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Chevah: Una segunda oportunidad
by Olga HermonLas segundas oportunidades existen... y suelen ser mejores que las primeras. Tener un número por nombre no es tan malo cuando viene acompañado de un regalo. Siete se ha hecho acreedora de una segunda oportunidad, aunque para ganársela debe, por decirlo así, aprobar su asignatura o, lo que es lo mismo, hacerse cargo del «nuevo». Solo que hay un pequeño detalle, el sujeto no trae muy buenas recomendaciones. Por suerte, la tutora a cargo cuenta con su expediente, algo de ayuda de arriba y su personalidad aguerrida y peleonera que no le permite tirar fácil la toalla. El «nuevo» es todo un caso y trae consigo su propia misión en las que sabe lleva todas las de perder. ¿Con que cuenta además de su espléndida presencia que no le sirven de nada donde ahora se encuentra?: el instructivo que Siete le entregó, la inocencia de un niño, porque el apartado de los recuerdos en su cabeza está por completo vacío, y el apoyo de su mentora. Aunque ninguno de los dos se imagina siquiera que la convivencia entre ambos traerá de vuelta para ella aquel espíritu indomable y reincidente de su pasado, capaz de trascender hasta lo que no se puede ver. Entre el cielo y la tierra, lo sublime y lo efímero, lo permanente y lo pasajero, dos seres involucrados por un Plan divino se disputan derechos, deberes, tiempo y espacio en el afán de mantenerse sostenidos para ponerse a cuentas.
Chevalier
by Mary CalmesSequel to RomanusFireman Mason James thought finding out he is a Romanus--a rare class of gargoyle--would be the surprise of a lifetime, but he's proven wrong when he discovers he is the son of a comte and goji nobility. But his newly discovered family doesn't think his gargoyle lover, Luc, is good enough for a goji of Mason's stature--how could a warrior ever be? But despite the Moreaus' uncertainty and elitism, they are Mason's only chance to unravel the mystery behind his mother's death, find a solution for the class divide that might separate him from Luc, and discover what it truly means to be a Romanus.
Chevalier & Gawayn
by Phillip MannThe earth has been ruined; plague is rife and people huddle behind city walls, underground or in remote villages. There are no animals, no birds - and no freedom. And the divide between rich and poor is growing ever greater. Into this world comes Chevalier, an unassuming tax inspector by day but a secret law-breaker and risk-taker by night who decides to experiment with a new virtual reality headset - CIRCE. Suddenly, Chevalier finds he can dip in and out of a world long ago and far away where his deepest hopes and fears are met, where there's magic in the air, and where his spirit and bravery can emerge.With a collection of gods, goddesses, heroes and heroines both ancient and modern, Chevalier takes on the spirit of the legendary Gawayn; only as Gawayn in the virtual world can he save the devastated real world.
Chevalier & Gawayn
by Phillip MannThe earth has been ruined; plague is rife and people huddle behind city walls, underground or in remote villages. There are no animals, no birds - and no freedom. And the divide between rich and poor is growing ever greater. Into this world comes Chevalier, an unassuming tax inspector by day but a secret law-breaker and risk-taker by night who decides to experiment with a new virtual reality headset - CIRCE. Suddenly, Chevalier finds he can dip in and out of a world long ago and far away where his deepest hopes and fears are met, where there's magic in the air, and where his spirit and bravery can emerge.With a collection of gods, goddesses, heroes and heroines both ancient and modern, Chevalier takes on the spirit of the legendary Gawayn; only as Gawayn in the virtual world can he save the devastated real world.
Chevalier (Blood+ Book 2)
by Ryo IkehataIn the first US novelization of Blood+ series, we find Saya Otonoshi, a high school student, suffering from amnesia. Saya can't remember anything from her life beyond the last year. Living with a foster family outside a military base in Okinawa, Japan, Saya's attempts to live a normal life are shattered when a Chiropteran, a horrific vampire-like monster, attacks her. Saved at the last minute by a mysterious man named Hagi, Saya is presented with a sword that awakens in her a warrior's skills and bloodlust, and sets her on a course that will lead her to the answers of her missing memories, and into battle against a race of creatures intent on destroying the world. The epic adventure that began in the groundbreaking film Blood: The Last Vampire and continued through the worldwide phenomenon TV series Blood+ is brought to life in this all-new series of novels adapting the hit show. Saya's journey of horror, magic, romance and mystery will stretch across time and around the world, expanding on the television series with new characters, new adventures, and breathtaking action.
Chevengur
by Andrey PlatonovChevengur is a revolutionary novel about revolutionary ardor and despair. Zakhar Pavlovich comes from a world of traditional crafts to work as a train mechanic, motivated by his belief in the transformative power of industry. His adopted son, Sasha Dvanov, embraces revolution, which will transform everything: the words we speak and the lives we live, souls and bodies, the soil underfoot and the sun overhead. Seeking communism, Dvanov joins up with Stepan Kopionkin, a warrior for the cause whose steed is the fearsome cart horse Strength of the Proletariat. Together they cross the steppe, encountering counterrevolutionaries, desperados, and visionaries of all kinds. At last they reach the isolated town of Chevengur. There communism is believed to have been achieved because everything that is not communism has been eliminated. And yet even in Chevengur the revolution recedes from sight. Comic, ironic, grotesque, disturbingly poetic in its use of language, and profoundly sorrowful, Chevengur—here published in a new English translation based on the most authoritative Russian text—is the most ambitious of the extraordinary novels that the great Andrey Platonov wrote in the 1920s and 1930s, when Soviet Russia was moving from revolutionary euphoria to state terror.
Cheyenne Dad
by Sheri WhiteFeatherEven champion bull rider Dakota Graywolf could not defy Cheyenne tradition. So when Annie Winters asked him to be her husband—and father to three Native American boys—he accepted with reluctance…and pride. Dakota expected his honor to bring a reward—his wife’s passion. He longed to know voluptuous Annie in every way, every night. But she held their paper marriage like a shield, protecting her innocence. Still, this modern warrior would have this woman in his marriage bed. And she would cherish him body and soul…But how long before Dakota realized the only way to capture Annie…was to love her?
Chi
by Alexander BesherWiny Fat, head of a South-east Asian biotech drug cartel, is siphoning off vital chi essence from enslaved humans held on plantations in the former Golden Triangle. And bootleg chi products are flooding the world's black markets, offering global consumers everything they have always craved: super-enhanced intelligence, greater creativity, heightened sexual powers, multimedia implants and even short-term immortality.
Chi siamo davvero (Enhanced World (Italiano) #2)
by Victoria SueTalon sta perdendo il controllo delle sue letali abilità. Pronto a qualsiasi cosa pur di tenere Finn al sicuro, Talon lotta per proteggere l’uomo che ama con tutto il cuore e per non diventare il rischio maggiore per la vita del suo amato. A Finn invece non resta altra scelta se non di offrirsi come esca alle oscure forze che rapiscono i bambini potenziati: dovrà esporsi a pericoli per cui non è pronto né addestrato, e dovrà farlo da solo. Avrà Talon la forza per affrontare quest’ultima battaglia? Riuscirà a sconfiggere coloro che vogliono distruggere Finn e la squadra oppure alla fine si renderà conto che, per battere il loro nemico e la sua terribile minaccia, la più grande lotta che dovrà sostenere è quella contro se stesso?
Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis--Expanded Edition (Usagi Yojimbo)
by Stan Sakai Julie SakaiChibi Usagi and his adorable, childlike friends must fight the evil Salamander King to save a village of innocents!Stan Sakai&’s enduring rabbit samurai is reimagined as a &“chibi world&” character in these adorable collaborations with Julie Sakai and colorist Emi Fujii!Enter a world of cute characters and captivating adventures with Chibi Usagi and friends! Join along as Chibi Tomoe, Chibi Gen, and even the terrifying Jei face new challenges with familiar themes in this expanded collection that includes the original graphic novel Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis, plus the comic-length Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Teenie Titans, with short stories &“Chibi Usagi and the Big Bad Jei,&” &“Chibi Usagi and the Goblin of Adachi Plain,&” and &“Chibi Tomoe and the Zo Ninja!&”This special expanded edition also collects Stan Sakai&’s color Chibi Usagi pinups that ran as Usagi Yojimbo comic book back covers, with a bonus pinup section collecting rare images and fun pages from the whole Chibi Usagi team!
Chicago Red
by R. M. MeluchFrom the book jacket: America had been free, a democracy. But now Edward III was king, and America was a land with a small, wealthy elite and a vast body of peasants eking out their meager living in the countryside or preying upon one another in dangerous city slums. Edward's soldiers and especially his executioner. Brigadier General Tow, would see that this was exactly how life in America remained. Only one man ever had the courage to speak out against the tyrant's rule--a man driven by the dream of restoring democracy to the land, only to become the martyr ignominiously hanged on Boot Hill. But from this death a new leader was born, a visionary young man not quite of this world, Chicago Red. His words would take action and be the spark to set the land ablaze with a new kind of revolution....
Chick with a Charm
by Thompson Vicki LewisView our feature on Vicki Lewis Thompson’s Chick with a Charm. From the New York Times bestselling author of Blonde with a Wand--another charming tale of love and witchcraft Lily Revere is free-spirited and fun-loving-two dangerous qualities in a witch. Lily needs a date for her sister Anica's engagement party, and she's determined to bring hot Griffin Taylor. But the jaded divorce lawyer claims his job has warned him off romance. Slipping a love elixir into Griffin's drink may not be the noble thing to do-but it sure works! There's just one problem: Are Griffin's feelings the result of some truly good witchcraft-or could he really be in love? .
Chick with a Charm (Babes on Brooms #2)
by Vicki Lewis ThompsonIgnoring a witch is never wise. Lily Revere is free-spirited and fun-loving--two dangerous qualities in a witch. Especially one who is planning her sister's engagement party--and who needs a date! She's determined to bring hot Griffin Taylor, but he's a divorce lawyer who claims his job has warned him off romance. He may pretend he's just not into her, but she knows better--he needs only a nudge in the right direction. Slipping a love elixir into Griffin's drink may not be the noble thing to do, but it sure works! Lily's dreamboat drops all his defenses, and the two discover they're perfectly matched in every way. There's just one problem: Are Griffin's feelings the result of some truly good witchcraft, or is he really in love?
Chicken Little (Into Reading, Big Book Module 8)
by Ed Emberley Rebecca EmberleyNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way. You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but you've never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration brings us a bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale, as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching gatefold surprise.
Chicken Little Saves the Moon Base: A Graphic Novel (Far Out Fables)
by Benjamin HarperChicken Little and her friends are part of the final frontier, living on the moon base. One day, Chicken Little notices a small dip in the oxygen levels. She’s afraid the moon base may be in big trouble. Back when they lived on Earth, Chicken Little had thought the sky was falling when an acorn hit her on the head. Because of that mistake, none of her friends believe her now. Can she convince them she’s right in time to save the moon base, or will this be a real disaster? In this Far Out Fables adventure, the European folktale of “Chicken Little” is retold with a modern twist to create an exciting graphic novel for kids!
Chicken, Chicken (Goosebumps #53)
by R. L. StineEveryone in Goshen Falls knows about weird Vanessa. She dresses all in black. Wears black lipstick. And puts spells on people. At least, that's what they say. Crystal and her brother, Cole, know you can't believe everything you hear. But that was before they made Vanessa mad. Before she whispered that strange warning, "Chicken chicken." Because now something really weird has happened. Crystal's lips have turned as hard as a bird's beak. And Cole has started growing ugly white feathers all over his body. . . .
Chickenhare: Fire In The Hole
by Chris Grine<P>Chickenhare: half chicken, half rabbit, 100% hero! <P>What's a chickenhare? A cross between a chicken and a rabbit, of course. And that makes Chickenhare the rarest animal around! So when he and his turtle friend Abe are captured and sold to the evil taxidermist Klaus, they've got to find a way to escape before Klaus turns them into stuffed animals. With the help of two other strange creatures, Banjo and Meg, they might even get away. But with Klaus and his thugs hot on their trail, the adventure is only just beginning for this unlikely quartet of friends.
Chicks Kick Butt
by Rachel Vincent L. A. BanksChicks are awesome--and never more so than when they are kicking some serious vampire/werewolf/demon/monster butt.Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best things about the urban fantasy genre: strong, independent, and intelligent heroines who are quite capable of solving their own problems and slaying their own dragons (or demons, as the case may be).Edited by Kerrie Hughes and Rachel Caine, Chicks Kick Butt features original stories from thirteen authors, eleven of whom are New York Times bestsellers:- Rachel Caine (with a story from her bestselling Weather Wardens universe)- L.A. Banks- Rachel Vincent- Karen Chance- Lilith Saintcrow- Cheyenne McCray- Susan Krinard- Jeanne Stein- Jenna Black- Susan Krinard- Jeanne Stein- Jenna Black- Elizabeth Vaughan- Carole Nelson Douglas- P.N. Elrod- Nancy HolderAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Chicks in Chainmail
by Esther M. FriesnerHere they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won't cut, their clubs won't crush? You think they look cute? You can't run, 'cause they're faster than you, and you better not fight, 'cause they're tougher -- and they have no mercy. Here they come, Chicks in Chainmail, and they're going to get you.
Chico Pie Grande: Perdido En La Tierra
by Kenna McKinnonDespués de un viaje secundaria a la Tierra, Errl, un niño de pie grande, deambula por el bosque, perdido. Mientras espera que regresen sus amigos, se enamora de una belleza de cabello dorado. Errl también se encuentra con otros humanos en su viaje. Algunos de ellos se ven bien, mientras que otros llevan armas peligrosas. La vida asusta a un joven Bigfoot en la carrera.
Chicory Up: The Pixie Chronicles (The Pixie Chronicles #2)
by Irene RadfordTHE BATTLE FOR THE TEN ACRE WOOD CONTINUES. . . Skene Falls, Oregon, was a typical small town where everyone knew everyone else's business. But even small towns have their secrets—sometimes magical ones. Skene Falls was not only home to Desdemona and Benedict Carrick and their parents, it was also the dwelling place of the Pixies. When Thistle Down was exiled from Pixie and stranded in a human body, it marked the beginning of a campaign that would prove dangerous to all. Could Thistle, her human friends, and one Pixie named Chicory avert disaster? .
Chilco: A Novel
by Daniela CatrileoA near-future fable about love, life, and friendship in a world that’s coming apart. Chilco is the name of Pascale’s home island. It is also the Mapudungun word for fuchsia: a word that evokes tropical lushness, wetness, the deep greenness of the forest. Pascale's partner, Marina, grew up in the vertical slums of Capital City, a place scarred by centuries of colonialism and now the ravages of feckless developers. Every day the couple fear a sinkhole will open up and take with it another poor neighborhood, another raft of desperate refugees from the hinterlands: the indigenous, the poor, who are toiling for an all-consuming machine that is devouring the earth from beneath their feet. When they finally flee the collapsing city to live in Chilco, are they escaping from the crushing weight of centuries of colonial repression that have eroded indigenous memories, language, and culture, or are they merely stepping into a twisted, lush new version of it? From her first days in this place where she’s supposed to feel safe and at home, Marina can’t avoid the feeling that everything is decaying around her—there is a smell of putrefaction in the air that no one except her can detect; there are seismic rifts that the political cruelties of the times have opened up in her own relationship with Pascale; and she is haunted by insistent memories of her past. In Chilco, Daniela Catrileo’s baroque, tropical jeremiad, the wounds of capitalism and empire inflict themselves on the person and on the land, but linger most devastatingly in language and memory. Indigenous Mapudungun and Quechua words, history, and cosmology form the chorus to this tropical fever dream of life, love, death, and friendship.
Child Of A Dead God
by Barb Hendee J.C. HendeeFor years, Magiere and Leesil have sought a long-forgotten artefact, even though its purpose has been shrouded in mystery. All Magiere knows is that she must keep the orb from her murderous half-brother Welstiel, one of the deadly so-called Noble Dead. And now, dreams of a castle locked in ice lead her south - on a journey that has become nothing less than an obsession.Among Magiere's protectors are two elven assassins-turned-guardians who must fight their distrust of this sister of the dead. Forces more powerful than they are also rallying around Magiere, arming her for conflict. But finding the orb may be just the start of the dangers that await.
Child Of Thoth
by Ed SutterBorn to commoners, Imhotep grows to become a scribe, a healer, an architect, and a high priest. He battles barbarians, rebellious nobles, and the invasion of his Egypt by a voracious empire. This is a story of love, adventure, intrigue, and magic, set in Egypt's Old Kingdom.