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281) How to Mars
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality TV nightmare? This debut science-fiction romp with heart follows the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles with a dash of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars--in exchange for a lifetime of research--was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
382 pages : 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"La decision de una humilde familia campesina de dar una hija en adopcion a un matrimonio adinerado es el fundamento sobre el que Khaled Hosseini autor de las inolvidables Cometas en el cielo y Mil soles esplendidos ha tejido este formidable tapiz en el que se entrelazan los destinos de varias generaciones y se exploran las infinitas formas en que el amor, el valor, la traicion y el sacrificio desempenan un papel determinante en las vidas de las personas."...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
428 p. (22) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Veterinarian Cami Anderson has hit a rough patch. Stymied by her recent divorce, she wonders if there are secret ingredients to a happy, long-lasting marriage or if the entire institution is outdated and obsolete. Couples all around her are approaching important milestones. Her parents are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. Her brother and his partner find their marriage dreams legally blocked. Her former sister-in-law -- still her...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1976, David, a college student, takes a summer job at a run-down family resort in a dying English resort town. This is against the wishes of his family because it was at this resort where David's biological father disappeared fifteen years earlier. But something undeniable has called David there. A deeper otherworldliness lies beneath the surface of what we see. The characters have a suspicious edge to them. David is haunted by eerie visions of...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"[Set] in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money,...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In “Desert Hearts,” a woman takes a job selling sex toys in San Francisco rather than embark on the law career she pursued only for the sake of her father. In “Pearl and the Swiss Guy Fall in Love,” a woman realizes she much prefers the company of her pit bull — and herself — to the neurotic foreign fling who won’t decamp from her apartment. In “How Am I Supposed to Talk to You?” a daughter hauls a suitcase of lingerie to Mexico...
287) Halo
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (15 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When three angels are sent from heaven to protect the town of Venus Cove against the gathering forces of darkness, their mission is threatened as the youngest angel, Bethany, enrolls in high school and falls in love with another student.
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2009], p2009
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 10 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Quinn has heard all her life about how untrustworthy men are, so when she discovers that her charismatic but selfish father, with whom she has recently begun to have a tentative relationship, has stolen from the many women in his life, she decides she must avenge this wrong.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a boarding school in New Hampshire, Ben joins the honor society led by Pierre LaVerdere, an enigmatic, brilliant, yet perverse, teacher who instructs his students not only about how to reason, but how to prevaricate. As the years go by, LaVerdere's covert and overt instruction lingers in his students' lives as they seek some sense of purpose or meaning. When Ben feels the pace of his life accelerating and views his intimate relationships as less...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Owen's wife was murdered. His best friend, Luna, found the body. Everything and everyone is thrown into question in this riveting suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Passenger. Owen is rich, charming, and chronically dissatisfied. His life is forever entangled with Luna Grey, his no-nonsense best friend who is struggling to hide her dark past. From the fateful day they meet in college, the two become inextricably linked....
291) Impulse
Author
Series
Impulse volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act -- suicide. Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade. Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills. And Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents,...
292) Happiness
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
London. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide ― Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech. From this chance encounter, Aminatta Forna’s unerring powers of observation show how in the midst of the rush of a great city lie numerous moments of connection. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It's not that she's judgmental or fussy or difficult -- she just expects things to be done in a certain way. A cutlery drawer should be arranged in the right order, for example -- forks, knives, then spoons. We're not animals, are we? But behind the passive-aggressive, socially awkward, absurdly pedantic busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams and a warmer...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up apartment -- a spacious loft in Hell's Kitchen. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage it. She meets Abby Williams, a writer trying to make it on her own, far away from her successful family in L.A. Four years later, Morgan Shelby joins them. She's ambitious, with a serious finance...
295) Todo esto te dare
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
616 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Three men join together to search for truth after a mysterious accident and an investigation closed too soon.
Author
Series
Parasol protectorate volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2014, c2010
Physical Desc
403 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much interested in seeing...
Author
Publisher
Arachnide
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marie-Renee Lavoie's Autopsy of a Boring Wife tells the hysterically funny and ultimately touching tale of forty-eight-year-old Diane, a woman whose husband leaves her and is having an affair because, he says, she bores him. Diane takes the charge to heart and undertakes an often ribald, highly entertaining journey to restoring trust in herself and others that is at the same time an astute commentary on women and girls, gender differences, and the...
298) Butterfly
Author
Series
Butterfly volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 288 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter. After losing her first love, Morgan is terrified to love again. She's settled for a comfortable life with a respectable man. She has everything. She's living in the lap of luxury and although she's comfortable, she's bored out of her mind. When a ghost from her past blows into town, she finds herself...
299) Small world: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jonathan Evison's Small World is an epic novel for now. Set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate, it is a grand entertainment that asks big questions. The characters of Small World connect in the most intriguing and meaningful ways, winning, breaking, and winning our hearts again. In exploring the passengers'...
300) Hades
Author
Series
Halo trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012], p2011
Physical Desc
11 sound discs (13 hr., 7 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Heaven Help Her. Bethany Church is an angel sent to Earth to keep dark forces at bay. Falling in love was never part of her mission, but the bond between Beth and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier Woods, is undeniably strong. But even Xavier's love, and the care of her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can't keep Beth from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, the demon Jake Thorn bargains for Beth's release back to Earth....
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