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La quinta ola (La quinta ola #Volumen 1)
by Rick YanceyEl primer libro de una espectacular serie épica. Después de la primera ola... la tierra queda a oscuras. Después de la segunda ola... solo huyen los afortunados. Después de la tercera ola... solo sobreviven los desafortunados. Después de la cuarta ola... ya no puedes confiar en nadie. En el amanecer de la quinta ola, Cassie está huyendo por un tramo desolado de autovía. Huye de ellos. De esos seres que, aunque parezcan humanos, deambulan por el campo eliminando a cualquiera, dispersando y aislando a los escasos supervivientes. Cassie sabe que la única opción para seguir con vida es seguir sola. Sin confiar en nadie. Hasta que se encuentra con Evan Walker, un enigmático joven que parece capaz de ayudarla a encontrar a su hermano. Ha llegado el momento de tomar una elección definitiva: confiar o perder la esperanza, desafiar o rendirse... Abandonar o luchar. Han tomado todo por lo que merece la pena vivir y ahora quieren todo por lo que merece la pena morir.
Quintessence
by Jess RedmanQuintessence is an extraordinary story from Jess Redman about friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you.Find the Elements. Grow the Light. Save the Starling.Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven’t stopped—even though she’s told her parents that they have. She’s homesick and friendless and every day she feels less and less like herself.But one day she finds a telescope in the town’s junk shop, and through its lens, she watches a star—a star that looks like a child—fall from the sky and into her backyard. Alma knows what it’s like to be lost and afraid, to long for home, and she knows that it’s up to her to save the star. And so, with the help of some unlikely new friends from Astronomy Club, she sets out on a quest that will take a little bit of science, a little bit of magic, and her whole self.This title has Common Core connections.
El Quinto Elefante (Mundodisco #Volumen 24)
by Terry PratchettLa ecléctica tropa de la Guardia de la Ciudad, licántropos con ansias de poder pero temerosos de la palabra «baño», vampiros con síndrome de abstinencia, enanos en vías de modernización, las complejidades de la diplomacia internacional y el fantasma de un motín y de una guerra hacen de El Quinto Elefante, la vigesimocuarta novela de «Mundodisco», uno de los libros más divertidos y esperados de la serie. Y no deja de ser cierto porque lo hayamos dicho veintitrés veces antes. Está resultando ser uno de esos días... uno de esos que le tocan a uno cada día. Sam Vives es un hombre perseguido. Ayer era un duque, policía y el embajador más inconcebible de la historia de Ankh-Morpork enviado en misión diplomática a Uberwald, un país misterioso donde las minorías son mayoría y abundan las materias primas con cierto sabor rancio. Hoy únicamente cuenta con su astucia innata y unos pantalones prestados, sobre los quees mejor no preguntar. Hace frío. Nieva. Y si no logra cruzar el bosque a tiempo se desatará una guerra abominable. Pero unos monstruos le siguen la pista. Son listos. Son rápidos. Son hombres lobo y están a punto de alcanzarlo. A Sam Vives apenas le queda tiempo, ni suerte ni resuello... Reseña:«Un narrador brillante con un sentido del humor contagioso que te atrapa.»Mail on Sunday
El quinto elefante (Mundodisco #24)
by Terry PratchettEstá resultando ser uno de esos días... uno de esos que le tocan a uno cada día.Sam Vimes es un hombre perseguido.Ayer era duque, policía y el embajador más inconcebible de la historia de Ankh-Morpork enviado en misión diplomática a Uberwald, un país misterioso donde las minorías son mayoría y abundan las materias primas con cierto sabor rancio.Hoy únicamente cuenta con su astucia innata y unos pantalones prestados, sobre los que es mejor no preguntar. Hace frío. Nieva. Y si no logra cruzar el bosque a tiempo se desatará una guerra abominable.Pero unos monstruos le siguen la pista. Son listos. Son rápidos. Son hombres lobo y están a punto de alcanzarlo. A Sam Vimes apenas le quedan tiempo, ni suerte ni resuello.La ecléctica tropa de la Guardia de la Ciudad, licántropos con ansias de poder pero temerosos de la palabra «baño», vampiros con síndrome de abstinencia, enanos en vías de modernización, las complejidades de la diplomacia internacional y el fantasma de un motín y de una guerra hacen de El Quinto Elefante, la novela número 24 del Mundodisco, uno de los libros más divertidos y esperados de la serie. Y no deja de ser cierto porque lo hayamos dicho veintitrés veces antes.«Un narrador brillante con un sentido del humor contagioso que te atrapa.»Mail on Sunday
El quinto elemento
by Jorge FiguerasEnigmas y acción trepidante para amantes del misterio. George Cópulos, un excéntrico millonario de origen griego, se entera por su amigo Ralph, un reputado arqueólogo, que se ha desenterrado un misterioso pergamino unido a una única enigmática llave. Dicho papiro contiene la primera pista con la ubicación del quinto elemento o el elixir de la eterna juventud. Juntos comenzarán la búsqueda de las cinco llaves restantes, acompañados por Gisela, otra arqueóloga amiga de Ralph. Durante su enigmático periplo, se unirá a ellos Sadhana, la conservadora del museo Nicholas Roerich, con sede en Naggar (la India). Una espectacular novela de acción y aventura fantástica que se desarrolla a caballo entre Nueva York, Londres, la India, España y Santo Domingo. Enigmas y misterios con altas dosis de intriga, crímenes y acertijos por resolver que no dejarán indiferentes a nadie.
El quinto mandamiento
by Manuel Bento Falcón Eve GaalDespués de romper el Quinto Mandamiento, a Christina comienzan a sucederle cosas extrañas que la alejan de su hogar en en el pueblo de Normal, en Illinois. Ahora, ella está de vuelta y debe contarles la historia dentro de su historia, pero ¿cómo podrá hacerles creer? Ha cometido un gran error, pero ¿no hacen lo mismo todos los adolescentes? El Quinto Mandamiento es un recuento paranormal entrelazado con una trama empapada de anticuada culpa religiosa, y lo bastante corto como para finalizarlo de una sentada, quizás en una hamaca al lado de la piscina o sentado en el jardín. La novela sigue a Christina en su confesión y comienza en lo que consideraríamos nuestro punto más débil... El punto en que reconocemos nuestro pecado.
Quipu
by Damien BroderickCaroline is about to go psychotic—and given her family, it&’s no surprise. Joseph cannot talk to women even if he is a certified high-IQ clever dick trying to take snapshots of the end of the universe. Ray and Marj have their own hassles with in‑laws, but student terrorists get in the way. Meanwhile, Brian, misogynist and wit, appalls everyone in the quipu world. Quipus? They are the scandalous fanzines that hikes traded before blogs were invented. Hikes? High-IQ clever dicks, of course. In Quipu, Australian writer Damien Broderick reimagines his prize‑winning 1984 novel Transmitters as the surprising saga of a &“family&” of genius‑level, one‑of‑a‑kind individuals.
Quit Buggin' Me! #4 (Princess Pulverizer #4)
by Nancy Krulik Ben BalistreriPrincess Pulverizer may not be a knight yet, but she won't let that stop her from saving the day!Princess Pulverizer and her friends, Lucas and Dribble the dragon, are on the hunt for another good deed to complete on her Quest of Kindness. So when they hear about a mysterious evil beast who's been capturing townspeople, the trio sets out to find it and rescue the prisoners. But when Lucas and Dribble get caught themselves, it's up to Princess Pulverizer to free her friends!
Quit Your Job: And Other Stories
by James Kochalka Jeff SmithEisner Award winner James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics" and "Quit Your Job" is a shining example of his genius. On his way to work at the Chinese restaurant, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and determines to make an expedition to the North Pole. He only gets as far as the coffee shop on the next block, but his world is forever changed in the short journey. The predecessor to the author's popular "American Elf" diary comics. Includes the entirety of Kochalka's 1997 book "Paradise Sucks" and an additional story featuring characters from that world. Double the size of the first edition. Introduction by Jeff Smith ("Bone, RASL")
Quit Your Witchin' (Witchless In Seattle Mysteries Ser. #2)
by Dakota Cassidy"Hands off, Sticky Fingers Louise. No touching evidence. You do remember how that went down the last time, don't you? Think Montblanc pen and accusing someone unjustly." There's been another murder in Ebenezer Falls, Washington State, and Stevie, Winterbottom, and Belfry are on the case...sort of! USA Today bestselling cozy mystery author Dakota Cassidy's newest addition to the Witchless In Seattle Mysteries, Quit Your Witchin' is a hilarious thrill ride of food trucks, suspects, and spirits for our intrepid spy-in-training. This whodunnit will keep you guessing from beginning to end!Poor Tito the Taco Man...it's "nacho" lucky day...Yo quiero taco man!Hello again! It's me, Stevie Cartwright, ex-witch and new Madam Zoltar! I was fresh off the murder-suspect list and just settling into MZ's psychic medium shoes-with the help of my bat familiar Belfry and spirit spy Win-when another death rocked sleepy little Ebenezer Falls, Washington State.Tito Bustamante, my beloved purveyor of mouth-watering Mexican munchies, has been found dead in the food truck court! Rumor has it Tito was stickin' his chimichanga where it didn't belong, and my gut-not to mention his less-than-natural death-says murder.No one is above suspicion. Not Tito's own wife and daughter, not his arch food truck enemy Jacob...certainly not the son Tito didn't know about, newly arrived in Ebenezer Falls and getting cozy with my hired help.Do join me (and try not to point and laugh) as I juggle catching a killer with the home renovations from hell, snooping for clues about Win's previous life, gabbing with and eavesdropping on the locals, and enduring a visit from my very unwelcome, very annoyingly gorgeous ex-coven leader-all while continuing to adjust to my new witchless existence!This cozy mystery has a complete cast of oddball characters from witches to ghosts and bats to psychics. Witchless In Seattle Mysteries is a spin-off of Dakota Cassidy's bestselling paranormal romance series, A Paris, Texas Romance.
The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book
by Neil GaimanThe Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book contains much that is new and revelatory and even several scenes that are not actually in the final television series.'One of the most hotly anticipated TV shows of the year' Independent'Even if you're very familiar with the original novel, this is a different experience... so damned charming and quirky that it feels like a must' StarburstNeil Gaiman's glorious reinvention of the iconic bestseller Good Omens is adapted from the internationally beloved novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman and is soon to be a massive new TV launch on Amazon Prime Video and the BBC. The series is written and show-run by Neil himself and stars David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm and Miranda Richardson, to name but a few.**Includes an introduction by Neil Gaiman about bringing Good Omens to the screen**Before he died in 2015, Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to make a television series of the internationally beloved novel they wrote together about the end of the world. And so, Neil began to write. And continued to write until he had six episodes that brought an angel, Aziraphale, and a demon, Crowley, (the only things standing between us and the inevitable Armageddon) to life for the screen. Contained between the covers of this book are the scripts that Neil wrote, which later turned into some of the most extraordinary television ever made. Take a tour behind the scenes with a text that reveals the secrets of the show, still has the missing bits and, sometimes, asks for the impossible. Step backstage and see the magic for yourself. You may just learn as much from the scenes that never made the final cut as from those that did.
Quiver: Tamsyn Webb (Tamsyn Webb #1)
by Jason FischerTamsyn Webb has had to grow up fast. The dead walk, and they hunt the living.One of the few safe places left in England is Gravesend, a small village turned into a fortress. Trapped with hundreds of starving, scared survivors, it's getting harder to tell who the monsters are – the ones beyond the walls, or those huddled behind them.When Tamsyn learns of a possible cure for the zombie virus, there's only one option. She'll have to jump the wall, with nothing but her bow, a quiver-full of arrows, and the terror in her gut. But even if she gets back to Gravesend in one piece, Tamsyn might just doom them all...
Quofum
by Alan Dean FosterBestselling author Alan Dean Foster’s new adventure takes place in the amazing Humanx Commonwealth, home of the ever-popular Pip & Flinx. Although the dynamic redhead and his daring minidrag do not appear in Quofum,this knockout thrillersets the stage for their explosive date with destiny in the duo’s final climactic adventure, Flinx Transcendent. The mission to planet Quofum is supposed to be a quickie for Captain Boylan and his crew. Boylan is tasked with delivering four scientists–two men, one woman, and one thranx–to the unknown world, setting up camp while the experts investigate flora and fauna, then ferrying them safely home. The first surprise is that Quofum, which regularly slips in and out of existence on Commonwealth monitors, is actually therewhen Boylan and company arrive. The second surprise is more about what Quofum is not: The planet is not logical, ordered, or rational. The team encounters three intelligent, warring species–some carbon-based, others silicate-based, all bizarre–along with thousands of unique, often unclassifiable life-forms. Quofum’s wild biodiversity doesn’t appear to be natural. But if it is by design, then by whose, and for what purpose? There are more revelations, more highly evolved species waiting to be identified, even tantalizing clues to a civilization light-years ahead of the Commonwealth’s. But the crew members are not ready for the real shockers, because none of them expect to find a killer in their midst, or to discover that their spaceship is missing and, with it, all means of communication. Of course, the marooned teammates know nothing about the Great Evil racing toward the galaxy, and they certainly have never heard of Flinx, the only person with half a chance to stop it. Nor do they know that Quofum could play a crucial role in defeating the all-devouring monster from beyond. One thing the scientists do know, however, is how to ferret out the truth. But whether that will be enough to alter the course of the oncoming catastrophe is anyone’s guess. From the Hardcover edition.
Quofum
by Alan Dean FosterThe Humanx Commonwealth: Book Eight.The mission to planet Quofum to investigate unknown flora and fauna is supposed to be a quickie for Captain Boylan and his crew. The first surprise is that Quofum, which seems to regularly slip in and out of existence, is actually there when they arrive. The second surprise is Quofum's wild biodiversity: the planet is not logical, ordered or rational. But the real shock comes when the crew members not only find a killer in their midst but discover that their spaceship is missing - along with all means of communication. Of course, the marooned team-mates know nothing about the Great Evil racing toward the galaxy, or about Flinx, the only person with half a chance to stop it. Nor do they know that Quofum could play a crucial role in defeating the all devouring monster from beyond.
Quoi qu'il advienne (THIRDS #8)
by Charlie CochetSuite d'Illusions et faux-semblantsTHIRDS, tome 8En l’espace de quelques jours, Dex a été enlevé, torturé, tué, ressuscité. Il est devenu à demi Therian, s’est vu offrir la possibilité de devenir un espion et a accepté la demande en mariage de son petit ami jaguar Therian, Sloane Brodie. Cela fait beaucoup à encaisser, et même s’il essaie toujours de digérer tout ce qui s’est passé, il sait qu’il doit avancer. Après les événements d’Illusions & faux-semblants, Dex et Sloane se retrouvent dans l’une des situations les plus terrifiantes de toutes : révéler la vérité à Destructive Delta, leur famille. Quand tout se calmera, rien ne sera plus jamais pareil, et il appartiendra à Dex de prouver que face au changement, la famille est la seule chose qui compte et ne changera jamais.
The Quorum
by Kim NewmanABOUT THIS BOOK...In 1961, Derek Leech emerges fully formed from the polluted River Thames, destined to found a global media empire. In 1978, three ambitious young men strike a deal with Leech. They are offered wealth, glamour, and success, but a price must be paid. In 1994, Leech's purpose moves to its conclusion, and as the men struggle, they realize to truth of the ultimate price.
Quotable Star Trek (Star Trek)
by Jill Sherwin"...Good words. That's where ideas begin."-- Dr. David Marcus to Admiral James T. Kirk, Star Trek® II: The Wrath of Khan It makes us wonder. It makes us smile. But most of all, it makes us think.More than any other single aspect, Star Trek is defined by the strength of its ideas. For decades this television and movie phenomenon has reached out to its audience, spanning generations and inspiring them not simply with the power of its voice, but with the meaning behind it.Quotable Star Trek demonstrates the truly universal appeal of Gene Roddenberry's extraorinary creation. Words of wit, wisdom, and compelling insight applicable to everyday life from The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek Voyager®, and eight Star Trek motion pictures have been meticulously researched and collected in one volume. Intensely thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining, Quotable Star Trek has something for everyone, and is a must-have resource for every devoted fan.
Quozl
by Alan Dean FosterThe Quozl knew they'd love the third planet from the sun.But it never occurred to them that anyone lived there . . .
Quozl
by Alan Dean FosterRabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind&’s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure The Quozl just need somewhere to call home. A gentle race of extraterrestrial rabbits, they have a propensity for reproduction that has left their home planet, Quozlene, dangerously overpopulated, and in their search for greener and less-crowded pastures, they have discovered the perfect place to start over: the third planet away from a healthy, warming sun. What they don&’t realize is that this world they call Shiraz is already inhabited by a species of violent sentient creatures known as humans. But there&’s no going back now. In the midst of the brutal and helpfully distracting global conflict the Shirazians call World War II, the colony ship lands undetected, and the space rabbits immediately go into hiding. But a secret like the Quozl can be concealed for only so long, especially when their numbers start to increase and certain rebellious members of the long-eared society decide the time is ripe to claim their place in a world they believe is rightfully theirs. One of the most admired and prolific authors in the science fiction arena, Alan Dean Foster will delight readers who hunger for something different with this funny, thoughtful, and wildly inventive novel of first contact and coexistence. Once you meet the Quozl, you will never forget them.
Quozl
by Alan Dean FosterRabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind&’s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure The Quozl just need somewhere to call home. A gentle race of extraterrestrial rabbits, they have a propensity for reproduction that has left their home planet, Quozlene, dangerously overpopulated, and in their search for greener and less-crowded pastures, they have discovered the perfect place to start over: the third planet away from a healthy, warming sun. What they don&’t realize is that this world they call Shiraz is already inhabited by a species of violent sentient creatures known as humans. But there&’s no going back now. In the midst of the brutal and helpfully distracting global conflict the Shirazians call World War II, the colony ship lands undetected, and the space rabbits immediately go into hiding. But a secret like the Quozl can be concealed for only so long, especially when their numbers start to increase and certain rebellious members of the long-eared society decide the time is ripe to claim their place in a world they believe is rightfully theirs. One of the most admired and prolific authors in the science fiction arena, Alan Dean Foster will delight readers who hunger for something different with this funny, thoughtful, and wildly inventive novel of first contact and coexistence. Once you meet the Quozl, you will never forget them.
Qwerty Stevens Stuck in Time with Benjamin Franklin
by Dan GutmanAfter accidentally sucking Benjamin Franklin into the 21st century New Jersey with his Anytime Anywhere machine, thirteen-year-old Qwerty Stevens and his best friend almost wind up stuck in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 when they try to send him back.
R. A. Lafferty: Space Chantey, Fourth Mansions, Past Master
by R. A. LaffertyAcclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty drew more from traditional oral storytelling techniques than from the usual pulp roots of SF. His inventive style and fondness for tall tales marked him out from his contemporaries, and writers of the calibre of Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe acknowledge him as a major influence and force in the field. His fiction has garnered numerous award wins and nominations and he has been given the prestigious SFWA Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This volume contains three of his early novels: the Hugo- and Nebula-shortlisted Past Master, space opera re-telling of The Odyssey, Space Chantey, and Fourth Mansions, also shortlisted for the Nebula.
R.I.P.D. Volume 1 (R.I.P.D.)
by Peter LenkovWelcome to the Rest In Peace Department—the devoted, yet dead, officers of divine law enforcement. Nick Cruz was gunned down in the line of duty at the height of his personal and professional life. Now he's traded a hundred years of service to the R.I.P.D. in exchange for a shot at solving his own murder. Collects the original four-issue miniseries. * The original tale of Nick Cruz and Roy Powell that introduced the wild world of the R.I.P.D.!
R Is for Rebel
by J. Anderson CoatsPrincess Academy meets Megan Whalen Turner in this stunning novel about a girl who won’t let anything tame her spirit—not the government that conquered her people, and definitely not reform school! <P><P>Malley has led the constables on a merry chase across her once-peaceful country. With her parents in prison for their part in a failed resistance movement, the government wants to send her to a national school—but they’ll have to capture her first. And capture her they do. Malley is carted off be reformed as a proper subject of the conquering empire, reeducated, and made suitable for domestic service. That’s the government’s plan, anyway. But Malley will not go down without a fight. She’s determined to rally her fellow students to form a rebellion of their own. The government can lock these girls up in reform school. Whether it can break them is another matter entirely…
R Is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet
by Adam F. WatkinsThese noisy robots make the alphabet a hilarious adventure! In this noisy alphabet book, Adam F. Watkins’s silly robots are building the alphabet. Featuring hilarious robots making goofy noises, this alphabet book is perfect for young readers.