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"Honor is the true measure of a man." On this principle, I built a powerful empire, united disparate lands, and destroyed the greatest threat to our world. I died as a true warrior should: in battle. But instead of being granted a well-earned rest, I awoke on the border of a foreign kingdom, in the body of a noble-born outcast—with a noose around my neck.

Fresh out of law school, London Vaughn discovers there's no room in Denver's prominent law firms for a middle-of-the-class graduate. While barely making ends meet as a waitress, she encounters a beautiful woman who engages her services irrespective that she has no experience, no office and no reputation. Almost immediately, London and her client are thrust into the deadly throes of a high-stakes international thriller of unimaginable scope.

My name is Lou, but I’ve been known by many names over the years. The junkie’s daughter. The teen bride. The Internet knows me as Scarlet, but in real life, I’m just Lou. Scarlet is desired. She knows how to flirt, how to seduce, how to win. But Lou… well, I guess I’m still trying to figure that out. After a wake up call with a client that made me realize I was not leading my best life, I decided to make some changes. Stop living online. See the world beyond Fairbanks. Explore. Except my ex-client isn’t taking ‘no’ for an answer.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Me. I am very much afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, like any human with a healthy sense of self-preservation would be. I miss the days when wolves were just animals in the forest rather than a thing people turn into, but thanks to Frank, this is the world I live in now. The blinders are off, and the world is nothing like I thought it was. Nate, Gabriel and Brooks fought to keep me in the dark for my own protection. Frank may have won that battle, but I’m going to win the war.

Sixties folk singer Dane Donovan vanished from a desolate highway rest area in 1979. Forty years later, he’s found hitchhiking in the California desert on a cold winter’s night. He hasn’t aged a day, but the roadmap of scars he wears tells a chilling tale. Veteran detective Walter Muse took over Dane’s missing persons case twenty years ago, but his haunting connection to Dane Donovan goes back to a peculiar run-in as a child with The Troubadour and his Talking Board at a traveling carnival.

Quando o irmão de Juliano, doente, pede que ele volte a Candelabra para assumir a padaria da família, ele se vê diante da única certeza que tem na vida: a morte. No meio de incêndios suspeitos, memórias difíceis e a ameaça de um resort brega, Juliano precisa enfrentar o passado e decidir se está pronto para construir um futuro com raízes.

Este livro é uma preciosidade. Contém os primeiros contos do jovem Cortázar, que já em 1951 se mostrava um narrador extraordinário. Para Davi Arrigucci Jr., a admirável arte do Julio Cortázar contista já está toda aqui. "A perfeita naturalidade com que seu mundo cotidiano sofre a ruptura abrupta do fantástico vem vazada em prosa displicente na aparência, mas de implacável precisão em cada palavra", escreve o crítico.

De alguna manera estos locos lo lograron: renovaron temporada con Audible para seguir esparciendo sus teorías absolutamente absurdas sobre cómo funciona este mundo.

This narrative speaks of a young lady named Vicky. She complains of her idealistic brother Allen, who teaches her the essentials of surviving in a bad neighborhood. As he advises, “When negotiation doesn’t work, learn to box.” This dramatic message came into play many times during Vicky’s young life.

Winner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize “Meticulous . . . Storytelling allows Minian to convey the physical and emotional toll of detention with potent specificity. The result is a book-length plea against...

In Overcoming Challenge: The Tar-Billy Way, Hamilton shares memories of growing up, getting his first truck driving job, going back to school, and moving into management within the trucking industry. He urges his listeners to face challenges head on and to never give up on achieving their dreams.

Sumérgete en el oscuro y fascinante mundo de "Cuentos Clásicos del Norte, Primera Serie" de Edgar Allan Poe. Estos relatos te transportarán a un universo lleno de misterio, terror y suspense. Con su prosa magistral, Poe te sumergirá en historias inquietantes y perturbadoras que exploran las profundidades de la mente humana. Cada cuento está cuidadosamente tejido, envolviéndote en atmósferas inquietantes y revelando giros inesperados.

He was a middle-aged man, writer, and teacher travelling abroad. One day, he encountered a young local woman with whom he began to chat. She said she was looking for something more than just a fling, to which he replied, "for how long?" Her response? "Forever".

Este volumen comienza en el norte de Genabackis, el día que empieza el extraordinario destino de Karsa Orlong, uno de los tres guerrerossalvajes que descienden las montañas para atacar las tierras del sur. Pasados unos años, Tavore, la inexperta consejera de la emperatriz, debe adiestrar a doce mil soldados para convertirlos en una fuerza capaz de desafiar a las hordas de la elegida, Sha'ik, que aguardan en el desierto. Allí, sus caudillos están enzarzados en una lucha de poder que amenaza al alma de la rebelión, mientras que Sha'ik se obsesiona con la que cree que es su mayor enemiga.

Las revelaciones de esta novela pueden cambiar el destino de México. ¿Por qué Pemex está en quiebra mientras el gobierno sigue adquiriendo petróleo de otros países? ¿Cuál es la realidad que se esconde tras la Reforma Energética? ¿Qué hilos mueven las decisiones del corporativo más poderoso y polémico de México? Atlas Skyberg y un grupo de jóvenes decididos a cambiar el futuro del país emprenden una peligrosa misión: entrar al edificio de Pemex y conseguir un archivo secreto que revelará las respuestas a todas estas preguntas.

Blanca, una hermosa dama del siglo XIII, lo pierde todo tras la derrota de su familia en la guerra, y, para conservar a su hijo con vida, debe sufrir los peores abusos de los vencedores.

Quentin y Julia son dos de los cuatro reyes de Fillory, un reino de fantasía perfecto. Pero, de repente, se hallan de vuelta en el deprimente mundo de Massachussetts de donde proceden. Su queste ha fracasado. ¿Lograrán regresar al país de sus sueños?

Beyond the Game is a new nonfiction chapter book series about athletes who have stepped up beyond sports to make a difference in the world, from acclaimed author, Andrew Maraniss. This is the story of LeBron James and his social justice work. Before he became one of the most famous basketball...

A destination wedding on La Jarra Island for Tillie James’s sister has its drawbacks: hair-wrecking ocean spray and pincher crabs. And its perks: sexy, hotheaded beachfront bartender Gabe Landers, who brings out the competitive streak in fellow drinkslinger Tillie. When the rivals get together for a cocktail-making challenge, the blend is pure bliss, leaving them shaken and stirred.

Best-selling author Kiana Davenport (The Spy Lover, Shark Dialogues) is pleased to offer a special-edition bundle, featuring the first three volumes of her prize-winning Pacific stories, many of which have appeared in the O. Henry Awards, the Pushcart Prizes, and The Best American Short Stories. Set across the Pacific, in islands where the author has traveled and lived, the stories comprise tales of love, lust, racism, family, murder, rape, the search for identity, and the universal search for human dignity.