John was not twenty years old when he assisted, as a volunteer, at the attack on Mont-Joui, which was captured, and where the Prince of Hesse lost his life. Our poor Johnny was wounded, taken prisoner, and carried into the town. The following is an account of his adventures from the attack of Mont-Joui till the taking of Barcelona. It is as told by a Catalonian lady, a little too free and too simple. Such stories do not find a way to the hearts of your wise men. I received it from her when I entered Barcelona in the suite of Lord Peterborough. You must read it without offence, as a true description of the manners of the country.

Un thriller de suspense y misterio de Katerina Carter, detective privada edición Espa?ol Diamantes, peligro y desaparición La investigadora de fraudes Katerina Carter no sabe retirarse a tiempo, y eso la coloca en situaciones peligrosas y precarias. Ahora que está sin trabajo y casi sin dinero, necesita conseguir clientes o se verá obligada a volver arrastrándose al cubículo de la empresa en la que trabajaba antes. Y para Kat, ese es un destino peor que las deudas. Por eso, cuando Susan Sullivan, directora ejecutiva de Liberty Diamond Mines, la contrata para buscar al director financiero, que ha desaparecido junto con una gran suma de dinero, Kat se apresura a aceptar el trabajo. La pobreza abyecta motiva mucho a la hora de aceptar casos difíciles, pero la alegría de Kat no tarda en dar paso al terror cuando dos empleados de la empresa son brutalmente asesinados. Eso hace que se dé cuenta de que la investigación puede ser más peligrosa de lo que anticipaba. Como si el caso no fuera ya bastante complicado, descubre una conexión siniestra entre diamantes de guerra y el crimen organizado. Lo único que tiene que hacer ya es conseguir pruebas… e impedir que la maten antes de que desenmascare a los criminales. Kat cuenta con la ayuda de sus amigos y de su excéntrico tío, pero tendrá que ir con cuidado si no quiere que su primer caso sea también el último. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal, económico y criminal al estilo de Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter y John Grisham. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasión me enganchó desde la primera página…” “Maniobra de evasión, la primera novela llena de acción de la serie de suspenses de Katerina Carter, es un thriller psicológico lleno de intriga que no le permitirá dejar de leer”.. “… Tensión e intriga de vértigo”. Elogios a Maniobra de evasión “Un estupendo primer libro en una serie de suspense que supone el debut de la autora Colleen Cross… La contable forense Katerina Carter aprende del modo más duro que cuando algo huele mal, probablemente esté podrido hasta el núcleo. Hablamos de diamantes de guerra, de tráfico de armas y más… con la cantidad exacta de enredos para hacernos seguir pasando las páginas”. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasion me agarró desde la primera página y me hizo seguir pasando páginas hasta mucho después de la hora en la que quería dormir”. La investigación de un fraude por parte de Katerina Carter saca a la luz una conspiración de blanqueo masivo de diamantes en Liberty Diamond Mines, justo cuando dos miembros claves de Liberty son asesinados. Kat podría ser la siguiente – a menos que deje ir sin castigo a los criminales. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal y lleno de acción en la línea de Michael Connelly y John Grisham. espa?ol,?suspense legal, policiaca negra suspense, misterio y thriller judicial, investigadora privado, acción y aventura, la chica del tren, ?ficción contemporánea,?espa?ol, hispanica, mujeres detectives, novela policiacas, novela negra

The aged Belus, king of Babylon, thought himself the first man upon earth; for all his courtiers told him so, and his historians proved it. We know that his palace and his park, situated at a few parafangs from Babylon, extended between the Euphrates and the Tigris, which washed those enchanted banks. His vast house, three thousand feet in front, almost reached the clouds. The platform was surrounded with a balustrade of white marble, fifty feet high, which supported colossal statues of all the kings and great men of the empire.

L'action se déroule en Grèce et réunit pour mieux les désunir deux couples de jeunes amants, Lysandre, Démétrius, Hélène et Hermia. Hermia veut épouser Lysandre, mais son père, ?gée, la destine à Démétrius, dont est amoureuse Hélèna. Lysandre et Hermia s'enfuient dans la forêt, poursuivis par Démétrius, lui-même poursuivi par Hélèna. Pendant ce temps, Obéron, roi des fées, a ordonné à Puck de verser une potion sur les paupières de sa femme, Titania. Il entre dans la forêt avec Puck. Pendant la nuit, la confusion règne.

The first of her renowned prairie novels--a story that expresses Cather's conviction that "the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." When Alexandra Bergson takes over the family farm after her father's death, she falls under the spell of the rich, forbidding Nebraska prairie.

"The White Ship" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919. A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.

Lightning flashes. Another child disappears... ? Zorka Circus’s big top roars with laughter and cheers, but when it moves on, children vanish. ? Circus Security Chief Rurik suspects a killer hides among the performers, but they close ranks—they’ve always viewed lightning-scarred Rurik as the monster. He must find the culprit before anyone else disappears and his home is destroyed by the murders. ? Into Zorka Circus comes the Skomori clan, despised as gravedigging ghouls. A one-day truce allows bloodwalker Sylvie to marry. Instead, she finds a body. Alerting others will defy her clan’s strict code, break the truce, and leave her an outcast. ? When more bodies turn up, the killer's trail becomes impossible to ignore. Rurik and Sylvie must follow the clues—even if they lead to something unimaginable… “...captivating shocker... ” - Publishers Weekly

Children with no birth records and a soldier with PTSD together must define the value of human life. Jenna Mosier is on a mission to save her murdered sister’s child. Estranged for ten years after a bitter fight, the trail is as cold as her dead sibling. The only glimmer of hope is the place her sister’s body and a ten-year old boy were abandoned…the backyard of Reed Adler, retired Marine Special Ops. Working together, Jenna and Reed piece together a mystery involving missing children and biogenetics research..and find they have more than justice and revenge in common. But the closer they get to answers, and each other, the more deadly the game becomes. With their hearts and lives on the line, they must decide what they are willing to risk to save one young boy. This is the first book in a new suspense series where a group of former Marines become Shadow Finders. They help find those who have disappeared, have no identity, or are presumed dead.

The dragon flying over Tiadun bay is the only thing that Darna loves in the provinces, and she’s also the only person she knows of who can see it. There’s nothing else she likes about life at Tiadun keep. When she learns that she might be the daughter of the prince, she’s afraid she’ll be trapped there forever so she flees to the city of Anamat. In the city, there will be others who can see the dragons, or so the minstrels say. Along the way, she meets Myril, an older girl with frequent premonitions and an eerie sense of hearing. At the walls, they find Iola, so dragon-struck that she wants to be a priestess, and Thorat, her devoted champion. Despite these newfound friends, life in the city isn’t easy. Darna scavenges for scraps and just about gets by, but when she's offered a sack of gold beads for a small bit of thieving, she takes her chances... and ends up angering the city’s patron dragon.

The rhythm of life is everywhere. It is in the shared and natural experience of our heartbeats and the high and low tides of our oceans. The turning of our planet brings the rhythm of its seasons. Orbits of distant moons and planets within a multitude of galaxies intertwine and create waves of rhythms that have impacts we do not consciously acknowledge. In the same way, every decision one makes creates a new blip in the rhythm of that life, and in turn, in the rhythms of many lives. This collection of seven speculative fiction stories explores the rhythms of life both external and internal on our planet and in other places in the universe. From identifying a single individual’s challenges with identity to that of a supernatural being whose sole purpose is to embed its soul into the experiences of all people, each story asks you to question what you see, who you are, and how to think outside of your personal experience. If you are able to adapt to a new rhythm, you will be given a chance to do more than survive. You will find a way to thrive. Included titles: “Alienation” “Identity Crisis” “The Conscript” “Pop!” “The Payment” “The Vow” “The Beckoning”

--Спроси как можно выиграть час времени— Помимо часов, вставших в 15.57, у Марай О'Коннер есть гораздо более глобальные проблемы. Однако, когда она приходит к часовщику, то понимает, что выиграла особый приз: шанс снова прожить один час из ее жизни. Но у Судьбы есть свои жесткие правила касательно людей, сующих нос в свое прошлое, и, в частности, тот факт, что они не в силах совершать там поступки, которые могут привести к временному парадоксу. Сможет ли Марае исправить ошибку, о которой она жалеет больше всего на свете? --Ask how you can win an hour in time— Marae O’Conaire has much bigger problems than the fact her watch stopped at 3:57 p.m. When she brings her watch to a kindly repairman, she learns she has won a peculiar prize, a chance to re-live a single hour of her life. But Fate has strict rules about how one can go poking in the past, including the warning that she can’t do anything that would create a time-paradox. Can Marae make peace with the mistake she regrets most in this world? . Russian language

Eisa McCarthy, de dieciséis a?os,vive en la Ciudad del Califato, la cual está bajo el control del grupo radical islámico de los Ghuraba. Siete a?os atrás, el general Mohammad bin-Rasulullah derrotó a Estados Unidos mediante una despiadada traición y estableció su Califato mundial en las ruinas de Washington, D.C. El líder supremo de los Ghuraba, el Abu al-Ghuraba, afirma que el padre de Eisa le dio el control del arsenal nuclear de los EE.UU., una afirmación reforzada por las cenizas ardientes de muchas ciudades y el testimonio de su madre siria. Sin embargo, después de que su madre es acusada de apostasía, Eisa se entera de que su padre puede no ser el "mártir" que los Ghuraba afirman. ?Realmente poseen los Ghuraba los códigos de lanzamiento de los misiles balísticos intercontinentales (ICBM)? ?Los "bloqueó" su padre, tal como el Coronel Everhart, el comandante del grupo rebelde, quiere que ella le diga al mundo? Si Eisa lucha, los Ghuraba matarán a su peque?a hermana, pero si no lo hace, eventualmente el grupo hackeará el sistema y lanzará los misiles. Todo lo que Eisa tiene es un rosario de oración musulmán y un mito preislámico que su padre le relató la noche que desapareció. El destino del mundo y la vida de su hermana peque?a, cuelgan en una balanza, mientras Eisa busca la verdad entre un mito antiguo, su fe musulmana y lo que realmente ocurrió la noche que los Ghuraba tomaron el control."El paralelismo que la autora describe entre el paisaje actual en Siria e Irak y un futuro Estados Unidos es inquietante, ya que retrata las atrocidades actuales con una precisión inquebrantable..." —Dale Amidei, La Trilogía de Jon

Prie?istor?s serijos ?Diev? kalavijas“ U?sakyti 1 (Epizodas 1) PASTABA: ?i romanija dabar ?traukta ? 2 knyg?: "Diev? kardas". Laiko prad?ioje dvi j?gos kovojo d?l ?sivie?patavimo ?em?je. Vienas ?mogus i?dr?so stoti ?monijos pus?n. Karys, kurio vard? pamename iki ?iol… Angeli?k?j? Speciali?j? paj?g? pulkininkas Mikhailas Mannuki‘ilis pabunda mirtinai su?eistas savo sudu?usiame erdv?laivyje. Moteris, kuri i?gelb?jo jo gyvyb?, turi ne?prast? sugeb?jim? gydyti. Bet, kas gi pa?ov? Mikhail?? Ir kod?l? Ninsiana visada palaik? ypatingus santykius su deive. Ji pati kilusi i? ?aman? ir gydytoj? gimin?s. Pab?gdama ? dykum? ir besisl?pdama nuo priverstin?s santuokos su Vado sūnumi, Ninsiana anaiptol nesitik?jo i? dangaus nukrisian?io sparnuoto vyro! Tuo tarpu rojuje Ministras Pirmininkas Liuciferis, Am?inojo Imperatoriaus ?vaikintas sūnus, slapta rengiasi pasiprie?inti savo nemirtingojo t?vo norams. Gyvenimas ir mirtis susiduria pirmoje epin?s mokslin?s fantastikos kūrinio, perpasakojan?io mitin? krentan?i? angel? istorij?, dalyje – ?Diev? Kalavijas“. Lietuvi? kalba - Lithuanian language

—Pitajte kako mo?ete osvojiti sat u vremenu— Marija Jurkovi? ima puno ve?ih problema od ?injenice da je njen sat stao u 15:57. Kada je odnela svoj sat ljubaznom gospodinu na popravak, osvojila je jedinstvenu nagradu: priliku da ponovno pro?ivi jedan sat svoga ?ivota. Me?utim, Sudbina ima stroga pravila vezana za to tko se i kako mo?e mije?ati u pro?lost, uklju?uju?i i upozorenje da ne smije u?initi ni?ta ?to bi stvorilo vremenski paradoks. Mo?e li se Marija pomiriti s pogre?kama za kojim najvi?e ?ali u ?ivotu? "Dirljiva pri?a. Dobiti priliku promijeniti ono za ?im najvi?e ?ali? je stvarno prilika koja se rijetko dobiva!" —Reader review "Vrlo pokretna i dramati?na pri?a… da imamo priliku promijeniti povijest, bi li to napravili?" —Reader review "Dirljiva kratka pri?a na temu iz Norve?ke mitologije. Vrijeme je dar, a ponekad i posljednja prilika…" —Dale Amidei, autor ?to ako mo?e? neke stvari u?initi iznova? Croatian language.

n zorii timpurilor, doi adversari antici se luptau pentru controlul Pmntului. Un singur brbat s-a nlat, pe atunci, de-a dreapta oamenilor. Un soldat al crui nume ni-l amintim nc i astzi... . Dobort pe Pmnt fr a avea vreo amintire din trecut, Colonelul Forelor Speciale Angelice, Mikhail Mannuki’ili, nu are alt alegere dect s se integreze n satul Ninsiannei. Dar fiul Cpeteniei, Jamin, este hotrt s l alunge. Atunci cnd cunotinele sale legate de tehnologie se dovedesc a fi inutile ntr-o cultur din Epoca de piatr, Mikhail este confruntat cu o alegere dificil: s i ncheie misiunea Sau s rmn n Assur, cu Ninsianna . Ct despre Ninsianna, ultimul lucru pe care i-l dorete este s se ntoarc n Assur. Atunci cnd nceteaz s mai primeasc viziuni, ns, tatl ei insist c el ar fi Alesul- pn la urm, ea este doar o femeie! Cea-Care-Este i-a promis o frm din Rai. Dac Mikhail nu i poate aminti cum s ajung acolo, atunci ine de ea s descopere semnificaia profeiei. . ntre timp, n ceruri, Lucifer face o nelegere cu Shay’tan. Aceast nelegere va sfri prin a provoca un rzboi galactic, purtat chiar pn la porile Assurului. . Epopeea Sabia Zeilor” continu n volumul al II-lea: Aici nu e loc pentru ngeri czui. . Aceast carte NU este o creaie cu caracter religios! . Volumul II al Epopeei Sabia Zeilor . Ordinea de citire a "Sabia zeilor":—Eroi de Demult: Episodio 1x01 (o nuvel)—Sabia Zeilor—Aici nu e loc pentru ngeri czui—Fructul interzis(n curnd) . Limba romn, cri romneti - Romanian language, Romanian edition

eFestival '’Pasaules labākās neatkarīgās e-grāmatas balvas'’ uzvarētāja - 2014. Gada labākā novele. . Spoki no vecām atmiām nekad nav tālu prom... . Kesiju Baruu Ziemassvētku vakarā pameta puisis, via cerēja, ka vias sāpes beigsies, kad via triecās ar savu maīnu senajā diskābara kokā. Bet, kad vias priekā parādījās skaists eelis ar melniem spārniem un teica: '’ī tev nav smirdīga paranormāla romance, bērns,'’ via saprata, ka nāve nav atrisinājusi visas vias problēmas. Vai Deremiels varēs viai palīdzēt atbrīvoties no pagātnes spokiem un rast mieru . is modernais, paranormālais stāsts par sargeeu mītiem apvieno "Ziemassvētku dziesma" (A Christmas Carol) ar "Tā ir brīniīga dzīve" (It's a Wonderful Life) un "Trīspadsmit iemesli, kāpēc" (Thirteen Reasons Why) lai dotu cilvēkiem cerību, ka vii var satvert pagātni savās rokās un pārvarēt to. . Latvieu valoda, latvieu grāmatas - Latvian language * '’oti maz grāmatu spēj mani novest līdz asarām, bet ī to panāca, turklāt viskrāākajā veidā. eit ir vēstījums, stāstīts ar humora devu un eleganci. Brīniīgi!'’ —Lasītāja atsauksme . '’Via lika man just līdzi. Un via lika man raudāt. Un es esmu oti pateicīga par beigām.'’—Lasītāja atsauksme . '’Grāmata, kas lika man justies tā, kā neviena cita grāmata!'’—Lasītāja atsauksme . '’Jau atkal Anna pārveido vārdus tīrā zeltā. īs mūsdienu Ziemassvētku dziesmas gotiskās pieskaas iekauana ir pārsteidzoa...'’ —Lasītāja atsauksme . '’Ja es varētu, es dotu im stāstam bezgalīgi daudz zvaigu! ī grāmata/stāsts lika man just skudrias skrienam pār muguru.'’ —Lasītāja atsauksme

Josie Skye was one of the most accurate meteorologists in the country - but not everyone considered that a good thing. When weather forecasters and others start disappearing or dying and Josie fears she's one of the targets, she teams up with weather researcher, Oliver Burns, to try to find some of their missing colleagues and figure out what's going on. And what's with all these butterflies? The Weatherman is a science fiction adventure, featuring Josie Skye, a middle-aged meteorologist. This science-fiction adventure story with a mystery twist has readers begging for a sequel.

The twelve short stories presented in A Bit of A Twist are each mostly normal and ordinary, but somewhere in the story is a twist. In “David’s Not Here”, “Marriage Counselor”, “Down Home”, “River Road”, “Happily Ever After”, and “Blind Date”, the ending takes a bit of a twist from what you were probably expecting. “The Chateau de Puyguilhem” and “The Wish” take stories you’re already familiar with, and give the whole thing a bit of a twist. “Reunion”, “Eternal Youth”, and “Aliens Among Us” each have a bit of a mental twist. And “Air of Authority” shows what happens when you twist around words. As you read these stories, you will also discover that many of them involve some degree of revenge. Because, after all, what is revenge but twisting someone’s own actions back on them? And as always, each story in the Read on the Run series of anthologies is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.

Fifteen short stories involving pets. But don’t think for a moment that you’ll “See Spot Run”, or that Lassie will save her master who’s fallen in the well. Those are common pet tales, and these are Uncommon Pet Tales. Within this collection, you’ll find a little bit of romance, a little bit of revenge, a few ghosts, and some fantasy and magic. You’ll find some uncommon pets such as Katelynn, and Mr. MacCawber, and you’ll find some uncommon stories, such as Patience, and Schrodinger’s Other Cat. You’ll find stories of man’s (or woman’s) best friend, and stories where the animals are far from friendly. And you'll find some stories that simply refuse to fit into a category. As always, each story in the Read on the Run series of anthologies is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.?

An anthology of 18 short romance stories.? Not love stories, although some of them do include aspects of that.??But whereas love stories are often sad, each of the selections in A Wink and a Smile has either a 'happily-ever-after' ending, or at least a strong suggestion that this is where the characters are heading.? That doesn't mean these tales all sound the same; to the contrary, we've found quite a diverse collection of romances.??Yes, there are a couple of traditional romances, and there's a healthy handful of budding romances, but we've included a story set in the future, and a couple of fantasy tales.??Within this mix, you will meet several matchmakers and you'll see couples reconcile, and? even?a few stories that will make you laugh. As always, each story in the Read on the Run series of anthologies is short, to suit your busy lifestyle.

n finalul romanului Donna Alba mtile personajelor cad. Mihai Aspru a vrut doar s-o stpneasc“ pe trufaa aristocrat, mbrcndu-i dorina n podoabe strlucitoare luate din cri. n schimb, Georges Radu erban, soul nelat, boier rigid taxat maliios de ctre narator, se dovedete un veritabil erou tragic, sinucigndu-se din dragoste, ca personajul lui Dostoievski.Ct o privete pe Alba, obiectul obsesiei ndelung elaborate, ea e un personaj de film din anii ‘30: femeia fatal, provocatoare de nenorociri pentru brbaii care o iubesc. Intriga dinamic, colorat de suspans, ajunge la o rezolvare cu happy end, care ar fi putut prea facil dac naratorul n-ar fi introdus un accent original de autoironie i umor negru, chiar n legtur cu ultima apariie a Albei. Foarte frumoas n valurile negre de mare doliu, dar deloc ndurerat, ea i apare brbatului ca un nger al morii, promindu-i o primejdioas fericire.