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Landscape with Invisible Hand

When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth -- but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents' jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv's miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem "classic" Earth culture (doo-wop music, still-life paintings of fruit, true love), recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it's hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he's willing to go -- and what he's willing to sacrifice -- to give the vuvv what they want.

Landscapes

A darkly absorbing, prismatic debut novel from Christine Lai, set in a near future that is fraught with ecological collapse and geopolitical upheaval, Landscapes explores memory, empathy, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal. In a ruinous country house in the now barren English countryside--decimated by heat and drought--and in a dusty library damaged by earthquake and floods, Penelope archives what remains of the estate&’s once notable, now diminished, art collection. As she delves into the objects and images, she also keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated estate that has been her home for two decades and a refuge for those who have been displaced by disasters. Out of necessity, Penelope and her partner, Aidan, have sold the house and with its scheduled demolition comes this pressing task of building the archive. But with it also comes the impending arrival of Aidan&’s brother, Julian, who will return to have one final look at his childhood home. Penelope suffered at the hands of Julian twenty-two years ago during a brief but violent relationship, and as his visit looms large over her, she finds herself unable to tamp down the past in her efforts to build a possible, if uncertain, future. In this elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay and diary, Penelope&’s past, present and future collide as fear and loss close in around her, and she clings to art as a means of understanding, of survival, and of reckoning. Recalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro, Landscapes is an evocative reinvention of the pastoral and the country house novel for our age of catastrophe, and announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new writer.

L'anello dei desideri della vecchia Regina Maab

Ramsey vuole solo un po' di fortuna e un sacco di soldi. Ancora non lo sa, ma una passeggiata nel bosco gli porterà la fortuna di cui ha bisogno. Oppure no? Questa è la storia di un giovane contadino, di un anello dei desideri e di una fata di nome Regina Maab. "La migliore narrazione favolistica vecchia scuola." - recensione COSA DICE LA GENTE DI STEVE VERNON "Questo genere ha bisogno di sangue nuovo e Steve Vernon è un'ottima trasfusione." –Edward Lee, autore di FLESH GOTHIC e CITY INFERNAL "Se Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson e Robert Bloch facessero sesso selvaggio a tre nell'idromassaggio e poi un gruppo di scienziati venisse a filtrare l'acqua e miscelasse i residui di DNA in una provetta, l'esperimento genetico risultante probabilmente si svilupperebbe in Steve Vernon." - Bookgasm "Steve Vernon è una sorta di anomalia nel panorama della letteratura horror. È una delle nuove voci più fresche del genere nonostante la sua carriera vada avanti da vent'anni. Con una scrittura di una rara spavalderia e sicurezza, Steve Vernon sa condurre i suoi lettori attraverso un'intera gamma di emozioni, dal terrore e dalla repulsione assoluti alla compassione e alla risata." - Cemetery Dance "Dotato di un senso dell'umorismo bizzarro, di un'enorme quantità di originalità, di una predisposizione ad assumersi rischi e di una forte padronanza della caratterizzazione, Steve ha sicuramente tutte le carte in regola." - Dark Discoveries "Steve Vernon è nato per scrivere. È uno dei migliori e siamo fortunati ad averlo." - Richard Chizmar Anche la mia mamma pensa che io sia figo.

L’ange gardien

La vie de Jude Shea se retrouve complètement bouleversée lorsqu'il vient au secours d'un chien qu'il nomme Joe. Même si Jude a déjà pas mal de problèmes pour s'occuper de lui-même - il n'a plus de travail - il ne peut pas résister à l'animal qui a besoin de lui. Surtout lorsqu'une nuit, un homme se présente à sa porte pour réclamer son nouveau compagnon. Alors qu'ils échappent de justesse à une attaque surprise, Jude va comprendre que « Joe » n'est pas tout à fait ce qu'il semble être. Dans une dimension alternative, Eoin Thral est un Gardien et une fois qu'il laisse Jude traverser le voile qui sépare leurs deux mondes, il se transforme en un homme magnifique connu pour ses compétences au combat mais pas pour sa capacité à aimer. Immergé dans le monde d'Eoin, Jude devra faire face au combat le plus difficile de toute sa vie pour leur garantir une fin heureuse à tous les deux.

The Language of Dead Flowers

Many people are born with magic. Tao&’s happens to be the kind that will get them killed.Tao never had a choice about their power. Unfortunately, necromancy is punishable by death. No one can ever know the truth, but it&’s fine—they can handle it. They keep their head down, make friends at the tattoo studio where they work, and stay out of trouble.Then trouble finds them and turns their quiet life upside down. Tao stumbles onto the scene of a crime—a crime where someone committed murder and then brought the victim back to life—and meets a boy who slips through their carefully constructed defenses, all in the same day.Tao can&’t help but agree to a date with Adam, the boy with the freckles. Just one date before Tao says goodbye—because Tao has to track down the other necromancer, and it might be the last thing they ever do.But Adam knows more about necromancers than Tao ever suspected—including how to kill one. If they&’re going to solve this murder and get out alive and undiscovered, Tao&’s going to need his help….

The Language of Ghosts

The Penderwicks meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this thrilling middle grade fantasy adventure about a trio of royal siblings who unlock a long-forgotten magical language in their bid to reclaim their stolen throne—from Ember and the Ice Dragons author Heather Fawcett. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Robert Beatty. Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family’s stolen throne and ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses don’t go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full. When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a weapon capable of defeating Julian—whose legendary spell weaving is feared throughout the kingdom—once and for all, they vow to get to it first. To everyone’s surprise, the key to victory turns out to be a long-lost magical language—and only Noa can speak it.But what if by helping her brother, Noa ends up losing him?

The Language of Power

Rosemary Kirstein’s acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where the powerful rule by lies. The steerswomen were seekers, collectors of knowledge, and whatever they learned was free for the asking. The wizards also had knowledge– the knowledge to command nature itself–but they jealously guarded their dark wisdom. The two groups have been at odds for centuries: They do not agree, they do not converse, they do not associate. Now the steerswoman Rowan has uncovered evidence that the master wizard, Slado, is conjuring dangerous spells in shadow, devastating the distant lands called the Outskirts and changing the course of the world. Rowan has no choice: Slado must be stopped . . . if he can even be found. Following a dubious clue, Rowan and her friend Bel, an Outskirter, have come to the city of Donner, seeking answers from the past for a danger in the present. But the secrets go deeper than Rowan had ever imagined, compelling her to wonder: What if all this time she has been askingthe wrong questions? From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Language of Spells

Grisha is a dragon in a world that's forgotten how to see him. Maggie is a unusual child who thinks she's perfectly ordinary. They're an unlikely duo—but magic, like friendship, is funny. Sometimes it chooses those who might not look so likely. And magic has chosen Grisha and Maggie to solve the darkest mystery in Vienna. Decades ago, when World War II broke out, someone decided that there were too many dragons for all of them to be free. As they investigate, Grisha and Maggie ask the question everyone's forgotten: Where have the missing dragons gone? And is there a way to save them? At once richly magical and tragically historical, The Language of Spells is a novel full of adventure about remembering old stories, forging new ones, and the transformative power of friendship.

The Language of Spells (The Language of Spells #1)

When you are ready, seek, and you shall find. It is your gift. Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn’t looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she’d escaped. Confronted with her great-aunt’s legacy Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but gift or burden, for Gwen, it always spells trouble. She has to stay – she has nowhere else to go – but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch...?

The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

"In these conversational, feisty essays, an energizing mind trip for SF fans, she dissects her own fiction, discusses technique and explores the potential of SF and fantasy, which she considers different branches of the same form of writing."--from "Publisher's Weekly"

The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin&’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction.&“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.&” —Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin&’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin&’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. The book and each thematic section are brilliantly introduced and contextualized by Susan Wood, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a literary editor and feminist activist during the 1960s and &’70s. A fascinating, intimate look into the exceptional mind of Le Guin whose insights remain as relevant and resonant today as when they were first published.

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (The Language of Thorns)

From bestselling author of SIX OF CROWS, Leigh Bardugo, comes a darkly atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice and love - each featuring a stunning illustration by Sara Kiplin.Inspired by myth, fairy tale and folklore, THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS will transport you to both lands familiar and strange that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.Inspired by myth, fairy tale, and folklore, no. 1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans of the Grishaverse.This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales, all of them featuring a stunning illustration by Sara Kiplin, as rich in detail as the stories themselves.

The Language of Trees: A Novel

“The Language of Trees, like Whitman’s Leaves of Grass though in a magic realist vernacular, refreshingly asserts that deeply American conviction: the gravest natural instinct is to heal and be healed. A shimmeringly heartfelt story.”—Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked “Crafted with suspenseful pacing and delicate imagery, Ilie Ruby’s book combines the qualities of an irresistible ghost story with a healing tale of redemption.”—Elizabeth Rosner, author of The Speed of LightA truly stunning literary debut, Ilie Ruby’s The Language of Trees is a fiercely beautiful novel that explores the relationships that define us, the events that shape us, and the places we will go to in order to save ourselves and those we love most. Fans of Jennifer McMahon, Alice Hoffman, and Niall Williams will be captivated by this haunting tale of homecoming and secrets that sparkles with exceptional writing and a gothic edge.

The Languages of Pao (Gateway Essentials #205)

The Panarch of Pao is dead and Beran Panasper, his young son and heir, must flee the planet to live and avenge his father's death. It is at the secret fortress on the planet Breakness that Beran discovers the dreaded truth behind the assassination of his father-and much more. The people of Pao are a docile lot, content to live in harmony with the rest of the cosmos, but the scientists at Breakness seek to alter the psychology of the Paonese for their own purpose-and Beran holds the key to their audacious plan. Beran will return to Pao, transforming his home world beyond his teacher's wildest dreams. But though he has been fashioned into a man of Breakness, Beran's heart is of Pao. And he brings to his world the seeds of change that will save Pao...or destroy it.

The Languages of Pao

The young heir to the Pao throne, Beran Panasper, flees his usurping uncle Bustamonte when his father, the Panarch of Pao, is killed. His refuge is the austere world Breakness, under one of the planet's ruler-academics - the elderly but immensely powerful Lord Palafox. <P><P>Palafox and his peers are obsessed with prestige and dominance, augmenting their bodies technologically, and breeding legions of sons upon indentured women brought from scores of worlds. As years pass, Beran's suspicion grows that the aging Palafox has his own plans for tranquil Pao; returning at last, he finds the planet ravaged by war and upheaval, its placid culture fractured by viral languages designed by Palafox, introduced by Bustamonte. <P><P>Beran is determined to restore peace, but if Bustamonte finds him, he is dead. And should he win back the Panarch’s throne, he will inevitably face Palafox - who, if senile - is physically more powerful than ever.

The Lani People

Lankar of Callisto

JANDAR THE LOST ALIEN...in the mysterious and treacherous domain of the insidious Mind Wizards. Searching for him is a fearless armada of his loyal friends, and a stranger who knows him better than anyone on Callisto. The stranger, Lankar, is none other than Lin Carter, accidentally transported through the Gate Between the Worlds to the land of the Thanatorians. Aware of Jandar's plight, Lankar joins the search beyond the world's edge and suddenly finds himself battling for his own existence against the most nightmarish creatures on the planet - the gruesome flesh robots of Kuur and the fiendish Mind Wizards of Callisto themselves...

L'annientamento di Foreverland

Quando i ragazzi si svegliano su un'isola, viene raccontato loro di un incidente. Prima di poter tornare a casa, dovranno visitare Foreverland, una realtà alternativa che curerà le loro menti. Reed sogna una ragazza che gli dice di opporsi a Foreverland. Non ricorda il suo nome, ma sa che un tempo l'aveva amata. Dovrà sopportare gravi sofferenze e fidarsi del sogno. E fidarsi di non essere pazzo. Danny Boy, il nuovo arrivato, incontra la ragazza del sogno di Reed a Foreverland. È bloccata in quella terra fantastica a cui nessun ragazzo può resistere. Dove ogni desiderio del cuore viene soddisfatto. Perché a qualcuno dovrebbe importare come funziona Foreverland?

Lanny: A Novel

Longlisted for the 2019 Booker PrizeAn entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThere’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick cottages, some public housing, and a few larger houses dotted about. Voices rise up, as they might anywhere, speaking of loving and needing and working and dying and walking the dogs. This village belongs to the people who live in it, to the land and to the land’s past.It also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, a mythical figure local schoolchildren used to draw as green and leafy, choked by tendrils growing out of his mouth, who awakens after a glorious nap. He is listening to this twenty-first-century village, to its symphony of talk: drunken confessions, gossip traded on the street corner, fretful conversations in living rooms. He is listening, intently, for a mischievous, ethereal boy whose parents have recently made the village their home. Lanny.With Lanny, Max Porter extends the potent and magical space he created in Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. This brilliant novel will ensorcell readers with its anarchic energy, with its bewitching tapestry of fabulism and domestic drama. Lanny is a ringing defense of creativity, spirit, and the generative forces that often seem under assault in the contemporary world, and it solidifies Porter’s reputation as one of the most daring and sensitive writers of his generation.

The Lantern's Ember

A bold and ghostly stand-alone from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck, with all the moodiness of Sleepy Hollow and all the romance her fans love. Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme. <P><P>Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern--one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal--or not-so-mortal--soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare. Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire--and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos. <P><P>Colleen Houck, the New York Times bestselling author of the Tigers Curse series and Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween.

The Lantern's Ember

Welcome to the Otherworld, where nightmarish creatures reign supreme . . .Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil, thus condemning himself to an eternity of servitude. As a Lantern, his sole duty is to guard one of the many portals that lead to the immortal realm, making sure that no souls stray where they are not welcome. It's a job that Jack excels at - until he meets the beautiful Ember O'Dare. Seventeen-year-old witch Ember has been trying to trick Jack into letting her through the portal for years. Stubborn and undeterred by his warnings, she finally manages to cross into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire - and so the wild chase through a dazzling, dangerous world begins.Can Jack get Ember back where she belongs before both the worlds, both earthly and supernatural, descend into chaos?*********************Praise for Colleen Houck'[A] must-read for thrill-seekers and fans of alternate worlds' - RT Book Reviews on the Reawakened Series 'Epic, grand adventure rolled into a sweeping love story' - Sophie Jordan on the Tiger's Curse Series

Lanterns in the Sky (The Starlight Chronicles #1)

The first book in P. S. Malcolm's The Starlight ChroniclesEverything was normal for Lucy Maisfer until the day a star fell from the sky and knocked her out. Upon waking, she comes face-to-face with Jason Woods, who also happens to be the mysterious new guy in her best friend, Valarie's, life. Then the strange dreams begin, and she learns about the Starlight Princess— who must not under any circumstance be reawakened. Driven to uncover the meaning of it, she finds herself caught up in a strange twist of events that eventually lead to bigger danger than she ever anticipated. Before long, Lucy is forced to make a choice between saving the world, or saving her best friend; only to discover that Valarie cannot be saved... that she has an even darker secret, and that her supposed star-crossed romance with Jason might not be so destined after all...

L'Antica Profezia Cosmica & I Draghi di Arionel (Serie di Storie da Dragondom e Oltre. #1 #1)

Nel cuore della Nuova Coscienza Elevata che sta influenzando l’umanità e la Terra, quello che una volta era definito come mito e fantascienza sta velocemente diventando noto come Realtà Quantica. Questa è la storia di un’umana, Aisha Hughes. Era sempre stata considerate come “strana”, fuori luogo, e una nessuno. Bullizzata, ostracizzata e spesso l’oggetto delle battute ciniche altrui. Eppure, nel suo isolamento, i suoi talenti e i suoi doni psichici le hanno permesso di vedere e interagire più in fretta degli altri con questo nuovo fenomeno. Questa è la sua storia. Quando i veli tra le realtà si assottigliano e l’umanità inizia a risvegliarsi, lei scopre di non essere più sola. I suoi doni la spingono verso una forza maggiore dei suoi poteri latenti e poi la sua abilità di auto-scrivere apre comunicazioni che improvvisamente acquistano significato e la guidano più avanti. Inizia a credere in sé stessa e sviluppa i suoi superpoteri. I mondi Galattici e Quantici diventano i suoi luoghi regolari, dove trova o è trovata dal ‘suo drago’. Quel giorno la sua vita cambia per sempre. Unisciti a lei e ai suoi draghi nella “Serie di Storie da Dragondom e Oltre.” “L’Antica Profezia Cosmica & I Draghi di Arionel” sono l’inizio. Scopri i mondi della Realtà Quantica… Draghi, Elementali, Maghi e la Federazione Galattica dove puoi accedere a Passato, Presente e Possibili Linee Temporali Future e Mondi Paralleli. Unisciti alle avventure, alla corsa per creare nuove Linee Temporali per la Terra e la corsa di Aisha e il suo drago con nuovi amici, per correggere piccole cose nel passato che possono salvare un pianeta morente. Aisha e il suo drago viola oltrepassano i confini, diventando parte di un gruppo cosmico di Guerrieri della Luce, Maghi e specialisti di altre specie della Galassia. Riuscirà a risvegliarsi con tutti i suoi poteri sulla Terra? L’umanità sarà pronta quando Aisha e la prima

L'anticonte

L’anticonte : un conte différent. Par Oscar Rodrigo Une nouvelle fantastique dans laquelle vous découvrirez les personnages de contes traditionnels enrôlés dans une grande aventure en plein 21ème siècle. Haute dose d’humour noir. L’anticonte est une aventure trépidante dans laquelle les personnages de contes de notre enfance se convertissent en personnages irrévérencieux du 21ème siècle. Ils devront mettre leur vie en jeu pour sauver des enfants innocents séquestrés par le joueur de flûte de Hamlin. Une œuvre de XXX pages d’un rythme endiablé, avec beaucoup de dialogues et d’humour noir. Très visuelle et dynamique.

Lao Mountain Taoist: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)

Twenty-five years ago, my grandfather passed away due to an accident. In the process of cleaning up my grandfather's things, I found a few fragments of the 'Gui Mansion's Primordial Turtle'. However, I was still unable to decipher the words written on them … Twenty-five years later, in the process of defeating a demon, he saved a university student who specialized in ancient language and solved the mystery. They would begin a journey filled with all sorts of dangers around these few fragments of . What kind of secret was hidden within this "The Book of Primordial Tortoise"? Could they unravel the mystery behind this? Please look forward to the perilous journey.