![]() Unconvinced, and perhaps unwilling, to accept that he survived the crash, Annie reckons with the bargain that must have been made, and the risk of sacrifice for the one she loves. Unable to shake the demons of the first voyage, Annie struggles for clarity when she happens across Mark, now a soldier, unconscious onboard. ![]() Years later, Annie, having survived that fateful night, works as a nurse on the sixth sail of the Britannic, which has been newly refitted as a hospital ship during the rise of World War One. As the guests acquaint themselves and shrug off strange occurrences, several, including maid Annie Hebbley, guest Mark Fletcher, and millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, are convinced there’s something more sinister going on–that is, until disaster strikes. From mysterious disappearances to sudden deaths, the guests aboard the ship are suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone of travel, with little sense of time during the four days of the boat’s illustrious maiden voyage. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the Titanic from the moment they set sail. ![]() NOMINATED FOR THE STOKER AND LOCUS AWARDS FOR BEST HORROR NOVELįrom the acclaimed author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world’s most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic, and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.Someone, or some thing, is haunting the ship. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Revised edition: Previously published as Around the World in Eighty Days, this edition of Around the World in Eighty Days (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions. Ideal for anyone who wants to listen to a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature's most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds. ![]() Inspired by Jules Verne's own sea travels and his fascination with circumnavigating the globe, the avid dreamer's picaresque voyage inspired generations of adventurers who were eager to best Verne's challenge - from nineteenth-century journalist Nellie Bly to Monty Python's Michael Palin.ĪmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Fetching his newly appointed French valet, Fogg embarks on a fabulous journey across land and sea - by steamer, rail, and elephant - to win the bet of a lifetime. Pragmatic gambler Phileas Fogg has made a gentlemanly wager to the members of his exclusive club: that he can circle the world in just eighty days, right down to the minute. Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman: 9780345527271 : Books NATIONAL BESTSELLER On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City. ![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn't have a boring moment, it's easy to read, and it's a page turner. In terms of prose, writing, style etc, I just tore through this. I don't usually seek out either Urban Fantasy nor Superhero stories, but I thought the unusual PoV really made this interesting after stumbling across Dom Noble's review. Dreadnought’s murderer-a cyborg named Utopia-still haunts the streets of New Port City, threatening destruction. ![]() She doesn’t have much time to adjust though. Now there’s no hiding that she’s a girl.īetween her father’s dangerous obsession with “curing” her girlhood and her fellow superheroes arguing over her place in their ranks, Danny feels like she’s in over her head. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. Recommended if you like: superheroes, urban fantasy, worldbuilding with established/known superheroes and villains, alt history, marvel/DC-like setting, transgender main characters, teenage main characters, lesbian main characters, gender euphoria, secret identities, organized superheroism, overpowered main characters where the stakes still feel realĬontent warnings: transphobia (called out and dealt with tho!), abusive parents ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He wanted to pull out all the stops to keep the loves of his life safe and protected.Īs he neared 401 Ansley Park Drive, he did a double take. Although Emma had thought it was pretentious, Aidan had insisted on the Volvo for its safety record. Instead, Emma’s reliable, but older model Camry, had been traded in for a more family practical SUV. Although there was a Volvo SUV in one side of his garage to highlight his new family man status, he had managed to keep his toy, aka the convertible, after Noah had been born. He loved fall days like these when it wasn’t too cold to ride with the top down. ![]() The crisp October air rippled through the strands of his blonde hair. Tapping out the song’s rhythm with his thumbs on the steering wheel, Aidan Fitzgerald eased his Mercedes convertible through the streets of his subdivision. Here’s a Halloween short story featuring the Fitzgerald’s from The Proposition and Proposal. ![]() ![]() Umbo travels with his friend Rigg as he had nowhere to go. As Umbo's father was ashamed of him for perceiving it wrongly, he kicked Umbo out of their house. The innkeeper, Nox, hides Rigg, and gives him money, an address, and nineteen jewels inherited from his father. ![]() Shocked at this discovery, Rigg returns to his town only to find a mob ready to kill him for what they perceived as the murder of Kyokay. ![]() His brother Umbo sees this, starts throwing stones at him, thinking he could make him fall, and tells the villagers that Rigg murdered his brother. Someone else's path overlaps with Kyokay and because of that he is unable to save the boy. During this rescue attempt, the paths around him solidify and people begin to appear in these paths. After his father dies, Rigg tries to save a boy named Kyokay on the Stashi Falls (the waterfalls close to Rigg's home). His father dies impaled by a tree, and the man's parting words were to find not Rigg's mother, but his sister, a person of whom Rigg had had no knowledge. His father is his mentor, and so he has taught Rigg everything he knows. ![]() He spends his time hunting with his father in the mountains, trapping for valuable pelts. The book begins with Rigg, a boy that has the strange ability to see the path of any living being, no matter how long ago it existed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harris has created a series with likeable characters and an original plot. Guns, knives and shovels are used as weapons. Or can they? This instalment features murder, suicide, a lake cottage, power cuts, an ice storm, an underground chamber, quick-thinking neighbours, quite a lot of hospital visits, several suspects, a red herring or two and an exciting climax. Eventually a serial killer is arrested (but not before another boy dies) so the townspeople can rest easy. Psychic Xylda Bernardo and her grandson Manfred (see Grave Surprise) turn up to help, but land in their own hot water. But before she and Tolliver can depart the town, someone attacks her, landing her in hospital. Harper finds them all, and two more: a serial killer’s icy graveyard. The Sheriff is grasping at straws trying to find six boys gone missing over the last five years. ![]() Harper’s latest assignment is a law enforcement invitation by Sandra Rockwell, sheriff of Doraville, in Knott County, South Carolina in the middle of winter. An Ice Cold Grave is the third book in the Harper Connelly series by American author, Charlaine Harris. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Things seem to be perfect for Aria and Dutch.īut then their real identities-Ava and Matt-must return to London. The two embark on a baggage-free, whirlwind love affair, cliff-jumping into gem-colored Mediterranean waters and exploring the splendor of the Italian coast. When the neighboring martial arts retreat is canceled and a few of its attendees join their small writing community, Ava, now going by "Aria," meets "Dutch," a man who seems too good to be true. ![]() She's determined to finish writing the novel she's been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of friends and her precious dog, Harold, behind.Īt the retreat, she's not allowed to use her real name or reveal any personal information. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers' retreat in coastal Italy. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. "Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter."-Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your LoverĬall Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher, an utterly delightful novel about a woman who ditches her dating app for a writer's retreat in Italy-only to find that real love comes with its own filters ![]() ![]() ![]() Meant for "bigger things," Scuffy the Tugboat leaves the man with the polka-dot tie and his little boy and sets off to explore the world. One of the most beloved children's stories ever -the classic Little Golden Book tale of Scuffy, an adventurous little tugboat. For over 50 years, parents and children have cherished this classic Little Golden. But on his daring adventure Scuffy realizes that home is where he’d rather be, sailing in his bathtub. Meant for “bigger things,” Scuffy the Tugboat sets off to explore the world in this delightful Read & Listen edition. Scuffy the Tugboat: Read & Listen Edition For over 50 years, parents and children have cherished this classic Little Golden Book. Meant for “bigger things,” Scuffy the Tugboat sets off to explore the world. Crampton was born in New York in 1909, and studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Gertrude Crampton (1909-1996) wrote the beloved classic Little Golden Books Tootle (published in 1945) and Scuffy the Tugboat (published in 1946), both of which have never been out of print. Seuss to Dora the Explorer, Random House has books featuring ![]() Recommendations on our bestselling pre-school,įor a full list of book recommendations try Searchįrom Dr. ![]() Jeff Stone lives in the Midwest with his wife and two children and practices the martial arts daily. ![]() ![]() ![]() “But a soul mate is a very hard thing to find…” In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we’ve seen before. They enlisted the world’s leading social scientists, including Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated?įor years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take things to another level. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. ![]() This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. ![]() |