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Popes and Phantoms
by John WhitbournAdmiral Slovo was a man of his time, but of more than one dimension..In his sixteenth century, a pirate might be followed by the corpse of his victim, walking across the ocean, until putrescence claimed it. Or an interview with the Pope might be mirrored, exactly, by one with the Devil. Reality shifts could cause a King to see his capital city shimmer into another Realm entirely. Through such scenes of macabre hallucination, mayhem and murder, Slovo is a man alone, set apart by his stoic beliefs from the rigours of human fears and passions. As such, he was a valuable find for the Vehme, a clandestine, subversive society that ensnared its members from an early age, securing loyalties by the expedient methods of blackmail, bribery and barbarism. But Slovo is more than a Vehmist puppet, and whether as a brigand on the high seas, or emissary to the Borgias, or as the Pope's Machiavellian Mr Fix-it, he plots a course that suits his own ends as much as those of his paymasters. He knows that, in the words of his mentor Marcus Aurelius, "in a brief while you will be ashes of bare bones; a name, or perhaps not even a name". And there are few things that cannot be solved by a stiletto in the eye.
Popisho: A Novel
by Leone Ross"Bold, iridescent... Dazzling and shocking... Ross’s lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored... [Her] voice sings out loud and pure." —Eowyn Ivey, The New York Times Book ReviewAn uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's Popisho conjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.Everyone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something extra. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift, nah? Yes. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own. Somewhere far away—or maybe right nearby—lies an archipelago called Popisho. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. Xavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. The governor’s daughter, Sonteine, still hasn’t come into her cors, but her corrupt father is demanding the macaenus make a feast for her wedding. Meanwhile, graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. A storm is brewing. Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, through their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters.Leone Ross’s Popisho is a masterful delight: a playful love story, a portrait of community, a boldly sensual meditation on desire and addiction, and a critique of the legacies of corruption and colonialism. Inspired by the author’s Jamaican homeland, inflected with rhythms and textures of an amalgam of languages, it is a dazzling, major work of fiction.
Poppa Needs Shorts
by Leigh RichmondGiven valid data, you can reach completely wrong conclusions. But given a wrong conclusion, you can still get a right answer!
Popplestone & Spells
by Colin StonelakeColin was engrossed in a book in his cozy Auckland flat when he drifted off to sleep. Upon waking, he found himself in a sun-kissed field of swaying corn, completely disoriented. Two curious children offered to guide him to their father in the charming village of Popplestone. There, Colin encountered an eccentric cast of villagers, each with their own peculiarities and quirks. As Colin’s adventures unfold, filled with unexpected twists and surprises, you, the reader, are invited to join him on this journey by keeping a Green Journal. You’ll be immersed in every facet of the adventure, meeting the characters through Colin’s eyes. Enchanted spells permeate the air, seemingly connected to a mysterious figure residing in the nearby woods. The story’s conclusion will catch you off guard with its unconventional and astonishing revelation. Brace yourself for an ending you never saw coming!
Poppy (Poppy #2)
by Avi Brian FlocaBoston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * ALA Notable Book * ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice * School Library Journal Best Book“This exciting story is richly visual. The underlying messages, to challenge unjust authority and to rely on logic and belief in oneself, are palatably blended with action and suspense.” — School Library JournalThe second book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with inviting illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is now available as an ebook for the first time.Poppy knew she was taking a risk following her beloved Ragweed to Bannock Hill, but a night of dancing with the handsome golden mouse was just too tempting. So when Ragweed is scooped up by the sinister owl, Mr. Ocax, who rules over Dimwood forest, she’s devastated. Her whole life she was warned of Mr. Ocax’s evil ways…how could she have been so foolish to put herself and Ragweed at risk?To make matters worse, when Poppy attempts to move with her family to a different part of the woods where the food supply is richer, Mr. Ocax refuses to let them go. Despite what she’s been led to believe for years, Mr. Ocax is not as strong as he wants the mice to think he is. Armed with the bravery, gumption, and wit of a hero, Poppy embarks on a dangerous quest—joined by the irascible but lovable porcupine, Ereth—to defeat Mr. Ocax and lead her family to a better home. A perennially popular story of courage and determination, Poppy is a fixture on state award lists and in classrooms across the country.
Poppy and Ereth (Poppy #6)
by Avi Brian FlocaThe sixth book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is available as an ebook for the first time! Has Ereth lost Poppy forever?Poppy, a deer mouse, has spent the long winter curled up inside her tree snag home in Dimwood Forest. When the ground thaws and life returns to the woods, Poppy sets out in search of excitement. Suddenly, swooped up by Luci the bat, Poppy is flying high over the forest.Meanwhile Poppy’s best friend, Ereth the grumbling porcupine, who was with Poppy when she vanished, is convinced that she has died. He sets out to give her the best funeral ever. Can Poppy find her way out of the bats’ cave to set Ereth straight and return home after the adventure of a lifetime?
Poppy and Rye (Poppy #3)
by Avi Brian FlocaThe third book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is available as an ebook for the first time! Heartbroken over the death of her fiance, Ragweed, Poppy the deer mouse journeys west through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal Ereth arrive only to discover that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived.Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother Rye brave kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the same time, Rye—who has lived in Ragweed's shadow—fights to prove himself worthy of Poppy's love.
Poppy! And the Lost Lagoon
by Matt Kindt&“Kindt is a storyteller so fully in control of his gifts that his graphic novels read like quietly compelling arguments for the comics medium&’s narrative potential.&”—NPRAt the age of ten, Poppy Pepperton is the greatest explorer since her grandfather Pappy! When a shrunken mummy head speaks, adventure calls Poppy and her sidekick/guardian Colt Winchester across the globe in search of an exotic fish—along the way discovering clues to what happened to Pappy all those years ago!* All-ages adventure from New York Times best-selling writerMatt Kindt (MIND MGMT)!* Drawn by New York Times best-selling artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun)!
Poppy Muddlepup: Book 5 (Magic Animal Friends Early Reader #5)
by Daisy MeadowsThe much-loved series from the creator of Rainbow Magic - abridged for younger readers and illustrated in full colour!Welcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me!Best friends Jess and Lily love all animals. But when they follow a mysterious golden cat into Friendship Forest - a place where animals live in tiny cottages and sip dandelion tea at the Toadstool Cafe - their animal friends suddenly become much more magical!Fluffy puppy Poppy Muddlepup needs help! Can the girls rescue Poppy's brother from Grizelda the witch?
Poppy Muddlepup's Daring Rescue: Special 1 (Magic Animal Friends #1)
by Daisy MeadowsWelcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me!In this BUMPER SPECIAL, Lily and Jess meet Poppy Muddlepup. When the mean witch Grizelda puts a spell on Poppy's twin brother Patch, the girls know they're in for one of their most exciting adventures yet!
Poppy Muddlepup's Daring Rescue: Special Edition) (Magic Animal Friends #1)
by Daisy MeadowsFrom the mind of Daisy Meadows comes a new fantasy world, with the same great magical voice as Rainbow Magic but brand-new adventures!Best friends Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists!Jess and Lily love making friends with Poppy Muddlepup and her twin brother, Patch! But when Grizelda puts a spell on Patch, can Poppy and the girls find the ingredients they need to save him? Find out in this Magic Animal Friends special edition!
The Poppy War: A Novel (The Poppy War #1)
by R. F KuangOne of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year...I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- BooknestFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, the brilliantly imaginative debut of R.F. Kuang: an epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.But surprises aren’t always good.Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
The Poppy War Collector's Edition: A Novel (The Poppy War #1)
by R. F KuangFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new, fully illustrated, collector’s edition of R. F. Kuang’s debut novel, The Poppy War. Considered one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, the story of orphaned Rin’s rise to power gets a fresh look with black-and-white interior art by JungShan throughout.When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.But surprises aren’t always good.Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
Poppy's Return
by AviPoppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.
Poppy's Return (Poppy #5)
by Avi Brian FlocaThe fifth book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is available as an ebook for the first time! There's trouble at Gray House, the girlhood home that Poppy left long ago. Poppy's family has called her back to save them all—mother, father, sisters and brothers, and dozens and dozens of deer mouse cousins.Poppy invites her rebellious son, Junior, to join her on the long trip across Dimwood Forest, hoping the journey will bring them closer together. But with Junior's skunk pal, Mephitis, and Ereth, the cantankerous porcupine, in tow—sugared slug soup!—Poppy and Junior may be in for unexpected adventure.
Pop's Chocklit Shoppe of Horrors (Archie Horror Presents #1)
by Amy ChasePop Tate is the glue holding Riverdale together, whether everyone realizes or not. His Chock’lit Shoppe is the beating heart of the city, where everyone can stop in for a delicious bite and some safe haven—even the worst sorts. And not just the run-of-the-mill rapscallions who recently broke the jukebox. When a young Riverdale couple (Nick St. Clair and Sherry Thyme) attempt to dine and dash on the humble small business owner, they quickly discover the fryer grease isn’t the only heart-stopping thing about the Chock’lit Shoppe. From tales of mystery meat to the unnatural visitors that dine late at night, this anthology tells stories about the horrors that happen at Riverdale’s beloved malt shop—and how Pop Tate is at the center of it all, the most powerful figure in Riverdale providing haven to all sorts of terrors and underhanded villainy.
Popular Adorable Consort: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Wu DongdecaihongLo wen-shan an ordinary girl in the 21st century she did not have a big dream have a family spend the day this is the biggest hope of his life but the reality is often the opposite of the dream in an accident she fell into another world fate seems to be arranged she met him the man was as cold as ice and haughty as pride and as hard to approach and as commanding and as deadly as grass but unluckily two people are wonderful but produced the feeling of love from the beginning of the exclusion to the last like but the class gap the political struggle the misunderstanding insert the two of them can be smooth together
Popular Hits of the Showa Era: A Novel
by Ryu MurakamiFrom the author of Audition, a wickedly satirical and wildly funny tale of an intergenerational battle of the sexes. In his most irreverent novel yet, Ryu Murakami creates a rivalry of epic proportions between six aimless youths and six tough-as-nails women who battle for control of a Tokyo neighborhood. At the outset, the young men seem louche but harmless, their activities limited to drinking, snacking, peering at a naked neighbor through a window, and performing karaoke. The six "aunties" are fiercely independent career women. When one of the boys executes a lethal ambush of one of the women, chaos ensues. The women band together to find the killer and exact revenge. In turn, the boys buckle down, study physics, and plot to take out their nemeses in a single blast. Who knew that a deadly "gang war" could be such fun? Murakami builds the conflict into a hilarious, spot-on satire of modern culture and the tensions between the sexes and generations.
PopularMMOs Presents The End of All the Things (PopularMMOs)
by PopularMMOsNew York Times bestselling authors and YouTube sensations Pat and Jen from the beloved Minecraft-inspired channel PopularMMOs race to save the world in their exhilarating fifth middle grade graphic novel adventure, The End of All the Things.Pat thought being mayor was hard—but now, it’s more than just the village that’s in danger. Captain Cookie has been struck by a terrifying vision. He’s learned that if anyone dares disturb the Cookie Islands, it will trigger the destruction of all the realms of existence! And Jen has just found the final clue to find the islands by herself!Now Pat and his friends have to go back to the Overworld, through the Nether, and to the Underworld to stop Jen and her sister EJ (Evil Jen) before they destroy everything! But finding Jen may be the easy part. As it turns out, the PopularMMOs team are being stalked by an old enemy who’s determined to get even with the pair. Pat and Jen may be the very ones leading a great evil straight to the Cookie Islands to destroy the world as they know it.Will the friends be able to stop a plan of ultimate revenge—or will they wind up accidentally destroying everything?Join the adventure in the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series from PopularMMOs, one of the most popular YouTubers in the world, with over 22 million subscribers and 14 billion views!
PopularMMOs Presents Enter the Mine (PopularMMOs)
by PopularMMOsNew York Times bestselling authors and YouTube sensations Pat and Jen from the Minecraft-inspired channel PopularMMOs fall into a “hole” new world of adventure in their exhilarating second graphic novel. Fans of DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal and Minecraft: The Crash will love the second graphic novel from PopularMMOs, full of hilarious jokes, thrilling action, and all of your favorite characters in an exciting new setting. After Pat and Jen saved Bomby, their cat Cloud, and one hundred friendly zombies from the clutches of Evil Jen and brought them home from the underworld, they thought their adventuring days were over.But ever since their return, more mysterious new holes have started appearing—and more and more of their friends have started disappearing! After Jen stumbles into one and Pat rushes after her, they find themselves trapped in a dark, dank boomium mine.Now Pat and Jen need to free their friends, figure out who’s behind this evil plot, and find a way to get back home—before it’s too late.In this sequel to their New York Times bestselling graphic novel, go on a brand-new adventure with PopularMMOs, one of the most popular YouTubers in the world with over 19 million subscribers and 12 billion views!
PopularMMOs Presents A Hole New World (PopularMMOs)
by PopularMMOsNew York Times Bestseller!Minecraft-inspired YouTube star PopularMMOs brings everyone’s favorite characters to life in a thrilling adventure to save their friend, battle the undead, and escape the hole new world they’ve crashed into with one unfortunate misstep.Fans of DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal and Zach King: My Magical Life will love this PopularMMOs graphic novel adventure, filled with hilarious jokes, thrill-a-minute action, and beloved characters. When Pat and Jen stumble into a hidden hole while playing hide-and-seek, they find that they’re trapped in a dangerous underworld and that their good friend, Bomby, has been kidnapped! Now it’s up to our daring duo and their “friend” Carter to battle the zombies, find the castle, and get back home before it’s too late.Can Pat and Jen find Bomby and flee the underworld before they get zombified by the evilest villain of them all—Evil Jen?One of the most popular YouTubers in the world, with over 13 million subscribers and 10 billion views, PopularMMOs brings together one magical unicorn, one talking cloud, an enormous golem, a dimwitted ship captain, and one oblivious cat in this heart-stopping adventure, as Pat and Jen try to rescue their friends from the zombie-filled new world they’ve fallen into with a single regrettable stumble.
PopularMMOs Presents Into the Overworld (PopularMMOs)
by PopularMMOsNew York Times bestselling authors and YouTube sensations Pat and Jen from the beloved Minecraft-inspired channel PopularMMOs fall into a “fun-tastic” new world in their exhilarating fourth graphic novel adventure, Into the Overworld.Pat and Jen do everything together, including saving the day! But when Jen and Evil Jen find out they have one chance to find their long-lost mother in the Overworld, Jen’s going to take it—even if it means that Pat can’t join her on an adventure for the first time ever.With Mr. Rainbow’s help travelling to the Overworld should be the easiest part, but when something goes wrong, Jen and Evil Jen wind up trapped in the nether. Right about now would be the perfect time for Pat to help save the day, wouldn’t it? But turns out, Pat himself has been imprisoned by an old villain set on the revenge.Pat’s desperate to escape because he knows something that Jen doesn’t . . . she’s walking straight into a trap! There’s an evil plot to start a zombie war brewing, and the person behind it may be the only one who could outsmart Jen and Evil Jen. Can Pat find a way to reach them in time and warn them before it’s too late?Join the adventure in the fourth book of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series from PopularMMOs, one of the most popular YouTubers in the world, with over 22 million subscribers and 14 billion views!
PopularMMOs Presents Zombies' Day Off (PopularMMOs)
by PopularMMOsNew York Times bestselling authors and YouTube sensations Pat and Jen from the beloved Minecraft-inspired channel PopularMMOs fall into a “fun-tastic” new world in their exhilarating third graphic novel adventure, Zombies’ Day Off. Pat and Jen are heroes! After defeating Evil Jen and closing all the portals to the underworld, they have nothing to worry about, no villains to defeat, and no adventures to go on. Awesome, right? Until a mysterious voice tells Jen that she has to go to the underworld to uncover a secret about her past. It is a quest she can only undertake alone. With Jen off to find out the truth and Pat desperate to find Jen, the heroes almost don’t notice that a sinister plot is afoot. There’s a new villain in town, and his team of ninja sailors are determined to take over the underworld and the real world.To defeat him, Pat and Jen might just have to do the unthinkable—team up with Evil Jen! But can Pat and Jen find each other and find a way to work with their nemesis to stop this sinister plot before it’s too late? Join the adventure in the third book of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series from PopularMMOs, one of the most popular YouTubers in the world, with over 22 million subscribers and 14 billion views!
Por Amor a un Vampiro
by Eileen SheehanRecobré mis sentidos en la noche y lo primero que hice fue llamar a Duncan a su celular, nadie respondó, entonces decidí llamarlo a su casa pero igual no respondía. Así sucedió por días. Pensando que yo estaba aterrada y molesta por saber de su verdadera identidad, él se había ocultado de mi, no fue sino hasta dos semanas después que reapareció. Todo este tiempo que estuve separada de mi amor la pasé buscando e investigando todo sobre los vampiros, de inmediato se cruzó en mi mente una teoría que me perseguía una y otra vez; Dios crea y ama a todas las criaturas y cada cosa, él decide quién es malo y quién no lo es. Eso muy cierto, de seguro que los vampiros y los pandilleros que me atacaron eran malos, pero ¿lo eran los pandilleros?. Hay malos y buenos en todas las especies, yp sabía en lo más profundo de mi corazón que Duncan era buen; si yo llegara a saber la verdad de que él era malo, era demasiado tarde porque ya me habia enamorado de él. Sentí la presencia de Duncan esperando reunir el valor necesario para tocar a mi puerta, él creía que me asustaría y rehusaría a abrirle. En lugar de eso, lo había sorprendido con una salvaje bienvenida, abrí la puerta y volé directo a sus brazos para besarlo salvajemente. En cambio, él se vió sorprendido por mi gran alegría de haberle aceptado tal y como era. Este fue un reencuentro muy gratificante. Pasamos los días posteriores haciendo el amor y compartiendo nuestros secretos más profundos, aprendí que Duncan se convirtió en vampiro justo unos días antes de su boda y que tuvo lugar en el año de mil setecientos cuarenta y cinco. Él nunca habia visto criaturas tan sobrenaturales como los vampiros, no pensó formar parte de esas historias, o incluso tomar precauciones al transitar los caminos en mitad de la noche. Habían rumores de que la señorita Vivian Everhoust…
Por designio divino
by Esperanza RiscartSentimientos, emociones, intriga, romanticismo y grandes dosis de acción. Dios ha encomendado una dificultosa misión a sus siete arcángeles: salvar a la Tierra y a los seres humanos quienes, debido a su codicia, la crueldad y el egoísmo, están encaminados hacia su propia destrucción. El arcángel Gabriel, orgulloso, soberbio y desilusionado, pierde su fe en la Humanidad. Sin embargo, su actitud dará un giro brusco cuando se instala en Barcelona y conoce a sus nuevos vecinos: Pere, un anciano que lo acoge con una generosidad inusual, y su nieta Isabel, una joven comadrona de la que Gabriel se enamora a pesar de su desconocimiento sobre los sentimientos humanos y su empeño en que ello no suceda. El apasionado y profundo amor que surge entre ambos moviliza a las fuerzas infernales y puede provocar una guerra entre demonios y ángeles que cause el apocalipsis final. -Pero -Miguel no se atrevía a preguntar-, ¿qué designio reserva nuestro Padre para una humana? No lo entiendo, Gabriel. ¿Qué poder oculta Isabel?