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En 1792, le vent de liberté de la Révolution française menace d'atteindre l'Espagne.Membre de l'Inquisition, le frère Lorenzo Casamares s'en inquiète d'autant plus qu'il s'intéresse à toutes ces idée

Zunachst verbinden "Manny" Manfreda, junge Anwaltin und Prada-Maniac, und Dr. Jake Rosen, graumelierter morbider Rechtsmediziner, nur Workaholismus und Hassliebe auf den ersten Blick. Auf der Spur eines haarstraubenden Verbrechens finden sich die beiden plotzlich als Ermittlerduo wieder. Mit diesem Debutthriller sorgte das profilierte Experten- und Ehepaar Baden und Kenney fur Furore in den USA ein Serienauftakt, der jenen von Kathy Reichs oder Patricia Cornwell in nichts nachsteht. ...

From the pen of a master the #1 bestselling, Booker Prizewinning author of Atonement comes an astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Saturday is a masterful novel set within a single day in February 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man a successful neurosurgeon, happily married to a newspaper lawyer, and enjoying good relations with his children. Henry wakes to the comfort of his large home in central London on this, his day off. He is as at ease here as he is in the operating room. Outside the hospital, the world is not so easy or predictable. There is an impending war against Iraq, and a general darkening and gathering pessimism since the New York and Washington attacks two years before. On this particular Saturday morning, Perownes day moves through the ordinary to the extraordinary. After an unusual sighting in the early morning sky, he makes his way to his regular squash game with his anaesthetist, trying to avoid the hundreds of thousands of marchers filling the streets of London, protesting against the war. A minor accident in his car brings him into a confrontation with a small-time thug. To Perownes professional eye, something appears to be profoundly wrong with this young man, who in turn believes the surgeon has humiliated him with savage consequences that will lead Henry Perowne to deploy all his skills to keep his family alive.

This intense psychothriller-love story revolves around Jo Ellen Hathaway, her family, and cousins--who all run a hotel, Sanctuary, which belonged to Jo Ellen's mother, who disappeared years ago. Jo Ellen is being stalked by an unknown person who haunts her with photos of her mother and herself. When she escapes to Sanctuary, the stalker follows her there. Sandra Burr reads this fast-paced tale in a quiet voice that accents the terror Jo Ellen is feeling. Este intenso psicothriller-historia de amor gira en torno a Jo Ellen Hathaway, su familia, y sus primos, propietarios de un hotel, el Sanctuary, que perteneció a la madre de Jo Ellen, desparecida desde hace varios años. Pero una persona desconocida acecha a Jo Ellen, y la perturba al mostrarle unas fotos de su madre y de ella misma. Cuando se marcha a Sanctuary para escapar del asunto, el desconocido la sigue hasta allí. Sandra Burr nos lee este cuento trepidante en una voz queda, que acentúa el terror que Jo Ellen está sintiendo.

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When Rachel arrives in her mothers isolated country house, she knows that packaging everything up will bring back painful memories of what she has lost. But she quickly senses that theres something else too; a presence in the house, not quite tangible, trying to make itself known. Cuando Rachel llega a la aislada casa de campo de su madre, sabe que el proceso de empaquetarlo todo le traera recuerdos dolorosos de lo que ha perdido. Pero rapidamente se da cuenta de que alli hay algo mas: una presencia en la casa, bastante sutil, intentando darse a conocer.

Cousin Henry, first published in 1879, is perhaps the most unusual and intriguing of Trollope''s shorter novels. Trollope''s masterly handling of the novel''s unlikely hero, a tiresome and timid coward, is notable for its insight and compassion. Anthony Trollope (1815-82) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope''s best-loved works revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire, but he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.

More popular in their day than Don Quxixote, Cervantes''s Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, the Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. This new translation captures the full vigor of Cervantes''s wit and make available two rarely printed gems, ''The Illustrious Kitchen Maid'' and ''The Power of Blood.'' ''West shows...ingenuity and resourcefulness at bringing across the complex linguistic, generic and social nuances of the originals....West''s book should be the translation of choice for students and general readers, whatever their motive for reading this poetry may be, and even experienced scholars will want to see what West has made of the difficult and controversial passages they encounter in their own study of Greek....By all means acquire this beautifully produced volume.''--International Journal of the Classical Tradition ''Clear, modern translation free of the defects of both literalism and unnecessary paraphrase. A very useful book for a survey of Greek lit course.''--Douglas Domingo Foraste, California State University at Long Beach ''A representative and entrancing collection faithfully rendered with musical elegance and, when the occasion demands, frankly lucid.''--E.N. Genovese, San Diego State University ''Finally an affordable replacement for Lattimore! This selection is enormous, the notes are generous in scope. I will adopt this next time I do Greek lit.''--D.W. Tandy, University of Tennessee ''While translation always pays a price, this one can boast a language vigorous and frank, and above all, readable.''--Donald L. Jennermann, Religious Studies Review

''A meticulously researched, epic story...beautifully written, first class escapism'' - "Mail on Sunday". His parting gift to her was a new beginning...Julia Lovat walks away from her seven-year affair with Michael with a broken heart and a book of secrets. Her book tells the true story of Cat Treganna, kidnapped by Barbary pirates and sold into slavery in Morocco four hundred years ago. When Julia travels to Morocco to discover Cat''s fate, she is quickly lost in an exotic and vibrant land. Yet her guide is Idriss, a man so charismatic and beguiling that their meeting feels like destiny. And so, in the heat and dust, two love stories, separated by four centuries, entwine and blossom... The Tenth Gift is an enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it. ''I really couldn''t put it down. Exciting and romantic (oh so romantic!) and there is so much suspense. The descriptions are fabulous'' - Barbara Erskine. ''Wildly yet convincingly romantic...a sensitive portrayal of Muslim culture and a delectable adventure of the heart'' - "USA Today". ''An atmospheric and hugely romantic adventure story'' - Marie Claire.

Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his web and hoarding his gold. Meanwhile, Godfrey Cass, son of the squire, contracts a secret marriage. While the village celebrates Christmas and New Year, two apparently inexplicable events occur. Silas loses his gold and finds a child on his hearth. The imaginative control George Eliot displays as her narrative gradually reveals causes and connections has rarely been surpassed. This new edition, which is based on the carefully corrected text George Eliot prepared a few months after the first edition, is accompanied by an introduction which illuminates the intellectual context of what has often been presented as a nostalgic, sentimental tale. This 19th-century classic, read by Andrew Sachs, is a tale of betrayal, gold, and love, encased in the elegant symmetrical structure so popular in traditional English fiction, featuring Marner, the weaver, who is framed for theft by his best friend and becomes a recluse, focusing his strong affections only on the store of golden coins he receives in payment for his work. As usual, Chivers has produced an excellent audio presentation of a literary masterpiece. Alas, in this day and age fewer and fewer readers not enrolled in literature classes actually read the works of what are frequently referred to as ''dead white males'' even if, as in this case, they were actually written by a woman. For this reason, this title is recommended for all academic but only larger public libraries.

Autores: Zé ParedesJuan Oliveira(de) Xosé Manuel GarcíaAntonio López Rico

A beloved character returns...A bestselling author celebrates her 25th novel...Get ready for a scandalously scintillating story like only Jackie Collins can deliver! It''s not easy being rich, gorgeous, successful and a happily married mom, but Mafia princess turned Hollywood producer and real estate mogul Lucky Santangelo, last seen in 1999''s Dangerous Kiss, again proves up to the challenge. In Collins''s latest vendetta romance, Lucky plans her father Gino''s 95th birthday bash while building a Las Vegas megaresort, unaware that family foe Anthony Bonar (ne Bonnatti) is plotting revenge. In turn, Anthony is unaware of wife Irma''s sexual awakening in the arms of their Mexican gardener, who in turn is unaware of Irma''s affair with a federal drug enforcement agent. Meanwhile Lucky''s 16-year-old daughter, Max, tells her parents she''s with friends when she''s really headed to a rendezvous with a man she meets on the Internet. That date provides the novel''s fast-paced action, while Irma provides the novel''s best sex and violence. Less gripping subplots include the on-again off-again relationship between Lucky''s business partner, Alex, and his jealous girlfriend, as well as the off-again on-again romance between Lucky''s best friend, the diva Venus, and her star-stud boyfriend, Billy. Collins delivers Lucky''s usual mix of celebrity fantasy and godfather justice while Max promises to grow up in future sequels as troublesome and triumphant as her glitzy mom. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.

Sounds like easy money: collecting an antique for a rich stranger. Alan Allen, freshly unemployed, short of cash, and caught up in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, is about to find out otherwise. But not before being swept on a European wild-goose chase in this refreshing, surreal and gloriously funny novel.

A swanky new gym has opened in leafy south west London. Four women bond over push ups and Pilates and become firm friends. Slowly but surely Gym and Tonic becomes far more than a fitness club to them. It is a haven, the place where the girls go to have a laugh and sort out their lives over a cafe latte. Yet trouble is looming and the special friendship is severely tested when two of them discover that their husbands are lovers. Can the other two help their friends to survive the catastrophe, what will they do when they discover the bitter truth about their own marriages? IGym and Tonic/I is a snappy, warm, wise and witty tale about female friendships, families, intrigue and betrayal, amidst the posing and perspiring. The gym is the place where the women go to hold everything together, whilst emotionally it all starts to hang out.

On a hot day in July, the body of a 16-year-old girl is pulled from the river Main near Frankfurt. She has been brutally attacked and murdered, but no one seems to miss her and no one seems to know who she is. Investigations lead to a rural children's home in the mountains, and to a TV presenter whose research took her too close to the wrong people. As investigators Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein dig deeper, they uncover a web of lies and deceit in the midst of a middle class idyll. And then the case gets personal ...

The third book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. The Chris Ryan Extreme books take you even further into the heart of the mission with more extreme action, more extreme language and more extreme pace. Like Call of Duty or Medal of Honour you'll feel part of the team. Chris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted has previously been published as four separate shorter missions. Now in one ebook to keep you at the centre of the action.

Ihre Geschichte faszinierte ein Millionenpublikum: Als Tochter deutscher Forscher verbrachte Sabine Kuegler ihre Kindheit in West-Papua bei einem vergessenen Stamm von Kannibalen. Ihr Buch Dschungelkind, in dem sie vom Aufwachsen mitten im Urwald berichtet und von ihrem Leben zwischen zwei Kulturen, wurde ein Weltbestseller. Ihre auer-gewohnliche Geschichte ist nun verfilmt worden eines der groen Kino-Highlights 2011. Anlasslich des Filmstarts die Sonderausgabe mit zahlreichen Aufnahmen aus dem Film und zusatzlichem Bonusmaterial.Was uns unvorstellbar erscheint Sabine Kuegler hat es erlebt: Als Tochter deutscher Forscher verbrachte sie ihre Kindheit mitten im Dschungel von West-Papua, bei einem vergessenen Stamm von Kannibalen.Bis sie siebzehn war, kannte sie keine Autos, kein Fernsehen und keine Geschafte. Sie spielte nicht mit Puppen, sondern schwamm mit Krokodilen im Fluss und erlebte schon fruh die alten Rituale des Totens. Die Natur war ihr Spielplatz, der Dschungel ihre Heimat, der Himmel ihr Dach.Heute, nach Jahren in Europa, ist ihre Seele gefangen zwischen zwei Kulturen. Sabine Kuegler wei, dass sie zuruckkehren muss zuruck in eine Welt, die fur viele nicht mehr existiert.

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Some cases aren''t as cold as you''d thinkKurt Wallander''s life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted, only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden - the skeleton of a middle-aged woman.As police officers comb the property, Wallander attempts to get his new life back on course by finding the woman''s killer with the aid of his daughter, Linda. But when another discovery is made in the garden, Wallander is forced to delve further back into the area''s past.A treat for fans and new readers alike, this is a never before published Kurt Wallander novella

"A mesmerizing novel...what begins as a gothic ghost story soon evolves into a wickedly twisted treasure hunt in The Supernatural Enhancements, Edgar Cantero''s wholly original, modern-day adventure.When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful, yet eerie, estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyoneincluding A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a ""second cousin, twice removed"" in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom windowat the same age and in the same way as his father had before him . . ."

Turgenev's final novel, Virgin Soil, here presented in a new translation, traces the destinies of several middle-class revolutionaries who seek to "go to the people" by working on the land and instilling democratic ideas in the countryside's locals. They include the daydreaming impoverished young tutor Nezhdanov - employed by the liberal councillor Sipyagin and his vain and beautiful wife Valentina - the naive young radical Maryanna and the progressive factory manager Solomin. Their liaisons, intrigues and conspiracies, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, form the matter of Turgenev's most ambitious and elaborate work, which cemented the author's place in the West as Russia's foremost novelist while at the same time proving controversial at home - culminating in the arrest of fifty-two real-life revolutionaries barely a month after it was published.

New Penguin Essentials edition of Ralph Ellison''s blistering, impassioned novel of African-American lives in 1940s America, Invisible Man.''I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.''Defeated and embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being, the ''invisible man'' retreats into an underground cell, where he smokes, drinks, listens to jazz and recounts his search for identity in white society: as an optimistic student in the Deep South, in the north with the black activist group the Brotherhood, and in the Harlem race riots. And explains how he came to be living underground . . .

It is summer and the Canadian Rockies are on fire. Fleeing the fallout of a failed relationship, Alan West returns to his grandfather's home in the Kootenay Valley. Cecil West, an old man confronted by his own mortality, asks Alan to track down his son, Alan's father, so that Cecil can make his peace with him. And so Alan begins his search for Jack West: a man who skipped town before Alan could walk. His quest will lead him to Archer, an American soldier who long ago went AWOL across the border. The young man and the old soldier set off on a reckless journey. What they find will change their lives forever.

Three fateful encounters... Two heart-breaking tragedies... One last chance to get it right.Over the course of five years, Mikki and Crush have crossed paths twice. Their first encounter changed Mikki''s life forever, but the second left them both buried beneath the emotional wreckage of a violent attack. Mikki is left with more questions and grief than she can handle, while Crush is forced to forget the girl who saved his life.Now Mikki Gladstone has decided she''s tired of the mind-numbing meds. She books a flight to Los Angeles to end her life far away from her loving, though often distant, family.Crush has always channelled his blackest thoughts into his music. He decides to fly to Los Angeles to record a demo of the only song he''s never performed in public; a song he wrote for a girl he doesn''t even know: Black Box. He has no expectations of fame and he''s never felt like his life had any purpose. until he meets Mikki in Terminal B.When their paths cross yet again, neither has any idea who the other person is - until they begin to piece together their history and realize that fate has more in store for them than just another love story.Cassia Leo is also the author of the Shattered Hearts series, comprising Relentless, Pieces of You and Bring Me Home, and the series spin-off novel Abandon (can be read as a standalone).

In April 1956, C.S. Lewis, a confirmed bachelor, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four brief, intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and Lewis found himself alone again, and inconsolable. To defend himself against the loss of belief in God, Lewis wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered faith. In it he freely confesses his doubts, his rage, and his awareness of human frailty. In it he finds again the way back to life. Now a modern classic, A Grief Observed has offered solace and insight to countless readers worldwide.This expanded edition will include the original text of A Grief Observed as well as new and specially commissioned responses to the book and its themes from respected contemporary writers and thinkers.Confirmed contributors so far include: Hilary Mantel, Rowan Williams, Francis Spufford, Jenna Bailey and Douglas Gresham, with more to come.

Dylan Mint has Tourette's. Being sixteen is hard enough, but Dylan's life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed... But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March. So he grants himself three parting wishes or 'Cool Things To Do Before I Cack It'. But as Dylan sets out to make his wishes come true, he discovers that nothing - and no-one - is quite as he had previously supposed.

Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono feels that he''s marking time, waiting out an awkward scandal.But when the bloodied bodies of teenagers start appearing around the city, victims of a strange and sinister killer whom police and locals take to calling The Crocodile, it soon becomes clear to Lojacono that the killings are more than simple Mafia hits, and that the labyrinthine streets of Naples are more deadly than he''d dared imagine.Can he catch the assassin in time to save the city''s innocents?A bestseller in Italy, The Crocodile is a dark, bloody story of murder and revenge that will grip and thrill you.

These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, John Webster explores the role of women and issues of power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In The Broken Heart, John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford''s masterpiece ''Tis Pity She''s a Whore explores the taboo themes of incest and forbidden lust in a daring reworking of Romeo and Juliet.Jane Kingsley-Smith has edited the plays from the earliest quartos and added invaluable editorial material, including explanatory glosses and a new introduction that discusses how the playwrights used the theatre to explore issues around women, sex, power and violence.Together with the Penguin volume of Five Revenge Tragedies, edited by Emma Smith, this is the essential sourcebook for drama in the period.''Revenge, hatred, villainy, incest, and murder upon murder are their constant themes ... and they handle these horrors with little or no moral purpose, save that of exciting and amusing the audience ... We should call him a madman who allowed his daughters or his servants to see such representations'' - Charles KingsleyJOHN WEBSTER was born in about 1578 in London. He studied law at the Middle Temple before embarking on a career in the theatre, collaborating on many plays with contemporary dramatists. But it was his two solo-authored tragedies, The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1614) which sealed his reputation. In 1606 he married Sara Peniall, who was seven months pregnant, and they went on to have at least four children. He died in the 1630s.JOHN FORD was born in 1586 in Devon. His early career was wholly concerned with poetry and philosophical works, and it was not until the 1620s that he began collaborating on stage plays. In the late 1620s, he began writing alone, producing the eight plays on which his reputation would be based, including The Broken Heart (1620) and ''Tis Pity She''s a Whore (c.1630). Nothing more is known of Ford after the performance of his last play in 1638.JANE KINGSLEY-SMITH completed her PhD at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is the author of two monographs:Shakespeare''s Drama of Exile (2003) and Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture (2010). She is a Reader at Roehampton University, London, and a regular guest speaker at Shakespeare''s Globe.

The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasnt exactly beautiful, but shed tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead.Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone doesnt know her name. Whoever she is, she didnt deserve to die. Jesse starts digging, only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a bitter turf war between two ruthless pimps. And more blood will spill before its over.

Starring returning heroine Detective Inspector Helen Grace Pop Goes the Weasel is the latest heart-stopping thriller from M.J. Arlidge, author of Richard &Judy Book Club pick Eeny Meeny.''This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo'' Judy Finnigan*****A man''s body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut out and delivered to his wife and children.He is the first victim, and Detective Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night?The media call it Jack the Ripper in reverse: a serial killer preying on family men who lead hidden double lives.Helen can sense the fury behind the murders. But what she cannot possibly predict is how volatile this killer is - or what is waiting for her at the end of the chase...*****''M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace'' Daily Mail''Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent'' Sun''A macabre, theatrical thriller that gripped me with every twist'' Woman and HomeM. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last fifteen years. In the last five years Arlidge has produced a number of prime-time crime serials for ITV, including Torn, The Little House and Undeniable, broadcast in spring 2014. Currently writing for Silent Witness, Arlidge is also piloting original crime series for both UK and US networks. Debut thriller Eeny Meeny, which introduces Detective Inspector Helen Grace, has sold to publishers around the world.

Was their killer still at large? Could their killer be here at Buckshaw...?Two deaths, ten years apart, give Flavia de Luce the distraction she needs at a time when her family are more remote and dysfunctional than usual. Especially when a bizarre series of deadly events is casting a long shadow over everyone at Buckshaw.For Flavia, a gruesome crime to solve is only one of the mysteries confronting her, as she begins to unravel the shocking revelations surrounding the mysterious disappearance of her mother. And as she starts putting the clues together, she discovers an extraordinary tale of espionage and betrayal that may also be the key to her own destiny.

Commander William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth.It is a time of progress, with the Empire''s interests expanding and the contentious new Suez Canal nearing completion. Many people stand to gain - and to lose - as the world rapidly changes.When a Thames pleasure boat is blown up with the loss of many lives, an Egyptian man is quickly sentenced to hang for the crime. But William Monk, head of the River Police, discovers the evidence was flawed. As he and his wife Hester investigate further, Monk begins to wonder if the wrong man was convicted. If justice itself has been tainted, exposing the true culprit will be far more dangerous...

With the war in Otherworld raging, the Queen of Shadow and Night summons Camille to her court. Aeval orders her to embark on a hunt through the mists to find an ancient ally she once knew. Camille must seek out The Merlin and wake him from his long sleep. But Morgaine and Bran are along for the journey, and the pair pose a threat to both her and her quest. Now, surrounded by danger on all sides, she must pray they are allies rather than enemies, as they undertake a perilous search through the labyrinth of time?

When Ichabod Crane, a soldier from the Colonial Army, is resurrected from his grave, more than two centuries after he was killed in battle, he partners with Lieutenant Abbie Mills of the Sleepy Hollow Police Department to fight the evil forces that have taken hold of the town.Its a cold day in January, and Ichabod visits Patriots Park for a moment of peace. Instead, he receives a disturbing vision from his wife, Katrina, in which she delivers a cryptic but urgent message: he must retrieve the Congressional Cross that he was awarded by the Second Continental Congress for bravery in action. Theres just one problem: Ichabod was killed before he ever received the medal, and he is unsure where it might be. Together Ichabod and Abbie set out to uncover the mystery of the cross and its connection to George Washington and his secret war against the demon hordes. They soon learn that a coven of witches is also seeking the cross in order to resurrect their leader, Serilda, who was burned at the stake during the Revolutionary War. Now they must locate the cross before the coven can bring back Serilda to exact her fatal revenge on Sleepy Hollow.