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Moon Awaken

Autor: Mimi Mcrey

Número de Páginas: 258

Detective Selene Prince meets and quickly falls in love with the man of her dreams. But Ashen Marrok didn’t happen in her life by coincidence. He was sent to protect her. Selene has dark forces hunting her because of secrets she knows nothing about. Her life is turned upside down when she is faced with learning about her clandestine past, which includes her becoming heir to a throne of magical beasts. Ashen must fight to protect her and her identity when she gets caught up in a dangerous fight with the vampires that hunt her.

ALFA Investigations Complete Series

Autor: Chelle Bliss

Número de Páginas: 964

Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles

Autor: Fabio Bartolomei

Número de Páginas: 323

A raucous debut novel of organized—and unorganized—crime. “A story that takes itself unseriously enough to be funny” (The Daily Beast, “This Week’s Hot Reads”). Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples. Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance. A “miraculous” Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300 and...

Hambre de Lobo

Autor: Carrie Jones

Número de Páginas: 23

Las mejores cosas a veces surgen en los lugares más inesperados... Lilian, una brasileña morena y curvilinea, hace su maestría en los Estados Unidos. Cuando surge una vacante de empleo importante en una gran empresa local, decide que no cuesta nada probar, y manda su currículo. Después que combina la entrevista, ¡apenas puede creer en su suerte! Pero todavía no vió nada, y las sorpresas solo están comenzando... Alec Wolfe es el director jefe de WolfeEnterprises, y también el hombre lobo alfa de la manada local. Dividido entre la búsqueda incesante de su compañera destinada, la presión de los otros lobos para que procree, la luna llena que se acerca y las interminables reuniones de negocios, este alfa solo quiere que este viernes termine para poder relajarse... hasta que surge un problema con las entrevistas para un nuevo miembro del área de RR.HH., gracias a la secretaria linda, pero fútil e inútil, que él mismo contrató. Con su suerte, las cosas solo pueden empeorar... ¿o será que finalmente esta vez este lobo solitario encontrará a su alma gemela? Las mejores cosas a veces surgen en los lugares más inesperados...

The Second Messiah

Autor: Glenn Meade

Número de Páginas: 569

"Featuring a Pocket readers group guide"--P. [4] of cover.

Silverstone's First Grand Prix

Autor: Anthony Meredith , Gordon Blackwell

Número de Páginas: 227

The story of Silverstone's dramatic opening in 1948 and the colourful figures involved in its first Grand Prix

The Lie

Autor: Petra Hammesfahr , John Brownjohn

Número de Páginas: 574

After meeting Susanne Lasko, a desperate, unemployed divorcee, by chance, Nadia Trenkler, a stylish Berlin investment counselor, hires Susanne, whom she closely resembles, to spend the weekend with her husband, with whom she barely interacts, so she can conduct an out-of-town affair. Of course, a lot more is going on than Susanne realizes. For one thing, Marcus Zurkeulen, a shady investor Nadia has been tricking, wants the money she stole from him. When the devious Nadia disappears, Susanne continues the deception with scary results.

Scenes from an Automotive Wonderland

Autor: Gregory A. Cagle

Número de Páginas: 246

Gregory Cagle was a 10-year-old car fanatic when his family moved from New Jersey to Germany in 1956. For the next five years he photographed unusual, rare and sometimes bizarre automobiles throughout Europe. This book features 105 specimens of auto exotica, captured with Cagle's Iloca Rapid-B 35mm camera--not showpieces in museums but daily drivers in their natural habitats. In the background can be glimpsed, here and there, the mood of postwar Europe. The story behind each photo is told, with dates and locations, information and history about the cars and some of their owners, along with Cagle's personal anecdotes.

Adak

Autor: Andrew C A Jampoler

Número de Páginas: 246

In the tradition of great tales of men against the sea, Adak offers a compelling look at courage and commitment in the face of certain tragedy. Alfa Foxtrot 586 was a P-3 Orion on station on a sensitive Cold War mission off the Kamchatka Peninsula on 26 October 1978. When a propeller malfunction turned into an engine fire, the pilot was forced to ditch his turboprop into the empty, mountainous seas west of the Aleutian Islands. The aircraft went down in just ninety seconds, taking one of the three rafts with it. Thirteen men launched the other rafts, the smallest of which—terribly overcrowded—soon began to leak, threatening the nine men aboard. This account of the flight crew's desperate battle against the sea, and the heroic efforts to rescue them provide an engrossing true story of survival.

The Western Mediterranean World

Autor: James Macintosh Houston

Número de Páginas: 874

Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary

Autor: Elizabeth J. Feeley , Philip P. Feeley

Número de Páginas: 572

Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a specialized resource. Homophones are a particular feature of spoken and written English, words that have the same sound but different meanings and may have different roots and different spellings. This dictionary features... • a brief definition of the word • a pronunciation guide • identifies parts of speech • covers from early modern English to the present • provides examples of usage with references to the original • word category Clear and correct use of words is fundamental to good communication and Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a significant aid to doing so.

Heat

Autor: Bill Streever

Número de Páginas: 325

An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes to any extreme to uncover the answers, Bill Streever sets off to find out what heat really means. Let him be your guide and you'll firewalk across hot coals and sweat it out in Death Valley, experience intense fever and fire, learn about the invention of matches and the chemistry of cooking, drink crude oil, and explore thermonuclear weapons and the hottest moment of all time-the big bang. Written in Streever's signature spare and refreshing prose, Heat is an adventurous personal narrative that leaves readers with a new vision of an everyday experience-how heat works, its history, and its relationship to daily life.

Crystal Whisperer

Autor: Camilla Monk

Número de Páginas: 373

Sweet Raptor Jesus, this is it! Or maybe not... Perpetually foiled romance heroine Island Chaptal and reformed cleaning expert March —or is it Mr. November?— are enjoying a pleasant break in South-Africa, after brushing death in the inhospitable and platypus-infested mountains of Liechtenstein... That is, until a commercial flight disintegrates over the Atlantic, killing hundreds, and Island's supervillain dad makes the news as the mastermind behind the attack. Old Lion Dries is now on the run, and he calls upon his last ally —and favorite disciple— March. From the streets of Venice to the turquoise waters of French Polynesia, March and Island embark on a deadly race against the clock to find out what secrets lie behind Dries’s downfall, and stop the mysterious “Crystal Whisperer” before it’s too late. This time, though, there might just be no winning against futuristic weapons, CIA agents, Roomba cats, (reluctantly) evil henchmen, and dads who won’t let you get your groove on, dammit!

Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters

Autor: James M. Tabor

Número de Páginas: 432

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival "Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.

Dominus

Autor: Tom Fox

Número de Páginas: 357

Fans of Simon Toyne's Sanctus and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code will be gripped by this relentless religious conspiracy thriller. The Vatican Cathedral is packed to the rafters as Pope Gregory XVII leads the congregation in mass. A cloaked stranger steps suddenly and fearlessly towards the altar and commands the wheelchair-bound Pope to stand. He does. The miracle stops the world in its tracks. Who is this stranger? More miraculous events follow and as the Vatican retreats and closes its doors to the world, journalist Alexander Trecchio and police officer Gabriella Fierro set out to find an explanation that might calm an increasingly hysterical nation. Because the question on everyone's lips is what the stranger's arrival might mean...and whether it finally heralds the End of Days.

Colossus and the Crab

Autor: D. F. Jones

Número de Páginas: 174

The 22nd Century. Dr. Charles Forbin is Earth's most powerful man. As mediator between Colossus, the Super Computer, and the rest of humanity, Forbin holds the key to Earth's fate. When Colossus, an awe-inspiring technological creation, suddenly became self-aware and took upon itself the task of righting humanity's wrongs with no regard for humans themselves, Forbin intervened. He took the decision to turn off his great machine - but could not do it alone. Forbin called upon invaders from Mars. The Martians did their fastidious work, shutting down Colossus. The Earth descended into chaos. Rival factions sparred for supremacy, with only Forbin to control the populace and maintain order. But now, the Martians have returned. And they want compensation. Forbin is asked to design a super Collector in order to solidify the Earth's supply of oxygen - or, a large proportion of it - to be handed over to the Martians. But to do so would condemn the lives of hundreds of millions of Earth's inhabitants. There is only one entity on Earth with the power to stop the Martians...Colossus must return.

The Sister Verse and the Crown of Eyes

Autor: Amelie C. Langlois

Número de Páginas: 138

In the third book of the Sister Verse, Diana and her party must journey to the forgotten wasteland of the fallen lobe, and recover the mythical Crown of Eyes, and with it, her memories. Meanwhile, the allied nations march upon Lao-Va, and Singer must lead a daring expedition into the writhing Elder World before all of creation falls to the darkling scourge. This book contains scenes of violence that may be unsuitable for some readers.

MIA

Autor: Lee Clark

Número de Páginas: 371

What happened to the young woman who went to pick up a pizza in Miami and disappeared? Was she murdered? Or abducted, never to be seen again? That’s what young North Carolina physician Matthew Paine and his colleague—the young woman's father—desperately want to know as they rush south to search for her, racing against an unseen clock. Miami is a big place and Matthew knows that fast action is critical to finding her alive… Initially, staff members at the mission—where she was volunteering for the summer—weren’t worried because bars in Miami are open all night. But when a day turned into two, everyone became concerned for her welfare. Encountering challenges, shady characters, and trouble at every turn, they discover other women missing. Are their disappearances connected? When the body of one of the missing women washes ashore, Matthew’s determination doubles—as does his feeling of dread. The makeshift search team frantically traverses the roadways and waterways around Miami, risking their own lives while trying to remain hopeful, to track her last known whereabouts. Can they find her in time? You’ll love MIA—the hot third book in Lee Clark’s Matthew Paine...

Motor Cycling and Motoring

Número de Páginas: 1274

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies

Autor: Roger Bartlett , Chris Gratton , Christer G. Rolf

Número de Páginas: 1564

Now available in paperback, the Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies is the most authoritative and comprehensive single-volume reference work ever published on sport. With over one million words of text arranged into more than 1000 entries and articles, it covers the full range of sub-disciplines within sports studies; including scientific, social scientific and medical approaches. The encyclopedia is alphabetically organized and consists of: principal articles covering key disciplinary areas, such as sports economics and sports history large topical entries on central subjects such as resistance training and the diagnosis of sports injuries smaller topical entries on subjects such as cross training and projectile motion short overviews of other important terms and concepts, from metabolism and motivation to muscle tension-length relationship. With over 150 contributing authors from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong and continental Europe, the Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies is an unparalleled work of sports scholarship. Accessibly written, facts-fronted and including full cross-referencing and guides to further reading ...

Aza-Crown Macrocycles

Autor: Jerald S. Bradshaw , Krzysztof E. Krakowiak , Reed M. Izatt

Número de Páginas: 896

The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, since its inception, has been recognized as a cornerstone of heterocyclic chemistry. Each volume attempts to discuss all aspects – properties, synthesis, reactions, physiological and industrial significance – of a specific ring system. To keep the series up-to-date, supplementary volumes covering the recent literature on each individual ring system have been published. Many ring systems (such as pyridines and oxazoles) are treated in distinct books, each consisting of separate volumes or parts dealing with different individual topics. With all authors are recognized authorities, the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Chemistry is considered worldwide as the indispensable resource for organic, bioorganic, and medicinal chemists.

Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book #226

Autor: John M. Samson

Número de Páginas: 68

Created by the best contemporary crossword constructors and edited by top puzzle master John M. Samson, these puzzles provide clever and stimulating challenges for solvers of every level. Spiral bound.

Dying to Live Forever

Autor: Anthony Vincent Bruno

Número de Páginas: 284

As the Western World learns of the news that Mikhail Gorbachev has been arrested by hardline communists within the crumbling Soviet Union, the CIA send a black ops team to Rome to divert vital American SDI software from falling into the hardliner's possession who seek to use the stolen disc to legitimize their shocking coup d'état. Shortly after Marcus Tychon Triarius arrives in the Eternal City, a car bomb attempt is made on his life - but who knew of his covert movements? Has his illustrious bloodline been corrupted by someone dear to him or has the Central Intelligence Agency set him up to fail? The body count rises as he and his wet asset team encounter eerie sightings of cloned KGB doppelgangers. During three sleepless days and nights, Marcus encounters a stranger who offers to help him stay alive another day, to live until he can die forever, in a manner most suitable to him. She is a stranger with a devastating secret that will tear his world apart. If rogue Soviet scientists get the opportunity to manipulate the ‘Star Wars’ software, there would be the very real possibility of nuclear war. Who can you trust when friend and foe alike seek your life - all because your...

The Viper

Autor: Christobel Kent

Número de Páginas: 322

Sandro Cellini faces his demons... Sandro Cellini hasn't set foot in La Vipera, a derelict farmhouse just outside Florence that was once home to a free-living commune, for forty years - until the discovery of two bodies nearby leads him back there. At the start of his career, Cellini investigated an accusation that minors were being corrupted at La Vipera, but no charges were ever brought. Now, tasked with tracking down former members of the community, he has a chance to finally discover what really went on all those years ago. But in order to learn the true nature of the commune's mission, he must face his own traumatic memories. As he sifts through the lies, those closest to him are placed in danger. Only Cellini can unravel the final mystery of La Vipera, and so protect those he loves.

Outbreak | The Dead Chronicles

Autor: Denni Towle

Número de Páginas: 257

With his first book in "The Dead Chronicles" series, Denni Towle takes zombie story telling to a whole new level. "Outbreak" is not just another blood and gore zombie shoot out. Mixed in with plenty of action are characters you get to know - love them, hate them, cheer for them, cry for them but most of all you can associate with them.From the frozen tundras of Green Bay, WI to the sun soaked coasts of Florida, "Outbreak" is a marvelous journey of people trying to understand and survive (some not survive) a world-wide viral infection causing zombie like effects in the people we love. Denni sets a wonderful stage and gets this series in full gear with his entrancing tale on how it could really happen.So get yourself set to travel into a story of love, hate, friendships, survival, action, life and death. Whether you are a zombie fan or just a lover of good books, "Outbreak" is a novel that will keep you turning pages and hungry for more.

Spring

Autor: Leila Rafei

Número de Páginas: 225

Three stories. One revolution. Eighteen days in Egypt. Sami is no revolutionary. When the Arab Spring breaks out in 2011, he’s busy finishing school in Cairo and hiding his relationship with an American woman from his conservative mother, Suad. It’s a task that’s becoming impossible as events take a catastrophic turn. But Suad won’t be fooled—her son has been distant and she knows it’s not about politics. Far away in the Nile Delta, she spends her days tending obsessively to her lemon grove, which is quickly becoming her last vestige of control. The only child who remains by her side is her daughter, but as she, too, gets involved with the protests, Suad realizes it won’t last for long. There’s one person who knows exactly what’s going on in the family, and she wishes she didn’t. The maid, Jamila, already has too much to worry about as a refugee who’s lobbying for resettlement, expecting a baby, and looking for her missing husband. All she wants is stability, and that her dreams won’t be thwarted by the unrest sweeping a city she doesn’t belong to—a city that doesn’t even want her there. As the country revolts against the regime it has always known,...

The Sandro Cellini Mysteries, Books 4-6

Autor: Christobel Kent

Número de Páginas: 1026

Three sinister crimes in one, set against the backdrop of the the faded decadence and small-town claustrophobia of contemporary Florence 'Brooding Italian noir' Independent on Sunday 'Suspense, atmosphere, and the architectural beauty of Florence... Fantastic' Irish Examiner A Time of Mourning Sandro Cellini - ex-policeman, good husband and newly-minted private detective - is at first unwilling to see any connection between the disappearance of a young English girl from among Florence's hard-drinking community of foreign arts students, and the suicide of an elderly Jewish architect. But as he investigates the circumstances more closely, Sandro's first case turns out to be darker and more complex than he could have imagined... A Fine and Private Place Just as Sandro gets to grips with the reality of life as a private detective, an old case comes back to haunt him. As heattempts to uncover the truth of Loni Meadows's violent and lonely death, he finds himself drawn into the lives of the a highly strung arts community and the closed world they inhabit in the Casentino's isolated hills The Dead Season Florence's inhabitants have fled to the hills, but Sandro Cellini will not be...

Code Word Romance

Autor: Carlie Walker

Número de Páginas: 321

One fake prime minister, one ridiculously hot handler, and one Italian summer collide in this thrilling adventure rom-com. Max is just your average girl. She works odd jobs, has a soul-crushing amount of debt, and happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Europe’s youngest female prime minister, Sofia Christensen. Sofia is powerful, beautiful—and unfortunately, someone is trying quite hard to assassinate her. When the CIA approaches Max with a deal, a life-changing amount of money if she pretends to be Sofia on the prime minister’s annual Italian vacation, Max packs her bags for the Amalfi Coast. The delicious food, the breathtaking views—this trip would be a dream if it weren’t for those pesky assassins and Flynn, the handler assigned to Max’s case. Flynn, who has an unexpected history with Max, from another sun-drenched summer years and years ago. Now he’s instructed to stay in Max’s suite to protect her, as old passions and assassins collide. Losing herself in the role of a prime minister is one thing. But losing her heart to Flynn again? Now that’s a risk she isn’t willing to take . . .

Shiva's Messenger

Autor: Russell Twyce

Número de Páginas: 331

Even decades after the grassy knoll the dog-faced man from Dallas is hounded by the betrayal that forever altered his life. From birth he has sheltered, nurtured and exquisitely trained his son for one monumental task. Now, with his dying breath he unleashes his meticulously honed next generation weapon. 'Shiva's Messenger' is cunning, relentless and in chameleon form, he strikes faster than the cobra of his symbol. From the high Canadian wilderness, through the heartland and ancients capitols of Europe he embraces death and has been reaping a swath targeted at the highest levels of politics. Can anyone stop him or do any want to try?

Bitterblue

Autor: Kristin Cashore

Número de Páginas: 527

Sono passati 8 anni da quando la principessa Bitterblue e il suo popolo sono stati salvati dai piani diabolici di suo padre Leck. Ora il regno è in pace, anche se il ricordo dell'ex sovrano, psicopatico e violento, è ancora vivo. Curiosa di conoscere cosa accade oltre le mura del castello, Bitterblue scappa di nascosto e si aggira per le vie della capitale, scoprendo ben presto che il solo modo di superare 35 anni di vessazioni è quello di rivangare e rielaborare il passato. Due ladri, che hanno giurato di rubare solo ai malfattori, cambieranno per sempre la sua vita, perché possiedono la chiave per svelare la verità sul regno di Leck. E uno di loro, un Graceling, potrebbe avere anche la chiave per il suo cuore. Gli altri titoli della Trilogia dei Sette Regni: Graceling, Fire.

Heresy and the Ideal

Autor: David Baker

Número de Páginas: 317

"At its center, Heresy and the Ideal is based on Baker's sense of Romantic poetics, especially on how contemporary poets have applied, altered, or rejected certain Romantic principles. He uses the Romantic trope to measure the tension between passion and reason and between the problems of literary transcendence and the obligations of social engagement."--Jacket.

Pequod

Número de Páginas: 660

Hitler's Jackals

Autor: Rupert Butler

Número de Páginas: 232

Drawing on contemporary records the author reveals for the first time in a single book the appalling record of collaboration and aggression that occurred in middle European countries during the Second World War, together with gripping accounts of their exploits as fighting troops.

Curators and Culture

Autor: Joel J. Orosz

Número de Páginas: 320

The author researched ten museums founded prior to 1870, using primary sources. Those chosen comprised a geographically diverse sample of pre-1870 American museums and covered a range of disciplines, among them art, history, and natural science.

Study for the World's Body

Autor: David St. John

Número de Páginas: 168

"Study for the World's Body showcases the work of one of America's most celebrated and groundbreaking poets. In this remarkable and powerful new collection, he has selected the most evocative and well-loved poems from his earlier books and combined them with dazzling new ones." "In 1976, St. John made his poetic debut with the publication of Hush, a book that immediately established him as a writer of astonishing power and vision, and revealed the theme that has proven central to his writing throughout his career: desire. In Hush and the three collections that follow it, desire plays out its drama on the body. St. John explores both its physical, erotic manifestations and its spiritual ones with intellectual rigor and an emotional engagement that vibrates with intensity." "In his latest poems, St. John has turned his attention more acutely to the moral dimension of desire, writing about the spiritual hardships of the mature soul - sin and alienation, and our true and sometimes thwarted hunger for genuine spiritual communion. These newer poems possess a dark, exciting quality that reflects St. John's aesthetic maturation and assuredness." "In his tour de force title poem, with...

Scandinavian Archaeology

Autor: Haakon Shetelig , Hjalmar Falk

Número de Páginas: 562

The Sway of Precious Demons

Autor: Geraldine Monk

Número de Páginas: 64

Tall Tales (some True)

Autor: Greg Mcgee

Número de Páginas: 324

Greg McGee's haphazard journey as unlikely writer, rebellious rugby player, ambivalent protestor, lawyer and defendant, mutineer tourist, dilettante coach and incompetent kangaroo culler has taken him from Ponsonby to Paraburdoo, Tapanui to Harlem, Dunedin to Venice and various other T-shirt destinations. During this time he has crossed paths with a diverse cast of characters, from Peter Mahon to Keith Murdoch, Peggy Guggenheim to Duncan Laing, Ken Gray to Billy T. James, Raymond Hawthorne to Bert Potter, not to mention Grizz Wylie, Janet Frame's brother, Sicilian witches, Vincent van Gogh and writers, actors, producers and other denizens of stage and screen. For theatre, he has written both Foreskin's Lament, which has been described as 'the great New Zealand play', and Whitemen, which McGee describes as 'New Zealand's biggest home-made bomb'. He also wrote the controversial mini-series Erebus, The Aftermath and much else for television, and has published the odd short story and sports column. Tall Tales (Some True) is an unabashedly subjective account of that journey, and of the backstage mechanics of a particular writer's life. It is a seriously entertaining attempt to answer...

The World Champions: Giuseppe Farina to Jackie Stewart

Autor: Anthony Pritchard

Número de Páginas: 298

This book is a detailed account of that exclusive and celebrated group of drivers who have reached the top of the Grand Prix Circuit ...

Intravenous Medications

Autor: Betty L. Gahart , Adrienne R. Nazareno

Número de Páginas: 1268

Published annually to provide the most current IV drug information possible, the 2005 edition is updated with hundreds of drug facts and ten new monographs for intravenous drugs recently approved by the FDA.