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1) The Offering
Publisher
Campfire Comics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Mahabharat is an abiding collection of stories about the ancient Pandav-Kaurav feud over the Kuru throne. Traditionally, the Pandavs are accepted as the good side but there is one story that drops an ungraceful shadow on that notion -- and that is the story of Ekalavya. Ekalavya, whose skill with archery could have rescued the Kauravs from defeat. Ekalavya, who gave away his most important asset as guru dakshina so that the guru-shishya parampara...
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Language
English
Description
"The Devil Wears Prada meets The Assistants in this compulsively readable workplace novel following a young woman who takes a job working for an enigmatic influencer and who quickly discovers that having it all and being it all comes with a price"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rosalinda is trapped on Sinner's Isle, an island filled with young women like her--Majestics, beautiful witches loathed by society for their dangerous magic yet revered by powerful men who want to use them. For years, she has been kept under the watchful, calculating eye of Doña Lucia. Now eighteen, Rosa will be the prized commodity at this year's Offering, a fiesta for the wealthy to engage in drink, damsels, and debauchery. That is why she must...
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Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 13
Language
English
Description
"Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston. Someone is killing the world's leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister? After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest...
6) Snatched #2
Publisher
Scout Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An incident at the strip club drives Andre to realize he's outgrown his job and further solidifies his decision to take Harold up on the offer to buy one ton of human hair. In Las Vegas, Mo discovers his bride is every bit the loose cannon as her homicidal father. Up in Oakland, Mr. Lee's mysterious tormenter ups the ante by striking close to home.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
After being rescued by Hugh, Anne is invited back to his castle, yet she cant help but wonder why hed go so far to help her. As she gets a taste of the finer things in life, Hugh approaches her and makes her the offer of a lifetimebut the choice she faces isnt as easy as it seems Read the next chapter of Sugar Apple Fairy Tale the same day as Japan!
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Chastity Jack has been kidnapped, to the great misfortune of her kidnappers. She, along with a dozen other young women, arrive at an audition for a prestigious New York City burlesque act hoping to land a coveted spot in the popular show. When they wake up in chains on a spooky cruise ship in the middle of nowhere, they're congratulated on joining the cast. Realizing they've been drugged and kidnapped by human traffickers, Chastity Jack declines the...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Chastity Jack has been kidnapped, to the great misfortune of her kidnappers. She, along with a dozen other young women, arrive at an audition for a prestigious New York City burlesque act hoping to land a coveted spot in the popular show. When they wake up in chains on a spooky cruise ship in the middle of nowhere, they're congratulated on joining the cast. Realizing theyve been drugged and kidnapped by human traffickers, Chastity Jack declines the...
Publisher
Digital Manga
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Budding architect Yoshiki received a request to design a new building. The client is a super popular manga artist named Kurato. Since Yoshiki isnt able to design the kind of building Kurato needs yet, he decides to decline the offer in person but encounters a beautiful man! That man, Kurato, is willing to wait for Yoshiki to design the building he needs, no matter how long it takes. What are his true intentions?!
Translated by Victoria Woolsworth;...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repentance and renewal in American evangelicalism American evangelical Christianity has lost its way. While the witness of the church before a watching world is diminished beyond recognition, congregations are torn apart over Donald Trump, Christian nationalism, racial injustice, sexual predation, disgraced leaders, and covered-up scandals. Left behind are...
Publisher
Digital Manga
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
It is rumored that Touji Seryou, one of the more popular boys at school, would go out with anyone who asks him out on a Monday morning. But on this particular Monday morning, the first person he meets at the school gate is no other than Yuzuru Shino, Seryous sempai at the archery club.
On a whim, and well-aware of Seryous reputation, Shino asks Seryou to go out with him. Thinking that it will be treated as a joke, theyre both guys after all, imagine...
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
To be born a slave is a fact, not a fatality. And facts can be changed. In the country of Ossaniul, there is a fortress that is as disproportionate as it is inaccessible: the Highest House. Its masters, the noble family of Aldercrest, reign over a veritable army of slaves. At the bottom of the ladder, young Moth performs the most thankless tasks and has little hope of living past childhood. Until the day he meets Obsidian, a mysterious prisoner of...
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island,...
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ronnie Anne once again has her hands full with Ronnie Anne once again has her hands full with her huge extended family plus all her friends in Great Lakes City. And: Ronnie Anne and Sid are struggling with their class project! Can T©Ưa Frida help them build their artistic vision? Or are things about to get wild? Plus: Lori drives out for a fantastic new job opportunity! But feathers may get ruffled when this internship goes sideways¿́Œ--Provided...
16) Valley verified
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York's fashion world. After a string of unpaid internships, she's now a fashion columnist at Chic, lives in a quaint apartment in Manhattan, and gets invited to exclusive industry events. But life in New York City isn't as chic as Zoe imagined. Her editor wants her to censor her opinions to please the big brands; she shares her "quaint" (read: small) apartment with two roommates who never let her store kimchi...
Author
Publisher
BiggerPockets Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're just getting started as an investor or already have a real estate business, this book will fully prepare you to find off-market leads, uncover sellers' motivations, negotiate with confidence, close more deals, build a team, and much more. Wealth without Cash has everything you need to become a millionaire investor without utilizing your own capital. In this book, you will: Learn how to build a portfolio of off-market deals without...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch!" —Emily Giffin
One of Good Morning America's 15 books to read heading into spring and a SheReads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost)
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Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Set in contemporary Nigeria, Uche Okonkwo's A Kind of Madness is a collection of ten stories concerned with literal madness but also those private feelings that, when left unspoken, can feel like a type of madness: desire, desperation, hunger, fear, sadness, shame, longing. In these stories, a young woman and her mother bask in the envy of their neighbors when the woman receives an offer of marriage from the family of a doctor living in Belgium-though...
Author
Publisher
Lindsay Buroker
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Ever War has ended, and the curse that compelled the elven princess Hysithea to attack her own people has been lifted. But she's haunted by nightmares, plagued by guilt, and unable to access the magical power that once flowed through her veins. It is not the time to seek out romance. Then a fearsome warrior from the human empire arrives, a supposed diplomat. Mrothgar is tattooed, muscled, and looks like he'd rather slay elves than befriend them,...