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The Willing Spirit
by Piers Anthony Alfred TellaSpirituality, fantasy, and mythology merge in this &“lighthearted, agreeably diverting yarn, duly respectful of India&’s cultures and customs&” (Kirkus Reviews). Hari, a remarkably well-set-up young lad, has spent his entire life in a small village with his pious widowed mother, and the purity of his soul is largely uncorrupted by worldly sophistication. But now, poised on the brink of manhood, he feels himself moved by strange new urgings—urgings that will lead him far from the quiet life he has known. Though these strings are unfamiliar to him, virtuous Hari recognizes them for what they are: a hunger for spiritual enlightenment. As so many have before, he sets his feet upon the pilgrim&’s path, becoming a wanderer in search of true wisdom. But who can know the ways of the gods, or foretell the twists of fortune? Unbeknownst to Hari, his quest has become the subject of wager between two immortals: Mohini, a pulchritudinous Apsara and the vilely demonic Ravana, who lusts after her. Mohini and Ravana are at an impasse. Both are weary of arguing with each other—but while Mohini&’s idea of a happy outcome is to have Ravana go away and leave her alone, Ravana&’s ideas run along other lines entirely. They settle upon a contest and a wager, with the loser bound to do the winner&’s bidding. Verily, the sages have written that there is a seeker born every minute, but Hari&’s journey of discovery is fated to be stranger—and far livelier—than most.
Willodeen
by Katherine ApplegateThe earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . .Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favourites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as 'screechers'. The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature.Lately, though, nature has seemed angry indeed. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides, droughts and fevers, and even the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, has dwindled. For as long as anyone can remember, the tiny animals have overwintered in shimmering bubble nests perched atop blue willow trees, drawing tourists from far and wide. This year, however, not a single hummingbear has returned to Perchance, and no one knows why.When a handmade birthday gift brings unexpected magic to Willodeen and her new friend, Connor, she's determined to speak up for the animals she loves, and perhaps even uncover the answer to the mystery of the missing hummingbears.A timely and timeless tale about our fragile earth, and one girl's fierce determination to make a difference.
Willodeen
by Katherine ApplegateFrom #1 New York Times bestseller Katherine Applegate, a singular middle-grade novel about a girl who risks everything to help a handmade creature who comes to life.The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . .Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as “screechers.” The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature.Lately, though, nature has seemed angry indeed. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides, droughts and fevers, and even the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, has dwindled. For as long as anyone can remember, the tiny animals have overwintered in shimmering bubble nests perched atop blue willow trees, drawing tourists from far and wide. This year, however, not a single hummingbear has returned to Perchance, and no one knows why.When a handmade birthday gift brings unexpected magic to Willodeen and her new friend, Connor, she’s determined to speak up for the animals she loves, and perhaps even uncover the answer to the mystery of the missing hummingbears.A timely and timeless tale about our fragile earth, and one girl’s fierce determination to make a difference.
The Willow Files
by Yvonne Navarro"I like you. You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month I'm not much fun to he around, either." -- Willow When Buffy the Vampire Slayer arrived in Sunnydale, she befriended a bookish, insecure girl named Willow. As a Slayerette, Will uses her computer prowess for good, hacking into electronic government files and researching obscure rituals on the Web. But Willow's love life is severely lacking, consisting of an unfulfilled crush on her friend Xander and a short-lived fling with a deadly demon she met over the Internet. Through her often life-threatening experiences with the Slayer, Willow gains the confidence to just be herself in the peer pressure-filled world of high school. And when her first real boyfriend, Oz, turns out to be a bit...unusual...in his own right, Willow is just the girl to prove that love really is blind...and a little scary.
Willow King (Willow King #1)
by Chris PlattThis inspiring debut novel by a female former professional jockey and horse trainer tells the moving tale of Willow King, a colt born with crooked legs, who is saved from destruction by 13-year-old Katie Durham. Because one of Katie's own legs is shorter than the other, she feels an immediate kinship with the imperfect little colt. With painstaking care, she pulls King through arduous training until he becomes a champion.
Willow Man
by John InmanWoody Stiles has sung his country songs in every city on the map. His life is one long road trip in a never-ending quest for fame and fortune. But when his agent books him into a club in his hometown, a place he swore he would never set foot again, Woody comes face to face with a few old demons. One in particular. With memories of his childhood bombarding him from every angle, Woody must accept the fact that his old enemy, Willow Man, was not just a figment of childish imagination. With his friends at his side, now all grown up just like he is, Woody goes to battle with the killer that stole his childhood lover. Woody also learns Willow Man has been busy while he was away, destroying even more of Woody's past. And in the midst of all this drama, Woody is stunned to find himself falling in love--something he never thought he would do again. As kids, Woody and his friends could not stop the killer who lived in the canyon where they played. As adults, they might just have a chance. Or will they?
Willow Road
by Holly DayJeremiah Pace hasn't left his house in thirteen years. He doesn't trust anyone, least of all shifters. School was a nightmare, and despite never interacting with anyone in the village, the bullying continues in his adult life. Someone is putting ads in the paper, encouraging people to drop by his house for one service or other, but Jeremiah never opens his door.Zeeb Hemming is a lone wolf and the new chief of police. He's only been in Stoneshade for six weeks when he learns about the ads and goes to knock on Jeremiah's door. Not because of what today's ad said, but to get to the bottom of what's going on. Human or not, Jeremiah deserves to live life in peace. The moment Zeeb nears Jeremiah's house, he knows he's his mate. But he can't have a human mate.Jeremiah pleads with Zeeb not to stir anything up. Yes, the ads are bad, but things can always get worse. Zeeb is furious someone is mistreating his mate and is willing to skin anyone who has any connection to the ads alive. But how is he to convince Jeremiah to trust him when he talks to Zeeb through a gap in the window instead of opening the door to his house?
Willow The Wednesday Fairy: The Fun Day Fairies Book 3 (Rainbow Magic #3)
by Daisy MeadowsNaughty Jack Frost has stolen the seven Fairyland Fun Day Flags, and the Fun Day fairies need Rachel and Kirsty's help to find them! In this book, Willow the Wednesday Fairy must find her flags before the goblins sabotage the Arts and Craft fair...
Willow's Sacrifice
by Michelle WoodySequel to SnapdragonAnother text. Another threat to Oliver Jaren’s five-year-old daughter, Norah.After two dark witches are murdered, Oliver enlists the help of his friend and private detective, Ron Abrams. He knows Ron guards his heart, but that didn’t stop Oliver from falling for him. When Oliver makes things awkward between them by asking Ron out, now he has to confess to being a witch too, as is Norah. Oliver knows he’s rattled Ron’s world, but will his supernatural life push Ron away?Ron Abrams had closed himself off to love, but Oliver touches something within him. Now, Oliver and Norah are in danger. While Oliver has ignited a feeling in Ron he can’t resist, he’s not sure he can go through that nightmare again. Will he open himself to love and let Oliver close, or will he walk away to protect his heart?The man threatening Norah is discovered to be a serial killer who is working with a dark witch to break the protection spell around her. Oliver vows to do everything he can to keep his daughter safe and stop this man, but will it be a sacrifice he can make?
Willpower (Orca Currents)
by Marty ChanJennifer Mah has a secret — a big one. She can move objects with her mind. She knows if people learn about her abilities, she would be taken and subjected to horrible experiments. That’s why she and her father have been living in a new city under false identities. But when Jennifer uses her powers to save someone from being hit by a car, she exposes herself to the authorities. Her father is taken away by agents and Jennifer has to find a way to save him without getting caught herself. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Willy Maykit in Space
by Greg Trine James BurksEarth-dwelling fourth-grader Willy Maykit couldn't be more excited about his school field trip to Planet Ed. Willy's class will blast off for the afternoon, learn about outer space, and be home in time for dinner. But when he wanders off on his own, Willy ends up being left behind on Ed! Can Willy, along with his classmate Cindy and an alien boy named Norp, outsmart the big hungry monsters on Ed until someone rescues them? With a little help from an android who likes knock-knock jokes and a seagull with terrific aim, they just might!
The Wilshire Sun
by Joshua Baldwin"Like the naive main characters in so many American novels and films--say, Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust and David Lynch's Mulholland Drive--Baldwin's Jacob discovers Los Angeles is much different than he expected. . . . In [his] delightful novella, disarming slackers live life on their terms, bringing to mind younger versions of The Big Lebowski."--Minneapolis Star Tribune "With his surreal and paranoid debut novella, Baldwin makes a solid contribution to the subset of literature that explores the Hollywood dream . . . treating readers to a tantalizing glimpse beyond the edge of sanity."--Publishers Weekly "Baldwin's characters search for fame in the shape-shifting landscape of Hollywood. He has a voice that follows the mirage even after it disappears. The Wilshire Sun is a surreal, giddily original debut that plumbs the myth of Los Angeles."--James Frey The Wilshire Sun is a mirthful novella about a whimsical, hapless, over-aspiring, under-achieving young writer from Brooklyn who moves to Los Angeles hoping to write for the movies. With understated deadpan humor and dynamic, sly, original language and off-kilter imagery, Joshua Baldwin has created a novella that may remind readers of an improbable roundtable meeting of Tao Lin, James Thurber, S.J. Perelman, and Jack Benny. The elements of the novella's constitution--clipped pieces of fast-paced immediate narrative interspersed with epistolary matter and off-the-cuff riffs on junk food, screenwriting, Walt Whitman, big brothers, bum grandfathers, and crackpot friends--offer a delightfully absurd portrait of the artist as a young man for our times in the City of Angels.
Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources
by David MametA “curiously compelling” novel by the Pulitzer prize–winning playwright in which the internet crashes and the past is reconstructed from memories. (Publishers Weekly)When the Internet—and the collective memory of the twenty-first century—crashes, the past is reassembled from the downloaded memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President Wilson. The transcripts take the reader on an intellectually breathtaking tour through David Mamet’s baroque, fragmented world, where nothing is certain except the certainty bestowed by the academy.“As erudite as can be, engagingly mischievous and occasionally a little chilling.” —The Sunday Times“Enticing . . . Mamet targets with luscious savvy and deadpan irony the limitless pretense of academics.” —Review of Contemporary Fictionfiction;speculative;novel;satire;pastiche;academic life;scholarship;near-future;experimental;Mars;settlement;colonization;science fiction;internet;dependency;social;political;historical;impact;futurist;modernist;literary;criticism;popular;culture;philosophical;humorousFIC052000 FICTION / SatireFIC064000 FICTION / AbsurdistFIC028120 FICTION / Science Fiction / Humorous9781683358794 Seeing Central Park Miller, Sara C
Wily Consort, Don’t Run: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Hua YaoXiao Budian had no intention of travelling to the outside world, but had been sold to the Azure Dragon Country and even became the crown prince's consort. On the night of the wedding, in order to protest against this marriage, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi had actually put on a stunning show in front of her, using the woman's dying red to give the emperor a huge advantage.In order to fight for a chance, Xiaoxiao had actually made that girl, Ling'er, into her little girl. However, she didn't know that such a decision was meant to raise a tiger, and that she had also dropped a chess piece for the Dark Faction that she had been plotting for a long time.Where would she go without her child?
Wily Consort, Don’t Run: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Hua YaoXiao Budian had no intention of travelling to the outside world, but had been sold to the Azure Dragon Country and even became the crown prince's consort. On the night of the wedding, in order to protest against this marriage, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi had actually put on a stunning show in front of her, using the woman's dying red to give the emperor a huge advantage.In order to fight for a chance, Xiaoxiao had actually made that girl, Ling'er, into her little girl. However, she didn't know that such a decision was meant to raise a tiger, and that she had also dropped a chess piece for the Dark Faction that she had been plotting for a long time.Where would she go without her child?
Wily Consort, Don’t Run: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Hua YaoXiao Budian had no intention of travelling to the outside world, but had been sold to the Azure Dragon Country and even became the crown prince's consort. On the night of the wedding, in order to protest against this marriage, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi had actually put on a stunning show in front of her, using the woman's dying red to give the emperor a huge advantage.In order to fight for a chance, Xiaoxiao had actually made that girl, Ling'er, into her little girl. However, she didn't know that such a decision was meant to raise a tiger, and that she had also dropped a chess piece for the Dark Faction that she had been plotting for a long time.Where would she go without her child?
Wily Consort, Don’t Run: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Hua YaoXiao Budian had no intention of travelling to the outside world, but had been sold to the Azure Dragon Country and even became the crown prince's consort. On the night of the wedding, in order to protest against this marriage, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi had actually put on a stunning show in front of her, using the woman's dying red to give the emperor a huge advantage.In order to fight for a chance, Xiaoxiao had actually made that girl, Ling'er, into her little girl. However, she didn't know that such a decision was meant to raise a tiger, and that she had also dropped a chess piece for the Dark Faction that she had been plotting for a long time.Where would she go without her child?
Wily Consort, Don’t Run: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Hua YaoXiao Budian had no intention of travelling to the outside world, but had been sold to the Azure Dragon Country and even became the crown prince's consort. On the night of the wedding, in order to protest against this marriage, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi had actually put on a stunning show in front of her, using the woman's dying red to give the emperor a huge advantage.In order to fight for a chance, Xiaoxiao had actually made that girl, Ling'er, into her little girl. However, she didn't know that such a decision was meant to raise a tiger, and that she had also dropped a chess piece for the Dark Faction that she had been plotting for a long time.Where would she go without her child?
Wimee Learns About Money (A Wimee’s Words Book)
by Stephanie KammeraadJoin your favorite robot Wimee from the show Wimee&’s Words (as seen on PBS) as he learns about what money is and how it works. Readers will have fun as they discover earning, spending, saving, giving, and other money facts.Wimee is excited! He has received some money from his grandmother as a gift. But he isn&’t sure what to do with it. Join Wimee and his friends Moby and Siblee in the park, as they get a lesson in money facts from Mr. Bill. Then follow along as Wimee puts a plan together for how he can use his money.Wimee Learns About Money includes:Wimee&’s friends featured on the Wimee&’s Words television showBright, engaging illustrations that bring Wimee&’s imaginative world to lifeA note to parents and educators with ideas on how to use the book to further learningAn early introduction to financial concepts like how to get money (invest, receive a gift, or earn), the purpose of money (to buy things), and what to do with money (buy things now, save it to buy things later, or use it to help others). Wimee&’s Words is an interactive mixed media show for preschoolers that inspires kids to learn through imagination, vocabulary building, and storytelling through puppetry, music, wordplay, and technology. Watch Wimee on your local PBS affiliate!
Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones
by Bruce Craven“When it comes to the most-anticipated business books of 2019, Win or Die: Leadership Secrets From Game of Thrones is the one to beat.”—Inc.A guide to leading without losing your head, inspired by the bestselling books and smash television series Game of Thrones. "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." —Cersei LannisterOne of the great joys of Game of Thrones is strategizing what bold moves you'd make in this bloody, volatile world—from the comfort of your living room. And one of the great terrors of being a leader is knowing your real world can be just as brutal—and offices bring no comfort.Every day you're presented with opportunities and challenges, and must decide which roads to follow, which risks to confront, when to deny an opportunity and when to pursue the call to adventure. And you won't know whether you'll profit or fail while you're in the thick of it. In Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones, Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success.Craven considers beloved characters such as Ned Stark, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and Tyrion Lannister as they make terrible decisions and fatal mistakes, but also achieve incredible victories and surprising successes, learning and growing along their (often bloody) ways. Readers will learn how to face conflict and build resilience, develop contextual and emotional intelligence, develop their vision, and more.This entertaining and accessible guide will show readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.
A Win-Win Proposition
by Cat SchieldSebastian Case relies on his irreplaceable assistant for everything. But since arriving in Vegas for a conference, mousy Missy Ward has transformed herself. From ordinary to ravishing. From modest and reserved to bold and sensual. And Sebastian, who'd barely noticed she was a woman, finds himself dazzled by her allure.Now she's quitting and Sebastian will do anything to keep her. Including accepting her outrageous bet. One spin of the roulette wheel-black and she'll stay...red and Sebastian owes her one night of passion. What can he lose, except maybe his heart?
Wind
by Charles Louis FontenayWhen you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-and-death deadline to meet, you have a problem indeed. Unless you are a stubborn Dutchman--and Jan Van Artevelde was the stubbornest Dutchman on Venus.
The Wind After Time
by Chris BunchTen years has passed since the Great War - and mankind was victorious against the Al'ar, their loathsome alien foes.But Joshua Wolfe, hero of the war, knows it's not over. He knows the Al'ar and their ways. He knows what their plans are.And he knows they'll be back.Long ago, the Al'ar gave him a name: Shadow Warrior. The time has come to fulfill its lethal promise.
The Wind After Time: Book One of the Shadow Warrior Trilogy
by Chris BunchTen years has passed since the Great War - and mankind was victorious against the Al’ar, their loathsome alien foes.But Joshua Wolfe, hero of the war, knows it’s not over. He knows the Al’ar and their ways. He knows what their plans are.And he knows they’ll be back.Long ago, the Al’ar gave him a name: Shadow Warrior. The time has come to fulfill its lethal promise.
The Wind After Time: Book One of the Shadow Warrior Trilogy
by Chris BunchTen years has passed since the Great War - and mankind was victorious against the Al'ar, their loathsome alien foes. But Joshua Wolfe, hero of the war, knows it's not over. He knows the Al'ar and their ways. He knows what their plans are. And he knows they'll be back. Long ago, the Al'ar gave him a name: Shadow Warrior. The time has come to fulfill its lethal promise.