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Her Wickham Falls SEAL

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Taryn’s moved to a new town—and found a new man!—in the latest Wickham Falls Weddings story!Aiden Gibson is devoted to his daughters, he’s a former Navy SEAL and he’s gifted as a chef. But Taryn Robinson is living in his house and homeschooling his children, which makes Aiden completely off-limits. Taryn knows she and the strong, sexy SEAL can only be friends. Or could she, Aiden and the girls be a perfect family in the making?

The Death of Ivan Ilych

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich was first published in 1886. It is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is one of Tolstoy's most celebrated pieces of late fiction. This work stems in part from Tolstoy's anguished intellectual and spiritual struggles which led to his conversion to Christianity. Central to the story is an examination on the nature of both life and death, and how man can come to terms with death's very inevitability. The novella was acclaimed by Vladimir Nabokov and Mahatma Gandhi as the greatest in the whol

Fortune Found

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From a USA Today–bestselling author, a single mom enters a pretend relationship to appease her meddling family only to fall for her fake boyfriend.Flint Fortune’s family was trying to play matchmaker—but the footloose cowboy was determined to remain a free agent. Sure, Jessie Hunt-Myers was beautiful—but she was also a widow, with four kids . . . definitely not the right setup for a bachelor. Yet he couldn’t help but notice that Jessie’s drop-dead-gorgeous exterior was matched by the warmth of her heart.Fortunately, Jessie agreed that they could never be a perfect pair . . . and willingly conspired in Flint’s idea of trickery: fake dates that would quiet their meddling families. But the chemistry between them was anything but forced, and Jessie’s children soon had Flint wishing he could be their daddy! Perhaps this feigned romance would become the real deal—a love that would last forever!

Gran Libro de los Mejores Cuentos - Volumen 1

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Este libro contiene 70 cuentos de 10 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Los cuentos fueron cuidadosamente seleccionados por el crítico August Nemo, en una colección que encantará a los amantes de la literatura. Para lo mejor de la literatura mundial, asegúrese de consultar los otros libros de Tacet Books. Este libro contiene: - Abraham Valdelomar:El alfarero Chaymanta Huayñuy (Más allá de la muerte). Finis desolatrix veritae. El pastor y el rebaño de nieve. El vuelo de los cóndores. La paraca. Hebaristo, el sauce que murió de amor. - Antón Chéjov:De Madrugada. Los Campesinos. Vanka. Los Mártires. Aniuta. Un Drama. Historia de Mi Vida. - Antonio de Trueba:El rico y el pobre. La guerra civil. El fomes peccati. Rebañaplatos. Creo en Dios. La casualidade. El ama del cura. - Arturo Reyes:Diálogos de mi tierra. El dinero es mui bonito. Joseíto el Perejilero. Triste experiencia. ¡Y que viva la alegría! Malas ausências. ¡Niñas, el carbonero! - Baldomero Lillo:Cañuela y Petaca. El alma de la máquina. Era él solo. Irredencion. Juan Fariña. Quilapán. Los inválidos. - César Vallejo:Cera. Él Vendedor. Los dos soras. Muro Antártico. Hacia el reino de los Sciris. Paco Yunque. Sabiduria. - Charles Perrault:Grisélida. El ratoncillo blanco. Linda y la Fiera. Barba-Azul. Meñequin. Los deseos ridículos. La Hada Berliqueta. - Edgar Allan Poe:El Gato Negro. La carta robada. El barril de amontillado. El crimen de la Rue Morgue. La máscara de la muerte roja. Un descenso por el Maelström. La ruina de la casa de Usher. - Emilia Pardo Bazán:Accidente. Que vengam aquí... Padre e hijo. Berenice. Comedia. Instinto. Implacable Kronos. - Fray Mocho:Entre mi tía y yo. Los azahares de Juanita. Fruta prohibida. la lección de lectura. Los lunares de mi prima. El higo pintón. El ramito de nardos.

Sunrise Ranch

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Three sisters face their biggest challenge yet in this heartwarming story of family and forgiveness by the New York Times bestselling author of Daisies in the Canyon.Bonnie Malloy never really knew the meaning of home. She and her mom moved around so much when she was young that she was never able put down roots, and she got to the point where she never wanted to. But now she has a chance to run her very own Texas ranch, and she just discovered two half-sisters she never knew about. The three women couldn't be more different, but Abby Joy and Shiloh have shown Bonnie how it feels to truly be part of a family.The only catch is that to inherit the ranch, Bonnie must stay there for a whole year. Worse yet, she has to live with cowboy Rusty Dawson-and he thinks the property is rightfully his. Each becomes determined to drive the other out . . . until they realize just how much they enjoy being together. But is the woman known for going wherever the wind takes her really ready to settle down once and for all?

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

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A New York Times Notable Book andProvidence Journal Best Book of the YearFrom the incomparable Peter Ackroyd: a brilliant re-imagination of the classic tale that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries. Victor Frankenstein, a researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley form an unlikely friendship as first-years at Oxford. Shelley challenges the conventionally religious Frankenstein to consider his atheistic notions of creation and life—concepts that become an obsession for the young scientist. As Victor begins conducting anatomical experiments to reanimate the dead, he at first uses corpses supplied by the coroner. But these specimens prove imperfect for Victor’s purposes… Filled with the literary lights of the day, including Percy Shelley, Godwin, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley herself, and penned in period-perfect voice, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is sure to become a classic of the twenty-first century.

Regina or the Sins of the Fathers

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Peace was signed, and the world, which for so long had been the great Corsican's plaything, came to itself again. It came to itself, bruised and mangled, bleeding from a thousand wounds, and studded with battle-fields like a body with festering sores. Yet, in the rebound from bondage to freedom, men did not realise that there was anything very pitiable in their condition. The ground from which their wheat sprang, they reflected, would bear all the richer fruit from being soaked in blood, and if bullets and bayonets had thinned their ranks, there was now more elbow-room for those who were left.

Fireside

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan WiggsVisiting Willow Lake is a life-changing experience — tune in for an irresistible tale of new dreams and finding love where you least expect it.Baseball hopeful Bo Crutcher is about to get his shot at the majors. That is, until life throws him a curveball. When AJ, the son he’s never met, lands on his doorstep, Bo’s life becomes forever changed. He quickly learns that he’ll need all the help he can get.When Kimberly van Dorn was hired to smooth Bo’s rough exterior for the media, she expected the kind of shallow pro athlete she’s used to handling. But Bo is willing to sacrifice everything for his vulnerable son. Over a breathtaking winter on frozen Willow Lake, she realizes she still has much to learn about putting love first.Previously published.Read the Lakeshore Chronicles Series by Susan Wiggs:Book One: Summer at Willow LakeBook Two: The Winter LodgeBook Three: DocksideBook Four: Snowfall at Willow LakeBook Five: FiresideBook Six: Lakeshore ChristmasBook Seven: The Summer HideawayBook Eight: Marrying Daisy BellamyBook Nine: Return to Willow LakeBook Ten: Candlelight ChristmasBook Eleven: Starlight on Willow Lake

Paul: The Lost Epistles

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Have you ever wondered what the Apostle Paul might have said about some vital topic not mentioned in his letters? Have you wished he had clarified his views on this or that? Suppose someone discovered a cache of "new" Pauline epistles–how exciting it would be! Join New Testament scholar Robert M. Price as he presents a new collection of fourteen hitherto-unknown letters of Paul, plus a visionary apocalypse. Scholars will discover here an imaginative new approach to doing Pauline theology, and all readers will feel a thrill as they re-experience the charm of their first encounter with the now too-familiar Pauline texts of the canon.

The Western MEGAPACK®

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Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (famous for Conan the Barbarian), and Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more! HIS KIND OF HELLION, by Johnston McCulley TEXAS JOHN ALDEN, by Robert E. Howard THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, by Bret Harte THIEVES OF BLACK ROCK DESERT, by Bill Anson THE RATTLER ROUNDUP, by Lee Bond LEFT FER THE BUZZARDS, by Allan R. Bosworth HORSESHOES AREN’T ALWAYS LUCKY, by Sam Brant GUN-WHIPPED! by Carmony Gove A 22-GUN RANGER WALKS, by Raymond S. Spears RANGER STYLE, by J. Allan Dunn PLUMB AMUSING, by Jackson Cole NO REPORT, by S. Omar Barker EL TIRO DI GRACIA, by Colin Cameron THE PHILOSOPHY OF GRAY EACLE, by Wolcott LeClear Beard SIXGUNS TO BOWIE, by Robert J. Hogan DESERT JUDGMENT, by E. Hoffmann Price THE TRAIL TRAP, by T.W. Ford GUN-QUEEN OF THE SPANISH GRANT, by Joseph Chadwick HOPALONG’S HOP, by Clarence E. Mulford DEMONS OF DISASTER, by Johnston McCulley WAR ON BEAR CREEK, by Robert E. Howard BRAND OF THE RED WARRIOR, by Ike Boone FETCH ME BRANNON’S EARS, by Seven Anderton THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, by Bret Harte INVITATION BY BULLET, by Ernest Haycox And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the "Megapack" series! Search on "Megapack" in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, and more!

The Wicked Widow

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Gin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! Readers will delight in next installment of the Wicked City series by New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams. June 1925. Audacious Appalachian flapper Geneva “Gin” Kelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to Oliver Anson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of New York’s most distinguished families. But just as wedding bells chime, the head of the notorious East Coast rum-running racket—and Anson’s mortal enemy—turns up murdered at a society funeral, and their short-lived honeymoon bliss goes up in a spectacular blaze that sends Anson back undercover...and into the jaws of a trap from which not even Gin can rescue him. As violence explodes around her, Gin must summon all her considerable moxie to trace the tentacles of this sinister organization back to their shocking source, and face down a legendary American family at a rigged game it has no intention of losing.June 1998. When Ella Dommerich’s ninetysomething society queen aunt Julie ropes her into digging up dirt on Senator (and Presidential candidate) Franklin Hardcastle in order to settle old family scores, she couldn’t be less enthusiastic. Pregnant Ella’s recently ditched her unfaithful husband and settled into cozy—if complicated—domesticity with her almost-too-good-to-be-true musician boyfriend, Hector. But then the Hardcastle secrets lead to a web of shady dealings Ella’s uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, and the bodies start to tumble out of the venerable woodwork. With the help of her ex-husband and her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, Ella digs up more than mere dirt…only to discover herself standing alone between a legendarily ruthless family and the prize it’s sought for generations.What ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclaves—and bank accounts--of America’s richest families? And can two determined women from two different generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor?

The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales

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Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...

The House On Sugar Plum Lane

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In her unforgettable Fairbrook novels, Judy Duarte has created a town that's as warm and as welcoming as home. In The House on Sugar Plum Lane, old friends and new characters mingle in a poignant story of second chances, new beginnings, faith, and family.The beautiful Victorian house that Amy Masterson decides to rent, fully furnished, is more than just a place to start over with her young daughter. When Amy learns that the three-story house on Sugar Plum Lane belonged to her great-grandmother, Eleanor Rucker, who Amy's mother had been searching for until her recent death, she hopes she can find a window into the past her mother never found.As Amy settles into Fairbrook, she's stunned to learn that Ellie Rucker still lives on Sugar Plum Lane, cared for by Amy's neighbor, Maria. But Ellie's mind is failing rapidly, her memories fading with each passing day. She shows no hint of recognition when her great-granddaughter introduces herself, and Amy is heartbroken at the chance they've both missed. But it's never too late to hope--or to trust in bonds of love that, though they cannot be seen, can never be broken. . .Praise For Mulberry Park"Tender and touching. . .this novel will stay with you long after you have read the last page."--Dorothy Garlock, New York Times bestselling author"Such a happy book. . .I didn't want it to end." --Drusilla Campbell, author of Blood Orange"An uplifting story about one little girl's unflinching faith and how she extends an open and loving hand to the broken people around her, bring them close to each other and back into God's gentle embrace."--Cathy Lamb, author of Henry's Sisters

Metamorphosis

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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become.

Liebe zwischen Welten

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An Samhain sind die Grenzen zwischen den Welten besonders durchlässig. Doch nicht nur Bedrohliches wagt sich an den Übergängen hindurch. Zarte Bande zwischen mythischen Gestalten und sonderbaren Wesen werden geknüpft. Der Funke springt über, wenn Hexen ihre sanften Seiten entdecken und Menschen in Geistern verwandte Seelen finden. Romantische Empfindungen erstrecken sich zwischen Welten, die Liebe zu Geschwistern überwindet Barrieren und Freunde finden zueinander.Was geschieht also, wenn Liebe sich zwischen jenen Portalen erstreckt, die sich nach nur einer Nacht wieder schließen?

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction

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Here is the complete collection of fiction by H. P. Lovecraft. The Stories included are: The Nameless City The Festival The Colour Out of Space The Call of Cthulhu The Dunwich Horror The Whisperer in Darkness The Dreams in the Witch House The Haunter of the Dark The Shadow Over Innsmouth Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" The Shadow Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Azathoth Beyond the Wall of Sleep Celephaïs Cool Air Dagon Ex Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family From Beyond He Herbert West-Reanimator Hypnos In the Vault Memory Nyarlathotep Pickman’s Model The Book The Cats of Ulthar The Descendant The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Evil Clergyman The Horror at Red Hook The Hound The Lurking Fear The Moon-Bog The Music of Erich Zann The Other Gods The Outsider The Picture in the House The Quest of Iranon The Rats in the Walls The Shunned House The Silver Key The Statement of Randolph Carter The Strange High House in the Mist The Street The Temple The Terrible Old Man The Thing on the Doorstep The Tomb The Transition of Juan Romero The Tree The Unnamable The White Ship What the Moon Brings Polaris The Very Old Folk Ibid Old Bugs Sweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country Girl A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson The History of the Necronomicon

Die Mitternachtsbibliothek

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Der große Bestseller! »Ein kluges Buch, das die Sicht auf die eigenen Grenzen verändern kann.« FreundinKlug, emotional und bittersüß: »Die Mitternachtsbibliothek« ist eine wunderbare Hymne auf das LebenStell dir vor, auf dem Weg ins Jenseits gäbe es eine riesige Bibliothek, gefüllt mit all den Leben, die du hättest führen können. Alles, was du jemals bereut hast, könntest du ungeschehen machen. Genau dort findet sich Nora Seed wieder, nachdem sie aus lauter Verzweiflung beschlossen hat, sich das Leben zu nehmen. An diesem Ort zwischen Raum und Zeit, an dem die Uhrzeiger immer auf Mitternacht stehen, hat sie plötzlich die Möglichkeit, all das zu ändern, was sie aus der Bahn geworfen hat. Aber kann man in einem anderen Leben glücklich werden, wenn man weiß, dass es nicht das eigene ist?Matt Haigs zauberhafter Roman erzählt davon, dass uns selbst Entscheidungen, die wir später bereuen, zu den Menschen machen, die wir sind. »Die Mitternachtsbibliothek« ist eine Liebeserklärung an all unsere Eigenheiten und Besonderheiten, an das einzige Leben, das wir haben. Entdecken Sie auch die anderen Romane von Matt Haig bei Droemer:Der fürsorgliche Mr. Cave, Die Familie Radley, Für immer, euer Prince, Nachricht von Dad

The Last Trial

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Two formidable men collide in this "first-class legal thriller" and New York Times bestseller about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend -- a doctor accused of murder (David Baldacci).At eighty-five years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial.In a case that will be the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives, Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses, he will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and -- no matter the trial's outcome -- will he ever know the truth?Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart.Full of the deep insights into the spaces where the fragility of human nature and the justice system collide, Scott Turow's The Last Trial is a masterful legal thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense -- and questions how we measure a life.

Mood - Numero 1

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Mood è un magazine bimestrale in ebook nato dalla collaborazione tra l’agenzia letteraria Thèsis Contents e l’editore digitale goWare. Il suo scopo è quello di offrire ai lettori digitali narrazioni dal, e del, mondo contemporaneo, approfondimenti critico-letterari con un occhio attento all’attualità, al costume, alla politica e all’economia al tempo dell’andata al digitale. In questo numero: "Il figlio di Achille", racconto di Pippo Bonami; "The Museums", progetto fotografico di Adriano Filippi; "Il suonatore cieco", racconto di Francesco Formaggi; "Tempo di volare", poesia di Ruth Padel letta da Donatella Valente; "Ratafià", racconto di Antonella Ossorio; "Così finto che sembra vero", divertissement di Antonella Ossorio letto da Alessandro Paci; "Vento sulla mia brace", racconto e musica di Matteo De Simone; "Come ho imparato a farmi felicemente i cazzi miei", racconto di Fabrizio Patriarca; "Un uomo fortunato", racconto di Pierluigi Porazzi; "L’algoritmo <creacontenuti>", articolo dell'<e-book team> di goWare; "Mezzo chilo di alici", racconto di Patrizia Rinaldi; "L’occhio discreto di Melonhead", recensioni cinematografiche di Jacopo Caneva; "Gli alieni", racconto di Marcello Tropea; "Un copricorpo per il deserto", racconto di Alessandro Raveggi; "Zoè Gruni tra il Brasile e Los Angeles", arte di Zoè Gruni; "Gli autopubblicati", articolo dell'<e-book team> di goWare.

Nick

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Pretend to love, honor and obey that infuriating Nick Nickerson? Impossible! But policewoman Michele Mallory was stuck with the assignment--and a hunky new "husband"...Disguised as newlyweds, Nick and Michele set out to investigate the Triple Fork Ranch in Rascal, Texas. Acting the loving couple by day, they attempted to ignore their nightly temptation. And wondered what would happen once "Assignment: Marriage" was over...Nick is the third book in Lori Wilde's heartwarming, small-town series, Texas Rascals. Buy your copy today.

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