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1) Necropolis
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An author attends a conference featuring a series of extraordinary life stories, where the story of formerly troubled evangelical pastor José Maturana captures his imagination and causes him to seek answers when Maturana is later found dead.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Starring in a cult TV show was a blessing for Marnie Davante, especially now that her former fame could support her future dream of starting a children's theater. So she'll work the convention circuit. But then a costar is brazenly murdered in front of her. With a killer who vanishes into thin air with seemingly inhuman skill, and strange events plaguing Marnie, she feels she can't even trust her own senses. Although his dear departed parents were...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An academic finds himself contemplating the unthinkable in a "tour de force" psychological thriller.
Pascal Mercier's critically acclaimed debut novel, Night Train to Lisbon, became an international bestseller and the basis for a film starring Jeremy Irons. Now, in Perlmann's Silence, Mercier delivers a deft psychological portrait of a man striving to get his life back on track in the wake of his beloved wife's death.
Philipp Perlmann, prominent...
9) Necrópolis
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Norma
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Un escritor es invitado a un congreso de biógrafos en la ciudad de Jerusalén, metáfora de una urbe sitiada por la guerra, a punto de sucumbir. La narración de las vidas de los participantes al congreso sorprende al protagonista. Tal es el caso del librero y biógrafo francés Edgar Miret Supervielle, de la actriz porno italiana Sabina Vedovelli, del empresario colombiano Moisés Kaplan y, sobre todo, de José Maturana, un ex pastor evangélico,...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons Canada
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Describes the process of planning and executing a special event for commercial and charitable organizations, considering issues such as the budget, location of the event, media attendance, menu planning, and work permits.
11) Alpha night
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her breathtaking Psy-Changeling Trinity series with a mating that shouldn't exist.... Alpha wolf Selenka Durev's devotion to her pack is equaled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those in her care. That currently includes the empaths who've flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare--a powder keg just waiting for a match. Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn't an...
12) The pros of cons
Author
Publisher
Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe Byrd, Vanessa Montoya-O'Callaghan, and Callie Buchannan are three teenagers with very different interests and somewhat different problems, but today they are all in Orlando to attend different conventions/competitions--and when a crazy mix-up in the hotel lobby brings the three girls together, they form an unlikely friendship against the chaotic background of the Orlando convention scene." --
13) Rivals
Author
Series
American royals ; 3
Language
English
Description
"In an alternate America, Beatrice, now queen, and her sibilings Samatha and Jefferson struggle to untangle their personal lives and settle into their new political roles while the country hosts the world's monarchs at the League of Kings conference." --
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Try out they/them pronouns to see how it feels. Kiss a girl for the first time.It's a lot. Especially when her bully, Miss North Carolina, shows up in the very same hotel. But there's this con-sponsored publishing contest, and the chance to meet her idols and then, there's Teagan. When Teagan and Kay bump into one another the first night, sparks fly. Their connection is intense--as is their shared enemy. If they're spotted, the safe space of the...
15) Fan the fame
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Language
English
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Description
"When Lainey, sister of a massively popular video game streamer, decides to spill the truth about her hateful brother to his fans, she enlists the help of gamers SamTheBrave and ShadowWillow to help teach him a lesson." --
Lainey's brother, aka YouTube superstar Codemeister, is funny and charming online, but behind closed doors Cody is a sexist jerk. SamTheBrave came to this year's con with one mission: meeting Codemeister-- and creating the big...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The fifth in this enchanting Welsh series which has been likened to the work of Dorothy Cannell and M. C. Beaton Spa owner and habitual amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan finds herself at a clerical conference at Gladstone's Library in North Wales. Also attending as a guest speaker is her boyfriend, DCI Gareth Davies, there to give a talk on theft prevention. But behind the ornate red sandstone façade of this most respectable of Victorian buildings,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
Murder at the ABA (1976) is a mystery novel by Isaac Asimov, following the adventures of a writer and amateur detective named Darius Just (whom Asimov modeled on his friend Harlan Ellison). While attending a convention of the American Booksellers Association, Just discovers the dead body of a friend and protégé. Convinced that the death was due to murder, but unable to convince law enforcement, Just decides to investigate on his own. The book is...
