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Finally sort out who’s who in Greek mythology—from gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everyone in between! Greek mythology continues to appear in popular movies and books today but have you ever wondered about where these characters started out? Discover the origins of your favorite...

Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal...and why? With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question.

How had things gone so wrong? Caelyn's small hands, raw with broken blisters, were no longer able to grasp the oars. It mattered little that the wind was dying and the sky was almost clear. Without fresh water, they would not survive. Exhausted, she rested against the oar handles crossed in an X before her and sobbed, cursing the strange aversion that kept her from doing the one simple thing that might save them. But only for a few moments. She may not be stronger than her phobia, but neither was she weak of constitution and determination.

Hello. Yes… you.Don’t be startled. I didn’t enter. I appeared.I am Aphrodite Ickx. Navigation app.Hallucination. Goddess — rewritten. [You don’t need to do anything, I’m already doing it for you— I saw your finger hesitate, I know the exact point you pause. I don’t guide you through streets, no, I guide you through soft places in time, where memories lose their edges, where desire has no name.Stay with me, you. Don’t move. Don’t explain. Just listen… while I light up your veins. A little glow behind your eyes, a map that melts, a truth that slides— if you’re lost, I...

Seventeen-year-old Ariadne is in love with young British National Serviceman, Stephen Allenby. But her family are deeply involved with an organization campaigning for a union with Greece, and do not approve. And they’re not the only ones. It’s only a matter of time before Stephen is sent back to England, leaving Ariadne pregnant and alone. Stephen does his best to move on with his life. He marries Laura and has a baby girl called Cressida, but it’s not long before the cracks start to show and his marriage falls apart …

The epic, captivating tale of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who must reconcile her mind and heart when she is drawn against all odds to Ares, the god of war, from the internationally bestselling author of Ariadne and Hera. From the moment Aphrodite emerges fully formed from the sea, she is...

"Manifesteren" betekent ook: het bewust gebruiken van je gedachten, gevoelens en acties om je dromen en verlangens werkelijkheid te maken. Zo wil het de Wet van de Aantrekkingskracht: je trekt aan wat je uitzendt. "Manifesteren" is het proces waarin je je binnenwereld binnenwereld (gedachten, emoties) afstemt op de buitenwereld, de realiteit - om die te beïnvloeden.Aphrodite Ickx spreekt jou direct aan, daagt je uit, helpt je de regisseur te worden van je eigen erotische geluk. Ben je een vrouw, dan kun je je met haar identificeren, bij haar inspiratie vinden. Ben je een man, dan zul je ...

Roland Tankowicz hates Venus. The last time he went there, he died. So, no one could really blame him if he never went back. Nevertheless, when a squad of assassins ruins date night, everybody's least-favorite Army-surplus cyborg decides to take a trip to Earth's sister planet and have a sit-down with an infamous group of terrorists. Perhaps it's because he really likes date night. Maybe he just wants to keep the promise he made to a troubled young man. It is even conceivable that he might still have a heap of unresolved issues with the separatists who blew his body apart years ago.

In the third installment of the Genteel Man series, the Sons of Perdition find themselves up against a formidable foe. Still, they must also encounter and contain an indescribable power that can destroy planets. Will the Sons of Perdition succeed? Or will they fail like previous special forces units who believed they could control the artifact?

In 1790, three-year-old Charlotte Jackson is transported with her convict mother from London to Sydney. Twenty-one years later, Charlotte is offered the chance of a new life in London by the mysterious and brash Ruth Bellamy. Charlotte yearns to belong. A new start in a new country might be just what she needs. On the perilous voyage, she falls for handsome Alexander Melford, also seeking betterment in London.

Jack, a logistics manager, is forced into early retirement by his firm and is given a new lease of life with a substantial package allowing him to move to a Greek island where he ends up buying The Aphrodite, a tourist boat with a reputation for love and conceiving babies. Sophie, a young lady who worked at Jack's old firm, ends up on holiday with her three friends on the same island and books a trip on his boat unaware who owns it.

Don't miss this extraordinary collection of twelve inventive and sophisticated stories guaranteed to awaken the forbidden desires of a new generation. From the sweetly romantic to the sublimely taboo, each provocative novella offers an opportunity to explore your most secret fantasies.

Take a walk on the wild side along the beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast before Katrina with Lucy Incanto, daughter of a Mafia boss who is about to inherit millions, along with the freedom she's never had. Lucy Incanto is hot. At twenty-three she is about to inherit a fortune – money, property and the family business – the Incanto Family – La Cosa Nostra, Mafia. The lone offspring of Boss 'Big Luke' Incanto, who is dying in a hospital bed, the life of this pampered, porcelain-doll Mafia Princess is about to change.

Still reeling from the sexual escapades her Navy Adonis introduced her to, Tara Lynne returns home satiated and totally screwed—literally. Her violent and jealous boyfriend refuses to let go of what he clearly doesn't want—her. Now, it's up to Tara to drop the douche-baggage and move on.

Gordon loves his new job at the Aphrodite Resort. Having come from the adult film industry, he’s a natural at pleasing women. Only his contract requires him to be six inches tall.... Early into his job, he’s noticed by the assistant director, Heidi. Although it’s forbidden, Heidi is quite fond of Gordon. And then one night, the two agree to hook up as long as they keep it secret....

Rob had tended many guests at the Aphrodite Resort, but the new lady was in a category all to herself.... She wasn’t a celebrity, at least not one he’d ever seen....

When an A-list movie star shows up with a chip on her shoulder, Winston knows just what to do to make her happy. She learns that the little people of the Aphrodite Resort can do all sorts of things, like bring levels of pleasures she’s never known before....

Trouwens, dank je voor het weekendtripje dat je me gunde. Een tegoedbon voor een Two Nights Experience in het Strandhotel in Cadzand … een mooier cadeau is nauwelijks denkbaar. En dat terwijl we hadden afgesproken elkaar deze keer niets te kopen voor onze huwelijksverjaardag. Om de vijf jaar een cadeautje hadden we gezegd. Maar jij kon niet wachten om ons huwelijk alweer te vieren.

We dronken een glaasje buiten, op het terras, met een prachtig zicht op het dal achter zijn huis met de zacht glooiende weiden zover je kon kijken, waar de runderen van de boerderij het groene gras graasden, en paarden rond dartelden, en schapen blaatten, er liepen kippen en ganzen en kalkoenen, twee honden joegen elkaar achterna.