Download or read book Everything and Less written by Mark McGurl and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Best Book of Fall (Esquire) and a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 (Lit Hub) What Has Happened to Fiction in the Age of Platform Capitalism? Since it was first launched in 1994, Amazon has changed the world of literature. The “Everything Store” has not just transformed how we buy books; it has affected what we buy, and even what we read. In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl explores this new world where writing is no longer categorized as high or lowbrow, literature or popular fiction. Charting a course spanning from Henry James to E. L. James, McGurl shows that contemporary writing has less to do with writing per se than with the manner of its distribution. This consumerist logic—if you like this, you might also like ...—has reorganized the fiction universe so that literary prize-winners sit alongside fantasy, romance, fan fiction, and the infinite list of hybrid genres and self-published works. This is an innovation to be cautiously celebrated. Amazon’s platform is not just a retail juggernaut but an aesthetic experiment driven by an unseen algorithm rivaling in the depths of its effects any major cultural shift in history. Here all fiction is genre fiction, and the niches range from the categories of crime and science fiction to the more refined interests of Adult Baby Diaper Lover erotica. Everything and Less is a hilarious and insightful map of both the commanding heights and sordid depths of fiction, past and present, that opens up an arresting conversation about why it is we read and write fiction in the first place.

Download or read book Bound by Honor written by Cora Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into one of the leading Mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi struggles to find her own path in a world where no choices are given. Aria was only fifteen when her parents betrothed her to Luca - The Vice - Vitiello, the oldest son of the head of the New York Cosa Nostra to ensure peace between the two families. Now with eighteen, the day Aria has been dreading for years is looming dangerously: her wedding to Luca. Aria is terrified of marrying a man she hardly knows, especially someone like Luca who got his nickname 'the Vice' for crushing a man's throat with his bare hands. Luca might be one of the most sought after men in New York thanks to his good looks, wealth and predator-like charisma that radiates power, but the society girls throwing themselves at him don't know what Aria does: that the bad boy aura isn't just a game; blood and death lurk beneath Luca's striking gray eyes and arrogant smile.In her world a handsome exterior often hides the monster within; a monster who can just as easily kill as kiss you.The only way to escape the marriage to Luca would be to run away and leave everything she's ever known behind but Aria can't bear the thought of never seeing her family again. Despite her fear, she decides to go through with the marriage; Aria has grown up among predators like Luca and knows that even most cold-hearted bastards have a heart and she has every intention of working her way into Luca's.!Mature content!Books in the Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles:Bound By Honor Bound By DutyBound By Hatred

Download or read book Alpha s Obsession written by Renee Rose and published by Midnight Romance, LLC. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A werewolf, an owl shifter, and a scientist walk into a bar… Sam I was born in a lab, fostered out to humans, then tortured in a cage. Fate allowed me to escape, and I know why. To balance the scales of justice. Right the misdeeds of the harvesters. Nothing matters but taking down the man who made me what I am: A monster driven by revenge, whatever the cost. Then I meet Layne. She thinks I’m a hero. But she doesn’t understand—If I don’t follow this darkness to its end, it will consume me. Layne I’ve spent my life in the lab, researching the cure for the disease that killed my mom. No late nights out, no dates, definitely no boyfriend. Then Sam breaks into my lab, steals my research, and kidnaps me. He’s damaged. Crazy. And definitely not human. He and his friends are on a mission to stop the company that’s been torturing shifters, and now I’m a part of it. Sam promises to protect me. And when he touches me, I feel reborn. But he’s hellbent on revenge. He won’t give it up. Not even for me.

Download or read book Beautiful Disaster Signed Limited Edition written by Jamie McGuire and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abby Abernathy is re-inventing herself as the good girl as she begins her freshman year at college, which is why she must resist lean, cut, and tattooed Travis Maddox, a classic bad boy.

Download or read book Tormentor Mine Tormentor Mine 1 written by Anna Zaires and published by Mozaika LLC. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Darkly addictive and hauntingly beautiful, Peter and Sara's story will stay with you long after you read the final words." —Julia Sykes, USA Today bestselling author He came to me in the night, a cruel, darkly handsome stranger from the most dangerous corners of Russia. He tormented me and destroyed me, ripping apart my world in his quest for vengeance. Now he's back, but he’s no longer after my secrets. The man who stars in my nightmares wants me.

Download or read book Ruthless People written by J.J. McAvoy and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruthless People #1...the book that started it all...... "One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos." To the outside world, they look like American royalty, giving to charities, feeding the homeless, and rebuilding the city. But behind closed doors is a constant battle for dominance between two bosses, cultures, and hearts. Ruthless People is a romantic crime fiction set in modern day Chicago and follows the life and marriage of Melody Giovanni and Liam Callahan - rivals by blood and leaders through fear. Theirs is an arranged marriage with the goal of ending years of bloodshed between the Irish and the Italians. Liam assumes he's getting a simple-minded wife, one he can control, one who bends to his every need...he’ll soon find out that his wife to be does not fit that mold. Melody knows exactly what type of man Liam is and would rather die than give up the power she has spent her life earning. The mafia of the past has evolved, and with rival bosses gunning for their family, Melody and Liam will have to learn to work as one to take down those who stand in their way. Check out more thrilling titles in the Ruthless People series: RUTHLESS PEOPLE #1 "One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos." THE UNTOUCHABLES (#2) "One Secret, Multiple Casualties." AMERICAN SAVAGES (#3) "Villains by Choice." A BLOODY KINGDOM (#4) “After the battle, sharpen your knives.” DECLAN + CORALINE(prequel novella that takes place 2 years before Ruthless People) "You don't find love; it finds you." And look for the Ruthless People spinoff, Children of Vice--out 5.17.17“From the Ruthless, Vice shall Rise.”

Download or read book Tears of Tess written by Pepper Winters and published by Pepper Winters. This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “My life was complete. Happy, content, everything neat and perfect. Then it all changed. I was sold.” Tess Snow has everything she ever wanted: one more semester before a career in property development, a loving boyfriend, and a future dazzling bright with possibility. For their two year anniversary, Brax surprises Tess with a romantic trip to Mexico. Sandy beaches, delicious cocktails, and soul-connecting sex set the mood for a wonderful holiday. With a full heart, and looking forward to a passion filled week, Tess is on top of the world. But lusty paradise is shattered. Kidnapped. Drugged. Stolen. Tess is forced into a world full of darkness and terror. Captive and alone with no savior, no lover, no faith, no future, Tess evolves from terrified girl to fierce fighter. But no matter her strength, it can’t save her from the horror of being sold. Can Brax find Tess before she’s broken and ruined, or will Tess’s new owner change her life forever? A New Adult Dark Contemporary Romance, not suitable for people sensitive to grief, slavery, and hard to read subjects. A story about finding love in the strangest of places, a will of iron that grows from necessity, and forgiveness that may not be enough.

Download or read book Alpha s Desire written by Renee Rose and published by Burning Desires. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s the one girl this player can’t have. A human. I’m dying to claim the redhead who lights up the club every Saturday night. I want to pull her into the storeroom and make her scream, but it wouldn’t be right. She’s too pure. Too fresh. Too passionate. Too human. When she learns my secret, my alpha orders me to wipe her memories. But I won’t do it. Still, I’m not mate material—I can’t mark her and bring her into the pack. What in the hell am I going to do with her?

Download or read book Sweet on the Greek written by Talia Hibbert and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a promiscuous footballer with a heart of gold hires cynical Aria as his fake girlfriend, she gets more than she bargained for. Glamorous holidays, epic faux romance... and true love?

Download or read book The Italian Marriage written by N J Adel and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk down the altar or dieIf it were up to me, the choice would be easyDieBut I have to live. I won't let my son be raised by the devil that killed his father.Enzio Lanza owns my dead husband's life. He even has his face.My husband's twin killed his own brother and inherited his kingdom, his wife and child included.I will marry the monster that ripped my family and heart apartI will teach my boy how to finish what his father started before he was shot by his own twin brotherWe will have our revenge, one kill at a timeI'll leave Enzio Lanza to the end, and I won't make it quick.The Italian Marriage is a forbidden dark Italian Mafia arranged marriage standalone.Get your copy of this revenge enemies to lovers mafia romance now.Because you have to.

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Download or read book John Lasseter written by Richard Neupert and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story and Cars 2 highlighted his gift for creating emotionally engaging characters. At the same time, they helped launch computer animation as a viable commercial medium and serve as blueprints for the genre's still-expanding commercial and artistic development. Richard Neupert explores Lasseter's signature aesthetic and storytelling strategies and details how he became the architect of Pixar's studio style. Neupert contends that Lasseter's accomplishments emerged from a unique blend of technical skill and artistic vision, as well as a passion for working with collaborators. In addition, Neupert traces the director's career arc from the time Lasseter joined Pixar in 1984. As Neupert shows, Lasseter's ability to keep a foot in both animation and CGI allowed him to thrive in an unconventional corporate culture that valued creative interaction between colleagues. The ideas that emerged built an animation studio that updated and refined classical Hollywood storytelling practices--and changed commercial animation forever.

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They become happy lovers for a brief while before a tragic accident forces Jack and Rae apart, and it isn’t until many years down the road that the two find each other again, but years and distance cannot extinguish the flame of love. Despite the challenges she is forced to face, RaeAnn always looks for the brighter side of life and proves to herself and everyone around her that she is a strong, independent man. Jack is lucky to have parents that run a successful company in which serves him very well in his lifetime, but when he needs a lot more than money to prove himself worthy of Rae, he must step up and prove himself the man he wants and need to be for her in order for this romance to work. CLAIMED BY THE ALPHA BILLIONAIRE BOSS Sarah, a twenty-six year old divorcee with a four-year-old daughter, joins an investment firm as one of their many accountants. She has a run-in with the CEO of the company, Charles. Charles is a playboy, known for dating beautiful supermodels, but there is something about Sarah that attracts him to her immediately. Their hearts collide and they are quick to realize that they are made for each other. But the path to love is never smooth. Sarah’s concern is that her daughter will be exposed to a media frenzy, and her fears are warranted. After realizing that Sarah is dating a billionaire, her ex-husband uses their daughter as leverage to try to get money from Amanda. Despite familial problems, Sarah and Charles try to make it work, and try to form a new family for Amanda. TOUCH OF THE BILLIONAIRE When Adrian first discovered her husband’s infidelity, she was at a loss. Her first and foremost concern was her daughter, and how to care for her as a single mother. Just when she starts to get her feet underneath her, life throws her another loop in the form of a gorgeous billionaire boss. 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Download or read book Mapping Global Theatre Histories written by Mark Pizzato and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides a global, chronological mapping of significant areas of theatre, sketched from its deepest history in the evolution of our brain's 'inner theatre' to ancient, medieval, modern, and postmodern developments. It considers prehistoric cave art and built temples, African trance dances, ancient Egyptian and Middle-Eastern ritual dramas, Greek and Roman theatres, Asian dance-dramas and puppetry, medieval European performances, global indigenous rituals, early modern to postmodern Euro-American developments, worldwide postcolonial theatres, and the hyper-theatricality of today's mass and social media. Timelines and numbered paragraphs form an overall outline with distilled details of what students can learn, encouraging further explorations online and in the library. Questions suggest how students might reflect on present parallels, making their own maps of global theatre histories, regarding geo-political theatrics in the media, our performances in everyday life, and the theatres inside our brains.

Download or read book Taken by the Italian Mafia written by Sadie Black and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He stole her Freedom... Can she steal his heart?In a city run by Luka Belmonte, there is a dark and violent underbelly. When Whitney Greene is in the wrong place at the wrong time, she's dragged into the seedy world controlled by the Italian mafia. Now she's been taken in the middle of the night by mafia thugs who intend to end her life. *** The rules are clear: never leave a witness. When a job goes bad, Rocco has no choice but to destroy the evidence. In this case, that would be a young, beautiful woman with soulful eyes that haunt him. As the new Don, Rocco understands his duty. So why can't he kill her?

Download or read book Fierce King written by Sadie Kincaid and published by Red House Press. This book was released on 2021-06-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today is my wedding day. In a few breathless moments, I will be Mrs Alejandro Montoya. He is the King of L.A, and everything a woman could want. Handsome, powerful, rich, and hotter than hell itself. But I am not just any woman. I am Alana Carmichael and I'm only here to save my father. I will not bow to any king. This is no fairy tale. This is my nightmare. He is fierce and unyielding. I should hate him. But, the way he looks at me makes me feel more alive than I've ever felt before, and his touch sets my skin on fire. And as I uncover the secrets of our pasts, I discover that monsters are not always what they seem. Sometimes, the real monsters look like ordinary men. Fierce King is a forced marriage, dark mafia romance. It is book 1 in the L.A Ruthless series and features the Montoya crime family. Publishers Note: This book deals with adult and mature themes.

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