Galaxy ''Alex'' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale''s freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world''s most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch. Alex has been tasked with ...
Percy Jackson and the Titan''''s Curse is the third book in Rick Riordan''''s bestselling fantasy adventure series. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. It''''s not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human. But when you''''re the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth ...
Cujo is so well paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading. ...
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy - Apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is rising. If Carter and Sadie ...
Juliette Ferrars thought she\''d won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she\''s still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she\''s got the whole world in the palm of her hand. When tragedy hits, who will she become? ...
The Third Wheel is the hilarious seventh book in the brilliant, bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. This book is perfect for readers of 8+ and all the millions of Wimpy Kid fans. Also now a box office-busting major motion franchise with the third Wimpy Kid movie, Dog Days released ...
As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but the words would not come. When ...
From the back list of Elif Shafak, author of The Architect''s Apprentice, The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and was long listed for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor''s surgery. ''I need to have an abortion'', ...
From the author of The Architect''s Apprentice and Honour, The Forty Rules of Love is Elif Shafak''s compelling and profound novel following Ella Rubinstein on a journey of self-discovery, examining life and love through Sufi mysticism. Discover the forty rules of love.Ella Rubinstein has a husband, ...
