Resultados para "Juice" en Literatura y ficción

Jarat Ellington was just an exile from Elite society, trying to lead a simple life, when a genius friend dropped an explosive mystery in his lap. The old pal, Thom Tseng, created a priceless chemical substance called the Juice that turns mildly charming people into almost god-like presences, known as Charismites. But the Juice is stolen, and Thom killed.

Internationally best-selling author Tim Dorsey's irreverent and hilarious novels starring evil genius Serge A. Storms, lovable psychiatric hospital escapee, zoom along at breakneck speed, delivering laughs and shocks in droves.

In 2010, the Newseum in Washington D.C. finally obtained the suit O. J. Simpson wore in court the day he was acquitted, and it now stands as both an artifact in their "Trial of the Century" exhibit and a symbol of the American media’s endless hunger for the criminal and the celebrity. This event serves as a launching point for Ishmael Reed’s Juice!, a novelistic commentary on the post-Simpson American media frenzy from one of the most controversial figures in American literature today.

Il y a Hugo, qui écrit une lettre au père Noël pour son petit garçon. Puis il y a Pauline, la bénévole de Postes Canada, qui lui répond. D'une lettre à l'autre, une relation singulière se développe entre ces deux êtres complexes, parfois niaiseux, souvent fragiles, mais très attachants.

In a tiny village, just off the universe-spanning trail of the Amoeba, young, telepathic were-creatures are schooled in the mystery and wonder of the human body—its practicalities as well as its pleasures. Eager to discover their alternate selves, they marvel at the possibilities. But when precocious were Wetzel, an infinitely curious and adventurous teenage boy—and unicorn—is enlisted into sexual service, his life is endangered by his own horn, a valued commodity. Villagers would kill for it, so Wetzel has little choice but to flee and find his destiny on the trail.

In this rowdy and raunchy urban fantasy, Lyla escaped an arranged marriage by accepting a deal from a jinni -- to live a thousand years as a jinni herself. Now, with her millennia nearly up, she's hiding out in a seedy Pittsburgh swarming with vampires, jinni and magical beings. Meet Lyla, a...

After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is "over the counter" and concentrates more on questions such as these: Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince?

Virtual reality is so realistic these days that Bonnie Harper can’t tell fake from real. She’s enjoying her new game a little too much when her roommate Brian walks in and sees her writhing on the bed. With Bonnie all hot and bothered, she asks Brian to try the game himself, downing his pants to please him while he ventures into a virtual world. Soon Bonnie wants Brian inside her, but Brian wants to put it in the naughtiest spot of all.

A small town is ruined by black rain, and two police officers find themselves face to face with the creatures lurking in the flooded streets. In the wild west, an aging gunslinger returns to his favorite brothel, only to encounter a fathomless black tar that's devouring everyone within. Paramedics find a remedy for a zombie virus outbreak - but can the survivors come to terms with their cannibalism? These stories and more fill Growing Dark, a collection of Kristopher Triana’s darkest short stories.

Lars Bo Hansen er i mere end én forstand splitternøgen, første gang han møder Joe & The Juice-stifteren Kaspar Basse. I omklædningsrummet efter træning bliver de enige om, at Lars Bo Hansen skal give en hånd med i udviklingen af en ny strategi for juicekæden. Den erfarne strategirådgiver tror, han har set det meste, men han bliver klogere. Han erfarer, at hemmeligheden bag kædens succes er et konstant krav om at være anderledes, præcis styring, nærhed til det der virkelig betyder noget, smartness og ikke mindst en ægte og indiskutabel tro på betydningen af motivation.

Author of the Amanda Feral series Mark Henry lends his brilliantly twisted imagination to the gripping Carniepunk anthology in this creepy zombie short story. When the zombie apocalypse overtakes New York City, a trip to Coney Island is the most frightening thing of all. A gruesome tale of...

By the sea of many islands, right at the edge of where the Desert of the Red Sands meets the Desert of the Black Sands, once lay the city of Gurganj, where a sly thief is sent on an errand by her Empress, to retrieve the one magical fruit missing from her garden.

The most renowned American authors in Western fiction are brought together in one bang 'em-up, shoot-it-out collection! Including titles by Louis L'Amour, Brian Garfield, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Thomas Thompson, John M. Cunningham, Chad Oliver, Donald Hamilton, Loren D. Estleman and Owen Wister.

Beim Meer der vielen Inseln, gleich am Rande, wo die Wüste des Roten Sandes auf die Wüste de Schwarzen Sandes trifft, lag dereinst die Stadt Gurganj, wo eine geschickte Diebin von ihrer Königin auf eine Reise geschickt wurde, um die einzige Frucht zu erwerben, die noch in ihrem Garten fehlte. Die junge Frau tritt unerschrocken ihren Auftrag an, aber nur der Spezialsaft einer Hexe, direkt aus der Quelle zwischen ihren Beinen, kann ihr helfen, die Gefahren zu bestehen, die vor ihr liegen.