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Barnett), and Death By Silver, with Amy Griswold. She won Lambda Literary Awards for Trouble and Her Friends, Shadow Man, Point of Dreams (written with her late partner, Lisa A. She is the author of more than thirty original science fiction and fantasy novels, most with queer themes and characters, as well as authorized tie-ins for Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Star Wars Rebels. Melissa Scott is from Little Rock, Arkansas, and studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she earned her PhD in the Comparative History program. “Scott’s talents for creating a future both hauntingly familiar and exotically remote are showcased in this feminist cyberpunk romp.”-Publishers Weekly Read more The hip, noir adventurers who got by on wit, bravado, and drugs, who haunt the virtual worlds of the shadows of cyberspace are up against the edges of civilization. Less than a hundred years from now, the forces of law and order crack down on the world of the Internet. Once the fastest gun on the electronic frontier, she has been called out of retirement for one last fight. Now someone has stolen her pseudonym and begun to use it for criminal hacking. India Carless, alias Trouble, managed to stay one step ahead of the feds until she retired from life as a hacker and settled down to run a small network for an artist’s co-op. One of the quintessential and award-winning novels of the cyberpunk genre returns in a striking new edition. Dee also captures Nicholas Flamel's wife, Perenelle, but Josh manages to snatch the last two pages of the Codex before Dee leaves. John Dee steals the ancient book, the Codex, from its keeper, Nicholas Flamel, two teenagers named Sophie and Josh Newman are caught up in the danger and magic. When the necromancer and immortal magician Dr. The book's title, The Alchemyst, refers to Nicholas Flamel, as stated by Michael Scott in his Fan Forum. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects-the Book of Abraham the Mage. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries? Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty. At that time, his humble office had only a counter, a safe, and a few desks. In 1838, George Peabody opened his business at 31 Moorgate Street, London. He kept working and devoted himself to accumulating wealth. His early years of poverty shaped him into a frugal and diligent man. His father died when he was just a teenager, and Peabody started working in his brother's shop in order to feed his mother and six siblings. Peabody was born into a poor family in Massachusetts. One day in 1835, an American named George Peabody set foot in London. Firms such as Barings and Rothschilds maintained an imperial reserve to be asked for lunch was like being received in audience by a king.” This is how the author describes the financial circle of London in the 30s and 40s. Bankers of the City, London’s financial district, were self-styled potentates. “London was the sun in the financial solar system. Today we will unlock the book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. Florida’s governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides to stay and ride out the storm. 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Ellice has been keeping a cache of dark secrets, including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law. But everything changes one cold January morning when Ellice arrives in the executive suite and finds him dead with a gunshot to his head.Īnd then she walks away like nothing has happened. A debut perfect for fans of Attica Locke, Alyssa Cole, Harlan Coben, and Celeste Ng, with shades of How to Get Away with Murder and John Grisham’s The Firm.Įllice Littlejohn seemingly has it all: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney in midtown Atlanta, great friends, and a “for fun” relationship with a rich, charming executive, who just happens to be her white boss. Morris crafts a twisty mystery about a black lawyer who gets caught in a dangerous conspiracy after the sudden death of her boss. Morris brings a vibrant and welcome new voice to the thriller space.” -Karin Slaughter, New York Times and international bestselling author “All Her Little Secrets is a brilliantly nuanced but powerhouse exploration of race, the legal system, and the crushing pressure of keeping secrets. Marubini is a young woman living in Cape Town. The other problem with Mashigo’s novel is that it takes a while to develop any narrative tension. The reader has to accept that release from psychological torment comes from traditional practices that seem very strange indeed, if not downright harmful. But Alizadeh’s novel overtly acknowledges that there is no satisfactory proof of Jeanne’s visions, and the reader can choose to believe in them or not without spoiling the novel. Because it explores the impacts of traditional healing techniques, it places the reader in the same position as the reader of Ali Alizadeh’s novel The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc: both novels depict mystical experiences and characters acting on spiritual beliefs that most people in the contemporary western world don’t believe in. The Yearning, by Mohale Mashigo, winner of the 2016 University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Debut Writing, is an unusual novel. And then, a generation later, a world obsessed with fame and instant celebrity - and filled with extras - will reap the consequences. First as an ugly, then a pretty, and finally a special, Tally takes down the social infrastructure. Kobo eBook (French) (September 20th, 2012): $10.99 ALSO BY SCOTT WESTERFELD Uglies Pretties Specials Extras Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies UGLIES Cutters Created by SCOTT. And the choices she makes changes her world forever.Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Eating Disorders & Body Image.Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Visit him at or follow him on Twitter at Product Details His other novels include the New York Times bestseller Afterworlds, the worldwide bestselling Uglies series, The Last Days, Peeps, So Yesterday, and the Midnighters trilogy. This item: Uglies (Boxed Set): Uglies Pretties Specials Extras 4667 + The Selection 5-Book Box Set: The Complete Series 2541 + Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me 3351 Total price: Add all three to Cart Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Scott Westerfeld is the author of the Leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Scott Westerfelds teen novels include the Uglies series, the Leviathan, Zeroes, and Midnighters trilogies, and Afterworlds. Letty is determined to out-run Evan and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets, left behind a “go-bag” of cash and a big honking diamond ring―but only one a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida beach town with the improbable name of Treasure Island. So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s “If anything bad happens to me―it’s Evan. Īfter she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did Tanya’s ex sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next page-turner for the summer with The Newcomer. 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