Click Here leondumoulin.nl?book=BFLVRI. ( Doctor Perry Sidwell s Adventures with Dreams and the Paranormal Book.
Table of contents
Borrow for free from your Kindle device. Jealousy as Cruel as the Grave 8 May Scent of Death 27 Mar Fenwyck Hall 14 Mar Provide feedback about this page. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. View or edit your browsing history. Unlimited One-Day Delivery and more. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Get to Know Us. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs.
Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands. Twerp Mark Goldblatt In Queens, New York, in , twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are affected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying. The hex factor Harriet Goodwin Xanthe Fox can't wait to turn thirteen, but as the big day arrives her world starts to fall apart.
Set-up at school for something she didn't do, it seems her age-old enemy, Kelly, is making trouble for her and as things escalate, even her best friend Saul starts to doubt her innocence. With the school threatening to expel her, and mysterious glowing Xs appearing in front of her eyes, Xanthe turns to Grandma Alice for help. But what the old lady tells her will change Xanthe's life for ever. The Crossroads Chris Grabenstein The other woman Jane Green Ellie is happy in her relationship with Dan and glad to be gaining a mother until she starts to take over the wedding and baby preparations.
Out of the black land Kerry Greenwood Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty is peacefully prosperous under the joint rule of the pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV - until the younger pharaoh brings terrifying changes. Child princess Mutnodjme sees her beautiful sister Nefertiti married to the impotent young pharaoh, while the ladies of the court devise a shocking plan to ensure Nefertiti bears royal children.
Many believe that the young pharaoh is not only deformed but mad and that the biggest danger to the empire lies within the royal palace itself. Her surrogate family, the Rivers family, are unlike anyone she has met before and she soon comes to love her new life with them, and in particular with twelve-year old Grace. Over the next few years, as the dog-fights rage ever more fiercely over head and it becomes clear that the Rivers marriage contains deep and irreparable cracks, Nora and Grace grow as close as sisters - though, to Nora's confusion, even this is not quite as close as she would like.
What happened next is a secret that will gnaw away at Nora for the rest of her life - a secret that she can only begin to tell when she is certain that she is approaching the end. The case of the deadly butter chicken Tarquin Hall Vish Puri is as fond of butter chicken as the next Punjabi. And when there's plenty on offer at the Delhi Durbar hotel where he's attending an India Premier League cricket match dinner, he's the first to tuck in. Irfan Khan, father of Pakistani star cricketer Kamran Khan, can't resist either.
But the creamy dish proves his undoing. After a few mouthfuls, he collapses on the floor, dead. Clearly this isn't a case of Delhi Belly. But who amongst the Bollywood stars, politicians, bureaucrats and industrialists poisoned Khan is a mystery. And with the capital's police chief proving as incompetent as ever, it falls to Most Private Investigators to find out the truth. Portly, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe through modern India's swindlers, cheats and murderers.
In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life, Puri's main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners, a job once the preserve of aunties and family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puri's resources to investigate.
Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble. No GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis. But for cigar-chewing, rough-talking, hard-drinking, hard-charging Captain Jack Lee and his men, there is one more mission: Simon Howe, once a promising reporter in Portland, Maine, is the last person anyone would have expected to move back to his childhood home to raise a family.
Yet, Simon's quiet existence dramatically changes when he starts receiving threatening messages from an anonymous sender. For the first time, Brown Dog gathers all the Brown Dog novellas, including one never before published, into one volume. Legends of the fall Jim Harrison Set in the Rocky Mountains, Legends of the Fall is the epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, exploration, and danger at the beginning of World War I.
In Revenge, love causes the course of a man's life to be savagely and irrevocably altered. The seance John Harwood A young girl grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance Langton takes her to a seance.
Perhaps they will find comfort from beyond the grave. But that seance has tragic consequences. Penny and her doll Kevin Henkes Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge. The perfect match Kristan Higgins Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there.
Charming, handsome, British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie, but his visa is about to expire. Now Tom must either get a green card or leave the States, and leave Charlie behind. In a moment of impulsiveness, Honor agrees to help Tom with a marriage of convenience, and make her ex jealous in the process. Bloodfever Charlie Higson A family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school.
In the bandit-infested interior of Sardinia, a sinister Italian count has built himself a mountain fortress. Is there a connection? By royal command Charlie Higson Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton.
But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his country. Double or die Charlie Higson Teenage James has forty-eight hours to rescue a kidnapped professor and to keep a powerful weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Hurricane gold Charlie Higson As the sun blazes over the Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras, its ruler is watching and waiting. On the mainland, in the quiet town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the company of James Bond.
But a gang of thieves lie in ambush - they want Stone's precious safe, and will kill for its contents. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare. It's built in a bowl like an amphitheatre, with the winding gear where the stage would be.
The pit lies below. Ted Howker's school is on the edge of Lower Terrace next to the chapel. Upper Terrace in a thunderous echo of the Bible so loved by Ted's grandfather is Paradise. Ted and his father and his brothers live in Middle. They are content, complete, absorbed in their private idyll. Arabella, who comes to stay one lazy summer, is rich, rootless and amoral - and, as they find out, beautiful and loving. Blow, snow, blow Amy Hsu Lin Looking forward to having fun in the snow with his friends, Splat the Cat decides he cannot wait for the snow to start falling and takes matters into his own paws with hilarious results, in a story complemented by skill-building phonics components.
Twilight Erin Hunter After the warrior cat Clans settle into their new homes, the harmony they once had disappears as the clans start fighting each other, until the day their common enemy - the badger - invades their territory. Steven Johnson A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London - and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionised the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.
The Ghost Map is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of , from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level - including, most important, the human level. Death of a nightingale Lene Kaaberbol Protecting the young daughter of an illegal immigrant who has escaped police custody in the aftermath of a brutal murder, Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg struggles with a belief in the woman's innocence as she learns more about her violent past.
Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive.
Robin Durham Sullivan
And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth… Abduction Peg Kehret Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives. The burnt house Faye Kellerman A plane crashes in unexplained circumstances and the mystery deepens when police investigate. The owners know nothing of the four bodies found in the wreckage. So who are these unidentified passengers? But the biggest question of all comes from a husband frantic with worry.
His wife was supposed to be on the plane — but never boarded it. Why then is she still missing? It's a riddle detective Peter Decker will have to answer quickly if he is to prevent further lives being lost in a case full of the trademark Kellerman twists and shocks. A prequel to "The Heretic's Daughter. Just twenty-five years old, Sparks soon proved a leader of immense fortitude and stamina, participating in four amphibious invasions and leading his men through the mountains of Italy and France before enduring intense winter combat against the diehard SS on the Fatherland's borders.
But what Sparks and his men would find as they finally reached the gates of Dachau, Hitler's first and most notorious concentration camp, would be a horror greater than any they had so far experienced. With victory within his grasp, Sparks had to confront the ultimate test of his humanity: King We are water Wally Lamb Anna Oh, a middle-age wife, mother and artist, divorces her husband after 27 years of marriage to marry Vivica, the Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.
All he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead - and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed to be more questions - or people too willing to hide the truth behind a smoke screen of lies. He had only the name he had been told was his own, his mysterious skill with a gun, and a link to a half million dollars' worth of buried gold as evidence of his past life.
Heart of glass Jill Marie Landis When Colin forces Kate to promise his dying sister that together they will care for his niece and nephew, she complies. Having been orphaned herself, Kate realizes she must put the children's welfare above her own - even if it means a marriage of convenience. Can her persistent love and faith transform their uncertain future? Hoping for a new life, she moves to the bayou with her twin "brothers" and fellow tribemates. But her brothers kidnap the daughter of a wealthy carpetbagger and force Maddie to hide the precocious eight-year-old.
As Maddie stands at a crossroads in her life, the child escapes. When Pinkerton agent Tom Abbott is assigned to the case, there's no denying their mutual attraction. Triptych Margit Liesche Budapest, In the darkest year of Hungary's modern history, a national uprising against Soviet occupiers is underway.
Eleven-year-old Evike and her firebrand mother steal deep into battle zones in support of civilian freedom fighters. When taken in for interrogation by the secret police, little Evike spins a story to save her mother - a story that will irrevocably alter many lives and reach its tentacles, thirty years later, into the life of Ildiko Palmay. Threads of Grace Kelly Long In the heart of the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, the beautiful and weary Amish widow Grace Beller is not looking for a husband - especially one so much younger than she is. But handsome, and smitten, Seth Wyse stumbles upon a way to help her, and they marry to keep Grace's autistic son safe from his ill-intentioned uncle.
Grace soon discovers that she is far from immune to her young husband's experienced charm and realises that her first marriage has not destroyed her capacity for love. No safe harbor Elizabeth Ludwig Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, to find him. Her search leads her to the house of a man who claims to be a friend, Rourke Walsh. She's then thrust into a world of subterfuge. Her questions guide her ever nearer to locating her brother, but they also bring her closer to destruction as those who want to kill him track her footsteps.
He was seven years old when rumours of a coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father, a minister of state, was suddenly missing, then imprisoned for more than a year. My First Coup D'Etat offers a look at the country that has long been considered Africa's success story. This is a one-of-a-kind book: Mahama's is a rare literary voice from a political leader, and his stories work on many levels - as fables, as history, as cultural and political analysis, and, of course, as the memoir of a young man who, unbeknownst to him or anyone else, would grow up to be vice president of his nation.
The gallows curse Karen Maitland It's and a black force is sweeping England and in the village of Gastmere, the consequences grow darker still when Elena, a servant girl, is dragged into a conspiracy to absolve the sins of the lord of the manor. As the terrors that soon begin to plague Elena's sleep grow darker, in desperation she visits the cunning woman, who has been waiting for just such an opportunity to fulfil an ancient curse conjured at the gallows. Elena, haunted by this curse and threatened with death for a crime she didn't commit, flees the village - only to find her nightmare has barely begun.
Malliet Vicar Max Tudor, reveling in his new-found personal happiness with Awena Owen, feels that life at the moment holds no greater challenge than writing his Easter sermon. With Awena away, he looks forward to a dinner that includes newcomers to the village like West End dramatist Thaddeus Bottle and his downtrodden wife Melinda. But when one of the dinner guests is found dead in the pre-dawn hours, Max knows a poisonous atmosphere has once again enveloped his perfect village of Nether Monkslip. Little wolves Thomas James Maltman Their family farms devastated by a Minnesota drought in , a father searches for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, while a pastor's wife returns to the town for mysterious reasons of her own.
The Good Daughters Joyce Maynard Dead I well may be Adrian McKinty Appointed by a crime boss to lead a gang of Irish thugs against rival powers in Harlem and the Bronx, young illegal immigrant Michael Forsythe falls out of favor when he seduces his employer's daughter. The dead yard Adrian McKinty Mercenary Michael Forsythe is forced to infiltrate an Irish terrorist cell, confronting murder, mayhem, and the prospect of his own execution.
Bang Lisa McMann Jules should be happy. She saved a lot of people's lives and she's finally with Sawyer, pretty much the guy of her dreams. But the nightmare's not over, because she somehow managed to pass the psycho vision stuff to Sawyer. Feeling responsible for what he's going through and knowing that people's lives are at stake, Jules is determined to help him figure it all out. But Sawyer's vision is so awful he can barely describe it, much less make sense of it. What happens in Scotland Jennifer McQuiston When Lady Georgette Thorold awoke she saw her corset hanging from the armoire, a very handsome, very naked Scotsman lying beside her … and a wedding ring on her finger!
Before the attractive stranger can tell her his name, Georgette does the only sensible thing - she runs for it. Little does she know, James MacKenzie isn't clear on what happened the night before either. The world as we know it Joseph Monninger A lifetime of friendship begins the day brothers Ed and Allard save Sarah from drowning in an icy river near their rural New Hampshire home. Though their paths diverge through the years, the connection between the three endures until a heartbreaking tragedy in the remote mountains of Wyoming forces Sarah and Allard to confront the unthinkable.
But this spring break, Julia's rules are about to get defenestrated SAT word: When sparrows fall Meg Moseley A widow and mother of six, Miranda Hanford leads a quiet, private life. When the pastor of her close-knit church announces his plans to move the entire congregation to another state, Miranda jumps at the opportunity to dissolve ties with Mason Chandler and his controlling brand of "shepherding". But then Mason threatens to unearth secrets only he knows, and Miranda feels trapped, terrified she'll be unable to protect her children. Wild Born Brandon Mull Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers.
Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon. A dark force has risen from distant and long-forgotten lands, and has begun an onslaught that will ravage the world. Now the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers and on you.
Whittle and the Morning Star Robert Nathan Slummy mummy Fiona Neill A smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mum, a book for anyone who took Bridget Jones to heart a decade ago-and now has kids. Lucy Sweeney has three sons, a husband on a short fuse, and a tendency toward domestic disaster. When she begins a flirtation with Sexy Domesticated Dad, a father from the school car-pool lane, the string of white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire starts to unravel and disaster looms.
The broken token Chris Nickson When Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds, discovers his former housemaid murdered in a particularly sickening manner, his professional and personal lives move perilously close. Circumstances conspire against him, and more murders follow. Not only does the murder investigation keep running into brick walls as family problems offer an unwelcome distraction; he can't even track down a thief who has been a thorn in his side for months.
Windward passage Jim Nisbet In the parallel near-future, a ship named for a jellyfish sinks into the Caribbean with its captain chained to the mast.
Left behind is a logbook missing ten pages, presidential DNA hidden in a brick of smuggled cocaine, and a nearly-completed novel. Tipsy, the dead sailor's sister, and Red Means, his erstwhile employer, travel from San Francisco to the Caribbean and back as they attempt to unravel a mystery that rapidly widens from death at sea to international conspiracy. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his freedom.
But when she realises that her dad and the rest of her family have a lot to learn about ballet, she has a fabulous idea! What if she opened her own ballet school? Fancy Nancy and the posh puppy Jane O'Connor Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing. Now enjoy Fancy Nancy like you never have before with this splendiferous audio collection filled with 31 stories.
Taken Niamh O'Connor It's a cold wet winter night when a car pulls into a service station on Dublin quays. Strapped in to the back-seat is a three-year-old boy, asleep. Five minutes later he's gone - kidnapped in the time it's taken his mother to pay for her petrol. Distraught and fearing for his safety,she has only one option: Her search for the little boy takes her into a dark world of lies and corruption, where hard cash is king, where sex is a commodity to be bought and sold - and where the lost and vulnerable are in terrifying danger … The good old days: The extent of those class divisions and consequent poverty meant that it could honestly be said by commentators of the time that the customs, lives and even language of the poorest in society were less familiar to their more privileged neighbours than those of the inhabitants of what was known then as 'darkest Africa'.
Gilda O'Neill's exploration of the teeming underbelly that was to be found in the fog-bound streets, rat-infested slums, common lodging houses, boozers, penny gaffs and brothels in the heart of the greatest empire that the world has ever seen brings to life the real working-class London of Victoria's reign. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Killing Jesus will take listeners inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable and changed the world forever.
As an added bonus, listen to an interview with the author and reader, Mary Pope Osborne. Amelia Bedelia tries her luck Herman Parish Amelia Bedelia's day starts with a crash and a broken mirror. When Amelia Bedelia hears that a broken mirror is bad luck, she's worried. Does this mean that she's doomed for life? Amelia Bedelia is determined to change her luck, but how? Will a four-leaf clover do it? How about a horseshoe?
Miss Edwards, Amelia Bedelia's teacher, explains that those are superstitions and don't really affect your luck. But after Amelia Bedelia tries her luck and steps on every single crack in the sidewalk … she's not so sure! As he greets his family, his kid brother lies stretched out on a steel gurney, battered, bruised - dead.
The police say that he drowned in stormy seas, but Jack knows this doesn't ring true. To uncover the truth, Jack confronts a wall of silence; a barricade of lawyers, police, and shadowy 'professionals' protecting the privileges of the multi-billionaire summer residents. When he finds that his brother had nearly two hundred thousand dollars in the bank, he realises Peter wasn't just parking cars for a living.
Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror 11 in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Though Cavello's influence extends across blue uniforms and black robes, the case should be open-and-shut.
But the legal system fails with devastating results, and Nick and Andie are the only ones left to seek justice. To stop the Electrician, they must take matters into their own hands. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and what's more, a million dollars is within touching distance; his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art.
All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. Season of the machete James Patterson Cool and glamourous, they appear to be a successful couple on a holiday. Yet Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. On this picture-perfect vacation island, their target is Peter Macdonald, a dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure to confront cold-blooded terror. But when they clash in a shocking endgame, a hideous truth will emerge - one that can destroy them all?
The rich and the famous from all over America — and beyond — have arrived to honour a former First Lady after her sudden, unexpected death. Then follows an attack that was three years in the planning. Hostages are taken — the ex-President among them — ransoms demanded, a couple of hostages shot to show the kidnappers mean business. It's all brilliantly and chillingly co-ordinated, and Michael Bennett, the detective in charge of the case, knows it will be his biggest ever challenge.
It ends with a relentless and unforgettable manhunt in the North. In between is the riveting story of a chilling assassin, the woman he loves, and the beloved leader he is hired to kill with extreme prejudice. Treasure hunters James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, with Mark Shulman The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and travelling the world, helping their famous parents recover everything from swords to gold doubloons from the bottom of the ocean.
But after their parents disappear on the job, the kids are suddenly thrust into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives. They'll have to work together to defeat dangerous pirates and dodge the hot pursuit of an evil treasure-hunting rival, all while following cryptic clues to unravel the mystery of what really happened to their parents - and find out if they're still alive.
One, Tommy Fielding, a senior officer of a company building a new baseball stadium appears to have died from an accidental overdose of heroin. The other, Jack Novak, the local drug dealers' attorney is the victim of a ritual murder. But in each case the character of the dead man seems contradicted by the particulars of his death … Coincidence or connection? Loss of innocence Richard North Patterson June, America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane spending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha's Vineyard life could not be safer, nor the future more certain.
Educated at Wheaton, soon to be married, and the youngest daughter of the patrician Dane family, Whitney has everything she has ever wanted, and is everything her all-powerful and doting father, Charles Dane, wants her to be. But the Vineyard's still waters are disturbed by the appearance of Benjamin Blaine. The profession of violence: Building an empire of crime by intimidation, extortion and terror on a scale never seen before or since, they feted stars of stage and screen, sportsmen and even politicians to gain the respectability they craved.
Battle magic Tamora Pierce When messengers arrive in Gyongxe "inviting" Dedicate Initiate Rosethorn and her two young companion mages, Evumeimei and Briar, to court to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Yanjing, Rosethorn is eager to go, but Briar suspects that there is an ulterior motive behind the invitation. Eight brothers and sisters, assorted in-laws, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews not to mention an overweight corgi plus an irrepressible matriarch who's a match for any of them. These are the Bridgertons: Now, with The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After, Julia Quinn delivers eight sexy, funny, and heartwarming "2nd Epilogues" plus a bonus story about none other than the wise and witty matriarch Violet Bridgerton herself.
It's in his kiss Julia Quinn What happened to the diamonds???? If you've read It's in His Kiss, you want to know. Don't miss this charming and passionate addendum, in which Gareth proves that some things get better with age, Hyacinth gains new respect for her mother with a daughter like Isabella she'd have to, wouldn't she? Romancing Mister Bridgerton Julia Quinn We can't really say more without giving away a big, fat spoiler, but it turns out that: Colin is a bit of a meddler, Hyacinth is more of a meddler, and the only time all of the Bridgertons stop talking at once is when Penelope has something really embarrassing to say.
Hey, we never said it was easy to marry a Bridgerton, just that it was fun… The sum of all kisses Julia Quinn Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she's long since tossed them out the window. Besides, even if Hugh did grow to enjoy her company, it wouldn't matter.
A reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now, unable to run, ride, or even waltz, he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her. The viscount who loved me Julia Quinn Fifteen years have passed, but the Bridgertons are as devious and diabolical as ever when it comes to life on the croquet field.
Join Anthony, Kate, Simon, Daphne, Colin, Edwina, and of course the mallet of death, as Julia Quinn shows that happily ever after can still be a little bit wicked… and a whole lot of fun. When he was wicked Julia Quinn Three years have passed since Francesca's and Michael's marriage, and they are still childless. And Francesca wonders - can a woman be truly and completely happy when a little piece of her heart remains empty?
But just when she makes peace with her fate, something unexpected occurs… The Edge of Always J. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. The wolves of midwinter Anne Rice For Reuben Golding, now infused with the wolf gift and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises to be like no other as he soon becomes aware that the Morphenkinder, steeped in their own rituals, are also celebrating the Midwinter Yuletide festival deep within Nideck forest.
From out of the shadows of the exquisite mansion comes a ghost tormented, imploring, unable to speak yet able to embrace and desire with desperate affection. He was only king for the last nine years of his life.
the siren s lure Manual
The eldest son of Victoria and Albert, Bertie was bullied by both his parents. Victoria blamed his scandalous womanising for Albert's early demise, and this richly entertaining biography reveals his power struggle with Queen Victoria as one of the stormiest mother-son relationships in history. This magnificent and exhaustively researched book which draws on numerous new discoveries and primary sources gives Bertie due credit while painting a vivid portrait of the age in all its excess and eccentricity.
The curious habits of Doctor Adams: An inquest had just been opened into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent barbiturate abuse - the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her close friend and doctor, Dr John Bodkin Adams. The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept through the tea rooms, shops and nursing homes of the town.
As expertly crafted as the best period detective novel, this book casts an entertainingly chilling light on a man reputed to be one of England's most prolific serial killers. The wicked wallflower Maya Rodale Lady Emma Avery has accidentally announced her engagement - to the most eligible man in England. As soon as it's discovered that Emma has never actually met the infamously attractive Duke of Ashbrooke, she'll no longer be a wallflower; she'll be a laughingstock. And then Ashbrooke does something Emma never expected.
He plays along with her charade. Roquelaure Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince reawakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him.
Special Agent James Nessheim has a local informant who's willing to help, but right after telling Nessheim he's discovered something important, Billy Osaka disappears. Instead of focusing on the inhuman conditions of the prison, Rostampour and Amirizadeh reflected on God's love and strengthened their faith. Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess Rachel Renee Russell Nikki Maxwell is determined to help out her crush Brandon save an animal shelter.
So Nikki and her friends Chloe and Zoey enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, but big surprise Mackenzie has to stick her nose in and cause trouble. It's the biggest dance of the year and Nikki Maxwell is hoping her crush, Brandon, wants to be her date. But time is running out. What if he doesn't ask her? Or worse…what if he asks Mackenzie?!! Tales from a not-so-talented pop star Rachel Renee Russell Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth - that she's there on scholarship in exchange for her Dad working as the school's exterminator.
The last thing Nikki needs is having her friends and - worst case scenario - her crush, Brandon, associating her with the humongous roach on top of her Dad's van! The countess Lynsay Sands The fairy tale courtship did not turn into a happily-ever-after. Not until her husband dropped dead, that is.
He had been horrible enough to Christiana during their short marriage, and she was not going to allow the traditional period of mourning to ruin her sisters' debuts as well. So she decides to put him on ice and go on as if nothing's happened, until the real earl appears!
The Heiress Lynsay Sands The Hellion and the Highlander Lynsay Sands Love you hate you miss you Elizabeth Scott After coming out of alcohol rehabilitation, sixteen-year-old Amy sorts out conflicting emotions about her best friend Julia's death in a car accident for which she feels responsible.
Accused Lisa Scottoline Love, Splat Rob Scotton The second hilarious story about Splat the Cat, the irresistible character from Rob Scotton, bestselling creator of Russell the Sheep Splat the cat is desperate to become friends with one of the girls at school!
- Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and Me: A chef’s stories and recipes from the land: A Chefs Stories and Re.
- The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology).
- National Responsibility and Global Justice (Oxford Political Theory)!
But he's much too shy to talk to her. However will he get her attention? Perhaps Valentine's Day will provide the perfect opportunity? Merry Christmas, Splat Rob Scotton Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.
Splat the Cat audio collection Rob Scotton Join Splat in his outrageously funny and endearing adventures: Collection of 8 Splat titles. Lady of the shades Darren Shan Ed, an American author on the hunt for a story for his next book, arrives in London looking for inspiration. A stranger in a strange city, he's haunted by a deadly secret that refuses to stay buried, and no matter how hard he tries he cannot escape the manifest sins of his past.
What Ed wants is answers, what he finds is something he definitely didn't bargain for: Andeanna is a woman who is dangerously bound to one of London's most notorious crime lords, and if they are caught together it could mean death for them both. A living nightmare Darren Shan Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
Tunnels of blood Darren Shan Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. When corpses are discovered - corpses drained of blood - Darren and Evra are compelled to hunt down whatever foul creature is committing such horrendous acts. Meanwhile, beneath the streets, evil stalks Darren and Evra, and all clues point to Mr. The vampire's assistant Darren Shan After traveling with Mr.
Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individuals - pioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and Palestinians - Israeli journalist Ari Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century that led Israel to where it is today.
The result is a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today's global political landscape. A cruel and shocking act: Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia's obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensign Beverly — and he is only one of Lydia's many suitors.
The Rivals was Sheridan's first play, and this charming comedy of manners continues to be widely performed today. The school for scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan Beware the gossips! Lady Sneerwell and her hireling Snake are certainly up to no good in this timeless send-up of hypocritical manners.
Thanks to their scandal-mongering, the comely Lady Teazle must fend off the slanderous barbs that have caught the ear of her elderly husband - as well as every other gossip in London! What follows is a torrent of mistaken identities and sex-crazed scheming in which the upper classes have never looked so low class.
Body surfing Anita Shreve At the age of twenty-nine, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. In her grief she left behind her settled life, and has now come to tutor the teenage daughter of the well-to-do Edwards family as they spend a sultry summer in their beachfront New England cottage. But when the Edwards's two grown sons, Miles and Jeff, show up at the beach house, it becomes clear that the placid, anonymous existence Sydney had hoped for is not to be.
Instead, tensions mount between the brothers as they compete for the love of a woman who has vowed never to risk her heart again. As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone - but nothing has prepared her for the late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash. When she finally emerges from a coma, she can remember nothing, not even her own name. The only clue to her identity is a handbill found nearby, advertising a public lecture by Albert Einstein: Psychiatrist Martin Kirsch little knows that this will be his last case.
Searching for the truth about his celebrated patient, he finds professional fascination turning to love. His investigations lead him to a remote corner of Serbia via a psychiatric hospital in Zurich, where the inheritor of Einstein's genius - his youngest son, Eduard - is writing a book that will destroy his illustrious father and, in the process, change the world. Smith A deadly love triangle. Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers …who will she choose? Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter.
But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage. True believer Nicholas Sparks Jeremy Marsh, a science journalist and debunker from New York, has set his sights on finding the real reasons behind the mysterious lights that appear in an ancient southern cemetery, and he heads to the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, in search of the truth.
Sceptical by nature, he comes face to face with Lexie Darnell, the town's librarian, and as he slowly finds the answers he's looking for, he gradually begins to understand that science can only go so far when it comes to unravelling the mysteries of the human heart.
- The Zebra Wore Fishnets.
- Antique Trader Perfume Bottles Price Guide!
- Great British Railway Journeys.
- folk lure Manual.
- My Via Dolorosa.
- Beyond the Threshold of Death (Vampire Saga Book 1).
True believer, and, At first sight Nicholas Sparks Part love story, part ghost story, True believer makes us believe in the impossible, trust in fate, and the undeniable power of love. Just as Jeremy' life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of his marriage.
Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Captures the hardships and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II, through the eyes of a Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances. Pure Joy Danielle Steel The amazing bone William Steig It's a bright and beautiful spring day, and Pearl, a pig, is dawdling on her way home from school. Most unexpectedly, she strikes up an acquaintance with a small bone.
Pearl and the bone immediately take a liking to each other, and before you know it she is on her way home with the bone in her purse, left open so they can continue their conversation. Caleb and Kate William Steig When Caleb finds himself transformed into a dog and is unable to tell his wife his true identity, he decides to become her companion. Spinky sulks William Steig Spinky is convinced that his family hates him and goes off to sulk in his hammock.
His brother and sister try to make amends. His mom even brings him a beautiful tray of food. But nothing can get Spinky to stop sulking? Will Spinky ever cheer up? The myth of you and me Leah Stewart A letter from a childhood friend to whom she has not spoken in ten years and an odd legacy from her boss, elderly historian Oliver Doucet, sends Cameron on a mission to track down her old friend Sonia and deliver a mysterious package to her.
Raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, his parents eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby, Hugo discovers that the sled they arrived in has a very special compass - one that can be set to 'Home'. And so Hugo arrives in Firefly Square - to discover a group of very special friends, and a dastardly enemy… Against the tide of years S.
Stirling Island in the sea of time S. Stirling During a perfect spring evening on Nantucket, a violent storm erupts and a dome of crawling, coloured fire blankets the island. When the howling winds subside and the night skies clear, the stars appear to have shifted. A startling phenomenon has occurred: With its inhabitants adrift in the year BC, there is only one question to be answered: On the oceans of eternity S.
Stirling Ten years ago, the twentieth century and the Bronze Age were tossed together by a mysterious Event. In the decade since, the Republic of Nantucket has worked hard to create a new future for itself, using the technological know-how retained from modern times to explore and improve conditions for the inhabitants of the past. Some of these peoples have become allies. Some have turned instead to the renegade Coast Guard officer William Walker. And for ten years, the two sides have tested each other, feinting and parrying, to decide who will be the ones to lead this brave new world into the future.
The final battle lines have now been drawn. And only one side can emerge the victor. The Grave Robber's Apprentice Allan Stratton Amy and Isabelle Elizabeth Strout In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance.
And eating, sleeping, and working side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls doesn't help matters. But when Amy is discovered behind the steamed-up windows of a car with her math teacher, the vast and icy distance between mother and daughter becomes unbridgeable. As news of the scandal reaches every ear, it is Isabelle who suffers from the harsh judgment of Shirley Falls.
The city of Devi Manil Suri A dystopia like no other, Manil Suri paints a vibrant portrait of an India on the brink of collapse, two figures travelling across the unknown in a world scarily close to the modern day. Armed only with a pomegranate, Sarita ventures into the empty streets of Mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclear annihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband Karun, who has been missing for over a fortnight.
She is soon joined on her quest by Jaz, cocky, handsome, Muslim, gay, and in search of his own lover. The Paradise Guest House Ellen Sussman Surviving the nightclub bombings in Bali, American adventure guide Jamie is haunted by traumatic memories, meets a range of colourful fellow survivors, and fears risking her heart when she finally reconnects with Gabe, the man who saved her from the blast. Matthew Sweet has interviewed them all for this account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London's grand hotels. Bristol House Beverly Swerling In modern-day London, architectural historian and recovering alcoholic Annie Kendall hopes to turn her life around and restart her career by locating several long-missing pieces of ancient Judaica.
Geoff Harris, an investigative reporter, is soon drawn into her quest, both by romantic interest and suspicions about the head of the Shalom Foundation, the organisation sponsoring her work. In this treacherous environment of religious persecution, Dom Justin, a Carthusian monk, and a goldsmith known as the Jew of Holborn must navigate a shadowy world of intrigue involving Thomas Cromwell, Jewish treasure, and sexual secrets.
This riveting dual-period narrative seamlessly blends a haunting supernatural thriller with vivid historical fiction. Claudia, wife of Pontius Pilate Diana Wallis Taylor When they move to the troublesome territory of Judea, she does what she has always done: But unrest is brewing and Claudia will soon find herself and her beloved husband embroiled in controversy and rebellion. Might she find hope in the mysterious Jewish rabbi everyone seems to be talking about? Mary Bet, the youngest of nine children, was born the same year that the first railroad arrived in their county.
As she matures, against the backdrop of Reconstruction and rapid industrialization, she must learn to deal with the deaths of her mother and siblings, a deaf and damaged older brother, and her father's growing insanity and rejection of God. Tolkien A hustler's wife Nikki Turner Coming from a well-to-do family, Yarni knows life with her new love - Richmond, Virginia's notorious drug kingpin Des - will be quite a change, but the innocent girl can't imagine what is in store for her when Des is sentenced to life in prison.
Oliver and his wife, Lady Celia, have three children, Giles, Elspeth and Kit, and this story is about their secrets, lies, ruthlessness and ambition. We live in water: But that was before the war. Now I was no longer an average college student. I was a survivor. A woman living in a ravaged world.
My future was not bright and my life was far from perfect. The war had taken so much from me … but it wasn't finished yet. It wanted my heart. The one person I couldn't live without. It wanted Ryder Delaney. Wells A mysterious virus is spreading through America, infecting teenagers with incredible powers and a group of four teens are about to find their lives intertwined in a web of danger and catastrophic destruction. White A near fatal riding accident shattered Piper's dreams of Olympic glory, and after her grandfathers death, she inherits the house and all its secrets.
After her grandmother is sent away to a nursing home, she remembers a box buried in the backyard. In it are torn pages from a scrapbook, a charm necklace and a newspaper article from about the body of an infant found floating in the Savannah River. And Piper always dismissed her grandmother as not having had a story to tell.
Downloadable audiobooks
Henry's daughter Miranda is on a quest to understand what happened to her mother, a refugee Henry met and married in Germany at the end of the war… Seek me with all your heart Beth Wiseman Emily Detweiler's family abruptly moved to Colorado after tragedy struck in Ohio. But Emily can't get far enough to escape what happened there.
David Stoltzfus is not happy when his family relocates from Pennsylvania to Colorado. Never mind that they haven't told him why. David struggles not only with this unwelcome move, but also with the fear that a health condition could keep him from living his life in full. Emily and David each come to terms with a past that follows them, testing their faith and resolve.
Will they overcome adversity and step onto the path God has chosen for them? Tomato red Daniel Woodrell In the Ozarks, what you are is where you are born. If you're born in Venus Holler, you're not much. For Jamalee Merridew, her hair tomato red with rage and ambition, Venus Holler just won't cut it. Jamalee sees her brother Jason, blessed with drop-dead gorgeous looks and the local object of female obsession, as her ticket out of town.
But Jason may just be gay, and in the hills and hollows of the Ozarks that is the most dangerous and courageous thing a man could be. Martin and Gardner Dozois have put together a towering anthology of specially-commissioned stories from the most stellar names in the genre, set in a number of readers' favourite fantasy worlds.
Lady Whistledown strikes back Was it the fortune hunter, the gambler, the servant, or the rogue? All of London is abuzz with speculation, but it is clear that one of four couples is connected to the crime. Tales from the dead of night: Contains writing by Ruth Rendell, M. But when the billionaire philanthropist is discovered murdered in his London home, tied naked to a bed, the scandal is only a shadow of the darkness lurking off-camera.
My father's notebook Kader Abdolah On a holy mountain in the depths of Persia there is a cave with a mysterious cuneiform carving deep inside it.