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Author: Paul McAuley
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473217334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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A prescient and chilling climate change thriller set on the harsh landscape of Antarctica from one of the best science fiction writers of the present day The great geoengineering projects have failed. The world is still warming, sea levels are still rising, and the Antarctic Peninsula is home to Earth's newest nation, with life quickened by ecopoets spreading across valleys and fjords exposed by the retreat of the ice. Austral Morales Ferrado, a child of the last generation of ecopoets, is a husky: an edited person adapted to the unforgiving climate of the far south, feared and despised by most of its population. She's been a convict, a corrections officer in a labour camp, and consort to a criminal, and now, out of desperation, she has committed the kidnapping of the century. But before she can collect the ransom and make a new life elsewhere, she must find a place of safety amongst the peninsula's forests and icy plateaus, and evade a criminal gang that has its own plans for the teenage girl she's taken hostage. Blending the story of Austral's flight with the fractured history of her family and its role in the colonisation of Antarctica, Austral is a vivid portrayal of a treacherous new world created by climate change, and shaped by the betrayals and mistakes of the past. Austral has been optioned for television by Circle of Confusion, the company who brought The Walking Dead and Locke and Key to the small screen. They've recruited award-winning screenwriter Elise McCredie (Stateless) and director Erik Skjoldbjærg (An Enemy of the People, Insomnia) to work on this exciting project. 'Paul McAuley's balanced grasp of science and literature, always a rare attribute in the writer of prose fiction, is combined with the equally rare ability to look at today's problems and know which are really problems, and what can be done about them.' William Gibson Readers are captivated by Austral: 'Austral feels very timely, as it confronts questions about borders, climate change, geoengineering, biodiversity, racism, and xenophobia . . . An excellent climate change novel' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Devastating, humane, extraordinarily harsh and beautiful' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'The world building is very nicely done, with a strong sense of place and landscape. And the tale is infused with thoughtful reflection on climate change, wilding and genetic modifications' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A gorgeous, haunting novel-brimming with fractal stories-within-stories-about a fugitive on the run through the backcountry of the new nation established on a greening Antarctica' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Genius . . . I love the intersection of gene editing and anarchy. Imagining a world drastically changed by global warming but still crumpling under the dire weight of capitalism' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Author: Alison Green
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0399181822
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author: Tracy Carnes
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595477445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Kelly Carmichael can't seem to find her niche in life. Her father pushes her in one direction while her mother pulls her in another. Now almost thirty, she grows weary of pursuing someone else's happiness. But just when she believes she has found the perfect career and the love of her life in Memphis, her father dies. Now she is forced to give up her dream job to take care of the mother she doesn't understand and deal with the harsh reality of a father she thought she knew. When she is finally ready to resume her life in Memphis, she is set back once again, this time with ulcerative colitis and the horrible changes in her body she must deal with as she fights to keep her boyfriend, gets to know her mother, and adjusts to her changing life in a small southern town. With this humorous and honest novel, Tracy Lea Carnes offers up an inspiring glimpse at ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease through the eyes of a thirty-year-old woman dealing with her diagnosis, its treatment and the complications it brings into her life. Today, 1.4 million people live with some form of IBD (irritable bowl disease) in the U.S. and an estimated 750,000 live with an ostomy. Like the heroine in Excess Baggage, Kelly Carmichael, most people on average are diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in their early to mid-30s, though the disease can strike at any age. Despite its extensive impact on the lives of many young adult Americans, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease is low on our radar. Focusing our attention by drawing from her own experience, Tracy Lea Carnes has written a story that needs to be told. A groundbreaking novel, Excess Baggage shatters convention bringing colitis and Crohn's disease awareness into the national spotlight.

Author: Richard Marcinko
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471109666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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When the Rogue Warrior and his elite SEAL team, Task Force Blue, storm a hijacked 727 in Key West, a hostage is killed-- and Marcinko must pay. Facing court-martial and removal from the Navy, his is recuited by the Defense Intelligence Agency to erradicate a secret right-wing terrorist infrastructure. Combating a brutal enemy force, and pursued by the FBI, Marcinko maneuvers through a political, military, and bureaucratic minefield, adhering to the ultimate Commandment of SpecWar-- there are no rules-- win at all cost!

Author: Dee (Pepper) Lois
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449037313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Pop stars, celebrities and sports heroes aren't the only ones dealing with physical abuse, infidelity and mental abuse. Women all over the world are faced with being caught up in bad relationships every day. Why do men cheat? Don't they know that if they were faithful and treated us ladies with respect that we would love them and treat them like men want to be treated? Ladies, what would you do if your boyfriend or husband verbally abused you daily? What would you do if your husband called you worthless, fat, lazy and said in front of your children that you were the worst wife and mother on the face of the earth? What would you do if you came home and your husband, fiance, or boyfriend in bed with another woman? What if the woman in your bed was your best friend? Have any of you ever had a man walk out on you for another woman? Was she younger or prettier than you? The women in this book are facing those very issues. They all have to face the fact that their no-good men are not only cheaters, but are verbally and mentally abusive jerks. All of the women in this book have to dig deep within their souls and find the strength to leave their no-good, cheating men before it's too late.

Author: Gary Shteyngart
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679643753
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MORE THAN 45 PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • NPR • The New Yorker • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • The Atlantic • Newsday • Salon • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Guardian • Esquire (UK) • GQ (UK) After three acclaimed novels, Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humor, moving insights, and literary bravado. The result is a resonant story of family and belonging that feels epic and intimate and distinctly his own. Born Igor Shteyngart in Leningrad during the twilight of the Soviet Union, the curious, diminutive, asthmatic boy grew up with a persistent sense of yearning—for food, for acceptance, for words—desires that would follow him into adulthood. At five, Igor wrote his first novel, Lenin and His Magical Goose, and his grandmother paid him a slice of cheese for every page. In the late 1970s, world events changed Igor’s life. Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev made a deal: exchange grain for the safe passage of Soviet Jews to America—a country Igor viewed as the enemy. Along the way, Igor became Gary so that he would suffer one or two fewer beatings from other kids. Coming to the United States from the Soviet Union was equivalent to stumbling off a monochromatic cliff and landing in a pool of pure Technicolor. Shteyngart’s loving but mismatched parents dreamed that he would become a lawyer or at least a “conscientious toiler” on Wall Street, something their distracted son was simply not cut out to do. Fusing English and Russian, his mother created the term Failurchka—Little Failure—which she applied to her son. With love. Mostly. As a result, Shteyngart operated on a theory that he would fail at everything he tried. At being a writer, at being a boyfriend, and, most important, at being a worthwhile human being. Swinging between a Soviet home life and American aspirations, Shteyngart found himself living in two contradictory worlds, all the while wishing that he could find a real home in one. And somebody to love him. And somebody to lend him sixty-nine cents for a McDonald’s hamburger. Provocative, hilarious, and inventive, Little Failure reveals a deeper vein of emotion in Gary Shteyngart’s prose. It is a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world. Praise for Little Failure “Hilarious and moving . . . The army of readers who love Gary Shteyngart is about to get bigger.”—The New York Times Book Review “A memoir for the ages . . . brilliant and unflinching.”—Mary Karr “Dazzling . . . a rich, nuanced memoir . . . It’s an immigrant story, a coming-of-age story, a becoming-a-writer story, and a becoming-a-mensch story, and in all these ways it is, unambivalently, a success.”—Meg Wolitzer, NPR “Literary gold . . . bruisingly funny.”—Vogue “A giant success.”—Entertainment Weekly

Author: Jaycee Ryan
Publisher: Leverage U Press/Paper Kite Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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Can generational curses be broken? As the heir to a family-owned wine dynasty, Stefano Pietrangelo has no time for love. Heck, he's not sure he even believes in love. He watched as his mother died due to complications in childbirth; watched his father check out of parenting, turning Stef and his baby brother over to their noxious grandmother, Nonna. Stef has learned to equate love with loss and pain. He doesn't need or have time for that in his life. Resigning himself to a bachelor's life, he declares himself married to the winery, and only takes time out for the odd one night stand to get his needs met. He offers nothing of himself except his body and he's happy to keep it that way. A one night stand with a fiery-haired angel changes his world forever. Time and time again, she invades his dreams until suddenly fate intervenes to bring them together again. Natalie Rourke has always tried to do the right thing. The family good girl, she scored straight A's in school, and did everything she was supposed to do in college (study, study, and study some more). She never partied or caroused with her friends; her singular focus was obtaining her nursing degree and then specializing as a nurse practitioner. On graduating with her NP designation, she allows herself one night of partying with friends and falls into bed with a gorgeous hunk who goes by the name Dante. They part ways without even an exchange of last names, and she vows to never do that again. Natalie may be a good girl, but she has a will of steel and a mouth to back it up - her assertiveness at work is often perceived as a bad attitude. She misses out on opportunity after opportunity until she lands on a cushy job as Giuseppe Pietrangelo's night nurse. When she learns that Stefano is none other than Dante, her first and only one night stand, her legendary temper will let fly. Soon, she will come to realize that Stefano has been dreaming of her too. The Pietrangelo family story continues in Book Three of the Laws of Attraction series, Dreaming.

Author: Page Peterson
Publisher: Page Peterson
ISBN: 099981480X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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I moved states away to start a new chapter in my life—college. Graduation was coming up and I was lonely in a crowd of people. So, I took the modern way of trying to meet people, online dating. I never expected the outcome. Meeting the love of my life, Gabe, was a happy change to my dull life. But my past has come back in full force to try and destroy all of that. And I never anticipated who was in on the destruction. Family means everything to me, but them turning against me was a low blow. Can I find the strength I need in the love of my life? Or am I going to lose Gabe to the stresses of my family and my own insecurities?

Author: Joseph Finder
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 142999374X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 980

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From the New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder comes two thrilling novels in a discounted ebook bundle, Paranoia and Company Man PARANOIA Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison - or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems. They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents he never knew he possessed. He's rich, drives a Porsche, lives in a fabulous apartment, and works directly for the CEO. He's dating the girl of his dreams. His life is perfect. And all he has to do to keep it that way is betray everyone he cares about and everything he believes in. But when he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted. And then the real nightmare begins... From the writer whose novels have been called "thrilling" (New York Times) and "dazzling" (USA Today) comes an electrifying new novel, a roller-coaster ride of suspense that will hold the reader hostage until the final, astonishing twist. COMPANY MAN "A high octane thrill ride!" - San Francisco Chronicle on Paranoia Joseph Finder's New York Times bestseller Paranoia was hailed by critics as "jet-propelled," the "Page Turner of the Year," and "the archetype of the thriller in its contemporary form." Now Finder returns with Company Man - a heart-stopping thriller about ambition, betrayal, and the price of secrets. Nick Conover is the CEO of a major corporation, a local boy made good, and once the most admired man in a company town. But that was before the layoffs. When a faceless stalker menaces his family, Nick, a single father of two since the recent death of his wife, finds that the gated community they live in is no protection at all. He decides to take action, a tragedy ensues - and immediately his life spirals out of control. At work, Nick begins to uncover a conspiracy against him, involving some of his closest colleagues. He doesn't know who he can trust - including the brilliant, troubled new woman in his life. Meanwhile, his actions are being probed by a homicide detective named Audrey Rhimes, a relentless investigator with a strong sense of morality - and her own, very personal reason for pursuing Nick Conover. With everything he cares about in the balance, Nick discovers strengths he never knew he had. His enemies don't realize how hard he'll fight to save his company. And nobody knows how far he'll go to protect his family. Mesmerizing and psychologically astute, Company Man is Joseph Finder's most compelling and original novel yet.

Author: Sophie Stern
Publisher: Sophie Stern
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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He has the heart of a lion, but the mouth of a liar. Experience shapeshifters, fake relationships, laughs, and spice in this 4-book collection featuring stories from Rawr County. Each book features a fake relationship trope, secrets, lies, and of course, a happily-ever-after. Books include: The Wolf's Pretend Mate The Tiger's Pretend Husband The Dragon's Fake Fiancee The Red Panda's Fake Mate 4 - The Wolf's Pretend Mate Daphne has had her heart set on being Alpha ever since she was a little cub. Everything she's done has been to prepare her for taking over the Rawr County Wolf Pack. She knows she's going to be a fair and wonderful leader, but when the pack elders hit her with a leadership requirement, she's caught off guard. She has to get MARRIED? She doesn't even have time to date! How is she going to find a husband? Fletcher is the kind of guy who never turns down a dare. He especially doesn't turn down a dare from curvy, luscious women he meets in bars. When one particularly adorable woman dares him to marry her, he thinks it's a joke, but when he wakes up married to the wolf Alpha the next day, he realizes he just might be in over his head. Will the pack accept Fletcher as Daphne's mate? Will they suspect their marriage isn't exactly legit? And who in the pack seems determine to sabotage Daphne's rule as leader? 5 - The Tiger's Pretend Husband She needs protection that only he can offer. Darla isn't exactly a tiny person. In fact, she's more than a person. She's a tiger shifter. Still, her kitty-cat claws are no match for the people who are hunting her. She crossed the wrong people one too many times, and now they're after her. But Darla has a plan. What she needs, more than anything else, is protection. What she wants, more than anything else, is Kapono. Will he agree to marry her to keep her safe? He may be able to protect her body, but can he protect her heart? 6 - The Dragon's Fake Fiancee Cosmo has been living in Rawr County for the last 10 years because he hates himself and wants to be miserable. Dragon Isle was no good for him. Everyone there was too happy and joyful. A dragon like him deserves to be unhappy. When his family tries to set him up with a childhood friend to date, he blurts out a lie: he's engaged. It's not true. But when they surprise him with an unexpected visit, he grabs his nearest employee, Athena, and introduces her as his fiancée. What could possibly go wrong? 7 - The Red Panda's Fake Mate Jennifer lives alone. She works alone. She travels alone. Everything in her life is centered around that solitude. She doesn't do well with crowds or groups of people, so she's chosen a job where she can work by herself without being distracted. When her boss requests her presence on a company retreat that could lead to an incredible promotion, she realizes she needs to make herself seem as mature, well-rounded, and stable as possible. What better way than by bringing her mate along? The problem is that Jennifer doesn't have a mate. Red pandas are notorious for living on their own or in very, very small groups, and she doesn't exactly have a list of boyfriends on call. When a chance encounter leads to the perfect opportunity to claim a fake mate as her own, Jennifer doesn't resist. After all, what's the worst thing that could happen?