Anne Lamott Books

"Rather than serving you, I prefer to die." The Outsiders have been subjected to the oppression of the king's soldiers for centuries, especially during the annual Purge, where every fifteen-year-old person - now an adult - is kidnapped. Ystal is only a child when, during his tenth Purge, is bought by a mysterious man. He says his name is Sylien and that he is an Alchemist, the only known survivor of a population that has now been destroyed. He claims to be looking for an assistant, and that Ystal is the right person. Through mysterious spells, ancient books of lost history and unknown feelings, Ystal will make a journey, in search of true freedom, against a tyrant who, for years, has reigned supreme.

Di sebuah dunia penuh keajaiban dan misteri, hiduplah seorang anak bernama Ame Ryusaki yang memiliki kemampuan luar biasa: melihat masa depan dan masa lalu. Bersama lima temannya—Anne Yuma, Ryuzaki Santa Yuma, Kuzaki Daterasu, Inoe Matsu Yuuma, dan Reishi Sumadara—mereka memulai perjalanan epik untuk membebaskan kerajaan mereka yang jatuh ke tangan Raja Iblis Sahamaru.Raja Sahamaru, yang bercita-cita menguasai seluruh dunia dan alam semesta, telah membawa perang ke enam dunia, termasuk dunia naga. Setelah menaklukkan keenam dunia tersebut, hanya satu dunia yang belum tersentuh. Namun, kekuasaannya dihentikan sementara oleh Sang Kaisar Naga yang, dengan bantuan sebelas orang lainnya, berhasil menyegel Sahamaru.Di tengah perjalanan mereka, Ame Ryusaki dan Anne menjadi pasangan tak terkalahkan, melawan kekuatan jahat Sahamaru dan Shinta Shiro Yuma. Nasib mempertemukan mereka dengan Puteri Naga kembar yang bertarung sampai mati, serta melihat perebutan kekuasaan yang menyebabkan kehancuran dunia.Dalam perjuangan mereka, Ame Ryusaki terungkap sebagai Putera Cahaya, yang takdirnya adalah menjadi penerang dunia dan pembimbing jalan kedamaian. Mereka juga menyaksikan kebangkitan tiga Dewi Takdir, makhluk yang ditunjuk Yang Maha Kuasa untuk menjaga keseimbangan dimensi. Namun, dengan munculnya sepuluh makhluk tanda kiamat, perang besar yang menentukan nasib alam semesta semakin dekat.Perang akhir zaman Dewa pun dimulai, dengan kemunculan Tujuh Kaisar Agung Zaman Kuno, Tujuh Belas Dewi Naga Tertinggi, Delapan Primordial Agung setara Dewa, serta Bangkitnya Lima Kaisar Tertinggi Zaman Baru dan Sepuluh Makhluk Akhirnya. Mereka semua memeriahkan perang kolosal yang akan menentukan nasib seluruh alam semesta.Di akhir perjuangan ini, siapakah yang akan berdiri sebagai pemenang? Para Dewa dan Dewi bertarung untuk bertahan hidup, dan hanya yang terkuat yang akan berdiri di puncak. Perang kolosal akhir zaman ini akan menentukan masa depan dunia dan alam semesta, membawa harapan baru atau kehancuran total.

Being the only child to the Queen of Castle Grey, lost within the confines of mount Trenon, Kilvic is made to learn a number of things best suited to the heir to the Elzcrid bloodline at the hands of tutors handpicked by his mother. However, his fifteenth birthday sends him beyond the reaches of his mother’s domain. She has tasked him with the duty of learning more. Understanding greater things than she can teach him, greater things with which to cope with the curse upon his bloodline as she had been taught by her father and mother. Finding himself in a new kingdom, in an academy designed for only the most elite of mages, Kilvic is tasked to survive the new things he will come to learn, while struggling with the chaos of human association, as he comes to understand that while he may know a great deal about the world from the castle archives, it is a different thing to experience them. The association between people isn’t as easily deciphered as the books made them seem. As he struggles with the task of becoming a mage and a student along with surviving new friendships, failure threatens him at every turn and people prove pettier than the books would have him believe. Yet, despite all these, somewhere hidden in the shadows of the kingdom, a creature stirs, taking from the academy the one thing it values most. Kilvic must survive the trials of the academy, keep his friends, best his first enemy, and ensure that what stirs must not cause more damage than the kingdom can bear, lest the supremacy of Castle Grey be called into question in realms beyond that which most know. And all in time to attend the Winter Hall Fest.

Jewel is expected to be a modest Hasyenda Mangubat heiress but she is addicted to erotic novels. She would buy those books in secret and hide them in her room, away from her parent's eyes. She agreed to marry the Mayor's son, Gideon Manasseh, in the hope that Gideon would tolerate her vices. But to her surprise, her new husband appears to be stricter than her parents. Not only do her vices need to be hidden from him, but so do her sexual nightmares. Because those wet dreams are crawling out of her fantasies into her reality... and it is scarier than she thought.

Vivian Harper has always been invisible—a shy, introverted high schooler who prefers books to bullies at Westbridge High. But when Tyler Grayson, a dangerously handsome transfer student with eyes that pierce through her defenses, arrives, her quiet life unravels. Tyler whispers of werewolves and mates, secrets Vivian can’t comprehend. As Vivian grapples with the truth of her hidden werewolf nature, Tyler reveals his own: he’s a future alpha, bound by pack duty, and Vivian is his fated mate. But with every secret unveiled, a new threat emerges—will their mate bond survive, or will the shadows tear them apart?

After reclaiming the throne that is rightfully hers, Morrigan's name went down in the history books of Hymir as the youngest and the queen who spilled blood the day of her coronation. Everyone knows about her ruthless act when she finally reclaimed the throne causing fear all over the kingdom towards her. But the facade of a ruthless and fearsome queen is a defense mechanism she built for no one to use and abuse her again. After all the traumatic experiences she had behind the tall walls of the castle, she will never let people use her again and the only person she trusts in her life is her loyal aide, Colfre.

Since young, Dione Amaris has always been fascinated by supernatural creatures; vampires, fairies, werewolves and many more. Her mother always read her stories about them. Until she turn to a fully grown woman, she has collected a lot of books about them and would still read them time to time and she ends reading a book, she can’t help but think if they really do exist. And what if… they really do exist? And one of its kind has been by her side all along? Will it be a start to a something new to her life? Or… it’ll start a havoc in her life?

An accident that killed her father made Valerie always overshadowed by fear and terror. She managed to get through the traumatic period with the help of a psychiatrist and got on with her life well. She wants to live as normal as women in general; experience romantic love stories like in books and so on. That hope began to come true with George in her life. However, it was not as beautiful as she dreamed. Nine blue candles. This scared her very much. Someone suddenly became close to her and she trusted him because he helped her. Someone else looked suspicious to her. But what does Valerie have to do with all this? Who are they… who is he?

Newly Edited with new content! Ophelia is a girl who most in her home town would quickly look over and never know that she was there. Her parents don't really acknowledge her and her sister hates her for a reason she has yet to figure out. Her family moves to a new town where she will find her first friend and possible even her first love. The only problem is will that love really be what she thinks it is or is there a secret that could ruin it all. Will her hope of getting away from her family be enough to get her through something that she thought would only happen in books?

A girl from the 28th century went into another world where beasts can talk, other races exist such as Elves and more. Soheila Marioline Vespara originally lived in this world but got transferred on Earth for a reason. Soheila is abused and forced to be a perfect woman that knows how to cook, can do perfect etiquette, and most importantly, she's forced to read a bunch of thick books at the age of five. Svetlana, the world where her journey began. What kind of challenges will she face? Can she have friends whom she can trust? Can Soheila finally meet her family? Read the 'From The 28th Century' to find it out!