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Thank You for Not Shifting
by Renee GeorgeWelcome back to Peculiar, Missouri where the residents include werewolves, shifters, psychics, and a ghost or two. Thank You for Not Shifting is book 2 in the bestselling Peculiar Mysteries series from USA Today bestselling cozy mystery author Renee George. With a quirky cast of characters and hilarious dialogue, Thank You for Not Shifting will keep you turning the pages from start to finish.Chavvah Trimmel, a werecoyote and part owner in Sunny's Outlook, has recovered physically from her kidnapping, but emotionally she still has scars. Her best friend Sunny is happily married and knee deep in baby poop, all Chavvah wants to do is focus on the future and forget about the past. When the Tri-State Council of therianthropes decides to hold their annual Jubilee in Peculiar, Chavvah is stoked. It's great for business, and a hunky new shifter in town might be the answer to getting over a crush she has on a certain werewolf shaman-doctor who doesn't know she even exists.A murder in Sunny's Outlook makes ignoring Billy Bob Smith impossible, especially after he insists on trying to keep her safe. But his strange behavior--acting protective, territorial, and annoyed (okay, the annoyed part isn't that strange), has Chavvah worried more about her heart than her safety. It doesn't help that she's hearing voices...again.The town, full of shifters from Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, is on lock down. Another murder has everyone on edge. Can Chavvah and her friends find the killer? Or will she or someone she loves be the next victim?This paranormal cozy mystery series contains laugh-out-loud dialogue and a cast of characters including werewolves, shifters, psychics, and ghosts.
You've Got Tail
by Renee GeorgeYou've Got Tail from USA Today bestselling paranormal cozy mystery author Renee George is a laugh-out-loud tale of kidnapping, murder, and a town full of people hiding the truth. Fall in love with a hilarious cast of characters in Book 1 of Peculiar Mysteries; a paranormal romantic comedy that will not only have you laughing...it will also melt your heart as Sunny Haddock tries to unravel the strange happenings in Peculiar, Missouri..Welcome to Peculiar, Missouri!Sunny Haddock, an animal-loving vegetarian psychic, is stoked to leave California behind to start a new life in the Ozark town of Peculiar with her best friend Chavvah Trimmel. She ups the moving date when Chav goes missing, and Sunny high tails it to the small town. What Sunny doesn't realize is that she's moving into a community of were-shifters, and they don't want a human resident. Especially one dumb enough to arrive a couple of days before the full moon--the only night of the month shifters have to take their pure animal forms.When the gorgeous Babel Trimmel, Chav's younger brother, (along with the sheriff, the mayor, and some other nice folk) suggests Sunny haul her U-haul and butt back out of town, she's undeterred. Her psychic abilities might be out-of-whack, and blood makes her faint, but she's not a quitter. Besides, she's not about to go anywhere until she finds out what happened to Chavvah.But Sunny has more to deal with than unfriendly townsfolk...like disturbing killer visions and the dog-like animal no one else sees that seems to be stalking her every move. To make matters worse, she is finding Babel to be more irresistible than crack on a donut.Sunny needs to get her ability and her hormones under control if she wants to solve the mystery and save her best friend."Move over Cesar Millan, Sunny's in town, and this psychic makes house calls. Hilarious!" Dakota Cassidy, USA Today Bestselling author of the Accidental series.This paranormal cozy mystery contains werewolves, shifters, psychics, ghosts, and supernatural beings.
Muerte de la luz (Nebulae Ser.)
by George R.R. MartinLa mejor historia romántica que ha dado la ciencia ficción, situada en un planeta destinado a la oscuridad intergaláctica. <P><P> «Si me envías este recuerdo, vendré. Donde esté, cuando sea, independientemente de lo que haya ocurrido entre los dos. Vendré, sin preguntas», este es el mensaje que Dirk t'Larien escribió hace siete años para Gwen Delvano, justo después de terminar su relación. Y ahora Dirk lo recibe de vuelta, como un llamado a cumplir su promesa y un símbolo de aquel pasado que todavía lo conmueve. Así que emprende el viaje pero cuando llega a Worlorn, un planeta prácticamente abandonado que se hunde poco a poco en las tinieblas, alumbrado por soles moribundos, Dirk encuentra a Gwen atada a otro hombre y a una sociedad tribal y violenta que pondrá a prueba su lealtad y su capacidad para sobrevivir. <P><P> Muerte de la luz es la primera novela de George R. R. Martin, una de las historias de amor más emblemáticas de la ciencia ficción que ha conmovido a cientos de miles de lectores alrededor del mundo y que los ha asombrado con la imponente belleza de sus escenarios estelares.
Foc i Sang: 300 anys abans de Joc de Trons. Història dels Targaryen (Cançó de gel i foc #Volumen)
by George R.R. Martin Doug WheatleyEl nou llibre de George R.R. Martin narra la fascinant història dels Targaryen, la dinastia que va regnar a Ponent tres-cents anys abans de l'inici de «Cançó de gel i foc», la saga que va inspirar la sèrie de HBO, Joc de trons. Segles abans que tinguessin lloc els esdeveniments que s'expliquen a «Cançó de gel i foc», la casa Targaryen, l'única dinastia de Senyors Drac que va sobreviure a la Maledicció de Valyria, es va assentar a l'illa de Rocadrac. Us presentem el primer volum d'un total de dos en què l'autor de Joc de trons explica amb gran detall la història d'aquesta família tan fascinant: començant per Aegon I Targaryen, creador de l'icònic Tron de Ferro, i seguint per la resta de les generacions de Targaryens que van lluitar ferotgement per conservar el poder, i el tron, fins a l'arribada de la guerra civil que gairebé els va fer desaparèixer. Què va passar realment durant la Dansa de dracs? Per què era tan perillós apropar-se a Valyria després de la Maledicció? Com era Ponent quan els dracs dominaven el cel? Aquestes i moltes altres són les preguntes a les quals respon aquesta monumental crònica, narrada per un culte mestre de la Ciutadella, que anticipa el conegut univers de George R.R. Martin. Foc i Sang és la gran oportunitat que tenen els lectors de conèixer una altra visió de la fascinant història de Ponent. Aquesta obra, magníficament il·lustrada amb 80 làmines inèdites de Doug Wheatley, esdevindrà, sens dubte, una lectura ineludible per a tots els fans de l'aclamada sèrie.
Gendering Science Fiction Films
by Susan A. GeorgeIn the 1950s, science fiction (SF) invasion films played a complicated part in both supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. George examines what these films reveal about the tensions in the United States at the dawn of the atomic age especially concerning gender roles and expectations. Using a cultural studies approach, she works from the assumption that "invasion" films with their "us" versus "them" nature provide important visual and verbal narratives for American citizens' trying to understand and negotiate the social and political changes that followed the allied victory in World War II. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, primarily white Americans' excitement and anxieties about social and political issues, George shows how they often played out as another round in the battle of the sexes. This book examines the way representation in these films tap into anxieties concerning the feminine and alien other.
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf (Dover Horror Classics)
by George W.M. Reynolds Henry AnelayFernand Wagner's deal with the devil buys wealth and youth-at the price of monthly transformations into a ravening beast. The first important fictional treatment of the werewolf theme in English literature, this Victorian thriller traces Wagner's blood-soaked trail through sixteenth-century Italy. Packed with horrors and thrills, it offers a gothic feast of murders and supernatural events, punctuated by hidden plots and secret passages, Turkish invasions and intrigues, and other diabolical doings. Although largely forgotten today, author George W. Reynolds ranked among mid-Victorian England's most celebrated authors and was a prominent political figure and pioneer for social justice. This edition of Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf includes the first extensive modern survey of Reynolds' work as well as twenty-four atmospheric illustrations.
The Imago Stage
by Karoline GeorgesGrowing up with a menacing drunk for a father and a grief-stricken mother, a girl spends her 1980s childhood staring at the television to escape the tension, depression, and looming violence that fill her suburban home. After winning a modelling competition, she dedicates herself to becoming a placid image onto which anything can be projected, a blank slate with a blank stare. Earning enough in Paris to retire in her twenties, she buys a studio in Montreal and retreats from the world and its perceived threats, cultivating her existence as an image through her virtual reality avatar. But when her mother develops cancer and nears the end of her life, she is forced to leave her cocoon – surrounded by her posse of augmented reality superheroes – and interact with the world and her parents without the mask of her perfect, virtual self.Georges offers up an alienated childhood with shifting pop culture obsessions, a woman’s awakening to the role of the image in culture, and her eventual isolation in her apartment and the world online. It is a catalogue of the anxieties of an age, from nuclear war to terrorism, climate change to biological warfare. Set in the past and not-too-distant future of Montreal, The Imago Stage is an ominous tale of oppression, suppression, and disembodiment.
Delete (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Donna Gephart Eric DeschampsNIMAC-sourced textbook. Careful! Don't Delete! Is it an ordinary computer? Or will its special powers rock Gabe's world? Gabe is about to find out.
What the Spell (Life's a Witch #2)
by Brittany GeragotelisA teenage witch juggles popularity and romance while keeping her powers a secret in this spellbinding debut.Almost-sixteen-year-old Brooklyn feels invisible, but she desperately wants to be pretty, to be popular, to be adored by a cute guy. Luckily for her, she’s a witch about to come of age—so she’s only a few spells away from making it all happen. On her milestone birthday, Brooklyn’s conservative parents finally unbind her powers. This newfound freedom leads to a spell-assisted makeover, entree into the cool clique, and the attention of her longtime crush, Asher. Even better, Brooklyn discovers her true power: the ability to magically match couples with a love spell. But Brooklyn’s quest for popularity is not without its price. As the clique escalates their initiation tests and she relies on her powers to complete the tasks, Brooklyn finds herself in the same precarious position as her Salem ancestors: if she’s found out, she could be vilified—and lose Asher in the process. Can she make the most of her magic, or will she be luckless and loveless? Be careful what you witch for!
The Six Swan Brothers: A Magic Beans Story
by Adèle GerasWhen six brothers are turned into swans by an evil queen, their fate falls into the hands of their younger sister. Can she save them - and herself - before it's too late?This story is a magic bean. It may not look much like a bean, but I can promise you that it is. For if you plant it in a young mind, it will grow into a love of story and reading. These beans are favourite fairytales and legends that will delight, thrill and thoroughly entertain. Each story has been brilliantly crafted by one of the best-loved writers for children. This story was published by David Fickling Books as part of the Magic Beans anthology. The complete anthology is available in hardback and in ebook format.
Troy
by Adele GerasThe siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows.Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humour into this classic story.
A Pocketful of Silver
by Adele Geras Jan Mark Jean UreWelcome to Hodder Silver, the home of YA sci-fi and fantasy. Discover new worlds, new lands and new possibilities in this free ebook, showcasing some of best YA sci-fi around. Discover: The Ennead by Jan Mark Plague 99 by Jean Ure Starstormers by Nicholas Fisk Troy by Adele Geras Unearth the best of pre millenia sci fi and fantasy.
Trance
by Linda GerberAshlyn Greenfield has always known when bad things are going to happen. Each time that familiar tingling at the back of her neck begins, she knows whatÕs to comeÑa trance. SheÕs pulled in, blindsided, an unwilling witness to a horrible upcoming event. But sheÕs never been able to stop itÑnot even when the vision was of her motherÕs fatal car accident. When soulful Jake enters AshlynÕs life, she begins having trances about another car accident. And as her trances escalate, one thing becomes clear: itÕs up to her to save Jake from near-certain death. .
Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (Barry Trotter, #3)
by Michael E. Gerber[from the back cover:] "Find out just how awful Barry was when he first came to Hogwash. The previous two Barry Trotter books have sold 600,000 copies, to people all around the world who really should know better. So when Mike said he wanted to do a prequel (technical terminology for 'artistically unjustified but financially sound hasty last-minute addition to an unexpectedly successful series of books') you can be sure we put on our best 'what-a-great-idea' faces, and agreed. And because this is a 'prequel' (see above) you really don't have to have read either Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody or Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (even though we're taking this opportunity to remind you just what great books they really are) before you buy this book." Told in flashbacks, hypnotized Barry experiences his first true romance and a trip to the afterlife. He tries to recharge his wand by reeking pointless chaos as he flees across the world pursued by Lord Valumart, who, as always, is intent on killing him. Included at the end of this intelligent and idiotic story full of sophisticated and gutter humor are a hilarious glossary and ridiculous set of ten reading group discussion questions. All three of the Barry Trotter parody's of the Harry Potter series are in the Bookshare collection.
Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody (Barry Trotter, #1)
by Michael E. GerberBarry Trotter is 22 and the only student in Hogwash history ever to be held back 5 times. From a Quiddit accident, pleasant, playful, loyal, Lon has a hole through his head, an IQ of 62 and exhibits many doggie behaviors. Ermine teaches at St. Hilary's Academy for the Marginally-Magical and is more than a flirt. Together they go on a quest to New York and Hollywood to stop the filming of the first Barry Trotter blockbuster film the very publicity for which has caused Hogwash School to be overrun buy rude, unkempt, insane fans. Ferd and Jorge Measly join them and bad goes to worse. There are new magic potions, Boarsbollocks' Brew, and abilities, pretzeltongues who can lick their own eyeballs. The friends must make their way through putrid smells, foul fluids, and bathroom humor. Nothing is safe from Star Wars to Buddhism. And of course, Lord Valumart lurks where he is least suspected to corrupt Harry who is wrestling with the new information that he is to be killed off in the next novel because who wants to read, Barry Trotter and the Difficult Tax Return? Readers who enjoy humor that ranges from clever to crude and aren't Harry Potter purists, will find this parody to be packed with laughs. Don't miss the humor from the copyright page at the beginning of the book, to the I Hate You letter at the end where readers are given a series of check lists to register their objections.
Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (Barry Trotter, #2)
by Michael E. GerberLike a chronic skin condition, the world's most irritating wizard is back! Barry Trotter, now 38 (going on 11), has returned to the Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap. He and his wife, Ermine Cringer, are there to deposit their Muddle-loving son Nigel, 11 (going on 38), and about as magical as a spork. Just as Barry and Ermine are set to leave, Headmister Dorco Malfeasance dies. Who did it? Who cares - nobody much liked Dorco anyway. Barry and Ermine are installed as interim heads of the School, and kick off a carnival of arrested development. But then, in the sort of plot twist that could only happen in a cheap novel designed to leech off a massive pop culture phenomenon, Barry develops youthenasia. He begins a steady march backwards in age and reliving the horrors of adolescence (including the Acne of Fire) may not be the end of it ...Suddenly, solving the mystery becomes a matter of Life and Death. Do they suspect Snipe, as usual, only to find out Lord Valumart's behind it? Everyone's a suspect - which means all your favorite characters are back for another round of abuse. Barry, Ermine, and the dog-brained manchild Lon Measly must find the murderer ... or fill at least 336 pages trying! Witty. Cultured. Erudite. Thought-Provoking. Brilliant. None of these describe Michael Gerber. Nevertheless, his first book, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, sold shedloads, thanks to a raft of specious and irresponsible claims made by the Publisher. And while we have been instructed by the court to tell you that this sequel will NOT regrow your hair, let you earn thousands a week working from home, or free up $28 million 'trapped in Nigeria', it WILL increase the size of your penis 1-3 inches- even if you don't have one to begin with! (Whether this is a good thing or not, we'll leave up to you.) While we're waiting for the inevitable legal action, we might as well tell you that Mr. Gerber lives in Chicago with his wife and three cats. Hobbies include solitaire, hypochrondria, and sleeping.
Online Game: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Yi GeRenDeMengXiangHis developers had also hidden all the shortcuts in human evolution into the game. In order to obtain the so-called "Life Code", a group of strong men were running amok, they were willing to do anything they could to get their hands on. National forces and large financial groups were all in place to engage in fierce battles, and the fate of the human race had changed because of this game. Ye Wei, a college student who had just graduated, would he be able to carve out a path of blood for himself?
Online Game: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Yi GeRenDeMengXiangHis developers had also hidden all the shortcuts in human evolution into the game. In order to obtain the so-called "Life Code", a group of strong men were running amok, they were willing to do anything they could to get their hands on. National forces and large financial groups were all in place to engage in fierce battles, and the fate of the human race had changed because of this game. Ye Wei, a college student who had just graduated, would he be able to carve out a path of blood for himself?
Online Game: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Yi GeRenDeMengXiangHis developers had also hidden all the shortcuts in human evolution into the game. In order to obtain the so-called "Life Code", a group of strong men were running amok, they were willing to do anything they could to get their hands on. National forces and large financial groups were all in place to engage in fierce battles, and the fate of the human race had changed because of this game. Ye Wei, a college student who had just graduated, would he be able to carve out a path of blood for himself?
Online Game: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Yi GeRenDeMengXiangHis developers had also hidden all the shortcuts in human evolution into the game. In order to obtain the so-called "Life Code", a group of strong men were running amok, they were willing to do anything they could to get their hands on. National forces and large financial groups were all in place to engage in fierce battles, and the fate of the human race had changed because of this game. Ye Wei, a college student who had just graduated, would he be able to carve out a path of blood for himself?
Stopover
by William GerkenWhat will the world be like, the day after Tomorrow, for the lonely ones who will have talents that others will half fear, half envy? William Gerken describes this strange world in which young and old will have to find new values and pursue new dreams, as they search for the answer.... When he opened the door to the shed that day, and saw the axe suspended in mid-air, he understood what was wrong.
Numenera - The Poison Eater
by Shanna Germain<p>Poison never lies. <p>Tali was once one of the seven martyrs of the forgotten compass. <p>She barely escaped that life with her body and soul intact. <p>Now she has a new life as a poison eater in the city of Enthait. <p>Here she is hailed as one of the city's protectors. <p>No one knows her history. <p>No one has asked about her past. <p>She's been here so long that Enthait is her home now, these are her people. She loves them and they her.But in the Ninth World, the past is a living, breathing thing. And when it hunts you down, you can run. You can fight. Or you can die.
Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 (Bison Frontiers Of Imagination Ser.)
by Hugo Gernsback"Ralph 124C 41+" by Hugo Gernsback is an early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in "Modern Electrics" magazine beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. It is considered one of the most influential science fiction stories of all time. The title itself is a play on words, ( 1 2 4 C 4 1 + ) meaning "One to foresee for one another". Some successful predictions from this novel include television (and channel surfing), remote-control power transmission, the video phone, transcontinental air service, solar energy in practical use, sound movies, synthetic milk and foods, artificial cloth, voiceprinting, tape recorders, and spaceflight. It also contains ".the first accurate description of radar, complete with diagram." according to Arthur C. Clarke in his "non-genre" novel "Glide Path."
The Epiphany Machine
by David Burr Gerrard*A Most-Anticipated book of 2017 by The MillionsEveryone else knows the truth about you, now you can know it, too. That’s the slogan. The product: a junky contraption that tattoos personalized revelations on its users’ forearms. It’s an old con, playing on the fear that we are obvious to everybody except ourselves. This particular one’s been circulating New York since the 1960s. The ad works. And, oddly enough, so might the device...A small stream of city dwellers buy into this cult of the epiphany machine, including Venter Lowood’s parents. This stigma follows them when they move upstate, where Venter can’t avoid the whispers of teachers and neighbors any more than he can ignore the machine’s accurate predictions: his mother’s abandonment and his father’s disinterest. So when Venter’s grandmother finally asks him to confront the epiphany machine and inoculate himself against his family’s mistakes, he’s only too happy to oblige. Like his parents before him, Venter is quick to fall under the spell of the device’s sweat-stained, profane, and surprisingly charming operator, Adam Lyons. But unlike them, Venter gets close enough to Adam to learn a dark secret. There’s an undeniable pattern between specific epiphanies and violent crimes. And Adam won’t jeopardize the privacy of his customers by alerting the police.It may be a hoax, but that doesn’t mean what Adam is selling isn’t also spot-on. And in this sprawling, snarling tragicomedy about accountability in contemporary America, the greater danger is that Adam Lyon’s apparatus may just be right about us all.