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The Wrath of Truth (The Wages of Sin, #2)
by L.E.  Parker
Genres: Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

As the Earth grows in knowledge and Hell begins to tighten its hold, the night starts to invade and take over. At first the crow was not a concern for David. It was expected. However, as his mind begins to disintegrate it is following him everywhere, even in his nightmares as terror becomes him and Hell presents in his waking hours. And yet amongst the creatures of evil one begins to confront an ugly truth of existence and with it invites an unholy anger at its discovery, an anger that could destabilise the Devil and rip the Earth in two. When Hell is to unite to ensure the future of darkness, fragile alliances begin to fracture and with wrath blinding the Devil to rationality, the question comes whether it will be the Earth or Hell that will break first. The second in a 5 part story which continues your journey to become one with the dark.
The Fall of Innocence (The Wages of Sin, #3)
by L.E.  Parker
Genres: Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.04

When an angel falls from Heaven to be trapped by the weight of evil, the Earth shakes in fear of the night as humankind struggles to turn to the light and the lost have no way to be found. Salvation is at the very brink of collapse as the remaining beacon of hope is doused in the flames of Hell leading the worlds to the edge of war.  And yet in Hell the passage to power is smeared in deceit with creatures deserting their master as mysterious new arrivals present themselves and what had been sure appears blurred in the unravelling lies.  The delight in the pain of the innocent blinds the Devil to the depths of betrayal which quietly eats into the heart of Hell where feigned stability is crumbling to chaos as control of the Earth is becoming a higher prize to take at a heavier cost.  The third in a five part story which forces you to confront the darkest monsters that will drag you into the shadow.
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
by L.E.  Parker
Genres: Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

When an unstable power is unleashed upon the worlds the Earth is left to tremble under the weight of deception, as the pieces move across the board towards an inevitable and destructive war with only the hands of evil to play with them. Deceit is unmasked, mistrust begins to fester and curiosity that rises in so few risks being torn away as everything is left without the protection of the light. As lies begin to be untold, the passage of death is born to the Earth in silent horror as the fingers of the Devil reach into each and every soul of humankind with no sign of peace to lead them to safety. It matters only to one being that there is salvation and yet with his will broken beyond repair the Earth faces the birth of never ending darkness entirely alone with only dust to suffocate their fragile hope for deliverance.
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
by L.E.  Parker
Genres: Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.15

Whilst the Earth wakes to a new dawn, the balance of power for mankind's soul appears to be decided and yet the Earth is blind to what can truly be seen with monsters unleashed, and only the false light of hope to keep them away. For the creatures of the underworld, the battle for Earth looks to be won, alliances repaired and Eternity decided with angelic acclaim. But disaster approaches them on silent feet, taking them unawares and threatening their survival with its own creeping dread when their malevolent future had seemed so intent and certain; when terror designed for the souls on Earth is turned upon them. With final devastating secrets revealed, the world of Hell is plunged into its own lost despair which can only be saved if they put aside their differences, ignore their personal hatreds, and unite as one to release the true intoxicating supremacy of evil. The final part of a five book series which provides a dark answer to existence which may not have been the one you sought to find.
Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1)
by Vivian Barz
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Horror, Crime, Suspense
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.04

An unlikely pair teams up to investigate a brutal murder in a haunting thriller that walks the line between reality and impossibility.When small-town police officers discover the grave of a young boy, they're quick to pin the crime on a convicted felon who lives nearby. But when it comes to murder, Officer Susan Marlan never trusts a simple explanation, so she's just getting started.Meanwhile, college professor Eric Evans hallucinates a young boy in overalls: a symptom of his schizophrenia - or so he thinks. But when more bodies turn up, Eric has more visions, and they mirror details of the murder case. As the investigation continues, the police stick with their original conclusion, but Susan's instincts tell her something is off. The higher-ups keep stonewalling her, and the FBI's closing in.Desperate for answers, Susan goes rogue and turns to Eric for help. Together they take an unorthodox approach to the case as the evidence keeps getting stranger. With Eric's hallucinations intensifying and the body count rising, can the pair separate truth from illusion long enough to catch a monster?
Year of Yes
by Shonda Rhimes
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Audiobook, Self Help, Biography, Personal Development, Biography Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.06

In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder and Catch, reveals how saying YES changed her life -- and how it can change yours too. With three hit shows on television and three children at home, Shonda Rhimes had lots of good reasons to say no when invitations arrived. Hollywood party? No. Speaking engagement? No. Media appearances? No. And to an introvert like Shonda, who describes herself as 'hugging the walls' at social events and experiencing panic attacks before press interviews, there was a particular benefit to saying no: nothing new to fear. Then came Thanksgiving 2013, when Shonda's sister Delorse muttered six little words at her: You never say yes to anything. Profound, impassioned and laugh-out-loud funny, in Year of Yes Shonda Rhimes reveals how saying YES changed -- and saved -- her life. And inspires readers everywhere to change their own lives with one little word: Yes.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
by Max Brooks
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Audiobook, Fantasy, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death. Yet it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.
The Fireman
by Joe Hill
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box comes a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes and a band of improbable heroes who battle to save it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man known as the Fireman.The fireman is coming. Stay cool.No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it’s Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies—before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.Harper Grayson, a compassionate, dedicated nurse as pragmatic as Mary Poppins, treated hundreds of infected patients before her hospital burned to the ground. Now she’s discovered the telltale gold-flecked marks on her skin. When the outbreak first began, she and her husband, Jakob, had made a pact: they would take matters into their own hands if they became infected. To Jakob’s dismay, Harper wants to live—at least until the fetus she is carrying comes to term. At the hospital, she witnessed infected mothers give birth to healthy babies and believes hers will be fine too. . . if she can live long enough to deliver the child.Convinced that his do-gooding wife has made him sick, Jakob becomes unhinged, and eventually abandons her as their placid New England community collapses in terror. The chaos gives rise to ruthless Cremation Squads—armed, self-appointed posses roaming the streets and woods to exterminate those who they believe carry the spore. But Harper isn’t as alone as she fears: a mysterious and compelling stranger she briefly met at the hospital, a man in a dirty yellow fire fighter’s jacket, carrying a hooked iron bar, straddles the abyss between insanity and death. Known as The Fireman, he strolls the ruins of New Hampshire, a madman afflicted with Dragonscale who has learned to control the fire within himself, using it as a shield to protect the hunted . . . and as a weapon to avenge the wronged.In the desperate season to come, as the world burns out of control, Harper must learn the Fireman’s secrets before her life—and that of her unborn child—goes up in smoke.
The Breath Between Waves
by Charlotte Anne Hamilton
Genres: Lesbian, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Romance, Historical, Adult, Queer
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.74

Penelope Fletcher gave up everything to board the RMS Titanic.Forced to travel to America for her father’s new job, Penelope left her home in Scotland, her beloved grandmother, and even her girlfriend, who promptly got engaged to someone else. Heartbroken, Penelope isn’t looking forward to the weeklong journey. Or that her parents want her to find a husband in America. To make matters worse, she also has to share a cabin with a complete stranger.Ruby Cole, her spunky Irish roommate, is unlike anyone Penelope ever met. They become fast friends as they bond over crushing family expectations and sneaking into lush parties together. That Ruby likes women, too, comes as a surprise to Penelope, but she knows their affair can only be temporary. Because as soon as the Titanic arrives in New York, Penelope will have to marry someone of her father’s choosing.Before long, though, they’ll both have to decide what–and who–is really worth fighting for.
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1)
by A.J. Locke
Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal, Magic, Paranormal Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.14

Falling asleep for almost 300 years was never part of Pennrae’s plan.Of course, when you’re a mercenary with magical abilities and defy a spellbinding prophecy…bad stuff happens.Now, magic is long gone from the world. So Penn works as a karate instructor, trying very hard to dodge her hot, flirty, and super annoying colleague, Callan. All is well until a Jigori – a nightmarish magic-eating monster – shows up at a New York City street fair, forcing Penn to use her Shaper magic, which allows her to transform wood and metal into deadly weapons.Now, the Jigori’s master has her scent, and their eye on stealing her 300 years of life. If they succeed, Penn succumbs to centuries of sleep again, and magic will be unleashed on a completely unprepared world.And to add to her ridiculously complicated life, something isn’t quite right with Callan. Which she could figure out if it weren’t for that evil, apocalyptic plot she’s trying to stop. But Penn may not have a choice – Callan could be the secret weapon she needs to save the world…
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series
by Hayao Miyazaki
Genres: Manga, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.76

[ 
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 | Book 1 | Book 2 ]Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. A modern masterpiece, the entire series is now available in this deluxe box set containing two hardcover volumes with interior color pages and a bonus poster.
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1)
by Hafsah Faizal
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

People lived because she killed. People died because he lived.Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the sultan. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected; if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways. Both Zafira and Nasir are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya--but neither wants to be.War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the sultan on a similar mission: retrieve the artifact and kill the Hunter. But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds--and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Contemporary, Audiobook, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.45

Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.Summoned to Evelyn’s Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn’s life unfolds through the decades—revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love—Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn’s story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.Filled with emotional insight and written with Reid’s signature talent, this is a fascinating journey through the splendor of Old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it takes—to face the truth
Splitting the Arrow: Understanding the business of Life
by Prem Rawat
Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.19

Prem Rawat is an international speaker and peace ambassador , closely involved with peace education and has been speaking on the subject for over 50 years. He is an accomplished pilot and art photographer, married with four children. In this book Rawat uses his story telling skills, drawn from his travels around the world. The stories, of varying lengths, transcend culture and draw out simple meaning about the business of life: what success and prosperity really mean. This illustrated book, designed in Japan, has been nominated for a national award there. Book production and print quality is important to the publishers. It’s a tactile hardback with an engaging cover, made with the finest paper and ink. The illustrator, Aya Shiroi, is very well known in her home country for her watercolour illustrations. Here she uses pen and ink line drawings to illustrate the author’s words. In the second part of the book the editors show how Rawat’s stories apply in real lif
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
by Holly Black
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Fae, Young Adult Fantasy, Fiction, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.37


He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.
Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity… From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (D.O.D.O., #1)
by Neal Stephenson
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.86

From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will alter their lives and human history itself. The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer. The only condition: she must sign a nondisclosure agreement in return for the rather large sum of money.Tristan needs Mel to translate some very old documents, which, if authentic, are earth-shattering. They prove that magic actually existed and was practiced for centuries. But the arrival of the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment weakened its power and endangered its practitioners. Magic stopped working altogether in 1851, at the time of the Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace—the world’s fair celebrating the rise of industrial technology and commerce. Something about the modern world "jams" the "frequencies" used by magic, and it’s up to Tristan to find out why.And so the Department of Diachronic Operations—D.O.D.O. —gets cracking on its real mission: to develop a device that can bring magic back, and send Diachronic Operatives back in time to keep it alive . . . and meddle with a little history at the same time. But while Tristan and his expanding operation master the science and build the technology, they overlook the mercurial—and treacherous—nature of the human heart.Written with the genius, complexity, and innovation that characterize all of Neal Stephenson’s work and steeped with the down-to-earth warmth and humor of Nicole Galland’s storytelling style, this exciting and vividly realized work of science fiction will make you believe in the impossible, and take you to places—and times—beyond imagining.
L'Ultima Primavera. Il riflesso segreto dei ricordi: Romanzo
by Giulietta Esthel
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.90

UN SEGRETO DI FAMIGLIA, UNA MISTERIOSA VILLA IN TOSCANA, UN AMORE SENZA TEMPO "Chi era Flora? Perché non mi avevano mai parlato di lei?... Avrei tanto voluto avere un abito o qualche oggetto che le era appartenuto. Per questo, mi ero già tanto affezionata alla villa. E ora, mi rendevo conto di iniziare ad amare anche il giardino. E il salice piangente sul bordo del laghetto. Emanava da essi un senso dolce di pace, come se un sogno d'amore vivesse tuttora in quel minuscolo angolo di mondo..." Clemenza è una giovane insegnante; alla morte della nonna, una ex attrice degli anni Quaranta, riceve una strana eredità. Una casa in Toscana, di cui non ha mai saputo l'esistenza, dove aveva vissuto una sua misteriosa antenata, anch'essa sconosciuta. Con il ritrovamento di un manoscritto potrà rievocarne le vicende tornando al 1943, quando la villa è stata costruita, e rivivere il suo grande amore. "Era come se, in quella casa, mi si fosse svelata una linea di demarcazione tra presente e passato..." 1943 - "Non so bene da quale parte cominciare. Ebbene, inizierò col dire che stiamo qui da appena un giorno e che vi rimarremo ben oltre l'estate, credo. Mio padre non fa che ringraziare la Provvidenza per avergli ispirato questa soluzione. Perché alcuni giorni fa è accaduto infine, ciò che lui temeva da tanto. E che molti pensavano, non sarebbe potuto avvenire mai. Roma, la Città Eterna, è stata bombardata..." 1944 - "I combattenti. Quando associo questa parola all'uomo che amo, il cuore si fa piccolo piccolo, paventando il pericolo. Darei tutta la vita che mi rimane, per salvare la sua... Mi ha chiesto di aspettarlo; lo aspetterò. Chissà, se riceverò presto sue notizie..." 1945 - "Lui si sporse leggermente, e mi baciò. Chiusi gli occhi, nell'incanto di quel bacio, e quando dopo li riaprii ero nel mio letto. Sola. Mentre la luce acerba dell'alba iniziava a rischiarare la mia stanza, sentii il cuore andare in pezzi..." Un segreto nascosto nel tempo. Un amore struggente sullo sfondo della Seconda guerra mondiale e della lotta partigiana, in una storia che intreccia presente e passato.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
by Terry Ryan
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir, Adult, Book Club, History
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.90

Evelyn Ryan, wife of an alcoholic husband and mother of ten children, lived in a small town in a time and place when women did not seek jobs outside the home. When finances ran low, feeling desperate, she turned to her parish priest who suggested she "take in laundry." Ryan had to laugh at the advice because she could barely keep up with her own family's washing and ironing. A lesser woman might have succumbed to poverty, but she was determined to keep her family financially afloat and to teach her children that the life of the mind was important. In the early 1950s, Ryan started entering contests, composing her jingles, poems, and essays at the ironing board. She won household appliances, bikes, watches, clocks, and, occasionally, cash. She won a freezer, and several weeks later, she won a supermarket shopping-spree. When the family was faced with eviction, she received a $5000 first place check from the regional Western Auto Store. Ryan's unconventionality and sense of humor triumphed over poverty, and her persistence makes the reader cheer her on.