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The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart #2)
by Stephanie Garber#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Stephanie Garber’s THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER is the jaw-dropping sequel to the ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreakNot every love is meant to be.After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can. . . .Also by Stephanie Garber:The Caraval Series- Caraval- Legendary- Finale
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games)
by Suzanne CollinsIt is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Ballistic (Gray Man #3)
by Mark Greaney"Bourne for the new millennium." -James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author. Ex-CIA assassin Court Gentry thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past finds him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust-and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried.Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court's life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides- only survivors...
The Bamboo Flute
by Garry Disher'musical and haunting' Publisher's WeeklyPaul is a dreamer, his head alive with rippling pianos, gentle violins and the smiles of Margaret, the one he loves. But in the cold light of day, Margaret snubs him at school, the piano has been sold, his father is battling to keep the farm, and dejected men are tramping the roads?looking for work, a sandwich, a cup of tea?No one has time for music or dreams. Then Eric the Red comes along. Eric the Red, with his silver flute, his knowing wink and boots held together with wire. Eric the Red, just a step ahead of the law. Eric the Red, who knows how to make a flute from a piece of bamboo?The Bamboo Flute is an evocative story of hardship, hope, respect and recognition, set during the Depression. Amongst many acclamations it has won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan
by Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang Ann C. CarverThis remarkable anthology introduces the short fiction of 14 writers, major figures in the literary movements of three generations, who represent a range of class, ethnic, age, and political perspectives. It is filled with "unexpected gems", writes Scarlet Cheng in Belles Lettres, including Lin Hai-yin's story of a woman suffering under a feudal system that dominated Old China; Chiang Hsiao-yun's optimistic solutions to problems of the elderly in the rapidly changing Taiwan of the 1980; and in between, a dozen richly diverse stories of aristocrats, comrades, wices, concubines, children, mothers, sexuality, rape, female initiation, and the tensions between traditional and modern life. "This is not western feminism with an Asian accent", says Bloomsbury Review, "but a description of one culture's reality...The woman protagonists survive both despite and because of their existence in a changing Taiwan." This book includes biographical headnotes, an introduction that addresses the literary movements represented, and an extensive bibliography.
The Band: Trading Guys
by D. L. GarfinkleAn edgy new teen series that comes with a free song download! The friends in the band Sweet Marguerite always back each other up-onstage and off-until an impulsive game threatens to tear them apart. One Night Only Tracie can't think straight. The sexiest guy she knows is flirting with her-and he's hot enough to make her forget everything that matters...including her boyfriend. Mark can't believe his luck. He has a great band and a beautiful girlfriend. So why can't he keep his mind off of the exotic new lead singer, Lily? Sienna is psyched. She's worked hard for the band's success and she loves her boyfriend Mark. Life would be perfect-if Lily would just go away. Tracie, Mark, and Sienna are partying at the beach, celebrating their big break and dreaming of stardom, until the moment one simple question changes everything... Just for fun, why don't we trade boyfriends and girlfriends?
The Band: Holding On
by D. L. GarfinkleOverview Sometimes letting go is the only way to hold it together... the new Young Adult series that comes with a free song download! MAKING IT. Rock band Sweet Marguerite is sizzling on stage. They're playing gigs every week at the hottest clubs in San Diego...but jealousy and resentment are about to throw off their perfect harmony. Love and Consequences Tracie will do whatever it takes to get her ex-boyfriend Carter back. Mark is frightened. He's on the verge of losing his girlfriend Lily, and his painful secret about the band's name is about to come out. Sienna is all mixed up. She promised to help Tracie hook up with Carter. But how could she know she would fall in love with him? Can the members of Sweet Marguerite hold it together and focus on their passion for music? Or will they lose their chance to be the coolest band ever?
Band on the Run: Vols 1–3 (Rock Band Fights Evil)
by D.J. ButlerHeaven doesn&’t want them; do they stand a chance in Hell? Jim is Satan's son, who keeps a vow of silence and wants to be left alone. Eddie sold his soul but was cheated, and became the world's greatest tambourine player for his trouble. Adrian is a powerful wizard... when the narcolepsy doesn't knock him out. Twitch is an outcast, shape-shifting fairy. Mike is a drunk, haunted by the ghost of the brother he accidentally killed. Follow the dogged band of damned rock and rollers as they struggle to save themselves. Can they get the fragment of Azazel's hoof, their bargaining chip? Once they get it, can they keep it? And who else might have designs on the hoof... or on the members of the band? This volume collects the first three installments of Rock Band Fights Evil, initially published as ebooks: Hellhound on My Trail, Snake Handlin' Man, and Crow Jane.
Bang!
by Sharon FlakeMann is only thirteen, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person coping with grief in his or her own way. Mann's mother has stopped eating and is obsessed with preserving Jason's memory, while his father is certain that presenting a hard edge is the only way to keep his remaining son from becoming a statistic. Mann used to paint and ride horseback, but now he's doing everything he can to escape his emotions: getting involved in fights at school, joyriding at midnight, and much worse. His father, at his wit's end, does the only thing he thinks will teach his son how to be a man he abandons him and his friend Kee Lee in the woods, leaving them to navigate their way home, alone.
Bang
by Barry LygaReaders of This is Where it Ends, Hate List, and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock will appreciate this heartbreaking novel about living with your worst mistake from New York Times bestselling author Barry Lyga. <P><P>A chunk of old memory, adrift in a pool of blood.Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one--not even Sebastian himself--can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister with his father's gun. <P><P>Now, ten years later, Sebastian has lived with the guilt and horror for his entire life. With his best friend away for the summer, Sebastian has only a new friend--Aneesa--to distract him from his darkest thoughts. But even this relationship cannot blunt the pain of his past. Because Sebastian knows exactly how to rectify his childhood crime and sanctify his past. It took a gun to get him into this. <P><P>Now he needs a gun to get out. <P><P>Unflinching and honest, Bang is the story of one boy and one moment in time that cannot be reclaimed, as true and as relevant as tomorrow's headlines.
Bang (Orca Soundings)
by Norah McClintockQuentin and JD have been friends forever. Even after JD gets in trouble Quentin stands by him. Hanging out together Quentin learns JD has a gun and when they are caught in a robbery JD uses the gun—with deadly results. Trying to cover up the crime and escape detection, Quentin gets in even deeper than he expected and learns that the only person he can trust is himself. Especially when his freedom—and his future—is at stake.
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots From a Hidden War
by Greg Marinovich Joao Silva Archbishop Desmond TutuA gripping story of four remarkable young men—photographers, friends and rivals—who band together for protection in the final, violent days of white rule in South Africa.
Banished
by Betsy SchowDorthea of Emerald is used to being treated like the princess she is. Except she's trapped in a strange land called Kansas, where no one recognizes she's royalty. Not her parents, not the hospital's doctors, not even the cute patient who keeps flirting with her. The only one who knows who she really is? The evil Blanc. And she's thundering into Kansas to erase Dorethea's—and everyone else's—story.Back in Camelot, outlaw Rexi's got her own problems...like being locked in a tower. She may have trained with Robin Hood, but she's going to need to steal more than a key to escape Gwenevere's trap to take back Excalibur. And even if Rexi manages to get free, she still needs to reclaim her storyline from Morte's wicked plotting.It's not over until the last spot of ink dries.Dorethea and Rexi won't give up their happily ever afters without a fight. But with the villains of Story scripting their triumph, does this spell The End for Dorethea and Rexi?
Banker: Break In; Banker (Francis Thriller Ser.)
by Dick FrancisWhen young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. Then, as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder. . . .
Banking Systems
by Center for Financial TrainingGet started on the fast track today. BANKING SYSTEMS 2E lets you explore the principles and practices of banking and credit in the United States through learning by doing and clear explanations. Whether it's financial services, human resources, marketing, or ethics, BANKING SYSTEMS 2E makes concepts easy to understand. Success tomorrow starts today with BANKING SYSTEMS 2E.
The Bar Code Rebellion (The Bar Code #2)
by Suzanne WeynThe second book in the action-packed Bar Code series.They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't have them. The bar code rebellion.Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's mean forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long. . . .For reasons she doesn't completely understand--but will soon discover--Kayla is at the center of a lethal conspiracy that will soon threaten the very notion of freedom. Kayla can either give in to the bar code, or she can join the resistance and fight it. The choice, for her, is clear: It's time to fight.They want your identity.They want your freedom.They can't have them.The bar code rebellion.
The Bar Code Tattoo (The Bar Code #1)
by Suzanne WeynIndividuality vs. conformity. Identity vs. access. Freedom vs. control.The bar code tattoo.The bar code tattoo. Everybody's getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity. But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in her high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. There's no option but to run . . . for her life.Indivuality vs. conformity.. Identity vs. access. Freedom vs. control.The bar code tattoo.
El barco de los muertos (Magnus Chase y los Dioses de Asgard #3)
by Rick RiordanEl barco de los muertos es la entrega final de la trepidante trilogía de aventuras basada en la mitología nórdica «Magnus Chase y los dioses de Asgard» de Rick Riordan, el autor de literatura de aventuras fantásticas número uno en el mundo. La mayor amenaza para Asgard está a punto de hacerse realidad y Magnus Chase tiene que embarcar hacia el viaje más peligroso de su vida. Sin embargo esta vez contará con una ayuda inesperada. Magnus Chase ha pasado de ser un adolescente sin techo a vivir en el Hotel Valhalla y convertirse en uno de los guerreros de Odín. Como digno hijo de Frey, el dios del verano, la fertilidad y la salud, a Magnus no le gustan especialmente las guerras y las batallas, pero sus amigos son fuertes y un poco cabezotas, así que juntos han conseguido derrotar a Grimwolf y luchar contra gigantes para hacerse con el martillo de Thor. Ahora, Magnus y sus compañeros tienen que partir hacia las fronteras más lejanas de Jotunheim y Niflheim para enfrentarse a la mayor amenaza de Asgard. ¿Conseguirán completar su peligroso viaje con éxito o ha llegado, al fin, el temido Ragnarok?
The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
by Ann BausumThe unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible.Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters&’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor&’s role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we&’ve heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and Shakespeare himself is that a group of people made the excellent choice to preserve the plays after the Bard died. If they hadn&’t created the book known as the First Folio, Shakespeare and his works would surely have been lost to history. Part literary scavenger hunt (the search for every existing First Folio continues today), part book trivia treasure trove, and part love letter to Shakespeare, this behind-the-scenes, sharply funny true story is an ideal introduction to the Bard and his famous plays.
Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969
by Bob Spitz"Mr. Spitz feeds us every riveting detail of the chaos that underscored the festival. It makes for some out-a-sight reading, man." The New York Times Book Review Celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2014, the Woodstock Music Festival defined a generation. Yet, there was much more than peace and love driving that long weekend the summer of 1969. In Barefoot in Babylon, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Spitz gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Woodstock, from its inception and the incredible musicians that performed to its scandals and the darker side of the peace movement. With a new introduction, as well as maps, set lists, and a breakdown of all the personalities involved, Barefoot in Babylon is a must-read for anyone who was there--or wishes they were.
The Barefoot Way: A Faith Guide for Youth, Young Adults, and the People Who Walk With Them
by Dori Grinenko BakerThis exceptional and innovative resource invites older youth, college students, and all who care about them, to participate for 21 days in journey and experiences of youth who have encountered God and told their story. Perfect for individual, small group, and workshop use, each day readers step "barefoot" onto the "Holy Ground" of these experiences in order to "L. I. V. E. " the story themselves: To Listen, Immerse, View it Wider, and Explore Actions and "Aha" moments.
Barred from the Bar: A History of Women and the Legal Profession (Women Then - Women Now)
by Hedda GarzaThis is an account of women's attempts to become practicing lawyers, gain entrance to law schools, and to obtain the same legal rights as men, such as the right to hold property, etc. This book begins with the American Revolutionary war when women had few legal rights at all and extends to the appointment of the first women to the Supreme Court bench.
The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One (The Misewa Saga #1)
by David A. RobertsonNarnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them.
Barrier (The Alternative)
by Patrick JonesWhen Jessica is diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, she finally understands why her best friend is her dog and why she breaks out in a sweat whenever she interacts with others. She hopes a fresh start at Rondo Alternative High School will help. Joining the manga club seems like a good move—especially since quirky, quiet Dylan is a member. Can a kindred spirit help her work through her anxiety? Can she overcome her fear and make some real friends?
Barron's: Reading Workbook For The New SAT
by Sharon Weiner Green Brian W. StewartThis new edition concentrates on the new 2016 SAT's Reading Test with exercises reflecting all of the new SAT question types: reading comprehension, understanding words used in context, and graphical analysis. Exercises are divided according to three levels of increasing difficulty, labeled from A to C . Features a helpful diagnostic test and 3 full-length Reading practice tests. All questions are answered and explained. Students who can answer all level C questions are ready to excel on the actual exam The workbook also presents test-taking tips and vocabulary review.