Vuonna 1984

Vuonna 1984

George Orwell

Fiction / Politics / Journalism

"Ajatusrikos oli asia jota ei voinut salata iäti. Sen voi pitää piilossa jonkin aikaa, jopa vuosikaudet, mutta ennemmin tai myöhemmin siitä takuulla jäi kiinni." Totuusministeriön virkamies Winston Smith elää totalitaristisessa valtiossa. Mystinen Isoveli valvoo kaikkialla: joka huoneistossa teleruutu lähettää puolueen propagandaa ja toisaalta tarkkailee kansalaisten liikkeitä, jopa heidän ajatuksiaan. Puolue on luonut myös uuskielen, jonka tarkoituksena on tehdä puolueen vastustaminen eli ajatusrikos mahdottomaksi. Romaanin päähenkilö Winston Smith väärentää työkseen historiaa mutta on samalla alkanut epäillä totalitaristista järjestelmää. Seuraukset ovat kohtalokkaat.
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Riley Paige Mystery 20-Once Broken

Riley Paige Mystery 20-Once Broken

Pierce, Blake

Mystery / Thriller / Fiction

When Hollywood's vintage glamour turns grisly, FBI Agent Riley Paige finds herself chasing a killer whose blueprint for murder is drawn from iconic movie scenes. With each clue steeped in cinematic lore, Riley must cast herself in the role of hero in this twisted thriller before the final credits roll. FBI Special Agent Riley Paige must fend off her own demons and her dysfunctional family life as she races against time to enter the mind of a diabolical killer days away from striking again - one who may even be more brilliant than her. Can she stop him in time?
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Once Upon a Courtesan

Once Upon a Courtesan

Jess Michaels

Romance / Historical Fiction / Ebooks

A brand new series from 10-Time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess MichaelsArabella Comerford always had too many dreams and desires to ever be happy with the forced marriage and staid life her cruel father planned for her. She sees her way out when she spies on a handsome gentleman engaged in elicit activities with a woman at Vauxhall Garden. Ultimately it leads her to her own path as a celebrated courtesan with freedom and money. But she always wondered about that man who got away and the startling green eyes that haunt her fantasies.Silas Windham has been gone from London for nearly six years, after his father's death caused a rift between him and the marquess's legitimate children. Now he's back thanks to the illness of his half-brother and unsure what to do next. Until he encounters Arabella at a hell and realizes she's the woman who he once caught spying on him in a garden. The one he hasn't been able to get out of his mind...
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The Rowdy Ones

The Rowdy Ones

K. Webster

Romance / Suspense / Thriller

<p>Our home in the wilderness was supposed to be safe.</p> <p>It’s what brought me back when the world chewed me up and spit me out.</p> <p>The isolation from evil people, though, was only a façade.</p> <p> </p> <p>No matter where we live, there is pain and suffering, caused by others.</p> <p>You can’t escape it.</p> <p>Only <em>our</em> family truly understands this.</p> <p> </p> <p>Mental torment shreds us from the inside out.</p> <p>And a piece of my heart must leave to find treatment in the place that shattered me.</p> <p>Everything in me begs to stay, but for family, I’ll go anywhere.</p> <p>Even back to hell.</p> <p> </p> <p>I’m needed to be a light in a dark, lonely world when I’m nothing but a flicker.</p> <p>Eyes for those who cannot see. A hand to hold and guide the way.</p> <p> </p> <p>But protectiveness soon becomes obsession.</p> <p>Simple touches that used to heal now create unimaginable fire.</p> <p> </p> <p>Chaotic. Obliterating. Incinerating. Illicit. Disgraceful.</p> <p> </p> <p>What I want calls to me more deeply than any drug I’ve succumbed to before.</p> <p>The desire for something so precious and fragile is consuming me.</p> <p>Everything could be destroyed if I even placed a single kiss on those forbidden lips.</p> <p> </p> <p>The heat of this addiction is now coursing through both our veins.</p> <p>I don’t know how to stop it.</p> <p>We’re high on it.</p> <p> </p> <p>I can fight this need, though.</p> <p>I’m stronger than I once was.</p> <p> </p> <p>Unfortunately, I’m not strong enough for the both of us…</p> <p> </p>
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Displaced

Displaced

Patrick Ochieng

Patrick Ochieng

Fourteen-year-old Kimathi has a comfortable life in the suburbs of western Kenya—until a contentious election explodes into violence. His father is killed, his house is destroyed, and he and his mother and sister must flee. They find themselves in a camp for internally displaced persons, who've been driven from their homes but haven't left their country.Kim struggles to adapt to his new reality: living in a tent, facing prejudice at the local school, and struggling to get basic supplies. His family even has to buy water by the jug, paying high prices controlled by a ruthless gang of water sellers.Gradually, Kim makes friends at the camp and starts to rebuild his life. Together, he and the other kids hatch a plan to get the camp a reliable water supply―along with some hope.
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Midnight's Queen

Midnight's Queen

Heather Greye

Heather Greye

In a future where corporations battle for supremacy, a lonely widow will do whatever it takes to save her family's company. A year ago, Portia Tremaine's life turned upside down, leaving her with nothing but the company that bears her family's name. As she struggles to unravel her father's web of lies, Portia faces a new challenge–a rival company has taken aim at the Tremaine Corporation–threatening everything she has left, including her heart. When Aleksander Lind was sent to Seattle to destroy the Tremaine Corporation, becoming enthralled by its CEO, Portia, was not on his to-do list. Complex, smart, and beautiful, she's nothing he expected and everything he always dreamed of. Thrown together in a game of corporate cat and mouse, Portia tests his loyalties and Aleks tempts her heart. Can she save her company even as she's falling for the man sent to destroy it? Return to near-future Seattle for the thrilling conclusion...
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Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue 09-Scent of Murder

Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue 09-Scent of Murder

Scott, Laura

Scott, Laura

Search and rescue and love… Accident or Murder? When Kendra Sullivan reaches out to Dominic Lakeland, the son of the pilot who was killed alongside her parents six years ago, she is hopeful they will finally uncover the truth about that fateful day. But when bullets start to fly targeting Dominic, it’s clear the past has collided with the present. Dominic hates knowing he’d inadvertently dragged Kendra into danger, but as they learn more about the man who’d killed his father, he understands the threat is bigger than he could have imagined. He needs Kendra and her siblings to help him uncover the truth. Dominic knows he’ll protect Kendra with his life, but will he risk his heart to find love at Christmas?
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