Middle Game

Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realize it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan.

George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career.

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the definitive collection of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and four collections of short stories. And, exclusively for Audible, Stephen has written and narrated eight insightful introductions, one for each title.

Age Level: 8 and up. For kids who love video games, written by a videogame writer! What follows is an epic survival adventure filled with racing, dungeons, zombies, and more! Lucas is like every other tween in that he just wants to have fun with his friends and get the ultimate score on his VR game. Racing, ninjas, undead, and a zombie king? No problem! But problems galore find him when he leaves the game for a minute only to find that it somehow took his sister! Now he has to find a way in, race and battle all those creatures he only ever dreamed of facing, and hope he can find his sister ...

The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams, in the blazing Kerman and Helmund deserts, and through the caravan towns of the old Silk Road - both powers scrambling to control access to the riches of India and the East. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and British India lay 2000 miles apart; by the end, this distance had shrunk to 20 miles at some points.

With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored - until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe's wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian. She rockets to the stars, travels to a future filled with robots, and faces down a dark nothingness that wants to destroy all knowledge. To save the library, Lenora will have to test her limits and uncover secrets hidden among its shelves.

Ages 8-12 ◆ For Kids Who Love Minecraft and Video Games Kids who love playing Minecraft will love this book! Jayden “Minecraft” Montgomery's arm and hand suddenly change into blocks. Now he’s got to navigate through the Minecraft world with the help of a fox. But first he’ll have to save a village by fighting pillagers, zombies, creepers, skeletons, facing an iron golem, and warding off an evil hacker. Most of all, he must earn the trust and friendship of the villagers as he navigates this world he’s only ever seen from a screen. Only then will he discover who he was always ...

Monsters Unleashed - where you catch virtual-reality monsters on your cellphone - is one of the hottest mobile games around, and Bex and Charlie just can't stop playing. They even check out an old map in Charlie's grandfather's attic in hopes of discovering some forgotten places in town where the rarest monsters might hide. But they find a strange machine up there, too, and after Charlie switches it on, the wifi goes down...and Bex's entire catalog of monsters vanishes!

More than 20 years have elapsed since the United States last brokered a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians. In that time, three presidents have tried and failed. Martin Indyk - a former United States ambassador to Israel and special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in 2013 - has experienced these political frustrations and disappointments firsthand.

NEW 2024 UPDATED VERSION Brock has pure gaming skill. Garth has hacks and cheats never seen before. Sparks will fly when these two forces collide. In reality, Brock Blades is practically invisible. But in virtual reality, Brock is a master of Ninja Assassin, the most popular VR Roblox game at Beach City Elementary. So when a Ninja Assassin competition is announced with a 1-million Robux prize, Brock prepares for the game of his life. Garth Raynor is a spoiled rich kid who always gets what he wants. Garth's father is the owner and creator of the Roblox virtual reality system, so it's no ...

Can a zombie really be trusted? Jeff, Zion, and Lila travel to Zara the witch to try to make Zion's wish come true--to become more human and to break his connection with the evil zombie leader, Billy. But the experiment doesn't work quite as planned. Meanwhile, Billy is stalking Lila. Peter, leader of the Warners, tells Jeff that trusting Zion could mean losing everything and everyone else. Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or...

Too many zombies! Jeff and friends are running out of time. The villagers in the bunker are running out of food. But the zombie horde surrounding the bunker is growing thicker every day. Can Jeff, Zion and Lila win the ultimate battle? Jump into this continuing tale of adventure Today! Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Tags: Great Minecraft Books for Kids...

Christian Fantasy & Children's Adventure Book! A thrilling, action-packed journey filled with faith, courage, and the ultimate battle against darkness! Enter the game, trust the truth, and armor up. Your greatest adventure begins now. When daring gamer Lila and her two best friends—master strategist Ben and creative genius Mateo—boot up an ancient computer game called The King’s Armor, they have no idea they’re about to be plunged into the electrifying realm of Elysium. A single glitch sparks an otherworldly chain reaction, and suddenly they’re trapped in a world where a vengeful ...

Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan - a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam. Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources to explain history from the inside out and to illuminate the long, internal struggle that the outside world has never fully understood.

FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, are deep into an investigation of COE - Celebrants of the Earth - a violent group known for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the country. While investigating a tip from a civilian who's overheard about a possible bombing plot, the Bayway Refinery in New Jersey explodes. Nicholas and Mike race to the scene and barely escape being killed by a secondary device.

Book 1 - When Makayla’s granny dies her father gives her a Jack’s game he found in her safe. One stormy day, the box glows and as Makayla tosses the ball and grabs a jack, the unimaginable happens. Soon she’s responsible for getting Malcolm, Amaya and herself home, trampling through a psychedelic forest, avoiding Jumbees, talking to folklore characters while wrestling with a deep feeling that maybe the game was never supposed to be played and her granny left a secret bigger than all of them. Will Makayla find all the jacks and take them home or are they destined to become a part of ...

In The Crash of Flight 3804, Investigative Journalist Charlotte Dennett digs into her father’s counterintelligence work, which pitted him against America’s wartime allies - the British, the French, and the Russians - in a covert battle for geopolitical and economic influence in the Middle East. Through vivid storytelling, extensive research, and deep analysis of region-defining maps, she reveals how feverish competition among intelligence networks, military, and Big Oil interests have fueled indiscriminate attacks and targeted killings that continue to this day.

🌍 Quiz Bowl Primer: The Ultimate Middle School Geography Quiz Bowl Study Guide 🌍 🎯 Ready to Become a Geography Whiz? Looking for a fun and challenging way to test your geography knowledge? Whether you're a student aiming to ace your next quiz bowl or someone who loves stumping friends and family with intriguing geography trivia, this book is your ultimate companion! 📚 What's Inside? 🔥 150+ Challenging Questions: Dive into over 150 pyramidal toss-up questions crafted in a Jeopardy-style format. These questions are designed to push your limits and expand your geographical ...

Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows.

Makayla, her brother Malcolm, and her foster sister Amaya are on level three of Mystikal Jacks during a Folklore adventure. They must navigate through a land on fire to locate another jack. Along the way, they encounter rock monsters, tar-babies, and a flaming Soucouyant, and gain more information about the game from a new acquaintance. Makayla is determined to keep her team together, even if it requires navigating a tar-pit or confronting loners. Join the team as they find the third jack and get one level closer to home in the Mystikal Jacks series. Makayla is 13, Malcolm is 7 and Amaya is...