Author : Ryan North
Publisher : Machines of Death LLC
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 25,53 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0982167121
MACHINE OF DEATH tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprised. Because even when people do have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out.
Author : Robert Weinberg
Publisher : Roc
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451454522
Collection of stories that combine science, speculation, and horror.
Author : Christopher McDougall
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 28,61 MB
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 184765228X
A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
Author : Scott Lynch
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553903586
In the second book of the suspense-filled Gentleman Bastard Sequence, hailed by George R. R. Martin as “fresh, original, and engrossing,” Locke Lamora faces a caper so death-defying that nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. For some, only a prize worth dying for makes life worth living. . . . After a brutal battle with the underworld, Locke and his sidekick, Jean, fled to the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But they are soon back to what they do best—stealing from the rich and pocketing the proceeds. Now, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the world’s most exclusive, most heavily guarded gambling house. But there is one cardinal rule: it is death to cheat at any game. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way straight to the Sinspire’s teeming vault. But someone knows the duo’s secret—and has every intention of making them pay for their sins. . . . Don’t miss any of Scott Lynch’s epic fantasy Gentleman Bastard Sequence: THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA • RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES • THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 178033446X
Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -- at least that's what he thinks!
Author : Dan Simmons
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307781879
From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . . An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . . During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . . Includes the following stories: “The River Styx Runs Upstream” “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams” “Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell” “Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle” “Remembering Siri” “Metastasis” “The Offering” “E-Ticket to 'Namland” “Iverson's Pits” “Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites” “The Death of the Centaur” “Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds” “Carrion Comfort”
Author : Tom Morkes
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781940715094
All of the greatest writers, painters, warriors, leaders, inventors, explorers, builders, creators and innovators throughout history understood instigation. They understood how to harness its power, how to apply it in productive, fruitful endeavors, and they used it to create their life's work.These great men and women - the ones who mastered the Art of Instigating - are the people whose books we read, in whose buildings we work, whose art we hang on our walls, and in whose nations we grow, communicate, and thrive.They mastered the art of instigating and brought to life the things that now shape our lives.WHAT IS THE ART OF INSTIGATING?The Art of Instigating is both a method and a practice for creating, making, building, breaking, testing, and conquering. Instigating is the essential practice of every great creator, and at the core of every successful venture.Fundamentally, the Art of Instigating is about taking an idea and turning it into reality.CAN I LEARN THE ART OF INSTIGATING?Absolutely yes. In The Art of Instigating I'll show you how to apply and master the Art of Instigating so you can write the book you've always wanted to write, paint the masterpiece you've always envisioned, build the business you've always longed for, and create and lead the organization you know the world needs.WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?Because it's the difference between true success and failure, between pride in your work and the intense guilt of a wasted life, between being the incredible person you dreamed you could become and the mediocre person you ended up becoming...It's important because YOUR IDEAS are important - and they deserve to be brought to life.PRAISE FOR THE ART OF INSTIGATING"One of the most powerful ebooks of all time. Get it!" - Success Begins Today"Be prepared. The Art of Instigating will shake your world." - Bruce Collins"This book is incredibly challenging and encouraging in that uncomfortable but fruitful way. Thanks Tom." - Melissa LabuschagneHOW DO WE LEARN THE ART OF INSTIGATING?In The Art of Instigating I explore, analyze, and extract information from the people who mastered the art (from people like Seth Godin, Michael Masterson, Steven Pressfield, and Steve Jobs, to C.S. Lewis, Da Vinci, Napoleon, and Aristotle) and package it into simple, practical content, so that you can apply their knowledge in your own life.
Author : Bernard Perron
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0472051628
The second entry in the Landmark Video Games series
Author : Raduan Nassar
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811226573
A Brazilian master novelist in English at last For André, a young man growing up on a farm in Brazil, life consists of “the earth, the wheat, the bread, our table, and our family.” He loves the land, fears his austere, pious father, who preaches from the head of the table as if from a pulpit, and loathes himself as he begins to harbor shameful feelings for his sister Ana. Lyrical and sensual, written with biblical intensity, this classic Brazilian coming-of-age novel follows André’s tormented path. He falls into the comforting embrace of liquor as—in his psychological and sexual awakening—he must choose between body and soul, obligation and freedom.
Author : Rohan Jain
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9390441056
Raj can’t believe his luck when he gets selected for a summer internship in Switzerland. He had always dreamed of travelling, and this was his chance to explore the world. During this internship, he crosses paths with Sofia, a German student studying in Switzerland. Little did he know that this chance encounter will alter the course of his life forever. Raj finds himself falling in love with Sofia. But as their time together in Switzerland nears an end, Raj finds himself torn between the desire to confess his feelings to Sofia and the fear of losing her. Will Raj be able to tell Sofia how he feels? Will they be able to sustain a love spanning across cultural and geographical boundaries? The Promises We Made recounts the journey of two people falling in love in the most unexpected of circumstances. But destiny had something else in store – a dark twist of events that leaves the reader lamenting the vagaries of fate.
