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Two heroes of the Roman army - Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred veterans famed for their resilience and bravery - lead their best men into battle against a terrifying leader, Boudica, Queen of the Britons. A spectacular and unforgettable story of brutal warfare, honour and sacrifice as brave men prepare to throw down their lives for the glory, and survival, of the Roman Empire.

Isolés en pleine forêt, sept chasseurs et chasseuses prisonniers de la neige vont tenter de survivre et de lutter contre la folie qui les guette. Survient le drame. Un drame dont le lecteur se rendra complice... malgré lui.Est-ce l'alcool en carafon, le cuir brun, le mobilier vieux chêne, le feu qui crépite dans la cheminée ? Ce climat anglais où l'on s'assassine en grignotant des scones et en buvant du thé ? Il lui semble que chaque chose est bien à sa place, que chaque personne autour de cette table est un peu trop racée pour être honnête.

All Mara Shaw ever wanted was to be a physicist and use her incredible gifts to give the world a reason to hope. Constructing GRASP to harness the solar winds, Mara and her team find themselves on the cusp of a breakthrough in free energy—enough to power the world forever. Yet Mara got more than she ever expected, opening a doorway to an unfathomable mystery and answering the most fundamental questions in human history.

Nuestro personaje se pasea sin demasiados propósitos por Belgrano un sábado a la tarde; después, producto de una invitación, viaja a Europa, a Frankfurt, y se detiene en la observación de calles, hoteles, costumbres; el final lo encuentra en la Ciudad Vieja, en Montevideo, un día de mucho viento. Cada uno de los personajes con los que se encuentra en estos paseos es motivo de curiosidad y observación. Elvio E. Gandolfo escribe desde tres puntos de vista –en primera, en segunda y en tercera persona– y despliega su potencia novelística para narrar las andanzas de un personaje.

In 1958, 27 years after Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World", he took another look at his remarkable fable and résumé the development since. His understandings are most alarming in his time already. They are even more alarming almost another half century later and shockingly up-to-date, considering recent developments. His prophetic view proofs once more, how terribly precise and visionary it was.

One touch from the Spear of Odin can transform a man into a berserker—an unstoppable rage-fueled killing machine. Dane Maddock and “Bones” Bonebrake, former Navy SEALs turned treasure hunters, are on assignment in Norway—their mission: Stop the rogue biotech company ScanoGen from getting their hands on the legendary weapon.

Out of the Frying pan is an exceedingly dark comedy that follows the story of Luther LaMotta and Martini Conti as they escape the death and dismemberment they have left behind in New York. Driving a brand new, stolen Lincoln Town Car the only plan they have is to lay low and try to out wit the gangsters that have been sent to kill them.

Things get very twisted in the aftermath of the battle with Pyriel and the group find themselves scattered. Eleyana searches desperately for Samayael while Lilitu tries to figure out an ill omen in the stars. The Archangel Michael makes a decision that creates deep fissures among his brothers. But worry not, we are far from the end of the tale.

Five of seven—that’s how many Vindix I’ve found. Usually, I’d call that a decent average, but decent is not nearly good enough and time is running out. Add that to the fact that Hans, one of the five Vindix I’ve managed to find, is in a coma, cursed by the vampire queen herself. Oh, and Gunner is still missing. Before we can solve a single one of those problems, the Princes of Hell claim their territories, throwing the human world into complete upheaval. They say when it rains it pours. Well, the Coven of Shadows and Secrets must be in a hurricane.

There are thousands of stories in Central City. Here are just a few of them from the mind of Adam C Mitchell, three hardboiled noir novellas and a gripping short, all following private eyes, detectives and crooks all set against the backdrop of the 1940's....

يتحدث "يوسف إدريس" في روايته هذه عن مصارعة الثيران في إسبانيا، موظفاً لذلك بطلاً اسمه أنطونيو، هذا البطل الذي تحمس له وتعاطف معه السارد والجمهور بشكل غير عادي، لكن دون أن يعرف عنه أحدٌ شيئا من قبل... تحمس له الجميع طوال المصارعة، وهذا ما لم يبدوه تجاه المصارعين الآخرين.

Timothy Hope, desperate to impress the beautiful but disdainful Lady Misericordia, stows away on Lord Daunt's expedition to the North Pole, and finds himself caught up in an adventure of high seas, deep crevasses, slavering wolves, reindeer sleigh rides and much, much more, with only his wits and inventiveness to keep him and his friends alive.

There are good reasons why compelling action stories are popular. They give us the catharsis of adrenaline-pumping risk and danger, the rush of edge-of-your seat suspense, and a welcome escape from the sameness of everyday life. These three stories provide all that and more-and even better, they're given to you in the wonderful format of screenplays. As you listen, you have the chance to be the director as well as the audience-and you'll appreciate the format, easy on the eyes compared to prose fiction.

Stark wie ein Wolf, scharf wie eine Klinge. Eine Laidhen zögert niemals, zeigt niemals Schwäche. Ihre Worte wiegen schwerer, ihre Taten entscheiden über Leben und Tod.Keldas Träume haben sich erfüllt, sie ist endlich zuhause. Doch das scheinbare Glück trügt. Die Erwartungen ihrer Mutter sind hoch und zwei ihrer Brüder weigern sich, sie als Teil der Familie zu akzeptieren. Darüber hinaus muss Kelda sich eingestehen, dass ihre Zeit im Elfenreich nicht spurlos an ihr vorübergegangen ist. Sie kann die furchtbaren Dinge, die ihr angetan wurden, genauso wenig vergessen wie Leannan.

C'est au tour de Vanessa Fulton de se réveiller d'un sommeil séculaire. Eden a encore évolué, s'enfonçant de plus en plus dans un monde quasi médiéval où la violence est reine. Pour autant, les vestiges de ce qui fut la civilisation terrienne ne sont peut-être pas tous éteints.

Per il regno di Elverath, Keera è la Spada del Re, la sua spia e assassina più temuta e fidata. Ma in segreto trama insieme al principe Killian e alla sua Ombra, l'oscuro e cupo Riven che notte dopo notte le ha tolto il sonno. Insieme complottano per uccidere Aemon, il re tiranno. A Myrelinth, la lussureggiante città segreta degli alberi, fate, elfi e mezzosangue vivono in armonia. Ma Keera non può sfuggire al suo passato: i crimini che è stata obbligata a commettere contro la sua stessa gente l'hanno seguita fino alle Terre Fatate.

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire—her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who turned her, redemption feels impossible. But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she's forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

FBI Agent Jo Pullinger is tasked to solve a baffling new case, one that will affect someone close to her. As the sun sets on a quiet highway, a routine traffic stop takes a deadly turn. When Special Agent Jo Pullinger arrives on the scene, she finds a man dead in the back of a semi-truck and the driver in custody, charged with murder. But as she delves deeper into the case, she realizes that the driver is the older brother of a fellow agent, and she must navigate the complex personal and professional ties as she searches for the truth.

Siete años después de su mediático juicio, Liam Jones parece haberse habituado a su vida en el centro psiquiátrico penitenciario donde ingresó tras conocerse sus crímenes. Sin embargo, dicha calma está a punto de desvanecerse: la sombra de su alter ego es demasiado alargada. Oliver Baker recibe una inquietante llamada de la penitenciaría: su excompañero en el Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, ahora conocido como el Asesino del TID, ha recibido un siniestro diorama.

There’s already been one death by the time the authorities ask Fin to go undercover to investigate a company that is creating extensive environmental damage to the ocean, threatening an octopus nursery, a shark mating area, and the endangered green turtles, all causes dear to her heart. How can she say no? It’s not until she’s on site that she realizes she’ll have to work with Liam and the team from his environmental remediation company. Working together will be awkward, but Fin is determined to do everything she can to stop the damage.