Kirkus Best Book 2015Regele Lo-Melkhiin a ucis trei sute de fecioare ?nainte s? ajung? ?n satul ei, caut?ndu-?i o so?ie. C?nd ea vede norul de praf din zare, ?tie c? el a sosit. ?tie c? o va vrea pe fata cea mai frumoas?: sora ei. ?ns? jur? c? n-o va l?sa s? fie urm?toarea.Eroina f?r? nume din romanul lui E. K. Johnston face tot ce-i st? ?n puteri ca s? fie luat? ?n locul surorii sale.Ajuns? ?n palatul lui Lo-Melkhiin, descoper? c? e un loc bizar ?i primejdios, unde statuile au priviri ?nsp?im?nt?toare ?i firele se ?es singure ?n ve?minte str?lucitoare.De?i e convins? c? va muri, darul ei de povestitoare o ?ine ?n via??.Cu fiecare poveste, cre?te ?i puterea ei magic?, dorin?a cea mai mare a fetei fiind aceea de a-l salva pe regele preschimbat ?n monstru."Plin? de emo?ie ?i frumuse?e, O mie de nop?i ??i va r?sp?ndi vraja asupra cititorilor, fermec?ndu-i ?nc? mult? vreme dup? ce ultima poveste va fi spus?." - Alexandra Bracken, autoarea seriei de mare succes Min?i primejdioase"Un fantasy ?n care legenda ?i simbolurile se ?mpletesc ?ntr-o aventur? fascinant?. Stilul lui Johnston e ?nc?rcat de lirism, amintind de clasicele povestiri arabe din O mie ?i una de nop?i, care reprezint? punctul de plecare al romanului." – Booklist"O lectur? impresionant?." - Publishers Weekly

~~Un nou bestseller interna?ional semnat de creatorii seriei ?Pisicile r?zboinice” Trei ur?i tineri din specii diferite – polar, brun, grizzly – au fost separa?i de familiile lor pe c?nd erau ?nc? pui ?i s-au str?duit s? ?nving? dificult??ile vie?ii ?n s?lb?ticie. Destinul ?i aduce ?mpreun? pe Kallik, Lusa ?i Toklo ?i ?i for?eaz? s? func?ioneze ca o echip? pentru a-?i putea continua lupta pentru supravie?uire. Pe parcursul acestei aventuri nemaipomenite, li se al?tur? ursul alb Taqqiq ?i Ujurak, un misterios pui de urs grizzly ?nzestrat cu darul de a se preschimba ?n alte animale. ?mpreun?, iau decizia de a c?l?tori spre paradisul ur?ilor. Acesta este locul ?n care pot tr?i ?n pace, unde ghea?a de pe mare nu se tope?te, unde p?durile sunt pline de v?nat ?i unde fe?ele-turtite – oamenii – nu se aventureaz? niciodat?. ?ns? drumul pe care au pornit este pres?rat cu pericole. Un r?u ?nvolburat ?i apari?ia unor fe?e-turtite du?m?noase ?i ?ndep?rteaz? pe c?l?tori de ?inta lor. Semnele ?i prevestirile sunt contradictorii. De?i c?l?toresc ?mpreun?, fiecare urs trebuie s? ??i urmeze propria stea. Unul dintre ei va p?r?si grupul pentru totdeauna. ?Realismul cu care e ?nf??i?at? via?a ?n s?lb?ticie ?i va atrage cu siguran?? pe fanii seriei ?Pisicilor r?zboinice?.” - Booklist??O poveste plin? de suspans, care te face s? ?v?nezi? cu ner?bdare volumul urm?tor.“ - Publishers Weekly??Erin Hunter ne ?nf??i?eaz? o lume plin? de frumuse?e ?i de tandre?e, dar ?i de s?lb?ticie ?i de cruzime, ?nv???ndu-ne s? pre?uim natura a?a cum este ea.“ - Kirkus Reviews Din aceea?i serie:Exploratorii, Cartea I: ?nceputul aventuriiExploratorii, Cartea a II-a: Lacul Marelui Urs

Elementals, dragons, and romance … oh my! All three books of the popular Angelbound Origins series are now in one ebook collection! MAXON?(Book 1)Prince Maxon may be twenty-two years old now, but he’s still haunted by his boyhood abduction and torture in Hell. To deal with his past, Maxon limits his present-day activities to killing demons and seducing women. No long-term relationships. No combat too dangerous. No problem, right? Wrong.?Maxon’s about to find out the true meaning of love and sacrifice, thanks to a lovely warrior named Lianna. PORTIA?(Book 2)?Princess Portia is one of the Marked: someday she’ll transform into a dreaded Void demon. To fight this horrible fate, Portia’s spent her life in libraries, learning magic that might break the dark demonic spell. But when the Void threaten to destroy all of the after-realms—and the handsome dragon Emperor Tempest offers his help—then Portia realizes that she may actually be marked for far more than a demon. Fate is calling the bookworm princess onto the battlefield, and it’s a fight against both demonic enemies and her own heart’s desires. ZINNIA?(Book 3)As the last dragon shifter, I live alone, hiding in one of Earth’s sacred deserts. My human handlers tell me that I have no parents, no name, and no purpose other than to train for battle and one day become a vessel for the reincarnation of Chimera, the greatest dragon shifter of all. Sadly, Chimera’s rebirth will mean my own death. But my handlers say this sacrifice is a noble fate that will rebuild the dragon shifter world.? I shall die on my seventeenth birthday. That’s five days from now. Then I hear music thumping across the desert. I take my mortal form, follow the sound, and find humans dancing in what they call a rave. There is a stage and a rock band. One thing quickly becomes clear: Unlike the audience, the musicians are dragon shifters, just like me. And one of them, the guitar player Rhodes, makes my knees turn watery. The lead singer, Kaps, has something strangely familiar about her. It all adds up to one conclusion: My handlers lied to me. I’m not the last of my kind. Memories reappear. I had parents once. Portia and Tempest. I even had a name. Zinnia. Perhaps I have a reason to live as well. I step past the dancing humans to confront the players. I will find out the full truth, no matter what. "I loved the romance in this novel … Plus, the action scenes and powers/abilities were truly epic!" – The Not So Public Library Angelbound Offspring1. Maxon2. Portia3. Zinnia4. Rhodes5. Kaps6. Huntress

The Complete Parsina Saga

"A rich book covering many areas of human experience. . . . For the person looking for an intelligent and clear presentation of the relationship between psychological and spiritual growth, this is the book to read.'--America

Handpicked by the NSA to track down and identify the ten known witnesses to the recent crash of a weather balloon, Robert Bellamy searches for clues in Rome, Budapest, and Texas.

From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand.On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which the town gave its name would become a landmark in European history.In his first work of nonfiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment—from Napoleon's daring escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath. Through quotes from the letters and diaries of Emperor Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and the ordinary officers and soldiers, Cornwell brings to life how it actually felt to fight those famous battles—as well as the moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the outcome hanging in the balance until the bitter end.Published to coincide with the battle's bicentennial in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy—and of the final battle that determined the fate of nineteenth-century Europe.

The Beer Renaissance is in full swing, and home brewing has never been more popular. According to the American Homebrewers Association, there are currently 1.2 million home brewers in the country, and their numbers keep rising. Tired of the stale ale, bland beer and lackadaisical lagers mass-produced by the commercial labels, Americans are discovering the many advantages of brewing their own batch of that beloved beverage: superior aroma, color, body and flavor.For both amateur alchemists eager to tap into this burgeoning field and seasoned zymurgists looking to improve their brews, The Brewmaster's Bible is the ultimate resource. Its features include: Updated data on liquid yeasts, which have become a hot topic for brewers; 30 recipes in each of the classic beer styles of Germany, Belgium, Britain and the U.S.; extensive profiles of grains, malts, adjuncts, additives and sanitizers; recipe formulation charts in an easy-to-read spreadsheet format; detailed water analyses for more than 25 cities and 6 bottled waters; directories to hundreds of shops; and much more.

The thrilling cold war masterwork by the nobel prize winner, published in full for the first timeMoscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state—or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps . . . and almost certain death.First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes—including nine full chapters—were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968. Now with the help of the author's most trusted translator, Harry T. Willetts, here for the first time is the complete, definitive English edition of Solzhenitsyn's powerful and magnificent classic.

From Sabbath to Slipknot, Louder Than Hell is the definitive oral history of heavy metal, straight from the mouths of those who defined it. The book was crafted from more than four hundred interviews conducted over the past twenty-five years by music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman. They have unearthed never-before-heard stories, eye-opening admissions, and the truth behind some of metal's wildest moments, such as the industrial accident that forever changed the sound of Black Sabbath, the experiences that got Dave Mustaine booted from Metallica, and the bloodletting rituals of death metal bands Morbid Angel and Deicide. Louder Than Hell is packed with raw and unflinching commentary from icons of metal from its inception in the late 1960s to the current day, including Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Dickinson, Eddie Van Halen, Tommy Lee, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kerry King, Vince Neil, Axl Rose, Jonathan Davis, Corey Taylor, Pete Steele, Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Dimebag Darrell, and hundreds of others.From groundbreaking innovations such as the dawn of distortion and the birth of cookie monster vocals to amazing tales of destruction and wild sexual escapades, Louder Than Hell has it all, like the evolution of Judas Priest's seminal powerchord sound and patented leather-and-studs look; the provocative exploits of the Sunset Strip scene; and the truth behind the Norwegian church burnings and murders that became synonymous with black metal. Discover how Faith No More accidentally created rap-metal and who invented the devil horns and how most people do it wrong.Louder Than Hell is the definitive look behind the curtain at one of our most dynamic and enduring musical genres. To paraphrase Spinal Tap, how much more metal can you getNone, none more metal.

From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create a seemingly random combination of heads or tails, odd or even, yin or yang, to construct six lines (for example, solid for odd numbers or broken for even numbers). These six lines make up a hexagram that provides advice, predictions, and answers to questions on topics from love and career to family and finance.While known mostly as a tool of divination, the I Ching is also a repository of centuries of wisdom. Most of the existing translations offer either dense, scholarly commentary or little more than fortune-cookie platitudes, but in The Living I Ching Deng Ming-Dao takes a more holistic approach. His new translation recovers the true wisdom and philosophy of this ancient classic, so that the I Ching becomes more than just a book of fortune-telling -- it becomes a manual for living.

Our pets. They are our loyal companions and our faithful friends, a constant source of joy and inspiration. In this endearing anthology of prayers and poems, June Cotner has handpicked choice writings by some of the world's most notable animal lovers to celebrate the playful, the poignant, and the profound ways these wonderful creatures touch our daily lives.Selections include Emily Dickinson's astute observations of her cat, Roger Caras' thoughts about the love a dog brings to a home, and a cat's rules for running a house. Readers will be delighted by Anne Porter's poem exalting a spring symphony of peepers and Rumi in praise of birds in flight. The section "Partings" includes Annie Dougherty's lovely poem "Time to Say Good-bye" and Lord Byron's epitaph to his dog. "Reflections" includes the words of St. Francis, Jane Goodall, and Chief Seattle, reminding us that we are all interconnected beings, and James Herriot and Walt Whitman honoring the humble dignity of all creatures.Animal Blessings makes a wonderful gift for all animal lovers. This delightful volume is a charming companion that reminds us to be grateful for everything our pets and all the other animals of the world bring to our lives.

From Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Neutra, Michelle Obama to our neighbors, Americans throughout history have revealed themselves in the gardens they create. Melding biography, history, and cultural commentary, American Eden presents a dynamic, sweeping, one-of-a-kind look at this country's landscapes and the visionaries behind them.Monticello's gardens helped Jefferson reconcile his feelings about slavery. Edith Wharton's gardens made her feel more European. Isamu Noguchi's and Robert Smithson's experiments reinvigorated the age-old exchange between art and the garden. Manhattan's High Line park, reclaimed from freight train tracks, reimagined an urban landscape. Moving deftly through time and place across America's diverse landscapes from Revolutionary-era Virginia to turn-of-the-century Chicago to 1960s suburban California and featuring an equally diverse cast of landscape-makers, whether artists, architects, housewives, robber barons, politicians, or dreamers, Wade Graham vividly unfolds the larger cultural history through more personal dramas.Beautifully illustrated, American Eden is at once a different kind of garden book and a different kind of American history, one that offers a compelling, untold story that mirrors and illuminates our nation's invention and constant reinvention of itself.

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomach aches and disgestive disorders). More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants -- many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used either as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us.

Set in London and Greece, this is the sequel to Sidney Sheldon's The Other Side of Midnight.

Katerina Carter Color of Money Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-3

ORA 61Iarn? n?prasnic? ?n Dakota de Sud. Un auto?car derapeaz? ?i r?m?ne ?n ?an? tocmai c?nd ?ncepe o furtun? de z?pad?. Pe un scaun din spate, Jack Reacher, ?n drum spre nic?ieri. Via?a f?r? bagaje are multe avantaje. Dar ?i nea?junsuri, cum ar fi s? ?nfrun?i gerul arctic f?r? o hain? groas?. ORA 31 Un or??el este amenin?at de for?e sinistre.Cu mare curaj, o femeie lupt? pentru justi?ie.Dar, pentru a depune m?rturie, ea trebuie s? r?m?n? ?n via??. Are nevoie de ajutorul lui Reacher, fiindc? un asasin este pe urmele ei. ORA 0 ?i-a g?sit Reacher ?n sf?r?it un adversar pe m?sur?? El nu vrea s? fac? lumea mai bun?. Doar c? nu-i plac oamenii care o fac mai rea."Reacher e puternic, ?nalt, cu principii ?i un maestru discret al luptei ne?narmate. Dar e ?i un vr?jitor care ghice?te viitorul ?i observ? cele mai mici detalii pe baza c?rora face deduc?ii surprinz?toare…" - Observer"Un nou roman de Lee Child e evenimentul anului." - Independent"Reacher e un erou emblematic al thrillerului: singuraticul prin excelen??." - Daily Mail

Roman policier (Rouge vif, Lune Bleue, Mise au vert) Rouge vif – Nouvelle Lorsque Katerina Carter, juricomptable menant des enquêtes pour fraude,et Jace Burton, son petit ami journaliste, acceptent une invitation de dernière minute à une fête,le crime est bien la dernière chose qu’ils ont en tête.Mais un investissement réussi dans le vin laisse un go?t amer dans la bouche de Katet elle dévoile une fraude vinicole s’élevant à plus d’un million de dollars,le tout avant le d?ner?! Lune bleue – Roman court La perspective d’un d?ner chic tombe à l’eau pour Kat et son petit ami Jacelorsqu’elle découvre que Fiona, sa voisine ?gée,a installé un ex-détenu chez elle comme pensionnaire.Le programme de jardinage organisé bénévolement par Fiona à la prison locale a changé des vies,mais étendre davantage sa générosité pourrait mettre sa propre vie en danger. Les soup?ons de Kat sont renforcésquand elle apprend l’existence d’une assurance-vie souscrite récemment.Une mort accidentelle rapporte le double.? Mise au vert – Roman Katerina Carter, juricomptable, et son petit ami Jace Burtonpartent passer un week-end dans un chalet de montagne luxueux juste avant No?l.Pendant qu’il écrit la biographie d’un écologiste milliardaire, elle explore la nature enneigée. Quand deux manifestants locaux meurent dans des circonstances mystérieuses,Kat et Jace entament une course contre la montre pour échapper à une catastrophequi pourrait s’avérer encore plus mortelle. Katerina Carter Color of Money Mystery Series Bundle Books 1:3 :?édition fran?aise ? propos de l’auteur Colleen Cross est l’auteur de la série de thrillers best-sellers Fraudes?: Thrillers judiciaires de Katerina Carter et de la série d’enquêtes associées?La Couleur de l’argent?: Enquêtes criminelles de Katerina Carter. On retrouve la même héro?ne dans ses deux séries populaires d’enquêtes et de thrillers. Katerina Carter est une juricomptable pleine de ressources menant des enquêtes pour fraude sur le terrain avec brio. Elle prend toujours les bonnes décisions, bien que ses méthodes peu orthodoxes?vous feront frémir et vous tiendront en haleine. Comptable professionnelle agréée et experte dans la répression des fraudes, Colleen Cross écrit également sur de vrais crimes. Son livre Anatomie d’un Ponzi?: Arnaques passées et présentes expose les plus grands escrocs ayant utilisé le système de Ponzi et explique comment ils ont échappé à la justice. Elle nous dévoile aussi le moment et le lieu exact où le plus grand système de Ponzi de tous les temps sera démasqué ainsi que les signes annonciateurs. Vous pouvez également la retrouver sur les médias sociaux?:Facebook?: www.facebook.com/colleenxcrossTwitter?: @colleenxcrossou sur Goodreads Pour les dernières nouveautés de Colleen, rendez-vous sur son site Web?: http://www.colleencross.com Inscrivez-vous à son bulletin d’information pour être immédiatement informé de nouvelles parutions !

A brand new bumper omnibus gathering together over 50 classic Agatha Christie stories featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Harley Quin, Parker Pyne and Hercule Poirot, plus her rare Christmas Stories not available in any other volume. This new compendium of over 50 stories is the first time all the stories featuring Agatha Christie’s detectives have been collected together. Here you will meet - PARKER PYNE - a consulting detective whose practice is to solve less murderous enigmas and restore happiness to his clients; HARLEY QUIN - a tall, dark, mysterious young man who takes a more surreptitious approach to solving crime; TOMMY AND TUPPENCE BERESFORD - a newly married pair of self-styled ‘Young Adventurers’ who are prepared to do anything in the name of justice. And in addition to presenting the complete oeuvre for these detectives, this volume includes as a bonus four rare short stories featuring that grand master of detection, Monsieur HERCULE POIROT, plus Agatha Christie’s little-known Christmas stories written for children, including “Star Over Bethlehem” and “The Naughty Donkey”.

Who in his right mind wants to talk to a shrinkI don't want to talk about anything. I don't want to feel anything, taste anything ... or anything. The lyrics "just dying to die" run around in my brain day and night...Fifteen-year-old Sam is in pain. He comes to the therapist's office unwillingly, angry, depressed, and filled with guilt over his own self-destructive behavior. He is being drawn deeper and deeper into a black hole of despair from which he sees no way out.The Road BackThis is the Real-life story of Sam's Recovery, told from tapes of his therapy sessions. It tells what drove him to leave home, how he survived on the street, and why he was desperate to escape from the brutality of the gang that had become his "family" and from the torment of his own self-loathing. For every teen who has experienced the pain and loneliness of a no-way-out darkness, and for all those who love them, here is the light that can lead the way back.

1609 októberében?Fabricius Flóra, egy pozsonyi orvos lánya?Báthori Erzsébet ?udvarába érkezik, hogy megkeresse elt?nt n?vérét. Ha tudta volna, mi vár rá, talán útnak sem indul. Hamarosan megtanulja, semmi sem az, aminek látszik, és semmi sem biztos, csak a halál. Ki mozgatja vajon a szálakat? Ki az, aki befolyásolja az eseményeket, és a gyilkolástól sem riad vissza?? Minden erejére szüksége van, hogy legy?zze az akadályokat és kibogozza a s?tét titkot, melyet a csejtei vár falai rejtenek.? Egyetlen emberre számíthat csupán, az Itáliából érkezett, kétes jellem?, mégis rendkívül vonzó férfira, akir?l azt sem tudja pontosan, hogy kicsoda, és azt sem, miért segít neki.? R.?Kelényi Angelika, Terézanyu-díjas írón??17. század elején játszódóregénye kalandos, izgalmas, és vérfagyasztó t?rténetet mesél el, korh? t?rténelmi háttérbe helyezve.? Ahogy azt már megszokhattuk t?le, írása nem nélkül?zi a romantikát és a politikai cselsz?vést sem.?