Prison Breaker Book 1: Savant

Prison Breaker Book 1: Savant
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Total Pages : 591
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ISBN-10 : 9798499291078
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Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Prison Breaker Book 1: Savant by : Joseph Daniel

A ghostwriter for NYT bestsellers teams up with an award-winning editor to create this highly addictive urban fantasy... Once an heir to a tyrant's throne, illusionist Leonidas Rex is now exiled in the million acre forests of Washington State where he scrapes a living breaking gods and monsters out of secret magical prisons. In his trusty C-class RV, Leonidas lives a life on the run, accompanied by a mute marksman and a childhood sweetheart with a past even deadlier than his own. But when he's blackmailed into taking a suicide mission into a mutinied prison overrun by a crazed clan of genies, he's forced to rediscover a long-buried weapon and confront a horror from a previous life. If the once-prince fails, he just might ignite the hidden and secret places of the world into an all out civil war. If you liked the worlds of Jim Butcher, Benedict Jacka, Shayne Silvers, RL King, Sarah J. Maas, Kevin Hearne, Steve McHugh, Michael Anderle, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Shannon Mayer, Charlaine Harris or K.F. Breene, then prepare to fall in love again! (Click Look Inside and see for yourself!) ✶✶✶✶✶ "Big fan of tough guy urban fantasy, like Dresden, Verus or Atticus. This series hangs shoulder to shoulder with these titans." JS, Amazon Reviewer ✶✶✶✶✶ "There's something really special about this story..." Kyle K, advanced reader ✶✶✶✶✶ "Loved this book - had me hooked from the very first page! What a great read!" JM, Amazon Reviewer ✶✶✶✶✶ "Very drawn into the story. [The] anticipation of what was going to happen next had my pulse racing (seriously). A page-turner for me." John M, reader ✶✶✶✶✶ "The story is deep and keeps you at the edge of your seat or couch or bed... I couldn't put it down." SB, Amazon Reviewer ✶✶✶✶✶ "From its first page, this clever and well-penned thriller had me hooked." A, Amazon Reviewer ✶✶✶✶✶ "I was drawn into the story from the first chapter. I found myself reading too fast at times, in order to keep up with the action!" Martin, J, Reader ✶✶✶✶✶ "...All the characters are excellent. It's easy to understand and connect with Leon's journey." J. W, author ✶✶✶✶✶ "I loved the book. I have already told several people about how good it was and that they should read it when it comes out. Already looking forward to more!" K, ARC reader

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9780735222373
ISBN-13 : 0735222371
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lincoln Highway by : Amor Towles

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year “Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A classic that we will read for years to come.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club “Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.” —Bill Gates “A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.” —NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, I was wowed by Towles’s writing—especially because The Lincoln Highway is so different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero’s journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel.” – Bill Gates

General English and French Dictionary newly composed from the English Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, Richardson, etc. from the Dictionaries of the French Academy, and the special Dictionaries and works of both languages. Second edition

General English and French Dictionary newly composed from the English Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, Richardson, etc. from the Dictionaries of the French Academy, and the special Dictionaries and works of both languages. Second edition
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Total Pages : 636
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0019334784
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Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis General English and French Dictionary newly composed from the English Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, Richardson, etc. from the Dictionaries of the French Academy, and the special Dictionaries and works of both languages. Second edition by : Alexandre SPIERS

The Cult of Smart

The Cult of Smart
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Publisher : All Points Books
Total Pages : 149
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ISBN-10 : 9781250200389
ISBN-13 : 1250200385
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cult of Smart by : Fredrik deBoer

Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.

Born On A Blue Day

Born On A Blue Day
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781416548195
ISBN-13 : 141654819X
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Born On A Blue Day by : Daniel Tammet

A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man. Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what it’s like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all human—our minds.