Required reading has never been so hot.
Once upon a time there was a Brooklyn hipster named Norah. Unlucky in love, and short on extracurriculars for her college apps, Norah decided to start a book group. She knew the perfect locale -- a local indie bookstore with a crush-worthy cutie manning the soy latte counter.
When the first meeting arrives, Norah gets a page-turning surprise. The attendees may be bookish, but there are also a few hotties! Most noteworthy: sweet, literary James. He's like a modern Jane Austen hero.... Only, how to snag him?
Ever the romantic heroine, Norah devises a secret plan. And if it works, Norah may just find her "Happily Ever After" love story. The End. Views: 971
Jess is a spirited young woman looking for love in all the wrong places, namely college. She falls in with the wrong guy in the form of Rob, a heavy drinker who likes his parties and easy women. Their problems come to a head at an early Halloween party when Rob shows his ugly side, leading Jess into the arms of a man she never expected.Going fishing isn’t supposed to turn out this way. Occasionally stopping to fish, Victor makes his way to the mouth of the creek where it meets the Lake. Making warm memories along the way, he is mesmerized with the fishing possibilities. Not noticing the sun was setting until it was, basically, too late, the adventure starts on his way back to the truck. Only the reflections on the water and the hum of the electric motor kept him from going insane between bouts of riveting horror as his mind runs amuck with terror-induced events. The consecutive frightening experiences demonstrate the fear one can conjure up in an overloaded and panicked human mind. Views: 971
The night is no stranger to adventure, and adventure is no stranger to Enid as she finds herself in the middle of a battle of paranormal powers. Her group and she finally get a break on their quest to find out what the Whisperers want with mystics, but it comes with a catch: they have to play bodyguard to a more-than-normal witch. Matters are further complicated when house-mates clash and good info turns deadly for them. Enid wants to know why the Whisperers wanted her so badly, but she wonders if she’ll live long enough to find out. Views: 971
The heart-pounding PENULTIMATE BOOK in "Season 5" as we move toward the grand finale in Book 41...
Return to the lives of the Novaks - Pre-order now! Views: 971
Faced with an impossible choice, Skylar and the other descendants embark on a deadly quest to the underworld to confront Hades, who has been plotting to kill them all.
They discover the ancient gods are not dead, as once believed, but are instead held captive in a secret location. In order to save the world from destruction at the hands of Hephaestus, the descendants must rescue their ancestors, the gods of Olympus.
Skylar learns more about her bloodline and her powers, but there is a heavy price to pay. The darkest forces known to man are about to return to reclaim their stolen kingdom. Views: 971
Things seem to be going well for Liv Silver: she's adjusting to her new home (and her new family) in London; she has a burgeoning romance with Henry Harper, one of the cutest boys in school; and the girl who's been turning her dreams into nightmares, Anabel, is now locked up. But serenity doesn't last for long.
It seems that Liv's troubles are far from over--in fact, suddenly they're piling up. School gossip blogger Secrecy knows all of Liv's most intimate secrets, Henry might be hiding something from her, and at night Liv senses a dark presence following her through the corridors of the dream world. Does someone have a score to settle with Liv?
Romance, adventure, and danger abound in Dream On, the second book in the Silver trilogy. Views: 970
*I never could have imagined that Derek and I would willingly turn back into vampires.
But there are some things in life that you just can't predict. Like the strange human disappearances that had started happening on the coasts surrounding us.
There would have been nothing mysterious about these kidnappings so close to our own turf, had The Shade's vampires not given up drinking human blood almost two decades ago...* Views: 970
Librarian note: Older cover of B06XW6YTKV.
Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright.
A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned.
Ingray and her charge will return to her home world to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future, her family, and her world, before they are lost to her for good. Views: 969
Jane Johnson is Plain Jane to everyone in her life, even herself. She longs for some excitement to penetrate her life with the full thrust of change. Her wish is granted when she wins a contest she doesn’t remember entering and finds herself aboard a fashionable cruise liner with a rich, handsome neighbor in the next suite.Jane Johnson is Plain Jane to everyone in her life, even herself. She longs for some excitement to penetrate her life with the full thrust of change. Her wish is granted when she wins a contest she doesn’t remember entering and finds herself aboard a fashionable cruise liner with a rich, handsome neighbor in the next suite. He’s in possession of a most unusual book that fills her with a deep, sensual longing she can’t overcome. A desire that threatens to swallow her in sweet, sensual dreams.** The Passenger’s Pleasure series is an episodic serial with cliffhangers and sensual fun. ** Views: 968
Planetary Investments Unlimited--that was its official name. But unofficially it was knows as Worldwreckers, Inc.. For a fee, its agents would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage so the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet. And now, once again, its agents were at work.
In the 78 years since Cottman IV, called Darkover by its natives, was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed.
And the person in charge of "Worldwreckers, Inc.", a centuries-old being who appeared to be a woman, had decided to take on this particular assignment herself. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago--lifetimes ago--she had called Darkover home... Views: 968
The national bestselling saga of Robert Silverberg's stunning imagination continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg's earlier Majipoor novels. Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine's Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power ofthe Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact more of a price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor...and to resbackse order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world. Views: 968
George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. Now, in addition to overseeing the ongoing publication of new Wild Cards books (like 2011’s Fort Freak), Martin is also commissioning and editing new Wild Cards stories for publication on Tor.com!Daniel Abraham’s “When We Were Heroes” is an affecting examination of celebrity, privacy, and the different ways people deal with notoriety and fame—problems not made easier when what you’re famous for are superpowers that even you don’t fully understand. Views: 967
On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. The Baltimore Sun and Kirkus Reviews have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decade."
Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. N-Space contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement.
Contents:
1 • Introduction: The Maker of Worlds • (1990) • essay by Tom Clancy
3 • On Niven • (1992) • essay by Frederik Pohl and Steven Barnes and David Brin and John Hertz and Wendy All and Gregory Benford
15 • Dramatis Personae • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
25 • Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
31 • From World of Ptavvs (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
36 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • shortstory by Larry Niven
56 • Convergent Series • (1967) • shortstory by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night)
62 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven
73 • From A Gift From Earth (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
90 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven
112 • Passerby • [State] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven
126 • Down in Flames • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
139 • From Ringworld (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
148 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
199 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven
208 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
234 • What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? • (1971) • shortstory by Larry Niven
245 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • shortstory by Larry Niven
269 • From Protector (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven
279 • The Hole Man • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven
293 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State] • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven
305 • Flare Time • (1978) • novella by Larry Niven
347 • The Locusts • (1979) • novelette by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
389 • From The Mote in God's Eye (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
394 • Building the Mote in God's Eye • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
420 • Brenda • (1988) • novella by Larry Niven
465 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • shortstory by Larry Niven
475 • The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters • (1988) • shortstory by Larry Niven
491 • Madness Has Its Place • [Man-Kzin Wars] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
519 • Niven's Laws (1990 version) • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
528 • The Kiteman • [Integral Trees] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven
571 • The Alien in Our Minds • (1987) • essay by Larry Niven
580 • Space • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven
597 • Bibliography of Larry Niven • (1990) • essay by uncredited Views: 967
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Views: 966
Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…
But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own?
When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate.
But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she’s ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion’s silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area—and eliminate life as they know it.
In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it. Views: 966
