Showing results for "A-Rod" in Literature & Fiction

“Nola is the most accomplished kicker of ass since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” —A. J. Finn Zig and Nola are back—in the hugely entertaining, highly anticipated follow-up to Brad Meltzer’s #1 New York Times bestselling thriller The Escape Artist. What’s the one secret no one...

The last thing I remember was being cryogenically frozen, but now I was in a strange room, surrounded by advanced technology I had never seen before. My confusion only grew as I explored this new world–a future that was nothing like I ever could have imagined. It didn't take long for me to learn that humanity was extinct and that I was now in the hands of a stunning AI, a siren with camouflaging powers, and a monster girl who happens to be a great engineer–beings that are as fascinating as they are strange.

Loretta Pacheco has a cool job at an electric car company. Her life finally seems headed in the right direction. But in a flash, it all starts to fall apart. What were the strange voices she heard as she lay injured by the side of the road? Why, exactly, did two young boys disappear all those years ago? And what is this strange sound in her head?

Balboa’s Patricio Carrera has driven the Tauran Union from his adopted country, driven them out with appalling loss and worse humiliation.That’s not enough though. To finally finish his enemies, Carrera needs to draw them back for a more telling defeat. He cannot take the battle to them because, beyond some long-range bombardment capability, he cannot reach them. But when they return, they don’t plan to come alone; they insist on having someone else do most of the bleeding for them.

I 1918 hærgede den spanske syge verden over og slog flere folk ihjel end 1. verdenskrig. På et laboratorium i Sverige er det lykkedes en gruppe forskere at fremstille en usædvanlig aggressiv variant af virussen. I en skov bliver tre dyreaktivister slået ihjel, og tæt på findestedet arbejder en tysk nynazist på at etablere en ny verdensorden. Da der sker et indbrud i laboratoriet, er det kriminalkommissær Ulf Beow, der skal forsøge at finde hoved og hale på begivenhederne. Til at hjælpe sig får han den unge mikrobiolog, Lotta Nordenflycht.

"All I want is to be a success.That's all I ask." Joe fails to sell a single set of the Encyclopedia Britannica in six months. Then he fails to sell a single Electrolux and must eat hundreds of pieces of homemade pie, served up by his would-be customers who feel so sorry for him. Holed up in his trailer, Joe finds an outlet his for frustrations in a series of ingenious sexual fantasies, and at last strikes gold. His brain storm, Lightning Rods, Inc., will take Joe to the very top - and to the very heart of corporate insanity.

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"Rød mand/Sort mand" er en selvstændig efterfølger til Kim Leines prisbelønnede bestseller "Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden". "Rød mand/Sort mand" er en stor fortælling om koloniseringen af Grønland i 1728, om præsten Hans Egede og åndemaneren Aappaluttoq, om vældige naturkræfter, død, druk og ondskab, om mødet mellem to kulturer, om fædre og sønner, og to mænd, der kæmper om en drengs sjæl, og de djævle, der driver os mod døden og fortabelsen eller forklarelsen.

De finder Iris Franzens hoved på sofabordet. Resten af hende ligger i soveværelset. Gabriel, som er natter, må arbejde sammen med kriminalassistent Helene Ravn, som han ikke kan udstå, for at opklare mysteriet om, hvorfor den unge kvinde skulle dø så brutal en død. Lars Ahns uhyggelige debutroman "Rød høst" udspiller sig i et Danmark, der er befolket af mennesker og vampyrlignende væsener, og den er fuld af gys og spænding lige til allersidste side. Den danske forfatter Lars Ahn skriver både science fiction og horrorfortællinger.

"The Lightning-Rod Man" appeared in 1854, in Putnam's Monthly Magazine no. 20 (August). What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof. I suppose, though, that the mountains hereabouts break and churn up the thunder, so that it is far more glorious here than on the plain. Hark! - some one at the door.

How much blood is one man worth? Terrence Mack has succeeded in keeping his freedom, but at what cost? The Vicereine of Florence is dead. The city she ruled has fallen to chaos, under assault by both Twilight Zone agents and a seemingly unstoppable dragon determined to claim the template's power for herself.

Galactic support for the Zeta colony has grown while the power and resources of The Order continues to shrink. Exposed as a dark and manipulative force, The Order's hold on planetary governments throughout the galaxy has been broken. Desperate to restore their lost power, black ops teams with secret ties to The Order begin a campaign to gain control of Zeta. Rather than a direct assault on the government of Zeta, the black ops agents target people under age 30. Some are blackmailed, others are infected with mind-controlling nanobots, and one person is bio-engineered to be their weapon.

The Order ruled the galaxy for thousands of years before a small group of men and women exposed its corruption and destroyed its hold on power. Jon is the descendant of a powerful Monsignor who foresaw the return of The Order. That ancestor made provisions of weapons, technology, and funding and hid them inside the hill beside the family farm. Jon discovers the entrance to this underground fortress and begins to unravel its secrets.

Göteborg 1933. Hanna förstod efterhand att hennes far var en märkvärdig person, en selfmade man som det så modernt och amerikanskt hette. Han hade varit inblandad i de flesta stora byggprojekt under 1920-talets Göteborg. Riktigt känd hade han blivit i och med artikeln i tidningen som byggde på hans livsfilosofi och devis - alla som vill kan. Att komma från mycket knappa omständigheter och bygga upp ett stort företag med från början ingenting mer än sina bara händer, det var en framgångssaga som nästan var för bra för att vara sann i trettiotalets Sverige.

"Aldrig hade någon sprungit så fort nerför trapporna i det höga huset, två steg i taget vinglar J.P. i en hastighet som med säkerhet kommer få katastrofala följder. Med ena handen på ledstången och den andra mot väggen springer han för livet, med koncentrerad blick och rusande puls. I alltför hög fart tar han trappa efter trappa. Men J.P. bryr sig inte om han står eller faller, varje sekund är dyrbar när det redan gått för lång tid. När det som väntar honom på gården är långt mycket värre än vad alltför dålig balans i ett trapphus kan orsaka.

Will Crosswell’s decision to pursue acting shattered his father’s dream of him being a useful adult. When we first meet the young Will he is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. But in the ensuing years, from relationships to the theatre, his life has become one shipwreck after another. Dumped by his fiancée and desperate to pay the rent, he finds himself taking a job on the bottom rung of the Great Chain of Being–a telemarketer. The satire becomes serious when Will hits rock bottom.

Elizabeth Barnabus returns, to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the Gas-Lit Empire, in the startling sequel to The Queen of All Crows. As it is inked, so shall your oaths and bindings be. Tattoos are the only law on the Island of the Free, and there can never be a king. Every clan agrees on...

Only one woman can stop the world from descending into endless war, in the thrilling new series in the world of the Gas-Lit Empire The year is 2012. The nations of the world are bound together in an alliance of collective security, overseen by the International Patent Office, and its ruthless...

Finalist for the 2014 Phillip K. Dick Award Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life - as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed...

Lawrence began writing Aaron's Rod early in 1918, but abandoned the work after its first eleven chapters. The longer portion that finishes Aaron's Rod was written by Lawrence in 1921. The title refers to the rod of Aaron in the Old Testament, Moses' brother who built the Golden Calf in the desert for the worship of the Israelites. The rod, his divine symbol of authority and independence, finds its echo in the flute of Aaron Sisson.