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harley is an athlete. He wants to grow up to be the fastest runner in the world, like his father. He wants to be painted crossing the finishing line, in his racing silks, with a medal around his neck. Charley lives in a stable. He isn't a runner, he's a mount. He belongs to a Hoot: The Hoots are alien invaders. Charley hasn't seen his mother for years, and his father is hiding out in the mountains somewhere, with the other Free Humans. The Hoots own the world, but the humans want it back. Charley knows how to be a good mount, but now he's going to have to learn how to be a human being.

Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalisted went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours. They formed an instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record Thomas's experiences in the jail. Rusty bribed the guards to allow him to stay and for the next three months he lived inside the prison, sharing a cell with Thomas and recording one of the strangest and most compelling prison stories of all time

Thomas Fool is an Information Man, an investigator tasked with cataloging and filing reports on the endless stream of violence and brutality that flows through Hell. His job holds no reward or satisfaction, because Hell has rules but no justice. Each new crime is stamped "Do Not Investigate" and dutifully filed away in the depths of the Bureaucracy. But when an important political delegation arrives and a human is found murdered in a horrific manner—extravagant even by Hell's standards—everything changes. The murders escalate, and their severity points to the kind of killer not seen for many generations. Something is challenging the rules and order of Hell, so the Bureaucracy sends Fool to identify and track down the killer. . . . But how do you investigate murder in a place where death is common currency? Or when your main suspect pool is a legion of demons? With no memory of his past and only an irresistible need for justice, Fool will piece together clues and follow a trail that leads directly into the heart of a dark and chaotic conspiracy. A revolution is brewing in Hell . . . and nothing is what it seems.

Novelist Andrew Thomas finds his peaceful life transformed into a nightmare by a mysterious killer who has framed him for the murder of a young woman whose body is buried on his property, covered in Andrew's blood, and who threatens to turn Andrew over to the police unless he does what his unknown adversary wants

Source of the post Finished station eleven this morning. I thought it was written extremely well. I realized that I was really enjoying it when just over halfway through I knew there weren't enough pages left to satisfy me. The book feels like a prelude to an epic.

I second Troy's opinion. Backlight's surprisingly effective, and I'm very happy with it / can read anywhere, including in bed late at night without an external light. Only problem is that it's a bit slow in terms of loading stuff up (taking a couple seconds to load almost anything), + no color when books have images or other sort of things.

The Paperwhite also had free 3G for when you're away from wifi, the $79 one is only Wifi.

The Paperwhite also had free 3G for when you're away from wifi, the $79 one is only Wifi.

The 3g is 70 bucks more, just FYI. Without 3g is $119; with 3g, $189. I bought the one without special offers & without 3g; the ads are really a non-issue.

The Paperwhite also had free 3G for when you're away from wifi, the $79 one is only Wifi.

The 3g is 70 bucks more, just FYI. Without 3g is $119; with 3g, $189. I bought the one without special offers & without 3g; the ads are really a non-issue.

there are advertisements?

I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces. I enjoyed it.

Confederacy of Dunces is one of my favorites. The story behind the author is pretty heartbreaking also.

About 3/4th's of the way through Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius is easily the funniest character I've ever come across in literature.

I love that book so much.

Finished it last night. If you would appreciate the comical exploits of a protaganist who's nihilism and rejection of modern society is based on appreciation for medival philosophy and culture. His political goals include the restoration of a monarchy based on divine right.