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Holmberg, Charlie N. – The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician Series, Book 2) –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Three months after returning Magician Emery Thane’s heart to his body, Ceony Twill is well on her way to becoming a Folder. Unfortunately, not all of Ceony’s thoughts have been focused on paper magic. Though she was promised (More) romance by a fortuity box, Ceony still hasn’t broken the teacher-student barrier with Emery, despite their growing closeness.
When a magician with a penchant for revenge believes that Ceony possesses a secret, he vows to discover it…even if it tears apart the very fabric of their magical world. After a series of attacks target Ceony and catch those she holds most dear in the crossfire, Ceony knows she must find the true limits of her powers…and keep her knowledge from falling into wayward hands.
The delightful sequel to Charlie N. Holmberg’s The Paper Magician, The Glass Magician will charm readers young and old alike.

Archer, Jeffrey – The Sins of the Father (Clifton Chronicles, 2) –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept (More) his assurance of a lighter sentence. After Tom is tried, found guilty and sentenced, Jelks disappears, and the only way for him to prove his innocence would be to reveal his true identity – something that he has sworn never to do in order to protect the woman he loves.
Meanwhile, the young woman in question travels to New York, leaving their son behind in England, having decided she’ll do whatever it takes to find the man she was to marry – unwilling to believe that he died at sea. The only proof she has is a letter. A letter that has remained unopened on a mantelpiece in Bristol for over a year.
Jeffrey Archer continues the saga of The Clifton Chronicles with this epic novel, The Sins of the Father. Family loyalties are stretched to their limits as secrets unravel, and the story moves from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan.

Archer, Jeffrey – Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles, 1) –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author.The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. His father was a war hero, (More) but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler’s Germany.In Jeffrey Archer’s masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won’t want to end, even after you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn, because you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton could ever have anticipated.

Arcipreste de Hita, Juan Ruiz – El Libro del buen amor –
Language: Spanish, Poetry – Format: ePub

También llamado Libro de los cantares, es una obra del mester de clerecía del siglo XIV. Es una composición extensa y variada de 1728 estrofas, cuyo hilo conductor lo constituye el relato de la autobiografía ficticia del autor. (More) Está considerada una de las cumbres literarias españolas de la Edad Media.
El libro contiene una colección heterogénea de diversos materiales unidos en torno a una pretendida narración autobiográfica de asuntos amorosos del propio autor, quien es representado en una parte del libro por el episódico personaje de don Melón de la Huerta. En él aparecen representadas a través de sus amantes todas las capas de la sociedad bajomedieval española.

Salgari, Emilio – La regina dei caraibi –
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub

È il seguito del romanzo Il Corsaro Nero. Il Corsaro Nero, accompagnato dai fidati Carmaux, Wan Stiller e Moko, nonché dal luogotenente Morgan e dall’equipaggio della Folgore, intraprende un lungo viaggio al fine di uccidere il (More) carnefice dei suoi fratelli: il duca di Wan Guld. Oltre che dai suoi fidi compagni di ventura il Corsaro Nero è accompagnato da Yara: una bella principessa indiana la quale è innamorata del Corsaro e vuole vendicarsi anch’ella dello sterminio della sua famiglia.

Stevenson, Robert Louis – Kidnapped –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

David Balfour, a lad of seventeen and newly orphaned, is directed to go and live with his rich uncle, the master of the estate of Shaws in the lowlands of Scotland near Edinburgh. His uncle, Ebenezer (as close a miser as Dickens’ (More) Ebenezer Scrooge), is shocked to suddenly have his young relative descend on him and tries to rid himself of David with an arranged accident. Failing that, he pays the captain of a brig to kidnap David and sell him into slavery in Carolina.
A collision in the fog brings onboard the brig a survivor, Alan Breck Stewart, who is carrying a dangerous amount of gold on his person. David warns him of a plan by the brig’s captain and crew to overpower him and seize the money, and then finds himself fighting alongside Alan in a battle royale. By good fortune, Alan is handy with a sword and they have access to the firearms locker, and the pair so completely defeat the crew that barely enough hands remain to sail her. Limping to port, she is holed by rocks, and David finds himself a castaway.

Cooper, James Fenimore – The Prairie – A Tale –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, who is simply known as “the trapper” in it. Chronologically The (More) Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales. It depicts Natty in the final year of his life still proving helpful to people in distress on the American frontier. Continuity with The Last of the Mohicans is indicated by the appearance of the grandson of Duncan and Alice Heyward of The Last of the Mohicans and the noble Pawnee chief Hard Heart, whose name is English for the French nickname for the Delaware, le Coeur-dur. Natty is drawn to Hard Heart as a noble warrior in the likeness of his dear friend Uncas, “the last of the Mohicans.”
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They meet the trapper (Natty Bumppo), who has left his home in New York state to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests. In the years between his other adventures and this novel, he tells us only that he has walked all the way to the Pacific Ocean and seen all the land between the coasts (a heroic feat, considering Lewis and Clark hadn’t yet completed the same trek).

Donoghue, Emma – Room –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy, Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother. Donoghue conceived the story after (More) hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case.
The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada); was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was shortlisted for the 2010 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the 2010 Governor General’s Awards.Jack lives with his Ma in Room, a secured single-room outbuilding containing a small kitchen, a bathtub, a wardrobe, a bed, and a TV set. Because it is all he has ever known, Jack believes that only Room and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are “real.” Ma, unwilling to disappoint Jack with a life she cannot give him, allows Jack to believe that the rest of the world exists only on television. Ma tries her best to keep Jack healthy and happy via both physical and mental exercises, keeping a healthy diet, limiting TV-watching time, and strict body and oral hygiene. The only other person Jack has ever seen is “Old Nick,” who visits Room at night while Jack sleeps hidden in a wardrobe. Old Nick brings them food and necessities. Jack is unaware that Old Nick kidnapped Ma when she was nineteen years old and has kept her imprisoned for the past seven years; Jack is the product of Old Nick’s rape of Ma.

Jenkins, Simon – A Short History of England –
Language: English, History & Biography – Format: ePub

In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions – and many more – as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today’s coalition, via (More) the Tudors, the Stuarts and two world wars, Jenkins weaves together a gripping narrative with all the most important and interesting dates in his own inimitable style.
Until now there has been no short history of England covering all significant events, themes and individuals: this bestselling book, published in association with the National Trust, will be the standard work for years to come.

Weir, Andy – The Martian –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

The Martian, Andy Weir’s first novel, narrates the story of Mark Watney, a botanist, mechanical engineer and astronaut, who was left alone in Mars when his crew mates thought he had died during evacuation and left without him. (More) Weir, who calls himself a “space nerd”, has meticulously researched on manned missions to Mars. The story provides credible details and ensures that Watney is faced with all situations where things could go wrong with someone stranded alone in another planet. The Martian became one of the bestsellers of 2014 and has been adopted as a soon-to-be-released Hollywood movie.