The Head of the House of Coombe

The Head of the House of Coombe

Lord Coombe is considered to be the best-dressed man in London. He is also a man whose public reputation, despite his formidable intellect and observant eye, is one of unmitigated wickedness. During one of his social forays, he meets a selfish young woman named 'Feather' with the face of an angel. Fascinated by her, he slowly drifts into her circle. When her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her alone and desolate in London, he ends up taking her under his wing.

La ferme d'en bas (trio)

La ferme d'en bas (trio)

Classique de la littérature de terroir, La Ferme d'en bas forme avec les deux autres volumes de cette trilogie une saga rurale qui débute à l'orée du XXe siècle dans une famille de petits paysans nivernais. Auguste le père, et Marcelline, sa femme, ont deux enfants, Pierre et Anna. Taciturne, capable des pires colères, Auguste n'a qu'une seule idée : agrandir le domaine quitte à épuiser tout son monde à la tâche.En 1910, Julia naît dans l'indifférence générale. Toutefois, devenue adolescente, elle occupe une place grandissante au sein du clan. Auguste ne prend plus de décision sans la consulter, éveillant jalousies et ragots. Auguste et Julia ne s'en soucient pas. Jusqu'au jour où le curé jette l'opprobre sur eux. L'irréparable a été commis...Le second volet, La Dénonciation, commence en juin 1940, quand les Allemands investissent La Charité-sur-Loire. À la ferme d'en bas, Julia attend le retour de Léon, son mari, et de Pierre son frère, tous deux partis au front. Tout sépare les deux hommes : leur origine, leur caractère et surtout leurs idées. Tandis que Pierre lutte contre l'occupant, Léon se prend à l'admirer...Quinze ans plus tard, c'est Le Retour de Jean, du nom de ce saisonnier qui naguère avait séduit Julia, pour ensuite la quitter sans explication. Au moment où leur histoire d'amour paraît enfin possible, le sombre mystère qui entoure la disparition de Léon vient peu à peu ternir ce bonheur...

Le Complot de Dominus

Le Complot de Dominus

1399. La dernière année du XIVe siècle. Rumeurs d'apocalypse. Des ombres glissent la nuit dans le dangereux dédale des rues de Londres, de ce Londres qui n'est encore qu'une cité de bois. Des notables se hâtent, pour un rendez-vous secret, vers l'une des ruines romaines dont la ville est encore parsemée. Un drapier est assassiné. Une série d'explosions ravage la ville. Au couvent du Puits-aux-Clercs, la prieure s'inquiète des discours enflammés d'une novice, Clarice, en qui certains voient une folle et d'autres une sainte. La secte des " prédestinés " se croit maîtresse du monde, mais de plus sinistres forces sont aussi à l'œuvre. Qui croire, en cette fin annoncée du règne du roi Richard, que Bolingbroke cherche à déposer ? À qui se fier quand les allégeances vacillent ? Quel jeu jouent les notables, pour qui travaille la novice ? Qui manipule qui ? La ville chuchote, Dominus veille... La truculence du style de Peter Ackroyd restitue à merveille le ton, la vie, l'atmosphère de l'époque – celle des contes de Canterbury –, tandis que le lecteur est entraîné par les louvoiements de personnages imprévisibles. Dans cet univers troublé, comment Dieu finira-t-il par reconnaître les siens ?

Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels

Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels

This unique collection of "LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Thirty Years a Slave Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes Harriet: The Moses of Her People Father Henson's Story of His Own Life 50 Years in Chains Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Story of Mattie J. Jackson A Slave Girl's Story From the Darkness Cometh the Light Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy Narrative of Joanna Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Novels Oroonoko Uncle Tom's Cabin Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Heroic Slave Slavery's Pleasant Homes Our Nig Clotelle Marrow of Tradition Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man A Fool's Errand Bricks Without Straw Imperium in Imperio The Hindered Hand Historical Documents The History of Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith Who Was Executed for Burglary Report on Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1865) Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)...

El diario del ron

El diario del ron

Kemp, un joven periodista trotamundos, bebedor de ron y álter ego del autor, abandona Greenwich Village, en los años cincuenta, con destino a Puerto Rico, donde consigue un trabajo como periodista en el San Juan Daily News. Allí trabaja una variopinta fauna de personajes: misántropos, desengañados, fracasados, ambiciosos dispuestos a rehacer el mundo, todos ellos parias en busca de una existencia mejor en el trópico. Pero la paradisíaca tríada de ron, sexo y sol se convierte en prolongadas borracheras, peleas sin fin y fiestas desmelenadas de una sexualidad salvaje. Y mientras lucha contra la irrisoria libertad del aburrimiento, Kemp asiste a la lenta agonía de una isla corroída por el dinero, las ambiciones de Estados Unidos y el hipócrita compromiso de los periodistas. Esta primera novela del creador del llamado «periodismo gonzo», que brilló con todo su esplendor en Miedo y asco en Las Vegas, es la crónica mordiente de una desilusión. «Hilarante, absolutamente real y trágica... Qué fascinante e interesante hubiese sido que, en 1959, a los 22 años, Hunter S. Thompson se hubiese largado por ejemplo a Puerto Rico, se hubiera bebido su peso en ron diariamente, hubiera follado toda la noche y se hubiera sentado bajo una sombrilla a escribir una novela. Bueno, pues lo hizo. La novela permanecía enterrada y olvidada en el húmedo sótano de su fortificado rancho de Colorado, hasta que un amigo la desenterró. Se llama El diario del ron y la espera ha valido la pena... Se trata de una verdadera joya, una novela ágil y bien construida, que deja al lector inquieto y sonriente» (Scotland on Sunday). «Salvaje, agudo, visceral, cínico y sarcástico... Un libro muy divertido que hará que, en comparación, tu vida parezca sumamente aburrida» (Scene).

Mégis mondj igent az életre!

Mégis mondj igent az életre!

Világszerte olvasók egész generációi számára nyújtott megrázó élményt Viktor Frankl pszichiáter klasszikus memoárja, amelyben a náci haláltáborokban zajló mindennapi életről számol be.Frankl négy koncentrációs tábort járt meg 1942-45 között, ezek egyike Auschwitz volt. Meg kellett tapasztalnia szülei, fivére és várandós felesége halálát, és később ezekből a tragikus élményekből, saját és mások végletes gyötrődéséből kiindulva hozta létre terápiás módszerét. A szenvedést nem kerülhetjük el, állítja Frankl professzor, azt azonban eldönthetjük, hogy milyen módon viszonyulunk hozzá, és találunk-e benne értelmet.Értelmet találni az életben, bármilyen is az; kitűzni bizonyos célokat, és azok felé haladni - Frankl logoterápiájának ez a törekvés az alapköve. Sok tekintetben a pszichoanalízisre épít ez az elmélet, de annál általánosabb érvényű, és pozitív üzenete révén mindenkit szíven talál. Az ember egyedi, senki mással össze nem téveszthető lény, hangsúlyozza dr. Frankl, éppen ezért mindenkire rá van bízva, hogyan éli meg, hogyan értelmezi saját személyes tapasztalatait. Hozzuk ki a legtöbbet a lehetőségeinkből, forduljunk bizakodással a jövő felé, és legyünk elfogadóak - a logoterápia módszere ebben segít.Viktor E. Frankl 1997-ben, kilencvenkét évesen hunyt el. Könyvét azóta több mint harminc nyelvre fordították le, gondolatai olvasók tízmillióihoz jutottak el. Visszaemlékezését az amerikai kongresszusi könyvtár már évtizedekkel ezelőtt beválogatta a tíz legnagyobb hatású könyv közé.

Lilít

Lilít

Questi racconti, scritti dal 1975 al 1981, hanno argomenti e toni diversi. Ho cercato di raggrupparli, e forzando talvolta sui termini ne ho ricavato un primo gruppo che riprende i temi di Se questo è un uomo e La tregua; un secondo che prosegue Le Storie Naturali e Vizio di forma, e un terzo i cui personaggi hanno in certa misura carne e ossa. Spero che ogni racconto adempia decorosamente al suo ufficio, che è solo quello di condensare in poche cartelle, e trasmettere al lettore, un ricordo puntuale, uno stto d'animo, o anche solo una trovata. Ce ne sono di allegri e di tristi, perché i nostri giorni sono allegri e tristi. Non ci sono, che io sappia, nè messaggi, nè profezie fondamentali; se il lettore ce li trova, è bontà sua.

Euripides V

Euripides V

Euripides V includes the plays “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith; “Iphigenia in Aulis,” translated by Charles R. Walker; “The Cyclops,” translated by William Arrowsmith; and “Rhesus,” translated by Richmond Lattimore.Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century.In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama The Trackers. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.In addition to the new content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and life.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

The Napoleon of Notting Hill, like so many Chesterton novels, deftly straddles the fence between humor and philosophy. The place is London, in the far-future year of 1984. Inexplicably, not too much has changed since the turn of the century—except that the king is chosen at random. Things quickly take a turn for the worse when the people randomly select an imbecile who only cares about a good joke.With the new prankster king in place, the novel continues on with surprisingly action-packed breeziness, exploring themes of identity, patriotism, politics, and government.

A Home for Lydia

A Home for Lydia

A Home for Lydia, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.Aaron Troyer simply wants to farm like his father and grandfather before him. But instead he finds himself overseeing the family’s small group of guest cabins nestled along the banks of Pebble Creek. That also means he must work with the cabins’ housekeeper, Lydia Fisher.Lydia is the most outspoken Amish woman Aaron has ever met, and she has strong opinions about how the guest cabins are to be run. She also desperately needs this job. Though sparks fly between boss and employee at first, when the cabins are robbed, nothing is more important to Aaron than making sure Lydia is safe.Together they work to make the vacation property profitable, but can they find out the identity of the culprit before more damage is done? And is Lydia’s dream of a home of her own more than just a wish and a prayer?

Bidding on Her Boss

Bidding on Her Boss

From a USA Today–bestselling author, when an employee wins a date with her boss, she discovers she wants much more than a business relationship with him.Florist Faith Crawford has a brilliant plan—win her company’s CEO at a bachelor auction and use their “date” to show him her designs. But her plan backfires when the focus of their meeting shifts from flowers to a floor-tilting kiss. For Dylan Hawke, it’s time for damage control. Promoting the talented Faith is a no-brainer, but fraternizing with her is strictly forbidden. Dylan must remain professional—the fate of his business rests in the balance. Too bad Dylan won’t rest until he gets another kiss . . .

Star Trek: S.C.E.: Wildfire, Book 6

Star Trek: S.C.E.: Wildfire, Book 6

Whenever there's a need to fix, repair, or salvage, Starfleet calls in the crack S.C.E. team on the U.S.S. da Vinci. Under the command of Captain David Gold and Commander Sonya Gomez, the S.C.E. solves the unsolvable, from finding a Starfleet vessel lost inside a holographic ship to doping out new technology captured during the Dominion War. However, the da Vinci's mission to Galvan VI will prove to be the S.C.E.'s greatest challenge to date, as they must salvage the U.S.S. Orion from the turbulent atmosphere of a gas giant. As if that wasn't enough, the Orion is carrying the prototype of the deadly Wildfire device -- a protomatter warhead that can ignite gas giants into stars -- and the planet seems to be home to a strange alien life-form that may have been responsible for the Orion 's destruction! Wildfire contains the complete eBook editions of S.C.E. adventures #20-24: Enigma Ship, War Stories Book 1, War Stories Book 2, Wildfire Book 1, and Wildfire Book 2.

Divergent

Divergent

Första delen i succétrilogin Divergent - boken bakom storfilmen! #1 på New York Times bästsäljarlista Divergent-trilogin har hittills sålt i över 40 miljoner exemplar världen över! Boken bakom storfilmen med Shailene Woodley och Kate Winslet. I Beatrice Pryors dystopiska hemstad Chicago är samhället uppdelat i fem falanger: De ärliga, De osjälviska, De tappra, De fridfulla och De lärda. En särskild dag varje år måste alla sextonåringar välja vilken falang de vill tillhöra för resten av livet. För Beatrice står valet mellan att stanna kvar med sin familj hos De osjälviska eller att vara den hon innerst inne är. Hon gör ett val som överraskar alla, inklusive henne själv. Under den hårda initieringsfas som följer, döper Beatrice om sig till Tris och tvingas utkämpa strider mot sina medkandidater för att upptas av De tappra. Bara de tio bästa släpps in, de övriga tvingas leva utanför samhället som falanglösa. Under extrema fysiska och psykiska prövningar måste Tris avgöra vilka som är hennes verkliga vänner och vad hon egentligen känner för sin mystiske instruktör, Four. Tris bär också på en farlig hemlighet. När samhället hotas av våldsamma konflikter inser hon att den skulle kunna rädda de människor hon älskar. Om den inte förgör henne först. VERONICA ROTH föddes 1988 i en förort till Chicago. Medan hon studerade på universitetet började hon skriva på sin dystopiska science fiction-trilogi – Divergent, Insurgent och Allegiant – succéböckerna som hittills har sålt i över 40 miljoner exemplar världen över. Våren 2014 hade filmversionen av Divergent, med bland annat Shailene Woodley och Kate Winslet i rollerna, premiär. Året därefter kom Insurgent och 2016 hade Allegiant premiär. 2017 kom Dödens märken [Carve the Mark] – den första efterlängtade boken i Veronica Roths nya duologi – som avslutades 2018 med Ödets timme [The Fates Divide]. »Årets favoritbok alla kategorier« på Goodreads. »Ni som inte läst den än, vad väntar ni på? Betyg: 10 av 10.« Boktycke

I favolosi anni di Billy Marvin

I favolosi anni di Billy Marvin

Se hai quattordici anni e un ex amante ferito e furioso vende alla stampa le foto osé della tua valletta televisiva preferita, l'imperativo categorico è: vederle subito. Se però l'anno è il 1987, e Internet come lo conosciamo oggi è ancora solo nella mente di Dio, per ammirare le foto bisogna mettere le mani su una copia di Playboy, il Santo Graal che il severissimo Mr Zelinsky, proprietario dell'unico negozio nel quartiere ad averla, mai e poi mai ti venderà. A Billy e i suoi amici non rimane che una soluzione: il furto, ovviamente facendo attenzione a infilare prima di andarsene i soldi in cassa, perché vogliono vedere delle foto, mica finire all'inferno. Zelinsky però ha un antifurto futuristico, merito della figlia Mary, programmatrice abilissima. Solo da lei si può scucire il codice per disattivarlo, e quindi sedurla è la fase successiva del piano...

O homem que morreu duas vezes

O homem que morreu duas vezes

Em O homem que morreu duas vezes, segundo livro da série O Clube do Crime das Quintas-Feiras, um dos maiores fenômenos editoriais dos últimos tempos, os carismáticos personagens criados por Richard Osman estão de volta com diálogos perspicazes, tiradas divertidíssimas e ainda mais reviravoltas. A quinta-feira agora é o melhor dia da semana. Com os crimes mais recentes solucionados, o Clube do Crime das Quintas-Feiras encontra-se em uma maré de tediosa normalidade. Mas não por muito tempo.Quando Elizabeth recebe a carta de um velho conhecido, sabe que está diante de um belo mistério. O agente do serviço secreto sessentão, com quem a ex-espiã tem uma longa história, acaba de cometer um erro terrível e precisa da ajuda dela.Joyce, Ibrahim e Ron são então convocados para acompanhá-la em uma aventura repleta de segredos e conspirações, que envolve diamantes roubados e a máfia. Logo os quatro amigos se deparam com mortes em circunstâncias suspeitas, e a missão se transforma em uma busca por um assassino implacável. E se eles encontrarem os diamantes… Bem, aí seria um bônus. A vida de septuagenários aposentados realmente não é moleza.Envolvido em mais um mistério, o grupo de detetives amadores vai lidar com assaltos, reuniões regadas a vinho e bolo, arrependimentos antigos e decisões cruciais, como adotar ou não um cachorro. Mas será que encontrarão o culpado antes que se tornem vítimas?

Holidays on Ice (Versione italiana)

Holidays on Ice (Versione italiana)

Il debutto di David Sedaris avvenne all'inizio degli anni '90 con la lettura alla radio del racconto della sua esperienza come elfo natalizio in un grande magazzino di New York: una serie di scene esilaranti e corrosive che fotografavano impietosamente le icone sacre del mondo di oggi. Il mito del Natale affogato nei consumi, il muto naufragio dei bambini, vittime inconsapevoli dell'insensatezza della festa, la surreale crudeltà dei rapporti di lavoro e di famiglia, il vuoto e la solitudine che la valanga scintillante dei regali non può nascondere... Da quell'episodio David divenne ben presto una star radiofonica e Holidays on Ice, uscito nel 1997, si rivelò un immediato bestseller. Dissacrante libello sul falso luccichio del Natale, il libro è la rivelazione dello straordinario talento di Sedaris, comico spietatissimo e sottilissimo, implacabile osservatore delle follie della modernità.

The Boys and the Frogs (Read To Me)

The Boys and the Frogs (Read To Me)

This eBook has a new enhanced version of eBook with special audio, video and illustrations. This story has originated by Aesop.  Especially it has included full illustrated story scenes, narrative audio, interactive function, background sound and video for the whole story.  Have fun with Read To Me (Read Aloud)! Read To Me is Trademark of OrangeDigit Inc.