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Beyond Zoaster
by Denis Hughes Neil CharlesWhen Zaan, the ruler of the dying world of Ginya, set his sights on Earth as a place where his race could prosper and be safe from extinction, conquest was assured. The people of Earth were decadent and sunk in idle complacency and peace and technological advancement came to the world when the Ginyan race became Earth's overlords. Only a small group of human beings saw far enough ahead to exile themselves on dark Zoaster with a view to freeing the world from alien rule in the future, hoping to build up an army of synthetic supermen who would one day sweep the Ginyan race from the face of the Earth. They did not count on the weird elementals that dwelt on Zoaster, spirits of evil and darkness . . .
The Bezzle: A Martin Hench Novel (The Martin Hench Novels)
by Cory DoctorowNew York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s prisons are traded like stock shares. The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He spends his downtime on Catalina Island, where scenic, imported bison wander the bluffs and frozen, reheated fast food burgers cost 25$. Wait, what? When Marty disrupts a seemingly innocuous scheme during a vacation on Catalina Island, he has no idea he’s kicked off a chain of events that will overtake the next decade of his life. Martin has made his most dangerous mistake yet: trespassed into the playgrounds of the ultra-wealthy and spoiled their fun. To them, money is a tool, a game, and a way to keep score, and they’ve found their newest mark—California’s Department of Corrections. Secure in the knowledge that they’re living behind far too many firewalls of shell companies and investors ever to be identified, they are interested not in the lives they ruin, but only in how much money they can extract from the government and the hundreds of thousands of prisoners they have at their mercy. A seething rebuke of the privatized prison system that delves deeply into the arcane and baroque financial chicanery involved in the 2008 financial crash, The Bezzle is a sizzling follow-up to Red Team Blues.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The BFG
by Roald DahlRoald Dahl's beloved novel hits the big screen in July 2016 in a major motion picture adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg from Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures. When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten. But instead the two join forces to vanquish the nine other far less gentle giants who threaten to consume earth&’s children. This beautiful hardcover gift edition of Dahl's classic features the original illustrations by Quentin Blake, as well as a silk ribbon marker, acid-free paper, gilt stamping on a full-cloth cover, decorative endpapers, and a sewn binding.
Bhagya Twister: भाग्य ट्विस्टर
by Owen Jonesवेन का जन्म उत्तरी वेल्स के एक सुदूर खेत में एक जंगली, तूफानी रात में हुआ था। परिवार चाहता था कि उसकी डिलीवरी अस्पताल में हो क्योंकि वह बड़ा होने वाला था और ग्विनेड का पहला बच्चा था, लेकिन उसकी माँ और दादी रियानोन ने सोचा कि यह बहुत खतरनाक हो सकता है। परिवार की बाइबिल के अनुसार, उनके सभी परिवार 324 वर्षों के लिए फार्म, द ड्रैगन्स गार्डन में पैदा हुए थे - और वे सभी या तो चुड़ैल या जादूगर थे...
The Bible for Unbelievers: The Beginning-Genesis
by Guus Kuijer Laura WatkinsonOne of Northern Europe's most popular writers, Guus Kuijer was fascinated with the Bible from an early age, but was never able to believe it, no matter how hard he tried. Now, in prose that is humorous and sometimes irreverent, Kuijer reinterprets the most popular book in the world, making it new again for the twenty-first century and for the first time rendering it accessible to "unbelievers"—that is, to people who are ready to appreciate it as something other than a sacred text. The first volume of The Bible for Unbelievers tells the story of the Book of Genesis as an agnostic novel in which man's curiosity causes creation, not God alone. Kuijer explores the nagging loneliness of the universe before creation. He asks if man and woman are indeed God's handiwork or vice versa. The entire cast of characters in this Bible is imperfect, a little lawless, and at times fumbling and jealous—God included. Kuijer's afterword tells us that no story can "come to life unless the storyteller makes it his or her own." There's a charming invitation in these pages for us all to dare to revisit our founding myths and the roles we play in them. The Bible for Unbelievers is here to draw us into questions that have no answers. It does so not with fear or religiosity, but with joy.
Bible Stories for Adults
by James MorrowMorrow unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of short stories buoyed by his deliciously irreverent wit. Among the dozen selections is the Nebula Award-winning "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge."Contents:Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge (1988)Daughter Earth (1991)Known but to God and Wilbur Hines (1991)Bible Stories for Adults, No. 20: The Tower (1994)Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks (1987)The Assemblage of Kristin (1984)Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant (1989)Abe Lincoln in McDonald's (1989)The Confessions of Ebenezer Scrooge (1989)Bible Stories for Adults No. 46: The Soap Opera (1994)Diary of a Mad Deity (1988)Arms and the Woman (1991)
Bible Stories for Adults
by James MorrowShort fiction of biblical proportions—and bent—from the science fiction satirist and author of The Godhead Trilogy. James Morrow, &“the most provocative satiric voice in science fiction,&” unabashedly delves into matters both sacred and secular in this collection of short stories buoyed by his deliciously irreverent wit (The Washington Post). Among the dozen selections is the Nebula Award–winning story, &“The Deluge,&” in which a woman of ill repute is rescued by the crew of the ark, who must deal with the consequences of their misguided act of mercy. Also included is a follow-up to the Tower of Babel fable, an unprecedented nativity, and an attempt to stand so-called creation science on its head. Nothing is spared in a collection that &“deliciously skewer[s] not only Judeo-Christian mythology but other sacred cows of modern society, from capitalism to New Age spiritualism&” (Booklist). &“Morrow&’s is a blend of parody and commentary which challenges readers to reflect upon the human spiritual condition.&” —Midwest Book Review
La biblioteca de los muertos
by Glenn CooperBretaña, siglo VII. En la abadía de Vectis crece Octavus, un niño al que le auguran poderes diabólicos. Octavus no tarda en empezar a escribir una lista de nombres y fechas sin ningún sentido aparente. Pero poco después, cuando una muerte en la abadía coincide con un nombre y una fecha de la lista, el miedo se apodera de los monjes. Nueva York, en la actualidad. Un asesino en serie tiene atemorizada a toda la ciudad. Poco antes de morir, las víctimas reciben una postal con la fecha de su muerte escrita. ¿Quién está detrás de estas muertes? Un secreto escalofriante, oculto desde hace siglos, está a punto de ser revelado. Un thriller soberbio dotado de una intriga estremecedora que ya ha conquistado a más de un millón de lectores en todo el mundo."Un libro increíble."Katherine Neville"Un thriller inteligente, una novela inolvidable."Book Reporter "La biblioteca de los muertos no pierde ritmo ni tan siquiera cuando se aventura en busca de los secretos de un convento que recuerda al de Umberto Eco."Corriere della Sera
La biblioteca mágica del Profesor Marloc
by Daniel Hernández ChambersLa biblioteca mágica del Profesor Marloc es una novela juvenil de aventuras trepidantes que atrapa al lector e invita a los jóvenes a descubrir los clásicos de la literatura juvenil. Tomás, Isabel, Ernesto y Julia son amigos del alma y adoran las buenas aventuras. Cuando Isabel les dice que su vecino, el profesor Alexander Marloc, ha desaparecido en extrañas circunstancias, los cuatro se ponen a investigar. Armados con walkie-talkies y el máximo valor posible, atraviesan el jardín vecino y entran en una extraña mansión. Cuando Ernesto casi es devorado por Moby Dick, uno de los libros que encuentran abiertos en el sótano, los niños saben que el peligro acecha y tendrán que hacer lo imposible para rescatar a Marloc y lograr salir con vida de allí.
El Bibliotecario Dragón (Pergaminos de Fuego #1)
by Marc SecchiaCiega. Marginada. Maldita. Del más malo de los comienzos, la grandeza se elevará. Abandonada al nacer por sus padres, Auli-Ambar es vista como una niña arruinada por un insensible golpe de garra del destino. Una carga inútil. Ella es ciega, severamente desfigurada y apta solo para las tareas más serviles. Entonces, un simple acto de amabilidad cambia su vida. Llevada a las Salas de los Dragones, la niña dolorosamente tímida se convierte en una limpiadora de refugios de Dragones y en una vagabunda indefenso en la Biblioteca de Dragones. Allí, Auli puede caminar en medio del saber que le atrae tan profundamente. Tocarlo. Imaginar mundos dentro de pergaminos. Se emociona con los sagrados aromas del conocimiento, pero siente dolor por lo que la ceguera le ha negado para siempre. En la más cruel de las ironías, Auli descubre que posee una magia que hace que las personas y los Dragones olviden su propia existencia. Esa es la falta de memoria, el poder maldito de la soledad. Solo puede desesperarse. Solo uno no se olvidará de ella. En lo profundo de los estantes prohibidos del saber de los Dragones draconianos, donde Auli-Ambar ha violado inconscientemente las barreras de protección, un joven erudito Dragón, Arkurion el Azul Mercurio, descubrirá su verdadero don y encenderá su llama. Ahora, en los alrededores de una biblioteca mágica supervisada por el poderoso Bibliotecario Dragón Sazutharr, el extraordinario coraje e integridad de una niña ciega finalmente tendrá la oportunidad de florecer. Poco sospechan que el destino de todo Dragonkind descansará en sus manos.
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
by Isaac Asimov11 short stories from the famed sci-fi author
The Bickery Twins and the Phoenix Tear (The Unmapped Chronicles #2)
by Abi ElphinstoneNevermoor meets Keeper of the Lost Cities in the second wondrous adventure in the Unmapped Chronicles fantasy series from bestselling author Abi Elphinstone.Eleven-year-old twins Fox and Fibber have been rivals for as long as they can remember. Only one of them will inherit the family fortune, and so a race is afoot to save the dwindling Petty-Squabble empire and win the love of their parents. But when the twins are whisked off to Jungledrop, a magical Unmapped Kingdom in charge of conjuring our world&’s weather, things get wildly out of hand. An evil harpy called Morg is on the loose. And if she finds the long-lost Forever Fern before the twins, both Jungledrop and their world will crumble. Suddenly, Fox and Fibber find themselves on an incredible adventure in a glow-in-the-dark rainforest full of golden panthers, gobblequick trees, and enchanted temples. But with the fate of two worlds in their hands, will the twins be able to work together for once to defeat Morg and her dark magic?
The Bicycle Eater
by Larry TremblaySingularly obsessed with his all-consuming passion for Anna, the object of his adolescent desire, the photographer Christophe Langelier is beside himself. Ten years ago, he failed the test of eating a bicycle for her as proof of his love and devotion. Since then, he has created a photographic catalogue of his only model, complete with a glossary, an "Anna-lexique," in which the darkness and the light of her idealized being have shaded his language, even as her ubiquitous image has crowded out his own identity. Desperate to escape his unrequited love for Anna, Christophe flees to the Island of Women off the coast of Mexico. There, he sacrifices his former self and begins his transformation from a man possessed to a man confused. The Bicycle Eater is a comic, surrealist novel of metamorphosis unleashed by hopeless desire, a riotous, colourful burlesque where nothing and no one remain what they seem.
Bicycle Hills: How One Halloween Almost Got Out Of Hand (The Spirit Flyer Series #4)
by John BibeeUncle Bunkie, the clown, had every kid in Centerville buzzing. A new amusement park had opened just outside of town--Bicycle Hills. There were all kinds of games for anyone who wanted to have fun on a bike. There were other games too, like Caves and Cobras--games the children weren't supposed to tell their parents about. But as Halloween approached, children and adults began to wonder if the fun of pretending was getting out of hand. Once again John Bibee spins a fascinating tale as the magic of the Spirit Flyer bicycles confronts mysterious forces trying to take over Centerville. THE SPIRIT FLYER SERIES BY JOHN BIBEE The ordinary town of Centerville is the setting for some extraordinary events. When several children discover that Spirit Flyer bicycles possess strange and magical powers, they are thrust into a conflict with Goliath Industries--with the fate of the town in the balance. Limited picture descriptions added.
Bicycles & Broomsticks: Fantastical Feminist Stories about Witches on Bikes
by Elly BlueA coven races—literally—to fight off the magic smog that threatens their city. A janitor at the last rocket launch site on a dying planet sends the rocket up with a special spell of comfort. Instead of casting the resiliency spell she asked for, a girl's grandmother teaches her to ride a bike. A midwife's bicycle is stolen, resulting in a fitting comeuppance. An urban witch falls for a bicycle mechanic and learns to reconcile her double life. Enjoy these and more science fiction and fantasy stories in the pages of the supernatural 9th volume of the popular Bikes in Space series. Featuring work by Hester Dade, M. Lopes da Silva, Monique Cuillerier, A. P. Howell, Ether Nepenthes, M. A. Blanchard, Kathleen Jowitt, G. J. Craddock, Gretchin Lair, and Emily Uduwana.
Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy, The: Feminist, Fantastical Tales of Books and Bikes
by UnknownThe power of the pedal and the page shine through in these ten joyfully feminist science fiction and fantasy stories. Two strangers and their bike fall through a plot hole and into a fantasy novel, an author attempts to chronicle the solar cycling trend, a sixth grader's beloved novel is stolen by a horde of bicycling fae, an interstellar book preservationist takes a bike to fit in and gets a wilder ride than she bargained for, and more adventures are set in imagined realities not so different from our own futures, pasts, and present-day lives. Take these stories for a spin and enjoy an escape from the perils of everyday sexism and fossil fuel dependence. Includes stories by Kathleen Jowitt, Christopher R. Muscato, Shelby Schwieterman, Cara Brezina, Jamie Perrault, Avery Vanderlyle, Lisa Timpf, Taru Luojola, Rose Strickman, and Elly Blue.
Bid My Soul Farewell
by Beth RevisThe stunning finale of the epic fantasy duology from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis. Alchemy student turned necromancer Nedra Brysstain has made a life-changing decision to embrace the darkness--but can the boy who loves her bring her back to the light before she pays the ultimate price?Lunar Island is trying to heal. The necromantic plague that ravaged the land has been eradicated, and Emperor Auguste, the young and charming leader of the Allyrian Empire, has a plan: rid the island of necromancy once and for all. Though Greggori "Grey" Astor wants what's best for his people, he knows that allying himself with Auguste threatens the one person he loves most: necromancer Nedra Brysstain. Feeling like he already failed to save Nedra once, Grey becomes determined to help the Emperor rebuild Lunar Island while still keeping Nedra safe from harm. Back at the quarantine hospital, Nedra's army of revenants are growing increasingly inhuman by the day. Wracked with guilt for imprisoning their souls, Nedra vows to discover a way to free the dead while still keeping her sister by her side. But still reeling from the trauma of the plague, the people of Lunar Island are looking for someone to blame, and Grey can only protect Nedra for so long. And when Nedra and Grey are thrust into a battle with an even more terrifying adversary, Nedra will be pushed to the darkest depths of her necromantic powers. But can Grey let her go that far?
Bienvenido a su auténtica experiencia india (TM)
by Rebecca Roanhorse¿Cuánto estarías dispuesto a pagar por ser lo suficientemente indio? En Sedona Sweats son expertos en crear Experiencias, donde la mente viaja a través de una realidad virtual en la cual configuras una experiencia india a medida. Allí trabaja Jesse Turnblatt, el mejor guía de todos, porque es el único indio americano de verdad que trabaja allí. «Los turistas en realidad no quieren una auténtica experiencia india. Lo que quieren es lo que ven en las películas. ¿Qué le vamos a hacer? ¡Las películas de indios son tremendas!»
Biergarten of the Damned (Sam Quinn #5)
by Seana KellyI’m Sam, the werewolf book nerd owner of The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore & Bar. I’ve always thought of Dave, my red-skinned, shark-eyed, half-demon cook, as a kind of foul-mouthed uncle, one occasionally given to bouts of uncontrolled anger.Something’s going on, though. He’s acting strangely, hiding things. When I asked what was wrong, he blew me off and told me to quit bugging him. That’s normal enough. What’s not is his missing work. Ever. Other demons are appearing in the bar, looking for him. I’m getting worried, and his banshee girlfriend Maggie isn’t answering my calls.Demons terrify me. I do NOT want to go into any demon bars looking for Dave, but he’s my family, sort of. I need to try to help, whether he wants me to or not. When I finally learn the truth, though… I’m not sure I can ever look at him again, let alone have him work for me. Are there limits to forgiveness? I think there might be.
The Bifrost Guardians: Volume One (Bifrost Guardians #1)
by Mickey Zucker ReichertHere, for the first time in one volume, are the first three novels in Mickey Zucker Reichert's most startlingly original series: an epic saga of a Vietnam soldier sent through time and space to a battlefield where the weapons are not bullets and grenades but swords and spells--and where elves, thieves, and martial arts masters can find themselves unwillingly enlisted in a war between the gods....
The Bifrost Guardians: Volume Two (Bifrost Guardians #2)
by Mickey Zucker ReichertNow in one volume, the final two novels in the startlingly original Bifrost Guardians series: an epic saga of a Vietnam soldier sent through time and space.Shadow’s Realm: When Shadow received a message that Shylar needed his aid, the master thief and his three companions, Allerum—once a twentieth-century American soldier but now an elf swordsman—and the Dragonmages, Silme and Astryd, immediately set out for Shadow’s hometown of Cullinsberg. For Shylar, town madam and high in the thieves’ underground, was all the family Shadow had. But Cullinsberg was an armed trap waiting to close on them. For they had slain the Chaos Dragon and unleashed a force of pure Chaos, a force which then bonded with the single greatest surviving Dragonmage. Driven by Chaos-induced madness, this master of powers far beyond theirs would use anyone and any means to take his deadly revenge on these four warriors of Law....By Chaos Cursed: For Al Larson, it began with his death in a firefight in Vietnam. He woke from death to find himself alive—in a body and a world not his own! Transformed into an elf warrior, he became an unsuspecting pawn of the Norse gods, claimed by both Chaos and Law. Faced with challenges that would take him to Hel and back, Al teamed up with two sorceresses and a master thief in the endless battle against Chaos. But when Al and Shadow the thief slew the Chaos Dragon, they unleashed a magical force beyond anyone’s power to contain. Working a desperate magic, Al and his companions fled back to a twentieth-century America which was not quite Al’s own. But Chaos wouldn’t let Al, Shadow, and the Dragonrank mages Silme and Astryd escape so easily. A mortal man once again, Al found himself caught in a last-ditch fight to save everyone he held dear, as Chaos pursued him into the heart of New York City....
The Big Alpha in Town
by Eve Langlais Milly Taiden Kate BaxterThree hot stories about three sexy shifters from a trio of today's hottest paranormal romance authors, headlined by bestselling authors Eve Langlais and Milly Taiden!Bearing His NameMeeting his mate should have been cause for celebration. There’s just one teeny tiny problem. Jade thinks Ark might have impregnated her sister. He didn’t, but convincing Jade is going to take a bit of honey.Owned by the LionKeir’s been told to stop playing the field and settle down—difficult advice for a hard and hot man with a lion’s heart to follow. But his sights have always been set on Ally. She’s his mate, plain and simple. With her sweet and delicious curves, she’s nothing but sugar and trouble all rolled into one. But he’s known her and sparred with her for years. She’s his best friend’s little sister, and it’s going to take a whole new level of convincing that he’s the mate for her. No Need Fur LoveMoving with his pack to the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho has Owen Courtney a little on edge. With literally no women in sight, Owen will be lucky to find a date, let alone his true mate. But you know the saying about a werewolf walking into a bar…Gorgeous wood nymph Mia Oliver is on a mission: Find a suitable male to get her good ‘n pregnant and provide her with an heir. But when Mia decides to pick up a gorgeous and oh-so willing werewolf at the bar, she realizes she might be in over her head. …
The Big, Bad…
by Nina S. GoodenRe-ReleaseWhen Roux wished for some excitement in her life, she never thought she'd get it in the form of a hunky shape-shifter named Aldrich. With bullets flying and a murder to be solved, Roux discovers all is not as it appears in the sleepy town of Harmony. Nina S. Gooden brings you a sexy retelling of a favorite fairy tale in The Big, Bad..., Book 1 of her new series Riding Hood Tales.All Roux wanted was to bring Grandma her goodies and get out of there before the old lady planted a slug in her back. Unfortunately, her simple routine gets blown sky high when she stumbles onto a crime scene. To make matters worse, the only suspect is a very hunky and very naked Wolf who has decided to claim her as his mate.Aldrich may be the most overbearing man Roux has ever met, but something about him warms her heart. No one who touches her as gently as he does could be a cold-blooded killer. Roux is determined to prove that, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more she'll wish she hadn't.There are secrets in the town of Harmony, secrets that could tear her world apart.Content Notes: Spicy
Big Bad Beast: The Beast In Him; The Mane Event; Big Bad Beast; Bear Meets Girl (The Pride Series #6)
by Shelly LaurenstonRic Van Holtz is more than he seems, nothing you expect--and everything you want. . .When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. And this deadly member of a shifter protection group will do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. Trouble is, her too-cute, rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz is making it real hard for Dee to keep her heart safe. He's wanted the fiercely independent she-wolf from day one, but he never expected their teamwork to be so explosive. Now is his last chance to show Dee what she needs isn't some in-your-face Alpha male--but a wily, resourceful wolf who'll always have her back in a fight. . .and between the sheets.Praise for the novels of Shelly Laurenston"Delicious, sexy and wicked fun!" --New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Bear Meets Girl"Non-stop laughter, snark, and witty banter." --SmexyBooks on Beast Behaving Badly
Big Bad Beast
by Shelly LaurenstonSeeing is deceiving. And Ric Van Holtz, the wolfishly sexy hero of Shelly Laurenston's sizzling, wildly entertaining new tale, is nothing you expect--and everything you want. . . When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. And this deadly member of a shifter protection group will do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. Trouble is, her too-cute rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz insists on helping out. And his crazy-like-a-fox smarts and charming persistence are making it real hard for Dee to keep her heart safe. . . . Ric can't believe his luck. He's wanted this fiercely independent she-wolf from day one, but he never expected teamwork as explosive as this. And now is his last chance to show Dee what she needs isn't some in-your-face Alpha male--but a wily, resourceful wolf who'll always have her back in a fight. . . and between the sheets.