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The Duke of Norlington and his sister Lady Latasha are living quietly in the country very happily with their horses. The Duke receives a letter from an old Oxford friend who is now His Royal Highness Prince Kraus of Oldessa, a small Principality in the Balkans. The Prince asks the Duke if his sister would consent to marry his brother, Prince Stephan, as she is related to the Royal family, thereby giving Oldessa British protection from the Russians who are vying to take over as many States as they can in the Balkans.

In this first of a series of four novels, the Jewish rebellion begins in a backdrop of secret tunnels and assassins, where the dreaded Sicarii can strike like lightning and blend back into the crowd just as quickly. Even trained Roman mercenaries are no match for them.

10 Monate zuvor – Chris genießt sein Leben an der Seite seiner Verlobten, mit einer guten Aussicht auf ein vielversprechendes Jobangebot. Die größten Sorgen sind der tägliche Klatsch und Tratsch im Kindergarten. Auch wenn sich das vielleicht spießig anhört, er hatte das Gefühl, endlich angekommen zu sein – im langersehnten, gutbürgerlichen, bodenständigen Leben.

A perfect afternoon soon descends into an outdoor fight for life when a cunning and vicious mountain lion relentlessly stalks Evelyn King and Dega through an unexplored valley.

Torched finds Sam Ransom at his first pastoral appointment in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the summer of ’64. At a civil rights rally, he is reunited with two friends from his childhood. His decision to join their efforts to rebuild a black church torched by nightriders sets all three on a collision course with the Klan and two grisly murders.

銭形の親分。ガラッ八。聞いたことないという日本人はおられまいと思えます。かの司馬遼太郎が、吉田茂が、夢中になった銭形を絶品の語り口でお楽しみください。—十兩から上の泥棒は首を斬られたこの江戸の時代に「――その命がけで溜めたお金が九百九十兩、誰かに盜まれてしまひました」･･･編集/三好達也

Apesar de ter herdado uma vasta fortuna de sua madrinha, a jovem Susanna sente que essa riqueza acabou se tornando sua maldição: sua mãe está determinada a casá-la com o empobrecido e endividado Duque de Southampton. Um casamento arranjado com uma garota rica salvaria o título de nobreza desse homem arruinado, mas deixaria Susanna eternamente infeliz... Cruel e rigorosa, sua mãe costumava dizer a todos que Susanna era o "patinho feio" da família, por isso sua fortuna era a única qualidade que poderia oferecer em um casamento.

On her way to Wyoming as a mail-order bride, Morrow has one incident after another, and she has no idea why these things are happening to her. Even when she and her friend arrive at Bradford's ranch, the mishaps continue to occur. Is something trying to tell her she shouldn't have come, or is there someone who doesn't want her here?

Ohne Wissen über seine Herkunft wächst der Junge Oliver in einem Armenhaus auf, in dem Grausamkeit und Hunger an der Tagesordnung sind. Der Versuch, seinem Elend zu entfliehen, führt ihn in die Bande des Hehlers Fagin, der ihm das Diebeshandwerk beibringen will und bringt ihn damit in moralische Konflikte. Von 1837 bis 1839 in Fortsetzungen erschienen, gehört Charles Dickens' zweiter Roman zu seinen bekanntesten Werken.