Download or read book The Discreet Hero written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tale of two Peruvians in separate cities who each stand up to injustice, the Nobel laureate is “a master playing at his craft” (Los Angeles Times). Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in the Peruvian city of Piura, finds himself the victim of blackmail—and finds within himself the will to refuse. Meanwhile, Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead. As their small acts of rebellion unfold, their lives are destined to intersect. In The Discreet Hero, Vargas Llosa examines the possibilities of honorable individuals who insist on taking control of their destinies. He also revisits some unforgettable characters from his previous novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividly—and the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters. A novel whose humor and pathos shine through in Edith Grossman’s masterly translation, The Discreet Hero is another remarkable achievement from the finest Latin American novelist at work today.

Download or read book The End of Up written by Graham Coles and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mountains of Japan are steeped in human history. Gary and Don challenge themselves and the trails as they reconnect and tell stories; tales of Japan, adventure, and the meaning of being human. Deep in both these old friends’ lives, percolating diseases threaten to harm them. Inside their anecdotes may be solutions to their problems.

Download or read book Miki Falls Winter written by Mark Crilley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can love survive? It's winter, and a bitter chill of desperation has settled over Miki and Hiro. Far from home, the young couple treks through the frozen north, with Akuzu's powerful agents hot on their trail. Miki knows they are determined to tear her and Hiro apart. But she has different plans. With the help of an unlikely ally, Miki and Hiro endure a daring journey, battling freezing conditions and frightening forces just to be together. Miki is certain they can make it, hoping that love really does conquer all.

Download or read book The Secret Dead Club written by Karen Strong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this eerie middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she’s not the only one at her new school who can see ghosts. Wednesday Thomas sees ghosts. But that doesn’t mean she has to talk to them. After a terrifying experience in an Arizona state park with a wicked ghost, Wednesday and her mother Olivia sell their RV and move back south to the family home in Alton, Georgia. Wednesday’s determined not to use her gift anymore—until she meets a group of girls who also know about the spirit realm. There’s free-spirited Miki Okada and Southern belle Danni-Lynn Porter who seem to know about the ghosts who roam the school’s hallways, popular girl Alexa Scott who tells Wednesday to stay away from Miki and Danni-Lynn and not draw attention to herself, and mysterious neighbor Violet Delgado who died last year but still haunts the house across the street. Wednesday feels these girls have some kind of shared history, but it isn’t until Miki gives her an official invitation to the Dead Club that she starts to understand there’s a lot more going on with the ghosts in Alton and the girls who can see them. And when another malevolent ghost threatens to harm Wednesday, it will take the help of new friends both living and dead to save her and banish the evil being to the spirit realm where it belongs.

Download or read book Who s Serving Up Hot Cocktail s at O Miki s Bar written by C. Edward Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small town of Hollis is rocked again by a murder that once again has a connection to their smalltown Fire house. Lieutenant Jason Glass continues to investigate fires and becomes a member of another task force tasked with solving the cause and origin related to a fire revolving around a death. Meanwhile Jason and the beautifuly sexy Clara continue their very steamy romance while Leslie continues her attempt to seduce Jason. We learn more about members of the Hollis Fire Department and history of Jason

Download or read book Rogue Protocol written by Martha Wells and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murderbot would prefer to just be left alone, but when authorities begin to question where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is, he must take matters into his own hands.

Download or read book Karla s Choice written by Nick Harkaway and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor in Whitehall—unconfirmed and a little scandalous—that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Szusanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But, as Smiley well knows, even the softest step in the shadows resounds with terrible danger. Soon, he is back there, in East Berlin, and on the trail of his most devious enemy’s hidden past. Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway’s Karla’s Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction’s greatest writer, John le Carré.

Download or read book No Substitute written by Susan Diane Johnson and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First loves never last . . . except when they do.When Amy Welsh returns to Goose Bay as a substitute teacher, she has no intention of seeing Quentin Macmillan, the man who once left her waiting in the rain clutching her suitcase and dreaming of becoming his wife. Seventeen years later, his teenage daughter shows up in Amy's class with plans to reunite her widowed father with the woman he has always loved. When the assignment is forgiveness and healing, will this young teacher pass the test?

Download or read book Wicked Good Time written by Diana Tremain Braund and published by Bella Books. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a cop, she was trained to take control of every situation. As a woman, she couldn’t control her runaway heart. Fleeing her painful past, Christina Reynolds hopes to find peace by moving to an isolated house in rural Maine. But the solitude she sought so desperately is soon disturbed by suspicious noises, crank calls, and signs of trespassing. When the local police write the incidents off as a product of an overactive female imagination, the distraught Christina turns to Forest Ranger Miki Jamieson for help. The first woman in her agency to make sergeant, Miki is unmatched when it comes to tracking poachers and dealing with the dangers of life in the wilderness. But dangers of the heart are another matter, for beneath Miki’s six-foot tall, rugged exterior is a shy, sensitive woman who has opened up to few people—and trusts even fewer. As the threats escalate, the frightened Christina seeks the safe refuge of Miki’s arms. But does Christina only need her as a protector… or want her as a lover?

Download or read book To a Wild Nightingale written by D. Jovanovic and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, "Love and Remembrance," discusses the adult paranormal experiences of Sophie Jacobs, CPA. "To a Wild Nightingale" presents the life of Sophie as a teenager, studying vocal music at the prestigious Academy of the City of New York. It is there, under unusual circumstances, that she meets Nicolai, nephew of the great Soviet composer, Nicolai Sabrenkov and recent arrival at the Academy after escaping from behind the Iron Curtain with his Mother and Sister. When their friendship develops Sophie becomes popular with other students who want to know more about the handsome mysterious newcomer. Although he is always cheerful, often teasing, Sophie senses a layer of sorrow beneath the surface, as their friendship continues to reach deeper levels. Sophie, Nicolai and friends enjoy a regular weekend routine where they have dinner, desert, and intellectual discussions at restaurants and coffee houses before and after listening to concerts at Carnegie Hall. The weekend concludes for them after having Breakfast at the Central Park Zoo. However, one Friday night in particular results in devastating consequences, leading to life altering decisions for three of the adolescents involved. While Nicolai is away on a concert tour, Sophie makes the acquaintance of a Miki, a lively teenager with the reputation of being a "sexpot." Miki gets to know Sophie and her friends and forms a special relationship with Tom, one of the group. The addition of Miki helps Sophie and the others find a level of warmth and comfort, previously absent. Meanwhile, because of his close association with his Uncle, a world renowned Soviet composer living in Leningrad, Nicolai inadvertently becomes entangled in Cold War politics through no fault of his own and is compelled to conclude his touring. He returns to New York, where he and Sophie will continue to face the challenge of learning to live creative lives in love when the World is at War.

Download or read book Code Name Baby written by Christina Skye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “thrilling” romantic suspense from a New York Times bestseller featuring a Navy SEAL sworn to protect a beautiful dog trainer and her canine charges (Publishers Weekly). Navy SEAL Wolfe Houston is on a mission of national security: protect one stubborn—but gorgeous—civilian in charge of training valuable government assets. But tracking down four genetically enhanced service dogs and guarding their furry backs 24/7 is going to take all of Wolfe’s tactical skills. The dogs’ unsuspecting trainer, Kit O’Halloran, doesn’t know that deadly mercenaries are determined to kidnap her charges. With hostiles to evade and bullets to dodge, there’s no time to waste—so why is Kit pressed against an adobe wall by moonlight, reveling in the hot magic of Wolfe’s slow, skillful hands? Wolfe is fascinated by Kit’s devotion to her puppies, especially Baby, the incorrigible runt of the litter. But two other trainers have died under strange circumstances—and a foreign government has just posted a staggering bounty for Kit’s capture. Before Wolfe can explore their white-hot attraction, the two are on the run, forced to decide which of their secret contacts is friend—and which is deadliest foe. Only Baby can lead them through the storm to safe haven in each other’s arms. Good dog! “Readers will enjoy the fast-paced, adventurous plot, and the wonderful dogs. The secret unit of men biologically enhanced for paranormal powers within the navy will appeal to fans of Christine Feehan’s Mind series.” —Booklist

Download or read book The Tearsmith written by Erin Doom and published by Dell. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A HIT NETFLIX MOVIE • The bestselling international sensation and viral TikTok phenomenon—a dark, sexy, haunting novel of two aching young adults who are taken in by the same family and forced to reckon with a destructive love that could be the undoing of them both “Ready for the next Twilight?”—People Growing up in a ghastly orphanage run by an abusive matron, Nica coped in the only way she could—by retreating to her imagination, where she lived out fantastical stories, especially about the Tearsmith, the man who makes tears, a terrifying figure who forges all the fears that dwell in people’s hearts. When she’s finally taken in by an adoptive family at seventeen, Nica thinks she’s leaving the group home, its torments, and her prison of otherworldly tales behind her. That is, until Rigel—a young man raised from birth in the same dreadful orphanage—joins her new family. Rigel is as mesmerizingly handsome as he is troubled, and he and Nica have a long history of distrust and hostility. But as they come to live together again under one roof, the deep shared trauma of surviving such vicious circumstances sparks something magical, and Nica begins to fall for Rigel’s forbidden love. Before any relationship can become reality, though, they’ll have to face the darkness of their past . . . and the dangerous stakes of pursuing a future together.

Download or read book Revengeful Heart written by Chrys Phillips and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His secret is a burden, and he must defend his brother Zac. Being an immortal isn't what Zavier only hides. His passionate soul longs to be loved with intense desire. Rick, Miki and CJ attend Lakeview High and live their teen lives. Evil is arriving and their lives are never going to be the same. Lakeview is a humble pleasant place to live, but amongst its scenic surrounds immortals are dwelling!

Download or read book The Mistaken World written by Lukasz Pietraszkiewicz and published by Lukasz Pietraszkiewicz . This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After high school, Alex, a boy from a small town in Poland, putting everything on the table, decides to leave the country. Working in a club in London, he meets Sylvia and Miki. This acquaintance will unfold before Alex new, unknown even to him, life-changing events. Fortunately, his experienced friend Laila is trying to get him on the right track. She confesses to him that before she married, she was in a relationship with Sylvia, who led a double life. So, will she be able to protect Alex from the inevitable burn in the flames of forbidden lust? Miki is gay. He has been friends with Sylvia for many years, but he is also well known to Laila and not quite from his best side. From his first meeting with Alex, he throws himself at him, which makes Alex wary. How could a heterosexual man fall in love with another man? Alex, Laila, Miki, and Sylvia individually find the courage to seek the truth. Together they have an amazing story to tell that you can live with them. The freedom, lightness, complexity, and authenticity of this story make it the perfect companion to everyone.

Download or read book Zach Tragic in Forgotten Tokyo written by M. David Scoble and published by Moogi and Wil Books, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer in the near-future city of Forgotten Tokyo is rough for Zach 'Tragic' Lejeune. People are out to frame him for murder, kill him for business, and generally bring hurt to his doorstep. Unfortunately for them, Zach Tragic is also a corollary to Murphy's Law: things that can go wrong, go wrong around Zach. Can the troubled troubleshooter avoid the vengeful lawyers, illegal guns, and mysterious circumstances of his everyday life in Forgotten Tokyo?

Download or read book Silence in Intercultural Communication written by Ikuko Nakane and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication – linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological – and fundamental levels of social organization – individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macro- and micro- ethnographic analyses of university seminar interactions, the stereotypes of the ‘silent East’ is reconsidered, and the tension between local and sociocultural perspectives of intercultural communication is addressed. The book has relevance to researchers and students in intercultural pragmatics, discourse analysis and applied linguistics.

Download or read book The Murderbot Diaries written by Martha Wells and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebundle includes: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, and Fugitive Telemetry. The Murderbot Diaries, by bestselling author Martha Wells, is an action-packed, cerebral science fiction series about a self-hacking robot searching for the meaning of life. All Systems Red: In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. Artificial Condition: It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned the title “Murderbot”, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART, Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks... Rogue Protocol: The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good. Exit Strategy: Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it’s caught? Network Effect: When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then. Fugitive Telemetry: When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.