Smoke

In an alternate England, where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours from their bo... (more)

In an alternate England, where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours from their bodies, Thomas, Charlie, and Livia notice that some people appear to be able to lie without triggering Smoke. As they dig deeper, they discover teachers who have mysterious ties to warring political factions, a sumptuous estate which hides attic rooms and laboratories, revolutionaries who are fighting against a secret police force. They begin to suspect that everything they have been taught about Smoke is a lie; but if that is a lie, what else about their world is lies? What is their place in the struggle between faith and reason, between good and evil? And who can they trust? (less)

Going into hiding in a small California town, unlicensed detective Isaiah confronts a desperate man on the trail of a se... (more)

Going into hiding in a small California town, unlicensed detective Isaiah confronts a desperate man on the trail of a serial killer, while Dodson accepts a cutthroat advertising internship in his effort to go straight. (less)

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First published in 1867, it is an exquisite study of politics and society and an enduringly poignant love story. Smoke, ... (more)

First published in 1867, it is an exquisite study of politics and society and an enduringly poignant love story. Smoke, with its European setting, barbed wit, and visionary call for Russia to look west, became the center of a famous philosophical breach between Turgenev and Dostoevsky. A balanced and objective commentator, sensitive, intelligent, Turgenev is dedicated to the highest claims of art. His work lives for its universal qualities of understanding and devotion to aesthetic standards. (less)

After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperatel... (more)

After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together. (less)

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IGoing into hiding in a small California town, unlicensed detective Isaiah confronts a desperate man on the trail of a s... (more)

IGoing into hiding in a small California town, unlicensed detective Isaiah confronts a desperate man on the trail of a serial killer, while Dodson accepts a cutthroat advertising internship in his effort to go straight. (less)