Eli's Guide to Staying Alive in Monster City
Eli's Guide to Staying Alive in Monster City

Author: Alyssa Rucker

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-04-09

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Originally posted on Reddit's r/nosleep and largely unedited from the online series, Eli's rules and stories are now here to stay as a novel, with a few extra tidbits thrown in! Eli always thought a list of rules to survive some insane situation like a zombie apocalypse was a bit ridiculous. How would *rules* be enough to save you in a hellscape like that? ...But then his world went to shit, and he realized a list of rules might just save his life. Twelve rules, to be exact. Twelve rules to deal with all the types of monsters that have overrun his city - which has been completely cut off from the outside world by a massive, impenetrable dome. Armed with the rules, his best cat friend Mr. Bailey, and a penchant for naming the monsters after people he hated in high school (there were a lot, okay), every day is a fight to stay alive in monster city. But maybe not all hope is lost. Sure, Eli saw his entire family die, and sure, there may be no way out...but maybe there is. And maybe he's not the last human left (he hopes not, because if *he's* the best humanity has to offer, we're in trouble). And as he continues to survive and delve deeper, it turns out there may be more to the dome and the monsters than he ever imagined. A lot more. Which means his rules are more important than ever, and so are his stories.So hug your family (for Eli, because he can't, and really wishes he still could), relax, and get ready. Because Eli (and Mr. Bailey) present to you: ELI'S GUIDE TO STAYING ALIVE IN MONSTER CITY *Suggested for ages 16+ due to language and violence*

Eli's Guide to Escaping from Monster City
Eli's Guide to Escaping from Monster City

Author: Alyssa Rucker

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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ELI'S BACK, BITCHES! Originally posted on reddit's r/EliVersusMonsterCity and largely unedited from the online series, Eli's rules and stories are here to stay - again! Eli managed to escape the first trial, along with his cat, girlfriend, and monster buddy...only to willingly get himself trapped in the second trial, hoping to save another city from the same fate his suffered. There's just a few problems with that. The monsters are changing, and changing fast. Which means his rules have to evolve too, or else he's as good as dead. There's still an entire organization hellbent on killing Eli and his newfound family, and they control everything. Escaping and stopping them once and for all is fucking hard. It's impossible to save everyone, and even having been through this before, Eli still has to see countless innocent people torn apart by monsters. Not exactly fun. And those that do survive, he has to teach how to stay alive in their new hellscape, which is easier said than done when people are idiots. Oh, and on top of all that, it turns out there's a new creature in town, one who will change everything Eli knows and challenge him in an entirely new way. Not to mention girlfriend troubles, suspicious corpses that indicate a possible human killer, and the fact that 'dead' doesn't always stay 'dead' in monster city... It's a lot to deal with, and as monsters evolve and people die, the stakes are higher than ever before. Time is running out to escape from the dome and burn down the organization behind it all. If they don't succeed, they die - and the trials get repeated elsewhere, leading to the loss of millions of innocent lives. No pressure. So sit back, relax, maybe grab some popcorn. Because Eli (and Mr. Bailey) present to you, the second book in the Eli vs. Monster City series: ELI'S GUIDE TO ESCAPING FROM MONSTER CITY (suggested for ages 16+ due to language and violence)

The Face Thief
The Face Thief

Author: Eli Gottlieb

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-01-17

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0062100858

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Eli Gottlieb’s previous novel, Now You See Him, was acclaimed by reviewers as “irresistible … moving” (New York Times Book Review), “a triumph…of literary suspense” (Los Angeles Times), and “gorgeous” (USA Today). With The Face Thief, he returns with a driving, compulsively readable novel that probes the wellsprings of human greed and loyalty beset by temptation. Gottlieb introduces the mystery of the charismatic Margot, a promising journalist who morphs—with stunning panache—from a high-achieving affluent twentysomething into a grifter making her living preying on the weaknesses of men. Having studied the ancient Chinese art of face reading, she becomes an expert at reading people and is also able to rearrange her look and persona with uncanny skill to fit any social situation. She is an avenging angel, shattering marriages and draining bank accounts. What drives her quest to deceive and disarm? Exploring this question, The Face Thief moves fluidly forward and back in time, drawing vivid portraits of Margot’s rocky childhood and her adult victims: an amiable, newly married man enticed into a catastrophic fraud; an esteemed teacher outwitted by his most dangerous student; and a well-meaning New York City cop tripped up by his belief in redemption. Ingeniously constructed and exquisitely written, The Face Thief swirls a hypnotic dance of predator and prey, creating a contemporary landscape where the educated are violent, the beautiful ugly, and the well-intentioned hapless. And yet we never give way to despair, because the protagonists of the book push back against the maelstrom and attempt tirelessly to right their toppled lives. Rich in suspense, psychological depth, and nuance, The Face Thief confirms Gottlieb’s standing as “a master” (Denver Post) and, in the words of essayist Phillip Lopate, “an enthralling stylist who[se] . . . characters are shockingly, electrically alive.”

The Spirit War
The Spirit War

Author: Rachel Aaron

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 0316192929

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Eli Monpress is vain. He's cocky. And he's a thief. But he's a thief who has just seen his bounty topped and he's not happy about it. The bounty topper, as it turns out, is his best friend, bodyguard, and master swordsman, Josef. Who has been keeping secrets from Eli. Apparently, he's the only prince of a rather feisty country and his mother (a formidable queen who's every bit as driven and stubborn as he is) wants him to come home and do his duty, which means throwing over personal ambitions like proving he's the greatest swordsman who ever lived. Family drama aside, Eli and Josef have their hands full. The Spirit Court has been usurped by the Council of Thrones and someone calling herself the Immortal Empress is staging a massive invasion. But it's not just politics -- the Immortal Empress has a specific target in mind: Eli Monpress, the greatest thief in the world.

Lunar Park
Lunar Park

Author: Bret Easton Ellis

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2005-08-16

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0307264300

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero comes a chilling tale that combines reality, memoir, and fantasy to create a fascinating portrait of this most controversial writer but also a deeply moving novel about love and loss, parents and children, and ultimately forgiveness. “John Cheever writes The Shining.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is the bestselling writer whose first novel Less Than Zero catapulted him to international stardom while he was still in college. In the years that followed he found himself adrift in a world of wealth, drugs, and fame, as well as dealing with the unexpected death of his abusive father. After a decade of decadence a chance for salvation arrives; the chance to reconnect with an actress he was once involved with, and their son. But almost immediately his new life is threatened by a freak sequence of events and a bizarre series of murders that all seem to connect to Ellis’s past. His attempts to save his new world from his own demons makes Lunar Park Ellis’s most suspenseful novel. Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, The Shards!

Bret Easton Ellis's Controversial Fiction
Bret Easton Ellis's Controversial Fiction

Author: Sonia Baelo-Allué

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-04-21

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1441126317

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Both literary author and celebrity, Bret Easton Ellis represents a type of contemporary writer who draws from both high and the low culture, using popular culture references, styles and subject matters in a literary fiction that goes beyond mere entertainment. His fiction, arousing the interest of the academia, mass media and general public, has fuelled heated controversy over his work. This controversy has often prevented serious analysis of his fiction, and this book is the first monograph to fill in this gap by offering a comprehensive textual and contextual analysis of his most important works up to the latest novel Imperial Bedrooms. Offering a study of the reception of each novel, the influence of popular, mass and consumer culture in them, and the analysis of their literary style, it takes into account the controversies surrounding the novels and the changes produced in the shifty terrain of the literary marketplace. It offers anyone studying contemporary American fiction a thorough and unique analysis of Ellis's work and his own place in the literary and cultural panorama.

The Master and His Emissary
The Master and His Emissary

Author: Iain McGilchrist

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 0300245920

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A new edition of the bestselling classic – published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain – the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the ‘rational’ side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master. As he shows, it is the right side which is the more reliable and insightful. Without it, our world would be mechanistic – stripped of depth, colour and value.

Eli's Promise
Eli's Promise

Author: Ronald H. Balson

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1250271479

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"National Jewish Book Award winner Ron Balson returns triumphantly with Eli’s Promise, a captivating saga of the Holocaust and its aftermath spanning decades and continents. Readers will not be able to put this book down, but will turn the pages compulsively with heart in throat, eager to learn the fate of the Rosen family. Balson’s meticulous historical detail, vivid prose and unforgettable characters further solidify his place among the most esteemed writers of historical fiction today." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lost Girls of Paris A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later—by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras—Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli’s company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski—an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin’s subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband’s quest for justice.

The Legend of Eli Monpress
The Legend of Eli Monpress

Author: Rachel Aaron

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-02-24

Total Pages: 1040

ISBN-13: 0316206040

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Eli Monpress is talented, charming, and a thief. And, he's out to make a name for himself in this omnibus edition of Rachel Aaron's "fast, furious, and let's not forget fun" (Tom Holt) fantasy trilogy. But not just any thief. He's the greatest thief of the age -- and he's also a wizard. And with the help of his partners -- a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls -- he's going to put his plan into effect. The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he'll need to steal some big things. But he'll start small for now. He'll just steal something that no one will miss -- at least for a while. Like a king.

Exile and Pride
Exile and Pride

Author: Eli Clare

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0822374870

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First published in 1999, the groundbreaking Exile and Pride is essential to the history and future of disability politics. Eli Clare's revelatory writing about his experiences as a white disabled genderqueer activist/writer established him as one of the leading writers on the intersections of queerness and disability and permanently changed the landscape of disability politics and queer liberation. With a poet's devotion to truth and an activist's demand for justice, Clare deftly unspools the multiple histories from which our ever-evolving sense of self unfolds. His essays weave together memoir, history, and political thinking to explore meanings and experiences of home: home as place, community, bodies, identity, and activism. Here readers will find an intersectional framework for understanding how we actually live with the daily hydraulics of oppression, power, and resistance. At the root of Clare's exploration of environmental destruction and capitalism, sexuality and institutional violence, gender and the body politic, is a call for social justice movements that are truly accessible to everyone. With heart and hammer, Exile and Pride pries open a window onto a world where our whole selves, in all their complexity, can be realized, loved, and embraced.