Jason
1) The returned
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When their son Jacob, who died tragically at his 8th birthday party in 1966, arrives on their doorstep, still 8 years old, Harold and Lucille Hargrave must navigate a strange new reality as chaos erupts around the world as people's loved ones are returned from beyond.
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"No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn't born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works,...
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Atheneum
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[2022]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"--
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Hell of a Book, comes a short story from the world of The Returned where one determined couple seeks to reunite a young girl with the father who thought he had lost her forever…
When Heather and Matt Campbell find ten-year-old Tatiana Rusesa on the side of the highway, she is thousands of miles away from her village in Sierra Leone. She hasn’t...
When Heather and Matt Campbell find ten-year-old Tatiana Rusesa on the side of the highway, she is thousands of miles away from her village in Sierra Leone. She hasn’t...
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“Hands down, the best humor book about family life I have ever read.” —Nikki Knepper, author of Moms Who Drink and Swear
Comedian/blogger/family man Jason Good delivers a laugh-out-loud reminder that everything is easier and more fun when approached with a sense of humor—especially parenting. Each list in this book captures a perfect (or perfectly terrible) aspect of parenthood while at the...
Comedian/blogger/family man Jason Good delivers a laugh-out-loud reminder that everything is easier and more fun when approached with a sense of humor—especially parenting. Each list in this book captures a perfect (or perfectly terrible) aspect of parenthood while at the...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Hell of a Book. In Jason Mott’s haunting and unforgettable debut novel, The Returned, an impossible miracle is occurring all across the globe. Read how it all begins in this short story, The First.
It’s been just over a year since Edmund Blithe died, and just over a month since his fiancée, Emily, stopped wearing her engagement ring. Emily has...
It’s been just over a year since Edmund Blithe died, and just over a month since his fiancée, Emily, stopped wearing her engagement ring. Emily has...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Hell of a Book, comes a short story from the world of The Returned. A man is forced to choose between the life he has now, and the one he thought was gone forever…
Peter Galvin was just seventeen when Tracy Whitland—the love of his life—vanished without a trace. In the years after her death, he had finally moved on, gotten married, started a...
Peter Galvin was just seventeen when Tracy Whitland—the love of his life—vanished without a trace. In the years after her death, he had finally moved on, gotten married, started a...
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"On the heels of his critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Returned, Jason Mott delivers a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice. On an ordinary day, at an air show like that in any small town across the country, a plane crashes into a crowd of spectators. After the dust clears, a thirteen-year-old girl named Ava is found huddled beneath a pocket of rubble with her best friend, Wash. He is injured and bleeding, and...
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In his page-turning and inspiring first book, legendary songwriter and recording artist Jason Derulo shares his 15 rules for finding success in any pursuit and invites everyone, especially artists and creators, to start on their path to greatness.
In 2009, an 18-year-old son of Haitian immigrants burst onto Billboard music charts with the instant #1 song, "Whatcha Say," which sampled a surprising hook and opened with what would prove to be one of...
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Femme, gay teen podcaster Riley Weaver has made it to junior year, which means he can finally apply for membership into the Gaybutante Society, the LGBTQ+ organization that has launched dozens of queer teens' careers in pop culture, arts, and activism. The process to get into the society is a marathon of charity events, parties, and general gay chaos, culminating in the annual Gaybutante Ball. The one requirement for the ball? A date.
Then Riley overhears...
11) Past Crimes
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When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how much hers is worth . . . Ready Player One meets Black Mirror in this stunning speculative thriller set in a future world in which virtual reality isn't just a game, it's daily life.
"Wow" Lee Child on Hide Away
"Absolutely addictive" Lisa Gardner on Hide Away
"You'll burn through the pages" David Baldacci on Hide Away
Welcome to Earth+. The year...
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"Stay and die, or run and survive. Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on. When Tommy is drafted for the war, the twins are faced with a choice: accept their fate...
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Jason Dark
John Sinclair Classics - Folge 9
Die Nacht des Schwarzen Drachen
Die Londoner Unterwelt ist in Aufruhr. Ein chinesischer Geheimbund mit dem Namen "Schwarzer Drache" gewinnt immer mehr an Macht. Als die Tochter von Li Tse Feng, einem angesehenen Geschäftsmann, ermordet wird, nimmt Inspektor John Sinclair die Ermittlungen auf. Doch Li Tse Feng kennt das dämonische Geheimnis des "Schwarzen Drachen" und will den Anführer auf eigene Faust...
14) Scar Dakota
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Shane Dakota's world is falling to pieces. He's just moved over Christmas break from North Carolina to the very strange mountain land of Utah. Suddenly Shane's grandparents are raising him and he's spending way too much time teaching his grandpa about Netflix while learning more than any seventh grader ever should about pickleball.
But even Shane knows those aren't his biggest problems. His mother, a member of the National Guard, has just passed...
But even Shane knows those aren't his biggest problems. His mother, a member of the National Guard, has just passed...
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Dämonen in Moskau. Es schien unmöglich. Und doch war es so. Als die ersten Zombies auf dem Roten Platz auftauchten, konnten die offiziellen Stellen es nicht länger verheimlichen. Man holte Suko und mich nach Rußland. In Sibirien stellten wir die Untoten zum letzten Kampf. In einem Atomkraftwerk- Das Kult-Comeback der Hörspiel-Legende: Die originalen Klassiker von Tonstudio Braun digital überarbeitet!
16) Doktor Tod
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Ich glaubte, ihn vernichtet zu haben, meinen größten Feind, "Dr. Tod". Aber plötzlich war er wieder am Leben, gefährlicher und brutaler als zuvor, doch jetzt war er mit Asmodis im Bunde, der ihm die magische Kraft verliehen hatte, Tote in unverwundbare Monster zu verwandeln, in gnadenlose Mörder-"programmiert", mich zu töten-.. Das Kult-Comeback der Hörspiel-Legende: Die originalen Klassiker von Tonstudio Braun digital überarbeitet!
17) Ewige Schreie
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Walham, Schottland, im Jahre des Herrn 1813. Der Henker Sam Davies lehrt die Mörder- und Diebesbanden der Umgebung das Fürchten. Als Davies? Familie grausam ermordet wird, gerät er selbst unter Verdacht. Unschuldig stirbt er auf dem Galgenhügel ... 200 Jahre später wird Walham von einer Reihe unheimlicher Selbstmorde erschüttert. Und die Schreie der Erhängten hallen auch noch nach ihrem Tod durch das gesamte Dorf ... Eine fesselnde Komposition...
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John Sinclair Classics - Folge 4
Das Leichenhaus der Lady L.
Das Schloß war alt. Sehr alt. Seine Geschichte barg ein dunkles Geheimnis, das beinahe in Vergessenheit geraten wäre. Erst als nach der Jahrtausendwende das Schloß zu einem Internat für Mädchen aus wohlhabenden Familien umgebaut wurde, sollte sich der alte Fluch wieder erfüllen. Es kam, wie es kommen mußte. Bereits fünf Monate nach der feierlichen Einweihung - geschah der erste...
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Henley-on-Thames, 1532. Dutzende unschuldiger Mädchen sterben unter dem Beil des Henkers Moro Gifford und festigen seinen Ruf als gnadenloser Hexenjäger. In der Gegenwart trauert John Sinclair immer noch um seine Gefährtin Jane Collins, die - besessen vom Geist des Rippers - ebenfalls zur Hexe wurde. Eine Rückkehr scheint unmöglich. Dann aber erreicht John ein Anruf. Wie es aussieht, ist der Henker Moro wieder aktiv - und die Anruferin, die John...
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Ruckartig setzte sich Mary Wicker in ihrem Bett auf. Irgendetwas hatte sie geweckt. Ein Geräusch? Oder war es nur das Rauschen des Regens gewesen? Mit dem Handrücken wischte sich Mary den Schweiß von der Stirn. Es war unerträglich schwül im Zimmer. Die Frau warf einen Blick auf das Leuchtzifferblatt ihrer Armbanduhr. Eine Stunde nach Mitternacht, und Tom war noch nicht zu Hause. Unruhe erfasste die Frau. Ob im Zuchthaus etwas passiert war? Marys...