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Hui de un crimen involuntario. Hui de los hombres que no me quisieron. Hui de una guerra. Esta es mi historia, entre España y Orán, junto al Mediterráneo. Orán. Años 20, siglo xx. En esta ciudad africana de origen árabe, pulso español y administración francesa desembarca una joven con el falso nombre de Cecilia Belmonte. En apariencia, ha cruzado el Mediterráneo para escapar de la miseria, como tantos compatriotas. Su razón, sin embargo, es más turbia. La urgencia por sobrevivir la obliga a dejarse la piel en plantaciones y lavaderos, como empleada doméstica y operaria de fábrica a destajo.

There's just no rest for Valek, Ixia’s Chief of Security. Challenges are constant and new problems arrive daily, including a request to help Castletown’s watch solve the mystery of a string of nighttime disturbances, and keeping a close eye on the Commander’s food taster as she schemes her way back into business. As if that isn't enough, the Commander’s life is threatened. Is the assassination attempt on the Commander a declaration of war by the Sitian Council, or is it a ruse by an unknown party to incite a war between Ixia and Sitia?

England is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and dragon kind. Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind.

"It's suicide, Shyla. You're the prize they want". Through her courage and tenacity, Shyla Sun-Kissed has awoken the power of The Eyes of Tamburah. But this feat only marks the beginning of the challenges that the magical order, the Invisible Sword, faces to free the underground city of Zirdai. Though they have allies among the monks and splinter cells inside the city, Shyla knows the Invisible Sword doesn't have the strength to win. With the group fracturing due to the strain of losses from their latest ordeal, it's up to Shyla to forge a new united order.

Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing. Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior keeper to dragon Kellynch. With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe. Not to mention, there was the pesky matter of her own broken heart and resentment against the old friend who had caused it.

Darcy thought his problems were over when Pemberley hatched and successfully imprinted on humans. But baby dragons prove far more difficult than any dragon lore prepared him for. Only Elizabeth Bennet's notes offer him any help. When his imperious Aunt Catherine takes matters into her own hands, things take a turn for the worse and Pemberley’s life hangs in the balance. He desperately needs more of Elizabeth’s help, but she ignores all of his requests. Elizabeth, though, has problems of her own.

Smugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams. After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place. The she-dragons, though, are no match for what Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy finds waiting for him in London.

One would think Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, would find the marriage mart far easier to navigate than a more ordinary woman. One would be wrong. After refusing a poor, but otherwise perfect sailor, on the advice of her friend Lady Russell, Anne finds an unhappy choice before her: marry deathly dull Charles Musgrove or hope against hope that another suitable proposal might come her way before she becomes a spinster on the shelf.

Maria: Criminals. Mafia. That’s what everyone said we were. I never believed the rumors, though. I’d know if anything shady was happening in my family. Except…I didn’t. When my best friend disappears from the Belvedere, I knew I could find her. Because while I might be clueless about my family, I know everything that happens in my hotel. That’s when I found him. I thought he was the bad guy. My enemy. He wasn’t. But just because I misjudged him doesn’t mean he can’t destroy me….and my heart…

Fille de pionniers qui travaillent à réduire l'immensité de la forêt canadienne, Maria Chapdelaine a les rêves de ses dix-huit ans : suivre François Paradis, un trappeur dont elle est devenue amoureuse et qui a promis de l'épouser à son retour, le printemps venu. Mais, à la veille de Noël, brûlant de retrouver sa bien-aimée, François quitte le Grand Nord et s'engage sur des chemins que l'hiver a pourtant coupés.

A Sicilian rival to Helen of Troy is sent by the gods into the 21st century's "Witness Protection Program" to pose as an English teacher and preserve the course of history. She meets Nick, another teacher, who is taken with her and is puzzled by her obsession with the tale of "The Odyssey." The gods and goddesses are attempting to avert a crisis caused by Zeus being duped by the Oracle, who in tum was tricked by Aphrodite, which complicates a prophecy that leads Maria and Nick back 3,000 years to Sicily and an encounter with Odysseus.

The know dancing duet Tommy and Maria believed that their lives were in perfect order. Unfortunately, the pair was notified of the secrets that their parents have kept from their whole lives. Part of it entails being hunted by demons. They also entailed to Tommy's beloved mother Erinyes and Maria's father Thanatos were not only not their biological parents, but they were also demons living on Earth to protect humans. Witnessing their late parent's deaths caused Tommy and Maria to explore the abandoned hospital where Thanatos and Erinyes found them when they were babies.

"Diejenigen, die ihre Nüstern in den Aufwind am Morgen strecken, die werden aussterben! ..."(Maria Cortéz) Sind die Geschichten über fliegende Pferde nur Legenden, oder gibt es sie wirklich? Als die fünfzigjährige Pferdenärrin Rike mit ihrem Mann Hannes nach Spanien auswandert, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass sie bald Bekanntschaft mit einer blinden, alten Dame machen wird, deren Geschichten ihre Welt komplett auf den Kopf stellen werden. Maria Cortéz und ihr Lebensgefährte José hüten nämlich ein Geheimnis, das bereits seit der Antike versucht wird, vom Großteil der Weltbevölkerung zu verbergen.

In this third book of the Maria series, young attorney Luke Smith enlists the help of Maria, now 16, to find his ex-fiancée, Becca and her baby daughter who he thinks may be his. Mother and daughter are in the Philippines with the rogue federal agent Brent Danes, the man who broke up Luke's engagement to Becca through a series of missteps and accidental encounters. Are Brent and Becca now together, together, or is it just two friends with big trouble helping each other out?

After her mother's death, Delaney Byrne faces escalating debts and a sister to support. Their home is burglarized, hinting at her mother’s obsession with a hidden treasure in Arizona's mountains. When her estranged best friend, Joss, proposes one final treasure hunt, Delaney is skeptical but desperate. As they delve into the wilderness, Delaney and Joss navigate a maze of old betrayals and hidden dangers. Each clue they uncover draws them closer to the treasure but deeper into risk. Delaney vows not to repeat her mother’s mistakes, but the mountain’s perils are relentless, and trust is scarce.

Brought to you by Penguin. Maria is, in no particular order: a concept artist at one of Canada's biggest videogame studios, the goddess of Mount Makiling in the Philippines, and in love. And right now, being in love is her biggest problem. Because when Maria falls in love, tragedy and death...

Agosto de 2018. En Aldeanegra, localidad de la provincia de Salamanca, Regino, hombre huraño y solitario, es testigo del rapto de Marcos, un niño del pueblo. Un día después Regino aparece muerto en un bosque con signos de violencia. La investigación recae en dos guardias civiles que se han visto obligados a formar equipo y tienen personalidades y experiencias muy distintas.

Kara Ben Nemsi und Hadschi Halef Omar versuchen einige Dorfbewohner zu befreien. Wird ihnen das gelingen? Maria oder Fatima stammt aus dem Hörbuch Auf fremden Pfaden (Band 23 der Gesammelten Werke).

Fake News se desarrolla en un tiempo donde la opresión y el totalitarismo reinarán en el mundo. Dentro del género de ficción, la historia destaca el papel de internet, la ciencia y la tecnología en los planes de opresión de un grupo llamado los MK30. Herederos de las billonarias fortunas acumuladas por los más ricos del planeta, principalmente en las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI.

La luz de los Días Antiguos es una novela cuyo inicio acontece en un pazo de La Coruña, junto al pueblo de Miño. Los protagonistas son tres niños primos hermanos, dos varones hermanos, oriundos de Madrid, y una niña hija única del Marqués de Ribalta, rico terrateniente del lugar, viudo, quien mima con exceso y es el causante de la inquietante personalidad de Laura.