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Negative Space
by Ryan K LindsayWhen one man's writer's block gets in the way on his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation. A corporation has manipulated his life purely so they can farm his suicide note as a sadness artifact that will be packed and shipped to ancient underwater creatures who feed off our strongest and most base emotions. Our hero partners with a cult intent on exposing the corporation and only a suicide mission can solve the whole mess.
Negative Space: A Novel
by Gillian LindenA gem of a debut novel about a young mother navigating the instabilities of teaching, parenting, and marriage in the wake of the pandemic.With deadpan humor and a keen eye for the strangeness of our days, Negative Space follows a week in the life of an English teacher at a New York private school. At home, her two children, increasingly restless, ask constant questions about mortality and find hidden wisdom in the cartoons they watch on television. Her husband tends to his plants and offers occasional counsel between Zoom calls to Hong Kong and Australia. And at school, as she navigates the currents between wealthy, increasingly disconnected students and bewildered faculty, she accidentally witnesses an ambiguous, possibly inappropriate interaction between a teacher and a student.… She feels compelled to say something, but how can she be sure of what she saw?Precisely rendered and filled with sly observations about our off-kilter days, Negative Space is a witty and resonant portrait of a woman caught between the pressures of home and work, parenting and teaching, what’s normal and what isn’t. Writing with an acute sense of dread and delight, Gillian Linden has crafted a stunning debut that examines what we owe the people who depend on us in a fractured and indifferent world.
Negra espalda del tiempo
by Javier MaríasEl único lugar donde la convivencia entre vivos y muertos parece ser posible. «No soy el primero ni seré el último escritor cuya vida se enriquece o condena por causa de lo que imaginó y escribió.» Pero quizá ninguno haya visto su realidad invadida por la ficción como Javier Marías, ni a tantas personas comportarse como personajes suyos, ni se habrá diluido tanto entre sus propias páginas, ni se habrá convertido en el heredero de un reino legendario que sin embargo figura en los mapas. Poco podía imaginar el autor de esta «falsa novela» que con su obra Todas las almas iba a poner en marcha un mundo que yacía dormido o que transitaba sólo por la Negra espalda del tiempo que suele estar oculta y no verse. Un mundo en el que todo cabe, lo impensable y lo que trae el destino, la inverosimilitud y la gracia, la aventura y el infortunio, la bala perdida en México y una maldición en La Habana, un piloto mercenario y tuerto al que la muerte pasaba de largo siempre, y los velados recuerdos de un narrador que se hace más misterioso cuanto más reflexiona y cuenta. La voz de Javier Marías es aquí más sobrecogedora que nunca, como si fuera «una voz antojadiza e imprevisible pero que conocemos todos, la voz del tiempo cuando aún no ha pasado ni se ha perdido y quizá por eso ni siquiera es tiempo». Reseña:«Negra espalda del tiempo brinda el impensado reverso de lo que acontece, el sustrato social de la novela, la luz fuera del tiempo, donde perdura lo que ya ha cesado. Fascinante.»Juan Villoro
Neighbors and Other Strangers: The Threat of the Criminal Alliance—Crime, Corruption, Assassination
by Gordon ParkerDarcey Anderson crouched in the bushes trying hard to be invisible. She hoped the man in the pickup truck wouldn't see her but held the small, silver-plated revolver ready as insurance. Two innocent people had already been murdered. She was determined she wouldn't be the third. How did she get here? It was only a few days ago that she was working in her San Francisco office. When her mother called asking for help, Darcey hadn't hesitated to fly home to northwest Louisiana. Now she was fighting for her life. Where was her mother? Was she still alive? Where was Trent Marshall? The man Sheriff Jack Blake called the best investigator he ever knew had led the search for a long lost fortune. Finding it would clear Darcey's family name. But was he still alive? Would he arrive in time to save her from the man circling the parking lot? Darcey clutched the revolver and prayed.
Neighbors from Outer Space
by Francess LantzI guess I should have realized right away our new neighbors were going to be different. After all, the moving van that delivered their furniture had these words on the side: Intergalactic Movers--Across The U.S. Or Across The Universe.
Neil Armstrong and Nat Love, Space Cowboys (Time Twisters)
by Steve SheinkinUsing his in-depth knowledge of American history, award winning author Steve Sheinkin and illustrator Neil Swaab create exciting adventures through time with historical figures going AWOL and true fun facts about each person.WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ.Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened—till now. Time is getting twisted, and it’s up to two kids to straighten things out.The students of Ms. Maybee's class used to think history was boring, but that was before time started to get twisted! When a spaceship carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin leaves 1969—and lands in 1869 Texas—cowboy Nat Love decides to trade in his horse for a trip to the moon. Can siblings Doc and Abby untwist history and get everyone back where they belong? Houston, we have a problem!Check out Neil Armstrong and Nat Love, Space Cowboys and all of the hilarious books in the Time Twisters series. History will never be boring again! Don't miss the other books in the Time Twisters series, including Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler and Abigail Adams, Pirate of the Caribbean!
Neil Gaiman Young Readers' Collection
by Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman--winner of both a Newbery and Carnegie Medal--presents four of his best-loved acclaimed novels for young readers in this collection.Coraline: When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.The Graveyard Book: Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place--he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings. But can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal and is a Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel.Odd and the Frost Giants: In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back.Fortunately, the Milk: Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious New York Times bestselling story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Skottie Young.
Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald
by Neil Gaiman Rafael Albuquerque Rafael ScavoneThis supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder.The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror!From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman comes this graphic novel adaptation with art by Eisner award winning artist Rafael Albuquerque!
Neil Gaiman's Chivalry
by Neil GaimanAnother delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story, brought to you by the Eisner award-winning creative team behind Troll Bridge and Snow, Glass, Apples: Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran!An elderly British widow buys what turns out to be the Holy Grail from a second-hand shop, setting her off on an epic visit from an ancient knight who lures her with ancient relics in hope for winning the cup. From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award–winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge, Snow, Glass, Apples).
Neil Gaiman's Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire
by Neil GaimanA celebrated send-up of gothic literature, beautifully adapted into a dark, brooding, and oddly comical graphic novel. Somewhere in the night, a raven caws, an author's pen scratches, and thunder claps. The author wants to write fiction: stories about frail women in white nightgowns, mysterious bumps in the night, and the undead rising to collect old debts. But he keeps getting interrupted by the everyday annoyances of talking ravens, duels to the death, and his sinister butler. Shane Oakley beautifully illustrates New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's satirical tale.
Neil Gaiman's How To Talk To Girls At Parties
by Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman! Fábio Moon! Gabriel Bá!Two teenage boys are in for a tremendous shock when they crash a party where the girls are far more than they appear!From Neil Gaiman—one of the most celebrated authors of our time—and award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, this sumptuous graphic novel is not to be missed!* Moon and Bá adapt the Gaiman story they were born to draw!&“Gaiman, Moon, and Bá have created a triolet of a book, lyrically powerful and utterly unforgettable.&”—Junot Díaz&“How can something so strange and so beautiful also be so sad? Like a poem, a pattern, and a people whose world was swallowed by the sea, How To Talk To Girls at Parties is three things at once.&” — Kelly Sue DeConnick&“Had sneak peek at How to Talk to Girls at Parties. What boys fear! That girls are very smart aliens who will do frightful things to you in The Upper Room! Teenage angst. Lovely drawing/painting.&” —From a Tweet by Margaret Atwood&“A haunting ode to the lyric of girls, who for our protagonists represent a vast, uncharted universe. An extraordinary comic from three extraordinary creators.&”—Marjorie Liu&“Gentle, strange, and full of perfectly good advice (&‘You just have to talk to them!&’), How to Talk to Girls at Parties is wise and odd. Neil Gaiman&’s writing is sweetly complemented by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá&’s art. It&’s a quirky delight.&”—Audrey Niffenegger
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
by Neil Gaiman Mark BuckinghamFrom New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-award winning creator Mark Buckingham comes a graphic novel anthology of four essential fantasy stories.These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts. You wont want to miss this collection featuring comic adaptations of the short stories: Looking for the Girl, Foreign Parts, Closing Time, and Feeders and Eaters from the Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman!
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
by Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman's Likely Stories by Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman is a tie-in edition to the unique Sky Arts series starring a host of British acting talent led by Tom Hughes and Johnny Vegas. Characteristically dark and strange, these four stories were originally published in Gaiman's popular short-story collections, Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors. 'Gaiman is... a treasure-house of story' - Stephen King. 'Let me tell you a story. No, wait, one's not enough. I'll begin again...' 'Foreign Parts', a story of loneliness and identity, and, perhaps, the joys of making your own way in the world. 'Feeders & Eaters', an eerie tale drawn from a nightmare the author had in his twenties. 'Closing Time', a ghostly story within a story, whispered in the quiet of the night. 'Looking For The Girl', a tale that spans a lifetime, originally commissioned by Penthouse for their 20th anniversary issue.
Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples
by Neil GaimanWinner of the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel!A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by New York Times bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran!A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after. From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge)!
Neil Gaiman's Troll Bridge
by Neil GaimanFrom the mind of master storyteller Neil Gaiman!Young Jack&’s world was full of ghosts and ghouls, but one monster—a ravenous and hideous troll—would haunt him long into manhood. As the beast sups upon a lifetime of Jack&’s fear and regret, Jack must find the courage within himself to face the fiend once and for all!* Beautifully adapted by Colleen Doran (The Sandman, Stan Lee&’sAmazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir)!* A gorgeous new addition to your Gaiman library!
Neimhaim. El azor y los cuervos
by Aranzazu Serrano LorenzoEl esperadísimo regreso al mundo de Neimhaim es una aventura de trepidante fantasía épica cargada de intriga y emoción. Al cumplir dieciocho años, Jörn, el hijo de los Reyes Blancos, regresa de su exilio en las montañas. Él es la encarnación viviente de la Alianza, el primer nacido con sangre del clan guerrero kranyal y del pacífico clan djendel. La Profecía le augura un gran destino, pero antes tiene que enfrentarse a la prueba más importante de su vida: desafiar a su madre en un duelo a espada y vencerla. También le espera un reto no menos arduo: casarse con su prometida, Sygnet. Pero una sombra se cierne sobre él y sobre todo el reino de Neimhaim. Un secreto está a punto de desvelarse. Una verdad guardada celosamente que concierne a dos hermanos gemelos, Kjartan y Søren, quienes van a descubrir de la peor forma posible que no son quienes creían ser... Sobre la novela han dicho... «El azor y los cuervos es la aventura de fantasía más humana, profunda y adictiva desde Canción de Hielo y Fuego. Una joya de la literatura fantástica.»Daniel G. Aparicio, periodista de 20 Minutos «Mantiene una intriga constante. Vas a pasarte toda la lectura queriendo saber qué pasa en la página siguiente.»Ángel Sanchidrián, autor de Tres enanos y pico «Un festín de libertad, una fantasía épica con trazas de modernidad donde los personajes fascinan al segundo y los prejuicios caen a golpe de alegatos a favor del mestizaje y la tolerancia.»Alicia Avilés Pozo, periodista de eldiario.es «En nuestro país nadie escribe fantasía épica como Aranzazu Serrano. El azor y los cuervos es una aventura salvaje, llena de humanidad y belleza. Sus protagonistas son tan reales que podríamos ser cualquiera de nosotros.»Concepción Perea, autora de La Corte de los Espejos «Viajeros, escanciad el hidromiel, tapaos con las pieles y que suenen los cuernos de Wardruna. El azor y los cuervos nos devuelve a un Neimhaim aún más épico y sangriento con kranyal y djendel unidos ante un desafío sorprendente.»Antonio Torrubia, librero de Gigamesh
Neimhaim. Los hijos de la nieve y la tormenta: Los hijos de la nieve y la tormenta
by Aranzazu Serrano LorenzoToda la fuerza de los mitos vikingos y el misticismo de la cultura celta se unen en Neimhaim, una aventura nórdica cargada de batallas, intrigas y romance; una obra de fantasía épica que despliega un mundo propio dotado de gran riqueza descriptiva. Lo que ahora os contaré es tan cierto como que el fuego quema y el hielo, también. Sabed, amigos míos, que dos pueblos, dos grandes clanes, habitaban una tierra apartada del resto del mundo. Se creían tan diferentes como la noche lo es del día, y en verdad, os lo aseguro, lo eran. Amante del coraje y de las armas era el clan Kranyal; guerreros de bravo corazón y maestría en el arte de la lucha. Protectores de la vida y la serenidad eran los Djendel, pacíficos sacerdotes bendecidos con habilidades que iban más allá de lo natural, cuyo uso restringían con estrictos códigos. Sus historias discurrían por separado, pero un día la frágil armonía quedó alterada y el entramado del destino cambió para siempre. Ambos pueblos salvaron sus recelos y unieron sus caminos por la fuerza de la necesidad. Juntos fundaron un joven reino llamado Neimhaim. Largo y quebradizo sería el camino de su unión; para allanarlo, sus líderes pactaron ceder el mando a sus hijos primogénitos, quienes regirían Neimhaim como esposa y esposo. No podían imaginar que, lejos de allí, un dios desterrado urdía pacientemente un plan para hacer de esos niños un instrumento de venganza contra sus iguales. Así comienza la historia de los Hijos de la Nieve y la Tormenta. Así se me contó un día, hace mucho tiempo Twitter: @neimhaimFacebook: saganeimhaimInstagram: @neimhaimWeb: neimhaim.com La opinión de Elia Barceló sobre Neimhaim:«Un tour de force. Una novela de gran aliento épico, creíble, original, compleja, que demuestra que la buena fantasía no tiene por qué ser anglosajona. Un auténtico placer de lectura. Es como ver una película en pantalla grande.»
Neither the Sun nor the Moon
by PelaamLuke works in the kitchen of his family-owned café, but dreams of being a top chef. His entire world is turned on its head when Michel comes into his life. Not only is Michel the son of the owner of the exclusive hotel on the mountain, but a dhampir, and as Luke’s family are lycans, his father has forbidden even a friendship between the two.But it isn’t friendship that develops. Luke slowly realizes they are fated mates, and he longs to be claimed. However, someone isn’t happy their relationship is strengthening and growing and seeks to break their bond.And they’re not above killing Luke to ensure it.
Nekropolis
by Maureen F. MchughFleeing an empty future in the Nekropolis, twenty-one-year-old Hariba has agreed to have herself "jessed," the technobiological process that will render her subservient to whomever has purchased her service. Indentured in the house of a wealthy merchant, she encounters many wondrous things. Yet nothing there is as remarkable and disturbing to her as the harni, Akhmim. A perfect replica of a man, this intelligent, machine-bred creature unsettles Hariba with its beauty, its naive, inappropriate tenderness . . . and with prying, unanswerable questions, like "Why are you sad?" And slowly, revulsion metamorphoses into acceptance, and then into something much more. But these outlaw emotions defy the strict edicts of God and Man -- feelings that must never be explored, since no master would tolerate them. And the "jessed" defy their master's will at the risk of sickness, pain, imprisonment . . . and death.
Nekropolis
by Tim WaggonerMATT RICHTER MAY BE DEAD, BUT HE'LL STILL CRACK THIS CASE. Meet Matt Richter. Private Eye. Zombie. His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis. This place has always been ruled by the vampire overlords. Now they're plotting to destroy the city.... over his dead body.More pulp than Pulp Fiction, more butt-kicking than Buffy, Nekropolis is the first in a deathly new series.File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Zombie Detective | Undead City | Crime Overlord | Sexy Vampires ]
Nekropolis
by Tim WaggonerMATT RICHTER MAY BE DEAD, BUT HE'LL STILL CRACK THIS CASE. Meet Matt Richter. Private Eye. Zombie. His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis. This place has always been ruled by the vampire overlords. Now they're plotting to destroy the city.... over his dead body.More pulp than Pulp Fiction, more butt-kicking than Buffy, Nekropolis is the first in a deathly new series.File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Zombie Detective | Undead City | Crime Overlord | Sexy Vampires ]From the Paperback edition.
Nekropolis
by Tim WaggonerMATT RICHTER MAY BE DEAD, BUT HE'LL STILL CRACK THIS CASE. Meet Matt Richter. Private Eye. Zombie. His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis. This place has always been ruled by the vampire overlords. Now they're plotting to destroy the city.... over his dead body.More pulp than Pulp Fiction, more butt-kicking than Buffy, Nekropolis is the first in a deathly new series.File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Zombie Detective | Undead City | Crime Overlord | Sexy Vampires ]From the Paperback edition.
Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life (Nell of Gumbling #1)
by Emma SteinkellnerRaina Telgemeir meets the Land of Stories in this charming graphic novel-diary hybrid about a twelve-year-old girl and her perfectly average magical life.To everyone else, the Magical Land of Gumbling is something out of fairy tales. But to Nell Starkeeper, it&’s just home. Sure, the town community center might be a castle, her dads run a star farm, and her best friend Myra is a fairy, but Nell is much more interested in finding out if she&’ll get the seventh grade apprenticeship of her dreams with world-famous artist Wiz Bravo. She&’s pretty sure her entire life has been RUINED when she&’s instead matched with boring old Mrs. Birdneck in the town archives. And of course her perfect rival Leabelle gets to work with Wiz, and mean girl Viola won&’t let Nell forget it. Meanwhile, suddenly Myra seems more into hanging out with Leabelle and saving the town from some weird strangers who keep talking about turning Gumbling into a fancy resort than being friends with Nell anymore. Can Nell find a way to save everything that makes her world magical, while figuring out where she belongs in it?
Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure (Nell of Gumbling #2)
by Emma SteinkellnerNell of Gumbling and her diary are back! From the bestselling author of The Okay Witch comes another adventure from a twelve-year-old girl living an ordinary life in a magical land. Will an epically enchanted camping trip gone wrong...turn out fantastically right?Welcome back to Gumbling—Nell Starkeeper's extremely normal fairy-tale hometown. And things couldn't be more happily-ever-awesome, because Nell is about to go on a Gumbling rite of passage—the Multi-Disciplinary Wilderness Engagement Adventure—when all of the seventh graders spend a whole week in the forest! Sure, it&’s an Enchanted Forest that&’s full of gumblecreatures, where your most secret wish could be granted at any moment, but that&’s nothing unusual around here.What&’s REALLY magical is that Nell gets to be on a team with ALL her best friends, learning about nature stuff and teamwork and having their very own campout (including roasting marshmallows)! Great friends + forest fun = best summer ever…Except her Thumbkin friend Gil has been a bit of a grump lately. And everyone's secret crushes are making things super awkward...So when the whole gang gets shrunk down to Thumbkin size after a wish gone wrong, Nell's problems get a whole lot bigger. Can Nell and her friends find a way to work together and celebrate each other&’s strengths AND vulnerabilities...or will this camp-out be a GIANT disaster?
Nell'Eternità: Sotto il cielo cadente
by Richard M. AnkersLa Regina Serena e i suoi alleati sono fuggiti dal massacro, portando via con loro la Principessa Linka. Per Jean, è uno strazio; per i suoi amici, molto peggio. Lasciandosi dietro il ghiaccio dell'Artico, Jean e gli altri devono scendere a patti con le loro perdite, mentre si avvicinano al Baltico e alla casa dell'odiato Duca Gorgon. Mentre le bugie intorno a lui vengono rivelate, Jean passa da una rivelazione irritante all'altra. Finalmente, dovrà fare quello che non ha mai fatto prima: fidarsi degli altri. Perché solo alla fine di tutto, mentre il sole muore e Shangri-La cade, Jean saprà cosa significa entrare nell'eternità.