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The Practice Effect
by David BrinDennis Nuel is a physicist who, during his research, develops a machine that allows him to explore alternate realities, each of which sport some very strange scientific properties.
The Practice Effect
by David BrinDennis Nuel is a physicist who, during his research, develops a machine that allows him to explore alternate realities, each of which sport some very strange scientific properties.
The Practice Effect
by David BrinDennis Nuel is a physicist who, during his research, develops a machine that allows him to explore alternate realities, each of which sport some very strange scientific properties.
Practice Husband
by Judith McWilliamsWANTED: MARRIAGE-MINDED MENAddy Edson was looking for a husband, and she knew just the guy to help her with her search. But what she hadn't expected were the warm, sensuous "practice kisses" that her childhood friend Joe Barrington was bent on giving her-or the way they made her feel....Joe was more than happy to help Addy find a groom, especially since it meant the redheaded beauty would be practicing her sexy charms on him! But how could he convince her that a lifetime of happiness-and nighttimes of passion-could be found in his arms?
Practice Makes Perfect
by Sarah MadisonThe now-extinct Brill gifted humankind with the technology of space travel, but the implacable Swarm is determined to wipe all humans from the face of the universe. But the human race won't give in so easily. On board the spaceship Fearless, a team led by Dr. Rhys Aubrey and Major Jim Tanner is tasked with developing technology for the fight and making new allies to trade for whatever edge they can get. Every day the Fearless ventures forth to new worlds and faces challenges that forge strong bonds of friendship among the crew--and perhaps something more between Rhys and Jim. In a life filled with danger and trouble around every corner, are Rhys and Jim ready to risk their hearts too?
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
by Sofia SamatarNamed a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by EsquireA Most Anticipated in 2024 Pick for Goodreads | LitHub | Book Riot | She Reads | The Nerd Daily“I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast.”—N. K. JemisinCelebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant science fiction novella tackling the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower while embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin.The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes—literally—when he is yanked “upstairs” and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship’s university alongside the elite.Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as “the professor,” a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career striving for validation from her more senior colleagues, only to fall short at every turn.Together, the boy and the woman will embark on a transformative journey to grasp the design of the chains that fetter them both—and are the key to breaking free.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Prada and Prejudice
by Mandy HubbardDuring a school trip to England, fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of Prada shoes in an effort to impress the popular girls, a scheme that backfires and sends Callie back to 1815.
Prador Moon
by Neal AsherNeal Asher takes on first contact, Polity style. This original novel recounts the first contact between the aggressive Prador aliens, and the Polity Collective as it is forced to retool its society to a war footing. The overwhelming brute force of the Prador dreadnaughts causes several worlds and space stations to be overrun. Prador Moon follows the initial Polity defeats, to the first draws, and culminates in what might be the first Polity victory, told from the point of view of two unlikely heroes. For the first time in the US in eBook format.
Praemortis: dioses de carne
by Miguel Angel Moreno¿Cómo sería nuestro mundo si cada ser humano supieraqué destino le aguarda tras la muerte?En Praemortis los hombres han decidido olvidar cualquier promesa de vida futura que ofrecen las religiones y se centran en disfrutar su vida presente.El Dr. Veldecker, buscando una cura para su hijo, descubre una fórmula que hace que los pacientes traspasen lafrontera de la vida mortal y descubran lo que les guardará al morir. El doctor decide destruir la fórmula que ha llamado Praemortis pero su hijo Robert la conserva en secreto. Robert funda una corporación donde su fin es controlar a la humanidad. Al parecer solo un ser sobrenatural y misterioso, no humano, que se hace llamar «Golem» puede cambiar el futuro.La novela pretende adentrarse en las inquietudes existencialistas que todo ser humano posee. Éstas son atemporales y ajenas a religiones o variaciones de la sociedad. Praemortis habla de esa inquietud, de la búsqueda de respuestas en un mundo que avanza hacia su final.
Praemortis 2
by Miguel Ángel MorenoTras la muerte de Robert Veldecker, Raquildis, su anterior consejero, es quien lidera Praemortis. Su liderazgo se mezcla con su devoción hacia la criatura marina, el Haiyim, capaz de extender sus tentáculos hasta las voluntades de quienes le ofrecen su lealtad. Entretanto, Leandra, se debate entre la vida y la muerte en la prisión de Wael. La realidad se mezcla con sus delirios, mientras una decisión cobra forma en su interior: ¿es cierto lo que promete el Golem? Wael será algo más que una prisión para su cuerpo. Su espíritu deberá enfrentarse a sí mismo, a su naturaleza oscura, en una prueba final que podría poner en peligro el futuro de todo cuanto existe. Sin embargo, lo que todos desconocen es que Erik Gallagher, el noble más carismático de la ciudad, no ha muerto. Permanece oculto bajo el cuidado de Ipser Zarrio, desarrollando un plan demente para acabar con la ciudad. Praemortis II muestra un mundo en donde el sol ha dejado de lucir y las temperaturas bajan de manera vertiginosa. Algo está a punto de suceder, algo de enorme magnitud. Descubrir a tiempo de qué se trata podría salvar a toda la humanidad.
A praga da discórdia: Ataque à Londres
by Lais Calles Lima Nic TaylorO mundo mudou. Enquanto as empresas de mídia invadem informações pessoais quando querem, tumultos e agitações levam o país a um espiral descendente de caos. Quando Adam e sua namorada Isobel são perseguidos por homens sem rosto, eles têm duas opções: fugir ou enfrentar seus algozes. Com a perseguição dos homens misteriosos e sem nenhum lugar para ir, eles terão que fazer escolhas difíceis enquanto tentam descobrir por que são alvo e tentar encontrar uma saída.
The Prague Cemetery
by Umberto EcoThe Prague Cemetery is the #1 international bestselling historical novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco.Nineteenth-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night.Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Conspiracies rule history. From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat.But what if behind all of these conspiracies, both real and imagined, lay one lone man?“Choreographed by a truth that is itself so strange a novelist need hardly expand on it to produce a wondrous tale... Eco is to be applauded for bringing this stranger-than-fiction truth vividly to life.” —The New York Times
Prairie Fire (Story of Owen #2)
by E. K. JohnstonListen! For the song of Owen Thorskard has a second verse. Every dragon slayer owes the Oil Watch a period of service, and young Owen was no exception. What made him different was that he did not enlist alone. His two closest friends stood with him shoulder to shoulder. Steeled by success and hope, the three were confident in their plan. And though Siobhan McQuaid was the first bard in a generation, she managed to forge a role for herself and herald Owen as a new kind of dragon slayer for a new kind of future. But the arc of history is long and hardened by dragon fire. Try as they might, Owen and his friends could not twist it to their will. Not all the way. Not all together. Listen! I am Siobhan McQuaid. I know the cost of even a small bend in the course of history. Listen!
Prairie Fire
by E. K. JohnstonListen! For the song of Owen Thorskard has a second verse. Every dragon slayer owes the Oil Watch a period of service, and young Owen was no exception. What made him different was that he did not enlist alone. His two closest friends stood with him shoulder to shoulder. Steeled by success and hope, the three were confident in their plan. And though Siobhan McQuaid was the first bard in a generation, she managed to forge a role for herself and herald Owen as a new kind of dragon slayer for a new kind of future. But the arc of history is long and hardened by dragon fire. Try as they might, Owen and his friends could not twist it to their will. Not all the way. Not all together. Listen! I am Siobhan McQuaid. I know the cost of even a small bend in the course of history. Listen!
The Prank (Night Fall ™)
by Ashley Rae HarrisPranks make Jordan nervous. But when a group of popular kids invites her along on a series of practical jokes, she doesn't turn them down. As the pranks begin to go horribly wrong, Jordan and her crush, Charlie, work to discover the cause of the accidents. Is the spirit of a prank victim who died twenty years earlier to blame? And can Jordan stop the final prank, or will the haunting continue?
The Prank (The Do-Over)
by Jeffrey PrattAudrey and her friends only wanted to get back at Hope Barcomb for being a bully. But soon their prank blog post about Hope's father, the dean of students at their high school, gets out of control. Reeling from the consequences after coming clean about her involvement, Audrey jumps at a mysterious chance to do it differently. But will keeping quiet about the prank really be the answer she was looking for? Or was she better off before her do-over?
Prank Day
by Kel MitchellFrom actor, producer, and comedian Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon's All That and the film Good Burger, this laugh-aloud novel for kids follows Chase as he masterminds a series of epic pranks only to discover that they've all become real on April 2nd. When his tricks become reality in hilarious and disastrous ways, Chase must come clean. How will he set the world right again, catch the eye of his crush Zoe, and keep her from getting flattened by the refrigerator running all over town?This comedy-fantasy adventure is full of wackiness, mayhem, and laugh-out loud momentsteaches the value of taking responsibility for your actions and telling the truthblends realistic fiction with fantasyfeatures comic-style illustrations in every chaptercelebrates the value of friendship, family, and good teachers in your lifefeatures a diverse cast of characters Intended for kids and tweens 8 to 12 years old, this book is perfect forindependent young readers, boys and girlsfans of illustrated chapter book series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Terrible Two, Middle School, and Locker 37fans of the popular Nickelodeon show All That This novel will keep middle graders entertained with its fast pace, fantastical chaos, and hilarious tricks. If you've ever dreamed of pranking the world with toilet clowns and spider drones, this book is for you.
Prankster: An AFK Book (Five Nights At Freddy's)
by Scott Cawthon Elley Cooper Andrea WaggenerFive Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Standing up for yourself can be hard . . .Jeremiah decides he's done being the butt of his coworker's jokes at their small game studio. Joel is counting the days until he can quit his family's garden center and hit the road to a new life. Aimee finally works up the courage to ditch her loud-mouthed, annoying friend at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. But when it comes to Five Nights at Freddy's, even the most well-meaning actions can reap horrible consequences.In this eleventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon.Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.
Prawn of the Dead (A\lemon Layne Mystery Ser. #1)
by Dakota CassidyFig Harbor, Washington home to amateur sleuth Lemon Layne, the best Sherlock Holmes wannabe west of the Mississippi!USA Today bestselling cozy mystery author Dakota Cassidy serves up conspiracy, suspects, bedlam, and murder in Prawn of the Dead, Book 1 in A Lemon Layne Mystery series.Prawn of the Dead is sure to keep you guessing from start to finish as you and Lemon follow the trail of a murderer."My name is Lemon Layne, and if asked to describe myself, like maybe on a dating site (which is never gonna happen), I'd have to go with best convenience store/barbecue joint owner in the Pacific Northwest. I live in the tiny tourist town of Fig Harbor, Washington with my adorably neurotic best friend, Coco Belinski, my a-little-left- of-center (read totally out there) mom, May, and my troublemaking pet monkey, Jessica Fletcher.Oh, and last but certainly not least, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool amateur sleuth. Yep. I'm literally incapable of resisting a good mystery. No matter how great or small, I love to stick my nose into...er, help solve a crime. From the mysterious disappearance of Ho Hos in my store, to a lost piece of jewelry, I'm always ready to put on my Sherlock Holmes cap (I really do have one. Got it when I was eight).When I find my mother's ex-boyfriend murdered in our convenience store bathroom with a piece of his skull missing, and my mom's a suspect in a murder investigation, my mystery solving goes from zero to a hundred. To really make matters worse, the town's local conspiracy theorist and official doomsday prepper, Cappie somehow finds out the victim isn't just missing a piece of his skull--he's missing a piece of his brain!And that's when off the wall Cappie starts spreading word the zombie apocalypse has officially arrived in our tiny burg. Total chaos ensues and I have to pick my way through everything from weekend warrior zombie hunters to medical mysteries in order to catch a killer!"This contemporary cozy mystery has it all, from the local doomsday prepper to an out of control pet monkey, a mother who would drive a saint to drink, and of course a dead body in the bathroom. Prawn of the Dead is a laugh-out-loud thrill ride that will keep you guessing from start to finish.
Pray for Dawn
by Jocelynn DrakePray for salvation . . . Pray for daylight . . . Murder has pulled Mira out of the shadows and back into the living world . . . As the fire-wielding enforcer of the nightwalker coven wrestles with the mind-destroying ghosts of her dark past, the slaying of a senator's daughter in Savannah threatens to expose her kind to the brilliant light of day. The dawn of chaos has come. The naturi have broken free of their eternal prison to feed on the defenseless and unbelieving of an unprepared Earth. Mira and Danaus-vampire and vampire slayer-must unite to prevent the annihilation of their separate races. But for Danaus the challenge is intensified, for he must also fight the bori who covets his soul. And Mira, the nightwalker he must protect-whose power is the Earth's last hope-is rapidly going insane.
The Prayer Chest
by Joel Fotinos August GoldSince the beginning of time men and women everywhere have prayed -- millions of prayers daily. Why, then, are only a handful answered? What roles do luck, chance, and fate play in our lives? How can we discover and live our destiny? Rich in romance, mystery, and spiritual insight, this wise and warm parable will revolutionize everything you've ever thought about prayer. Joseph Hutchinson's life has been filled with misfortune and adversity. A widowed father of two living on a farm that is about to be taken from him, Joseph embarks on a mission to save his children and himself. This quest brings him face-to-face with his greatest fears and ultimately leads him to his greatest discovery -- a mysterious wooden box that has been hidden in his attic for more than one hundred years. This box, the Prayer Chest, contains secrets that will change Joseph's -- and your -- life. This inspirational story speaks to everyone who has ever struggled and despaired, everyone who has prayed without receiving an obvious answer, and everyone who wonders about the true meaning and ultimate destiny of their life -- in short, everyone.
The Prayer Chest
by August Gold Joel Fotinos“A spiritual parable that will appeal to fans of It’s a Wonderful Life ... this easy, inspirational read will warm the hearts of seekers everywhere.” —Publishers Weekly.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: A Monk and Robot Book (Monk & Robot #2)
by Becky ChambersA USA Today Bestseller!“Tender and healing... I’m prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary.” —Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltA Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF.After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Prayer for the Living
by Ben OkriTopical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic. A Library Journal Best Book of 2021 "No m
Prayers to Broken Stones: A Novel
by Dan SimmonsA woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . . An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . . During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . . From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. From the Paperback edition.