Is He Popenjoy? (1878) by Anthony Trollope is a novel of British Victorian mores, based on an infamous social scandal of the day having to do with a disputed noble inheritance. In true Trollope fashion, marital issues and heartwarming sensibilities are mixed into a cauldron of wit, humorous satire, and notions of propriety (including the amusing introduction of the decidedly shameless dance called "the Kappa-kappa"), with Mary Lovelace, a young woman at the heart of the complex multi-layered story that poses and finally answers the question "who is Lord ...

'You must kill her, elf. Kings will rise and fall, and they will want a powerful queen. You will spend the next centuries giving your life for hers as they seek her out.' Ake and her son are destined to defeat the evil goddess Drianna, who has hunted her since childhood. Now a powerful mage, Ake is tortured by her past. Her elven husband has vowed to protect them, but evil has a way of sinking its fangs in and refusing to let go.  As Drianna reaches the peak of her power Ake realizes she must fight for those she loves if she is ever to defeat ...

Sumérgete en las exuberantes páginas de "La Galatea", la ópera prima de Miguel de Cervantes que destila romance y aventura en cada línea. En este deslumbrante tapiz literario, Cervantes teje una historia de amores imposibles y pasiones desenfrenadas en el pintoresco escenario de la España del siglo XVI. A través de los prados ondulantes y los bosques misteriosos, sigues los pasos de Elicio y Erastro, dos pastores cuyos corazones arden con el fuego inextinguible del amor. Galatea, la deslumbrante ninfa que da ...

'A truly gifted writer who has proven herself a master of the mystery/suspense genre, Alice Duncan's 'Bruised Spirits' is another uncompromisingly entertaining read from cover to cover . . .' ~ Midwest Book Reviews --1920s, Pasadena, California-- It's 1924 and spiritualist-medium Daisy Gumm joins with friends Flossie and Harold to help Lily Bannister, whose abusive husband nearly killed her. Meanwhile, Mrs. Pinkerton--Daisy's best client--is in a tizzy, insisting Daisy use her (fake) spiritualist talent to end the engagement between ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In today's world, there is a growing interest in graduate employment and how to enhance graduates' employability. It is widely accepted that tertiary education is an important instrument of economic competitiveness in a global economy that is knowledge driven. People vary in the amount skills and knowledge they have available to spend in the work place and education is an important predictor of occupational success. Using the more recent career paradigm of the boundaryless career, this book therefore provides a view on the influence of aspects ...

THIS BOOK IS FOR TO HELP HEAL ANYONE THAT IS FACING SOME CHANGES IN LIFE N THAT IS SAD, BITTER N OR JUST NOT HOPEFUL, THEN WE FIGURED THAT WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR; A SMILE, IT WILL UPLIFT THE SPIRIT N THE MIND.

Book #4 of the Sultana series. In fourteenth-century Moorish Spain, a marriage of convenience for the sake of peace leads to disaster in the medieval kingdom of Granada. The young queen Jazirah, caught up in a dynastic struggle between warring brothers, fights for her survival. Wed to a husband who looks at her with more suspicion than lust in his eyes, she must escape reminders of a brutal past in a quest to find forgiveness, hope, and love. Her husband Muhammad faces greater peril than union with a wife he cannot trust. Surrounded by enemies within his ...

" Katniss Everdeen, you have competition."-- Entertainment Weekly In the final volume of the the New York Times bestselling Tearling trilogy, which has captivated readers around the world, Erika Johansen brings the series to a climactic and satisfying close. In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies--including ...