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Kind of Cruel Free Preview

Author : Sophie Hannah
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698147871
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Kind of Cruel Free Preview written by Sophie Hannah and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free preview of Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah including a special essay by the author “Kind, cruel, kind of cruel.” Amber thinks it’s just nonsense, a side effect of being hypnotized for the first time. But when she’s arrested for a brutal murder two hours later, those four words are the key to clearing her name... if only she could remember where she’d seen them. Amber Hewerdine suffers from chronic insomnia. As a last resort, she visits a hypnotherapist, doubtful that anything will really change. Under hypnosis, Amber hears herself saying, “Kind, cruel, kind of cruel.” The words awaken a vague memory, but she dismisses the whole episode as nonsense. Two hours later, however, Amber is arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she’s never heard of, and the only way she can clear her name is by remembering exactly where she’s seen those words. Kind of Cruel is the latest page-turner in Hannah's Zailer and Waterhouse mystery series, and will enthrall Hannah’s ever-growing readership.

Curtsies & Conspiracies - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 87 Pages)

Author : Gail Carriger
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316278394
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Curtsies & Conspiracies - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 87 Pages) written by Gail Carriger and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests? Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy (won't Mumsy be surprised?). Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and had a cheese pie thrown at her in a most horrid display of poor manners. Now, as she sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a field trip to London than is apparent at first. A conspiracy is afoot--one with dire implications for both supernaturals and humans. Sophronia must rely on her training to discover who is behind the dangerous plot-and survive the London Season with a full dance card. In this bestselling sequel to New York Times bestselling Etiquette & Espionage, class is back in session with more petticoats and poison, tea trays and treason. Gail's distinctive voice, signature humor, and lush steampunk setting are sure to be the height of fashion this season.

This Book is Cruelty-Free

Author : Linda Newbery
Publisher : Pavilion Children's
ISBN 13 : 1843655187
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book This Book is Cruelty-Free written by Linda Newbery and published by Pavilion Children's. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do the everyday choices you make affect animals and the environment? This book looks at all the things you can do to live cruelty free. It's a guide for older children and teenagers concerned about animals, wildlife and the planet we live on. Packed with information on how to live a cruelty-free life, it includes sections on: Using your spending power. The choices we make - what to eat, what to buy, what to wear – and how these affect animals. Asking questions and reading labels. Cruelty-free fashion and beauty. What's on your plate? Being vegetarian or vegan, or just eating less meat? What impact can your diet have on cruelty and on the environment? Should you have a pet? If so, would your pet choose you as its owner? Points to consider before bringing an animal into your home. Animals on show. Do zoos and animal parks look after animals or exploit them? Good zoos and their important conservation work. Watching wild animals. Watching and learning about wildlife - building an appreciation of nature and helping your mental wellbeing. Love those bugs! Many people are squeamish about insects, but these creatures are vital to ecosystems. Don’t throw it away – there is no away. Simple things everyone can do to avoid waste: recycling, re-using, choosing plastic-free. Resist the throwaway culture. Where do you draw your line? What can you realistically achieve? Some of the difficulties, especially if family / friends don’t agree with you. What are the best (and worst) ways of influencing others? How to feel confident with your decisions. How to handle everyday situations and counter arguments. Campaigning - anti-cruelty organisations to support. The power of protest. This book will help you to live as cruelty-free as possible and to examine all of the areas in your life where you can help animals and the environment. Choose to live without cruelty. Choose this book and find out how.

Cross Justice -- Free Preview -- The First 9 Chapters

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316392723
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Cross Justice -- Free Preview -- The First 9 Chapters written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The toughest cases hit closest to home. Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back. Now his cousin Stefan has been accused of a horrible, unthinkable murder, and Cross drives south with Bree, Nana Mama, Jannie, and Ali to Starksville, North Carolina, for the first time in thirty-five years. Back home, he discovers a once proud community down on its luck, and local residents who don't welcome him with open arms. As Cross steps into his family home, the horrors of his childhood flood back--and he learns that they're not really over. He brings all his skill to finding out the truth about his cousin's case. But truth is hard to come by in a town where no one feels safe to speak. Chasing his ghosts takes Cross all the way down to the sugarcane fields of Florida, where he gets pulled into a case that has local cops needing his kind of expertise: a string of socialite murders with ever more grisly settings. He's chasing too many loose ends--a brutal killer, the truth about his own past, and justice for his cousin--and any one of the answers might be fatal. In Cross Justice, Alex Cross confronts the deadliest--and most personal--case of his career. It's a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that proves you can go home again--but it just might kill you.

The Sin Eater's Daughter (Free Preview Edition)

Author : Melinda Salisbury
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545837359
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book The Sin Eater's Daughter (Free Preview Edition) written by Melinda Salisbury and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sneak peek of THE SIN EATER'S DAUGHTER will lure you into a world more beautiful and twisted than anything you can imagine, leaving you awed, terrified . . .and desperate for more. 17-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although she's engaged to the prince, Twylla isn't exactly a member of the court. She's the executioner. As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. Each week, she's taken to the prison and forced to lay her hands on those accused of treason. Even the prince, whose royal blood supposedly makes him immune to Twylla's fatal touch, avoids her company. But then a new guard arrives, a boy whose easy smile belies his deadly swordsmanship. And unlike the others, he's able to look past Twylla's executioner robes and see the girl, not the Goddess. Yet Twylla's been promised to the prince, and knows what happens to people who cross the queen. However, the queen has a plan to destroy her enemies, a plan that requires a stomach-churning, unthinkable sacrifice. Will Twylla do what it takes to protect her kingdom? Or will she abandon her duty in favor of a doomed love?

Cruel King Series

Author : Callie Vincent
Publisher : Callie Vincent
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cruel King Series written by Callie Vincent and published by Callie Vincent. This book was released on with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruel King Trilogy: An Arranged Marriage Dark Mafia Romance. Includes ALL three books in the series; Kingpin, Mob Princess, and His Prize. I may be the bride—but this isn’t my wedding. You see, I’m pretending to be someone else and marrying the stranger that she was promised to. My future husband is a ruthless man, and if he discovers my secret, I’m dead. I have no choice but to succeed in my task. Earn his love, his trust, and when he least expects it… kill him. It was supposed to be easy. I’d spent a year planning for every scenario. Every possible issue. But then I made the biggest mistake of them all...

The Last American Vampire - FREE PREVIEW (THE FIRST 3 CHAPTERS)

Author : Seth Grahame-Smith
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455532738
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Last American Vampire - FREE PREVIEW (THE FIRST 3 CHAPTERS) written by Seth Grahame-Smith and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampire Henry Sturges returns in the highly anticipated sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter-a sweeping, alternate history of twentieth-century America by New York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith. THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. Henry's will be an expansive journey that first sends him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a runaway success.

After the Red Rain-- FREE PREVIEW EDITION (First 128 Pages)

Author : Barry Lyga
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316260487
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book After the Red Rain-- FREE PREVIEW EDITION (First 128 Pages) written by Barry Lyga and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A postapocalyptic novel with a cinematic twist from New York Times bestseller Barry Lyga, actor Peter Facinelli, and producer Robert DeFranco. Read the first 128 pages now! On the ruined planet Earth, where 50 billion people are confined to megacities and resources are scarce, Deedra has been handed a bleak and mundane existence by the Magistrate she works so hard for. But one day she comes across a beautiful boy named Rose struggling to cross the river--a boy with a secretive past and special abilities, who is somehow able to find comfort and life from their dying planet. But just as the two form a bond, it is quickly torn apart after the Magistrate's son is murdered and Rose becomes the prime suspect. Little do Deedra and Rose know how much their relationship will affect the fate of everyone who lives on the planet.

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Free Preview (The First 3 Chapters)

Author : Susan Jane Gilman
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455585408
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Free Preview (The First 3 Chapters) written by Susan Jane Gilman and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A rich literary feast of 31 flavors (and twice that many colors, scents and sounds), Ice Cream Queen is a familiar schmatta-to-silk brocade story of immigrant New York...an upside-down, funhouse treat. You'll lick it up." - USA Today In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan when Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street. Taken in by an Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny. She falls in love with a gorgeous, illiterate radical named Albert, and they set off across America in an ice cream truck. Slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen" -- doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything she has spent her life building will be at stake.

The Burial Hour - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 9 chapters)

Author : Jeffery Deaver
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1478948787
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book The Burial Hour - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 9 chapters) written by Jeffery Deaver and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DANGEROUSLY GOOD. DISTINCTIVELY DEAVER. Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme is back with his most harrowing case yet in this newest installment of Jeffrey Deaver's New York Times bestselling series. A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight. A miniature hangman's noose left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl, the only witness to the crime. With a crime scene this puzzling, forensic expertise of the highest order is absolutely essential. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Soon the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the backdrop to an eerie piece of music. The video is marked as the work of The Composer... Despite their best efforts, the suspect gets away. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Italy, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to rejoin the hunt. But the search is now a complex case of international cooperation--and not all those involved may be who they seem. Sachs and Rhyme find themselves playing a dangerous game, with lives all across the globe hanging in the balance.

Women Who Rock-Free Preview

Author : Evelyn McDonnell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 076246741X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Women Who Rock-Free Preview written by Evelyn McDonnell and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every musician and group. From Bessie Smith and The Supremes to Joan Baez, Madonna, Beyonce, Amy Winehouse, Dolly Parton, Sleater-Kinney, Taylor Swift, and scores more, women have played an essential and undeniable role in the evolution of popular music including blues, rock and roll, country, folk, glam rock, punk, and hip hop. Today, in a world traditionally dominated by male artists, women have a stronger influence on popular music than ever before. Yet, not since the late nineteen-nineties has there been a major work that acknowledges and pays tribute to the female artists who have contributed to, defined, and continue to make inroads in music. In WOMEN WHO ROCK, writer and professor of journalism Evelyn McDonnell leads a team of women rock writers and pundits in an all-out celebration of 104 of the greatest female musicians. Organized chronologically, the book profiles each artist and places her in the context of both her genre and the musical world at large. Sidebars throughout recall key moments that shaped both the trajectory of music and how those moments influenced or were influenced by women artists. With full-color illustrated portraits by women artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK will be THE long-awaited gift book for every music fan, feminist, and female rocker, young and old musicians.

Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 3 Chapters)

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : jimmy patterson
ISBN 13 : 0316381292
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 3 Chapters) written by James Patterson and published by jimmy patterson. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to James Patterson's bestselling series launch Treasure Hunters is another hilarious, hair-raising and highly-illustrated adventure for the First Family of Action! Bick Kidd and his globe-trotting siblings Beck, Storm and Tommy may have completed their first treasure hunt after their father was lost at sea, but their kidnapped mother is still in the hands of nasty pirates. Their search for a rescue plan takes them down the Nile river in Africa, where they'll have to navigate everything from Egyptian pyramids in the desert to wet-and-wild jungles--not to mention life-threatening encounters with wilderness diseases, angry hippos and some seriously bad guys--in order to find the treasure and save the day.

The New Order -- FREE PREVIEW (The First 73 Pages)

Author : Chris Weitz
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316260525
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The New Order -- FREE PREVIEW (The First 73 Pages) written by Chris Weitz and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teens have survived a mysterious catastrophe in The Young World, and must confront what comes next, in this fast paced sequel from acclaimed film director Chris Weitz. Read the first 73 pages now! After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England, facing an unimaginable new world. Can the two reunite and prevent an even greater disaster than the Sickness?

Titans - FREE PREVIEW (Prologue and First Ten Chapters)

Author : Leila Meacham
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 145554082X
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Titans - FREE PREVIEW (Prologue and First Ten Chapters) written by Leila Meacham and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping new drama from the beloved, bestselling author of Roses. Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.

Identical -- Free Preview (The First 4 Chapters)

Author : Scott Turow
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455555371
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Identical -- Free Preview (The First 4 Chapters) written by Scott Turow and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Senator Paul Giannis is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother Cass is newly released from prison, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Dita Kronon. When Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie begin a re-investigation of Dita's death, a complex web of murder, sex, and betrayal-as only Scott Turow could weave-dramatically unfolds...

Mistress -- Free Preview -- The First 15 Chapters

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316324604
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Mistress -- Free Preview -- The First 15 Chapters written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie. Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs. In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.

Shadow among Sheaves (FREE PREVIEW)

Author : Naomi Stephens
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1643523252
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Shadow among Sheaves (FREE PREVIEW) written by Naomi Stephens and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREE EXTENDED PREVIEW A Timeless, Beautiful Allegory of the Biblical Love Story of Ruth and Boaz The Great Rebellion of 1857 was a remarkably bloody business. At a time when Britain’s imperial influence in India was sparking brutal clashes on both sides, no one could have expected Rena, an Indian woman, to marry a British officer—nor do they understand her decision to follow her mother-in-law to England after her husband’s tragic death. Once the two widows are in Abbotsville, the stern yet compassionate Lord Barric attempts to help them despite his better judgment. Soon he is torn between the demands of reputation and his increasing desire to capture Rena’s heart for his own.