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The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unraveling. When his older brother Darren skips town on his first day of secondary school, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother. Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life, his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole.

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s greatest warrior in this short story of love and loyalty by New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow.

Un percorso tragico, attraverso tre fotografie. Sullo sfondo la coda del terrorismo e degli anni di piombo. 1968: Stefano ha sei anni e attraverso l'ingenuità dei suoi occhi di bambino racconta la Rimini del boom economico. Le case in affitto ai turisti d'estate e le epiche fatiche con gli ultimi caldi per imbottigliare la conserva di pomodoro. Una mamma stanca e nervosa, un papà triste. 1973: Ursula è una bambina un po' schiva.

Hvad nu, hvis det, du troede var slutningen på historien, i virkeligheden blot var begyndelsen på det næste kapitel? Indtil videre har det uundgåelige ikke virket særlig godt for Aaron Stein.

Contains books five and six of the Richard Jackson Saga, a coming-of-age adventure series: Star to Deckhand, book 5, and Surfing Dude, book 6.

Young wizards Eynon and Merry struggle to save their friends from a trio of wizard-assassins in the next installment of The Congruent Mage series.

Prince Stavin of Evandia. King Stavin of Coravia. Senior Warmaster Zel'Andral. What does having everything mean when it isn't what you wanted? King Kalin has sent Stavin on yet another Trade Mission to the other kingdoms to ensure their Traders' Guilds are adhering to the agreements between the kingdoms. Stavin finds that Reynadia holds the estate and town of Aniston, the original home of Stavin's birth-clan, Kel'Aniston. There he finds that the Aniston Clans worship the elder Gods Above. Stavin triggers a response from Arandar, the highest of the Gods Above, and finds himself Blessed.

Twenty-four hours before we were to be married, I offered to shoot her. 10 hours before our wedding, I made a mockery of her dying wish. Five hours before we were going to say our vows, I promised I'd never love her. One hour before I said I do, I vowed I'd never shed a tear over her death. But the minute we were pronounced man and wife, I knew. I knew I'd only use my gun to protect her. I'd give my life for hers. I'd cry. And I would, most definitely, lose myself to a dying girl - a girl who by all accounts never should have been mine in the first place.

Thomas Ubbesen kom til Sønder Ydby fra den store by Frederikshavn og skulle som en fremmed fugl – hans far var kaptajn, og familien havde rejst mange steder i verden – finde sin plads blandt landmandsbørn i den lille forskole. Her herskede fru Brath – en humørsvingende diktatorisk lærer, som foretrak børnene fra de store gårde og underkuede de fattiges børn. Hun lærte dem med stor nidkærhed historie og kristendom fuldstændig blottet for engagement i de børn, hun var sat til at tage hånd om.

The untimely death of Chairman Mao has set in motion enormous changes in the world. The new empress of China is a contact of Rick’s, and this leads to his involvement in events in China, the Vietnams, and Hong Kong. At the same time, he starts his quest for being the second amateur to complete a Grand Slam in golf. He learns that a broken heart hurts. As the old Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.”