Christmas Miracle: A Family

Christmas Miracle: A Family

The most special gift wasn't under the Christmas tree#151;but it would require some careful unwrapping...When vulnerable nurse Fallon O'Gara returns to work, the town of White Elk welcomes her with open arms and Christmas cheer. But amidst the baubles and decorations is the man she'd hoped to avoid#151;her ex, Dr. James Galbraith.James has just discovered he's father to a troubled young son, and he needs Fallon's help. She is only too happy to lend a hand, but it's hard when she's hiding a heartbreaking secret. As the snow flutters down, Fallon finds safety in James's arms and begins to wonder if she is finally ready to become a mother and wife....

Police Operation

Police Operation

In this Hunting down the beast, under the best of circumstances, was dangerous. But in this little police operation, the conditions required the use of inadequate means.

The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish tale. [By Lord Byron.] F.P.

The Giaour, a fragment of a Turkish tale. [By Lord Byron.] F.P.

The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire.

Mon prof, ce héros

Mon prof, ce héros

Vingt auteurs, écrivains, historiens, universitaires, auteur pour la jeunesse, critiques littéraires, en hommage à Samuel Paty, racontent celui ou celle qui a contribué à faire d'eux ce qu'ils sont aujourd'hui.Vingt témoignages saisissants et émouvants qui disent les grandeurs et les servitudes de l'enseignement. Ce recueil se veut un hommage à ces professeurs, ces " éveilleurs " sans lesquels, nous ne serions pas devenus ce que nous sommes. A travers des histoires personnelles, c'est toute une profession qui est célébrée par ces 20 personnalités qui sont tout autant des " éveilleurs ".Mohammed Aïssaoui, Claude Aziza, Françoise Bourdon, Michel Bussi, Laure Buisson, Kamel Daoud, Marie-Laure Delorme, Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Christian Laborie, Philippe Labro, Sébastien Lapaque, Susie Morgenstern, Martine Marie Muller, Anthony Palou, Josyane Savigneau, Jean-Guy Soumy, Yves Viollier, Michel Winock, Sylvie YvertEt Héloïse d'Ormesson a offert un extrait magnifique de Jean d'Ormesson, de son livreQu'ai-je donc fait. Les bénéfices de ce livre iront à la Fondation Egalité des chances – Institut de France dont le président d'honneur est Edgar Morin : "Enseigner la compréhension entre les personnes comme condition nécessaire de la solidarité de l'humanité.'

El Arte de la Guerra

El Arte de la Guerra

Sun Tzu dice: la guerra es de vital importancia para el Estado; es el dominio de la vida o de la muerte, el camino hacia la supervivencia o la pérdida del Imperio: es forzoso manejarla bien. No reflexionar seriamente sobre todo lo que le concierne es dar prueba de una culpable indiferencia en lo que respecta a la conservación o pérdida de lo que nos es mas querido; y ello no debe ocurrir entre nosotros.

The Other Mother

The Other Mother

You love your best friend.You trust her with your life.But could you give her the most precious gift of all? Alex’s life is a mess. She’s barely holding down a job, only just affording her apartment, and can’t remember when she was last in a relationship. An unexpected pregnancy is the last thing she needs.Martha’s life is on track. She’s got the highflying career, the gorgeous home and the loving husband. But one big thing is missing. Five rounds of IVF and still no baby.The solution seems simple.Alex knows that Martha can give her child everything that she can’t provide. But Martha’s world may not be as perfect as it seems, and letting go isn’t as easy as Alex expected it to be.Now they face a decision that could shatter their friendship forever.Provocative. Emotional. Affecting. Share The Other Mother with your best friend.Previously published as This Fragile Life.Praise for Kate Hewitt'OMG! Ladies grab a box of Kleenex and get ready for one of the most moving, most poignant books that I have ever read.' – Harlequin Junkie'This book had me nodding my head in agreement at times, laughing at others and also broke my heart. … It kept me on the edge of an emotional abyss while I read it and even though it broke my heart, it was a totally satisfying read. Word to the wise – don’t read in public!' – Between My Lines'It’s impossible not to be sucked into the worlds of Martha and Alex… One of my favorites of the year, and I do plan on sharing this with my girlfriends!' – Chick Lit Plus'I highly recommend this read, it was heart-warming, gut wrenching, emotional and extremely powerful.' – Family Saga ReviewsAbout the authorKate Hewitt has worked a variety of different jobs, from drama teacher to editorial assistant to church youth worker, but writing romance is the best one yet. She also writes short stories and serials for women's magazines, and all her stories celebrate the healing and redemptive power of love. Kate lives in a tiny village with her husband, five children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever.

The Parasite

The Parasite

The Parasite was an 1894 novelette about Austin Gilroy who studied physiology and knows a professor who studies the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. Gilroy begins to visit this psychic and look at the physical part of her powers. Miss Penclosa falls in love with the unfortunate Gilroy. When she uses her powers on him, Gilroy is angered and rejects her. She in turn begins to play tricks on Gilroy. The cruel tricks end with him in his fiance Agatha's room carrying a small bottle of poison. What will he find when he rushes back to Miss Penclosa's house?

Lone Star Planet

Lone Star Planet

It is the story of a junior diplomat and his first posting to a planet of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks. The government of story derives its character 1924 essay The Malevolent Jobholder, a system under which the killing of a practicing politician is considered justifiable homicide! Offworld powers hope the diplomat will be assassinated, thereby creating a pretext for the invasion and subjugation of the independent.

The Human Drift

The Human Drift

This book is a collection of eight essays and memoirs by American adventure writer and journalist Jack London, published in 1917. In the title essay, London explores the evolution of civilization.

When the Sleeper Wakes

When the Sleeper Wakes

From the author of The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds: “Everyone who has ever read When the Sleeper Wakes remembers it” (George Orwell).   One of the founding fathers of science fiction, H. G. Wells is known for such landmark novels as The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. In When the Sleeper Wakes, he sends a nineteenth-century man hurtling into an unfamiliar dystopian future . . .   In 1890s England, Graham, a fanatic socialist and author of prophetic writings, takes medication for his insomnia and is plunged into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. He awakens in a domed twenty-second-century London in which he has become—due to the compound interest on his bank accounts—the richest man in the world.   But as a nightmarish caste system is revealed, Graham realizes all his worst fears for the future have come to fruition, especially when he discovers a lower class of workers who spend their entire lives underground—a species that will soon evolve into the Morlocks of Wells’s The Time Machine.   “Even in the 21st century, Wells still speaks to our fears and dreams.” —The Washington Post   “Nothing is more striking about Mr. Wells . . . than his power of lending freshness and vitality to some well-worn formula of fiction.”—The Spectator

Die Wahrheit über ihn

Die Wahrheit über ihn

Der New York Times-Bestseller. Drei Frauen, ein Mann. Viele Geheimnisse. Und nur eine Wahrheit.Vanessa: Das perfekte Leben, das war einmal. Seit der Scheidung von Richard ist sie ein Wrack. Nur ein Gedanke hält sie aufrecht: seine Hochzeit mit der anderen zu verhindern.Nellie schwebt im siebten Himmel: Ausgerechnet sie, die alles andere als ein aufregendes Leben führt, hat sich der attraktive, charismatische Richard ausgesucht. Alles wäre perfekt, gäbe es da nicht Dinge, die aus dem neuen Heim verschwinden. Und diese Frau, die sie beobachtet.Emma: «Ich weiß, du wirst mir nicht glauben, aber du musst die Wahrheit über Richard erfahren.» So beginnt der Brief, den sie eines Tages erhält. Emma ist skeptisch, jeder weiß, dass Nellie von Richard besessen ist. Und wohin das führen könnte …Auf Deutsch erschien das Buch bereits unter dem Titel «The Wife Between Us».

The Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle

It was close upon half-past six and the evening shadows were growing denser when two soldiers reached the little space, planted with trees, opposite the Musée Galliéra, where the Rue de Chaillot and the Rue Pierre-Charron meet. One wore an infantryman's sky-blue great-coat; the other, a Senegalese, those clothes of undyed wool, with baggy breeches and a belted jacket, in which the Zouaves and the native African troops have been dressed since the war. One of them had lost his right leg, the other his left arm.

Hot Doc from Her Past

Hot Doc from Her Past

A smile she can never forget! Stepping into West Manhattan Saints, Dr. Tessa Camara is stunned to discover the hospital's new orthopedic surgeon is Dr. Clay Matthews—her ex! Four years apart has done nothing to extinguish the fire between them, but she has never forgiven Clay for his betrayal… Clay still doesn't know why Tessa ended their relationship. And with his adorable little daughter, Molly, to consider, he doesn't have time for Tessa's independence issues. But resisting the passionate Brazilian woman who once stole his heart is easier said than done!

La carne

La carne

Una intriga emocional que nos habla del paso del tiempo, del miedo a la muerte, del fracaso pero también de la esperanza, de la necesidad de amar y de la gloriosa tiranía del sexo, de la vida entendida como un lance fugaz en el que devorar o ser devorado. PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2017«Al final todo acaba por desembocar en el amor. Y en el daño.»Una noche de ópera, Soledad contrata a un gigoló para que la acompañe a la función y así poder dar celos a un examante. Pero un suceso violento e imprevisto lo complica todo y marca el inicio de una relación inquietante, volcánica y tal vez peligrosa. Ella tiene sesenta años; el gigoló, treinta y dos.Desde el humor, pero también desde la rabia y la desesperación de quien se rebela contra los estragos del tiempo, el relato de la vida de Soledad se entreteje con las historias de los escritores malditos de la exposición que está organizando para la Biblioteca Nacional.La carne es una novela audaz y sorprendente, la más libre y personal de las que ha escrito Rosa Montero.Ganadora, entre otros, del Premio Primavera de Novela, el Premio Grinzane Cavour, El Premio Qué Leer al Mejor Libro del Año y el Premio de la Crítica de Madrid.** Premio Leyenda 2019 concedido por la Asociación de Librerías de MadridReseñas:«Una novela sobre el amor. Sobre el amor que se da y que se necesita recibir. Rosa Montero ha escrito una novela sobre gente herida por el pánico a la soledad y a no ser nunca amada. [...] Una búsqueda por aunar literatura y vida, imaginación y temblor.»J. E. Ayala-Dip, Babelia«Unahistoria amena, tan amarga como emotiva, escrita con desenvuelta naturalidad, sencilla pero profunda.»Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural de El Mundo«Profundamente vitalista. Es una narración contra la derrota en el momento en que las victorias parecen imposibles.»José María Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC Cultural«Novela íntima, divertida y honesta, y sobre todo capaz de enredarte en una intriga huérfana de certezas, de maldades y seguridad.»Berna González Harbour, Zenda«Una de las mejores novelas de Rosa Montero. Por lo bien que ha sabido diseccionar los sentimientos y los peligros de esas leyes que ordenan en el deseo,en los deseos [...] Léanla y luego, si quieren, la comentamos. Habrá conversación para rato.»Ovidio Parades, Huffington Post«La prodigiosa imaginación de Rosa Montero y su destreza narrativa [...] consiguen que la novela se disfrute y se lea compulsivamente, de un tirón.»Mujer Hoy«Una novela erótica pero profunda, que habla del deseo y el amor en la madurez.»Woman«Un libro maduro, complejo, que guarda tras su aparente sencillez toda una carga emocional, ética y filosófica.»Ricardo Gil Otaiza, El Universal«Esta última entrega de Rosa Montero se lee con tanta fruición que da la falsa impresión de ser una lectura liviana cuando, todo lo contrario, lleva plomo en su interior [...] No es fácil crear un personaje de tantos registros y tan creíble y al que se visualice tan bien en sus obsesiones, manías, miserias y en su desmedida necesidad de amar y ser amado.»Aurora Cruzado Díaz, Turia

The invisible man

The invisible man

The invisible man, H.G. (Herbert George) Wells. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/1899 . The invisible man Wells, H.G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 s.n. s.l. s.d First edition 1897 Original ascii text downloaded from the Internet Wiretap anonymous ftp server on June 6th 1993. -- Text tagged to TEI compatible format by Jeffrey Triggs for the University of Oxford Text Archive

Walden and Beyond

Walden and Beyond

Henry David Thoreau’s <i>Walden</i> is surely one of the most preeminent works of American literature, relating his real-life “experiment” of living a life of both simplicity and solitude at his cabin by Walden Pond (near Concord, Massachusetts) for two years, from 1845 to 1847. Filled with practical details of how he went about his time there, the work certainly goes far beyond that as a forum for his philosophical musings on society and culture, his love for nature, classical literature and countless other subjects, and is by many considered to be the “Bible” of what came to be known as the American Transcendentalism movement.<br> <br> This anthology includes <i>Walden</i> in its entirety, along with selections from his other major books (“complete” versions of which are also available in this same series of ebooks), plus the bulk of his major published essays. In addition to Thoreau’s own writings are also included biographical essays about him, analyses and criticisms of his ideas and writings, plus an entire section about the other major authors within the American Transcendentalism movement (i.e. Emerson, Alcott, Channing, et al.), not only for further reading for those interested, but also to help provide greater context and understanding for the time and place in which Thoreau lived.

Arabian nights. English

Arabian nights. English

Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 American/British miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes (his last film) from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and Dougray Scott star as Scheherazade and Shahryar respectively. Produced by Dyson Lovell and directed by Steve Barron, the serial was a made by Hallmark Entertainment and originally broadcast over two nights on 30 April and 1 May 2000 on BBC One in the United Kingdom[1] and ABC in the United States.

Calypso

Calypso

Per anni David Sedaris è stato considerato il più importante scrittore di humour del panorama letterario internazionale, una sorta di Alan Bennett statunitense. Ma questa raccolta di storie segna una svolta importante nella sua produzione.Al centro di Calypso troviamo un sacco di roba: una tartaruga mostruosa, una casa di vacanza al mare, fratelli sorelle & genitori, il rapporto di totale sottomissione di David nei confronti di Fitbit, la sua divorante passione per l'attività di netturbino volontario, i diritti dei gay negli USA di ieri e di oggi, l'elezione di Trump, ecc. ecc. Siamo alle prese con narrazioni esilaranti, spietate e tenere raccontate con una inconfondibile vena ironica e al contempo partecipe; ma in queste pagine l'impasto si arricchisce di tonalità e temi più dark e dolorosi. La storia del suicidio della sorella Tiffany e quella dell'alcolismo della madre portano i lettori alla scoperta di un continente malinconico e ancora inesplorato. La magistrale verve narrativa di Sedaris, la sua capacità di cogliere e immortalare quei momenti di totale assurdità che costituiscono la tessitura più vera delle nostre vite, la sua passione per le dinamiche familiari (e non) più crude e spassose: tutto contribuisce a portarci ancora più vicino a quel cuore di tenebra che si nasconde dentro (e intorno) a ciascuno di noi. Uno dei giganti della narrativa americana contemporanea, George Saunders, ha scritto: "La letteratura è una forma di amore per la vita. È amore per la vita che prende forma verbale". Le pagine di Calypso sono esattamente questo: pagine di grande letteratura che celebrano la vita in tutta la sua delirante, dolorosa, assurda bellezza.

BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Romance Classics Of All Time

BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Romance Classics Of All Time

e-artnow offers you this warm and meticulously edited collection for these stressful times: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare (Play) Romeo & Juliet (Prose Version) Evelina (Fanny Burney) Camilla (Fanny Burney) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Persuasion (Jane Austen) The Sorrows of Young Werther (Goethe) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Villette (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) The Red and the Black (Stendhal) Lorna Doone (R.D. Blackmore) Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos) The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Adam Bede (George Eliot) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell) Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) An Old-Fashioned Girl (Louisa May Alcott) The Lady of the Camellias (Alexandre Dumas) The House of a Thousand Candles (Meredith Nicholson) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) A Room with a View (E. M. Forster) The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Jennie Gerhardt (Theodore Dreiser) Ann Veronica (H. G. Wells) The Enchanted Barn (Grace Livingston Hill) The Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill) The Miranda Trilogy (Grace Livingston Hill) Marcia Schuyler Phoebe Deane Miranda The Agony Column (Earl DerrBiggers) The Bride of Lammermoor (Walter Scott) Night and Day (Virginia Woolf) Affairs of State (Burton Egbert Stevenson) Jill the Reckless (P.G. Wodehouse) The Black Moth (Georgette Heyer) The Transformation of Philip Jettan (Georgette Heyer) And Both Were Young (Madeleine L'Engle) Penny Plain (O. Douglas) The Awakening (Kate Chopin)

The Fiend's Delight

The Fiend's Delight

This is a short story book. The atrocities constituting this 'cold collation' of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals. They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility. If they shall prove incomprehensible on this side of the Atlantic, the reader can pass to the other side at a moderately extortionate charge. In the pursuit of my design I think I have killed a good many people in one way and another; but the reader will please to observe that they were not people worth the trouble of leaving alive. Besides, I had the interests of my collaborator to consult. In writing, as in compiling, I have been ably assisted by my scholarly friend Mr. Satan; and to this worthy gentleman must be attributed most of the views herein set forth. While the plan of the work is partly my own, its spirit is wholly his; and this illustrates the ascendancy of the creative over the merely imitative mind. Palmam qui meruit ferat-I shall be content with the profit.