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When Graysha accepts an offer to assist in terraforming the planet Goddard, she does so for two reasons; She needs the income and she hopes that the planets colonists can provide a cure for her genitic disorder.
Author : Kathy Tyers
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780764226762
When Graysha accepts an offer to assist in terraforming the planet Goddard, she does so for two reasons; She needs the income and she hopes that the planets colonists can provide a cure for her genitic disorder.
Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0525431896
A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” selection from the award-winning, bestselling author On the day a plane crashed in Nigeria, Ukamaka lets into her apartment a neighbor in a Princeton sweatshirt she’d never met before to keep her company and pray. United in a common loss, Ukamaka is glad to have someone she can confide in about her home, her ex-boyfriend, her life as a graduate student in the United States, and her ambitions. But, in her eagerness to discover a new friend in Chinedu, Ukamaka is slow to realize the tragic and desperate secrets he is protecting from her. In this poignant, stirring short depicting the solitary lives that immigrants face in the United States, acclaimed author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates faith and the fragile ties that can grant salvation. An ebook short.
Author : Christian McKay Heidicker
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1250302897
Thieves of Weirdwood is the first in William Shivering and Newbery Honor-winning author of Scary Stories for Young Foxes Christian McKay Heidicker's brand-new fantasy series—illustrated by Anna Earley—about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary worlds! Action, laughs, and monsters beyond imagining abound! "[W]ill delight and satiate those besotted with Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, Miss Peregrine, the Spiderwicks." —New York Times Book Review Twelve-year-old thieves Arthur and Wally are determined to steal their way up the ranks of the notorious Black Feathers gang. With loan sharks chasing after Arthur’s father and Wally’s brother’s hospital bill due, they’re in need of serious cash. Fast. When Arthur spots some wealthy strangers exiting a seemingly deserted mansion, he smells an opportunity for a big score. Little do the boys realize, they’ve stumbled upon Weirdwood Manor, the headquarters of a magical order who protect the Balance between the Real and Imaginary worlds. When Kingsport is besieged by nightmarish creatures, it’s up to a pair of thieves to save their city. Filled with giant tentacle monsters and heroes literally ripped from the pages of adventure stories, this imagination-bending series is perfect for fans of Keeper of the Lost Cities, Aru Shah, and Nevermoor. "Startling, original and epic." —Eoin Colfer, creator of Artemis Fowl "An imaginative, page-turning adventure." —Shannon Messenger, New York Times bestselling author of Keeper of the Lost Cities
Author : Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545387671
Lose yourself in Maggie Stiefvater's NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Shiver series: SHIVER, LINGER, and FOREVER. shiverSam's not just a normal boy -- he has a secret. During the summer he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house -- but never dreamed that she would fall in love with one of them. Now that they've found each other, the clock ticks down on what could be Grace and Sam's only summer together.lingerCan Grace and Sam last? Each will have to fight to stay together -- whether it means a reckoning with his werewolf past for Sam, or for Grace, facing a future that is less and less certain. Enter Cole, a new wolf who is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is harrowing and euphoric, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But can it be enough?
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Page : 926 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 1888
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Author : John Burroughs
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 36,69 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Natural history
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Arbitration (International law)
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Page : 690 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 1920
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Author : Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 35,84 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Boy Scouts
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Author : Peter Mark Roget
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Page : 754 pages
File Size : 19,72 MB
Release : 1882
Category : English language
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