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Zucchini
by Barbara DanaZucchini knows there's more to life than his cage at the zoo... Zucchini feels trapped. With a tip from a fellow rodent, the brave young black-footed ferret escapes from the zoo in a subway and a crosstown bus. But freedom doesn't mean very much without someone to share it with. That's when Zucchini meets Billy, a ten-year-old boy with the kindest eyes Zucchini's ever seen. Billy loves Zucchini too, but he's very shy about saying so. Will Billy's shyness ruin the best friendship either of them has ever had?
Zuat's Philosophy
by Mike CavendishZuat's Philosophy is a novel for general readers, especially young adults who are developing their world views. It endorses laissez-faire capitalism. The story may offend: * Academic philosophers who muddy the waters of philosophy * Lawyers who put law above ethics * Executives of big companies who use ruthless tactics against small competitors * Environmentalists who resent even mild criticism of their precious causes * Young ex-schoolies who self-immerse in alcohol * Religious believers who don't like: - Arguments put forward to challenge their faith - Exposure of yet another wearer of the cloth as a scumbag. A caution to Peruvians: You might not like the revival of memories of Peru of 1980s and 1990s, and the evil Shining Path. Every issue is potentially political. If hens went on strike, politicians (and novelists?) of left and right might debate fiercely the price of eggs. For the rest of you, please enjoy the development of an unlikely romance. It comes with each partner clarifying his/her philosophy and taking much mental and physical risk to achieve that. By the way, Zuat is short for Anzuátegui.
Z's Story
by Rae MonetFormer FBI Agent Angel Farin has one purpose--Revenge!Angel Farin, left for dead by the criminals she was investigating, was taken out of her job before she was ready and now she's wants to find the person responsible for ending her career ... Angel's willing to step on anyone in her way ... including FBI fugitive Agent Carl Zeik.FBI Agent Carl Zeik has one purpose--Protecting Angel.Special Agent Carl Zeik is assigned the most difficult undercover job of his career--protect the big boss' daughter--Angel Farin, and finding out who's threatening her ... with or without her cooperation.Reluctantly teamed, Zeik and Angel begin to unravel the mystery behind a bank robbery gone wrong ... it seemed simple ... until they discover much more than they bargained for.
The Zozobra Incident: A Bj Vinson Mystery (BJ Vinson Mystery #1)
by Don Travis2nd EditionA BJ Vinson MysteryB. J. Vinson is a former Marine and ex-Albuquerque PD detective turned confidential investigator. Against his better judgment, BJ agrees to find the gay gigolo who was responsible for his breakup with prominent Albuquerque lawyer Del Dahlman and recover some racy photographs from the handsome bastard. The assignment should be fast and simple. But it quickly becomes clear the hustler isn't the one making the anonymous demands, and things turn deadly with a high-profile murder at the burning of Zozobra on the first night of the Santa Fe Fiesta. BJ's search takes him through virtually every stratum of Albuquerque and Santa Fe society, both straight and gay. Before it is over, BJ is uncertain whether Paul Barton, the young man quickly insinuating himself in BJ's life, is friend or foe. But he knows he's stepped into something much more serious than a modest blackmail scheme. With Paul and BJ next on the killer's list, BJ must find a way to put a stop to the death threats once and for all.First Edition published as The Zozobra Incident & The Bisti Business by Martin Brown Publishers, LLC, 2012.
The Zoya Factor
by Anuja ChauhanWhen the younger players in India's cricket team find out that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the very moment India won the World Cup back in 1983, they are intrigued. When having breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field, they are impressed. And when not eating with her results in defeat, they decide she's a lucky charm. The nation goes a step further. Amazed at the ragtag team's sudden spurt of victories, it declares her a Goddess. So when the eccentric IBCC president and his mesmeric, always-exquisitely-attired Swamiji invite Zoya to accompany the team to the tenth ICC World Cup, she has no choice but to agree. Pursued by international cricket boards on the one hand, wooed by Cola majors on the other, Zoya struggles to stay grounded in the thick of the world cup action. And it doesn't help that she keeps clashing with the erratically brilliant new skipper who tells her flatly that he doesn't believe in luck..
Zoya
by Danielle SteelAgainst the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe in Paris. And then, when life is kind to her, Zoya moves on to a new and glittering life in New York. The days of ease are all too brief as the Depression strikes, and she loses everything yet again. It is her career, and the man she meets in the course of it, which ultimately save her, as she rebuilds her life through the war years and beyond. And it is her family that comes to mean everything to her. From the roaring twenties to the 1980's, Zoya remains a rare and spirited woman whose legacy will live on.From the Paperback edition.
Zoya (Bestseller Oro Ser. #Vol. 245)
by Danielle SteelLa historia de una mujer singular que fue testigo y actor de los acontecimientos que sacudieron al mundo durante el siglo XX Tras la devastación de la Revolución rusa y la Primera Guerra Mundial, Zoya, la joven prima del zar, se ve obligada a huir de San Petersburgo y buscar refugio en París. Las adversidades que allí le sobrevienen terminan de convencerla de que su mundo ha cambiado para siempre. Logra unirse al ballet ruso de París, con cuyo salario mantiene a su indómita abuela y a sí misma. El amor le ofrece una tregua de felicidad cuando el apuesto capitán Clayton Andrews, cautivado por la joven aristócrata, se la lleva a Manhattan como su prometida. Sin embargo, ninguno de los dos imaginaba las penurias que deberán soportar durante los años de la Gran Depresión que asolan Norteamérica. A través de la historia de un siglo convulsionado y cambiante, Zoya representa una de esas mujeres luchadoras cuyo legado quedarápor siempre entre nosotros. La crítica ha dicho...«Genuinamente conmovedora.»People
Zoya: An epic, unputdownable read from the worldwide bestseller
by Danielle SteelTHE WORLD'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLERNEARLY ONE BILLION COPIES SOLD One woman's odyssey through a century of turmoil . . . St Petersburg: one famous night of violence in the October Revolution ends the lavish life of the Romanov court forever - shattering the dreams of young Countess Zoya Ossupov.Paris: under the shadow of the Great War, émigrés struggle for survival as taxi drivers, seamstresses and ballet dancers. Zoya flees there in poverty - and leaves in glory.America: a glittering world of flappers, fast cars and furs in the Roaring Twenties; a world of comfort and café society that would come crashing down without warning. An epic and romantic tale from one of the best-loved writers of all time. Perfect for fans of Penny Vincenzi, Lucinda Riley and Maeve BinchyPRAISE FOR DANIELLE STEEL:'Emotional and gripping . . . I was left in no doubt as to the reasons behind Steel's multi-million sales around the world' DAILY MAIL'Danielle Steel is undeniably an expert' NEW YORK TIMES
Zoya
by Danielle SteelSu mundo ha cambiado para siempre, y tras pasar por terribles momentos, logra unirse al ballet ruso en París, con cuyo salario mantiene a su indómita abuela y a sí misma. El amor aparece de nuevo cuando conoce al capitán Clayton Andrews, quien, cautivado por la joven aristócrata, se la lleva a Manhattan como su prometida. Sin embargo, ninguno de los dos imagina las penurias que deberán soportar durante los años de depresión que asolan Norteamérica. A través de la historia de un siglo convulsionado y cambiante, Zoya representa una de esas mujeres singulares cuyo legado quedará por siempre entre nosotros.
Zotz!
by Walter KarigDecades before the plethora of satires of superheroes of the 2000s, there was Zotz!
Zortzi ipuin gotiko
by Jon Eugi AierdiBeldurrezko zortzi ipuin biltzen ditu liburu honek. E.A. Poe, R.L. Stevenson edo Bram Stoker handien tankeran, hainbat gai eta giro erabili ditu egileak izu sentimendu hori pizteko: gazte-talde batek Halloween gauean hilerrira egindako bisita, etxe sorginduak, begizko eta madarikazioak, funeraria bateko langilearen ezustekoak, mamuak eta deabruak? Esku trebez eta estilo aberatsez idatzitako istorioak, terrorezko kontakizunen eta oro har literaturazale guztien gozamenerako.
Zorro's Shadow: How a Mexican Legend Became America's First Superhero
by Stephen J. C. AndesLong before Superman or Batman made their first appearances, there was Zorro. Born on the pages of the pulps in 1919, Zorro fenced his way through the American popular imagination, carving his signature letter Z into the flesh of evildoers in Old Spanish California. Zorro is the original caped crusader, the first hero to have a band called the Avengers, and the character who laid the blueprint for the modern American superhero: the mask, the alter-ego, extraordinary physical skills, and a struggle against arch-villains. Famed comics pioneer Bob Kane even wrote that "Zorro was a major influence on my creation of Batman."In Zorro's Shadow, historian and Latin American studies expert Stephen J. C. Andes investigates the legends behind the mask of Zorro, revealing that the origin of America's first superhero lies in Latinx history and experience. Andes begins his investigation in Mexico City at a statue of William Lamport, the so-called "Irish Zorro," who was burned at the stake by the Mexican Inquisition. There, he discovers new documents at the Mexican National Archives and travels to the Sonoran desert to find the birthplace of Joaquín Murrieta, a California Gold Rush bandit who many claim inspired the creation of Zorro. Based on the never-before-seen letters of Zorro creator Johnston McCulley, Andes describes how the legends around Lamport and Murrieta influenced the development of the masked hero in black, and further, how Zorro went from a real life Mexican bandido to a distinctly white, aristocratic hero. Revealing the length of Zorro's shadow on the superhero genre is a reclamation of the legend of Zorro for a multiethnic and multicultural America.
El zorro y la cigüeña (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level H #60)
by Annette Smith Tamsin HinrichsenEl zorro le hace una broma a su amiga la cigüeña. Pero la cigüeña le enseña al zorro algo sobre la amistad. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Zorro
by Isabel AllendeA swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well "Until that moment Diego had not been conscious of his dual personality, one part Diego de la Vega, elegant, affected, hypochondriac, and the other part ElZorro, audacious, daring,playful." Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone -warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege. Between California and Barcelona, the New World and the Old, the persona of Zorro is formed, a great hero is born, and the legend begins. After many adventures-duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues-Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves.
El zorro
by Isabel AllendeEsta es la historia de Diego de la Vega y de cómo se convirtió en el legendario Zorro. Por fin puedo revelar su identidad, que por tantos años mantuvimos en secreto..." Empieza una aventura en una época fascinante y turbulenta, con personajes entrañables y de espíritu indómito, y un hombre de corazón romántico y sangre liviana. Llegó la hora de desenmascarar al Zorro. Aventurero, apasionado, intrépido y juguetón. Así es la leyenda del Zorro. Y ésta es la crónica, escrita con pluma afilada y fina ironía, de una vida no menos extraordinaria en tiempos de excepción: la de Diego de la Vega... despojado de su máscara. El relato comienza en el año 1790, en tierras de la Alta California, cuando un joven capitán español se enamora de una india de alma rebelde. El Zorro es el retrato de unos personajes de carne y hueso, con virtudes y flaquezas, sensibles e impetuosos, que nos arrastran en sus aventuras por una época vibrante. Con su habitual maestría, Isabel Allende nos descubre la vida sencilla de las misiones españolas en la California de principios del siglo XIX y la agitación en las calles de una Barcelona ocupada por las tropas napoleónicas en plena Guerra de la Independencia. Los ritos de iniciación de las tribus indígenas y los misterios para acceder a una sociedad secreta europea. La espiritualidad de un código de honor sin fronteras y las contradicciones del alma humana... una aventura como las de antes. Isabel Allende rescata la figura del héroe y, con ironía y humanidad, le da vida más allá de la leyenda.
El Zorro
by Frederick ForsythEl legendario Frederick Forsyth, «el auténtico maestro del suspense internacional» según Los Angeles Times, nos sorprende con un nuevo y oportuno thriller. La mayoría de las armas hacen lo que les pides. La mayoría de las armas son controlables. ¿Y si el arma más peligrosa del mundo no fuera un misil inteligente, un submarino sigiloso o un virus informático? ¿Y si, en realidad, se tratara de un chico de diecisiete años con una mente prodigiosa, capaz de sortear los sistemas de seguridad más sofisticados y de manipular cualquier arma y volverla en contra de los más poderosos? ¿Qué no estaría dispuesta a hacer cualquier agencia de inteligencia para tenerlo de su lado? Hay que encontrarlo y capturarlo. O protegerlo y salvarlo. Pase lo que pase, él es capaz de decantar la balanza del poder mundial y no debe caer en las manos equivocadas, porque lo que podría ocurrir a continuación es impensable... Y lo mejor de todo es que si ha sido capaz de romper nuestros sistemas de seguridad puede hacer lo mismo con nuestros enemigos. Reseñas:«Uno de los mejores autores de thrillers del mundo.»The Wall Street Journal «Un escritor soberbio.»The Daily Telegraph «La experiencia y la investigación confieren autenticidad a todo lo que escribe, además de que Forsyth tiene sin duda una habilidad casi hipnótica para empujar al lector a seguir leyendo.»The Spectator «El Zorro no se recrea en el lenguaje, sino que prefiere dejar espacio para la acción, que son la marca de identidad de Forsyth. Los escalofriantes escenarios resultan de alguna manera reconfortantes. Qué pensar si no de un equipo formado por un chico con dotes especiales y un anciano inglés que permanece en silencio para luchar contra los malos de la historia.»The Wall Street Journal «Este oportuno y bien escrito thriller lo tiene todo. Un buen argumento plagado de giros, personajes interesantes, intriga fascinante... Una lectura asombrosamente entretenida y rápida. Desde Chacal se consideraba a Forsyth como el gigante del thriller político y de espionaje. Aquí el gigante supera sus límites.»The Washington Times «Forsyth en su momento más deslumbrante.»The Daily Mail
El Zorro
by Frederick ForsythEl legendario Frederick Forsyth, «el auténtico maestro del suspense internacional» según Los Angeles Times, nos sorprende con un nuevo y oportuno thriller. La mayoría de las armas hacen lo que les pides. La mayoría de las armas son controlables. ¿Y si el arma más peligrosa del mundo no fuera un misil inteligente, un submarino sigiloso o un virus informático? ¿Y si, en realidad, se tratara de un chico de diecisiete años con una mente prodigiosa, capaz de sortear los sistemas de seguridad más sofisticados y de manipular cualquier arma y volverla en contra de los más poderosos? ¿Qué no estaría dispuesta a hacer cualquier agencia de inteligencia para tenerlo de su lado? Hay que encontrarlo y capturarlo. O protegerlo y salvarlo. Pase lo que pase, él es capaz de decantar la balanza del poder mundial y no debe caer en las manos equivocadas, porque lo que podría ocurrir a continuación es impensable... Y lo mejor de todo es que si ha sido capaz de romper nuestros sistemas de seguridad puede hacer lo mismo con nuestros enemigos. Reseñas:«Uno de los mejores autores de thrillers del mundo.»The Wall Street Journal «Un escritor soberbio.»The Daily Telegraph «La experiencia y la investigación confieren autenticidad a todo lo que escribe, además de que Forsyth tiene sin duda una habilidad casi hipnótica para empujar al lector a seguir leyendo.»The Spectator «El Zorro no se recrea en el lenguaje, sino que prefiere dejar espacio para la acción, que son la marca de identidad de Forsyth. Los escalofriantes escenarios resultan de alguna manera reconfortantes. Qué pensar si no de un equipo formado por un chico con dotes especiales y un anciano inglés que permanece en silencio para luchar contra los malos de la historia.»The Wall Street Journal «Este oportuno y bien escrito thriller lo tiene todo. Un buen argumento plagado de giros, personajes interesantes, intriga fascinante... Una lectura asombrosamente entretenida y rápida. Desde Chacal se consideraba a Forsyth como el gigante del thriller político y de espionaje. Aquí el gigante supera sus límites.»The Washington Times «Forsyth en su momento más deslumbrante.»The Daily Mail «El mundo está compuesto de depredadores y presas y solamente los fuertes sobreviven. Las novelas que escribió en la década de 1970 son a menudo consideradas su mejor obra pero aquí vuelve a demostrar su maestría.»Leer Hace Crecer «No ha podido encontrar a dos protagonistas más apasionantes, totalmente opuestos; el veterano representante del viejo orden mundial y el joven crack que domina las nuevas tecnologías, personaje que podría dar juego en nuevas novelas.»Crítica de Libros
El Zorro
by Richard LeeThe Fox (El Zorro) esta basado en el relato antiguo japonés de Kitsune, que toma forma humana usalmente con ganancia sexual o en busca de venganza. Por generaciones, la gente se ha interesado en la mente humana y en su funcionamiento. Si realmente crees en algo, ¿Podrás hacerlo posible? ¿Esto distorcionaría tu realidad? ¿Te ocultaría con la forma de alguien más? Tom encuentra la máscara de Kitsune en una venta de garaje. En el instante que se la coloca, entra en un mundo de pesadilla. Recuerdos que no son propios, toman control de su realidad. El zorro tiene un mensaje y cuando se lo entregue, él gritará.
Zorrie
by Laird HuntFinalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction)"It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought, what she knew."As a girl, Zorrie Underwood's modest and hardscrabble home county was the only constant in her young life. After losing both her parents, Zorrie moved in with her aunt, whose own death orphaned Zorrie all over again, casting her off into the perilous realities and sublime landscapes of rural, Depression-era Indiana. Drifting west, Zorrie survived on odd jobs, sleeping in barns and under the stars, before finding a position at a radium processing plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material.But when Indiana calls Zorrie home, she finally finds the love and community that have eluded her in and around the small town of Hillisburg. And yet, even as she tries to build a new life, Zorrie discovers that her trials have only begun.Spanning an entire lifetime, a life convulsed and transformed by the events of the 20th century, Laird Hunt's extraordinary novel offers a profound and intimate portrait of the dreams that propel one tenacious woman onward and the losses that she cannot outrun. Set against a harsh, gorgeous, quintessentially American landscape, this is a deeply empathetic and poetic novel that belongs on a shelf with the classics of Willa Cather, Marilynne Robinson, and Elizabeth Strout.
Zorrie
by Laird HuntFinalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction)From prize-winning, acclaimed author Laird Hunt, a poignant novel about a woman searching for her place in the world and finding it in the daily rhythms of life in rural Indiana."It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought, what she knew."As a girl, Zorrie Underwood's modest and hardscrabble home county was the only constant in her young life. After losing both her parents, Zorrie moved in with her aunt, whose own death orphaned Zorrie all over again, casting her off into the perilous realities and sublime landscapes of rural, Depression-era Indiana. Drifting west, Zorrie survived on odd jobs, sleeping in barns and under the stars, before finding a position at a radium processing plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material.But when Indiana calls Zorrie home, she finally finds the love and community that have eluded her in and around the small town of Hillisburg. And yet, even as she tries to build a new life, Zorrie discovers that her trials have only begun.Spanning an entire lifetime, a life convulsed and transformed by the events of the 20th century, Laird Hunt's extraordinary novel offers a profound and intimate portrait of the dreams that propel one tenacious woman onward and the losses that she cannot outrun. Set against a harsh, gorgeous, quintessentially American landscape, this is a deeply empathetic and poetic novel that belongs alongside the classics of Willa Cather, Marilynne Robinson, and Elizabeth Strout.(P) 2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Zorras
by Noemí CasquetLa trilogía erótica de las mujeres libres (primera parte) ¿Estás preparada para unirte al Club de las Zorras? #OrgasmoLiterarioGarantizado Nunca has leído una novela erótica como esta. Una novela en la que tres mujeres -Alicia, Diana y Emily: quédate con sus nombres porque no vas a poder olvidarlas- deciden formar un club para cumplir todas sus fantasías sexuales, más allá de cualquier límite preestablecido. «Somos zorras, malas, libres. Somos la tentación. Somos las dueñas de nuestro cuerpo y nuestras alas. La que nos tocamos dónde y cuándo queremos. Somos las que gritamos en las calles y gemimos en las almohadas. Nos pintamos los labios de rojo y dejamos los de abajo abiertos para explotar de placer. Aquellas a las que llamabas zorras ahora follan con la liberación.» Tienes entre tus manos una novela que empodera y libera; una novela para lectoras valientes dispuestas a descubrir quiénes son realmente y no quienes los demás quieren que sean. Próximas publicaciones: Malas, 3 de septiembreLibres, 5 de noviembre
Zorra 2
by La MarchesaHistoria interesante, atrapante y que deja mucho a la imaginacion lo que Slut siente en cada renglon. Siendo hombre me vi por momentos excitado de saber como contiuaria la historia, y ahora espero la parte 3, seguramente con ecuentros lesbicos.
Zorion klandestinoa
by Antton Olariaga Aranburu Clarice Lispector Iñigo Roque EguzkitzaClarice Lispectorrek hizkuntza guztiak dakizki, baita isiltasunarena ere. Claricek maitasunaren bidez izendatzen du. Maitasunaren legea diktatzen du, baina axolagabekeria kaotikoan erori gabe. Ez ditu desberdintasunak erriprimitzen; aitzitik, formulatu egiten ditu, taxua ematen die. Izendatzea da besteei egin diezazkiekegun hamaika keinuetako bat. Laztan egitearen, begiratzearen, isilean dei egitearen parean. Claricek hizkuntza bera lantzen du, eta orobat aztertzen du nolako harremana duen gorputzarekin, zeinen erraz izenda daitezkeen gorputzik eta errealitaterik gabeko gauzak, hitzak besterik ez direlako. Gizaki eta animalien aldea jorratzen du. Kexu da animalia ez izateagatik. Areago, bere baitako animaliaren bila dihardu. Haren lan-eremua ez da zientzia, baizik eta bizitza, heriotza, maitasuna. Hélène Cixous
Zorgan and the Gorsemen: Charmseekers 12
by Georgie AdamsThe world of Karisma is in turmoil: storms are raging and crops have failed. Queen Charm blames Zorgan for everything bad that has happened since he threw her charms away, so orders his capture by her soldiers. Zorgan gathers together his own army of Gorsemen - wild savages with hair as prickly as gorse bushes, who live on Heart Moor - bribing them with the promise of rich rewards, to defeat Charm's army. When Sesame arrives in this magical land, she finds herself walking into a raging battle. Once Morbrecia has witnessed Zorgan's explosive demise, Sesame must stop her becoming a powerful sorceress in his place, and find the next charm in a very prickly place.
Zorgan and the Gorsemen: Book 12 (Charmseekers #12)
by Georgie AdamsThe world of Karisma is in turmoil: storms are raging and crops have failed. Queen Charm blames Zorgan for everything bad that has happened since he threw her charms away, so orders his capture by her soldiers. Zorgan gathers together his own army of Gorsemen - wild savages with hair as prickly as gorse bushes, who live on Heart Moor - bribing them with the promise of rich rewards, to defeat Charm's army. When Sesame arrives in this magical land, she finds herself walking into a raging battle. Once Morbrecia has witnessed Zorgan's explosive demise, Sesame must stop her becoming a powerful sorceress in his place, and find the next charm in a very prickly place.