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Sourdough: A Novel
by Robin SloanIn his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour BookstoreLois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her—feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she’s providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer’s market, and a whole new world opens up. When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly? Leavened by the same infectious intelligence that made Robin Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore such a sensation, while taking on even more satisfying challenges, Sourdough marks the triumphant return of a unique and beloved young writer.
Sous la peau (Bouclier métamorphe #1)
by Margo Bond CollinsElle est chanceuse que ce soit un séducteur. Il est chanceux qu’elle ne mord pas. Trop… Lindi Parker travaille fort pour rester humaine, et ce n’est pas une tâche facile pour une métaserpent. Elle n’a aucune envie de chercher d’autres personnes comme elle… jusqu’à ce qu’une nouvelle enquête change tout. Quand Lindi apprend qu’elle n’est pas la seule métamorphe sur Terre, elle réalise aussi qu’elle est peut-être la prochaine sur la liste d’un tueur. Pour sauver sa peau et celle des enfants blessés avec lesquels elle travaille, elle devra faire équipe avec Dr Kade Nevala, un membre du clan métamorphe responsable de l’extermination des serpents-garous et aussi un des hommes les plus séduisants que Lindi a jamais vu. Encore plus terrifiant, elle devra embrasser son côté serpent, un choix qui a d’énormes conséquences pour Lindi et les gens autour d’elle.
South
by Babak LakghomiSouth is a hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual’s quest for truth, agency, and understanding.“A quiet meditation on imagination and reality, absence and presence, and the world around us. Lakghomi achieves a poetic and hypnotic effect with his tightly constructed, spare prose.” — Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed“A Lynchian descent into the paranoia and alienation of totalitarianism, South is a haunting and dreamlike novel” — SHELF AWARENESSB, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers of evil winds and spirits, and corrupt entities focused on manipulation and censorship. As he tries to defend himself against his unknown enemies, we learn about his father’s disappearance, his fading love with his wife, and his encounter with an unknown woman. A puzzle-like novel about totalitarianism, surveillance, alienation, and guilt that questions the forces that control us.A RARE MACHINES BOOK
South (Divided States #1)
by Frank OwenThe USA has been ravaged by Civil War. It's been 30 years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South. While the South has been devastated by disease—the North has emerged victorious, but terrified of reprisals. Both territories remain at the mercy of the vicious Northern dictator, Renard. Two survivors, Dyce and Vida, journeyed deep into the Southern terrains in search of a cure for Renard's chemical warfare. Now they find themselves scouring the Northern territories on a new and far deadlier pursuit; to eliminate Renard himself. Could Dyce and Vida unite a fractured America—and at what cost? This is the story of Dyce and Vida. This is the story of the Resistance and its last, desperate, stand. This is the story of North.
South Carolina Haunts
by Kevin Thomas WardSouth Carolina, one of the oldest states in the Union has a very haunting history. Here find 30 ghostly stories from the coastal, central, and Piedmont areas. Find out about the famous “Gray Man” who wanders the beaches of Pawleys Island, warning residents of oncoming danger. Hear the ruckus raised by the ghost of legendary pirate Stede Bonnet, who is still seen and heard at night near the spot of his demise. Hear the sounds of battle on the calmest of evenings in Charleston, smell the smoke and gunpowder, and feel the strong sadness where soldiers fell at Fort Sumter. Visit the Cool Springs Plantation where some ghostly parties never end. From a monster at college to ghost lights in modern buildings, and more, South Carolina is home to spirits, spooks, and all manner of unearthly beings from eras long past.
South of Surrender
by Laura KayeShe's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubled brother can be redeemed. But Eurus fights back, triggering vicious summer storms that threaten the mortal realm, dangerously drain Chrys, and earn the ire of the Olympic gods who ordered Eurus dead.Laney Summerlyn refuses to give up her grandfather's horse farm, despite her deteriorating vision. More than ever, she needs the organized routine of her life at Summerlyn Stables, until a ferocious storm brings an impossible-and beautiful-creature crashing down from the heavens.Injured while fighting Eurus, Chrys finds himself at the mercy of a mortal woman whose compassion and acceptance he can't resist. As they surrender to the passion flaring between them, immortal enemies close in, forcing Chrys to choose between his brother and the only woman who's ever loved the real him.
South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel (Vintage International)
by Haruki MurakamiSouth of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami&’s most touching novels.Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime&’s quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly dazzling, in South of the Border, West of the Sun the simple arc of one man&’s life becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Murakami&’s remarkable genius.
South of the Buttonwood Tree
by Heather WebberUSA Today bestselling author Heather Webber's South of the Buttonwood Tree is a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town Southern charm.Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she’s happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree.Sarah Grace Landreneau Fulton is at a crossroads. She has always tried so hard to do the right thing, but her own mother would disown her if she ever learned half of Sarah Grace’s secrets.The unexpected discovery of the newborn baby girl will alter Blue’s and Sarah Grace’s lives forever. Both women must fight for what they truly want in life and for who they love. In doing so, they uncover long-held secrets that reveal exactly who they really are—and what they’re willing to sacrifice in the name of family.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Southern Charms (Enchanted Love #2)
by Trana Mae SimmonsA Woman Rancher's Life Takes a Decided Turn When Her Fairy Godmother Visits—Love Soon Follows—in Southern Charms, an Enchanting Romance with a Touch of Paranormal From Trana Mae SimmonsNorthern Central Texas, Late 1800'sAt his mother's insistence, city-slicker Shane Morgan reluctantly leaves New York City for the wilds of Texas, searching for the daughter of his mother's best friend. A woman who, unbeknownst to her, is an heiress to a huge fortune.Ellie Parker is the unwanted stepchild doing all the ranch work, while her mother dotes on her real daughter. She drowns her sorrows by running the ranch she loves, enjoying the company of ranch hands, horses, and cattle.When a polished city slicker shows up and imposes himself upon her life, he refuses to be ignored. But when a lady of the evening, claiming to be Ellie's fairy godmother, along with her spoiled white cat, also intrudes at the same time the circus comes to town, it's all too much for Ellie.Amid an atmosphere of deception and disbelief, Ellie finds herself falling in love with the totally inappropriate Shane Morgan. But can love find its way through the morass of truths Shane is forced to shroud?About the Author:T. M. Simmons lives in a haunted house on the edge of the East Texas Piney Woods, which she and her husband share with various pets and paranormal residents. In between writing cozy mysteries and other stories, she delights in scaring herself silly during otherworldly encounters and visits haunted buildings and graveyards during dark and full moons. Her husband goes along sometimes to protect her from the bumps in the night, although he's been known to spy a ghost and retreat rather than confront it. She also pursues paranormal entities with her real-life Twila, Aunt Belle Brown, who are Lead Investigators of the Supernatural Researchers of Texas paranormal investigative team. SRT's motto is "Leave Peace Behind," and the team seeks to leave peace for the people who are dealing with troubled hauntings, as well as for the ghosts. Simmons is extremely willing to discuss her experiences with anyone she can corner.
Southern Fire
by Juliet E. Mckennain this first book in a new series, we are introduced to a people who shuns magic till magic is likely to destroy them.
Southern Gods
by John Hornor JacobsRecent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music--broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio station--is said to make living men insane and dead men rise. Disturbed and enraged by the bootleg recording the DJ plays for him, Ingram follows Hastur's trail into the strange, uncivilized backwoods of Arkansas, where he hears rumors the musician has sold his soul to the Devil. But as Ingram closes in on Hastur and those who have crossed his path, he'll learn there are forces much more malevolent than the Devil and reckonings more painful than Hell...In a masterful debut of Lovecraftian horror and Southern gothic menace, John Hornor Jacobs reveals the fragility of free will, the dangerous power of sacrifice, and the insidious strength of blood.
Southern Gods
by John Hornor JacobsRecent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music--broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio station--is said to make living men insane and dead men rise. Disturbed and enraged by the bootleg recording the DJ plays for him, Ingram follows Hastur's trail into the strange, uncivilized backwoods of Arkansas, where he hears rumors the musician has sold his soul to the Devil. But as Ingram closes in on Hastur and those who have crossed his path, he'll learn there are forces much more malevolent than the Devil and reckonings more painful than Hell... In a masterful debut of Lovecraftian horror and Southern gothic menace, John Hornor Jacobs reveals the fragility of free will, the dangerous power of sacrifice, and the insidious strength of blood.
Southern Sun, Northern Star (Glass Alliance #3)
by Joanna HathawayBattles, revolution, and romance collide in Southern Sun, Northern Star, the conclusion to Joanna Hathaway's stunning, World Wars-inspired fantasy series.Reeling from the tragedy that beset her family, Princess Aurelia has joined the resistance in Havenspur, spying on the Northern leaders who were once her allies and determined to stop her uncle’s machinations for war. Meanwhile, her beloved pilot Athan leads his squadron into battle as the Safire wage a losing war abroad and combat growing unrest back home. When Athan is sent on leave to Havenspur following the death of a comrade, the pair reunite and rekindle their romance until Aurelia uncovers one of Athan’s secrets, a secret that could save countless lives. But exposing it to the right people will cost her Athan's trust, and this time, their shared memories of love might not be enough to stop the fateful path of destruction that threatens all they’ve fought to defend. As history unfolds around them, every move they make drives them one step closer to either recreating their parents’ shadowed past or redeeming the alliance that could bring peace. The breathtaking finale to a legendary series. Part war drama, part romance, Southern Sun, Northern Star is the epic conclusion to the Glass Alliance series.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Southshore: Northshore And Southshore (Gateway Essentials #156)
by Sheri S. TepperIn the savage and magical world of the River, the pace of life is dictated by the ebb and flow of great tides - and by the power of a fearsome religion. Yet dangerous currents gather force beneath the placid surface.Together, Pamra Don and Thrasne the Boatman seek to uncover the terrible truth about the river and its awesome strength. But in the world of the Awakeners, the truth can kill you.Southshore is the conclusion to Sheri S. Tepper's acclaimed Awakeners sequence.
Sovereign
by R. M. MeluchWAR BETWEEN THE WORLDS. In a universe where Earthmen and Uelsons battle over the domination of galaxies, what chance does one small, seemingly backward planet have for survival? But Arana is much more than just a desirable refueling point midway between Earth and the Uelsons. Arana is the homeworld of a new race in the family of man--the Royalists. It is also the home of one very special Bay Royalist--Teal Ray Stewert, a key figure to the future of his entire planet. And what neither Earthmen nor Uelsons know is that Teal and his planet may be the catalyst for the ultimate struggle between mankind and its most hated enemy!
Sovereign (The Books of Mortals)
by Ted Dekker Tosca LeeNine years after Rom Sebastian was thrust into the most unlikely of circumstances as hero and bearer of an unimaginable secret, the alliance of his followers is in disarray. An epic battle with The Order has left them scattered and deeply divided both in strategy and resolve in their struggle to become truly alive and free.Only 49 truly alive followers remain loyal to Rom. This meager band must fight for survival as The Order is focused on their total annihilation. Misunderstood and despised, their journey will be one of desperation against a new, more intensely evil Order. As the hand of this evil is raised to strike and destroy them they must rely on their faith in the abiding power of love to overcome all and lead them to sovereignty.SOVEREIGN wonderfully continues the new testament allegory that was introduced in FORBIDDEN and continued in MORTAL.
Sovereign Silk (Silken Magic #3)
by Elizabeth GilliganSovereign Silk is the third book of a series set in the mythical kingdom of Tyrrhia, where courtly politics, magic, and the silk trade intersect.The very future of Tyrrhia is endangered when assassins target Alban, the beloved king, while his wife, Queen Idala, lies on the brink of death after giving birth to quadruplets whose conception was marked by dark magic. With the king and queen’s firstborn son far too young to assume the throne should the worst befall, all five children will end up in the care of the queen’s brother, Duke Stefano, and his Romani Duchessa, Luciana, who are expecting their own fairy-blessed child.At this uncertain time, magical and diabolical plots converge, threatening the young heirs, their guardians, and the peace and stability of the kingdom. Stefano and Luciana must walk the tightrope of political intrigues that threaten all they hold dear, and through their wits and derring-do—aided by the power and skills of the Rom—preserve their children, their peoples and their kingdom.
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of Spirit World: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Xiao YanYuYeThe young master of the Ling Ji Realm, Ling Yang, who came from a distinguished background, walked down a peak-level path and established his own power. He took in the divine beasts as his mounts, killed gods and buddhas, and had the Mysterious Zither of the Nine Heavens, what did the world have to fear?
Sovereign of the Talisman and Martial Arts: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Yin ShihongyueTwin Soul Bodies. One was like a golden sun, making it impossible for people to look directly at it. The other was like a star in the night. It was brilliant and dazzling. Relying on his determination, he stepped into dangerous areas, trained his physical body, accompanied by his beauties. After changing his fate, he beheaded evil spirits, killed tens of thousands of demons, rose to prominence amongst the human race, and made friends with drunk brothers.
Sovereign of the Talisman and Martial Arts: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Yin ShihongyueTwin Soul Bodies. One was like a golden sun, making it impossible for people to look directly at it. The other was like a star in the night. It was brilliant and dazzling. Relying on his determination, he stepped into dangerous areas, trained his physical body, accompanied by his beauties. After changing his fate, he beheaded evil spirits, killed tens of thousands of demons, rose to prominence amongst the human race, and made friends with drunk brothers.