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William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments.

"Stoner" - pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1965 - è stato per parecchio tempo uno dei grandi romanzi dimenticati della letteratura americana. John Williams racconta la vita di un uomo, Stoner appunto, che, nato in una famiglia di contadini poveri, finisce per scoprire dentro di sé una passione struggente per la letteratura e diventa professore. È la storia di un uomo che conduce una vita semplice al limite della frugalità. Una vita che lascia poche tracce.

Cuidado con lo que deseas... El precio de la perfección podría ser tu condena. En una cocina ahora silenciosa, Sheryl Hawne yace en un charco de sangre. A su lado está su única hija, Katie, aún con el arma homicida en la mano y aparentemente incapaz de hablar. Para la detective Kim Stone, el caso parece claro y resuelto. Pero Katie no está en condiciones de ser interrogada, así que Kim y su equipo tendrán que profundizar para entender qué desencadenó ese acto tan brutal.

It’s been two years since I was traded to the Stone Riders Motorcycle Club. While it saved my life, I was forced to leave behind the only person that ever mattered to me. Dripping with tattoos, his hair as dark as his soul, the brooding president of the Death Raiders still holds my heart… even if he doesn't seem to know what to do with it. Yet, Silas has watched me from afar for years, always protecting me from a distance and creating havoc on my tattered emotions. To love and be loved an arm's length away has been torture…until it seemed we might finally free ourselves of this pain.

I didn't really consider myself part of my father's legacy...until I found out what he left behind in his will: property, ten acres to be exact, which included the headquarters for his beloved motorcycle club. I had no idea that accepting the terms of my inheritance would thrust me into a battle with the new club president, Wesley Ryan. He's unfathomably handsome, menacing, and formidable in every way. But his derision toward me only makes me cling that much tighter to my birthright. That is, it did until he decides to play dirty.

Soren has mastered every aspect of dragon care, yet his boss pays him poverty wages while selling dragons for fortunes. When his father's death leaves impossible debt and his sister becomes an indentured servant, Soren has to earn an impossible sum to free her. Two women see what others missed. Faye, the fierce ranch girl who saves his life, believes in him when no one else will. Nova, the elite dragon rider, recognizes the master trainer hidden beneath society's dismissal.

Going home wasn’t an option, not when I promised Callie I’d stay. She swore I’d eventually feel like I belonged in this small town. The club ensured I had a job, and a place to live which reluctantly earned my loyalty—until I discovered their little caveat. The apartment technically belonged to the new president. I was welcome to stay… as long as I understood it meant sharing. And my new roommate? The very man who turned avoidance into an Olympic sport.

When I wrote to Callum Rose five years ago, I never expected a response. He was an up-and-coming rock star, after all, and I was just a shy seventeen-year-old. He did write back, though, and through hundreds of emails, we became best friends. Until the day we unknowingly broke each other’s hearts. It’s been three years since our last email. I’m all grown up with a new job at Good Music and finally have my act together. But then Callum Rose walks in the door, and I’m instantly thrown back to the days when he meant everything to me.

¿Cuán lejos estás dispuesto a llegar para proteger tus secretos más siniestros? La adolescente Sadie Winters es encontrada muerta tras haber saltado desde el tejado del edificio de su colegio. Todo apunta a que fue un suicidio, el devastador acto final de una niña cargada de problemas. Pero, cuando en el mismo colegio aparece el cuerpo maltrecho de otro chico, para la detective Kim Stone se hace evidente que estas muertes no han sido trágicos accidentes.

Every stone sings as it finds its purpose. This is the lesson restless Salome learns from her father as she grows up by the Sea of Galilee. Known as the wild girl with the quick tongue, Salome is determined to silence the critics who claim she has no future. An unexpected romance and the gift of two sons, James and John, leave her hopeful and resolved to prove herself as a mother.

El don de hablar con los muertos…. puede costarte la vida. Una noche, mientras el último tañido de las campanas de la iglesia resuena en el aire, el cuerpo frío y sin vida de Sandra Deakin es hallado con múltiples heridas de arma blanca en el cementerio. La detective Kim Stone llega rápidamente al lugar, y la violencia que presenta el cuerpo la convence de que el ataque fue personal. ¿Qué podría haber causado tanto odio? Mientras el equipo empieza a investigar la vida de la víctima, descubren que Sandra creía tener la capacidad de comunicarse con los muertos.

Fifteen years have passed since Meekah of Zohar Pride took Nala away from me. My fated mate, my reason for breathing. The separation was necessary—she needed to learn control over her lion—but the loss has hollowed me. I've spent these years building my dream: House of Boker, the first truly diverse supernatural pack in Wintermoon's history. I've secured a position at the Academy, constructed a home worthy of my mate, and established myself as alpha. Everything is in place. Now it's time to bring Nala home where she belongs.

Sich in die kleine Schwester meines besten Freundes zu verlieben, ist keine gute Idee. Schon gar nicht, wenn sie auch noch die Ex meines eigenen Bruders ist. Aber als Stella Harding zurück nach Sweetwater kommt, mit ihrem Großstadt-Flair und ihrem Südstaaten-Charme, ist alles, was ich will, sie. Als sie sich den Fuß verletzt und länger in unserer Heimatstadt bleiben muss, nutze ich meine Chance und biete ihr Hilfe an. Dass diese Hilfe zufällig darin besteht, sie auf Händen zu tragen … Nun, ein Mann kann es eindeutig schlechter treffen.

A cold war between the American-led Alliance and the Domination, rivals in the Draka conquest, erupts in a space confrontation that will decide the freedom or slavery of humankind.

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she ruminates on her childhood in the nearby town. She finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget.

I cheated death itself and returned to the glorious city on the Neva, the one we built together with the Czar. Three hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. I've awakened in the body of a young count with a scandalous reputation. But I am still an artificer. I am home. And I can become even stronger now—just as soon as I deal with a few lingering problems...and put a couple of particularly irritating nobles in their place.

William Stoner wird 1891 als Sohn armer Farmer in Missouri geboren. Das Landwirtschaftsstudium lässt er ohne Reue hinter sich, als er seine Liebe zur Literatur entdeckt. Hart arbeitet er für seinen Aufstieg, bringt es bis zum Professor. Doch sonst ist sein Leben enttäuschungsreich: Seine Ehefrau entpuppt sich als gefühlskalte Intrigantin, die seine enge Beziehung zur Tochter zerstört, die leidenschaftliche Liebe zu einer Studentin muss er aufgeben. Und ein Widersacher an der Uni setzt alles daran, Stoners Reputation zu beschädigen. Ein großartiger Roman über einen Mann, der seine Würde durch alle Widernisse rettet.

¡Pito, pito, gorgorito! Yo decido si tu vida quito... Cuando se descubre el cuerpo de un médico brutalmente asesinado en un bosque local, la detective Kim Stone se sorprende al descubrir que la víctima es Gordon Cordell, un hombre vinculado a un caso anterior en el que murió una joven colegiala. Gordon tiene un pasado accidentado, pero ¿quién querría que muriera? A medida que avanza la investigación, el hijo de Gordon se ve involucrado en un horrible accidente automovilístico que lo deja luchando por su vida. Y Kim está segura de que no fue un accidente.

Un libertino sobreprotector. Una osada marisabidilla. Un matrimonio por conveniencia entre dos opuestos… que se enamoran perdidamente. ¿Una propuesta de matrimonio? ¡Ni en sueños! Esa siempre ha sido la respuesta de lady Calliope Seaton. Sin embargo, ahora debe conseguir los documentos navales para rescatar a su hermano Spencer. Y hará lo que sea necesario para tenerlos en su poder, incluso si eso significa casarse con el oficial de la marina de mala reputación Nathaniel Fitzgerald, duque de Kelford.

Pensaban que estaban a salvo. Se equivocaron. Para la detective Kim Stone, el homicidio de una joven prostituta y la aparición de un bebé abandonado en la misma noche de invierno señalan el comienzo de una inquietante investigación, una que la pondrá frente a frente con alguien de su horrenda infancia.