Breathless Reads Fall 2012 Sampler

Breathless Reads Fall 2012 Sampler
Author: Jessica Khoury
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101609400

Five new tales of love and adventure that will leave you breathless! Discover the exhilerating stories and incredible worlds of these five breathtaking novels: Origin by Jessica Khoury, The Innocents by Lili Peloquin, Venom by Fiona Paul, Black City by Elizabeth Richards, and Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes.

Fierce Reads Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler

Fierce Reads Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler
Author: Gennifer Albin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466826932

The Macmillan FIERCE READS Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler includes chapter excerpts from Crewel, Monstrous Beauty, Necromancing the Stone, The Shadow Society, Outpost, and Promised — available for free — check out the Fierce Reads website for more information about these much anticipated new YA reads.

Breathless Reads Sampler

Breathless Reads Sampler
Author: Beth Revis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101578033

A free eBook sampler featuring selections from ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis, BORN WICKED by Jessica Spotswood, LEGEND by Marie Lu, MATCHED by Ally Condie, and NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer. Every page will leave you Breathless!

Massive

Massive
Author: Ian Sample
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0465031692

The biggest science story of our time, Massive spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the "God" particle, or Higgs boson. A story of grand ambition, intense competition, clashing egos, and occasionally spectacular failures, Massive is the first book that reveals the science, culture, and politics behind the biggest unanswered question in modern physics -- what gives things mass? Drawing upon his unprecedented access to Peter Higgs, after whom the particle is named, award-winning science writer Ian Sample chronicles the multinational and multibillion-dollar quest to solve the mystery of mass. For scientists, to find the God particle is to finally understand the origin of mass, and until now, the story of their search has never been told.

The Breathless Zoo

The Breathless Zoo
Author: Rachel Poliquin
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2012-08-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271059613

From sixteenth-century cabinets of wonders to contemporary animal art, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing examines the cultural and poetic history of preserving animals in lively postures. But why would anyone want to preserve an animal, and what is this animal-thing now? Rachel Poliquin suggests that taxidermy is entwined with the enduring human longing to find meaning with and within the natural world. Her study draws out the longings at the heart of taxidermy—the longing for wonder, beauty, spectacle, order, narrative, allegory, and remembrance. In so doing, The Breathless Zoo explores the animal spectacles desired by particular communities, human assumptions of superiority, the yearnings for hidden truths within animal form, and the loneliness and longing that haunt our strange human existence, being both within and apart from nature.

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Author: Laini Taylor
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316192147

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Leave Me Breathless

Leave Me Breathless
Author: HelenKay Dimon
Publisher: Brava
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758257295

Permission To Approach According to Judge Bennett Walker, trying to kill him is a dumb idea. They might make him wear a big black nightgown to work, but it covers a lot of muscles, and he's definitely packing beneath it. He's also an ex-prosecutor and an ex-GI Joe. So when his brother brings in Callie Robbins to protect him, Ben has a few issues. First, he doesn't need a bodyguard. Second, she's a 130-pound girl--more smoking hot than smoking gun. And third, what if his body wants her guarding the night shift? Callie has no problem brushing aside Ben's disbelief. She left the FBI to escape the boys' club, but she can be deeper undercover and twice as lethal as any beefy John Doe. As for whether someone's after Bennett or not, the death threats and car bombs look pretty convincing to Callie. Of course, she might get distracted, sitting inches from the sexiest judge in DC for ten hours a day. Keeping him safe is no picnic. Keeping it professional--that might be impossible. "She's a delight!"--Christina Dodd "So smart, sexy and fast paced. I devour her stories." --Lori Foster

Against the Tide

Against the Tide
Author: Elizabeth Camden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2013
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781410455536

When Lydia's translation skills land her in the middle of a secret war, who can she trust when her life--and heart--are in jeopardy?

Fierce Women SAMPLER

Fierce Women SAMPLER
Author: Kimberly Wagner
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802484263

Enjoy these SAMPLE pages from Fierce Women- Do you ever get the idea that being a godly wife means you need to be a mousy doormat? Be as unnoticeable as a doorknob? Or have a personality transplant? Fierce Women: The Power of a Soft Warrior, smashes that idea. No matter whether you're an extrovert or more introverted-Kimberly Wagner believes women are created to be a compelling force. You may not see yourself as beautifully fierce or even slightly strong, but what if God has placed a powerful fierceness within you, within every woman? Kim admits her fierceness became a source of conflict in her marriage, but the relationship dynamic totally changed when she discovered her fierce strengths could be used to encourage and inspire her husband. She invites you to come alongside as she takes an honest look at a destructive relationship dynamic and casts a vision for the transformation God can bring to troubled marriages.