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Appearing in 1852, Basil was Wilkie Collins’s second published novel. The eponymous narrator is emotionally torn between two women: Margaret Sherwin and his sister Clara. His marriage to Margaret, a draper’s sexually precocious daughter, is to remain secret and unconsummated for the first year, as agreed with her father.

Esta nueva aventura reúne a Gregor con su murciélago, Ares, con la princesa rebelde Luxa y con otros insólitos aliados. Todos juntos seguirán el peligroso y letal Canal en busca de una temible rata blanca, protagonista de la Segunda Profecía. Gregor tendrá que enfrentarse a la posibilidad de sufrir su mayor pérdida y tomar decisiones sobre la vida y la muerte que determinarán el futuro de las Tierras Bajas.

Every famous love song has been written by an alpha for an omega. As a beta, I've never expected to be anyone's muse. I'm happy to stick in the background—and with a past like mine, it's simply safer avoiding the spotlight. That changes the day I learn my long-lost brother is Stix Rain, the drummer for one of the biggest rock bands in the world. We lost touch when we went into foster care. He ran away, I stayed, and I still carry the scars from growing up alone. I have so many questions for him—until I discover he died three months ago.

As the popularity of Feng Shui, the Chinese art of placement, grows, so does the demand to integrate its invaluable principles into our Western culture. On this informative audio program, Terah Kathryn Collins translates the Eastern mysteries of Feng Shui into practical guidelines that can...

Henrietta und ihr gemütliches Antiquitätengeschäft haben die turbulente Weihnachtszeit voller kauflustiger Touristen und ungebetenen Einbrechern überstanden. Doch dann ereignet sich im Leuchtturm von Hearts Grove eine Tragödie: Nicht nur das Licht ist erloschen, es wird auch eine Leiche gefunden. Ehe Henrietta sich versieht, steckt sie mal wieder mitten in einem neuen Mordfall. Und als kurz darauf ein zweiter Toter auftaucht, wird klar: Hier geht etwas sehr Dunkles vor sich. Kann Henrietta die Fakten aufklären und einen weiteren Mörder fassen?

Orpheline et responsable de son petit frère, Lou n'a d'autre ambition que de survivre en entrant à la Sorbonne. De son côté, Nils, riche héritier d'une influente famille, exhibe une grande arrogance afin de masquer une douleur profonde. La rencontre entre les deux fait des étincelles, mais chacun reconnaît en l'autre une faille familière. Une certaine attirance grandit peu à peu.

Als ze de vrijgevochten commune waarin ze is opgegroeid omruilt voor een New Yorkse universiteitscampus, realiseert Sandra Tierney zich dat ze niet langer de eindjes aan elkaar kan knopen met alleen de 'gunfactor'. Mark Hollings heeft meer geld en macht dan waar de meeste mannen van kunnen dromen. Hij is dan ook geschokt als zijn pittige assistente hem uitdaagt met een schandalig voorstel. Mark en Sandra zijn al snel verwikkeld in een gepassioneerd machtsspel.

Non puoi rifiutarti di partecipare agli Hunger Games. Una volta scelto, il tuo destino è scritto. Dovrai lottare fino all'ultimo, persino uccidere per farcela. Katniss ha vinto. Ma è davvero salva? Dopo la settantaquattresima edizione degli Hunger Games, l'implacabile reality show che si svolge a Panem ogni anno, lei e Peeta sono, miracolosamente, ancora vivi. Katniss dovrebbe sentirsi sollevata, perfino felice. Dopotutto, è riuscita a tornare dalla sua famiglia e dall'amico di sempre, Gale.

È la mattina della mietitura che inaugura la decima edizione degli Hunger Games. A Capitol City, il diciottenne Coriolanus Snow si sta preparando con cura: è stato chiamato a partecipare ai Giochi in qualità di mentore e sa bene che questa potrebbe essere la sua unica possibilità di accedere alla gloria. La casata degli Snow, un tempo potente, sta attraversando la sua ora più buia.

Considered the first full-length detective novel in the English language, T.S. Eliot described The Moonstone as 'the first and greatest English detective novel'. The stone of the title is an enormous yellow diamond plundered from an Indian shrine after the Siege of Seringapatam. Given to Miss Verinder on her 18th birthday, it mysteriously disappears that very night. Suspicion falls on three Indian jugglers who have been seen in the neighbourhood. Sergeant Cuff is assigned to the case....

After spending some years abroad, Gerard Roylake returns to England to take up his inheritance at Trimley Deen. As he assumes his complicated new life amongst strangers, his encounter with Cristel Toller, the miller’s daughter, recalls happier childhood memories and brings him into contact with a strangely beautiful man known only as the Lodger.

Published in 1888, The Legacy of Cain is the last of Wilkie Collins’s completed novels. Two sisters, Helen and Eunice, are brought up by their father, Reverend Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept the girls in ignorance of their true ages, to disguise the fact that one of them was adopted after her birth mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. In time, both girls fall for the same man, Philip Dunboyne, but when he eventually chooses one of the sisters, events take a sinister turn.

When two young brothers, Archibald and Jockabeb, find and old leather map hidden in the forest just beyond their backyard, they can't help but sneak out one night to follow its path. So begins the first of the boys' amazing adventures. After a terrifying encounter with supernatural creatures, the boys meet a young Indian brave, Haktu, who shares with them the tragic story of how he was separated from his tribe and placed under an evil spell.

Walter Hartright, a drawing teacher to two sisters, wants to marry Laura, though she is betrothed to another. But who is the mysterious woman in white he encounters? Wilkie Collins was a master of suspense, but his transfer to audiobook requires a cast of readers to faithfully reflect the11 different characters who tell the story. Naxos AudioBooks brings together a strong cast to bring alive the mystery and suspense of The Woman in White.

I was a fool for letting my fake stepbrothers get inside my head. I believed their lies, the twisted history they fed me when I was weak and afraid. But that's all over. They might have traded me away like I was nothing, but it opened my eyes to the truth. I was never Bisha's baby, and now I get to choose who I am and who I want to claim as my own.

One night to forget. One firefighter who’s impossible to. When Everly returns home for the Fourth of July weekend, the last thing she expects is to hook up with her dad’s newest recruit—a charming firefighter with quiet eyes and a touch that sparks something she’s not ready to name. Luke knows he shouldn’t fall for his captain’s daughter. But one night with Everly turns into more than just a holiday memory. Now she's the one woman he can't stop thinking about… Too bad the universe—and Everly’s dad—keep pushing them together.

Sloane dumped the golden boy. She didn’t plan on falling for his older brother. Cole keeps his promises and his shop clean. He’s the first quiet breath Sloane’s had in months—until her powerful ex torpedoes her job and turns Sunday dinner into a battlefield. Cole’s done being polite. He puts himself between Sloane and the mess, even if it burns bridges he was raised to protect.

When art teacher Walter Hartright meets a frightened woman dressed entirely in white, her cryptic warnings hint at a hidden conspiracy. Soon after, Walter arrives at a country estate where he becomes entangled in the lives of two sisters—one gentle and trusting, the other sharp and perceptive—both surrounded by secrets they don't fully understand. As strange events unfold and powerful enemies begin to close in, a web of deception, identity theft, and betrayal slowly emerges.

Juliette pensait repartir de zéro. Quitter Paris, son mec et sa vie bien rangée pour s'installer en Toscane. Son rêve ? Produire des pistaches, faire du yoga au lever du soleil, écouter Taylor Swift en boucle et s'inventer une existence douce et gourmande – à l'image de son tiramisu à la pistache préféré. Jusqu'à ce qu'Orso entre en scène. Producteur d'huile d'olive au charme brut et au caractère bien trempé, il voit d'un très mauvais œil l'arrivée de cette Française qui ose bousculer les traditions. Entre eux, les piques fusent et les regards s'accrochent.

This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world’s football codes...