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Camp Zero
by Michelle Min Sterling'A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity' SEAN MICHAELSAmerica, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high, the fossil fuel industry has shut down, and humans are implanted with a 'Flick' at birth, which allows them to remain perpetually online. The wealthy live in the newly created Floating City off the coast, while people on the mainland struggle to get by. For Rose, a job as a hostess in the city's elite club feels like her best hope for a better future. At a Cold War-era research station, a group of highly trained women with the code name White Alice are engaged in climate surveillance. But the terms of their employment become increasingly uncertain. And in a former oil town in northern Canada called Dominion Lake, a camp is being built-Camp Zero. A rare source of fresh, clean air and cooler temperatures, it will be the beginning of a new community and a new way of life. Grant believes it will be the perfect place to atone for his family's dark legacy. Everyone has an agenda. So who can you trust? Could falling in love be most the radical act of all? Thrilling, immersive and disturbingly prescient, Camp Zero is about the world we've built and where we go from here.
Camp Zero
by Michelle Min Sterling'A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity' SEAN MICHAELSThe old world is broken. Be part of a better future.America, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high, the fossil fuel industry has shut down, and humans are implanted with a 'Flick' at birth, which allows them to remain perpetually online. The wealthy live in the newly created Floating City off the coast, while people on the mainland struggle to get by. For Rose, a job as a hostess in the city's elite club, feels like her best hope for a better future. At a Cold War-era research station, a group of highly-trained women with the code-name White Alice are engaged in climate surveillance. But the terms of their employment become increasingly uncertain. And in a former oil town in northern Canada called Dominion Lake, a camp is being built-Camp Zero. A rare source of fresh, clean air and cooler temperatures, it will be the beginning of a new community and a new way of life. Grant believes it will be the perfect place to atone for his family's dark legacy. Everyone has an agenda. So who can you trust? Could falling in love be most the radical act of all? Thrilling, immersive and disturbingly prescient Camp Zero is about the world we've built and where we go from here.(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Camp Zero: A Novel
by Michelle Min SterlingA TODAY SHOW READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK"Thrilling. . . . This remarkable debut delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart." —Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good MothersIn a near-future northern settlement, a handful of climate change survivors find their fates intertwined in this mesmerizing and transportive novel in the vein of Station Eleven and The Power.America, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high, the fossil fuel industry has shut down, and humans are implanted with a &‘Flick&’ at birth, which allows them to remain perpetually online. The top echelons of society live in Floating Cities off the coast, while people on the mainland struggle to survive. For Rose, working as a hostess in the city&’s elite club feels like her best hope for a better future.When a high-profile client offers Rose a job as an escort at a fledgling company in northern Canada called Camp Zero—a source of fresh, clean air and cool temperatures—in return for a home for her displaced mother and herself, she accepts it. But in the north, all is not as it seems. Through skillfully entwined perspectives, including a young professor longing to escape his wealthy family and a group of highly trained women engaged in climate surveillance at a Cold War era research station, the fate of the Camp and its inhabitants comes into stunning relief. Atmospheric, original, and utterly gripping, Camp Zero interrogates the seductive and chilling notion of a utopia; asks who and what will survive as global tensions rise; and imagines how love may sustain us.
Camp Zero: A Novel
by Michelle Min SterlingINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick Libby Book Award Winner for Best Diverse Author In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that &“delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart&” (Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author).In remote northern Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is breaking ground on a building project called Camp Zero, intended to be the beginning of a new way of life. A clever and determined young woman code-named Rose is offered a chance to join the Blooms, a group hired to entertain the men in camp—but her real mission is to secretly monitor the mercurial architect in charge. In return, she&’ll receive a home for her climate-displaced Korean immigrant mother and herself. Rose quickly secures the trust of her target, only to discover that everyone has a hidden agenda, and nothing is as it seems. Through skillfully braided perspectives, including those of a young professor longing to escape his wealthy family and an all-woman military research unit struggling for survival at a climate station, the fate of Camp Zero&’s inhabitants reaches a stunning crescendo. Atmospheric, fiercely original, and utterly gripping, Camp Zero is an electrifying page-turner and a masterful exploration of who and what will survive in a warming world, and how falling in love and building community can be the most daring acts of all.
Campamento Miedo (Campamento miedo #Volumen)
by Jaime Alfonso SandovalSi crees que puedes soportar más emociones, espera la segunda parte de esta fascinante aventura. Nadie se salva del campamento del amors. Por una terrible confusión, Dino Duarte es enviado al campamento del AMORS (Área Militarizada Obligatoria para Rijosos y Sabandijas), un lugar para reeducar niños rebeldes, comandado por las extrañas directoras Doris y Vera. Todo es horrible y misterioso en el campamento. Hay desapariciones, una extraña criatura que ronda una cabaña, una compuerta secreta bajo la alberca, y los teléfonos no sirven, todos están incomunicados. ¿Qué es en realidad ese lugar? ¿Qué planean hacer las directoras con los campistas? Dino, junto con sus amigos Rina y Edi, van a descubrir un escalofriante secreto en las entrañas del Campamento Miedo. En ese sitio, nada es lo que parece.
Campfire Stories (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #8)
by Andres MiedosoDesmond Cole goes camping and tells some scary campfire stories in the eighth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!Camping with Desmond Cole is a lot of fun, until he starts telling ghost stories around the campfire. Most kids tell creepy stories that are totally fake, but Desmond tells totally true stories that will give you goosebumps. So, settle in while Desmond, Andres, and their ghost-friend, Zax, take turns trying to tell the scariest story of all. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Campfire Tales Midwest (Campfire Tales)
by Mike RickseckerExperience 10 heart-pounding tales of the Midwest based on history, lore, and legends from around the region—perfect for telling around the campfire. Discover what it feels like to be a ghost or to bring one home. Explore what may be lurking at the bottom of a lake at a favorite vacation spot. Solve the mystery and unlock the secrets of a strange journal brought forth by an old doctor who may or may not be a part of this world. Unearth one of the seven gateways to hell and venture into the fiery depths below. Determine for yourself what is real and what is fiction, as these and other haunting tales paint a landscape rife with creepy paranormal activity.
Camwolf
by Jl MerrowA race to save his lover—by becoming his own worst nightmare. Dr. Nick Sewell has it all. Good friends, a career as a Cambridge academic… and recently, a tendency to turn into a wolf every full moon. When a new student arrives from Germany, Nick is horrified by his visceral attraction to the troubled youth—not to mention his violent jealousy when he sees Julian with another man. He’s floored to find out Julian is a werewolf too. Unlike Nick, Julian has spent his life among other wolves, and in this subject, he’s the teacher and Nick the student. Nick struggles to adjust to this reversal of roles, especially since he’s an alpha and Julian a natural submissive. That dynamic just adds to the attraction smoldering between them, whether they’re in human form or wolf. But Julian’s pack and the abuse he suffered aren’t far behind him. And the pack wants to reclaim him. For Nick to hold on to his lover, he’ll have to come to terms with the violent acts of his past—and embrace the monster within.
Can I Get There By Candlelight?
by Jean Slaughter DotyGail takes her horse Candlelight out to explore the woods, but suddenly she's swept into the past! Can she return to the present, or will she and Candy be stuck in the past forever?
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?: Stories
by Robert SheckleyA treasury of fiction from &“one of SF&’s all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story&” (Booklist). In &“The Cruel Equations,&” a planetary explorer finds out how lethal it can be when a robot guard has been designed to do too perfect a job. The fifteen other stories in this collection are &“Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?&”, &“Cordle to Onion to Carrot,&” &“The Petrified World,&” &“Game: First Schematic,&” &“Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends,&” &“The Same to You Doubled,&” &“Starting From Scratch,&” &“The Mnemone,&” &“Tripout,&” &“Notes on the Perception of Imaginary Differences,&” &“Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos With Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang,&” &“Pas de Trois of the Chef and the Waiter,&” &“Aspects of Langranak,&” &“Plague Circuit,&” and &“Tailpipe to Disaster.&” From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&”
Can You Find My Robot's Arm?
by Chihiro TakeuchiRobot has lost his arm -- can you help him find a new one? Step into a charming mechanical world invented by a striking new picture book artist.One morning, a robot wakes up to find he is missing an arm. He and his robo buddy search inside and outside the house, through a garden, an amusement park, a library and even a candy shop, but it's nowhere to be found. Where can the arm be, and what might make a suitable replacement? A lollipop? A fish bone? How about a fork?Can You Find My Robot's Arm? humorously invites children to explore the beautiful and intricate hand-cut images of Chihiro Takeuchi.
Can't Get Enough: A Humorous & Action-Packed Fantasy Romance Story (Dragon Kin)
by G.A. AikenVisit the world of New York Timesbestselling author G.A. Aiken&’s Dragon Kin series in this hilarious and thrilling companion story that&’s not to be missed! Also the author of The Blacksmith Queen, Aiken combines zany humor, unparalleled world-building, and unconventional love in her captivating and unforgettable series. Renowned for his fighting prowess, Ailean the Wicked has a new conquest in mind—the gorgeous dragoness Shalin the Innocent. While he&’s saving her from her enemies, he plans to prove that even in human form a bad-boy dragon can show a girl a good time that&’s truly off the scale . . . Originally published inEverlasting Bad Boys.&“Fans of Aiken&’s Dragon Kin romantic fantasy series will not be disappointed…A tale filled with Aiken&’s trademark over-the-top humor, outrageous situations, and exhilarating action scenes.&” —Publishers Weekly on Bring the Heat &“This potent story mix is wacky and fun-filled, with plenty of humor and blood-thirsty action.&” —RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars on Feel the Burn &“This tale should definitely please fans of sexy shape-shifters and epic sagas."—Booklist on About a Dragon
Can't Help Falling in Love and Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love
by Wendy EtheringtonThe Kimballs of Baxter, Georgia, are setting hearts on fire!Can't Help Falling in Love by Wendy Etherington Only fools rush in?Skyler Kimball has actively avoided daredevil men her whole life, and even secretly appreciated her overprotective brothers' meddling to keep them at bay. But when sexy Cajun firefighter Jack Tesson moves into town, Skyler may have to rethink her position on risks and take a chance on Jaclk...jf she can get her brothers to back down, that is!Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love by Wendy Etherington She has him all shook up!Interior designer Monica O'Malley is used to men falling at her designer-shoe-clad feet. So what gives with stuffy fire chief Ben Kimball's aloof attitude? She's been trying her flirtatious best to get his attention while remodeling the town firehouse, but to no avail. Thinking her outrageous reputation is to blame, she tries a more buttoned-down approach-hoping she'll be unbuttoning with Ben sooner or later....
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea: A Cozy Fantasy Steeped With Love (Tomes & Tea #1)
by Rebecca ThorneIn the tradition of Legends & Lattes, comes a cozy fantasy steeped in sapphic romance about one of the Queen’s private guards and a powerful mage who want to open a bookshop and live happily ever after…if only the world would let them.All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives isn’t so easy.But after an assassin takes Reyna hostage, she decides she’s thoroughly done risking her life for a self-centered queen. Meanwhile, Kianthe has been waiting for a chance to flee responsibility–all the better that her girlfriend is on board. Together, they settle in Tawney, a town nestled in the icy tundra near dragon country, and open the shop of their dreams.What follows is a cozy tale of mishaps, mysteries, and a murderous queen throwing the realm’s biggest temper tantrum. In a story brimming with hurt/comfort and quiet fireside conversations, these two women will discover just what they mean to each other… and the world.A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks
by LockwoodGet an east Texas girl good and mad,and there's going to be hell to pay!Rachel Farnsworth doesn't believe in the paranormal--she can find plenty of evil forces right in Dogwood County, like the Mega-Mart that's driving her family's hardware store into the ground. Then there's her own little hell-raiser--a rowdy toddler who can turn his birthday candles into a blazing inferno with just one breath. But when her marriage goes up in smoke, Rachel discovers her husband, Kevin, isn't just a deadbeat, he's also a demon (a sloth demon, no less, which explains why he never helped around the house) with a renegade bounty hunter--a fallen angel named Sam--chasing down a powerful secret Kevin has kept for a millennium or two. Sam's downfall was a beautiful mortal woman . . . and now, the heavenly attraction zinging between them has down-to-earth Rachel believing in celestial magic. But will it be enough to save her and her son from the dark forces Kevin has unwittingly unleashed on Dogwood County?
Canaan: A Novel
by Donald McCaig"A bred-in-the-bones storyteller." —Geraldine BrooksCanaan fills a vast canvas. Its points of reference are Richmond in the throes of Reconstruction; the trading floors of Wall Street; a Virginia plantation; and the Great Plains, where the splendidly arrogant George Custer—Yellowhair—rides to his fate against Sitting Bull’s warriors.This is the story of America over twenty years of its most turbulent history. The characters are black, white, and red, ex-Union and ex-Confederate; and the principal narrator is a Santee woman She Goes Before who marries an ex-slave. Through her eyes we witness the hanging of her father by whites in the mass execution of 1863, Red Cloud’s banquet with President Grant, and that final confrontation on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn.
Canada: A Novel
by Richard FordThe only writer ever to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel (Independence Day) Richard Ford follows the completion of his acclaimed Bascombe trilogy with Canada. After a five-year hiatus, an undisputed American master delivers a haunting and elemental novel about the cataclysm that undoes one teenage boy’s family, and the stark and unforgiving landscape in which he attempts to find grace.A powerful and unforgettable tale of the violence lurking at the heart of the world, Richard Ford’s Canada will resonate long and loud for readers of stark and sweeping novels of American life, from the novels of Cheever and Carver to the works of Philip Roth, Charles Frazier, Richard Russo, and Jonathan Franzen.
Canadian Wolf
by Linda O. JohnstonHe's the one man she can never trust... Sergeant Major Owen Dewirter lives every day with the guilt of having let a shifter hurt one of his own. Now he's being forced to work beside Alpha Force newcomer Selena to train a new covert unit of shifters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and stop a rash of serial kidnappings. Can Owen ignore his prejudices-and his fantasies-about his sexy new partner and do his job? When their passion ignites in the remote Canadian woods, the tension between Owen and Selena puts the joint mission in jeopardy. Can they learn to trust each other while tracking the enemy? Or will a cunning foe lure them into a dark and deadly endgame?
Canary Fever
by John CluteCanary Fever is a collection of reviews about the most significant literatures of the twenty-first century: science fiction, fantasy and horror: the literatures Clute argues should be recognized as the central modes of fantastika in our times. The title refers to the canary in the coal mine, who whiffs gas and dies to save miners; reviewers of fantastika can find themselves in a similar position, though words can only hurt us.
Canary Fever
by John CluteCanary Fever is a collection of reviews about the most significant literatures of the twenty-first century: science fiction, fantasy and horror: the literatures Clute argues should be recognized as the central modes of fantastika in our times. The title refers to the canary in the coal mine, who whiffs gas and dies to save miners; reviewers of fantastika can find themselves in a similar position, though words can only hurt us.
Cancellami
by Jan Coffey May McGoldrickCANCELLAMI AMORE E LEALTÀ SI SCONTRANO IN UN MONDO DI SEGRETI E INGANNI! MR. E SIG.RA SMITH INCONTRA LA MOGLIE DEL VIAGGIATORE DEL TEMPO Nelle strade assolate di una città balneare della California, le strade di due sconosciuti si scontrano, innescando un legame inaspettato e ardente. Uniti dal caso, i due scoprono rapidamente che il destino ha un senso dell'umorismo contorto. E il loro intreccio è ben lontano dalla tipica storia d'amore. Entrambi nascondono segreti, conducono una doppia vita e sono impegnati in missioni di primaria importanza, che creano le premesse per una battaglia ad alto tasso di arguzia e volontà. Avalie e Reed non sono i classici innamorati dal destino avverso, sono agenti segreti, ognuno dei quali possiede il potere di alterare il corso della storia. Le scintille si accendono in ogni momento che condividono, ma i loro cuori e le loro lealtà sono divisi. Si ritrovano intrappolati in un vortice di inganni e le loro missioni li mettono l'uno contro l'altra. Intrappolati in un pericoloso gioco del gatto e del topo, la fiducia è scarsa e il tradimento è in agguato dietro ogni angolo. Mentre corrono contro il tempo e l'altro, le loro emozioni si intensificano, confondendo i confini tra dovere e desiderio. Seguiranno i loro cuori, mettendo a rischio tutto ciò che hanno sempre conosciuto, o rimarranno fedeli agli ordini che li vincolano? L'amore può vincere tutto o la fedeltà alle loro missioni li dividerà? CANCELLAMI è un'emozionante storia di astuti inganni e di un'attrazione proibita così intensa che potrebbe rimodellare il mondo. Preparatevi a una corsa sulle montagne russe piena di intrighi, tradimenti e passione.
Cancer World
by Harry Warner Jr.Greg tried desperately to find an illegal method of joining his family on Mars; for the law said that no healthy man could land on a Cancer World.
Canción de Monstruo (Mis Bellos Monstruos #2)
by Jb TrepagnierJusto cuando creo que las cosas no pueden volverse más locas... Descubrí por que puedo hablar con animales y monstruos. Conocí a mi padre y no esperaba sus respuestas. Pero él dirige varias legiones de demonios y está trabajando en conseguir más para ayudarnos a derrocar a Deméter. Vamos a necesitar toda la ayuda que podamos conseguir porque no tengo suficiente polvo de Hefesto para liberar a todos los monstruos de las fosas de estar atrapados en su forma monstruosa por esos collares. Mis monstruos, los que he llegado a conocer, ahora pueden volver a su forma humana y quieren vengarse de Deméter. Quieren salvar a su reina, Persefone. No esperaba que me implicaran en esto, pero ahora estoy involucrada. Incluso Hefesto se ha colado en el Inframundo para ayudarnos. Supongo que todos los Dioses y monstruos no apreciados van a tener que enfrentarse a una Diosa desquiciada con el Olimpo de su parte. No soy un monstruo ni un Dios. Solo soy mitad demonio. Pero ahora que mi padre sabe de mí, podemos tener la ayuda del Infierno de nuestro lado. No pedí esto, pero hay algo en estos monstruos que me hace querer ayudar. No está de más que todos sean guapísimos y unos ligones horribles. Incluso puedo pasar por alto que a Pavlina y Trifón les guste comer gente.
Canción de Navidad (Saga Ghostgirl #Volumen 4)
by Tonya Hurley¡¡Oh, negra navidad!! En Canción de Navidad Charlotte Usher tendrá ocasión de valorar su propia vida... aunque sea en el Más Allá. No te pierdas esta cuarta entrega de la saga «Ghostgril». Esta Navidad Charlotte se despierta ¡otra vez llena de vida! en el instituto Hawthorne, como si el trágico incidente con el osito de goma nunca hubiese sucedido. De pronto, vuelven todos los deseos que tenía antes de morir: ser amiga de Petula, conquistar a Damen y dejar de ser invisible para todo el mundo. Pero, mientras trata de reconquistar su vida anterior, Charlotte irá olvidando su vida en el Más Allá.+ ¿Conseguirá la Navidad hacer recordar a Charlotte quiénes son sus verdaderos amigos?
Canción de Susannah (La Torre Oscura #Volumen 6)
by Stephen KingCanción de Susannah, sexto volumen de «La Torre Oscura», arrastra al lector en un gran crescendo cuyo desenlace está en el aire. Y es que las fuerzas del mal acechan y el final se acerca... La diabólica Mia se ha apoderado del cuerpo y parte de la mente de Susannah para que dé a luz a su hijo. Para ello, la obliga a viajar al Nueva York del año 1999, un mundo que aterroriza a Mia y donde necesita a Susannah para sobrevivir. También a Nueva York llegan Jake, Ancho y el padre Callahan, con el propósito de rescatar a Susannah y proteger una parcela, aquella donde crece un rosal que es mucho más que un símbolo. La suya será una búsqueda desesperada, pues una vez nacida la criatura, Mia no va a necesitar a Susannah. Mientras tanto, en el verano de 1977 en Maine, Eddie y Roland se enfrentan al escritor Stephen King, que se había olvidado de ellos después de los cuatro primeros volúmenes de sus aventuras y en cuyas manos está su futuro. La crítica ha dicho...«Una hipnótica mezcla de suspense y sentimiento completamente avasallador y, eventualmente, un cuento de demonios, monstruos, huidas imposible y portales mágicos.»The New York Times Book Review