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Tangier, a sweeping novel of romance and intrigue set in a fabled North African resort, may remind readers of the Alexandria Quartet. In this book Tangier is more than just a place; it is a city of unholy loves. Titled Europeans, Moroccan hustlers, aging former Nazis, decadents of every sort play out their rituals, competing for stunning lovers and social power. Their schemes and passions are a subject of fascination to the hero of the book, a brilliant young police inspector.

On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready" - and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely "at home" (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson's interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was ambivalent toward publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 poems that she tucked into a dresser drawer. In These Fevered Days, Martha Ackmann unravels the mysteries of Dickinson's life through 10 decisive episodes that distill her evolution as a poet.

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her...

Prinzessin Aella, einst aus dem Palast verstoßen, wächst mit anderen Waisenkindern bei einem Orden auf. Doch die Schule, die sie dort besucht, bildet alle im Geheimen zu Spionen des Königreichs aus. Nach Abschluss ihrer Prüfungen wird Aella in das Elite-Team der Absolventen berufen, das ausgerechnet Raven anführt. Alles an ihm zieht sie seit jeher an, er ist mutig, loyal – und tödlich. Die erste Mission ihres Teams wird sie beide an ihre Grenzen führen.

Brought to you by Penguin. 2016 Fresh from her mother's funeral, Mari arrives on Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts to study under the enigmatic painter Elizabeth Devereux. But she soon realises that her relationship to the island runs deeper than she ever thought possible. 1942...

First published by Noble Press in 1992, then reprinted and revised by Lantern in 2005 and 2012, this 30th anniversary edition is revised, expanded, newly typeset, updated, and has a new foreword. It’s the story of Valerie, a 23-year-old police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, whose world is turned upside down when she learns about the abuses of animals in laboratories.

“CAN YOU FEEL THIS?” Chuck Palahniuk, the bestselling author of Fight Club, Choke, and Lullaby continues his twenty-first-century reinvention of the horror novel in this scary and profound look at our quest for some sort of immortality. Diary takes the form of a “coma diary” kept by one...

Leopoldo Estuardo, detective retirado, es contactado por Inés Polti para que investigue el asesinato de su hermano. Estuardo se hace cargo de la investigación de Jerasmus Polti, un reconocido multimillonario, cuyo presunto asesino confeso es David Polti, su hermano psicópata. Con la ayuda de Nina, su centenial asistente, el investigador tendrá que interrogar a los testigos, hacer sus pesquisas y detectar las pistas y mentiras, sólo a través de una pantalla.

A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a...

Siempre ha habido rumores, leyendas, el guerrero que no puede ser asesinado, que ha visto mil civilizaciones levantarse y caer, el guerrero de incontables nombres: Unute, el Hijo del Rayo, la Muerte misma… A quien en estos días se le conoce simplemente como B. Y él sólo anhela ser capaz de morir. Un grupo de operaciones encubiertas del ejército estadounidense le promete conseguir su destino de muerte, todo lo que tiene que hacer a cambio es ayudarles.

Nolan Callahan plant, auch diese Feiertage wie alle anderen davor zu verbringen: Er will die schrecklichen Menschen von Annapolis in seinem ziellosen Dasein als Geist der vergangenen Weihnacht heimsuchen. Als Nolan engagiert wird, die Antiquitätenladenbesitzerin für seinen Weihnachtsspuk heimzusuchen, hat keiner von beiden eine Ahnung, warum. Um einander zu entkommen, müssen Harriet und Nolan die Fäden entwirren, die sie miteinander verbinden - und das alles bis zum Weihnachtsabend.

Als Maggie nackt und frierend in einer Gasse erwacht, erkennt sie das Unmögliche: Sie ist in der Stadt Kair Toren gelandet, inmitten der düsteren Welt ihrer liebsten (unvollendeten) Fantasy‑Buchserie. Bewaffnet nur mit ihrem Wissen über die komplexe Handlung und wichtige Protagonisten...

Martha Beck helps you chart your path in this guided Ideal Day visualization to identify and clarify the waypoints of your life, and to point yourself toward the true north of your greater purpose. Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses...

Carol, who is dying of cancer caused by the toxic pollution in New York in the aftermath of 9/11, needs someone to take care of Harry, who is a great listener but does have a problem with large dogs. He is great with smaller dogs. If he sees a hose he will destroy it to protect you. He will figure out ways to let you know exactly how he feels. When Martha has a chance encounter with Carol's friend, he can't help but notice Minnie, 'oh those chunky little legs', and so the matchmaking begins. 

So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death is the award-winning untold story of the US Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers. From deep ocean caves on the Oregon coast to the panicked and chaotic streets of post-Katrina New Orleans, here are their stunningly heroic stories.

Clementine’s swapped a London flat for a Scottish castle - but will she get her fairytale ending? After discovering they had inherited an enormous fortune, as well as the titles of 'Lady’, the lives of the five Hiverton sisters have never been the same. While oldest sister Ariana settles in Norfolk, fashion designer Clementine heads to the Scottish Highlands to investigate their newly inherited castle. Not bad for a girl brought up in poverty in a tiny house in East London.

To Faedra, faeries were nothing more than the figurines she collected and displayed in her curio cabinet. She was in for a surprise. Faedra had no idea that faeries controlled nature, and with a book no less. Nor did she know that her ancestors had protected an ancient fae amulet for thousands of years. An amulet that, if ever was reunited with the book, would give the wearer power to control the weather, too.

Die einstige Hollywood-Filmikone Evelyn Hugo ist endlich bereit auszupacken und die Wahrheit über ihr schillerndes Leben und ihre skandalösen sieben Ehen zu erzählen. Sie fragt die Lokaljournalistin Monique Grant als Ghostwriterin an. Monique ist darüber mehr als erstaunt, schließlich hat sie seit Jahren keinen großen Artikel mehr geschrieben. Könnte das ihre Chance sein?

Zwei heiße Footballspieler und eine Frau, die sich entscheiden muss: Für den Bad Boy, der ihr schon einmal das Herz gebrochen hat, oder den Good Guy, der alles dafür tut, um es wieder zusammenzusetzen Jahrelang habe ich vom College geträumt, und dabei gab es immer eine Konstante: Chase, den...

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