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When novelist Jim Eldridge receives an invitation to a writer's retreat on Washington State's Mount Misery, it seems like the perfect escape from the last days of his dead marriage. Jim accepts the invitation to the Hacks Club and joins the other guests including the legendary H. Casper and best-seller Heather Woods for a week of fun and relaxation. Someone in those woods is not happy to see them. The body count rises, and the survivors band together to fight the relentless killer.

Yulia Tzakova's freedom comes at a heavy price. Her former captor dominates her dreams, and survival consumes her waking moments. She may have escaped, but she's far from safe. In the shadowy world of spies and betrayal, nothing is what it seems.

"Common Sense" was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.

A vampire mated to a monster hunter. Fickle Fates or a cursed union? For centuries, humans have provided me with blood and sex, no more. But now, I’m mated with a human. A Van Helsing. My one chance to build a family, and Fate paired me with the offspring of a genocidal clan.

Audiolibro de Vive el Tiempo. Los Sentimientos de la Nación son sin duda la más relevante formulación sintética de la visión de la insurgencia en su momento cumbre. Manifiestan el pensamiento político de Morelos en su fase culminante, compartido entonces por la mayoría de la dirigencia insurgente. Al mismo tiempo esos principios señalan ya una pre-constitución del nuevo Estado Nación que se gestaba.

H. Rider Haggard's classic hero, Allan Quatermain, returns in three brand new adventures all set on the Dark Continent. Thomas Kent Miller's novella has the big-game hunter traveling to Ethiopia to search for the fabled Library of Alexandria. Erik Franklin pits him against an ancient cult of assassins while Alan J. Porter has the skilled tracker stuck in the middle of the Boer War trying to find the source of a diamond smuggling operation.

Oscar Wilde já era reconhecido como um dos melhores autores de seu tempo quando foi condenado à prisão, em 1895. A acusação de “indecência grave” remetia à muito discutida homossexualidade de Wilde, considerada crime na época. Enquanto estava encarcerado, o autor escreveu uma carta a Lord Alfred Douglas, com quem mantinha uma relação que foi o estopim para sua prisão.

Phoenix, Spring 1983. For the Carsons, five siblings from the present day, it has come down to this. Find the parents they have chased through time for more than two years, or go home and resume their lives without them.

Cuando muere la señorita Emilia Grierson, por fin el pueblo logra entender las razones de la misteriosa y solitaria vida de esta mujer.

Rubén Olmos, experimentado baqueano que acostumbra transitar por los accidentados caminos de la Cordillera de Los Andes, junto a su fiel caballo Lucero, se ve enfrentado a una difícil decisión, cuando debe cruzar el Paso del Buitre

Having given into desire and cemented their mating bond, Jordan and Edra are under pressure to keep their relationship a secret. Jordan fears his career will be over if it is discovered the that he is sleeping with the Mytho Liaison Officer. For Edra, there is no hiding his relationship as the werewolves can smell Jordan on his skin. He finds himself being shunned by some of the Mytho community because they view him as a traitor for bonding with a human.

Transition is the third book of the Euphoria Z series set in a post-apocalyptic California. The post-apocalyptic world is in transition. While things may seem safer, a great danger lurks under the surface and sometimes from above. What does the Island have to do with the state of the world, and the invisible creatures? New threats arise and evil is tracked down. Will this finally be the end for Ben and his psychopathic lifestyle? Continue the adventure as we find out what happened to Cooper, Lisa, and the others.

Old Chicago has a new hero, the Bagman. Created by writer B.C. Bell, the Bagman is former gangster Frank McCullough who goes straight and becomes a crime-buster to protect the good people of the Windy City. These stories mix fast-paced action and humor in the finest pulp tradition.

The Herbal Saver, packed with interesting and helpful information about the “Miracle Tree,” is an excellent resource to help get your health and wellness on track. Moringa oleifera, or moringa as it is causally known, is a fast-growing tree found in sub-Himalayan regions of India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

What if talking doesn’t work? In fact, instead of understanding you get the opposite: more conflict. Sounds familiar? We linger in unsatisfying relationships or end up divorcing. But you deserve better! Mindful habits can transform your relationship, heal wounds and make you feel heard. This five step program will show what united you in the first place and bring you back to that initial bond.

Può sembrare incredibile ma nella Bibbia, quando Dio sceglie una persona per affidarle una missione, si tratta quasi sempre della persona più sbagliata che si possa immaginare. Ordina a una coppia anziana e sterile di generare un popolo, chiama a sé un balbuziente perché diventi oratore e profeta, mette giustizia e verità nelle mani di ladroni e prostitute. Le figure più venerabili dell'Antico Testamento, come Abramo, Mosè, Davide e Salomone, sono in realtà segnate da una moltitudine di colpe, destinate a coprirsi di ridicolo.

Juliette’s life is work - she’s ruthless, determined, and has built a reputation for helping difficult CEOs achieve their maximum potential. When she’s scouted by the royal Azhar family to assist the head of their tech division, Sheikh Basri Azhar, she’s eager for the challenge. The company is at a critical juncture, and it will be up to Juliette to keep the brash, young CEO on track. Shouldn’t be a problem - until Juliette meets Basri. He’s handsome, charismatic, and much harder to manage than she could have imagined.

Matchmaker Cassandra is a pro at finding her clients that perfect person—but unfortunately her talent doesn’t extend to her own love life. She's too busy for romance, and she’s guarded her heart ever since her parents’ nasty divorce. So a man like Nasir seems the perfect choice for a casual fling—handsome, successful, and not interested in a relationship. But things get complicated quickly when Cassandra realizes not only that Nasir is her new client…but that she’s pregnant with his child.

For six years following the Civil War, gunslingers John West and Lawson Kimbrell led the notorious West-Kimbrell Clan in robbing unsuspecting travelers on the Natchez Trace. John West found a criminal kinship in partner Kimbrell, and as gang leaders they were absolutely merciless in creating mayhem far and wide, to an unprecedented degree. Nightriders chronicles the rise of these madmen in and around Winn Parish, Louisiana, and details their ultimate downfall.

Piero della Francesca di Bernard Berenson è un'opera irriverente e rivoluzionaria, un testo cardinale della critica d'arte novecentesca. Berenson insegue la bellezza nascosta e silenziosa a partire dall'arte classica, attraverso le luminose prove medievali, fino alle soglie della modernità di Cézanne, Degas e van Gogh. Perché l'arte è senza tempo, come eterno e sempre nuovo è lo stupore che suscita in noi. Introduzione di Vittorio Sgarbi.