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Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin Publisher: Christopher Gorham Calvin ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 492
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Jason was looking for a warm room to escape the stormy night. What he found was a world that existed beyond the boundaries of his imagination… A father on the run from his troubled past, Jason Chance can't shake the feeling that he's stumbled into a hotel where nothing is as it seems. Suspiciously friendly management, nonsensical policies, and a sinking feeling that the staff are plotting against him are just the beginning of Jason’s problems. The Chance Hotel is hiding a deadly secret, and as Jason’s curiosity grows, so do the dangers that threaten to consume him. Was his arrival just a coincidence, or is Jason being manipulated by a force he doesn’t understand? Will he unravel the hotel’s mysteries in time to escape its otherworldly grip? Experience the spine-chilling suspense and pulse-pounding thrills of the Chance Hotel for yourself to find out! “Brilliant, clever, witty and a real page turner!” -Amazon Review “Full of excitement and surprises” -Amazon Review “Riveting” -Kobo Review “Great characters and many surprising twists and turns” -Goodreads Review “Lots of mystery and intrigue” -Amazon Review “If you like surprises, you'll like this book.” -Goodreads Review
Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin Publisher: Christopher Gorham Calvin ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 492
Book Description
Jason was looking for a warm room to escape the stormy night. What he found was a world that existed beyond the boundaries of his imagination… A father on the run from his troubled past, Jason Chance can't shake the feeling that he's stumbled into a hotel where nothing is as it seems. Suspiciously friendly management, nonsensical policies, and a sinking feeling that the staff are plotting against him are just the beginning of Jason’s problems. The Chance Hotel is hiding a deadly secret, and as Jason’s curiosity grows, so do the dangers that threaten to consume him. Was his arrival just a coincidence, or is Jason being manipulated by a force he doesn’t understand? Will he unravel the hotel’s mysteries in time to escape its otherworldly grip? Experience the spine-chilling suspense and pulse-pounding thrills of the Chance Hotel for yourself to find out! “Brilliant, clever, witty and a real page turner!” -Amazon Review “Full of excitement and surprises” -Amazon Review “Riveting” -Kobo Review “Great characters and many surprising twists and turns” -Goodreads Review “Lots of mystery and intrigue” -Amazon Review “If you like surprises, you'll like this book.” -Goodreads Review
Author: Nicki Thornton Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 1338323725 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 237
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Readers looking for an enchanting read, a story of overcoming the odds, or a tale of suspense will love this traditional Agatha Christie, who-dun-it mystery, matched and raised by a hint of magic. Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him imprisoned until he is old enough to set out on his own. If there's any hope he has, it's to be the greatest chef that ever lived... just like his father. One night, a band of magicians begin to arrive to participate in a secret meeting -- a Prospect Selection Procedure to determine the most talented magicians in the world, judged by their leader Dr. Thallonius. Seth has one task: to make Dr. Thallonius the greatest dessert he's ever tasted. Then, maybe he will help Seth find a way to freedom. But when the doors to the private meeting open, and Dr. Thallonius lay dead on the floor, the group blames the dessert, which means that it's Seth who will pay the price. But Seth knows he's innocent, and only has so much time to eliminate each suspect and prove his innocence.
Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin Publisher: Christopher Gorham Calvin ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 486
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A manager still wet behind the years. A dying mother and her adversarial children. And a door hiding a secret that could change everything… It’s been one year since Jason first arrived at the Chance Hotel. He’s learned the ropes, gotten into a rhythm with the staff, and, despite a few setbacks, feels he has his new gig under control. But control is merely an illusion in the Chance Hotel. Personal relationships are straining, an insurmountable intervention has just begun, and unforeseen dangers are hiding in the shadows, waiting for their opportunity to strike. Return to a world where nothing is as it seems and secrets lurk around every corner in this continuation of the gripping paranormal suspense Chance Hotel series. Join the hotel staff as they face their toughest challenge yet, and experience spine-tingling chills as Jason delves deeper into the mysteries abound within the hotel’s walls. Then be prepared for breathtaking revelations when he learns the hard way that some doors should never be opened.
Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0525521151 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 281
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events—the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. “The perfect novel ... Freshly mysterious.” —The Washington Post Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis's billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors. When his scheme collapses, it obliterates countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan’s wife, walks away into the night. Years later, a victim of the fraud is hired to investigate a strange occurrence: a woman has seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship between ports of call. In this captivating story of crisis and survival, Emily St. John Mandel takes readers through often hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-homeless, underground electronica clubs, service in luxury hotels, and life in a federal prison. Rife with unexpected beauty, The Glass Hotel is a captivating portrait of greed and guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we search for meaning in our lives. Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!
Author: Jamie Ford Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345512502 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
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"Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices."-- Kirkus Reviews “A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel." -- Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain “Jamie Ford's first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.” -- Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol. This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept. Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice–words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago. Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart. BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide and an excerpt from Jamie Ford's Love and Other Consolation Prizes.
Author: Nicki Thornton Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 1913322084 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 254
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Seth and his talking cat Nightshade arrive in the magical town of Gramichee to gain an apprenticeship. But when he discovered that the existing apprentices are under attack at the town's Scrumdiddlyumptious Café, he realises he has another murder mystery to solve ...
Author: Russ Franklin Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1619028085 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 252
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Sandeep Sanghavi, the mixed-race son of an Indian businesswoman and a famous American astronomer lives a nomadic albeit mundane life traveling the country with his mother's hotel consulting firm. His life becomes more interesting when various lost objects suddenly begin to reappear. Then a stranger calls and claims responsibility for the returned objects in exchange for an introduction to Sandeep’s astronomer father, the rebellious and eccentric Van Ray, who has no phone, email or qualms about having abandoned his son twenty years ago. Van Ray shows up broke with his pregnant ex-wife astronaut in tow, claiming to have discovered a big secret that will change their lives forever; a new discovery guaranteed to change him from “science famous” to “famous famous.” With his family together for the first time in years, Sandeep must juggle his father’s scientific search, his mother’s failing business and the tension of having family all together for the first time in decades.
Author: Emily J. Taylor Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 059340453X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 401
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Hotel Magnifique opened the door to a sumptuous and glittering world of magic and mysteries and left me enchanted. Perfect for fans of Caraval and The Night Circus.” –Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set against the backdrop of a Belle Époque-inspired hotel, follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique. All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere. Just barely scraping by with her job at a tannery, she’s resigned to a dreary life in the port town of Durc, caring for her younger sister, Zosa. That is, until the Hotel Magnifique comes to town. The hotel is legendary not only for its whimsical enchantments, but also for its ability to travel—appearing in a different destination every morning. While Jani and Zosa can’t afford the exorbitant costs of a guest’s stay, they can interview to join the staff, and are soon whisked away on the greatest adventure of their lives. But once inside, Jani quickly discovers their contracts are unbreakable and that beneath the marvelous glamour, the hotel is hiding dangerous secrets. With the vexingly handsome doorman, Bel, as her only ally, Jani embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa—and the other staff—from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d’hôtel. To succeed, she’ll have to risk everything she loves, but failure would mean a fate far worse than never returning home.
Author: Rahimeh Andalibian Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1426214804 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 282
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In this searing memoir, Rahimeh Andalibian struggles to make sense of two brutal crimes: a rape, avenged by her father, and a murder, of which her beloved oldest brother stands accused. Her journey, eloquently and intimately told, is a tribute to the resilience of families everywhere. Andalibian takes us first into her family's tranquil, jasmine-scented days of prosperity in Mashhad. Iran, where she and her brothers grow up in luxury at the Rose Hotel, owned by her father. In the aftermath of hte 1979 revolution the family is forced to flee: first to the safety of a mansion in Tehran, next to a squalid one-room flat in London, and finally to California, where they discover they are not free from the weight of their own secrets. Caught between their parents' traditional values and their desire to embrace and American way of life, Andalibian and her brothers struggle to find peace in the wake of tragedy. In the tradition of The Kite Runner, House of Sand and Fog, and Reading Lolita in Tehran, this is a universal story of healing and rebirth. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin
Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin
Author: Nicki Thornton
Author: Christopher Gorham Calvin
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Author: Emily St. John Mandel
Author: Jamie Ford
Author: Nicki Thornton
Author: Russ Franklin
Author: Emily J. Taylor
Author: Rahimeh Andalibian