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Winter Stroll

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"Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way."A second Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he writes a holiday letter to friends and family. Though the year has had its share of misfortune and worry, the Quinns have much to celebrate. Kelley, now single, at least is on better terms with his first wife Margaret, who is using her celebrity to lure customers to the inn in record numbers. Their son Kevin has a beautiful new baby, Genevieve, with the Inn's French housekeeper, Isabelle; and their daughter, Ava, is finally dating a nice guy--her devoted colleague, Scott. Now the Quinns are looking forward to celebrating Genevieve's baptism, welcoming Isabelle to the family, and enjoying the cheer of Nantucket's traditional Christmas Stroll. But just when a peaceful family gathering seems within reach, Kelley's estranged second wife, Mitzi, shows up on the island after souring on her relationship with the inn's former Santa Claus. Soon Kelley isn't the only Quinn entertaining a surprise guest from Christmases past as lovers old and new gather beneath the mistletoe. With jealousy, passion, and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, it's going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas miracle to get the Quinns--and the inn--through the holidays intact. Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series:Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice

The Dinner List

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Es beginnt wie in einem Traum. Um halb acht Uhr abends betritt Sabrina ein New Yorker Restaurant, um nach guter alter Tradition mit ihrer besten Freundin Jessica Geburtstag zu feiern. Als sie durch die Tür tritt, traut sie ihren Augen nicht: Neben Jess erwarten sie dort in bester Feierlaune Sabrinas ehemaliger Philosophie-Professor, ihr Vater, ihr Ex-Verlobter Tobias – und Audrey Hepburn. Sie alle sind Wunschgäste einer geheimen Liste, die Sabrina vor langer Zeit anfertigte. Sabrina ist verzaubert und verwirrt, ihren Vater hat sie seit 20 Jahren nicht gesehen und Tobias, ihre große Liebe, stahl sich urplötzlich aus ihrem Leben. Darf sie auf eine zweite Chance hoffen? Und dann ist da ja auch noch Audrey Hepburn ...

Shadowrun: World of Shadows

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DARKNESS EVERYWHERE... The Sixth World is a dangerous place, with deadly hazards lurking around every corner. Everywhere shadowrunners go, from the top of the world to the deepest, darkest Sprawl neighborhood, someone’s always looking to make their rep by taking you down. World of Shadows is the second anthology of original Shadowrun short stories, each one showcasing some of the most far-flung, treacherous locations around the world. From a scientific mission gone wrong in the snowy wilds of Russia to an AR nightclub in Morocco sheltering runners on the lam to a recovering runner drawn into a deadly web of intrigue in the darkest alleys of Hong Kong, these eighteen original short stories explore exotic settings far off the beaten path. Featuring stories by Michael A. Stackpole, Mel Odom, Jean Rabe, Aaron Rosenberg, Phaedra Weldon, Annie Bellet, Chris A. Jackson and many others, find out what happens when shadowrunners have to battle not only with ever-present threat of the corps and Mr. Johnson, but also the dangers of the very land they stand on. Featuring stories by: Michael A. Stackpole Jennifer Brozek Chris A. Jackson Annie Bellet Stephen Dedman Russell Zimmerman Maxwell Alexander Drake Steven S. Long Phaedra Weldon Aaron Rosenberg Thomas Gofton Patrick Goodman Jean Rabe Dylan Birtolo Jason M. Hardy Malik Toms R.L. King Mel Odom

The Pickwick Papers

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In May 1827, the Pickwick Club of London, headed by Samuel Pickwick, decides to establish a traveling society in which four members journey about England and make reports on their travels. The four members are Mr. Pickwick, a kindly retired businessman and philosopher whose thoughts never rise above the commonplace; Tracy Tupman, a ladies' man who never makes a conquest; Augustus Snodgrass, a poet who never writes a poem; and Nathaniel Winkle, a sportsman of tremendous ineptitude.

Oliver Twist

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The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets.

El regreso de Carrie Soto

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CARRIE SOTO ES FEROZ Y SU DETERMINACIÓN DE GANAR A TODA COSTA NO LA HA HECHO POPULAR.Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamás. Ha batido todos los récords y ha conseguido veinte títulos de Grand Slam. Y si le preguntas, se merece cada uno de ellos. Lo ha sacrificado casi todo para convertirse en la mejor, con su padre como entrenador.Pero seis años después de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo cómo una tenista británica brutal e impresionante llamada Nicki Chan le arrebata el récord.Con treinta y siete años, Carrie toma la decisión de salir de su retiro para entrenar con su padre un último año, con la intención de recuperar su récord. Aunque la prensa deportiva le ponga nombres desagradables. Aunque ya no tenga la misma agilidad que antes. Y aunque eso signifique tragarse el orgullo para entrenar con un hombre al que una vez casi le abrió su corazón: Bowe Huntley. Al igual que ella, él tiene algo que demostrar antes de abandonar el deporte para siempre.A pesar de todo, Carrie Soto ha regresado para una última y épica temporada.En esta fascinante e inolvidable novela, Taylor Jenkins Reid nos invita a indagar cuál es el precio del éxito y qué estamos dispuestos a sacrificar con tal de conseguirlo.

Barefoot

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From marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness—three women seek peace and comfort in Nantucket as they cope with life's challenges. Three women—burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues—tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last—but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket's calming air. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn.Barefoot weaves these four lives together in a story with enthralling sweep and scope—a novel that is as fun and memorable and bittersweet as that one perfect day of summer.

Anthology of Chinese Literature

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A collection of ancient Chinese literature with an active table of contents.Works include:"The Analects of Confucius" by Confucius"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu"Dream of the Red Chamber: Book I" by Cao Xueqin"Dream of the Red Chamber: Book II" by Cao Xueqin"The Sayings of Mencius: Book I" by Mencius"The Shi-King" by Confucius"The Sorrows of Han""The Tao the King or The Tao and Its Characteristics" by Lao-Tse"The Travels of Fâ-Hien" by Fâ-Hien

The Adventures of Pirates

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The Adventures of Pirates features nine unique yarn-spinners from Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. These tall tales will captivate your inner desire for adventure and the love of the high seas!The novella Pirate Tales, by E.W. Farnsworth, takes you on a global journey through the seas of our past, thrilling you every step of the way.The inquisition plays a part in the tale from Benjamin Fine, and the war between the English and Spanish set the scene for espionage on the seas in the short story from Matthew Wilson. These are just a few of the yarns spun for your enjoyment in The Adventures of Pirates!

Winter Street

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In New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays.Follow the Quinn family through the entire Winter Street Series:Winter Street Winter Stroll Winter Storms Winter Solstice

Sekret mojego męża

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Jak dobrze znasz swoich najbliższych? Jakie sekrety przed tobą skrywają?„Dla mojej żony, Cecilii Fitzpatrick. Otworzyć wyłącznie w przypadku mojej śmierci”.Ten dziwny list od męża Cecilia znalazła przypadkiem. Leżał gdzieś na strychu wetknięty w stertę dokumentów. Otwierać, nie otwierać? Po co John-Paul go napisał? Co w nim było? Cecilia, oddana żona i matka, zawsze starała się postępować słusznie. Czy ma prawo grzebać w przeszłości męża, skoro on żyje i ma się dobrze?Ale tajemnic nie można skrywać w nieskończoność, a prawda – nawet ta najtrudniejsza – sama domaga się ujawnienia. Niewyjaśniona historia sprzed lat wstrząśnie życiem nie tylko Cecilii, lecz także dwóch innych kobiet i na zawsze zwiąże ze sobą ich losy.Przeszłość nigdy nie umiera. Kłamstwa, przemilczenia i sekrety potrafią zniszczyć nawet z pozoru idealne życie. Jednak czy powinniśmy je za wszelką cenę odkrywać?Uważaj na tę powieść. Zada ci niełatwe pytania. Jak dobrze znasz swoich najbliższych? Czy wiesz o nich wszystko? I czy wiesz wszystko o sobie samej?Liane Moriarty po raz kolejny pokazuje, że jest mistrzynią prozy psychologicznej i prawdziwą znawczynią ludzkich słabości. Sekret… jest tak dobry, że nie będziecie mieli sumienia zachować go tylko dla siebie... „USA Today”Wstrząsająca, złożona i skłaniająca do refleksji powieść, którą czytelnicy będą wprost pochłaniać. Naprawdę świetna lektura! Emily Giffin

The Book Center 100 Masterpieces Collection

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This book,contains now several HTML tables of contents The first table of contents lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC. This 1st volume of "100 Books You Must Read Before You Die" contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names: Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice, Emma Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh Carroll, Lewis: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Cather, Willa: My Ántonia Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote Chopin, Kate: The Awakening Cleland, John: Fanny Hill Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness, Nostromo Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans Cummings, E. E: The Enormous Room Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders Dickens, Charles: Bleak House, Great Expectations Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Hound of the Baskervilles Dreiser, Theodore: Sister Carrie Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo Eliot, George: Middlemarch Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary, Sentimental Education Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier Forster, E. M.: A Room With a View, Howards End Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: The Sorrows of Young Werther Gogol, Nikolai: Dead Souls Gorky, Maxim: The Mother Haggard, H. Rider: King Solomon's Mines Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter Homer: The Iliad & The Odyssey Hugo, Victor: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables Huxley, Aldous: Crome Yellow James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady Lovecraf H.P: The Call of Cthulhu Shelley Mary: Frankenstein

Öppnas i händelse av min död

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Tänk dig att din man hade skrivit ett brev till dig, ett brev som bara får öppnas efter hans död. Föreställ dig också att brevet innehåller hans djupaste, mörkaste hemlighet. En hemlighet som kan förstöra inte bara det liv och den familj ni har byggt tillsammans, utan också andras. Tänk dig att du hittar det här brevet när din man fortfarande lever…Cecilia Fitzpatrick är en framgångsrik affärskvinna, en mycket älskad fru och mamma och omtyckt av många. Hennes liv är välordnat och det är också hennes hem. Hennes äktenskap med John-Paul är lyckligt, de har tre döttrar och bor i Sydney i Australien. En dag när hon är uppe på vinden ramlar en kartong ner från en hylla där hennes man sparar gamla kvitton. Ur kartongen faller ett förslutet kuvert. Brevet är till Cecilia från John-Paul, men får öppnas endast då han är död. John-Paul är på tjänsteresa men när han ringer berättar Cecilia om brevet, han avfärdar det och ber henne slänga det utan att läsa. Men Cecilia blir inte lugnad utan ännu mer förbryllad. Varför fanns brevet på vinden, i en obetydlig kartong? Ska hon trots allt öppna brevet och läsa, eller? Plötsligt har hennes liv tagit en helt ny vändning på grund av ett brev från hennes man, ett brev som innehåller något hon aldrig skulle kunna föreställa sig...Internationella succéförfattaren Liane Moriarty har skrivit en gripande, tankeväckande roman. Hon berättar om ett äktenskapsdrama med också om flera personers livsdramer. Den brännande frågan är: Hur väl känner vi egentligen den vi lever med?

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine. The magazine's editors feared the story was indecent as submitted, so they censored roughly 500 words, without Wilde's knowledge, before publication. But even with that, the story was still greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press. Wilde later revised the story for book publication, making substantial alterations, deleting controversial passages, adding new chapters and including an aphoristic Preface which has since become famous in its own right. The amended version was published by Ward, Lock and Company in April 1891. Some scholars believe that Wilde would today have wanted us to read the version he originally submitted to Lippincott's.

Under the Sweetwater Rim

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Deep in Indian country, Major Mark Devereaux and his men find a grisly scene: a wagon train savagely attacked, with no survivors. One of the wagons originally with the group is missing; in it is a fortune in gold and Devereaux’s daughter, Mary. The slaughter, Devereaux learns, was not the work of Indians but of a murderous outlaw band. With the stakes rising in a deadly game, the only wild card is Lieutenant Tenadore Brian, who is riding with the missing wagon—against orders. Devereaux knows Brian is a good soldier, but is he good enough to protect a saddlebag full of gold . . . and the life of his daughter?

The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

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According to Wikipedia: "Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 – September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams, were pioneers. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. In 1890 he left the trail to try his hand at business, but the venture failed, so he turned his hand to gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894, he settled in Colorado Springs, where he lived until his death. He began writing at the age of 43, publishing his most successful book, The Log of a Cowboy, in 1903. His other works include A Texas Matchmaker (1904), The Outlet (1905), Cattle Brands (1906), Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography (1907), Wells Brothers (1911), and The Ranch on the Beaver (1927)."

The Social Climber's Handbook

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HIGH SOCIETY CAN BE A KILLER. Upper East Side socialite Daisy Greenbaum is accustomed to the finer things—designer clothes, summers in the Hamptons, elite private school educations for her daughters, and a staggeringly expensive Park Avenue apartment. But Daisy finds her well-heeled lifestyle on precarious footing after her husband, master of the universe Dick Greenbaum, learns about some shady dealings that threaten his position at The Bank. Daisy refuses to allow her family to slip down the social ladder, so she devises a madcap plan: Anyone who jeopardizes her place at the top will simply have to be dispatched—six feet under. From Dick’s arrogant boss to his scheming former mistress to a pair of nosy bloggers, Daisy’s hit list is a who’s who of big names with even bigger secrets. But with the body count rising as the Dow Jones falls, can Daisy really get away with murder?

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 1

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This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - H.P. Lovecraft, - Edgar Allan Poe, - Arthur Conan Doyle, - Katherine Mansfield, - Jack London, - Guy de Maupassant, - Virginia Woolf, F. - Scott Fitzgerald, - Edith Wharton, - Stephen Crane, - Susan Glaspell, - Kate Chopin, - Laura E. Richards, - Alice Dunbar-Nelson, - Louisa May Alcott, - Hans Christian Andersen, - Charles Dickens, - Nathaniel Hawthorne, - Henry James, - Mark Twain, - Charlotte Perkins, - Elizabeth Gaskell, - Herman Melville, - James Joyce, - Leo Tolstoy, - Nikolai Gogol, - Anton Chekhov, - Fyodor Dostoevsky, - Maxim Gorky, - Leonid Andreyev, - Ivan Turgenev, - Joseph Conrad, - Aleksander Pushkin, - Robert Louis Stevenson, - Robert E. Howard, - G. K. Chesterton, - Edgar Wallace, - Arthur Machen, - Ambrose Bierce, - Talbot Mundy, - Abraham Merritt, - Zane Grey, - Edgar Rice Burroughs, - Oscar Wilde, - Rudyard Kipling, - E.T.A. Hoffman, - Bram Stoker, - H.G. Wells, - Franz Kafta - Washington Irving.

De si remarquables créatures - LE ROMAN FEEL GOOD DE L'ÉTÉ - Phénomène aux États-Unis - Nouveauté littérature 2024

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Marcellus, le poulpe grognon aux cœurs tendres.Les pieuvres sont des créatures remarquables. Ce n'est pas Marcellus, pensionnaire de l'aquarium de Sowell Bay, qui dirait le contraire. Avec ses aptitudes extraordinaires, il a vite compris comment s'extraire de son bassin pour aller fureter dans la cafétéria –; mais jamais il n'aurait envisagé de lever un tentacule pour aider ces humains limités qui l'entourent.Jusqu'au jour où Tova, agente d'entretien, le tire d'une situation délicate... Tova a l'air différente, peut-être parce que la disparition mystérieuse de son fils Erik trente ans auparavant l'a rendue plus réceptive au malheur d'autrui. Pour elle, Marcellus consent à s'abaisser au niveau des bipèdes et devine ce qui s'est passé la nuit où Erik a disparu.Il doit alors user de toute l'ingéniosité de ses neuf cerveaux pour révéler la vérité avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

La Brillante destinée d'Elizabeth Zott - Le roman qui a inspiré la série : Lessons in chemistry

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Faites la connaissance de l'anticonformiste et intransigeante Elizabeth Zott.Votre capacité à tout changer commence ici et maintenant.Le roman qui a inspiré la série :Lessons in chemistry! Elizabeth Zott n'est pas une femme ordinaire. Elle serait d'ailleurs la première à faire remarquer qu'il n'en existe pas. Nous sommes au début des années 1960 et, à l'Institut de recherche Hastings où elle est chimiste, les hommes ont une vision très peu scientifique de l'égalité. Seul fait exception le solitaire et brillant Calvin Evans, favori pour le prix Nobel, qui tombe amoureux de l'esprit rationnel d'Elizabeth et de sa beauté. Le résultat d'une véritable alchimie.Comme la science, la vie prend parfois des détours : Elizabeth abandonne la chimie pour devenir la vedette de l'émission de cuisine la plus populaire d'Amérique avec ses techniques inhabituelles qui se révèlent révolutionnaires. Mais, alors que son influence grandit, elle ne fait pas que des heureux. Il s'avère qu'elle n'apprend pas uniquement aux femmes à faire la cuisine, elle les met aussi au défi de changer le statu quo. Perspicace, juste, drôle, imprévisible, ce roman offre une galerie de portraits éblouissants et se montre aussi original et éclatant que son inoubliable personnage principal. Extrait : " Je n'ai jamais prétendu être un homme, Frask ! cria Elizabeth en épongeant sa blouse de laboratoire avec une serviette en papier.–; Et je ne suis pas un mouton !–; Je suis une chimiste. Pas une femme chimiste. Une chimiste. Une sacrément bonne chimiste !–; Eh bien moi, je suis experte en formation du personnel ! Presque psychologue, cria Frask.–; Presque psychologue ?–; Fermez-la.–; Non, je suis sérieuse, insista Zott. Presque ?–; Je n'ai pas eu la possibilité de finir, d'accord ? Et vous ? Pourquoi n'êtes-vous pas docteur, Zott ? " répliqua Frask.Elizabeth se raidit et, sans le vouloir, révéla un fait intime qu'elle n'avait jamais raconté à personne d'autre qu'un officier de police. " Parce que j'ai été violée par mon directeur de thèse, puis virée du programme de doctorat, cria-t-elle. Et vous ? "Frask la regarda, sous le choc. " Pareil ", dit-elle, vaincue par une grande lassitude.

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