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Holly Horror #1 (Holly Horror #1)
by Michelle Jabès Corpora"Playmate, come and play with me..."A beloved classic reimagined with a dark twist.After her parents' painful divorce, Evie Archer hopes that moving to Ravenglass, Massachusetts, is the fresh start that her family needs. But Evie quickly realizes that her new home—known by locals as the Horror House—carries its own dark past after learning about Holly Hobbie, who mysteriously vanished in her bedroom one night.But traces of Holly linger in the Horror House and slowly begin to take over Evie's life. A strange shadow follows her everywhere she goes, and Evie starts to lose sight of what's real and what isn't the more she learns about The Lost Girl.Can Evie find out what happened the night of Holly's disappearance? Or is history doomed to repeat itself in the Horror House?
Holly Santapaws Saves Christmas: Special 5 (Magic Animal Friends #5)
by Daisy MeadowsIt's Christmas in the magical land of Friendship Forest, and Lily and Jess are invited to a wedding! But when wicked witch Grizelda turns up on her sleigh, both Christmas and the wedding are in trouble. Can little puppy Holly Santapaws help the girls save the day?
Holly and Oak (Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar - Mended Ser.)
by J. L. O'FaolainTwice each year, during the solstice, the Holly King battles the Oak King as Nature takes its course. This year, however, Holly concedes defeat far too easily. Curious about his brother's haste, Oak nags his brother into revealing his secret: a new relationship with a human. While loving a mortal is not taboo, Oak fears his brother's love may run too deep. But despite knowing he risks his heart, Holly is determined to share warmth with his Sergio for as long as the world will allow, if not beyond.A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2013 Advent Calendar package "Heartwarming".
Holly the Christmas Fairy (Rainbow Magic Early Reader #17)
by Daisy MeadowsA beautiful full-colour adaptation of the beloved Rainbow Magic special, abridged for younger readers.The King and Queen of Fairyland are all in a fluster. Jack Frost is up to his old tricks and has kidnapped the Christmas elves. Without the elves to make the presents and decorate the trees, there won't be any Christmas this year. Can Rachel and Kirsty save the day, with a little help from Holly the Christmas Fairy?'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.comIf you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Holly the Christmas Fairy: Special (Rainbow Magic #1)
by Daisy MeadowsThe King and Queen of Fairyland are all in a fluster. Jack Frost is up to his old tricks and has kidnapped the Christmas elves. Without the elves to make the presents and decorate the trees, there won't be any Christmas this year. Can Rachel and Kirsty save the day, with a little help from Holly the Christmas Fairy?
Holly's Jolly Christmas
by Nancy KrulikWhat?s better than getting one new Katie story? Getting two! With this newest Super Special, kids can get into the holiday spirit by following Katie?s latest misadventures, first at a Christmas tree farm and then at a Santa?s Workshop theme park, where she switcheroos into . . . Well, we won?t spoil the surprise, but here?s a hint: she doesn?t have a red nose but she sure has antlers! .
Hollyleaf's Story (Warriors)
by Erin HunterWhen Hollyleaf disappeared in the tunnels by the Lake, ThunderClan believed she was gone forever. But her adventure was only beginning. . . . Lost and lonely, Hollyleaf soon meets a mysterious cat named Fallen Leaves, who teaches her how to live in the tunnels. Hollyleaf tries to be happy, but she can't help wondering if leaving her Clanmates was the right choice. Hollyleaf knows she's a ThunderClan cat at heart, but can she ever truly go back?
Hollywood Dead: A Sandman Slim Novel (Sandman Slim #10)
by Richard KadreyLife and death takes on an entirely new meaning for half-angel, half-human hero James Stark, aka, Sandman Slim, in this insanely inventive, high-intensity tenth supernatural noir thriller in the New York Times bestselling series.James Stark is back from Hell, trailing more trouble in his wake. To return to L.A., he had to make a deal with the evil power brokers, Wormwood—an arrangement that came with a catch. While he may be home, Stark isn’t quite himself . . . because he’s only partially alive.There’s a time limit on his reanimated body, and unless Stark can find the people targeting Wormwood, he will die again—and this time there will be no coming back. Even though he’s armed with the Room of Thirteen Doors, Stark knows he can’t find Wormwood’s enemies alone. To succeed he’s got to enlist the help of new friends—plus a few unexpected old faces.Stark has been in dangerous situations before—you don’t get named Sandman Slim for nothing. But with a mysterious enemy on the loose, a debt to pay, and a clock ticking down, this may truly be the beginning of his end. . . .
Hollywood Heroine (Heroine Complex #5)
by Sarah KuhnThe fifth book in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series continues the adventures of Asian-American superheroines Evie Tanaka, Aveda Jupiter, and Bea Tanaka in a demon-infested San Francisco.Over the years, the adventures of superheroines Aveda Jupiter and Evie Tanaka have become the stuff of legend--and now they'll be immortalized in their very own TV show!The pair head to LA for filming, but Aveda struggles to get truly excited. Instead, she's preoccupied wondering about the fate of the world and her role in it. You know, the usual. Now that Otherworld activity has been detected outside the Bay Area, Aveda can't help but wonder if the demon threat will ever be eradicated. When the drama on set takes a turn for the supernatural, Evie and Aveda must balance their celebrity commitments with donning their superhero capes again to investigate. And when the evil they battle reveals a larger, more nefarious plot, it's time for the indomitable Aveda Jupiter to rise to the occasion and become the leader she was meant to be on a more global scale--and hopefully keep some semblance of a personal life while doing so.
Hollywood Jock: 365 Days, Four Screenplays, Three TV Pitches, Two Kids, and One Wife Who's Ready to Pull the Plug
by Rob RyderRob Ryder made that pledge to his wife, and he was determined to stick to it. As technical consultant on blockbuster sports films, he had seen up close how the film business works and what kind of chaos can, and usually does, ensue. And now he was ready to take it on!Hollywood Jock is the suspenseful, dramatic, outrageous, and honest true story of the year when Rob Ryder, screenwriter, laid it all on the line -- and kicked, scratched, wheeled, dealed, and fought like hell to hit the Tinseltown big time. It is a chronicle of schmoozing producers, shopping screenplays, corralling sports legends, and dodging irate actors -- a fascinating perspective on the highs, the very lows, and the behind-the-scenes madness that makes the world of Hollywood so endlessly compelling . . . and infamously brutal.
Hollywood North: A Novel in Six Reels
by Michael Libling&“Libling&’s assured, quietly menacing debut [is] based on his World Fantasy Award–nominated novella of the same title. . . . Fans of Stand by Me and the like will find much to enjoy.&” —Publishers Weekly It&’s the 1960s, and Gus Berry is coming of age in Trenton, a small town on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The place isn&’t known for much—unless you count the menacing stray dogs, plant explosions, plane collisions, and regular drownings. The adults seem to take it all in stride, but Gus can&’t shake the feeling of impending doom. His friend Annie Barker doesn&’t share Gus&’s dark thoughts; she believes in things. So Gus goes about his days, surviving school, trying to live up to his widowed mother&’s expectations, and growing increasingly obsessed with movies and TV shows. Indeed, he scripts his life to make it way more exciting and adventurous than it actually is. Gus is clearly a boy who wants things, which makes Jack Levin the perfect friend. He&’s a local hero famous for finding stuff : a message in a bottle, a meteorite, a long-lost wedding ring. And when Jack makes his most mysterious discovery yet, Gus and Annie are drawn with him into an investigation of Trenton&’s past. Guided by their curiosity, they soon uncover a malignant darkness behind the town&’s senseless tragedies. In Hollywood North, World Fantasy Award–nominated author Michael Libling &“spins a tale of movies and memories, nightmares and nostalgia, with such a frightening secret at its core, that you&’ll understand why, even though you can go home again, you might end up wishing you didn&’t&” (Ian Rogers, author of Every House Is Haunted). &“[A] fine first novel . . . Bradbury might have sketched out this mode in the darker parts of Dandelion Wine and the entirety of Something Wicked This Way Comes, but contemporary authors such as Libling are showing us refinements of sensibility and sense of wonder that the old Waukeganian never dreamed of.&” —Locus
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen (Screen Classics)
by Brian TavesAn &“illuminating&” look at how filmmakers have taken us around the world, under the sea, and to the center of the earth over the course of a century (Milwaukee Express). Even for those who have never read Jules Verne, the author&’s very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to the Center of the Earth. One of the most widely translated authors of all time, Verne has inspired filmmakers since the early silent period and continues to fascinate audiences more than a century after his works were first published. His riveting plots and vivid descriptions easily transform into compelling scripts and dramatic visual compositions. In Hollywood Presents Jules Verne, Brian Taves investigates the indelible mark that the author has left on English-language cinema. Adaptations of Verne&’s tales have taken many forms—early movie shorts, serials, feature films, miniseries, and television shows—and have been produced as both animated and live-action films. Taves illuminates how, as these stories have been made and remade over the years, each new adaptation looks back not only to Verne&’s words but also to previous screen incarnations. He also examines how generations of actors have portrayed iconic characters such as Phileas Fogg and Captain Nemo, and how these figures are treated in pastiches such as Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Investigating the biggest box-office hits as well as lower-budget productions, this comprehensive study will appeal not only to fans of the writer's work but also to readers interested in the ever-changing relationship between literature, theater, and film.
Holoball
by Hillary Grey FleenorGet ready for your first holoball match! Jojo is the newest member on his team. He’s had to make lots of changes so he can play—he’s a cyborg now, which means he’s part human and part robot! His new additions allow him to see and play with holograms and have the entire internet available to him at all times. He must work together with his teammates to outwit the other team and score a victory!
Holocaust and the Stars: The Past in the Prose of Stanisław Lem (Studies in Global Genre Fiction)
by Agnieszka GajewskaThis book is a groundbreaking study of one of the greatest science fiction writers, the Polish master Stanisław Lem. It offers a new direction in research on his oeuvre and corrects several errors commonly appearing in his biographies. The author painstakingly recreates the context of Lem’s early life and his traumatic experiences during the Second World War due to his Jewish background, and then traces these through original and brilliant readings of his fiction and non-fiction. She considers language, worldbuilding, themes, motifs and characterization as well as many buried allusions to the Holocaust in Lem’s published and archival work, and uses these fragments to capture a different side of Lem than previously known. The book discusses various issues concerning the writer’s life, such as his upbringing in a Jewish, Zionist-minded family, the extensive relations between the Lem family and the elite of Lviv at that time, details of the Lem family killed during the German occupation and attempts to reconstruct what happened to Lem’s parents and to the writer himself after escaping the ghetto. Part of the Studies in Global Genre Fiction series, this English translation of the Polish original, which has already been considered a milestone in Lem studies, offers a fresh perspective on the writer and his work. It will be an important intervention for scholars and researchers of Jewish studies, Holocaust literature, science fiction studies, English literature, world war studies, minority studies, popular culture, history and cultural studies.
Holocausto: Un nuevo comienzo
by Fernando RebollarSi no hemos aprendido de nuestros errores como para cometerlos de nuevo, significa que seguimos siendo estúpidos animales destinados a la extinción. La raza humana ha llevado la capacidad de regeneración del planeta al límite, las opciones para evitar el colapso pueden originar un conflicto global, un hombre tendrá en sus manos una decisión que puede cambiar la vida como se conoce en el planeta... La pregunta que tiene es si se atreverá a hacerlo.
Holy Cow!
by Em LynleyAmerican med student Duncan Stirling is traveling around India with his two best friends, who have just married. Their last stop is the magical city of Jaisalmer, a fort in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan. He feels like a third wheel on their honeymoon, though the three friends had the trip planned for years, to celebrate finishing medical school and have a last adventure before they start their residencies back in the States. Akash Nandi is an Indian man from a wealthy and well-known family. At least that's how he appears. He hides the truth that his family is descended from Nandi, Lord Shiva's bull, and they've guarded sacred places for millennia. Being gay and immortal is tough, especially when his family's expectations make finding the right mate impossible. As his grandmother, the family matriarch, nears death, a struggle for power puts Akash and his new crush, the charming American Duncan, in harm's way.A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Daily Dose package "A Walk on the Wild Side".
Holy Dragon Emperor: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Ye LiangXinA hundred thousand years ago, when the young holy dragon emerged, a battle between itself and the gods shook the world. From then on, the world changed hands, and everyone revered the holy dragon. However, it just so happened that the Azure Immortal had descended with the heart as a guide to control the Immeasurable Heart Gu, causing the world to be in turmoil and causing everyone's heart to be in a state of panic. Three hundred days later, with the Holy Dragon's resurrection and the Green Immortal Cult's unparalleled war, the human world was like hell. Three hundred days later, with the Holy Dragon Gu as the guide, he obtained the Holy Dragon Gu and finally separated the Green Immortal from the seal. After that, there were no more holy dragons in the world. A hundred thousand years later, the youth Long Tian descended from the sky above Qingshan Town. Let's see how he would walk his own path … [Group Number, 828435512] [Close]
Holy Dragon Emperor: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Ye LiangXinA hundred thousand years ago, when the young holy dragon emerged, a battle between itself and the gods shook the world. From then on, the world changed hands, and everyone revered the holy dragon. However, it just so happened that the Azure Immortal had descended with the heart as a guide to control the Immeasurable Heart Gu, causing the world to be in turmoil and causing everyone's heart to be in a state of panic. Three hundred days later, with the Holy Dragon's resurrection and the Green Immortal Cult's unparalleled war, the human world was like hell. Three hundred days later, with the Holy Dragon Gu as the guide, he obtained the Holy Dragon Gu and finally separated the Green Immortal from the seal. After that, there were no more holy dragons in the world. A hundred thousand years later, the youth Long Tian descended from the sky above Qingshan Town. Let's see how he would walk his own path … [Group Number, 828435512] [Close]
Holy Fire
by Bruce SterlingThe 21st century is coming to a close, and the medical industrial complex dominates the world economy. It is a world of synthetic memory drugs, benevolent government surveillance, underground anarchists, and talking canine companions. Power is in the hands of conservative senior citizens who have watched their health and capital investments with equal care, gaining access to the latest advancements in life-extension technology. Meanwhile, the young live on the fringes of society, ekeing out a meagre survival on free, government-issued rations and a black market in stolen technological gadgetry from an earlier, less sophisticated age.Mia Ziemann is a 94-year-old medical economist who enjoys all the benefits of her position. But a deathbed visit with a long-ago ex-lover and a chance meeting with a young bohemian dress-designer brings Mia to an awful revelation. She has lived her life with such caution that it has been totally bereft ofpleasure and adventure. She has one chance to do it all over. But first she must submit herself to a radical--and painful--experimental procedure whichpromises to make her young again. The procedure is not without risk and her second chance at life will not come without a price. But first she will have toescape her team of medical keepers.Hitching a ride on a plane to Europe, Mia sets out on a wild intercontinental quest in search of spiritual gratification, erotic revelation, and the thing she missed most of all: the holy fire of the creative experience. She joins a group of outlaw anarchists whose leader may be the man of her dreams...or her undoing. Worst of all, Mia will have to undergo one last radical procedure that could cost her a second life.In Holy Fire, Bruce Sterling once again creates a unique and provocative future that deals with such timeless topics of the human condition as love,memory, science, politics, and the meaning of death. Poginant, lyrical, humorous, and often shocking, Holy Fire offers a hard unsparing look into a world that could become our own.From the Paperback edition.
Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra Book Ser.)
by Bruce SterlingMemory, morality, and immortality merge in this &“haunting and lyrical triumph&” from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus (Time). In the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy—if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores both her body and mind to that of a twenty-year-old. After her dramatic transformation, Mia finds herself lost in an avant-garde world of passion, designer drugs, and creative expression . . . &“Ideas—big ideas—lurk beneath Mia&’s romp through Sterling&’s delightfully imagined newly post-human Earth. Art, artifice, the pursuit of immortality, and youth and aging bounce around the story, the characters, and their conversations in imaginative, engaging fashion. . . . In the end, Holy Fire is one of the most interesting, imaginative, and subtly humorous—and relevant for it—novels the cyberpunk/post-human era has produced. . . . Holy Fire may very well be [Sterling&’s] best work.&” —Speculiction &“An intellectual feat, it is also a treat for the spirit and the senses.&” —Wired &“A patented Sterling extra-special.&” —Newsday &“The future Sterling traces is plausible and provocative, particularly his consideration of several contrasting cultures, and of the disenfranchised who are unable to become &‘post-human.&’ Those interested in serious speculative conversation set within a very strange near-future will find this much to their taste.&” —Publishers Weekly
Holy Sci-Fi!
by Paul J. NahinCan a computer have a soul? Are religion and science mutually exclusive? Is there really such a thing as free will? If you could time travel to visit Jesus, would you (and should you)? For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists and science fiction writers have pondered these questions and many more. In Holy Sci-Fi!, popular writer Paul Nahin explores the fertile and sometimes uneasy relationship between science fiction and religion. With a scope spanning the history of religion, philosophy and literature, Nahin follows religious themes in science fiction from Feynman to Foucault and from Asimov to Aristotle. An intriguing journey through popular and well-loved books and stories, Holy Sci-Fi! shows how sci-fi has informed humanity's attitudes towards our faiths, our future and ourselves.
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor #3)
by Mark LawrenceThe searing conclusion of the thrilling epic fantasy trilogy that saw a young girl trained by an arcane order of nuns grow into the fiercest of warriors... <p><p> They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat. Nona Grey faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice. But it seems unlikely that she and her friends will have time to earn a nun’s habit before war is on their doorstep. Even a warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war. <p><p> The shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she loves, but it’s a power that corrupts. A final battle is coming in which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all. A battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her. A battle in which hearts will be broken, lovers lost, thrones burned.
Holy Smokes
by Katie MacalisterDrake Vireo, the green dragon of Aisling's dreams, is finally ready to make an honest woman of her if, that is, she can ever get him to the altar. When she's stood up at her own wedding she's angry, but that doesn't change her feelings. Then Drake disappears, and it's up to Aisling to find him. Aisling has to deal with warring dragons, ticked-off demon lords, eternal damnation and a mage who's after her job. At least her doggie demon Jim is always at her side. Well, he always has been so far. . .
Holy Smokes
by Katie MacalisterI'm Aisling Grey--but you can call me "frustrated."The dragon of my dreams--uber-sexy Drake Vireo, wyvern of the green dragons--has finally decided to make an honest woman of me. That is, if we ever make it to the wedding at the same time! Being left at the altar may have cooled my jets, but not my passion...a good thing when Drake disappears and it's up to me to find him. Most brides just have in-laws to worry about. Me? I have warring dragons, ticked-off demon lords, eternal damnation, and a mage who wants to challenge me for an otherworldly position I don't even want. At least Jim, my doggie-demon, is always at my side. He's never let me down--yet...
Holy Smokes (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book #4)
by Katie MacalisterParanormal romance about the dragon of her dreams, Drake Vireo, wyvern of the green dragons, who disappears at their wedding, forcing Aisling to find him.