Author: Alex Wells
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 0857666452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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This thrilling sci-fi Western features “a dash of Dune, a bit of Fury Road, and a whole lot of badass female characters” (Emma Maree Urquhart, author of Dragon Tamers) The strange planet known as Tanegawa’s World is owned by TransRifts Inc, the company with the absolute monopoly on interstellar travel. Hob landed there ten years ago, a penniless orphan left behind by a rift ship. She was taken in by Nick Ravani and quickly became a member of his mercenary biker troop, the Ghost Wolves. Ten years later, she discovers that the body of Nick’s brother out in the dunes. Worse, his daughter is missing, taken by shady beings called the Weathermen. But there are greater mysteries to be discovered—both about Hob and the strange planet she calls home.
Author: Stephen Marche
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1443422894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Hunters found his body naked in the snow. So begins this breakout book from Stephen Marche, whose last work of fiction was described by the New York Times Book Review as “maybe the most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas.” The body in the snow is that of Ben Wylie, the heir to America’s second-wealthiest business dynasty, and it is found in a remote patch of northern Canada. Far away, in post-crash New York, Jamie Cabot, the son of the Wylie family’s housekeepers, must figure out how and why Ben died. He knows the answer lies in the tortured history of the Wylie family, who over three generations built up their massive holdings into several billion dollars’ worth of real estate, oil, and information systems despite a terrible family secret they must keep from the world. The threads of the Wylie men’s destinies, both financial and supernatural, lead twistingly but inevitably to the naked body in the snow and a final, chilling revelation. The Hunger of the Wolf is a novel about what it means to be a man in the world of money. It is a story of fathers and sons, about secrets that are kept within families, and about the cost of the tension between the public face and the private soul. Spanning from the mills of Depression-era Pittsburgh to the Swinging London of the 1960s, from desolate Alberta to the factories of present-day China, here is a bold and breathtakingly ambitious work of fiction that uses the story of a single family to capture the way we live now: an epic, genre-busting tale of money, morality, and the American Dream.
Author: Allan Wolf
Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN: 0763663247
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history’s most harrowing—and chilling—tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. From extraordinary poet and novelist Allan Wolf comes a riveting retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846–1847. Brilliantly narrated by multiple voices, including world-weary, taunting, and all-knowing Hunger itself, this novel-in-verse examines a notorious chapter in history from various perspectives, among them caravan leaders George Donner and James Reed, Donner’s scholarly wife, two Miwok Indian guides, the Reed children, a sixteen-year-old orphan, and even a pair of oxen. Comprehensive back matter includes an author’s note, select character biographies, statistics, a time line of events, and more. Unprecedented in its detail and sweep, this haunting epic raises stirring questions about moral ambiguity, hope and resilience, and hunger of all kinds.
Author: Asa Maria Bradley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733064644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Includes prequel short story not available in the ebook!Can an alpha wolf catch a thief who bends the laws of physics?Wolf shifter and billionaire Arek Varg runs a security company specializing in bodyguards, extraction teams, and hostage rescue. He's also the alpha of all the Western Packs and uses his ancient Odin medallion to connect with his packs' magic and lead his wolves as a cohesive unit. With war brewing between the four major shifter coalitions, the last thing he needs is a mysterious woman stealing his relic. He'll use all of his resources to hunt her down. And if he does, will she tame him?Former museum curator Dr. Laney Marconi was the darling of the magical artifacts' academic world until she fell from grace due to a scandal based on false accusations. She now reclaims stolen items for insurance companies, using her witch powers that manipulate parallel dimensions. When a routine case turns into a disaster of epic proportions, she needs to evade the sexy shifter she stole from long enough to figure out who set her up. The hunt is on.But with Arek hot on her heels, Laney is forced to decide if salvaging the few crumbs left of her good reputation is worth teaming up with the alpha wolf whose ice-blue gaze pierces her shields while he demands nothing less than her soul.If you like these themes, you'll love A WOLF'S HUNGER!-> Fated Mates-> Billionaire Alpha Wolf Hero-> Headstrong Smart Witch Heroine-> Enemies to Lovers-> Sizzling Chemistry that Burns Up the SheetsPraise for the author's work: "When it comes to paranormal romance with explosive action scenes, Bradley has that nailed." Entertainment Weekly"Action-packed, sexy, and fun! ...reminiscent of JR Ward." Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author"The romance is sizzling, the battle scenes top-notch, and the characters intriguing." Booklist"...blends Norse mythology and evil government experiments into an unusual paranormal...perfect for paranormal romance readers who are looking for something different." Publishers Weekly"Asa Maria Bradley creates a swoon-worthy hero who sizzles across the pages in this tale full of passion, blood, and destiny! Sexy, stubborn, and smart lovers clash in a tension-filled race to outwit science and control fate. Bradley is a new force to be reckoned with in the paranormal genre!" Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
Author: Atlas Rose
Publisher: Atlas Rose
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Wolf's Bite is a dark, steamy werewolf & shifter reverse harem romance. Book four in the 'Mafia Monster' world. Enjoy this why choose paranormal mafia series with all the happy ever afters today! I carry his bite mark on my shoulder…and the memory of what I’d done in his bed. Phantom, the Alpha of Crown City Wolves might think he has a handle on me… He might think this is more than what it was… He’s about to find out he’s wrong. I don’t belong to the Wolves of Crown City. I belong to the FBI. My sole purpose has been hunting scum who sit in their ivory tower and shatter people’s lives. I’ve hunted the Costello for years now. They’re lower than low…they are liars…they’re mobsters. They’re Mafia. This is more than a case for me. This was personal. The last bullet in my father’s policing career. Ruined because of them. Only a war erupted. A war which I’m now part of…a war between the beasts that roam my city and the powerful Immortals they answer to. I replayed that night in slow motion. Fangs. Blood…and Phantom. The Alpha of the Wolves. The one I saved from a rogue Vampire. And the one who saved me.
Author: Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110702533
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. Units of the figurative lexicon (conventional figurative units, CFUs for short) differ from all other elements of the language in two points: Firstly, they are conventionalized. That is, they are elements of the mental lexicon – in contrast to freely created figurative expressions. Secondly, they consist of two conceptual levels: they can be interpreted at the level of their literal reading and at the level of their figurative meaning – which both can be activated simultaneously. New insights into the Theory of Figurative Lexicon relate, on the one hand, to the metaphor theory. Over time, it became increasingly clear that the Conceptual Metaphor Theory in the sense of Lakoff can only partly explain the conventional figurativeness. On the other hand, it became clear that “intertextuality” plays a far greater role in the CFUs of Western cultures than previously assumed. The book’s main target audience will be linguists, researchers in phraseology, paremiology and metaphor, and cultural studies. The data and explanations of the idioms will provide a welcome textbook in courses on linguistics, culture history, phraseology research and phraseodidactics.
Author: Newton Ivory Lucas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
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Author: Ido A Iurgel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642106420
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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The rich programme of ICIDS 2009, comprising invited talks, technical pres- tations and posters, demonstrations, and co-located post-conference workshops clearly underscores the event’s status as premier international meeting in the domain. It thereby con?rms the decision taken by the Constituting Committee of the conference series to take the step forward: out of the national cocoons of its precursors, ICVS and TIDSE, and towards an itinerant platform re?ecting its global constituency. This move re?ects the desire and the will to take on the challenge to stay on the lookout, critically re?ect upon and integrate views and ideas,?ndingsandexperiences,andtopromoteinterdisciplinaryexchange,while ensuring overall coherence and maintaining a sense of direction. This is a signi?cant enterprise: The challenges sought are multifarious and must be addressed consistently at all levels. The desire to involve all research communitiesandstakeholdersmustbematchedbyacknowledgingthedi?erences in established practises and by providing suitable means of guidance and int- duction, exposition and direct interaction at the event itself and of lasting (and increasingly:living) documentation, of which the present proceedings are but an important part.
Author: Cristina Mazzoni
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521194563
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 297
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Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature.
Author: Valerie Hobbs
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374315752
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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In this companion novel to "Sheep, " Jack has found a home and a purpose on a farm, keeping a flock of sheep safe from coyotes and training pups to do the same. But now he and his boy, Luke, must face a rabid wolf that threatens them all.
