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City of Ghosts: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by ZhenyinfangSong Xiaofan was just an orphan growing up in a poor mountain village. In his growing up memory, there was a strange thing around him, that is, he could see all kinds of souls. The only thing that could make him feel gratified was that these souls did not interfere with his life. Until once, song Xiaofan agreed to a magic wand called Zhang Yuan. He went to the mountain village with him In dealing with a strange ghost event, song Xiaofan's ability was improved magically when he saw such a powerful ghost for the first time, and his life has changed greatly since then.
Spirit In Dark Night: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zheng YueIn my dream, I had a luxurious villa, but I didn't expect it to become a reality … However, he never would have thought that this was a strange villa, so he killed his mother. His father was too shocked to tell him the truth … One after another, incredible things happened.
Spirit In Dark Night: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Zheng YueIn my dream, I had a luxurious villa, but I didn't expect it to become a reality … However, he never would have thought that this was a strange villa, so he killed his mother. His father was too shocked to tell him the truth … One after another, incredible things happened.
Spirit In Dark Night: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Zheng YueIn my dream, I had a luxurious villa, but I didn't expect it to become a reality … However, he never would have thought that this was a strange villa, so he killed his mother. His father was too shocked to tell him the truth … One after another, incredible things happened.
Post-mortem Examiner Esoterica: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zhao BanXianMy house is made up of 32 generations of green hats, left behind a secret craftsmanship, opened the list of evildoers, led to Yinyang Road's free books, the city opened its mouth, there is no taboo, the dead rose up, see rich.Why did the dead girl have gold hidden in her belly? Wearing red clothes, how could her corpse speak human language when it had stiffened in the middle of the night? Three large seals and a piece of yellow paper; the body could not be broken.One by one, the undead truths hidden beneath the corpses would be unraveled from my hands.Wealth is in the sky, life and death cannot be decided by fate. What one sees is the skin, and what one cannot see is the soul.
Coffin of the Nether World: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zhang YangxiaobaiIn order to kill the second child in my mother's womb, I killed my mother. The soul of my unborn brother has always been wrapped around me …
Coffin of the Nether World: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Zhang YangxiaobaiIn order to kill the second child in my mother's womb, I killed my mother. The soul of my unborn brother has always been wrapped around me …
Coffin of the Nether World: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Zhang YangxiaobaiIn order to kill the second child in my mother's womb, I killed my mother. The soul of my unborn brother has always been wrapped around me …
Stories of Geomancer: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zhang YangXiaoBaiJust as the college entrance examination is over, my grandfather passed away. On the night when I went back home to mourn, my grandfather's corpse disappeared from the coffin …
Stories of Geomancer: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Zhang YangXiaoBaiJust as the college entrance examination is over, my grandfather passed away. On the night when I went back home to mourn, my grandfather's corpse disappeared from the coffin …
Stories of Geomancer: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Zhang YangXiaoBaiJust as the college entrance examination is over, my grandfather passed away. On the night when I went back home to mourn, my grandfather's corpse disappeared from the coffin …
More: A Novel
by Hakan Günday Zeynep BelerThe award-winning More, by one of Turkey's leading underground writers, is the world's first novel about the refugee crisis."The illegals climbed into the truck, and, after a journey of two hundred miles, they boarded ships and were lost in the night."Gaza lives on the shores of the Aegean Sea. At the age of nine he becomes a human trafficker, like his father. Together with his father and local boat owners Gaza helps smuggle desperate "illegals," by giving them shelter, food, and water before they attempt the crossing to Greece. One night everything changes and Gaza is suddenly faced with the challenge of how he himself is going to survive. This is a heartbreaking work that examines the lives of refugees struggling to flee their homeland and the human traffickers who help them reach Europe-for a price.In this timely and important book, one of the first novels to document the refugee crisis in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, we see firsthand how the realities of war, violence, and migration affect the daily lives of the people who live there. This is a powerful exploration of the unfolding crisis by one of Turkey's most exciting and critically acclaimed young writers who writes unflinchingly about social issues.
The Tales from More than Two Cities: Monsey Kiryat Sefer and Beyond
by Zev Roth Yaakov Lavon[Back Cover] "Some people collect stamps or fine art. Zev Roth collects stories--true stories, unusual stories, inspiring stories. In his first popular book, The Monsey-Kiryat Sefer Express, he shared tales from two very special cities. Now, with Monsey, Kiryat Sefer and Beyond, we travel round the globe--to Brazil, Denmark, Poland and, of course, America and Israel. We'll meet a "Shabbos goy" turned superstar and see how a terrifying carjacking had a very happy ending. The stories we will enjoy in Monsey, Kiryat Sefer and Beyond take place in different places throughout the world. But they have two things in common. They're all fascinating accounts of interesting events. And--like The Monsey-Kiryat Sefer Express--they're all true." However, even though the stories are true, the author wrote them like fictional ones. Because the stories are real, readers gain entrance into Orthodox-Jewish life in a fun way without having to wade through dry, pedantic material and without having to be Orthodox Jews themselves.
The Project
by Zev ChafetsIt's 10 years after the Gulf War and Speaker of the House Dewey Goldberg has been sworn in as President of the United States following the accidental deaths of his predecessors. But he soon discovers that Israeli Prime Minister Elihu Barzel may be backing a fundamentalist opponent. Concerned, he dispatches his journalist-friend Charlie Walker to investigate. What Walker discovers is a plan code-named "The Project"--a plan so compelling that it not only jeopardizes the president's chances for reelection, but also the delicate balance of world power.
Towards White
by Zena ShapterThey know what's going to happen to you... after you die.Scientists in Iceland think they've figured out one of our greatest mysteries – where the electrical energy in our brains goes after we die. According to the laws of physics, one form of energy must always become another form. So the electrical energy in our brains and nervous system can't simply disappear...When ex-lawyer Becky Dales travels to Iceland to track down her missing brother, she doesn't care about the groundbreaking discoveries, or the positive-thinking practiced by the Icelanders – she just wants her brother back. Having stumbled on something she thinks the Icelandic government wants covered up, Becky must piece together the answers fast... before she becomes a victim herself.
Beirut Noir (Akashic Noir #0)
by Rawi Hage Zena El Khalil Najwa Barakat Muhammad Abi Samra Leila Eid Hala Kawtharani Marie Tawk Bana Baydoun Hyam Yared Alawiyeh Sobh Mazen Zahreddine Abbas Beydoun Bachir Hilal Mazen Maarouf Tarek Abi Samra"No book could possibly describe the myriad different faces of twenty-first century Beirut better than Beirut Noir, yet another in the fabulous Akashic Noir series that should dominate at least one shelf of any crime fan's library."--CrimeReads, included in Paul French's Column on Beirut Crime Fiction"Humaydan writes in her introduction to this haunting anthology that 'all of the stories are somehow framed by the Lebanese civil war, which lasted from approximately 1974 until 1990...' The crimes in this Akashic noir volume are often submerged in the greater tragedy of a beautiful city constantly torn within and without by violence."--Publishers Weekly"The stories' individual approaches to noir are as diverse as the Beirut landscape, its residents and exiles."--Middle East Monitor"In Beirut Noir, Iman Humaydan has selected a beautiful and often heartbreaking jigsaw portrait of its eponymous city....These are writers, multiple generations of Beiruti, who live and breathe the neighborhoods of their capital, and each seems to care about even the worst of it. And there is occasional humor to be found in the darkest of its spaces. Beirut, as Humaydan explains in her introduction, is a 'city that dances on its wounds.' This is a book that transcends its place in a series and stands on its own as something terrific."--World Literature Today"The Lebanese authors featured in the collection draw from a much broader palette of Beirut life, and, true to the genre, they tap into their city's dark past and uncertain present. Some stories are absurd and humorous, but almost all are haunted in some way by a nagging memory, a war, a death."--The NationalTranslated by Michelle Hartman.Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Featuring brand-new stories by: Rawi Hage, Muhammad Abi Samra, Leila Eid, Hala Kawtharani, Marie Tawk, Bana Baydoun, Hyam Yared, Najwa Barakat, Alawiyeh Sobh, Mazen Zahreddine, Abbas Beydoun, Bachir Hilal, Zena El Khalil, Mazen Maarouf, and Tarek Abi Samra.Most of the writers in this volume are still living in Beirut, so this is an important contribution to Middle East literature--not the "outsider's perspective" that often characterizes contemporary literature set in the region.From the introduction by Iman Humaydan (translated by Michelle Hartman):"Beirut is a city of contradiction and paradox. It is an urban and rural city, one of violence and forgiveness, memory and forgetfulness. Beirut is a city of war and peace. This short story collection is a part of a vibrant, living recovery of Beirut. Beirut Noir recovers the city once again through writing, through the literary visions of its authors..."From within this collection of stories, a general attitude toward Beirut emerges: the city is viewed from a position of critique, doubt, disappointment, and despair. The stories here show the vast maze of the city that can't be found in tourist brochures or nostalgic depictions of Beirut that are completely out of touch with reality. Perhaps this goes without saying in a collection of stories titled Beirut Noir. But the 'noir' label here should be viewed from multiple angles, and it takes on many different forms in the stories. No doubt this is because it is imbricated in the distinct moments that Beirut has lived through and how they are depicted in the stories."
Not Yours to Keep: A Novel
by Zelly RuskinCalled a &“sensational debut&” by Rea Frey, this psychological thriller delves into themes of reproductive rights and healthcare, confronting the complexities that define family—or the risks that lose it all.Billie Campbell, a Massachusetts adoption specialist grappling with fertility issues, dreams of adopting a baby, but not just any baby—her pregnant client&’s baby. While her longing threatens to send her down a dark path, her husband, Tyler, is keeping secrets: he&’s full of doubts about becoming a father, and he&’s also trying to figure out who is sending him upsetting anonymous texts and photos. On the other side of town, Anne, a woman scarred by childhood abuse, obsesses with a second chance at becoming a family with the two people she regrets ever having let go of: the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago and the man of her dreams. Their lives become entangled when the client&’s newborn is abducted, and Billie becomes a prime suspect. Amid the chaos unleashed by the abduction, Tyler uncovers a link between the person tormenting him and the abduction—but now Billie has disappeared too. The race to find both her and the baby is on; but will they find them before it&’s too late?
Make Sure You Die Screaming: A Novel
by Zee CarlstromAn electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing—for fans of Detransition Baby and Chain-Gang All-StarsThe newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance at their corporate gig, is most likely brain damaged from a major tussle with their now ex-boyfriend, and is on a bender to end all benders.A call from their mother with the news that their MAGA-friendly, conspiracy-theorist father has gone missing launches the narrator from Chicago to deep red Arkansas in a stolen car. Along the way, the narrator and their new bestie—a self-proclaimed "garbage goth" with her own emotional baggage (and someone on her tail)—unpack the narrator’s childhood and a recent personal loss that they refuse to face head-on.An unflinching interrogation of class rage, economic (im)mobility, gender expression, and the rot at the heart of capitalism, Make Sure You Die Screaming is the loud, funny, tragic, suspenseful road trip novel of our times.
Fake Plastic Girl
by Zara LisbonCelebrity-studded parties that last long into the night. Camera flashes and designer clothes. And a body found floating in the Venice Beach canals.But let’s start at the beginning.Justine Childs is your average teenage girl, until the day ex-child-star Eva Kate Kelly moves in across the way. Eva Kate is gorgeous, seductive, and eager to invite Justine into her glittery world. Their relationship intensifies quickly, but there is a lot they aren't telling each other, and in the midst of the whirlwind, a girl lies dead. Who killed Eva Kate? Justine swears her innocence—and she’d like you to hear her side of the story.