Detail of Book sick love :
Author : kate stewart
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Detail of Book dear enemy :
Author : kristen callihan
Descripton : from new york times bestselling author kristen callihan comes a smart romantic comedy about finding love with the most unlikely of people as kids they hated each other macon saint was beautiful but despite his name delilah knew he was the devil that he dated her slightly evil sister samantha was no picnic either when they broke up it was a dream come true delilah never had to see him again ten years later her old enemy sends a text delilah s sister has stolen a valuable heirloom from macon now a rising hollywood star and he intends to collect his due one problem sam has skipped town sparks still sizzle between macon and delilah only this heat feels alarmingly like unwanted attraction but delilah is desperate to keep her weak hearted mother from learning of her sister s theft so she proposes a deal she ll pay off the debt by being macon s personal chef and assistant it s a recipe for disaster but macon can t stop himself from accepting even though delilah clearly hates him there s something about her that feels like home besides they re no longer kids and what once was a bitter rivalry has the potential to be something sweeter something like forever
Detail of Book the scarlet letter :
Author : nathaniel hawthorne
Descripton : with the scarlet letter hawthorne became the first american novelist to forge from our puritan heritage a universal classic a masterful exploration of humanity s unending struggle with sin guilt and pride
Detail of Book the lying room :
Author : nicci french
Descripton : after scrubbing clean every trace of her existence from saul s life and death neve believes she can return to normal shaken but intact but she can t get out of her head the one tormenting question what was she forgetting an investigation into the slaying could provide the answer it s brought detective chief inspector alastair hitching and neve s worst fears to her door but with every new lie every new misdirection to save herself neve descends further into the darkness of her betrayal and into more danger than she ever imagined because hitching isn t the only one watching neve so is a determined killer who s about to make the next terrifying move in a deadly affair
Detail of Book resistance reborn journey to star wars the rise of skywalker 1 :
Author : rebecca roanhorse
Descripton : the heroes of the resistance must fight back from the edge of the oblivion in this pivotal prequel to star wars the rise of skywalker the resistance is in ruins in the wake of their harrowing escape from crait what was once an army has been reduced to a handful of wounded heroes finn poe rey rose chewbacca leia organa their names are famous among the oppressed worlds they fight to liberate but names can only get you so far and leia s last desperate call for aid has gone unanswered from jungles of ryloth to the shipyards of corellia the shadow of the first order looms large and those with the bravery to face the darkness are scattered and isolated if hope is to survive the resistance must journey throughout the galaxy seeking out more leaders including those who in days gone by helped a nascent rebellion tripple an empire battles will be fought alliances will be forged and the resistance will be reborn
Detail of Book no longer human :
Author : junji ito
Descripton : mine has been a life of much shame i can t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being plagued by a maddening anxiety the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world yozo oba plays the clown in his dissolute life holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward locked arm in arm with death osamu dazai s immortal and supposedly autobiographical work of japanese literature is perfectly adapted here into a manga by junji ito the imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate yozo s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque this is the ultimate in art by ito proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche
Detail of Book mrs de winter :
Author : susan hill
Descripton : rebecca last night i dreamt i went to manderley again readers were immersed in the claustrophobic world of maxim de winter his innocent child bride and the memory of the malevolent beauty rebecca at the end of rebecca manderley is burning and maxim and mrs de winter are on their way to the continent to try to build a quiet safe life for themselves away from the passionate violent excesses that nearly destroyed their souls but could this be possible could the de winters escape or did they ever return home to england to confront the past what for that matter happened to the despicable housekeeper mrs danvers and rebecca s creepy cousin jack favell susan hill a distinguished novelist writing at the top of her form has imagined brilliantly and wholly convincingly precisely what happens after the de winters journey back to england daphne du maurier would approve so too will innumerable readers of rebecca and the huge number of people who appreciate the joining of a great novelist to a wonderful story the original rebecca is in many ways the first and finest example of the romantic suspense thriller a gigantic best seller when first published more than fifty years ago it was also the basis of the alfred hitchcock movie starring laurence olivier and joan fontaine which won the academy award for best picture in 1940
Detail of Book where the wild things are :
Author : maurice sendak
Descripton : one night max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another so his mother calls him wild thing and sends him to bed without his supper that night a forest begins to grow in max s room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take max to the place where the wild things are max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king and then the wild rumpus begins but when max has sent the monsters to bed and everything is quiet he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all
Detail of Book the ruins of gorlan :
Author : john flanagan
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Detail of Book fire and hemlock :
Author : diana wynne jones
Descripton : one is normal school home friends the other stranger memories begin nine years ago when she was ten and gate crashed an odd funeral in the mansion near her grandmother s house polly s just beginning to recall the sometimes marvelous sometimes frightening adventures she embarked on with tom lynn after that and then she did something terrible and everything changed but what did she do why can t she remember polly must uncover the secret or her true love and perhaps polly herself will be lost
Detail of Book 1793 :
Author : niklas natt och dag
Descripton : in this breathtakingly bold intricately constructed novel set in 18th century stockholm a dying man searches among the city s teeming streets dark corners and intriguing inhabitants to unmask a ruthless murderer perfect for fans of perfume and the alienist it is 1793 four years after the storming of the bastille in france and more than a year after the death of king gustav iii of sweden paranoia and whispered conspiracies are stockholm s daily bread a promise of violence crackles in the air as ordinary citizens feel increasingly vulnerable to the whims of those in power when mickel cardell a crippled ex solider and former night watchman finds a mutilated body floating in the city s malodorous lake he feels compelled to give the unidentifiable man a proper burial for cecil winge a brilliant lawyer turned consulting detective to the stockholm police a body with no arms legs or eyes is a formidable puzzle and one last chance to set things right before he loses his battle to consumption together winge and cardell scour stockholm to discover the body s identity encountering the sordid underbelly of the city s elite meanwhile kristofer blix the handsome son of a farmer leaves rural life for the alluring charms of the capital and ambitions of becoming a doctor his letters to his sister chronicle his wild good times and terrible misfortunes which lead him down a treacherous path in another corner of the city a young woman anna stina is consigned to the workhouse after she upsets her parish priest her unlikely escape plan takes on new urgency when a sadistic guard marks her as his next victim over the course of the novel these extraordinary characters cross paths and collide in shocking and unforgettable ways niklas natt och dag paints a deliciously dark portrait of late 18th century stockholm and the frightful yet fascinating reality lurking behind the powdered and painted veneer of the era
Detail of Book hyperion :
Author : dan simmons
Descripton : a stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention the first volume in a remarkable new science fiction epic by the multiple award winning author of the hollow man
Detail of Book just breathe :
Author : cammie mcgovern
Descripton : from the critically acclaimed author of a step toward falling and say what you will comes a new ya standalone about mental health chronic illness and two teenagers learning to deal with both while falling for each other perfect for fans of five feet apart david sheinman is the popular president of his senior class battling cystic fibrosis jamie turner is a quiet sophomore struggling with depression the pair soon realizes that they can be their true selves with each other and their unlikely friendship develops into something so much more but neither jamie nor david can bring themselves to reveal the secrets that weigh most heavily on their hearts and their time for honesty may be running out
Detail of Book me :
Author : elton john
Descripton : rocketman christened reginald dwight he was a shy boy with buddy holly glasses who grew up in the london suburb of pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star by the age of twenty three he was on his first tour of america facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants bare legs and a t shirt with rock and roll emblazoned across it in sequins elton john had arrived and the music world would never be the same again his life has been full of drama from the early rejection of his work with song writing partner bernie taupin to spinning out of control as a chart topping superstar from half heartedly trying to drown himself in his la swimming pool to disco dancing with the queen from friendships with john lennon freddie mercury and george michael to setting up his aids foundation all the while elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade in me elton also writes about getting clean and changing his life about finding love with david furnish and becoming a father
Detail of Book kings queens and in betweens :
Author : tanya boteju
Descripton : macho drag kings magical queens new love interests and surprising allies propel nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be one that can confidently express and accept love but she ll have to learn to accept lost love to get there
Detail of Book permanent record :
Author : edward snowden
Descripton : edward snowden the man who risked everything to expose the us government s system of mass surveillance reveals for the first time the story of his life including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down in 2013 twenty nine year old edward snowden shocked the world when he broke with the american intelligence establishment and revealed that the united states government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call text message and email the result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth six years later snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it spanning the bucolic beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine cia and nsa postings of his adulthood permanent record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online a man who became a spy a whistleblower and in exile the internet s conscience written with wit grace passion and an unflinching candor permanent record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic
Detail of Book long bright river :
Author : liz moore
Descripton : two sisters travel the same streets though their lives couldn t be more different then one of them goes missing in a philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis two once inseparable sisters find themselves at odds one kacey lives on the streets in the vise of addiction the other mickey walks those same blocks on her police beat they don t speak anymore but mickey never stops worrying about her sibling then kacey disappears suddenly at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in mickey s district and mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit and her sister before it s too late alternating its present day mystery with the story of the sisters childhood and adolescence long bright river is at once heart pounding and heart wrenching a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters addiction and the formidable ties that persist between place family and fate
Detail of Book where have all the boys gone :
Author : jenny colgan
Descripton : from new york times bestselling author jenny colgan comes this hilarious romance about a woman who trades in the comforts of city life in hopes of finding love in a small scottish town in the middle of nowhere faced with the harsh reality that there are 25 000 more women than men in london katie s dating prospects are at an all time low while she s glad it s not a man s world anymore it wouldn t hurt if there were more eligible bachelors more likely to get murdered than married according to gleeful media reports katie resigns herself to the fact that there s no sex in the city for her and decides to head for the hills or the scottish highlands to be exact despite the fact she s never been one for muddy rain boats and fairlish is in the middle of nowhere the tiny town does have one major draw men lots of them but while katie relishes the chance to do battle with armies of admirers she s not excited about going head to head with her shady new boss harry at least there s the local eye candy to distract her including gorgeous newshound iain but he is at loggerheads with harry and she can t afford to get on harry s bad side any more than she already has life in the country might not be one big roll in the hay but now that katie has taken the plunge can she ever turn her back on the delights of fairlish and return to city life
Detail of Book the killer across the table :
Author : john e douglas
Descripton : the legendary fbi criminal profiler number one new york times bestselling author and inspiration for the hit netflix show mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers offering never before revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of america s most challenging cases the fbi s pioneer of criminal profiling former special agent john douglas has studied and interviewed many of america s most notorious killers including charles manson son of sam killer david berkowitz and btk strangler dennis rader trained fbi agents and investigators around and the world and helped educate the country about these deadly predators and how they operate and has become a legend in popular culture fictionalized in the silence of the lambs and the hit television shows criminal minds and mindhunter twenty years after his famous memoir the man who literally wrote the book on fbi criminal profiling opens his case files once again in this riveting work of true crime he spotlights four of the most diabolical criminals he s confronted interviewed and learned from going deep into each man s life and crimes he outlines the factors that led them to murder and how he used his interrogation skills to expose their means motives and true evil like the hit netflix show the killer across the table is centered around douglas unique interrogation and profiling process with his longtime collaborator mark olshaker douglas recounts the chilling encounters with these four killers as he experienced them revealing for the first time his profile methods in detail going step by step through his interviews douglas explains how he connects each killer s crimes to the specific conversation and contrasts these encounters with those of other deadly criminals to show what he learns from each one in the process he returns to other famous cases killers and interviews that have shaped his career describing how the knowledge he gained from those exchanges helped prepare him for these a glimpse into the mind of a man who has pierced the heart of human darkness the killer across the table unlocks the ultimate mystery of depravity and the techniques and approaches that have countered evil in the name of justice
Detail of Book bowlaway :
Author : elizabeth mccracken
Descripton : from the day she is discovered unconscious in a new england cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century nothing but a bowling ball a candlepin and fifteen pounds of gold on her person bertha truitt is an enigma to everyone in salford massachusetts she has no past to speak of or at least none she is willing to reveal and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople as does her choice to marry and start a family with leviticus sprague the doctor who revived her but bertha is plucky tenacious and entrepreneurial and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes salford s most defining landmark with bertha its most notable resident when bertha dies in a freak accident her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore unheard of son who arrives in salford claiming he is heir apparent to truitt alleys soon it becomes clear that even in her death bertha s defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles murky paternities and hidden wills in a voice laced with insight and her signature sharp humor elizabeth mccracken has written an epic family saga set against the backdrop of twentieth century america bowlaway is both a stunning feat of language and a brilliant unraveling of a family s myths and secrets its passions and betrayals and the ties that bind and the rifts that divide
Detail of Book sorcery reborn :
Author : steve mchugh
Descripton : after losing his powers in an epic battle between good and evil former sorcerer nate garrett finds himself living as a humble human in clockwork oregon while the world thinks nate is dead his friends continue to fight against avalon and the evil it s intent on spreading avalon s forces turn up in clockwork and nate s frustration grows with every passing day his magic doesn t return he finds himself trying to stop avalon s plans while hiding from enemies who would destroy everything in their path to see him dead avalon s darkness begins to threaten the people nate cares about and an old nemesis returns magic or no magic he has no choice but to fight but will nate see his magical powers reborn before the entire town and everyone he loves is destroyed
Detail of Book the valedictorian of being dead the true story of dying ten times to live :
Author : heather b armstrong
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Detail of Book beloved liar the reed rivers trilogy 3 :
Author : lauren rowe
Descripton : the scorching hot love story of reed and georgina began as a simple game of cat and mouse a game of seduction between a music mogul and a young aspiring journalist in the beginning both sides considered themselves the hunter both sides thought they were running the game but what unfolded between them was an unexpected bond neither of them saw coming a once in a lifetime soul connection unfortunately though betrayals and lies have come between them now leaving two hearts on the brink of total decimation will the truth finally set reed and georgina free to find the happiness they both so desperately desire or have they lost their chance at love forever beloved liar is the third book of the standalone reed rivers trilogy the full trilogy is bad liar beautiful liar and beloved liar to be read in order
Detail of Book the bet north woods university 1 :
Author : j l beck
Descripton : yeah so was i but you seem to have forgotten that part of your life the bet was simple you draw a name from the hat that s the girl you have to seduce the girl you have to make fall head over heels in love with you it wasn t hard for me to do in fact it was something i did all the time i was known for breaking hearts sex was just that sex and it didn t take me very long to get a woman on her back and then i drew her name jules peterson my former best friend my first kiss my first love she shattered my heart into a million pieces three years ago she left me right when i needed her most and as fate who have it she had entered my life once again at almost the perfect time she was a transfer fresh meat and she had just put a target on her back it was my turn to make her pay it was my turn to break her heart holding onto that hate that anger that f cking heartbreak it does something to you it breaks you and it broke me it tainted me just like i would do to jules she used to be my everything but now she was nothing but the bet the bet is book one in the north woods university series it is a full length standalone novel it contains adult themes and content not suitable for all readers it is not a young adult novel dear reader we re so happy that you are thinking about reading our newest book the bet we hope you enjoy it to your fullest and we cannot wait to read your reviews on it however we wanted to leave a little note to warn readers with sensitivity to dubious content sexual themes and verbal abuse for those readers this book may not be a good read for them we also would like to say that while the book is entirely fiction we know that abuse sexual physical and verbal is a very real thing in our world and that we do not condone any behavior of that nature nor do we think that it s okay to treat someone that way just like the makers of gory horror movies dont actually want people to be brutally murdered we do not want anyone to be bullied or abused in any way again this is fiction and while we don t always agree with the things our fictional characters do sometimes it works for a story line as writers it is our job to draw out real emotions sometimes we will make you fall in love with a character and other times we might have you yelling at the book with love j l beck amp c hallman
Detail of Book conscious a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind :
Author : annaka harris
Descripton : new york times bestseller if you ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder some fascinating insights await you in these pages adam grant new york times bestselling author of originalsas concise and enlightening as seven brief lessons on physics and astrophysics for people in a hurry this mind expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self free will and felt experience what is consciousness how does it arise and why does it exist we take our experience of being in the world for granted but the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious how are we able to think about this and why should we in this wonderfully accessible book annaka harris guides us through the evolving definitions philosophies and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness where does it reside and what gives rise to it could it be an illusion or a universal property of all matter as we try to understand consciousness we must grapple with how to define it and in the age of artificial intelligence who or what might possess it conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves if indeed we can
