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1) Jade city
Author
Series
Green Bone saga volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Stylish and action-packed, full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is an epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book." -- Ken Liu, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories FAMILY IS DUTY. MAGIC IS POWER. HONOR IS EVERYTHING....
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Series
Publisher
Steeple Hill
Language
English
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Everyone in Middleburg, Kentucky, lines up for baker Dinah Hopkins's cinnamon rolls. Everyone except her handsome new landlord, Cameron Rollings. The jaded city man doesn't like anything about small-town life—from the fresh air to her fresh-baked snickerdoodles. And he clearly considers Dinah as quirky as her eccentric oven. The way to Cameron's heart is not through his toned stomach. But the Lord led him to Kentucky Corners for a reason. And...
3) Jade war
Author
Series
Green Bone saga volume 2
Publisher
Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In Jade War, the sequel to the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-nominated Jade City, the Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years. Beyond Kekon's...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Jade is starting eighth grade in a new city--Atlanta. She just wants to go back to Chicago, where her friends are. Where her Abuela lives. There, Jade meets Itztli, an elderly storyteller who exists between dreams and reality. In the golden afternoons when Itztli appears, he steps out of the forest as a lithe, agile jaguar. But when he speaks to Jade, he is a wise old man who makes intricate works of art and tells her ancestral stories of Mexico....
5) Problems
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Dark, raw, and very funny, [this book] introduces us to Maya, a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isn't much fun anymore. Maya's been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely-calibrated life descends into chaos, and she has to make some choices. Maya's struggle to be alone, to be a woman,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery ... Miss Marple...
7) Red alert
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Series
Language
English
Description
A renowned documentary filmmaker is found dead after a sex game goes horribly wrong. Across town, a homemade bomb explodes at a charity benefit. The only cops who can work both cases are Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald of NYPD Red - the elite, hard-charging investigative task force called in exclusively for New York City's most high-profile crimes. Racing against the clock to keep the city's most prominent citizens safe, Zach and Kylie uncover enough...
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Series
(Emma J.).Osiris project volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city of Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm 50 years ago. Most believe that Osiris is the last city on Earth. Adelaide is the black-sheep granddaughter of the city's Architect. A jaded socialite, she wants little to do with her powerful relatives--until her troubled twin brother disappears mysteriously. Vikram, a third-generation storm refugee, sees his own people dying of cold...
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English
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"Welcome to Quinn, Montana, population: 956. A town where nearly all of the volunteer firemen are named Jim, where The Dirty Shame--the only bar in town--refuses to serve mixed drinks (too much work), where the locals hate the newcomers (then again, they hate the locals, too), and where the town softball team has never even come close to having a winning season. Until now. Rachel Flood has snuck back into town after leaving behind a trail of chaos...
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Explore every aspect of the big, bad world of bondage and BDSM with 69 super-quick reads that will set you on fire! Playful, romantic and full of surprises, Bondage Bites is a supremely pleasurable collection of romantic and fun stories you can read anywhere to enjoy a quick fix of BDSM inspiration and delight" -- Unedited summary from the book.
Series
Best women's erotica of the year volume 1
Publisher
Cleis Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
13) City of ink
Author
Series
Li Du novels volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Following the enthralling 18th century Chinese mysteries Jade Dragon Mountain and White Mirror, comes the next Li Du adventure in Whisper of Ink. Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor's execution, that's exactly where he must go. Plunged into the painful memories and teeming streets of Beijing, Li Du obtains a humble clerkship that offers anonymity and access...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After twenty years as a journalist in Hong Kong, ex-pat Englishman Adrian Gyle has very little to show for it. Evenings are whiled away with soup dumplings and tea at Fung Shing, the restaurant downstairs from his home on Java Road, that "most melancholy street in the city, the street where the dead congregated." It is through these jaded eyes that Gyle watches the city around him--once overflowing with wine dinners and private members' clubs--erupt...
15) Bystander 27
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Who will save us from the heroes? For ex-navy SEAL Jon Hayes, the super-powered 'costumes' are just part of ordinary life in New York City -- until the day his pregnant wife Melanie is senselessly killed in a clash between Captain Light and the Jade Shade. But as Hayes struggles to come to terms with his loss, and questions for the first time who the costumes are and where they come from, the once sharp lines of reality begin to blur... If Hayes wants...
16) Braised pork
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"One autumn morning, Jia Jia walks into the bathroom of her lavish Beijing apartment to find her husband dead. One minute she was breakfasting with him and packing for an upcoming trip, the next, she finds him motionless in their bathtub. Like something out of a dream, next to the tub Jia Jia discovers a pencil sketch of a strange watery figure, an image that swims into Jia Jia's mind and won't leave. The mysterious drawing launches Jia Jia on an...
17) Ragged company
Author
Publisher
Anchor Canada
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Four chronically homeless people -- Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Diggerseek -- refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love with this new world, and once the weather clears, continue their trips to the cinema. On one of these outings they meet Granite, a jaded and lonely journalist who has turned his...
Author
Publisher
Stelliform Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They were fire and terror to the Western world, while in the East the dragons brought life-giving rain. Now, no longer hailed as gods and struggling in the overheated pollution of Beijing, only the Eastern species survives. As drought plagues the aquatic dragons, a mysterious disease -- shaolong, or "burnt lung" -- afflicts the city's human inhabitants. Jaded college student Xiang Kaifei scours Beijing streets for abandoned dragons, distracting himself...
19) Edison force
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
Upon his discovery of a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist relies on his mentor, a jaded reporter, and an investigator for a powerful district attorney to expose the truth behind the cops that rule the streets of Edison.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Meet McKenna Brooks, a determined and confident young gymnast, in this all-new, modern-day adventure. McKenna is on track to make the regional competitive gymnastics team, but off track in school, where she's suddenly struggling to keep up. When her teacher suggests a tutor, she's embarrassed and desperate to keep it a secret from her friends. Then a bad fall at the gym sidetracks her from her favorite sport. Will she recover in time to make the team?...
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