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The Natural Way of Things
by Charlotte WoodWINNER OF THE 2016 STELLA PRIZE, THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BEST FICTION BOOK AND OVERALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSThe Natural Way of Things is at once lucid and illusory, a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of mankind's own vast contradictions--the capacity for savagery, selfishness, resilience, and redemption all contained by a single, vulnerable body. This gripping, provocative, and timely book will resonate with its readers for many years.Drugged, dressed in old-fashioned rags, and fiending for a cigarette, Yolanda wakes up in a barren room. Verla, a young woman who seems vaguely familiar, sits nearby. Down a hallway echoing loudly with the voices of mysterious men, in a stark compound deep in the Australian outback, other captive women are just coming to. Starved, sedated, the girls can't be sure of anything--except the painful episodes in their pasts that link them.Charlotte Wood depicts a world where a woman's sexuality has become a weapon turned against her. The characters, each marked by their own public scandal, are silenced and shackled by a cruel system of corporate control and misogyny. In a Kafkaesque drag of days marked only by the increasing strangeness of their predicament, the fraught, surreal, and fierce reality of inhabiting a female body becomes frighteningly vivid.But it's in the very bind of this senseless system that Yolanda and Verla discover their ability to forge a bond powerful enough to bring it down. Drawing strength from the animal instincts they're forced to rely on, the girls go from hunted to hunters, along the way becoming unforgettable and boldly original literary heroines that readers will both relate to and root for.FINALISTVICTORIAN PREMIER'S AWARDTHE MILES FRANKLIN AWARDFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
The Natural Way of Things: 'The Handmaid's Tale for our age' (Economist)
by Charlotte Wood'Savage: think Atwood in the outback' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'An unforgettable reading experience' Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies'Ferocious... recalls the early Elena Ferrante' NPR'A masterpiece' Guardian'Devastating' EconomistShe hears her own thick voice deep inside her ears when she says, 'I need to know where I am.'The man stands there, tall and narrow, hand still on the doorknob, surprised.He says, almost in sympathy, 'Oh, sweetie. You need to know what you are.'"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a brokendownproperty in the middle of a desert.Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be therewith eight other girls, their heads shaved, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers.Doing hard labour under a sweltering sun, the prisoners soon learn what links them: ineach girl's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man.They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months,it becomes clear only the girls can rescue themselves. Winner, 2016 Stella PrizeWinner, 2016 Indie Book of the Year AwardWinner, Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Indie Book AwardWinner, 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for FictionWinner, Reader's Choice, 2016 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted, 2016 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted, 2016 ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice AwardLonglisted, 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
Naturally Enchanted
by Christy NewtonEzra Ravenhart has lived with the rumors of her family's witchcraft her whole life. Too bad she doesn't believe them - she'd conjure up a boyfriend. But the thing called love remains as mysterious as her Grana's herb shop on their tropical island.As a struggling journalist, Owen Cooper has to make a name for himself, and a tip that a real-life witch is living on Mango Cove may just lead to the big story he needs. Undercover as a shipwrecked tourist, he worms his way into Ezra's family - and their secrets.But how will he handle the fact that Ezra has found the magic answer to his heart when his body belongs in Chicago? And is their love strong enough to survive the evil stalking their every move?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Naturally Enchanted
by Christy NewtonEzra Ravenhart has lived with the rumors of her family's witchcraft her whole life. Too bad she doesn't believe them - she'd conjure up a boyfriend. But the thing called love remains as mysterious as her Grana's herb shop on their tropical island.As a struggling journalist, Owen Cooper has to make a name for himself, and a tip that a real-life witch is living on Mango Cove may just lead to the big story he needs. Undercover as a shipwrecked tourist, he worms his way into Ezra's family - and their secrets.But how will he handle the fact that Ezra has found the magic answer to his heart when his body belongs in Chicago? And is their love strong enough to survive the evil stalking their every move?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Naturally Enchanted
by Christy NewtonEzra Ravenhart has lived with the rumors of her family's witchcraft her whole life. Too bad she doesn't believe them - she'd conjure up a boyfriend. But the thing called love remains as mysterious as her Grana's herb shop on their tropical island.As a struggling journalist, Owen Cooper has to make a name for himself, and a tip that a real-life witch is living on Mango Cove may just lead to the big story he needs. Undercover as a shipwrecked tourist, he worms his way into Ezra's family - and their secrets.But how will he handle the fact that Ezra has found the magic answer to his heart when his body belongs in Chicago? And is their love strong enough to survive the evil stalking their every move?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
The Naturals Collection
by Jennifer Lynn BarnesDon&’t miss a page of the thrilling Naturals series by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes—this collection of four books includes a bonus e-novella! In The Naturals, seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. But what Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides--especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.In Killer Instinct, Cassie hopes she and the rest of her team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance after barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder. But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father--a man he'd do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer's brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good?In All In, Cassie and the Naturals are called in to investigate a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any security feed. And each victim has a string of numbers tattooed on their wrist. Hidden in the numbers is a code-and the closer the Naturals come to unraveling the mystery, the more perilous the case becomes.In Bad Blood, Cassie is reeling with the truth about her mother&’s murder. Everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night her mother was killed been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more powerful--and dangerous--than anything the Naturals have faced so far. As Cassie and the team work to uncover the secrets of a group that has been killing in secret for generations, they find themselves racing a ticking clock. And when the bodies begin piling up, it soon becomes apparent that this time, the Naturals aren't just hunting serial killers. They're being hunted.In the novella Twelve, Cassie is now twenty-three years old, and she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they're responsible for identifying new Naturals--and solving particularly impossible cases. When their latest case brings back a ghost from their past, Cassie and the other Naturals find themselves racing against the clock--and reliving their own childhood traumas. In a small, coastal town in Maine, there has been a rash of teen suicides--or at least, that's what the police believe. Enter the Naturals.
The Nature of a Pirate (Hidden Sea Tales #3)
by A. M. DellamonicaThe Nature of a Pirate is the third book in acclaimed author, A.M. Dellmonica’s high seas, Stormwrack series. The Lambda Award nominated series begins with Child of a Hidden Sea. Marine videographer and biologist Sophie Hansa has spent the past few months putting her knowledge of science to use on the strange world of Stormwrack, solving seemingly impossible cases where no solution had been found before. When a series of ships within the Fleet of Nations, the main governing body that rules a loose alliance of island nation states, are sunk by magical sabotage, Sophie is called on to find out why. While surveying the damage of the most recent wreck, she discovers a strange-looking creature—a fright, a wooden oddity born from a banished spell—causing chaos within the ship. The question is who would put this creature aboard and why?The quest for answers finds Sophie magically bound to an abolitionist from Sylvanner, her father’s homeland. Now Sophie and the crew of the Nightjar must discover what makes this man so unique while outrunning magical assassins and villainous pirates, and stopping the people responsible for the attacks on the Fleet before they strike again.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Nature of The Beast
by Hannah Howell Eve Silver Adrienne BassoIn this captivating new collection from Hannah Howell, Adrienne Basso, and Eve Silver, three women meet the irresistible vampires who are their destiny--and discover a passion satisfied only by complete surrender. . . "Dark Hero" by Hannah Howell Unlike most of his clan, Berawald MacNachton chooses to live in comfortable seclusion, far from the enemies who hunt his kind--until Evanna Massey and her young brother intrude upon his solitude. . . "Bride of the Beast" by Adrienne Basso When Haydn of Gwynedd first met Bethan of Lampeter, she was a brave and fearless young girl, risking her life to save his. Now Bethan has grown into a striking, courageous woman who needs Haydn's help to defeat her tyrannical stepfather. Haydn's dark gift compels him to offer marriage in name only, but he cannot deny the passion that sears them both. . . "Kiss of the Vampire" by Eve Silver Devoted to her work at King's College Hospital, Sarah Lowell is shocked to discover that someone--or something--is killing the weakest patients, draining them of their blood. Killian Thayne, an enigmatic surgeon, offers Sarah his protection, but his sensual, commanding presence presents another kind of danger. . .
The Nature of Middle-earth
by J.R.R. TolkienThe first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien&’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien&’s magnificent world.It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973.For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards!This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F. Hostetter, one of the world&’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien&’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.
Nature of the Beast
by Richard FawkesThe forces of annihilation Throughout the galaxy, the near-invincible armies of the alien Remor have set their sights on one goal: the complete extermination of the human race. Outnumbered and outgunned, The Interstellar Defense League cannot afford to discard any asset -- so a disgraced Sector Commander is being given a chance to redeem himself ... by sacrificing his life. The fate of Christoph Stone -- and, perhaps, the destiny of all humankind -- is to be decided on a distant frontier planet nestled deep in enemy-controlled space. Saddled with shockingly green troops, a captain with a checkered past, and a trouble-making civilian expeditionary force, Stone's mission is clear and clearly suicidal. Because even his superiors are unaware of the weapon the Remor have waiting for the human invaders as they attempt to retake a captive world: an instrument of destruction that is demonic, unstoppable ... and obscenely human.
Nature of the Beast
by Adam Mansbach Owen Brozman Douglas McgowanWhen the world is threatened by an alien force, a Florida gator wrestler is all that stands between survival and total annihilationThough humans have never heard their name, mankind's greatest enemies are called the Zawa. A race of alien zealots, they crisscross the stars on a bloodthirsty crusade, destroying life on other planets in service of their sinister galactic god. And Earth is next on their list. They offer mankind one hope for survival: They will engage in hand-to-hand combat with Earth's chosen champion to determine the planet's fate. To find the world's deadliest creature, Earth's richest man--media titan Milan Marlowe--organizes a no-species-barred fight to the death, pitting sharks, gorillas, and polar bears against one another in a gruesome knockout tourney. No one bets on the alligator, but that's because no one has heard of his trainer. Bruno Bolo is an alligator wrestler, blues singer, and whiskey-hound from the humid Florida swamps. He has a quick temper, quicker fists, and courage that is unmatched in man or beast. And he might just be humanity's last chance...
The Nature of Witches
by Rachel GriffinFrom a stunning new voice in fantasy comes the fierce, romantic story about a world on the brink of destruction, the one witch who holds the power to save it, and the choice that could cost her everything she loves.*Featuring an exclusive, flower-stamped case, only available on the first print run! <P><P>For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, but now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic; the storms, more destructive. All hope lies with Clara, a once-in-a-generation Everwitch whose magic is tied to every season. <P><P>In Autumn, Clara wants nothing to do with her power. It's wild and volatile, and the price of her magic—losing the ones she loves—is too high, despite the need to control the increasingly dangerous weather. <P><P>In Winter, the world is on the precipice of disaster. Fires burn, storms rage, and Clara accepts that she's the only one who can make a difference. <P><P>In Spring, she falls for Sang, the witch training her. As her magic grows, so do her feelings, until she's terrified Sang will be the next one she loses. <P><P>In Summer, Clara must choose between her power and her happiness, her duty and the people she loves...before she loses Sang, her magic, and thrusts the world into chaos. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Nature's Labyrinth #1 (Nature'S Labyrinth #1)
by Zac ThompsonIn the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created by a mysterious man known only as &“Ahab&”, the island was designed to test the wills of the world&’s most notorious criminals. In a battle royale style game, eight violent felons will fight for survival and to the death over the course of three days of relentless action. The winner receives a wealth or riches and complete anonymity, but at the cost of keeping their silence about the island&’s existence. What Ahab doesn&’t know is that someone is on to him. Someone has infiltrated his island with the intention of revealing the truth about this twisted game.Nature&’s Labyrinth is an all-new six issue mini-series from writer Zac Thompson (Yondu, The Brother of All Men, Undone by Blood) and Bayleigh Underwood (It Took Luke, The Sixth Borough).
Nature's Labyrinth #2 (Nature'S Labyrinth #2)
by Zac ThompsonAfter being dropped on a terrifying island with an ever-changing landscape and left to fight for their lives, it&’s all-out mayhem as the rules of the game have evolved to include specialized weapons for each of the felons. The island will show the contestants who they truly are. Will they accept the truth or will they devolve into the violent criminals they areNature&’s Labyrinth is an all-new six issue mini-series from writer Zac Thompson (Yondu, The Brother of All Men, Undone by Blood) and Bayleigh Underwood (It Took Luke, The Sixth Borough).
Nature's Labyrinth #3 (Nature'S Labyrinth #3)
by Zac ThompsonJ. and Nasir continue their journey through the labyrinth, but things take a ghostly turn as they stumble upon a ghost town inhabited by some not so friendly cowpokes. Meanwhile, Ahab is preparing a surprise for all the contestants that will completely change the rules of the game.Nature&’s Labyrinth is an all-new six issue mini-series from writer Zac Thompson (Yondu, The Brother of All Men, Undone by Blood) and Bayleigh Underwood (It Took Luke, The Sixth Borough).
Naudsonce
by H. Beam PiperBishop Berkeley's famous question about the sound of a falling tree may have no standing in Science. But there is a highly interesting question about "sound" that Science needs to consider.
El Naufragio Del Edmund Fitzgerald
by T. M. Bilderback Sonia MatamorosDavid Rudolph y Jacky Baker son un par de pescadores de la costa de Oregón. Los dos hombres tienen suerte y se alistan a bordo de un navío pesquero de sesenta y siete metros de eslora, el Edmund Fitzgerald II.Navegando con una tripulación de diez personas, el bote navega a través de aguas radioactivas en el Pacífico, que han sido traídas por corrientes desde el avvidente nuclear de Fukushima, en Japón. Usando los últimos y más sensibles medidores Geiger disponibles para uso submarino, el capitán del Fitzgerald II está seguro de que sus capturas serán seguras para el consumo humano.Después de un día lleno de buenas capturas, sin embargo, el buen barco y la tripulación se encuentran con algo que no esperaban.Algo en el agua.Algo grande.Inspirada por la homónima canción de éxito, ¡esta historia corta por T. M. Bilderback está llena de emoción!
Naufragiul Lui Edmund Fitzgerald
by Edwin Marian Badea T. M. BilderbackÎn urma accidentul nuclear de la Fukushima, echipajul unui vas de pescuit se confruntă cu un monstru imens pe mare. David Rudolph și Jacky Baker sunt doi dintre cei mai buni pescari comerciali de pe coasta Oregonului. Cei doi bărbați au noroc și se îmbarcă la bordul vasului de pescuit de două sute douăzeci de picioare, Edmund Fitzgerald II. Cu un echipaj de zece membri, vasul navighează prin apele radioactive din Pacific, care au fost aduse de curenții din zona accidentul nuclear de la Fukushima din Japonia. Folosind cele mai noi și mai sensibile contoare Geiger disponibile pentru utilizare subacvatică, căpitanul lui Fitzgerald II este decis ca întreaga sa captură să fie sigură pentru consumul uman. După o zi plină de capturi bune, însă, vasul și echipajul întâlnesc ceva ce nu se așteptau. Ceva în apă. Ceva mare. Inspirându-se dintr-un cântec de succes, T.M. Bilderback oferă cititorilor o povestire palpitantă și tulburătoare in același timp.
Los Náufragos de las Islas Corona.: Una Aventura Marítima en la Serie Cordysian Chronicles (Las Crónicas Cordysian #5)
by C. J. PearsonUna extraña y mortal plaga, letal para la familia humana de Nueva Sylestia, se ha apoderado de la ciudad costera de Fairport. Mientras la comandante de la milicia Velyxi lucha junto al magistrado local para mantener el vulnerable puerto en cuarentena en medio del pánico y las fuerzas internas, su hija Lorewyn, una arquera elfa joven y algo poco experimentada, junto con Rhianyn y Shyntiel navegan hacia el oeste a través del océano con la esperanza de encontrar a los lejanos y misteriosas Islas de la Corona, y la única esperanza de cura. Sin embargo, los misterios se encuentran a brazas de profundidad, ya que las islas tienen el potencial no solo de curar un reino en peligro de extinción, sino también de revelar un secreto muy oscuro del pasado, ¡uno que la propia gente de Lorewyn preferiría mantener en secreto! Ambientada dos siglos antes de los eventos de Two Flew at Midnight y Knights of the Faerie Blade, esta nueva aventura marítima de la serie Cordysian Chronicles ofrece otro capítulo emocionante de la vida y la época de Lorewyn, mientras ella y otros deben enfrentarse a los Náufragos de las Islas de la Corona.
Naughty Amelia Jane!: Book 1 (Amelia Jane #1)
by Enid BlytonEnid Blyton's Amelia Jane is big, bad and the world's naughtiest toy!Look out! Amelia snips the tail off pink rabbit, squirts Tom the soldier with water and gets up to mischief at the beach. The other toys try to teach the terror of the toy cupboard to be well-behaved, but will they succeed?First published in 1939, this edition contains the classic text and illustrations by Deborah Allwright, cover by Alex T. Smith (2011).
Naughty Amelia Jane!: Book 1 (Amelia Jane #1)
by Enid BlytonEnid Blyton's Amelia Jane is big, bad and the world's naughtiest toy!Look out! Amelia snips the tail off pink rabbit, squirts Tom the soldier with water and gets up to mischief at the beach. The other toys try to teach the terror of the toy cupboard to be well-behaved, but will they succeed?First published in 1939, this edition contains the classic text and illustrations by Deborah Allwright, cover by Alex T. Smith (2011).
Naughty Cupid
by Deanna Wadsworth2nd EditionThe name's Lio, and you may have read the beginning of my story in A Cupid's Wager. Well, hold on to your hats, because there's more to tell about your favorite cupid working in the Gay Division of the Inter-Dimensional Association of Cupids. Remember Ethan? That Aztec god of the winds who busted me shooting a closeted human with a gay lust arrow? Yeah, I haven't been able to forget him either. Even though I have a rule against getting it on with other supernaturals--especially ones working for the Straight Division--my magic is drawn to Ethan and all his tattoos and piercings in a way I cannot control. But after that night of mind-numbing sex, now I gotta face my evil ex-boyfriend and a suspension by the IDAC for "misplacing" arrows. They took my quiver, and I have to figure out how to get my arrow privileges back before they're taken forever. Ethan seems to think he can help me, but I don't know how anybody can make this cupid believe in love again.First Edition published as A Cupid's Wager by Dreamspinner Press, 2014.
Naughty & Nice (Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.)
by Kevin J. AndersonDan Shamble, Zombie P.I. finds himself tackling a bizarre Christmas case when Santa Claus himself becomes a client, hiring Dan to recover some very precious stolen North Pole property. If you like werewolves, vampires, evil elves, zombies, as well as a lot of belly laughs, curl up with this story and some eggnog.
Naughty Or Nice
by Sherry Browning ErwinA match made in hell. . . One year into her widowhood, Bennie St. James is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit--and running out of money to support her shopping habit. That means the unthinkable: For the first time, Bennie has to get a job. But when she trips and falls into the arms of a dashing man on her first day, she decides working for a living isn't so bad after all. The trouble is, her new flame may be too hot to handle. . . Irresistible Nick Angelos is no angel--in fact, he's the nephew of Hades, god of the underworld. And he's been sent to earth on a mission Bennie can help him accomplish. While he's at it, Nick plans to mix business with carnal pleasure, and before long he's igniting Bennie's passion like never before. But he may have a rival. Honest, dependable Josh Brandon is everything Nick is not--including human. Soon, Bennie finds herself torn between a lover who's hot as hell and a real man who can keep her on solid ground. And while she battles the naughty and nice forces within, she just may find herself along the way. . . Sherri Erwin is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA). She lives with her family in Needham, Massachusetts.
Nautilus Than Perfect (Sucker For Love Mysteries #4)
by K.L. HiersDetective Elwood Q. Chase has ninety-nine problems, and the unexpected revelation that his partner is a god is only one of them.Chase has been in love with Benjamin Merrick for years and has resigned himself to a life of unrequited pining. But when they run afoul of a strange cult, Merrick’s secret identity as Gordoth the Untouched slips out… and so do Chase’s feelings. The timing can’t be helped, but now Merrick thinks Chase only cares about him because he’s a god.Even more unfortunately, it turns out the cultists want to perform a ritual to end the world. Chase’s mission to convince Merrick his feel