Daniel's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:48:16 -0700 60 Daniel's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The War of the Dwarves (The Dwarves, #2)]]> 8177090
A secret army of Orcs, made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water, now marches towards Girdlegard, set to unleash its fury upon the kingdom. Sooner than they realize, Tungdil and his comrades will need to summon all their courage to do battle against this bloodthirsty horde.

The Orcs are not the only threat. An unspeakable new power is growing and threatens the very existence of the dwarves. But both enemies have forgotten one very important a dwarf is never more dangerous than when total obliteration seems inevitable . . .]]> 493 Markus Heitz 0316097594 Daniel 4 4.13 2004 The War of the Dwarves (The Dwarves, #2)
author: Markus Heitz
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average rating: 4.13
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)]]> 50027 Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment of the Dark Elf Trilogy

Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be—how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark; how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.

As the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do’Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared—and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world?

Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.]]> 343 R.A. Salvatore Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.26 1990 Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
author: R.A. Salvatore
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average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
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]]> <![CDATA[The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales]]> 8680132 An introduction to the weird and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft, master and pioneer of horror.

Between these pages you will find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil, inhuman impulses, abnormal bodies, ancient rites, nameless lands best left undiscovered, thoughts best left unspoken, doors best left closed, names best forgotten.

You have been warned. ]]> 552 H.P. Lovecraft 0099528487 Daniel 4 3.83 2011 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
author: H.P. Lovecraft
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average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)]]> 55401
Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.]]> 604 Steven Erikson 0765310023 Daniel 5 4.27 2000 Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> The Relics of Ar'Zac Trilogy 48711387 A girl who calls fire with a wish...
A group of resistance fighters who need the king to die...
And a dragon whose secrets could save the world.

Prophecy has brought them together, but will it destroy them too?

*This is the complete box set of the Relics of Ar'Zac trilogy, and also includes the prequel novella, Shadow in Ar'Sanciond.]]> Sarina Langer Daniel 0 to-read 4.75 The Relics of Ar'Zac Trilogy
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]]> <![CDATA[Conan: The Thief, The Conqueror, The King: The Collected Adventures of the World's Greatest Barbarian (Illustrated Edition)]]> 51114910 Newly updated edition with beautiful custom illustrations!Join Conan the Barbarian on his many adventures from mercenary and thief to conqueror and king as he smites demons, fights wizards, slays monsters, unearths forgotten treasures, battles against all odds, journeys to exotic lands, loves and lusts, uncovers hidden mysteries, and always refuses to yield!This epic collection contains all 18 of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories published during his lifetime.These stories were originally published in Weird Tales magazine between 1933 and 1936.The Conan stories included in the collection 1. Gods of the North (The Frost Giant's Daughter) (1934)2. The Tower of the Elephant (1933)3. Rogues in the House (1935)4. Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon) (1934)5. Black Colossus (1934)6. Queen of the Black Coast (1934)7. The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk) (1934)8. A Witch Shall Be Born (1934)9. The Devil in Iron (1934)10. The People of the Black Circle (1934)11. Shadows in Zamboula (Man-Eaters of Zamboula) (1935)12. The Pool of the Black One (1934)13. Beyond the Black River (1935)14. Red Nails (1936)15. Jewels of Gwahlur (The Teeth of Gwahlur) (1935)16. The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)17. The Scarlet Citadel (1933)18. The Hour of the Dragon (Conan the Conqueror) (1935)As an added bonus, also included in the set Hyborian Age—Conan's World (This is Howard's background essay on the world of Conan) (1936), andThe Shadow Kingdom and The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune (These are two of Howard's early Kull of Atlantis stories that predate and strongly influence his later Conan works.) (1929)For ease of navigation, the anthology includes an interactive table of contents. The stories in this collection are ordered roughly in chronological order from Conan's first adventures as a young mercenary adventurer and thief to his final epic clashes as a king and are based on the Rippke chronology.About Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.Conan the Conan is a Cimmerian. From Robert E. Howard's writings (The Hyborian Age among others) it is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts or Gaels. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as a youth and, by age fifteen, he was already a respected warrior who had participated in the destruction of the Aquilonian outpost of Venarium.]]> 738 Robert E. Howard Daniel 0 currently-reading 4.36 Conan: The Thief, The Conqueror, The King: The Collected Adventures of the World's Greatest Barbarian (Illustrated Edition)
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]]> The Power of Myth 35519 293 Joseph Campbell 0385418868 Daniel 0 to-read 4.26 1988 The Power of Myth
author: Joseph Campbell
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]]> Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3) 8648
On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought.

Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way, a second xenocide seems inevitable.

Xenocide is the third novel in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga.]]> 592 Orson Scott Card 0312861877 Daniel 0 3.81 1991 Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)]]> 7967
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.

Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.

Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Ender Quintet, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.]]> 382 Orson Scott Card 0812550757 Daniel 0 4.10 1986 Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)]]> 9532
Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to pound your skull into pulp for a scrap of apple. If Bean has learned anything on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists. He is way too small for that. But with brains.

Bean is a genius with a magician's ability to zero in on his enemy and exploit his weakness.

What better quality for a future general to lead the Earth in a final climactic battle against a hostile alien race, known as Buggers. At Battleschool Bean meets and befriends another future commander - Ender Wiggins - perhaps his only true rival.

Only one problem: for Bean and Ender, the future is now.

Ender's Shadow is the book that launched The Shadow Series, and the parallel novel to Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic, Ender's Game.]]> 469 Orson Scott Card 0765342405 Daniel 0 4.32 1999 Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
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]]> Winter Neverland 37172796 264 Sam Baker 0999203622 Daniel 0 currently-reading 5.00 Winter Neverland
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]]> The Alchemist 18144590 The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.]]> 182 Paulo Coelho 0062315005 Daniel 0 to-read 4.01 1988 The Alchemist
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]]> <![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream]]> 7745 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.]]> 204 Hunter S. Thompson 0679785892 Daniel 0 to-read 4.07 1971 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> On the Road 70401 307 Jack Kerouac 0140042598 Daniel 0 to-read 3.63 1957 On the Road
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average rating: 3.63
book published: 1957
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]]> <![CDATA[The Prisoners (Variant Wars, #1)]]> 35626043
How far will the Variants go until they stop trying? How long with they fight to defend their people? These are the raw truths of the Variant Wars. This is what the people must do to protect their family and friends in the face of disaster. No one will survive without cost, and some may not survive at all. This is the story of the Fourth Variant War. This is the story of its prisoners. ]]> 661 Sam Baker 0999203614 Daniel 0 to-read 4.60 The Prisoners (Variant Wars, #1)
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]]> Rose by Another Name 36242977
Lord Robert Phillip Clarence, Duke of Brighton, lives a life of debauchery far from his country estate, and even farther from the lady he must marry in order to restore his family’s ancestral lands. But when he is summoned home to meet his future wife, he realizes he hasn’t lived at all.

Rose and Robert do not meet when their eyes lock across a ballroom swathed in candlelight. They do not meet amid fine clothes, genteel manners, debonair charm, and chaperones. They meet, alone, upon Rose’s near death. It is this near-death experience that catapults the two nobles, disguised as servants, towards a romance that seems destined for failure.

They think they know each other. But when their true identities are revealed at a house party, will they live happily ever after or will the ton be shocked to see a lady run?]]> 333 Melanie Thurlow Daniel 0 to-read 2.80 2017 Rose by Another Name
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average rating: 2.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Tavern (Dargath Chronicles, #1)]]> 44588027 Information, Power. Respect.

Xelnath of the Gnarled Root—a tavern owner, information broker, healer, and guildmaster of the Blackwind Company—has found a place, far better than the forest from which he came in the magical metropolis and city-state of Lladad in the Magiian Empire.

When a simple act of kindness draws the ire of a troubled assassin, his love-stricken Archmage father and an army of magically constructed golems, Xel must scheme with vipers of the high court, mingle with royalty at the castle, blackmail drug dealers in the slums, and fight assassins and mercenaries in the streets.

He needs to lean on the support of his motley crew of a dark elf assassin, a dragon pirate, a high elf royal, and a talking dog artificer to keep him from his own inner demons and doubts.

Perfect for fans of World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, Brandon Sanderson, Michael J. Sullivan, Nicholas Eames, and Scott Lynch.

Genre: Epic Fantasy/High Fantasy/Swords and Sorcery
Market: New Adult to Adult]]> 435 Deston J. Munden Daniel 0 to-read 4.22 2019 Tavern (Dargath Chronicles, #1)
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Sarian: The Young Savior of a Falling Kingdom]]> 35532106

This story is introductory to a future epic series by the author.]]> H. Ferry 1370791682 Daniel 0 to-read 0.0 Sarian: The Young Savior of a Falling Kingdom
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]]> <![CDATA[Asrian Skies (Shadows of War, #1)]]> 36047075
She’s wrong. When the Haederan Empire invades Asria, intent on rebuilding their interstellar domain, Avery becomes a target. She also becomes something else—a Commonwealth intelligence officer. It’s not long before she stumbles upon information that could change the course of the war, and suddenly she’s on the run, forced to confront her fear of death and her lingering doubts about her faith’s teachings.

Swept up in something more dangerous than politics or flying, Avery begins to wonder if her destiny lies somewhere closer to home. If those old beliefs are worth clinging to. And if she’ll live to see the end of it all.]]> 328 Anne Wheeler 0998537918 Daniel 0 to-read 4.06 Asrian Skies (Shadows of War, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow's Hand (The Shadow's Creed Saga #1)]]> 41148982
Kilo lives and dies by the truth of the Shadow’s Creed. So when brutal raiders raze his village, the leader is honor-bound to put aside his fighting staff and help his people rebuild. After discovering the attackers were impersonating Shadow warriors and have befouled his beloved code with blood, he’s torn between duty and vengeance.

Shenrae’s childhood burned in the fire that claimed her parents’ souls. Knowing the assailants will attack again, she swallows her self-doubt to focus on her grueling Shadow warrior training. But when she realizes the immoral enemies are tapping into deadly primeval powers, she’s not sure even the best among her brethren are safe.

Now both face the biggest challenge of their lives: Shenrae must unlock her inner strength and Kilo could risk forsaking his code. And their only hope may be to embrace the very power that is out to kill them.

Can Kilo and Shenrae find a way to uphold their honor and defeat the dark forces?

Shadow’s Hand is the first book in The Shadow's Creed Saga epic fantasy series. If you like honorable champions, archaic magic, and vivid world building inspired by feudal Japan, then you’ll love Noelle Nichols’ epic adventure.]]> 420 Noelle Nichols 1949051013 Daniel 0 to-read 3.92 Shadow's Hand (The Shadow's Creed Saga #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Culture War: How the '90s Made Us Who We Are Today (Whether We Like It or Not)]]> 30261907 352 Telly Davidson 1476666199 Daniel 0 to-read 3.00 Culture War: How the '90s Made Us Who We Are Today (Whether We Like It or Not)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wounded Worlds: Nihil Novum (#1)]]> 18055083
On the distant world of Talveras, half a century of Imperial rule has come to an end. The humans of the NUSA have weakened it, and now they seek the Novum’s help to finish it. While the Army ferrets out the few remaining pockets of resistance, Commissar Altman and the Civilian Service Corps offer aid and healing to a battered populace. He falls in love with a young woman named Fa’ashi Orrin, and for a brief moment it seems like the planet’s recovery will go smoothly. But the Novum are thirsty for vengeance against those who collaborated with the Empire during the occupation, and those accused rarely live to see a trial.

Ancient racial enmities begin to resurface when neighbor accuses neighbor, and blood lust reigns supreme. As deep feuds all old as Novum civilization itself threaten to plunge Talveras into ruinous civil conflict, suspicious eyes begin to fall on Fa’ashi. When rumor is accepted as fact, and prejudice corrupts justice, only one thing is clear: Nothing is fair in love or war.

This SciFi Space Opera is new from first time author Ryan Hodge and is the first of the Wounded Worlds series.

This SciFi Space Opera is new from first time author Ryan Hodge and is the first of the Wounded Worlds series. This eBook is ONLY available at ]]> 454 Ryan Hodge Daniel 0 to-read 4.29 2013 Wounded Worlds: Nihil Novum (#1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tavern (Dargath Chronicles, #1)]]> 43976358
When a simple act of kindness draws the ire of a troubled assassin, his love-stricken Archmage father and an army of magically constructed golems, Xel must scheme with vipers of the high court, mingle with royalty at the castle, blackmail drug dealers in the slums, and fight assassins and mercenaries in the streets.

He needs to lean on the support of his motley crew of a dark elf assassin, a dragon pirate, a high elf royal, and a talking dog artificer to keep him from his own inner demons and doubts.]]> 440 Deston J. Munden 1795562587 Daniel 0 to-read 4.14 2019 Tavern (Dargath Chronicles, #1)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Call of Chaos (The Forgotten Years Book 1)]]> 32931518 267 Sean R. Frazier Daniel 0 to-read 4.39 The Call of Chaos (The Forgotten Years Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fight for Rislandia (The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle #3)]]> 42075361 Enemy at the gates!

The Wyranth Empire is marching on Rislandia City. Zaira Von Monocle and her airship crew are all that stands between the invading army and the total destruction of her country.

After her expedition to the Zenwey continent, Zaira discovers the Wyranth have a new source of their giant's blood soldier serum. The enemy has pressed the advantage and used the lack of an airship threat to gain ground. Meanwhile, the Rislandian Grand Army is running low on supplies and food. They can't hold out forever.

Join Zaira and her crew as they try to take on the full might of the Wyranth Empire and deal with a deadly surprise the Iron Emperor has waiting for them in the conclusion to this epic steampunk trilogy!]]> 240 Jon Del Arroz 1925645681 Daniel 0 to-read 3.95 2018 The Fight for Rislandia (The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blood of Giants (Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #2)]]> 41126710
Zaira von Monocle is getting the hang of commanding her airship, when crisis hits her homeland, Rislandia. Caught in a terrible cycle of withdrawal from their power-serum, Wyranth soldiers are ravaging the countryside in a berserk rage. The Grand Rislandian Army has been unable to slow their bloodthirsty advance.

The Wyranth’s serum has its origin in legend, a children’s tale about giants roaming the land of Zenwey, far across the ocean. Zaira must take the Liliana and her crew to this faraway land, in hopes that she might find a cure before the Wyranth take even more lives.

When Zaira arrives on Zenwey, she finds the continent to be a mysterious and hostile environment. She must navigate her way past savage jungle warriors, fantastic creatures and terrors, and evil forces that have flying machines of their own. Before she can try to save Rislandia, she has to survive!]]> 270 Jon Del Arroz 1925645770 Daniel 0 to-read 3.96 2018 The Blood of Giants (Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Knight Training (The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #1.5)]]> 40820694 The Special Forces of Steampunk!

Airships, Guns, and Gadgets! The Knights of the Crystal Spire are more than ordinary fantasy knights.

Life as an apprentice knight hasn’t been easy on James Gentry. As a commoner and an outsider, he’s been ridiculed, picked on, and shunned by the other boys. But he’s determined to become one of the finest knights Rislandia has ever seen.

During his training, James stumbles upon a master knight selling information on Rislandian troop movements to a Wyranth spy. To keep Rislandia safe, he must root out the traitor and put a stop to the enemy's schemes. Does he have what it takes?

“Knight Training” is a stand-alone sequel novella to the award-winning steampunk novel, For Steam And Country!]]> 84 Jon Del Arroz 1925645754 Daniel 0 to-read 4.14 2018 Knight Training (The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #1.5)
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]]> If I Let You Go 36614731 An underground bunker. Rebels desperate to open its doors. It’s an age old-question: should they stay, or should they go?

In the near-future United States, war threatens to end humanity. Survivors follow a ruthless government in hopes of a better future. But Edwin, recently transplanted into the ruling class, discovers several secrets – ones leaders would die to keep – including that the bunker’s life support systems are failing. Samuel Garley, leader of the compound, maintains that certain death waits outside.

And then Airlee, a newly incarcerated rebel, flees to the outdoors, and returns.

Despite most of the population’s inability to speak, news of Airlee’s adventure pushes the rebellion into overdrive. Branded as traitors, they’re pushed to find out how far they’ll go to stay alive. They all face a choice: rush headfirst into the horrifying unknown, or remain in the bunker and live a recurring nightmare. One thing is for certain: time is running out.

Told in the tradition of George Orwell's 1984, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron," this stunning apocalyptic story hones in on humanity's center.

A writer of startling imaginative vision, Ashley Dufault combines science and psychology in an innovative work of speculative fiction that offers a snapshot of a future that is both bizarre and frighteningly familiar. Dufault examines some of our society’s biggest challenges in this first novel in a thrilling dystopian series that is bold, fascinating, and altogether magnificent.]]> 281 Ashley Dufault 0998733016 Daniel 0 to-read 3.83 2017 If I Let You Go
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]]> A Patriot's Tale 39668093
Disguised as a man, Lily participates in a raid as a capable fighter but is soon kidnapped and held for ransom by a vicious British officer who becomes obsessed with the fiery young woman.

Without other options, Lily is compelled to fight the only way she knows how while protecting those she loves. She agrees to become a honeypot. With harsh judgements and surprising twists, Lily faces unimaginable threats against the rebel cause—and her life.]]> Nicole Pierman Daniel 0 to-read 5.00 2017 A Patriot's Tale
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]]> In Crows' Claws 40749100
The world of Fyrndell is a place of ancient powers, myriad races, and untold secrets. It is a world where gods may or may not exist, where heroes are few and far between, and where technology progresses at a haphazard pace.

IN CROWS’ CLAWS tells the story of two opposing armies as they race across the continent to a recently-unearthed desert tomb believed to be the final resting place of the goddess Konia. Read the letters sent home from Ahri Vestesson, crowkeeper for the Order of the Orthodox Knights of Fyrndell’s Crusade Army, as he wrestles with matters of faith and purpose while longing to return home to his betrothed. The letters of Marshal Taves Khest, veteran general of the Imperial Expedition Force of the Mhedorian Empire, will demonstrate his duty and ability while he leads his army to and through the desert to claim the glory of capturing the Tomb of Konia in the name of his empress.

But the desert holds many secrets and even more dangers still, for both armies will encounter a brutish and violent warband sworn to the service of Tavradyss, God-Prince of Conflict, and led by the even more vicious Nextiarc.

IN CROWS' CLAWS is a tale full of action, ambiguous divinity, and heartbreak as three armies converge on the Tomb of Konia, desperate to lay claim to its hidden secrets...]]> 178 Daniel Mattia Daniel 0 my-books 4.86 In Crows' Claws
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Rogues (The Kobalos Trilogy, #1)]]> 6568326
Following his path for blood, Kron comes across the magical healer, Randall Tendbones, and accidentally reveals Randall's darkest secret to the world. It's a secret about the past, a secret that has kept Randall on the run for three years. Now it has caught up with him, and Belgad the Liar is suddenly the least of Randall and Kron's concerns. The gaze of Lord Verkain, king of of the dark northern land of Kobalos, has fallen upon Kron and Randall. And it is a gaze filled with madness.]]> 332 Ty Johnston 1482521105 Daniel 3 3.50 2009 City of Rogues (The Kobalos Trilogy, #1)
author: Ty Johnston
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Infinite (Gates of Thread and Stone, #2)]]> 20553857 The walls of Ninurta keep its citizens safe.

Kai always believed the only danger to the city came from within. Now, with a rebel force threatening the fragile government, the walls have become more of a prison than ever.

To make matters worse, as Avan explores his new identity as an Infinite, Kai struggles to remind him what it means to be human. And she fears her brother, Reev, is involved with the rebels. With the two people she cares about most on opposite sides of a brewing war, Kai will do whatever it takes to bring peace. But she’s lost her power to manipulate the threads of time, and she learns that a civil war might be the beginning of something far worse that will crumble not only Ninurta’s walls but also the entire city.

In this thrilling sequel to Gates of Thread and Stone, Kai must decide how much of her humanity she’s willing to lose to protect the only family she’s ever known.]]> 378 Lori M. Lee 1477828265 Daniel 0 to-read 3.81 2015 The Infinite (Gates of Thread and Stone, #2)
author: Lori M. Lee
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)]]> 55398 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.
But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.
And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen.]]> 1015 Steven Erikson 0765348810 Daniel 0 to-read 4.33 2002 House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> Gravity of the Game 36353188
Can Hideki navigate new technologies, angry owners, and the drive-by media before time runs out for both baseball and his own career?

Explore baseball’s future in the heart-warming novella by multi-award nominated science fiction author Jon Del Arroz!]]> 60 Jon Del Arroz Daniel 4 4.05 2017 Gravity of the Game
author: Jon Del Arroz
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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Gravity of the Game is an engaging and heart-warming story that uses baseball as a focus for characters of all beliefs and viewpoints to rally around in a - that's right - scifi setting. The story is charming and believable and speaks to readers of all kinds, even if you know nothing about baseball (or in my case, find it boring). It's a fun, light read that'll leave you with a warm smile - and maybe even some teary eyes.
]]> <![CDATA[For Steam And Country (Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #1)]]> 35378932
Abandoned at an early age, Zaira von Monocle found life as the daughter of a great adventurer to be filled with hard work and difficulty. She quickly learned to rely on only herself. But when a messenger brought news that her father was dead and that she was the heir to his airship, her world turned upside down.

Zaira soon finds herself trapped in the midst of a war between her home country of Rislandia and the cruel Wyranth Empire, whose soldiers are acting peculiarly—almost inhuman. With the enemy army advancing, her newfound ship’s crew may be the only ones who can save the kingdom.]]> 279 Jon Del Arroz 1925645029 Daniel 0 to-read 3.72 2017 For Steam And Country (Adventures of Baron Von Monocle, #1)
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average rating: 3.72
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]]> Star Realms: Rescue Run 32980868
On the opposite side of the galaxy, Regency BioTech manager Dario Anazao sees an unsustainable situation brewing that promises a full-scale revolution. The megacorporations of the Trade Federation have kept the population in horrible working conditions, violating their human rights. With no one else to help, Dario must take it upon himself to rescue the workers of Mars.

Can two heroes from warring factions come together to make a difference in the galaxy?

Star Realms: Rescue Run is the first novelization of the critically acclaimed Star Realms spaceship combat deckbuilding game. You can check out the game here: .

“I’ve long been a big fan of epic science fiction and space opera. I think Jon’s entry into this realm is an excellent and compelling read. Fans of the Star Realms deckbuilding game will appreciate this look into the Star Realms universe, with its fast-paced story and intriguing characters. From his strong female lead to her amusing AI, I think Star Realms fans and sci-fi fans in general will be eager for Jon to write a sequel.” —Darwin Kastle, Star Realms creator

“Jon Del Arroz is a promising new writer with a knack for story and an interesting voice.” —Jody Lynn Nye, author of the Wolfe Pack series

“This game-related novel is a lively, action-filled tale that should appeal to those who want a space adventure romp with intrigue and a touch of romance. A disgraced ex-military thief, the thief’s snide former shipmate, a special operative who isn’t that good with guns, and the resentful son of an arrogant corporate executive attempt an impossible mission... and there’s a humorously glitched portable AI in the mix, too, breaking into song at odd moments.” —Elizabeth Moon, author of the Paksenarrion novels]]> 284 Jon Del Arroz Daniel 0 to-read 3.79 2016 Star Realms: Rescue Run
author: Jon Del Arroz
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Wardens of Archos (The Relics of Ar'Zac, #2)]]> 36184683
but her kingdom has other plans.

The Tramuran ambassador unnerves her.

The Krymistian lady is hiding something.

A Mist Woman brings her a gift, and a warning: Aeron's death has released the Dark One's shades into the world. And Rachael, as the only living seer in existence, is the only one who can stop him before he destroys everything she's beginning to cherish. But can Rachael trust the Mist Woman, or is Kaida just another sorceress playing with her life?

There's a chance that answers are hidden beneath the ancient Krymistian ruins of Archos.

If only she could be sure that her nightmares of Cephy are just that, and not something darker...

Rachael is running out of time. The shadows are coming, and their claws are reaching for her.]]> 362 Sarina Langer 1545335435 Daniel 0 to-read 4.29 Wardens of Archos (The Relics of Ar'Zac, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rise of the Sparrows (The Relics of Ar'Zac #1)]]> 30255200 A cursed omen who dreams of death. A girl who calls fire with a wish. A group of resistance fighters who need the king to die.

Prophecy has brought them together, but will it destroy them too?

As a homeless orphan, shunned for having the gift, Rachael knows how to survive. The visions of people dying are only hers to see. The shadows are her safety. When Cephy comes into her life, having a friend who is as feared by the villagers as Rachael seems too good to be true.

After a fiery incident, the villagers call on the White Guard to execute Rachael and Cephy. Together, they flee into a world they know nothing about. In the unknown await a Mist Woman, a prophecy, and a young rebel who sounds sincere, but in Rachael's experience, no one ever is.

The Sparrows--fighters of the resistance--believe in her because a prophecy names her, but can she be the leader they need when she can't control her own magic?

Rachael knows the struggles the gifted endure all too well. Perhaps it's time she stopped hiding and fought back.]]> 344 Sarina Langer Daniel 0 to-read 3.90 Rise of the Sparrows (The Relics of Ar'Zac #1)
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]]> The War of Art 1319 168 Steven Pressfield 0446691437 Daniel 0 to-read 3.95 2002 The War of Art
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)]]> 10664113 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys’s claim to Westeros forever.

Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone—a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.

From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.]]> 1125 George R.R. Martin Daniel 0 to-read 4.33 2011 A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
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]]> Low Town (Low Town, #1) 9755449 Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.

In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its cham­pion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs. Every day is a constant hustle to find new customers and protect his turf from low-life competition like Tancred the Harelip and Ling Chi, the enigmatic crime lord of the heathens.

The Warden’s life of drugged iniquity is shaken by his dis­covery of a murdered child down a dead-end street . . . set­ting him on a collision course with the life he left behind. As a former agent with Black House—the secret police—he knows better than anyone that murder in Low Town is an everyday thing, the kind of crime that doesn’t get investi­gated. To protect his home, he will take part in a dangerous game of deception between underworld bosses and the psy­chotic head of Black House, but the truth is far darker than he imagines. In Low Town, no one can be trusted.

Daniel Polansky has crafted a thrilling novel steeped in noir sensibilities and relentless action, and set in an original world of stunning imagination, leading to a gut-wrenching, unforeseeable conclusion. Low Town is an attention-grabbing debut that will leave readers riveted . . . and hun­gry for more.]]> 352 Daniel Polansky 0385534469 Daniel 0 to-read 3.86 2011 Low Town (Low Town, #1)
author: Daniel Polansky
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.86
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]]> <![CDATA[Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)]]> 175983 Marking the return of many characters from Gardens of the Moon and introducing a host of remarkable new players, Memories of Ice is both a momentous new chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent epic fantasy and a triumph of storytelling. The ravaged continent of Genabackis has given birth to a terrifying new the Pannion Domin. Like a tide of corrupted blood, it seethes across the land, devouring all. In its path stands an uneasy Onearm's army and Whiskeyjack's Bridgeburners alongside their enemies of old--the forces of the Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii mages, and the Rhivi people of the plains. But ancient undead clans are also gathering; the T'lan Imass have risen. For it would seem something altogether darker and more malign threatens this world. Rumors abound that the Crippled God is now unchained and intent on a terrible revenge.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 925 Steven Erikson 0765348802 Daniel 5 4.46 2001 Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> A Song for Arbonne 104085
The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long-dead Aelis, lover of one, wife of the other and once heir to the country's throne.

To the north lies militaristic Gorhaut, whose inhabitants worship the militant god Corannos and are ruled by corrupt, womanizing King Ademar. His chief advisor, the high priest of Corannos, is determined to eradicate the worship of a female deity, whose followers live to the south.

Into this cauldron of brewing disaster comes the mysterious Gorhaut mercenary Blaise, who takes service with Bertran and averts an attempt on his life. The revelation of Blaise's lineage and a claim for sanctuary by his sister-in-law sets the stage for a brutal clash between the two cultures. Intertwined is the tale of a young woman troubadour whose role suggests the sweep of the drama to come.]]> 512 Guy Gavriel Kay 0451458974 Daniel 0 to-read 4.24 1992 A Song for Arbonne
author: Guy Gavriel Kay
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1992
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)]]> 1215032 There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.

So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view — a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.

All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived ... until Kvothe.

In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

]]> 994 Patrick Rothfuss 0756404738 Daniel 0 to-read 4.55 2011 The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.55
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]]> <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]> 55399 Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.

However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.]]> 666 Steven Erikson 0765348780 Daniel 4 3.92 1999 Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)]]> 140671
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.]]> 319 Glen Cook Daniel 0 to-read 3.94 1984 The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)
author: Glen Cook
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1984
rating: 0
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]]> The Bacchae 26523
Based on the Greek myth of the god Dionysus's punishment of King Pentheus and his mother Agave, Williams' The Bacchae of Euripides is a unique interpretation of one of the most celebrated plays in the history of dramatic theater.

With an Introduction by Martha Nussbaum, award-winning author of The Fragility of Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy]]> 144 Euripides 0374522065 Daniel 3 3.85 -405 The Bacchae
author: Euripides
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.85
book published: -405
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 186074
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.

A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 662 Patrick Rothfuss 075640407X Daniel 4 4.52 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Let Me In 7911377 472 John Ajvide Lindqvist 0312656491 Daniel 0 to-read 3.83 2004 Let Me In
author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Daniel 0 to-read 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror]]> 32769
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At the Mountains of Madness • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1936) • novel by H. P. Lovecraft
The Dreams in the Witch-House • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1933) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
The Shunned House • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
The Statement of Randolph Carter • [Randolph Carter] • (1920) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft]]> 184 H.P. Lovecraft 0345329457 Daniel 0 4.26 1981 At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Draconian Measures (Dragonlance: Kang's Regiment, #2)]]> 92886 But Commander Kang puzzles over a sinister mystery. Why are some of his men vanishing? Kang will have to use draconian measures to defeat his foes and save his race. They'd better be enough -- the fate of his entire race hangs in the balance.
]]> 368 Don Perrin 0786916788 Daniel 3 4.03 2000 Draconian Measures (Dragonlance: Kang's Regiment, #2)
author: Don Perrin
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black God's War (Splendor and Ruin, #0.5)]]> 12236618
Her father-king wants war.
Her messianic brother wants peace.
The black god wants his due.
She suffers all the consequences.

King Vieri is losing his war against the lands of Pawelon. Feeling abandoned by his god, he forces his son Caio, the kingdom’s holy savior, to lead his army. Victory ought to come soon.

To counter Caio’s powers, Pawelon’s prince enters the conflict. Rao is a gifted sage, a master of spiritual laws. He joins the rajah to defend their citadel against the invaders. But Rao’s ideals soon clash with his army’s general.

The Black One tortures Lucia nightly with visions promising another ten years of bloodshed. She can no longer tell the difference between the waking world and her nightmares. Lucia knows the black god too well. He entered her bed and dreams when she was ten.

The Black One watches, waiting to see Lucia confront an impossible decision over the fates of two men—and two lands.]]> 385 Moses Siregar III Daniel 0 to-read 3.52 2010 The Black God's War (Splendor and Ruin, #0.5)
author: Moses Siregar III
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)]]> 6043781 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat.

The Witcher returns in this sequel to The Last Wish, as the inhabitants of his world become embroiled in a state of total war.]]> 398 Andrzej Sapkowski Daniel 0 to-read 4.05 1994 Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hero With a Thousand Faces]]> 588138
Myth, according to Campbell, is the projection of a culture's dreams onto a large screen; Campbell's book, like Star Wars, the film it helped inspire, is an exploration of the big-picture moments from the stage that is our world. It is a must-have resource for both experienced students of mythology and the explorer just beginning to approach myth as a source of knowledge.]]> 416 Joseph Campbell 0691017840 Daniel 0 to-read 4.15 1949 The Hero With a Thousand Faces
author: Joseph Campbell
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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]]> Ubik 22590
Esta mordaz comedia metafísica de muerte y salvación (que podrá llevar un cómodo envase) es un tour de force de amenaza paranoica y comedia absurda, en la cual los muertos ofrecen consejos comerciales, compran su siguiente reencarnación y corren el riesgo continuo de volver a morir.]]> 288 Philip K. Dick 8498000831 Daniel 0 to-read 4.11 1969 Ubik
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1969
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Sandworms Of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #8)]]> 1106221 Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past--including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica--to use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in two safe-deposit boxes for a decade, Sandworms of Dune will answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades: the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between Man and Machine. This breathtaking new novel in Frank Herbert's Dune series has enough surprises and plot twists to please even the most demanding reader.]]> 546 Brian Herbert 0765351498 Daniel 3 3.51 2007 Sandworms Of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #8)
author: Brian Herbert
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> Space, Inc 633537 HELP WANTED:Position open for goal-oriented professional.  Must be willing to work in zero gravity.  MAY THE WORK-FORCE BE WITH YOU.

In this all-new, original anthology, today's top sf talents tackle tomorrow's jobs-in space and beyond.  Each story in this intriguing collection begins with a Want Ad-and ends up revealing a space-age working world of headhunters, applicants, bosses, and employees.  So punch the timeclock-and get to work...

It's not just a job.  It's the future.

9 • Introduction (Space Inc.) • essay by Julie E. Czerneda
11 • The Eightfold Career Path; or Invisible Duties • short story by James Alan Gardner
23 • Porter's Progress • short story by Isaac Szpindel
43 • Catalog of Woe • short story by Mindy L. Klasky
63 • Ferret and Red • short story by Josepha Sherman
82 • A Man's Place • novelette by Eric Choi
108 • Dancing in the Dark • novelette by Nancy Kress
130 • The Siren Stone • novelette by Derwin Mak
154 • Feef's House • novelette by Doranna Durgin
179 • Attached Please Find My Novel • novelette by Sean P. Fodera
202 • Field Trip • novelette by Janet Stirling and S. M. Stirling
236 • Come All Ye Faithful • short story by Robert J. Sawyer
252 • Riggers • short story by Michael E. Picray
272 • Suspended Lives • novelette by Alison Sinclair
297 • I Knew a Guy Once • novelette by Tanya Huff
320 • Editor's Bio (Space Inc.) • essay by Julie E. Czerneda

 ]]> 319 Julie E. Czerneda 075640147X Daniel 3 3.85 2003 Space, Inc
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]]> <![CDATA[The Armour of Contempt (Gaunt's Ghosts #10)]]> 2056578 416 Dan Abnett 1844164020 Daniel 4 4.16 2006 The Armour of Contempt (Gaunt's Ghosts #10)
author: Dan Abnett
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 4
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]]> Legion (The Horus Heresy, #7) 1678745 416 Dan Abnett 1844165361 Daniel 3 4.13 2008 Legion (The Horus Heresy, #7)
author: Dan Abnett
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]]> Variable Star 1548137
When Joel Johnston first met Jinny Hamilton, it seemed like a dream come true. And when she finally agreed to marry him, he felt like the luckiest man in the universe.

There was just one small problem. He was broke. His only goal in life was to become a composer, and he knew it would take years before he was earning enough to support a family.

But Jinny wasn't willing to wait. And when Joel asked her what they were going to do for money, she gave him a most unexpected answer. She told him that her name wasn't really Jinny Hamilton—it was Jinny Conrad, and she was the granddaughter of Richard Conrad, the wealthiest man in the solar system.

And now that she was sure that Joel loved her for herself, not for her wealth, she revealed her family's plans for him—he would be groomed for a place in the vast Conrad empire and sire a dynasty to carry on the family business.

Most men would have jumped at the opportunity. But Joel Johnston wasn't most men. To Jinny's surprise, and even his own, he turned down her generous offer and then set off on the mother of all benders. And woke up on a colony ship heading out into space, torn between regret over his rash decision and his determination to forget Jinny and make a life for himself among the stars.

He was on his way to succeeding when his plans—and the plans of billions of others—were shattered by a cosmic cataclysm so devastating it would take all of humanity's strength and ingenuity just to survive.]]> 339 Robert A. Heinlein 0765351684 Daniel 3 3.83 2006 Variable Star
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name: Daniel
average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)]]> 626781
The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arkady Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed... before it destroys them.]]> 280 Isaac Asimov 0553293362 Daniel 4 4.08 1953 Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bourne Sanction (Jason Bourne, #6)]]> 5362553


Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.

Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying information about the group's terrorist activities, including an immediate plan to attack the United States.

The organization, the Black Legion, and its lethal plot have also popped up on the radar of Central Intelligence, where new director Veronica Hart is struggling to assert her authority. Sensing an opportunity to take control of CI by showing Hart's incompetence, National Security Agency operatives plan to accomplish what CI never could-hunt down and kill Bourne.]]> 704 Eric Van Lustbader 0446539872 Daniel 3 3.49 2008 The Bourne Sanction (Jason Bourne, #6)
author: Eric Van Lustbader
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.49
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon's Nine Sons (Celestial Empire)]]> 1244546 429 Chris Roberson 1844165248 Daniel 3 3.06 2008 The Dragon's Nine Sons (Celestial Empire)
author: Chris Roberson
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.06
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Ghost Recon (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, #1)]]> 3398369 368 David Michaels 0425220141 Daniel 3 3.96 2008 Ghost Recon (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, #1)
author: David Michaels
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Saint (Gaunt's Ghosts, #4-7)]]> 1052303 1024 Dan Abnett 1844164799 Daniel 5 4.46 2007 The Saint (Gaunt's Ghosts, #4-7)
author: Dan Abnett
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average rating: 4.46
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience]]> 23915 Excellent Book 64 William Blake 0486270513 Daniel 4 3.96 1794 Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
author: William Blake
name: Daniel
average rating: 3.96
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]]> Paradise Lost 16607 In sublime poetry of extraordinary beauty, Milton's poem references tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Iliad and Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid. But one need not be a classical scholar to appreciate Paradise Lost. In addition to its imaginative use of language, the poem features a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Lucifer, the rebel angel who frequently outshines his moral superiors. With Milton's deft use of irony, the devil makes evil appear good, just as satanic practices may seem attractive at first glance.
Paradise Lost has exercised enormous influence on generations of artists and their works, ranging from the Romantic poets William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley to Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.]]> 480 John Milton Daniel 4 3.83 1667 Paradise Lost
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]]> A Midsummer Night's Dream 7009 • An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Wolfgang Clemen, University of Munich
• A note on the sources from which Shakespeare derived A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by William Hazlitt, John Russell Brown, Frank Kermode, Linda Bamber, Camille Wells Slights
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, then and now
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type
• Up-to-date list of recommended readings]]> 162 William Shakespeare 0451526961 Daniel 2 3.91 1595 A Midsummer Night's Dream
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]]> A Doll's House 283664 72 Henrik Ibsen 0486270629 Daniel 2 3.66 1879 A Doll's House
author: Henrik Ibsen
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]]> Frankenstein 18489
Criticism brings together twelve seminal essays. The emphasis is on range―both critical (psychoanalytic, mythic, new historicist, and feminist essays are included) and chronological (essays span the last thirty years). Christopher Small, George Lebine, Ellen Moers, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Barbara Johnson, Mary Poovey, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, William Veeder, Anne K. Mellor, Susan Winnett, Marilyn Butler, and Lawrence Lipking provide diverse perspectives.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 336 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0393964582 Daniel 3 3.88 1818 Frankenstein
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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]]> Brisingr (Inheritance, #3) 6120988
This deluxe edition includes deleted scenes, never-before-seen art by the author, and a guide to dwarf runes.
 
Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.
 
First is Eragon's oath to his cousin to help rescue Roran's beloved from King Galbatorix's clutches. But Eragon owes his loyalty to others, too. The Varden are in desperate need of his talents and strength—as are the elves and dwarves. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices—choices that take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice.
 
In Eragon lies the greatest hope for a better Alagaësia. Can this once simple farm boy rise to become the leader he must to unite the rebel forces and defeat the king?
 
A #1  New York Times  Bestseller
A #1  USA Today  Bestseller
A  Wall Street Journal  Bestseller
A  Publishers Weekly  Bestseller
An IndieBound Bestseller]]> 800 Christopher Paolini 0375854819 Daniel 0 4.16 2008 Brisingr (Inheritance, #3)
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]]> Culture Warrior 85782
In Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nation’s motto “E Pluribus Unum” (“From Many, One”) might change to “What About Me?”; dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes, including George Soros, George Lakoff, and the ACLU; and dives into matters of race, education, and the war on terror. He also shows how the culture war has played out in such high-profile instances as The Passion of the Christ, Fahrenheit 9/11, the abuse epidemic (child and otherwise), and the embattled place of religion in public life—with special emphasis on the war against Christmas. Whatever controversies are roiling the nation, he fearlessly confronts them—and no one will be in the dark about which side he’s on.

Culture Warrior showcases Bill O’Reilly at his most eloquent and impassioned. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, and in this book, he fights the good fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long.]]> 219 Bill O'Reilly 0767920929 Daniel 2 3.65 2006 Culture Warrior
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)]]> 7165300
When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.]]> 629 Brent Weeks 0316075558 Daniel 0 to-read 4.23 2010 The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)]]> 3227063 New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks...
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist.

For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.

But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.]]> 645 Brent Weeks 0316033677 Daniel 0 to-read 4.15 2008 The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories]]> 160149 A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror.

"I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." - Stephen King.

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study. He wrote many essays and poems early in his career, but gradually focused on the writing of horror stories, after the advent in 1923 of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, to which he contributed most of his fiction. His relatively small corpus of fiction—three short novels and about sixty short stories—has nevertheless exercised a wide influence on subsequent work in the field, and he is regarded as the leading twentieth-century American author of supernatural fiction. H. P. Lovecraft died in Providence in 1937.

S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1999), and The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood’s Ancient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are The Weird Tale (1990), Lord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination (1995), H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.]]> 420 H.P. Lovecraft 0141182342 Daniel 0 4.21 1928 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
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]]> Term Limits 85392 Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780671023188 here

TAKING AMERICA BACK ... ONE POLITICIAN AT A TIME
In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people. No one, they warn, is out of their reach—not even the president.

A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the killers are elite military commandos, but no one knows exactly who they are or when they will strike next. Only Michael O'Rourke, a former U.S. Marine and freshman congressman, holds a clue to the violence: a haunting incident in his own past with explosive implications for his country's future ...]]> 612 Vince Flynn 0671023187 Daniel 4 4.33 1997 Term Limits
author: Vince Flynn
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average rating: 4.33
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)]]> 3314369 391 Richard K. Morgan 0575084812 Daniel 0 to-read 3.73 2008 The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1)
author: Richard K. Morgan
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> <![CDATA[On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft]]> 10569 (back cover)]]> 320 Stephen King 0743455967 Daniel 5 4.33 2000 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
author: Stephen King
name: Daniel
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World]]> 2865707 320 Frank L. Acuff 0814480667 Daniel 0 to-read 3.55 1992 How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> Atlas Shrugged 662 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?

Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world’s motor — and the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story.

Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life — from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy — to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction — to the philosopher who becomes a pirate — to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph — to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad — to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.

You must be prepared, when you read this novel, to check every premise at the root of your convictions.

This is a mystery story, not about the murder — and rebirth — of man’s spirit. It is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events, a ruthlessly brilliant plot structure and an irresistible suspense. Do you say this is impossible? Well, that is the first of your premises to check.]]> 1168 Ayn Rand 0452011876 Daniel 0 to-read 3.67 1957 Atlas Shrugged
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams Daniel 0 to-read 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
author: Douglas Adams
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Jennifer Government 33356 335 Max Barry 0349117624 Daniel 0 to-read 3.68 2002 Jennifer Government
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]]> Pathfinder (Pathfinder, #1) 8100267 Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain.

Rigg’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny.

]]> 657 Orson Scott Card 141699176X Daniel 0 to-read 4.00 2010 Pathfinder (Pathfinder, #1)
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]]> The Lord of the Rings 33 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.

When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the Dwarf; Legolas the Elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.]]> 1216 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618640150 Daniel 0 to-read 4.52 1954 The Lord of the Rings
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]]> Spy (Alexander Hawke, #4) 129546
On assignment for the British Secret Service, a man leads a mysterious expedition into the heart of darkness. Sailing up the furthest reaches of the Amazon River, he is captured by a brutal tribe of indigenous cannibals. Forced into slave labor, he witnesses the unimaginable. Golden domes and minarets rise beneath the rainforest canopy. Vast terror armies are being recruited and trained in the jungle. Their goal: a vicious jihad that will unite one continent…and destroy another. They possess weapons only dreamed of by the Western allies. Somehow he must escape his captors and live to tell his tale.

With tensions on its southern border threatening to ignite into war, America must look to the one man who might be able to confront the demons in the jungle…and destroy them. Alex Hawke, with the aid of brilliant Scotland Yard Inspector Ambrose Congreve, and an unstoppable force of nature named Stokely Jones, begins a river journey fraught with peril. He must confront all the terrors that man and nature can hurl at him. From black magic, poison-tipped arrows, and blowguns to an awesome arsenal of the most advanced military hardware, Hawke must overcome insurmountable odds on his quest for victory.

Here is an author who gets you in the palm of his hand and then clenches his fist. And here is a saga loaded to the gunwales with action, glamour, and spellbinding suspense. Alex Hawke once again takes listeners right to that thin border between fear and overwhelming terror. It’s merely a line drawn in the sand. Cross it at your peril.

Cross it if you dare.]]> 496 Ted Bell 0743277236 Daniel 4 4.04 2006 Spy (Alexander Hawke, #4)
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]]> Tsar (Alexander Hawke, #5) 2957183 New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell's most explosive tale of international suspense to date. There dwells, somewhere in Russia, a man so powerful no one even knows his name. His existence is only speculated upon, only whispered about in American corridors of power and CIA strategy meetings. Though he is all but invisible, he is pulling strings — and pulling them hard. For suddenly, Russia is a far, far more ominous threat than even the most hardened cold warriors ever thought possible.

The Russians have their finger on the switch to the European economy and an eye on the American jugular. And, most importantly, they want to be made whole again. Should America interfere with Russia's plans to "reintegrate" her rogue states, well then, America will pay in blood.

In Ted Bell's latest pulse-pounding and action-packed tour de force, Alex Hawke must face a global nightmare of epic proportions. As this political crisis plays out, Russia gains a new leader. Not just a president, but a new tsar, a signal to the world that the old, imperial Russia is back and plans to have her day. And in America, a mysterious killer, known only as Happy the Baker, brutally murders an innocent family and literally flattens the small Midwestern town they once called home. Just a taste, according to the new tsar, of what will happen if America does not back down. Onto this stage must step Alex Hawke, espionage agent extraordinaire and the only man, both Americans and the Brits agree, who can stop the absolute madness borne and bred inside the modern police state of Vladimir Putin's 'New Russia'.

]]> 512 Ted Bell 1416550402 Daniel 4 4.00 2008 Tsar (Alexander Hawke, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Daniel 0 to-read 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3)]]> 29397
Takeshi Kovacs has come home. Home to Harlan's World. An ocean planet with only 5 percent of its landmass poking above the dangerous and unpredictable seas. Try and get above the weather in anything more sophisticated than a helicopter and the Martian orbital platforms will burn you out of the sky.

And death doesn't just wait for you in the seas and the skies. On land, from the tropical beaches and swamps of Kossuth to the icy, machine-infested wastes of New Hokkaido the hard won gains of the Quellist revolution have been lost. The First Families, the corporations and the Yakuza have a stranglehold on everything.

Embarked on a journey of implacable retribution for a lost love, Kovacs is blown off course and into a maelstrom of political intrigue and technological mystery as the ghosts of Harlan's World and his own violent past rise to claim their due. Quellcrist Falconer is back from the dead, they say and hunting her down for the First Families is a savage young Envoy called Kovacs who's been in storage.]]> 464 Richard K. Morgan 0345479718 Daniel 0 to-read 4.01 2005 Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)]]> 279561 Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn’t just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another.

Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers - and bodies - once more... trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire, and helping a far-flung planet’s government put down a bloody revolution.

But when it comes to taking sides, the only one Kovacs is ever really on is his own. So when a rogue pilot and a sleazy corporate fat cat offer him a lucrative role in a treacherous treasure hunt, he’s only too happy to go AWOL with a band of resurrected soldiers of fortune. All that stands between them and the ancient alien spacecraft they mean to salvage are a massacred city bathed in deadly radiation, unleashed nanotechnolgy with a million ways to kill, and whatever surprises the highly advanced Martian race may have in store. But armed with his genetically engineered instincts, and his trusty twin Kalashnikovs, Takeshi is ready to take on anything — and let the devil take whoever’s left behind.

]]> 366 Richard K. Morgan 0345457714 Daniel 4 3.92 2003 Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)]]> 40445
]]> 526 Richard K. Morgan 0345457692 Daniel 5 4.07 2002 Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[American Gods (American Gods, #1)]]> 4407
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

]]> 635 Neil Gaiman Daniel 0 to-read 4.10 2001 American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)]]> 43615
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]> 231 Stephen King 1501143514 Daniel 0 to-read 3.95 1982 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country]]> 25100 160 Neil Gaiman 156389226X Daniel 4 4.26 1990 The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> The Shack 1812457
In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!]]> 248 William Paul Young 0964729237 Daniel 3 3.73 2007 The Shack
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average rating: 3.73
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rating: 3
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]]> The Dwarves (The Dwarves, #1) 6657006 738 Markus Heitz 1841495727 Daniel 4 3.97 2003 The Dwarves (The Dwarves, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2)]]> 9534
But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more. The children of the Battle School are more than heroes; they are potential weapons that can bring power to the countries that control them. One by one, all of Ender's Dragon Army are kidnapped. Only Bean escapes; and he turns for help to Ender's brother Peter.

Peter Wiggin, Ender's older brother, has already been manipulating the politics of Earth from behind the scenes. With Bean's help, he will eventually rule the world.]]> 451 Orson Scott Card 0812565959 Daniel 4 3.96 2000 Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Daniel 3 4.16 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)]]> 62291 An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...]]> 1177 George R.R. Martin 055357342X Daniel 4 4.54 2000 A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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