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Nocturne
by Syrie JamesWhen Nicole Whitcomb's car runs off a Colorado mountain road during a blinding snowstorm, she is saved from death by a handsome, fascinating, and enigmatic stranger.Snowbound with him for days in his beautiful home high in the Rockies, she finds herself powerfully attracted to him. But there are things about him that mystify her, filling her with apprehension.Who is Michael Tyler? Why does he live alone in such a secluded spot and guard his private life so carefully? What secret--or secrets--is he hiding?Nicole has secrets of her own and a past she is running from--but Michael understands her better than anyone she has ever known. Soon, she is falling as deeply in love with him as he is with her--a profoundly meaningful experience that is destined to change their lives forever.As the sexual tension between them builds, however, the clues mount up. When Nicole learns her host's terrifying secret, there is nowhere for her to run but into the blizzard raging outside, and Michael may be the only one who can save her life.
Nocturne for a Dangerous Man
by Marc MatzGavilan Robie was a man who lived a very private life--under any of a number of names and faces, many of whom had acquaintances and friends--but only a very few people were acquaintances of Gavilan Robie. Robie was a hunter, once a member of the clandestine Action Rescue Commitee, now freelance. And when he's hired by a powerful multi-national corporation to find an employee kidnapped by terrorists, he finds himself in over his head. He will need every trick he's picked up during years of covert ops just to survive.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Nocturne: A Novel
by Alyssa WeesIn this haunting, evocative fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she&’s pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems.&“An utterly unique, lyrical play on the Persephone and Hades myth for fans of Neil Gaiman or Madeline Miller.&”—Booklist (starred review)Growing up in Chicago&’s Little Sicily in the years following the Great War, Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina, ever since she first peered through the windows of the Near North Ballet company. So when Grace is orphaned, she chooses the ballet as her home, imagining herself forever ensconced in a transcendent world of light and beauty so different from her poor, immigrant upbringing. Years later, with the Great Depression in full swing, Grace has become the company&’s new prima ballerina—though achieving her long-held dream is not the triumph she once envisioned. Time and familiarity have tarnished that shining vision, and her new position means the loss of her best friend in the world. Then she attracts the attention of the enigmatic Master La Rosa as her personal patron and realizes the world is not as small or constricted as she had come to fear. Who is her mysterious patron, and what does he want from her? As Grace begins to unlock the Master&’s secrets, she discovers that there is beauty in darkness as well as light, finds that true friendship cannot be broken by time or distance, and realizes there may be another way entirely to achieve the transcendence she has always sought.
Nocturne: Book Three Of The Sabrina Strong Series (Sabrina Strong Ser. #Vol. 3)
by Valentina Radaelli Lorelei BellQuando sparisce Lindee, la cugina di Sabrina, la chiaroveggente teme che ci siano i vampiri dietro a tutta la faccenda... e ben presto scopre che le cose sono anche peggiori di quanto immaginava. Oltre il Velo Nero, i vampiri sono dieci volte più numerosi degli umani, che non sono altro che donatori di sangue e oggetti sessuali dei vampiri. È in questo luogo che Sabrina incontro Drakulya l’Impalatore, che è riuscito non solo a diventare un vampiro, ma a vivere in quello strano mondo assumendo la carica di re. Con il Pugnale di Delfi, Sabrina affronterà i Terribili – degli stalker e assassini senza pietà. Sabrina porta al collo la pietra che ospita lo spirito di Dante Badheart, ma anche altri misteri avvolgono quell’oggetto magico.
Nod
by Adrian BarnesDawn breaks over Vancouver and no one in the world has slept the night before, or almost no one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand, can still sleep, and they've all shared the same golden dream. After six days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After four weeks, the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead. Paul, a writer, continues to sleep while his partner Tanya disintegrates before his eyes, and the new world swallows the old one whole.
Noe, la camarera del bar de la esquina y otros relatos
by José Estévez LópezSi desafinas, perderás credibilidad. Si desafinas, perderás credibilidad.
Noggin
by John Corey WhaleyTravis Coates has a good head...on someone else's shoulders. A touching, hilarious, and wholly original coming-of-age story from John Corey Whaley, author of the Printz and Morris Award-winning Where Things Come Back.Listen--Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn't.Now he's alive again.Simple as that. The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer in Denver, Colorado. Five years later, it was reattached to some other guy's body, and well, here he is. Despite all logic, he's still sixteen, but everything and everyone around him has changed. That includes his bedroom, his parents, his best friend, and his girlfriend. Or maybe she's not his girlfriend anymore? That's a bit fuzzy too. Looks like if the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, there are going to be a few more scars. Oh well, you only live twice.
Noir
by K. W. JeterTravelt - a corporate flunkey at DynaZauber Inc. - is dead, but his prowler is still stalking the Wedge. Harrisch needs the prowler back, before it spews DynaZauber's secrets to the enemy.When Harrisch approaches ex-agent McNihil with the Travelt case. McNihil's every nerve ending screams no - even though the payout might buy his late wife out of limbo. His days in the Wedge are over - too many ghosts, too many nightmares. But Harrisch won't take no for an answer.NOIR is a brilliantly atmospheric thriller, set in a Los Angeles that stands at the centre of an urban sprawl spanning half the globe. Where the haves live in splendour and the have-nots scrabble in the dark. Where the dead live on until their debts are paid.
Noir: A Novel
by Christopher Moore<P>The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a hapless bartender; his Chinese sidekick; a doll with sharp angles and dangerous curves; a tight-lipped Air Force general; a wisecracking waif; Petey, a black mamba; and many more. <P>San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .It’s not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It’s love at first sight, but before Sammy can make his move, an Air Force general named Remy arrives with some urgent business. ’Cause when you need something done, Sammy is the guy to go to; he’s got the connections on the street. <P>Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has been spotted up the Pacific coast in Washington State near Mount Rainer, followed by a mysterious plane crash in a distant patch of desert in New Mexico that goes by the name Roswell. <P>But the real weirdness is happening on the streets of the City by the Bay. When one of Sammy’s schemes goes south and the Cheese mysteriously vanishes, Sammy is forced to contend with his own dark secrets—and more than a few strange goings on—if he wants to find his girl. <P>Think Raymond Chandler meets Damon Runyon with more than a dash of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes All Stars. <P>It’s all very, very Noir. It’s all very, very Christopher Moore. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Noise
by Hal ClementKainui is one of a pair of double planets circling a pair of binary stars. Mike Hoani has come there to study the languarge of the colonists. But Kainui is an ocean planet, covered in water 1700 miles deep, with no solid ground anywhere. The population is scattered in cities on floating artificial islands with no fixed locations. The atmosphere isn't breathable, and lightning, water-spouts, and tsunamis are constant. Out on the great planetary ocean, self-sufficiency is crucial, and far from any floating city, on a small working-family ship, anything can happen. Mike's academic research turns into an exotic nautical adventure unlike anything he could have imagined.
Noise
by Hal ClementHal Clement, the dean of hard science fiction, has written a new planetary adventure in the tradition of his classic Mission of Gravity. It is the kind of story that made his reputation as a meticulous designer of otherworldly settings that are utterly convincing because they are constructed from the ground up using established principles of orbital mechanics, geology, chemistry, biology, and other sciences.Kainui is one of a pair of double planets circling a pair of binary stars. Mike Hoani has come there to study the language of the colonists, to analyze its evolution in the years since settlement. But Kainui is an ocean planet. Although settled by Polynesians, it is anything but a tropical paradise. The ocean is 1,700 miles deep, with no solid ground anywhere. The population is scattered in cities on floating artificial islands with no fixed locations. The atmosphere isn't breathable, and lightning, waterspouts, and tsunamis are constant. Out on the great planetary ocean, self-sufficiency is crucial, and far from any floating city, on a small working-family ship, anything can happen. There are, for instance, pirates. Mike's academic research turns into an exotic nautical adventure unlike anything he could have imagined.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Noise: A Novel
by Darin BradleyThis haunting debut from a brilliant new voice is sure to be as captivating as it is controversial, a shocking look at the imminent collapse of American civilization--and what will succeed it. In the aftermath of the switch from analog to digital TV, an anarchic movement known as Salvage hijacks the unused airwaves. Mixed in with the static's random noise are dire warnings of the imminent economic, political, and social collapse of civilization--and cold-blooded lessons on how to survive the fall and prosper in the harsh new order that will inevitably arise from the ashes of the old.Hiram and Levi are two young men, former Scouts and veterans of countless Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Now, on the blood-drenched battlefields of university campuses, shopping malls, and gated communities, they will find themselves taking on new identities and new moralities as they lead a ragtag band of hackers and misfits to an all-but-mythical place called Amaranth, where a fragile future waits to be born.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Noise: A Novel
by Darin BradleyThis haunting debut from a brilliant new voice is sure to be as captivating as it is controversial, a shocking look at the imminent collapse of American civilization--and what will succeed it. In the aftermath of the switch from analog to digital TV, an anarchic movement known as Salvage hijacks the unused airwaves. Mixed in with the static's random noise are dire warnings of the imminent economic, political, and social collapse of civilization--and cold-blooded lessons on how to survive the fall and prosper in the harsh new order that will inevitably arise from the ashes of the old.Hiram and Levi are two young men, former Scouts and veterans of countless Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. Now, on the blood-drenched battlefields of university campuses, shopping malls, and gated communities, they will find themselves taking on new identities and new moralities as they lead a ragtag band of hackers and misfits to an all-but-mythical place called Amaranth, where a fragile future waits to be born.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Noite Adentro
by Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard M. A. ZuculoUma policial de Seattle especializada em homicídios trabalha durante as noites – e isso é bom – ela é meio-vampira. A Detetive Lilah Evans é chamada para investigar um corpo sem vida encontrado a apenas alguns quarteirões de uma casa noturna, onde uma garota tinha desaparecido horas antes. Ela tem que descobrir se existe alguma ligação entre estes casos e fazer de tudo para solucionar o crime, e ao mesmo tempo, preservar o seu segredo.
Noites De Travessia: Lenda De Amor
by Jen Minkman Miquenia LitzAgora que Moira descobriu que ela deveria ajudar Hayko a fazer a passagem, ela não tem certeza se quer se despedir dele. Mas não há nada mais que possa ser feito... ele não é dela para permanecer ali. Ou é? Junto com os irmãos e a melhor amiga, Moira tenta chegar à raiz do problema investigando as origens do espírito do mal que mantém Hayko preso em sua paisagem de sonhos. E então, ela descobre de onde Hayko é realmente, e que nem tudo pode estar perdido. Ela e Hayko estão conectados, e apenas o anjo superior da hierarquia poderá determinar se essa conexão é temporária... ou destinada a durar para sempre.
Noites de Travessia: Paisagem de Sonhos
by Jen Minkman Miquenia LitzQuando Moira se junta a seus irmãos em um ritual Wicanno de Halloween, a última coisa que ela espera é ser levada a uma imensidão mística. Sentada entre as pedras do antigo círculo de Penmaenmawr, País de Gales, ela se convence de que é uma ilusão. Mas o belo homem de cabelos escuros com amnésia que Moira encontra durante seu transe não pode ser apagado da memória como um sonho. Hayko, o estrangeiro misterioso, não vai desaparecer. Após retornar de sua aventura no círculo de pedras, ela é levada de volta, noite após noite, à estranha terra dos sonhos por uma força invisível. Mas a pior parte não é lutar contra as criaturas terríveis desses pesadelos... é perceber que ela está se apaixonando por um cara sem um passado e que não é real. E se você puder realmente se apaixonar pelo homem dos seus sonhos? Uma aventura paranormal empolgante com romance, mistério e mitologia antiga.
Nomad
by William AlexanderGabe Fuentes is in a race against time--and aliens--in this intergalactic sequel to Ambassador, which Booklist called "an exciting sci-fi adventure, perceptively exploring what it means to be alien," from National Book Award winner William Alexander.When we last left Earth's Ambassador, Gabe Fuentes, he was stranded on the moon. And when he's rescued by Kaen, another Ambassador, things don't get better: It turns out that the Outlast-- a race of aliens that has been systematically wiping out all other creatures--are coming. And they've set their sights on Earth. Enter Nadia. She was Earth's Ambassador before Gabe, but left her post in order to stop the Outlast. Nadia has discovered that the Outlast can conquer worlds by travelling fast through lanes created by the mysterious Machinae. No one has communicated with the Machinae in centuries, but Nadia is determined to try, and Gabe and Kaen want to help her. But the three Ambassadors don't know that the Outlast have discovered what they are doing, and have sent assassins to track them down. As Nadia heads deeper into space to find the Machinae, Gabe and Kaen return to Earth, where Gabe is trying to find another type of alien--his father, who was deported to Mexico, and who Gabe is desperate to bring home. From a detention center in the center of the Arizona desert to the Embassy in the center of the galaxy, the three Ambassadors race against time to save their worlds in this exciting, funny, mind-bending adventure.
Nomad's Dream
by August LiTwo men, each with a hidden destiny. Can they defeat a web of deceit and dark magic to ensure their fates intertwine? Bedouin Isra al-Grayjaab’s dreams lead him to Janan, an amnesiac beggar on the street of Qena—one who steals his heart and starts him on a seemingly hopeless quest. With only their wits, Isra’s knowledge of the desert’s secrets, and the aid of a mercurial djinn, they must recover Janan’s past. But neither can predict his true identity or the lengths others will go to see that his mind remains broken and his true power out of his reach. In a sweeping romantic adventure that takes them across the Eastern Desert to the modern streets of Cairo and on to the luxurious Red Sea Coast, Janan and Isra seek a truth that will either bring them into each other’s arms or tear them apart forever.
Nomads of Gor (Gorean Saga #4)
by John NormanA mysterious nomadic tribe may pose a perilous threat in this alternate-world fantasy adventure in the long-running series. Join celebrated tarnsman Tarl Cabot in his latest adventure on the parallel planet of Gor, with its exotic lifestyle and social norms. Tarl has dedicated his life to ensuring that the Priest-Kings survive the harsh lands of Gor, but a savage tribe that closely guards its secrets has halted his quest. To continue it, Tarl must unravel the mysteries of this strange, private band of nomads called the Wagon People at risk of his life. He is the only man alive who has not trembled in the presence of this mysterious tribe. Now he is embarking on the most perilous adventure of his sojourn on the counter-world of Gor. Will he be accepted by the tribe and learn the secrets they guard with their lives—or will he die trying? Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire. Nomads of Gor is the 4th book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Noman
by William NicholsonThe safe haven of the Noble Warriors has been demolished and the Nomana have disbanded. When a young boy preaching peace and joy mesmerizes all who come in contact with him, a large following grows quickly--one that soon includes Morning Star and the Wildman. Yet Seeker, who is obsessed with his increasingly perilous journey to kill the last savanter, finds his mission placing him at odds with this new leader. As loyalties and friendships and faith are tested, all three heroes must question: Who can be trusted? And what can be believed?
Nomansland
by D. G. ComptonThe Attrition. It was a bloodless, bureaucratic word, chosen to hide the appalling reality of the plague that had changed the face of civilisation.Now Dr Harriet Ryder-Kahn, born four years into the Attrition, thinks she may have an answer. But in a world convulsed by trauma she finds there are those who do not want a solution. And they are prepared to go as far as it takes to silence her . . .
Nomansland
by D.G. ComptonThe Attrition. It was a bloodless, bureaucratic word, chosen to hide the appalling reality of the plague that had changed the face of civilisation.Now Dr Harriet Ryder-Kahn, born four years into the Attrition, thinks she may have an answer. But in a world convulsed by trauma she finds there are those who do not want a solution. And they are prepared to go as far as it takes to silence her . . .
Non si può fare: Chupacabras golosi di frullato di escursionista
by Owen JonesNon si può fare Chupacabras golosi di frullato di escursionista Heng Lee fa il pastore nelle montagne del nord est della regione del Chiang Rai nella Thailandia del nord, molto vicino al confine con il Laos. Vive in una comunità molto piccola dove si conoscono tutti. All’improvviso, si ammala ma non abbastanza da non poter portare le sue capre al pascolo, finché un giorno è costretto a consultare lo sciamano locale, visto che gli capita di svenire. Nelle vicinanze non ci sono medici veri e propri e, per secoli, lo Sciamano è stato il guaritore per la maggior parte delle persone. Lo Sciamano esamina alcuni campioni ed arriva alla conclusione che i reni di Heng hanno smesso di funzionare e che gli rimane poco tempo da vivere. Inizia la battaglia per salvargli la vita, ma sono anche altre, le forze in gioco. Cosa succederà a Heng, alla sua famiglia, al resto della comunità, se sceglierà di seguire i consigli dello Sciamano?
Non-Stop
by Brian AldissThis splendid new edition of Brian Aldiss's first science fiction novel-it first appeared in 1958 and was originally published in the United States as Starship-has been updated for the twenty-first century. Non-Stop remains a brilliant and ground-breaking work of the imagination. Curiosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped quarters, hacking away at the encroaching jungle called "the ponics. " As to where they were-that had long ago been forgotten. But Roy Complain decides to find out, along with the renegade priest, Marapper. They move into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries that turn their universe upside-down. And they confront a secret kept hidden for twenty-three generations-its discovery will reveal their origins and destiny even as it destroys their world. Book jacket.
Non-Stop
by Brian AldissCuriosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarters, hacking away at the encroaching ponics. As to where they were - that was forgotten.Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down ...Non-Stop is the classic SF novel of discovery and exploration; a brilliant evocation of a familiar setting seen through the eyes of a primitive.