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No Time Like The Past (Chronicles of St. Mary's #5)
by Jodi TaylorThe fifth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.A Fete Worse Than Death...The St Mary's Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds and it's business as usual for those rascals in the History Department.From being trapped in the Great Fire of London to an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, which leaves the fate of the western world hanging in the balance, Max must struggle to get History back on track.But first, they must get through the St Mary's Fete - which is sure to end badly for everyone.Only one thing is certain, life at St Mary's is never dull! Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
No Time Like Tomorrow: Stories
by Brian W. AldissA classic collection of twelve exciting science fiction stories from the Hugo Award–winning author of Non-Stop and Hothouse.“Brian Aldiss is a master of the form.” —The GuardianPrepare yourself for an out-of-this-world journey through time and space, in fantastic tales that skirt reality, with Science Fiction Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss at the helm . . .A one-armed mutant travels back in time on a deadly mission. A team of scientists fears what comes next when they land on a peaceful planet littered with alien corpses. Beings from the future need help from the past. A man is forced to relive one meaningless day over and over before a strange audience. A jaded sportsman gets more than he bargained for on his latest big game hunt. A governor is eager to rebuild a war-torn planet but may not be prepared for the cost . . . Originally published in 1959, No Time Like Tomorrow showcases the skills of a gifted author at the dawn of his career.
No Time Like the Past: No Time Like the Past (Star Trek: The Original Series)
by Greg CoxAn original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series that reveals long-held secrets about Captain Kirk's past for the first time!STARDATE 6122.5. A diplomatic mission to the planet Yusub erupts in violence when ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt the crucial negotiations by force. Caught in the midst of a tense and dangerous situation, Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise finds an unexpected ally in the form of an enigmatic stranger who calls herself “Annika Seven.” STARDATE 53786.1. Seven of Nine is taking part in an archaeological expedition on an obscure planetoid in the Delta Quadrant when a disastrous turn of events puts Voyager’s away team in jeopardy—and transports Seven across time and space to Yusub, where she comes face-to-face with one of Starfleet’s greatest legends. STARDATE 6122.5. Kirk knows better than most the danger that even a single castaway from the future can pose to the time line, so he and Seven embark on a hazardous quest to return her to her own era. But there are others who crave the knowledge Seven possesses, and they will stop at nothing to obtain it—even if this means seizing control of the Enterprise!
No Truce With Terra
by Philip E. HighFrom: The Shaldron RaceTo: The Human RaceGreetings:Your presence on this planet has been noted and the reason for your visit analyzed by our instruments. We have, therefore, taken the liberty of selecting one of your party for our first contact, one whom we feel is best suited to grasp the motivations of both our races and arrange for future group contacts.Peter Collard stared at the message with a cold feeling of foreboding. He felt pity for the poor devil."Who is this selected contact?""Ah, now," Dyson became suddenly interested in the papers on the table. "Well, I'm sorry and all that but, as a matter of fact, they want you."
No Truce With Terra
by Philip E. HighFrom: The Shaldron Race To: The Human Race Greetings: Your presence on this planet has been noted and the reason for your visit analyzed by our instrumentsWe have, therefore, taken the liberty of selecting one of your party for our first contact, one whom we feel is best suited to grasp the motivations of both our races and arrange for future group contacts. Peter Collard stared at the message with a cold feeling of foreboding. He felt pity for the poor devil. "Who is this selected contact?" "Ah, now," Dyson became suddenly interested in the papers on the table. "Well, I'm sorry and all that but, as a matter of fact, they want you."
No True Echo
by Gareth P. JonesEddie thinks nothing ever happens in his small, boring town. Every day is exactly the same, down to what the bus driver will say when he picks each kid up in the morning. But then, one day, someone new, and very pretty, walks onto the bus. At least, Eddie thinks she’s new, but there is something oddly familiar about Scarlett. Intrigued (and smitten), Eddie starts to follow Scarlett—and what he discovers is odder still. Scarlett is a Senior Echo Time Agent from the future, come to his town to investigate the origin of time travel, which, unbeknownst to Eddie, was invented right in his hometown, by someone he knew. Soon Eddie is swept up in the investigation and in time. But time travel is a dangerous business, and Eddie will learn more than he wants to know about his long-dead mother.
No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar (Valdemar)
by Mercedes LackeyIn March 1987, Mercedes Lackey, a young author from Oklahoma, published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. No one could have envisioned that this modest book about a magical land called Valdemar would be the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles. Now the voices of other authors add their own special touches to the ancient land where Heralds "Chosen" from all walks of life by magical horse-like Companions patrol their ancient kingdom, dispensing justice, facing adversaries, and protecting their monarch and country from whatever threatens. Trained rigorously by the Herald's Collegium, these special protectors each have extraordinary Gifts: Mindspeaking, FarSeeing, FarSpeaking, Empathy, Firestarting and ForeSeeing, and are bonded for life with their mysterious Companions. Travel with these astouding adventurerers in sixteen original stories.
No Way
by S J MordenMURDERER. SURVIVOR. ASTRONAUT. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK meets Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN The explosive sequel to ONE WAY. Eight astronauts were set to Mars to build NASA's Mars base, and only one survived. Now all he needs to do is get home . . . * * * * *PRAISE FOR ONE WAY 'A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter' John Marrs, author of the bestselling/Radio 2 Book Club choice THE ONE 'S.J. Morden's Agatha-Christie-in-space thriller accelerates to warp speed and becomes an engrossing whodunnit' Financial Times 'ONE WAY is what would happen if the crime and sci-fi genres got together and had a baby. Deeply immersive, chilling and atmospheric. An utterly fabulous book!' Emma Kavanagh, bestselling author of FALLING and HIDDEN'A tense and claustrophobic murder-mystery-on-Mars' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD 'A cracking read. A compelling vision of the near future inhabited by well motivated characters. It's a thrilling tale that grabs you and whips along to the very last breathless page' Adam Hamdy, author of PENDULUM 'Twisty and gripping' Financial Times
No Way
by S. J. MordenIn the sequel to the terrifying science fiction thriller, One Way, returning home from Mars may mean striking a deal with the very people who abandoned him.They were sent to build a utopia, but all they found on Mars was death.Frank Kitteridge has been abandoned. But XO, the greedy--and ultimately murderous--corporate architects of humanity's first Mars base made a costly mistake when they left him there: they left him alive. Using his skills and his wits, he's going to find a way back home even if it kills him.Little does he know that Mars isn't completely empty. Just over the mountain, there's another XO base where things are going terribly, catastrophically wrong. And when the survivors of that mission find Frank, they're going to want to take even the little he has away from him.If there's anything in Frank's favor, it's this: he's always been prepared to go to the extremes to get the job done. That's how he ended up on Mars in the first place. It just might be his ticket back.For more from S. J. Morden, check out:One Way
No Way
by S.J. MordenMURDERER. SURVIVOR. ASTRONAUT. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK meets Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN The explosive sequel to ONE WAY. Eight astronauts were set to Mars to build NASA's Mars base, and only one survived. Now all he needs to do is get home . . . Frank Kittridge is alone on Mars. But XO, the corporate architects of the first Mars base, made a costly mistake when they left him there: they left him alive. Using his skills and his wits, he's going to find a way back home even if it kills him.But there are dangers on Mars even Frank isn't prepared for, and a mystery he has to solve in order to survive.If there's anything in Frank's favour, it's this: he's always been prepared to go to the extremes to get the job done. That's how he ended up on Mars in the first place. It just might be his ticket back. * * * * *PRAISE FOR ONE WAY 'A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter' John Marrs, author of the bestselling/Radio 2 Book Club choice THE ONE 'S.J. Morden's Agatha-Christie-in-space thriller accelerates to warp speed and becomes an engrossing whodunnit' Financial Times'ONE WAY is what would happen if the crime and sci-fi genres got together and had a baby. Deeply immersive, chilling and atmospheric. An utterly fabulous book!' Emma Kavanagh, bestselling author of FALLING and HIDDEN'A tense and claustrophobic murder-mystery-on-Mars' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD 'A cracking read. A compelling vision of the near future inhabited by well motivated characters. It's a thrilling tale that grabs you and whips along to the very last breathless page' Adam Hamdy, author of PENDULUM 'Twisty and gripping' Financial Times
No Way Back
by Patricia Fanthorpe Lionel Fanthorpe Karl ZeigfreidAlong with progress in other spheres, criminology and remedial treatment for the socially unacceptable will undoubtedly make rapid strides in the Twenty-second and Twenty-third centuries. Purely retributive justice is not a satisfactory answer to the enlightened Welfare Officer of the Future. Psychiatry, criminology and electronic mind control could combine into an entirely new concept of reclamation. In the right hands this would be an advance into something close to Utopia - in the wrong it would be leave 1984 looking like a pleasant week-end in the country. This thoughtful new novel is a daring attempt to handle the deliucate theme of advanced criminology and the unresolved conflict of Society versus those who will not or cannot conform. Try as they will to be impersonal and humane, the psychiatrists of the future - even with electronic aids - will be as human as we are today. Their problems will be ours...
No Werewolves Allowed
by Cheyenne MccrayAs a half-human, half-Drow private eye, Nyx is the go-to girl for tracking Demons in the night. So when several of New York City's Werewolves go missing, Alpha Werewolf Dmitri Beketov hires Nyx for the job. But this time, she must leave the dark alleys and bright lights behind. Nyx's sixth sense tells her that life in the slow lane is a lot deadlier than it appears. Though she usually prefers to work solo, with this case she's going to need all the help she can get. Enter Detective Adam Boyd: he's watching her back, but is this human too sexy for his-and her-own good? Meanwhile, a powerful, malevolent force is exterminating paranorms and "unworthy" humans alike. and Nyx, still trying to get a foothold in her new surroundings, finds herself facing danger at every turn, in No Werewolves Allowed, a Night Tracker Novel from bestselling author Cheyenne McCray.
No World of Their Own
by Poul AndersonSpace explorers returning to an unrecognizable Earth after five millennia away find themselves caught up in a deadly political power game on a planet racing toward intergalactic war Five thousand years have passed since the interstellar spacecraft Explorer left Earth, and now Edward Langley and his two crewmates are returning home. The faster-than-light mission that took only a year for Langley, Matsumoto, and Blaustein has cost them the only world they ever knew. This future Earth is unrecognizable, its global society ruled by a benevolent, all-powerful computer and divided into a strict class structure of masters and slaves. Though war has been eradicated for generations, tensions between the powers on Earth and colonists on Centaurus over mineral mining are rapidly reaching a violent breaking point. The homecoming of three astronauts from the distant past should have no bearing on the present political situation. But the crewmembers did not come back alone--and the alien visitor who accompanied them holds the key to victory or total defeat. One of the most acclaimed of the Golden Age science fiction masters, Poul Anderson has written a provocative and enthralling tale of the future that incorporates his trademark blend of hard science, sociology, and humanism. At once thrilling and thought provoking, No World of Their Own is classic speculative fiction at its page-turning best, as only the incomparable Anderson could imagine it.
No hay más que una (Princesa Sin Gracia #Volumen 1)
by Lou Kuenzler¡Bienvenidos a la Escuela de los Cien Torreones! ¿Quieres ser toda una princesa? ¡Ven a la Escuela de los Cien Torreones! Harás amigas, montarás en unicornio y... Un momento, ¿qué tal se te dan las reverencias? Porque a Gracia le salen fatal. ¡Es la princesa más patosa que ha pisado el colegio!
No hay nieve en la casa de la bruja
by Susanne EiseleUn hermano y su hermana. Una casa en el bosque. Una vieja gruñona. Hansjörg y Margarete se internan en el bosque. Allí serán capturados por la policía y sus padres, debido a su repetido consumo de drogas, enviado a un hogar de rehabilitación. Se les lleva a una pequeña casita, muy, muy lejos de la ciudad. No piensan en nada malo. Sólamente en una pronta fuga. Pero eso se les pone cada vez más difícil. Luego resulta que la casa no sólo alberga, y les alista, a una bruja de verdad, criaturas raras y plantas venenosas. Para Hansjörg y Margarete, este viaje será la lección decisiva en sus vidas. Hänsel y Gretel desde otro punto de vista: En "No hay nieve en la casa de la bruja", la autora Susanne Eisele le da un nuevo giro al conocido cuento de los hermanos Grimm volviéndolo nuevo y plasmándolo con adicción y pérdida de la realidad. Tomo 4 de la serie de Cuentos de hadas con un nuevo giro.
No labirinto do Minotauro (Olimpvs.net #Volumen 1)
by Ana Soares Bárbara WongCinco jovens adquirem poderes dos deuses gregos.Os heróis da nova era confrontam o mal em inúmeras aventuras, cheias de mistério. Primeiro volume da série Olimpvs.net. Plano Nacional de LeituraLivro recomendado para o 6º ano de escolaridade, destinado a leitura autónoma. Foi na Grécia, numas férias, que tudo começou. Uma aventura no labirinto do Minotauro mudou as vidas de Zé, Alice, António, Mel e Pedro para sempre. Naquela noite mágica, Zé e os amigos receberam símbolos enviados pelos deuses do Olimpo. A partir desse momento, ficou clara a responsabilidade de salvarem o mundo. Os amigos criaram uma plataforma virtual onde comunicam entre si. Descobre todos os seus segredos em Olvmpus.net.
No lleves tu dragón a la biblioteca (Cuentos ilustrados de ficción)
by Julie GassmanYou might have the best intentions of bringing your dragon to the library, but don’t do it! The dragon will cause nothing but trouble.
No sigas la música
by Naiara PhilpottsUn thriller que te dejará sin aire. Una hechizante melodía suena desde lo profundo del bosque que rodea el recóndito pueblo de Deeping Cross. Perturbadora, excitante, mágica. Rain Cooper la escucha. ¿Es la única que lo hace? Por momentos, parece surgir de su propio cuerpo.Y la provoca. La seduce desde las sombras. La invita a seguirla, hasta que Rain no puede resistirse y solo le queda dejarse llevar. Cuando la música suena, Rain solo puede obedecer. Cuando la música suena, lo mejor es no escuchar.Cuando la música suena, no la sigas. Los lectores dicen:«AMO los romances paranormales. AMO las historias en pequeños pueblos. AMO los protagonistas con tatuajes. AMO Wattpad. Y AMO todo lo que escribe Naiara. Este libro tiene absolutamente todo eso, ¡así que lo RECONTRA AMO y recomiendo!». «Con una historia tan sexy y misteriosa, ¡yo sí quiero seguir la música!». «Una historia que te hará seguir tus instintos, incluso los más ocultos y primitivos».«Naiara tiene el don de mantenerte enganchada a la historia de principio a fin, sobre todo, con un protagonista tan seductor como Kris». «Yo sí me mudaría a Deeping Cross, aunque... ¿seré capaz de resistirme a la música? No quiero seguirla pero... ¡el suspenso me mata! Deeping Cross, allá voy».
No soy robot
by Laetitia ThollotUna aventura llena de robots ADEN cree que puede ser famoso. Su mamá piensa que es apuesto, astuto, talentoso y único. Y las mamás siempre tienen la razón. ¿O no? Ambos pasan las tardes y los fines de semana acudiendo a audiciones, pero el llamado a la fama nomás no llega. Hasta que undía, cuando estaban a punto de darse por vencidos, una empresa contrata a Aden para ser el modelo del robot que se convertirá en el juguete favorito de todos los niños. Con esto seguro llegarán la fama y la fortuna, ¿no? Lo que Aden no imagina es que el robot le arrebatará su identidad, el cariño de su mamá y hasta su playera favorita. Y él no será el único niño en aprietos: tal pareciera que con la llegadade los robots, los adultos han perdido la cordura. ¿Será mera coincidencia? ¿O habrá alguien detrás, con un plan a prueba de niños?
No todos los besos son iguales
by Élmer MendozaMe estoy hartando: ¿tantos hombres en el mundo y no hay un idiota que me despierte? Se supone que transcurriría una eternidad antes de que el reino de Mey se librara de la mala obra que le impuso Espolonela con su varita maldita, pero apenas van cuatro años de soporífera existencia y, dicen, la princesa ya medio despertó y anda por ahí refunfuñando en busca de alguien que la bese para espabilarse del todo, y con ella, la comarca entera. Pero ¿quién es en realidad la Bella Durmiente, además de una insolente? El palacio de Mey colinda al norte con los reinos de Mocorio, Navolatura y el País del Agua, donde el clásico cuento de hadas hace esquina con la vena satírica -los guiños delirantes y la aguda fuerza narrativa- de uno de los autores mexicanos más reconocidos de la literatura actual. Una hilarante reinterpretación de las versiones de los Grimm, Basile y Perrault, que se da vuelo con la oralidad en la que tuvo su origen. Hadas en aprietos, espadachines trotamundos, una panda de bribones de diversas cataduras y más de tres atolondrados; aves fénix, dominatrices y reyes... Todos a expensas de los caprichos de un poder furibundo que achicharra hasta a las moscas.
No vuelvas nunca más
by T. M. Bilderback Héctor MolinaEn esta última serie de T.M. Bilderback es presentado un nuevo lugar: El Condado de Sardis. El Condado de Sardis es un sitio único, con personajes coloridos y actitudes humidles.El corazón del Condado de Sardis es el pueblo de Perry, y tiene las usuales cosas que un pequeño pueblo puede ofrecer. Una preparatoria una plaza, estación de policía, y tiendas forman parte de Perry, y La Cámara de Comercio de Perry ha inventado un slogan: "Condado de Sardis - ¡Donde tú haces la magia!" Pero hay algo diferente sobre el Condado de Sardis. Algo que tiene que ver con magia real... Y se encuentra en el sótano de un anciano. Tres estudiantes de preparatoria están a punto de enfrentarse a algo que nunca esperaban: Una puerta abierta hacia el infierno. Y el infierno viene a visitar el condado. Así que presten atención a esta advertencia y lean "No vuelvas nunca más".
No/Mad/Land
by Francesco VersoA solarpunk masterpiece from a writer who champions a positive, inclusive and deep-thinking version of future possibilities.The Pulldogs leave Rome to embrace a new condition: leaving no trace of their passage, they shape a new challenging lifestyle: wandering around the world as neo-nomads to spread their solarpunk way of living and to engage on a never-ending mission to save endangered human cultures with nanites. But the vision of Alan and Nicolas about how the Pulldogs should live collide, and as a consequence, they split in two groups: one goes North to live in the beautiful wilderness of Siberia and Mongolia, while the other goes South to save the Dogon tribe from a possible extinction due to climate change in Central Africa. But at the end everybody - including a new generation of Pulldogs - will have to come back to Rome, where their incredible transformation started many years before. Sequel to the celebrated The Roamers.FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
Noah McNichol and the Backstage Ghost
by Martha Freeman&“Will make a theater lover of any young reader.&” —Booklist Perfect for fans of The Wednesday Wars, this raucous and delightful middle grade mystery from Edgar Award–nominated author Martha Freeman is filled with backstage fun, relatable family drama, and maybe even a ghost.Break a leg! That&’s what you say to actors when what you mean is Have a good show!. Anything else is bad luck. When Miss Magnus literally breaks her leg, eleven-year-old Noah McNichol and the rest of the Plattsfield Winklebottom Memorial Sixth-Grade Players are left without a director for their production of Hamlet. Coach Fig comes to the rescue—sort of. He&’ll direct, even though he is clearly more interested in whatever is happening on his phone than in directing. He doesn&’t even know upstage from downstage! But then something weird happens: out of nowhere appears a strangely dressed old guy named Mike. He tells Noah he has theater experience, before disappearing—poof. Noah has some investigating to do and some decisions to make. Like, does he care more that their new director might be a ghost or about getting to make his stage debut? And who is Mike and why has he decided to help? As things get weirder and weirder, one thing becomes clear: The show must go on, and Noah will do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.
Noah's Ark: Chronicles of Kassouk: A Prequel (Chronicles of Kassouk #1)
by Vijaya SchartzWhen Trixie's starfreighter, Noah's Ark, drops out of jump space in an uncharted part of the universe, she believes the M-class planet on her viewer represents hope and salvation for her motley crew and the ragtag settlers aboard her ship. Kostas, ex Space Marine, the expert survivalist recruited for this expedition, doesn't believe in coincidences, and knows that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is. Everyone on this voyage to seed a new planet with life, is running from something, and harbors dangerous secrets... including Trixie, who vowed to never let a man control her life again. As for Kostas, he would get lynched on the spot if anyone suspected who he really is. But on this seemingly abandoned planet, others are watching, herding them for evil purposes... And when the truth emerges and secrets unravel, Trixie and Kostas will have to fight for survival, for freedom, and for the right to love...
Noah: "noah Is Sure To Enchant" (Nightwalkers #5)
by Jacquelyn FrankThe Nightwalkers have lived in the shadows of our world for centuries, gifted with abilities few humans can comprehend. For Noah, duty is all--until he meets the woman who is his destiny. . . She Will Take Him Beyond His Wildest Dreams. As Demon King, Noah is dedicated to protecting his kind from their human and Nightwalker enemies. Yet for six months he has struggled with vivid dreams that threaten his very sanity. Every night he's tormented by images of a woman both achingly real and tantalizingly beyond his grasp. And his bone-deep need leaves him no choice but to force her to leave the life she's known and enter a world beyond her imagining. . . Every day, Kestra risks her life in perilous missions that veer just shy of the law, but she instinctively knows that the imposingly sensual figure before her is a danger unlike any she's ever faced. Kestra has sworn never to trust or need another man, but Noah's lightest touch scorches her with fevered desire, branding her as his mate, blinding them both to the terrifying truth. For within the ranks of their own people lies an adversary growing in number and power. And nothing and no one will be safe again. . . Desire awakens at night. . .