![]() High octane and exciting, with a host of powerful characters, Lore promises to be a page-turner from start to finish. ![]() Together, they plot the downfall of their common enemy, but this alliance comes at a deadly price – one that may make Lore regret her decision. With the next game of Agon fast approaching, she finds herself wondering how to overpower the man guilty of murdering her family, when she is confronted by goddess Athena herself, who is gravely injured and seeks her help. Lore had somehow managed to stay alive and had sworn to avenge that killing. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager. Seven years ago, during the last game of Agon, Lore Perseous had fled after her family was murdered by a rival bloodline. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. As part of the game, these gods are sent to earth as mortal beings for one week, to be hunted by descendants of other ancient Greek families, all of whom desire to kill these Gods and usurp their immortality and other divine powers. ![]() In her newest book – Lore – Bracken spins a quick-paced, dynamic story centred around a deadly game played by ancient Greek families.Įvery seven years, nine Greek gods are forced to play a game called Agon, which was meted out to them by Zeus as punishment for a past rebellion. ![]() ![]() A New York Times bestselling author, Bracken is best known for her YA series called The Darkest Minds, which is set in a dystopian future. If you love to geek out on Greek mythology, Alexandra Bracken’s latest should be on your TBR (to be read) pile. ![]()
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A listing of individual items that make up a package is provided on the package item's product detail page along with real-time item availability of those items. A "package" is made up of two or more items sold as a set, often for a reduced price. ![]() ![]() This book truly is a must have for the ultimate Doctor Who fan. It will also feature running artwork by popular Doctor Who Magazine illustrator Ben Morris. The book includes hundreds of the series' most quoted words on the human race, tools, power, corruption, war, space travel, historical celebrities the Doctor and his encounters, and many more. The quotes will be compiled into nine chapters that each focus on a reoccurring theme or subject from the series. Doctor Who: Wit, Wisdom and Timey Wimey Stuff The Quotable Doctor Who - Cavan Scott. The first-ever collection of the most intelligent, strangest, mysterious, and wonderful quotes from all fifty years of the BBC America hit television series Doctor Who. The Official Quotable Doctor Who is an insightful and unique look into the exciting universe of Doctor Who like never before! ![]() Now for the first time, fans can enjoy a plethora of their favorite memorable quotes and wisest words spoken throughout the series from the first episode to the most recent season starring Matt Smith. Doctor Who: Wit, Wisdom and Timey Wimey Stuff The Quotable Doctor Who (Dr Who) eBook : Scott, Cavan, Wright, Mark: : Kindle Store. Over the years, Doctor Who has become one of the most popular science fiction series to date, with an ever growing and extremely dedicated fan base. ![]() ![]() The first-ever collection of the most intelligent, strangest, mysterious, and wonderful quotes from all fifty years of the BBC America hit television series Doctor Who. ![]() ![]() ![]() On an unplanned detour from home to school one morning, Avery and Zib find themselves climbing over a stone wall into the Up and Under – an impossible land filled with mystery, adventure and the strangest creatures.Īnd they must find themselves and each other if they are to also find their way out and back to their own lives.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. Deborah Baker) is the first in a new series suitable for young readers of all ages, and will be published by Tor.com Publishing in October 2020. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework – without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. If you trust her you'll never make it home.Īvery is an exceptional child. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in Over the Woodward Wall, an exceptional tale for readers who are young at heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() After a trip to Mexico, he entered Madrid’s Bohemian literary scene, view a caricature Picasso drew of the playwright. The Spanish playwright studied law at the University of Santiago from 1884, where he developed his literary interests and published in the student magazine "Cafe con Gotas." Joining the Generation '98 (02:04)Īfter his father's death in 1890, Valle-Inclán was free to pursue writing. Santiago University Professor Zas discusses Valle-Inclán's first novel, published in 1895 and inspired by literature from the Muruais family library in Pontevedra. ![]() Valle-Inclán's Childhood (02:09)īorn in 1866, the Spanish playwright grew up in a poor but aristocratic family in Galicia view an ancestral painting that inspired a character from "Los Cruzados de la Causa. His nephew Joaquin explains that the family name was invented. Locals from two Galician villages, Villanueva de Arosa and Puebla del Caramiñal, dispute where the Spanish playwright was born. Writer Francisco Umbral explains that he created an artistic persona. ![]() It is said that the Spanish playwright’s greatest work was his own life. Valle-Inclán's Invented Biography (01:32) Hear an excerpt by the playwright Ramón María del Valle-Inclán describing Spanish society as deformed and grotesque. Introduction to Valle-Inclán (01:35) FREE PREVIEW ![]() ![]() Bree is then taken to an unknown building where a strange man attempts to erase her mind, but fails without knowing so. While Bree is walking with her peer mentor Nick, a 'shadowborn' monster appears, and Nick slays it with a sword. They get caught and are given peer mentors to watch over them due to breaking the law. On the first night, they sneak out of campus with a group of people. Three months after her mother's death, Bree attends the University of North Carolina with her friend Alice. The novel's main character is 16-year-old Bree Matthews, a college student who attempts to infiltrate a historically white magical society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she finds out that some members may have been involved in her mother's recent death. ![]() Legendborn received the Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent as well as a nomination for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was released on September 15, 2020, and it was published under Simon & Schuster/McElderry. The book is the first in the Legendborn series. Called "a modern day twist on Arthurian legend", it follows a black teenage girl who discovers a secret and historically white magic society. Legendborn is a 2020 debut young adult fantasy novel by Tracy Deonn. ![]() ![]() Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent (2021) ![]() ![]() Mart of Darkness is a book which, in many ways, defies being categorized. Cordani creates content for radio shows and podcasts, books and interviews top newsmakers, leaders and celebrities from varied fields including entertainment, business, current events, politics, sports and history. Chris Cordani used to love reading the backs and sides of cereal boxes, which led to him soon hearing about this place called the library. Arcata, CA-Phil Granchi, author of Mart of Darkness: When More is Not Enough, was interview by Chris Cordani on the Book Spectrum Radio Show. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's an action-packed scene and it had me re-reading sentences and paragraphs to make sure I was understanding everything that was going on. The majority of the book seems to be all set-up for the final climax, which is one hell of a doozy. ![]() It took some time to get into the book and back in the storyline and even then, I was fine waiting two weeks to finish it whereas with the previous two, I found it hard to put the books down. So, if you read my preview post from a few weeks back, you'll know that I thought The Reckoning started out kinda slow. Definitely not normal."- summary from Kelley Armstrong's forum And she has a horrible feeling she's leaning towards the werewolf. To top it all, Chloe is struggling with her feelings for Simon, a sweet-tempered sorcerer, and his brother Derek, a not so sweet-tempered werewolf. ![]() She and her equally gifted (or should that be 'cursed'?) friends are on the run from the evil corporation who created them. First of all, she happens to be a genetically engineered necromancer who can raise the dead without even trying. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. ![]() Chloe Saunders is fifteen and would love to be normal. "The nail-biting climax to Kelley Armstrong's bestselling YA series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stakes are high as Valerie and Wes try to outsell each other, make the most money, and take the throne for the best business in school-all while trying to resist the undeniable spark that’s crackling between them. What he doesn’t realize, though, is that he is now V&C K-BEAUTY’s biggest competitor. When his classmates clamor to buy the K-pop branded beauty products his mom gave him to “make new friends,” he sees an opportunity-one that may be the key to help him pay for the music school tuition he knows his parents won’t cover… ![]() With each sale, Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city, Paris.Įnter the new kid in class, Wes Jung, who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents’ major disapproval. ![]() ![]() Together with her cousin Charlie, they run V&C K-BEAUTY, their school’s most successful student-run enterprise. There’s nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale. Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads-and maybe fall in love-while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school. ![]() |