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An Ex to Grind: A Novel
by Jane HellerThe battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane HellerAt first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro football player husband who's got a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt and he spends the next few years out of a job, seemingly unconcerned about it. Suddenly, she's the one bringing home the bacon and falling out of love with the paycheck-devouring, couch-sitting mooch. Divorce is the answer, she decides -- only to learn she has to fork over alimony while he lives like a prince on her income and she has to share custody of their precious dog, Buster. Consumed with the unfairness of it all, she plays dirty, hiring a high-profile matchmaker to find some unsuspecting female she can dump on Dan for ninety days and cause him to violate their cohabitation clause.But then Melanie's scheme backfires. Her ex's new love revitalizes him, miraculously transforming him into the focused, responsible go-getter she always hoped he'd be. And now, with the ninety-day clock about to chime, she realizes she wants him back.
An Ex to Remember: A Western romance with amnesia twist (Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals #6)
by Jessica LemmonWhat happens when you wake up with amnesia, believing your ex-boyfriend is your current boyfriend? Find out in this fun and flirty Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals novel from Jessica Lemmon!He always wanted a second chance with her…All it took was a little amnesia. Temptation. That&’s what made rancher Vic Grandin ask his former flame Aubrey Collins to go home with him. But when Aubrey loses her memory the very next day, she thinks Vic is her current boyfriend—not her ex—complete with the same explosive chemistry they've always shared. Not ready to confess the truth of their breakup, he plays along. But will Aubrey go her own way again once she remembers the truth?From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.You&’ll be swept away by this bold, sizzling romance, part of the Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals series: Book 1: Staking a Claim by Janice MaynardBook 2: Boyfriend Lessons by Sophia Singh SassonBook 3: On Opposite Sides by Cat SchieldBook 4: Rivalry at Play by Nadine GonzalezBook 5: Vacation Crush by Yahrah St. JohnBook 6: An Ex to Remember by Jessica LemmonBook 7: Cinderella Masquerade by LaQuetteBook 8: One Christmas Night by Jules BennettBook 9: Rancher After Midnight by Karen Booth
An Ex-Heroes Collection: Ex-Heroes, Ex-Patriots, Ex-Communication, Ex-Purgatory, & Ex-Isle (excerpt)
by Peter ClinesIn the days after civilization fell to the zombie hordes, a small team of heroes—including St. George, Zzzap, Cerberus, and Stealth—does everything they can to protect human survivors. Each day is a desperate battle against overwhelming odds as the heroes fight to keep the undead at bay, provide enough food and supplies for the living, and lay down their lives for those they’ve sworn to protect. But the hungry ex-humans aren’t the only threats the heroes face. Former allies, their powers and psyches hideously twisted, lurk in the shadows of the ruin that lies everywhere…and they may be the most terrifying threat of all.
An Exaggerated Murder
by Josh CookHow can you solve a murder when the clues are so dumb? Private investigator Trike Augustine may be a brainiac with deductive skills to rival Sherlock Holmes, but they're not doing him any good at solving the case of a missing gazzilionaire because the clues are so stupefyingly--well, stupid. Meanwhile, his sidekicks--Max the former FBI agent and Lola the artist--don't quite rise to the level of Dr. Watson, either. For example, when a large, dead pig turns up on Trike's floor in the middle of the night, none of them can figure out what it means. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking as the astronomical reward being offered diminishes drastically every day. That, plus the increasing reality that their own lives are in danger, lift this astonishing debut beyond its hilarious premise--a smart man befuddled by the idiotic--and turns it into something more than just a smart homage to Sherlock (with maybe a touch of early Jonathan Lethem thrown in). It becomes a compelling and compulsive thriller . . . with the added bonus that the prose is often as breathtaking as the tale.From the Trade Paperback edition.
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
by Annie Finch Kathrine VarnesThe essays in the book represent a remarkably diverse range of literary styles and approaches, and show how the forms of contemporary English-language poetry derive from a wealth of different traditions.
An Exaltation of Stars: Transcendental Adventures in Science Fiction
by Terry CarrThe Feast of St. Dionysus by Robert Silverberg, 'KJWALLL'KJE'K'KOOTHAILLL'KJE'K by Roger Zelazny, and My Brother Leopold by Edgar Pangborn.
An Excellent Mystery (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #11)
by Ellis PetersIn this &“enchanting&” historical mystery, &“medieval England comes marvelously alive&” as Brother Cadfael investigates a woman&’s baffling disappearance (The Washington Post). In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war—and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt, and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely—and totally mute—must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. From the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than common vows binds these two good brothers. What the link is he can only guess. What it will lead to is beyond his imagining. As Brother Humilis&’s health fails—and nothing can stop death&’s lengthening shade—Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order. &“Unflagging tension which builds to a swift, satisfying climax. Peters never disappoints [with] her absorbing, superbly crafted stories.&” —Kirkus Reviews
An Excellent Mystery (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #11)
by Ellis PetersIn this &“enchanting&” historical mystery, &“medieval England comes marvelously alive&” as Brother Cadfael investigates a woman&’s baffling disappearance (The Washington Post). In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war—and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt, and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely—and totally mute—must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. From the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than common vows binds these two good brothers. What the link is he can only guess. What it will lead to is beyond his imagining. As Brother Humilis&’s health fails—and nothing can stop death&’s lengthening shade—Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order. &“Unflagging tension which builds to a swift, satisfying climax. Peters never disappoints [with] her absorbing, superbly crafted stories.&” —Kirkus Reviews
An Excellent Wife?
by Charlotte LambWhy did James find Patience Kirby so damned attractive? With her wild red hair and elfin looks, she looked nothing like the cool blondes he had pursued in search of the perfect wife.
An Exception to His Rule
by Lindsay ArmstrongNever, ever, date the boss Mining millionaire Damien Wyatt lives by one rule: never more than one night. But when Harriet Livingstone appears across an interview table-the same woman who totaled his sports car!-he's tempted by her stunning beauty. So he steals a kiss and she wipes the smile from his face with a well-delivered slap! Harriet Livingstone wouldn't take the job if she weren't desperate-the last thing she wants is to get involved with the attractive yet arrogant Damien! But keeping their relationship out of the bedroom is becoming a battle...one neither of them really wants to win.
An Excess Male: A Novel
by Maggie Shen KingOne of the Washington Posts' "The 5 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2017"!James Tiptree, Jr Literary Award Honor ListA B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog "Best SFF of 2017" pick!A Kirkus "Best of the Best!" of 2017 Honorable MentionFrom debut author Maggie Shen King, An Excess Male is the chilling dystopian tale of politics, inequality, marriage, love, and rebellion, set in a near-future China, that further explores the themes of the classics The Handmaid's Tale and When She Woke.Under the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son. Now 40 million of them can't find wives.none noneChina’s One Child Policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by 40 million unmarriageable men. By the year 2030, more than twenty-five percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. An Excess Male is one such leftover man’s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering.Wei-guo holds fast to the belief that as long as he continues to improve himself, his small business, and in turn, his country, his chance at love will come. He finally saves up the dowry required to enter matchmaking talks at the lowest rung as a third husband—the maximum allowed by law. Only a single family—one harboring an illegal spouse—shows interest, yet with May-ling and her two husbands, Wei-guo feels seen, heard, and connected to like never before. But everyone and everything—walls, streetlights, garbage cans—are listening, and men, excess or not, are dispensable to the State. Wei-guo must reach a new understanding of patriotism and test the limits of his love and his resolve in order to save himself and this family he has come to hold dear.In Maggie Shen King’s startling and beautiful debut, An Excess Male looks to explore the intersection of marriage, family, gender, and state in an all-too-plausible future.
An Excess of Enchantments
by Craig Shaw GardnerThis is another in Gardner's series about a bumbling magician.
An Excess of Love
by Cathy Cash Spellman[from the dust jacket:] From the best-selling author of So Many Partings comes a brilliant new novel, a powerfully moving story of two sisters. Elizabeth and Constance FitzGibbon, daughters of an Irish Protestant lord, are sheltered by great wealth and a loving family. But the sisters lives change dramatically when the willful Con turns her back on her past to marry an aspiring poet named Tierney O'Connor who is fiercely devoted to the Irish cause. His fiery dream of revolution will make them legends. When Beth FitzGibbon's own marriage to aristocratic Edmond Manningham proves cruelly disappointing, she discovers a talent for writing and becomes a renowned author. She also discovers love with a courageous Irish freedom fighter, Seanean O'Sullivan, and theirs is an enduring passion, made stronger by its secrecy. Dublin is a hotbed of Republican fervor, and Con and Tierney are at the center of it. With their commanders James Connolly, Pedriag Pearse, and Countess Marklevicz they suffer hunger strikes and imprisonment. Finally they plan one of the most audacious rebellions of all time. For six days beginning Easter Monday 1916, a small force of men and women holds out against the British Empire. The tragic outcome is never in doubt. Beth is grief-stricken and like her sister years before gives up everything to go and live with the man she loves. The torch of revelution passes to a new generation. It is Con and Tierney's son Taig who assumes the challenge of his parents unfinished dream. His fiercest foe is none other than his arrogant cousin, Winston Manningham. Jealousy over a beautiful actress Kitty O'Neil inflames their hatred, resulting in tragedy and as civil war sweeps the nation Beth and Seaneen's young son is engulfed in the carnage. When peace finally comes, it is Beth who bears witness to the fulfillment of a seven-hundred -year-old dream passed from generation to generation. An excess of love brings to vivid life the Irish struggle for independence and tells the story of a family who heroically paid the terrible price for freedom.
An Exchange of Hostages
by Susan R. MatthewsUnder Jurisdiction torture isn’t about truth. It’s about terror.<P> The Jurisdiction’s Bench has come to rely on the institutionalized atrocities of the Protocols to maintain its control of an increasingly unstable political environment. When Andrej Koscuisko, a talented young doctor, reports to orientation as a Ship’s Inquisitor he will discover in himself something far worse than a talent for inflicting grotesque torments on the Bench’s enemies. He will confront a passion for the exercise of the Writ to Inquire whose intensity threatens to consume him utterly.<P> As he struggles to find some thread of justice and compassion under the Law, as he fights to hang on to what remains to him of his sanity, he will make powerful enemies who are eager to use his knowledge, his empathy, his passion against anyone who challenges the Bench.
An Execution of Honor
by Thomas L. MuldoonOrdered by the CIA to maintain the power of a Latin American dictator, the Marines Force Recon Unit faces rebel forces while evacuating the dictator and his army from their country. But before leaving, the dictator tortures and kills two of the unit's members. Wanting justice, but receiving a deaf ear from the White House, the surviving Force Recon members set out on their own.
An Exhibition of Murder (Murder Will Follow)
by Vivian ConroyFormer Scotland Yard investigator Jasper is back on the case, this time in the glamorous and cultured city of Vienna.The opening of an archaeological exhibition brings with it intrigue and evil as a fabled cursed golden death mask lives up to its dark past and death strikes at the exhibition. While digging up pieces of history, these archaeologists have also been burying secrets – deadly ones – and it’s up to Jasper to uncover the truth before the murderer strikes again.With a nosy journalist desperate to breathe life into the rumour that the mask brings bad luck to anyone possessing it, and the police eager to blame a famous cat burglar who recently pulled off a string of daring robberies, Jasper is on his own in bringing the true culprit to light.Fans of Agatha Christie and Robert Thorogood will love this fourth book in the Murder Will Follow series.
An Expensive Education (Books That Changed the World)
by Nick McDonellA young man goes from Ivy League to international intrigue: “A spy who could have easily walked off the pages of le Carré’s better works.”—Publishers WeeklyMike Teak has a classic Harvard profile. He’s a twenty-five-year-old scholar/athlete from an upper-class family who was recruited by his godfather to work for a U.S. intelligence agency. On a covert mission in a Somali village, he delivers cash and cell phones to Hatashil, a legendary orphan warrior turned rebel leader. It’s a routine assignment until, minutes after they meet, the village is decimated by a missile assault, and although Mike escapes, his life is changed forever.Echoing across continents, the assault disrupts professor Susan Lowell, who has just won a Pulitzer Prize for her book celebrating Hatashil. Also shaken is Lowell’s student, David Ayan, who was born in the targeted village, a world away from Harvard’s most exclusive final club, the Porcellian, which is courting him and Jane, the smart, risk-taking daughter of East Coast money who’s sleeping with him. David Ayan struggles with his identity and Susan Lowell struggles against rumors about her relationship with Hatashil, who has been accused of ordering the village massacre. But it is Mike Teak who faces the most dangerous struggle—because when he discovers a horrific conspiracy, he immediately realizes that he has become expendable, with nowhere to run and no one to trust.“It's clear this young writer has only begun to show where his prodigious storytelling will take us.” —People“Smart and sexy.” —The Washington Post“Tempered by some hilarious insider glimpses of Harvard life, An Expensive Education is terrific, a thriller noir that's difficult to put down or forget." —Entertainment Weekly (A-)
An Experiment in Leisure
by Anna Glendenning'I adore this book! ... An Experiment in Leisure shows us the burning, intense, messy beauty of youth and what it means to be alive' Maxine Peake 'Can I get a refund?' I asked the bus driver. 'You taking the piss, love?' It's the eve of Brexit, and Grace is supposed to have what she wants. She's swapped West Yorkshire for north London, her accent carefully edited. Her friends drink beer out of artful tins. She makes flat whites for people with berets. She's found a psychoanalyst. But this fantasy of metropolitan cool is turning out to be more costly than she thought and Grace faces complicated crises of identity, class, sexuality and geography. Can she remember how to love? Can she find a way home? 'A dizzying yet powerful read' Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Checkout 19
An Experiment in Love
by Hilary MantelA novel exploring contemporary feminism in England in the 1960's.
An Experiment in Misery
by Stephen CraneThough best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories-among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story-that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory, and realistic situations alike are brilliantly conveyed through the cold, sometimes brutal irony of Crane's narrative voice.
An Experiment in Treason (Sir John Fielding Mystery #9)
by Bruce AlexanderA packet of incendiary letters is stolen from the London residence of a prominent official, and turns up in the colony of Massachusetts. Why are the contents of the letters so controversial? Why has a suspect in the theft turned up dead? And what should magistrate Sir John Fielding do about his feeling that Benjamin Franklin is somehow complicit? While the tensions rise, Sir John and his protégé, Jeremy Proctor, search for answers—and find that justice isn’t always served by the letter of the law.
An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey #1)
by Nicola UpsonMarch 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her play Richard of Bordeaux, the surprise hit of the season, with pacifist themes that resonate in a world still haunted by war. But joy turns to horror when her arrival coincides with the murder of a young woman she had befriended on the train ride--and Tey is plunged into a mystery as puzzling as any in her own works. Detective Inspector Archie Penrose is convinced that the killing is connected to the play, and that Tey herself is in danger of becoming a victim of her own success. In the aftermath of a second murder, the writer and the policeman must join together to stop a ruthless killer who will apparently stop at nothing.
An Explanation of America (Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets #156)
by Robert PinskyFrom An Explanation of America:LAIR Robert Pinsky ? Inexhaustible, delicate, as ifWithout source or medium, daylightUndoes the mind; the infinite, Empty actual is too bright,Scattering to where the roadWhispers, through a mile of woods … Later, how quiet the house is:Dusk-like and refined,The sweet Phoebe-note Piercing from the trees;The calm globe of the morning,Things to read or to write Ranged on a table; the brainA dark, stubborn current that breathesBlood, a deaf wadding, The hands feeding it paperAnd sensations of wood or metalOn its own terms. Trying to read I persist a while, finish the recognitionBy my breath of a dead giant's breath--Stayed by the space of a rhythm, Witnessing the blue gulf of the air.
An Explorer's Guide to the Nether: Lost Minecraft Journals, Book Two (Lost Minecraft Journals Series)
by Winter MorganHarriet, Jack, and Toby are treasure hunters, searching the Minecraft world for its most valuable hidden secrets. In an abandoned mineshaft, they discovered a lost journal that once belonged to William, a legendary explorer who has gone missing. The first journal took them on a daring adventure to a secret temple deep in the desert. Now they have the second journal, and they’re more determined than ever to find the missing explorer. The treasure hunters build a portal and travel to the Nether. Even with the help of the second journal detailing survival strategies for the dangerous biome, the gang is in trouble when they realize two sinister treasure hunters, Valentino and Veronica, are trailing them. Will they make it out alive, or are they in over their heads this time? This is the second book in the new Lost Minecraft Journals series. The chapters of each book alternate between the journal entries (William’s story) and the story of the treasure hunters. Fans of Minecraft won’t want to miss this wild new adventure.
An Exquisite Challenge: Shamed In The Sands Securing The Greek's Legacy Seduction Never Lies An Exquisite Challenge (The Delicious De Campos #3216)
by Jennifer Hayward"First move's yours, Lex," he murmured. "After that, all bets are off." Wine magnate Gabe De Campo has fired his PR company three weeks before the wwmost anticipated launch event the industry's ever seen. Enter Alexandra Anderson-the last woman he should ever work with, but the only woman who can help. Gabe and Alex have always been a lethal combination, and with so much at stake for them both, failure is not an option. Can they ignore the powerful attraction between them in order to maintain their professionalism...or is it only a matter of time before the cork is popped on their passion?