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The Divine Farce
by Michael S. Graziano"A Dante/Beckett reduction of human struggle to its lowest common denominator."--Michael Mirolla, author of The Formal Logic of Emotion and Berlin"One of the most original and thought-provoking stories I have ever read...true literary art...Not a word is wasted in this masterpiece. Yes, I call it that. I have read many classics, and I can tell you that The Divine Farce should be counted among them; the finest in American literature."--GeekscribeThree strangers are condemned to live together in darkness, crushed together in a concrete stall so small that they can never sit down. Liquid food drips down from above. Waste drains through a grid on the floor. So begins one of the strangest, most surreal comments on the human experience, on love and hatred and the human ability to find good in any situation, no matter how difficult. Michael S. A. Graziano delights in the macabre and surreal, yet it is his optimism that lifts this little novel. Like The Love Song of Monkey, this book is deeply thought provoking, horrifying, and funny.Praise for The Love Song of Monkey:"Imaginative, intelligent narrative. Twin ideas of forgiveness and mercy twist through this strange, moving, patiently wrought novel."--Publishers Weekly"Fabulously imagined, seriously considered, and very funny. A kind of fairytale antithesis on the meaning of existence. . . . Fantastic."--Spirituality and Health Books"Strange but wonderful . . . like nothing I've read before. A very short book, but the scope is epic in detail. . . . I enjoyed the heck out of this book."--Geekscribe"Should be required reading in the writing grad schools. . . . There's nary a word wasted. What's left is comedy, retrospection, betrayal, tenderness, meditations on loneliness, a love story that survives all attempts to suppress it . . . not bad within 149 pages."--Barnstable PatriotMichael S. A. Graziano, Princeton University neuroscientist, is the author of the novella Hiding Places (New England Review, 1997), the novel The Love Song of Monkey (Leapfrog Press, 2008), and The Intelligent Movement Machine (Oxford University Press, 2008).
The Divine Invasion
by Philip K DickDeep in cryonic suspension, Herb Asher thought he was still happily pottering around in his own star system dome, listening to music. Instead, someone took advantage of him being such a nice guy, and Herb had married the terminally ill woman in the next dome.It all seems strangely familiar - and now he has to go through it all again. And could it be that he is unwittingly going to assist in the invasion of his home planet - and perhaps the second coming...?Part science fiction adventure, part religious inquiry, The Divine Invasion questions just how much anyone really knows about the nature of reality and God.
The Divine Invasion: Valis And Later Novels - A Maze Of Death; Valis; The Divine Invasion; The Transmigration Of Timothy Archer (VALIS Trilogy #2)
by Philip K. DickA science fiction spin on the story of Jesus&’s nativity, from the iconic author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. And it is on this planet that God meets Herb Asher and convinces him to help retake Earth from the demonic Belial. Featuring virtual reality, parallel worlds, and interstellar travel, The Divine Invasion blends philosophy and adventure in a way few authors can achieve. As the middle novel of Dick&’s VALIS trilogy, The Divine Invasion plays a pivotal role in answering the questions raised by the first novel, expanding that world while exploring just how much anyone can really know—even God himself.
The Divine Talisman: Book Three Of The Legend Of Asahiel (The Legend of Asahiel Series #3)
by Eldon ThompsonTo protect his people from the demonic Illysp, Torin, king of Alson, made the ultimate sacrifice. Now his best friend and his former love seek to salvage the shattered lands beyond their borders.But a treacherous assault costs them their most powerful weapon—the fabled Crimson Sword.Hopelessly outmatched, Pentania's citizens must flee their conquered homeland or else perish. And now the Leviathan has been awakened—an unfathomable creature whose wrath could single-handedly destroy the entire world. Scant hope remains—save for the possibly futile efforts of a lone elf, a mad witch, and a fallen hero charged with unraveling a series of divine riddles. But doom is inevitable, unless they can somehow break the powerful bonds of a fiendish, insidious possession.
The Diviner
by Melanie RawnBestselling author Melanie Rawn's triumphant return to high fantasy The only survivor of royal treachery that eliminates his entire family, Azzad al-Ma'aliq flees to the desert and dedicates himself to vengeance. With the help of the Shagara, a nomadic tribe of powerful magicians, he begins to take his revenge-but at a terrible cost to himself. .
The Diviners (The Diviners #1)
by Libba BrayDo you believe there are ghosts and demons and Diviners among us? Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfield girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her Uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened....Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray opens a brand-new historical series with The Diviners, where the glittering surface of the Roaring Twenties hides a mystical horror creeping across the country.
The Diviners: A Novel
by Rick MoodyIt is the Autumn of election year 2000, and scores of film-business strivers are focused on one goal - getting themselves connected to an elusive but potentially huge television saga, one that opens with Huns sweeping through Mongolia and closes with a Mormon in the Las Vegas desert; a sure-to-please-everyone, multi-generational TV mini-series about diviners, those miracle workers who bring water to perpetually thirsty (and hungry and love-starved) humankind. Among the wannabees: Vanessa Meandro, hot-tempered head of an indie film company; her harried and varied staff; a Sikh cab driver; a bi-polar bicycle messenger; the Vanderbilt girls; a thriller writer who gives Botox parties; a CEO of network programming whose daughter is Vanessa's donut gofer; and a supreme court justice who wants to write the script. The Diviners is a cautionary tale about pointless ambition; a richly detailed look at the interlocking worlds of money, politics, addiction, sex, work, and family in modern America; and a masterpiece of comedy that will bring Rick Moody to a still higher level of appreciation.
The Diviners: Number 1 in series (Diviners #1)
by Libba BrayIt's 1920s New York City. It's flappers and Follies, jazz and gin. It's after the war but before the depression. And for certain group of bright young things it's the opportunity to party like never before. For Evie O'Neill, it's escape. She's never fit in in small town Ohio and when she causes yet another scandal, she's shipped off to stay with an uncle in the big city. But far from being exile, this is exactly what she's always wanted: the chance to show how thoroughly modern and incredibly daring she can be. But New York City isn't about just jazz babies and follies girls. It has a darker side. Young women are being murdered across the city. And these aren't crimes of passion. They're gruesome. They're planned. They bear a strange resemblance to an obscure group of tarot cards. And the New York City police can't solve them alone.Evie wasn't just escaping the stifling life of Ohio, she was running from the knowledge of what she could do. She has a secret. A mysterious power that could help catch the killer - if he doesn't catch her first.
The Divinities: The Complete Series (The Divinities)
by Lia DavisAncient war between witches and demons climbs to a new level. It’s up to five Divinities, their Guardians, and a pair of Siamese twin hellhounds to protect the power source and the worlds from a fate far worse than anyone can imagine. This incredible saga unfolds in a series of four novella-length stories, each a stand-alone paranormal romance. In Forgotten Visions childhood sweethearts reunite to search for the power source before it falls in the hands of evil, while visions of a past forgotten sparks an old flame and new desires.In Death’s Storm Divinity, Khloe comes face to face with death, and he claims to be her guardian. She is torn between her desires for the dark predator and the painful loss she has endured at the hands of her enemies.In Dark Divine, Zach is powerless to resist Divinity Lydia, and while she may understand him like no other, trusting her might unleash a new dark power that could destroy them both and put everyone they love in danger in the process.The final story in the sage, Awakened Desires, Divinity witch, Desiree Sanders has made a lot of bad choices in her life, but trusting the demoness, Samoan, should earn her the award for traitor of the millennium. After several failed attempts to set things right, Desiree turns to the dark, sexy Death Demon, Lex for help saving her son and ending the war.
The Divorce
by César AiraWith a preface by the irrepressible Patti Smith, The Divorce is a delightful book of several short amazing stories of chance meetings, bizarre circumstances, and even stranger visions of alternate realities written as only César Aira can The Divorce tells about a man who takes a vacation from Providence, R.I. in early December to avoid conflicts with his newly divorced wife and small daughter. He travels to Buenos Aires and there, one afternoon, he encounters a series of the most magical coincidences. While sitting at an outdoor café, absorbed in conversation with a talented video artist, a young man with a bicycle is thoroughly drenched by a downpour of water seemingly from rain caught the night before in the overhead awning. The video artist knows the cyclist, who knew a mad hermetic sculptor, whose family used to take the Hindu God Krishna for walks in the neighborhood. More meetings, more whimsical and clever stories continue to weave reality with the absurd until the final, brilliant, wonderful, cataclysmic ending.
The Divyne Bleeders
by Bloodwitch Luz OscuriaIn her infinite goodness, the Goddess Ivy created a world divided into different spheres, one for each type of creature who would agree to worship Her. This is how the Divine Lands were born. Among these lands was the Vampire Sphere which, as the name suggests, housed the creatures of the night. From the Lycans to the Ghoules, passing by the Incubes and other Farfadets, beyond the small villages of mortals like Dorelys, Lake De La Luna and the dangerous forest of the Abymes, reigned the great City which bore the name Pandemonia, stronghold of the Vampires, where the sun never rose. It was there that Kate-Lynn ran aground, a young mortal who had unwittingly turned Vampire, following the request of her Lord named Valek, who had made her understand that it was in this City that she had to go in order to 'find protection there. He was supposed to join her, but everything did not go as planned ...
The Dixie Apocalypse
by Richard FosseyThis “fast-moving” southern American dystopian novel is “full of twists and turns” and “perhaps an insightful vision of the second Texas republic” (W. Michael Gear, New York Times–bestselling author of Dissolution).In this near-future, post-apocalyptic novel, retired lawyer-turned-professor Willoughby Burns finds himself trying to survive against hunger and deadly threats in southern Louisiana. The Dixie Apocalypse takes place in an America ravaged by natural disasters, lack of petroleum, plagues, and terrorism. What is left of the United States is controlled by martial law. Life itself becomes primitive and favors those who can grow their own food or handle firearms. Will befriends US General Merski stationed in Baton Rouge, LA, and founds a farming community of fifty farms on the eastern bank of the Mississippi river due south of downtown Baton Rouge. General Merski enlists Will as a civilian commissary officer, in charge of carrying out errands for his troops without arousing suspicion. When the general sends Will down to Texas on to bring back supplies for his garrison, Will’s survivals skills are put to the ultimate test.
The Dixon Cornbelt League: And Other Baseball Stories
by W. P. KinsellaFrom the author of Shoeless Joe—the basis for the film Field of Dreams—come baseball stories that define &“a world in which magic and reality combine&” (The New York Times). Shortstops who run with the wolves, painted eggs that reveal deeply disturbing meanings, long-dead Hall of Famers who miraculously return to the game, an Iowa minor-league town with a secret conspiracy: these are the elements from which W. P. Kinsella weaves nine fabulous stories about the magical world of baseball. From the dugouts, clubhouses, bedrooms, and barrooms to the interior worlds of hope and despair, these eerie stories present the absurdities of human relationships and reveal the writer&’s special genius for touching the heart. &“His short stories about baseball are wistful things of beauty which serve to remind us how the game should feel—the innate glory of a diamond etched in the minds of Americans.&” —Calgary Sun &“[Kinsella] uses baseball . . . as a familiar starting place for exploring, with pinpoint control, the human psyche.&” —Booklist &“Stories that read like lightning and tantalize the reader with fascinating scenarios.&” —Publishers Weekly
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years: A Novel
by Shubnum KhanRebecca meets The Island of Missing Trees in this gorgeously atmospheric novel set on South Africa's eastern coast. Endlessly playful and richly imaginative, Shubnum Khan's vibrant debut delves into the transformative powers of love and grief as it explores the legacy of South Africa's complicated past. Sana and Meena will never meet. They share little beyond Akbar Manzil, the sprawling mansion high on a clifftop above Durban that they both call home. When Meena fell in love with the owner of the house it was the grandest residence on South Africa's eastern coast, its shining marble parapets and golden domes a testament to the wealthy Indian family's prosperity. Eight decades later when teenage Sana follows in her footsteps, Akbar Manzil stands in ruins, an isolated boarding house for eccentrics and misfits. This is a place where people come to forget. Or to be forgotten. But unlike her neighbours Sana is curious about her new home, and finds herself irresistibly drawn to its deserted east wing. As she moves closer to unearthing Meena's story, a grieving djinn begins to stir from its long sleep. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a haunting, a love story, a mystery and an unforgettable tale of a young girl's search for belonging. 'Filled with wonder and colour, the secrets of the dilapidated mansion Akbar Manzil come to life in this rich tale of loss and love... I was enthralled and completely swept away.' - Yangsze Choo, author of The Night Tiger
The Do-Over
by Lynn PainterA New York Times Bestseller In this &“unequivocally hilarious and delightful&” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl&’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine&’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again. After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine&’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother&’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry&’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she&’s back home in her own bed—and it&’s Valentine&’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another horrendous V-Day. Emilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can&’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day. In addition to Josh&’s recurring infidelity, Emilie can&’t get away from the enigmatic Nick, who she keeps running into—sometimes literally—in unfortunate ways. How many times can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs?
The Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide
by Paul Cornell Keith Topping Martin DayWhen it was originally published, the Discontinuity Guide was the first attempt to bring together all of the various fictional information seen in BBC TV's DOCTOR WHO, and then present it in a coherent narrative. Often copied but never matched, this is the perfect guide to the 'classic' Doctors.Fulffs, goofs, double entendres, fashion victims, technobabble, dialogue disasters: these are just some of the headings under which every story in the Doctor's first twenty-seven years of his career is analysed.Despite its humorous tone, the book has a serious purpose. Apart from drawing attention to the errors and absurdities that are among the most loveable features of DOCTOR WHO, this reference book provides a complete analysis of the story-by-story creation of the Doctor Who Universe.One sample story, Pyramids of Mars, yields the following gems:TECHNOBABBLE: a crytonic particle accelerator, a relative continuum stabiliser, and triobiphysics.DIALOGUE TRIUMPHS: 'I'm a Time Lord... You don't understand the implications. I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity.'CONTINUITY: the doctor is about 750 years old at this point, and has apparently aged 300 years since Tomb of the Cybermen. He ages about another 300 years between this story and the seventh' Doctor's Time and the Rani.An absolute must for every Doctor Who fan, this new edition of the classic reference guide has not been updated at all for the 50th anniversary.
The Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide (Gateway Essentials #436)
by Paul Cornell Keith Topping Martin DayWhen it was originally published, the Discontinuity Guide was the first attempt to bring together all of the various fictional information seen in BBC TV's DOCTOR WHO, and then present it in a coherent narrative. Often copied but never matched, this is the perfect guide to the 'classic' Doctors.Fulffs, goofs, double entendres, fashion victims, technobabble, dialogue disasters: these are just some of the headings under which every story in the Doctor's first twenty-seven years of his career is analysed.Despite its humorous tone, the book has a serious purpose. Apart from drawing attention to the errors and absurdities that are among the most loveable features of DOCTOR WHO, this reference book provides a complete analysis of the story-by-story creation of the Doctor Who Universe.One sample story, Pyramids of Mars, yields the following gems:TECHNOBABBLE: a crytonic particle accelerator, a relative continuum stabiliser, and triobiphysics.DIALOGUE TRIUMPHS: 'I'm a Time Lord... You don't understand the implications. I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity.'CONTINUITY: the doctor is about 750 years old at this point, and has apparently aged 300 years since Tomb of the Cybermen. He ages about another 300 years between this story and the seventh' Doctor's Time and the Rani.An absolute must for every Doctor Who fan, this new edition of the classic reference guide has not been updated at all for the 50th anniversary.
The Doctor and the Addict (Shadows and Spell Light #2)
by Gareth VaughnCompanion to The Officer and the ThiefGraden Fallswenne has been struggling to kick his sugardream magic crystal habit, thinking if he does, he might just have a chance again with his ex, Evander. But when he finds the man has already moved on, Graden returns distraught to old haunts and habits.He isn’t expecting to catch the attention of Dr. Louk Reeves, a man in a class Graden has been kicked out of. Louk is competent and is going places with his career, while Graden can barely take care of himself. Still, he isn’t about to pass up the chance to get his life back together when Louk offers.Soon he wonders if moving in with Louk is just another of his poor choices. The doctor’s house is old and unsettling, the medical regimen difficult, and the nurse is competing for Louk’s affections. But when a ghost begins haunting Graden, he isn’t sure what he’s gotten himself into.
The Doctor and the Dinosaurs (A Weird West Tale #4)
by Mike ResnickWelcome to a Steampunk wild west starring Doc Holliday, with zombies, dinosaurs, robots, and cowboys. The time is April, 1885. Doc Holliday lies in bed in a sanitarium in Leadville, Colorado, expecting never to leave his room again. But the medicine man and great chief Geronimo needs him for one last adventure. Renegade Comanche medicine men object to the newly-signed treaty with Theodore Roosevelt. They are venting their displeasure on two white men who are desecrating tribal territory in Wyoming. Geronimo must protect the men or renege on his agreement with Roosevelt. He offers Doc one year of restored health in exchange for taking on this mission.Welcome to the birth of American paleontology, spearheaded by two brilliant men, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two men whose genius is only exceeded by their hatred for each other's guts. Now, with the aid of Theodore Roosevelt, Cole Younger, and Buffalo Bill Cody, Doc Holliday must save Cope and Marsh not only from the Comanches, not only from living, breathing dinosaurs, but from each other. And that won't be easy.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Doctor and the Kid: A Weird West Tale (A Weird West Tale #2)
by Mike ResnickWelcome to a West like you've never seen before! With the O. K. Corral and the battle with the thing that used to be Johnny Ringo behind him, the consumptive Doc Holliday makes his way to Deadwood, Colorado. But when a gambling loss drains his bankroll, Doc aims for quick cash as a bounty hunter. The biggest reward? Young, 20-year-old desperado known as Billy the Kid. With a steampunk twist on these classic characters, nothing can be as simple as it seems.
The Doctor and the Rough Rider (A Weird West Tale #3)
by Mike ResnickIt's August 19, 1884. The consumptive Doc Holliday is preparing to await his end in a sanitarium in Leadville, Colorado, when the medicine man Geronimo enlists him on a mission. The time the great chief has predicted has come, the one white man he's willing to treat with has crossed the Mississippi and is heading to Tombstone-a young man named Theodore Roosevelt. The various tribes know that Geronimo is willing to end the spell that has kept the United States from expanding west of the Mississippi. In response, they have created a huge, monstrous, medicine man named War Bonnet, whose function is to kill Roosevelt and Geronimo and keep the U.S. east of the river forever. And War Bonnet has enlisted the master shootist John Wesley Hardin.So the battle lines are drawn: Roosevelt and Geronimo against the most powerful of the medicine men, a supernatural creature that seemingly nothing can harm; and Holliday against the man with more credited kills than any gunfighter in history. It does not promise to be a tranquil summer.
The Doctor's Christmas Gift
by Jennifer TaylorChristmas—a time for families?Love and family have never been in Dr. Catherine Lewis'scareer plan. But by working with Dr. Matt Fielding in hispractice by day and playing with him and his twobeautiful daughters by night, Catherine experienceseverything she'd thought she never wanted. Until, asChristmas approaches, she is torn between choosingthe independent life she'd planned—or taking therisk of a lifetime in Matt's loving arms….
The Doctor's Former Fiancee (The Doctors MacDowell #2)
by Caro CarsonWhen Braden MacDowell is reunited with Lana Donnoli, will their rivalry douse the last spark of their youthful infatuation-or ignite embers that never stopped smoldering? Don't miss this new installment of Caro Carson's miniseries, The Doctors MacDowell! She didn't want to imagine that the Braden MacDowell she had once loved could have turned so cold and calculating. But the billionaire CEO was taking away Dr. Lana Donnoli's funding. Just what was going on beneath her ex-fiancé's icy facade? And just what could she do to get him to change his stubborn mind? The last place Braden wanted to be was back in his family's hospital, close to the woman who had owned his heart. His business was all about the bottom line, a fact Lana just couldn't comprehend. But their passion for each other was still just as intense, still impossible to resist. Would those old feelings be enough to get them to a place where love was the best medicine?
The Doctor's Longed-For Family
by Joanna NeilFrom playboy doctor to a very special husbandSparks fly when Dr. Matt Calder comes to the busy pediatric emergency department.Charismatic, revered and notorious, he’s captured the hearts of many—but not Dr. Abby Byford’s.But then Abby discovers the real Matt Calder, who is lovingly caring for his niece and nephew—and she instantly falls in love. As Abby supports him and the children, Matt discovers why this wonderful woman is so reluctant to allow love into her life. He knows he must convince Abby that whatever challenges she faces he can give her all the love and family she needs.
The Doctor's Love-Child
by Barbara HartHer secret: he's a fatherAfter a whirlwind romance in New York, Dr. Helen Blackburn is pregnant with orthopedic surgeon Andrew Henderson's child! Only, Andrew has left the city to go to Chicago for some months on urgent, private business and can't be contacted, so Helen has to manage alone.A year later, Helen is back in England, with her life sorted out. She has a beautiful baby son and a part-time job at a local hospital.Then, out of the blue, Andrew arrives to start at the same hospital…where Helen knows he'll discover her secret — his child!