutchins. Join the two best friends and their superhero pal, Captain Underpants, in this terrifying and totally funny two-story collection!First, George and Harold go teeth-to-teeth against a ghost dentist when their spooky campfire story comes to life! Then, George and Harold have to face a terrifying T.P. mummy after their most epic prank ever goes down the drain. Can Captain Underpants flush away these vile villains so George and Harold can live to prank another day?This two-story collection features retellings of two of the Netflix series' funniest and spookiest episodes, "Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Perilous Misfortune of the T.P. Mummy" and "Captain Underpants and the Ghastly Danger of the Ghost Dentist." Both stories include George and Harold's original comics.
The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project
by Lenore AppelhansRiley lives in TropeTown, where everyone plays stock roles in novels. Riley, a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, is sent to group therapy after going off-script. Riley knows that breaking the rules again could get him terminated, yet he feels there must be more to life than recycling the same clichés for readers' entertainment. Then he meets Zelda, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Geek Chic subtype), and falls head over heels in love. Zelda's in therapy too, along with several other Manic Pixies. But TropeTown has a dark secret, and if Riley and his fellow Manic Pixies don't get to the bottom of it, they may all be terminated.
Manifest
by Brittany CavallaroNew York Times bestselling author Brittany Cavallaro delivers the thrilling conclusion to her YA duology set in a reimagined American monarchy about a girl fighting for her own freedom, trying to change the government from within . . . or burn it all down.For the first time in her life, Claire Emerson isn’t under a man’s control. She’s escaped from her dangerous father, and her fiancé, Governor Remy Duchamp, is too weak to rule. All eyes fall on Claire—and the power she could wield.But that power is precarious as she and Remy are leading St. Cloud in exile after the General’s attempted coup. And when King Washington descends on the small province, he brings with him his baseball team, Claire’s brother, and a proximity to power Claire has never dreamed of. With few allies to support her, she determines her best chance at survival is earning the King’s good graces. Claire’s schemes quickly get out of hand, reminding her that it isn’t about who holds the power. It’s about a system that grants such power to a select few, and the men who built it that way. Claire isn’t anyone’s muse, and if she can’t fix the system from within, she’s determined to be the spark of revolution in the First American Kingdom.
Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds (Postwestern Horizons)
by Sara HumphreysAt a time when print and film have shown the classic Western and noir genres to be racist, heteronormative, and neocolonial, Sara Humphreys&’s Manifest Destiny 2.0 asks why these genres endure so prolifically in the video game market. While video games provide a radically new and exciting medium for storytelling, most game narratives do not offer fresh ways of understanding the world. Video games with complex storylines are based on enduring American literary genres that disseminate problematic ideologies, quelling cultural anxieties over economic, racial, and gender inequality through the institutional acceptance and performance of Anglo cultural, racial, and economic superiority. Although game critics and scholars recognize how genres structure games and gameplay, the concept of genre continues to be viewed as a largely invisible power, subordinate to the computational processes of programming, graphics, and the making of a multimillion-dollar best seller. Investigating the social and cultural implications of the Western and noir genres in video games through two case studies—the best-selling games Red Dead Redemption (2010) and L.A. Noire (2011)—Humphreys demonstrates how the frontier myth continues to circulate exceptionalist versions of the United States. Video games spread the neoliberal and neocolonial ideologies of the genres even as they create a new form of performative literacy that intensifies the genres well beyond their originating historical contexts. Manifest Destiny 2.0 joins the growing body of scholarship dedicated to the historical, theoretical, critical, and cultural analysis of video games.
Manifestations of Male Image in the World’s Cultures (The Vastness of Culture)
by Renata IwickaManifestations of Male Image in the World’s Cultures shows a single cultural phenomenon from a number of diverse perspectives. Methods used to analyze the titular male image range from Literary Studies and Cultural Studies to Media Studies. Thanks to the Authors’ broad experience in various fields of academic research, the volume presents this highly layered theme in a truly interdisciplinary way. I perceive the multiauthored – and therefore “polyphonic” – collection as a truly original attempt to build a framework of humanistic thought that is based on clear theoretical and methodological criteria. Moreover, its open character allows the use and merging of a number of humanistic methods, such as the aforementioned Literary or Cultural Studies, with other inspirations that, layer by layer, add the depth and provide further insight into the relationship between the male image and broadly understood cultural practices.
The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes
by James LovegroveTwelve sensational Sherlock Holmes short stories from a bestselling master of the genre.Maverick detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful chronicler Dr John Watson return in twelve thrilling short stories. The iconic duo find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events: an otherworldly stone whose touch inflicts fatal bleeding; a hellish potion to unlock a person's devilish psyche; a fiendishly clever, almost undetectable method of revenge and many more - including a brand-new Cthulhu Casebooks story.
Manifold: Time
by Stephen BaxterThe year is 2010. More than a century of ecological damage, industrial and technological expansion, and unchecked population growth has left the Earth on the brink of devastation. As the world's governments turn inward, one man dares to envision a bolder, brighter future. That man, Reid Malenfant, has a very different solution to the problems plaguing the planet: the exploration and colonization of space. Now Malenfant gambles the very existence of time on a single desperate throw of the dice. Battling national sabotage and international outcry, as apocalyptic riots sweep the globe, he builds a spacecraft and launches it into deep space. The odds are a trillion to one against him. Or are they?
Manifold: Space (Manifold #2)
by Stephen BaxterThe year is 2020. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, Reid Malenfant ventures to the far edge of the solar system, where he discovers a strange artifact left behind by an alien civilization: A gateway that functions as a kind of quantum transporter, allowing virtually instantaneous travel over the vast distances of interstellar space. What lies on the other side of the gateway? Malenfant decides to find out. Yet he will soon be faced with an impossible choice that will push him beyond terror, beyond sanity, beyond humanity itself. Meanwhile on Earth the Japanese scientist Nemoto fears her worst nightmares are coming true. Startling discoveries reveal that the Moon, Venus, even Mars once thrived with life-life that was snuffed out not just once but many times, in cycles of birth and destruction. And the next chilling cycle is set to begin again . . .
Manifold: Origin
by Stephen Baxter"ONE OF THE BEST SF WRITERS IN THE BUSINESS . . . [Manifold: Origin is] filled with marvelous scientific speculations, strange events, novel concepts, and an awe-inspiring sense of the wonders of the universe. " -Science Fiction Chronicle In the year 2015, astronaut Reid Malenfant is flying over the African continent, intent on examining a mysterious glowing construct in Earth's orbit. But when the very fabric of the sky tears open, spilling living creatures to the ground and pulling others inside (including his wife, Emma), Malenfant's quest to uncover the unknown becomes personal. While desperately searching to discover what happened to the woman he loves, Malenfant embarks upon an adventure to the very fount of human development . . . on earth and beyond.
Mannen voor de Alpha
by Marinus Kruissen Aj TiptonBoekbeschrijving: Twee vormwisselaars is beter dan een. Cleo heft alles onder controle, ze is een verschrikkeljk succesvolle CEO, een Alpha van de machtige beer wisselaaras clan en een geweldig stuk. Wanneer een zakeljke deal haar aan de verkeerde kant van machtige heksen zet wordt ze agisch in het exiel gestuurd naar het nergens. Cleo is gedwongen de zaken uit handen te geven en te vertrouwen op de vriendelijkheid van twee knappe boeren om haar oude leven terug te krijgen. Titus, een vervloekte draak vormwisselaar en Connor die een supernatuurlijke intuitie heeft zijn niet gewend aan gezelschap. Wanneer hun boerderij--een vrijhaven voor magische schepselen--bedreigd wordt door krachten van buiten af zijn de mannen afhankelijk van hun kracht--en de vindingrijkheid van Cleo--om het goed af te laten lopen. Zal Cleo te veel afgeleidt worden door haar eigen plannen om wraak te nemen om er achter te komen dat ze de liefdes van haar leven gevonden heeft? In deze spetterende novella voor volwassen lezers wordt letterlijk in het hooi gerold wordt er nat en heet tegen vuur gevochten En er is liefde tot de derde macht. Deze STANDALONE novella is deel van de "Bear Shifter Billionaire" serie die in elke willekeurige volgorde gelezen kan worden. Er zijn geen cliffhangers, elk kort verhaal eindigt zoals het hoort: En ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig.
Manners and Mutiny: Number 4 in series (Finishing School #4)
by Gail CarrigerThe fourth and final book in a steampunk YA adventure series, from Orbit's New York Times bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school, and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing, and always polished New York Times bestselling Finishing School series!
Manners and Mutiny: Number 4 in series (Finishing School #6)
by Gail CarrigerThe fourth and final book in a steampunk YA adventure series, from Orbit's New York Times bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school, and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing, and always polished New York Times bestselling Finishing School series!
Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School Ser. #4)
by Gail CarrigerIf one must flirt...flirt with danger.Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's floating dirigible have become tedious without Sophronia's sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns about their wicked intentions are ignored, and now she's not sure whom to trust. What does the brusque werewolf dewan know? On whose side is the ever-stylish vampire Lord Akeldama? Only one thing is certain: a large-scale plot is under way, and when it comes to fruition, Sophronia must be ready to save her friends, her school, and all of London from disaster--in decidedly dramatic fashion, of course.What will become of our proper young heroine when she puts her years of training to the test? Find out in this highly anticipated and thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Finishing School series!
MANO A MANO CON EL DIABLO (EBOOK)
by Carlos Pbro MancusoSoy un cura exorcista. Enfrento con frecuencia al diablo y lo conmino a abandonar esos cuerpos que decidió poseer. Lucho contra el demonio. Es una tarea muy pesada, que representa un esfuerzo que supera los límites conocidos como #humanamente posibles#. Es el combate de un humano contra las fortalezas más antiguas del Universo. La mía, queda claro, no es una actividad sencilla. Cómo se reconoce a un endemoniado? Por qué el diablo elige a determinadas personas como sus víctimas? Cómo se lleva a cabo esta práctica que los exorcistas ortodoxos realizan desde hace quinientos años? El Padre Carlos Mancuso es una persona común y corriente con una ocupación extraordinaria: está autorizado por la Iglesia Católica para practicar exorcismos. Cada vez son más las personas que lo consultan consternadas por situaciones extrañas que los tienen como protagonistas. Acostumbrado a ser un referente en la materia, lo convocan de distintos países del mundo tanto para realizar su praxis como para dar seminarios dentro y fuera del ámbito eclesiástico. Mano a mano con el diablo es un libro absolutamente revelador sobre una práctica tan antigua como imprescindible. El Padre Mancuso nos cuenta casos de exorcismos efectuados por él mismo durante más de treinta años.