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Devlin
by Erin YorkeA Rebel Heart Held Her Fast...and young noblewoman Alyssa Howett knew she had no choice but to release Devlin Fitzhugh, the wild Irish hero who had freed her woman's soul.A Warrior Walked AloneHis fealty was only to his sworn chieftain-or so Devlin Fitzhugh had always believed. Then fate brought him a daughter he'd never known and a passion he'd never dared dream with a sun-bright English rose who would test his loyalty...and prove his love!
Kan & Ateş
by Richard Stooker Erman ÇekinmezKardeşini ruhundan bile çok sevmişti.Elena'nın kardeşi Ion bugün evine geri dönmüştür. Oysaki Boyar Ion'un boğazını kesmiş ve çorak topraklara gömmüştür.Annesi Ion'un kardeşi için gece tekrar geleceğini bilmektedir. Pederi, onun günahlarını bağışlaması için ikna edebilecek midir? Boyar Elena'yı, hayattayken günaha boğmuş kardeşinden korumayı kabul edecek midir? Peki Elena kardeşinden korunmayı istiyor mu?Orta Çağ dönemlerinde,Vampirler film yıldızlarından çok film zombileri gibiydiler.Vampirler iç dünyalarında varlıklarının sebeplerini düşünmezlerdi.Vampirler ruhları ele geçirmezlerdi.Vampirler sivri dişli liseli çocuklar gibi hareket etmezdi.Vampirler kızlarla çıkmazdı.Vampirler kana karşı arzularını kontrol edemezler, bunu için çaba harcamazlardı.Vampirler mezarlıklarda yaşarlardı.Güzel değil, çirkin görünürlerdi.Parıldamazlar, çirkin kokarlardı.Sadece uzun , yakışıklı ve ölümsüz olmuş "kötü çocuk"tan öte bir vampiri kabul ediyorsanız,Ölüden hiçbir şey beklemeyen, yaşayanın kanı için deliren bir vampir sizin için sorun değilse,Genç bir kızın, dünyada ona kibar davranan tek kişiye karşı tutkusuyla kan arzusunun birleşesi sizi cezbediyorsa, bu kitapta aradığınızı bulacaksınız.
Louisiana
by Erna BrodberThis is the first American publication of Brodber's eagerly awaited third novel. In Louisiana: A Novel she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present. Here, Ella Townsend, a young African American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folk life and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead. With her tape recorder she explores the rich heritage of Creole Louisiana, but Mammy, Ella's primary informant, dies during the project. Then from beyond the grave she continues to transmit messages. Although the academically minded Ella is dubious about the authenticity of the medium, gradually, as she confronts her prejudices, the tapes convey enriching mysteries about the past lives of Mammy and her friend Lowly. From this supernatural experience, Ella learns much about herself and her background. Louisiana celebrates the magico-religious culture of hoodoo, conjure, obeah, and myal. Like Brodber's previous works, Myal: A Novel and Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home, Louisiana reveals the author's fascinating gift of myth-making. The Louisiana of her title represents two places sharing the same name---the American state and Brodber's native parish in Jamaica. Through this blending of localities, Brodber shows how elements from the African diaspora are kept alive in the Creole culture of the Americas.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
by Ernest BramahIn Kai Lung's Golden Hours Ernest Bramah develops his own unique versions of classic Chinese folktales - and creates a few entirely new ones.
The Mirror of Kong Ho
by Ernest BramahThe Mirror of Kong Ho is a collection of slyly hilarious stories told in letters home from Kong Ho, a Chinese national who is visiting London.
The Wallet of Kai Lung: Large Print
by Ernest BramahThis is a collection of Kai Lung's entertaining tales, told professionally in the market places as he travelled about - sometimes to occupy and divert the minds of his enemies when they were intent on torturing him.
Ecotopia
by Ernest CallenbachA novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the "newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley, and Orwell," Callenbach offers a visionary blueprint for the survival of our planet . . . and our future.Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston.Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined to report his findings objectively. But from the start, he's alternately impressed and unsettled by the laws governing Ecotopia's earth-friendly agenda: energy-efficient "mini-cities" to eliminate urban sprawl, zero-tolerance pollution control, tree worship, ritual war games, and a woman-dominated government that has instituted such peaceful revolutions as the twenty-hour workweek and employee ownership of farms and businesses. His old beliefs challenged, his cynicism replaced by hope, Weston meets a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman and undertakes a relationship whose intensity will lead him to a critical choice between two worlds.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Complete Ecotopia
by Ernest Callenbach&“One of the most important utopian novels of the twentieth century that still has very important lessons to teach us. It will always convey to perfection the wild optimism of that moment: a feeling we need to recapture, adjusted for our time.&”—Kim Stanley Robinson on Ecotopia Collected in one handsome volume for the first time, The Complete Ecotopia presents an early classic of environmental science fiction in its entirety. Ecotopia (1975) and Ecotopia Emerging (1981), which paint detailed portraits of a healthier earth and a happier society, became foundational texts for a new wave of environmental activists, and they still contain an abundance of ideas yet to be realized. Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopian saga anticipated climate fiction by more than a decade, sold approximately one million copies and was translated into one dozen languages, and predicted a host of innovations running from C-SPAN to widespread recycling. This edition includes two retrospective essays by the author, as well as an updated foreword by Heyday founder Malcolm Margolin. An important document of utopian ideas from the sixties and seventies, The Complete Ecotopia is also a stimulating read for environmentalists today—one that tells a bold, inventive, and adventurous story.
Armada: A novel by the author of Ready Player One
by Ernest ClineZack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he’s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure. But hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues don’t get chosen to save the universe. And then he sees the flying saucer. Even stranger, the alien ship he’s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada—in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders. No, Zack hasn’t lost his mind. As impossible as it seems, what he’s seeing is all too real. And his skills—as well as those of millions of gamers across the world—are going to be needed to save the earth from what’s about to befall it. It’s Zack’s chance, at last, to play the hero. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can’t help thinking back to all those science-fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering: Doesn’t something about this scenario seem a little…familiar? At once gleefully embracing and brilliantly subverting science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you’ve ever read before—one whose every page is infused with the pop-culture savvy that has helped make Ready Player One a phenomenon.
Ready Player One: A Novel (Bride Series)
by Ernest Cline<P>In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. <P> Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. <P>But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Ready Player Two: A Novel
by Ernest ClineLa secuela de Ready Player One, el best seller mundial que Steven Spielberg adaptó al cine. «Esta historia trata sobre ti y sobre la influencia que han tenido los videojuegos en tu vida.»Trevor Noah Días después de ganar la competición ideada por James Halliday, el fundador de OASIS, Wade Watts hace un descubrimiento que lo cambia todo. Oculto en las cajas fuertes de Halliday y a la espera de que lo encuentre su heredero, se halla un avance tecnológico que volverá a cambiar el mundo y convertirá a OASIS en un lugar mil veces más asombroso (y adictivo) de lo que Wade jamás habría creído posible. Dicho avance da pie a un nuevo acertijo y a una nueva misión, un último Huevo de Pascua de Halliday que da a entender que existe un misterioso premio. Wade también se encontrará con un nuevo rival muy peligroso, increíblemente poderoso y capaz de matara millones de personas para conseguir lo que quiere. La vida de Wade y el futuro de OASIS vuelven a estar en juego, pero en esta ocasión también pende de un hilo el destino de la humanidad. Con una nostalgia y una originalidad que solo podrían salir de la mente de Ernest Cline, Ready Player Two nos adentra de nuevo en su querido universo virtual, embarcándonos en otra aventura imaginativa, divertida y llena de acción, y vuelve a impresionarnos con su apasionante representación del futuro. Sobre Ready Player One:«Un libro impresionante. Me pareció que estaba escrito para mí.»Patrick Rothfuss
Ready Player Two: A Novel (Ready Player One)
by Ernest ClineThe highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTAN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday&’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.Hidden within Halliday&’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who&’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade&’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
Howard Elman's Farewell: The Darby Chronicles #7 (The Darby Chronicles)
by Ernest HebertPart Falstaff, part King Lear, but all American, Howard Elman was a fifty-something workingman when he burst onto the literary scene in The Dogs of March, the first novel of the Darby Chronicles. Now in this, its seventh installment, the Darby constable is an eighty-something widower who wants to do "a great thing" before he motors off into the sunset.Maybe Howard achieves this goal, but he manages it in strange, wonderful, and dangerous ways. On his quest he's aided, abetted, hindered, and befuddled by his middle-aged children, his hundred-year-old hermit friend Cooty Patterson, a voice in his head, and the person he loves most, his grandson, Birch Latour. At 24, Birch has returned to Darby with his friends to take over the stewardship of the Salmon Trust and to launch a video game, Darby Doomsday. At stake is the fate of Darby. And the world? Maybe.Howard Elman's Farewell begins as a coming of (old) age story, morphs into a murder mystery, expands into a family saga, and in the end might just follow Howard Elman into the spirit world.This is a novel for people who like New England fiction with humor, pathos, and just a touch of magical realism. Howard Elman's Farewell establishes Howard Elman—mill worker, trash man, town cop—as the most fully developed working class character in American fiction.
The Cross, the Plow and the Skyline: Science Fiction and Fantasy and the Ecological Imagination (Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition)
by Ernest J. YanarellaThe apocalyptic, pastoral, and urban traditions have fundamentally shaped Western history and influenced American religion, culture, and politics. This book argues that these traditions have not only been decisive in giving form and substance to classic a
Antes de que el sol se apague
by Ernesto Goñi Montero«La verdadera batalla entre el bien y el mal no se libraba en aquel prado o en otras guerras, sino dentro de cada persona, cada día.» <P><P>Renesto sobrevive al accidente de coche en el que fallece su familia. Días después, en el despacho de su padre, un científico embarcado en una investigación sin precedentes, descubre un diario y un sobre con una extraña ecuación matemática en su interior. <P>Este hallazgo le arrastrará a un viaje extraordinario hacia lugares fantásticos y remotos para encontrar una verdad difícil de asimilar. ¿Qué pasaría si todo fuera posible y cualquier cosa que pudieras imaginar se hiciera realidad? <P>La respuesta es una singularidad en la que decenas de personajes se verán inevitablemente enredados en un sinfín de sucesos inexplicables que les obligarán a tomar partido y actuar hasta las últimas consecuencias. <P>"¿Por qué danzan los pájaros al amanecer, y qué clase de ritual les hace volver a bailar justoantes de que el sol se apague?"
Abbraccio Fantasma (Le Cronache della PSS, Volume #2)
by Ernesto Pavan Ripley PattonOlivia Black è tornata. Ma questa volta non è lei ad avere bisogno di aiuto. Samantha James - ricca, popolare e, a soli diciassette anni, musicista di successo - è il prossimo bersaglio sulla lista dei CAMFisti. Per convincerla a venire via con loro, Olivia e Samantha devono fingersi cugine, frequentare la scuola più prestigiosa di Indianapolis e infiltrarsi in una misteriosa setta nota come l'Abbraccio. Olivia non si aspetta un compito facile, nonostante l'appoggio dei suoi compagni di avventura. Ma ciò che scopre nel corso della missione metterà in discussione tutto ciò che sa su se stessa, la sua famiglia e soprattutto Marcus, il ragazzo di cui si sta innamorando perdutamente.
Cacciatore e preda (I Mutaforma #4)
by Ernesto Pavan M. D. GrimmI Mutaforma: Volume 4L'orfano Hunter Landon desidera una famiglia che lo ami senza condizioni. Quando viene adottato dai Cavalieri, un'organizzazione dedita a distruggere i mutaforma, Hunter è felice, ma la loro ideologia non lo convince. Finalmente, nel corso di un rito di passaggio durante il quale dovrebbe uccidere il suo primo nemico, Hunter scopre la verità: conosce Glenn Lightfoot, un mutaforma cervide, e ha l'occasione di fargli molte domande. Glenn odia i Cavalieri e teme per la sicurezza del proprio branco, avendone proprio uno così vicino. Dopotutto, quell'organizzazione ha fatto del male alla sua famiglia in passato. Questa è, però, l'occasione per convertire un nemico, e l'istinto gli dice che Hunter non lo tradirà. Presto Hunter vede i cavalieri per ciò che sono realmente, dei mostri, e quando il tempo per la sua prova scade, decide di allontanarsi dal branco del mutaforma per proteggerlo. Ma Glenn non permetterà che la crudeltà dei Cavalieri gli faccia perdere l'uomo che ha imparato ad amare e rispettare.
Mano Fantasma
by Ernesto Pavan Ripley PattonLa diciassettenne Olivia Black è affetta da una rara anomalia genetica nota come Psiche Sans Soma, o PSS. La sua mano destra, invece che di carne e sangue, è fatta di energia eterea. In quale modo Olivia convive con la sua mano fantasma? Condendo la sua vita con un tocco di macabro e molto, molto sarcasmo. La madre di Olivia pensa che la sua ossessione per la morte, i vestiti scuri e il cimitero locale esprimano il suo bisogno di attenzione. Ma quando Marcus, il nuovo studente, la fissa come se fosse uno scherzo della natura durante la lezione di Algebra, Olivia non la prende bene. E quando la sua mano assume vita propria e comincia a fare cose che Olivia non avrebbe mai creduto possibili, la ragazza si ritrova a dover sfuggire assieme a Marcus a un gruppo di uomini che vogliono impadronirsi del potere della sua mano e usarlo per scopi nefasti.
Stregati (I Mutaforma #1)
by Ernesto Pavan M. D. GrimmI Mutaforma: Volume 1L'accalappiacani Derek Williams vorrebbe chiedere a Brian O'Donogue di uscire da quando il veterinario ha cominciato a lavorare nello stesso Pronto Soccorso Veterinario due anni fa. Dunque perché non ha ancora fatto la prima mossa? È una faccenda complicata... ma ha qualcosa a che vedere con il fatto che a Derek ogni tanto piace correre a quattro zampe invece che su due gambe. In via di guarigione da una relazione brutale e anche lui in segreto possesso di abilità soprannaturali, Brian coglie l'occasione e acconsente a uscire con Derek. La relazione che ne risulta è migliore di quanto entrambi sperassero - fino a quando un mutaforma rinnegato aggredisce Brian mentre questi è intento a portare a passeggio i suoi cani. L'aggressione improvvisa costringe Derek a fronteggiare i propri sentimenti, ma il pericolo non è terminato. Il rinnegato è là fuori e sta dando loro la caccia.
One Red Thread
by Ernie WoodWhen architect Eddy McBride, a fortysomething self-absorbed noticer of details and self-appointed seeker of truths, stumbles upon a way to visit, watch and ultimately participate in events from his family history, he finds answers to long-ago tragedies and mysteries. But each time Eddy returns to the present, he unleashes the unhappy consequences of exploring history on his family and friends. And as Eddy's knowledge of the past grows, he turns from curious seeker of truths to frantic fixer of mistakes--present, past and by those from the present who would change the past--as he follows a devastating trail of hurt, disappearance and death.
On the Marble Cliffs
by Ernst JüngerNow in a new translation, an imaginative, darkly radiant fable about a pair of brothers, formerly warriors, whose idyll is shattered by an enroaching fascistic force.Set in a world of its own, Ernst Jünger&’s On the Marble Cliffs is both a mesmerizing work of fantasy and an allegory of the advent of fascism. The narrator of the book and his brother, Otho, live in an ancient house carved out of the great marble cliffs that overlook the Marina, a great and beautiful lake that is surrounded by a peaceable land of ancient cities and temples and flourishing vineyards. To the north of the cliffs are the grasslands of the Campagna, occupied by herders. North of that, the great forest begins. There the brutal Head Forester rules, abetted by the warrior bands of the Mauretanians. The brothers have seen all too much of war. Their youth was consumed in fighting. Now they have resolved to live quietly, studying botany, adding to their herbarium, consulting the books in their library, involving themselves in the timeless pursuit of knowledge. However, rumors of dark deeds begin to reach them in their sanctuary. Agents of the Head Forester are infiltrating the peaceful provinces he views with contempt, while peace itself, it seems, may only be a mask for heedlessness. Tess Lewis&’s new translation of Jünger&’s sinister fable of 1939 brings out all of this legendary book&’s dark luster.
A la deriva
by Errin StevensPara Kate Sweeting, el amor no está en el aire. Está en el agua. Desde la muerte de su padre, la vida familiar de Kate Sweeting está en la ruina, su bienestar con respiración asistida. Su futuro parece desolador hasta que ella y su madre, Cara, trazan otro plan: abandonar su marchita existencia por unas perspectivas más prometedoras en la costa, donde Cara puede jugar a la soltera-bibliotecaria de pueblo y Kate puede averiguar qué pasa con esa reservada familia Blake de la playa. Todo el mundo está extrañamente cautivado por Kate y su madre, y Cara es la primera en darse cuenta de por qué cuando el hombre de sus sueños llega todo empapado y entregado y con la boca cerrada sobre lo que pretende. Kate está dispuesta a seguir con su subterfugio durante un tiempo, pero finalmente se lanza al agua para descubrir lo que esconde su madre. Gabe Blake la está esperando... y también alguien bastante menos amistoso. Cuando Kate regrese a casa, todo habrá cambiado para ella: lo que siente, lo que quiere y lo que arriesgará para estar con el hombre que ama.
Correnteza
by Errin StevensPara Kate Sweeting, o amor não está no ar. Está na água. Desde que o pai morreu, o lar de Kate está no fundo do poço, e o seu bem-estar sobrevive por um fio. Seu futuro parece desolado até que ela e a mãe, Kara, põem em prática um novo plano: abandonar a sua existência precária pela promessa de uma vida melhor na costa, onde Kara pode bancar a bibliotecária solteirona e Kate pode ficar de olho na misteriosa família Blake, que mora ao lado da praia junto com os seus segredos. Todos ficam estranhamente cativados com as duas, e Kara é a primeira a descobrir o motivo quando o homem dos seus sonhos aparece encharcado, cheio de devoção e sigiloso sobre as suas intenções. Por um tempo, Kate aceita os segredos da mãe, mas eventualmente corre até o mar para descobrir o que ela está escondendo. Gabe Blake está esperando por ela… assim como alguém bem menos amigável. Quando Kate navegar para casa, tudo terá mudado — o que sente, o que deseja, e o que está disposta a sacrificar pelo homem que ama.
In fuga: Le cronache di Mer, Libro III (Le cronache di Mer - Libro 3 #1)
by Errin Stevens"Cadere, cadere... Maya era di nuovo in volo, sospesa tra una piattaforma senza terra in alto e un'imperscrutabile distesa d'acqua in basso." La precipitosa corsa di Maya al matrimonio non sta funzionando... e non è l'unica rotta di collisione a cui sta andando incontro in questi giorni. Le sue distrazioni fatte di acqua salata di lei, con suo suocero che vuole che sia uccisa per ragioni sconosciute, e la sua fastidiosa guardia del corpo di lei (quando lui è nei paraggi) sembra intenzionata ad annegarla nel bisogno e nel rimpianto. Maya ha un disperato bisogno di aggrapparsi a qualsiasi piccola parte di sé stessa che comprende. Quando la fuga diventa la sua unica opzione, si ritrova in una corsa contro un passato (e un uomo) che non può correre più veloce.