Just a little story about your average sword-swinging, karate-chopping, crime-fighting ninja librarians. "[Downey] shows a rare gift for crafting scrambles so madcap that it's hard to turn the pages fast enough to keep up." —Kirkus Starred ReviewAn Overdue Library Book Can Change Your Life. (So Can a Pet Mongoose.)When Dorrie and her brother Marcus chase Moe—an unusually foul-tempered mongoose—into the janitor's closet of their local library, they make an astonishing discovery: the headquarters of a secret society of ninja librarians.Their mission: protect those whose words get them into trouble, anywhere in the world and at any time in history.Petrarch's Library is an amazing, jumbled, time-traveling secret base that can dock anywhere there's trouble, like the Spanish Inquisition, or ancient Greece, or...Passaic, New Jersey. Dorrie would love nothing more than to join the society, fighting injustice with a real sword! But when a... Views: 7
The war has come home. The mission has failed. But all Eve wants is to get Jon back.Agent Eve Parker refuses to accept Jon's change of heart when he loses his memory and becomes a revolutionary known as Seven. Her mission is to stop him from overthrowing the President and the Headmaster of the Church. However, when Eve learns more about the President's plan to broaden citizen surveillance through a national ID program, she begins to question what she's always believed to be right.Seven runs, but in his flight realizes that losing his memory may not have been enough to erase his feelings for Eve. Unable to escape his past, Seven determines that he must come to terms with the man he was if he ever wishes to win freedom. Views: 7
Rick Ranson has collected stories from all over North America, from the DEW Line and the drill ships of Working North to the raging waters of the Mississippi in Paddling South. Now, join this engaging raconteur as he ventures to one of Canada's most talked-about locations: Fort McMurray, home of the oilsands.In Bittersweet Sands, Rick Ranson recounts a twenty-four day shift at an oilsands operation undergoing a shutdown, giving us a glimpse at a world most of us only know from the evening news. Along the way, he encounters a group of engaging roughnecks, including a husband and wife welding crew, a petty fascist safety inspector, and the tough-as-nails secretary that keeps them all in line. Views: 7
In this scintillating prequel novella to her Dangerous Dukes miniseries, USA
TODAY bestselling historical author Carole Mortimer delivers a feast for the senses!
England, 1815 He’s the most accomplished lover in England, and the finest tutor in
pleasure that ever lived! Lady Julianna Armitage is on a mission: The goal: Discover
passion and learn the true art of lovemaking, something she never experienced in her
short, loveless marriage. The teacher: The devastatingly handsome Marcus Wilding, Duke
of Worthing; the one man she could never have...until now. The outcome: Pure, decadent,
indulgent satisfaction! Julianna is determined to maintain control, but as Marcus
unleashes a sensual siege that awakens her every sense, it soon becomes clear that
losing control can be the most delicious thing of all! Views: 7
I spent my whole life trying to be in the driver’s seat. Then I got behind the wheel.I was the baby that brought down the President. But I'd put that all behind me and was living a mostly normal existence as a freshman at small, exclusive Bribury College. And then I got a car.Not just any car, but one I didn't know how to drive. And it was delivered by the guy I least wanted to see. He offered to give me driving lessons. Yeah, like I wanted to spend time alone with him in the confines of a tiny sports car.Except, I kind of did.My past caught up with me, and we were both thrown into a world we didn't want or need. He ended up surprising me. And then I really surprised myself.I knew it the moment I was handed the keys…I was In Too Fast. Views: 7
Gwenwyn is the most miserable princess ever, and for good reason. Merely brushing up against her or touching her exposed skin is enough to cause painful burns, or worse. And if that wasn't enough, she's just discovered the singular reason for her existence - to act as the king's secret assassin, murdering neighboring princes with nothing more than a simple kiss. Views: 7
Erneste works in a grand hotel in Switzerland. He is the 'perfect waiter', a model of order in every way. But inwardly this polite, withdrawn man has been caught in the grip of an overwhelming passion that began in the summer of 1935 with Jakob, a fellow waiter. For Jakob the affair is just a fling, but for Erneste it is true love. When the great German writer Julius Klinger arrives at the hotel, seeking sanctuary from Hitler's Germany, his gaze, too, lights on Jakob.One morning, three decades later, Erneste receives a letter with a US postmark from Jakob asking for help. It is a call that forces Erneste to engage with the world again and risk discovering the truth behind his memories of the great love of his youth. Shifting skilfully between two eras, Sulzer's tense, moving and elegantly written novel is a small masterpiece about the joy and pain of love. Views: 7
