An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Author : Hank Green
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743453
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing written by Hank Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicle In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.

Author : Hank Green
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743496
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor written by Hank Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who has the right to change the world forever? How will we live online? How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world? The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While the robots were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction with only their presence. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carl’s path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Months later, April’s friends are trying to find their footing in a post-Carl world. Andy has picked up April’s mantle of fame, speaking at conferences and online; Maya, ravaged by grief, begins to follow a string of mysteries that she is convinced will lead her to April; and Miranda is contemplating defying her friends’ advice and pursuing a new scientific operation…one that might have repercussions beyond anyone’s comprehension. Just as it is starting to seem like the gang may never learn the real story behind the events that changed their lives forever, a series of clues arrive—mysterious books that seem to predict the future and control the actions of their readers—all of which seems to suggest that April could be very much alive. In the midst of the search for the truth and the search for April is a growing force, something that wants to capture our consciousness and even control our reality. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is the bold and brilliant follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It is a fast-paced adventure that is also a biting social commentary, asking hard, urgent questions about the way we live, our freedoms, our future, and how we handle the unknown.

Author : Hank Green
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524743461
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing written by Hank Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicle In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.

Author : Arwen Elys Dayton
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0525580956
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful written by Arwen Elys Dayton and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you love Black Mirror, this…will send shivers down your spine.”—Teen Vogue "Appealing to fans of Black Mirror and Westworld, it’s a thrilling read that explores an exciting and terrifying near-future." —Paste "[An] extraordinary work...groundbreaking in both form and substance." —Hypable This “powerful, poignant, and action-packed” (Bustle) novel is a twisted look into the future, exploring the lengths we'll go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimen and what it means to be human at all. The future is curious. STRONGER Today our bodies define us. We color our hair; tattoo our skin; pierce our ears, brows, noses. We lift weights, run miles, break records. We are flesh and blood and bone. FASTER Tomorrow has different rules. The future is no longer about who we are--it's about who we want to be. If you can dream it, you can be it. Science will make us smarter, healthier, flawless in every way. Our future is boundless. MORE BEAUTIFUL This is a story that begins tomorrow. It's a story about us. It's a story about who comes after us. And it's a story about perfection. Because perfection has a way of getting ugly. A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF 2018 A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018 5 STARRED REVIEWS! "A deep and suddenly necessary exploration of the beautiful and terrible futures we face. Every story leaves you desperate for more. Somehow, the further from today Dayton travels, the more real it becomes." --Hank Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing "An alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human and how far we'll go in pursuit of personal and societal 'perfection.' I devoured this book." --Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Author : Megan Angelo
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488051291
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Followers written by Megan Angelo and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This dark, pitch-perfect novel about our dependence on technology for validation and human connection is as addictive as social media itself.” —People Magazine Orla Cadden is stuck in a dead-end job, writing clickbait about movie-star hookups and influencer yoga moves. Then Orla meets Floss, who has a plan for launching them both into the high-profile lives they dream about. So what if Orla and Floss’s methods are shady—and sometimes people get hurt? Their legions of followers can’t be wrong. Thirty-five years later, in a closed California village where government-appointed celebrities live every moment of the day on camera, a woman named Marlow dreams of fleeing the corporate sponsors who would do anything to keep her on-screen. Despite her massive popularity—twelve million loyal followers—when Marlow discovers that her whole family history is based on a lie, she summons the courage to run in search of the truth. Followers traces the paths of Orla, Floss and Marlow as they wind through time toward a cataclysmic event that sends America into upheaval. This darkly funny story reminds us that even if we obsess over famous people we’ll never meet, what we really crave is genuine human connection. “Terrific writing about terrifying ideas.” —Washington Post “An engaging confection wrapped around a thoughtful critique.” —USA Today “Dazzling.” —Time “Razor-sharp.” —Entertainment Weekly “Big Brother meets Ingrid Goes West.” —theSkimm “[An] intelligent page-turner.” —Wall Street Journal “Dark, witty, astute.” —Slate “Black Mirror fans are going to love Megan Angelo’s Followers.” —PopSugar “Engrossing.” —NPR “Fascinating.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Intricate and brave.” —Booklist (starred review) “Addictive.” —KirkusReviews (starred review)

Author : Jon McGregor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780747561576
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things written by Jon McGregor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing UK. This book was released on 2003-05-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a street in a unnamed town in the north of England, perfectly ordinary people are doing totally ordinary things... but then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening and no one who witnesses it will be quite the same again.

Author : Deborah Rodriguez
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345514750
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cup of Friendship written by Deborah Rodriguez and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running a Kabul coffee shop that is patronized by ex-pats, American Sunny reaches out to a growing circle of new friends including a pregnant rape victim, a journalist with a painful secret, and a den mother who is engaged in a complicated affair.

Author : Donald A. Gill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929387413
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories Behind New Orleans Street Names written by Donald A. Gill and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The street names range from the rare -- Tchoupitoulas, Colapissa and Bunny Friend -- to the historical -- Desire, Barracks, and Bourbon. Here's one: Bourbon Street may be the street where booze flows freely, but it really derives its name from the House of Bourbon, whose ruler sat on the French throne when New Orleans was founded in 1718.

Author : Emily Spurr
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925923908
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Million Things written by Emily Spurr and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall in love with this heart-wrenching underdog story about grief, friendship and sticking up for yourself

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006371281
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book written by Douglas Adams and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: