Apasionante final para la trilogía. Los Perdomo Maradentro son una familia que huye de Lanzarote para rehacer su vida en tierras venezolanas. En ese lugar, siguen sucediéndose inesperadas situaciones por ese particular hechizo que Yáiza ejerce sobre los hombres. Tras varios cambios de morada, finalmente se instalan en la Guayana venezolana donde, la hermosa Yáiza vivirá una mágica transformación

MARAKOTA BEZDIBENIS A.KONANS DOILS Pasaulslavenais angļu rakstnieks (1859—1930) lasītājus iepriecinājis ne vien ar privātdetektīva Serloka Holmsa un viņa uzticamā drauga doktora Vatsona gaitām, bet arī ar vairākiem zinātniski fantastiskiem darbiem. Sajā grāmatā lasītājs iepazīsies ar dažiem dēkaiņiem: avīzes reportieri, mednieku aristokrātu un diviem zinātniekiem, kuriem izziņas alkas liek doties bīstamos ceļojumos gan kalnos, gan jūras dzelmēs. Autors ir spraiga sižeta meistars, māk jautri un trāpīgi pajokot un joprojām ir viens no jaunatnes vismīļāka­jiem rakstniekiem. RĪGA «LIESMA» 1989 2. izdevums (A.KONANS DOILS MARAKOTA BEZDIBENIS) No angļu valodas tulkojušas Rute Runce, Tija Pētersone un Ņina Krilova Mākslinieks Ģirts Boronovshis Redaktors Andrejs Rijnieks Izdevniecība «Liesma», 1989

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On a rainy June morning, tens of thousands of people crowd into Duluth for the city’s biggest annual event: the Duluth Marathon. Exhausted runners push to reach the finish line and spectators line the streets to cheer them on. Then, in a terrifying echo of the Boston bombing, there is an explosion along the race course, leaving many people dead and injured. Within minutes, Jonathan Stride, Serena Dial, and Maggie Bei are at work with the FBI to find the terrorists behind the tragedy. As social media feeds a flood of rumors and misinformation, one spectator remembers being jostled by a young man with a backpack not far from the bomb site. He spots a Muslim man in a tourist’s photo of the event and is convinced that this was the man who bumped into him in the crowd — but now the man’s backpack is missing. When he tweets the photo to the public, the young man, Khan Rashid, becomes the most wanted man in the city. And the manhunt is on. But are the answers behind the Duluth bombing more complex than anyone realizes? And can Stride, Serena, and Maggie find the truth before more innocent people are killed?

**It is up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of his ship, the** Oregon **, to stop a terrorist plot to release a deadly chemical weapon across the globe in the explosive new novel in Clive Cussler's #1** New York Times **bestselling series.** While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an *Oregon* crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own. **

Tarl Cabot has struggled to free himself from the control of Gor's powerful Priest-Kings, but to no avail. Now he finds that mission challenged by a threat emanating from the planets forbidding northern lands. There, a menacing alien force waits for Tarl, who faces an awesome choice: protect his own position as a rich merchant-slaver, or risk everything to defend the freedom of his world. An adventure filled with incredible incident, barbaric peoples, and the ferocious clashes between men and women that have made John Norman one of science fiction's legendary storytellers

En vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un tranquilo pueblo de Georgia, Will Parker responde a un anuncio en el que se solicita un marido. Elly Dinsmore es una joven de veintiséis años, viuda y embarazada. Cuando Will aparece, está encantada de tener a un hombre en casa, sin importarle las habladurías. Poco a poco, Will y Elly se van tendiendo mutuamente la mano y van descubriendo una pasión profunda, que ninguno de los dos había sentido jamás

«El encaje alzado de las fachadas venecianas es el mejor rastro que el tiempo, alias agua, haya dejado nunca sobre tierra firme. […] Es como si el espacio, más consciente aquí que en ningún otro lugar de su inferioridad frente al tiempo, le respondiera con la única propiedad que éste no posee, con la belleza. Y es por esta razón por lo que el agua toma esta respuesta, la retuerce, la golpea y la rompe en pedazos, aunque al final la recoja y la lleve consigo hasta depositarla, intacta, en el Adriático.» Joseph Brodsky En Marca de agua, un mosaico de 51 breves secuencias, Joseph Brodsky se sirve de sus visitas anuales a Venecia para meditar sobre la relación entre el agua y la tierra, la luz y la oscuridad, el tiempo presente y el pasado, el deseo y su satisfacción, la vida y la muerte. Estampas poéticas, estampas venecianas, estas reflexiones acerca de la ciudad abren brechas en la memoria del escritor, que entrelaza recuerdos personales con hechos acaecidos en la propia Venecia. Para el lector esa percepción y ese contrapunto entre imágenes y pensamientos se asociarán para siempre con el nombre de Venecia

Varios hoteles se incendian en el Chicago de las muchas razas e infinitas tramas. Nadie sabe por qué. ¿Algo huele a corrupción? Victoria Warshawski, la elegante, dura y original detective protagonista de las novelas de Sara Paretsky, jamás rehúye una causa noble, sobre todo si se trata de evitar la explotación de cualquier minoría étnica y de esa gran mayoría marginada que constituyen las mujeres

Este archivo es una copia de seguridad, para compartirlo con un grupo reducido de amigos, por medios privados. Si llega a tus manos debes saber que no deberás colgarlo en webs o redes públicas, ni hacer uso comercial del mismo. Que una vez leído se considera caducado el préstamo y deberá ser destruido. En caso de incumplimiento de dicha advertencia, derivamos cualquier responsabilidad o acción legal a quienes la incumplieran. Queremos dejar bien claro que nuestra intención es favorecer a aquellas personas, de entre nuestros compañeros, que por diversos motivos: económicos, de situación geográfica o discapacidades físicas, no tienen acceso a la literatura, o a bibliotecas públicas. Pagamos religiosamente todos los cánones impuestos por derechos de autor de diferentes soportes. Por ello, no consideramos que nuestro acto sea de piratería, ni la apoyamos en ningún caso. Además, realizamos la siguiente…

Written from the point of view of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother, Marcel is a striking debut novel describing the vivid history of a family in a Flemish village. The mysterious death of Marcel, the family favourite, has always haunted the young boy. With the help of his schoolteacher, he starts to discover the secrets of Marcel’s ‘black’ past. The story of his death on the Eastern Front for the sake of Flanders, and the shame this brought upon his family gradually become clear. Erwin Mortier unravels this shameful family past in an unusually sensitive and evocative manner

After King Avram, new ruler of Detina, frees the blond serfs upon which the northern part of the kingdom relies, civil war erupts, with Avram's cousin, Geoffrey, as commander of the rebels. The armies of the divided country face each other in the embattled province of Peachtree eager to claim the strategically vital city of Marthasville. Turtledove's sequel to Sentry Peak continues his fanciful retelling of the Civil War as a fantasy struggle involving swords and sorcery. American history buffs should enjoy figuring out the real-world parallels in the colorful cast of characters

Marcovaldois an enchanting collection of stories, both melancholy and funny, about an Italian peasant's struggle to reconcile country habits with urban life. Oblivious to the garish attractions of the town, Marcovaldo is the attentive recorder of natural phenomenon. The reader's heart bleeds for Marcovaldo in his tenacious pursuit of lost domains, but the stories are full of mirth and fun. They lie between farce and fantasy, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider…Nothing, as always with Calvino, is quite as it seems. Books and Bookmen

Boat restorer Marcus Quinn is not going to sleep with the infamous Eden Ross. As soon as he discovers the poor little rich girl stowaway, he knows he should throw her overboard. Instead he tries his best to ignore her topless sunbathing and blatant teasing. But when that fails, what else can he do but give her exactly what she's asking for-frenzied, brain-numbing sex? And a little bit more… With her sex video scandal about to hit the tabloids, Eden Ross just wants to hide out on her daddy's boat for a while. Then she finds mouthwatering Marcus Quinn working onboard, and she can't deny herself a little fun. After all, if Marcus thinks she is some serial sexpot out to use him for his body, how can it hurt to prove him…right?

An ambitious and far reaching allegorical voyage which, though not exactly a success, was Melville's first attempt at a book on the scale of Moby-Dick. Here is a passage which is reflective of the style, and outlook, of Mardi: So, if after all these fearful, fainting traces, the verdict be, the golden haven was not gained;-yet in bold quest thereof, better to sink in boundless deeps, than float on vulgar shoals: and give me, ye gods, an utter wreck, if wreck I do.-Herman Melville

An innocent young woman is seduced by the temptations of Bourbon Street in this sultry, scintillating tale. Twenty-two-year-old Barbara Dorn has always been sure of herself. Sure of her happiness in rural Tancipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where she was born and raised. Sure of her commitment to her fiancé, an agricultural school graduate who cultivates his family farm with scientific exactitude. Sure of her distaste for big-city life and excitement. But when her old college roommate, Ethel, comes to visit, Barbara realizes she may not have all the answers. Ethel is on a mission to convince her friend to make the hundred-mile trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, when the city becomes one vast playground and a half million people throw their cares and inhibitions to the wind. Ethel insists that Barbara experience the carnival of love before settling down to life on the farm. But when Barbara finally arrives in the City That Care Forgot, the beautiful young virgin will discover that her desires are deeper and more passionate than she ever thought possible

Nadando desnuda en la noche en compañía de sus delfines, Melis había encontrado por fin la paz y algo parecido a la felicidad. Vivía en una isla solitaria alejada del mundo… pero el mundo no estaba dispuesto a olvidarla. Porque esta muchacha hermosa y aparentemente frágil tiene la clave para el mayor descubrimiento arqueológico de la humanidad, un premio que atrae a los hombres como la sangre a los tiburones. Uno de ellos es Jed Kelby, seductor millonario, curtido ex-comando de la Armada y ambicioso buscador de tesoros. El otro es Hugh Archer, traficante de armas y uno de los más despiadados criminales que existen. Melis resiste bien las presiones, pero cuando la gente comienza a morir a su alrededor se ve obligada a aceptar la colaboración de Kelby. Juntos, zarparán en busca de un sueño y se enfrentarán a la muerte que les acecha continuamente. Pero para encontrar el tesoro Melis tendrá que superar antes la más dura de las pruebas, plantar cara a un terrible secreto del pasado que, en manos de su enemigo, es un arma devastadora

En el brazo espiral de la galaxia se han encontrado más de mil doscientos misteriosos y gigantescos artefactos creados por la ignota y ya desaparecida especie de los Constructores. La próxima “Marea Estival” en el sistema planetario formado por los gemelos Sismo y Ópalo, ha de ser el fruto de una Gran Conjunción de estrellas y planetas que sólo sucede cada 350.000 años. Los mejores estudiosos de la tecnología de los Constructores coinciden en suponer que será una oportunidad única para desentrañar el misterio de esos sorprendentes artefactos. Por ello, humanos y alienígenas, con sus rencillas y enfrentamientos, se dan cita en el sistema y se exponen a sus peligros

Margaret the First dramatizes the life of Margaret Cavendish, the shy, gifted, and wildly unconventional 17th-century Duchess. The eccentric Margaret wrote and published volumes of poems, philosophy, feminist plays, and utopian science fiction at a time when “being a writer” was not an option open to women. As one of the Queen’s attendants and the daughter of prominent Royalists, she was exiled to France when King Charles I was overthrown. As the English Civil War raged on, Margaret met and married William Cavendish, who encouraged her writing and her desire for a career. After the War, her work earned her both fame and infamy in England: at the dawn of daily newspapers, she was “Mad Madge,” an original tabloid celebrity. Yet Margaret was also the first woman to be invited to the Royal Society of London — a mainstay of the Scientific Revolution — and the last for another two hundred years. Margaret the First is very much a contemporary novel set in the past, rather than “historical fiction.” Written with lucid precision and sharp cuts through narrative time, it is a gorgeous and wholly new narrative approach to imagining the life of a historical woman

On April ninth, thousands of people wake from the same dream, visits from angels instructing them to build a biblical ark in their front yard, or the town square or little league field. Anywhere, to prepare for the worst natural disaster to strike the world since the days of Noah. A widowed California high school teacher risks everything to build a boat in the sixty days she is given. A homeless and self-proclaimed prophet of God preaches across Boston's waterfront, unaware that he is not alone in his visions. A young priest is torn between the signs around him and the skepticism of his Church. In the end, only thirty people may board each boat. As the world slowly comes to grips with events unfolding around them, they must weigh their own faith in the exceptional and identical visions of so many people. The skies are clear, without a hint of rain. But if the dreams are true, something terrible is looming on the horizon. "...a quality work of fiction, written by a professional who knows his stuff. A gripping story about the power of faith. Though it moves slowly and takes time building its tension – and build tension it does – this novel is the mark of an experienced craftsmen. The characters are varied and engaging, prompting genuine sympathy in the reader. His success is that he does what spiritual fiction often fails at: he focuses on the human element, how humans deal and grapple with the difficulty – and demands – of faith." - Kevin Lucia, Shroud Magazine Reviews "I couldn’t put this book down. Margaret’s Ark is a scary look at what might end the world someday. Dan Keohane, a finalist for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, has taken a different approach to the usual religious apocalypse stories. This is not the Rapture -- this is a natural disaster that will change the world forever. "- Sheri White, Terrorflicks.com Review "A gripping story about the power of faith. This novel is the mark of an experienced craftsmen. The characters are varied and engaging... he does what spiritual fiction often fails at: focuses on the human element, how humans deal and grapple with the difficulty-and demands-of faith."  - Shroud Magazine Reviews

Игра MARGIN показывает, как работают финансовые рынки. Основная идея – научить инвестора принимать финансовые решения в рыночных конкурентных условиях, понимать движение рынка и предсказывать поведение других участников. Самое главное – научиться контролировать свой страх и азарт. В MARGINGAME очень простые правила, но сложно выиграть. Как правило, побеждают не самые удачливые и самые богатые участники, а те, кому удалось придумать собственную стратегию и реализовать ее в ходе игры. Испытай себя в MARGINGAME, возьми под контроль свои страх и жадность, которые ломают даже самые правильные стратегии

Una fantasy orrorifica con i pirati, uno spadaccino voodoo? Chi potrebbe mai mescolare il mondo del pirata Barbanera con la magia nera se non Timothy Powers, il creatore di Le Porte di Anubis, l’autore più originale e geniale prodotto dal mondo fantascientifico e fantastico negli ultimi decenni. Lo scenario di questo eccezionale romanzo è il Mar dei Caraibi del 1718, periodo di grandi cambiamenti per i pirati, un tempo strumento dell’Impero Britannico, libera forza mercenaria che non riveste più nessuno scopo strategico per gli inglesi. È su questo scenario in evoluzione che compare il giovane John Chandagnac, ex burattinaio orfano alla ricerca di vendetta su uno zio malvagio. Ciurme di Zombie, magia nera, riti voodoo, giungle infestate da spettri: fra mille pericoli il protagonista inizierà una sorta di viaggio iniziatico che lo porterà in un luogo ignoto al di là del tempo e dello spazio, in un luogo mitico e terribile dove si cela la vagheggiata fonte della vita eterna. Partito per vendicarsi di un torto subito, Chandagnac andrà incontro al suo destino e troverà a sbarrargli la strada nientemeno che… il pirata Barbanera!

Marianne tells the story of Marianne d'Asselnat, whose fate—by virtue of her own courageous spirit, coupled with the pull of destiny—became inexorably entangled with that of her native France during the decades when it was responding to Napoleon Bonaparte's vision of its greatness. Born and orphaned in the 1793 Reign of Terror, rescued by a priest and raised in exile in England, Marianne married, only to lose—at one stroke of fate on her wedding night—her love, her fortune, her illusions and even her security. As she flees England; as she is smuggled into Napoleon's 1809 France (at war with England) with a letter of recommendation to Napoleon's Minister of Police, Fouché; as she is placed by Fouché in the dangerous position of spy in the home of Talleyrand; and as fate, the course of historic events, and the powers of pure chemistry combine to lead Marianne into a love affair with the Master of Europe himself—Napoleon Bonaparte—the reader is treated to a magnificent picture of France in the years of her glory. Here is all the pomp of the First Empire at its peak, as well as a fascinating record of Napoleon's political maneuvers and of the strange manners of the Parisian underground. Here, too, often in their own words, are the host of colorful, talented, often eccentric characters who orbited around the Emperor. And here, finally, is Napoleon Bonaparte in one of the liveliest, most believable portraits ever drawn of him. Juliette Benzoni has in Marianne created a book that is at once historical fiction at its best and a magnificently documented portrait of a great nation in its hour of glory—and of peril

Guarding with her life the secret she carries to save Napoleon, Marianne braves the barren steppes and hostile natives of Russia to deliver her message to the Emperor, who was once her lover. She is accompanied by her lover from New Orleans, Jason Beaufort, who has abandoned the charred hulk of his ship in the harbor of Constantinople to travel with her. Just inside the Russian border, they save the life of a beautiful young gypsy named Shankhala and take her with them. Shankhala offers no gratitude but shows a burning desire for Jason. Failing to allure him, she turns her witchery against Marianne. The Moscow they reach has already fallen under siege, and its citizens' fear has turned perversely into self-immolation. When Jason is thrown in prison after a duel with the Cossack who several years earlier had ravished and branded Marianne, she is left alone amid the swarming mass of panicked humanity—or, rather, almost alone, as the gypsy witch embraces Marianne, then stabs her and leaves her to be trampled and swept away by the maddened throng. The vicious Russian writer finds Moscow drowned in a sea of fire and Marianne nursed to health by angels in the forms of other French-women trapped in this hostile country. Risking her life to see him, Marianne finds Napoleon suffering from strain and despair and eager to regain Marianne's devotion. Once she has delivered her message, Marianne's life again becomes a series of questions: Will she ever return to her homeland? Will she ever find the child who was separated from her? And her husband, where is he? Does he even live? Marianne: Crown of Fire is an adventure in the truest sense—it is a fascinating torrent of desire, courage, terror, and one woman's struggle to survive. This sixth volume of Marianne's adventures will delight the reader who thrills to excitement and romance. Each of its predecessors has been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers around the world

As the city of Florence basks in afternoon sunlight, pleasurable anticipation stirs in the heart of beautiful Marianne d'Asselnat, Princess Sant'Anna. The trials and uncertainties of her eventful past life seem almost over, for she is soon to rejoin her beloved sea rover Jason Beaufort and enjoy with him a peaceful future in America. So she is not particularly dismayed when called upon to render a last vital service to her master, the Emperor Napoleon, whom once she had known as lover and still called friend. But, abruptly, an ominous shadow appears in her future, cast by the dark influence of her unseen husband, the mysterious masked Prince Corrado. The tricks of fate then force her to embark on a perilous odyssey which carries her from luxurious Venice, through Greek islands smoldering with revolt, to the court of the legendary Sultans of the Ottoman Empire. Through all her adventures her spirit is sustained by her passionate love for Jason, yet always strange, dark forces seem intent on drawing him away from her... Here is another exciting novel of the world of Europe as Napoleon I strives to make France master of Europe, indeed of the world, and himself its tyrant. The action moves through the courts of Europe and the then largely unknown Ottoman Empire, and a host of characters from the pages of history flit through its pages, bringing a glittering age vividly to life. Marianne and the Rebels, like its author's earlier novels chronicling the adventures of Marianne d'Asselnat, offers historical romance at its satisfying, exciting best

Le destin de Marianne, encore bouleversée par son aventure avec Napoléon, s’assombrit brusquement. Il y a cet homme en bleu, apparu dans une loge de théâtre le soir de son triomphe. Est-il bien Francis Cranmere, l’époux indigne qu’elle croyait avoir tué pour lui faire expier le déshonneur d’une nuit de noces jouée au whist ? Il y a aussi le prochain mariage de l’Empereur, qui plonge Marianne dans l’enfer de la jalousie. Seul un nouvel amour pourrait l’arracher à ce passé trop douloureux. Mais qui est cet inconnu de Toscane dont l’étrange et fastueux palais italien semble abriter de terribles secrets ?

La vie prodigieuse de Marianne d'Asselnat de Villeneuve commence en Angleterre, dans le paisible domaine de sa tante Ellis Selton qui l'a recueillie après la mort de ses parents, guillotinés sous la Terreur. Son adolescence prend fin brutalement le jour même où elle épouse le beau Francis Cranmere dont elle est secrètement éprise depuis longtemps. Au cours d'une nuit de noces effroyable elle perd à la fois son amour, sa fortune et sa sécurité. Marianne doit fuir, abandonner tout ce qu'elle aime, revenir en France où règne l'homme qu'on lui a appris à haïr jour après jour : Napoléon

Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Here is the story of Allan’s first true love, Marie Marais. Famed explorer Allan Quatermain finds himself facing down the most formidable adversary he has ever encountered: an irresistible woman for whom he is willing to fight to the death. The Marie of the title eventually wins the upper hand, and Quatermain makes her his wife. Will the pair beat the odds and live happily ever after?

Quelle impérieuse raison pousse la jeune veuve du connétable de Luynes à fuir Paris un soir frileux d’avril 1622 ? Quel conseil va-t-elle chercher auprès de l’étrange personnage qu’elle abrite dans son château de Lésigny ? Belle à couper le souffle, riche, intelligente, spirituelle et ambitieuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Luynes, est poursuivie par la rancune de Louis XIII qu’elle a cru, un moment, asservir à son charme. Il lui faut, à présent, trouver au plus vite un moyen de se protéger d’une disgrâce qui la condamnerait à ce qu’elle redoute le plus : l’obscurité. Celle d’un couvent ou celle d’une prison ? Elle aime la vie fastueuse, les hommes, les joies intenses de l’amour, mais aussi le pouvoir qu’elle cherchera toute sa vie, sans se soucier de ceux qu’elle laisse en chemin. Aussi met-elle en œuvre toutes les ressources de sa séduction afin de reprendre sa place auprès de la reine Anne d’Autriche que, pour se venger du Roi, elle va s’efforcer de pousser dans les bras de l’Anglais Buckingham. Devenue duchesse de Chevreuse, elle trouvera devant elle un redoutable adversaire : le cardinal de Richelieu, dont elle n’ignore pas qu’il la désire. Sous la soie des paroles courtoises, les poignards sont affûtés. C’est le temps des duels, des conspirations, des répressions impitoyables ; celui aussi des Mousquetaires, dont le corps vient d’être créé. Marie collectionnera les amants, mais peut-être n’en aimera-t-elle qu’un seul… Marie des intrigues aura une suite : Marie des passions

Un soir d'automne, sous le règne de Louis XIII... La ravissante et blonde Marie Bonnard, la fille de l'aubergiste... Qu'elle a paru désirable à Jacques du Parquet, lors d'une halte à Dieppe. Qu'elle lui paraît plus capiteuse encore quand il la revoit peu après à Paris. Mais qui est donc ce vieillard à ses côtés ? M. de Saint-André, son futur époux, dit-on... Le destin sépare Jacques et Marie. Pour un temps... Du Parquet a été nommé gouverneur de la Martinique et bientôt voici que débarque ce couple si mal assorti : M. et Mme de Saint-André. Envoyé de la Compagnie des Iles, le vieil homme va se révéler l'ennemi acharné de Jacques. Mais que peut-il contre un amour si jeune et fougueux. Un soir, sur une colline d'où l'on découvre toute l'île - ses plantations, sa jungle folle, ses cascades - Marie s'abandonne. Jacques exige plus : un étrange, un solennel serment

La suite des aventures de la belle Marie à la Cour de Louis XIII qui va devoir affronter un adversaire de taille : Richelieu... Exilée après une tentative d'attentat contre le cardinal de Richelieu, Marie, duchesse de Chevreuse, n'a de cesse de regagner la Cour, loin de laquelle elle dépérit. Seule sa passion dévorante pour l'aristocrate anglais Henry Holland illumine sa retraite. Dès son retour à Paris elle prend la tête, avec l'appui de la reine Anne d'Autriche, de complots aussi ambitieux qu'improbables. Mais chacune de ces conspirations l'éloigne un peu plus du pouvoir. Collectionnant les admirateurs, Marie connaîtra-t-elle enfin le bonheur d'un amour partagé ? Saura-t-elle, malgré ses erreurs, conserver son influence à la Cour ? Confiante en son extraordinaire destin, elle ne va pas hésiter à se mettre en danger pour obtenir ce qu'elle désire

A la Martinique, la resplendissante Marie du Parquet n'a connu, depuis 15 ans, que passions triomphantes et victoires mousquet au poing. Soudain, le destin soudain la frappe: son mari, le souverain maître du pays, vient de mourir. Qui va régner sur la riche et splendide perle des Antilles ? Le Conseil intrigue, menace: le pouvoir ne reviendra à Marie que si elle engage le combat contre les flibustiers retranchés à Marie Galante. Or, à leur tête, se trouve Yves Le Fort qui jadis a sauvé la jeune femme. L'amant de Marie, le séduisant, l'énigmatique Reginald de Maubray, la presse de céder.Marie hésite, angoissée, déchirée. Va-t-elle trahir l'amitié pour goûter à l'ivresse du pouvoir ? Aux aguets, toute l'île retient son souffle

In Marijuana Cooking: Good Medicine Made Easy, authors Bliss Cameron and Veronica Green guide would-be chefs through the process of making their own tasty and healthy home-remedies using marijuana. Step-by-step instructions and photographs carefully document the cooking techniques described, making this the most user-friendly marijuana cookbook available. Increasing awareness of the therapeutic properties of marijuana—to ease tension in the body, relieve pain and pressure, promote appetite, and induce overall relaxation—has generated widespread interest in its use as a medicine. Without doubt, the best and safest medicinal application of marijuana is ingestion. What makes this book truly unique is the careful attention paid to the individual needs of those who rely on the therapeutic properties of marijuana. The authors offer five ways to prepare marijuana for use in the kitchen, advice on personalizing dosage, and tips on substituting ingredients to account for different tastes and medical conditions. Cameron and Green understand that marijuana is good medicine for both the body and spirit. They have long been involved in providing healthy marijuana treats to individuals suffering from ailments such as arthritis, asthma, insomnia, appetite loss, and glaucoma, and others who rely on the soothing and therapeutic benefits of marijuana