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A thrilling magical fantasy debut about an ancient feud between Queen Titania and King Oberon. "A fantastical treat for readers of 10 and up." —Literary Review All is not well in the kingdom of Silvanland. An ancient feud between Queen Titania and King Oberon has turned into a merciless war...

A razor-sharp dramedy following a twenty-something comic as she navigates family grief, dysfunctional friendship, and a date gone very wrong. Virginia is twenty-three and a stand-up comedian. In between working the rounds of Toronto’s small comedy club circuit and auditioning for paper towel...

One of the masterpieces of English fiction, Daniel Deronda tells the intertwined stories of two characters as they each come to discover the truth of their natures. Gwendolen Harleth is the beautiful, high-spirited daughter of an impoverished upper-class family. Daniel Deronda, the adopted son of an aristocratic Englishman, is searching for his path in life.

Amy Winehouse, brilliant singer and tragic figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Frank ha diciannove anni ed è figlio dell’attraente tenutaria di una casa di appuntamenti in una città del Nord durante l’occupazione nazista. Freddo, scostante, insolente, solitario, Frank vuole in segreto una cosa sola: iniziarsi alla vita. E crede che il modo migliore per farlo sia uccidere qualcuno senza ragione. Con sbalorditiva sicurezza, Simenon entra nella testa di questo personaggio al limite fra l’abiezione e una paradossale innocenza, e intorno a lui fa vivere il mondo della neve sporca – la sordida scena di una città dove tutto è tradimento, rancore, doppio gioco.

Hero and Leander is a Greek myth concerning the tragic story of two lovers. One was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in a tower in Sestos, and the other a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her, with Hero's lamp at the top of her tower as his guiding light, and they shared a warm summer of love.

Bob Lazar was a brilliant young physicist that found himself employed at a top-secret facility in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas. Under the watchful eye of the government elite, he is tasked with understanding an exotic propulsion system being used by an advanced aerospace vehicle he is told came from outer space. The stressful work and long, odd hours start to wear on Bob and he becomes concerned for his safety. He tells his wife and a couple close friends about what he's doing in the desert, and his employers find out and are furious.

Cambie sus prioridades para cambiar su vida y su hogar. Deja que Dios lleve a cabo su más grandioso deseo para ti. Deja que Él te transforme, preparando tu corazón y tu mente para abrazar su increíble obra. Encontrarás el gozo y la paz en una vida de oración, una vida con prioridades en consonancia con Una mujer conforme al corazón de Dios.

Der alte Krieg des gelben Herrschers! Unter der verwüsteten Oberfläche des Pseudo-Planeten Vhetror 43 ist das Leben ein ständiger Kampf gegen das Unbekannte. Tunnelritter Drake Bilsky und seine Notfallcrew wagen sich in die unbekannten Tiefen des Vaults Cebire, wo die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Albtraum verschwimmen. In diesem postapokalyptischen Szenario trifft Sci-Fi-Horror auf kosmischen Schrecken, der an die düstersten Erzählungen von H.P. Lovecraft erinnert.

Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen and global star: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

A dança dos dragões é o quinto livro da saga As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo, dando continuidade à trama de O festim dos corvos e trazendo personagens novos e conhecidos em disputas acirradas por um reino à beira da ruína.

Há séculos os sete grandes reinos de Westeros se enfrentam em amargas disputas, batalhas e traições. Agora, com Joffrey Baratheon e Robb Stark fora da jogada e lordes insignificantes competindo pelas Ilhas de Ferro, a guerra que devorou o continente parece ter finalmente chegado ao fim. No entanto, como após todo grande conflito, não demora para que os sobreviventes, os bandidos, os renegados e os carniceiros avancem para disputar o espólio dos mortos.

Alles über die berühmteste Familie aus "Game of Thrones" und "House of the Dragon". Jahrhunderte lang herrschte das Haus Targaryen über den Kontinent Westeros, während seine Drachen die Lüfte regierten. Dieses Hörbuch widmet sich dem Aufstieg dieser Dynastie, beginnend mit der Eroberung von Westeros durch Aegon Targaryen bis hin zum legendären Drachentanz, der die Familie fast auslöschte. Die Targaryen – und ihre Drachen – erwachen in dieser Chronik eindrücklich zum Leben.

"J'ai adoré ma mère, je ne l'ai pas aimée. De son côté, j'étais pour elle l'enfant des bois, le fruit d'une volupté inouïe : ce fruit, elle l'avait nourri dans sa dévotion enfantine, retour de la folle tendresse, angoissée et gaie, qu'elle me donnait, rarement, mais qui m'éblouissait. J'étais né de l'éblouissement de ses jeux d'enfant, et je crois qu'elle n'aima jamais un homme. [...] elle n'eut dans sa vie qu'un violent désir, celui de m'éblouir et de me perdre dans le scandale où elle se voulait perdue."

Penguin Classics presents George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Eleanor Bron. 'What can I do? ... I must get up in the morning and do what every one else does. It is all like a dance...

This multi-layered novel concerns complex social relationships in a provincial Victorian neighborhood and the struggle to hold fast to personal integrity in a materialistic environment.

Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centered, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the idealistic Deronda seems to offer the hope of a brighter future. Deronda is searching for a vocation, and in embracing the Jewish cause he finds one that is both visionary and life-changing.

London Granger gave up her modeling career for investigative journalism only to discover no one would hire her to write anything important. The only way out of her dead-end job? Investigate something the internet will actually read. That’s how her next assignment becomes “What’s it Really Like to Date a Billionaire?” Her boss hooks her up on a glitzy getaway to St. Kitts as the companion of obscenely wealthy Miranda Northbrooke. Miranda’s only request: when they inevitably run into the ex who dumped her, London must play the role of Miranda’s adoring new girlfriend.

No straight women. No parents of students. Nobody under 35. Vanessa Martini makes no apologies for her dating checklist. She’s been up close to enough messy breakups to know what havoc they wreak in life. Just because people see her as fun and happy, and just because she loves her life in general, that doesn’t mean she can’t be careful. Or discerning. Or, okay, fine, super picky.

Prepare to be spooked! Here are tales of vampires, werewolves, and things that go bump in the night!