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Fantasy
The School for Good and Evil: The Complete Series
Soman Chainani • 2022
A Touch of Darkness (Hades X Persephone Book 1)
Scarlett St. Clair • 2019
<p>From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth. </p><p>"Let me worship you," he said.</p><p>She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.</p><p>She answered, "Yes."</p><p>Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.</p><p>Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.</p><p>After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—a love that is both captivating and forbidden.</p>
Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, 2)
Aiden Thomas • 2024
The Sunbearer Trials
Aiden Thomas • 2022
Murder Mystery
Murder Most Unladylike
Robin Stevens • 2014
This Book Kills
Ravena Guron • 2023
Un meurtrier sévit dans un pensionnat chic... Qui sera sa prochaine victime ? This Book Kills est, dans la catégorie littérature jeunesse, le polar-évènement de l'année 2023. Il séduira les amateurs de Holly Jackson et Karen McManus.<br/>Un meurtrier sévit dans un pensionnat chic... Qui sera sa prochaine victime ? This Book Kills est, dans la catégorie littérature jeunesse, le polar-évènement de l'année 2023. Il séduira les amateurs de Holly Jackson et Karen McManus.<br/><br/>" Soyons clairs dès le départ : je n'ai pas tué Hugh Henry Van Boren. Je n'ai même pas été complice... du moins pas sciemment. "<br/><br/>Hugh Henry Van Boren, l'un des élèves les plus populaires et les plus riches du lycée de Jess Choudhary, a été retrouvé mort. Ses condisciples sont sous le choc et s'interrogent sur l'identité du coupable. Jess, sommée d'adopter un profil bas sous peine de retrait de sa bourse d'étude, se retrouve au centre de l'enquête, celle-ci ayant révélé que Hugh est mort exactement de la même façon que l'un des personnages d'une nouvelle écrite par l'adolescente.<br/><br/>C'est alors que Jess reçoit un texto la remerciant d'avoir inspiré l'assassin.<br/><br/>Le temps presse, et Jess sait que si elle ne parvient pas à résoudre ce mystère, elle aura enfin un point commun avec Hugh Henry : elle sera morte elle aussi.
Fiction
I Am The Minotaur
Anthony McGowan
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
The Girl of Ink & Stars
Kiran Millwood Hargrave • 2018
A beautifully written story of friendship, discovery, myths, and magic that the London Times called "reminiscent of fantasy greats such as Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman."<br/><br/>Legends say that the island of Joya was once a place where songbirds sang in every tree and the islanders were free to come and go as they pleased. That was before the harsh-ruling Governor arrived, and ravens drove out the native birds. Now there are no songbirds, and the people are forbidden to travel beyond the forest that separates them from the rest of the island.<br/>But for Isabella, the legends of her island home have always seemed like more than just stories. And when a series of mysterious events shakes the community, it’s Isabella—daughter to the island’s only mapmaker—who will lead a party of explorers into the forest in search of answers. As the group ventures deeper and deeper into the island, dark secrets begin to surface, and the legends Isabella has listened to all these years show signs of coming to life.<br/><br/>Debut novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave draws on the cultural folklore of the Canary Islands in this richly told story of a girl’s quest to map her own place in a world that legends alone have shaped.<br/><br/>Advance Praise:<br/>"[R]eminiscent of fantasy greats such as Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman." --The London Times
