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Wren Embervale knows her duty demands a crown, even if it means a strategic betrothal to the influential Lord Darian Devereux. Their arranged marriage promises the formidable army she needs to wrestle her kingdom from the clutches of the tyrannical usurper, Silas. Yet, Wren’s heart still belongs to Torj Elderbrock, her soul-bonded Warsword.

The subject of Kokoro, which can be translated as 'the heart of things' or as 'feeling,' is the delicate matter of the contrast between the meanings the various parties of a relationship attach to it. In the course of this exploration, Soseki brilliantly describes different levels of friendship, family relationships, and the devices by which men attempt to escape from their fundamental loneliness. The novel sustains throughout its length something approaching poetry, and it is rich in understanding and insight.

Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it’s just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time. Nobody can crack Gianna’s facade...no one anyway, until he comes along. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer; his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he’d envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell.

Rhys Larsen, den arrogante livvakten med det uttryckslösa ansiktet, har svurit att aldrig blanda känslor med jobbet. Han har aldrig lockats till att bryta den regeln – förrän han träffar prinsessan Bridget von Ascheberg. Hon är den förbjudna frukten. Han har svurit att skydda henne, men vill bara förföra henne.Bridget, envis som få och snärjd av sina kungliga plikter, drömmer om att vara fri och få älska som hon vill. Men när hennes bror plötsligt abdikerar tvingas hon in i ett kärlekslöst arrangerat äktenskap och upp på en tron hon aldrig velat beträda.

Will the profound connection between Wren Embervale and Torj Elderbrock end up being their downfall as Wren seeks her place in the world and Torj attempts to shield her?

A man named Georgi sits patiently by his father’s bedside, until a final winter morning. Navigating a season of grief, Georgi parses through the endless stories his father used to tell, and the history of his whole generation—boys born in Bulgaria at the end of World War II, grown into men “often absent—clinging to the snorkel of a cigarette,” swimming in “other waters and clouds.” Out of a barren village yard, Georgi’s father created a special sanctuary: A lush garden where he would live on in the snowdrop sprouts and the first tulips of spring.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ...

Hop in, buckle up, and get ready to RIDE with Elmo! He’s driving around in the Elmobile, which can magically turn into ANYTHING – a train, a helicopter, a giant spring, or even a banana!

Dickens wrote into life some of the most beloved and well-known characters in the history of English literature, introducing us to Pip, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Miss Haversham, and many more who have lived in the imagination of generations of readers and listeners. In this definitive and beautifully curated collection, you discover not only Dickens’s most loved classics, but also hear a short introduction to his life and body of work from Dr Pete Orford.

Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido’s first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations.

La historia de los saqueadores del mar. Hombres sin escrúpulos que, no obstante, ayudaron a crear imperios, construyeron ciudades portuarias y descubrieron rutas comerciales. La piratería es tan antigua como el comercio marino, y no ha habido pueblo en la historia que no la haya sufrido o la haya practicado.

Also known as the Roman Elegies, Erotica Romana is von Goethe's literary tribute to human sexuality and eroticism. Written in 24 elegies to emulate classical Roman elegy writers such as Tibullus, Propertius, and Catullus, von Goethe creates a lyrical work of art that has often been subject to censorship because of the erotic content.

L’incontro casuale tra un uomo, Larraby e una donna, Celia, in un’assolata località di vacanza spagnola è l’incipit che dà il via al racconto di una vita ormai trascorsa. Celia si confida con lo sconosciuto, non gli nasconde nulla del suo passato, soprattutto della sua esperienza matrimoniale andata in frantumi. Parla di sé senza reticenze, forse perché finalmente si è assunta la responsabilità di quanto è accaduto ed è forse disposta a ricominciare a sperare.

L'omicidio dell’anziana signora McGinty sarà come una bomba a scoppio ritardato nel tranquillo paesino di Broadhinny... perché si sa, se sulla scena appare Hercule Poirot, lo spettacolo è assicurato. Coinvolto dal titolare delle indagini nella missione impossibile di salvare il reo confesso a pochi giorni dalla forca, nel corso delle sue ricerche metterà sottosopra la vita degli abitanti del villaggio.

From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year.

This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people? He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled? But we both need to pass this course to graduate. So we’re interviewing five random couples about their meet-cutes and relationships and spending all this time together. Which is certainly...educational.

Charmig, dödlig och smart nog att dölja det – Christian Harper är ett monster klädd i en skräddarsydd gentlemannakostym. Kärlek står inte högt i kurs hos honom, tills han en dag känner sig dragen till kvinnan som bor precis under honom. Hon är den enda gåtan han inte kan lösa. När han får chansen att komma henne närmare erbjuder han henne något hon inte kan säga nej till.Influencern Stella Alonso är en romantiker som håller sitt hjärta i ett järngrepp. När ett hot från förr driver henne till den farligaste mannen hon någonsin träffat är hon frestad att släppa sina spärrar.

For the past two years, a virus aptly named Dawn has risen every day at first light to kill any human it touches, turning them into ravenous zombies. There's no cure, no form of resistance against it, nothing to turn things around. Most of the living humans are gone now. Only those of us with a different kind of blood are spared the killing blow of Dawn. With the dead walking and eating their way across the lands, I fight every day to stay alive. I'm fae and trapped here on Earth after a vacation gone wrong, wandering this doomed realm with only a virtual pet for company.

Olaf, Arendelle’s adorable snowman, loves to read. One day, an unexpected message leads Olaf and his friends Anna, Kristoff, and Sven on a quest for a place known as Haus Biblio, described as a “sea of stories”. This Audible Original spans the group’s journey to Haus Biblio as they cross over mountains, search for monsters under bridges, and have conversations with friendly sheep. During his travels, Olaf makes new friends and hears lots of exciting stories along the way.

Wren Embervale, alchemist-turned-assassin, finds solace in only one thing: seeking vengeance for the death of her friends. The wars of the past may be over, but her thirst for revenge is far from quenched. For years, she has been content with her poisons and potions for company, but when an unknown form of alchemy is used to attack a king of the midrealms, Wren’s time in the shadows comes to an end. She’s offered a place at the ancient alchemy academy of Drevenor to find a cure to the dark magic threatening the kingdoms. To win her spot, she must conquer the Gauntlet.