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Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

In the colonized nation of Viryana, Poppy Sutherland lives between cultures. As the brown-skinned adopted daughter of the Viceroy, she is both rejected by white high society and alienated from the people of her native island. When she discovers her opportunistic fiancé's plot to exile her, Poppy flees—straight into the clutches of the Jackal.

Milly Grove, home of Kenneth 'Uno' Mills, has been run by his family for over a century. Commissioner by day and gangsta by night, he's the man in his city. Although he may hold a position in office, don't be fooled by the tailored suits. Disrespecting him will cost you your life. When the current mayor is exposed for misconduct, Uno steps in to make sure the position continues to be held by the Mills bloodline. His decision to run for Mayor leaves the family at odds. Once he receives the keys to the city, blood ties will be severed, lives will be lost, and new bonds will be forged.

March 1917 tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. The anti-Tsarist bourgeois opposition, horrified by the violence, scrambles to declare that it is provisionally taking power, while socialists immediately create a Soviet alternative to undermine it.

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

Washington, DC, Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career - and her confidence - after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O’Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed and she’s assigned to the case. Things get complicated when she has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O’Connor’s friend and chief of staff...and the man she had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier. Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, and Sam has to fight to stay focused on the case.

المجلّد الأول من الخماسيّة التي حملت مجلّداتُها الخمسة هذا العنوان العام : دروب المنفى، والتي حمل كلّ مجلّد منها عنوانا إضافيا بجانب العنوان العام. إنها...

وتحمل اسم عيون المعاصرة،تعتبر الرواية معالجة فنية لاستشراء ظاهرة الفساد وآليات تكوّن الرأي العام، كرست الفساد والتخلف وفق ما أدخلته على المدينة من تحولات ألحقت...

تبدأ هذه الرواية في دارفور وتنتهي في باريس مستندةً على واقعة حقيقية حدثت قبل أعوام عندما كشف السودان وتشاد عن عصابة تقوم بتهريب الأطفال من المنطقة وبيعهم في باريس...

When Nathaniel Pickering, Lady Margaret's older brother is found murdered, Thomas takes her away to London, in search of gyrfalcons. Thomas's astute mind is unable to ignore the clues, and in uncovering some dark secrets, he places himself - and his mistress - in grave danger. Now a target himself, Thomas must face some of London's most notorious criminals, in a battle of both brain and brawn.

حكاية من العالم السفلي" الرواية تتناول التاريخ التونسي الحديث ليكتب فيها سيرة بطل مهمش هو مسعود الصحراوي، وهو من الفلاقة -الثوار ضد الاستعمار الفرنسي- لا يؤمن...

Frankreich 1940: Nach der Besetzung Frankreichs durch die deutschen Truppen erhält die elsässische Winzertochter Colette von Major Maurer das Angebot, als Dolmetscherin und Sekretärin im Beschaffungsamt in Paris zu arbeiten. Colette kann schlecht ablehnen, da der Major ihrem Vater im Gegenzug verspricht, dafür zu sorgen, dass ihre drei Brüder nicht zur Wehrmacht eingezogen werden. Da Paris schon immer ein Traum der lebenslustigen Colette ist, nimmt sie das Angebot gern an.

In Admit This to No One, we meet a group of women connected to a central figure either personally or professionally, and for better or for worse - an all-powerful and elusive speaker of the House, whose political career has only stopped short of being presidential due to his myriad extra-marital affairs. The speaker’s daughters from his several failed marriages have a complicated relationship with him to say the least - alternating between longing for his affection or bristling with resentment, and occasionally relief at being left out of the spotlight.

For god and country—or simply for god? - The United States is holding an election whose results will determine how it wages the war on terror. With the Presidency seeming certain to go to the challenger, control of the country may come down to a single Senate seat and a hotly contested race in the "Buckle of the Bible Belt": Tulsa, Oklahoma. In Tulsa, recovering methamphetamine addict Seth Stevens is trying to hold his fragile life together.

From a former U.S. House spokesman and Senate speechwriter, a group of junior staffers working on Capitol Hill find themselves in the middle of a political standoff in this satirical novel. Iowa Farm boy Cameron Leann is new to Washington, D.C., joining a group of employees working for a...

A terrorist bomb explodes during a South Korean celebration of the anniversary of the election of its first president. Alarms are raised in Washington. No one is claiming responsibility. The first suspect is North Korea. Could it be making a power play against South Korea and unification? If...

"ظلال المفاتيح" رواية عابرة لأزمنة كثيرة وتحولات كبرى شهدتها فلسطين، وعاشتها شخصيات هذا العمل، في امتدادات الحدود القصوى لفكرة الوجود، والشتات، والتّماهي مع وطن...

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es...

När Adam Vikman tackar ja till det attraktiva jobberbjudandet anar han inte vilken ödesdiger händelsekedja han och hans familj dras in i, händelser som leder till katastrof för familjen. Mäktiga spelare i svenskt näringsliv skyr inga medel för att nå sina mål och vanliga människor blir bara brickor i spelet. Sakta men säkert leder ett girigt och hänsynslöst manipulerande av naiva svenska politiker landet närmare och närmare ett inrikespolitiskt kaos. Men vad de inte räknat med är en journalists envisa efterforskningar och en ensam människas fixering vid hämnd och hur det kommer att påverka deras planer.

Il suo nome è Ottaviano Augusto. Il suo trono è Roma. Il suo esercito ha sete di vendetta. Giulio Cesare è stato appena ucciso, e subito si è scatenata una lotta feroce e sanguinosa per il potere assoluto. Ma sulla scena irrompe il giovanissimo Ottaviano, che Cesare, in modo del tutto imprevedibile, nel testamento ha indicato come erede. Ottaviano è solo un ragazzo, eppure è determinato a vendicare il padre adottivo.