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What do readers say about The Circle?
near-future dystopic novel social media frenzy a social media/internet company google or facebookA bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives-a "compulsively readable parable for the 21st century" (Vanity Fair).
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the wo... More details on The Circle
The campus was vast and rambling, wild with Pacific color, and yet the smallest detail had been carefully considered, shaped by the most eloquent hands. On land that had once been a shipyard, then a d...
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What do readers say about The Cabin at the End of the World?
breathtakingly horrific in part hostage situational horror story head full of ghosts exciting and tense"A tremendous book-thought-provoking and terrifying, with tension that winds up like a chain. The Cabin at the End of the World is Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." - Stephen King
The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghost... More details on The Cabin at the End of the World
The girl with the dark hair walks down the wooden front stairs and lowers herself into the yellowing lagoon of ankle-high grass. A warm breeze ripples through the blades, leaves, and crablike petals o...
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What do readers say about Off to Be the Wizard?
the premise is great a solid c light-hearted, fun, and humorous a programmer's wet dreamAn io9 Can't Miss Science Fiction and Fantasy title in March 2014.
Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this a... More details on Off to Be the Wizard
Martin Banks enjoyed science. As a child he read about people who made huge, world-changing discoveries, and he had wondered what emotions he would feel if he ever discovered something really earth-sh...
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What do readers say about The Frozen Dead?
the premise is great nazis have frozen their officers it almost has a tone"In a snowbound valley, deep in the French Pyrenees, a dark story of madness and revenge is unfolding. The first victim is a horse: its headless, flayed body hangs suspended from the edge of a frozen cliff.
On the same day as the gruesome discovery t... More details on The Frozen Dead
The Pyrenees. Diane Berg watched them loom into sight as she drove over the hill. A white barrier, still quite far away, stretching the entire breadth of the horizon, hills breaking like waves against...
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What do readers say about The Anderson Tapes?
transcriptions of secretly-taped conversations the premise is great transcripts of various wiretaps an oldieHere is the shocking nationwide bestseller that launched the career of Lawrence Sanders - and introduced his most famous character, Edward X. Delaney, hero of the Deadly Sin novels.... More details on The Anderson Tapes
The building at 535 East Seventy-third Street, New York City, was erected in 1912 as a city residence for Erwin K. Barthold, a Manhattan merchant who owned Barthold, Inc., a firm that dealt in rope, t...
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What do readers say about Fallen Angels?
the story is thin the premise is great global warming imaginative workAs the world reels under the sudden onslaught of the new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the U.S. government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies must replenish their air supply by scoopships diving into the atmo... More details on Fallen Angels
High over the northern hemisphere the scoopship's hull began to sing. The cabin was a sounding box for vibrations far below the threshold of hearing. Alex MacLeod could feel his bones singing in sympa...
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What do readers say about Envy of Angels?
contemporary fantasy novella humorous contemporary fantasy the comedy is slapstick funny and entertainingIn New York, eating out can be hell.
Everyone loves a well-catered event, and the supernatural community is no different, but where do demons go to satisfy their culinary cravings?
Welcome to Sin du Jour - where devils on horseback are the clients, ... More details on Envy of Angels
Inside one is a meticulous arrangement of medical supplies, bandages, syringes, and various scrip bottles. Inside the other is an even more meticulously arranged collection of occult objects ranging f...
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What do readers say about House of Leaves?
complexity and inventiveness pretentious and boring existentialist horror story pretentious & highfalutin"A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious." -The New York Times
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled... More details on House of Leaves
§Provide examples of hand shadows ranging from crabs, snails, rabbits,and turtles to dragons, panthers, tigers, and kangaroos. Also includehippos, frogs, elephants, birds of paradise, dogs, cockatoos,...
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What do readers say about The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle?
sharp, clear and dramatic poetic and witty lyrical and engaging convoluted, thy nameCan you solve the mystery of Evelyn Hardcastle?
WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD
A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH ... More details on The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
My mind has gone blank. I don’t know who Anna is or why I’m calling her name. I don’t even know how I got here. I’m standing in a forest, shielding my eyes from the spitting rain. My heart’s thumping,...
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What do readers say about The Midnight Library?
unique story plot entertaining and instructive contemporary fiction novel very simplistic and straightforwardThe New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year
"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."-The ... More details on The Midnight Library
Mrs Elm made her first move. A knight hopping over the neat row of white pawns. ‘Of course, you’re going to be worried about the exams. But you could be anything you want to be, Nora. Think of all tha...
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