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Siebentürmeviertel
Wolf weiss nicht, wie ihm geschieht. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter hat er bei seinem Vater gelebt, muss mit ihm aber nach einer Warnung vor der Gestapo plotzlich Deutschland verlassen. Es ist das Jahr 1939, und Wolf findet sich in Istanbul wieder, in der Familie von Abdullah Bey, eines ehemaligen Arbeitskollegen seines Vaters. Das Siebenturmeviertel ist einer der schillerndsten Stadtteile der Metropole, in der Religionen und Ethnien in einem spannungsreichen Nebeneinander leben. Was als vorubergehende Massnahme gedacht war, wird zu einer Dauerlosung, und Wolf muss sich zurechtfinden in diesem uberwaltigenden Kosmos. Er wird von Abdullah Bey an Sohnes statt angenommen, besucht die Schule und erobert sich seine Stellung unter den Jugendlichen des Viertels. Als er langsam zu begreifen beginnt, welche Rolle Abdullah Bey wirklich spielt, gerat er in grosse Gefahr. Nach >>Leyla<<, dem Bestseller uber den Weg einer jungen Turkin von Anatolien ins Deutschland der 60er-Jahre, wendet sich Feridun Zaimoglu wieder der Turkei zu und greift dabei die deutsche Emigration auf. Mit grosser Sprachkraft und Poesie fuhrt er den Leser in eine Welt, in der Kulturen und Religionen, aber vor allem menschliche Leidenschaften und Sehnsuchte aufeinanderprallen.
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Fog
Outside an isolated cabin, winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside, two men, lovers, have enacted a plan of revenge, kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them. Al, the accomplice, has stalked Rob for weeks, and his infatuation for the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. So much so that he finds himself drawn to protect Rob from the rage and vengeance burning away his partner Jay's insides. Caring for their bound and gagged captive, with each passing day Al finds his power over Rob a potent and irresistible aphrodisiac and his heart dangerously moved. But Jay has no intention of ever allowing the young man to escape.
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War Stories, Volume 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The first new volume of Garth Ennis powerful War Stories series features tales ripped from the pages of history itself delivering a horrifying and riveting look at some of the most brutal battles throughout time. This essential tome includes three stories of battle written by Ennis and illustrated by Tomas Aira including: Castles in the Sky: A horrifying tale of early bomber pilots and their incredibly difficult missions during wartime. Thrust into the sky with a new team of soldiers these brave men learn quickly the horrors of aerial combat over the skies of Germany. Children of Israel: In 1973, the Golan Heights was the home to the most brutal tank warfare in history. As a young nation of Israel faced the imposing forces of the Syrian army, the true mettle of these soldiers would be tested as never before. The Last German Winter: February 1945: as the Soviet war machine crashes into eastern Germany on a tidal wave of carnage and revenge, a mother and her children join the flood of refugees struggling to stay ahead of the invaders. But the realities of battle are dreadful to behold, and what the little family find waiting for them is deadlier than any mythical dragon. Worse still, the strange figures who appear from the deep woods are far from being knights in shining armour- and in these dark times, the price of salvation may just be too much to bear. This volume collects War Stories #1 - 9 of the ongoing comic book series."
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Crossed, Volume 15
Comics horror veteran Mike Wolfer writes and illustrates a powerful new chapter in the Crossed saga! After admitting two women into their defensible stronghold atop a collapsed bridge, an uneasy alliance of survivors discovers just how the women successfully navigated through the horrors on the ground below. They followed the advice of their -bible, - a best-selling, -zombie survival guide- novel. Fiction or not, the book could be the answer to saving all of their lives in the wasteland ruled by the maniacal Crossed. But trust in the uninfected can be more dangerous than the violent urges of the Crossed themselves. There is no help, there is no hope. There is only the Crossed. This volume collects issues #81 - 86 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands series.
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The Afterlife (Joe Vampire, #2)
So...yeah. It's me again. America's most sarcastic vampire. I'm back on the blog. It's been a while - about a year, if we need to get into specifics. Which I usually do. It's just a thing with me. A lot has happened since we last chatted - some good, some bad. All worthwhile, in the grand scheme. I've dealt with the whole Living Dead thing long enough now to know how to keep it from taking over my life. What I'm still figuring out is how to keep it from wreaking havoc on everyone else's lives. It's a roller coaster, for sure, but I'm convinced that waiting for me somewhere on the other side of the Other Side is a real-life life, not just some artificially-sweetened half-life substitute. I want a family. I want my music. I want the dream come true, not the dream fell through. And I'm determined to have it, regardless of how eternal this afterlife thing might be. But it's a hell of a lot to keep track of. Barring any unforeseen developments that might undo all my vampirosity, I may have to grow up a little in order to get it all to work out. I'm ready for that, though. As fun as it might seem to hang with the Lost Boys, I can't be Peter Pan-pire forever.
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Amity
Close your eyes and think of a phrase that describes the most horrible act that you can imagine. Search for that phrase on the internet, and a website called Amity will be in the top of the list. The regulars at Amity can help you learn about that horrible thing. If you desire, can help you find it. Or help you do it. Reclusive neckbeard Timothy Berbee has exiled himself from the world, and spends his time to huddled with the reckless population of Amity. When they turn their collective poison on him, his life turns into a battle to reconnect with his lost humanity, and a race against his own apathy to save the life of a stranger. In a satirical whirlwind story based on real-world events, AMITY explores the allure of online lives and the downward spiral when absolute anonymity overrides one's moral compass.
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Windswept: Windswept Book One
Labor organizer Padma Mehta is on the edge of space and the edge of burnout. All she wants is to buy out a little rum distillery and retire, but she's supposed to recruit 500 people to the Union before she can. She's only thirty-three short. So when a small-time con artist tells her about forty people ready to tumble down the space elevator to break free from her old bosses, she checks it out -- against her better judgment. It turns out, of course, it was all lies. As Padma should know by now, there are no easy shortcuts on her planet. And suddenly retirement seems farther away than ever: she's just stumbled into a secret corporate mission to stop a plant disease that could wipe out all the industrial sugarcane in Occupied Space. If she ever wants to have another drink of her favorite rum, she's going to have to fight her way through the city's warehouses, sewage plants, and up the elevator itself to stop this new plague. File Under:Science Fiction[ Plagues, Plots & Planets | One-Eyed Wonder | Bad Tips, Good Tipples | This Little Bar I Know ] From the Paperback edition.
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Crossed + One Hundred, Volume 2 (Crossed +100 #2)
Alan Moore s redefining of the Crossed universe 100 years in the future continues with his hand selected successor, Crossed: Wish You Were Here scribe, Simon Spurrier. Future s world was devastated by the realization that one of her closest friends was actually the ultimate Trojan horse and led to the devastation of Chooga. Now as she helps a new town of survivors prepare for the organized attack of the evolved Crossed, she realizes that her best efforts may not be enough. The Crossed have a plan and they are coming. No amount of wishful fiction will prevent the conflict to come. This masterwork is a self-contained whole new world; no prior knowledge of the Crossed series is needed. Crossed +100 Vol 2 TP contains the continuing story originally presented in issues #7 - 12 of the ongoing comic book series. "
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War Stories, Volume 4
Garth Ennis visionary series reaches deep into the recesses of history and finds the most spine chilling tales of conflict and war throughout the modern era. This new volume delivers powerful stories that illustrate the horror and humanity within the violence and misery. In this vital tome are two stories written by Ennis and illustrated by Thomas Aria including: Our Wild Geese Go: "T'was England bade our wild geese go, that small nations would be free..." In the Second World War, any Irishman wanting to fight the Nazis had to join the British army- the Republic of Ireland having declared neutrality when the war began. Now, a small unit of Irish soldiers join the advance into Germany- where the going is rough and the enemy nowhere near surrender. And old tensions remain from Ireland's own struggle for independence, as well as the bloody civil war that followed. The Tokyo Club: How do you join The Tokyo Club? Simple. You climb into your single seat, single engine fighter- loaded with fuel and ammunition- and fly 700 miles across the open Pacific until you reach the mainland of Japan. There you fight off any enemy aircraft attempting to hit the American bombers you're escorting to their targets. Still alive? Now comes the fun part. You fly another 700 miles back home to your airstrip on Iwo Jima, fuel running lower and lower, nothing but ocean for miles around. Any battle damage you've suffered will reduce your chances even further. Make it back and you're in the club. And more good news: you get to do it all again tomorrow. This volume collects War Stories #10 - 15 of the ongoing comic book series."
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In salute e in malattia
LA FEDE CIECA. L'AMORE CIECO. LA FURIA CIECA "Ciascuno fa le cose a suo modo. Non costringeresti un ebreo a mangiare aragosta, giusto?" "C'e una differenza tra non mangiarla e negare che sia commestibile." Gadney e un uomo felice. Ha trovato l'amore, e con esso la possibilita di reinventarsi. Tracey Rose e per lui un nuovo inizio, ricco di attenzioni affettuose e sperimentazioni sessuali. Ma un'incolmabile distanza proietta una profonda ombra sulla vitalita della coppia. Da una parte il rifiuto ostinato e noncurante della medicina occidentale da parte di lei, che la porta addirittura a privare di un vaccino il piccolo JJ, suo figlio, in piena epidemia di morbillo. D'altra parte l'amarezza sprezzante di lui, nei confronti di una cultura alternativa che miete vittime innocenti nel tentativo di salvarle con la preghiera. Non importa da quale parte della barricata vorrai schierarti. Non importa se tiferei per la vittoria della fede, dell'amore o del buon senso. Quello che importa, e che Appel non ti dara respiro: se finisci nella sua tela, un ragno ti divorera.
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Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
In the long-awaited sequel to Gorky Park, Arkady Renko returns to Russia to work on the Polar Star, a huge fishing-factory ship. When a young girl is murdered, Renko is asked to investigate . . . and enters a case as chilling and gripping as his previous adventure.
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The Breaker New Waves, Vol 11
Lee Shi Woon melompat dari atas gedung sekolah untuk melarikan diri dari S.U.C. Melihat itu, S.U.C. tak segan memakai bom untuk menghabisi Shi Woon! Bagaimanakah nasib Shi Woon selanjutnya?! Sementara itu, misteri Dok Haeng Rang tersingkap. Benarkah dia kakak seperguruan Koo Moon Ryong?
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Like Water
A gorgeously written and deeply felt literary young adult novel of identity, millennial anxiety, and first love, from the widely acclaimed author of The Mystery of Hollow Places In Savannah Espinoza's small New Mexico hometown, kids either flee after graduation or they're trapped there forever. Vanni never planned to get stuck--but that was before her father was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, leaving her and her mother to care for him. Now, she doesn't have much of a plan at all: living at home, working as a performing mermaid at a second-rate water park, distracting herself with one boy after another. That changes the day she meets Leigh. Disillusioned with small-town life and looking for something greater, Leigh is not a "nice girl." She is unlike anyone Vanni has met, and a friend when Vanni desperately needs one. Soon enough, Leigh is much more than a friend. But caring about another person stirs up the moat Vanni has carefully constructed around herself, and threatens to bring to the surface the questions she's held under for so long. With her signature stunning writing, Rebecca Podos, author of The Mystery of Hollow Places, has crafted a story of first love and of the complex ways in which the deepest parts of us are hidden, even from ourselves.
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Beautee and the Beast
A killer by day and night, Zaire Pearson never knew that he had a soft side until he met and fell in love with Beautee Hill - a hard working, educated girl from the suburbs of Pasadena, California. She was a beauty that was by far different than the project chicks that Zaire was used to dealing with. Being the beast that he was, Zaire was definitely in need of a "Beautee" to tame his wild side. Beautee knew that meeting Zaire was no accident. She was intentionally placed in his path with an agenda. She knew that not many men could resist her beauty or her booty. As an undercover FBI agent, Beautee was out to gain freedom for her husband, who had been set up by Zaire and wrongly accused of murder. It had taken Beautee years, but she now had enough evidence on Zaire to put him behind bars and free the only man that she ever loved - her husband. Zaire's mission to control the city clouded his thoughts and friends became enemies. Family members went missing and bodies are found throughout the city. A hood tale of love, loyalty, murder and deception leaves you realizing that everything ain't always what it seems.
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Piercing the Reich
s/t: The Penetration of Nazi Germany by American Secret Agents During World War II After the success of such offensives as DDay & the Soviet march to the west, the Allies made the mistaken assumption that the 3rd Reich was finished. Then came the autumn of 1944. Hitler rallied with surprising force, driving the Allies back toward Paris. With a long war of attrition & no counterintelligence to speak of, the OSS set out to accomplish what the UK deemed impossible: to penetrate Nazi Germany with a network of spies. Locked away for over 30 years in secret CIA files, here's the true story of how American agents managed to infiltrate the 3rd Reich & shorten the war by months. Based on interviews with surviving operatives & filled with colorful profiles, this book brings to life one of the greatest counterintelligence coups in history--a heroic mission that established the USA as a superpower in international espionage. B&W photos.
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CARRIE'S MAIL ORDER HUSBAND
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What's for Dinner?
This book consists of a collection of delectable stories to whet your appetite. Each story has an element of death to sink your teeth into; albeit natural, unnatural, compassionate and one with a side order of evil. Appetizer: Gavin wakes up in a morgue, unable to move. Can someone save him in time? Entree: Bev and Mark are offered a place to stay for 3 months - for free. They neglect to read the fine print. Main Course: A Widow goes to great lengths to find the Island. Unaware of what awaits her. Dessert: The good doctor loves what he does. But keeps a deadly secret.
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Combat and Other Shenanigans
War is hell...but sometimes it's also funny as hell. Combat and Other Shenanigansis Lieutenant Piers Platt's firsthand account of his year as a cavalry platoon leader in Iraq. Wry, action-packed, and poignant, Combat and Other Shenanigansis the absurd-but-true story of the antics the world's finest soldiers get up to when no one high-ranking is watching.
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المجموعة الكاملة لمؤلفات جبران خليل جبران المعربة
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Robots e imperio
Isaac Asimov's Robots and Empireheralds a major landmark in the Asimovian galaxy of science-fiction. For it not only presents the sequel to The Robots of Dawn, but also interweaves all three of Asimov's classic series: Robot, Foundation, and Empire.Two hundred years have passed since The Robots of Dawnand Elijah Baley, the beloved hero of the Earthpeople, is dead. The future of the Universe is at a crossroads. Though the forces of the sinister Spacers, Dr. Kelden Amadiro has never forgotten - or forgiven - his humiliating defeat at the hands of Elijah. Now, with vengeance burning in his heart, he is more determined than ever to bring about the total annihilation of the planet Earth. But Amadiro has not counted on the equally determined Lady Gladia. Devoted to Elijah Baley, the Auroran beauty has taken the legacy of her fallen lover, vowing to stop the Spacers at any cost. With her two robot companions, Daneel and Giskard, she prepares to set into motion a daring and dangerous plan ... a plan whose success - or failure - will forever seal the fate of Earth and all who live there.
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American Maze: Only One Way Out
American Maze is a fish-out-of-water road story about two young guys from Jersey City, NJ on the lam from two mob hit men. Our heroes, Rayf and Cal, with absolutely nothing to live on but their wits hitchhike through America's turbulent southland during the month of November in the year 1963 - the exact time of JFK's assassination. In their attempted escape from the long arm of the mob, they inadvertently rediscover America. Put on your high-top sneakers and run with these guys through this sprawling tale and experience first-hand what they encounter as they navigate the highways and byways of this land in order to find their only way out of this American Maze.
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In Jupiter's Shadow
Hiding from others is easy. Hiding from yourself is trickier. Coming of age in rural Western New York in the early 1980s, Greg is the youngest of six in a devout Catholic family. They rely on faith to cope with adversity, including a brother's congenital hydrocephalus and the father's alcoholic mood swings. Greg dreams of escape and adventure, mostly through detective stories, which prepares him to tackle the profound mystery he stumbles across--in the bathtub on the second floor. A fictional detective, Jupiter Jones, provides guidance to explore the clues, but mentorship from a Jesuit priest (an actor with a Hollywood past) ultimately helps Greg reverse his escape path--and solve the mystery between the shadow of "should be" and the light of self-awareness. www.JupitersShadow.com
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The Blood and Light Series (Blood and Light #1-6)
This contains all SIX novels and two shorts of the Blood & Light Vampire Series. Blood & Light (book #1) Smoke & Mirrors (book #2) Oil & Water (book #3) Clarity & Reason (book #4 Grace & Beauty (book #5) Hope & Faith (book #6) PLUS two bonus shorts Birth of a Vampire Will and Wonder Rue lives in the quiet little town of Calvary, Minnesota with her brother Kai, and her parents, Grace and William. Calvary is a beautiful place, with no crime, no drama and nestled along the great lakes. It is surrounded in lush forests, quiet, safe, everything you could ever wish for...or is it? As Rue approaches her 17th birthday she is plagued with one problem, a very big one. Her Mother, Grace, has fallen ill. It is not a disease that can easily be fixed with medication, it is one of the mind. Grace has been admitted to Rolling River Asylum and once she is gone, Rue's perfect world starts to crumble around her. Everything she has known is suddenly taken from her and with it her feeling of safety is dissolved. Desperate to pull Rue out of her depression, her brother talks her into going to a party at the Graph house, home to Johnathan Graph, a boy Rue has always felt a strong connection to, but never acted on it. Once she is at the party she reconnects with Johnathan and is shocked at how her feelings seem to be so strong for him, but with one touch Rue has a terrifying vision and it sets everything into motion. Soon after her revelation at the party, Grace and William suddenly disappear and with their absence two strangers, that of Joshua and Samantha Barrington, enter into Rue's life. They come as protectors, not only to her, but to everyone she loves. Without them she would be lost, but with them she is reminded of how much she does not know. There is a war coming, a war that threatens everything she loves, everything she knows or ever will know. She is forced to face the truth about herself and about her family's history, a truth that stems back to the beginning of time and that of the vampire. Rewrite history through the eyes of the immortal.
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A Monster Calls
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
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Katso eteesi, Lotta!
Loin tusaisen katseen pimeyteen. - Pidetaan toisiamme kadesta... - Pidetaan,pidetaan.Jatetaan ovi auki. Jatimme oven selkoselalleen.Tassuttelimme pimeyteen ja suunnistimme luumutarhaan. - - - - - - Nipistimme kiireen vilkkaa pyykkipojat irti, kahmimme peitteen syliimme ja ryntasimme valoista, houkuttelevaa ovea kohti. Pam! Ovi akkia kiinni, avain kierahti kahdesti lukossa ja salpa kilahti paikoilleen. Lotalla ja hanen ystavillaan ei taaskaan ole yhtaan ikavaa hetkea!
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The Loved One
Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday-and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimee Thanatogenos, a naive Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art. Waugh's dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.
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Erotic Diaries of a Warlock: Book 1 of 3
Justin Kairo, a young man coming of age, is searching for his own identity. He cannot find his place in the world until he accepts his own magical powers and embraces his destiny as a warlock.
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Tirthraj Pushkar
This book is about one of the most sacred place for Hindus-Pushkar. It is known as Tirhraj which means "king of holy places". It explains Philosophy of Hinduism and significance of Hindu rituals.About half a million foreigners visit this place. Some chapters throw light on rural culture of Rajasthan.
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Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding the Glensheen Killings
Finally, the true story of the Glensheen killings--the murder of elderly Duluth heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse--as told through the eyes of former Duluth detective Gary Waller and St. Louis County prosecutor John DeSanto. This team led the case's investigation and successful prosecution of Roger Caldwell, Congdon's son-in-law, in the most notorious double murder in Minnesota history. The authors frankly discuss their successes and failures to explain how the man they convicted of murder, Roger Caldwell, was later set free--after confessing to the crimes! They also follow Marjorie Congdon Caldwell; Elisabeth's notorious adopted daughter, over her arrests and convictions for a string of arsons and present evidence that suggests she may have gotten away with murder--four times.
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One Gay American
Dennis Milam Bensie is One Gay American. Born in the 1960s and raised with traditional values in Robinson, Illinois, Bensie desperately wanted romance, a beautiful wedding, and a baby to carry on the family name. He denied his sexuality and married a woman at nineteen years old, but fantasized of weddings where he could be the bride. The newlyweds "adopted" a Cabbage Patch Doll and ironically witnessed a Cabbage Patch Doll wedding (a successful fundraiser staged by a local women's club) where the dolls were granted the type of grand ceremony off-limits to gay couples. In search of his identity as a gay man, Bensie divorced his wife and stumbled through missteps and lessons that still sting his generation: defending against bullies, "disappointing" his parents, and looking for love in gay bars, bath houses and restrooms. He helped his straight friends plan their dream weddings and mourned his gay friends dying of AIDS. Although true love has not yet come his way, Bensie has learned to love himself. Bensie is the author of the much-lauded memoir, Shorn: Toys to Men, which recounts his battle with paraphilia. One Gay American tells the rest of his story and draws parallels to gay history, decade by decade, with newspaper headlines and quotations. Bensie is the gay neighbor that you either love or hate. Either way, he's got a lot to say and says it with no apologies.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Illustrator Charles Reasonor's charming version of the traditional nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Word balloons add a touch of sweet humor to a familiar tale.
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The Language of Light: A Novel
FINALIST FOR THE BELLWETHER PRIZE Nelly Grace is starting over. With her two young sons, Nelly has fled to the simple stone house built by her great-grandfather in the moneyed horse country of Maryland in order to escape the grief of her husband's death--and perhaps find a way back to her first love: photography. Easing her transition into this strange, mannered world is Emma Crofton, the grand matriarch of the foxhunting community, and Emma's son, Dac, a handsome yet distant horse trainer. As Nelly slowly makes her way back to the camera, she must come to terms with her troubled relationship with her father, a photojournalist who chose fame over family. But when she finally sees him again, Nelly's fragile new beginning is threatened by revelations of a secret past, and the fears that kept it hidden. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. RandomHouseReadersCircle.com
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
Illustrator Charles Reasonor's charming version of the traditional nursery rhyme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Word balloons add a touch of sweet humor to the familiar tale.
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Humpty Dumpty
Illustrator Charles Reasonor's charming version of the traditional nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Word balloons add a touch of sweet humor to a familiar tale.
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Misteri Perawan Kubur
Gadis itu dilahirkan hanya untuk membunuh. Penderitaan dan penghinaan tanpa ada perikemanusiaan yang dialami ibunya harus dibalas. Dia tidak ada tujuan lain dalam hidupnya. Iskandar memnggilnya Nona. Dia menganggap Nona adalah gadis murahan. Sedikitpun dia tidak pecaya bahawa gadis itu lahir didalam kubur. Lebih mengejutkan lagi, ibu gadis tersebut adalah watak dalam salah satu novel karya Iskandar. Persoalan semakin rumit sewaktu Nona jatuh cinta pada Iskandar. Sedangkan Maria adalah satu-satunya perempuan yang Iskandar sayangi
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Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking-glass
By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.
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La regina, l'alchimista e il cardinale
La corte del re Luigi XVI sta per essere travolta dallo scandalo del secolo, passato alla storia come "l'affare della collana". L'intrigo, ordito da una nobildonna decaduta, assetata di denaro e bramosa di scalare i vertici dell'alta societa parigina e di avere un ruolo a corte, coinvolge nelle sue trame l'ambizioso cardinale Rohan, il sedicente mago e alchimista Cagliostro, fidatissimo amico dell'alto prelato, e la stessa regina Maria Antonietta, spianando la strada alla Rivoluzione dell'89. L'affare della collana non resta confinato fra le mura dei tribunali, ma diventa subito di pubblico dominio. Le arringhe degli avvocati vanno a ruba come bestseller, molti scrittori si arricchiscono con pamphlet scandalistici venduti in migliaia di copie. La Francia si appassiona alla vicenda e si divide fra innocentisti e colpevolisti. Ma il debole re Luigi non ne coglie appieno la portata e lascia che le cose seguano il loro corso, accelerando cosi il tramonto e la fine della monarchia francese.
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Революция
Imalo edno vreme edno mlado momiche, koeto t'guvalo za zaginaloto si bratche, nenavizhdalo s'uchenitsite si i se chuvstvalo potisnato i neshchastno. No edin den tova momiche se ozovalo na stranno i nepoznato miasto, narecheno Parizh, zapoznalo se s interesni i zabavni khora i poelo na neochakvano i v'lnuvashcho prikliuchenie nazad v'v vremeto. Roman za dve revoliutsii - tazi, sluchila se v'v Frantsiia prez KhVIII v. i tazi, sluchila se v s'rtseto na edno mlado momiche. Kniga, koiato shche vi pozvoli da nadniknete otv'd zavesata na istoriiata i da prezhiveete s'bitiiata, promenili Frantsiia i Evropa zavinagi. Kniga, koiato shche vi predostavi kliuch k'm mislite i mechtite na dve neobiknoveni momicheta, razdeleni ot dva veka istoriia, no s'brani ot tragichnite si s'dbi
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The Falls
For as long as she can remember, Teagan Bliss has wanted to manage her family's property. She's invested everything in the farm, knowing that when her parents retire she'll be ready to take the reins. But when a family betrayal leaves her reeling, Teagan is forced to rethink her entire future. Heartbroken, Teagan flees to her aunt's property in the idyllic Falls Valley. Vanessa is warm and welcoming and a favourite of the locals who drop in regularly for cocktail hour. Teagan soon catches the attention of sexy local farrier Lucas Knight, and with a new job, new friends and the prospect of a new relationship, she slowly begins to open up again. But the village is a hotbed of gossip and division and when Teagan gets caught up in town politics, Lucas and Vanessa become concerned. As the tension in town escalates, Teagan must decide who to trust. But when she realises those close to her have been keeping secrets, the fallout may split Teagan apart forever.
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A Taste of Candy
If you mention honor or affluence in Greybrook, Montana, thoughts immediately go to the Shane family, owners of the Montezuma Revenge Cattle Ranch. Daughter, thirty-five-year old Candy Shane, was off creating her own dynasty and succeeded tremendously. A world-renowned chef with two popular TV shows, a line of cook and dinnerware and seven restaurants around the world, she's got a life others dream about. But they don't know the real Candy. The one who has saved herself for a marriage that never happened. The one who believes a man would never fall in love with a woman who weighs over two hundred pounds, unless they were after her fortune. When Candy receives news her father has suffered from a debilitating stroke and is unable to run the ranch, she heads home. Though she's happy to help, she loves her life and plans to return to the real world the moment he is back on his feet. Blaine Westland's family has worked for the Shane's for generations. The ranch foreman, he rode motorcycles and horses, breaking hearts everywhere he went. Except for one. He'd loved Candy since he was a boy, but she was always off limits. His father had said he wasn't good enough for her, and Blaine knew he was right. But when he sees Candy for the first time in ten years, she takes his breath away. She's more beautiful and vivacious than he remembered. He wants her. Bad. But he's still out of her league and must keep his distance. Until he learns she's remained a virgin and vows to win her heart, to treat her the way she deserves. He wants to be her first and her last, and hopes to turn a temporary visit into a permanent one. Candy can see things getting quickly out of hand with the gorgeous, rugged Blaine. But she knows he has a reputation with the ladies. Why would someone like him be attracted to her? The wall she's built around her heart is falling fast and if she wants to protect herself, she needs to get out of Kenansville quick. A Taste of Candy, by popular romance author Leila Lacey, is a standalone novel. This is classic boy-meets-girl, girl-runs-from-boy at its finest. Sweet, hot, and racy, it focuses on a sympathetically flawed heroine who must overcome deep insecurities if she is to ever find true love and everlasting happiness.
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The Mermaid’s Madness
What would happen if a star writer went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie's Angels? What he'd end up with is The Mermaid's Madness--a whole new take on The Little Mermaid. And with Jim C. Hines, of Jig the Goblin fame, penning the tale, you can bet it won't be "They lived happily ever after." 11 hrs and 53 mins (c)2009 Jim C. Hines (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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خطة الهجوم
"Plan of Attack" is a definitive account of how & why President Geo W. Bush, his war council & allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein & occupy Iraq. Woodward's latest account of Washington decisionmaking provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes & consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam. Based on interviews with 75 key participants & over 3.5 hours of exclusive interviews with Bush, Plan of Attack is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details & the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; part a spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq 6 months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization. What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room & Oval Office, & in private conversation; Dick Cheney, the focused & driven vice president; Colin Powell, the conflicted & cautious secretary of state; Donald Rumsfeld, the controlling war technocrat; Geo Tenet, the activist CIA director; Tommy Franks, the profane & demanding general; Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present referee & national security adviser; Karl Rove, the hands-on political strategist; other key members of the White House staff & congressional leadership; & foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin. Plan of Attack provides new details on the intelligence assessments of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction & the planning for the war's aftermath.
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Princess of Fire (Fire, #1)
"New York Times" bestselling author Heather Graham, writing as Shannon Drake, offers the smoldering story of a land divided by treachery and a man and woman bound by passion. Although Alaric, a mighty Norman warrior, rescues Fallon from certain death, she tries desperately to resist this seductive enemy who vows to conquer her with a love that will turn her heart to fire.
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No More Butterflies
A surprisingly uplifting psychological drama with dark moments and romantic overtones. Dealing with the subjects of domestic psychological, physical and sexual abuse and the lasting damage these do to their victims, it covers twelve years in the lives of two initially unconnected girls, Emma and Helen, both the victims of some form of abuse and the very different consequences this abuse has to both their lives. There are some dark and tragic moments as Emma stumbles from one emotional or physical disaster to the next from the ages of sixteen to twenty-eight. Ultimately it is the realisation of all her cliched romantic dreams which provides her with the trigger she desperately needs to enable her to take control of her own life. It makes her realise the only way to no longer be a victim is to stop relying on others for emotional and physical stability and to stand on her own two feet. It gives her the courage to face her fears and to do what is right for her daughter. Helen, on the other hand, uses abuse as a weapon with which to defend herself from a world she can not understand. In reality the abuse she has suffered is difficult to define and the line between legitimate psychological damage and inbuilt character traits is blurred. The two girls lives come together with devastating effects.
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The Price Of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness
When George Price died in January 1975, his funeral in London was attended by five homeless men. Alongside them were Bill Hamilton and John Maynard Smith, two distinguished British evolutionary biologists. All seven men had come to mourn an eccentric American genius who helped to unpick the riddle of how altruism, or unselfish concern for the welfare of others, could exist in a world driven by survival of the fittest and who committed suicide aged just 52. In The Price of Altruism Price's personal and professional journey is intricately woven into a sweeping arc of modern politics and science that takes us from Darwin's Beagleto the court of the Russian Tsar, from Marxist manifestos to Nazi heresies, and from First World War trenches to Vietnam demonstrations. Featuring some of the most brilliant minds of the modern age, it is the riveting tale of mankind's search for the origins of kindness.
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Monkeewrench
1 MP3-CD / 10 hours Haunted by a series of horrifying and violent episodes in their past, Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her software company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game where the killer is always caught, where the good guys always win. But their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life, down to the last detail. By the time the police realize what's happening, three people are dead, and with seventeen more murder scenarios available online, there are seventeen more potential victims. While the authorities scramble to find the killer in a city paralyzed by fear, the Monkeewrench staff are playing their own game, analyzing victim profiles in a frantic attempt to discover the murderer's next target. In a thriller populated by characters both hilarious and heartbreaking, a rural Wisconsin sheriff, two Minneapolis police detectives, and Grace's gang are caught in a web of decades-old secrets that could get them all killed.
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Growltiger's Last Stand and Other Poems
Three poems describe the nighttime adventures of some rather special cats.
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The Cocktail Party
A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. "An authentic modern masterpiece" (New York Post). "Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry" (Stephen Spender).
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El secuestro de Robles Martínez
Robles Martinez fue un escritor de mediano prestigio. Si bien no pertenecia a las ligas mayores de la literatura, estaba muy cerca del reconocimiento masivo que suponia su obra. La critica mas exigente lo resenaba como una futura promesa. Los comentaristas dominicales de libros siempre parecian estar a punto de considerarlo como un escritor que no necesitaba tarjetas de presentacion en el extranjero: su firma y sus premios lo avalaban. Sin embargo, en los ultimos anos, un oscuro haz de luz parecio entorpecer su calidad de escritura. Los criticos senalaban que se habia convertido en un mero escritor deseoso de superventas, pergenando novelas simples y facilonas que jamas podrian igualarlo a sus admirados Faulkner y Joyce. De forma sorpresiva, la prensa especializada decia que sus libros era un conjunto de acartonados personajes que seguian las lineas convencionales del realismo puro y duro. "El secuestro de Robles Martinez" son dos novelas cortas agrupadas en un crimen, "El mayordomo" describe el modus operandi de una agrupacion de la alta sociedad hermetica cuyos fines son desconocidos inclusive para el mas leal de sus miembros, mientras que "El diario" es un palimpsesto del escritor secuestrado donde hace un analisis critico de sus origenes y su porvenir. Dicha publicacion esta emparentada al cyberpunk y la novela negra, rompiendo a su vez todas las reglas pre-establecidas en dichos estilos literarios.
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Skynappers
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As I Walk These Broken Roads
Out of the irradiated wastes comes a soldier. On the far edge of the trade routes, in a small farming community, there lives a mechanic. Two men from a previous era, surviving through steel and cunning in a world of degenerated philosophy; a world where the old tech is treated with savage, animistic worship. A storm is coming. When civilization is scattered and broken, what is a man supposed to do? How is a man supposed to live?
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Blackout in the Garden of Love (Love Blooms Series Vol#1)
John Vincent and Amerise Carlton are ready to strangle their mutual friend, Ellen, when she pairs them on a blind date certain to be a recipe for disaster. What should have been a fun-filled evening turns sour when the mismatched couple butts heads over dinner. Toss in an inept waiter, the hottest day of the year, a city-wide blackout, and the date goes from bad to worse. Just when rock bottom looms near, the unlikely couple is given a new perspective. A moonlit garden, novelty candy, and a sweet summer night open the doorway to understanding. Can this unlikely couple find the sugary spark of romance in a city engulfed by darkness? Maybe Ellen was on to something after all! Love Blooms is a new series of sweet interracial romance shorts and novellas. Showcasing what I've chosen to tag as 'Vibrant Interracial Romance'. What do I mean by 'vibrant interracial' romance? I want my stories and characters to resonate -- to set off an empathetic vibration in my readers because life has taken them into some of the same valleys and has them hoping to reach the same mountain tops. I love my characters, and I don't want to say their emotions are my playground, but I do believe I can bring out through them -- feelings, life experiences, joy and pain that most anyone can relate to. I don't put them through all their struggles just to create drama-- they're headed somewhere. On their way to discover real connection to another person, a true soul mate. The good and bad they've lived through before they get to that glorious place are the seeds planted so that Love may bloom. BLACKOUT IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE is Vol#1 of the LOVE BLOOM SERIES. Stop by my blog http://venicekennedy.wordpress.com/to hear more about my LOVE BLOOMS SERIES, my journey to indie publishing or chat about everything sweet IR!
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Crime and Punishment
Translation of: Prestuplenie i nakazanie.
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L'assassino di Banconi
Africa Occidentale, Bamako, capitale del Mali. Il commissario Habib e il suo fedele aiutante Sosso indagano su tre omicidi. Causa della morte: il cianuro. Luogo: il quartiere povero di Banconi. Moussa Konate ci accompagna in un viaggio per questa capitale africana con una scrittura che esalta il paesaggio e la vita sociale, rendendo l'ambientazione il vero punto di forza di questo avvincente noir. Il povero quartiere di Banconi, da sfondo si erge a protagonista, e l'indagine si trasforma in una ricerca della verita dietro le mistificazioni religiose.
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จอมโจรคนงาม (วิวาห์บุปผางาม, #1)
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The Saturdays
Meet the Melendys! The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-and-a-half-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six. Tired of wasting Saturdays doing nothing but wishing for larger allowances, the four Melendys jump at Randy's idea to start the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.). If they pool their resources and take turns spending the whole amount, they can each have at least one memorable Saturday afternoon of their own. Before long, I.S.A.A.C. is in operation and every Saturday is definitely one to remember. Written more than half a century ago, The Saturdays unfolds with all the ripe details of a specific place and period but remains, just the same, a winning, timeless tale. The Saturdaysis the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures.
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Why is the brain divided? The difference between right & left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In a book of unprecedented scope, McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrated with case histories, to reveal that the difference is profound--not just this or that function, but two whole, coherent, but incompatible ways of experiencing the world. The left hemisphere is detail oriented, prefers mechanisms to living things & is inclined to self-interest. The right hemisphere has greater breadth, flexibility & generosity. This division helps explain the origins of music & language, & casts new light on the history of philosophy, as well as on some mental illnesses. The 2nd part of the book takes a journey thru the history of Western culture, illustrating the tension between these two worlds as revealed in the thought & belief of thinkers & artists, from Aeschylus to Magritte. He argues that, despite its inferior grasp of reality, the left hemisphere is increasingly taking precedence in the modern world, with potentially disastrous consequences. List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Asymmetry and the brain -- What do the two hemispheres 'do'? -- Language, truth and music -- The nature of the two worlds -- The primacy of the right hemisphere -- The triumph of the left hemisphere -- Imitation and the evolution of culture -- The ancient world -- The Renaissance and the Reformation -- The Enlightenment -- Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution -- The modern and post-modern worlds Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Fire and Sword
Returning to camp from a dangerous solo mission behind enemy lines, career soldier Daniel Rawson finds himself stranded on foot, with French soldiers in fierce pursuit. With a help of a farmer Daniel manages to escape. Later, when Daniel goes back to return the horse, he finds the farmhouse and barn have been set ablaze and the farmer approaching death, apparently at the hands of English soldiers. After several other farmhouses are burnt down in seemingly similar raids, Daniel decides to investigate. Back in England there is political unrest. Having lost royal favor the Duke of Marlborough to forced to resign as Commander-In-Chief. And all the while the treacherous and scheming French Commander, the Duc de Vendome, is becoming hell-bent on capturing Daniel, by any means at his disposal.REVIEWS "A battle gone bad is a quick way to end up in a mountain of trouble. "Fire and Sword" follows Captain Daniel Rawson as he flees the pressures of the French forces in early eighteenth century Europe. As a nefarious general of the French forces uses any means necessary to bring them to their justice, Rawson has to overcome the odds of being stranded before not only does turmoil destroy his homeland, but he loses the love of his life. "Fire and Sword" is a riveting work of historical fiction, highly recommended."Midwest Book Review, 2011/04
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Revenge Of The Living Dummy (Goosebumps HorrorLand #1)
Britney Crosby encounters an old ventriloquist's dummy with a lively secret - and a wicked plan. Soon afterwards she receives an invitation to an amusement park where all is not as it seems. Who - or what - is summoning kids to HorrorLand? Britney and her friends must find out fast - or remain trapped forever in the scariest place on Earth!
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The Chivalry of Crime: A Novel
The Chivalry of Crime, is the story of one of America's most compelling figures, the outlaw gunslinger Jesse James. Bringing real and invented characters together in a dramatic and moving story, The Chivalry of Crime mingles the life of an imaginary boy with a factually faithful account of the lives of Jesse James and Robert Ford, the man who killed James, in the days when shootists were legends. Joshua, a young, idealistic friend of Ford's, is determined to get a gun of his own -- a desire that puts his own life in jeopardy and reveals the painful realities masked by some of America's most cherished myths.
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The Ticket
Librarian Note: See Alternate Cover Edition . Tray Dunaway longs to be part of the popular set at school but she's growing too fast and her clothes no longer fit. The only person who understands Tray's need for acceptance is her grandmother, but when Tray wears Gram's hand-sewn clothes to school, the kids make fun of her tall, boney appearance. Tray's luck improves when Pee Wee Johnson, a down-and-out friend of her father's, buys two lottery tickets and gives one to Mr. Dunaway as a thank-you for driving him to Hazard, Illinois. When her father's ticket turns out to be the winner, Johnson demands his cut of the proceeds but Tray's dad refuses. What seems like a stroke of good fortune suddenly becomes a disturbing turn of events as Johnson threatens to cause problems for the family and Tray.
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The Dragons' Demon: A Dragon's Dream (Ethereal Foes, #1)
A prank gone wrong throws three unlikely partners together: A demon. A dragon. And an egg. In the ordinary world, forces are at work which keep the balance of the universe in order. Enter Eve Sinclair, a higher demon with a mission--to sway those souls on the brink of Decision, to push them toward hell. After a prank played by her brothers, Eve finds herself holding the proverbial bag, accused of stealing a precious dragon egg. Worse, it's a royal egg, as she learns from Ranton, the furious commander of the dragon legion. Not a creature to have on one's bad side, Ranton shifts between his human and dragon forms, keeping Eve off-balance and off her game. Normally a master at manipulating males, Eve finds that Ranton is more than a match for her...as is his brother, the new dragon king. In their arms, she's mere putty. And soon they're not only molding her desires, but her heart. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, menage a troi, and steamy dragon love. Note: This book is a re-release of a previous edition.
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De broodjesroofverhalen
Twee vrienden stappen de deur uit om in de dichtstbijzijnde bakkerij met geweld hun honger te stillen. Maar ze hebben buiten de bakker gerekend. Deze stelt een ongewone ruiltransactie voor. De legendarische 'broodjesroofverhalen' van Haruki Murakami zijn een toonbeeld van surrealistische vertelkunst, doorspekt met de onnavolgbare humor van de bestsellerauteur. Nadat Slaapals beeldverhaal verscheen heeft Murakami zelf illustratrice Kat Menschik om een vervolg verzocht.
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Auctioned To The Commander (Sci-fi Alien Invasion Abduction Romance, #4)
Read For FREE On Kindle Unlimited Malik had done well by his people to get the title of commander, and during their invasion, he had made it clear that the spoils would be auctioned off to support the colonization even more. Malik was a man of his word, and he was going to pitch in his own funds as well to get what he wanted. That's when he sees Violet. The turmoil in her eyes, and the fact that she wouldn't speak drew him in. since being captured and having everything taken away from her, Violet kept the one thing she could to herself. Her voice. With a vow of silence in place, she was determined to survive and keep a piece of herself. She never counted on being attracted to the alien who bought, but will attraction be enough to make Violet break her vow? Scroll up & DOWNLOAD NOW to find out... "I challenge you to read this book and not love it." - Get Lost In Fiction
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Say It in Polish
Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.
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Baptism of Fire
The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times. But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries. While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl - Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished - until a rumor places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor. Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands. This is the third of the Witcher novels by Andrzej Sapkowski.
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Out of the Light
Multi-award winning author. "Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and he's also the most prolific. His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." --Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids and FlashForward "A great storyteller with a gifted and individual voice." --Charles de Lint "One of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." --Library Journal DESCRIPTION: Jan Mirocek was a hunter. A very special hunter. Once, he had hunted the things that haunt the forests of the night in every culture of the world. The kallikantzari of Greece. The loup-garou of France. The kitsune of Japan. Were-beasts. Shape-shifters. Until one night, he made a mistake, and the woman he loved died. Now he shuns the dark and his own past, hiding in a big city. For the were-beasts never come here. Or do they? People are dying in Toronto, and all signs point to a shifter. But can Jan conquer his own fears to track down the killer? And what kind of shape shifter would be at home in a modern city? REVIEWS: "A creature-hunter tale that kept me guessing until the very last paragraphs. I was on edge throughout the whole story!" --Global Pop Culture reviews ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Doug is an award-winning author of speculative fiction, with over a million words of fiction sold and over a hundred short story sales to professional markets in thirty countries and two dozen languages. He has published three short story collections: Chimerascope (ChiZine Publications, Canada, 2010), Impossibilia, (PS Publishing, UK, 2008), and just recently, La Danse des Esprits (Dreampress, France, 2011). Doug has twice won Canada's Aurora Award for speculative fiction, and have been a finalist for the international John W. Campbell Award, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's Bookies Award, and the juried Sunburst Award.
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So. Long.
I'm not going to be fooled by another Mr. Wrong. I once thought I'd found my Mr. Right--then my best friend found him as well. One divorce later, and this single mom swore off love, romance, and all smooth-talking, tattooed, bad boys. Until him. The worst mistake of my life moved in next door--a bona fide pain in my ass and pleasure everywhere else. Adam Hardick might hide behind his beard and sunglasses, but I see through him--he's chronically single and just looking for trouble. And now his eyes aren't staying on his side of the fence. It doesn't matter that Adam is sexier than any man I've ever known, or that he's hiding a mysterious injury from his service overseas. I'm looking for stability, responsibility, and someone who can love me and my three-year-old daughter. I can't risk another broken heart. But when our innocent fling becomes an accidental pregnancy, our relationship isn't just for fun anymore. Can I trust a committed bachelor to become a devoted daddy? It's easy to fall in love...but sometimes the best romance is the one you never expected.
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Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era
Here is a tasty paradox: How did the Leftist legions regroup after history delivered its fatal blow to the Soviet system? Simple, argues Jean-Francois Revel: the Left retreated to the impregnable fortress of the Utopian ideal. After all, socialism incarnate was always vulnerable to criticism. Utopia, on the other hand, lies by definition beyond reproach. With the demise of the Soviet system, there is no longer a vast and flailing embodiment of their vision, and Utopia's haughty champions can again rage boundlessly. In Last Exit to Utopia, the latest English language translation of one of Europe's most controversial intellectuals, Jean-Francois Revel takes aim at socialist apologists who have attempted to erase or invert the manifest failures of socialist ideology. As the tide of Big Government rises in America, Revel's forewarnings here are as prescient as they are frightening.
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The Necklace and Other Short Stories
Nine memorable classics, characterized by ironic twists of plot, include "Ball of Fat," regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, "The Necklace," "A Piece of String," "Mme. Tellier's Establishment," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Miss Harriet," "A Way to Wealth," "My Uncle Jules" and "The Horla."
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The Wildest Dream (Forget-Me-Not)
Elizabeth is the daughter of an Irish lord and she makes the unforgiveable mistake of falling in love with Michael, a poor peasant boy. Can they ever escape Ireland and fulfil their wildest dream of reaching America?
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StarTalk: Everything You Want to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe and Beyond
This beautifully illustrated companion to celebrated scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular podcast and National Geographic Channel TV show is an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe. For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere. In 2009, he founded StarTalk, the wildly popular podcast that became an Emmy-nominated talk show on the National Geographic Channel this year. Tyson's pioneering, provocative book will take the greatest hits from the airwaves to the page in one smart, richly illustrated compendium. Featuring vivid photography, thought-provoking sidebars, enlightening facts, and fun quotes from science and entertainment luminaries like Bill Nye and Dan Aykroyd, StarTalkreimagines science's most challenging topics--from how the brain works to the physics of comic book superheroes--in a relatable, humorous way that will delight fans and new readers alike.
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The Prince and the Potty
The prince will not use his potty, and the king and queen are quite perplexed! They are even more confused when they consult the Royal Wise Man, who tells them to get the prince a puppy. But the wisdom of his words becomes perfectly plain as the prince learns all about using a proper potty from his new pet.
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Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)
This is an alternate cover edition for . Born into a life of privilege and secrets, Nora Blakely has everything any nineteen-year-old girl could desire. She's an accomplished pianist, a Texas beauty queen, and on her way to Princeton after high school. She's perfect... Leaving behind her million-dollar mansion and Jimmy Choos, she becomes a girl hell-bent on pushing the limits with alcohol, drugs, and meaningless sex. Then she meets her soulmate. But he doesn't want her. When it comes to girls, twenty-five-year-old Leo Tate has one rule: never fall in love. His gym and his brother are all he cares about...until he meets Nora. He resists the pull of their attraction, hung up on their six year age difference. As they struggle to stay away from each other, secrets will be revealed, tempers will flare, and hearts will be broken. Welcome to Briarcrest Academy...where sometimes, the best things in life are Very Bad Things.
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For Her Protection: An Alpha Romance
"I was amazed. It's a roller coaster of fear, suspense, love, and lust all wrapped up into a 5/5 book!" --Valerie, MamivalsBooks You shouldn't mix business with pleasure. Yet pleasure seems to be the one and only thing on Charlize's mind the moment Connor steamrolls into her life. Desperate to save her family company, prove she's more than a pretty face and worthy of being CEO, pleasure is a distraction she can't afford. She doesn't want a bodyguard, especially not one whose caveman heroics kick her libido into hyperdrive. Surrounded by enemies, she's not sure if Connor is a man she can trust. Connor knows better than to get personal with clients. Yet there couldn't be anything more personal about his feelings for Charlize. He'll win her trust, preferably one orgasm at a time. With Connor in her office, her home, driving her to sweet, merciless distraction, there's only so long Charlize can resist his sexy, dominant brand of protection. WARNING: This is an Amber Bardan Alpha Romance, featuring one dirty-talking hero obsessed with his heroine, and a Happily Ever After. No cliffhangers.
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Nana
We first meet Nana in the Variety Theatre, where the captivating eighteen-year-old is appearing in the lead role of a musical--even though she can't act or sing. "Nana has something that makes up for everything else," the theater owner explains, and he's right. Instead of booing her off the stage, the crowd howls with admiration. She has disrobed by the third act, and her career as a femme fatale is off to a sensational start. Nana crawls out of the gutter to ascend the heights of Parisian society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Zola begins the story of French realism's most beguiling siren in 1867, amid the decadence and moral decay of France's Gilded Age. Nana's corruption reflects the spirit of her era, her prostitution symbolizing the degenerate state of Second Empire politics and society. Hailed as one of the first modern novels, Nana addresses contemporary subjects with realistic observations, dialogue, and scenarios. Its publication sparked a heated controversy that made it an overnight bestseller, and it has long since reigned as a classic of French literature.
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Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
On May 7, 1915, toward the end of her 101st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. Lusitania--pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat--became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. Sunk off the southern coast of Ireland by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20, she exploded and sank in eighteen minutes, taking with her some twelve hundred people, more than half of the passengers and crew. Cold-blooded, deliberate, and unprecedented in the annals of war, the sinking of the Lusitaniashocked the world. It also jolted the United States out of its neutrality and hastened the nation's entry into World War I. In her riveting account of this enormous and controversial tragedy, Diana Preston recalls both a pivotal moment in history and a remarkable human drama. The story of the Lusitaniais a window on the maritime world of the early twentieth century: the heyday of the luxury liner, the first days of the modern submarine, and the climax of the decades-long German-British rivalry for supremacy of the Atlantic. Above all, it is the story of the passengers and crew on that fateful voyage--a story of terror and cowardice, of self-sacrifice and heroism, of death and miraculous survival.
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Ο αγγελιοφόρος του Αλλάχ
C'era una volta un popolo che viveva in una terra desertica intorno alla Mecca, era diviso, governato da leggi tribali e venerava idoli di pietra, cui sacrificava le sue figlie femmine. Un popolo di seminomadi poveri e ignoranti, guardati dall'alto in basso dai ricchi mercanti ebrei e schiacciato tra grandi imperi - Bisanzio, la Persia, l'Egitto. Tutte civilta avanzate, ognuna con un suo profeta, che si chiamasse Mose, Gesu o Zarathustra, e un suo Libro, e soprattutto ognuna con un unico dio. In quella terra inospitale viveva un mercante scaltro, membro di un clan illustre. Era analfabeta, ma visionario e determinato, e dotato di una curiosita e una fantasia inesauribili. Era un poeta. Il suo nome era Muhammad. Soffriva per l'arretratezza del suo popolo, che sognava di vedere prospero e libero da usanze barbare. Voleva migliorare la condizione delle donne, voleva che i libri e le idee circolassero liberamente, che il mondo li trattasse con rispetto. Tutti deridevano il suo messaggio rivoluzionario, ma una notte un dio onnipotente gli apparve e gli parlo. L'alba che ne segui ha cambiato per sempre il mondo. Kader Abdolah e convinto che non si possa giudicare l'Islam, e quindi capire la storia e l'Occidente, senza conoscere il suo Profeta, il suo Libro e la terra che li ha generati. Il messaggero e una sua personalissima reinvenzione letteraria, da cui Muhammad emerge in tutta la sua umanita e modernita, un racconto che profuma di datteri e ulivi, e che parla del potere della parola e del mistero divino.
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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
In 1888 Lord and Lady Clayton sail from England but to West Africa and perish on a remote island. When their infant son is adopted by fanged, great anthropoid apes, he is Tarzan of the Apes. His intelligence and caring mother raise him to be king. Self-educated by his parents' library, Tarzan rescues genteel Jane Porter from the perils of his jungle.
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The Chocolate Clown Corpse (A Chocoholic Mystery, #14)
Revenge is sweet for a killer on the loose--and it all started with the murder of Warner Pier's most hated clown.... Everyone who knew the bozo wanted him dead. Odd, then, that a complete stranger was accused of bursting Moe Davidson's balloons. But it's been a month since the miserable shop owner of Clowning Around was killed, and everybody's moving on, including Lee Woodyard. Her chocolate shop, TenHuis Chocolade, is next door to Moe's shuttered tourist trap, and it's giving her delicious ideas to expand. But over whose dead body?
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Hatchling's Vengeance (Dragshi Chronicles #4)
Glyn, former bodyguard and companion to a dragon lord, is now Lady Glynnes Janaleigh, a dragon lord in her own right. And she has found her intended mate. But, her new-found happiness is fleeting. Finding your mate is only half the battle. Keeping them alive is the other. For a dragshi, duty is more than administering justice or saving the innocent. More than one suitor has fallen from the sky during a mating flight. Even worse, fate decrees mating fights don't always involve the partner you want. Vengeance takes many paths. The leader called the Parant means to have his, no matter how long it takes or how many innocents die in the attempt. For the last two unattached dragon shifters, their only weapons to survive their destinies are their swords--and love. Sometimes not even dragon fire and talons are enough to overcome the mind control wielded by the leader called--the Parant. Book Four of the Dragshi Chronicles continues the tale of the dragshi, a human who can exchange bodies with a dragon. But the freedom of the skies comes with a price. Although the stories in the Dragshi Chronicles are connected, each book stands alone as an individual read
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The Dead City Rollers
Alistair didn't know it yet, but in six days time he'd be putting both barrels of a shotgun in his mouth and putting his thumb on the trigger... Burdened down with a bag of pot and a lot of guilt over the person he killed, Alistair needs to escape. He wants out from the turf war brewing in Swansea between a bunch of criminals. He wants out from the acid-munching cops on the verge of madness and from his idiot friends who spend their time talking about the meaning of life and interspecies wrestling. Plus, there's a girl involved... Getting out isn't going to be that easy though. Whether negotiating his notice with inept mobsters, dodging delusional vigilantes or avoiding that 'thing' in the shadows, escaping is going to be seriously tough. The Dead City Rollers is comedy crime thriller, full of flawed characters. It is alive with comic touches, cliff hangers and a real sense of place.
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Štyri hostiny
Nezvycajny poeticko-tragicky pribeh z tridsiatych rokov minuleho storocia z malej dedinky v Palestine, o chlapcovi menom Zajde a o jeho matke Judite, o priazen ktorej sa uchadzaju traja muzi.
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Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
In the city of Atlanta, women are dying--at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy. But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer's trail in the most coincidental of ways--someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open...
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Viaje a Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Malasia
Tras un recorrido de 72.000 kilometros y seis meses de duracion, GERALD DURRELL reune en este libro las aventuras y observaciones de su VIAJE A AUSTRALIA, NUEVA ZELANDA Y MALASIA. Al hilo de la exposicion de los desastrosos efectos de la intervencion humana sobre el equilibrio ecologico, alterado por la agricultura, la tala de bosques, la caza y la mineria, el gran naturalista nos presenta el tuatera (superviviente de un reptil prehistorico y dotado de un ojo pineal), el vuelvepiedras de Nueva Zelanda, el koala, el ornitorrinco, el rinoceronte de Sumatra, el mitico dragon volador y la tortuga laud, y relata las divertidas peripecias e imprevistas incidencias que salpicaron su largo viaje.
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Shopping for a Billionaire (Shopping for a Billionaire, #1)
Length: 2 hours and 31 minutes When mystery shopper Shannon Jacoby meets billionaire Declan McCormick with her hand down a toilet in the men's room of one of his stores, it's love at first flush in this hilarious new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent.
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The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History
This profusely illustrated volume describes one of the most amazing fleets in history--the hastily improvised Navy of the South. At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederate navy was a modest collection of nearly anything that would float--mostly small, unmilitary vessels and a few captured Union ships; there was not one real warship in the fleet. The North had men-of-war and a large fleet of merchant ships that could be armed quickly. As a result, the North was soon able to blockade the southern coast and capture port after port. But the South fought back ingeniously, sending agents to England and France to have the finest warships built, innovating such modern weapons as the torpedo, the submarine, and the armored warship--all of which changed the nature of naval warfare. The Confederate Navydeals with the early ironclads; with the Trent case, which nearly brought England into the war; with the fighting on the Mississippi and James rivers; and with the flamboyant blockade-runners who could make 80,000 in profits on a single voyage. It tells about the great ships--the Alabama,the Florida, and the Shenandoah;and the great seamen--Semmes, Maffit, and Bulloch, among others. Crammed with facts, anecdotes, and exciting incidents, The Confederate Navyclarifies the complicated--and often heroic--naval operations of the Civil War.
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The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe: or, How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain, a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between the States and willing to secretly provide the Confederacy with the naval technology to fight the Union on the high seas. Bulloch's mission continued for the length of the war, and his story, told by the man himself, is one of the least-understood aspects of the Civil War, even today.
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Louder Than Everything You Love
Louder Than Everything You Love is about transformation. The narrator in these poems is many: women who talk to the dead, women who mourn dead mothers and grandmothers, women suicides, women who've been raped/escaped rape, women who cradle premature babies, women who suffer depression, women who prepare the bodies of the dead, women who exist between their children's bodily needs ("this body-psalm of need the only holiness I know") and saints' incorruptible bodies. These women also live inside themselves, contending with the wolves within, asking: "How do I measure the body's gardens form within its bone fences?" The dead, the living and the divine inhabit this collection - they're looking for kinship, remembrance, for some kind of communion. The poems in Louder Than Everything You Love are about the struggle of living in a body, being a parent, trying to find the balance between what our lives on earth mean/what it means to come to terms with dying.
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Home and Heart
It's December in the Cotswolds, deep in the heart of England, and Ben Elliot of Home-Safe House & Pet Sitting is looking after Mrs Bonney's home and two dogs while the elderly lady is away for two months recovering from an operation. When her black-sheep grandson, Adam Prescott, turns up on the doorstep, Ben has to take in the stray human as well. Adam, hurting and betrayed by family, boyfriend and Fate, needs to have his faith in others restored, and Ben decides he is the one to do it. Having gone through an acrimonious split with his boyfriend, Adam has no home, no money, no job and nowhere to go, except his grandmother's house. The son of an abusive, violent father, there's a lot of anger and resentment in him, demons he must exorcise. When he learns an unpleasant truth about his father, Ben helps him come to terms with it, and to find a new direction for his life - together, Ben hopes. But then Adam's ex-boyfriend shows up, offering him the world on a platter if only Adam will come back to him. Christmas may not be a time of celebration for Ben.
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One for the Money (Night Huntress #4.5)
Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation anthology and Magic Graves collection. An exciting novelette set in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress world A romantic getaway for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones is cut short when they're called on to guard a spoiled heiress with a price on her head, and an undead hitman on her trail. What starts as a simple bodyguard job ends up being a fight for survival that neither Cat, nor Bones saw coming.
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George House Heritage Bed & Breakfast Kitchen Recipes
The award-winning, five-star George House Heritage Bed & Breakfast, located in Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, is famous for its delicious cuisine, and now you can prepare this wonderful food yourself! George House Heritage Bed & Breakfast Kitchen Recipesis a cookbook containing more than 300 tried-and-true recipes that are guaranteed to tempt your taste buds. Included with these mouth-watering recipes are helpful cooking tips and suggestions, interesting facts and trivia, and delightful comments from guests of the George House Heritage Bed & Breakfast. Bon appetit! Winner in the Canada - English category of the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards 2010
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Spring (Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken #4)
Marriage plans are in full swing, but circumstances around Jaycee and Dash's wedding have gone from stressful to worrying. Will the pains of life cause them to postpone for a more convenient time? Let the peach-perfumed air of spring caress you in this last installment of this southern series as Jaycee finds love. A four part serial novel under the Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken title. Volume 1, Summer available now. Volume 2, Fall available now. Volume 3, Winter available now. Volume 4, Spring available now.
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Anibal, El Orgullo De Cartago
Comenzando en Espana, donde el padre de Anibal Barca habia establecido su imperio de Cartago, esta novela traza los origenes de la batalla de Cartago, los movimientos preliminares y la decision crucial de Anibal de atacar a Roma por una ruta terrestre creida imposible.
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El Socialista Sentimental
El socialista sentimental narra, de manera critica y con una segura ideologia progresista, las contradicciones internas del PSOE en catorce anos de gobierno. Francisco Umbral no ha creado personajes-ensayo sino seres reales, unos famosos y conocidos, otros fabulados y reconocibles, aunque todos ellos con vida propia y peripecia personal. La novela, ambientada en un pequeno pueblo de la provincia de Madrid, nos permite observar, como el cientifico con su microscopio, a los pequenos seres de las bases del partido y sus pequenos problemas, que no son sino el vivo reflejo de los grandes problemas nacionales que ha vivido y sigue viviendo Espana. Asis y Bustarviejo, joven socialista ilusionado el uno y veterano militante marginado por su heterodoxia el otro, quedaran como una pareja novelesca perdurable y muy espanola. Y con ellos, todo un mundo de personajes, amores y conflictos que constituyen la pequena y lozana vida del pueblo real o imaginado y de sus despiertos y actualisimos habitantes. El socialista sentimental es una novela insolita dentro de la obra de Francisco Umbral, quien inventa un nuevo realismo para reflejar el desencanto de las bases del PSOE.
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The Color of Us (College Bound, #2)
**This can be read as a standalone** Eighteen year old Alexis Sinclair is lost in the darkness of grief. Since the death of her sister in a car accident, she can't find the will to get out and enjoy life again. When she's forced to face her biggest fear and take a summer Driver's Ed course, she's surprised to find hope in the most unlikely person. Liam O'Connell is trouble. He isn't proud of his dark past, and he knows Alexis is the one girl he has no business pursuing. Doing the right thing has never been easy for him, but this time, it just might be impossible. The perfect girl and troubled boy are all wrong for each other, but as Liam helps Alexis cope with her grief, they realize nothing has ever felt more right. That is, until Alexis uncovers a secret about Liam that breaks her heart. Liam knows he can't allow the one good thing in his life to walk away without a fight, and he's determined to convince Alexis they can find their way out of the darkness together. Can he prove he's worthy of her, or is some love too tainted to be saved?
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If I Can't Have You (The Thorntons #3)
Abby Davison only wants to focus on her career as a nurse, as she has no time for dating after a bad breakup over a year ago. When her mother presses her about settling down, Abby tells her a little white lie: she's dating Mark Thornton, the handsome and gruff rancher who both frustrates and makes her heart flutter every time they meet. When Mark overhears Abby's lie, he decides to cut her a deal: to keep his silence regarding their make-believe relationship, she'll come to live with him on his ranch until his broken arm heals. Despite her wounded pride and initial trepidation, Abby can't help but begin to fall for the guarded Thornton brother as the days pass on his ranch. The black sheep of the family, Mark makes no secret that he prefers horses over people. His brusque exterior, though, only conceals hidden depths and a wounded heart that Abby understands all too clearly. As feelings start to bloom between them, neither is sure what is real and what's make-believe. Yet the sizzling attraction between them is anything but fake, and with every kiss and every touch, they fall harder for each other. But as their pasts begin to creep toward them, unearthing secrets both would rather keep buried, Abby and Mark must learn to trust each other--or risk losing the love both never knew they needed.
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El hombre que se enamoró de la luna
Ambientada en EE.UU. a finales del siglo XIX, esta obra cuenta la biografia de cuatro personajes marcados por el amor, el vertigo y el sexo: tres adultos y un adolescente (respectivamente, Dellwood Barker, Ida Richelieu, Alma Hatch y Cobertizo).
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