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The 22 Letters
by Richard Kennedy Clive KingThree brothers embark on daring journeys in this epic of high adventure that reimagines the origins of monumental discoveries in ancient history. Afraid that Aleph may have taught his sister, Beth, the priestly writing, his father sends him to climb the mountain as punishment. But Aleph couldn't teach Beth the sacred writing even if he tried--there are so many symbols, and he just can't seem to learn them. Instead, he and Beth have invented a new way of writing with only twenty-two letters. But his father won't hear it, and so Aleph must go up the mountain to count the felled trees at the lumber camp. Near the top of the mountain, however, Aleph discovers that all is not as it should be: The camp is empty! Curious, he sets off to find the loggers, never suspecting that the writing game he played with his sister will become invaluable, nor that his search will take him much farther than the mountaintop. Meanwhile, Aleph's two older brothers are on journeys of their own. Zayin, the eldest and a general in their city-state Gebal's small army, is on a quest to find monsters in the Valley of the Centaurs. Nun, the second son, aims for the sea and the Court of Minos. Then, grave news sends all three brothers hurrying home to protect their small city. But something even more disastrous looms on the horizon . . . From beloved children's author Clive King (Stig of the Dump), The 22 Letters is an epic tale of three great advances in history, told through the adventures of four young siblings.
22 Micro-récits sur les Fous
by Sebastian SilvestriUne sélection de vingt-deux micro-récits, de moins de cent mots, sur les gens qui n'ont pas leur place dans ce monde, ou sur un monde qui n'a pas sa place dans ses gens.
22 Micro Stories About the Insane
by Sebastian SilvestriThe following 22 micro stories about the insane open a door for you to discover with your own eyes the dichotomy between the two worlds: the world of the sane and the one of the insane. Although these two worlds are opposed to each other, they merge in these stories owing to the actions going on, resulting in interesting stories that are based on both fantasy and reality.
The 22 Murders of Madison May
by Max BarryFrom the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love--shortly before he murders her. Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a midsize New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension--one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May--in this world, a struggling actress--is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer--and learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity--and danger--of living more than one life.
The 22 Murders Of Madison May
by Max BarryFrom the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality. "I love you. In every world." Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love - shortly before he murders her. Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a mid-size New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes. Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension - one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger - of living more than one life.
The 22 Murders Of Madison May: A gripping speculative psychological suspense
by Max BarryFrom the author of Lexicon and Providence comes a thrilling speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space.From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality. "I love you. In every world." Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her, and professes his love - shortly before he murders her. Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a mid-size New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime seems random and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes. Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension - one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and learns that she is not the only one hunting him. Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger - of living more than one life.(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
22 Seconds (A Women's Murder Club Thriller #22)
by James Patterson Maxine PaetroIn this thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind and only twenty-two seconds until she loses her badge—or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There&’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it&’s Lindsay&’s turn to choose.
221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle Christopher Morley R. K. Leavitt Elmer Davis Jane Nightwork Earl F. Walbridge H. W. Bell James Keddie Harvey Officer P. M. Stone Richard D. Altick Frederic Dorr Steele Henry James Forman Edgar W. Smith F. V. MorleyA collection of works on everyone&’s favorite gentleman sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.This compendium of Sherlockiana compiled by Vincent Starrett, one of the world&’s foremost Holmes experts, is sure to please fans everywhere. Enjoy scholarly works on such topics as: &“Was Sherlock Holmes an American?,&” &“On the Emotional Geology of Baker Street,&” &“Dr. Watson&’s Secret,&” &“The Care and Feeding of Sherlock Holmes,&” and &“The Other Boarder.&” Featured contributors include illustrator Frederic Dorr Steele, and writers Christopher Morley, Elmer Davis, &“Jane Nightwork&”—and, of course, Arthur Conan Doyle.A founder of the Baker Street Irregulars and the author of indispensable biography The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Starrett combined a scholar&’s authority with a fan&’s enthusiasm in his appreciation of the great detective. So, if you enjoy the adventures of Holmes and Watson, head down to Baker Street and prepare to enter 221B. &“Useful, entertaining, imaginative, it belongs on every reader-insomniac&’s bedside shelf.&” —A Catalogue of Crime
225 Plays
by The New York Neo-Futurists Joey RizzoloThis book brings together over 200 short (very short) plays from the New York production of the acclaimed cult theater hit "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.""Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind," created by Greg Allen, debuted in Chicago in December, 1988, and has been playing to sold out houses ever since. The show presents 30 plays in 60 minutes, 50 weeks a year, to a devoted following. The ensemble of writer-performers generates between two and 12 new plays each week, as dictated by a roll of the dice, creating a constantly changing menu of plays. In 2004, a New York ensemble was formed and the show has been running there since, playing to houses of younger, culturally adventurous audiences as well as seasoned theater-goers. The 225 plays in this volume, culled from more than 1,300 the New York company has generated since 2004, reflect the diversity of 35 current and past ensemble members and the multiplicity of viewpoints and voices they bring to the stage. The material runs the gamut of style, tone, and topic: musical, confession, agit-prop, poetic gesture, physical comedy, puppet theater, audience interrogation, folk song, sex joke, and many more.
23: Blaze the Ice Dragon
by Adam BladeThe volcano at Stonewin is frozen over and the lands are blasted with a deadly cold. This is the work of Blaze the Ice Dragon, sent by wicked Wizard Malvel to thwart Tom's quest to save his father. Can he defeat Blaze and win the next piece of Amulet before it's too late?
23 1/2 Lies
by James PattersonEnjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense.23 1/2 LIES: Lindsay Boxer's estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths. (with Maxine Paetro)FALLEN RANGER: To Rory Yates, being a Texas Ranger means absolute loyalty to the badge. But he&’s put through the ultimate test when an armored car robbery suspect might be an ex-Ranger gone rogue. (with Andrew Bourelle)WATCH YOUR BACK: When a starving artist is paid to expose his client's cheating wife, can he paint the picture that will save his own life? (with Loren D. Estleman)
23 Great Stories
by David Leavitt Aaron ThierMasterpieces by some of the finest writers ever to make words come alive on paper, the stories in this volume have been selected to represent the full spectrum of the storyteller's art. Here are works of suspense, mystery, allegory, and human drama. Given sharpened focus through insightful editorial commentary, each of these tales is distinctive in style and vision and each is uniquely memorable.
23 Hindi Short Stories
by Jainendra Kumar.23 Hindi Short Stories: English translation of Teyees Hindi Kahaniyan done by various translators at a workshop and edited by Jainendra Kumar.
23 Hours (Laura Caxton #4)
by David WellingtonAfter killing her former mentor-turned-vampire, Caxton had been nearly left for dead. Taken to prison for assaulting a convict, she now faces her most harrowing hours yet after the oldest living vampire infiltrates the prison--and it's Caxton's blood she wants.
23 Hours: Number 4 in series (Laura Caxton Vampire #4)
by David WellingtonWhen vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison, the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by murderers and death-row inmates with nothing to lose . . . and time to kill.Laura's always been able to protect herself, but soon she learns that an even greater danger lurks in the prison. Justinia Malvern, the world's oldest vampire, has taken up residence and her power grows as she feeds her way through the inmate population. She knows how to pull Caxton's strings, and issues an ultimatum that Laura can't refuse.Now Laura has just 23 hours to fight her way through a gauntlet of vampires, cons and killers . . . 23 hours to make one last, desperate attempt at protecting the world from Justinia's evil.
23 Minutes
by Vivian VeldeBy both society's measure and her own, fifteen-year-old Zoe Mahar is pretty much a loser. Then one day she ducks into Spencerport Savings and Loan simply to get out of the rain--and witnesses a bank robbery gone horrifyingly wrong. The good news is that Zoe has a unique ability: she can play back time and repeat events. But it's not an unlimited deal--she can only jump 23 minutes, and her first playback creates an even more disastrous outcome. Zoe has only 10 tries to get it right before this particular 23 minutes becomes irreversible. In the process of trying to become the heroine she doesn't believe she can be, Zoe learns about herself and realizes that there is more to who she is than she thought.
23 Shades of Black (A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery #1)
by Barbara D'Amato Ken WishniaThis tense, psychological thriller set in the East Village punk scene during the early 1980s shadows a single evening shift of NYPD cop Filomena Buscarsela. When Filomena learns that the toxic leak may have been sabotage, and a key witness—an East Village artist—dies in a suspicious accident, she decides to pursue the case on her own by cruising the Alphabet City punk rock clubs for clues about the artist's last days. But as she attempts to punish environmental criminals, Filomena finds the case, and her personal life, begin to crumble. A taut noir tempered with a cynical sense of humor, this mystery novel is a sociological snapshot of a working-class Latina in New York City.
23 Under 1 Roof: The New House
by R. RappaportNothing that happens in the Schneider household is normal! What happens when, Tully begins to sleepwalk? A big fight breaks out among the kids and everyone takes sides? A family of mice decides to move in with them? Abba rents a strange cat to help catch the mice? Come along and share in the latest hilarious, exciting and fascinating adventures of the Schneider's 21 children!
23 Under 1 Roof: The Big Surprise
by R. RappaportTwenty-three people. Twenty-one kids. One big family under one roof makes for one big adventure! With twenty-one kids, the Schneiders are the biggest family in their neighborhood. Including Ima and Abba, they're practically a double dozen. And with a family like the Schneiders there's double the adventure and double the fun. One thing is for sure- you're never bored! What happens when: - the Schneider family goes to London for a family simcha? - Tully tries to figure out where the suitcases go? - One of the 23 plane tickets goes missing? - Five taxis are ordered to the same address? Come and share the fun and excitement with the Schneiders' 23 Under 1 Roof!
23 Under 1 Roof: Under Renovation
by R. RappaportNothing that happens in the Schneider household is normal! What happens when… Abba and Ima announce that they are renovating the house? Lali and Etty set a trap for a thief? Shuey, Tully and Bentzy decide to paint their room by themselves? The door to their uncle’s house gets locked, and the boys try to climb in from the porch? Come along and share the hilarious, exciting, and fascinating adventures and misadventures of the Schneider’s 21 children!
23 Under 1 Roof (The Detective Club #6)
by Ruth Rappaport<P>I don't think it's necessary to introduce you to the twenty-one adventure-loving, lively Schneider children you already know so well... <P>So, what happens this time? <P>The children set out in search of a mystery.
23 Under 1 Roof: The Savings Plan
by Ruth RappaportNothing that happens in the Schneider household is normal! <P><P> What happens when... ...Tully decides to save water by collecting rain in a swimming pool? ...Chani decides to save money by putting on a big show? ...Motty and his friend Yoel get lost in a nature reserve? ...Tully gets stuck in the elevator and the neighbors try to rescue him? <P><P> Come share in the latest dramatic adventures of the Schneiders' 21 children!
23 Under 1 Roof, Volume 2: Look Out, London!
by Ruth Rappaport<p>Nothing that happens in the Schneider household is normal! <p>What happens when... <p> <li>...Bentzy decides to find the queen in order to make the brachah of 'Shechalak mikvodo l'basar v'dam' <li>...Lali calls the fire department to rescue a cat from the roof? <li>...Motty tries to see if he can turn into a wax figure? <li>...Yoni becomes Saba's tour guide for the Tower of London?</li> <p> <p>The answers will truly surprise you, and probably make you laugh out loud. <p>Join the 21 Schneider children on their fascinating and creative adventures in the heart of London!</p>
23 Years on Fire: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel (Cassandra Kresnov Ser.)
by Joel ShepherdCassandra Kresnov--a highly advanced hunter-killer android--returns to face down a rogue government's plot to eliminate free will. Commander Cassandra Kresnov has her hands full. She must lead an assault against the Federation world of Pyeongwha, where a terrible sociological phenomenon has unleashed hell against the civilian population. Then she faces the threat from a portion of League space known as New Torah, in which a ruthless regime of surviving corporations are building new synthetic soldiers but taking the technology in alarming directions. On the Torahn world of Pantala, Sandy encounters betrayal, crisis, and conspiracy on a scale previously unimaginable. Most challenging of all, she also meets three young street kids who stir emotions in her she didn't think she was capable of. Can the Federation's most lethal killer afford unexpected sentiment? What will be the cost if she is forced to choose between them and her mission, not only to her cause, but to her soul?
2312
by Kim Stanley RobinsonWinner of the Nebula Award for Best SF Novel of the Year The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. It is an unexpected death, but one that might have been foreseen. For Swan Er Hong, it is an event that will change her life. Swan was once a woman who designed worlds. Now she will be led into a plot to destroy them.