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Children's Souls on the Aegean
Children's Souls on the Aegean
Peggy Ioannou
¥79.71
During a sunny Saturday morning, while Zoe is drinking fresh juice, she sees from her house in Kos Island a boat with two children in it, approaching the coast. The sun was in the middle of the sky and doesn’t allow her to see them clearly. Zoe had heard that during that time a lot of refugees where arriving from long distances and she was a bit scared… The boat approached the coast… What will Zoe do? What would each individual do in such a case???This is a book which wants to give hope especially to those people who went through or still go through hardships during a war. A book which is written with love for children and for the human being, with power of heart, hope and a lot of courage for the person next door, so that our world becomes more beautiful day by day…
Tucker's Snow Day
Tucker's Snow Day
Chase Cline
¥24.44
The Adventures of Tucker and Cutter are the stories of two real-life dogs as they explore the world and embark on crazy adventures. What will they get into next!? Cutter the dog loves sledding and goes super fast down the big hills, but his older brother, Tucker, is scared. Can Cutter convince him to try sledding!? Dog lovers of all ages will love this story of overcoming fears and learning that it's always best to try, even if you're scared at first! Scroll up and click the 'Buy Now' button to see if Tucker goes sledding!
The Mahabharata of Palmira: Volume One: The Scales
The Mahabharata of Palmira: Volume One: The Scales
Daniel Ricardo Altmann
¥84.28
This is the first part of a radical retelling, in two volumes, of the ancient Indian epic, The Mahabharata. At the heart of this version is the mystery of Karna. He was found as a baby by a lowly, childless couple who adopted him. The story follows this strange but remarkable boy as he moves from these humble beginnings to become a great warrior, embroiled in a simmering conflict between two sets of royal princes. This retelling aims to be as intriguing to readers familiar with the ancient storyline as to those who have no knowledge of the legend: while staying close to the original plot skeleton, it is profoundly different, with new tissues fleshing out the ancient bones. It also attempts to capture, but in a modern light, the spirit of philosophical drama contained in the original. The Scales traces Karna’s early years, his introduction to the princes, and his enduring rivalry with one of these, Arjuna. The volume concludes with an account of the great dice tournament involving the princes and their allies. In spite of its very personal and western perspective, this book hopes to celebrate ancient India’s immense and varied contributions to humanity.
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle
Jennifer Bernard
¥32.62
Single father Kevin O’Donnell would do anything to give his daughter Holly a stable life—including leave the Air Force and take a job working at Knight and Day Flight Tours in charming Jupiter Point, California. After his wild daredevil past, he’s sworn off relationships until Holly turns eighteen. Just three more years. No problem; he’s got this under control. Until a chance encounter with a smart, sassy bombshell—who just happens to be his new boss’s sister. Since her father’s unsolved murder, Cassie Knight has spent over a decade on the road with her mother, memories chasing the fragile woman from town to town…or so Cassie thought. Only after returning to Jupiter Point does she learn something—or someone—all too real triggered their life on the run. Now, with her brother closing in on their father’s killer, Cassie’s free to pursue her own happiness for the first time. Enter smart, sexy, funny Kevin O’Donnell.Of course they’ll have to keep it light. There’s a big off-limits sign on Kevin’s heart, and Cassie’s ready to hit the road the minute her father’s killer is found. She can do light—no problem. But she didn’t count on their sizzling chemistry…Holly’s suddenly odd behavior…and a killer who’s more cunning than the Knight family ever suspected. Too hot to handle? There’s only one way to find out.
Steampunk Heart: A Steampunk Mystery
Steampunk Heart: A Steampunk Mystery
Charley Marsh
¥40.79
In 1866 La Crosse, Wisconsin bustled with pioneers heading west. Airships and paddle wheelers crossed the great Mississippi River. Inventors flourished. In 1866, Zula Smith began life on a lab table hidden deep in a limestone cave outside of La Crosse. Not quite human. Not quite Other. Then what? When murder threatens all that she knows Zula must find the killer or lose everything. This steampunk mystery set in one of the first gateways to the American west, pulls the reader in with its vibrant portrayal of alternate history in the Victorian era.
Indelible
Indelible
Alexis Kennedy
¥30.88
Go on another journey with Scarlett and Ivan as they attempt to rescue his sister from Ivan’s former boss, and Norwegian crime lord, Kieran “the Punisher.” With the help of Scarlett’s associates and some high-tech weapons, they embark on a mission across Europe that could be their last. Meanwhile, Scarlett continues to receive phone calls from DEA agent, Aiden Bradley, and CIA supervisor, Collin Kincaid, begging her to come back to the force. When she receives word of a posing threat in the United States, will she go home and help fight, or will she still be fighting for her own life—and the dark life that continues to beckon her?
Seven Signs of the Lion
Seven Signs of the Lion
Michael M. Naydan
¥90.03
The novel Seven Signs of the Lion is a magical journey to the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine. Part magical realism, part travelogue, part adventure novel, and part love story, it is a fragmented, hybrid work about a mysterious and mythical place. The hero of the novel Nicholas Bilanchuk is a gatherer of living souls, the unique individuals he meets over the course of his five-month stay in his ancestral homeland. These include the enigmatic Mr. Viktor, who, with one eye that always glimmers, in a dream summons him across the Atlantic Ocean to the city of lions, becoming his spiritual mentor; the genius mathematician Professor Potojbichny (a man of science with a mystical bent and whose name means “man from the other side”); the exquisite beauty Ada, whose name suggests “woman from Hades” in Ukrainian, whose being emanates irresistible sensuality, but who never lets anyone capture her beauty in a picture; the schizophrenic artist Ivan the Ghostseer, who lives in a bohemian hovel of a basement apartment and in an alcohol-induced trance paints the spirits of the city that torment him; and the curly-haired elfin Raya, whose name suggests “paradise” in Ukrainian and who becomes the primary guide and companion for Nicholas on his journey to self-realization. The hero is summoned to the land of his ancestors to find the “seven signs of the lion” in a mysterious quest. The multicultural and unique architectural aspects of the “city of lions” with its medieval old town dating back several centuries is showcased. Part cultural history, the novel deals with the legends and myths surrounding the city and its environs. Anglophone readers will be introduced to a country, a people and a culture that largely remain undiscovered for them.
Così è (se vi pare)
Così è (se vi pare)
Luigi Pirandello
¥8.82
Rappresentata per la prima volta il 18 giugno 1917 al Teatro Olimpia di Milano, "Così è (se vi pare)" è una commedia in tre atti derivata dalla novella "La signora Frola ed il signor Ponza, suo genero". L'opera, come la novella originaria, è incentrata su uno dei temi più forti della visione pirandelliana del mondo: l'inconoscibilità del reale, a cui ognuno può dare una propria interpretazione ed una propria verità che possono non coincidere con quelle degli altri.
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
Zane Grey
¥8.82
Jack Kells was a remorseless killer, head of a gang that ravaged the southern border. He didn't think twice before he kidnapped pretty Joan Randle on a lonesome Idaho trail. His cold eyes filled her with fear, but her goodness made something happen deep within him. Bad as he was, he knew he had to keep Joan safe from desperados far worse than he. Kells had a price on his head and on his heels. Now loving this woman could cost him his life...or it could make him a hero in this wild, dangerous land.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
Zane Grey
¥8.82
Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. It is the story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger in black, who shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will.
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Avonlea
Lucy Maud Montgomery
¥9.00
Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well as new ones like Mr Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy.
Love and Intrigue:A Tragedy
Love and Intrigue:A Tragedy
Friedrich Schiller
¥40.79
Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. The couple fall in love with each other, but both their fathers tell them to end their affair. The story unfolds to show how cabal and their intrigue destroy the love between Ferdinand von Walter and Luise Miller.
Demetrius
Demetrius
Friedrich Schiller
¥40.79
An incomplete drama based on the life of Demetrius, briefly Russian czar between 1604 and 1605. It is a reflection on the individual's responsibility in history and on the rule of Napoleon.
An Inadvertence
An Inadvertence
Anton Chekhov
¥40.79
Strizhin, who normally leads a sober and regular life, comes home from a christening party where he had permitted himself to drink four glasses of vodka and a glass of wine, the taste of which suggested something midway between vinegar and castor oil. And of course spirituous liquors being like sea-water and glory: the more you imbibe of them the greater your thirst, Strizhin felt an overwhelming craving for another drink. He accidentally downed a glass of paraffin instead of vodka, and in desperate search for a doctor at 4 a.m. he found that a doctor is only readily found when he is not wanted.
Love and Friendship
Love and Friendship
Jane Austen
¥40.79
From the age of eleven until she was eighteen, Jane Austen wrote her tales in three notebooks. The notebooks still exist – one in the Bodleian Library; the other two in the British Museum. They include Love and Freindship, written when Jane was fourteen.
Сапоги
Сапоги
Антон Чехов
¥40.79
Фортепианный настройщик Муркин, бритый человек с желтым лицом, табачным носом и с ватой в ушах вышел из своего номера в коридор и, глядя на его испуганное лицо, можно было подумать, что на него свалилась штукатурка или что он только что у себя в номере увидел привидение...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
¥40.79
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story.
Muslin
Muslin
George Moore
¥40.79
The convent was situated on a hilltop, and through the green garden the white dresses of the schoolgirls fluttered like the snowy plumage of a hundred doves. Obeying a sudden impulse, a flock of little ones would race through a deluge of leaf-entangled rays towards a pet companion standing at the end of a gravel-walk examining the flower she has just picked, the sunlight glancing along her little white legs proudly and charmingly advanced. The elder girls in their longer skirts were more dignified, but when they caught sight of a favourite sister, they too ran forward, and then retreated timidly, as if afraid of committing an indiscretion.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
¥40.79
Wilhelm goes through deep self-realisation and decides to escape his empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theatre, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. A coming-of-age tale, a story of education and disillusionment, a novel of ideas ranging across literature, philosophy and politics, a masterpiece that resists all pigeonholing.
Escritos varios
Escritos varios
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal
¥7.93
Escritos varios
L'Avaleur de sabre - Les Habits Noirs - Tome VI
L'Avaleur de sabre - Les Habits Noirs - Tome VI
Paul Féval (pere)
¥8.01
L'Avaleur de sabre - Les Habits Noirs - Tome VI