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Emperor: The Blood of Gods (Special Edition) (Emperor Series, Book 5)
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The epic new novel in Conn Iggulden’s bestselling EMPEROR series: this special edition eBook features an exclusive short story by the author. Julius Caesar has been assassinated. A nation is in mourning. Revenge will be bloody. Rome’s great hero Julius Caesar has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed Liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar’s adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar. Uniting with his great rival Mark Antony, Octavian will stop at nothing to seek retribution from the traitors and avenge his father’s death. His greatest hatred is reserved for Brutus, Caesar’s childhood friend and greatest ally, now leader of the conspirators. As the people take to the streets of Rome, the Liberatores must face their fate. Some flee the city; others will not escape mob justice. Not a single one will die a natural death. And the reckoning will come for Brutus on the sweeping battlefield at Philippi.
Hidden Figures
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Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
The Heartfix：An Online Dating Diary
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Mind-boggling, heart-rending and darkly comic, this is the full story for the first time, from the writer of the Guardian column Midlife Exwife…. When her husband fell in love with someone else, Stella Grey thought she’d be unhappy for the rest of her life. But then she realised that she needed to take her future in her own hands. She needed to meet someone wonderful, and find a heartfix for heartbreak. So, she joined online dating sites and embarked on a mission. What followed were 693 days of encounters, on screen and in person：dates in cafés and over glasses of astringent red wine, short term relationships and awkward sex, but mostly there were phone calls and emails (many, many emails). Her journey was never dull, featuring marriage proposals, invitations to Tangier, badly timed food poisoning and much younger men – but was it ultimately successful? Totally compulsive, painfully true and darkly comic, this is an unputdownable account of one woman’s search for love online.
The Kaiser’s Last Kiss
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A fictionalised account of the Kaiser Wilhelm's last years in Nazi-occupied Holland.It is 1940 and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace Huis Doorn. The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been. When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on holding the country's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions. Krebbs's growing attraction and love affair with Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, further undermines his belief in Nazism. But as the tides of war roll around them, all three find themselves increasingly compromised and gravely at risk.This subtle, tender novel borrows heavily from real history and events but remains a work of superlative, literary fiction. Through Judd's depiction of the Lear-like Kaiser and the softening of brutal Krebbs, the novel draws unique parallels between Germany at the turn of the 20th century and Hitler's Germany.
The Invention of Fire
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The richly atmospheric new historical thriller featuring John Gower, poet and trader of secrets. Set in the turbulent 14th Century, this is perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom. London, 1386: young King Richard II faces the double threat of a French invasion and growing unrest amongst his barons – and now there's evil afoot in the City. Sixteen corpses have been discovered in a sewer, their wounds like none ever seen before. One thing is clear: whoever threw the bodies into the sewer knew they would be found – and was powerful enough not to care. Enter John Gower, poet and intellectual whose 'peculiar vocation' is dealing in men's secrets. Against the backdrop of medieval London with its grand palaces and churches, dark alleys and mean backstreets, Gower pursues his dangerous quarry. Seeking insights from his friend Geoffrey Chaucer and using his network of contacts, Gower comes to the shocking belief that the men have been killed by a new and deadly weapon of war. Known as 'the handgonne', it would put untold power into the hands of whoever perfected its design. But who has commissioned this weapon? A man who would stop at nothing to achieve his secret goal.
The King Without a Kingdom (The Accursed Kings, Book 7)
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‘This was the original GAME OF THRONES’ George R.R. Martin Available for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series. The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, ‘The Good’, takes the throne. Under the leadership of this vain, cruel, incompetent monarch The Hundred Years War escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart. Warring factions plunder the land, famine threatens the people and the Black Death spreads far and wide. France is bleeding to death around the new king…
?ngerul nop?ii
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Spionaj high-tech. Un plan diabolic, ?n stare s? zguduie lumea, ?i foarte pu?in timp pentru a-l opri.Jonathan Ransom, alpinist de clas? mondial? ?i chirurg experimentat, schiaz? ?mpreun? cu frumoasa lui so?ie Emma ?n ?nz?pezi?ii Alpi Elve?ieni. O furtun? de z?pad? se porne?te ca din senin, Emma se accidenteaz? grav ?i moare ?n ad?ncurile unei crevase.Dou?zeci ?i patru de ore mai t?rziu, Jonathan prime?te un plic adresat so?iei sale ?n care g?se?te dou? bilete de bagaje. Atacat ?n mod inexplicabil de poli?ia elve?ian? ?i obligat s? fug?, Jonathan se treze?te dintr-odat? urm?rit interna?ional ?i ?inta unui asasin misterios. Pas cu pas, el este prins tot mai ad?nc ?ntr-o lume a spionajului, a armelor de ?nalt? tehnologie ?i-a terorismului global, o lume ?n care nimeni nu este cine pare ?i unde scopul scuz? ?ntotdeauna mijloacele. Singura lui ?ans? de supravie?uire depinde de descoperirea crudului adev?r legat de via?a secret? a so?iei sale.?Un thriller ingenios, plasat credibil ?n ?ntunecata lume a spionajului interna?ional… personaje bine conturate, o scriere captivant?, locuri exotice ?i un complot terorist ce are la baz? tehnologie de ?nalt? clas?.“ – Nelson DeMille?Reich este maestrul thrillerelor de spionaj al secolului XXI.“ – Clive Cussler?Christopher Reich este unul dintre scriitorii mei favori?i de romane de suspans, iar de data asta s-a ?ntrecut pe sine ?nsu?i.“ – James Patterson
Clopotele
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Lemmer este bodyguard profesionist. T?cut, invizibil, nu se implic? niciodat?.Emma le Roux crede c? ??i recunoa?te fratele ?ntr-o fotografie prezentat? la jurnalele de ?tiri: suspect de uciderea a patru braconieri. Numai c? Jacobus este mort de dou?zeci de ani.Emma ?l angajeaz? pe Lemmer s?-i p?zeasc? spatele ?n timp ce ea caut? r?spunsuri ?i cur?nd am?ndoi ??i dau seama c? cineva vrea s?-i ?mpiedice s? afle adev?rul. Iar c?nd acel cineva ?ncearc? s?-i ucid?, Lemmer este nevoit, pentru prima oar? ?n via??, s? ias? din umbr?…?Cu Deon Meyer n-ai cum s? dai gre?.“– Michael Connelly?Vibrant ?i palpitant.“ – The Sunday Times?…de departe cel mai bun autor sud-african de romane poli?iste. Ac?iunea se desf??oar? ?ntr-un ritm trepidant, potrivit unui thriller.“ – The Guardian?Meyer este pur ?i simplu excelent. Lemmer, un fin cunosc?tor ?i un comentator sarcastic al metehnelor Africii de Sud, ?i ?n special ale popula?iei afrikander…“ – Business Day?Meyer ??i merit? reputa?ia interna?ional?.“ – The Washington Post
Ro?u de rubin. Culorile dragostei
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Anglia, 1520. Henric al VIII-lea doreste sa anuleze casatoria cu Caterina de Aragon si sa o ia de sotie pe Anne Boleyn. Poporul si Europa catolica se opun. Un singur om indrazneste sa-si puna in joc viata pentru a castiga bunavointa regelui: Thomas Cromwell, un personaj original, deopotriva fermecator si ticalos, idealist si oportunist, fin cunoscator al caracterului uman si cu o energie fara seaman. Politician desavarsit, intarit de pierderea familiei, de neclintit in ambitia sa, Cromwell isi croieste cu abilitate drum intr-o lume in care ?omul este lup pentru om“. Opunandu-se parlamentului, politicii de stat si papalitatii, Cromwell este pregatit sa redefineasca Anglia conform vointei lui Henric si propriilor sale dorinte. Dar Henric este schimbator: binevoitor intr-o zi, gata sa ucida in alta.Cu un stil inimitabil, Hilary Mantel infatiseaza tabloul unei societati in prag de schimbare, in care indivizii lupta cu propriul destin sau il accepta cu pasiune si curaj. Romanul recreeaza o perioada in care succesul ofera puteri nelimitate, dar o singura greseala aduce moartea.
Febra oaselor
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Londra, 1826. Gabriel Swift studiaz? cu Edwin Poll, cel mai mare anatomist londonez. Atras ?n jocurile lui Lucan, adversarul maestrului s?u un temut profanator de morminte, st?p?nul absolut al comer?ului cu cadavre, t?n?rul decade ?i ajunge s? cunoasc? violen?a ?i depravarea lumii interlope, ?n care – va descoperi – a lua via?a cuiva este incredibil de u?or.Dup? zece ani, un cu totul alt om pred? lec?ii de desen ?n colonia australian? de de?inu?i New South Wales ?i, ?n timpul liber, picteaz? p?s?ri. C?nd se ?ndr?goste?te de una dintre elevele sale, ?n?elege c? nimeni nu poate sc?pa de trecut ?i c?, adesea, cele mai ?ngrozitoare temni?e sunt cele ?n care ne zidim singuri.Un thriller gotic captivant, o evocare a atmosferei ?nc?rcate de mister din Londra victorian? ?i totodat? povestea emo?ionant? a unui destin marcat de brutalitatea unei lumi ?n care totul este de v?nzare. Dickens s-ar fi sim?it aici ca acas?.??mbin? atmosfera sumbr? ?i fascinant? a genului horror cu medita?ia profund? asupra unor teme metafizice.“ – Sydney Morning Herald
T?n?rul Sherlock Holmes. Lipitoarea ro?ie
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La o conferin?? de la Institutul Francez de pe bulevardul Dacia, Mirona face cuno?tin?? cu ?un b?rbat impun?tor, greoi, cu p?rul ca z?pada“, care, c?nd afl? c? scrie literatur?, o invit? la cenaclu s? citeasc? ceva. ?Maestrul“ e, desigur, E. Lovinescu, surprins dintr-o singur? tr?s?tur? de condei, cu spiritul s?u curios ?i generozitatea fa?? de ?ncep?tori, dar ?i cu mania – nevinovat? – de a-i ?boteza“ cu pseudonime conving?toare: ?Mirona? repet? maestrul mirat. E ingenios, dar prea c?utat, neverosimil... S? vii s?-mi cite?ti ceva. Las? c?-?i g?sesc eu un alt pseudonim. ?i, potrivindu-?i ochelarii, ca un profesor care nu se decide s?-?i pun? o not? de trecere: Vino duminic? la cenaclu, domni?oar? Mirona...“?La cap?tul lecturii acestui roman, scris cu verv? ?i cu sensibilitate feminin?, cititorul va r?m?ne cu imaginea unei epoci istorice tulburate de mari prefaceri, ?n care o fat? idealist? ??i caut? drumul, crez?nd cu ?nc?p???nare ?n destinul ei de scriitoare. Narator ?i personaj ?n acela?i timp, ea tr?ie?te deopotriv? ?n realitatea Bucure?tiului ?i a Parisului din anii celui de-al Doilea R?zboi Mondial, c?t ?i ?n fic?iune, al?turi de fascinanta ?i misterioasa bunic? Fana.“ – Elena Zaharia-Filipa?
Crescendo
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Mitul de erou legendar pe care imaginatia populara l-a creat despre Stefan cel Mare s-a perpetuat prin graiul viu al traditiilor noastre si a fost inviorat necontenit, de-a lungul vremurilor, de creatii folclorice care l-au ridicat pe voievodul moldovean la inaltimea unui simbol national. Cum a reusit Stefan cel Mare sa-si castige acest nimb de glorie? Faptele sale marete sunt dovezile cele mai graitoare. Domn abil si intelept iubit de popor, pretuit de prieteni si apreciat pana si de dusmanii sai, el a cautat sa-si asigure mai intai linistea interna si apoi sa obtina cu orice pret neatarnarea tarii. Pentru infaptuirea acestor deziderate, domnitorul a inteles ca poporul este puterea bratului sau si a cautat sa se apropie de popor si sa se sprijine pe el. Astfel, ducand o politica echilibrata intre cele doua clase ale societatii feudale – boierime si taranime –, el a reusit sa stapaneasca si chiar sa limiteze tendintele marilor boieri, ridicand in acelasi timp o parte dintre tarani la starea de razesi, rasplatindu-si vitejii din lupte cu sate si pamanturi.
Night School
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Ion Minulescu a fost cel care a mpmntenit la noi un mod de via simbolist – sintez ntre boem i dandism. Adic acea voit difereniere de lumea comun, prin ceea ce s-a numit atunci spiritul decadent. [...] Ce aducea nou Ion Minulescu n poezie n primul rnd, o alt lume, o alt surs de inspiraie; nu satul, ci oraul, nu un univers cantonat n vechime, ci unul modern.Frumuseea liricii lui Ion Minulescu a constat n faptul c poetul a intit i a izbutit s rmn el nsui, cu tot ce a adus nou i personal n literatura romn. Iar atunci cnd i-a extins aria inspiraiei, s-a pstrat n matca proprie. A cutat s-o lrgeasc, iar apele s-au dus la vale i mai zglobii, i mai nepstoare. Chiar dac unii cu care a pornit la drum l-au ntrecut, chiar dac dintre cei care-au venit dup el civa au aflat ci mai adnci de expresie, Ion Minulescu nu i-a pierdut identitatea.“ – Valeriu Rpeanu
Otr?vurile din Caux – Breasla degust?torilor. Vol. 2
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Temperamental, Holban era un romantic; ca romancier, este ?ns? un modern, ?i nu numai la nivelul scriiturii sau al compozi?iei, ci ?i prin cultul autenticit??ii sau prin tehnica analizei psihologice. (Al. C?linescu)
Verde de smarald. Culorile dragostei
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Lumea lui Allie Sheridan este la p?m?nt: fratele ei mai mare a disp?rut, ea a fost dat? iar afar? din ?coal? pentru indisciplin?, ba chiar ?i arestat?. Din nou.Trimis? de p?rin?i la o ?coal?-internat extrem de strict?, Allie se a?teapt? s? g?seasc? acolo o ?nchisoare. ?n schimb, descoper? c? Cimmeria este un liceu de elit? foarte diferit, o ?coal? de mod? veche, a c?rei cl?dire, aflat? ?n mijlocul naturii, dateaz? de c?teva sute de ani ?i este complet lipsit? de orice cale de acces la tehnologia modern?. Elevii s?i sunt un straniu amestec de tineri supradota?i ?i de fii de milionari, de?i Allie este sigur? c? ea nu face parte din nici una dintre aceste categorii. Regulile ?colii sunt cvasimilitare, iar anumi?i elevi sunt recruta?i ?ntr-un grup de elit? foarte discret, o organiza?ie misterioas? autointitulat? Night School.Cur?nd, Allie constat? c?, mai ales ?n timpul nop?ii, Cimmeria este plin? de secrete, c? toat? lumea minte. Pe m?sur? ce ?coala ?ncepe s? devin? un loc foarte periculos, adolescenta trebuie s? decid? ?n cine poate avea ?ncredere ?i, mai ales, pe cine poate s? iubeasc?...?n Night School, C.J. Daugherty creeaz? o lume tulbur?toare, plin? de mister, de primejdii ?i de emo?ie.
Lupta mea. Cartea ?nt?i: Moartea unui tat?
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Devenit p?rinte, Karl Ove Knausgård se reg?se?te în fa?a propriului eu, un pu?ti sensibil, care cre?te în umbra unui frate sociabil, a unei mame adesea absente ?i a unui tat? cu accese de mânie imprevizibile. Maturizarea lent? a sentimentelor, flirturile nelini?tite, pasiunea pentru rock compun cu o onestitate dureroas? romanul unui adolescent hipersensibil. O c?l?torie afectiv? de o fidelitate absolut?, o explorare proustian? a propriului trecut, o poveste deopotriv? intim? ?i universal?, care pune problema capacit??ii literaturii de a descrie via?a, doar via?a, în toate aspectele ei. „... extrem de sincer, Knausgård... vrea s? ne introduc? în cotidianul vie?ii, care este uneori vizionar, alteori banal, alteori profund semnificativ, dar, prin for?a lucrurilor, absolut obi?nuit, pentru c? ni se întâmpl? pe tot parcursul vie?ii ?i tuturor...” – The New Yorker „O reu?it? rar?. Nici un scriitor din genera?ia sa nu egaleaz? combina?ia lui Karl Ove Knausgård de talent, stil, spirit de observa?ie ?i originalitate...” – Dagens Næringsliv „Dur ?i plin de for?? precum granitul. Mai real decât realitatea.” – La Repubblica
Avantajul. De ce s?n?tatea organiza?ional? este cel mai important atu ?n afaceri
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Nu exist? niciun roman care s? fi fost la fel de prost citit ca Rusoaica lui Gib Mih?escu. Inclusiv de c?tre critica literar? a anilor ‘30 din secolul trecut. Despre critica de dup? r?zboi e greu de vorbit. Tip?rit ?n 1933, romanul n-a fost reeditat niciodat? ?n timpul comunismului. Nici m?car ?n edi?iile critice. Motivul este ?n primul r?nd titlul. Cu toat? ?desp?r?irea“ politic? a regimului de la Bucure?ti de Uniunea Sovietic? din aprilie 1964, liderii comuni?ti rom?ni au continuat s? menajeze p?n? la sf?r?it ?marea ?ar? prieten?“, era formula obi?nuit?, de la R?s?rit, interzic?nd orice referire direct?. Rusoaica e un roman captivant, care se cite?te cu pl?cere, dincolo de toate sofisticatele considera?ii ale criticilor. E un roman de aventuri ?i de iubire, despre un t?n?r care ??i ia dorin?ele drept vise ?i iluziile drept idealuri. Cu to?ii, la o anumit? v?rst?, p??im acest lucru. ?i p?n? s? ne fie ru?ine de p??ania proprie, ne desf?t?m cu nemaipomenitele p??anii sentimentale ale locotenentului Ragaiac.
We’ll Always Have Paris
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From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451 comes a collection of never-before-published effortlessly beautiful tales. Recently described in The Times as 'the uncrowned poet laureate of science fiction' Ray Bradbury has won numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2007 and an Emmy. In this new volume of never-before-published stories, follow a space shuttle crew as they voyage sixty million miles from home, discover what happens when a writer 'with the future's eye' believes his friend to be writing stories aboard a Ufo, and listen in on a couple talking themselves backwards through time to the moment when they first held hands. This entertaining and gripping collection is a treasure trove of Bradbury gems - eerie and strange, nostalgic and bittersweet, searching and speculative - to delight readers of all ages.
Wave Me Goodbye
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A compelling story of tragedy and triumph in WWII -the second in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by the war. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves. When war is declared, four plucky girls from Dartford – Grace, Sally, Rose and Daisy – are keen to do their bit on the Home Front. For orphan Grace, it’s a chance to start afresh. She’s always has a soft spot for Sam Petrie, brother of Daisy and Rose, but realising that he is in love with their friend Sally, she puts her own feelings aside, and signs up for life as a Land Girl. Mucking out and early morning milking come as a big shock and life is harder than she expected. But Grace is nothing if not determined and though their lives will never be the same again, the four girls know they will always have each other – no matter what the war throws at them…
That Gallagher Girl
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Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about breaking and entering. Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about breaking and entering. When her beloved houseboat burns down she finds herself eyeing up the abandoned Villa which seems to suit her purposes admirably. But when a mystery buyer turns up, Cat is in a quandary. She needs money, a roof over her head and for the first time in her life Cat needs a helping hand… Rio Kinsella is also in a predicament. She is in possession of a secret that has the potential to transform not only her own life, but the lives of those dearest to her. Before long, Rio finds herself lost in a labyrinth of lies, deceit and good intentions gone wrong. Can the two women find a way through their problems? That Gallagher Girl takes us back to the wonderful world of Lissamore with another heart-warming tale filled with a wonderful cast of characters. Full of tears and laughter it is the perfect read for fans of Cathy Kelly and Maeve Binchy.
At Freddie’s
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From the Booker Prize-winner of ‘Offshore’ comes this entertaining tale of a chaotic stage school and its singular headmistress. With a new introduction by Simon Callow. It is the 1960s, in London’s West End, and Freddie is the formidable proprietress of the Temple Stage School. Of unknown age and provenance, Freddie is a skirt-swathed enigma – a woman who by sheer force of character and single-minded thrust has turned herself and her school into a national institution. Anyone who is anyone must know Freddie. At Freddie’s is a wickedly droll comedy of the theatre and its terminally eccentric devotees.
