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Every Arc Bends Its Radian A Novel [electronic resource] : by De La Pava, Sergio.aut; cloudLibrary;
From PEN Award­­–winning author Sergio de la Pava comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled in a young woman’s strange disappearance—which may be connected to one of the world’s most ruthless criminal organizations. Riv—poet, philosopher, private eye—arrives in Cali, Colombia, hoping to find reprieve. Running away from an unspeakable event surrounding his ex Jane, Riv accidentally connects with his cousin Mauro and family friend Carlotta, who asks him to find her daughter Angelica Alfa-Ochoa. No sooner is Riv on the trail when it becomes clear that not only are the cops not looking for Angelica, but they are actively preventing him from finding her. This could be a good thing because the police are clearly in the pocket of one Exeter Mondragon, a name best never uttered in public if one wants to stay alive. But Riv is not one to leave things incomplete. When his investigation leads him straight into the heart of Mondragon’s criminal empire, he is forced not only to face unimaginable horrors, but also to plunge into the deepest and most perplexing conundrums of the human condition. Lightning fast on the page and steeped in the cultural history of Colombia, Every Arc Bends Its Radian is a novel only Sergio de la Pava could write. As incredibly funny as it is ridiculously smart, it poses large philosophical questions while keeping you laughing. A novel idea about the biggest idea of them all—what in God’s name are we even put on earth for, this book is a singular exploration of the human mind.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Hispanic & Latino; Literary; Mystery & Detective;
© 2024., Simon & Schuster,
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The deep / by Katsu, Alma,author.;
"Surviving the sinking of the Titanic, Annie takes a job as a nurse on the Britannic before encountering a fellow survivor who forces her to reckon with past demons."--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Historical fiction.; Titanic (Steamship); Britannic (Ship); Nurses; Shipwreck survival;
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Castle Rock. [videorecording] / by Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-television producer.; Holland, André,actor.; King, Stephen,1947-television producer.; Levy, Jane,1989-actor.; Lynskey, Melanie,actor.; Newman, Thomas,1955-composer (expression); Rutkowski, Richard,1966-director of photography.; Shaw, Sam,screenwriter,television producer.; Skarsgård, Bill,actor.; Spacek, Sissy,actor.; Sweet, Robin(Producer),television producer.; Thomason, Dustin,screenwriter,television producer.; Westlake, Chris,composer (expression); Bad Robot (Firm),production company.; Old Curiosity Shop (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Television,production company.;
Directors of photography, Richard Rutkowski, Jeffrey Greeley ; editors, Trevor Baker, Matthew Colonna, David Bilow ; music, Chris Westlake, Thomas Newman.André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy, Sissy Spacek.A psychological horror anthology series set in the Stephen King multiverse, it is an original story that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror television programs.; Television programs.; Castle Rock (Me. : Imaginary place); Good and evil; Supernatural;
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The writing retreat : a novel / by Bartz, Julia,author.;
While attending a month-long writing retreat at the estate of a feminist horror writer who issues a life-changing challenge, Alex, determined to win this seemingly impossible contest, ignores the strange happenings around her until the disappearance of afellow writer leads her on a desperate search for the truth.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Contests; Mansions; Missing persons; Women authors; Writers' retreats;
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Wilder girls / by Power, Rory.;
Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island.LSC
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Dystopias.; Teenage girls; Quarantine; Diseases; Survival; Boarding schools; Islands;
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The last word [text (large print)] : a novel / by Adams, Taylor,author.;
After posting a one-star review for a poorly written--but gruesome--horror novel, Emma Carpenter is dragged into an online argument with the author himself, but when disturbing incidents start happening at night, Emma digs into his life and work, discovering a sadistic man who is capable of anything.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Stalking;
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Monster High. [videorecording] / by Lin, Courtney,voice actor.; Menas, Iris,voice actor.; Mohammed, Kausar,voice actor.; Nevaeh, Gabrielle,voice actor.; Revolori, Tony,1996-voice actor.; Whitlock, Matt(Director),film director.; Nickelodeon (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Television,publisher.;
Voices: Gabrielle Nevaeh, Kausar Mohammed, Tony Revolori, Courtney Lin, Iris Menas.It's a new semester at Monster High! The Boo Crew find themselves navigating a variety of monstrous situations, including a vacation at Scare-adise Resort that takes a mysterious turn, a mythological showdown during a music festival, a magic-powered competitive game night, and more. Monster mayhem is always on the menu at Monster High. With each pop quiz the undead life throws their way, the fan-favorite monsters learn that they have what it takes to change the world.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's television programs.; Television comedies.; Animated television programs.; Vampire television programs.; Werewolf television programs.; Monster High (Fictitious school); Friendship; Ghosts; Ghouls and ogres; High school students; High schools; Monsters; Vampires; Werewolves;
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Full throttle : stories / by Hill, Joe,author.; Hill, Joe.Short stories.Selections.;
"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the dead in "Late Returns." In "By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain," two young friends stumble on the corpse of a plesiosaur at the water's edge, a discovery that forces them to confront the inescapable truth of their own mortality. and other horrors that lurk in the water's shivery depths. And tension shimmers in the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert as a faceless trucker finds himself caught in a sinister dance with a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in "Throttle," co-written with Stephen King. Featuring two previously unpublished stories, and a brace of shocking chillers, Full Throttle is a darkly imagined odyssey through the complexities of the human psyche. Hypnotic and disquieting, it mines our tormented secrets, hidden vulnerabilities, and basest fears, and demonstrates this exceptional talent at his very best"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Short stories.; Paranormal fiction.;
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Pig Island / by Hayder, Mo;
Joe Oakes, a journalist who makes his living exposing supernatural hoaxes, visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island and finds everything he thought he knew overturned.
Subjects: Horror tales; Journalists; Supernatural; Good and evil; Suspense fiction;
© 2007, c2006., HarperCollins,
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The Nickel boys : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Reformatories; African American teenagers; Racism;
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