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Bestseller New York Times ?nc? de la apari?ie?Bestseller Sunday Times?B?rba?ii adev?ra?i citesc ce scriu femeile – datorit? unor astfel de c?r?i. V? garantez!” - Lee ChildNu po?i ?ti niciodat? ce se ?nt?mpl? de cealalt? parte a peretelui.?Vecina ?i-a spus c? n-are chef s?-?i aduci copilul de ?ase luni la petrecerea ei.?Nimic personal, doar c? nu suport? s?-l aud? pl?ng?nd.?So?ul t?u te-a asigurat c? va fi bine. Doar sunte?i ?n vecini. Ve?i avea monitorul copilului la voi ?i ve?i merge pe r?nd acas?, din jum?tate ?n jum?tate de or?.?Fiica ta dormea ultima dat? c?nd ai fost la ea. Acum, c?nd te n?puste?ti ?n casa cufun-dat?-ntr-o t?cere morm?ntal?, cel mai cumplit co?mar se adevere?te. Fiica ta a disp?rut!?Poli?ia e la tine acas? ?i te ?ntrebi cu groaz? ce va descoperi.?De ce e?ti capabil? c?nd cineva te ?mpinge dincolo de limite.“Shari Lapena imagineaz? o ?es?tur? complex? de motive ?i suspec?i. Tensiunea e puternic? pe tot parcursul c?r?ii, p?n? la deznod?m?ntul ?ocant.” - The Times“Extrem de captivant? ?i conving?toare, povestea este perfect regizat?. Iar r?sturn?rile de situa?ie te vor lua complet prin surprindere.” - Daily Mail“Un portret necru??tor al unui mariaj supus unor presiuni teribile.” - Metro?
O ?ndep?rtat? alarm? aerian?
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Insurgent, mult a?teptata continuare a bestsellerului interna?ional Divergent, bestseller New York TimesO alegereDevine un sacrificiuUn sacrificiuDevine o pierdereO pierdereDevine o povar?O povar?Devine o b?t?lieO singur? alegereTe poate distrugeO tulbur?toare poveste de iubire, plin? de r?sturn?ri de situa?ie, cu decizii sf??ietoare ?i dezv?luiri emo?ionante ale naturii umane...?ntr-un Chicago distopic, unde tinerii care au ?mplinit v?rsta de ?aisprezece ani sunt obliga?i s? aleag? una dintre cele cinci fac?iuni, c?reia ar trebui s?-i fie devota?i pentru tot restul vie?ii, Tris Prior continu? s?-i salveze pe cei pe care ?i iube?te — ?i pe ea ?ns??i —, ?n timp ce caut? r?spunsuri la ?ntreb?ri sf??ietoare despre durere ?i iertare, identitate ?i loialitate, politic? ?i iubire.Pentru Tris, ziua ini?ierii ar fi trebuit s? reprezinte o victorie ?i s? fie s?rb?torit? al?turi de cei din fac?iunea aleas?; ?n schimb, ziua se sf?r?e?te cu orori de nedescris. R?zboiul bate la u??, ?n timp ce conflictele dintre fac?iuni ?i ideologii se extind cu repeziciune. ?i ?n vremuri de r?zboi, se formeaz? tabere, se dezv?luie secrete, iar alegerile devin irevocabile ?i dure. Transformat? de propriile sale decizii, dar ?i de durerea sufleteasc? ?i de sentimentul de vinov??ie, Tris trebuie s?-?i accepte divergen?a, chiar dac? nu ?tie ce ?i rezerv? viitorul.
Regim naturist de sl?bire
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Prolegomena la Tratat de rezisten?a materialelor, despre na?terea, via?a ?i moartea sf?ntului Taush, adic? aventurile sale din Gaister?tat p?n? ?n Mandragora; ce a f?cut, ce a zis, ce a v?zut ?i ce a sim?it ?ntre Lume ?i ne’Lume, istorisite de scheletul Bartholomeus Pumn-de-Oase ?i culese de Flavius Ardelean. ?Nebun?, genial?, ?ntunecat?, tulbur?toare ?i profund?, Sc?rba sf?ntului cu sfoar? ro?ie te face s? te prive?ti pentru o clip? ?i s? nu te mai recuno?ti ?ntru totul. Dar abia de acolo po?i ?ncepe s? descoperi ?i s? vezi. Cu adev?rat s? vezi.“ (Cristina Nemerovschi) ?Flavius Ardelean nu e scriitor de lucruri frumoase, dar e frumos ?n necur??enia ?i neor?nduiala lui. Iar cine iube?te scriitorii ?i iube?te tocmai fiindc? ace?tia nu fac eforturi s? le spun? lucruri frumoase c?nd totul ?n jur se pr?bu?e?te, ci ?tiu s? scoat? bucuria cuvintelor ?i din bube, mucegaiuri ?i noroi.“ (Michael Haulic?)
P?l?ria albastr? ?i alte povestiri
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Atunci am aflat ce ?nseamn? s? crezi. Lumea ta se pr?bu?e?te zi dup? zi, ?n jurul t?u, dar sim?i ?n str?fundurile fiin?ei tale c? ?ntr-o zi va fi bine ?i nu renun?i. Logic, ra?ional, totul ??i spune c? e?ti nebun. ?i tu te ?nc?p???nezi ?i mergi mai departe. E o sc?nteie acolo, ?n suflet, o voce timid?, care ??i ?opte?te s? nu te la?i b?tut, c? totu-i cu un rost. Totul are sens. Pentru c? am vrut s? dau un sens la tot ceea ce se ?nt?mpl?. Am ales s? cred. Pentru c?, din momentul ?n care te-am v?zut, am ?tiut c? nu mai am ce s? a?tept, ?n afar? de tine. ?Maria Magdalena ??i vorbe?te despre pierdere, alegeri, ?mp?care cu sine, descoperiri ?i mai ales despre iubirea c??tigat?. Pentru c? iubirea, odat? ce exist?, nu se ?nstr?ineaz? niciodat?. Nici m?car atunci c?nd se ?ndep?rteaz?, se acoper? ?i pare pierdut? definitiv. Ea exist? mai departe, pentru c? iubirea ne schimb?. Toate iubirile care ne trec prin via?? r?m?n ?n noi ?i cresc mai departe acolo. Ioana Duda ?tie c? nu-i po?i iubi pe ceilal?i dac? nu te iube?ti pe tine. C? nu-i po?i ierta pe al?ii p?n? nu te ier?i pe tine ?i c? nu te po?i l?sa iertat de al?ii p?n? nu te-ai iertat tu, cu adev?rat, p?n? la ultima cut? a sufletului. ?tie c? iubirea nu ?nseamn? mereu s?-l ai pe cel?lalt al?turi. Iubirea e complet? ?i dac? e numai o stare, o plaj?, un c?ntec, un copil. Ioana ?tie.” (Cristina Nemerovschi) Cu aceea?i sinceritate dureroas? cu care ne-a obi?nuit din c?r?ile ei anterioare, Ioana Duda scrie ?n Maria Magdalena despre o iubire matur?, a?adar complicat?, ?i despre pierderea ei, ?n aparen??. Dar, c?nd vine vorba despre iubire, oare chiar o putem asocia cu maturitatea? Sau, cumva, fiecare descoperire a iubirii este un drum de-a lungul c?ruia ??i dai la o parte tot mai multe straturi ale fiin?ei ?i, ?n final, ajungi s? te ?n?elegi cu al?i ochi? P?n? la urm?, iubirea ??i arat? o lume cu totul nou?, pe care o descoperi asemeni unui copil. Personajul principal al romanului ?n?elege multe despre iubire, de-a lungul c?r?ii, dar mai ales se ?n?elege pe sine. Se redescoper? ?i se repozi?ioneaz? ?n centrul propriului univers. Cartea Ioanei Duda ne vorbe?te despre dragostea care este mai presus de fiin?ele pe care le leag?, dragostea ca mod de autocunoa?tere. (Alexandru Voicescu)
S?rme ?i portocali
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Adu-?i aminte de Renton, adu-?i aminte de Tyler Durden. Adu-?i aminte de filmele care au transpus aceste c?r?i; de Brad Pitt, Edward Norton ?i Ewan McGregor. Adu-?i aminte de ei, c?ci ei fac parte din cultura ta, din esen?a ta de via??, globalizat? la extrem ?i infinit de sordid?. Revezi filmele, recite?te c?r?ile. R?zi cu ei; cu toate aceste pl?smuiri de oameni ale autorilor, ale regizorilor, ale actorilor. Revezi-le cu prietenii, cu prietena ta sau prietenul t?u, dup? sau ?nainte s? fi f?cut dragoste. Revezi-le singur; revezi-le, dac? mai ai cum, la cinematografe dubioase de cartier. Revezi aceste filme vechi, care au devenit de la lansarea lor embleme cult ale mi?c?rii sociale din care fac parte. Revezi-le ?i scrie o carte. Dar scrie o carte despre via?a ta, nu a lor; despre existen?a ta pl?cut? sau morbid?. Nu ?ncerca s? copiezi ce ai citit sau v?zut ?n ele. Las?-?i imagina?ia la joac?, ?n curtea care se afl? ?n spatele casei min?ii tale; dar nu te l?sa sedus de mirajul simplist ?i la ?ndem?n? al plagiatului. G?nde?te-te bine ?nainte s? pui pixul pe h?rtie sau degetul pe tasta de calculator, c?ci de-acolo nu mai e loc de ?ntoarcere. Te ?ine s? scrii cartea asta?
Malad
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City Blues. C?ntecul ?sta o s? fie - trebuie s? fie ! - ca via?a tuturor oamenilor din ora?ul ?sta ?mpu?it. El o s? curg? ca o copil?rie, apoi va ?nnebuni deodat? – adolescen?a dureaz? c?teva clipe! -, apoi trec alte c?teva clipe, ?i se va sf?r?i ?i tinere?ea, totul se va pr?bu?i ?n melancolie, melancolia va fi inutil? ?i sf??ietoare, iar la sf?r?it va cobor? moartea, nu se poate altfel. City Blues. O s? iau tramvaiele de pe ?inele lor, o s? iau durerile be?ivilor, o s? iau strig?tele ?iganilor - fiareeeee veeeeechi lu????m! -, o s? iau rondurile care tempereaz? marile intersec?ii, o s? iau praful ?i lenea, o s? iau amintirile ?i visele zdrobite ale muncitorilor, o s? iau salariile casierelor, o s? iau ziarele ?i o s? iau tatuajele domni?oarelor rebele, ?i o s? le ascult muzica intim?. ?mi aprind o ?igar?. Prea mult gudron. E cancer. Bine?n?eles c? e cancer. O fumez ?i o raz? puternic? evadeaz? din soare ?i m? love?te cu furie, m? love?te ca ?i cum ar vrea s? ?mi despice craniul ?i s? m? ucid?. City Blues
Slowroom
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Romanul este o poveste a marilor ?nt?lniri; ?nt?lnirea cu mentorul, cu muzica ?i artele, cu prima dragoste ?i, inevitabil, cu prima ratare. Debutul ?n roman al prolificului scriitor olandez Cees Nooteboom este istoria unei ini?ieri. Philip c?l?tore?te prin Europa ?n c?utarea des?v?r?irii. Oamenii pe care ?i ?nt?lne?te, ceilal?i, sunt figuri vii ce ?i vor marca parcursul ?i-l vor vr?ji cu pove?tile lor. C?nd cercul ini?iatic se ?nchide, Philip va trebui s? culeag? roadele experien?ei.
Teoria T?cerii
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Iarba ro?ie este, ?nainte de orice, o plonjare ?n subcon?tient. Toate personajele romanului sunt ?n c?utarea unui sens al existen?ei. ?n ceea ce-l prive?te pe Senatorul Dupont, el ??i ?ncheie cu bine c?ut?rile, reu?ind s? fac? rost de un uapitic, o fiin?? micu?? care-l va face fericit pentru tot restul vie?ii. Faptul c? Senatorul Dupont este un c?ine vorbitor ?i e singurul ce pare a fi atins starea de beatitudine, stare ce seam?n? izbitor de mult cu prostra?ia, este ?nc? una dintre ironiile amare ale acestui autor la care inven?ia verbal? ?i amestecul regnurilor nu sunt niciodat? gratuite, iar farsa ?i lirismul merg m?n? ?n m?n? ?n subminarea romanului realist.
M?ine voi fi slab?
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#1 Bestseller: New York Times, USA Today, Toronto Star ?ntre anii 1854 ?i 1929, a?a-numitele ?trenuri ale orfanilor“ str?b?teau ?n mod regulat distan?a dintre ora?ele de pe Coasta de Est ?i ?inuturile din Midwest, duc?nd mii de copii abandona?i, a c?ror soart? avea s? depind? doar de noroc. Urmau s? fie adopta?i de o familie iubitoare sau aveau s? ?ndure o copil?rie plin? de lipsuri? De origine irlandez?, Vivian Daly a fost un astfel de copil, trimis cu trenul de la New York City c?tre un viitor nesigur. Mai t?rziu, Vivian se ?ntoarce ?n est ?i duce o via?? lini?tit?. Dar ?n podul casei sale, ascunse ?n valize, se afl? vestigiile unui trecut dureros. Atunci c?nd, ca s? scape de casa de corec?ie, adolescenta Molly Ayer se angajeaz? s-o ajute pe Vivian s? fac? ordine ?n pod, se dovede?te c? cele dou? femei nu sunt at?t de diferite pe c?t par. Trenul orfanilor este o poveste zguduitoare despre schimbare ?i curaj, despre noi ?nceputuri ?i prietenii dintre cele mai nea?teptate. Kline descrie memorabil leg?tura dintre Molly, t?n?ra cu probleme emo?ionale din pricina criticilor ne?ntrerupte a c?ror ?int? a fost, ?i Vivian, care ??i vede propria copil?rie nefericit? reflectat? ?n rebela Molly. O poveste profund impresionant?, adus? la suprafa?? din negurile trecutului. – Kirkus Reviews ?Nimeni nu m? comp?time?te pentru c? mi-am pierdut familia. Fiecare dintre noi are propria lui poveste trist?; altfel n-am fi aici. Sentimentul general e c? e mai bine s? nu vorbim despre trecut, c? uitarea ne va aduce cel mai repede alinarea. Societatea pentru Ajutorare ne trateaz? ca ?i cum ne-am n?scut ?n momentul ?n care am fost adu?i la ei, ca ?i cum, precum fluturii care ies din cocon, ne-am l?sat ?n urm? via?a dinainte ?i, cu voia Domnului, vom ?ncepe ?n cur?nd o via?? nou?.“
?n?elepciunea inimii.
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E?ti ?i tu un ne?mbl?nzit? ?n ?inutul Erdas, patru copii sunt pe cale s? descopere dac? au vreun spirit-animal, o leg?tura rar? ?ntre om ?i fiara, care le d? am?ndurora puteri inimaginabile.Separa?i de distan?e mari, Conor, Abeke, Meilin ?i Rollan v?d fiecare o str?fulgerare... apoi apar animalele.Un lup, un leopard, un urs panda, un ?oim. Fiecare copil a invocat un animal legendar. Acum soarta le este pecetluit?.Cei patru eroi ?i animalele lor trebuie s? se uneasc? ?i s? porneasc? ?ntr-o misiune primejdioas?. O for?? ?ntunecat? din trecut se treze?te ?i numai ei au puterea de a o opri.Soarta ?ntregului Erdas se afl? ?n m?inile acestor patru str?ini curajo?i... ?i ?n m?inile tale. F? cuno?tin?? cu cei patru eroi ?i al?tur?-te misiunii lor de a salva ?inutul Erdas
Iluminarea ?i cunoa?terea de sine. Fascina?ia c?ut?rii interioare. ?ntreb?ri ?i
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Gazduit? ?ntr-un far, Super?coala drei Rapscott pentru Fete cu P?rin?i Superocupa?i ??i ia mottoul de la pioniera avia?iei americane Amelia Earhart:?Totul pentru aventur?.La urma urmei, orice se poate ?nt?mpla c?nd te r?t?ce?ti ?nadins!Domni?oara Rapscott, extraordinara directoare a unei ?coli pentru fete cu p?rin?i foarte ocupa?i, e ?nc?ntat? c?nd patru cutii aterizeaz? pe terasa ei. ?n?untrul cutiilor se afl? noile ei eleve.Bea, Mildred, Fay ?i Annabelle nu ?tiu nimic din ceea ce p?rin?ii ??i ?nva?? de obicei copiii, cum ar fi ce e acela un tort pentru aniversare sau cum s? traversezi strada f?r? s? te loveasc? ma?ina. Dar cea mai nefericit? soart? o are s?rmana Dahlia - parin?ii ei sunt at?t de ocupa?i ?nc?t au uitat s? ?nchid? capacul cutiei ?i Dahlia a c?zut din ea!Dra Rapscott trebuie s?-?i ?nve?e elevele despre o gr?mad? de lucruri, printre care ?i cum s? ?in? un secret sau s?-?i schimbe lenjeria zilnic. De asemenea, a pl?nuit o mul?ime de aventuri pentru ele. Dar mai ?nt?i trebuie s? o g?seasc? pe Dahlia, ceea ce se dovede?te a fi cea mai mare aventur? dintre toate.?
Macbeth / The Tragedy of Macbeth (Edi?ie bilingv?)
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George Eliot’s beloved classic novel—hailed by Virginia Woolf as “masterful”—follows the life, loves, foibles, and politics of the residents of a fictional English town set amid the social unrest during the Industrial Revolution.A sprawling work set in a provincial English town, Middlemarch boasts a large cast of characters whose stories interweave against a backdrop of political upheaval.Middlemarch is one of the most popular novels written by George Eliot.
Desenvolvimento regional: um problema político
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Your kids are buzzing bundles of energy, ever eager for new experiences and new challenges. And one of your toughest jobs as a parent is finding ways to channel kids' energies that promote healthy development while keeping them entertained. Good news, your job just got a little easier.Fair weather or foul, My Book of Indoor Games helps you keep the peace and banish bad moods with:- 180 indoor? games for kids?- Games for every occasion, setting and number of players- Solo games, team games, party games, and family games, many including innovative twists on old favorites
Re?ete ?mpotriva ?ngrijor?rii. O abordare prin joc a anxiet??ii ?i fricii copiil
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"Egy suszterféle aggódó szemü ember pólyás csecsem?t tart a karján. A zsebéb?l szoptatós üvegnek a gumija lóg ki. A lábaszára mellett egy négyéves sz?szke fiúcska, meg egy hároméves még sz?szkébb úri leányka. A fiúcska bársonyruhás és tányér-galléros, de meztelen a lábacskája. A leányka térdig-szoknyás és sárgacip?s." (részlet)
Manualul redactorului de carte. Introducere ?n teoria ?i practica redact?rii
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n acest debut extraordinar – o mbinare de poem n proz, fabul polifonic i eseu despre durere –, originalitatea narativ i tonul plin de compasiune ale lui Max Porter creeaz un efect uluitor. Vorbind despre adevruri dureroase i profund umane,Durerea e o fptur naripatanun apariia unui talent cu totul ieit din comun. Ctigtor al Premiului Dylan Thomas 2016 Vndut n Marea Britanie n peste 100.000 de exemplare Tradus n peste 20 de limbi Ctigtor al Premiului Sunday Times pentru tnrul scriitor al anului 2016 Finalist la Premiul National Book Critics Circle John Leonard (SUA) Nominalizat la The Goldsmiths Prize 2015 Nominalizat la Guardian First Book Award 2015 Drepturile de ecranizare au fost achiziionate de Pulse Films.O estur complex de imagini i idei, impregnat de poezie, dar care poate fi citit i ca o poveste pentru copii. Ne schimb percepia asupra romanului i a posibilitilor sale, vorbindu-ne despre un subiect extrem de delicat, pagin dup pagin, ca i cum am fi purtai pe aripi.The Guardianntr-un apartament din Londra, doi biei se confrunt cu insuportabila tristee provocat de moartea fulgertoare a mamei lor. Tatl lor, expert n opera lui Ted Hughes i romantic dezorientat, i imagineaz un viitor pustiu, lipsit de sens.n acest moment de disperare, primesc o vizit de la Kra – ddac, vindector, arlatan, personaj contradictoriu. Atras de familia ndoliat, aceast pasre sentimental" amenin c va rmne pn cnd nu vor mai avea nevoie de ea. i aa se i ntmpl: lunile trec, durerea cedeaz locul amintirilor, iar mica familie ncepe s se vindece.Absolut ncnttor i de neuitat.The TimesMax Porter tie s creeze strlucit aceast pendulare ntre fabul i dram de familie… Impresia pe care i-o las romanul lui este profund i de durat. ntocmai ca durerea nsi.The ObserverNu se compar cu nimic din ce s-a scris pn acum.Guardian Books of the Year
C?ntec lin
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Egy város: valahol New York állam k?zép–nyugati részén,? Richford-tól északra. Egy fiú: Roland a kunyhójában gondtalanul tengeti mindennapjait. George: a visszajáró halott barát. Vagy nem is halott? Ebben még ? maga sem biztos. ?s a szerelem: Roland és a város élete a feje tetejére áll...
Amit végleg kit?r?lnél
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rksen megfeledkezünk apróságokról. A kulcsainkról. A barátunk születésnapjáról. Az évfordulóinkról. Lehet egy apró feledékenységnek gyilkosság a vége
Angelbound Special Edition
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“KICK-ASS”?– Random Book Thoughts“SUPER AWESOME”?– Accidental Reader“Total page turner!”?– Four Eyed Cat ReviewsEighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She’s not your every day quasi-demon, part-demon and part-human, girl.For the past five years, Myla has lived for the days she gets to fight in Purgatory’s arena. When souls want a trial by combat for their right to enter Heaven or Hell, they go up against her, and she hasn’t lost a battle yet. But as she starts her senior year at Purgatory High, the arena fights aren’t enough to keep her spirits up anymore. When the demons start to act weird, even for demons, and the King of the Demons, Armageddon, shows up at Myla’s school, she knows that things are changing and it’s not looking good for the quasi-demons.Myla starts to question everything, and doesn’t like the answers she finds.What happened seventeen years ago that turned the quasi-demons into slave labor? Why was her mom always so sad? And why won’t anyone tell her who her father is? Things heat up when Myla meets Lincoln, the High Prince of the Thrax, a super sexy part-human and part-angel demon hunter. But what’s a quasi-demon girl to do when she falls for a demon hunter? It’s a good thing that Myla’s not afraid of breaking a few rules. With a love worth fighting for, Myla’s going to shake up Purgatory.“This book is so wonderful. It's filled with action, mystery, and a forbidden romance. Who doesn't love that?”?– Angelic Book ReviewsAngelbound OriginsIn which Myla Lewis kicks ass and takes names1. Angelbound Extended Edition -?Now with a new epilogue of 20,000+ words2. Scala3. Acca4. Thrax5. The Dark Lands6. The Brutal Time7. Armageddon8. Quasi Redux (future)Also From Christina Bauer-Angelbound Offspring,?where the next generation takes on Heaven, Hell, and everything in between-Angelbound Lincoln, stories from the point of view of Mister The Prince- Fairy Tales of the Magicorum,?a series of modern fairy tales with sass, action, and romance- Beholder,?where a medieval farm girl discovers necromancy and true love- Dimension Drift,?a dystopian adventure with science, snark, and hot aliens- Pixieland Diaries,?which tells the story of sassy pixie Calla and 'her' elf prince, Dare
Zinnia
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"YOU HAVE TO READ ZINNIA! This book definitely surpasses my expectations ... which were pretty high because Bauer's novels are just that amazing. Grab this book. You know you wanna!"?-?Haddie's HavenAs the last dragon shifter, I live alone, hiding in one of Earth’s sacred deserts. My human handlers tell me that I have no parents, no name, and no purpose other than to train for battle and one day become a vessel for the reincarnation of Chimera, the greatest dragon shifter of all. Sadly, Chimera’s rebirth will mean my own death. But my handlers say this sacrifice is a noble fate that will rebuild the dragon shifter world.I shall die on my seventeenth birthday. That’s five days from now.Then I hear music thumping across the desert. I take my mortal form, follow the sound, and find humans dancing in what they call a rave. There is a stage and a rock band. One thing quickly becomes clear: Unlike the audience, the musicians are dragon shifters, just like me. And one of them, the guitar player Rhodes, makes my knees turn watery. The lead singer, Kaps, has something strangely familiar about her.It all adds up to one conclusion: My handlers lied to me. I’m not the last of my kind. Memories reappear. I had parents once. Portia and Tempest. I even had a name. Zinnia. Perhaps I have a reason to live as well. I step past the dancing humans to confront the players.I will find out the full truth, no matter what.?"Sweet mother of mercy ANGELBOUND is beyond fabulous!"?-?For Your Literary Pleasure BlogAngelbound Offspring1. Maxon?2. Portia3. Zinnia?4. Rhodes5. Kaps?6. Huntress?
Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3
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The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Shipping News’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’. ‘Fine Just The Way It Is’ marks Annie Proulx's return to the Wyoming of ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and the familiar cast of hardy, unsentimental prairie folk. The stories are cast over centuries, and capture the voices and lives of the settlers this sagebrushed and weatherworn country has known, from the native Indian tribes to the modern day ranch owners and politicians, and their cowboy forebears. In ‘A Family Man’, an old man nearing the end of his life unburdens himself of the weighty family secrets that were his father’s unwelcome legacy. ‘Them Old Cowboy Songs’ follows Archie and Rosie, a young pioneer couple, and their hardships in their attempt to homestead in the exposed wintry expanses of the prairie, and ‘Testimony of the Donkey’ finds a young international couple, Marc and Caitlin, struggling with much more modern concerns, and confronting uncertainty as their relationship comes to its end. These are stories of desperation and hard times, often marked by an inescapable sadness, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent. Enlivened by folk tales, flights of fancy, and details of ranch and rural work, they juxtapose Wyoming’s traditional character and attitudes – confrontation of tough problems, prejudice, persistence in the face of difficulty – with the more benign values of the new west. These are bold, elegant and memorable pieces, and once more confirm Annie Proulx as one of the most talented, unique short story writers in the language.
Alfred and Emily
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Doris Lessing’s first book after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature revisits her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents led. ‘I think my father'’s rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without. What is the use of it? It is as if that old war is in my own memory, my own consciousness.’ In this extraordinary book, Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Her father wanted the simple life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, and thereafter he had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother Emily's great love was a doctor who drowned in the Channel, and she spent the war nursing the wounded in the Royal Free Hospital. In the first half of this book, Lessing imagines the lives her parents might have made for themselves had there been no war, a story that has them meeting at a village cricket match as children but leading separate lives. This is followed by a piercing examination of their lives as they actually came to be in the shadow of that war, their move to Rhodesia, a damaged couple hulking over Lessing’s childhood in a strange land. ‘Here I still am,’ says Doris Lessing, ‘trying to get out from under that monstrous legacy, trying to get free.’
