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Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans)
by Isi HendrixThe first book in a fast-paced, witty, and big-hearted debut Afrofantasy trilogy about a twelve-year-old apprenticing in the kitchens at the prestigious Academy of Shamans, who must ally with a snarky goddess and a knife-wielding warrior to save her kingdom. Perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The School for Good and Evil.Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she’s an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can’t disagree—especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can’t control, causing an earthquake in her village.So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and the hope that someone there can figure out what's wrong with her—and fix it. But just as she's settling in, Adia stumbles upon a shocking secret: Unlike her, the kingdom's emperor really is possessed—by a demon more wicked than any other. And he’s on his way to the Academy for a visit.Joining forces with a snarky goddess, a 500-year-old warrior girl, and an annoying soldier-in-training, Adia must travel through hidden realms to exorcise the emperor and save her kingdom. But to succeed, she first must come to understand the powers inside her….The fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Adia Kelbara and the High Queen's Tomb (Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans)
by Isi HendrixThe second book in a fast-paced, witty, and bighearted debut Afrofantasy trilogy about a twelve-year-old apprentice in the kitchens at the prestigious Academy of Shamans who must ally with a snarky goddess and a knife-wielding warrior to save her kingdom. Perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The School for Good and Evil!Adia Kelbara may have defeated the power-hungry god Olark and saved Zaria, but now she must face something even more terrifying: her first semester as a student at the Academy of Shamans. As her abilities are tested during orientation, a mysterious affliction causes everyone except for Adia and Thyme to pass out—and a reanimated corpse appears, with a horrifying message.As if that wasn’t bad enough, Emperor Darian sends news that the same phenomenon is happening across the kingdom and that someone is siphoning energy from the living to resurrect corpses, creating cracks between the realms of the living and the dead.Now it will be up to Adia to push her powers to their limit and journey to the tomb of the ancient High Queen in search of answers and a cure for the sleeping sickness besieging Zaria. But rising corpses aren’t the only threats that stand in her way—a new enemy looms, and if Adia can’t defeat them, Zaria may soon become another realm of the dead.
Adicción (Medianoche #Volumen 2)
by Claudia GrayTras una larga temporada sin verse, Bianca y Lucas buscan la forma de infringir las estrictas normas de la academia Medianoche para poder continuar con su intensa y complicada historia de amor. Pero ¿hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar? Nadie sabe tan bien como ellos que el amor mata o muere... Segunda entrega de la serie paranormal romántica «Medianoche». «Seguíamos cogidos de la mano cuando entramos en el gran vestíbulo, donde había unos cuantos alumnos haciendo tiempo entre clases. Noté su mirada clavada en nosotros, hambrienta y ávida; estaban tan sedientos de chismes nuevos como de sangre. Al pie de las escaleras que conducían a los dormitorios de las chicas, Balthazar se inclinó y me besó en la mejilla. Noté sus labios frescos al rozar mi piel. Mientras subía las escaleras, intenté pensar en cómo iba a explicar aquello a Lucas...» En el internado Medianoche,el amor no es un juego...
Adiós, Robinson y otras piezas breves
by Julio CortázarAdiós, Robinson reúne tres obras de teatro breves y un guion de radioteatro que conservan el estilo del absurdo, el sarcasmo y la subversión que caracteriza la obra de Julio Cortázar. Este volumen reúne las obras de teatro de Julio Cortázar: Dos juegos de palabras (que contiene Pieza en tres escenas y Tiempo de barrilete, ambas escritas a finales de los años 40 y que poseen numerosos rasgos del teatro del absurdo mezclados con poesía); Nada a Pehuajó, de los años 70, probablemente su pieza más representada tanto en Argentina como en diferentes partes del mundo, un texto lleno del sarcasmo y el irónico escepticismo que caracteriza gran parte de su obra, y finalmente Adiós, Robinson, un guion de radioteatro, también de los años 70, su particular adaptación de Robinson Crusoe, la famosa novela de Daniel Defoe, que se destaca por sus meditaciones anticolonialistas y que reflexiona sobre la soledad, siempre con el humor por bandera. Con este volumen, el autor nos demuestra, una vez más, que no hay género que pueda eludir la impronta única y característica que lo distingue como uno de los grandes maestros de la literatura argentina del siglo XX. La crítica dijo... «Cortázar nos ha dejado una obra tal vez inconclusa pero tan bella e indestructible como su recuerdo.»Gabriel García Márquez «Ningún otro escritor dio al juego la dignidad literaria que Cortázar, ni hizo del juego un instrumento de creación y exploración artística tan dúctil y provechoso. La obra de Cortázar abrió puertas inéditas.»Mario Vargas Llosa «Cortázar es casi un Bolívar de la literatura latinoamericana. Es un hombre que nos ha liberado, que nos ha dicho que se puede hacer todo.»Carlos Fuentes «»Prosa hecha de aire, sin peso ni cuerpo pero que sopla un ímpetu y levanta en nuestras mentes bandadas de imágenes y visiones, vaso comunicante entre los ritmos callejeros de la ciudad y el soliloquio del poeta.»Octavio Paz «Cortázar es el mejor.»Roberto Bolaño
Adjacentland
by Rabindranath MaharajToday is a new day but yesterday was the same day. A man awakens with no memory in a strange, rundown institution. Struggling to make sense of his surroundings, he begins to piece together the story of his life from clues someone has left for him—drawings that line the walls of his room and fragments of letters hidden in the lining of his jacket. When he leaves his room to venture into the surrounding Compound, he encounters a group of oddly familiar people that urge him to undertake a desperate mission. In dreamlike prose, award-winning novelist Rabindranath Maharaj weaves a story of fragments in which our narrator comes to believe he was once a comic book writer who warned against humanity's reliance on artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, his caretakers try to convince him he's insane. Soon he uncovers more clues that suggest memory is stored outside the body, and he learns of Adjacentland, a primitive land of outsiders where human imagination still survives. Together with a motley group of inmates from the Compound, he decides he must make his way there. In this brilliant, unsettling novel, Maharaj asks us, "What happens to the soul when all minds are tied together?"
Admiral
by Sean DankerFIRST IN A NEW MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES"I was on a dead ship on an unknown planet with three trainees freshly graduated into the Imperial Service. I tried to look on the bright side." He is the last to wake. The label on his sleeper pad identifies him as an admiral of the Evagardian Empire--a surprise as much to him as to the three recent recruits now under his command. He wears no uniform, and he is ignorant of military protocol, but the ship's records confirm he is their superior officer. Whether he is an Evagardian admiral or a spy will be of little consequence if the crew members all end up dead. They are marooned on a strange world, their ship's systems are failing one by one--and they are not alone.From the Hardcover edition.
Admiralty: The Collected Short Stories Volume 4
by Poul AndersonPoul Anderson's stories are classics from the golden age of science fiction and beyond. A master storyteller, Anderson wrote tales ranging from the immediate to the distant future, from Earth to far-flung galaxies, from hard science fiction to fantasy - all the elements stirred and blended as only Anderson could!ADMIRALTY is the fourth volume of The Collected Works of Poul Anderson and collects his best works from a writing career that spans over 50 years.This volume contains 23 stories including:Goat Song (Hugo and Nebula winner)Operation ChangelingThe Adventure of the Misplaced HoundDelenda EstLodestarThe PugilistMariusInside StraightPlus the revised version of 'Black Bodies' and an afterword by Poul Anderson discussing 'Eutopia'
Adolescents Only
by Irving Cox Jr.Elvin wasn't sure how it had started--maybe it was the Schermerhorn twins--or the mysterious "meteorite"--or else the world had gone crazy . . . .
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adorable Ghost Husband: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Tian JiuPicking up a Barbie, she happily carried it back to her dorm, as if it was her daughter's …But, who can tell me what's going on with the arrogant ghost sitting across from me!You gave my daughter back to me, ah ah ah ah!
Adrenaline Rush (The Capes #2)
by Rebecca RoyceAce Hudson has worked for his brother, Draco, at Powers, Inc. since it opened. Spending his days trying to balance his job with taking care of his teenage brother, Lael, he uses his nights to overcome the overabundance of adrenaline in his body that makes him lose control. He also happens to have a secret crush on a celebrity chef who makes home-cooked meals look sexier than they have a right to be.Alice Styles runs an empire based on her ability to make people want to eat what she cooks. When she’s nearly killed on live television in a situation straight out of one of her childhood nightmares, she reluctantly asks Ace Hudson to help keep her safe. Starting out with instant dislike and finding their way to mutual pleasure, Ace and Alice do not have an easy path to love. But their egos and personal barriers are nothing compared to the looming threat just waiting for a moment to possess Alice. This title has been previously published and has been re-edited for your enjoyment.
Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction
by David HajduThis never-before-told story of the life and work of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon is "a revealing—and at times hilarious—satire of the music business, fame, and the cult of personality" (Clea Simon, Boston Globe).Adrianne Geffel was a genius. Praised as the “Geyser of Grand Street” and the “Queen of Bleak Chic,” she was a one-of-a-kind artist, a pianist and composer with a rare neurological condition that enabled her to make music that was nothing less than pure, unmediated emotional expression. She and her sensibility are now fully integrated into the cultural lexicon; her music has been portrayed, represented, and appropriated endlessly in popular culture. But what do we really know about her? Despite her renown, Adrianne Geffel vanished from public life, and her whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.David Hajdu cuts through the noise to tell, for the first time, the full story of Geffel’s life and work, piecing it together through the memories of those who knew her, inspired her, and exploited her—her parents, teachers, best friend, manager, critics, and lovers. Adrianne Geffel made music so strange, so compelling, so utterly unique that it is simply not to be believed. Hajdu has us believing every note of it in this slyly entertaining work of fiction.A brilliantly funny satire, with characters that leap off the page, Adrianne Geffel is a vividly twisted evocation of the New York City avant-garde of the 1970s and ’80s, and a strangely moving portrait of a world both utterly familiar and like none we’ve ever encountered.
Adrift
by Rob Boffard"An edge-of-the-seat epic of survival and adventure in deep space." - Gareth L. Powell, BSFA Award-Winning authorSigma Station. The ultimate luxury hotel, in the far reaches of space.For one small group, a tour of the Horsehead Nebula is meant to be a short but stunning highlight in the trip of a lifetime.But when a mysterious ship destroys Sigma Station and everyone on it, suddenly their tourist shuttle is stranded.They have no weapons. No food. No water. No one back home knows they're alive.And the mysterious ship is hunting them.For more from Rob Boffard, check out:The Outer Earth TrilogyTracerZero - GImpactOuter Earth (Omnibus Edition)
Adrift (Donovan #5)
by W. Michael GearThe fifth book in the thrilling Donovan sci-fi series returns to a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.The Maritime Unit had landed in paradise. After a terrifying ten-year transit from Solar System aboard the Ashanti, the small band of oceanographers and marine scientists were finally settled. Perched on a reef five hundred kilometers out from shore, they were about to embark on the first exploration of Donovan's seas. For the twenty-two adults and nine children, everything is new, exciting, and filled with wonder as they discover dazzling sea creatures, stunning plant life, and fascinating organisms.But Donovan is never what it seems; the changes in the children were innocuous--oddities of behavior normal to kids who'd found themselves in a new world. Even then it was too late. An alien intelligence, with its own agenda, now possesses the children, and it will use them in a most insidious way: as the perfect weapons.How can you fight back when the enemy is smarter than you are, and wears the face of your own child?Welcome to Donovan.
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children)
by Seanan McGuireGiant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.Nadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that poisoned her, and the one who adopted her.Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she'd been missing from birth.It was cumbersome; it was uncomfortable; it was wrong.It wasn't her.Frustrated and unable to express why, Nadya began to wander, until the day she fell through a door into Belyrreka, the Land Beneath the Lake--and found herself in a world of water, filled with child-eating amphibians, majestic giant turtles, and impossible ships that sailed as happily beneath the surface as on top. In Belyyreka, she found herself understood for who she was: a Drowned Girl, who had made her way to her real home, accepted by the river and its people.But even in Belyyreka, there are dangers, and trials, and Nadya would soon find herself fighting to keep hold of everything she had come to treasure.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Adrift: Chronicles of Caleath
by Rosalie SkinnerTag Seawell's strange turns are frightening his shipmates. Each time his eyes turn black unexpected things happen. He can't explain why. When strangers come to town searching for a man of his description, the locals fail to mention his existence. The stranger's arrival and departure before Tag returns from sea, give him his first hope of learning about his past and perhaps curing him of the unexplained fits he falls into. Leaving his woman behind Tag follows the strangers and embarks on a perilous and confusing voyage of discovery. Nothing prepares Tag for the revelations his journey brings. From pirates, to warring dragons, whales, starships and an alien god, new experiences jog old memories. Discovery comes with a price. Why does Death want his unborn child? Why does a race of sorcerers want his help? How is he supposed to influence dragons and how does he know and do things he should not know?
Adrift: The epic of survival and adventure in deep space
by Rob Boffard'AN EDGE-OF-THE-SEAT EPIC OF SURVIVAL AND ADVENTURE IN DEEP SPACE' Gareth L. Powell'A UNIQUE MIX OF THRILLER, SPACE ADVENTURE AND CONSPIRACY NOVEL - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' Jamie SawyerIn the far reaches of space, a tour group embarks on what will be the trip of a lifetime - in more ways than one . . .For one small group, a tour of the nearby Horsehead Nebula is meant to be a short but stunning highlight in the trip of a lifetime.But when a mysterious ship destroys Sigma Station and everyone on it, suddenly their tourist shuttle is stranded.They have no weapons. No food. No water. No one back home knows they're alive.And the mysterious ship is hunting them.Rob Boffard's Adrift is a thrilling science fiction tale of survival against all odds - perfect for fans of Alastair Reynold's Revenger, Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Adrian Tchaikovksy' Children of Time and John Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire.'This action-packed adventure is made for summer vacation reading' Publishers Weekly'Adrift is rich in deep character-driven drama, built on a highly suspenseful premise' D. Nolan Clark, author of Forsaken Skies'This book is an intense, heart-pounding, cast-away-in-the-vastness-of-space adventure that keeps you guessing right up until the end! I was so utterly enthralled, I couldn't put it down' K. B. Wagers, author of Behind the Throne
Adultery: A novel (Vintage International)
by Paulo Coelho Margaret Jull Costa Zoë PerryIn the latest novel from #1 best-selling author Paulo Coelho, a woman attempts to overcome midlife ennui by rediscovering herself in a passionate relationship with a man who had been a friend in her youth.A woman in her thirties begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. In everybody's eyes, she has a perfect life: happy marriage, children, and a career. Yet what she feels is an enormous apathy. All that changes when she encounters a successful politician who had, years earlier, been her high school boyfriend. As she rediscovers the passion missing from her life, she will face a life-altering choice.This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Adulthood Rites
by Octavia E. ButlerBook 2 of Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy. Akin comes to adulthood, and attempts to save the Human race.
Adulthood Rites (The\xenogenesis Trilogy Ser. #2)
by Octavia E. ButlerFrom the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower:After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to self-destruction.In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. But their salvation comes at a cost.The Oankali are able to read and mutate genetic code, and they use these skills for their own survival, interbreeding with new species to constantly adapt and evolve. They value the intelligence they see in humankind but also know that the species—rigidly bound to destructive social hierarchies—is destined for failure. They are determined that the only way forward is for the two races to produce a new hybrid species—and they will not tolerate rebellion.Akin looks like an ordinary human child. But as the first true human-alien hybrid, he is born understanding language, then starts to form sentences at two months old. He can see at a molecular level and kill with a touch. More powerful than any human or Oankali, he will be the architect of both races' future. But before he can carry this new species into the stars, Akin must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two.
Adulthood Rites: An unforgettable sci-fi novel from the multi-award-winning author (Lilith's Brood #2)
by Octavia E. ButlerThe captivating Adulthood Rites is the second novel in the Xenogenesis trilogy by the 'grand dame of science fiction' and Hugo, Locus and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler. Adulthood Rites is sure to enthral fans of Naomi Alderman's The Power and thrilling blockbusters Black Panther and Ready Player One. '[Her] evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' New York Times 'In a field dominated by white male authors, Butler's African-American feminist perspective is unique, and uniquely suited to reshape the boundaries of the sci-fi genre' LA Style Lilith Iyapo has given birth to what looks like a normal human boy, Akin. But his genealogy is complicated and includes an alien race that rescued humanity from a devastating nuclear war. The price the Oankali exact is a high one - they are compelled to genetically merge their species with other races, drastically altering both in the process.On a rehabilitated Earth, this new race is emerging, living alongside the 'pure' humans who choose to resist the aliens and the salvation they offer. These resisters are sterilized so that they cannot reproduce the genetic defect that drives humanity to destroy itself.When the resisters kidnap young Akin, the Oankali choose to leave the child with his captors. Will Akin give the resisters back their fertility and freedom, even though they will only destroy themselves again?What readers are saying about ADULTHOOD RITES: 'Octavia Butler's work never fails to hook me in so far I never want to leave.''This is a series every Human should read.''Absolutely outstanding. Butler's ideas are incredible, her writing is beautiful, her storytelling compelling.'