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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein
Poetry / Children's Books
Where the Sidewalk Ends turns forty! Celebrate with this anniversary edition that features an eye-catching commemorative red sticker. This classic poetry collection, which is both outrageously funny and profound, has been the most beloved of Shel Silverstein's poetry books for generations.
Where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. There you'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.
Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is one of Parent & Child magazine's 100 Greatest Books for Kids. School Library Journal said, "Silverstein has an excellent sense of rhythm and rhyme and a good ear for alliteration and assonance that make these poems a pleasure to read aloud."
Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. In 1964, Shel's creativity continued to flourish as four more books were published in the same year—Don't Bump the Glump!, A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, and the beloved classic The Giving Tree. Later he continued to build his remarkable body of work with Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and Runny Babbit.
Sustain
Tijan
Fiction / Romance / Young Adult
Stand-alone!! I had a simple life. I worked two jobs, made ends meet, and hung out with my mom and twin brother. The other part of my life was about avoiding him, but when SWAT raided my boyfriend’s home, that was the last straw. The boyfriend got tossed and to help me keep busy, my brother talked me into joining their old band again, but I had to be honest. It wasn’t a hard sell. Playing drums was in my blood. I used to be addicted and that craving hadn’t been satisfied in three long years. The only problem was their lead singer. It was him. The drums might not have been the only thing I was addicted to. I think I was still addicted to him too.
It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
Fiction / Romance / Thriller
Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up
— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.
Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.
As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan — her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.
Get A Clue
Jill Shalvis
Romance / Contemporary / Chick Lit
When she gets left at the altar, city girl Breanne decides to go on her honeymoon alone. She ends up snowed in at a Sierra mountains lodge, then discovers that her rooom has been double-booked, and she ends up sharing with burned-out cop Cooper Scott. Things go from bad to worse when Breanne finds a dead body.
Reasons Not To Fall In Love
Kirsty Moseley
Young Adult / Romance / Contemporary
Right Man, Wrong timing!Young mum Bronwyn Reynolds is devoted to her little boy Theo, but she’s married to a not so devoted husband! Juggling two jobs to make ends meet, Bronwyn’s self-esteem is at an all-time low.Enter Harrison Baxter.Harrison is confident, flirty and breathtakingly handsome – and everything Bronwyn’s husband is not! What’s worse is that she knows every sexy thought about him is forbidden, which makes him all the more tempting.The only woman that ladies’ man Harrison has ever wanted is one he can never have. Bronwyn has left her mark on him, and he can’t get her out of his mind no matter how hard he tries!Bronwyn and Harrison have every reason not to fall in love, but are they brave enough to break all the rules?For fans of The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window , this short story is unputdownable!
Ends Here
M. Robinson
Romance / Fiction / Contemporary
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Of All That Ends
Günter Grass
Allen Zumutungen des Alterns und der 'Endlichkait' zum Trotz, plötzlich erscheint erneut fast alles möglich: Liebesbriefe, Selbstgespräche, Eifersuchtsdramen, Schwanengesänge, Gesellschaftssatiren und Augenblicke des Glücks drängen aufs Papier. Plötzlich findet rhythmisierte Kurzprosa ein vielstimmiges Echo in episch wuchernden oder pointiert zugespitzten Gedichten. Plötzlich entstehen sinnenfrohe Doppelstücke, die vom Zeichner ins Bild gesetzt, weitererzählt oder auf den Doppelpunkt gebracht werden. So traurig und gewitzt, so lebensklug und doch kämpferisch kann nur ein in die Jahre gekommener Künstler ans Werk gehen, der dem Tod wiederholt von der Schippe gesprungen ist. Zahlreiche berührende Geschichten bringt er hervor, verdichtet sie zu kunstvollen Miniaturen, die hier und jetzt spielen. In 'Vonne Endlichkait' schafft der Literaturnobelpreisträger in einem beeindruckenden Wechselspiel aus Lyrik, Prosa und Illustration sein letztes Gesamtkunstwerk.
To the Ends of the Earth
William Golding
Literature & Fiction
A one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia.
Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize)
'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.' The Times
Close Quarters
'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' Daily Mail
Fire Down Below
'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.' Sunday Times
Violent Ends
Neal Shusterman
Young Adult / Science Fiction / Dystopia
In a one-of-a-kind collaboration, seventeen of the most recognizable YA writers—including Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, and Beth Revis—come together to share the viewpoints of a group of students affected by a school shooting.It took only twenty-two minutes for Kirby Matheson to exit his car, march onto the school grounds, enter the gymnasium, and open fire, killing six and injuring five others. But this isn’t a story about the shooting itself. This isn’t about recounting that one unforgettable day. This is about Kirby and how one boy—who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before—became a monster capable of entering his school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates. Each chapter is told from a different victim’s viewpoint, giving insight into who Kirby was and who he’d become. Some are sweet, some are dark; some are...
Burning Both Ends
Ally Shields
Paranormal / Mystery & Thrillers / Romance
Friend or lover. Life or death...
Supernatural cop Ari Calin arrives at the hostile Toronto vampire court with an ultimatum from the Riverdale vampires: Sebastian, Toronto's vampire prince, must stop his unprovoked attacks--or else. Ari wasn't expecting a fight--the "or else" was typical vampire grandstanding. But even with vampire Andreas De Luca by her side for a show of strength, things get ugly fast. Toronto's vampire world is in crisis, and surrounded by enemies, Ari and Andreas find themselves under attack.
That's when Ari gets the call from the Magic Council ordering her home. Steffan, a good friend and leader of Riverdale's werewolves, has gone missing during top secret negotiations with the US government, and is believed to have been kidnapped--or killed.
Andreas can't abandon the Toronto vampires, and Ari can't leave him to face impossible odds alone. But neither can she disobey her orders from the Council, or leave her friend Steffan to be tortured and killed. Ari's loyalties pull her in two directions--the closest thing to love she's ever known on one side, and friendship and duty on the other. If she can stay alive long enough for the choice to matter...
Sharp Ends
Joe Abercrombie
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.
The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta.
Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is.
Shevedieh, the self-styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp.
And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There's only one obstacle left - his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . .
Ends
Jonathan Vaught
Sports / Cycling
What could tomorrow be like if we all sacrificed for something we believe in?She’s a cutting-edge travel blogger—he’s a fishing guide with strong ties to their small hometown.She thought they were arch enemies—he always thought they’d end up together.Autumn grew up in her parents’ fishing resort in backwoods Oregon, listening to wild travel stories from around the world. Now she’s broken free and living her dream as a travel blogger, that is until her mom talks her into coming home and writing a blog about the Rugged Resort. Autumn’s very surprised to find Cory still there. He was the thorn in her side growing up, and now he’s buddy-buddy with her parents. She plans to write her blog and hit the road, but Cory has other ideas.
Dead Ends
Joshua Winters
Humor / Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction
Some stories end happily ever after, yet in places where reality thins, insanity thrives, and darkness lurks, there are no happily ever afters, just Dead Ends.Some stories end happily ever after, yet in places where reality thins, insanity thrives, and unimaginable monsters live, there are no happily ever afters, just Dead Ends. Introducing the City of West Creek, this series takes you through stories of the macabre, where darkness is at home, and evil is king.The stories within this collection include: Creeping Death, Blood Letting, Crickets, Tall Trees, The Harvest Moon, The Hunters, Looped, The Barking, and SequaWord count including afterword: over thirty five thousandIncludes terrifying situations, descriptions of violence and gore, and such mature themes.
Where the River Ends
Charles Martin
Literature & Fiction
A powerfully emotional and beautifully written story of heartbreaking loss and undying love
He was a fishing guide and struggling artist from a south George trailer park. She was the beautiful only child of South Carolina’s most powerful senator. Yet once Doss Michaels and Abigail Grace Coleman met by accident, they each felt they’d found their true soul mate.
Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie faces a life-threatening illness, Doss battles it with her every step of the way. And when she makes a list of ten things she hopes to accomplish before she loses the fight for good, Doss is there, too, supporting her and making everything possible. Together they steal away in the middle of the night to embark upon a 130-mile trip down the St. Mary’s River—a voyage Doss promised Abbie in the early days of their courtship.
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Where the River Ends * chronicles their love-filled, tragedy-tinged journey and a bond that transcends all.
Street Fighter: Dream Never Ends
Talyn Rahman-Figueroa
After destroying a Japanese fishing village in a possessed state, veteran martial artist Ryu Hoshi struggles to comprehend why the simple presence of an actress ignites the dark arts within him. Finding himself in a sea of confusion and doubt, Ryu must re-open his past to uncover the truth.Since killing his eternal foe in the heat of battle, Japanese martial artist Ryu Hoshi vowed to never fight again. Seven years later, Ryu continues to live his life in isolation, pursuing the way of the warrior with constant fear that the evil dormant power within him will awaken. One harrowing night, Ryu suddenly feels his animalistic self being unleashed upon a quiet Japanese fishing village, destroying everything in sight. Strangely, it is only in the presence of a young American actress that he feels such malevolence open up to the world. Her body is scarred with Ryu’s name, and her aura mimics that of the demonic rival he destroyed so long ago. Finding himself in a sea of doubt and confusion, Ryu must re-open old wounds to discover his destiny.
Odds n Ends
BobA. Troutt
Cultural / Ireland / Romance
Odds n Ends is a mixed collection of seasoned stories for you to enjoy. The collection of stories is made up of fun reading along with some crime and adventure. The enduring stories work together to achieve the goal of enhancing your day of reading.CRY AT HIDDEN POINTAlice Ann is a young girl that disappears in 1910. Her abductor holds her captive for years until she finally escapes. The next few years she spends time in a mental hospital, until she escapes. ROOM 6Randall and Faye have a wonderful life together. Their story is one of many blessings for the reader to enjoy. Through their struggles and hardships in life, along with Alzheimer’s, their love endures to an everlasting end. CASE #02A085-4The entangling of two murders establishes a courtroom battle for the fight of a man’s life. Did he commit both murders or is he innocent. The suspicious DA holds the answer.TOO TALLGrowing up, at the hands of others, can be cruel at times. The many hurtful factors in life can awaken you into a world you may not want to face. But, Too Tall finds out, we all have a choice.WHICH CHOICE TO CHOOSEThis is a fun piece the reader can enjoy. It will take you on an adventure with an old wise man and a little boy. In the end, you find out two heads are better than one.DADDY, CAN I HAVE THE MOON?Children sometimes come up with some of the most off-the-wall things. Willie Ruth asked her dad if she could have the moon. What do you think was his response?KORNFIELD BASEBALLPlay ball is a full satire on country baseball that children enjoyed as they were growing up. Friends would get together in a cow pasture and play ball all day long. It’s a fun piece of entertainment and recreation for the mind.
Unnatural Ends
Christopher Huang
Sir Lawrence Linwood is dead. More accurately, he was murdered—savagely beaten to death in his own study with a mediaeval mace. The murder calls home his three adopted children: Alan, an archeologist; Roger, an engineer; and Caroline, a journalist. But his heirs soon find that his last testament contains a strange proviso—that his estate shall go to the heir who solves his murder.To secure their future, each Linwood heir must now dig into the past. As their suspicion mounts—of each other and of peculiar strangers in the churchless town of Linwood Hollow—they come to suspect that the perpetrator lurks in the mysterious origins of their own birth.
Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World
Samara Shanker
A magical Bat Mitzvah gift gets out of control and thrusts a girl into a supernatural quest with the fate of the world at stake in this spooky middle grade adventure that's perfect for fans of Aru Shah.Naomi Teitelbaum is so ready for her Bat Mitzvah. Her prayers are memorized and she's definitely got a handle on her Torah portion (well, almost). Then she gets a mysterious gift: a tiny clay Golem. To Naomi's shock, it comes to life—and obeys her every command. At first, this small magical helper seems like the best Bat Mitzvah gift ever. But with each command, the Golem grows...and gets harder to hide. And creepy, unnatural creatures like dybbuks, demons, and a congregation of ghosts have started following Naomi around. To keep herself out of trouble and the Golem out of harm's way, Naomi gives the Golem well-intended instructions: save the world. Unfortunately, this leaves more room for interpretation than Naomi thought. Before long, the...
When Darkness Ends
Part #12 of "Guardians of Eternity" series by Alexandra Ivy
Romance / Paranormal / Literature & Fiction
The Guardians of Eternity are facing a final battle to save their world—but battles of the heart may be the most difficult to fight…
Cyn, the vampire clan chief of Ireland, is an unabashed hedonist whose beauty is surpassed only by his insatiable appetite for pleasure. It’s no wonder he’s furious when he’s transported from the magical land of the pureblooded feys to his desolate private lair—only to have his very existence thrown into a chaos that even he cannot charm his way out of…
Most women may be all but powerless against Cyn, but Fallon, a sharp-witted fairy princess, is less than beguiled by the silver-tongued vampire. She’s a serious soul with no time for the sort of games he plays—especially when they learn that someone is trying to close the veil that separates the dimensions. But seduction may prove the most powerful force of all, as attraction ignites between the unlikely pair even as worlds are colliding around them…
Dead Ends: How to Survive the Afterlife Book 3
Part #3 of "How to Survive the Afterlife" series by Tony Moyle
** The exits to the afterlife have become dead ends. **
The only location for millions of souls is Limbo, an ever expanding sphere of metal no longer deep under the Swiss mountains. Death itself is on hold and something must be done to stop the tide and avoid the final endgame.
John Hewson will yet again be drawn in to the battle to save humanity. It's third on his to do list behind finding the other parts of his soul and removing an ever increasingly paranoid pigeon.
War is coming! Against mankind, against gods and against the afterlife itself. Armies will be mustered from every corner of the Universes to settle their scores. Unlikely heroes will emerge and nothing in the Universes will be as it once seemed.
Get hold of the concluding part of Tony Moyle's hilarious, surreal and compelling series *'How to Survive the Afterlife'* today.
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Violent Ends
Jessica Hawkins
I had a life, love, and future to give. Until my enemy took a wife. The devil has a name, and it's Cristiano de la Rosa. On my wedding day, he was the last man I expected to see standing at the altar. He wants to make me his queen. His brother wants to rescue his princess. Getting Cristiano to lose control becomes the name of the game, and the stakes are life and death. But as truth and lies blur, loyalty is tested, and our chemistry threatens to reach the melting point, the prize grows less clear. Either freedom no longer means what I think it does, or Cristiano is as devious as everyone says, and he's mastered the art of playing my mind. All I know for certain is that nothing is certain. And all you need to know? This is a love story. But even love stories have to end.
Loose Ends - California Corwin P.I. Mystery Series Book 1
D. D. VanDyke
Mystery
When a young girl is kidnapped, street-smart but damaged San Francisco ex-cop California "Cal" Corwin is engaged to find and rescue her before murder raises the stakes. As a straightforward case takes unexpected twists, Cal must quell a growing fear that an anguished mother may never see her child again. Cal struggles to tie up loose ends before evil claims its next victim.Includes the bonus story - Off The Leash a California Corwin Short Story.When a young girl is kidnapped, street-smart but damaged San Francisco ex-cop California "Cal" Corwin is engaged to find and rescue her before murder raises the stakes. As a straightforward case takes unexpected twists, Cal must quell a growing fear that an anguished mother may never see her child again. With a shadowy crime lord lurking behind every unexpected clue, Cal struggles to tie up loose ends before evil claims its next victim.Loose Ends is the first book in the Cal Corwin P. I. mystery series from D. D. VanDyke, though the books can be read in any order. Set against the rich backdrop of the San Francisco Bay Area, Cal Corwin novels brim with intrigue and fully fleshed characters from cops and criminals to hit men, oddball family and unexpected allies.What people are saying about Loose Ends:"This is a real page turner and hard to put down. The characters are like people you know. I could smell the Cheetos, the computer geek Mickey was eating, in the office...an excellent mystery and the beginning of what promises to be a very good series." - Gwen N."Loose Ends was a great read, if you're looking for a solid mystery this is a book worth your time. I was hooked by the story from the very beginning and I barely put it down until I finished it." - Melissa V."There are some great fully realised characters here, and never a dull moment. Full of action, plenty of twists and turns, as well as as real shocker of an ending, this makes a strong start for what promises to be a gripping new series." - N.A. StephensonThe California Corwin P. I. Mystery Series:- Loose Ends Book 1- In A Bind Book 2- Slipknot Book 3- The Girl In The Morgue Book 4 More to come!
To the Ends of the Earth
Michael Gouda
Following a quarrel with his lover—a mysterious and influential man who never disclosed his profession—Johnny's life is in danger. After attempts on his life that his loved has the power to perpetrate, Johnny has nowhere to turn—except to his childhood best friend.
The World Ends in April
Stacy McAnulty
Is middle school drama scarier than an asteroid heading for Earth? Find out in this smart and funny novel by the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl.Every day in middle school can feel like the end of the world.Eleanor Dross knows a thing or two about the end of the world, thanks to a survivalist grandfather who stockpiles freeze-dried food and supplies—just in case. So when she reads about a Harvard scientist's prediction that an asteroid will strike Earth in April, Eleanor knows her family will be prepared. Her classmates? They're on their own!Eleanor has just one friend she wants to keep safe: Mack. They've been best friends since kindergarten, even though he's more of a smiley emoji and she's more of an eye-roll emoji. They'll survive the end of the world together . . . if Mack doesn't go away to a special school for the blind.But it's hard to keep quiet about a life-destroying asteroid—especially at a crowded lunch...
The Game Never Ends
Zaire Crown
From hard times to getting it all, one woman must fight to keep her fortune, her family, and her life, in this intense, unpredictable follow-up to Games Women Play . . . By leveraging savvy and basic instincts, Tuesday Knight rose up from running an elite gentleman's club to becoming the mega-wealthy Beverly Hills wife and business partner of reformed drug kingpin Marcus King. Along with their respectable, law-abiding new life came new names, and a new family. But now the country's most feared drug lord wants to use Marcus's legit empire to push her product—and the fallout threatens to be treacherous . . . Soon Tuesday finds herself on the run with her two daughters—and under pressure from a devious FBI agent to help take down the drug lord for good. But to clear the board of enemies and regain her position, and her life, she'll have to face unexpected betrayals—and play out a shattering endgame . ....
How It Ends
Laura Wiess
Young Adult
Following her stunning and critically acclaimed novels Such a Pretty Girl and Leftovers, Laura Wiess crafts a riveting and emotionally powerful tale of beauty, destruction...and love.
Seventeen-year-old Hanna has been in love with Seth for as long as she can remember, but now that she and Seth are in an actual relationship, love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seth is controlling and all they seem to do anymore is fight. If that’s what love is, Hanna doesn’t want any part of it. Besides, she has something else on her mind: graduation. But she’s been ignoring the school’s community service requirement, and now she needs to rack up some hours in a hurry.
Hanna volunteers as a caretaker for her neighbor Mrs. Schoenmaker—an elderly woman with advanced Parkinson’s whose husband can’t always be there to watch over her. While caring for Mrs. S., Hanna becomes mesmerized by an audiobook that the older woman is listening to, a love story of passion, sacrifice, and complete devotion. She’s fascinated by the idea that love like that really exists, and slowly, the story begins to change her. But what Hanna doesn’t know is that the story she’s listening to is not fiction—and that Mrs. Schoenmaker and her husband’s devotion to each other is about to reach its shattering, irrevocable conclusion...
Spellbinding, timeless, and achingly poignant, How It Ends is a story of how love ends, how it begins, and how people and events have the ability to change who we are without our even realizing it.
When Happily Ever After Ends
Lurlene McDaniel
Young Adult / Romance / Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Shannon Campbell knew her father had been troubled since he served in the Vietnam War, but his violent suicide still shocks her. Shannon always shared so much with her father--why wasn't her love enough to make him want to live? As Shannon and her mother try to make sense of his death, they courageously renew their commitment to living in the face of their loss. Despite the hardships life may bring, they know they will forgive and love again.
From the Paperback edition.
When Mercy Ends
Ella Parks
The death of her cruel, controlling husband left Lucy rich, allowing her to build a hospital for the town while she was united with her childhood love. She comes to know herself in a way that was not possible before, and her hopes are to live in peace and love with the family she has always wanted, but evil found her again, forcing her to fight for what she loved and believed in.
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Nicole Perlroth
From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, invisible, government-sponsored market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare. Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break in and scamper through the world's computer networks invisibly until discovered. One of the most coveted tools in a spy's arsenal, a zero day has the power to tap into any iPhone, dismantle safety controls at a chemical plant, and shut down the power in an entire nation-just ask the Ukraine. Zero days are the blood diamonds of the security trade, pursued by nation states, defense contractors, cybercriminals, and security defenders alike. In this market, governments aren't regulators; they are clients-paying huge sums to hackers willing to turn over gaps in the Internet, and stay silent about them. For decades, the United States was the only player in this...
Wizard of Ends Companion
Vanessa Finaughty
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Nonfiction
A companion to the Wizard of Ends fantasy adventure series - learn more about the characters and author, and read two free chapters of Wizard of Ends.This companion to the Wizard of Ends fantasy adventure series includes character interviews, a guest post written by the series’ main character, Lashlor Leaflin, insights into the series, its characters and the author, and the first chapter of Books 1 and 2.
Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Children's / Young Adult / Poetry
Benjamin Alire Saenz's stories reveal how all borders--real, imagined, sexual, human, the line between dark and light, addict and straight--entangle those who live on either side. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Club on Avenida Juarez two blocks south of the Rio Grande. It's a touchstone for each of Saenz's stories. His characters walk by, they might go in for a drink or to score, or they might just stay there for a while and let their story be told. Saenz knows that the Kentucky Club, like special watering holes in all cities, is the contrary to borders. It welcomes Spanish and English, Mexicans and gringos, poor and rich, gay and straight, drug addicts and drunks, laughter and sadness, and even despair. It's a place of rich history and good drinks and cold beer and a long polished mahogany bar. Some days it smells like piss. "I'm going home to the other side." That's a strange statement, but you hear it all the time at the Kentucky Club.
Benjamin Alire Saenz is a highly regarded writer of fiction, poetry, and children's literature. Like these stories, his writing crosses borders and lands in our collective psyche. "Poets & Writers Magazine "named him one of the fifty most inspiring writers in the world. He's been a finalist for the "Los Angeles Times "Book Prize and PEN Center's prestigious award for young adult fiction. Saenz is the chair of the creative writing department of University of Texas at El Paso.
All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
Theatre / Classics / Poetry
** *“A young man married is a man that’s marr’d.”* **
**—All’s Well That Ends Well**
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Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this classic play about gender, desire, and sexual love.
**THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:**
• an original Introduction to *All’s Well That Ends Well*
• incisive scene-by-scene synopsis and analysis with vital facts about the work
• commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers
• photographs of key RSC productions
• an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career and chronology of his plays
Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century.
Dead Ends (A Jettine Jorgensen Mystery, Book 3)
S. L. Menear
Mystery and Murder Collide in an Unforgettable Soiree of Suspense in Dead Ends, a Murder Mystery from S.L. Menear— Palm Beach County, Present Day —When a renowned British MP is found murdered, Jettine Jorgensen finds herself at the heart of another chilling mystery. Just two months following the harrowing body-drop murders, Jett hosts a ten-day Mystery Fest at her illustrious Valhalla Castle, bringing together the crème de la crème of mystery aficionados, each with secrets lurking beneath their practiced exteriors. But the mysterious and sinister death of the MP is just the beginning.Amid the ensuing chaos, a seance led by best-selling author Lady Amelia Ainsworth unveils disturbing accusations, drawing Jett's international guests into a web of suspicion. But, when the body count begins to rise, loyalties are tested, forcing Jett to unravel a complex tapestry of deceit, utilizing her unique intuition and the spirit world.But with her closest...
Where Eternity Ends
Eando Binder
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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After Forever Ends
Melodie Ramone
Literature & Fiction / Humor / Romance
Orphaned by her mother and brushed off by her dad, fifteen year old Silvia Cotton had lived a lonely life. That is until 1985 when her father moved the family from the Highlands of Scotland to the Midlands of Wales. It is there she was enrolled in Bennington, a private boarding school, met the charming and rebellious Dickinson twins, Oliver and Alexander, and her regrettable life was changed forever.
Locked into a fierce friendship with Alexander and lost to a whirlwind romance with Oliver, Silvia found herself torn away from everything she thought she knew. Married too soon, she moved with Oliver to a rustic cabin deep in a Welsh wood and embarked upon a life she'd never planned for, surviving on hope she never knew existed and faith she never knew she had. She made her way through university and onto a career, only to surrender her ambition to raising her children and living a life that was strikingly "normal". But what is normal? Certainly not what ensued in the wood.
True love, faeries, friendship, loves lost and gained. Old magic, fate, doubt, strength and courage, Silvia's story could belong to anyone, but it is her own. Simple yet extraordinary, told in retrospect with wit and candor, Silvia recalls a life of joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. As she unravels the tangled web of her days, she reveals the secrets that exist in an ancient wood, how hearts given freely can become the stuff of magic, and how true happiness was never any further than her own back garden.
Love Ends
Paul Whybrow
Childrens / Picture Books / Animals / Dinosaurs
When things aren't going right,as the unravelling begins - what to do next ? How to find a way out - or should you ?The world was perfect. A blue and green Earth spinning on its axis with a billion people wandering its surface and deep in its oceans. But then technology found a fix for what was broken with society. Bots. The sophisticated super-human robot designed to make life easier... But then imagine a rebellious group, filled with disdain for this new technological development and the laziness of the masses. Imagine how they create a virus and infect the bots... Introducing the Killer Bots, known to the remaining human population as KBs. They slowly but surely have begun to take over the planet, killing without hesitation any human seen to cross their paths. They simply load their machine guns and fire. The survivors do what they can to keep a grasp on life. Ryan is one such lone survivor. He makes his way from place to place. He scavenges supplies from old stores and left-behind homes. He walks and ventures and journeys, all the while staying alert for errant KBs. He won't hesitate if he comes across a robot... He'll simply shoot and kill. That is, until he stumbles across Ami. But Ami is like no other robot he's ever known...
Dance Until the World Ends
Davina Lee
Lina and Arabel are just a couple of gals on the lower rungs of society's ladder. Born into a culture with rigid caste system, all they want to do is find the next good party. Never in their wildest dreams would they suspect the survival of their island colony might rest on their shoulders. But things come to a head when the ever seething rebellion pushes the two women into the spotlight and into danger's path.With their own colony no longer safe, these best friends find themselves on the run, fleeing with only the clothes on their backs. Their journey into the unknown leads them to discover strange new lands, never before visited, some with even stranger inhabitants than their own. Will these newfound acquaintances prove to be friend or foe, or simply another temptation from the path?Follow Lina and Arabel on a hero's adventure of epic proportions at the far distant edge of humanity's future. Sailing over the clouds, risking everything to do what is right for their people...
Loose Ends
Rae Davies
What you don't know can't hurt you....At least that's what they say...But when unknown to Lucy, her parents sneak into town, more than Lucy's feelings get hurt. Her mother is obsessed with winning a beef cookoff and meddling in Lucy's love life. To make matters worse, one of her mother's competitors turns up dead, and, of course, her mother finds the body. Once again, Lucy is caught in the middle of a murder investigation and this one just might be the end of her and her mother... Can Lucy keep her mother out of trouble, save their relationship, and keep things on an even keel with Peter? Or is Lucy's family more than Peter wants to deal with...? You won't want to miss this fun-filled family reunion. Get Loose Ends today!
Tarnished Lies and Dead Ends
MariaLisa deMora
Romance / Suspense / Contemporary
Wildman learned a long time ago that trust in others wasn't healthy. Did not lend itself to a long life. Trust gave a man false confidence and could get a man dead. And then, blood or not, sometimes only fate determined if that ending came quick, or slow. It had taken being brought into the Incoherent MC to overcome his beliefs, and now his patch brothers of the IMC were his only allies. Then, in an instant, everything changed. A flash of lightning, shadows on a wall, blood on his fists—and a beautiful woman on her knees. His life would never be the same.Justine LaPorte had been born MC royalty. Daughter of Justice Morgan, sister of Davis Mason, she thought she'd fought free long ago, carving her own path, focused on becoming the antithesis of everything any MC stood for, carrying her badge with pride. When her federal investigation puts her in harm's way, she finds herself once again embroiled in club politics when she's rescued by an officer from Incoherent, a...
It Ends in Fire
Andrew Shvarts
Fantasy / Young Adult / Romance
A James Patterson Presents novel Alka Chelrazi is on a mission: 1. Infiltrate Blackwater Academy 2. Win the Great Game 3. Burn Wizard society to the ground As a child, Alka witnessed her parents' brutal murder at the hands of Wizards before she was taken in by an underground rebel group.Now, Alka is deep under cover at the most prestigious school of magic in the Republic: Blackwater Academy, a place where status is everything, where decadent galas end in blood-splattered duels, where every student has their own agenda. To survive, Alka will have to lie, cheat and kill, to use every trick in her spy's toolkit. And for the first time in her life, the fiercely independent Alka will have to make friends, to recruit the misfits and the outcasts into her motley rebellion.But even as she draws closer to victory - to vengeance - she sinks deeper into danger as suspicious professors and murderous rivals seek the traitor in their midst, as dark...
Where the Road Ends
Larry Kramer
Dr. Nathan Jericho loves medicine and the army, in that order. Surgery is his religion, his lifeblood. At least it was until his third tour in Afghanistan as a trauma surgeon with the Canadian Armed Forces. Untroubled sleep and confidence bordering on arrogance used to be easy. Now sleep is disrupted by nightmares and flashbacks fill his days. His patients and their tragic stories remain with him long after their discharges ... or deaths. Demons linger in his head and his hands begin to tremble. Retreat into a bottle and pills provides no more than momentary escape. He needs to get out of Afghanistan, the army, and perhaps even medicine. But he must finish his tour unnoticed. His unblemished service record had to be maintained. Self-sufficiency got him to this point in his life, he concludes, and he just needs to man up and do what has to be done. Can he hide his self-perceived weakness and survive the last few weeks of his tour? Leaving everything he knows will not be...
Until the Road Ends
Phil Earle
Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of a Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the British Book Award for Children's Fiction and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable: the only thing that can ever come between them is war. Peggy is evacuated to the safety of the coast, but Beau is left behind in the city, where he becomes the most extraordinary and unlikely of war heroes.Night after night, as bombs rain down and communities are destroyed, Beau searches the streets, saving countless families. But then disaster strikes, changing Peggy's life forever. With her parents killed, both she and Beau are left alone, hundreds of miles apart. But Beau has a plan to reunite them at long last . . .
’Til the World Ends
Ann Aguirre
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance / Young Adult
Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa Before The Immortal Rules, there was the Red
Lung, a relentless virus determined to take out all in its path. For Kylie, the miracle
of her survival is also her burden - as a doctor at one of the clinics for the infected,
she is forced to witness endless suffering. What's worse, strange things are happening
to the remains of the dead, and by the time she befriends Ben Archer, she's beginning to
wonder if a global pandemic is the least of her problems[unknown-8230]. Thistle &
Thorne by Ann Aguirre After a catastrophic spill turns the country into a vast chemical
wasteland, those who could afford it retreated to fortresses, self-contained communities
run by powerful corporations. But for Mari Thistle, life on the outside - in the Red
Zone - is a constant struggle. To protect her family, Mari teams up with the mysterious
Thorne Goodman. Together, they'll face an evil plot in both the underworld of the Red
Zone and the society inside the fortresses that could destroy those on the
outside[unknown-8230]for good. Sun Storm by Karen Duvall Sarah Daggot has been chasing
storms since she was a child. But after the biggest solar flares in history nearly
destroy the planet, she becomes a Kinetic, endowed by her exposure to extreme radiation
with the power to sense coming storms - in the cosmos and beyond. And she's not the only
one. Sarah believes the Kinetics are destined to join forces and halt the final
onslaught of the sun. She'll vow to keep trying to convince the one missing link in
their chain of defense, the enigmatic Ian Matthews, up until the world
ends.
It Ends With Revelations
Dodie Smith
Literature & Fiction / Children's Books
During a summer festival in an English spa town Miles Quentin, a distinguished actor, and his devoted wife become friendly with the local MP Geoffrey Thornton, and his young daughters Robin and Kit. All of these attractive, intelligent and busy people seem untroubled at first. But the surface of their lives conceals problems which start to come to light after the Quentin's return to their London theatre world and the Thornton's to their Westminster home. This leads to an unconventional love story in which loyalty may prove more important than love.
It Ends with Revelations deals with complex issues of love and commitment, while retaining elements of the light hearted comedy of I Capture The Castle and the nostalgic charm of The Town in Full Bloom. As ever, the vivacity of Dodie Smith's writing and the warmth of her characters will keep readers guessing until the last page.
Where the Wandering Ends
Yvette Manessis Corporon
They wondered if they would ever find their way back—back to the village, back to a life of meaning, back to each other.Corfu, 1946—In a poor Greek community, ten-year-old Marco is perhaps the poorest of them all. But it wasn't always that way. His grandmother once worked for the royal family where Marco's mother played alongside young Prince Phillip himself. Now Greece is on the brink of civil war, and Marco's mother still clings to the desperate hope that somehow the royal family will save her own.As the war turns deadlier, Greece's Queen Frederica takes a defiant stand against the communists, announcing that she will save her country's most innocent by opening children's villages. When the communist partisans erect camps of their own, children are ripped from their mothers' arms; entire villages are emptied.Young Katerina has been best friends with Marco for as long as she can remember, cementing their bond by...
After the World Ends
Jamie Thornton
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Thornton. EVERYTHING FALLS APART. Separated from her friends, Dessa is desperate to reunite everyone and make Sanctuary safe again. But Sanctuary reveals surprise plans for Dessa that undermine everything she thought she knew. And when strangers show up at Sanctuary's front gate, demanding to trade, she must race to uncover the real reason for their arrival before it's too late. ******** The seventh installment in AFTER THE WORLD ENDS. Young Adult. Zombie Apocalypse. Dystopian. A thrilling survival adventure awaits.
Dead Ends
Marc E. Fitch
Four lives are thrown into chaos after a disturbed young man sets fire to an abandoned house with a chilling history, setting off a chain of events rooted in paranoia, powerlessness, desperation and tragedy that will ultimately converge in a day of horror.Dead Ends is a powerful, character-driven novel of escalating tension and violence driven by isolation, politics and technology and set against the backdrop of a country in the throws of upheaval.No one is safe. The residents of a small, forgotten neighborhood are being watched, stalked and harassed by someone or something, and it seems they are powerless to stop it, sending them down an all-too-real path of self-destruction and insanity. As the fear, desperation and death toll mounts, these seemingly average, normal people are twisted into doing the unthinkable.
Loose Ends
Amos Gunner
After a simple sting goes bad, the world of cops and criminals unravels, and everyone involved learns that the best laid plans are no match for the whims of fate.When Devlin arrives late for the birth of Eloise O'Connor, he can't believe his best friend has taken over his position as her guardian angel. Though Devlin pleads with Nathaniel to hand the child's guardianship back over to him, he refuses. The two angels have been friends for thousands of years, but after seeing how tiny and vulnerable the baby is after a difficult birth, Nathaniel isn't willing to risk her life with a tardy, irresponsible angel. Devlin's new obsession with fallen angels and sexy women seem to be affecting his judgment and Nathaniel believes he's planning to sell his soul, which would put Eloise in even more danger. Outraged, Devlin accuses Nathaniel of betrayal and threatens to guard Eloise, with or without his approval. After eighteen lonely years of missing his best friend, Nathaniel hopes his Devlin will come to his senses and visit him, but the day Devlin turns up, the battle of the two angel begins.
Gillian Roberts
Part #14 of "Amanda Pepper" series by All's Well That Ends
From Publishers WeeklyRoberts brings her Amanda Pepper series to a satisfying close with this 14th and final installment (after 2006's A Hole in Juan), in which the Philadelphia English teacher cum PI-in-training investigates an apparent suicide as she and her criminologist husband, C.K. Mackenzie, prepare to relocate to New Orleans. Manda's friend Sasha Berg doesn't believe that her stepmother, Phoebe Ennis, really killed herself, so she asks Manda to look into the circumstances around her death. Phoebe, married five times, may have been the victim of Merilee Wilkins, an angry business partner who blames her for the failure of their pet shop and her own marriage; Dennis Allenby, Phoebe's obnoxious son; or perhaps a date found on the Internet. Another murder in Phoebe's home (put up for sale) heightens the stakes. Roberts weaves in lively classroom scenes, as the studious, witty sleuth also draws on her husband's detecting skills and a student's dilemma to arrive at a surprising solution to both crimes. Having earned her PI certification with flying colors, Manda makes a graceful exit, bidding Philly Prep-and her fans-goodbye.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistIn the final Amanda Pepper mystery, the amateur sleuth contemplates leaving her teaching job to join her husband, who is helping his parents dig out after a hurricane. But saying good-bye to her home isn't easy, especially when there is one last case to solve. A woman is dead, apparently a suicide, but Amanda's good friend believes it's murder. Fans of Roberts' popular series may find this one tough going, but only because it's not easy to bid farewell to an old friend. On the other hand, the series ends on a high note, proving again that the sorrow of parting can be sweet. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
When Summer Ends
Jessica Pennington
Two teenagers discover how an unexpected turn of fate can bring new love to heal old wounds in Jessica Pennington's stunning, romantic YA novel When Summer Ends.Aiden Emerson is an all-star pitcher and the all-around golden boy of Riverton. Or at least he was, before he quit the team the last day of junior year without any explanation. How could he tell people he's losing his vision at seventeen?Straight-laced Olivia thought she had life all figured out. But when her dream internship falls apart, her estranged mother comes back into her life, and her long-time boyfriend ghosts her right before summer break, she's starting to think fate has a weird sense of humor. Each struggling to find a new direction, Aiden and Olivia decide to live summer by chance. Every fleeting adventure and stolen kiss is as fragile as a coin flip in this heartfelt journey to love and self-discovery from the author of Love Songs & Other Lies.At the...
Jagged Ends
Thom Collins
FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE THOM COLLINSBook five in the Jagged Shores seriesJerico is about to meet two figures from his past— one filled with love, the other consumed with vengeance.The coastal town of Nyemouth is the perfect location for celebrity chef Jerico Osman to fulfil a lifetime ambition. With its stunning harbour and brisk holiday trade, there' s no better place for him to open his first restaurant. It' s a dream that has been a decade in the making. But there' s another attraction in Nyemouth, one Jerico was completely unaware of.Andy Quinn is content with his life. He has a great job managing Quay House, the popular waterfront hotel, and a peaceful home with a cat called Patches. Andy spent his twenties working in the cruise industry, exploring the world, and has finally settled in his hometown of Nyemouth. Those years at sea were a time of adventure and discovery, including a ship-board romance with a...
The Beginning Never Ends: The Sara Chronicles (The Infected Book 10)
P. S. Power
Going to school with regular kids shouldn't be that big of a deal. Unless you're the most powerful person in your entire world. Then it might be a tiny bit dicey. After living in an alternate reality for six years, Sara Chambers is back in her own world. And expected to make friends. In order to prove that she's just a regular girl. Only she isn't. She's a trained spy. A shape changer and a person with every power she has ever encountered. She also has some secrets that even her own people don't know.Oh, she'll survive high school.No one doubts that.The question is, will anyone else live through it?