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Radioactive (The\atlas Of Cursed Places Ser.)
by Vanessa ActonEvery year Zack and his family spend a week at a Pacific island getaway. The ocean is beautiful, the town is quaint, and the people are easygoing. It's a great place to relax. So why do the locals seem so tense this year? There's definitely trouble in paradise when a tourist goes missing. Local legend has it that the locale is cursed since nuclear testing there in the 1950s. It sounds like fiction, but is it?
Radioactive (The Atlas of Cursed Places)
by Vanessa ActonEvery year Zack and his family spend a week at a Pacific island getaway. The ocean is beautiful, the town is quaint, and the people are easygoing. It's a great place to relax. So why do the locals seem so tense this year? There's definitely trouble in paradise when a tourist goes missing. Local legend has it that the locale is cursed since nuclear testing there in the 1950s. It sounds like fiction, but is it?
Skeleton Tower (The Atlas of Cursed Places)
by Vanessa ActonJason's parents have been hired to work at a historic lighthouse along the California coast. The lighthouse is built along steep cliffs, surrounded by fog, and far from the nearest town. The last caretakers left in a hurry, and it doesn't take long to see why. Several accidents and the discovery of a hidden diary convince Jason the lighthouse is cursed. Will The Atlas of Cursed Places provide some answers before someone gets hurt...or worse?
Begin Again: A Novel
by Helly ActonHave you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring…Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can’t help feeling something’s missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more rewarding job? A relationship? Before she can work it out, she dies in a freak kebab-related accident after what she sees as yet another dud of a first date.But life isn’t over for Frankie. Instead, she is miraculously offered a second chance: Frankie can revisit key moments from her past to see if different choices will lead her to the fulfilling life she’s always dreamt of. And there are so many opportunities! Should she decide to languidly lounge by warm Mexican waters with sexy Raphael? Or say yes to the proposal of earnestly reliable university-sweetheart Toby? Perhaps a worry-free gilded cage with Callum is the solution! Or what about that high-powered media career she thought that she wanted? Soon, Frankie will see what her life would have been if only she’d caught that one-way flight, accepted the marriage proposal, or attended the intimidating job interview. Will she finally find her Mr. Right? Or discover she already had? Which way should she turn? And over and over she asks herself the question…What would she change if she could begin again?
L'avviso dei corvi
by Elisa Acquaviva Raquel VillaamilBrigit fa ritorno alla sua città natale in cerca dell'unico parente che le rimane: sua nonna. Dei pochi ricordi che conserva, non rimane quasi niente nella semi-abbandonata cittadina di Ballymote. Le strade, le case e la foresta nascondono dei segreti che sembrano risalire ai tempi in cui dalle leggende nacque qualcosa di reale, di mostruoso. Brigit dovrà trovare tutte le risposte, scavare a fondo nei suoi incubi e scoprire la verità in un mondo che non è più il suo e che si rivela tra le ombre quando avvisano i corvi.
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula
by Marta AcostaLatina Ivy League grad Milagro de Los Santos can't find her place in the world or a man to go with it. Then one night, at a book party for her pretentious ex-boyfriend, she meets an oddly attractive man. After she is bitten while kissing him, she falls ill and is squirreled away to his family's estate to recover. Vampires don't exist in this day and age -- or do they? As Milagro falls for a fabulously inappropriate man, she finds herself caught between a family who has accepted her as one of their own and a shady organization that refuses to let the undead live and love in peace.
Alma embrujada
by María AcostaDos almas unidas a las que la muerte no podrá separar. Hay fantasmas en Brogan's Hall... Al menos, eso dicen. Pero Lucía de Córdoba no cree en fantasmas y en cuanto sus ojos se posan en la pequeña plantación que le han encargado restaurar, la siente como un hogar y no como una mansión embrujada. Sin embargo, el embrujo que pesa sobre la casa es mucho más complicado de lo que nadie se imagina: el amor y la muerte se vieron las caras en ella y la tragedia salpicó con sangre sus muros. Cuando el misterio que oculta la historia sea revelado, el pasado que nunca se fue resurgirá con fuerza para cobrar su deuda. En los blogs...«Alma embrujada es una historia de almas unidas en el tiempo donde hay amor, celos, odios, envidias y mucho más. 100 % recomendable [...] Está muy bien escrito, tiene una pluma ágil, fresca y adictiva.»Blog La puerta de los libros infinitos
SHOOT First Volume 1: Angels and Infidels
by Justin AclinThe Secular Humanist Occult Obliteration Taskforce exists to defend humanity from gods, fairies, monsters, and the legions of other creatures that survive on human beliefs and fears. If you've got a problem with a demon, dragon, or deity, better call SHOOT! Collects the four-issue miniseries, plus an eight-page story from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #35. * An exciting, original, and irreverent concept from comics' hottest new talent! * Sci-fi action in the four-color tradition with a bold new twist!
Halcyon: A novel
by Elliot AckermanA chilling novel set in an alternate version of America&’s recent past—about two self-made men confronting a world that seems to be moving on without themVirginia, 2004. Gore is entering his second term as president. Our narrator, Martin Neumann, recently divorced, is living at Halcyon, the estate of renowned lawyer and World War II hero Robert Ableson. When news breaks that scientists funded by the Gore administration have discovered a cure for death, it calls into question everything Martin thought he understood about life, not least his work as a historian. Who is Ableson, really, and why did he draw Martin into his orbit? Is this new science a miraculous good or an insidious evil?Stretching from pivotal elections to intimate family secrets, from the Battle of Saipan to the toppling of Confederate monuments, Halcyon is a profound and probing novel that grapples with what history means, who is affected by it, and how the complexities of our shared future rest on the dual foundations of remembering and forgetting.
Empire of the Senseless: A Novel
by Kathy AckerA cyborg and her pirate lover travel through a violent Paris in this “apocalyptic tale that makes A Clockwork Orange look tame” (Publishers Weekly).Originally published in 1988, Empire of the Senseless marked a turning point in Acker’s wild, inimitable style. Considered one of her more accessible works, here Acker candidly addresses her lifelong obsessions: childhood and trauma, language and sexuality, criminality and corruption, oppression and rebellion.Abhor (part human, part robot) and her lover Thivai (a pirate) traverse Paris in a dystopian future, in search of a mysterious drug that Thivai needs in order to maintain his ability to love. Navigating the chaotic city, they encounter mad doctors, prisoners, bikers, sailors, tattooists, terrorists, and prostitutes, while a band of Algerian revolutionaries take over, and the CIA plots to thwart them all.Sexually explicit, graphically violent, Empire of the Senseless resists the desensitizing of cultural consciousness and the disintegration of interpersonal communication. A timeless, prescient parable, it speaks profoundly to our social and political history as well as our present reality.Praise for Empire of the Senseless“[A] complex, high-speed, intensely intellectual, intensely offensive, post-modernist, pained and painful, punk, fantastic, fictional construct and elaborate tattoo of a novel.” —New York Times“Empire of the Senseless is a family romance turned inside out, a twisted re-creation of quest sagas and Bildungsroman and TV sitcoms.” —Philadelphia Enquirer“A world of ugly truths, beautifully expressed. If you care to learn why Kathy Acker is such an important writer, I suggest you put aside your preconceptions, stop making sense, and read this book immediately.” —Alan Moore
The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Residence Evil (The Thrilling Adventure Hour #3)
by Ben Acker Ben BlackerIt’s time to send the little ones to dreamland and set your radio’s dial to “spooky.” Steel yourself for mysterious suspense in…BEYOND BELIEF Meet Frank and Sadie Doyle, toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And, oh yes, they see ghosts. Trading quips and tossing back cocktails, the Doyles take what they want and hoodwink their clientele for the rest. When one night of having a drink (or ten) with friends goes horribly wrong at a haunted house, the Doyles find themselves face-to-face with ancient beings of the blood-sucking variety. Luckily, their blood alcohol content is up for the task. Written by the creators of the wildly popular Hollywood stage show and podcast, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Deadpool, Star Wars Adventures), and illustrated by M.J. Erickson, The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Residence Evil is a rip-roaring adventure that harkens back to the heyday of old-time radio entertainment. Collects The Thrilling Adventure Hour #1-4.
Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires
by Ben AckerThis fourth wall–breaking middle grade collection of spooky, scary, and spoopy stories for fans of Lemony Snicket and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might just help you survive the night in a house full of vampires.If you are reading this book, then you must be trapped in that spooky house with those vampires. Sorry about that. But! You might just make it out if you manage to tell them one scary story each night in accordance with standard vampire rules. Don&’t know any scary stories? Good thing you found this book! Every tale in this tome is true…more or less (more more than less). You get a little bit of everything in this monster mash: from hitchhiking phantoms to women in white, a carnivore beast that loves a good vacation to a haunted mannequin with a bug problem, killer phones, concerned werewolves, you name it. Everything you need to keep those vampires on the edge of their seats—and well away from your neck. But beware…don&’t get too comfortable. Names have power, and if you whisper about too many things in the dark, they might just hear you.
The Head of the Saint
by Socorro Acioli Daniel HahnA quirky story of love, mischief, and forgiveness from Brazil's foremost award-winning author for young readers, in her U.S. debut. <p><p> Fourteen-year-old Samuel is newly orphaned and homeless in a small town in Brazil. He lives in a giant, hollow, concrete head of St. Anthony, the lingering evidence of the village's inept and failed attempt to build a monolith over a decade ago. He didn't know what it was when he crawled into it, seeking shelter during a storm, but since coming there, he hears beautiful singing, echoing like magic in the head twice a day. So he stays. <p><p>Miraculously, he can also hear the private prayers and longings of the villagers. Feeling mischievous, Samuel begins to help answer these prayers, hoping that if he does, their noise will quiet down and he can listen to the beautiful singing in peace. Ironically, his miracles gain him so many fans that he starts to worry he will never fulfill his own true longing and find the source of the singing. <p><p>Filled with beautiful turns of phrase and wonderfully quirky characters, The Head of the Saint is a riotous story of faith and magic that won't soon leave your thoughts.
Discoveries (Read On! Go Book EA)
by Harcourt Achieve20 short stories designed to increase reading comprehension.
Termiteros de la sabana
by Chinua AchebeChris, Ikem y Beatrice son tres estudiantes que comparten opiniones políticas y tratan de sobrevivir bajo la dictadura de un presidente educado en una academia militar británica. Unidos por la lucha contra la tiranía, la relación entre los tres jóvenes da un giro radical cuando cambia el régimen político y Chris y Beatrice pasan a trabajar para el gobierno, mientras que Ikem se convierte en redactor de un periódico opositor. Pero en un mundo en que cada nuevo día conlleva una nueva traición, Beatrice se niega a rendirse y a renunciar a la esperanza.«Un libro sabio, estimulante y necesario, un poderoso antídoto a los comentaristas cínicos que, desde la otra orilla, jamás ven que salga nada nuevo de África.»Financial Times
Jailbait Zombie (Felix Gomez, Book #4)
by Mario AcevedoThere's undead and then there's . . . living dead! Private Investigator Felix Gomez thought he had seen it all since becoming a vampire: horny aliens, maniacal nymphos. But now he's facing everyone's worst nightmare. As far as being undead goes, vampires are indisputably the more civilized-intelligent, rational (on occasion), good conversationalists. Zombies, on the other hand, are just violent, walking, rotting, flesh-eating meat with no redeeming qualities. And now there's a ravenous army of them heading this way. So it's vamps versus zombies, round one. And Felix's only hope of stopping the stinking, hungry horde is a pre-cocious and much-too-hot-for-her-britches teenager with clairvoyant powers. But she's not going to help unless Felix agrees to make her immortal.
Rescue From Planet Pleasure: A Novel (Felix Gomez)
by Mario AcevedoPlanet Pleasure. The one place in the galaxy you seriously want to avoid, but it&’s the next stop for Felix Gomez, detective-vampire and undead enforcer. His mission: rescue the bodacious vampiress, the hyper-sexual Carmen Arellano, from the clutches of ruthless warrior aliens. Her captors have doomed themselves by honing their military prowess at the expense of their libido, and Carmen is their last chance in regaining their mojo before they die out. Felix can&’t waste any time because Phaedra, the ruthless bloodsucking ingénue--now with extra-superpowers--is making good on her threat to destroy the Araneum and take over the undead underworld. Luckily, Felix is not alone in his quest to save Carmen and stop Phaedra. That redheaded whirlwind with a gun, Jolie, has got his back. Also lending a hand is everyone's favorite down-and-out trickster sage, Coyote, and he's brought along his mom...la Malinche...aka La Llorona! Here it comes, ground zero of a mega-ton story bristling with action, interstellar double-crosses, skin-walkers, Hopi magic, and trigger-happy goons. Exactly what you'd expect from Felix Gomez.
Steampunk Bandidtos: Sex Slaves of Shark Island (Felix Gomez)
by Mario AcevedoIn his undead quest for justice, Felix Gomez—detective vampire extraordinaire—has traveled from dusty desert battlefields, to gritty urban barrios, to the deepest corners of outer space. Now he&’s about to embark on his wildest adventure yet: back to an alternative past of steam-powered technology, telepathic magic, and intrigue more deadly and unforgiving than any he has ever encountered. There, he&’s a renowned pistolero hired to find the missing daughter of notorious Chinese gangster Wu-Fei. Accompanied by philosopher-gunfighter Malachi Hunter and mercenary femme fatale Hermosa Singer, Felix follows clues through the reimagined Southwest of Aztlan to the Gulf of California. The fate of Wu Fei&’s daughter is known only to the sex slaves imprisoned on Isla Tiburón—Shark Island—the fortress home of a mad scientist whose ambitions are as twisted as her evil genius. Getting on the island proves tough. Getting off the island proves impossible. But to learn what happened to Wu Fei&’s daughter, Felix must brave a gauntlet of murderous henchmen, infernal machines, and ferocious prehistoric monsters. And don&’t forget the sharks.
The Undead Kama Sutra (Felix Gomez, Book #3)
by Mario AcevedoFrom The Back Cover: "Acevedo's work is part hard-boiled private eye, part soft-core erotica, and part pure humor." Statesman Journal (OR) Ex-infantryman Felix Gomez came back from Iraq decidedly undead. Back home in Denver, he embarked upon a new career where nighttime work is the norm: private investigator. Since then, he's managed to survive lustful extraterrestrials, manic nymphomaniacs, and x-rated bloodsuckers, while satisfying his own unorthodox hungers with blood-laced Mexican food. But some thirsts aren't as easily assuaged, and that's where "The Undead Kama Sutra" comes in--a hands-on manual that illustrates how sex can help a lonely vampire increase his psychic energies. Felix's search for missing parts of the coveted manuscript is, of course, purely professional. And now the dying words of an alien interloper ("Find Goodman and save Earth's women!") are thrusting the immortal (if he's lucky) P.I. and a bodacious undead sexpert, Carmen Arellano, into a seamy mess of otherworldly abductions, shady military irregularities, and unexplained murder.
Werewolf Smackdown (Felix Gomez, Book #5)
by Mario AcevedoFelix Gomez, Latino vampire detective extraordinaire, tackles a dangerous werewolf cabal in the fifth installment in Mario Acevedo's satirical supernatural series A sure-to-be-bloody civil war is brewing between rival werewolf factions, and P.I . Felix Gomez will do anything he can to make sure it doesn't explode into a vicious battle that engulfs all creatures, living and dead. Between that, the sudden reappearance of an ex-girlfriend, and a gang of other vampires trying to take off his head, this is one rumble even a fanged detective extraordinaire may not be able to handle.
X-Rated Bloodsuckers (Felix Gomez, Book #2)
by Mario AcevedoWhen Felix Gomez returned from the War in Iraq with a disdain for daylight and a raging thirst for blood, he knew he couldn't settle for an ordinary 9-to-5 job. So after his discharge, the newly undead ex-infantryman chose the career that he felt best suited his vampiric tendencies: private detective. Now he's been approached by sexy porn star Katz Meow, who wants Felix to investigate the murder of her once-equally agile friend and fellow toiler in the video sex-biz, Roxy Bronze. But his investigation into L.A.'s hardcore jungle is turning into a triple x-rated nightmare populated by hot babes, sleazy producers, sleazier politicians, sham evangelicals, and fanatical secret societies. And here on the seamy underside of Tinseltown, "immortal" doesn't necessarily mean "unkillable."
Family Lore: A Novel
by Elizabeth AcevedoLonglisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel PrizeA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: Today.com * Time * Electric Literature * Seattle Times * Telemundo * Washington Post * HipLatina * Harper's Bazaar * Elle * AARP * Shondaland * New York Times * The Millions * LitHubFrom the bestselling, National Book Award–winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, the story of one Dominican-American family told through the voices of its women as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives.Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else’s? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.But Flor isn’t the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
The Curse on Spectacle Key
by Chantel AcevedoA sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home . . . only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family’s history in the process. This new middle grade standalone mystery from the author of the Muse Squad series is perfect for fans of Doll Bones and The Girl and the Ghost!Frank Fernandez’s family never stays in one place for long. His parents renovate unusual buildings and turn them into homes, which means the family moves—a lot. This makes it hard for bookish Frank to make friends. So when his parents announce they’re moving to Spectacle Key, Florida, to live in a lighthouse—this time for good!—Frank is thrilled.But Spectacle Key isn’t the perfect forever home they'd imagined. The lighthouse is falling apart. There are knocks on the door—but no one is there—and mysterious sighs and sniffles from nowhere. There’s even a creepy doll that seems to move on its own. Could Spectacle Key be haunted?Then one day while exploring, Frank meets a girl in old-fashioned clothes, with no memory of who she is. What she does know, though, is that the island is under a curse—and she needs Frank’s help to figure out how to lift it. But what if learning the truth about Spectacle Key means losing the first real friend he’s ever had?
Las Cumbres de Ethar: El secreto tras las runas
by José Moreno AcedoDesvela el secreto de Las Cumbres de Ethar, con personajes creados y moldeados por personas como túy yo. Ellos ya lo hicieron. Y tú, ¿te atreves? Un secreto; todos guardamos alguno que nos hace relevantes alguna vez. Este grupo de aventureros recorrió una vez Ethar para esconder uno que nunca debía caer en manos inadecuadas. Ellos decidieron recoger esa carga, cada uno por un motivo muy personal, y el tiempo les demostraría que era muy pesada. Un reencuentro, una carta y decisiones que tomar al respecto; el misterio había salido a la luz. ¿Salvarán las trampas del heredero bastardo de Onuba? Sus secuaces, jinetes orcos, mercenarios y algún que otro tropezón marcarán las vidas del grupo durante más de un mes. Su secreto ha de quedar fuera de las manos de ese misterioso perseguidor y, sobre todo, de aquel que sea su señor. Magia, amistad, mucha acción y lugares donde todos quisiéramos estar, la mejor mezcla para una novela de magia y espada.
La sed oscura
by Fernanda AburtoCUANDO LAS TRES VIDAS SE ENTRELACEN EN UNA VORÁGINE DE EROTISMO, SANGRE Y SECRETOS, ¿QUIÉN PODRÁ SALIR ILESO DE LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE LA SED OSCURA? En Vermont, Estados Unidos, Raziel huye de su pasado entre los estantes de una librería. Todo parece un poco tedioso hasta que, un día, una chica cruza el umbral: Delanay, con su largo cabello negro y ojos claros, es misteriosa y atrayente en partes iguales, y Raziel no puede evitar sentirse intrigado… tanto que, sin quererlo, se ve arrastrado a un mundo que hasta entonces pensó sólo existía en las páginas de un libro: el de la magia. Delanay es una bruja que ha decidido seguir un camino distinto al de su aquelarre. La sed oscura la llama… y ella está deseosa por responder, por completar el vínculo, por poseer los poderes con los que siempre ha soñado. Para lograrlo debe completar el ritual, y nada la detendrá: ni la suma sacerdotisa ni sus hermanas del aquelarre. Todos son prescindibles. De repente, un violento asesinato en Green Mountains desbalancea la aparente calma: un hombre ha aparecido muerto con una extraña marca en el pecho. Mientras su pareja, Adler, detective de la Policía de Bakersfield, lucha por vengar la muerte del amor de su vida, descubre una maraña de crímenes que lo llevará a lo más profundo de la maldad humana. Sin embargo, ¿cómo resolver el misterio cuando detrás hay fuerzas en juego que no puede siquiera comenzar a comprender?