This is not the future Carla had dreamed of. A plane crash has landed her more than fifty years in the future! Fifty years after Armageddon. Civilization destroyed. Technology gone. Raging plagues. A world she doesn't understand and where she has no place. Now she finds herself the prize in a battle where the winner takes her as his bride. This is definitely not the future Carla had planned!Rising country music star Carla boards a plane in the year 2014. But it crashes in the future, fifty years after Armageddon has destroyed technology and plagues have reduced the female population to a precious few. She finds herself offered as prize in a Bride Fight, where only the strongest and fiercest men are allowed to compete to win a wife. Alpha werewolf Taye knows Carla is his mate. He wins the Bride Fight and takes her to his den, ready to give her everything, even his heart. Will Carla ever be ready to give him anything? Views: 20
This dazzling contemporary novel of ideas begins with, ‘The Alchemy of Genius,’ and ends with, ‘A Vanishing Act.’ John Fast is a scientific genius who struggles to solve the infinite mystery of the universe. As a boy he encounters the sign of the macrocosm; as a youth he investigates the secrets of nature; as a man he discovers the pattern in the information. And so he stands on the verge of the greatest scientific breakthrough of all time. Set in Princeton and New York, ca. Halloween, 2028, to Halloween, 2046, the story folds back to the first moment of Creation, and folds forward to the last moment of the Apocalypse. A book of science and magic, Faust’s Shadow reveals the history of the future. Views: 20
Kid Combat is back for its third exciting volume! Jones returns to Elmcrest - more determined than ever to find out who Kid Combat is. After throwing himself a lavish parade down Main Street, Jones starts plotting with a certain rouge boy to bring down Kid Combat and his friends. The third volume of this series is presented in a special ebook version! Check out kidcombat.com for more. Views: 20
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they are working at a mall owned by his friend. When the Aldens arrive at Hope Harbor, they're excited to see the crowds of shoppers and the endless variety of stores. But as they begin to work at Penny's Emporium, a novelty shop in the mall, everything starts to go wrong. Some of the other mall workers don't seem to want the Aldens' help. Even worse, some of the merchandise bound for Penny's Emporium has disappeared. What's going on at Hope Harbor Mall? It's up to the Boxcar Children to figure out who's behind this mystery. Views: 20
Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . . and dreaming of the day she'll meet her one true love.Except her parents have other plans.In Pakistan for the summer, Zeba's world is shattered. Her future is threatened by an unthinkable - and forced - duty to protect her father's honour. But does she hold the secrets that will help her escape? Sufiya Ahmed's stunning debut teenage book explores the illegal practice of forced marriage in Britain. 10 million under 18s in the world become child brides every year. The UK government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) receives over 1,700 calls from at-risk annually. Up to 15% of victims of forced marriage are male. Views: 20
The tumultuous life of the beehived singer and songwriter, now a five-time Grammy Award winner. Views: 20
They are virtual brothers, Arkady and Alyosha, young pioneers in Stalin's postwar world, marching to the clarion call of socialism, to the stirring beat of the drums. The future, they are assured, is bright and beautiful. But what, then, are those endless miles of barbed wire they encounter everywhere along their route?This is the moving, two-generational tale of two families, those of Yakov Zinger and Pyotr Yevdokimov, fathers of the two young pioneers. Inseparable, the two men have been through the grueling war against the Germans, with all its horror and senseless carnage. Yakov—or Yasha, as he was known—emerged physically intact but scarred forever "from the moment he had been lifted out of a mountain of frozen bodies at a camp in liberated Poland." Pyotr, a skilled sniper who operated behind the German lines, lost both his legs, not at the hands of the Germans, but as a result of an artillery "mistake" by his own forces. Together, in these postwar, Cold War... Views: 20
Sharply observed and brilliantly plotted, Stars and Bars is an uproarious portrait of culture clash deep in the heart of the American South, by one of contemporary literature's most imaginative novelists.A recent transfer to Manhattan has inspired art assessor Henderson Dores to shed his British reserve and aspire to the impulsive and breezy nature of Americans. But when Loomis Gage, an eccentric millionaire, invites him to appraise his small collection of Impressionist paintings, Dores's plans quite literally go south. Stranded at a remote mansion in the Georgia countryside, Dores is received by the bizarre Gage family with Anglophobic slurs, nausea-inducing food, ludicrous death threats, and a menacing face off with competing art dealers. By the time he manages to sneak back to New York City--sporting only a cardboard box--Henderson Dores realizes he is fast on the way to becoming a naturalized citizen.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 19
Vic has just moved in with his boyfriend Jacob, he can't figure out where anything's packed, and his co-worker is pressuring him to have a housewarming party. Can't a guy catch a break? On a more sinister note, Vic discovers there's absolutely no trace of him online. No trace of anyone else who trained at "Camp Hell," either. Everyone Vic knows has signed a mysterious set of papers to ensure his "privacy." The contracts are so confidential that even Vic has never heard of them. But Jacob might have. What other secrets has Jacob been keeping? Views: 19
Delivering an inside account of one of wrestling's most famous fighters, this autobiography offers a rare chance to learn about Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis's life both inside and outside the ring. Revealing riveting stories about his participation in the 1980s and 1990s superstar wrestling team the Road Warriors, it recounts memorable fights with his partner Mike "Hawk" Hegstrand. He describes how he and Mike rose to become a revolutionary tag team-reinventing themselves with spiky accessories and wearing face paint before it was popular-and chronicles famous rivalries, movement between different wrestling associations, and dealing with Mike's longtime struggle with drugs and alcohol. He also invites fans into his personal life and discusses his family and newfound Christian faith. Featuring stories of incredible physical feats and deep-felt companionship, this testimony will help fans relive the glory days of a wrestling legacy. Views: 19
