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They were destined to save the world from an ancient evil. Talos is a magic wielder, born into the mage guild of firecrafters. As an agent of the Overworld Police, he has come from a secret land to protect Earth from magicians intent on enslaving humanity. Mila has always had the gift of healing. But this very modern woman never realized that her skill was born of an ancient magic that only firecraft can fully unlock.

Former Mafia hit man Tony Giodone has been through a lot - he’s turned into a werewolf, with a human mate and a pack leader tougher than his old Mob boss. And he’s developed a powerful psychic ability: He can see into the past through other people’s memories.

Writing with the same mastery that has won him praise for his fiction, Richards takes us - even those unfamiliar with days spent in chilly waters - on an unforgettable journey to the famed Miramichi River. Casting new light on the mysterious and elegant world of fly fishing, it teems with lore and wisdom, humor, and most of all, passion.

In the early years of Adams Golf, entrepreneur Barney Adams labored in obscurity. He collected six patents for his golf products, manufacturing fine equipment but enjoying no sales. Everything changed for him and his company in 1996, though, when he invented the Tight Lies fairway wood. Working as a custom fitter, his customers repeatedly asked for a club they could play from "long iron" distance, from 180 to 220 yards to the green. Adams knew the technical secret was to lower the club's center of gravity.

He's a wolf… She's a jaguar…Raphael is a former agent of the shape shifter secret police, forced into retirement after a very public scandal. Now he's assigned to help the victim of a hideous crime - a woman who has been attacked by a serial killer, and accidentally turned into a were-jaguar.

La Floride est une région très chaude du globe. Un maitre-chanteur et des photos compromettantes plus tard, me voilà enrôlée comme call-girl au pays de l'Oncle Sam. À la poursuite de clichés classés X, parviendrais-je à satisfaire tous les hommes que je rencontrerai et à aider l'homme que j'aime ? Moi Sarah, je suis une Nouvelle Amazone et je vous raconte mon aventure débridée au cœur d'un club de Daytona-Beach ! Dans l'Antiquité, les Amazones étaient un peuple de guerrières, d'une beauté irrésistible. Aujourd'hui, les Nouvelles Amazones allient, comme leurs ancêtres, la séduction et l'indépendance.

When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, best-selling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card and Jane Yolen to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans.

In this collection of six short stories, the people of Pride and Prejudice move on, grow up, and explore paths not taken. Time leads these beloved characters down roads of self-discovery, courage, and heartbreak. And sometimes the journey takes them to surprising places.

Hippocrates earned the title “Father of Medicine” for his extensive work in ancient Greece. He effectively established medicine as a profession. Modern doctors still swear to uphold the ethical standards he laid out in the Hippocratic Oath. His work On Surgery provides a fascinating look into medical history and the historical practices of this great physician.

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United States, Henry Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. An immediate bestseller awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, The Education of Henry Adams recounts his own and the country's education from 1838, the year of his birth, to 1905, incorporating the Civil War, capitalist expansion, and the growth of the United States as a world power.

Few works have so firmly established their position in American literature as The Education of Henry Adams. As a man of extraordinary gifts and learning and a member of one of the greatest American families, Henry Adams wrote an insightful exploration of himself and the tumultuous age in which he lived.

Kate Reilly is having a bad month. She's on trial for murders she didn't commit. She's next on the list of a serial killer. The parasitic vampires known as the Thrall want her to investigate the murder of their young, and will use any means necessary to force her to bow to their demands. And - possibly worst of all - her boyfriend Tom's werewolf pack is trying to break them up so Tom can mate with a werewolf to ensure the survival of his pack.

Know your enemies. It's good advice - and Kate always thought she did. But everything has changed: there’s a new force at the head of the Thrall collective. A force brilliant enough and ruthless enough to hide its sinister plan behind humanitarian work - building and funding halfway houses to ease the victims of drugs and the Thrall back into society

A Southern single mother cares for her family and considers new relationships. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

For 300 years, Princess Dria has avoided the drama of the royal court by training as a battle mage. When her father summons her back to court just as she begins to rise up the ranks, she's furious. Even worse, she must work with her estranged brother Ralan on a mission to Earth. But as soon as Dria arrives at Moranaia's new outpost, her brother drops the leadership of the entire place into her hands. Now she's in charge of fortifying a new outpost on a planet she's never even visited.

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen's estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version. But Lena isn't buying it. Now she's come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin's car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister's body.

En kidnappad liten flicka inlåst i en främlings skåpbil. Ingen hjälp att få på flera mils avstånd. Vad skulle du göra? När collegestudenten Darby Thorne är på väg hem till Utah för att träffa sin döende mamma blir hon fast i en våldsam snöstorm uppe i Klippiga bergen. Eftersom det inte går att ta sig fram på vägarna längre tvingas hon att vänta ut stormen på en avlägsen rastplats. I huset finns några varuautomater, lite kaffe och fyra fullkomliga främlingar.I sin desperation att få täckning för att kunna ringa hem går Darby ut i snöstormen... och gör en fasansfull upptäckt.

Hun, som ønsker at være dronning, må vinde kongens kærlighed - og rigets. Whitehall udspiller sig i det 17. århundrede hos den engelske konge Charles II hofs og er fortællingen om hans dronning, den portugisiske prinsesse, Catherine af Braganza. Hendes rejse for at finde sin plads som den udenlandske hustru i en tid fyldt med politiske og religiøse intriger - for ikke at nævne "den muntre monarks" mange elskerinder - er en fortælling om udholdenhed, som kun en ægte dronning kan mønstre.

Hun, som ønsker at være dronning, må vinde kongens kærlighed - og rigets. "Whitehall" udspiller sig i det 17. århundrede hos den engelske konge Charles II hofs og er fortællingen om hans dronning, den portugisiske prinsesse, Catherine af Braganza. Hendes rejse for at finde sin plads som den udenlandske hustru i en tid fyldt med politiske og religiøse intriger - for ikke at nævne "den muntre monarks" mange elskerinder - er en fortælling om udholdenhed, som kun en ægte dronning kan mønstre.

Hun, som ønsker at være dronning, må vinde kongens kærlighed - og rigets. "Whitehall" udspiller sig i det 17. århundrede hos den engelske konge Charles II hofs og er fortællingen om hans dronning, den portugisiske prinsesse, Catherine af Braganza. Hendes rejse for at finde sin plads som den udenlandske hustru i en tid fyldt med politiske og religiøse intriger - for ikke at nævne'den muntre monarks' mange elskerinder - er en fortælling om udholdenhed, som kun en ægte dronning kan mønstre.