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Zarsthor's Bane: The Jargoon Pard, Zarsthor's Bane, The Crystal Gryphon, Gryphon In Glory, And Horn Crown (Witch World: High Hallack Cycle #5)
by Andre NortonThe High Hallack Cycle continues with unlikely compatriots bound together by danger as they search for a terrible treasure in the Witch World. Brixia knows what evil powers can do to a person, a people, and a land. Once a highborn Lady of a hall in High Hallack, she now scours the deserted Dales, where the Darkness has devastated all in its path. Her only companion is her loyal feline, Uta—until she meets the travelers. One is a madman. A broken lord driven by desire whose only wish is to find the powerful magical item known as Zarsthor&’s Bane—an object as wreathed in mystery and ancient lore as it is cloaked in peril. The other is a squire devotedly following his demented master. All three soon find themselves drawn into the dreaded Waste in search of the mystical totem. But such a prize comes at a price none of them are prepared to pay—a price worse than death itself . . . Zarsthor&’s Bane is the 2nd book in the Witch World: High Hallack Cycle, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
¡Zas! (Mundodisco #Volumen 34)
by Terry Pratchett¡Zas! es el golpe de un mazo de troll cayendo en seco sobre el casco de un enano, también es un juego de mesa y la 34ª entrega de Mundodisco. ¡Zas! es el golpe de un mazo de troll cuando cae en seco sobre el casco de un enano; también es un juego de mesa en el que se enfrentan las dos tribus... Y es la historia de una descomunal bronca milenaria que amenaza con estallar de nuevo. Terry Pratchett se confirma una vez más como un narrador único, más divertido, agudo y brillantemente original que nunca.
¡Zas! (Mundodisco #34)
by Terry Pratchett¡Zas! es el golpe de un mazo de troll cuando cae en seco sobre el casco de un enano; también es un juego de mesa en el que se enfrentan las dos tribus... Y es la historia de una descomunal bronca milenaria que amenaza con estallar de nuevo. Terry Pratchett se confirma una vez más como un narrador único, más divertido, agudo y brillantemente original que nunca.
Zathura, The Movie: The Junior Novel
by Ellen WeissBased on the action-adventure movie, this novel takes readers on a thrilling journey.
Zazen
by Vanessa VeselkaSomewhere in Della's consumptive, industrial wasteland of a city, a bomb goes off. It is not the first, and will not be the last.Reactions to the attacks are polarized. Police activity intensifies. Della's revolutionary parents welcome the upheaval but are trapped within their own insular beliefs. Her activist restaurant co-workers, who would rather change their identities than the world around them, resume a shallow rebellion of hair-dye, sex parties, and self-absorption. As those bombs keep inching closer, thudding deep and real between the sounds of katydids fluttering in the still of the city night, and the destruction begins to excite her. What begins as terror threats called in to greasy bro-bars across the block boils over into a desperate plot, intoxicating and captivating Della and leaving her little chance for escape.Zazen unfolds as a search for clarity soured by irresolution and catastrophe, yet made vital by the thin, wild veins of imagination run through each escalating moment, tensing and relaxing, unfurling and ensnaring. Vanessa Veselka renders Della and her world with beautiful, freighting, and phantasmagorically intelligent accuracy, crafting from their shattered constitutions a perversely perfect mirror for our own selves and state.
Zealot (Blood and Sacrifice Chronicles #2)
by C. Vonzale Lewis"Lacing magic and demons, the author takes us on a freefall ride of terror and violence as Nicole and her friends take on the monsters that hide and feed on the innocent." - Dave Wickenden, Author of Homegrown Nicole Fontane thought her demons were buried deep enough. She was wrong. After barely escaping the blood bath of the Harvest ritual, Nicole and her vigilante compatriots learn that there are others practicing blood magick on Tulare Island. Hired to rid the island of the remaining blood magick users, Nicole and her allies come face to face with The Better Day Church and the mysterious Young Family, whose nefarious behavior is well known on the island. The murky organization stirs old memories of a cult buried deep in the Louisiana bayou—flickers of Nicole’s traumatic past and the altar she barely escaped. But when Nicole receives an invitation to the Young family’s private residence to attend a secret meeting with The Daughters of the Vine—an elusive sect of women led by Gavina Young—she knows there is no escaping her fraught history with cults. The invite is clearly a trap, but it’s also an opportunity to take down the church. Nicole soon learns that the sickness lurking behind the walls of the Young family’s manor runs far deeper than the banal allure of blood magick. The church’s matriarch harbors a predatory interest in Nicole’s power—barely disguising her desire to harness it. Nicole must unravel the mysteries of her newfound abilities, or her first job may be her last. Worst of all, she may end up on the altar again.
Zeb Bolt and the Ember Scroll (The Unmapped Chronicles #3)
by Abi ElphinstoneIn the thrilling finale to bestselling author Abi Elphinstone&’s The Unmapped Chronicles, a young orphan rises up to stop the evil harpy Morg once and for all.Eleven-year-old Zebedee Bolt is on the run. Again. Only this time, it&’s not the police who find him. It&’s an evil harpy called Morg. And when she hauls him into Crackledawn, an Unmapped kingdom that conjures sunlight for our world, Zeb discovers running away only gets you so far. When magic&’s involved, you&’ve got to pick a side. And though Zeb vowed he wouldn&’t trust anyone ever again, he didn&’t expect to stumble aboard The Kerfuffle, an enchanted boat belonging to a girl called Oonie and her talking chameleon, Mrs. Fickletint. Suddenly, Zeb finds himself on a voyage complete with silver whales, fire krakens, and underwater palaces. Can he muster up enough trust in others, and in magic, to summon a dragon, find the Ember Scroll, and defeat Morg once and for all? This is a story about saving the world but it&’s also a story about trusting friends—and chameleons—even when kingdoms are falling apart.
Zebracadabra!
by Kes GrayMeet Zebracadabra, master of magic. Watch as he transforms his animal friends before your very eyes!"ZEBRACADABRA!"Pink flamingos turn into... black-and-white stripy flamingos!"ZEBRACADABRA!"A green alligator turns into... a black-and-white stripy alligator!"ZEBRACADABRA!"Colourful chameleons turn into... you guessed it - black-and-white stripy chameleons!How does Zebracadabra do it? By being the best magician in the world, of course! Or he would be, if only he knew how to turn the animals back to their original colours...A laugh-out-loud picture book from Kes Gray, author of Oi Frog, with gloriously silly illustrations by Fred Blunt.
Zed: A Novel
by Joanna KavennaFrom the winner of the Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do—before we do. One corporation has made a perfect world based on a perfect algorithm . . . now what to do with all these messy people? Lionel Bigman is dead. Murdered by a robot. Guy Matthias, the philandering founder and CEO of the mega-corporation Beetle, insists it was human error. But was it? Either the predictive algorithms of Beetle's supposedly omniscient 'lifechain' don't work, or, they've been hacked. Both scenarios are impossible to imagine and signal the end of Beetle's technotopia and life as we know it. Dazzlingly original and darkly comic, Zed asks profound questions about who we are, what we owe to one another, and what makes us human. It describes our moment—the ugliness and the beauty—perfectly. Kavenna is a prophet who has seen deeply into the present—and thrown back her head and laughed.
Zeina Starborn and the Emerald King: (Zeina Starborn Book Two) (Zeina Starborn)
by Hannah DurkanThe thrilling new fantasy adventure in the ZEINA STARBORN series, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.For Zeina and Jackson, life has changed dramatically. Now on the run with the fearsome sky pirates, The Smog Rats, their days are full of adventure. Still, Zeina is excited to be safe for a week or two when she and The Smog Rats attend the infamous Solstice Festival in a grand but secretive palace built by the ice bears.As humans are usually forbidden to attend and celebrate the Gathering - the only gathering of horned sky whales left, which happens only once every 10 years - she and Jackson are honoured. But things aren't quite right. From crumbling ice structures to the strange behaviour of the new Emerald King, there are signs everywhere that this festival has an ulterior purpose. Zeina and Jackson must battle both familiar foes and new adversaries in order to halt the invention of a new, cruel technology that would prove devastating to The Smog Rats cause and change the world of the sky whales forever.(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Zeina Starborn and the Emerald King: (Zeina Starborn Book Two) (Zeina Starborn)
by Hannah DurkanThe thrilling sequel to ZEINA STARBORN AND THE SKY WHALE, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.After months of being on the run, Zeina is thrilled when the Smog Rats are invited by ice bears to an infamous festival featuring horned sky whales.But, from an ice palace with crumbling ice structures to the strange behaviour of the new Emerald King, something doesn't seem quite right . . .Zeina and Jackson find themselves going up against both new enemies and familiar foes in order to halt the invention of an advanced, cruel technology.PRAISE FOR ZEINA STARBORN AND THE SKY WHALE:'A thrilling tale of intrigue and adventure in the clouds, full of wonderful creatures, mind-boggling gadgets, bravery, kindness and hope' Thomas Taylor, author of MALAMANDER'What a ride! Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale takes you on an adventure worthy of a great explorer.' Kate Gilby-Smith, author of THE ASTONISHING FUTURE OF ALEX NOBODY'Packed to the fins with adventure, gadgets and plenty of heart' Maria Kuzniar, author of THE SHIP OF SHADOWS'An exhilarating read with an immersive world that all readers will enjoy ... and a main character that you'll be rooting for all the way' Rachel Faturoti, author of SADÉ AND HER SHADOW BEASTS
Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale
by Hannah Durkan*Winner of the Northern Writers' Award 2020*'A thrilling tale of intrigue and adventure in the clouds, full of wonderful creatures, mind-boggling gadgets, bravery, kindness and hope' Thomas Taylor, author of MalamanderWhen Zeina Starborn's dream of exploring the skies becomes a reality, she finds herself in a daring adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Meet explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales in this richly inventive fantasy, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.Zeina Starborn spends her days dreaming of adventure in the sky and escaping the smog-filled city of Ravenport.So, when she wins the chance to visit the famous Willoughby Whale Hotel - a ginormous structure built on the back of a flying whale - Zeina grabs it. Even clashing with Jackson, spoiled heir to the Willoughby fortune, can't dampen her excitement.But a series of clues makes her question what she's been told about this dazzling world of inventors, explorers and mighty sky whales. Zeina and Jackson must put aside their differences to uncover the secret plot around them as they embark on the journey of a lifetime.
Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale (Zeina Starborn)
by Hannah Durkan*Winner of the Northern Writers' Award 2020*When Zeina Starborn's dream of exploring the skies becomes a reality, she finds herself in a daring adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Meet explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales in this richly inventive fantasy, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM and ORPHANS OF THE TIDE.Zeina Starborn spends her days dreaming of adventure in the sky and escaping the smog-filled city of Ravenport.So, when she wins the chance to visit the famous Willoughby Whale Hotel - a ginormous structure built on the back of a flying whale - Zeina grabs it. Even clashing with Jackson, spoiled heir to the Willoughby fortune, can't dampen her excitement.But a series of clues makes her question what she's been told about this dazzling world of inventors, explorers and mighty sky whales. Zeina and Jackson must put aside their differences to uncover the secret plot around them as they embark on the journey of a lifetime.(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Zelda
by Connie FurnariWhen Zelda wakes up, after losing a duel in magic, she finds herself in a body that isn’t hers. She doesn’t have blond hair anymore, they are black with some purple locks; she is wearing new-gothic clothes, not her usual faded jeans. Sheila, who had been her best friend, decided to swap their lives with a spell. While she’s immobilized, waiting to die, Zelda remembers the day when her powers appeared: the day of her sixteenth birthday. Only a few weeks before, she didn’t know that she would find herself fighting against Salem’s black magic in order to save the mortal boy she loved. Zelda is an urban fantasy tale that recalls the light and magical style of the fairy tales; the story alternates tender moments, action and bravery. It’s the experience of a girl like many others, a little clumsy but with a good heart, who finds out how difficult it is to grow up, with or without magical powers.
Zelda the Gamer Fairy (Rainbow Magic #80)
by Daisy MeadowsWhen jealous Jack Frost steals Zelda the Gamer Fairy's magical headset, controller and console, video games everywhere begin to glitch and gaming is ruined! With the help of Rachel, Kirsty, Gracie and Khadijah, Zelda must venture through the Land of Games and play to win back her enchanted objects so that gaming can be fun again.'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.comIf you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Pixie Magic, Unicorn Magic and Magic Animal Friends!
Zen and the Art of Vampires
by Katie MacalisterIs it possible to love two vampires at the same time? View our feature on Katie MacAlister’s Zen and the Art of Vampires. Pushing forty and alone, Pia Thomason heads to Europe on a singles tour, hoping to find romance. What she finds are two very handsome, very mysterious, and very undead men. And she learns that where vampires are concerned, love isn’t the only thing at stake. .
The Zen Gun
by Barrington J. BayleyPout, the chimera, half-man, half-ape, was incorporated into one of the plants or vice versa. He was jammed into a squatting position, while the stems, entering at his buttocks, merged with his legs, his arms and his torso, emerging at knees, elbows, and through his abdomen and thorax. A large, yellow-petalled flower seemed to frame his face.It was his face that rivetted Ikematsu's attention, while the chimera squirmed in dumb distress, glaring with huge piteous eyes. For in that face, set into it as if set in pudding, was the zen gun. The gun was his face, or a part of it. The barrel pointed straight out in place of a nose... the stock merged with and disappeared into Pout's pendulous mouth. Ikematsu leaned toward the chimera. "How you loved your toy! Now it is truly yours!"
The Zen Gun
by Barrington J. BayleyPout, the chimera, half-man, half-ape, was incorporated into one of the plants or vice versa. He was jammed into a squatting position, while the stems, entering at his buttocks, merged with his legs, his arms and his torso, emerging at knees, elbows, and through his abdomen and thorax. A large, yellow-petalled flower seemed to frame his face. It was his face that rivetted Ikematsu's attention, while the chimera squirmed in dumb distress, glaring with huge piteous eyes. For in that face, set into it as if set in pudding, was the zen gun. The gun was his face, or a part of it. The barrel pointed straight out in place of a nose... the stock merged with and disappeared into Pout's pendulous mouth. Ikematsu leaned toward the chimera. "How you loved your toy! Now it is truly yours!"
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
by Ray Bradbury"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces back together. Now, it's your turn. Jump! Zest. Gusto. Curiosity. These are the qualities every writer must have, as well as a spirit of adventure. In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing. Here are practical tips on the art of writing from a master of the craft-everything from finding original ideas to developing your own voice and style-as well as the inside story of Bradbury's own remarkable career as a prolific author of novels, stories, poems, films, and plays. Zen in the Art Of Writing is more than just a how-to manual for the would-be writer: it is a celebration of the act of writing itself that will delight, impassion, and inspire the writer in you. In it, Bradbury encourages us to follow the unique path of our instincts and enthusiasms to the place where our inner genius dwells, and he shows that success as a writer depends on how well you know one subject: your own life.
The Zen of R2-D2: Ancient Wisdom from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
by Matthew BortolinEntertaining and engaging, this new follow-up to Wisdom&’s bestseller The Dharma of Star Wars stands on its own and will captivate a broad audience with the Star Wars story from a Buddhist perspective.Did you ever wonder why R2-D2 is: Always calm and cool under pressure, The key to the rebellion&’s survival, The one who never fails to save the day? Could it be because he&’s secretly a Zen master? Discover your inner R2—and the truth about who you really are! This delightful and illuminating romp unfolds in the form of a fictional dialogue between the author—a die-hard Star Wars devotee with a deep connection to Zen—and two cosplayers dressed as C-3PO and R2-D2 who insist on being called by their character names. Along the way, you&’ll come to see what everyone&’s favorite astromech can teach us about peace, happiness, and life&’s true meaning.
Zendegi
by Greg EganSet in a near future Iran (where the theocracy has been overthrown, but where Muslim religion still dominates the culture), an Arab/Muslim focused MMORG gaming companies cutting edge AI software might hold the key achieving "uploaded consciousness." Martin is an Australian journalist who covered uprising and overthrow of the Iranian theocracy, and has since "gone native" with a Iranian wife and child. As tragedy strikes his multi-cultural family, Martin struggles to maintain his place in his adapted culture, and to provide for his child. Zendigi explores what it means to be human, and the lengths one will go to in order to provide for ones children. This emotional roller coaster explores a non-Western-European near future that both challenges ideas of global mono-culture and emphasizes the humanity we all share.
Zendegi
by Greg EganNasim is a young computer scientist, hoping to work on the Human Connectome Project: a plan to map every neural connection in the human brain. But funding for the project is cancelled, and Nasim ends up devoting her career to Zendegi, a computerised virtual world used by millions of people.Fifteen years later, a revived Connectome Project has published a map of the brain. Zendegi is facing fierce competition from its rivals, and Nasim decides to exploit the map to fill the virtual world with better Proxies: the bit-players that bring its crowd scenes to life. As controversy rages over the nature and rights of the Proxies, a friend with terminal cancer begs Nasim to make a Proxy of him, so some part of him will survive to help raise his orphaned son. But Zendegi is about to become a battlefield ...
Zendegi
by Greg EganNasim is a young computer scientist, hoping to work on the Human Connectome Project: a plan to map every neural connection in the human brain. But funding for the project is cancelled, and Nasim ends up devoting her career to Zendegi, a computerised virtual world used by millions of people.Fifteen years later, a revived Connectome Project has published a map of the brain. Zendegi is facing fierce competition from its rivals, and Nasim decides to exploit the map to fill the virtual world with better Proxies: the bit-players that bring its crowd scenes to life. As controversy rages over the nature and rights of the Proxies, a friend with terminal cancer begs Nasim to make a Proxy of him, so some part of him will survive to help raise his orphaned son. But Zendegi is about to become a battlefield ...
Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum
by Robert B. WintermuteLurking in the space between the aether and the physical plane, there is a great evil waiting to emerge. Zendikar is a land of danger and adventure, a world of deadly risks and priceless rewards. It is also a prison to one of the most deadly species known to the Multiverse: the dreaded Eldrazi. When our story opens, part of the mystical containment spell that has kept the Eldrazi captive for millennia has been breached. The brood lineage, the Eldrazi minions, have been released and are poring over th...
Zênite: O Projeto Intercessão: Livro Um (O Projeto Intercessão #1)
by Arshad AhsanuddinE se você pudesse mudar a história? E se alguém já tivesse? Aterrado após uma tentativa de resgate em órbita terrestre, o comandante Martin Atkins, da Marinha da Confederação, é abordado pelo Interscission Project, um consórcio de empresas civis à beira de aperfeiçoar a tecnologia para viajar para outra estrela. Apesar de suas dúvidas, a chance de voltar ao lugar do piloto é grande demais, e ele convence seu melhor amigo e colega de equipe, Charles Davenport, a deixar as forças armadas temporariamente e se juntar a ele como parte da tripulação do Zenith, a humanidade. primeira nave estelar. Edward Harlen é um jovem engenheiro brilhante e um participante importante na construção do Zenith para tirar proveito da tecnologia não testada da unidade de espaço dobrável. Mas Edward tem sua própria agenda para ingressar no projeto e uma pontuação amargamente pessoal para acertar com seu chefe, Trevor Sutton, uma vingança da qual Trevor é totalmente ignorante. Mas quando a irmã de Edward, Stella, entra em cena e consegue garantir uma posição no projeto, toda a trama cuidadosa de Edward fica perturbada, e ela pode significar a queda não apenas de seus planos de vingança, mas de toda a missão Zenith. A centelha de atração entre Edward e Martin é uma complicação que Edward não pode pagar, mas da qual ele não pode deixar de ir. Pois Edward conhece o segredo no coração do Interscission Project, o potencial oculto da tecnologia que em mãos erradas pode se tornar a arma definitiva do assassino: a capacidade de reescrever a história, não apenas uma vez, mas muitas vezes. À medida que um inimigo invisível se move para destruí-los, e a contagem de corpos se multiplica, Martin e Edward devem escolher se permitirão que a possibilidade do amor desafie seus destinos, ou então pegarão em armas em uma guerra para controlar o máximo possível. poder antigo e terrível no universo.