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Contributor (Contributor Trilogy #1)

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : pages

File Size : 30,78 MB

Release : 2014-01-02

Category : Young Adult Fiction

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When the Great Famine threatened the existence of mankind, the Creators saved humanity. Humanity has been their loyal subject ever since. This history has been ingrained in seventeen-year-old Dara Morrow since her first day of Creator-sponsored school. Grateful for the life-giving necessities her Creator provides, Dara is thrilled to be one of three students chosen for an elite, year-long apprenticeship program. Now is her chance to prove herself a devoted Contributor. But Dara’s competition is ruthless and will stop at nothing to win the competition. Worse yet, her exacting master has little patience for her. Then Dara’s mother is seriously injured, and Dara realizes the price of being a Contributor: once you’ve outlived your usefulness, you’re discarded. Can Dara learn to manipulate the system to save not only herself, but everyone she loves? Contributor is the first book in the YA dystopian Contributor trilogy.



Cast Aside (Wasteland Trilogy, book 1)

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 20,19 MB

Release : 2017-12-18

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN :

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Book 1 of the YA apocalyptic Wasteland trilogy. When environmental collapse forces the Job Creators to retreat to sealed domes, those left behind have two choices: fight for survival or perish. For years, seventeen-year-old Alessandro Bonanno has managed to scrape out a living by digging out scrap from derelict buildings. Were it not for his determination to save his seven-year-old brother, Enzo, Alessandro might have chosen the easy way out, as his father has, disappearing down a bottle of cheap liquor. Alessandro’s situation becomes far more precarious and dangerous when the Creators flee, taking all semblance of law and order with them. With no other options, he agrees to work for a crime lord in exchange for protection for himself and his brother. But the deeper the crime lord draws Alessandro into her web, the more he fears he and his brother will never escape. Born seventeen years ago on a Creator’s farming collective, Valeria Lagunes has never known anything other than a life of toil under the relentless sun. Despite what the Creators’ propaganda insists, crop yields are dwindling with each passing year, begging the question of which lives will be prioritized when there isn’t enough food to go around. Yet as terrified as Valeria is of the impending famine, those fears are nothing compared to what her community must face when the Creators abandon them. Suddenly, the people of the collective are no longer just simple farmers. In this new lawless world, they must become warriors in order to defend their own. But can Valeria live with herself when forced to make decisions that go against every conviction she holds most dear?



Tempest

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : 300 pages

File Size : 16,44 MB

Release : 2019-12-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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A sweet fantasy romance reimagining of The Little Mermaid. Humans are careless, destructive, and have no regard for life. They must be punished for their transgressions. Her entire life, Clio has believed in the truth of her father’s philosophy. For years the people of the island kingdom of Koryos have lived profligately, and proof of their abuses surrounds her: sea creatures perishing in massive numbers, corals bleached and dying, toxic waste polluting the once-pristine waters. Her father choosing her to act as his secret weapon is the highest honor Clio can imagine, even if it required her to leave her home at the age of ten and endure ten years of rigorous training to learn to impersonate a human. Now, Clio is ready to carry out her mission to eliminate every last Koryosian. Success means saving her home and family. Failure means the end of her world. But the more she integrates herself into human society in order to sabotage it from within, the harder it becomes for her to ignore her doubts. The new human king is determined to atone for his father’s sins, and to undo the damage that threatens both his home and Clio’s, making her wonder if human annihilation is necessary. Can the Koryosians and the merfolk learn to coexist? Or will she be forced to choose between eradicating humanity and dooming merkind?



Martin McDonagh

Author : Richard Rankin Russell

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 198 pages

File Size : 22,72 MB

Release : 2007-11-15

Category : Art

ISBN : 1135868093

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This book represents the first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End, culminating in an Olivier Award for the The Pillowman and an Academy Award for his short film Six Shooter. In Martin McDonagh, Richard Rankin Russell brings together a variety of theoretical perspectives – from globalization to the gothic – to survey McDonagh’s plays in unprecedented critical depth. Specially commissioned essays cover topics such as identity politics, the shadow of violence and the role of Catholicism in the work of this most precocious of contemporary dramatists. Contributors: Marion Castleberry, Brian Cliff, Joan Fitzpatrick Dean, Maria Doyle, Laura Eldred, José Lanters, Patrick Lonergan, Stephanie Pocock, Richard Rankin Russell, Karen Vandevelde



AFX 1

Author : Team AFX

Publisher : Auto Effex group, LLC

Page : 78 pages

File Size : 45,75 MB

Release : 2013-07-01

Category : Transportation

ISBN :

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AFX Magazine the beginning. First issue released under the new format of showing off some of the hottest rides from the streets. Featuring Deep In The Mafia Car Club Chrysler 300c and more...



When You Believe

Author : Jessica Barksdale Inclan

Publisher : Zebra Books

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 30,64 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780821780817

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On the run from three ruthless killers, San Francisco poet Miranda Stead unwittingly enters into a strange and secret realm where she is drawn to Sariel Valasay, a magical telepath and healer who, after one night of undeniable passion, must make her forget his world and his people.



Lovesick

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : pages

File Size : 30,51 MB

Release : 2019-06-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The first book in a sexy new rom-com series about a group of gloriously geeky ladies. Adriana Catalano’s own guts hate her—or at least it feels that way. Ever since she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory illness of the digestive tract, she’s done her best to keep herself healthy. Unfortunately, that hasn’t saved her from the embarrassment of trying to figure out how to explain to a date why having dinner with him results in her spending thirty minutes in the ladies’ room. When the tempting and mysterious Declan Maguire starts coming in to the library where Adriana works, crushing on him seems like a safe indulgence. He has a girlfriend, so there’s no need for her to deal with the messy reality of an actual relationship. Plus, how can she possibly resist him? He’s everything she could ever want in a guy: ruggedly handsome, kind, funny, charming, and almost as avid a bookworm as she is. By the time Adriana finds out that Declan is, in fact, available, she’s deep under his spell. But is asking him out a good idea? Casual dating isn’t her style, so is it fair to ask him to take on the lifelong responsibility of dealing with her illness? To make matters even more complicated, her condition isn’t the only challenge they have to overcome. For months Declan hasn’t looked well either, and the closer he and Adriana get, the more he seems to hold himself back. Is their relationship strong enough to survive the obstacles life throws in their path, or will their problems tear them apart?



Committed, The Complete Series

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : 357 pages

File Size : 20,16 MB

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Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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A sexy romantic comedy series about wedding plans run amok. Contains mature content. When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact? Episode 1: With only seven days to go until the wedding, Ella heads to the salon. But her visions of a head full of beautiful highlights setting off her exquisite headpiece is ruined when something in the solution causes her hair to fall off in clumps. Episode 2: Six days before the wedding, Ella learns just how contentious the seating arrangements can be when her mother and Masato clash over the seating chart. Episode 3: When storm damage leaves a supplier incapable of delivering the flowers Ella had ordered, she’s left with only five days to figure out what to substitute for the arrangements. Episode 4: Ella’s final wedding gown fitting ends in disaster when the iron used to press her gown malfunctions. How can she possibly find a replacement with only four days to go until her big day? Episode 5: Masato makes a deal with Ella: one date, no talking about the wedding. But some bad sushi turns their relaxing evening into an unmitigated disaster. Episode 6: Two days before the wedding, Masato gets into a fight with his Best Man, and Ella has an argument with her brother, the Man of Honor. Episode 7: An unpleasant surprise awaits at the travel agency when Ella and Masato go to pick up their tickets: a hurricane has hit the Bahamas, destroying their honeymoon locale. Episode 8: It’s wedding day at last, but just when Ella thought things might go her way, the cake is destroyed.



Reckoning

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : pages

File Size : 32,86 MB

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Category : Fiction

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The fifth and final book in the epic suspenseful romantic fantasy Astoran Asunder series. Contains mature content. Two institutions once held Astoran’s Adepts in check: the now-defunct throne and the cloister of the Seventh Sisters. Upheaval threatens to engulf the realm and topple its last remaining bastion as Eraly races to gather allies before confronting cloister leadership about their role in the massacre. But even as she acknowledges that they must be held to account, she fears that her actions will tear the Seventh Sisters apart, destroying the very institution she’s desperate to preserve. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Flame are amassing to strike against the conspirators, and as eager as he is to see justice done, Nevin cannot escape his dread at the prospect of Vonessa exposing her secret. She worries about the potential for violence too, but she’s far more afraid of what will follow in the reckoning’s wake. Can she become the leader Astoran needs? Every other Guardian has a personal agenda to grapple with as well: Aderyn will at last face her brother’s murderer, Xaran will confront his House’s betrayal of the realm, Cianne will help capture her traitorous father, Kila will discover the fates of his fellow Enforcers, and Amir will take part in the upcoming battle to crush the nobility’s hold over the capital. Yet they all grapple with the same essential question: what will the consequences of their actions be? Will the Astoran that rises from the ashes be better than the sundered realm the conspiracy created?



Catalyst

Author : Nicole Ciacchella

Publisher : Sweenix Rising Books

Page : pages

File Size : 30,70 MB

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Category : Fiction

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The second book in the epic suspenseful romantic fantasy Astoran Asunder series. Contains mature content. Xaran Ridgeford is on the cusp of a discovery that could have cataclysmic repercussions for the realm. Concerned about how deeply beholden to the trade Houses his House has become, he’s determined to go to extreme lengths to protect the secrecy of his research. Unable to shake the conviction that there was more to her brother’s death than she was told, Aderyn Silverin left their mercenary company and has spent years wandering aimlessly, trying to erase her past. A chance meeting in the city leads Xaran to hire Aderyn to help him get his research into secure hands. But her help comes with a price: information about her brother’s mission for Xaran’s House, the mission that got him killed. As Xaran and Aderyn work to untangle the web and reveal the truth, they start to realize that their only hope may rest in one another.



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