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Alex is a photographer for an ad agency who leads a fairly quiet and reserved life. He gets a call one day from a friend, asking him to fill in on a photoshoot in the Valley. The swimwear shoot is on a set where he has a chance encounter with Karma, one of the lead models. Karma is fiercely independent woman who is working on being more than a star, but a brand. In Alex she sees someone new to her world, unjaded by it. Someone with a fresh eye... and she thinks it could be fun opening his mind to new adventures.

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Karma is the definitive autobiography from music icon, Boy George - the fabulous Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of 80s pop/reggae band, Culture Club. Told in his inimitable style, Karma will reflect on Boy George's life as a kid growing up in sixties London, through the hedonism of the seventies and the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club, and the heydays of the nineties meeting musical legends like David Bowie, Madonna and Prince - as well as addressing all those rumours. The book will reveal the highs and lows of love, loss, addiction, recovery, prison, and celebrity on Boy George's journey through fame to finally embracing the man and artist that he is today: 'I went to a lot of trouble to create Boy George and then I went through a whole battle for years about not wanting to be him. But now I enjoy and embrace it in a way that I wasn't able to as a young person.... I'm learning to be G

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Part Unabomber, part van Gogh, David Pelenstein yearns to create an unforgettable masterpiece. He spends his days in the Chicago Public LIbrary, browsing the stacks in search of connections between obscure volume, scrupulously footnoting his research into anarchy, magnetotherapy, plastic surgery, and more. We read this journal, tracing his course through books and philosophies as he prepares his magnum opus&nash;blowing up the library that he loves. Fueled by lust for Eve Jablom, the young woman at the library's checkout desk, Felsenstein hones his plans to perfection. All that remains is to carry them out. "Instant Karma is irresistible from beginning to end. To make this original treatment of a complex and indeed zany subject so consistently entertaining is proof of a new and prodigious talent." --Harry Matthews, author of Cigarettes and Tlooth "...a tour de force, an engaging, farcical, joyful reprise of 1000 great ideas tumbling around in one humble brain, in one ordinary body." --Frederick Barthlme, author of painted Desert "...concentrated and diabolically clever novel...this is a tricky puzzle of a tale, one readers will enjoy in direct proportion to their interest in the roles books and libraries play in our lives, and to their familiarity with the diverse sources Swartz so cannily samples and remixes in this intelligent, arch, timely and piquant satire. " --The Chicago Tribune " Welcome to the oddball world of David Felsenstein, a Chicago loner who's part Young Werther, part Travis Bickle and part post-adolescent Borges...a kind of Dewey Decimal tribute to Paul Auster's Leviathan..." --The Los Angeles Times "Imagine a collaboration between David Sedaris and David Foster Wallace on a book about the interrelationship of art and anarchy ...What you end up with is Mark Swartz's weird but wonderful Instant Karma ..." --Washington City Paper "Mark Swartz's irreverent first novel, Instant Karma, features a lonely bookish pack rat ...there is some sense in which Instant Karma can stand as an odd second cousin to Jonathan Franzen's recent collection of essays, How To Be Alone." --Readerville "An obsessive read about an obsessive reader, Mark Swartz's Instant Karma is a book with the sort of power that makes you remember the sort of power books have." --Daniel Handler, author of Watch Your Mouth and The Basic Eight "This novella proves that too much reading can cause a shy boy to use explosives. The attenuated Young Werther here, direct heir to all the neurasthenic adolescents in literature, updates himself with late twentieth-century books, but stays in character. Nice satire, useful common reader." --Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and author of Ay Cuba! A Socio-Erotic Journey and Cassanova in Bohemia "As a reference librarian I have sometimes wondered what goes on in the hearts and minds of the many people who use the library all day, every day. Swartz provides just such a glimpse into one fictional psyche. Instant Karma's troubled protagonist's diary entries, obsessively footnoted from idiosyncratically disparate library texts, lead toward a potentially explosive end." --Jim Van Buskirk, Reference Librarian, San Francisco Public Library Mark Swartz is a writer from Chicago now living in Brooklyn. He works for the Museum of Modern Art as a copywriter and editor.

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Maldito karma es una historia de desbordante fantasía, una entrañable fábula que, entre carcajadas, nos ayuda a reflexionar sobre las prioridades de nuestra vida.La presentadora de televisión Kim Lange está en el mejor momento de su carrera cuando sufre un accidente y muere aplastada por el lavabo de una estación espacial rusa. En el más allá, Kim se entera de que ha acumulado mal karma a lo largo de su vida: ha engañado a su marido, ha descuidado a su hija y ha amargado a cuantos la rodeaban. Pronto descubre cuál es su castigo: está en un agujero, tiene dos antenas y seis patas? Es una hormiga! Kim no tiene ganas de ir arrastrando migas de pastel tras haber eludido los hidratos de carbono toda su vida. Además, no puede permitir que su marido se consuele con otra. Sólo le queda una salida: acumular buen karma para ascender por la escalera de la reencarnación y volver a ser humana. Pero el camino para dejar de ser un insecto y convertirse en un bípedo es duro y está plagado de

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Chronic over achiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals. When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue centre for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals - not necessarily in that order. Her new found karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed... love and hate... and fate.

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Ram K. Sharma explains how Karma influences happiness, wealth, relationships, and success in "Karma and You." The book covers Family Karma, Spousal Karma, Corporate Karma, and more, guiding readers to recognize consequences, make right choices, and work on karmic situations for personal growth and fulfillment.

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Karma, intrigued by his mother’s store’s name “Karma and Koo”, sets out on an adventure to find out who Koo is. Karma soon learns that Koo is not a who but a what, and is in-fact something special that we all have inside.

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Daisy Becker es una actriz de segunda totalmente caótica: bebe, fuma y roba a sus compañeros de piso. A sus veintipocos años tendrá un accidente de tráfico con Steve Barton, una arrogante estrella de Hollywood que está en Berlín rodando la nueva película de James Bond. Una vez muertos, Buda les dice que en sus vidas han juntado demasiado mal karma, y ambos se reencarnan en hormigas. Pero ninguno de los dos tiene muchas ganas de ir a la guerra como soldados-hormiga. Además se enteran de que el mejor amigo de Daisy, del que ella está enamorada, y la mujer de Steve salen juntos. Qué pueden hacer? Ir en busca del buen karma y subir los peldaños de la escalera de la reencarnación hasta volver a ser humanos. Pero no es tan sencillo, pues Daisy y Steve no se soportan y están constantemente echándose la culpa del accidente el uno al otro. Y todavía todo se vuelve más difícil cuando parece que se empiezan a enamorar...Si disfrutaste con Maldito karma, prepárate para acumular Más maldito karma.

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Recordem Maleït Karma 1: La presentadora de televisió Kim Lange està en el millor moment de la seva carrera quan pateix un accident i mor aixafada pel lavabo d'una estació espacial russa. És aleshores que Kim s'assabenta que ha acumulat mal karma al llarg de tota la seva existència: ha enganyat el marit, ha menystingut la filla i ha amargat la vida a tots els que l'envoltaven. Aviat descobrirà quin és el seu càstig: és en un forat a terra, té dues antenes i sis potes... és una formiga! Kim no té ganes d'anar arrossegant molles de pastís després d'haver eludit els hidrats de carboni durant tota la seva vida. A més a més, no pot permetre que el seu marit es consoli amb una altra. Només li queda una sortida: acumular bon karma per ascendir en l'escala de la reencarnació i tornar a ser humana. Però el camí per deixar de ser un insecte i convertir-se en bíped és dur i ple d'entrebancs.Aplaudida arreu del món, Maleït karma és una història divertidíssima i hilarant, que ha collocat David Safi

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After finding out Aaron Carter, an innocent man, is on Death Row for a mercenary job they did 10 years ago, down-on-their luck army veterans Sully and Ethan go on a Christmas road trip to free him. Turns out nobody’s interested in Aaron’s innocence, but someone is very interested in making sure Sully and Ethan don’t live to see the New Year. They just didn't figure on one thing: Ethan's ex-wife Cheryl. Collects the hit Panel Syndicate action/comedy series by writer Alex de Campi (DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER!, NO MERCY, TWISTED ROMANCE) and artists Ryan Howe (True War Stories; Daisy Blackwood: Pilot for Hire) and Dee Cunniffe (INDIGO CHILDREN, EMISSARY, JOE FIXIT).

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'Delightful . . . a fun, quirky enemies-to-love story.'NPR'Perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell or Meg Cabot.' BooklistAn irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance about a girl who suddenly has the power to cast karma on the people around her and the lab partner who thwarts her plans and steals her heart, from New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals.When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue centre for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals - not necessarily in that order. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . . . love and hate . . . and fate.

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? Por primera vez, el Karma explicado como nunca antes lo habían hecho.? Una obra de espiritualidad, certera y cercana, firmada por un gran guía que escribe con el corazón.? Sergio Ramos despeja todas las dudas que teníamos sobre el Karma y nos da las claves para conectar con nuestro auténtico propósito de vida.Qué es el karma? Cuál es nuestra misión en esta encarnación? Es posible entrar en contacto con las energías kármicas para transformarlas? Cómo convertirse en alquimista de la propia vida?Sergio Ramos, el canalizador espiritual que hechiza las redes y se proyecta al mundo con su mensaje libre y genuino, dedica este nuevo libro a explorar los misterios del karma entendido como un saber interno que nos ayuda a evolucionar y acceder a la luminosidad del ser. El karma, nos enseña Sergio, no es un castigo ni un destino inevitable, sino una maestría interior que nos guía, desde el amor, por el aprendizaje que hemos elegido para cada encarnación. Con el fin de empoderarno

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Fate, life and Angels: the KARMA ANGELS ORACLE is an inspirational deck, capable of great guidance, warm wisdom and unsurpassed radiance. A unique deck in a unique precious golden edition32 full colour cards and 128pp instruction book

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For Kemmy, a girl from the Sticks, life in the big city is exciting. Her job making deliveries for Club Sushi is really only a cover for her real job -- a Karma Club agent. In a world where Karma has replaced cash, there isn't much crime. But when something smells fishy, Kemmy and her Karma Club team are the first to notice. Together, they fight evil with good vibrations, making music that neutralizes bad Karma., But when a rash of serious crime oozes through the Big Melon, will their talents be enough to save the city? And what's with all that grody green goo?

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Exploring Karma & Rebirth is a vigorous and thought-provoking inquiry into two important but often misunderstood Buddhist doctrines. This challenging book: clarifies and critically appraises these traditional Buddhist doctrines, examines them in relation to their cultural origins and discusses whether these teachings are still relevant today, and offers an imaginative reading of what the teachings could mean for the postmodern Western world Above all, Exploring Karma & Rebirth insists that, to be of enduring value, these doctrines must continue to serve the overriding aim of Buddhism: spiritual awakening.

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New York Times bestselling author of the Dare to Love series welcomes you to Serendipity, where love, fate and fortune intertwine... Fans of Bella Andre, Rachel Gibson, Julie James and Jill Shalvis, will fall head over heels with Carly Phillips' special town and her unforgettable characters.Police Officer Dare Barron has had a crush on Liza McKnight since he was a teenager. But the closest he's ever come to interacting with her is watching Liza regularly bail out her brother Brian. Dare's dark past with Brian has always kept him from pursuing Liza. Then Liza finds herself in need of protection and Dare appoints himself as the man for the job. And while the sizzling attraction between Dare and Liza draws them together, the past that Dare and Brian share threatens to keep the two apart for ever.Return to Serendipity for more sexy romance with the other books in the series, Serendipity, Destiny, Fated, Perfect Fit, Perfect Fling and Perfect Together.

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Daisy Becker es una actriz de segunda totalmente caótica: bebe, fuma y roba a sus compañeros de piso. A sus veintipocos años tendrá un accidente de tráfico con Steve Barton, una arrogante estrella de Hollywood que está en Berlín rodando la nueva película de James Bond. Una vez muertos, Buda les dice que en sus vidas han juntado demasiado mal karma, y ambos se reencarnan en hormigas. Pero ninguno de los dos tiene muchas ganas de ir a la guerra como soldados-hormiga. Además se enteran de que el mejor amigo de Daisy, del que ella está enamorada, y la mujer de Steve salen juntos. Qué pueden hacer? Ir en busca del buen karma y subir los peldaños de la escalera de la reencarnación hasta volver a ser humanos. Pero no es tan sencillo, pues Daisy y Steve no se soportan y están constantemente echándose la culpa del accidente el uno al otro. Y todavía todo se vuelve más difícil cuando parece que se empiezan a enamorar...Si disfrutaste con Maldito karma, prepárate para acumular Más

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In the tradition of Judy Blume, debut author Kristi Wientge tackles the uncomfortable—but all too relatable—subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this “sparkling and triumphant tale of a middle school misfit” (Heather Vogel Frederick).Karma Khullar is about to start middle school, and she is super nervous. Not just because it seems like her best friend has found a newer, blonder best friend. Or the fact that her home life is shaken up by the death of her dadima. Or even that her dad is the new stay-at-home parent, leading her mother to spend most of her time at work. But because she’s realized that she has seventeen hairs that have formed a mustache on her upper lip. With everyone around her focused on other things, Karma is left to figure out what to make of her terrifyingly hairy surprise all on her own.

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Six suns, six blasts in the sky; a seventh one, and the earth will die. In the isolation of the Himalayas, the snows still fall, but they are tinged with the ash of a nuclear winter; the winds still blow, but they wail with the cries of ghosts. The seventh and final blast is near. As the world heaves its final breaths, the people of the Tibetan plateau—civilization's final survivors—are haunted by spirits and terrorized by warlords. Though the last of the seven prophesied cataclysms is at hand, young Karma searches for a father who disappeared ten years earlier, presumed dead.Driven by a yearning to see his father again before the end, and called by an eerie horn unheard by anyone else, Karma forges into the Himalayas and discovers that his father's disappearance may be linked to a mystical mountain said to connect the physical world with the spirit lands—and a possible way to save their doomed future.For readers who enjoy Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, The Book of M by Peng Shepherd, The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin, The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, and The Children of Men by P. D. James.

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