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Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life
by Susan Hill Long&“Entertaining and emotionally resonant.&” —Kirkus Reviews &“Long nails the voice of a kid trying as hard as she can to tackle adult problems on her own when the well-meaning adults in her life fall short.&” —Publishers Weekly Josie Bloom is put to the test when she&’s confronted by mysterious wads of money, a washed-up baseball player, and a whole lot of squirrels in this hilarious and heartwarming novel in the spirit of Kate DiCamillo&’s Raymie Nightingale.Josie Bloom discovers the first wad of money stuffed inside a packet of bologna, and the second hidden between the trash can and the bin liner. That money comes in handy when she finds the PAST DUE notice from the heating company. Seems like Grandpa has been spending more time feeding squirrels than paying the bills. But when a bill arrives that&’s too big to handle, Josie&’s going to need a plan to get more money—while keeping Grandpa&’s odd behavior a secret. Hilarious and heartwarming, Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life celebrates the lengths family and friends will go to when it looks like the squirrels are winning.
Jour de (mal)chance
by Cristina OrigoneMario, éternel concierge d’une résidence dont l’entretien résume toute sa vie, a toujours effectué sa tâche avec fierté. Malheureusement, depuis l’annonce de son prochain départ à la retraite, la dépression le guette et l’énergie lui manque. Bâclant son travail et se négligeant lui-même, il provoque l’irritation de la vieille Abigaïlle, une riche habitante de l’immeuble. Un mannequin de femme trouvé parmi les détritus et une voisine sulfureuse vont cependant tout changer. Alors que Mario se dit qu’il peut encore être heureux, au lieu de s'envoler vers quelque endroit exotique où profiter de son argent, il atterrit au poste de police, accusé d’un crime qu’il jure ne pas avoir commis. Qu’est-il arrivé à la locataire du dernier étage ? Et pourquoi Mario est-il accusé de sa disparition ? « Jour de (mal)chance » est l'histoire d’un homme qui croit qu'enfin la chance lui sourit... alors qu'elle lui réserve ses pires grimaces."
The Journal: Crimson Skies (the Journal Book 3) (The Journal Series)
by Deborah D. MooreThe post-apocalyptic saga takes you headlong into the fury that only Mother Nature can dish out—and that only those who have prepared for can survive.Massive electrical storms roll across the upper peninsula of Michigan as a result of the supervolcano eruption. Destructive lightning sets the city on fire, illuminating the night with blood-red skies. Allexa Smeth and her town of Moose Creek are finding it more and more difficult to survive the latest unleashing of natural—and manmade—disasters. The land is becoming more uninhabitable, and those who choose to stay might end up digging their own graves. “Learning from survival fiction is one of my passions although I do recognize and accept that many of the scenarios are quite extreme. Still, as a prepper that is continually challenged by the pursuit of knowledge, I keep reading and keep playing the ‘what if’ game in my own mind. One of the best series of books for doing so is Deborah D. Moore’s The Journal series.” —Backdoor Survival
The Journal: Fault Line (The Journal Series)
by Deborah D. MooreUnprepared. Undaunted. The blockbuster post-apocalyptic thriller series continues with the story of an ordinary woman facing an extraordinary disaster. When a seemingly minor tremor escalates into a major earthquake, Christine, the spoiled daughter of John Tiggs, is stranded in the middle of it in St. Louis. Caught at ground zero of the violent catastrophe, Christine must overcome her fears and prejudices to stay alive and find her way home—on her own. And if she ever gets there, she still may not be safe.“Learning from survival fiction is one of my passions although I do recognize and accept that many of the scenarios are quite extreme. Still, as a prepper that is continually challenged by the pursuit of knowledge, I keep reading and keep playing the ‘what if’ game in my own mind. One of the best series of books for doing so is Deborah D. Moore’s The Journal series.” —Backdoor Survival
The Journal: Raging Tide (The Journal Series)
by Deborah D. MooreIt’s nature versus humans with a country torn in half as the post-apocalyptic series continues. “Fast-paced and intense! I couldn’t put it down.” —Kerry Alan Denney, author of A Mighty Rolling ThunderThe world was shaking apart and the North American continent was at the heart of it. An earthquake ripped the country in half at the New Madrid fault line. Shipping ceased and sent the country into a tailspin, with small towns like Michigan’s Moose Creek suffering the most. Recovery came slow as the country pulled itself together, until another more terrifying quake hit, awakening the sleeping caldera beneath Yellowstone. The ash that circled the world disrupted weather patterns everywhere, blotting out the sun and stirring up massive storms.Allexa Smeth and Colonel James Andrews set out to find the rift that broke the Upper Peninsula in half, turning two Great Lakes into one and causing massive floods. Finding the colonel’s men was a priority, but Allexa and the colonel didn’t know it would mean getting into more than they bargained for—and possibly more than they could handle.“Learning from survival fiction is one of my passions although I do recognize and accept that many of the scenarios are quite extreme. Still, as a prepper that is continually challenged by the pursuit of knowledge, I keep reading and keep playing the ‘what if’ game in my own mind. One of the best series of books for doing so is Deborah D. Moore’s The Journal series.” —Backdoor Survival
The Journalist
by Dan NewmanFor fans of Laura Lippman&’s Tess Monaghan and Jan Burke&’s Irene Kelly series comes a novel of a reporter&’s shadowy past from the author of The Clearing. In the middle of the night, in war-torn Rwanda, journalist Roland Keene leaves his hotel to find armed rebels to interview. Some would call it a suicide mission. Roland wouldn&’t disagree. Though Keene&’s work as a foreign correspondent keeps him on the road—and at arm&’s length from his problems—it doesn&’t stop him from being hounded by the people he betrayed on his way to the front page . . . When Keene started at the bottom, he was living paycheck to paycheck, with no big breaks coming his way. So he decided to make his own. He orchestrated a robbery—one designed to cast himself as the hero—but it went all wrong and turned into a high-profile murder. Despite everything, Keene got a foot in the door of a newsroom. Immersed in the cutthroat world of investigative journalism, he broke another story—this one of citywide corruption—but also started accumulating powerful enemies among his colleagues. Now, with his crimes about to be revealed, Keene has to decide to what lengths he&’ll go to ensure his secrets never see the light of day . . .
Journey: A Western
by Stephen H. ForemanSet in the early eighteen hundreds in the wild desert wilderness of New Mexico Territory, Journey follows the lives of three distinctly different characters whose destinies are one: Journey, a fiercely independent, sixteen-year-old of mysterious origins; Reuben Moon, the stoic half Mexican, half Apache hunter who raises her; and Esau Burdock, a brutal, pragmatic, and wealthy slave trader.The story opens on a November night in 1833, the sky on fire with meteors, each character alone, experiencing the storm. The narrative then delves into their individual histories. But Journey, Reuben, and Esau’s stories soon collide in the summer of 1834 when Esau holds a rendezvous of horse racing and trading. Despite being only sixteen, and a girl at that, Journey joins the race. She doesn’t win, but she’s caught the attention of Esau. A year later, a mountain lion is terrorizing the area and Esau comes across Journey and Reuben in the desert as he hunts for it. Journey has tamed a wild colt. The lion had killed its mother then attacked the colt, but Journey rescues it and nurses it back to health. Esau claims the colt is his by the law of the land. Journey refuses to give him up and so Esau threatens to hang her on the spot. Instead, they make a deal: Journey can work at Esau’s stables for six months to earn the horse.And so she does. All the while the mountain lion continues to kill and Esau broods. He is a successful man, but he is a lonely one too, haunted by the death of his first slave and lover, Livy, and by their daughter Lilly Rose, both of whom betrayed him and are now dead. The story comes to a fever pitch when Esau spots a necklace Journey has worn her whole life, given to her by her mother, a necklace once worn by Esau’s dead daughter, Lily Rose. From there, the story races to an end, as Esau, Journey, and Reuben are tested in ways they never dreamed imaginable. Brimming with action and panoramic in scope, in Journey Foreman provides a breathtaking narrative with a heroine you’ll never forget.
The Journey (Bluestreak Ser. #16)
by Indira GanesanAfter a decade in a suburban American world of shopping malls and fast-food restaurants, sisters Renu and Manx return to their childhood home, the island of Pi. A bit of India "torn free to float in the Bay of Bengal," its alien and yet strangely familiar landscape is defined by gardens and hillsides ablaze with surreal foliage, and ceiling fans that circle endlessly in the background. The sisters and their mother have returned because cousin Rajesh, always affectionately known as Renu's twin, has died. His death and their return mark the beginning of a curious journey, leading by unexpected routes toward revelation.
The Journey Home
by Dermot BolgerYoung Francis Hanrahan dreams desperately of a life different from that of his country-born, suburban-living parents. On his first day at his first job Francis makes his first real friend. Shay, a would-be older brother, introduces "Hano" to Dublin's appealingly seedy after-hours bars and drug-fueled parties. They are joined by Cait, a troubled teenager who spends her days in a stupor. But the noir thrills of underground Dublin cannot conceal the unemployment, corruption, and violence strangling the city. The Plunkett brothers, masters of "the subtle everyday corruption on which a dynasty was built" will use the friends-with tragic results. Torn between his friends, his family, and his own ideals, Hano ultimately falls victim to these powerful forces and commits a heinous crime. He flees through the countryside with Cait, wondering, as he narrates the events that set him on this path, if there is a home at the end of it. Controversial for its gritty portrait of Dublin in the 1980s, The Journey Home is Dermot Bolger's unflinching look at the personal cost of social progress, and those, innocent or not, lost during the journey.
Journey Into Fear (Green Popular Penguins Ser. #Vol. 4)
by Eric AmblerReturning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a cabaret dancer at an Istanbul bTMite, Graham is surprised by an intruder with a gun. What follows is a nightmare of intrigue for the English armaments engineer as he makes his way home aboard an Italian freighter. Among the passengers are a couple of Nazi assassins intent on preventing his returning to England with plans for a Turkish defense system, the seductive cabaret dancer and her manager husband, and a number of surprising allies. Thrilling, intense, and masterfully plotted, Journey Into Fear is a classic suspense tale from one of the founders of the genre.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Journey Into Terror
by Peter RabeThere was a robbery that went bad and a girl was accidentally shot dead. Just an accident. But to John Bunting, it was the end of all his hopes. The girl was his fiance. What could he do? The cops weren’t looking. He had to find the killers himself. And that’s when he ran into Linda. She had lost her husband, had stopped caring. But she knew the men responsible for the killing. She could get Bunting close to them while he figured out who fired the actual shot. They were two wounded souls, one filled with hate, the other trying to find a reason to live. It’s funny how much they needed each other . . .
Journey Into the Flame: Book One of the Rising World Trilogy (The Rising World Trilogy #1)
by T. R. WilliamsIn 2027, the Great Disruption shook the world. An unexplained solar storm struck the earth, shifting it four degrees south on its axis. Everything went dark. Humanity was on the verge of despair. Then a man named Camden Ford discovered a set of ancient books called the Chronicles of Satraya. Thirty years later, the world is a different place. Thanks to the teachings of the Chronicles, hope has been restored, cities rebuilt, technology advanced. The books also have a different owner: Logan Cutler, who inherited them when Camden mysteriously disappeared. But when Logan auctions off the books to pay his debts, they fall into the wrong hands. The Reges Hominum, a clandestine group that once ruled history from the shadows, is launching a worldwide conspiracy to regain control. Soon Logan realizes he's made a terrible mistake. With the help of special agent Valerie Perrot and the wisdom of the Chronicles as his guide, he embarks on an epic quest to get the books back before it's too late. Abounding with questions about humanity's secret past and its unknown future, Journey into the Flame will not only take you to the start of an incredible new world, it will also take you deep into the greater mysteries of the self.
Journey of the Pharaohs (The NUMA Files #15)
by Clive Cussler Graham BrownKurt Austin and the NUMA crew risk everything to stop a cutthroat arms dealer from stealing a priceless ancient treasure in the thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. <P><P>In 1074 B.C., vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler--along with its mysterious cargo--sinks off the coast of Scotland. How are these three mysterious events connected? And, more importantly, what do they mean for Kurt Austin and his NUMA team? <P><P>As they search for answers, the NUMA squad join the agents of the British MI5 to take on a wide-reaching international conspiracy. Their common enemy is the Bloodstone Group, a conglomerate of arms dealers and thieves attempting to steal ancient relics on both sides of the Atlantic. <P><P>Kurt and his team soon find themselves wrapped up in a treacherous treasure hunt as they race to find the lost Egyptian riches. . . before they fall into the wrong hands. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Journey Through the Mirror: Book Two of the Rising World Trilogy (The Rising World Trilogy #2)
by T. R. WilliamsFollowing Journey Into the Flame--"a spiritual adventure of the first order" (New York Times bestselling author Felix Palma)--comes the second part in a post-apocalyptic trilogy about a set of ancient books that hold the key to humanity's survival.In 2030, after the Great Disruption brought humanity to the brink of a second dark age, the Chronicles of Satraya were discovered, restoring hope in the world. But the secret powers in their pages remained largely unknown. There were some, however, who understood them. The Reges Hominum, the Kings of Men, a clandestine group influencing history from the shadows, sought to use their hidden gifts to regain world control. But their plans were foiled by an unlikely group: Alain Perrot, an eccentric old man and former member of the Council of Satraya; Special Agent Valerie Perrot, his daughter; and Logan Ford, a young painter who discovered he was the son of one of the Chronicles' original finders, long since murdered in an effort to protect them. Soon, seemingly unrelated global events pull Logan and his allies into another contest with those enemies determined to bring a rising world back down. The earth's still-recovering energy supply is put at risk. Illnesses spread. Earthquakes without epicenters shatter the land. And the only things holding the world together are the Chronicles, connected to a series of scattered, hidden mirrors around the globe. With T.R. Williams's trademark excitement, mystery, magic, and deep wisdom, the second book in the Rising World trilogy ensures that you will never look at your reflection the same way again.
Journey to Dyatlov Pass: An Explanation of the Mystery
by Keith MccloskeyThis book describes the author's journey to the Dyatlov Pass in the northern Ural Mountains in the company of Russian Dyatlov "Obsessives". It is also a book for people who already know the Dyatlov story. The physical locations relating to the Dyatlov Incident are examined and discussed as well as competing theories from some of the group members about what happened. The second part of the book takes a critical look at the autopsies. This is followed by an intensive look at some ground-breaking research on the Dyatlov negatives by Valentin Gerasimovich Yakimenko. The final part of the book discusses the statements made by the two senior figures in the investigation and finishes with a scenario as to what may have happened on that fateful night of 1/2 February 1959.
Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs #12)
by Jacqueline Winspear<P>Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler's Germany in this thrilling tale of danger and intrigue--the twelfth novel in Jacqueline Winspear's New York Times bestselling "series that seems to get better with each entry" (Wall Street Journal). <P>It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square--a place of many memories--she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service wants Maisie--who bears a striking resemblance to the daughter--to retrieve the man from Dachau, on the outskirts of Munich. <P>The British government is not alone in its interest in Maisie's travel plans. Her nemesis--the man she holds responsible for her husband's death--has learned of her journey, and is also desperate for her help. <P>Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, Maisie encounters unexpected dangers--and finds herself questioning whether it's time to return to the work she loved. But the Secret Service may have other ideas. . . . <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Journey to the Livewood: My Little Pony (Ponyville Mysteries #6)
by Penumbra QuillJoin the Cutie Mark Crusaders--Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo--as they read mysteries, legends, ghost stories, and every other kind of tale that makes a mane stand on end. From Ponyville School classmates to Rainbow Dash to the Princess of the Night herself, you never know who else...or what else...awaits as they set out to solve seeming supernatural mysteries around Ponyville.Ideal for younger and more reluctant readers, this new original series complements our existing chapter book program with numbered titles, shorter page counts, and a perennial popular genre. These mysterious and sweetly spooky stories are sure to appeal to all My Little Pony fans--both girl and boy.©2018 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
by Keigo HigashinoA twenty-year-old murder A chain of unsolvable mysteries Can one detective solve this epic riddle?When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins to piece together the connection of two young people who are inextricably linked to the crime; the dark, taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect. Over the next twenty years we follow their lives as Sasagaki pursues the case - which remains unsolved - to the point of obsession. Stark, intriguing and stylish, Journey Under the Midnight Sun is an epic mystery by the bestselling Japanese author of The Devotion of Suspect X.
The Journeyman Tailor
by Gerald SeymourHEAR NOTHING. SEE NOTHING. KNOW NOTHING.This is the ruthless motto in the Provisional IRA's most active brigade.To collaborate with British Intelligence means certain death.But there is a rumour that an informer is operating within the Brigade. When identified he will be ruthelssly interrogated, tortured, then shot.The MI5 agents running the informer must protect their man at all costs: he is their most critical asset, and they must keep him in place, even if that means innocent people must die.
The Journeyman Tailor
by Gerald SeymourHEAR NOTHING. SEE NOTHING. KNOW NOTHING.This is the ruthless motto in the Provisional IRA's most active brigade.To collaborate with British Intelligence means certain death.But there is a rumour that an informer is operating within the Brigade. When identified he will be ruthelssly interrogated, tortured, then shot.The MI5 agents running the informer must protect their man at all costs: he is their most critical asset, and they must keep him in place, even if that means innocent people must die.(P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton
A Journeyman to Grief
by Maureen JenningsThe abduction of a young woman in 1858 ends in Toronto thirty-eight years later -- in murder.In 1858, a young woman on her honeymoon is forcibly abducted and taken across the border from Canada and sold into slavery. Thirty-eight years later, Detective Murdoch is working on a murder case that will take all of his resourcefulness to solve. The owner of one of Toronto's livery stables has been found dead. He has been horsewhipped and left hanging from his wrists in his tack room, and his wife claims that a considerable sum of money has been stolen. Then a second man is also murdered, his body strangely tied as if he were a rebellious slave. Murdoch has to find out whether Toronto's small "coloured" community has a vicious murderer in its midst -- an investigation that puts his own life in danger. Maureen Jennings's trademark in her popular and acclaimed Detective Murdoch series is to reveal a long-forgotten facet about life in the city that dispels any notion that it really ever was "Toronto the Good." As well, in A Journeyman to Grief, an exceptionally well plotted and engrossing story, she shows just how a great harm committed in the past can erupt fatally in the present.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jovah's Angel
by Sharon ShinnGOD IS ANGRYThe severest storms ever recorded are ripping Samaria apart. Desert has become swamp, hurricanes howl over ferocious seas. The peoples of a once simple world have turned against their centuries-old faith, embracing new technology, squabbling over land, hopelessly repeating history all over again. The leaders of Samaria - the archangels and Oracles - look on helplessly. Where once they could talk to the heavens, they are now greeted with a terrible silence.It is up to godless Caleb, who dreams of flying like the Angels, to discover the incredible cause of the chaos . . .
Joven abogado (Theodore Boone #Volumen 1)
by John GrishamEl crimen perfecto... un testigo sin rostro... y solo Theo sabe la verdad. Primera entrega de «Theodore Boone», la serie juvenil de misterio y suspense escrita por John Grisham. Theodore Boone es un chico de trece años con las ideas muy claras: va a ser abogado. Ya conoce todos los pormenores de la vida judicial de su pequeña ciudad, Strattenburg, y espera con ansia el día en que podrá subirse a un estrado. Pero ni en sus mejores sueños hubiera podido imaginar que se vería involucrado en el llamado juicio del siglo... ¡antes siquiera de acabar el instituto! No hay suficientes pruebas para condenar al rico golfista Peter Duffy por el asesinato de su esposa; pero Theo cuenta con un testigo que puede cambiar el curso de los acontecimientos. Solo hay un problema: un inviolable pacto de silencio le impide llevarlo a los tribunales... La crítica ha dicho...«John Grisham es unauténtico maestro.»The Washington Post
Jóvenes Ocupantes Ilegales
by Blair LondonBradford y Harper se juntan en la adolescencia. Ambos provienen de hogares de clase media alta. Sin embargo, los padres de Bradford pasaron momentos difíciles cuando lo despidieron debido a un accidente. Bradford aprendió de su padre cómo vencer al sistema y obtener lo que quería sin trabajar para él, y hacer que otros sintieran pena por él. Cuando conoce a Harper, le cuenta todo esto y ella, que pasa mucho tiempo en la casa familiar de Bradford, aprende a hacer lo mismo. La joven pareja se compromete y deciden que quieren una casa grande, pero, por supuesto, no pueden pagarla con sus trabajos de salario mínimo, así que diseña un plan de cómo conseguirla. La idea se les ocurrió cuando Harper tuvo una discusión con sus padres diciéndoles que ella era dueña de su casa y de ellos porque la dirección estaba en su licencia de conducir. Así que recorrieron la ciudad y decidieron qué casa les gustaría tener, descubrieron que una pareja de mediana edad y dos hijos adultos jóvenes vivían allí, fueron a la oficina de licencias y cambiaron la dirección en su licencia de conducir a la del casa que querían. Luego empacaron sus pertenencias en una camioneta de mudanzas alquilada, condujeron hasta la casa, estacionaron la camioneta de mudanzas, fueron a la puerta y entraron a la fuerza, diciendo que era su casa. Los propietarios originales, Nick y Nora, terminan mudándose de la casa, contratando a un abogado y luchando contra la joven pareja para recuperar su casa. Lleva algo de tiempo, así que mientras tanto la joven pareja está destruyendo cosas y reclamando los derechos como ocupantes ilegales.
Joy
by Jonathan LeeIn this "beautifully written. . . real page-turner" (The Guardian) of a novel, Jonathan Lee brings together an eclectic group of characters whose lives are upended by a baffling tragedy.Just as she is about to make partner at a prestigious law firm, a talented young lawyer, Joy Stephens, plummets forty feet from a viewing platform to the office floor. Did she fall? Or did she jump? As the events leading up to this shocking event unfold from the perspectives of multiple people in Joy&’s life--her husband, her colleagues, even her personal trainer--what emerges is a fraught narrative of interlocking secrets in which everyone is hiding something.Lee masterfully peels back the truth, bringing long-buried truths--not only about Joy, but about her colleagues and her family--to light in this thrilling novel about the tumultuous lives that exist just below the surface.