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Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness #4)
by Tamora PierceNow a knight errant, Alanna goes on a quest for a legendary jewel in this fourth and final book in Tamora Pierce&’s Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning young adult series—now with a new look!Having achieved her dream of becoming the first female knight errant, Alanna of Trebond finds herself at loose ends. She has already triumphed in countless bloody battles, and her adventures are considered legendary. Perhaps being a knight errant is not all that Alanna needs… But Alanna must push her uncertainty aside when she is tasked with the impossible. She must recover the Dominion Jewel, a legendary gem that has enormous power for good…in the right hands. And Alanna must work fast. Her archenemy, Duke Roger, is back and more formidable than ever, putting Tortall in great danger. As she puts her hard-won skills to use, Alanna discovers through fierce combat and ceaseless searching that she can make a future worthy of her mythic past—both as a warrior and as a woman.
Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini TaylorAn award-winning short story collection from the author of the must-read DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE trilogy.In Victorian times, goblins offered sumptuous fruits in exchange for maidens' souls... and were usually successful. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy young women? Discover the answer in GOBLIN FRUIT. In SPICY LITTLE CURSES a demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters become complicated when she falls in love and decides to test the curse placed upon her. And in HATCHLING, six days before Esme's fourteenth birthday, her left eye turns from brown to blue. She little suspects what the change heralds, but her small safe life begins to unravel at once. What does the beautiful, fanged man want with her, and how is her fate connected to a mysterious race of demons?
Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini TaylorIn the style of Stephenie Meyer, three tales of supernatural love that all hinge on a life-changing kiss.Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only to offer young girls sumptuous fruits to tempt them to sell their souls. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy girls? Spicy Little Curses: A demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters become complicated when she falls in love and decides to test her curse.
Lipstick Voodoo: The Kincaid Strange Series, Book Two (Kincaid Strange Series, The #2)
by Kristi CharishKincaid Strange, not your average voodoo practitioner, is back in the freshly imagined and hugely entertaining second installment of Kristi Charish's urban fantasy series.Kincaid Strange cannot catch a break. After dealing with a spate of paranormal murders, there's barely time to recuperate--let alone sleep in--before there's a new problem in Kincaid's world of paranormal activity. When her roommate, Nathan Cade--the ghost of a grunge-rocker with a pathological lack of self-control--comes home bound to a dead body, it's up to Kincaid to figure out how to free him. Ideally before her new mentor, Gideon, a powerful sorcerer's ghost, discovers that Nate is trapped in the body he'd coveted for himself. When Aaron, a Seattle cop on the afterlife beat--and Kincaid's ex--calls her in to help out with a cold case, she takes the chance to mend fences with the police department. The problem: they want to interview Nate's ghost, which she can't produce. Then people from Nate's past start showing up dead, and what's killing them doesn't seem to be human. And the way it's killing them is especially brutal. Nate's hiding something, but he's Kincaid's friend and she wants to help him. But she also wants to stay alive....
Liquid Lies
by Hanna MartineMagic is corporate America's best-kept secret, and Gwen Carroway is the best at selling it... With her ability to pick up any language in an instant, Gwen Carroway is taking her family business global. As dutiful future leader of water elementals, she'll do anything to protect her people's secrets and bloodlines--including enter an arranged marriage. Inside, however, she yearns for the forbidden. Reed is a mercenary addicted to the money and adrenaline rush of his work. After he inadvertently saves Gwen's life, he ignites her taboo desire for men without magic--and with bodies of gods. Just as things heat up, Reed discovers that Gwen is exactly who he's been hired to kidnap. He resolves to put work before lust, yet her luscious beauty and fiery spirit unravel him... But there is a terrible truth behind Gwen's family business--and now, caught between the kinsmen she no longer trusts and an enemy bent on vengeance, the only ally she has is her abductor...
Liquid Snakes: A Novel
by Stephen KearseFinalist for the Libby Book AwardsWhat if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down it? A Black biochemist provides an answer in this wildly original novel of pollution, poison, and dark pleasureIn Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a biochemist-turned-coffee-shop-owner in denial about his divorce and grieving his stillborn daughter. Chemicals killed their child, leaching from a type of plant the government is hiding in Black neighborhoods. Kenny&’s coping mechanisms are likewise chemical and becoming more baroque—from daily injections of lethal snake venom to manufacturing designer drugs. As his grief turns corrosive, it taints every person he touches.Black epidemiologists Retta and Ebonee are called to the scene when a mysterious black substance is found to have killed a high school girl. Investigating these &“blackouts&” sends the women down separate paths of blame and retribution as two seemingly disparate narratives converge in a cinematic conclusion.Liquid Snakes is an immersive, white-knuckle ride with the spookiness of speculative fiction and the propulsion of binge-worthy shows like FX&’s Atlanta and HBO&’s Random Acts of Flyness. Transfiguring a whodunit plot into a labyrinthine reinterpretation of a crime procedural, Stephen Kearse offers an uncanny commentary on an alternative world, poisoned.
Lirael (Old Kingdom #2)
by Garth NixShe doesn't even have the Sight- the ability to see into the present and possible futures- that is the very birthright of the Clayr. <P><P>Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil- one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clay; and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. <P>With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Sabriel, Garth Nix draws readers deeper into the magical landscape of the Old Kingdom and weaves a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny, and danger.
Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (Old Kingdom Series #2)
by Garth Nix<P>Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil. <P>Sequel to Sabriel, winner of the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Australian Science Fiction,.
Lisa the Jelly Bean Fairy: The Candy Land Fairies Book 3 (Rainbow Magic #3)
by Daisy MeadowsGet ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Kirsty and Rachel are delighted to be invited to Fairyland for the annual Candy Harvest. But when the Candyland Fairies' magical objects go missing, they find themselves in a sticky situation! Can the girls defeat Jack Frost in time to save the Fairyland Sweet Factory from a bitter end? 'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.com Read all four fairy adventures in the Candyland Fairies set! Monica the Marshmallow Fairy; Gabby the Bubble Gum Fairy; Lisa the Jelly Bean Fairy; Shelley the Sherbet Fairy. If you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Lisey's Story
by Stephen KingINCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN KING AND APPLE TV +Perhaps Stephen King's most personal and powerful novel and audiobook, LISEY'S STORY is a beautifully textured suspense narrative about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness and the secret language of love. Read by Mare Winningham.Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.(P)2006 Simon and Schuster Audio
Lisey's Story
by Stephen King*Soon to be an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen*INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN KING AND APPLE TV +Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
List
by Patricia Forde'You are the Wordsmith now. Are you ready for the challenge?'The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth. To make sure humans avoid the mistakes of their past and are able to survive, everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words. Everyone, that is, except Letta. As apprentice to the Wordsmith, Letta can read all the words that have ever existed. Words like freedom, music, and even pineapple tell her about a world she's never known.One day her master disappears and the leaders of Ark tell Letta she is the new Wordsmith and must shorten List to fewer and fewer words. When Letta meets a mysterious boy who somehow knows all the words that have been banned, she's faced with a dangerous choice: sit idly by and watch language slowly slip away or follow a stranger on a path to freedom ... or banishment.
Listen to Your Heart
by Irene BrandLaurel Cooper was too busy planning her only daughter’s wedding to make time for romance. But the fortysomething widow couldn’t ignore the rugged photojournalist who’d appeared on her doorstep to photograph her antebellum home-turned-boarding house. Especially not when they spent so much time together as she gave him tours of other local historic homes. Micah Davidson made himself indispensable, even covering the wedding as a favor for his lovely new landlady. Yet just as Micah was about to propose, a shocking photograph surfaced, turning Laurel’s world upside down. Could their love outlast the long-buried secrets from Laurel’s past?
Listen to the Echoes
by Ray Bradbury Sam Weller Black FrancisA definitive collection of interviews with one of America's most famous writers, covering his life, faith, friends, politics, and visions of the future.Ray Bradbury, the poetic and visionary author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, is one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. From Mikhail Gorbachev to Alfred Hitchcock to David Bowie, Bradbury's sway on contemporary culture is towering. Acclaimed biographer and Bradbury scholar Sam Weller has spent more than a decade interviewing the author; the fascinating conversations that emerge cast a high-definition portrait of a creative genius and a futurist who longs for yesterday. Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews is the definitive collection of interviews with an American icon.
Listen, Listen
by Kate WilhelmFour science fiction stories by Kate Wilhelm along with her guest of honor speech at Noreascon II including "The Winter Beach", "Julian", "With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope" and "Moongate"
Listen, Listen
by Kate WilhelmThis book contains four striking novellas, and the author's own philosophy of fiction writing expressed in her speech as a guest of honour at the 38th World Science Fiction Convention."The Winter Beach" turns what might be a spy story into suspense of a far different order."Julian" begins when its youthful hero trains his telescope on nearby earth rather than the stars and sees a woman who rules the rest of his life."With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope" seems to be the dramatic story of a holiday fishing trip, but once on the ocean we are gripped by a different reality."Moongate", set in the mountains of the Northwest, takes its two men and one woman through many dimensions in time and space."The Uncertain Edge of Reality" casts a new light on Kate Wilhelm's many books and short stories. "This is my subject matter when I write," she says. "I am asking, What actually do we mean by reality, and are we stuck with the one we have? This is what I mean by reality fiction, and usually it is also called science fiction...We are more than simple animals using sophisticated tools in our search for food, security and mates. We are something new on the earth...We can change reality."Kate Wilhelm's writing always has meaning on many levels. Listen, Listen provides a feasts for fans and new readers alike.
Litany of Dreams: An Arkham Horror Novel (Arkham Horror)
by Ari MarmellDark incantations expose the minds of Miskatonic University students to supernatural horrors, in this chilling mystery novel of Arkham HorrorThe mysterious disappearance of a gifted student at Miskatonic University spurs his troubled roommate, Elliot Raslo, into an investigation of his own. But Elliot already struggles against the maddening allure of a ceaseless chant that only he can hear… When Elliot&’s search converges with that of a Greenland Inuk&’s hunt for a stolen relic, they are left with yet more questions. Could there be a connection between Elliot&’s litany and the broken stone stele covered in antediluvian writings that had obsessed his friend? Learning the answers will draw them into the heart of a devilish plot to rebirth an ancient horror.
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
by L. Sprague deCampStories contained in this book:The Swords of FaerieJack of all Arts: William MorrisTwo Men in One: Lord DunsanyEldritch Yankee Gentleman: H. P. LovecraftSuperman in a Bowler: E. R. EddisonThe Miscast Barbarian: Robert E. HowardParallel Worlds: Fletcher PrattSierran Shaman: Clark Ashton SmithMerlin in Tweeds: J. R. R. TolkienThe Architect of Camelot: T. H. WhiteConan's Compeers
Literature Connections English: Tuck Everlasting (Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections)
by McDougal-Littell Publishing StaffMcDougal Littell's Literature Connections' Tuck Everlasting and Related Readings
Lithium
by Marika Cavaletto Barbara M. Patrizi Chiara B. D'Oria"The last scene, seared in my mind, was that of a girl with long brown hair, gripping a wooden stake and upholding the honour of our race. We are what we are and she had just joined our fate. We are what we are. We are Vampire Slayers..." You might run but you cannot hide... Mya and Chrissie decide to leave Italy and move to Scotland, seeing in going to college the chance to escape the pain that threatens to drag them down. Yet they cannot know that the memories they are desperately trying to forget are nothing compared to what Fate has in store for them. Because the small, somnolent town of St. Jillian is not the safe haven they were looking for but a different kind of hell, full of new memories they'll want to forget Vampires, werewolves, demon slayers, millenary wars, and a reality that mankind needs never find out. Throughout their adventures, Mya and Chrissie keep reminding each other that it is part of our Fate to love and to fight, and we can't escape it. So what is the point of running yet again? A Dark Romance in which the lives of several people are intertwined. Mya, Chrissie, Dorian, William - all of them are looking for their way in a world governed by a superior power that seems not to care about the struggles of us mere mortals, simple pawns in its greater plans. They say that Fate loves and hates us in the same measure - so why does hatred seem to prevail?
Little (Grrl) Lost
by Charles De Lint14-year-old T.J. and her new friend Elizabeth, a 6-inch high "Little" with a chip on her shoulder, help one another as they adjust to the world.
Little Alchemist's Cultivation: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Qing HuaShengJieHe had been refined into a Chaos Divine Body by the crucible after an accidental accident; when he saw the light of day again, he found himself in a modern city that was a thousand years later.In such a bustling and cold modern city, what kind of legend would he, a supreme cultivator of his generation, be able to deduce?
Little Alchemist's Cultivation: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Qing HuaShengJieHe had been refined into a Chaos Divine Body by the crucible after an accidental accident; when he saw the light of day again, he found himself in a modern city that was a thousand years later.In such a bustling and cold modern city, what kind of legend would he, a supreme cultivator of his generation, be able to deduce?
Little Alchemist's Cultivation: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Qing HuaShengJieHe had been refined into a Chaos Divine Body by the crucible after an accidental accident; when he saw the light of day again, he found himself in a modern city that was a thousand years later.In such a bustling and cold modern city, what kind of legend would he, a supreme cultivator of his generation, be able to deduce?
Little Apocalypse
by Katherine SparrowMonsters aren’t real. Everyone knows that. Full of creepy-cool atmosphere and monstrous magic, this gripping middle grade debut will sink its claws into fans of supernatural adventures like Holly Black’s Doll Bones and Ellen Oh’s Spirit Hunters.When a sudden earthquake strands Celia’s parents out of town, she finds herself on her own in a shaken city. She tries to reach out to other kids around her apartment building. Some of them, like the sad boy named Demetri, seem wary of letting her too close. The others call themselves Hunters. They claim the earthquake was caused by monsters only kids can see. And they think Celia is destined to save the city.Celia doesn’t feel destined to save anything—but for the first time, she feels like maybe she’s seeing things as they really are….