Cdmarker's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:12:09 -0700 60 Cdmarker's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships]]> 23594611
This small but powerful 33-page book focuses succinctly on identifying emotional manipulation. You will learn thirty tactics manipulators use to get what they want. You'll also learn to spot the warning signs within yourself that expose covert manipulation is taking place, even if you can't identify the specific tactics being used.

This book is geared toward romantic relationships, especially those involving a pathological partner. Even so, the manipulation tactics covered are the same as those used by family members, coworkers, friends, and others.

Covert emotional manipulation tactics are underhanded methods of control. Emotional manipulation methodically wears down your self-worth and self-confidence, and damages your trust in your own perceptions. It can make you unwittingly compromise your personal values, leading to a loss of self-respect and a warped self-concept. With your defenses weakened or completely disarmed in this manner, you are left even more vulnerable to further manipulation.

Skilled manipulators get you to put your emotional well-being into their hands. Once you make that grave mistake, they methodically chip away at your identity and self-esteem until there’s little left, unless you identify it and put a stop to it.

Learn the manipulator's game, so they can't play it with you.]]> 76 Adelyn Birch Cdmarker 5 4.06 2014 30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics: How Manipulators Take Control In Personal Relationships
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]]> Wool - Holston (Wool, #1) 12287209
Or you'll get what you wish for.]]> 56 Hugh Howey Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.14 2012 Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
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]]> The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.17 1992 The Secret History
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics]]> 60873111 For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don’t care about the “national interest”—or even their subjects—unless they have to.

This clever and accessible book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them. The picture the authors paint is not pretty. But it just may be the truth, which is a good starting point for anyone seeking to improve human governance.

]]> 462 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.17 2011 The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
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]]> Slaughterhouse-Five 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.”

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.10 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 61215351 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.52 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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]]> Theatre 31326 Theatre, W. Somerset Maugham–the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa–introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is a star UK stage actress–-so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting.

It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers, until a quiet stranger challenges Julia's very sense of self. As a result, she will endure rejection for the first time, her capacity as a mother will be affronted, and her ability to put on whatever face she desired for her public will prove limited. In Theatre, Maugham subtly exposes the tensions and triumphs that occur when acting and reality blend together, and–for Julia–ultimately reverse.]]> 304 W. Somerset Maugham 037572463X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.17 1937 Theatre
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]]> Of Human Bondage 31548
Marked by countless similarities to Maugham’s own life, his masterpiece is “not an autobiography,” as the author himself once contended, “but an autobiographical novel; fact and fiction are inexorably mingled; the emotions are my own.”]]> 684 W. Somerset Maugham 0451530179 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.13 1915 Of Human Bondage
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]]> Метла системы 60670763 608 David Foster Wallace 517113314X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.04 1987 Метла системы
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]]> <![CDATA[Задача трех тел (В память о прошлом Земли, #1)]]> 36617389 Блестящий научно-фантастический роман "Задача трех тел" самого популярного китайского писателя Лю Цысиня обрел широкое мировое признание и стал первой переводной книгой, номинированной на самые престижные литературные премии в области фантастики: "Хьюго", "Небьюлу", "Локус", "Прометей" и других.]]> 464 Liu Cixin 5040891121 Cdmarker 4 4.21 2006 Задача трех тел (В память о прошлом Земли, #1)
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Maraqlıdı, bəzən adama çox bəsit gəlir, hətta amerika filmlərini xatırladır. Süjetdən çox mənə maraqlı gələni isə kitabdakı elmi fərziyələrdi, kitab dünyagörüşümü xeyli genişləndirdi. Amma onların reallığa nə dərəcədə uyğun olduğunu bu sahənin mütəxəssisləri bilə bilər. Mən sadəcə müəllifin sözünə inandım. Seriyanın obiri kitablarını da oxuyacam. Yəgin ki
]]> The Arabian Nightmare 26908
He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings that describe an atmosphere constantly shifting between sumptuously learned experiences, erotic adventure, and dry humor. The result is a thought-provoking puzzle box of sex, philosophy, and theology, reminiscent of Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco.]]> 282 Robert Irwin 1585672173 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.85 1983 The Arabian Nightmare
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]]> Obedience to Authority 676723
Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority. Facts of recent history and observation in daily life suggest that for many people obedience may be a deeply ingrained behavior tendency, indeed, a prepotent impulse overriding training in ethics, sympathy, and moral conduct. C. P. Snow (1961) points to its importance when he

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. If you doubt that, read William Sbirer's 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.' The German Officer Corps were brought up in the most rigorous code of obedience . . . in the name of obedience they were party to, andassisted in, the most wicked large scale actions in the history of the world. (p. 24)

The Nazi extermination of European Jews is the most extremeinstance of abhorrent immoral acts carried out by thousands ofpeople in the name of obedience. Yet in lesser degree this type ofthing is constantly ordinary citizens are ordered todestroy other people, and they do so because they consider ittheir duty to obey orders. Thus, obedience to authority, longpraised as a virtue, takes on a new aspect when it serves amalevolent cause; far from appearing as a virtue, it is transformedinto a heinous sin. Or is it?

The moral question of whether one should obey when commands conflict with conscience was argued by Plato, dramatized in "Antigone," and treated to philosophic analysis in every historical epoch Conservative philosophers argue that the very fabric of society is threatened by disobedience, and even when the act prescribed by an authority is an evil one, it is better to carry out the act than to wrench at the structure of authority. Hobbes stated further that an act so executed is in no sense the responsibility of the person who carries it out but only of the authority that orders it. But humanists argue for the primacy of individual conscience in such matters, insisting that the moral judgments of the individual must override authority when the two are in conflict.

The legal and philosophic aspects of obedience are of enormous import, but an empirically grounded scientist eventually comes to the point where he wishes to move from abstract discourse to the careful observation of concrete instances. In order to take a close look at the act of obeying, I set up a simple experimentat Yale University. Eventually, the experiment was to involve more than a thousand participants and would be repeated at several universities, but at the beginning, the conception was simple. A person comes to a psychological laboratory and is told to carry out a series of acts that come increasingly into conflict with conscience. The main question is how far the participant will comply with the experimenter's instructions before refusing to carry out the actions required of him.

But the reader needs to know a little more detail about the experiment. Two people come to a psychology laboratory to take part in a study of memory and learning. One of them is designated as a "teacher" and the other a "learner." The experimenter explains that the study is concerned with the effects of punishment on learning. The learner is conducted into a room, seated in a chair, his arms strapped to prevent excessive movement, and an electrode attached to his wrist. He is told that he is to learn a list of word pairs; whenever he makes an error, be will receive electric shocks of increasing intensity.

The real focus of the experiment is the teacher. After watching the learner being strapped into place, he is taken into the main experimental room and seated before an impressive shock generator. Its main feature is a horizontal line of thirty switches, ranging from 15 volts to 450 volts, in 15-volt increments. There are also verbal designations which range from Slight SHOCK to Danger--Severe SHOCK. The teacher is told that he is to administer the learning test to the man in the other room. W...]]> 256 Stanley Milgram 006131983X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.18 1974 Obedience to Authority
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]]> <![CDATA[Sancaqlı kölgələr və Şeytan ulduzu]]> 50347852 350 Xan Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.66 2020 Sancaqlı kölgələr və Şeytan ulduzu
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]]> Jamaica Inn 18869967 From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. But never did Mary dream that she would become hopelessly ensnared in the vile, villainous schemes being hatched within its crumbling walls—or that a handsome, mysterious stranger would so incite her passions... tempting her to love a man whom she dares not trust.]]> 307 Daphne du Maurier 0316252905 Cdmarker 4 3.92 1936 Jamaica Inn
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Əvvəldən hər şeyi anlayırsan. Yəni könlündən "suspense" oxumaq keçdiyi üçün oxuduğun kitab heç "suspense" deyilmiş
]]> <![CDATA[The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse (The Narcissism Series Book 1)]]> 37660370 Do you feel confused and exhausted by a relationship, and you can't figure out why?
Do you feel like you can't think straight, and the person in your life seems fine, so you wonder if maybe you are the problem?
Has someone mentioned you might be with a narcissist, or you wonder yourself, and when you research narcissism, they don't seem to completely fit the description, although some of the traits do ring true?
The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist is the most comprehensive and helpful book on the topic of covert narcissism. Also available in Spanish as El Nacisista Pasivo Agresivo. Find the answers you are looking for. This book
You will see that you are not crazy, that your instincts are correct, and you will learn how to see through covert manipulation and control.
The most common description a survivor of this type of relationship will use is crazy-making. The emotional abuse and gaslighting makes you question your own view of reality, and sometimes your own sanity. You will know after reading this book if the person you are with is a covert narcissist, and your experience with them will begin to make sense for the first time.
When most people think of a narcissist, they think of someone who is grandiose, obviously self-absorbed, sees themself as superior to others, and throws fits of rage when they don't get their way. But what if the narcissist is one of the nicest people you've ever met? What if they are a great listener, seem to care about others, or are a pillar of the community? What if they are the mother that volunteers at the school, the husband that your friends wish they had, the boss that your co-workers feel so lucky to work for? Parents, spouses, partners, bosses, and friends who are covert narcissists come across as the nicest people. They can be spiritual leaders, therapists, moms who bring over casseroles to needy people, and bosses who everyone loves.
A covert narcissist has the same traits of narcissism as the well-known overt type. The difference is when they control and manipulate, when they demean and devalue you, it is done in such a subtle way you don't notice it.
This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship with a covert narcissist that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused. There are no visible scars with this form of abuse, and you are usually the only one that experiences their destructive and psychologically debilitating behavior.
Living with a covert narcissist drains your spirit and leaves you questioning your own reality.
You have been lied to for years, and it is time to finally see the truth of what you have been through, who you really are, and how much you deserve love and happiness.]]> 228 Debbie Mirza Cdmarker 3 4.28 2017 The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse (The Narcissism Series Book 1)
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Maraqlıdı, amma təkrarçılığa yol verir, manipulyatorların qurbanı olmuş adamları motivasiya etmək üçün onları elə hey tərifləyir, uşaq başı aldadan kimi, dayanmadan, bu bir az adamı qıcıqlandırır. Kitabın bəlkə 1/3-i sən hamıdan yaxşı, hamıdan ürəyitəmiz, hamıdan ağıllı, gözəlsən-dən ibarətdi. Daha sərt, praqmatik, elmi kitab istəyərdim. Amma bir tərəfdən baxanda başqalarına da yəgin məhz belə kitab xoşdu. Elmi kitab istəyən elmi ədəbiyyat oxusun da) Yəni elmi yanaşmadan çox motivasiya, dəstəkləyici kitab istəyən üçün əla variantdı
]]> King Rat 68498 Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.

But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat, who reveals Saul's royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world to Saul, the world below London's streets--a heritage that also drags Saul into King Rat's plan for revenge against his ancient enemy,. With drum 'n' bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the forces that would destroy him, and the forces that shape his own bizarre identity.
]]> 320 China Miéville 0312890729 Cdmarker 3 to-read 3.56 1998 King Rat
author: China Miéville
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Sona çatdıra bilmədim, 1/3-nə kimi oxudum, babat idi, sonra mənim "nağıl danış" deyən uşaqları yola vermək üçün 2 dəqiqənin içində özümdən uydurub danışdığım, banal 6+ nağıllara oxşamağa başladı. Baş antaqonistin amalı, niyyəti çox mənasız gəldi, öz də yenə cəhənnəmə bir var bir neçə il hirsi yatmaya, bir də var BU QƏDƏR illər ərzində. Bəlkə sonradan kitab düzəldi, amma özümü oxumağa məcbur edən adam deyiləm, ona görə yoxlamadım.
]]> The Goldfinch 17333223
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.

The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.]]> 771 Donna Tartt 0316055433 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.94 2013 The Goldfinch
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)]]> 17901125
As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take centre stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community and dark secrets around every corner.

Then the Rephaim begin crawling out from the shadows. Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street to the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be decided.]]> 510 Samantha Shannon 1408857391 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.19 2015 The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)]]> 17910048 A lush tale of deadly court intrigue and a modern classic of fantasy by Locus award winner and Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award finalist Katherine Addison

The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three half brothers in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.

Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment.

Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favor with the naïve new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor. All the while, he is alone, and trying to find even a single friend . . . and hoping for the possibility of romance, yet also vigilant against the unseen enemies that threaten him, lest he lose his throne–or his life.]]> 446 Katherine Addison 076532699X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.04 2014 The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)]]> 60582778 From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series about murder, magic, and madness in post-WWII London.

Dennis Knuckleyard is a hapless eighteen-year-old who works and lives in a second-hand bookstore. One day, his boss and landlady, Coffin Ada, sends him to retrieve some rare books, one of which, Dennis discovers, should not exist. A London Walk by Rev. Thomas Hampole is a fictitious book that appears in a real novel by another author. Yet A London Walk is physically there in his hands, nonetheless.

Coffin Ada tells Dennis the book comes from the other London, the Great When, a version of the city that is beyond time. In the Great When, epochs blend and realities and unrealities blur, while concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous and terrible beings. But, Coffin Ada tells Dennis, if he does not return the book to this other London, he will be killed.

So begins Dennis' adventure in Long London. Delving deep into the city's occult underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers, Dennis finds himself at the center of an explosive series of events that may endanger both Londons.

Mystical, hilarious, and magnificently imagined, The Great When is an unforgettable introduction to the consciousness-altering world of Long London.]]> 336 Alan Moore Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.94 2024 The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)]]> 77565 517 Dan Simmons 0553288202 Cdmarker 5 4.23 1990 The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
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]]> Dumanlı Təbriz 43180171 Rahilə Şamilqızı (Text design)
Rafael Qasım (Cover design)
M.S.Ordubadi “Dumanlı Təbriz” əsəri ilə Azərbaycanda tarixi rоman janrının ilk gözəl
nümunəsini yaratmışdır. XX əsrin ilk inqilablar dövrünün mənzərəsini müəllif məhz bu
əsərində canlandırmışdır. Ümumiyyətlə, Şərq həyatı haqqında ilk həqiqi və dоlğun
təəssürat, bədii, əfsanəvi dоna bürünmüş zəngin, hərtərəfli məlumat bu əsərdə
еş徱.
M.S.Ordubadinin Cənubi Azərbaycandakı inqilabı təsvir edən “Dumanlı Təbriz”
romanı Səttar xan və Bağır xanın qəhrəmanlığından, eyni zamanda Cənubi
Azərbaycan inqilabçılarının öz ölkələrini İran mürtəceləri və xarici imperialistlərinin
zülmündən qurtarmaq üçün apardıqları mübarizədən bəhs edir.
Əsərin əsas mövzusu Məşrutə hərəkatıdır. Məşrutə hərəkatı XX əsrdə baş vermiş
azadlıq və demokratik inqilablar üçün ilk cığır açmışdı. Bu mənada Məşrutə
hərəkatını Yaxın və Orta Şərq ölkələrində keçən yüzillikdəki milli azadlıq və
demokratik hərəkatların “pioneri” adlandırmaq olar. 1905-1911-ci illərdə baş vermiş
Məşrutə hərəkatının məqsəd və məramı yolunda canlarını qurban verənlərin sayı
çoxdur. Əslində bu hərəkata pak vicdanla qoşulanlar, onu uğurlu qələbəyə çatdırmaq
istəyənlərin hamısı qəhrəmandır, tariximizdə və yaddaşımızda həmişəyaşar
ԲԱı.ձ> 880 Məmməd Səid Ordubadi 9952365993 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.28 1948 Dumanlı Təbriz
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Cdmarker 5 4.26 1989 Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
author: Dan Simmons
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average rating: 4.26
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Normalda eyni zamanda 5-6 kitab yükləyib oxuyuram, az az oxuyub növbələyirəm, eyni kitabı dalbadal hər gün oxumağa hövsələm çatmır, hərdən həftələrlə, hətta aylarla fasilə verirəm. Və söhbət mənə maraqlı olan kitablardan gedir. Yəni başa çatdırdıqlarımdan. Kitabın çoxunu oxuyub sonuna azca qalmış marağımı itirib oxumağı tamam ata da bilərəm. Ama Hyperion-u yüklədim, o biri kitablar gözlədi, 1 həftəyə bitirdim (mənimçün çox qısa müddət) və artıq davamı olan kitabı yükləmək üzrəyəm. Elmi fantastika, "space opera" ilə dəxilsiz ədəbiyyat, mifologiya, din, fəlsəfənin qarışığı. 6 hekayədən ibarətdi, hər hekayə nəinki ayrı dünyada və bəzən zamanda baş verir, hətta abu havası da fərqlidi, elə bil fərqli yazarlar tətəfindən yazılmış 6 müxtəlif kitab oxuyursan. Məsləhətdi
]]> <![CDATA[A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)]]> 77711 Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.

Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.]]> 613 Vernor Vinge 0812515285 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.14 1992 A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
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]]> Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 22328 Alternate cover for ISBN: 9780441569595

Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he's ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.]]> 271 William Gibson Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.87 1984 Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
author: William Gibson
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]]> <![CDATA[Книга NONсенса. Английская поэзия абсурда в переводах Григория Кружкова]]> 6349092 228 Various 5933810126 Cdmarker 5 5.00 2000 Книга NONсенса. Английская поэзия абсурда в переводах Григория Кружкова
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Моя любимая книга. И возможно единственная в книжном формате которую я хпаню до сих пор и иногда перечитываю. Спасибо автору- переводчику
]]> <![CDATA[One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)]]> 58340706
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.]]> 399 Rachel Gillig 0316312487 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.25 2022 One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)]]> 58132544
As Jack and Adaira reluctantly work together, they find they make better allies than rivals as their partnership turns into something more. But with each passing song, it becomes apparent the trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than they first expected, and an older, darker secret about Cadence lurks beneath the surface, threatening to undo them all.]]> 480 Rebecca Ross 0063055988 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.06 2022 A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Stop Procrastinating: A Simple Guide to Hacking Laziness, Building Self Discipline, and Overcoming Procrastination]]> 36664616
Is your potential limited due to your procrastination habit? Are you tired of the guilt, stress, and overwhelm? Do you want to learn the secret to getting things done quickly and effectively, so you can increase your success in all areas of life?

In this no-fluff and action-oriented book, you’ll discover the real reason behind your procrastination (there’s only one!) and you’ll find potent tools to help you overcome procrastination for good.

InStop ProcrastinatingYou’ll Discover…

More than 20 science-based strategies designed to help you overcome laziness, free yourself from excessive guilt, and get things done whether you feel like it or not.A simple strategy for programming your unconscious mind to act in any way you likeNew research explaining differences between procrastinators and non-procrastinators ( procrastination is not your fault.)Why criticizing yourself always leads tomoreprocrastination and what to do insteadThe 30-second trick to build “instant habits” so you can wake up early, exercise regularly, and get more done without wasting any willpowerA quick walkthrough of the new science of why you need it, easy ways to get more of it, and step-by-step advice on how you’ll use it to overcome procrastinationWhy your granny doesn’t procrastinate (the alarming link between technology, distractions, and procrastination… and what you must do to escape this trap)Rarely discussed but highly researched strategies that tackle the root cause of procrastination… allowing you to quickly relieve guilt, feel better about yourself, and as a result get more doneWhether you’re a failing student, aspiring entrepreneur, stay-at-home mom, or just someone who’s constantly struggling for motivation – know that by following the information inStop Procrastinating, you can overcome procrastination.

More importantly, you can finally realize your potential, go after your dreams, and enjoy life without constantly feeling guilty or stressed out.

Don’t wait.

Learn How to Overcome Procrastination by Clicking the "Buy Now" Button at the Top of the Page.]]> 115 Nils Salzgeber Cdmarker 5 4.22 Stop Procrastinating: A Simple Guide to Hacking Laziness, Building Self Discipline, and Overcoming Procrastination
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Çox yardımçı oldu, müəllifə təşəkkür edirəm. Şəxsən mənim üçün ən yaxşı prokrastinasiya kitabıdı hələ ki
]]> <![CDATA[The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)]]> 13555073
For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.

Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive.

Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again . . .]]> 440 Jonathan Stroud 0857532014 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.24 2013 The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Stranger (The Labyrinths of Echo, #1)]]> 4904977 The millions-selling fantasy epic of the new Russian literary icon-a freeloading freebooter who finds a new home in a magical world

Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes. Part fantasy, part horror, part philosophy, part dark comedy, the writing is united by a sharp wit and a web of clues that will open up the imagination of every reader.

Max Frei was a twenty-something loser-a big sleeper (that is, during the day; at night he can't sleep a wink), a hardened smoker, and an uncomplicated glutton and loafer. But then he got lucky. He contacts a parallel world in his dreams, where magic is a daily practice. Once a social outcast, he's now known in his new world as the "unequalled Sir Max." He's a member of the Department of Absolute Order, formed by a species of enchanted secret agents; his job is to solve cases more extravagant and unreal than one could imagine-a journey that will take Max down the winding paths of this strange and unhinged universe.

]]> 544 Max Frei 1590200659 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.15 1996 The Stranger (The Labyrinths of Echo, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)]]> 53181090 There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them...

A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable. At least that's their pitch. The reality is less auspicious. Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered, and foul-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little of the publication he edits. His staff are a ragtag group of misfits. And as for the assistant editor... well, that job is a revolving door--and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah Willis, who's got problems of her own.

When tragedy strikes in Hannah's first week on the job, The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious investigating. What they discover leads to a shocking realisation: some of the stories they'd previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker forces than they could ever have imagined.]]> 432 C.K. McDonnell 1787633365 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.11 2021 The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)
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]]> The Wood Wife 463024
Maggie is astonish by the power of this harsh but beautiful land and captivated by the uncommon people who call it home--especially Fox, a man unlike any she has ever known, who understands the desert's special power.

As she reads Cooper's letters and learns the secrets of his life, Maggie comes face-to-face with the wild, ancient spirits of the desert--and discovers the hidden power at its heart, a power that will take her on a journey like no other.]]> 320 Terri Windling 0765302934 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.20 1996 The Wood Wife
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]]> Borderland (Borderland, #1) 463025 Earth children.

NOTE: all the "Bellamy Bach" stories in the Borderland series were written by the editor/Borderland founder, Terri Windling.]]> 252 Terri Windling 0451141725 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.09 1986 Borderland (Borderland, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)]]> 91981
Simon, a kitchen boy from the royal castle unknowingly apprenticed to a member of this League, will be sent on a quest that offers the only hope of salvation, a deadly riddle concerning long-lost swords of power. Compelled by fate and perilous magics, he must leave the only home he’s ever known and face enemies more terrifying than Osten Ard has ever seen, even as the land itself begins to die.

After the landmark Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, the epic saga of Osten Ard continues with the brand-new novel, The Heart of What Was Lost. Then don’t miss the upcoming trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, beginning with The Witchwood Crown!]]> 672 Tad Williams 0756402697 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.96 1988 The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
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]]> Lanark 161037 560 Alasdair Gray 184195120X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.12 1981 Lanark
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]]> Poor Things 72355 Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's creation.

The hilarious tale of love and scandal that ensues would be "the whole story" in the hands of a lesser author (which in fact it is, for this account is actually written by Dr. McCandless). For Gray, though, this is only half the story, after which Bella (a.k.a. Victoria McCandless) has her own say in the matter. Satirizing the classic Victorian novel, Poor Things is a hilarious political allegory and a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women, from one of Scotland's most accomplished authors.]]> 318 Alasdair Gray 0747562288 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.92 1992 Poor Things
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]]> Ферзь — одинокая фигура 50926786 Так считают главные герои: Володя иДим. Они— пситехники: мастера психологического анализа ивоздействия. При контакте слюдьми они легко видят скрытые мотивы, комплексы, болевые точки; без труда вызывают доверие ивыводят наоткровенный разговор, узнают очеловеке даже то, чего он сам незнает. Это очень помогает вих деле— расследовании убийств.]]> 274 Суржиков Роман 5448371051 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.45 2017 Ферзь — одинокая фигура
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]]> The City & the City 7505760
Borlu must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own. This is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen. His destination is Beszel's equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma.With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, and struggling with his own transition, Borlu is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of rabid nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman's secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them and those they care about more than their lives.

What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities.

Casting shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & the City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.]]> China Miéville 1415964424 Cdmarker 5 3.60 2009 The City & the City
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Kitabı oxuduqca beynimdə yeni neyron əlaqələrinin yarandığını hiss edirdim. Sonluq məyus elədi. Mistik heç bir şey yoxdu. Buna görə 4,5
]]> <![CDATA[The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)]]> 13578175 Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.

A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris.

Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, she is given one opportunity to save herself. Though her skill as a Forger is considered an abomination by her captors, Shai will attempt to create a new soul for the emperor, who is almost dead.

Probing deeply into his life, she discovers Emperor Ashravan’s truest nature—and the opportunity to exploit it. Her only possible ally is one who is truly loyal to the emperor, but councilor Gaotona must overcome his prejudices to understand that Shai’s forgery is as much artistry as it is deception.

Brimming with magic and political intrigue, this deftly woven fantasy delves into the essence of a living spirit.]]> 192 Brandon Sanderson 1616960922 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.38 2012 The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)
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]]> Elantris (Elantris, #1) 68427
Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping—based on their correspondence—to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god.

But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself.

A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.]]> 638 Brandon Sanderson 0765350378 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.16 2005 Elantris (Elantris, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Yumi and the Nightmare Painter]]> 60531416 #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmere universe told by Hoid, where two people from incredibly different worlds must compromise and work together to save their worlds from ruin.

Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other’s communities from certain disaster?]]> 480 Brandon Sanderson 1938570375 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.45 2023 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
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]]> The Sunlit Man 60531420 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy―comes this standalone novel showing a rare glimpse of a future Cosmere universe.

Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next.

But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.

Failure means a quick death, incinerated by the sun… or a lifetime as a mindless slave. Tormented by the consequences of his past, Nomad must fight not only for his survival―but also for his very soul.]]> 447 Brandon Sanderson 1938570391 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.28 2023 The Sunlit Man
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]]> Tress of the Emerald Sea 60531406 #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride.

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?]]> 443 Brandon Sanderson Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.35 2023 Tress of the Emerald Sea
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]]> Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1) 68488 alternate cover for ISBN 9780006486015

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the Red Ship War with the terrifying Outislanders. Since then, Fitz has wandered the world accompanied only by his wolf and Wit-partner, Nighteyes, finally settling in a tiny cottage as remote from Buckkeep and the Farseers as possible.

But lately the world has come crashing in again. The Witted are being persecuted because of their magical bonds with animals; and young Prince Dutiful has gone missing just before his crucial diplomatic wedding to an Outislander princess. Fitz’s assignment to fetch Dutiful back in time for the ceremony seems very much like a fool’s errand, but the dangers ahead could signal the end of the Farseer reign.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 661 Robin Hobb Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.35 2001 Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)]]> 45100
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.

But the fate of the Vestrit family--and the ship--may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 880 Robin Hobb 000649885X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.20 1998 Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Farseer Trilogy (Farseer Trilogy, #1-3)]]> 10762697 1952 Robin Hobb 1780481012 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.39 2011 The Farseer Trilogy (Farseer Trilogy, #1-3)
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]]> Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3) 45108 914 Robin Hobb 0553582461 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.45 2003 Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)]]> 77197
Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.

So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.]]> 435 Robin Hobb 055357339X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.21 1995 Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)]]> 32109569 Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.]]> 383 Dennis E. Taylor Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.29 2016 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)]]> 40995 The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis" by Publishers Weekly, and "one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century" by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sword & Citadel brings together the final two books of the tetralogy in one volume:

The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.

The Citadel of the Autarch brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth.]]> 411 Gene Wolfe 0312890184 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.35 1994 Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)
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]]> Peace 60213
The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living in a small midwestern town, reveals a miraculous dimension. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself.]]> 272 Gene Wolfe 0312890338 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.11 1975 Peace
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]]> <![CDATA[System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)]]> 65211701 Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.

Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.

But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast.

Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.]]> 245 Martha Wells 1250826977 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.19 2023 System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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]]> Necroville 10248011 It's 2nd November 2063 -
the Day of the Dead.

In the 21st Century, nanotechnology has revolutionized the laws of birth and death. The resurrected dead account for almost one third of the human population, and the backbone of its workplace. They have their own culture and their own ghettos, the Necrovilles. And the Day of the Dead is their night.

Five young people enter Necroville to fulfil a pact, each knowing or in search of something. As their paths cross, and they find themselves drawn ever deeper into the lives of the dead, each one will find themselves forever changed.]]> 364 Ian McDonald 0575098511 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.32 1994 Necroville
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]]> <![CDATA[The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2)]]> 288680
William just wants to get at THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition...]]> 444 Terry Pratchett 0552147680 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.40 2000 The Truth (Discworld, #25; Industrial Revolution, #2)
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]]> Against A Dark Background 159059 515 Iain M. Banks 0553292250 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.85 1993 Against A Dark Background
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]]> Одиссей Фокс 58586447 На древнем корабле, последнем в своём роде, летает с планеты на планету космический детектив Одиссей Фокс. Это последний гражданин галактики, который не использует улучшений и апгрейдов, а остаётся самым обычным человеком. Хотя кто-то скажет, что Одиссей скорее обыкновенный гений, ведь даже без усилителей его разум превосходит разум большинства обитателей галактики.

Метод расследований Фокса необычен: он повсюду видит Знаки, которые указывает нам жизнь, и в отличии от большинства, Одиссей способен их замечать и правильно понимать. Некоторым кажется, что этот странный человек знает прошлое и видит будущее, но обещаю, никакой мистики, всё строго научно! Благодаря своему подходу, Фокс раскрывает дела, перед которыми пасуют все остальные.
А ещё Одиссей очень не любит врать.

Отправляйтесь в захватывающую космическую Одиссею, и да пребудет с вами сила воображения!]]> 960 Антон Карелин Cdmarker 5 to-read 3.91 2021 Одиссей Фокс
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of the Ants (La Saga des Fourmis, #1)]]> 837039
Jonathan Wells and his young family have come to the Paris flat at 3, rue des Sybarites through the bequest of his eccentric late uncle Edmond. Inheriting the dusty apartment, the Wells family are left with only one Never go down into the cellar.

But when the family dog disappears down the basement steps, Jonathan follows--and soon his wife, his son, and various would-be rescuers vanish into its mysterious depths.

Meanwhile, in a pine stump in a nearby park, a vast civilization is in turmoil. Here a young female from the russet ant nation of Bel-o-kan learns that a strange new weapon has been killing off her comrades. To find out why, she enlists the help of a warrior ant, and the two set off on separate journeys into a harsh and violent world. It is a world where death takes many forms--savage birds and voracious lizards, warlike dwarf ants and rapacious termites, poisonous beetles and, most bizarre of all, the swift, murderous, giant guardians of the edge of the cars.

Yet the end of the female's desperate quest will be the eerie secret in the cellar at 3, rue des Sybarites--a mystery she must solve in order to fulfill her special destiny as the new queen of her own great empire. But to do so she must first make unthinkable communion with the most barbaric creatures of all.

Empire of the Ants is a brilliant evocation of a hidden civilization as complex as our own and far more ancient. It is a fascinating realm where boats are built of leaves and greenflies are domesticated and milked like cows, where citizens lock antennae in "absolute communication" and fight wars with precisely coordinated armies using sprays of glue and acids that can dissolve a snail. Not since Watership Down has a novel so vividly captured the lives and struggles of a fellow species and the valuable lessons they have to teach us.]]> 320 Bernard Werber 0553573527 Cdmarker 0 4.12 1991 Empire of the Ants (La Saga des Fourmis, #1)
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]]> The Neverending Story 27712
The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, and magic, and once Bastian begins his quest, he may never return. As he is drawn deeper into Fantastica, he must find the courage to face unspeakable foes and the mysteries of his own heart.

Readers, too, can travel to the wondrous, unforgettable world of Fantastica if they will just turn the page...]]> 396 Michael Ende 0525457585 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.16 1979 The Neverending Story
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]]> Dust (Silo, #3) 17855756 In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell.

Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way.

And she won't stand for it.

But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls.

A poison is growing from within Silo 18.

One that cannot be stopped.

Unless Silo 1 step in.]]> 458 Hugh Howey 1490904387 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.19 2013 Dust (Silo, #3)
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]]> Shift (Silo, #2) 17306293 579 Hugh Howey Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.12 2013 Shift (Silo, #2)
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]]> Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 13453029
The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

Alternate cover for B0071XO8RA]]> 509 Hugh Howey Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.22 2012 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore, #1)]]> 13648 286 Ursula K. Le Guin 0152051244 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.72 2004 Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ocean at the End of the Lane]]> 16078220
Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.]]> 248 Neil Gaiman 1472200314 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.06 2013 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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]]> <![CDATA[Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)]]> 29845906
Destined to destroy empires, the child raised in shadows made a promise on the day she lost everything: to avenge herself on those that shattered her world.

But the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, and Mia must become a weapon without equal. Before she seeks vengeance, she must seek training among the infamous assassins of the Red Church of Itreya.

Inside the Church's halls, Mia must prove herself against the deadliest of opponents and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and daemons at the heart of a murder cult.

The Church is no ordinary school. But Mia is no ordinary student.]]> 448 Jay Kristoff 0008179999 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.27 2016 Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)]]> 228665
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 800 Robert Jordan 0812511816 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.19 1990 The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan (1-11)]]> 7932486 Robert Jordan Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.59 The Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan (1-11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations]]> 35628594
Humans are tribal. We need to belong to groups. In many parts of the world, the group identities that matter most – the ones that people will kill and die for – are ethnic, religious, sectarian, or clan-based. But because America tends to see the world in terms of nation-states engaged in great ideological battles – Capitalism vs. Communism, Democracy vs. Authoritarianism, the “Free World” vs. the “Axis of Evil” – we are often spectacularly blind to the power of tribal politics. Time and again this blindness has undermined American foreign policy.

In the Vietnam War, viewing the conflict through Cold War blinders, we never saw that most of Vietnam’s “capitalists” were members of the hated Chinese minority. Every pro-free-market move we made helped turn the Vietnamese people against us.In Iraq, we were stunningly dismissive of the hatred between that country’s Sunnis and Shias. If we want to get our foreign policy right – so as to not be perpetually caught off guard and fighting unwinnable wars – the United States has to come to grips with political tribalism abroad.

Just as Washington’s foreign policy establishment has been blind to the power of tribal politics outside the country, so too have American political elites been oblivious to the group identities that matter most to ordinary Americans – and that are tearing the United States apart. As the stunning rise of Donald Trump laid bare, identity politics have seized both the American left and right in an especially dangerous, racially inflected way. In America today, every group feels whites and blacks, Latinos and Asians, men and women, liberals and conservatives, and so on. There is a pervasive sense of collective persecution and discrimination. On the left, this has given rise to increasingly radical and exclusionary rhetoric of privilege and cultural appropriation. On the right, it has fueled a disturbing rise in xenophobia and white nationalism.

In characteristically persuasive style, Amy Chua argues that America must rediscover a national identity that transcends our political tribes. Enough false slogans of unity, which are just another form of divisiveness. It is time for a more difficult unity that acknowledges the reality of group differences and fights the deep inequities that divide us.]]> 293 Amy Chua 0399562850 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.19 2018 Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Kill a Narcissist: Debunking the Myth of Narcissism and Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse (Kill a Narcissist #1)]]> 33931306 Narcissism is an overwhelming and confusing topic. But when you reveal its mask, you see that it is basically a lie, told to those who are vulnerable.

Narcissistic abuse, by nature, is designed to keep you trapped in shame-based vertigo. It doesn't just go away because you know it exists. Narcissism creates a set of beliefs, behaviours and paradigms in its target which must be changed from the inside.

'How To Kill A Narcissist' is a book with two aims:

1. To reveal the rotten core of the narcissistic personality so you can see it clearly
2. To present you with an inside-out strategy for healing, recovery and freedom

Whether you are dealing with narcissistic parents, husbands, wives, friends, bosses or colleagues, the same philosophy will apply. After reading 'How To Kill A Narcissist', you will:

- Become aware of the damage narcissistic abuse has done to your psyche and how to heal it
- See how the narcissist uses shame as a weapon to fool you into feeling inferior
- Understand the playing field which narcissists thrive on and how to stop playing their game
- Learn how the narcissist uses mind control to break down and rebuild your identity for the purpose of subjugation
- Gain tools for disarming a narcissist i.e. starving them of their narcissistic supply
- Have taken a closer look behind the veil of narcissistic personality disorder

'How To Kill A Narcissist' takes an enlightening look at the dynamic between a narcissist and their target. It takes you on a deep journey and describes:

- How we unwittingly qualify as targets of narcissists
- The shame/grandiosity continuum and how the narcissist uses it to crush your self-esteem
- The law of grandiosity and how it influences our relationships with the self-absorbed
- The effect that narcissism has on its target including: toxic shame, a dissociated mind and a weakened ego
- The obstacles which keep you trapped in a cycle of narcissistic abuse: the psychological cage, love starvation, low shame tolerance, guilt and conditioning to shamelessness

Using an inside-out approach, 'How To Kill A Narcissist' presents the seven practices for recovery and healing:

1. Get allies: Boost self-esteem through limbic resonance
2. Give shape to your true self: Uncover disowned parts of the self and restore wholeness
3. Skill up: Empower yourself
4. Flex your muscles: Challenge the psychological cage and come out of hiding
5. Even the scale: Restore balance to your relationships
6. Boundaries: Foster a strong sense of self and firmly protect it
7. Scorched earth: Disengage from those who wish to manipulate you

Each practice is designed to instil you with independence, strength, emotional resilience and awareness while allowing you to cultivate balanced, loving relationships and pursue a life of passion.

This is the art of killing a narcissist.]]> 184 J.H. Simon 0648012808 Cdmarker 5 4.07 How to Kill a Narcissist: Debunking the Myth of Narcissism and Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse (Kill a Narcissist #1)
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]]> The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 68497
For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remade live as equals to humans, Cactacae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave.

Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters—terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission. . . .]]> 578 China Miéville 0345460014 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.17 2002 The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)]]> 5750628
Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not "soul" . . . He hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. Satan, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager: Johannes has one year to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever.

To make the bet even more interesting, Satan throws in that diabolical engine of deceit, seduction, and corruption known as a "traveling circus" to aid in the evil bidding. What better place exists to rob poor sad saps of their souls than the traveling carnivals historically run by hucksters and legendary con men?

With little time to lose, Johannes raises a motley crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst, a charismatic vampire (an unfortunate side effect of Johannes's early experiments with necromancy), to be the carnival's barker. On the road through the pastoral English countryside, this team of reprobates wields their black magic with masterful ease, resulting in mayhem at every turn.

Johannes may have the moral conscience of anthrax, but are his tricks sinful enough to beat the Devil at his own game? You'll never guess, and that's a promise!

Brilliantly written and wickedly funny, "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer" combines the chills and thrills of old-fashioned gothic tales like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the mischievous humor of "Wicked," and the sophisticated charms of" Jonathan Strange &Mr. Norrell "and spins the Faustian legend into a fresh, irreverent, and irresistible new adventure.]]> 291 Jonathan L. Howard 0385528086 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.93 2009 Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)]]> 91476 This an alternate cover for 9780451458445

Harry Dresden - Wizard
Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden has faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago-area phone book.

But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: The spirit world has gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble - and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone - or something - is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself....]]> 378 Jim Butcher Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.14 2001 Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
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]]> Fated (Alex Verus, #1) 11737387
Alex is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London that caters to clientele who can do much more than pull rabbits out of hats. And while Alex’s own powers aren’t as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future—allowing him to pull off operations that have a million to one chance of success.

But when Alex is approached by multiple factions seeking his skills to crack open a relic from a long-ago mage war, he knows that whatever’s inside must be beyond powerful. And thanks to his abilities, Alex can predict that by taking the job, his odds of survival are about to go from slim to none....]]> 295 Benedict Jacka 1937007294 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.90 2012 Fated (Alex Verus, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)]]> 5776788
Life sucks and then you die. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.

Now Stark’s back, and ready for revenge. And absolution, and maybe even love. But when his first stop saddles him with an abusive talking head, Stark discovers that the road to absolution and revenge is much longer than you’d expect, and both Heaven and Hell have their own ideas for his future.

Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.

Darkly twisted, irreverent, and completely hilarious, Sandman Slim is the breakthrough novel by an acclaimed author.]]> 388 Richard Kadrey 0061714305 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.95 2009 Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.47 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)]]> 334123
If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.

Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine.]]> 462 Jonathan Stroud 078681859X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.03 2003 The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)
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]]> Tintenblut (Tintenwelt, #2) 292125 736 Cornelia Funke 3791504673 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.10 2005 Tintenblut (Tintenwelt, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)]]> 6325687 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen. The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.]]> 664 Patrick Rothfuss 1429534842 Cdmarker 0 4.39 2007 The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)]]> 4921
"We agree that we are overworked, and need a rest - A week on the rolling deep? - George suggests the river -"

And with the co-operation of several hampers of food and a covered boat, the three men (not forgetting the dog) set out on a hilarious voyage of mishaps up the Thames. When not falling in the river and getting lost in Hampton Court Maze, Jerome K. Jerome finds time to express his ideas on the world around - many of which have acquired a deeper fascination since the day at the end of the 19th century when this excursion was so lightly undertaken.]]> 185 Jerome K. Jerome Cdmarker 5 3.86 1889 Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
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]]> Pride and Prejudice 84979 Another cover edition for this ISBN

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.]]> 334 Jane Austen 0553213105 Cdmarker 4 4.36 1813 Pride and Prejudice
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]]> <![CDATA[Bright We Burn (The Conqueror's Saga #3)]]> 36740143 The conclusion to the AND I DARKEN series. Who will live? Who will die? And who will rule triumphant?

SOME LOVES HEAL
Haunted over the unknown fates of Nazira and Cyprian, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need. But Mehmed has a secret: as emperor, he is more powerful than ever . . . and desperately lonely. Does this mean Radu can finally have more with Mehmed . . . and would he even want it?

SOME LOVES DESTROY
Lada's rule of absolute justice has created a Wallachia free of crime. But Lada won't rest until everyone knows that her country's borders are inviolable. Determined to send a message of defiance, she has the bodies of Mehmed's peace envoy delivered to him, leaving Radu and Mehmed with no choice. If Lada is allowed to continue, only death will prosper. They must go to war against the girl prince, who has truly become the dragon.

SOME LOVES NEVER END
Only by destroying everything that came before--including her relationships--can Lada truly build the country she wants. Radu fears that they are underestimating his sister's indomitable will. But Mehmed knows that he loves Lada. He understands her. She must lose to him so he can keep her safe. It is the only way . . . isn't it?

Claim the throne. Demand the crown. Rule the world.]]> 393 Kiersten White Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.31 2018 Bright We Burn (The Conqueror's Saga #3)
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]]> İki Od Arasında 20261914 220 Yusif Vəzir Çəmənzəminli 5868742044 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.20 1937 İki Od Arasında
author: Yusif Vəzir Çəmənzəminli
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book published: 1937
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]]> <![CDATA[Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)]]> 47989
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how to be a good copper, and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's a problem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future.

A Discworld Tale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies of negotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen, and other children of the revolution.

Truth! Justice! Freedom!
And a Hard-boiled Egg!]]> 480 Terry Pratchett 055215430X Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.49 2002 Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
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]]> The Custom of the Country 26950 - Anita Brookner]]> 370 Edith Wharton 0143039709 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.04 1913 The Custom of the Country
author: Edith Wharton
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]]> My Sister, the Serial Killer 40317428 My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...

When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...]]> 242 Oyinkan Braithwaite Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.79 2018 My Sister, the Serial Killer
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[Robinson Crusoe (Broadview Editions)]]> 7496684 422 Daniel Defoe 1551119358 Cdmarker 3 2.84 1719 Robinson Crusoe (Broadview Editions)
author: Daniel Defoe
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average rating: 2.84
book published: 1719
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sancaqlı Kölgələr və Leyla Xuni]]> 30131426
Dostu Toğrulun hadisələrə qarışmasıyla vəziyyət içindən çıxılmaz bir hala gəlir. Onu hər yerdə izləyən qeyri-adi olaylar tarixin gizli qalan cinayətlərini üzə çıxarır.

Bəs, görəsən, Toğrul həm özünü bu müəmmadan qurtarıb, həm də dostunun harada olduğunu öyrənə biləcəkmi?!..]]> 210 Xan Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.62 2016 Sancaqlı Kölgələr və Leyla Xuni
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]]> <![CDATA[El juego del ángel (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #2)]]> 17906284
Con estilo deslumbrante e impecable precisión narrativa, el autor de La Sombra del Viento nos transporta de nuevo a la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para ofrecernos una gran aventura de intriga, romance y tragedia, a través de un laberinto de secretos donde el embrujo de los libros, la pasión y la amistad se conjugan en un relato magistral.]]> 688 Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8408112090 Cdmarker 2 4.17 2008 El juego del ángel (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #2)
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Süninin sünisi, klişenin klişesi. Ömrümdə bu qədər klişelərlə dolu kitab oxumamışam. Elə bil hind filminin senarisini oxuyursan, o haqsız yerə hamının bir adamı günahlandırıb ardınca bütün dünyanın dərdlərinin eyni vaxtda başına töküldüyü hind filmi. Çox universal kitabdı, hansı tematikadan istəsəz klişelər var qotikadan tutmuş detektiv və sentimental klişelərə kimi, hətta (diqqət spoyler!) buzun altında, suda xilas olmayacağını bilib gülümsəyən və əlini, onu əbəs yerə xilas etməyə çalışan adama doğru uzadan insan belə var))) Klişe ensiklopediyası kimi istifadə oluna bilər, sadə dildə və hekayə formasında uşaqları klişelərlə tanış etməkçün. Bir də qəhərmanların məntiqsiz, adamı cırnadan hərəkətləri və dialoqları, o heç o ayrı istoriyadı. Yazıçı elə əsərdəki qəhramanı kimi 5 qəpiklik, yaxşı satılan maraqlı və keyfiyyətsiz kitab yazmaqla məşğul olub, amma görən o da qəhrəmanı kimi yazdığı bu şeydən ikrah hissi keçirir? Sonacan oxudum, çünki paralel tekstli kitab şəklində yükləmişəm, xarici dil öyrənməkçün, əslində səviyyəsiz əsər olması mənə yaradı, çünki kitab çox maraqlı olanda, başqa dildə yazılanı oxumağa səbrim çatmır, birbaşa tərcüməsini uduram, dil öyrənmək hayında olmuram. 2 ulduz verdim çünki dili çox axıcı və gözəldi, tez tez gülürdüm (deyəsən səthi zarafatları xoşlayıram), həm də hər nə də olsa maraqlıydı, bütün Bollivud filmləri kimi
]]> <![CDATA[The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason, #2)]]> 1024910
"Sulky Girl" is #2 in the successful Perry Mason series, but it's a first in one category. "The Case of the Velvet Claws," #1, did not contain a courtroom drama. In #2, for the first time, Mason illustrates his ability to drive the judge and the prosecuting attorney crazy. Now that's the Perry Mason we know and love.]]> 230 Erle Stanley Gardner 0345371453 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.86 1933 The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Case of the Lucky Legs (Perry Mason, #3)]]> 337409
Frank Patton was a promoter. Tall and dignified, he was handsome and persuasive. But a con-man and crook. His racket of running contests for young women with beautiful legs was carefully planned. But, when Perry Mason finally caught up with him, he had a nine inch knife in his chest. It wasn't long before his client, Marjorie Clune, one of the many Patton fleeced, stood accused of the deed.]]> 215 Erle Stanley Gardner 0345369270 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.80 1934 The Case of the Lucky Legs (Perry Mason, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Case of the Howling Dog (Perry Mason, #4)]]> 481443
Perry doesn't realize just how crazy until he meets his client's neighbor, Clinton Foley. Foley says emphatically that Cartright is barking up the wrong tree with his canine complaint -- and swears that the man is dangerously insane to boot.

Mason's not the type to cop out on a client -- but when Cartright draws up a will that leaves everything to this neighbor's wife, even Perry had to wonder if the man had slipped from anger to madness. That's why he pays a personal visit or two to Clinton Foley's house, where he eventually finds a missing wife, a dead dog, and a corpse!]]> 216 Erle Stanley Gardner 0345347838 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.93 1934 The Case of the Howling Dog (Perry Mason, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (Perry Mason, #7)]]> 1097444
"The Case of the Caretaker's Cat" will show you why. In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live for life. Laxter's grandson Sam, one of the major beneficiaries, says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat. When Perry Mason takes the case, he finds there's much more at stake than an old man's cat -- a million dollars to be exact. As he investigates, he discovers a web of greed and treachery among the heirs. But which one actually pulled off an almost perfect crime?]]> 218 Erle Stanley Gardner 0345321561 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.92 1935 The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (Perry Mason, #7)
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average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Conatan Livinqston adlı qağayı]]> 41749982
Bu kitab bir Qaǧayının mübarizǝ hekayǝsidir; mǝhdudiyyǝtlǝrlǝ, “olmaz”larla barışmayan, yalnız yemǝk üçün uçmaq istǝmǝyǝn, daim yüksǝklǝrǝ can atan vǝ nǝhayǝt buna nail olan bir Qaǧayının, hǝm dǝ hǝr birimizin daxilindǝ yaşayan gerçǝk Qaǧayının.

Əsǝri oxuduqdan sonra daha dǝniz kǝnarındakı qaǧayılara adi quş kimi baxa bilmǝyǝcǝksiniz, hǝmişǝ xoş hisslǝrlǝ Conatanı xatırlayacaqsınız vǝ hǝm dǝ onun sizǝ öyrǝtdiklǝrini.]]> 120 Richard Bach 9952525478 Cdmarker 4 4.38 1970 Conatan Livinqston adlı qağayı
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 1970
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)]]> 69136 The Book of Lost Things.

Taking readers on a vivid journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.]]> 339 John Connolly 0743298853 Cdmarker 0 to-read 3.96 2006 The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
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]]> Moonheart 618174
Now, with their friends and enemies alike--Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk musician; the Inspector from the RCMP; and the mysterious Tom Hengyr--Sara and Jamie are drawn into this enchanted land through the portals of Tamson House, that sprawling downtown edifice that straddles two worlds.

Sweeping from ancient Wales to the streets of Ottawa today, Moonheart will entrance you with its tale of this world and the other one at the very edge of sight...and the unforgettable people caught up in the affairs of both. A tale of music, and motorcycles, and fey folk beyond the shadows of the moon. A tale of true magic; the tale of Moonheart.]]> 447 Charles de Lint 0312890044 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.04 1984 Moonheart
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]]> <![CDATA[Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)]]> 9317452 392 Ben Aaronovitch 0575097566 Cdmarker 3 to-read 3.83 2011 Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
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Axıra çatdıra bilmədim,bir tərəfdən maraqlıydı, bir tərəfdənsə bilmirəm iş nədədi. Hətta gülməli kitabdı, amma hər güləndə yazara "ev tapşırığını yaxşı eləmisən, afərin Ben, xoşum gəldi" deməyim gəlirdi. Kitabın içinə girmək əvəzinə, "elə yazılıb oxuyanlara maraqlı olacaq" fikrini beynimdən ata bilmirdim. Ona görə kitabı atdım hayıf
]]> <![CDATA[Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You]]> 52220686 Stamped from the Beginning for ages 12 and up.

A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America.

This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This is a remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning, winner of a National Book Award. It reveals the history of racist ideas in America and inspires hope for an antiracist future.

Stamped takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited.

Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative, Jason Reynolds shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas--and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.]]> 294 Jason Reynolds 0316453692 Cdmarker 0 to-read 4.46 2020 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Accursed Kings Series: The Iron King / The Strangled Queen / The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings #1-3)]]> 24359968
A collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings.

“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”

The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.

A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty…

This bundle collects the first three novels of The Accursed Kings: THE IRON KING, THE STRANGLED QUEEN and THE POISONED CROWN.]]> 727 Maurice Druon Cdmarker 5 4.30 1965 The Accursed Kings Series: The Iron King / The Strangled Queen / The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings #1-3)
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]]> <![CDATA[La reina estrangulada (Los Reyes Malditos, #2)]]> 1044175 230 Unknown 9684970587 Cdmarker 5 4.21 1955 La reina estrangulada (Los Reyes Malditos, #2)
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 1955
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