Till Midnight

Author : Patrick Carman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316088800

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Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman Pdf

You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear. Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies? In this nail-biting novel of mystery and dark intrigue, Jacob must walk the razor thin line between right and wrong, good and evil, and life and death. And time is running out. Because the Grim Reaper doesn't disappear. . . . He catches up.

Author : Blair H. Sheppard
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523088768

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Ten Years to Midnight by Blair H. Sheppard Pdf

“Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PwC, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities--stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Polarization as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises--but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness.

Author : Aya Ling
Publisher : Reversed Retellings
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1794019162

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Till Midnight by Aya Ling Pdf

Can a poor shoe cobbler save twelve princes from a terrible curse?The twelve princes of Savony are a mystery. They rarely go out, refuse to marry, and disappear every fortnight, only to reappear with bruises and cuts. When Alix, a poor shoe cobbler, is enlisted to help mend the princes' boots, she is asked to investigate the princes' mystery in exchange for extra coin. Soon, she finds that the greatest danger isn't getting caught by the handsome eldest prince, Theo, but the unspeakable terror that will threaten the safety of the entire kingdom.

Author : Lee Martin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440146657

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Ten Minutes Till Midnight by Lee Martin Pdf

It was called Denvers Crime of the Century. In 1988, Frank Magnuson, a young man struggling with lifes curve balls, was set to testify against a Crip kingpin who along with three other men perpetrated a robbery of a Denver restaurant. The night before the trial, two dispatched killers lay in wait in the basement of a house in Bonnie Brae owned by Franks friend and roommate, Steve Curtis. At just before midnight in June of 1989, two young men lay dead with a third left for dead. Ten Minutes till Midnight takes the reader into the very depths of Hell as two of these innocent men experience twenty insane moments of pure horror. Five years after the heinous crime would justice be served? Prosecutors Al LaCabe and Mike Little, doing battle with a polished public defender and his eccentric, wily partner, would be at their passionate best to see that it was. The true story of faith, miracles and recovery, Ten Minutes till Midnight will not only leave the readers adrenaline pulsating, but pondering the very credibility and prudence of the justice system.

Author : Christopher Edge
Publisher : Nosy Crow
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780857630513

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge Pdf

Step into the past to discover a thrilling mystery about a sinister plot to shape and control the future, in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day, a letter she receives from the governor of the notorious Bedlam madhouse plunges her into an adventure more terrifying than anything she has ever imagined. Why are the patients of Bedlam waking every night at twelve minutes to midnight? What is the meaning of the strange messages they write? Who is the Spider Lady of South Kensington? Penelope is always seeking mysteries to fill the pages of her magazine. But this isn't any ordinary story, it's the future. And the future looks deadly... Spine-tingling historical adventure series with a supernatural twist! From the acclaimed author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day . 'The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns.' - BookTrust Related discussion notes and activity ideas available on the Nosy Crow website.

Author : Mildred Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Three Minutes to Midnight by Mildred Davis Pdf

Author : Dean R. Koontz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425147517

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The Key to Midnight by Dean R. Koontz Pdf

Millionaire investigator Alex Hunter meets exciting, desirable Joanna Rand while on a mission in Japan but finds that she is a Senator's daughter who disappeared 10 years ago and now has a new identity. By a #1 best-selling author. Reissue.

Author : Brent Crowe
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462787784

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Moments 'til Midnight by Brent Crowe Pdf

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." In the biblical letter of 2 Timothy, the apostle Paul reflected on his passing life. It was but a vapor. He was a pilgrim, passing through this life and into the next. Moments 'til Midnight creatively peels back the curtain of Paul's final hours. Author Brent Crowe imaginatively retells the last twelve hours of Paul's life, from the perspective of the apostle himself. Along the way, readers will be encouraged to live with purpose, to redeem the time, and to embrace the awesome reality that they too are on a sacred journey. With no more letters to write, no more churches to plant, no more sermons to preach, and no more missionary journeys to embark upon, Paul awaited his death sentence. What were his final reflections on life? How did he view the race he had run? How should you view the race set before you?

Author : Mortimer Collins
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385333307

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Midnight to Midnight. A Story by Mortimer Collins Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author : William F. Wu
Publisher : Boruma Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781370099054

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Davi Leiko Till Midnight by William F. Wu Pdf

Mac Tom, who creates artificial humans, searches on a chaotic Free Night for the woman he created to be the love of his life. On Free Nights, however, all artificials become independent. Free Nights had been granted to prevent the creation of willing slaves and drones. Mac has until midnight to find Davi Leiko in a crowded party atmosphere and to persuade her to stay with him. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ Mac looked upon her with jealousy and loss as he walked toward her. She swayed forward and back as she played the game, watching the rolling silver balls with quick brown foxy eyes. Her arms, like all of her, were smooth and fleshy but firm, tanned just slightly tawny, like all of her, outside her bikini line. ?You shouldn?t have left.? Mac spoke quietly, not wanting to throw her off her game. ?It?s Free Night. Everybody?s out.? She kept her eyes on the game, and snapped another ball into play. ?Everybody who?s full and everybody who?s near fullness.? ?You aren?t ready yet. Just one more week. Or two.? ?I feel ready.? She smiled pleasantly, and glanced at him for his reaction. ?I just wanted you right, first. You don?t have ? well, a couple of things.? ?I don?t?? She pursed her lips, trying to hide an impish smile. ?Don?t I look like I have everything?? ?You know what I mean. Your anger is still missing, and a sense of personal insult ? the desire for revenge if someone hurts you. You?ll be helpless out here. Also, that one front tooth of yours isn?t right. The gum around it is gray instead of pink.? Davi Leiko turned full-front to look at him, ignoring the bouncing bells and lights and silver ball rolling around in her game. Her flowing black hair was swept away from her face in a frame of slight waves. She was stunningly gorgeous, of course; that?s how he?d decided to make her. ?You can?t force me back. I know that. I?m at stage nine now.? Davi Leiko looked up at him ingenuously, as the silver ball in the machine rolled unchallenged between the flippers and clunked somewhere out of sight.

Author : Franklin H. Bruce
Publisher : New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0879979836

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Countdown to Midnight by Franklin H. Bruce Pdf

Stories deal with a military conspiracy, postnuclear societies, the arms race, and the horror of nuclear war

Author : Anthony J. Tata
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786035434

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Three Minutes to Midnight by Anthony J. Tata Pdf

An electrifying military thriller from the national bestselling author who “writes with a gripping and gritty authority” (Richard North Patterson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author). It begins with the kidnapping of an Army Reserve officer on U.S. soil. Name: Captain Maeve Cassidy. Profession: Geologist specializing in natural gas drilling and fracturing. Mission: classified. Abducted less than twenty-four hours upon her return from Afghanistan, Cassidy’s disappearance from a Fort Bragg compound is more than a security breach. It is the first stage of a large-scale domestic attack that few Americans could imagine—or survive . . . Enter Delta Force veteran Jake Mahegan. The seasoned operative is on a personal mission of vengeance, tracking down his mother’s killer at a drilling site in North Carolina. When he’s assigned the task of locating the geologist, he can’t help but wonder if her abduction is connected to the fracking magnate he’s pursuing. But when a nearby nuclear plant is attacked, and then another, in a matter of days, Mahegan knows it’s no coincidence. It is a brilliantly conceived, ruthlessly orchestrated assault on our homeland that no intelligence analyst could ever foresee—or stop . . . When a third nuclear plant is targeted, Mahegan has no choice but to try. If he fails, our nation falls. The countdown is launched. The clock is ticking. Armageddon begins . . . Three Minutes to Midnight. The Jake Mahegan thrillers are . . . “Absolutely fantastic . . . pulse-pounding.” —Brad Thor, #1 New York Times-bestselling author “Explosive!” —W.E.B. Griffin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

Author : Matt Haig
Publisher : Large Print Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885792226

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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Pdf

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

Author : Robert J Coullahan,John J Walsh Jr,Steven Hatfill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1700120298

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Three Seconds Until Midnight by Robert J Coullahan,John J Walsh Jr,Steven Hatfill Pdf

In 1918, a strain of the Influenza virus mutated to transform itself into a rampant pulmonary disease, and it became one of the three deadliest plagues ever recorded in human history. It will happen again, it may involve a strain of flu that is worse, and it will involve population densities that were not a factor in 1918. Under the current U.S. National Pandemic Influenza Plan, some 123 million Americans will not have access to a protective vaccine or antiviral drug, until the peak of the epidemic is almost past. This book describes other major faults and assumptions in US planning and it describes several major steps that must be taken to improve readiness for the next major lethal pandemic event.

Author : Christian Eduard CASPARI
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026341526

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A Chronological and Geographical Introduction to the Life of Christ ... Translated, with Additional Notes, by Maurice J. Evans ... With Map ... and Plan of Jerusalem by Christian Eduard CASPARI Pdf