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A complete dark new adult romance series, plus bonus content, from international best-selling author Veronica Eden. Binge stories full of addictive angst, heart-stopping drama, suspenseful twists, irresistible bullies, fierce heroines, and swoon-worthy happily ever afters in this complete four-book series bundle. Set includes Wicked Saint, Tempting Devil, Ruthless Bishop, and Savage Wilder, plus an exclusive bonus series epilogue narrated by Michael Gallagher.

Quattro grandi classici, senza tempo, della letteratura moderna. Dalla visione distopica del famossimo romanzo "1984" di George Orwell, all'altrettanto famoso, "La fattoria degli animali", dello stesso autore. Per poi arrivare alla saggezza millenaria de "Il Profeta" di Kahlil Gibran ed all'infinita dolcezza de "Il piccolo Principe" di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, uno dei romanzi più conosciuti e letti al mondo. Narrati dalla voce e dall'interpretazione di Alex Martinelli.

The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences, and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began.

The sacred and the profane come together with visceral force in two novellas by Bruce Wagner, The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers. The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers is an illuminated manuscript of Heaven and Hell.

Ready yourself for this carefully crafted collection of quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen! Featuring world-famous playwrights, philosophers, activists, Presidents and physicists, from Churchill and Shakespeare to Gandhi and Einstein, this is an entertaining and inspiring compilation covering everything from Ancient Rome to modern-day Britain.

A Colombian writer is witness to a murder that will mark him forever. A woman sits alone in her house, waiting for her husband to return, while he lies in another woman's bed 20 kilometers away. Through blood-soaked betrayal, a love affair, murder, and long-meditated revenge, Vasquez achieves an extraordinary unity of emotion, morality, and landscape with these fragmented lives.

The aliens have made contact with us, and they're very alien indeed. What's worse, they bring news that will shake the world's religions to their core. Who will stand up to them? Saint Theresa believes God has called her to do so in this novelette, a Nebula Award finalist.

A larval Great Old One is growing day by day in power and just about ready to pop. If Chad Gadenier can't convince "the powers that be" to get involved, not only New Orleans, but the entire world, is going to fall under the power of the nastiest of nasties. Now on the outs with the US government and in exile from his usual job of saving the world, Chad must rally the forces of light against the coming darkness. The problem is one guy with a sword and a sub-gun isn't going to solve this one.

More than any writer before or since, Louis L'Amour brought the American West to life. His action-packed stories deal with eternal themes: honor, deceit, passion, betrayal, loyalty, courage, love. His settings are historically accurate, his prose riveting, and his characters colorful: good guys, bad guys, toughs, roughs, sidekicks, and saints.

Bruno nimmt uns mit auf einen Streifzug durch Saint-Denis, schlichtet kleine Nachbarschaftszwists und großes Gezeter am Markt und kümmert sich um allerlei missliche Angelegenheiten. Nur einmal gerät er ins Schwitzen: Als sein Freund, der Chef des beliebtesten Restaurants der Stadt, kurz vor einer großen Jubiläumsfeier ins Krankenhaus muss, bittet er Bruno, für ihn einzuspringen. Bruno zögert, atmet tief durch, krempelt die Ärmel hoch – und zaubert ein Festmahl und ganz nebenbei ein großartiges Lesevergnügen.

More than any other writer before or since, Louis L'Amour brought the American West to life. His action-packed stories deal with eternal themes: honor, deceit, passion, betrayal, loyalty, courage, love. His settings are historically accurate, his prose riveting, and his characters colorful: good guys, bad buys, toughs, roughs, sidekicks and saints.

Christian Bobin renoue avec la fibre narrative de ses grands livres : Le Très-Bas, Prisonnier au berceau, et construit celui-ci en quinze récits...

More than any writer before or since, Louis L'Amour brought the American West to life. His action-packed stories deal with eternal themes: honor, deceit, passion, betrayal, loyalty, courage, love. His settings are historically accurate, his prose riveting, and his characters colorful: good guys, bad guys, toughs, roughs, sidekicks, and saints.

En Doce historias y un sueño, el oyente se encontrará con un Wells sorprendente que extiende su búsqueda hacia la recreación fantástica y humorística de personajes variopintos a los que une un lazo común.

Relatos y poemas que se entrelazan en una visión medio alucinada del mundo actual. Eso contiene el llamativo audiolibro de Rubén Scollo. El cuento que le da nombre al audiolibro, Guirnaldas de fuego, describe situaciones que viven los inmigrantes llegados desde tierras calientes a una Europa demasiadas veces hostil. Es la obra de un narrador capaz de hacerle justicia a la perplejidad e inquietud que siente frente a mucho de lo que le ocurre a él y a sus semejantes, y que por eso mismo prueba con diferentes registros para expresarse.

“Cobo piensa con nostalgia en ese personaje de ojos tristes que, abandonado en el rincón de la sala, parecía implorarle que le permitiera llegar con vida al final de la historia”. Con espíritu zen, cada uno de estos 23 cuentos breves retrata una escena cotidiana que conduce a una revelación, a una comprensión espiritual. Curiosos, a veces divertidos o inquietantes, estos relatos están protagonizados por personajes del día a día: un escritor, el hombre que está tirado en una esquina, el trompetista, el lector.