Global Fiction

After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests that a sinister game was being played on board, but who were the hunters? And who the hunted? Meanwhile in Glasgow DS Michael McNab is called to a horrific incident where a young woman has been set on fire. Or did she spark the flames herself?

The Luna Cult Chronicles has everything: thrills, action, love, horror, coming-of-age, satire, and science fantasy. It’s a space opera that has diverse characters on a stage of a vast scope of time and distance. And it’s a story that connects with us. The fears and passions of Julie and Selene on their life’s journey become our fears and passions. Written with the feeling of a poet and the vision of an architect, this epic has strong characterization, a well-developed plot and plot twists, and relishes the romance of ideas. It echoes the futuristic nostalgia of Ray Bradbury's The ...

A grisly crime scene is discovered along a snowy English country road while a diabolical plot festers in the innermost sanctums of London’s powerful elites. When activist Green Hope is brutally murdered, the line between activism and vengeance blurs dangerously. Journalist Ellie Sato didn't seek trouble, but trouble found her. Drawn towards the chilling murder of activist Miriam Goldsmid—alias Green Hope—Ellie navigates a world of radical eco-groups and dark corporate intrigue, all while wrestling with her own reluctant heroism. As suspects multiply, Ellie uncovers sinister, shocking ...

Armageddon Inferno The Third Installment of the Armageddon Trilogy In the remote wilderness near Yellowstone National Park, a storm is brewing — not of nature, but of man’s darkest ambitions. When NYPD Detective Mick O’Shaughnessy and FBI Special Agent Buddy Burger uncover whispers of a secret Chinese research facility, they stumble onto a chilling conspiracy: a plot to trigger the Yellowstone supervolcano and plunge the world into chaos. Behind the facade of geothermal farming and soil research lies a sinister mission led by Fu Dong — a master of deception now armed with ...

An investigation into the kidnapping of an Atlanta waitress by the local police and the FBI becomes deadly while shadowy forces move with unimaginable arrogance below the radar. Humans yearn to know secrets; it's in our nature. An unlikely duo, a daughter of one of the wealthiest families and a relatively poor construction worker, stumble unto a secret society with the ability to shape world events. Like chess masters moving pieces across a board, members of this group position elements of the world as they implement a radical design planned over several centuries -an ultimate restructuring...

To my listeners who have patiently waited for the next books in the Divine Love Story Trilogy and the Chronicles of Warfare Series, I decided to drop an appetizer to whet your appetites and hold you over as you anticipate the main course.

When James pilots his time-traveling plane from an apocalyptic future back to a Caribbean island in 2024, he believes he has six years to prevent a global cataclysm. His mission is clear: save the planet from a deadly comet impact and a catastrophic coronal mass ejection. But the present is as treacherous as the future he escaped, with regional wars brewing and a shadowy UN Agenda 2030 threatening humanity’s survival. In London, British Marine Justin Benbow takes on a new role with the Island Police Force, only to find himself drawn into a maze of secrets, force fields, and mysterious ...

☆☆☆☆☆ 'Satisfying, brilliant, thrilling and funny!' (Marcia, Goodreads) Crikey mate! It’s 1983. Wham! are top of the charts. Two besties are on their Big O.E. in London. Then one of them meets a bloke and things turn to shit. Jafa, Jennie Agatha Frances Arthur, is a bit pissed off, to say the least. She can’t understand it. It’s not like he, the bloke – Nigel - is George Michael, or anything. Not even close. Jennie and Evie had planned this trip of a lifetime since the school production of Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, for heaven’s sake. And now Evie tells her ...

This live recording could not be more fun! A seasoned storyteller who loves rhythm and song joins with a traditional musician playing instruments ranging from mountain dulcimer to a cardboard box drum to create multicultural magic. The stories come from Siberia, the Makah tradition of Alaska, Cajun Louisiana, Palestine, the British Isles, and the American South.

A book that examines war fiction as told in books and films. My own works are mentioned as well as powerful writers working within that field and a look at the history of such writing.

UNA EXTRAORDINARIA SELECCIÓN DE OBRAS ESENCIALES, EN SU MAYORÍA INÉDITAS, QUE CELEBRAN LA FUERZA, EL TALENTO Y LA DIVERSIDAD DE LAS MUJERES LATINAS, Y TIENDEN PUENTES QUE NOS CONECTAN LAS UNAS CON LAS OTRAS.

Desde la prosa implacable de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz hasta los poderosos cantos de la chamana María Sabina; desde las luchas revolucionarias de Audre Lorde, Lolita Lebrón y Berta Cáceres hasta el activismo de Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; desde los versos pioneros de Cecilia Vicuña, Maryse Condé, Nancy Morejón y Conceição Evaristo hasta la poesía transgresora de Elizabeth Acevedo.

For most of the world life had improved after the implementation of the Basic Human Standard and the formation of The Global Federation of Nations. However, after 15 years, there are some who still fight against the principles of the organization. Natalie Kelley is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune whose reporting focuses on American terrorist groups in opposition to the GFN.

Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. The person you love most is in danger. To save them, each must play The Game—a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner. If you lose, your loved one will die. But what is The Game—and why have they been chosen?

Juan Carlos Luna, the newly appointed Director of NASO, has his own dangerous mission to complete during the opening of a new Global Federation campus in Cuba. And convicted terrorist Noah Bridger is left to confront the sins of his past while imprisoned on a harsh northern tundra. With danger lurking around every corner, this gripping continuation of the Global Federation of Nations saga is a must-read for fans of conspiracy and adventure. And in a battle this important, there will be casualties.

I truly love this book, The Marvelous Land of Oz, by Lyman Frank Baum. It brings up so many memories of childhood when I read it for the first time. Through my life, I have heard this book referenced many times due to its popularity and significance. I hope this book continues to impact the lives of others the way it has impacted mine.

Asphalt was his home as Jensen Grimes tallied miles on his Indian motorcycle to escape from a dangerous life that was too much to bear. Never in his wildest dreams had he fathomed the motorcycle club, Chrome Poppies, would turn into a bloodbath. He was running from them and running from the law, after the body count escalated to exorbitant levels. When Jensen makes it to a small mountain town in central California, he thought he was in the clear until a precocious young girl, Emilie Dillon, begging for money appears in his life.

For sixth grader Sam Warren and his friends Catalina, Alistair, Jaesang, and Zoe, the effects of climate change are too pressing to ignore. Adults don’t seem to be up to the challenge of taking action to make real change, but kids know it’s their futures on the line. If their parents, teachers, and government officials won’t step up well, then, they will!

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper. In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design.

Detectives are hot on the trail of a psycho killer that seems impossible to catch; meanwhile the body count continues to rise. With the killer loose to run the streets of California targeting women over 40, it seems the older the woman, the more turned on the killer becomes; having a fetish for choking the life from each victim. No one is safe walking down the street or being home alone. Your sister, your mother, your grandmother…or you may be next on the list! There’s no escaping the old lady killer!

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1964, o livro é um clássico da literatura infantil brasileira. E desde seu lançamento, vem conquistando gerações de ouvintes. A autora convida as crianças a se aproximarem da poesia, brinca com as palavras, explora a sonoridade, o ritmo, as rimas e a musicalidade. Cecília Meireles resgata o universo infantil permeado por perguntas imprevisíveis, monólogos, comparações incomuns, fantasia e imaginação. Ela cria um universo encantador, a partir de recursos que o gênero e a língua lhe proporcionam.