Bel-Ami is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened “Bel-Ami” by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-siécle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the politics of the French colonization of North Africa. It explores the dynamics of an urban society uncomfortably close to our own and is a devastating satire of the sleaziness of contemporary journalism. Bel-Ami enjoys the status of an authentic record of the apotheosis of bourgeois capitalism under the Third Republic. But the creative tension between its analysis of modern behavior and its identifiably late nineteenth-century fabric is one of the reasons why Bel-Ami remains one of the finest French novels of its time, as well as being recognized as Maupassant’s greatest achievement as a novelist

Bel-Ami est un roman réaliste de Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), publié en 1885. Le roman paraît d'abord sous forme de feuilleton dans le quotidien Gil Blas, avant d'être édité en volume aux éditions Ollendorff. L'action du récit se déroule à Paris pendant la seconde moitié du xixe siècle. Le roman retrace l’ascension sociale de Georges Duroy (ou Georges Du Roy de Cantel), homme ambitieux et séducteur sans scrupules (arriviste et opportuniste), employé au bureau des chemins de fer du Nord, parvenu au sommet de la pyramide sociale parisienne grâce à ses maîtresses et à la collusion entre la finance, la presse et la politique. Sur fond de politique coloniale, Maupassant décrit les liens étroits entre le capitalisme, la politique, la presse mais aussi l’influence des femmes, privées de vie politique depuis le code Napoléon et qui œuvrent dans l’ombre pour éduquer et conseiller. Satire d'une société d'argent minée par les scandales politiques de la fin du xixe siècle, l’œuvre se présente comme une petite monographie de la presse parisienne dans la mesure où Maupassant fait implicitement part de son expérience de reporter. Ainsi, l’ascension de Georges Duroy peut être comparée à la propre ascension de Maupassant1. En effet, Bel-Ami est la description parfaite de l'inverse de Guy de Maupassant, Georges Duroy devenant une sorte de contraire de l'auteur, dont Maupassant se moquera tout au long du roman. Bel-Ami est l'une des œuvres romanesques qui a le plus séduit scénaristes et réalisateurs internationaux. Wikipédia

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Few European cities have had as disturbed and violent a history as Belfast over the last half-century. For much of that time the Troubles (1968–1998) dominated life in Ireland's second-biggest population centre, and during the darkest days of the conflict--in the 1970s and 1980s--riots, bombings, and indiscriminate shootings were tragically commonplace. The British army patrolled the streets in armoured vehicles and civilians were searched for guns and explosives before they were allowed entry into the shopping district of the city centre...Belfast is still a city divided... You can see Belfast's bloodstains up close and personal. This is the city that gave the world its worst ever maritime disaster, and turned it into a tourist attraction; similarly, we are perversely proud of our thousands of murders, our wounds constantly on display. You want noir? How about a painting the size of a house, a portrait of a man known to have murdered at least a dozen human beings in cold blood? Or a similar house-sized gable painting of a zombie marching across a post-apocalyptic wasteland with an AK-47 over the legend UVF: Prepared for Peace--Ready for War. As Lee Child has said, Belfast is still 'the most noir place on earth.'"

The 12th mystery in the beloved Inspector and Charlotte Pitt Victorian mystery series, now a hardcover success. When a moneylender named William Weems is murdered, there is discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he devoured. But the plot thickens when Inspector Pitt finds a list of London's distinguished gentlemen in Weems' office

Robin used to be a party girl… until she got black out drunk and woke up in bed with her best friend's boyfriend. Now she's faced with being THAT girl, and couldn't be more disgusted with herself. She can't even tell her friends the reason for her sudden sobriety and she avoids everyone until she meets Phoenix—quiet, tattooed, and different in every way that's good and oh, so bad… Phoenix is two days out of jail when he meets Robin at his cousin's house, and he knows that he has no business talking to her, but he's drawn to her quiet demeanor, sweet smile, and artistic talent. She doesn't care that he's done time, or that he only has five bucks to his name, and she supports his goal to be a tattoo artist. But Phoenix knows Robin has a secret, and that it's a naïve dream to believe that his record won't catch up with them at some point. Though neither is prepared for the explosive result when the past collides with the present…

Tori Chambers. Old biddy, gossip, busybody and meddler. Except in reality she's none of those things--she's a guardian angel who specializes in helping people find their soul mates. Her latest assignment has had her tearing her hair out for over a year. She's holding up her end for the fireman who's her current client, but his soul mate's guardian angel is dropping the ball big time. And when a replacement steps in, it's enough to curl what's left of Tori's hair. Jericho. The one man who broke her heart--and made her determined to never fail her clients like her own guardian angel failed her. A hundred years ago, while fighting for Texas independence, Jericho made a mistake that accidentally cost her life. Now that she's forced to make nice and work with him, he's determined not to lose her again. Even if he has to tie her to the bed and make love to her until she's willing to see reason. Because unknown to Tori, she is his assignment. And if he can't find a way to convince her they're soul mates, they face an eternity of consequences

Out of the past comes a woman Clay Burden had loved and idolized. Believing she was lost to him, he has married. He finds she too has married. To him the situation presents no problem: a double divorce and the problem is solved. It doesn’t work out like that. There are many complications which include hypnotism and murder. Set against the opulent background of Paradise City with hurricane ‘Hermes’ providing a roaring and lethal back-drop, Believe This... You’ll Believe Anything lives up to its title. The magic of James Hadley Chase’s story telling is your guarantee of a non-stop, compulsive read

У каждого человека должен быть Хранитель. У каждого Ангела должен быть подопечный. Но иногда что-то идет не так, и тогда остается лишь глупая надежда на то, что старейшины ошиблись. Что за бесконечно долгую жизнь он хотя бы раз услышит Зов

Believing is seeing, as the title of this outstanding collection of fantasies proclaims. And "reading is seeing more than you've ever imagined when in the masterful hands of acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones. Here are seven tales--seven doorways to bizarre, yet strangely familiar worlds--to transport one and all. In these worlds are a child born to an ordered society but preordained to spread Dissolution . . . a girl who so loves the sun that she renounces her humanity for eternity . . . a cat and a boy, held captive by an evil magician until they can find a bigger magic of their own . . . a woman imprisoned in a strange country dominated by three ravenous wolves . . . and many other characters and stories just as exceptional. These richly drawn, razor-sharp stories showcase the skills and sheer narrative power of one of the most esteemed fantasy writers of our time

Believing is seeing, as the title of this outstanding collection of fantasies proclaims. And "reading is seeing more than you've ever imagined when in the masterful hands of acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones. Here are seven tales--seven doorways to bizarre, yet strangely familiar worlds--to transport one and all. In these worlds are a child born to an ordered society but preordained to spread Dissolution . . . a girl who so loves the sun that she renounces her humanity for eternity . . . a cat and a boy, held captive by an evil magician until they can find a bigger magic of their own . . . a woman imprisoned in a strange country dominated by three ravenous wolves . . . and many other characters and stories just as exceptional. These richly drawn, razor-sharp stories showcase the skills and sheer narrative power of one of the most esteemed fantasy writers of our time

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives. Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect — Bernard's prodigal son Nicholas, a recovering drug addict — leads her to Nicholas's wife, a woman with whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is beautiful. Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family, including the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard himself. As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind

Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? begins in 1943, when Japanese troops retreat from the Aleutian island of Kiska, leaving four military dogs behind. One of them dies in isolation, and the others are taken under the protection of U.S. troops. Meanwhile, in the USSR, a KGB military dog handler kidnaps the daughter of a Japanese yakuza. Named after the Russian astronaut dog Strelka, the girl develops a psychic connection with canines. A multi-generational epic as seen through the eyes of man’s best friend, the dogs who are used as mere tools for the benefit of humankind gradually discover their true selves, and learn something about us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay_DcZ6RDFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orvqrqjk9pU

You can't judge a book by its cover. To look at her, one would never think suburbanite homemaker Jane Jeffry would be interested in murder and mayhem. But after all the corpses she's come across — and killers she's unmasked — she's practically an expert on the subject. Which is why, with best buddy Shelley Nowack in tow, Jane's booking down to a nearby mystery writers' convention to mingle with the brightest lights of literary crime. . and maybe drum up some interest in her own recently completed manuscript. However, what would a mystery convention be without a mystery? It seems fairly certain that at least one real-life murderer is stalking the proceedings. But who is he/she/them? The dirt-dishing, pseudonymous Internet gossip monger "Ms. Mystery," who's lurking around there somewhere? The local bookseller who dearly loves "Modern Golden Age" women writers? The avid reader who seems to know a bit too much about the personal lives of the famous attendees? Jane and Shelley are on the case, ready to snoop, eavesdrop, and gossip their way to a solution. But the killer they seek is no open book. . and may turn out to be harder — and deadlier — to read than they initially imagined

There was no doubt about it — Bella Parkinson was the most promising actress and a success. Rupert Henriques was rich enough to buy her every theatre in London if she wanted it and couldn’t wait to marry her. But Bella had a secret in her past and the one man who knew it was about to come into her life again. Soon she found herself in real danger

Bella Donna By Margrett Dawson Sequel to SECRET SERVICES Lady Emma Houndsdale has sworn off men, casual sex and a free-wheeling lifestyle in 1930's England. But when her cruise ship sinks off the coast of Mussolini's Italy and she is mistaken for her dead maid, she finds herself the prisoner of a dashing and dangerous rogue with secrets all his own. Marco Antonioni whisks her from her life of sheltered privilege into a world of risk, lust, and betrayal, where every move is a test of loyalty. He opens her eyes to sensuous delights and forces her to reevaluate all she has known about men and life. Together they dance through passion and danger in a land rife with volatile politics

Камин, редактору глянцевого журнала из Лондона, в буквальном смысле достался счастливый билет. Билет во Флоренцию. И ей потребовалось совсем немного времени, чтобы понять, насколько итальянская жизнь отличается от английской. Итальянцы любят себя, наслаждаются вкусной едой и никуда не спешат. Каждый месяц Камин отмечала для себя одно слово, место и рецепт, которые в Италии стали для нее особенными. Это манифест красивой и яркой жизни, которую итальянцы ведут поколениями, гид по спокойствию для вечно суетящихся людей, история о том, как найти любовь (к мужчине и к себе) в самом неожиданном месте и научиться немного быть итальянкой

Дон Роберто Лучано, глава сицилийской мафии, соглашается выступить свидетелем обвинения на процессе Пола Кароллы, двадцать лет назад жестоко убившего сына дона. Но чуть ли не накануне судебного разбирательства все мужчины в семье Лучано оказываются убиты. Жена Роберто, ставшая внезапно вдовой, две ее невестки и внучка берут бразды правления в свои руки и объявляют врагам вендетту. Теперь они bella mafia, прекрасная мафия, и горе каждому, кто встанет у них на пути

Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price. The head of the family, his three sons, his two grandsons and his nephew are all killed leaving the five widows to reclaim their inheritance from a dangerous Mafioso

Best friends Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists! The girls can’t wait to have a sleepover in Friendship Forest! But when brave little Bella Tabbypaw gets into trouble with the witch Grizelda’s helpers, the Boggits, can Lily and Jess find the kitten before Grizelda does?

Joahims Fridrihs Bella un poltergeists No vācu valodas tulkojusi Iveta Galēja Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Ernsts Zats, šokolādes fabrikas īpašnieks, ielūdz Amandu X un detektīvus pavadīt nedēļas nogali savā aristokrātiskajā mājā. Taču naktī notiek dīvainas lietas. Pazūd apģērba gabali, un poltergeists iztriec visus no gultām. Taču, kad nākamajā dienā pazūd arī Bella Zata, Amanda X saprot šoreiz jāķeras pie ārkārtējiem līdzekļiem… Amanda X neticami noziegumi!

Bella y oscura es el relato alegórico de lo que poseemos sin haber conquistado: la sabiduría de la infancia. Es la evocación de un tiempo pasado, solitario, fermento necesario de la libertad esperada. Es la belleza que la fantasía extrae de la crueldad y de los inocentes olvidados de la niñez

Мюнхен, 2014-й. Талантливый немецкий модельер Юлия наконец-то добилась большого успеха. После многих лет напряженной работы она победила на Неделе моды в Милане. Но цена с таким трудом завоеванного успеха слишком высока – никакой личной жизни, всегда только работа, ни единой возможности притормозить и оглядеться. Именно в этот момент в ее жизни появляется незнакомый старик-немец, представившийся ее дедом по отцу. Но отец Юлии – итальянец… Милан, 1954-й. Молодой немецкий инженер Винсент приезжает на автомобильный завод, чтобы испытать новую итальянскую модель. Меньше всего он думает, что эта поездка не только изменит его судьбу, но и станет началом любви и драмы всей его жизни. Юная Джульетта, перебравшаяся в Милан из глухой сицилийской деревушки, полна надежд и даже амбиций стать модельером, но она выросла в тени средневековых традиций. Сицилия, 1968-й. Юный Винченцо отправляется из Мюнхена на родину родителей, где время будто остановилось. Последнее лето его детства, и ни он, ни родные еще не знают, что через несколько лет невероятная драма разнесет в мельчайшие осколки их трудную, но благополучную жизнь. Большая немецко-итальянская семейная сага, охватывающая три поколения, две страны, три разных отношения к жизни, три драмы. История семьи, любви, предательства и искупления разворачивается на живописном фоне виноградников Сицилии, бурной политической жизни Германии и блеска модного Милана. Роман одного из самых сегодня популярных писателей Германии полон тонкой иронии в адрес немцев и любви к Италии

In Renaissance Italy, love, lust, intrigue and secret societies converge to stunning results! In the second in the stunning Secrets of the Eternal Rose series, Cassandra Caravello is trying to forget Falco, the wild artist who ran off with her heart, as she grows closer to her strong, steady fiancé, Luca. But Luca seems to have his own secrets. When he’s arrested by soldiers in the middle of the night, Cass’s life is once again thrown into chaos. She must save Luca, and that means finding the Book of the Eternal Rose—the only evidence that will prove he’s innocent. So begins her journey to Florence, a city haunted by whispers of vampirism, secret soirees and clandestine meetings of the Order of the Eternal Rose. And home to Falco, who is working for the Order’s eerily stunning leader, the Belladonna herself. Can Cass trust her heart to lead her to the truth this time? Nothing is as it seems in this seductive thriller, where the truth may be the deadliest poison of all

 The Eater of the World continues to spread its dark influence across the realm of Ephemera, corrupting people's souls with doubts and fears. Only Glorianna Belladonna possesses the ability to thwart the Eater's plans. But she has been branded a rogue, and must stand alone against the encroaching entity.  But she is not alone. In dreams, a call has traveled throughout Ephemera—"Heart's hope lies within Belladonna"—and reached Michael, a man with mysterious powers of his own. It awakens a fierce hunger within him to find the dark-haired sorceress he's dreamt of—a beautiful woman named Belladonna. Together, they may be Ephemera's only hope

Moll, a young nun, lies in the infirmary of St Mary’s Priory, Belstone, having been bled to cure a migraine. Left to rest, she is just falling into a doze, smiling as she dreams of her beloved Virgin Mary, when she suddenly awakes, realising in terror that she can’t breathe. But she is too weak to fight for her life… It’s 1321 and Lady Elizabeth of Topsham, prioress of St Mary’s, is struggling to retain her position in the face of devastating opposition. Not only is St Mary’s in the worst possible state of disrepair due to lack of funds, but Sister Margherita, her treasurer, has accused her of lascivious disregard, claiming that, instead of paying for a new roof, Elizabeth has given money to the new vicar, a man she often sees alone – at night. Many of the nuns are convinced that Margherita would make a better prioress – especially now it has been confirmed that Moll was murdered on her sickbed. Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King’s Peace, together with his old friend Bailiff Simon Puttock, are summoned immediately by the Bishop of Exeter’s representative to investigate. There is no doubt that the threefold vows of obedience, chastity and poverty are being broken with alarming frequency. When a second nun is murdered, they face their most difficult case yet. The path to the truth twists and turns with the sinister forces of primitive passions and secret ambitions, finally leading them to a dangerous wolf in sheep’s clothing

По совету друга, главный герой устраивается на работу в дорогой отель. Главной причиной почему он решает довериться совету, являются слухи, что этот отель посещают богатенькие дамы в возрасте и оставляют щедрые чаевые миленьким мальчикам. К его сожалению или к счастью, одноклассник ошибся. Посетительницы оказались не дряхлыми старушками, а наоборот: жены или любовницы богатеньких папиков, элегантные женщины соскучившиеся по сильному и молодому телу. Но было и то, в чём советчик не ошибся, чаевыми они действительно оставляют хорошие, только сначала их нужно, хорошенько отработать

31 mai 1431 - Hier, sur le bûcher de la place du Vieux-Marché à Rouen, Jeanne d'Arc a payé de sa vie son dévouement à son roi et à sa patrie. Catherine de Brazey et Arnaud de Montsalvy, miraculeusement sauvés, sont enfin réunis. Leur bonheur ne durera qu'une nuit, car la réalité de ce temps sans merci, c'est la guerre, les campagnes ravagées, les villes assiégées, les bandes de routiers pillant, brûlant et torturant à plaisir. Arrachés l'un à l'autre, Catherine et Arnaud vont lutter pour se retrouver mais, armés seulement de leur courage et de leur amour, surmonteront-ils les obstacles qui se dressent devant eux ?

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s love of the fabulous is in full force with this multi-layered reworking of her earlier play, The Arab’s Mouth. Following her father’s death, amateur scientist Pearl MacIsaac struggles to discover the secret of her family’s past, which her father had been kept hidden with the help of the family doctor. Set in Scotland in 1899, this dark and redemptive gothic comedy is a story of family secrets that have come to life and of the birth and evolution of ideas — and truly a play of morals. Reaching out in two directions to reconcile the extremes of rationalism and romanticism, Belle Moral embraces a complex range of turn-of-the-century thought including Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, contemporary medical beliefs and the concept of eugenics

Blair Mallory está a punto de vivir el mes más frenético de su vida. Recuperada por completo del intento de asesinato que la llevó a los brazos de Wyatt, el detective asignado a su caso, ahora se enfrenta al ultimátum que su prometido ha fijado para el día de su boda. Tiene poco margen de tiempo y se trata de una cuestión de estilo: si no se da prisa, acabará en una de esas horrendas ceremonias en Las Vegas, algo que no está dispuesta a experimentar. Así que se lanza a la búsqueda desesperada de unos bonitos zapatos y un vestido de escándalo que deje a su chico mudo de lujuria en el altar. Sin embargo, todo se complica cuando, al salir del centro comercial, una misteriosa conductora la arrolla, dejándola medio magullada sobre el asfalto. ¿Imaginaciones suyas o alguien desea interponerse una vez más en su camino? Está segura de que está siendo acosada, pero ni siquiera su prometido le cree. Llena de dudas, Blair no tardará en descubrir que el atropello no fue una simple coincidencia y que una desconocida anda de nuevo tras sus pasos

Statistician Sandra Foster and chaos theorist Bennett O’Reilly are brought together by a misdelivered package and urged into their own chaotic world of million-dollar grants, unlucky coincidences, setbacks, and eventually the ultimate answer. Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998

Not enough. Catherine Pope has never been enough. Every man she has ever loved abandoned her—from her father to her fiancé. She finally accepted the fact she would never be enough to hold any man’s heart and soul. Then Catherine met Jackson Cole. When her world literally collided with the sexy former Navy SEAL, everything she always believed is turned upside down and left scattered. He made her feel alive and desirable, consumed her with fierceness and loyalty—which completely unnerved her. Jackson got her in a way no one ever had, giving him the power to destroy her. If she breaks down and gives him what’s left of her battered heart—will he protect it? Or will Catherine become an irrelevant part of yet another man’s life? Will she get the one thing that has always evaded her –to finally be someone’s beloved?

The daughter of a powerful desert cheiftain, beautiful raven-haired Zenobia, a descendent of Cleopatra, witnesses at an early age the shocking brutality of renegade Roman soldiers and vows to hate all of the blue-eyed strangers forever. Despite that pledge, she falls hopelessly and passionately in love with Marcus Alexander Britanus, a Roman. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms… "Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"DAZZLING… MAGICAL… AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK!" -New York Times "BRILLIANT… RESONATES FROM PAST TO PRESENT." – San Francisco Chronicle "A MAGNIFICENT HEROINE… A GLORIOUS BOOK!" – Baltimore Sun "BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN… POWERFUL… TONI MORRISON HAS BECOME ONE OF AMERICA 'S FINEST NOVELISTS." -Cleveland Plain Dealer "THERE IS SOMETHING GREAT IN BELOVED: A PLAY OF HUMAN VOICES, CONSCIOUSLY EXALTED, PERVERSELY STRESSED, YET HOLDING TRUE. IT GETS YOU." – The New Yorker "A STUNNING BOOK… A LASTING ACHIEVEMENT!" -Christian Science Monitor "Magical… rich, provocative, extremely satisfying!" – Milwaukee Journal "Superb… a profound and shattering story that carries the weight of history… exquisitely told." -Cosmopolitan "Compelling… Morrison shakes that brilliant kaleidoscope of hers again, and the story of pain, endurance, poetry, and power she is born to tell comes out right." -Village Voice "In her most probing novel, Toni Morrison has demonstrated once again the stunning powers that place her in the first ranks of our living novelists." – St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Shattering emotional power and impact!" -New York Daily News "A book worth many rereadings." – Glamour "Astonishing… a triumph!"-New Woman "A work of genuine force… beautifully written." -Washington Post "Written with a force rarely seen in contemporary fiction… One feels deep admiration." -USA Today "Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist but a major figure of our national literature."-New York Review of Books "Heart-wrenching… mesmerizing!" – Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Powerful is too tame a word to describe Toni Morrison's searing new novel." -Library Journal "Shatteringly eloquent."-Booklist "A rich, mythical novel… a triumph!"- St. Petersburg Times "Powerful… voluptuous!" – New York Magazine

In the bestselling tradition of Jaws, from the depths of the sea comes a new kind of terror. In all his years as a professional diver, Will Sturman has never encountered a killing machine more ferocious than the great white shark or as deadly as the piranha. Now, off the coast of California, something is rising from the deep—and multiplying. Voracious, unstoppable, and migrating north, an ungodly life form trailed by a gruesome wake of corpses. With the help of the brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Valerie Martell, Will finds himself in a race against time to stop the slaughter—by a predator capable of devastating the world’s oceans. Pray it kills you quickly. “In this brilliantly terrifying debut, Ryan Lockwood snaps hold of you and doesn’t let go… With nerve-tingling suspense, Below is a thriller you won’t easily put down—or forget.” “Absolutely terrifying… and all the more frightening because it could happen.” “Breathtakingly frightening and hugely entertaining… A knockout debut. Ryan Lockwood is a talent to watch!”

In the permanent darkness of an ice-filled crater on the South Pole of Mercury lies Erebus Mine, abandoned after a devastating accident that claimed the lives of 257 people. After an eight-year legal battle, an investigation team is finally on its way to Mercury to find out what really happened. But powerful forces want to make sure that what lies beneath Chao Meng-fu crater is never uncovered… Featuring line drawings and maps, realistic technical detail, and magnificently-imagined visions of the Sun’s innermost planet, BELOW MERCURY sets new standards for the hard SF novel

Newly ensconced in his Santa Fe abode with a lovely female companion, Stone Barrington receives a call from an old friend requesting a delicate favor. A situation has arisen that could escalate into an explosive quagmire, and only someone with Stone’s stealth and subtlety can contain the damage. At the center of these events is an impressive gentleman whose star is on the rise, and who’d like to get Stone in his corner. He’s charming and ambitious and has friends in high places; the kind of man who seems to be a sure bet. But in the fickle circles of power, fortunes rise and fall on the turn of a dime, and it may turn out that Stone holds the key not just to one man’s fate, but to the fate of the nation

Water bends but doesn't break, and the River Prince must learn that weaknesses can become strengths with the right woman by his side. The land of Tanselm will fall to evil if four identical princes wielding elemental powers fail to find their intended brides. Thrust into the parallel realm of earth to escape death and insure a future for their world, they have one mission and one mission only - to find their destined affai. The River Prince, Marcus Storm, doesn't think he'll ever find a mate worthy of him in a world devoid of magic. To make matters worse, the evil that invades his own world has followed him into Seattle. Time is running out for Tanselm. He's working hard to find a woman to satisfy his need for a bride. But his well-earned conceit and sure charm don't work on Tessa Sheridan. Tessa would be happy to put the sexily aggravating Marcus in his place. Unfortunately, she's dealing with a new and unwelcome form of telekinesis and an embezzler at work trying to frame her. She doesn't have time for Marcus's arrogance. But Marcus is all too willing to show her his passion runs deep, and his love is just there below the surface

Twelve-year-old Zak, who has an inoperable brain tumour, is with his sister and parents when their private plane is disastrously diverted. Wrecked on a remote research outpost in the Antarctic, they find themselves in an abandoned base. Then Zak’s parents disappear, and the base’s equipment starts 3D-printing nightmarish spiderlike creatures. Zak’s bizarre visions appear to suggest a link to something else–beneath the ice–which only he can understand…

Award-winning and national-bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a vengeance in this thrilling new novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. Below Zero begins with an unassuming phone message: 'Tell Sherry April called.' But Sherry – Joe Pickett's oldest daughter, Sheridan – and the Pickett family are shaken to the core. April, Pickett's foster daughter, was killed in a horrific murder and arson spree six years prior. To Joe, it doesn't seem even remotely possible that April could have survived the massacre described in Winterkill. He was there. But Sherry starts to believe there's a chance that April is still alive; the girl on the other end of the phone is able to recall family incidents that only April could know. Joe, however, remains suspicious, especially when he discovers that the calls have been placed from locations where serious crimes have occurred. At the same time, an older man and a much younger girl cross the country. The man is on a mission to repent for the crimes he's committed against the environment during his lifetime. He ultimately wants to offset each incident until he not only becomes carbon neutral, but actually drops below zero – as if he's never existed. As the path of these travelers starts to intersect with the Pickett family's, the question is raised: Is this young girl April – or are Joe and his family the victims of the cruelest of hoaxes?

Ramose is the offspring of an Egyptian Pharaoh and a Greek woman. Brought up in a life of luxury he is catapulted into a life of adventure which leads him to the fall of Babylon at the hand of the Persian Empire under Cyrus. The last novel written by Haggard; finished just before his death and published posthumously

La ambigüedad de la traición es el motor de una intriga policíaca que constituye el tema aparente de Beltenebros. Sin embargo, lo que en realidad encubre es el desorientado transitar de los personajes por una fascinante galería de espejos en la que se reflejan el amor y el odio, el pasado y el presente, la realidad y la ficción, en un trepidante clarouscuro de corte premeditadamente cinematográfico que mantiene al lector bajo su hipnosis hasta el último renglón del libro. Convocado por una organización comunista subversiva, Darman, antiguo capitán del ejército republicano exiliado en Inglaterra, regresa a Madrid para ejecutar a un supuesto traidor a quien no ha visto nunca. En los lóbregos escenarios de la clandestinidad, emprende con desgana un periplo trepidante en pos de su víctima del que una misericordiosa cabaretera, viva imagen de una mujer a la que amó, tratará de desviarlo. En Beltenebros, el arte de narrador de Muñoz Molina, su vigorosa maestría técnica y su estilo preciso y envolvente alcanzan un grado extremo de plenitud y de tensión expresiva cuyo logro admite escasos parangones en la narrativa española contemporánea

Andy Duncan teaches freshman English at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he is working on a masters of fine arts. In 1995, he graduated from North Carolina State University in Raleigh with an MA from the creative writing department. Originally from Batesburg, South Carolina, Mr. Duncan also spent seven years as a newspaper reporter and editor in Greensboro, North Carolina. Although “Beluthahatchie” is his first fiction sale, he has since sold stories to Negative Capability and Starlight I. The author is currently at work on an alternate-history novel