![]() Our featured book of the month follows a girl who will risk everything to bring down the system in a kingdom divided by corruption. We won’t be revealing the title of this book but we will give you this hint: it is a new September release, where two teenagers strike a deadly alliance to hunt down the ancient creature menacing their home! ![]() ![]() We are thrilled to reveal that this box will once again have TWO books! The second book is a paperback with an EXCLUSIVE COVER and a DIGITAL SIGNATURE. In this box you can expect items inspired by Six Crimson Cranes, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, An Ember in the Ashes and The Prison Healer. Whether you’re a hero risking everything to destroy an evil force, a warrior partaking in a battle of epic proportions or a guardian rising up against someone that is trying to harm your loved ones, fighting back for what you believe in and to save the ones you love is one of the tropes that we enjoy the most in a fantasy book. We are so excited to reveal the September theme for our monthly box and it is… UPRISING! ![]() This unboxing contains spoilers! Theme of the box ![]()
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![]() ![]() Sankofa é conhecida como a filha adotiva do Anjo da Morte (o quão foda é isso?) e é temida e respeitada por onde passa, mas ela é apenas uma criança que entrou em contato com um poder que mudou sua vida. Learn more about Nnedi at and follow Nnedi on twitter (as Facebook and Instagram. She lives with her daughter Anyaugo in Phoenix, AZ. Her debut novel Zahrah the Windseeker won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. ![]() Her many works include Who Fears Death (winner of the World Fantasy Award and in development at HBO as a TV series), the Nebula and Hugo award winning novella trilogy Binti (in development as a TV series), the Lodestar and Locus Award winning Nsibidi Scripts Series, LaGuardia (winner of a Hugo and Eisner awards for Best Graphic Novel) and her most recent novella Remote Control. ![]() Born in the United States to two Nigerian (Igbo) immigrant parents and visiting family in Nigeria since she was a child, the foundation and inspiration of Nnedi’s work is rooted in this part of Africa. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism, both terms she coined and defined. Nnedi Okorafor is a New York Times Bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Dark Lady is narrated by an alien art historian who calls himself Leonardo.and just as Leonardo is haunted by the Dark Lady's portrait, the reader leaves the book haunted by a romance that transcends all time." – Pulsar "The Dark Lady is a riveting take of mystery and discovery," – Niekas ![]() "Mike Resnick occupies a peak all his own in the mountains of science fiction." – Analog The Dark Lady won the Prix Tour Eiffel, the largest cash prize in the world for science fiction novels.) She is the Dark Lady, and this is her story. Then, before you exhale for the final time, she'll appear, silent and sad-eyed, and beckon to you. ![]() You'll see her – if you see her at all – just after you've taken your last breath. She wears only black, and though she has been seen by many men, she has been known by only a unique handful of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. ![]() Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. ![]() Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you so much to Penguin Razorbill for providing us with review copies of An Ember in the Ashes. I feel like this book is going to be BIG – Hunger Games big I don’t know, but the book has been optioned for film. This book gave us a lot to chat about, from the setting and world building to the character development and violence. You can see what we thought about the book in our discussion transcript below. An Ember in the Ashes is our first fantasy read, which was a fun change of pace. Our April book club pick is AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir. ![]() Each month we’ll focus on one book with a book review (our discussion chat) and bonus features. Our book club includes Sandie Teen Lit Rocks, Kristan We Heart YAand Kristina Gone Pecan. In the YA Diversity Book Club, we chat about the latest YA books that celebrate diversity. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is told from the perspectives of Cowboy and Sarah. The cyberpunk aspects of the story serve to enhance the characterization and the setting and do not dominate. ![]() ![]() I listened to this book because he wrote it. But Williams, in my opinion, is a better and more versatile writer. The Best Cyberpunk I Have Read What did you like best about this story? I generally don't like cyberpunk. I have listened to this book twice already. Critic Reviews: "Hardwired is a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars." (Roger Zelazny) Members Reviews: Good Listen Very good narrator, story is from 2 points of view and takes a little bit to get used to but works great. ©2006 Night Shade Books (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 227 votes Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary Publisher's Summary: Ex-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals. 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Amazon.in - Buy Sarum: 30th anniversary edition of the bestselling novel of England book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. Contributor: Edward Rutherfurd Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd ISBN13: 9781787461406 Number of Pages: 1376 Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x58mm Packaged Weight: 926 Format: Paperback Publisher: Cornerstone Release Date: Binding: Paperback / softback Biography: Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. ![]() ![]() Order within 4 hrs 56 mins Select delivery location Only 11 left in stock (more on the way). You can read this before Amazonia PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Amazonia by James Rollins Here is a quick description and cover image of book Amazoniawritten by James Rollinswhich was published in. Knowing I enjoyed thrillers with an archaeological or biological component to them, it looked intriguing. Download Amazonia by James Rollins in PDF EPUB format complete free. I was traveling through the airport and needed something to read on a long flight. ![]() Rollins gets better with each book, and his position at the top of this particular subgenre remains unshaken. Amazonia: Rollins, James Books Literature & Fiction Action & Adventure Buy new: 25.99 FREE Returns FREE delivery Sunday, November 13 Or fastest delivery Friday, November 11. Amazonia was the first book I read by James Rollins about twenty years ago. When the members of the special forces unit known as Sigma, led by Painter Crowe, investigate, they uncover a massive conspiracy that has its roots in Mormonism, Native American legends, Thomas Jefferson, and explorer Meriwether Lewis, to name just a few of the fascinating characters and scientific threads that stitch this intricate action thriller together. 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A secret from the past threatens to destroy the modern world in bestseller Rollins's riveting seventh Sigma Force novel (after The Doomsday Key). ![]() ![]() ![]() With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. ![]() The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. ![]() Three plays by the comedian of Ancient Greece ![]() ![]() ![]() Francine and her husband live in Northern California and enjoy time spent with their grown children and grandchildren. Francine’s novels have been translated into over 30 different languages, and she enjoys bestseller status in many foreign countries. In 2015, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). ![]() Her Christian novels have been awarded or nominated for numerous honors and in 1997, after winning her third RITA Award for Inspirational Fiction, Francine was inducted into the Romance Writers of America’s Hall of Fame. Since Redeeming Love, Francine has published numerous bestselling novels with Christian themes-including The Masterpiece, Bridge to Haven, and A Voice in the Wind -and she has continued to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the world. A retelling of the biblical story of Gomer and Hosea set during the time of the California Gold Rush, Redeeming Love is now considered by many to be a classic work of Christian fiction and it continues to be one of the industry’s top-selling titles year after year. New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers had a successful writing career in the general market for several years becoming a born-again Christian she then wrote Redeeming Love as her statement of faith. ![]() |