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Twenty-five-year-old Lady Millicent Smythe has come a long way since her elder brother, as her then-guardian, tried to marry her off. It was a deal he’d made when she was but 17 with his friend Sir Montague Morton MP, in return for funds. Her escape all those years ago was not a little to do with Lord Charles Lombard, a chivalrous 20-year-old army officer who found her stranded on the road and carried her to safety.

Cultural conditioning and mass media manipulation have played a vital role in altering the fabric of consciousness for most of the world. Those who have been set apart have developed the discipline to remain aware in these final moments before hell breaks loose. We are either committed or detached, sympathetic or heartless, we care or we don't. Wherever you stand at this time, you will be accountable for your actions or lack thereof.

La huitième enquête du commissaire Brunetti. Le commissaire Guido Brunetti est sur la sellette : sa propre femme, Paola, est arrêtée après avoir démoli la vitrine d'une agence de voyages qu'elle suspecte de promouvoir le tourisme sexuel. Brunetti est temporairement démis de ses fonctions. Mais l'affaire se corse avec l'assassinat du propriétaire de l'agence. Pour tout indice, on retrouve à côté du corps une lettre accusant le défunt d'être un "pornographe". L'enquête s'annonce délicate, pour la carrière comme pour la vie privée de Guido Brunetti...

Coming from a troubled youth, Morgan Faraday grabs every opportunity to up-level her life. So she definitely plans to keep oil-company heir Sebastian Reid interested...all the way to the altar. He’s brilliant and supportive and is turning his billion-dollar company green to make up for his ancestors’ exploitation. With him, Morgan can have love, money, and the power to make the world better. And securing her future is far more important than the attractive environmental activist she suddenly has unexpected feelings for...

Le commissaire Brunetti, enquêtant sur la mort d'un célèbre avocat, arpente les quartiers malfamés de Venise et tombe sur la piste d'un trafic international de prostitution. Avec l'aide inattendue de la délicieuse signorina Elettra, la nouvelle secrétaire du vice-questeur, le commissaire Brunetti va découvrir un commerce plus ignoble encore qu'une "traite des Blanches" post-rideau de fer... Donna Leon rend hommage à l'atmosphère unique de la Cité des Doges.

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En primavera de 1890 Oscar Wilde envió su primera novela al Lippincot's Monthly Magazine. Escandalizado por su contenido, el director de la revista eliminó las huellas de homosexualidad del pintor Basil Halleward hacia Dorian Gray, junto a otras conductas heterosexuales muy avanzadas para la época. Casi quinientas palabras desaparecieron del texto: frases, párrafos enteros…

A través de historias entrelazadas, Tolstói explora cómo actos aparentemente insignificantes pueden revelar la presencia de Dios. Ambientado en la Rusia del siglo XIX, este libro despliega la convicción de Tolstói de que el amor verdadero y la bondad hacia los demás son el camino hacia la iluminación espiritual. Con personajes memorables y situaciones emotivas, Tolstói nos invita a reconocer que, en cada acto de amor, encontramos a Dios.

Le commissaire Brunetti, surmené par des dossiers compliqués, s’offre une retraite solitaire dans une superbe villa de l’île de Sant’Erasmo, loin de sa femme Paola et de son patron. Il a bien l’intention d’y passer ses journées à ramer sur la lagune vénitienne et à déguster des plats locaux. Mais soudain, le paradis vire au cauchemar quand le gardien de la villa, Davide Casati, disparaît lors d’un violent orage. Personne, pas même la femme qu’il rencontrait le soir en secret, ne sait où il se trouve.

Caterina Pellegrini is a young Venetian musicologist hired by two competing cousins to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure concealed by a once-famous, but now almost forgotten, baroque composer. Sworn to secrecy, Caterina can solve the mystery only by searching through the papers contained in the composer’s two chests that have not been opened for centuries. As she delves into all quarters of his life, from professional to personal, she is drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the baroque era.

Luck be a lady tonight. Claire Bannatyne is a lady, but sometimes the 21-year old wolftress behaves like an indecisive virgin princess. Her father is the Grand Alpha of an ancient pack of wolf-shifters devoted to secrecy and tradition. Now her procrastination to choose a life-mate is going to cost her dearly. In 24 hours, she'll be forced to enter into an arranged marriage, with a mate of her father's choosing, and all the wrong men are vying for her hand.

From the source, where Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, McCarron and his small team journeyed through the Turkish mountains, across north-east Syria and into the heart of Iraq. Passing by historic cities like Diyarbakir, Mosul and Baghdad, McCarron kept the company of fishermen and farmers, but also artists, activists and archaeologists who rely on the flow of the river. Occasionally harassed by militias, often helped by soldiers, McCarron rode his luck in areas still troubled by ISIS and relied on the generosity of a network of strangers to reach the Persian Gulf.

Anxiety and fear of the unknown when death occurs is a subject not often talked about within family conversations, including my own. My daughter helped me open my mind and my heart to share memories of those patients I cared for who survived and passed away from cancer so I could help diminish the fear and anxiety surrounding death.

What started as a small local fishing tournament exploded into a national event that exposed the dark underside of shark tourism, shark exploitation, and the misinformation they produce to survive under the guise of "conservation".

To Morena Darkstorm, fighting for the equality of her citizens in her kingdom of Arisite is a dangerous game in the vampyre court. The high nobles seek to enslave their lower silver counterparts to enhance their rule and to sign an alliance with Kindred, their enemy kingdom of 100 years. She finds herself at odds with her family, speaking against the injustice of their lands with only the support of her closest servants: Lucille, an ancient silver of great power, and Amelia, a silver-haired maid with more power than she knows.

Barely snagging Lady Lillian out of danger, Lady Sarah finds herself embroiled in some clandestine mischief. It causes her to doubt Lord Archer and her own feelings for him. But this fashion loving countess is not able to give up on her dreams and love for him. She enlists the aid of her two best friends to piece together what might really be happening. For she couldn’t bear it if he was a traitor to the crown.

This audiobook has nothing to do with killing yourself; it's about the reasons why you wouldn't. Why Don't You Kill Yourself is the title because most of us would never consider killing ourselves. The thought may have crossed our mind at some extremely difficult point in our life, but we didn't. We didn't do it then, and we wouldn't do it now. One of the reasons is because we have some things we would like to accomplish or create in this life. Even though every one of us has a reason, conscious or subconscious, we wouldn't consider killing ourselves.

As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti prepares to escape the city and spend time with his family in the mountains. However, the weather is the last thing on Ispettore Vianello’s mind; it seems his aunt has become obsessed with horoscopes and has been withdrawing large amounts of money from the family business. Not knowing what to do, he consults Brunetti and asks permission to unofficially trail her, which leads to the flat of Stefano Gorini. But who is this man?

Als im Morgengrauen eine aufgedunsene Leiche im Kanal gefunden wird, ist ein eleganter Lederschuh die einzige Spur, die Brunetti hat...

Ein Mädchen treibt tot im Canal Grande und wird von niemandem vermisst. Brunetti aber geht die Elfjährige bis in die Träume nach...