Welcome to the Academy of Nitpickers, the only magical establishment where a failed spell is tolerated, but a poorly filled-out form can trigger an administrative apocalypse!When the Grand Wizard Michel (a man deeply devoted to the art of napping) learns of the imminent arrival of Lord Tartiveau, the Ministry's inflexible Royal Inspector, absolute panic ensues. The school must appear flawless. The problem? William, Kim, and Théodore have just accidentally transformed a cafeteria ca...

Marc, a veteran firefighter, takes Lucas, a talented but naive new recruit, under his wing.Lucas discovers life at the station, faces his first fire, and learns the trade alongside his mentor.Following an accident, Marc and Lucas discover that the fires ravaging the city are no coincidence, but a criminal plot orchestrated by a corporation seeking to destabilize the urban heating network for profit.

From the concrete blocks of Mulhouse to the sun of the Hérault region, passing through the back alleys of Ariège and endless rides on two wheels, this book is the raw, unfiltered story of a life lived in the fast lane.Between the carelessness of the 90s, the street code, the struggles, the music, the smoke from New Year’s firecrackers, and the excesses of the pavement, Jon Hunt retraces an extraordinary journey. No pretenses, no sugarcoated clichés: this is real life, the kind that...

A man on a mission must come to terms with his forgotten past in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.In Portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. In Boston, he rescued a child from an underground explosion. In Houston, he disarmed a man who was trying to shoot his own wife. Reporter Holly Thorne was intrigued by this strange quiet savior named Jim Ironheart. She was even falling in love with him. But what ...

Toronto in the twenty-first century: At night, a beacon on a lonely ancient lake, a drainage pond from the last ice age. In the daytime, a bulwark of glass, glinting in the radiant sun. Joe, Mary, and her cat, Sam, sit in a lakeside condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. What has become of their lives? What has become of their city? What has become of their century? As the situation begins to unravel, Mary finds herself wondering, “What would Margaret Atwood do?”

Winner of the Prix GoncourtA powerful autobiographical novel of loss, an unforgettable memoir of grief, and the small decisions that define the course of fate.Paced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud’s tense and haunting work of literary fiction follows one woman’s relentless quest to comprehend the motorcycle accident that took the life of her partner Claude at age 41.The narrator of Live Fast recounts the chain of ...

This erotic short story is about a female by the name of Lola. She is a first generation Asian American who has been sheltered by her strict parents her entire life. She started to have feelings for women from a childish game when she was a teenager and was forever changed. She knew who she was and knew what she wanted to do with her life, and who she wanted to be with. But all of her dreams and goals were not traditional and were immoral among her family and culture. She hid behind the fe...

This book is about shit. Not the shit you have in your closet or those lying around the house or the shit in your car, but it is about shit. The stuff that comes out of your body when you have to go to the bathroom. Not the stuff that comes out the front side but the stuff that comes out of your butt. It doesnt matter how poor you are, how rich you are, how ugly you are, or how beautiful you are. It doesnt matter if you are skinny or overweight. And no matter what you may think, your shit ...

This ebook is an all-in-one guide to mountain biking gear and accessories. It covers everything from the biking gear that will keep you safe to the stuff that will make you look cool. Every mountain biker should have many pieces of equipment with them to do various things; everything from being seen by cars and pedestrians to tracking the speed at which they are traveling. This ebook covers all of the bases of biking gear and literally tell you, outright, what gear and accessories you shou...

Can time travel change your outlook on life?Laveau had a life that many people would envy. He was filthy rich and had no problem attracting women. Unfortunately, that was all he had. With no friends or family left, he was miserable. He had given up any hope of finding a meaningful connection with anyone. But when he decided to walk away from everything he had ever known, he wound up in a whole new time.He found himself over 80 years in the past with a strange new guide. The ...

Will Radio Jones's invention save the day? Can Amelia Spindizzy outfly all competition and outsmart the brains in jars?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

This "testament made of light" is a sort of memoir told in short prose pieces or prose poems: the joys and terrors of childhood, the quirkiness of our teenage years, growing old; old friendships, old love affairs, old grudges; food and drink, music, the sweetness of conversation. It's also a portrait of a neighborhood-one of shops and restaurants and pubs and patios. Songbook for Haunted Boys and Girls is a song you put on and listen to over wine, a book of encouragement. It's a s...