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Series
Inheritance trilogy (N. K. Jemisin) volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it....
Author
Language
English
Description
An iridescent jewel of a novel that proves love is the mother of invention
In the early 1800s, a young Italian contessa, Carolina Fantoni, realizes she is going blind shortly before she marries the town's most sought-after bachelor. Her parents don't believe her, nor does her fiancé. The only one who understands is the eccentric local inventor and her longtime companion, Turri. When her eyesight dims forever, Carolina can no longer...
In the early 1800s, a young Italian contessa, Carolina Fantoni, realizes she is going blind shortly before she marries the town's most sought-after bachelor. Her parents don't believe her, nor does her fiancé. The only one who understands is the eccentric local inventor and her longtime companion, Turri. When her eyesight dims forever, Carolina can no longer...
3) Dead eyes
Author
Language
English
Description
First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next, she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house . . . waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.An optimist and a fighter, Chris is determined not to let anyone...
6) Seeing red
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Seeing Red describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke which leaves her blind. It charts her journey through hospitals and an increased dependency on those closest to her to cope. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, science, and human relationships."--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Sherry Moore thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
8) WWW: wake
Author
Series
WWW trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Although Caitlin Decter is blind, she can effortlessly surf the Internet by following its complex paths clearly in her mind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness.
Author
Series
Sherry Moore thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Author
Series
Mick Kline storm novels volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan's court. But Fiammetta and Bucino's greatest challenge...
12) Close your eyes
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
The FBI doesn't usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases. But Kendra Michael's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. Blind for the first twenty years of her life, she cares little for investigative work but can't deny her unique skill, or the results she's been able to facilitate. Now former FBI agent Adam Kyle needs Kendra's special brand of help...
13) 18 seconds
Author
Series
Sherry Moore thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Investigative consultant Sherry Moore is blind with the ability to "see" the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse. Serial killer Earl Sykes was never caught for his vicious murders, now thirty years later, he returns to the seaside town of Wildwood, New Jersey and to abducting young female victims for his gruesome games.
14) Gregory's game
Author
Series
Naomi Blake mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ex-DI Alec Friedman is recovering from the car crash that almost killed him. Now back at home, with his wife Naomi, he feels as though he has lost something of himself. He may be alive, but he is hollowed out and empty. Another man standing at the same crossroads is Gregory. Soldier, mercenary, hired killer, Gregory is contemplating retirement and struggling to find meaning in the idea. Then a brutal murder, followed by the kidnap of a mother and...
15) Oscura sinfonía
Author
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Español
Description
Byron de los Cárpatos ha recorrido el mundo durante siglos, buscando desesperadamente una mujer mortal por su lifemate. Y luego, en una villa italiana, oye los hilos de la encantadora música.
16) The crossroad
Author
Series
Amish country crossroads volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
New York journalist Philip Bradley returns to Lancaster County haunted by the memory of a soft-spoken widow he met there, but winning her heart is just the first step in long journey that will require him to surrender his own culture.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Traces the childhood, friendships and dangers experienced by Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born in 1839, whose community along the Missouri River in the Dakotas transitioned from hunting to agriculture.
18) Look behind you
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 5
Language
English
Description
"A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego, and he has a most unusual M.O.: With each kill, he leaves behind objects with unclear meanings. Most of the recent killings are centered near Kendra Michaels' home and office, so it comes as no great surprise when the FBI shows up at her door. The investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities....
Author
Series
Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Timbuktu Labs
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Alicia Alonso, a world-renowned prima ballerina from Cuba. Alicia was born to dance. From the moment she slips on pointe shoes for the first time, she's determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance...
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