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What if Europe had never colonized the world? It is a world that never had overseas empires, the transatlantic slave trade, or the Protestant Reformation. There is, however, in an obscure island nation called England, a woman running for her life. Marie, Duchess of Suffolk, has no choice. In this society, women are a reproductive commodity. Marriage is the only available occupation. And barren wives like Marie are expendable trade. After absconding with the family jewels, Marie fakes her own death and seeks a life outside the confines of her family and her marriage.

This is heralded as the very first mystery novel. Collins, in his great work, created the guidelines for the genre as we know it today: a fabulous diamond stolen, everyone in the house is suspected, three mysterious Indians sworn to protect the jewel at all costs, the upstairs/downstairs tension from the servants, and a brilliant detective who is eccentrically fond of roses.

Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself.

Der Blutmond rückt näher. Zélie steht ihrem letzten Feind gegenüber. Dem König, der ihr Herz jagt. Das actiongeladene Finale der Nr-1-Bestseller-Trilogie aus den USA Zélie hatte ihr Ziel schon vor Augen: Der königliche Palast war gerade eingenommen, die Monarchie gestürzt, die Maji wiederauferstanden. Doch dann kam der Überfall. Jetzt findet sich Zélie auf einem Schiff wieder. Eingesperrt in einen Käfig, wie der Rest ihres Volkes. Ihr Entführer: König Baldyr, Anführer der Skulls. Er hat ganze Zivilisationen verwüstet, um Zélie zu finden und sich ihre Kräfte untertan zu machen.

Жаркий июль 1975 года, ЛТО после восьмого класса, прополка, сенокосы, высадка саженцев и всё такое. Туда занесло нашего героя из 21 века. А приметы тогдашнего времени были такие—совместный полёт Союз-Аполлон, совещание по безопасности в Хельсинки, пепси-кола новороссийского розлива, хоккейные суперсерии наших клубов.

In The Revenge of the Foxes, Ak Welsapar crafts a moving and darkly humorous narrative set in a Moscow hospital during the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Through the lives of young patients awaiting heart surgery, Welsapar explores love, loss, and the human desire to cling to life amidst uncertainty. The contrasting characters—a poetic Turkmen, a Stalinist with a mechanical heart, and the ill-fated Mary—represent a clash between the “robotic” future and soulful resilience, embodying the struggles of a generation on the brink of change.

Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague. In this post-apocalyptic novella, a ragged and tattered old man tells his progeny of what life was like before The Scarlet Plague appeared - and wiped out civilization as they knew it.

Qualcuno sta cercando di cambiare gli avvenimenti del Novecento per trarne vantaggio. Le stragi che si potevano evitare, i massacri inutili, gli incidenti da prevenire. Un secolo pieno di tragici avvenimenti sta per essere "ripulito". Ma non è detto che tutte le conseguenze siano positive. L'incubo di una discronia perfetta, che cambierà la Storia, è raccontata da Lukha B. Kremo, uno degli autori più attivi del movimento letterario del Connettivismo. L'audiolibro è proposto da Kipple Officina Libraria per la lettura di Lorenzo Visi.