Uliana's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 20:19:40 -0700 60 Uliana's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12)]]> 5957702 The #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox television hit, Bones, returns with a spectacular new Tempe Brennan novel.

There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct...

Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy -- and the case. Someone made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call was dead. Back in Montreal, the corpse of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third.

Seamlessly weaving between Tempe's present-tense terror as she's held captive and her memory of the cases of these murdered women, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies as this complex, riveting tale unfolds. Reichs is writing at the top of her game.]]> 308 Kathy Reichs 0743294394 Uliana 0 2012 3.94 2009 206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12)
author: Kathy Reichs
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at: 2012/08/24
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> Mansfield Park 45032 488 Jane Austen Uliana 0 to-read 3.86 1814 Mansfield Park
author: Jane Austen
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1814
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]]> <![CDATA[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories]]> 721012 Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength—the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre.

Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]> 368 Washington Irving 014043769X Uliana 3 2013 3.96 1820 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
author: Washington Irving
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1820
rating: 3
read at: 2013/10/24
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> Paris 15786792 809 Edward Rutherfurd 0385535309 Uliana 0 2015 3.98 2013 Paris
author: Edward Rutherfurd
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2015/02/01
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]]> Oblomov 254308 586 Ivan Goncharov 1933480092 Uliana 0 4.09 1859 Oblomov
author: Ivan Goncharov
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1859
rating: 0
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]]> S� � 12134870
Tác phẩm S� đ�, cũng như các tác phẩm khác của Vũ Trọng Phụng đã từng b� cấm lưu hành tại Việt Nam Dân ch� Cộng hòa trước năm 1975 cũng như tại Việt Nam thống nhất cho đến năm 1986.]]> 228 Vũ Trọng Phụng Uliana 5 3.93 1936 Số Đỏ
author: Vũ Trọng Phụng
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1936
rating: 5
read at: 2016/08/07
date added: 2019/11/02
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]]> <![CDATA[Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit]]> 126584 Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, and the man who ushered in a new age in behavorial science and criminal profiling. Recently retired after twenty-five years of service, John Douglas can finally tell his unique and compelling story.]]> 397 John E. Douglas 0671528904 Uliana 0 to-read 4.08 1995 Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
author: John E. Douglas
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> Zenith Part 1 29569157
Most know her as the Bloody Baroness, the captain of a fearsome glass starship called The Marauder. Androma and her crew strike terror in the hearts of those who cross them amongst the many corners of the Mirabel Galaxy.

When a routine mission goes rogue, the all-female crew is captured by a bounty hunter from Andi’s past and forced into a job that could, quite literally, start a war that will devour worlds.

Meanwhile, on the far side of the galaxy, the ruthless ruler Nor waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time. The final pieces are about to fall into place, liberating a plan that will tear Mirabel in two.

As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, there is one lesson that proves to be No one can be trusted in a galaxy that runs on lies and illusion.

From internet sensation Sasha Alsberg and multi-genre author Lindsay Cummings comes a new serialized space opera, full of action, intrigue, and steamy star-crossed romance.

Perfect for fans of Hugh Howie, Sarah J Maas, and Beth Revis.]]> 62 Sasha Alsberg 1311167609 Uliana 0 currently-reading 3.48 2016 Zenith Part 1
author: Sasha Alsberg
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2016/08/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)]]> 29056083
It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the complete and official playscript of the original, award-winning West End production. This updated edition includes the final dialogue and stage directions, a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, the Potter family tree, and a timeline of events in the wizarding world leading up to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."]]> 343 J.K. Rowling 0540027340 Uliana 5 3.42 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2016/08/09
date added: 2016/08/09
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]]> Bossypants 10962190
She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.

(Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)

]]> 275 Tina Fey 0316056871 Uliana 5 2012, favorites Bossypants в любимом грома-а-а-а-а-адном книжном в Хельсинки вопрос покупать или нет даже не поднимался. (Не на финском, не волнуйтесь ;))
Начала читать и буквально тут же наткнулась на шутку, которую мне в относительно далеком 2007 году рассказала немка, приезжавшая по обмену: «Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted». Забавно же, да?
Давно меня так не веселило читаемое! Оторваться невозможно � так легко и непринужденно автор рассказывает о своей жизни, работе, различных проектах. Книга наполнена шутками, воспоминаниями о работе над Saturday Night Live, появлении 30 Rock, рождении детей и многом другом.
Особенно запомнилась мне глава «Remembrances of Being Very Very Skinny». Ох, как знакомы приведенные там ! :)
Из всего автобиографического, что я читала, эта книга, пожалуй, самая запоминающаяся. Она забавна, интересна � самое то для унылых(порой) морозных(постоянно) вечеров ;)

P.S. Хотела столько всего написать, а мозг выдал пару строчек. То ли из-за того, что коварный любит скакать по клавиатуре, когда слышит стук пальцев по ней. То ли потому, что в два ночи мой радостный мозг уже вовсю предвкушает поездку во Флоренцию и отказывается думать о чем-либо другом. Не знаю. Но, говоря в общих чертах, найдите книгу и прочитайте � она того стоит :)]]> 3.88 2011 Bossypants
author: Tina Fey
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2012/01/23
date added: 2016/06/17
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Неоднократно видела в сети положительные отзывы об автобиографии , а потому, когда обнаружила Bossypants в любимом грома-а-а-а-а-адном книжном в Хельсинки вопрос покупать или нет даже не поднимался. (Не на финском, не волнуйтесь ;))
Начала читать и буквально тут же наткнулась на шутку, которую мне в относительно далеком 2007 году рассказала немка, приезжавшая по обмену: «Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted». Забавно же, да?
Давно меня так не веселило читаемое! Оторваться невозможно � так легко и непринужденно автор рассказывает о своей жизни, работе, различных проектах. Книга наполнена шутками, воспоминаниями о работе над Saturday Night Live, появлении 30 Rock, рождении детей и многом другом.
Особенно запомнилась мне глава «Remembrances of Being Very Very Skinny». Ох, как знакомы приведенные там ! :)
Из всего автобиографического, что я читала, эта книга, пожалуй, самая запоминающаяся. Она забавна, интересна � самое то для унылых(порой) морозных(постоянно) вечеров ;)

P.S. Хотела столько всего написать, а мозг выдал пару строчек. То ли из-за того, что коварный любит скакать по клавиатуре, когда слышит стук пальцев по ней. То ли потому, что в два ночи мой радостный мозг уже вовсю предвкушает поездку во Флоренцию и отказывается думать о чем-либо другом. Не знаю. Но, говоря в общих чертах, найдите книгу и прочитайте � она того стоит :)
]]> Northanger Abbey 12828567
Award-winning author Nancy Butler continues her quest to reinvent Jane Austen's Regency world in the Mighty Marvel Manner. With exquisite illustrations from Janet Lee, 19th-century England comes alive like never before. Discover - along with Catherine Moreland - that while truth may not be stranger than fiction, it can be no less surprising!

Collecting NORTHANGER ABBEY #1-5.]]> 112 Nancy Butler 0785164405 Uliana 0 to-read 3.73 2011 Northanger Abbey
author: Nancy Butler
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing]]> 22318578 Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house "spark joy" (and which don't), this international best seller featuring Tokyo's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home - and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

]]> 213 Marie Kondō 1607747308 Uliana 5 2016, 2015 3.88 2010 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
author: Marie Kondō
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2016/01/18
date added: 2016/01/18
shelves: 2016, 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek]]> 18667753 A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen

Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren’t paid to be here,� Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular?

The real-life resultsare painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise—meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humor and grace, Maya’s journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence.



]]> 272 Maya Van Wagenen 0525426817 Uliana 4 2015 4.00 2014 Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
author: Maya Van Wagenen
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/01
date added: 2016/01/11
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]]> Беседы об искусстве 6677168
Содержание
Завещание
(переводчик: Г. Соловьева)
c. 5-12
беседы об искусстве
(переводчик: Г. Соловьева)
c. 13-138
Французские сборы
(переводчик: Леонид Ефимов)
c. 139-300
Примечания
(переводчик: Г. Соловьева)
c. 301-315]]> Auguste Rodin 5389041968 Uliana 0 2015, to-read 4.23 Беседы об искусстве
author: Auguste Rodin
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Понедельник начинается в субботу (Russian Edition)]]> 25302970 331 Arkady Strugatsky 5392043607 Uliana 5 2016, favorites 4.27 1965 Понедельник начинается в субботу (Russian Edition)
author: Arkady Strugatsky
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1965
rating: 5
read at: 2016/01/09
date added: 2016/01/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles]]> 23315856 219 Dan Ariely 0062379992 Uliana 4 2016 3.47 2015 Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles
author: Dan Ariely
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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date added: 2016/01/11
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]]> Тайная история 12197558 В студенческой компании происходит убийство. Спустя много лет, силясь осмыслить случившееся, герой вспоминает день за днём тот страшный - и прекрасный - год в колледже, отношения с друзьями и свою любовь. Роман стал бестселлером и разошёлся многомиллионным тиражом по всем континентам.]]> 576 Donna Tartt 538900471X Uliana 5 2015 4.28 1992 Тайная история
author: Donna Tartt
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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date added: 2015/11/07
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]]> Monkey Wars 16682297 400 Richard Kurti 1406346101 Uliana 0 to-read 3.90 2013 Monkey Wars
author: Richard Kurti
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Таймлесс. Рубиновая книга (Edelstein-Trilogie, #1)]]> 20655423 Гвендолин Шеферд не задавалась этим вопросом, пока не узнала, что унаследовала от своей прапрабабушки ген путешественника во времени. И теперь ей предстоит каждый день переноситься в прошлое... и с каждым днем тайн и загадок становится все больше и больше. Что такое Тайна Двенадцати, кто охотится на путешественников во времени в прошлом, и почему все вокруг думают, что она обладает какой-то "магией ворона"?
Трилогия "Таймлесс" - бестселлер немецкой писательницы Керстин Гир - для читателей всех возрастов!]]> 360 Kerstin Gier 5436600468 Uliana 5 2015 4.15 2009 Таймлесс. Рубиновая книга (Edelstein-Trilogie, #1)
author: Kerstin Gier
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2015/10/01
date added: 2015/10/16
shelves: 2015
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear]]> 24453082 Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.]]> 276 Elizabeth Gilbert 1594634718 Uliana 0 to-read 3.95 2015 Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over (The Like Switch Series)]]> 21412226
The Like Switch is packed with all the tools you need for turning strangers into friends, whether you are on a sales call, a first date, or a job interview. As a Special Agent for the FBI’s National Security Division’s Behavioral Analysis Program, Dr. Jack Schafer developed dynamic and breakthrough strategies for profiling terrorists and detecting deception. Now, Dr. Schafer has evolved his proven-on-the-battlefield tactics for the day-to-day, but no less critical battle of getting people to like you.

In The Like Switch , he presents these techniques for how you can influence, attract, and win people over. Learn how to think and react like your favorite TV investigators from Criminal Minds or CSI as Dr. Schafer shows you how to improve your LQ (Likeability Quotient), “spot the lie� both in person and online, master nonverbal cues that influence how people perceive you, and turn up or turn down the intensity of a relationship.

Dr. Schafer cracks the code on making great first impressions, building lasting relationships, and understanding others� behavior to learn what they really think about you. With tips and techniques that hold the key to taking control of your communications, interactions, and relationships, The Like Switch shows you how to read others and get people to like you for a moment or a lifetime.]]> 288 Jack Schafer 1476754489 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 3.88 2015 The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over (The Like Switch Series)
author: Jack Schafer
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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date added: 2015/10/09
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]]> Скажи, Лиса! 27069076 144 Эльвира Смелик Uliana 5 2015 3.60 2015 Скажи, Лиса!
author: Эльвира Смелик
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/09/01
date added: 2015/10/09
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]]> Eye of the Wolf 1511738
Dans un zoo, une enfant et un vieux loup borgne se fixent, oeil dans l'oeil. Tout la vie du loup défile au fond de son oeil : une vie sauvage en Alaska, une espèce menacée par les hommes. L'oeil de l'enfant raconte la vie d'un petit Africain qui a parcouru toute l'Afrique pour survivre, et qui possède un don précieux : celui de conter des histoires qui font rire et rêver.]]> 112 Daniel Pennac 0763618969 Uliana 5 2015 4.03 1984 Eye of the Wolf
author: Daniel Pennac
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at: 2015/09/01
date added: 2015/10/09
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)]]> 7631105 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.

Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.

There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.

The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.

Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.

There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers� destruction—and they’re determined to survive.]]> 362 James Dashner 0385738757 Uliana 4 2015 3.90 2010 The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
author: James Dashner
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2015/10/01
date added: 2015/10/09
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]]> The Martian 18007564
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error� are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills � and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit � he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

]]> 384 Andy Weir 0804139024 Uliana 4 2015 4.41 2011 The Martian
author: Andy Weir
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2015/10/01
date added: 2015/10/09
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]]> <![CDATA[The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]> 19546063 160 Gerard Way 1595824626 Uliana 4 2015 4.13 2011 The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
author: Gerard Way
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/28
date added: 2015/08/28
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]]> All the Bright Places 18460392 The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders� of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.]]> 388 Jennifer Niven 0385755880 Uliana 5 2015 4.11 2015 All the Bright Places
author: Jennifer Niven
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> Elizabeth Is Missing 24179216
'Elizabeth is missing' reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting, and the one on the wall.

Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she's made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.

A fast-paced mystery, an unforgettable voice: you will laugh and cry but you'll never forget Maud.]]> 275 Emma Healey 0241968186 Uliana 4 2015 3.70 2014 Elizabeth Is Missing
author: Emma Healey
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/19
date added: 2015/08/26
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]]> Poison Study (Study, #1) 60510 Choose: A quick death� or slow poison...

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.

And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.

As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren't so clear...]]> 427 Maria V. Snyder 0778324338 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 4.09 2005 Poison Study (Study, #1)
author: Maria V. Snyder
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2015/08/24
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]]> Lukundoo 1666388 48 Edward Lucas White 1419131745 Uliana 0 2015, to-read 3.72 1927 Lukundoo
author: Edward Lucas White
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.72
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rating: 0
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Uliana 4 2015 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
author: Paula Hawkins
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Be Interesting: In 10 Simple Steps]]> 17120207
“If there’s a thinker to steal from, it’s Jessica Hagy.”—Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and Newspaper Blackout

How to Be Interesting is passionate, positive, down-to-earth, and irrepressibly upbeat, combining fresh and pithy life lessons, often just a sentence or two, with deceptively simple diagrams and graphs. Each of the book's more than 100 spreads will nudge readers a little bit further out of their comfort zones and into a place where suddenly everything is possible.

It’s about taking chance—but also about taking daily vacations. About being childlike, not childish. It’s about ideas, creativity, risk. It’s about trusting your talents and doing only what you want—but having the courage to get lost and see where the path leads. Because it’s what you don’t know that’s interesting. ]]> 272 Jessica Hagy 0761174702 Uliana 5 2015 3.68 2013 How to Be Interesting: In 10 Simple Steps
author: Jessica Hagy
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2)]]> 16131484 The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as "wildly entertaining."

How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others� ultimate the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.]]> 320 Rick Yancey 1101599014 Uliana 5 2015 3.84 2014 The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2)
author: Rick Yancey
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)]]> 16101128 unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.]]> 457 Rick Yancey 0399162410 Uliana 5 favorites, 2015 4.01 2013 The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
author: Rick Yancey
name: Uliana
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]]> <![CDATA[This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl]]> 17675031 The Fault in Our Stars to her.]]> 448 Esther Earl 0525426361 Uliana 5 2015 4.16 2014 This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
author: Esther Earl
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.16
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]]> You Have Seven Messages 9705058 When Luna goes to clean out her mother's old studio, she's stunned to find her mom's cell phone there—charged and holding seven unheard messages. As Luna begins to listen to them, she learns more about her mother's life than she ever wanted to know . . . and she comes to realize that the tidy tale she's been told about her mother's death may not be the whole truth.]]> 304 Stewart Lewis 038574028X Uliana 3 2015 3.37 2011 You Have Seven Messages
author: Stewart Lewis
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> American Vampire, Vol. 1 7619398 American Vampire introduces a new strain of vampire � a more vicious species � and traces the creatures' bloodline through decades of American history.

Snyder's tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured and abused her. And in King's story set in the days of America's Wild West, readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet, the original American vampire � a stronger, faster creature than any vampire ever seen before.

Don't miss out as Snyder and King set fire to the horror genre with this visionary, all-original take on one of the most popular monster stories!

This beautiful collection features a new introduction by Stephen King and bonus art including character sketches, variant covers and more!

Collecting: American Vampire 1-5]]> 192 Scott Snyder 1401228305 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 3.97 2010 American Vampire, Vol. 1
author: Scott Snyder
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)]]> 23395680
The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra � who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, it’s clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents � including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more � Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.]]> 608 Amie Kaufman 0553499114 Uliana 0 to-read 4.23 2015 Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
author: Amie Kaufman
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.23
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]]> Токийская невеста 10802865 208 Amélie Nothomb 5389007174 Uliana 0 2015 3.61 2007 Токийская невеста
author: Amélie Nothomb
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> Мандариновая пора 25989800 224 Дарья Доцук Uliana 4 2015 3.67 2014 Мандариновая пора
author: Дарья Доцук
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes]]> 17465697 New York Times bestseller from Tom Rath, featuring a new assessment, personalized Eat Move Sleep Plan, and a host of online tools for individuals, groups, and organizations. Named to Apple iTunes Best of 2013 in Nonfiction and Health.

"Well written and scrupulously researched, this breezy guide lobbies for an all-encompassing approach to improving one's lifestyle...Rath's '30-Day Guide'...is clear and actionable." -Kirkusreview

From the author ofStrengthsFinder 2.0, How Full Is Your Bucket?, Strengths Based Leadership,andWellbeingcomes atransformative book and online application that will improve your health for years to come. While Tom's bestsellers on strengths and well-being have inspired more than 5 million people in the last decade,Eat Move Sleepreveals his greatest passion and expertise.Quietly managing a serious illness for more than 20 years, Tom has assembled a wide range of information on the impact of eating, moving, and sleeping. Written in his classic conversational style,Eat Move Sleepfeatures the most proven and practical ideas from his research. This remarkably quick read offers advice that is comprehensive yet simple and often counterintuitive but always credible.Eat Move Sleepwill help you make good decisions automatic -- in all three of these interconnected areas. With every bite you take, you will make better choices. You will move a lot more than you do today. And you will sleep better than you have in years.More than a book,Eat Move Sleepis a new way to live.
]]> 246 Tom Rath 1939714001 Uliana 4 2015 3.58 2013 Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
author: Tom Rath
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]]> Stupeur et tremblements 71458 This is an alternate cover edition for isbn13: 9782253150718

Au début des années 90, la narratrice est embauchée par Yumimoto, une puissante firme japonaise. Elle va découvrir à ses dépens l'implacable rigeur de l'autorité d'entreprise, en même temps qu les codes de conduite, incompréhensibles au profane, qui gouvernent la vie sociale au pays du Soleil levant.

D'erreurs en maladresses et en échecs, commence alors pour elle, comme dans un mauvais rêve, la descente inexorable dans les degrés de la hiérarchie, jusqu'au rang de surveillante des toilettes, celui de l'humiliation dernière. Une course absurde vers l'abîme - image de la vie -, où l'humour percutant d'Amélie Nothomb fait mouche à chaque ligne.

Entre le rire et l'angoisse, cette satire des nouveaux despotismes aux échos kafkaïens a conquis un immense public et valu à l'auteur d'Hygiène de l'assassin le Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française en 1999.]]> 187 Amélie Nothomb Uliana 4 2015 3.76 1999 Stupeur et tremblements
author: Amélie Nothomb
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> Птичий остров 25877498 208 Мария Конопатова Uliana 5 2015 5.00 Птичий остров
author: Мария Конопатова
name: Uliana
average rating: 5.00
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Аврора. Другая история. Книга 1]]> 25487325 320 Тимофей Мокиенко 5913393104 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 4.33 2015 Аврора. Другая история. Книга 1
author: Тимофей Мокиенко
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 5
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]]> Архив Ужасов 25772392 256 Мария Конопатова Uliana 4 2015 4.29 2011 Архив Ужасов
author: Мария Конопатова
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume Two]]> 13536515
Now, in the second volume, the sweeping action moves from the icy north, where the bastard Jon Snow seeks to carve out a place for himself among bitter outcasts and hardened criminals sworn to service upon the Wall . . . to the decadent south and the capital city of King’s Landing, where Jon’s father, Lord Eddard Stark, serves as the Hand of King Robert Baratheon amid a nest of courtly vipers . . . to the barbarian lands across the Narrow Sea, where the young princess Daenerys Targaryen has found the unexpected in her forced marriage to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo: love—and with it, for the first time in her life, power.

Meanwhile, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, accused by Lady Catelyn Stark of the attempted murder of her now-crippled youngest son, must call upon all his cunning and wit to survive when he is captured and imprisoned in the lofty dungeons of the Eyrie, where Lady Stark’s sister—a woman obsessed with vengeance against all Lannisters—rules. But Catelyn’s impulsive arrest of the Imp will set in motion a series of violent events whose outcome is fated to shake the world at the worst possible moment. For now is not the time for private feuds and bloodthirsty ambitions.

Winter is coming . . . and with it, terrors beyond imagining.]]> 240 Daniel Abraham 0440423228 Uliana 0 2015 4.20 2013 A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume Two
author: Daniel Abraham
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.20
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]]> The Ice Dragon 34896 Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home. And only a winter child--and the ice dragon who loved her--could save her world from utter destruction.
The Ice Dragon marks the highly anticipated children's book debut of George R.R. Martin, the award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire and is set in the same world. Illustrated with lush, exquisitely detailed pencil drawings by acclaimed artist Yvonne Gilbert, The Ice Dragon is an unforgettable tale of courage, love, and sacrifice by one of the most honored fantasists of all time.]]> 112 George R.R. Martin 0765316315 Uliana 4 2015 3.76 1980 The Ice Dragon
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein, #1)]]> 20702011 192 Jon Scieszka 1419712187 Uliana 4 2015 3.74 2014 Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein, #1)
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> La Liseuse 13445640 224 Paul Fournel Uliana 5 2015 3.55 2012 La Liseuse
author: Paul Fournel
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)]]> 29801 200 Bryan Lee O'Malley 1932664122 Uliana 5 2015 4.23 2005 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)
author: Bryan Lee O'Malley
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Road Rage 3547311
2 Audio CDs / 2 Hours 30 mins

~]]> 120 Richard Matheson 0061726354 Uliana 4 2015 3.91 2009 Road Rage
author: Richard Matheson
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Академия Амбрелла (The Umbrella Academy, #1-2)]]> 25188704 Однако эта история не о их детстве, а о том, что случилось потом, гораздо позже. Знаменитый экс-солист My Chemical Romance Джерард Уэй и бразильский художник комиксов Габриэль Ба расскажут нам не просто ещё одну историю спасения мира супергероями. Во-первых, это совершенно удивительные и уникальные супергерои, а во-вторых, акцент в этой книге делается на их взаимоотношениях и внутренних переживаниях, вопросах совести и жизненной цели, нежели чем на умении летать или драться с роботами-убийцами.
В данное издание вошли две книги: "Академия Амбрелла. Сюита Апокалипсиса" и "Академия Амбрелла. Даллас". Вторая книга намного круче первой, но без первой вы ни за что не поймёте, почему вторая такая классная. А впрочем... они обе потрясающие, здесь есть всё: зомби-робот Гюстав Эйфель, гигантская ожившая статуя Авраама Линкольна, убийственная музыка, самые опасные убийцы за все времена, которые носят мультяшные маски и обожают печенье от девочек-скаутов. И ещё, конечно же, будет уничтожен мир.
Звучит захватывающе? Тогда эта книга для вас.
Кстати, ещё она получила кучу премий, в том числе и премию Айснера за лучшую завершённую серию.]]> 368 Gerard Way 5913393058 Uliana 5 2015 3.93 Академия Амбрелла (The Umbrella Academy, #1-2)
author: Gerard Way
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.93
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Bear Hug (Life in the Wild, 1)]]> 6566417
Welcome to the world of Big Bear Hug, a contemporary fable about a bear who has an appetite for hugging everything in sight - even creatures that bears have been known to eat. One day, the benevolent bear meets up with a human. This human proceeds to do something the bear cannot understand: he raises his axe and begins to cut down a tree. Suddenly the bear doesn't feel like hugging anymore and must make a difficult decision on how to stop this destruction in his forest.

The environmental message of Big Bear Hug is both funny and powerful, while simple enough to engage very young children and show them the awesome power of a hug.]]> 32 Nicholas Oldland 155453464X Uliana 5 2015 4.04 2006 Big Bear Hug (Life in the Wild, 1)
author: Nicholas Oldland
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Making the Moose Out of Life (Life in the Wild, 2)]]> 8467940
When the moose finally takes a chance and goes on a solo sailing trip, a raging storm carries him far from everything he knows. Will he curl up in a ball and cry, or make the most of it?

The moose's unlikely hero-journey is a lighthearted, contemporary fable that celebrates living life to the fullest.]]> 32 Nicholas Oldland 1554535808 Uliana 5 2015 3.72 2009 Making the Moose Out of Life (Life in the Wild, 2)
author: Nicholas Oldland
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.72
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rating: 5
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]]> Lost at Sea 564758 162 Bryan Lee O'Malley 1932664165 Uliana 5 2015 3.73 2003 Lost at Sea
author: Bryan Lee O'Malley
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> Ghost World 62953 Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblance, both tender and objective, of their fragile existence, capturing the mundane thrills and hourly tragedies of a waning adolescence, as he follows a tenuous narrative thread through the fragmented lives of these two fully realized young women.

Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid-1990s, this is a quasi-autobiographical story (the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author's name) about two best friends facing the prospect of growing up, and more importantly, apart.

]]> 80 Daniel Clowes 1560974273 Uliana 2 2015 3.83 1998 Ghost World
author: Daniel Clowes
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1998
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Das kleine Krokodil und die große Liebe]]> 5450822 32 Daniela Kulot 3522434439 Uliana 5 2015 3.57 2003 Das kleine Krokodil und die große Liebe
author: Daniela Kulot
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Krokodil und Giraffe - ein richtig echtes Liebespaar]]> 5033828 32 Daniela Kulot 3522435389 Uliana 5 2015 4.29 2006 Krokodil und Giraffe - ein richtig echtes Liebespaar
author: Daniela Kulot
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal 20898019
COLLECTING: MS. MARVEL 1-5, MATERIAL FROM ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE]]> 120 G. Willow Wilson 078519021X Uliana 0 to-read 4.10 2014 Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
author: G. Willow Wilson
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2014
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]]> Шансы 24190334 1. Запиши свою ошибку
2. Проглоти один гриб
3. Ложитесь спать
4. Проснитесь обновленным
Сделав всё это, Кэти неожиданно получает шанс изменить события злополучного дня. Что это было? Нет, она не сошла с ума � это подарок от домового "Шансов", Лиз. Но, как известно, лучшее � враг хорошего: обнаружив в подвале ресторана целую россыпь волшебных грибов, Кэти начинает активно менять события своего прошлого, стремясь не просто исправить ошибки, но сделать свою жизнь идеальной. Она не слушает предостережения Лиз о том, что некоторые правила нельзя нарушать. Но Кэти даже не представляет, какими будут последствия...

Создатель знаменитой серии комиксов про Скотта Пилигрима подарил нам новую фантасмагоричную сказку об экзистенциальных страхах, повседневных трудностях, любви и древних духах � язвительных и добросердечных, эксцентричных и мудрых.]]> 336 Bryan Lee O'Malley 5913392892 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 4.21 2014 Шансы
author: Bryan Lee O'Malley
name: Uliana
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Скотт Пилигрим и его прекрасная маленькая жизнь]]> 24982185 192 Bryan Lee O'Malley Uliana 5 2015, favorites 4.37 2004 Скотт Пилигрим и его прекрасная маленькая жизнь
author: Bryan Lee O'Malley
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.37
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rating: 5
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]]> Saga, Volume 2 17131869
Collects: Saga #7-12.]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1607066920 Uliana 5 2015 4.49 2013 Saga, Volume 2
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> Saga, Volume 3 19358975
Collects: Saga #13-18.]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1607069318 Uliana 5 2015 4.48 2014 Saga, Volume 3
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Little Bunny's Bathtime! 2826869 32 Jane Johnson 1589250435 Uliana 5 2015 3.51 2004 Little Bunny's Bathtime!
author: Jane Johnson
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> The November Criminals 6829241 258 Sam Munson 038553227X Uliana 0 to-read 2.60 2010 The November Criminals
author: Sam Munson
name: Uliana
average rating: 2.60
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Opal (Lux, #3) 13362536 No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well� There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different� And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger� and they know it.]]> 394 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1620610094 Uliana 5 2015 4.24 2012 Opal (Lux, #3)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Miriam: A Classic Story of Loneliness]]> 212888 One day, going into a movie theater, she meets a young, intelligent girl named Miriam. Mrs. Miller is intrigued that the girl's first name is also Miriam�

This creepy short story was originally published in the June 1945 issue of Mademoiselle. "Miriam" was one of Capote's first published short stories, and in 1946 it earned an O. Henry Award in the category Best First-Published Story.]]> 40 Truman Capote 0871918293 Uliana 5 2015 3.95 1945 Miriam: A Classic Story of Loneliness
author: Truman Capote
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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]]> All You Zombies 13030110 13 Robert A. Heinlein Uliana 4 2015 4.07 1959 All You Zombies
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1959
rating: 4
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]]> Княжна Мэри 18113226 Gaito Gazdanov 5905799202 Uliana 5 2015 3.77 Княжна Мэри
author: Gaito Gazdanov
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)]]> 15819028
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.

Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.]]> 486 Helene Wecker 0062110837 Uliana 4 2015 4.11 2013 The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
author: Helene Wecker
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/04/14
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]]> Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 17878931
The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart...]]> 383 Victoria Aveyard 1409151174 Uliana 3 2015 4.04 2015 Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
author: Victoria Aveyard
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2015/04/13
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles “Pudge� Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps� even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 Uliana 0 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
author: John Green
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]]> Как роман 2214949 "Кого же? - Спросите Вы, - и главное, что же в этом случае делать?"
В своей книге "Как роман" Даниэль Пеннак щедро делится методами столь же простыми, сколь и результативными.
Педагог, Пеннак блестяще воплотил эти методы в школе и научил любви к чтению своих учеников.
Писатель, он заставил читать и любить свои книги весь мир.]]> 196 D Pennak 5902326141 Uliana 5 2015 4.34 1992 Как роман
author: D Pennak
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.34
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rating: 5
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]]> The Old Man and the Sea 2165 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.]]> 96 Ernest Hemingway 0684830493 Uliana 4 2015 3.81 1952 The Old Man and the Sea
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name: Uliana
average rating: 3.81
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]]> На Границе Кольца 18669729
Герои этой истории жили на самой границе реальности, пока однажды им не пришлось нарушить устоявшиеся правила. Трудно сказать наверняка, что послужило причиной: приезд в Москву осиротевшей старшеклассницы, хитроумный заговор могущественного изгнанника или любопытство бессмертного бродяги, который решил посетить Землю. Стартовав, череда пугающих, трагических и волнующих событий затронула самых разных людей. И не только людей. Но приложить усилия придется всем, ведь на кону � целый мир.]]> 456 Russell D. Jones 591339190X Uliana 0 currently-reading, 2015 3.67 2012 На Границе Кольца
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]]> Big Game 22892753
The boy hunter and the world's most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy...]]> 256 Dan Smith Uliana 4 2015 3.76 2015 Big Game
author: Dan Smith
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 4
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]]> See You at Harry's 12384984 Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. Her dad is always busy planning how to increase traffic to the family business. Her Mom is constantly going off to meditate. Her sister Sarah, who's taking a "gap year" after high school, is too busy finding ways not to work; and her brother Holden is too focused on his new "friend" to pay attention to her. And then there's three years old, a "surprise" baby, and the center of everyone's world.

If it wasn't for Ran, Fern's best and oldest friend, there would be nowhere to turn. Ran is always calm, always positive. His mantra "All will be well" is soothing in a way that nothing else seems to be. And when Ran says it, Fern can almost believe.

But when their lives are unexpectedly turned upside down, Fern feels more alone than ever, and responsible for the event that wrenches the family apart. All will not be well. Or at least, all will never be the same.]]> 310 Jo Knowles 0763654078 Uliana 0 to-read 4.13 2012 See You at Harry's
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]]> <![CDATA[Если я останусь (Если я останусь, #1)]]> 17976221 256 Gayle Forman 5699635068 Uliana 4 2014 3.82 2009 Если я останусь (Если я останусь, #1)
author: Gayle Forman
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Witness to a Century: A Memoir]]> 12086282 398 Dietrich A. Alsberg 0595204422 Uliana 0 to-read 4.50 2001 A Witness to a Century: A Memoir
author: Dietrich A. Alsberg
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]]> <![CDATA[Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)]]> 18666047
But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself - all with only one good hand. Born a weakling in the eyes of a hard, cold world, he cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he has sharpened his mind to a deadly edge.

Gathering a strange fellowship of the outcast, he finds they can help him more than any noble could. Even so, Yarvi's path may end as it began - in twists, traps and tragedy...]]> 336 Joe Abercrombie 0804178321 Uliana 0 to-read 3.96 2014 Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> Шафировский проспект 24034472 48 Виталий Терлецкий Uliana 5 2015 3.88 2014 Шафировский проспект
author: Виталий Терлецкий
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.88
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Free Falling (Best Friend, #2)]]> 17854360 With just one night and one stupid party, the trajectory of my future altered forever�

Until my senior year, I had everything going for me: excellent grades, a supportive and loving family, not to mention the hottest boyfriend in school. Everything was perfect—until the arrival of Zach Anderson, a parkour loving, school skipping, bad boy delinquent that seemed to bring with him a lot of bad karma.

It can’t be a coincidence that his arrival marks a significant change in my life, can it?

Now, everything has changed. I no longer know who I can trust. And the threatening notes I’m receiving, well it appears those are just the start of my problems�

Note: Free Falling is book two in the Best Friend series; however, it is a standalone novel with different characters so there is no requirement to read Always You first.]]> 281 Kirsty Moseley Uliana 0 to-read 3.71 2013 Free Falling (Best Friend, #2)
author: Kirsty Moseley
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average rating: 3.71
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger of the Seven Squat Bears (Squat Bears, 2)]]> 9292111 32 Émile Bravo 0316083615 Uliana 5 2015 3.82 2005 The Hunger of the Seven Squat Bears (Squat Bears, 2)
author: Émile Bravo
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.82
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rating: 5
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]]> Dead Boys 22750066 —Jay Kristoff, author of Stormdancer


A decade dead, Jacob Campbell is a preservationist, providing a kind of taxidermy to keep his clients looking lifelike for as long as the forces of entropy will allow. But in the Land of the Dead, where the currency is time itself and there is little for corpses to do but drink, thieve, and gamble eternity away, Jacob abandons his home and his fortune for an opportunity to meet the man who cheated the rules of life and death entirely.

According to legend, the Living Man is the only adventurer to ever cross into the underworld without dying first. It’s rumored he met his end somewhere in the labyrinth of pubs beneath Dead City’s streets, disappearing without a trace. Now Jacob’s vow to find the Living Man and follow him back to the land of the living sends him on a perilous journey through an underworld where the only certainty is decay.

Accompanying him are the boy Remington, an innocent with mysterious powers over the bones of the dead, and the hanged man Leopold l’Eclair, a flamboyant rogue whose criminal ambitions spark the undesired attention of the shadowy ruler known as the Magnate.

An ambitious debut that mingles the fantastic with the philosophical, Dead Boys twists the well-worn epic quest into a compelling, one-of-a-kind work of weird fiction that transcends genre, recalling the novels of China Miéville and Neil Gaiman.

Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.]]> 278 Gabrielle Squailia 194045624X Uliana 0 to-read 3.48 2015 Dead Boys
author: Gabrielle Squailia
name: Uliana
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]]> Adventure Time: Candy Capers 18051200
FINN AND JAKE ARE MISSING?! Don't worry Candy Kingdom, Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun will... protect... you? This is a mini-series you definitely don't want to miss, with talent of Yuko Ota and Ananth Panagariya of JOHNNY WANDER writing our candied heroes and Ian McGinty of UGLY DOLL on art, there is nothing that can go wrong!]]> 160 Yuko Ota 1608863654 Uliana 4 2015 4.26 2014 Adventure Time: Candy Capers
author: Yuko Ota
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears]]> 8045686 32 Émile Bravo 0316083585 Uliana 4 2015 3.79 2004 Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears
author: Émile Bravo
name: Uliana
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> The Red Tree 300946
Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf.

Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room and sees the red tree. At that perfect moment of beauty and purity, the child smiles and her world stirs anew.

With sensitivity and wonder, Shaun Tan's evocative images in The Red Tree open a window to our inexplicable emotions and tell a story about the power of hope, renewal and inspiration.]]> 32 Shaun Tan 0968876838 Uliana 5 2015 4.51 2001 The Red Tree
author: Shaun Tan
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing, #1)]]> 22535481 Sleeping Beauty and what happens after happily ever after.

One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale.

Her family is long dead. Her "true love" is a kind stranger. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept.

As Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run.

Rhiannon Thomas weaves together vivid scenes of action, romance, and gorgeous gowns to reveal a richly imagined world � and Sleeping Beauty as she’s never been seen before.]]> 337 Rhiannon Thomas 0062303538 Uliana 0 to-read 3.28 2015 A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing, #1)
author: Rhiannon Thomas
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]]> Театр Черепаховой Кошки 25228240 Трудно быть богом, еще труднее стараться быть лучше него.

Для лиц старше 16 лет.]]> 313 Наталья Лебедева 5170798040 Uliana 5 2015, favorites 2.93 2014 Театр Черепаховой Кошки
author: Наталья Лебедева
name: Uliana
average rating: 2.93
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Saga, Volume 1 15704307
Collects: Saga #1-6.]]> 160 Brian K. Vaughan 1607066017 Uliana 5 2015 4.16 2012 Saga, Volume 1
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> Make Good Art 16240792 make good art.

The book Make Good Art, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman’s inspiring speech.]]> 80 Neil Gaiman 0062266764 Uliana 5 2015 4.28 2013 Make Good Art
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)]]> 11235712
She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.]]> 390 Marissa Meyer 0312641893 Uliana 4 2015 4.14 2012 Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.14
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume One]]> 12962439 This graphic novel adaptation contains more than fifty pages of exclusive content not available in the original comic books, including

� a new Preface by George R. R. Martin
� early renderings of key scenes and favorite characters from the novels
� a walk-through of the entire creative process, from auditioning the artists to tweaking the scripts to coloring the final pages
� behind-the-scenes commentary from Daniel Abraham, Tommy Patterson, and series editor Anne Groell

You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the hit series on HBO. Now acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel. Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series, this is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year.

Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.

Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.]]> 240 Daniel Abraham 044042321X Uliana 5 2015 4.51 2012 A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Volume One
author: Daniel Abraham
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.51
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]]> Stephen King's N. 7006562 112 Marc Guggenheim 0785134530 Uliana 5 2015 4.26 2008 Stephen King's N.
author: Marc Guggenheim
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> The Graveyard Book 2213661
There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.

But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.

A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.]]> 312 Neil Gaiman 0060530928 Uliana 5 2015 4.15 2008 The Graveyard Book
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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]]> Outlander (Outlander, #1) 10964
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.]]> 850 Diana Gabaldon 0440242940 Uliana 0 2015, currently-reading 4.25 1991 Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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name: Uliana
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]]> <![CDATA[An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)]]> 20560137 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9781595148032.

Laia is a slave.

Elias is a soldier.

Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.]]> 446 Sabaa Tahir Uliana 0 to-read 4.28 2015 An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 Uliana 0 to-read 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Uliana
average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbound (The Archived, #2)]]> 13638131 Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she’s struggling to get her life back. But moving on isn’t easy, not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real. When her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she’s truly safe.
Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She’s sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. Unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she’ll lose everything: not only her role as Keeper, but her memories � and even her life. Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels?

]]> 360 Victoria E. Schwab 1423178203 Uliana 0 to-read 4.22 2014 The Unbound (The Archived, #2)
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]]> Большие глаза 24356435
"Вопросы о смысле бытия, как мне кажется, позже нашли свое отражение в глазах моих детей на полотнах. Глаза для меня - всегда нечто подобие "координационного центра" человека, ведь в них отражается и живет душа".
"Все хватит! Хватит этой лжи. Отныне я буду говорить только правду".

Маргарет Кин - одна из известнейших художников 1950-60-ых годов. Однако ее имя публике было неизвестно, так как всю славу себе приписал Уолтер Кин - ее муж. Под маской светского эксцентричного художника скрывался домашний тиран, который заставлял свою жену рисовать картины день и ночь.
Мир сразу же влюбился в очаровательно печальных детей с невероятно большими глазами, которые манили и притягивали к себе все больше и больше поклонников год от года. Судьбу Маргарет Кин нельзя назвать легкой, но она смогла вырваться из оков и, несмотря на угрозы Уолтера, рассказать миру правду об авторстве картин с грустными большеглазыми детьми. Ее смелость не может не восхищать.
Глубина ее чувств не может не поражать.
Ее картины, как и ее жизнь, не могут оставить равнодушными…]]> К. Секачева Uliana 3 2015 2.50 2015 Большие глаза
author: К. Секачева
name: Uliana
average rating: 2.50
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2015/03/02
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