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Ammie, Come Home
by Barbara MichaelsIt begins as a lark -- a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth's elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something unwelcome ... and palpably evil. Suddenly Sara is speaking in a voice not her own, transformed into a miserable, whimpering creature so unlike her normal, sensible self. No tricks or talismans will dispel the malevolence that now plagues the inhabitants of this haunted place -- until a dark history of treachery, lust, and violence is exposed. But the cost might well be the sanity and the lives of the living.
Ammo and Enchiladas (Border Crossing #2)
by BA TortugaA Border Crossing NovelAfter a night at the movies in Albuquerque, NM, Brantley’s best friend, Matt, is shot right in front him during a robbery. Stunned and devastated, Brant tries to help Matt’s husband, Travis, deal with the funeral details even as he struggles with his own grief and Travis’s blame. When Travis’s best friend arrives, Brant is both annoyed and grateful, because he is so darn tired and can use the help. Lex Espana is ashamed to admit he hasn’t seen his childhood best friend since Travis’s wedding. He’s even more amazed that he barely remembers Brant from that wedding, because he’s sure interested now. While it’s weird to fall for someone at a funeral, his feelings for Brant are real and make him long for a life he didn’t realize he was missing. Neither Lex nor Brant knows how to be part of an us, though, and they both have a lot to work through before they can settle in. To become a real couple, Brant and Lex will have to dig deep to get past the roadblocks in their relationship.
Ammon's Gift (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 5)
by Jill Rubalcaba Laura ToltonA SISTER'S DYING PLEA When Ammon's feverish sister begs him to use his gift of seeing shapes in stones to help her get well, he wonders—does he really have a gift? NIMAC-sourced textbook
Ammon's Horn, or The Mystery of the Brain: A Novel
by Pierre Magistretti Christine MagistrettiFive cutting-edge scientists compete for $100 million and control of a new institute dedicated to eradicating Alzheimer&’s in this edifying, Da Vinci Code-esque thriller.Spurred by his wife&’s Alzheimer&’s diagnosis and disenchanted with the slow progress in finding a cure, a rich Swiss businessman launches a contest for promising young neuroscientists who can think &“outside the box.&” Chosen for their scientific excellence and originality, they must travel throughout Europe in search of the answers to five fiendishly difficult riddles, each combining an enigmatic neuroscientific question with a geographical and historical challenge.As their personal stories unfold, the competitors share their moments of elation and disappointment when they solve a riddle or reach a dead end. Soon a conspiracy materializes to threaten and endanger the scientists, which at first seems random, but then becomes increasingly deliberate and targeted.The nature of the riddles and the talents of the competitors open a world of discovery for us too as we learn about some of the most pressing areas in current brain research, such as neurodegenerative diseases, stem cell grafts, artificial intelligence, drug addiction, genetics, and the mechanisms of memory. And as the candidates visit some of the great European cities—Prague, Vienna, Cordoba, Cambridge, Geneva, Venice—we also experience their beauty and intrigue.
Ammonite
by Nicola GriffithChange or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony has lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep, and its forces find themselves fighting for their lives. Terrified of spreading the virus, the company abandons its employees, leaving them afraid and isolated from the natives. In the face of this crisis, anthropologist Marghe Taishan arrives to test a new vaccine. As she risks death to uncover the women's biological secret, she finds that she, too, is changing--and realizes that not only has she found a home on Jeep, but that she alone carries the seeds of its destruction. Ammonite is an unforgettable novel that questions the very meanings of gender and humanity. As readers share in Marghe's journey through an alien world, they too embark on a parallel journey of fascinating self-exploration.
Ammonite (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
by Nicola GriffithChange or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women. Now, generations after the colony has lost touch with the rest of humanity, a company arrives to exploit Jeep - and its forces find themselves fighting for their lives.Terrified of spreading the virus, the company abandons its employees, leaving them afraid and isolated from the natives. In the face of this crisis, anthropologist Marghe Taishan arrives to test a new vaccine. As she risks death to uncover the women's biological secret, she finds that she, too, is changing - and realizes that not only has she found a home on Jeep, but that she alone carries the seeds of its destruction ...Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award 1993
Amnesia
by Andrew NeidermanWhat would you do if you couldn't remember. . . who you were?where you lived?or what you might have done?Rush hour, Grand Central Station. Aaron Clifford stops dead in his tracks, commuters swirling around him -- but he doesn't know he's Aaron Clifford. He doesn't know who he is at all. No matter how hard he tries, he has no memory of why he is there, where he came from, or where he's going. It's impossible . . . maddening. . . but its true. The clues came slowly: from his surroundings, from his wallet, from the taste of dry martini still on his lips. Soon Aaron Clifford will piece together the keys to his life. With that relief will come cold-blooded fear -- as he learns more than he ever knew before. Things he shouldn't know. Things he doesn't want to know. Things that could get him killed. . . .
Amnesia
by Peter CareyFrom the two-time Booker Prize winner: a masterful, exceedingly timely new novel--at once dark, suspenseful and seriously funny--that takes us on a journey to the place where the cyber underworld of radicals and hackers collides with international power politics. When an internet virus throws open the gates at thousands of American prisons, the hacker turns out to be an unlikely young Australian woman. Has she declared cyber war on the United States or was her "Angel Worm" intended only to free the victims of Australia's immigration policies? Is she innocent? Can she be saved? The answers are up to journalist Felix Moore, a.k.a. Felix Moore-or-less-correct. His career is tanking when he gets this chance to write a biography that will vindicate the young woman. Funding is to be provided by an old friend--an outrageous millionaire property developer--and further impetus by an old flame: the young woman's actress mother whom Felix worshipped when they were at university together. And it will be our great good fortune to see the world through Felix's comic, cowardly, angry, yet fundamentally humane eyes as he attempts to save the young woman--and redeem himself in the bargain.
Amnesia
by Peter CareyThe two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel--at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny--that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international power politics. When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia's prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons (let's be honest: as they do in so many parts of her country) the doors of some five thousand jails in the United States also open. Is this a mistake, or a declaration of cyber war? And does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975? Felix Moore, known to himself as "our sole remaining left-wing journalist," is determined to write Gaby's biography in order to find the answers--to save her, his own career, and, perhaps, his country. But how to get Gaby--on the run, scared, confused, and angry--to cooperate?Bringing together the world of hackers and radicals with the "special relationship" between the United States and Australia, and Australia and the CIA, Amnesia is a novel that speaks powerfully about the often hidden past--but most urgently about the more and more hidden present.From the Hardcover edition.
Amnesia
by Peter CareyThe two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel--at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny--that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international power politics. When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia's prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons (let's be honest: as they do in so many parts of her country) the doors of some five thousand jails in the United States also open. Is this a mistake, or a declaration of cyber war? And does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975? Felix Moore, known to himself as "our sole remaining left-wing journalist," is determined to write Gaby's biography in order to find the answers--to save her, his own career, and, perhaps, his country. But how to get Gaby--on the run, scared, confused, and angry--to cooperate?Bringing together the world of hackers and radicals with the "special relationship" between the United States and Australia, and Australia and the CIA, Amnesia is a novel that speaks powerfully about the often hidden past--but most urgently about the more and more hidden present.From the Hardcover edition.
Amnesia (A Peter Zaks Mystery)
by G. H. EphronSylvia Jackson was shot in the head and left for dead in a cemetery in Boston, her boyfriend lying dead a few yards away. She's in a coma for six weeks, and when she wakes up, she can't remember anything--until three months later, when suddenly she begins to recall details of the crime and the killer. Finally, Sylvia accuses her ex-husband, remembering what seems like incontrovertible evidence of his guilt. Enter Dr. Peter Zak.
Amnesia (Peter Zak Mysteries #1)
by G. H. EphronIf the only witness to a murder has amnesia, how do you catch the killer? Instead of matching fingerprints or DNA, forensic psychologist Dr. Peter Zak solves cases by studying psychological clues and phenomena. Peter, whose specialty is the brain and behavior, consults for the Boston public defenders office, analyzing the thought processes and personalities of witnesses and defendants. Sylvia Jackson was shot in the head and left for dead, her boyfriend murdered. Waking from a coma after six weeks, she remembers nothing-until three months later, when she begins to recall details of the crime and the killer. Finally, Syl accuses her ex-husband, remembering what seems like incontrovertible evidence of his guilt. But Stuart Jackson seems destroyed by his ex's ordeal; could he really be guilty of this vicious crime? Peter quit consulting on trials a year ago when his wife was brutally murdered by a killer angered by Peter's suggestion of an insanity defense. But when his old colleagues call for help with this bizarre case, he's hooked. It's Peter's job to determine how reliable Syl's memory really is, and to use those memories to uncover the truth. Amnesia is guaranteed to be the start of an intriguing and original crime series.
Amnesia Lead to A Wrong Love: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ling LongA car accident, the one she loved the most, he had lost his memory. She only remembered the face of the person she liked …If someone else interfered, he would mistakenly believe that the person he liked had passed away! In order to make him fall in love with her again, she had wrongly believed that someone would change her character and stay by his side, but he could not remember who she was!Would she be able to recover her bereaved lover?Could they overcome the obstacles and come back together?"I will definitely make him remember again!"
Amnesia Moon
by Jonathan LethemIn Jonathan Lethem's wryly funny second novel, we meet a young man named Chaos, who's living in a movie theater in post-apocalyptic Wyoming, drinking alcohol, and eating food out of cans.It's an unusual and at times unbearable existence, but Chaos soon discovers that his post-nuclear reality may have no connection to the truth. So he takes to the road with a girl named Melinda in order to find answers. As the pair travels through the United States they find that, while each town has been affected differently by the mysterious source of the apocalypse, none of the people they meet can fill in their incomplete memories or answer their questions. Gradually, figures from Chaos's past, including some who appear only under the influence of intravenously administered drugs, make Chaos remember some of his forgotten life as a man named Moon.
Amnesia and Redress in Contemporary American Fiction
by Marni GauthierThis book shows how a political and cultural dynamic of amnesia and truth telling shapes literary constructions of history. Gauthier focuses on the works ofDon DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Bharati Mukherjee, and Julie Otsuka. "
Amnesiac Aloof Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Feng QuShe purple xiao wei a woman with a unique appearance as if by heaven born in a good family chased by all men she is almost without a trace of trouble a disaster let her lose everything overnight an accident but also caused her to lose memory she had nothing but a face noble she fell from heaven to hell from princess to cinderella everything in life has been turned upside down the only thing that hasn t changed is the men who love her since the god gave up that is to create their own future shaking hands she decided to create her own life
Amnesiac Ex, Unforgettable Vows
by Robyn GradyThe last woman Samuel Bishop expected to have in his arms was his ex-wife. Left with amnesia from an accident, Laura had no memory of their bitter divorce. In her mind, she and the business tycoon were still newlyweds. With her ready to pick up where she thought their scorching-hot marriage had left off, he couldn't turn her down. But soon Bishop realized he was playing with fire. He wanted to reclaim the wedded blissthisLaura had shown him, but what would happen when her memory returned? And what would happen if it didn't?
Amnesiac Love: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by San TianHe is her dream lover in her most ignorant time appeared in her world brought her a new life new life but also he gave her the most painful pain in this life she would have given her life for him lost her memory to save him nearly lost her life for his child love is like a catastrophe trapped him she trapped her two people in the long river mutual support love but hurt each other separation is not eternal forever separation are painful declaration and lead them to meet again but is a long life in the life of a joke he and her children a child who is bound by flesh and blood becomes the hub of the two men s detente and whether they end up together or is this fate once again to play a joke on them who knows
Amnesiac President and Celebrity Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Luo ShuyueyingShe is not favored two miss su he is the powerful ming s cold president a glass of wine on the wedding she walked into the house in a daze he was forced to marry the woman he did not love she wanted him to remember but he wanted to get rid of her su jin laughs divorce we have no love he treated her coldly again and again her wounds black and blue his heart pricked when she gave up hope four years later with the little princess back he pursued soft language coax outside her fingers where should she and the baby go
Amnesiac President and Celebrity Wife: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Luo ShuyueyingShe is not favored two miss su he is the powerful ming s cold president a glass of wine on the wedding she walked into the house in a daze he was forced to marry the woman he did not love she wanted him to remember but he wanted to get rid of her su jin laughs divorce we have no love he treated her coldly again and again her wounds black and blue his heart pricked when she gave up hope four years later with the little princess back he pursued soft language coax outside her fingers where should she and the baby go
Amnesiac President and Celebrity Wife: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Luo ShuyueyingShe is not favored two miss su he is the powerful ming s cold president a glass of wine on the wedding she walked into the house in a daze he was forced to marry the woman he did not love she wanted him to remember but he wanted to get rid of her su jin laughs divorce we have no love he treated her coldly again and again her wounds black and blue his heart pricked when she gave up hope four years later with the little princess back he pursued soft language coax outside her fingers where should she and the baby go
Amnesiac Princess 1: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xin YueEvian s happy journey to xi an is just beginning unexpectedly inexplicable came to the beauty of the tang dynasty not only did he see yang one of the four beauties also met elegant and noble mei fei that s great the original three thousand love all in one not every woman like yang mei is charming and sexy elegant and high and clean mei fei seems unhappy
Amnesiascope: A Novel
by Steve EricksonA washed-up novelist navigates the dreamscape of a cataclysm-ravaged Los Angeles In the apocalyptic Los Angeles of Amnesiascope, time zones multiply freely, spectral figures roam the streets, and rings of fire separate the city from the rest of the country. The narrator, a former novelist, lives in a hotel and writes film criticism for a newspaper whose offices are located in a bombed-out theater. Viv, his girlfriend, is a sexually voracious artist, and together the two are collaborating on an avant-garde pornographic film. But in this world, what&’s real and what&’s merely the conjuring of the protagonist&’s imagination—obsessed with dreams, movies, sex, and remembrance—is far from clear. At once outrageous and hypnotically lyrical, Amnesiascope enflames the reader&’s memory.
Amnesic Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Chu YunErLan shiling just for this man leave me leave our son mr cold six years ago i did not know you where to betray you all this because of a conspiracy an unexpected amnesia let the two originally happy people fragmented six years after the encounter more than a perfect belly black adorable son two people s love hate entanglement will go to where a father with a cold belly and a dark belly meets a cute son from then on the son of the big surprise although let him a headache but repeatedly try also without a trace of discomfort when the mother appears the son is like a small servant everywhere to defend the mother and cold dad staged a wonderful duel
Amnesic Wife: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Chu YunErLan shiling just for this man leave me leave our son mr cold six years ago i did not know you where to betray you all this because of a conspiracy an unexpected amnesia let the two originally happy people fragmented six years after the encounter more than a perfect belly black adorable son two people s love hate entanglement will go to where a father with a cold belly and a dark belly meets a cute son from then on the son of the big surprise although let him a headache but repeatedly try also without a trace of discomfort when the mother appears the son is like a small servant everywhere to defend the mother and cold dad staged a wonderful duel