From the “wickedly talented” ( Boston Globe ) and “darkly funny” ( New York Times Book Review ) Ryan Boudinot, Blueprints of the Afterlife is a tour de force. It is the Afterlife. The end of the world is a distant, distorted memory called “the Age of F***ed Up Shit.” A sentient glacier has wiped out most of North America. Medical care is supplied by open-source nanotechnology, and human nervous systems can be hacked. Abby Fogg is a film archivist with a niggling feeling that her life is not really her own. She may be right. Al Skinner is a former mercenary for the Boeing Army, who’s been dragging his war baggage behind him for nearly a century. Woo-jin Kan is a virtuoso dishwasher with the Hotel and Restaurant Management Olympics medals to prove it. Over them all hovers a mysterious man named Dirk Bickle, who sends all these characters to a full-scale replica of Manhattan under construction in Puget Sound. An ambitious novel that writes large the hopes and anxieties of our time—climate change, social strife, the depersonalization of the digital age— Blueprints of the Afterlife will establish Ryan Boudinot as an exceptional novelist of great daring. Views: 18
Two top undercover agents topple an international illegal arms dealer. Much to the surprise of the two "go it alone" sexy agents, Christmas in Korea is anything but Blue. Snow Angels, cookie dough (and especially the frosting) plus a big dose of Elvis-- makes for a sizzling Christmas Even Blue Christmases can be Red HOT!If you love SIZZLING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE grab Big Girls Don't Cry and the rest of the books in this Best Selling series! Big Girls Don't Cry, Taylor Lee's Best Selling # 1 Hot New Release in Romantic Suspense and Women Sleuths A girl abandoned to the streets. A brother brutally murdered. Can she find his killer before the killer finds her?"In the Still of the Night , Taylor Lee's blockbuster new sequel to Big Girls Don't CryThey call her the Blond Barracuda. The press loves her, the politicians fear her and the mob is out to get her! Views: 18
The life of the painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was chaotic and tragically brief. Consisting of a series of vignettes, mostly set in the painter's studio and peopled by his lover Jeanne Hébuterne (who ended her own life the day after Modigliani's death), the prostitutes who were his occasional models and several Bohemian visitors, the novel spans the last months of Modigliani's life, evoking the strange workings of the painter's troubled and often drug-fuelled mind and its expression in his paintings, ultimately succeeding in conveying something of the intense artistic life of Paris in the first decades of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 18
Isidora is a shapeshifter chosen for sacrifice--an appeasement to the gods of fire and earth, who are ripping apart South America with volcanic eruptions.But when a demon named Cristis finds her on the verge of death, he can't resist the urge to save such a beautiful woman. Their shared passion could rock the world... especially when the fire god comes to collect Isidora.Fire Licked is a 10,000-word paranormal romance by Anna Sanders, author of Cursed by Darkness. Views: 18
The Pinocchio Megapack includes 4 tales of Pinocchio -- the original book, "The Adventures of Pinocchio," by Carlo Collodi; "Pinocchio under the Sea," by Mongiardini-Rembadi; "The Heart of Pinocchio," by Collodi Nipote; and "Pinocchio in Africa," by Cherubini. If you're only familiar with Pinocchio through the Disney animated feature, you're in for a pleasant surprise -- whether you're an young reader or an adult! And don't forget to search this ebook store for more volumes in the Megapack series, covering everything from classic mysteries to children's literature to westerns and science fiction. Views: 18
Lonely Cowboy Seeking…Dan McClintock had traded his desk job in Dallas for a ramshackle ranch—and a whole lot of trouble. Could one pretty, sassy cowgirl really bail him out—and leave his heart intact?…A Wild West Wife.Raleigh Travers knew everything about horses. Men? They were a tantalizing mystery, and her sexy new boss was no exception. But Raleigh couldn't let Daniel distract her. She had a job to do, a kid brother to raise—and no intention of falling in love!Wranglers & Lace: Hard to tame-- impossible to resist--these cowboys meet their match! Views: 18
SynopsisCan Susan escape the dark shadows of her childhood...? Born into the squalor of the notorious Ash-Pits, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the poverty of her childhood. Discovering she has a natural talent for nursing, she forges a new life for herself - and as an independent, unmarried midwife, she is a woman far ahead of her time. But when Edward Calthorpe, youngest son of the privileged landowner , offers her marriage, the memory of her terrible childhood returns to haunt her. And when Edward's wayward brother seduces little Polly, her beloved younger sister - and then betrays her in the most brutal of ways - Susan faces losing everything she has struggled for. Can she find the strength to fight for her right to happiness? Views: 18
Where does honey come from? The Cat in the Hat knows that! It comes from bees, and what better way to learn about honey making than to visit inside a hive and see firsthand how it's done? In this rhymed easy reader based on an episode from the hit PBS Kids TV show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, the Cat, Sally, Nick, and Things One and Two shrink to bee size and learn how bees communicate via dance, collect nectar and spit it into combs, turn it into honey, and seal the combs with wax.This is a sweet, funny Step into Reading book that kids will gobble up--without realizing they are ingesting an important natural-history lesson! Views: 18
“Very occasionally, I will pop up in the historical record. Most of the time I’m not at all easy to spot, because most of the time I’m just a guy who does a thing and then disappears again into the background behind someone-or-other who’s busy doing something much more important. But there are a couple of rare occasions when I get a starring role.” --Adam the Immortal An oracle has predicted the sojourner’s end, which is a problem for Adam insofar as he has never encountered an oracular prediction that didn’t come true . . . and he is the sojourner. To survive, he’s going to have to figure out what a beautiful ex-government analyst, an eco-terrorist, a rogue FBI agent, and the world’s oldest religious cult all want with him, and fast. And all he wanted when he came to Vegas was to forget about a girl. And maybe have a drink or two. “I am probably not the best source when it comes to who invented what. For a long time I thought I invented the wheel.” --Adam the Immortal The second book in the Immortal series, Hellenic Immortal follows the continuing adventures of Adam, a sixty-thousand-year-old man with a wry sense of humor, a flair for storytelling, and a knack for staying alive. Hellenic Immortal is a clever blend of history, mythology, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, mystery and romance. A little something, in other words, for every reader. Views: 18
