Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a dashing sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become secretly engaged. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is forcibly enlisted in the Royal Navy by a press gang, a scene witnessed by Philip. Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident nor relay to her Charlie's parting message and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin.

Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a dashing sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become secretly engaged. When Kinraid goes back to his ship, he is forcibly enlisted in the Royal Navy by a press gang, a scene witnessed by Philip. Philip does not tell Sylvia of the incident nor relay to her Charlie's parting message and, believing her lover is dead, Sylvia eventually marries her cousin.

"You’re never too old for a great fairy tale." -?5-star reader's review.? A funny and quirky fantasy fairy tale for adults complete?with mystery, murder, romance!? The mystical green planet of Rendaz is home to devout goddess worshiper and university professor, middle-aged Beautimus Potamus—who also happens to be a hippo plagued by hot flashes and poor self-esteem. Beautimus forms an alliance with Samuel S. Goodwings, a younger womanizing, atheist praying mantis. When these two are together, life morphs from the mundane into the fantastic. Our unlikely duo solves mysteries, bring a murderer to justice, and even help end a war while experiencing their own trials, triumphs, and tragedies. Often with humor, their situations and adventures parody Earth culture. During their exploits, the two interact with a host of characters, including a pair of New Age flamingos, an A.D.H.D. afflicted trout, an orangutan detective, and a 310-year-old blue crane High Priestess. All of these creatures are more “human” in surprising ways than the citizens of the blue planet, Earth, we discover was once a Rendazian Colony. Beautimus Potamus’ tongue-in-cheek story is a magical fable-stew made with the ingredients of satire, drama, social commentary, and comedy, with jests, puns and wordplay sprinkled throughout. For good measure, a generous pinch of romantic flavoring is thrown into the pot. Readers' reviews:? "Truly a splendid and extraordinary story. It was refreshing to find something so original. Well written, vivid descriptions, great humor and delightful characters." "So often we limit our reading to books by Dan Brown, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks or Michael Connelly and we [...] miss the gems by new writers that put their heart, soul and dreams on paper to let our imaginations go where theirs have. This is one of those gems." If you liked this book, you should check out Peggy's dystopian tale,?Chaco?as well!? About the author Peggy A. Wheeler is a writer of fantastical fiction. Her debut novel, THE RAVEN'S DAUGHTER is published by Dragon Moon Press in Canada. Peggy studied English and Creative Writing at the U.C.L.A., where she was the only undergraduate chosen to study with Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate of the United States. Peggy has led adult poetry and fiction writing critique groups and workshops in both Colorado and California. ?

Elizabeth was initially hesitant to publish the poems, believing they were too personal. However, her husband insisted they were the best sequence of English-language sonnets since Shakespeare's time and urged her to publish them. To offer the couple some privacy, she decided to publish them as if they were translations of foreign sonnets.

Alexandra Lansing is looking forward to a vacation from her job as an operative with the Commonwealth’s counterterrorist task force.?She has three blissful weeks off, and plans to spend the entire time in France. After all, everyone needs a break from stress and worry. But when she’s snatched from the Left Bank in Paris she isn’t sure if her kidnapping is a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time or a direct plot against the task force. When she discovers Praed has also been abducted, the vacation is officially over, and the possibility of an informer at task force headquarters becomes a very real, very frightening possibility.The pair manages to escape, and flees to Praed’s family home where they are forced to defend his brother’s wife and children from armed terrorists determined to recapture the operatives. With no clue as to who is behind the plot, or even a motive to explain why someone wants to take Praed and Alex prisoner, and the identity of the informant at HQ is a complete mystery. While Henry Davison races to eliminate suspects at headquarters, Praed offers himself as bait to draw out the kidnappers, hoping to discover the mastermind behind the plot. ?Alex is in hot pursuit, but will she be able to reach him before his captors extract the information they want and execute him?

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.

A passenger onboard a fast-moving train glimpses a couple of brown horses in an unkempt field. She sees them again the next year, and the year after. She wonders if they are neglected or loved for by their owner. That small field may be the horses' last protection against a one-way trip to the slaughterhouse... * A short but haunting true story by Michèle Laframboise, Canadian multi-award winner author. A list of horse rescue centers, with sketches by the author, completes this 1200-word tale.?

Any mother-to-be has to waddle through a landmine of expectations! The true and humourous account of my valiant efforts at birthgiving… and the mounting guilt after I find out that my body can't produce more children. How did I became infertile? What wrong turn did I take? Could I have avoided the c-section? This short and quirky story will resonate with all the mothers crushed under the pressure of performance, by Michèle Laframboise. With sketches and pictures by the author's hand.

Smollett describes in great detail the natural phenomena, history, social life, economics, diet and morals of the places he visited. Smollett had a lively and pertinacious curiosity, and, as his novels prove, a very quick eye. He foresaw the merits of Cannes, then a small village, as a health-resort, and the possibilities of the Corniche road.

Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, published in 1920. Several were published in an earlier collection, The Troll Garden. This collection contains the following stories: "Coming, Aphrodite!" a.k.a. "Coming, Eden Bower!" "The Diamond Mine" "A Gold Slipper" "Scandal" "Paul's Case" "A Wagner Matinee" "The Sculptor's Funeral" "A Death in the Desert"

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.

Paris, iulie 1942: Sarah, o feti?? evreic? ?n v?rst? de zece ani, este arestat? ?n toiul nop?ii, ?mpreun? cu p?rin?ii ei, de poli?ia francez?, dar nu ?nainte de a-?i ?ncuia fratele ?n ascunz?toarea lor secret?, convins? fiind c? se va ?ntoarce dup? numai c?teva ore pentru a-l elibera.Paris, mai 2002: Julia, o jurnalist? american?, stabilit? de mul?i ani la Paris ?i m?ritat? cu un francez, trebuie s? scrie un articol despre razia de la Vel’ d’Hiv, cu ocazia comemor?rii a ?aizeci de ani de la acest eveniment de trist? amintire ?n istoria Fran?ei. ?n timpul investiga?iei sale, Julia descoper? ?nt?mpl?tor o serie de secrete de familie ad?nc ?ngropate, care o leag? de Sarah, ?i simte nevoia de a reconstitui destinul tragic al fetei. Pe m?sur? ce se ad?nce?te ?n trecutul ei, lucrurile pe care le afl? o tulbur? ?i o fac s?-?i pun? ?ntreb?ri cu privire la propria existen??.Se numea Sarah este povestea ?nduio??toare a dou? familii unite de un secret teribil, dar ?i o tulbur?toare pagin? de istorie: Tatiana de Rosnay descrie un episod real din Fran?a aflat? sub ocupa?ie ?i rupe t?cerea care ?nconjoar? un subiect dureros, uneori chiar tabu, din istoria francezilor.

The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser Published in 1912, is the first volume of the Trilogy of Desire, which includes The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947).? ?? SUMMARY:?? In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for seven cases of Castile soap, which he sells to a grocer the same day with a profit of over 70 percent. Later, he gets a job in Henry Waterman & Company, and leaves it for Tighe & Company. He also marries an affluent widow, in spite of his young age. Over the years, he starts misusing municipal funds with the aid of the City Treasurer. ??? In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire redounds to a stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed. Although he attempts to browbeat his way out of being sentenced to jail by intimidating Mr Stener, politicians from the Republican Party use their influence to use him as a scapegoat for their own corrupt practices. Meanwhile, he has an affair with Aileen Butler, a young girl, subsequent to losing faith in his wife. She vows to wait for him after his jail sentence. Her father, Mr Butler dies; she grows apart from her family.

Am mplinit, la 3 martie anul acesta, 81 de ani. O via de om, cu bune i mai puin bune. Am fost martor i actor al multor evenimente, dintre care unele au schimbat cursul istoriei. n cteva dintre aceste schimbri se poate gsi i contribuia mea.[…] Trecerea n revist a istoriei celor 21 de ani de la Revoluia din Decembrie 1989, cu reuite i nereuite, cu experiene pozitive i negative, cu bune i cu rele, trebuie s fie prilej de nvminte pentru toi, s ne inspire pentru a gsi cile cele mai potrivite de redresare i de cuplare a Romniei la procesul n curs de construcie european, n condiiile adncirii procesului amplu de globalizare a economiei i a vieii sociale, n beneficiul tuturor cetenilor rii.“Sunt un om de stnga, nu neg i nu-mi reneg trecutul. Mi-l asum, cu toate ale lui. Dar nimeni nu-mi poate reproa lipsa bunei-credine n ceea ce am fcut. i nici faptul c nu a fi evoluat, c nu a fi nvat din leciile pe care viaa i oamenii mi le-au dat.[…] Nu m-a interesat puterea n sine i nu am folosit puterea pe care am avut-o pentru a face ru sau n interes personal. Puterea devine interesant doar n momentul n care ai un proiect, i ea devine un instrument pentru materializarea lui.Nimic nu corupe mai mult dect puterea. i trebuie s fii, moral vorbind, extrem de puternic pentru a nu te lsa corupt de putere. mi place s cred c pe mine puterea nu m-a corupt. Muli au fost uimii de modul firesc n care s-a fcut transferul de putere n 1996, dup ce domnul Emil Constantinescu a ctigat alegerile prezideniale. Cei care se ateptau la altceva nu m cunosc. Nu mi-am dorit puterea, n 1989, ci mi-am asumat o responsabilitate. Era normal s fiu primul care s respecte regulile la structurarea crora lucrase.[…] Formal, suntem o ar cu toate instituiile i mecanismele unei ri europene, membr a Uniunii Europene. n realitate, lucrurile sunt departe de a fi normale. Am fost i sunt contient de faptul c acestea sunt marile noastre slbiciuni, cele care ne mpiedic s progresm. Nu tiu s existe o soluie miraculoas care s ne vindece de aceste pcate. Cred doar c libertatea de circulaie i dreptul romnilor de a munci n Europa vor permite, n timp, schimbarea profund a Romniei.“

The Titan is a novel written by Theodore Dreiser in 1914. It is Dreiser's sequel to The Financier. Sometime after being released from prison, Frank invests in stocks subsequent to the Panic of 1873, and becomes a millionaire again. He decides to move out of Philadelphia and start a new life in the West. He moves to Chicago with Aileen and his attorney is finally able to persuade Lillian to agree to a divorce. Frank decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with the help of John J. McKenty and other political allies. Meanwhile, Chicago society finds out about his past in Philadelphia and the couple are no longer invited to dinner parties; after a while, the press turns on him too. Cowperwood is unfaithful many times. Aileen finds out about a certain Rita and beats her up. She gives up on him and has an affair with Polk Lynde, a man of privilege; she eventually loses faith in him. Meanwhile, Cowperwood meets young Berenice Fleming; by the end of the novel, he tells her he loves her and she consents to live with him. However, the ending is bittersweet as Cowperwood has not managed to obtain the fifty-year franchise for his railway schemes that he wanted.

O cas? perfect?. O familie perfect?. Un secret mortal…O t?n?r? mam?, blond? ?i dr?gu??, dispare din casa ei din South Boston, l?s?nd ?n urm? un singur martor – fiica de patru ani – ?i un so? chipe? ?i secretos.Din clipa ?n care detectivul D.D. Warren intr? ?n confortabila cas? a familiei Jones, instinctul ?i spune c? ceva nu este ?n regul? la imaginea de ansamblu pe care cuplul s-a str?duit at?t de mult s? o creeze.?n timp ce via?a unei femei disp?rute se afl? ?n pericol ?i o furtun? amenin?? s? izbucneasc? ?n pres?, D.D. trebuie s?-?i dea rapid seama dac? Jason Jones este vinovat sau doar ?ncearc? s? ascund? ceva. Prioritatea ei num?rul unu devine aceea de a sta ?n calea poten?ialului uciga? ?i de a ap?ra noua posibil? victim?, un copil nevinovat, care a v?zut – poate – prea multe.?Cel mai captivant roman al s?u de p?n? acum… [Gardner este] o povestitoare ne?ntrecut?.“ – The Providence Sunday Journal?Fascinant… extrem de antrenant… plin de r?sturn?ri de situa?ie spectaculoase.“ – Publishers Weekly?O carte care ?l pune pe g?nduri pe cititor ?i ?i produce fiori. O realizare de geniu marca Gardner!“ – Romantic Times Book Reviews?Iubitorii genului ar trebui s? fie avertiza?i s? ??i ?nchid? bine u?ile ?nainte de a se apuca de citit.“ – Bookpage?F?r? ?ndoial?, cel mai complex roman al lui Gardner… o adev?rat? ?nc?ntare pentru fanii autoarei.“ – Booklist Grand Prix des Lectrices de ELLE, 2011

Ce-ai face dac? propria ta sor? ar disp?rea ?ntr-o bun? zi f?r? urm??C?nd afl? c? sora ei mai mic? a disp?rut, Beatrice Hemming se ?ntoarce cu primul avion acas?, la Londra. ?n scurt? vreme, Tess este g?sit? moart?, aparent o sinucidere, iar poli?ia ?nchide dosarul. Convins? c? sora ei nu s-ar fi sinucis niciodat?, Beatrice se mut? ?n apartamentul lui Tess ?i p?trunde tot mai ad?nc ?n via?a ?i ?n secretele acesteia, ?n ?ncercarea de a-l descoperi singur? pe criminal. Pe urmele lui Tess, Beatrice afl? despre rela?ia ei ascuns?, despre participarea ei la un experiment medical, dar se afund? tot mai mult ?ntr-o ?ntunecat? camer? a oglinzilor, plin? de revela?ii tulbur?toare.C?ut?nd cu disperare adev?rul despre moartea surorii ei, va reu?i oare s? se redescopere pe sine?

Linda Blair, absolvent? de psihologie la Colegiul Wellesley din Massachusetts, a lucrat ?n cadrul unit??ii de comportament animal de la Medical Research Council, Universitatea Cambridge, studiind, ?mpreun? cu profesorul Robert Hinde, rela?iile dintre mam? ?i sugar la primate. A ob?inut ulterior o burs? la Harvard pentru a studia activit??ile de joc ?i dezvoltarea limbajului la copii ?i este psiholog clinician specializat ?n terapia cognitiv?.La sf?r?itul anilor 1980 a ?nceput s? ?in? prelegeri ?n ?coli ?i universit??i, pe tema adapt?rii la stresul examenelor. Particip? la emisiuni radio ?i TV ?i a publicat articole ?n The Guardian ?i ?n revista Psychologies. ?n prezent, semneaz? rubrici ?n The Times ?i ?n revista Junior.Este membr? a comitetului media pe care British Psychological Society ?l recomand? comentatorilor de pres?, radio ?i televiziune, membr? a British Psychological Society (unde este associate fellow) ?i a fost acreditat? de British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Martie 1997. O t?n?r? femeie e g?sit? moart? ?n spatele unui bar din or??elul Carter Crossing, Mississippi, nu departe de o mare baz? militar?. Criminalul este un localnic sau un soldat? Maiorul Jack Reacher din poli?ia militar? prime?te misiunea de a supraveghea, sub acoperire, activitatea poli?iei locale. Folosindu-?i intui?ia ?nn?scut?, dar ?i abilit??ile dob?ndite ?n lunga sa experien?? ca militar, maiorul pune cap la cap indiciile, descoperind o conspira?ie a t?cerii ce pare s? urce p?n? la cel mai ?nalt nivel. Prins ?ntre datoria militar? ?i dorin?a de a face dreptate, Jack Reacher ??i risc? viitorul profesional pentru aflarea adev?rului. Iar farmecele ?erifului Elizabeth Deveraux, o femeie uimitor de frumoas?, fost ofi?er ?n infanteria marin?, nu fac dec?t s?-i complice sarcina.?Jack Reacher i-ar putea bate pe Bond, Dirty Harry, Jason Bourne ?i Ethan Hunt cu ambele m?ini legate la spate. Apoi, s-ar culca cu iubitele lor, c?te dou? deodat?, ?nainte de a p?r?si ora?ul cu ultimul autobuz.“ – The Sun?Cea mai bun? carte a lui Child de p?n? acum… Reacher este deopotriv? un mare lupt?tor ?i un g?nditor, deopotriv? Schwarzenegger ?i Socrate. Crezul s?u va fi ?ntotdeauna ?make love and war?.“ – The Independent ?Jack Reacher ?i-a c??tigat de mult un loc de seam? ?n panteonul eroilor americani formidabili…“ – The New York TimesC?r?ile lui Lee Child sunt traduse ?n 40 de limbi, ?n aproape 100 de ??ri ale lumii.