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Author : John Barth
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780618131709

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In CHIMERAJohn Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant,” Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths’ relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, "There’s every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius.”

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Publisher : C. S. Churton
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The deadliest threats… …Come from within. Can Anna escape the demons of her past? Hers isn’t the only life at stake. Pearce is on the run, but he won’t rest until he’s taken back control of AbGen. And he’ll destroy anyone who tries to stand in his way. Has freedom cost Anna her edge? In the face of a deadly new threat, she must find a way to unite AbGen and the Ishmaelians under a new leader. If she fails, the fate of every living absa will be sealed. With Scott by her side, can Anna triumph over the final adversity, or will she make the ultimate sacrifice? You’ll love this gripping urban fantasy because there comes a time when every hero must choose to stand and fight. Get it now.

Author : M. Karagatsēs
Publisher :
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Greek fiction, Modern
ISBN : 9786185048990

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Eager to flee the parochialism of her French upbringing, and a painful family past, the young and beautiful Marina falls in love with a seductive Greek sea-captain she meets at the port of Rouen. She follows him to the Aegean island of Syros to begin a new life as a married woman in the home of her formidable mother-in-law. Enchanted by the beauty of her surroundings, and fascinated by her husbands erudite younger brother, she aspires to learn all she can about contemporary Greek culture and live up to the ideals of her classical education. But when disaster upends her husbands shipping business and the comfortable stability of their life together, Marinas world slides into a vicious circle of love, passion, and death. Set in the early decades of the twentieth century, this is an exquisite account of the inner life of the heroine, and the collisions of different cultures and ways of being. In prose that ranges from the lyrical to the tersely realist, Karagatsis weaves a classic tale that is wide-ranging in its literary references, and devastating in its psychological nuance. This modern Greek tragedy has been made into a TV series and a highly acclaimed stage play, enjoying three sold-out seasons in Athens, and an international tour.

Author : Carlo Severi
Publisher : Hau
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Collective memory
ISBN : 9780990505051

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Using philosophical and ethnographic theory, presents new approaches to ritual and memory, relating them to visual and sound images as acts of communication.

Author : Jasper Fforde
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101601043

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ex-detective Thursday Next faces her trickiest assignment yet in the seventh novel of this renowned series, “[a] bibliophile’s Wonderland” (The Plain Dealer). “It’s safe to say that if you enjoy that particularly British, Douglas Adams–style absurd delivery of wry observations, you’ll get a kick out of [The Woman Who Died a Lot].”—New York Journal of Books Thursday Next, the Bookworld’s leading enforcement officer, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When her former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes she’s the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. Sadly, our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind: Chief Librarian of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat-at-Fatso’s Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows. As the new Chief Librarian faces 100 percent budget cuts and trouble from the ever-evil Jack Schitt, the Next children face their own career hiccups—and possible nonexistence. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT

Author : Mira Grant
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316381012

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From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes the final book in the terrifying Parasitology series. The outbreak has spread, tearing apart the foundations of society, as implanted tapeworms have turned their human hosts into a seemingly mindless mob. Sal and her family are trapped between bad and worse, and must find a way to compromise between the two sides of their nature before the battle becomes large enough to destroy humanity, and everything that humanity has built. . . including the chimera. The broken doors are closing. Can Sal make it home? "A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams on Parasite More from Mira Grant: Parasitology Parasite Symbiont Chimera Newsflesh Feed Deadline Blackout Feedback Rise

Author : David Wellington
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062248790

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Afghanistan veteran Jim Chapel has been enlisted in a new war. This time it's in his own backyard . . . and even more deadly. A small band of fugitives escapes from a secret upstate New York military facility, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. Each fugitive has a target—an innocent civilian—and will not stop until that target has been eliminated. Wounded Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel has been stuck behind a desk rather than out in the field, but medical technology has finally caught up with his ambitions. Coupled with his unstoppable determination, it will take him back to where he thrives: the thick of the action. Drafted into a new war, this time in our homeland, Chapel is tasked with hunting a group of escapees from a top secret military compound—all extremely deadly, genetically modified killers—and unraveling the mystery behind their existence. Aided by an enigmatic woman named Angel and a courageous, beautiful veterinarian, Chapel begins a cross-country hunt to stop the murders. But are the killers really rogues, or are they part of a sinister conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels?

Author : Julia Golding
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 15,84 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780761454403

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A fantasy series about a secret society sworn to protect mythical creatures and the girl who becomes its most important member.

Author : Wayne Santos
Publisher : Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1786183218

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EVERYTHING'S FOR HIRE. EVEN MAGIC. If you need something done, Cloke’s one of the best; a mercenary with some unusual talents and an attitude to match. But when she’s hired by a virtual construct to destroy the other copies of himself, and the down payment is a new magical skill, she knows this job is going to be a league harder than anything she’s ever done. “A full-throttle magical cyberpunk superhero thriller” - Peter McLean

Author : Bonnie J. Snowden
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1483690008

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WHEN THE VAMPIRE PRINCESS GOES MISSING, ALL OF LAC'AROON WILL PAY THE PRICE. Chimera delicately sat in a vacant chair and crossed her legs, all the while maintaining her grip on Lokeys arm. Lokeys fingers were starting to lose their feeling and her shoulders ached. My friends here thought I needed a broader education than my Queen Aunt could or would provide me. So, Lokey here drugged me, stole a horse, and kidnapped me. The Major winked handsomely at Lokey. Nice friends. Lokey hissed back. We caught a ship to Telt, were assaulted by Bartholomeu Roberts and Edvard Teach in Bahaba Delta, converted a captain and were chased from the forest outside of Goldavia by The Queen's minions. Chimera leaned forward with the flow of her tale. I am told that humans here have worth beyond the quality of their blood. I am here to learn what that means and decide if that is more or less important than the vampire purist education I received at Kimilt.