O viata regasita

O viata regasita

Ellie Mack era fiica perfectă. Avea cincisprezece ani, cea mai mică dintre cei trei copii ai familiei, iubită de părinți, de prieteni și de profesori. Mai avea câteva zile până la vacanța mult așteptată de după examene. Apoi a dispărut. În prezent, mama ei, Laurel Mack, încearcă să-și refacă viața distrusă. Au trecut zece ani de când i-a dispărut fiica, șapte ani de când căsnicia ei s-a destrămat și doar câteva luni de când au ieșit la suprafață ultimele indicii în cazul dispariției lui Ellie. Așadar, când întâlnește un bărbat neașteptat de fermecător într-o cafenea, este surprinsă de cât de repede flirtul lor se transformă în ceva mai profund. Face cunoștință cu fiicele lui Floyd, iar cea mai mică dintre ele, Poppy, îi taie respirația. Privind-o, e ca și cum ai privi-o pe Ellie. Iar întrebările fără răspuns pe care s-a străduit atât de mult să le uite încep s-o bântuie din nou, precum și unele noi legate de Floyd și Poppy... O viață regăsită evoluează de la roman de familie spre o poveste de dragoste matură, iar de aici, coboară în tenebrele unui thriller plin de tensiune, care înspăimântă și captivează. „Lisa Jewell își țese intriga complicată într-un ritm care ține cititorul în permanentă tensiune. Personajele complexe ale autoarei sunt pur și simplu perfecte. Nici cel mai abil cititor de thrillere nu va ghici încotro se îndreaptă lucrurile înainte ca firele să se descurce la final. Iar acei puțini care, totuși, se vor prinde nu se vor simți frustrați, pentru că ritmul și suspansul îi vor captiva.“ Booklist „Cărțile Lisei Jewell devin din ce în ce mai fascinante și mai complexe. Extrem de captivant și cu un ritm alert, bine scris și cu un final șocant care îi provoacă pe cititori să-l ghicească, O viață regăsită este thrillerul perfect. Fanii lui Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins și Ruth Ware vor adora cu siguranță acest roman memorabil.“ Shelf Awareness

Aesop's Fables - Volume 09

Aesop's Fables - Volume 09

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 9 of 12.

The Outline of History

The Outline of History

The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells that first appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly installments beginning on 22 Nvember 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920. It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education. Wells modelled the Outline on the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot. Wells was uncertain whether to place "the beginnings of settled communities living in towns" in Mesopotamia or Egypt. He was equally unsure whether to consider the development of civilisation something that arose from "the widely diffused Heliolithic Neolithic culture" or something that arose separately. But between the nomadic cultures that originated in the Neolithic Age and the settled civilisations to the south, he discerned that "for many thousands of years there has been an almost rhythmic recurrence of conquest of the civilizations by the nomads." According to Wells, this dialectical antagonism reflected not only a struggle for power and resources, but a conflict of values. "Civilization, as this outline has shown, arose as a community of obedience, and was essentially a community of obedience. But . . . here was a continual influx of masterful will from the forests, parklands, and steppes. The human spirit had at last rebelled altogether against the blind obedience of the common life; it was seeking . . . to achieve a new and better sort of civilization that should also be a community of will." Wells regarded the democratic movements of modernity as an aspect of this movement.

Boiling Shadow

Boiling Shadow

Following the tragic death of his parents, William Johnson is sent to live with his grandfather in the isolated mining village of Hollowhills. Everything is not as it seems in his new home, and it quickly becomes apparent that dark forces are converging on the area.The grief-stricken teenager soon finds himself the target of an ancient evil intent on using him as a pawn in its deadly game. Fighting not only for his mind and body but the fate of humanity, William must uncover the secret of the shadow before it's too late."Boiling Shadow" is a cosmic horror novella published by Mannison Press and the second book in The Hollowhills Cycle.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre, and its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

The Summer That Made Us

The Summer That Made Us

Look for Robyn’s new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life—order your copy today!Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins, they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed everything. The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again.That was then…For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic. The women would escape the city the moment school was out to gather at the family house on Lake Waseka. The lake was a magical place, a haven where they were happy and carefree. All of their problems drifted away as the days passed in sun-dappled contentment. Until the summer that changed everything.This is now…After an accidental drowning turned the lake house into a site of tragedy and grief, it was closed up. For good. Torn apart, none of the Hempstead women speak of what happened that summer, and relationships between them are uneasy at best to hurtful at worst. But in the face of new challenges, one woman is determined to draw her family together again, and the only way that can happen is to return to the lake and face the truth.Robyn Carr has crafted a beautifully woven story about the complexities of family dynamics and the value of strong female relationships.

An Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane

An Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"A novel about the truths—some wonderful, some terrible—that children know and adults do not.” —Time Magazine“They say you cannot go home again, and that is as true as a knife . . .” A man returns to the site of his childhood home where, years before, he knew a girl named Lettie Hempstock who showed him the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things, but when he gets there he learns that nothing is as he remembered. Wondrous, imaginative, impossible, and at times deeply scary, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is classic Neil Gaiman and has captured the hearts of readers everywhere.

BattleTech: A Tiny Spot of Rebellion

BattleTech: A Tiny Spot of Rebellion

DANGER FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE…MechWarrior brothers Morgan and Patrick Kell have successfully faced their first challenge in forming their new mercenary unit The Kell Hounds, toppling a criminal kingpin from atop his illegal empire on Galatea.But while enjoying their recent success, the brothers Kell, along with the capital city of Galaport, come under threat by a new enemy—Bishop Arlington Poore, a religious zealot who wants to bring the entire planet under his repressive theocracy—and is willing to starve millions to do it. Soon enough, the newly-formed Kell Hounds have their first job—put down this uprising as quickly as possible. But when a madman has converted thousands of civilians to his side, how will Morgan and Patrick quash his misguided crusade without shedding innocent blood? 

Good in Bed

Good in Bed

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner brings to life an irresistibly funny and relatable heroine in the novel The Boston Globe called “funny, fanciful, extremely poignant, and rich with insight.”For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She’s even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.But the day she opens up a national women’s magazine and sees the words “Loving a Larger Woman” above her ex-boyfriend’s byline, Cannie is plunged into misery…and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.

Betrayal

Betrayal

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author “mixes love and vengeance in this fast-paced . . . romantic thriller” (Publishers Weekly).   In Fern Michaels’ dazzling new novel, a woman devastated by betrayal embarks on a daring quest for justice.She Lost Everything . . . Kate and Alex Rocket are blessed with a wonderful marriage and a lovely home. Although Kate can’t have children, she and Alex look upon Sara and Emily, daughters of their good friends Don and Debbie Winter, as part of their family. Except Hope . . . With one phone call, everything changes. Sara accuses Alex of a terrible act, opening up a vicious rift between the couples. Kate watches helplessly as her innocent husband is convicted and sent to prison. But when even greater tragedy strikes, Kate’s grief turns to anger, and she discovers an inner strength and steel-edged resolve to clear her husband’s name—and ruin those who destroyed their life together. But Kate’s greatest challenge will be in avenging Alex without losing her chance at a new future—and a precious new love . . .Praise for Fern Michaels   “Prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing a story rather than reading about it.”—Los Angeles Sunday Times   “Michaels’ Danielle Steel-like fun read has more plot twists than a soap opera, and will keep readers on tenterhooks for the next in the series.”—Booklist “Michaels just keeps getting better and better with each book . . . She never disappoints.”—RT Book Reviews

Bailed Out

Bailed Out

The Past Never Stays Buried Anna Albertini is settling into a routine while ignoring the fact that the blue-eyed Irishman she’d allowed into her bed has up and disappeared on her. Two weeks without a phone call is no big deal, but still. With her hottie Italian boss goofing up the prosecuting attorney’s office, she at least has something to fix. Until she appears in court, across from her sister Tessa’s dirtbag ex. Then she has a mission. Unfortunately, Anna isn’t the only person who wants the ex put behind bars…or in the ground. Which is not a problem until she and a local cop find the ex-boyfriend deader than dead…with both her sister and Aiden standing over the body.  As a prosecuting attorney, it’s Anna’s job to build a case against Tessa and Aiden. As a sister, it’s SO her job to get Tess out of this mess. As Aiden’s…what? Lover—girlfriend—friend from the past—it’s Anna’s job to figure out who the heck he really is. She has to dig out the truth, regardless of her ambitious boss or the cranky cop trying to thwart her every move. Sometimes a woman has to take matters into her own hands, regardless of the consequences.

Ride the River

Ride the River

Alone in the big city, a fierce young frontierswoman must outsmart a dangerous con man before she can stake her claim to the family fortune.   Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett has never been far from her Tennessee home—until she makes the long trek to Philadelphia to collect her inheritance. In the wilderness Echo can take care of herself as well as any man, but she never imagined the challenge that awaits: a crooked city lawyer who intends to take advantage of her by any means necessary. Echo will need all of her wits to best this scoundrel and make it back home in one piece.

Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated)

Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Illustrated)

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by G. K. Chesterton Table Of Contents ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS  ALL THINGS CONSIDERED  THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY  APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS  THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE  THE BALL AND THE CROSS  THE BARBARISM OF BERLIN  THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES  THE CRIMES OF ENGLAND  THE DEFENDANT  EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS  GEORGE BERNARD SHAW  HERETICS  THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN  LORD KITCHENER  MAGIC A FANTASTIC COMEDY  Manalive  THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH  THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY  A MISCELLANY OF MEN  The Napoleon of Notting Hill  THE NEW JERUSALEM  ORTHODOXY  ROBERT BROWNING  A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND  THE TREES OF PRIDE  TREMENDOUS TRIFLES  TWELVE TYPES  Utopia of Usurers and other Essays  _Varied Types_  THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE  WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA  WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD  THE WILD KNIGHT  THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN

Unmasking the Silence - 17 Powerful Slave Narratives in One Edition

Unmasking the Silence - 17 Powerful Slave Narratives in One Edition

This unique collection of "UNMASKING THE SILENCE - 17 Powerful Slave Narratives in One Edition" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Freedom Fighter & Statesman 12 Years a Slave - Memoir of Solomon Northup, a Free-Born African American Who Was Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery The Underground Railroad (William Still) - stories of 649 slaves who escaped to freedom through a secret network formed by abolitionists and former slaves Harriet: The Moses of Her People – Story of the Woman Who Led Hundreds of Slaves to Freedom as the Conductor on the Underground Railroad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) Narrative of Sojourner Truth - leading abolitionist and women's rights activist The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Former Slave, Seaman & Freedom Fighter Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington - the Visionary Educator, Leader and Civil Rights Activist The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave – Memoir that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies Father Henson's Story of His Own Life – by Josiah Henson who was the inspiration for the character of Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin, anti-slavery influential novel which made a crucial impact on America's conscience by illustrating slavery's affect on families The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave - Autobiography that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green) Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)

What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in the Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. The story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible parents, What Maisie Knew has great contemporary relevance as an unflinching account of a wildly dysfunctional family. The book is also a masterly technical achievement by James, as it follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity.

THE BOOK OF PIRATES: 70+ Adventure Classics, Legends & True History of the Notorious Buccaneers

THE BOOK OF PIRATES: 70+ Adventure Classics, Legends & True History of the Notorious Buccaneers

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 (Captain Anselm) 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 ...

Patrím do tvojho sveta

Patrím do tvojho sveta

Život Alexis Montgomeryovej sa obráti naruby – príčinou je Daniel Grant, neuveriteľne sexy tesár. Alexis pracuje ako lekárka na pohotovosti, hoci jej rodičia by si veľmi želali, aby sa stala chirurgičkou. Každú voľnú chvíľu trávi s Danielom a objavuje, čo je v živote dôležité. Alexis však Daniela nedokáže priviesť do svojho sveta, takého odlišného od toho jeho, no nechce sa ani vzdať šťastia, ktoré s ním našla. Podarí sa im napriek mnohým rozdielom vybudovať trvalý vzťah?

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich

Of the many books by Canada's most celebrated humorist, none has received more acclaim than his brilliant, caustic treatment of the glittering rich who gather at the Mausoleum Club on Plutoria Avenue. Today, Leacock's pointed satire of the privileged class, and their social abuses and pretenses, retains every ounce of its freshness and bite. An undisputed comic masterpiece, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich reveals a depth of compassionate criticism rare in Leacock's writings.

Revue des deux mondes juillet-août 2015

Revue des deux mondes juillet-août 2015

C’est l’événement de notre numéro d’été : Michel Houellebecq, dans une longue interview, nous parle de Dieu, qui l’a rejeté, de l’abolition du cogito cartésien, du pot-au-feu, de l’idéologie taoïste de l’entreprise, de Charlie Hebdo, et de son livre polémique Soumission, sur lequel, nous dit-il, il s’exprime pour la toute dernière fois. Dans ce roman, Michel Houellebecq décrit la victoire d’un parti islamique en France, en 2022. Son héros, dépouillé successivement de sa femme, de ses parents, de son travail et même de la possibilité d’une conversion, accède à la « non-existence », et se résout à « adhérer à ce qu’on lui propose ». Michel Houellebecq refuse le terme d’écrivain prophète : « Je constate, puis je fais des projections.[...] Quand Orwell écrit 1984 en 1948, ce n’est pas une prédiction, c’est une expression des peurs de son époque. » Mais peut-être est-ce justement la définition de l’écrivain prophète, auquel nous consacrons un dossier spécial : plus qu’un visionnaire, un extralucide de son époque. Telle Cassandre, fille de Priam, prophétesse de malheur, qu’Apollon condamne à n’être crue de personne. Comme le rappelle Xavier Darcos : « Ses déclamations font un écho incessant à la fatalité qui nous mène [...]. Elle exhibe la face obscure de notre condition, la plus vraie, la plus profonde. Son imprécation est moins une prophétie qu’un réquisitoire. » Baudelaire, lui, ne croit pas au progrès, philosophie dominante de son époque, explique Robert Kopp. « Depuis les années 1820 qui symbolisent le « bon temps du romantisme », écrit le poète en 1862, « on dirait que la petitesse, la puérilité, l’incuriosité, le calme plat de la fatuité ont succédé à l’ardeur, à la noblesse et à la turbulente ambition »...