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Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel (A CatNet Novel #1)
by Naomi KritzerA Kirkus Reviews 2019 Best of the Year Selection. How much does the internet know about YOU? A thought-provoking near future YA thriller that could not be more timely as it explores issues of online privacy, artificial intelligence, and the power and perils of social networks. <p><p> Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet—a social media site where users upload cat pictures—a place she knows she is welcome. What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I. When a threat from Steph’s past catches up to her and ChesireCat’s existence is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph and her friends, both online and IRL, to save her. <p> Catfishing on CatNet is a surprising, heartfelt near-future YA thriller by award-winning author Naomi Kritzer, whose short story “Cat Pictures Please” won the Hugo Award and Locus Award and was a finalist for the Nebula.
Catgut: Antología
by Saul FalconerCada uno de los relatos que integran esta antología narra las consecuencias de las emociones intensas a las que se enfrentan los protagonistas. En «Terror», un padre y su hijo que viven en una ciudad subterránea post apocalíptica son elegidos en un sorteo para subir a la superficie junto con otros ciudadanos para preparar la repoblación de la tierra. Como parte de la orientación previa se les muestra imágenes aterradoras del pasado y se los advierte en contra de los «Terror», seres de dientes afilados y puntiagudos y ojos de gato que viven en la superficie. Imágenes y efectos especiales son utilizados por los líderes para manipularlos a aceptar su misión sin resistirse. En «Desesperación», Skazi, un adicto al juego, despierta en un centro psiquiátrico corporativo, Trans-Con, en donde aplican un programa de rehabilitación de enfermos mentales mediante la transferencia bidireccional de conciencia con un primate. La participación en el programa es obligatoria y su incumplimiento acarrea la esclavitud y el exilio de por vida fuera del planeta. Una clara preocupación por la humanidad, reminiscencia de la ficción distópica Philip K. Dick, está presente en todas estas historias de Falconer. Los personajes comienzan como víctimas de situaciones únicas, pero también están a merced de sus propios defectos individuales. Como manera de acentuar la humanidad, todas las historias se abren de forma distintiva con el encuentro del protagonista con un olor específico, «ajo», «aire floral perfumado», «granos de café tostados», «césped recién cortado» o «sudor, lino, plástico». Además, todos luchan contra sociedades mayores en las que la humanidad —como grupo y como estado de existencia— se ha visto disminuida, lo que confiere a los relatos una inconfundible sensación de profundidad. Catgut es una colección sutil y significativa de historias sobre la humanidad bajo presión.
Cathedral
by Nelson DemilleSt. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in an electrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal.
The Cathedral Of Fear (Sherlock, Lupin, And Me Series)
by Irene Adler Iacopo Bruno Pierdomenico Baccalario Alessandro Gatti Nanette McGuinness<P>Irene's family has moved to Evreux, Normandy. Soon after arriving at her new home, she is approached by a mysterious woman who mutters some strange words about Irene's mother being in danger, before vanishing into thin air. <P>It's just the first in a series of unsettling events that Irene, Sherlock, and Lupin must decipher. <P>The three sleuths questions will lead them to a secret crypt far beneath the streets of Paris and to an ancient relic that it is rumored to be worth a fortune. <P>But how far will someone go to obtain the priceless treasure? Secrets and twists await the young detectives at every turn as they solve the case of The Cathedral of Fear.
Cathedral Windows
by Clare O'DonohueIn this special holiday themed short story, Christmas is just around the corner in the Hudson Valley. Nell and her friends at the Someday Quilts shop should be making eggnog and finishing up the stitching on their last homemade gifts, but when an arsonist strikes and a beloved teacher becomes a suspect, the ladies rally behind him to clear his good name. Will they succeed in time for him to spend Christmas among loved ones or will this be a chilly winter for the town of Archers Rest?
Catherine Coulter: The Legacy Trilogy 1-3
by Catherine CoulterIncludes: <P> The Wyndham Legacy: Marcus Wyndham never asked to become the Earl of Chase. The Duchess never asked to be illegitimate. And neither of these two asked that their fates become so entwined.<P> The Nightingale Legacy: Caroline Derwent-Jones is at the eve of her nineteenth birthday. She's chomping at the bit to get out from under the control of her smarmy guardian, the frighteningly obsessive Roland Ffalkes. But Ffalkes has other plans for Caroline. She manages to escape him only to find herself in the fascinating company of Frederick North Nightingale, Lord Chilton.<P> The Valentine Legacy: In the early 1820s, horse racing was a down and dirty sport. James Wyndham, who owns racing stables in both England and America, finds his racing nemesis in red-haired Jessie Warfield, renowned hoyden and champion jockey, who knows as many dirty racing tricks as James does. When either wins a race, the other's nose gets rubbed in the dirt.
Catherine Coulter: The Viking Novels 1-4
by Catherine CoulterIncludes: <P> Lord of Hawkfell Island: On a Viking fortress raid, the Lord of Hawkfell Island plans to take the beautiful Mirana hostage. But she has other plans for the lord.<P> Lord of Raven's Peak: Merrik Haraldsson, the younger brother of Rorik, the Lord of Hawkfell Island, embarks on a journey that begins in Kiev where he comes away with two slaves-- Laren and her younger brother. <P> Lord of Falcon Ridge: When Chessa, the princess of Ireland, is kidnapped, Cleve rescues her to hand her over to her rightful groom, William of Normandy. But Chessa refuses to marry anyone but Cleve.<P> Season of the Sun: The glorious story of a Viking man whose love for one woman is nearly destroyed by her stubborn stepfather.
Catherine Coulter The FBI Thrillers Collection Books 11-15
by Catherine CoulterFive FBI Thrillers from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter:DOUBLE TAKETAILSPINKNOCK OUTWHIPLASHSPLIT SECOND
Catherine Coulter The Sherbrooke Series Novels 6-10
by Catherine CoulterIncludes: <P> The Scottish Bride: A Vicar, widower, and father, Tysen Sherbrooke is unprepared for the courageous spitfire who comes into his life when he becomes a Scottish baron.<P> Pendragon: Meggie Sherbrooke, newly married to Thomas Malcombe, the earl of Lancaster, finds her new home in Pendragon, a castle on the southeastern coast of Ireland. The ancient dwelling, full of eccentric people, charms Meggie—in a fashion that could lead to disaster.<P> The Sherbooke Twins: Two Sherbrooke brothers—identical twins—find themselves caught up in a storm of passion and mystery.<P> Lyon's Gate: Jason Sherbrooke longs to breed and race his own horses, but it’s a spirited woman who will claim his heart. <P> Wizard's Daughter: With characters from the Sherbrooke novels and a paranormal twist, Catherine Coulter delivers a sensational novel of a woman at the center of a centuries-old mystery and the man who will help her unravel the secrets of her heart.
Catherine Coulter The Song Novels 1-6
by Catherine CoulterThese six novels by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Valcourt Heiress are filled with all the romance and danger of medieval England—and the timeless passions that play out between men and women. Warrior’s Song Fire Song Earth Song Secret Song Rosehaven The Penwyth Curse
Catherine Coulter THE FBI THRILLERS COLLECTION Books 6-10
by Catherine CoulterA collection of five novels in Catherine Coulter's New York Times bestselling FBI Thrillers series. • Hemlock Bay• Eleventh Hour• Blindside• Blowout• Point Blank
Catherine House: A Novel
by Elisabeth Thomas“Dreamy and brimming with dread, Catherine House will swallow you whole." — Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder GirlsA Most Anticipated Novel by Entertainment Weekly • Cosmopolitan • Forbes • Good Housekeeping • Better Homes and Gardens • HuffPost • Newsweek • Harper’s Bazaar • Ms. Magazine • Woman's Day • PopSugar • and more!A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her school’s promise of prestige.Trust us, you belong here.Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world’s best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price. Students are required to give the House three years—summers included—completely removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or anyone they desire.Among this year’s incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual discipline—only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the school’s enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine. For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she’s ever had. But the House’s strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines begins to suspect that the school—in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history, advanced theories, and controlled decadence—might be hiding a dangerous agenda within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most promising and mysterious curriculum.Combining the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Catherine House is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.
The Catherine-Wheel (The\miss Silver Mysteries Ser. #15)
by Patricia WentworthThe Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now is looked like it was harbouring a murderer.There was a certain heavy air of intrigue and mystery emanating from the old inn high on the cliff top. The Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now is looked like it was harbouring a murderer.It had begun with an advertisement in the paper requesting descendants of the late innkeeper, Jeremiah Taverner, to stay for a weekend at the inn. They had arrived, a mixed assortment, to the family reunion eager to discover the secrets of their ancestry. But one of them had been hideously murdered, bringing the inn's stormy past into frightening focus.Scotland Yard, already suspicious of dope smuggling in the area, sends Maud Silver to investigate before the fireworks start to fly.
The Catherine-Wheel: The Case Of William Smith, Eternity Ring, And The Catherine Wheel (Miss Silver Series #15)
by Patricia WentworthThe Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now is looked like it was harbouring a murderer.There was a certain heavy air of intrigue and mystery emanating from the old inn high on the cliff top. The Catherine-Wheel had once been a home for pirates and smugglers, but now is looked like it was harbouring a murderer.It had begun with an advertisement in the paper requesting descendants of the late innkeeper, Jeremiah Taverner, to stay for a weekend at the inn. They had arrived, a mixed assortment, to the family reunion eager to discover the secrets of their ancestry. But one of them had been hideously murdered, bringing the inn's stormy past into frightening focus.Scotland Yard, already suspicious of dope smuggling in the area, sends Maud Silver to investigate before the fireworks start to fly.
The Catherine Wheel: The Case Of William Smith, Eternity Ring, And The Catherine Wheel (The Miss Silver Mysteries #15)
by Patricia WentworthAn entire family falls under suspicion when the prospect of an inheritance stirs up passions in this novel in the beloved British mystery series. An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical information from descendants of a certain Jeremiah Taverner, who died in long-ago 1888. It looks like an ordinary notice by a curious scholar, but the question is not nearly as simple as that. The man behind the ad is a Taverner himself: estranged, wealthy, and looking for a suitable relation to name in his will. The case grows complicated quickly, for there are many who bear the name, several illegitimate relatives aside. Old feuds reemerge now that there is a whiff of money in the air, and the extended family converges to squabble over the cash. It is not long before there is one less Taverner, and Miss Silver, the genteel detective, is called in to find out who put the knife in his back.
The Catherine Wheel (The Miss Silver Mysteries #15)
by Patricia WentworthAn entire family falls under suspicion when the prospect of an inheritance stirs up passions in this novel in the beloved British mystery series. An advertisement appears in the newspaper, asking for genealogical information from descendants of a certain Jeremiah Taverner, who died in long-ago 1888. It looks like an ordinary notice by a curious scholar, but the question is not nearly as simple as that. The man behind the ad is a Taverner himself: estranged, wealthy, and looking for a suitable relation to name in his will. The case grows complicated quickly, for there are many who bear the name, several illegitimate relatives aside. Old feuds reemerge now that there is a whiff of money in the air, and the extended family converges to squabble over the cash. It is not long before there is one less Taverner, and Miss Silver, the genteel detective, is called in to find out who put the knife in his back.
Catherine's Cross
by Millie WestWhen Jenks Ellington experiences a sudden, alarming sense of panic about her identical twin sister Gigi, she has to wait until nearly midnight before learning the reason for her unease: Gigi has drowned while diving for artifacts in a Low Country river near Beaufort, South Carolina. Although Beaufort County detective Seth Mason is suspicious of Gigi's diving partner, there is no evidence of foul play. But, when Gigi's Port Royal home is broken into and ransacked, Jenks discovers two clues---one of which leads her to the home of a local Gullah medium. In a painstaking search for answers, Jenks delves more deeply into her twin's life. Along the way, her bond with Detective Mason reaches unexpected depths. And what secrets could medium Meta Jane be holding? Was Gigi's death really an accident?
The Catholic School: A Novel
by Edoardo AlbinatiA semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacreEdoardo Albinati’s The Catholic School, the winner of Italy’s most prestigious award, The Strega Prize, is a powerful investigation of the heart and soul of contemporary Italy.Three well-off young men—former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno—brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat.It is this environment, the halls of San Leone Magno in the late 1960s and the 1970s, that Edoardo Albinati takes as his subject. His experience at the school, reflections on his adolescence, and thoughts on the forces that produced contemporary Italy are painstakingly and thoughtfully rendered, producing a remarkable blend of memoir, coming-of-age novel, and true-crime story. Along with indelible portraits of his teachers and fellow classmates—the charming Arbus, the literature teacher Cosmos, and his only Fascist friend, Max—Albinati also gives us his nuanced reflections on the legacy of abuse, the Italian bourgeoisie, and the relationship between sex, violence, and masculinity.
Cativa: Sequestrada pelo chefe da máfia
by Laura LagoEla era a filha do meu pior pesadelo. Meu maior inimigo. Cativa. Ela era a filha do meu pior pesadelo. Meu maior inimigo. Uma boneca de porcelana, jovem e fácil de seduzir. Fácil de seduzir se você é um macho alfa, líder da maior máfia dos Estados Unidos, você tem abdômen de aço e está acostumado a tirar o que quiser, quando quiser e como quiser. E naquele momento Marco a queria. O sexo foi explosivo. Brutal. Nem pensei que um bebê assim, aos 18 anos, pudesse ter fantasias tão malucas. Agora 2 anos se passaram e Lyra mudou-se para Miami, tentando, finalmente, escapar de seu pai e da máfia onde ela cresceu. Criada como uma princesa, sim, mas uma princesa enjaulada em uma cela de marfim, afinal. Ela foi inteligente tentando fugir de seu pai. Muito inocente para pensar que ele poderia escapar de mim. Muito otimista quando pensava que poderia amar ou desejar outro homem depois de me conhecer. Não estou disposto a viver sem ela, então aqui está ela, aos meus pés, enjaulada em outra cela de marfim, cativa, mas desta vez em um sentido um pouco mais literal. Agora só falta a Lyra parar de fugir de seu destino. O mundo raramente dá uma segunda chance, mas posso ser mais generoso com a mulher que amo. Atenção: Um romance dark, erótico e policial, onde Marco, um mafioso, captura sua ex-companheira, Lyra, filha de seu pior inimigo, para que ele enfrente a realidade, seu destino, e eles podem começar sua história juntos ...
Catnap: A Midnight Louie Mystery
by Carole Nelson DouglasMs. Temple Barr, a 29-year-old public relations free-lancer, while pursuing a cat, stumbles over a dead paperback publisher at the Las Vegas ABA. Narrated in part by Midnight Louie, the sleuthing tomcat who leads Temple to the corpse, this is an entertaining, irresistible mystery from the author of Good Night, Mr. Holmes. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Catnapped
by Gabriella HerkertTuberous begonias are sensational flowers#151;their abundant blooms capture everyone's heart and eye. This authoritative guide introduces the best varieties and celebrates the great range of colors grown. Written by Jack Larter, who has devoted many years of love and toil to the plants, it covers everything that both novice and veteran need to know to grow blooms for the home, garden, and show bench.
Catnapped!: A Dead-end Job Mystery (The Dead-End Job Mysteries #13)
by Elaine VietsFrom Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author Elaine Viets—the thrilling mystery series about one woman trying to make a living... while other people are making a killing.If there’s one thing the very wealthy might value even more than their money, it’s their precious pets. So when local socialite Trish Barrymore hires Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont to recover her beloved show cat—named January’s Jubilee Justine—from her ex-husband Mortimer, the case seems simple enough.But when the husband-and-wife PI team show up to take possession of Justine, they’re greeted not by a cute kitten but a murdered Mort—knocked on the noggin by a mahogany cat tower. And the feline is nowhere to be found.To get the scoop on who could have committed the dire deed, Helen takes a job as a cat groomer. But as she navigates the cutthroat world of cat shows—and their equally catty owners—she discovers there is much more to the crime than just a purloined pussycat…
Catnapped!
by Elaine VietsNo more pussyfooting around! Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont have barely scratched the surface of the world of show cats when a cornered kitty kidnapper's claws come out.... This show cat is a no-show.... The one thing celebrity Trish Barrymore and her no-account accountant husband, Mort, can agree on in their bitter divorce is shared cat custody. But when Mort is found brained by a mahogany cat tower, and Justine, their pedigreed Chartreux show cat, goes missing, Trish calls on Helen and Phil. Despite a ransom note from the catnapper, Trish is still the prime murder suspect in the eyes of the police. As they await the post-Mort-em, it's up to Helen and Phil to find the feline filcher and let the cat out of the bag. Discovering that Mort had some shady dealings within cat show circles, Helen goes undercover as an assistant for a woman who shows prizewinning Persians. But Phil is not buying Trish's cat-that-swallowed-a-canary act--he thinks she might be staging the whole catnapping. As Helen and Phil get deeper into a high-pressure world of primping, posing, and purring to collar a killer, they get caught up in a cat-and-mouse game where the stakes are literally life and death....
Catorce colmillos
by Martín SolaresUna semana muy oscura de 1927 un hombre es asesinado en extrañas circunstancias y su cuerpo aparece en un callejón de París. El hallazgo plantea un enigma escalofriante, pues además del extraño color que presenta la piel de la víctima en el cuello se advierte una herida que no puede atribuirse a ningún arma o depredador conocido. El caso es asignado con discreción a la Brigada Nocturna, una división de la policía francesa especializada en crímenes imposibles de resolver. Entre los detectives desplegados se encuentra el joven Pierre Le Noir, que cuenta con una curiosa red de informantes en el barrio. Gracias a ésta, Le Noir conoce a una hermosa mujer que tiene oscuros motivos para interesarse en el cadáver, y a partir de su encuentro con ella comprende que el caso involucra magia e hipnosis, migrantes ilegales y millonarios respetables, pero, sobre todo, que si desea detener al culpable debe infiltrarse entre surrealistas y dadaístas, dos grupos de artistas rijosos y explosivos, siempre en líos con las autoridades, y entre los cuales se hallan André Breton, Tristan Tzara y Man Ray: todos son sospechosos, porque todos tienen algo que ocultar.