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William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments.

This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English...

"Stoner" - pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1965 - è stato per parecchio tempo uno dei grandi romanzi dimenticati della letteratura americana. John Williams racconta la vita di un uomo, Stoner appunto, che, nato in una famiglia di contadini poveri, finisce per scoprire dentro di sé una passione struggente per la letteratura e diventa professore. È la storia di un uomo che conduce una vita semplice al limite della frugalità. Una vita che lascia poche tracce.

A bond forged in trust. A secret that threatens to destroy it. After finally taking a chance on love, Alex Stone and Ava must navigate the delicate balance of their new relationship while facing their most dangerous challenges yet. When a powerful enemy resurfaces, bent on tearing them apart, Alex and Ava are thrust into a high-stakes game that tests their loyalty to each other—and their ability to survive. As secrets from the past collide with present dangers, Alex must confront a deadly rival while proving to Ava that their love is stronger than the forces determined to shatter it.

Chuck didn't expect to be retired by the time he was thirty. That was just how life had worked out. He'd had his fair share of adventures, put together a decent bankroll while working in the oil fields of northern Canada, and escaped with an injury that hadn't crippled him too badly. All he wants is to build a bit more money before buying himself a secluded cottage and deciding how to fulfill the rest of his life.

This sparkling box set includes all four full-length novels in Claudia Stone’s Regency Murder and Marriage series—a delightful blend of cosy mystery, romantic mischief, and sharp-tongued heroines who always find trouble… and often find love along the way.

Sometimes you must believe in yourself and your dream. And in thousand-year-old prophecies. The Song of Teaching has been sung. The people of Lrakira and Teramar have discovered they are not who they thought they were and begin to embrace their shared identity. While all the others are awash in...

Au sein d’une Écosse gouvernée par une monarchie soutenue par les clans et le parlement, le roi Aédan Stuart Ier est à un tournant de son règne. Confronté à l’un des plus grands défis de sa vie, se marier et engendrer un héritier, Aédan cherche une distraction pour alléger le poids de ses responsabilités. C’est alors que Halley, une jeune pâtissière ambitieuse, est recrutée pour rejoindre la brigade culinaire du palais royal. Bien qu’ayant grandi à Los Angeles, ses racines écossaises sont profondes.

She teaches the dead for a living. History teacher Elise Alden knows the Salem witch trials by date, by name, by outcome. What she doesn't know is why she can feel the rope. Three years after her husband was killed in the line of duty, she has built a careful life around her teenage daughter Brooklyn and her classroom. Then the visions begin — flashes of frozen New England ground, accusation in every face, a woman's eyes holding hers like a lifeline across time.

Allmählich fügen sich die Puzzleteile von FBI Special Agent Autumn Trents Leben zusammen. Ihre Beziehung mit SSA Aiden Parrish steht auf einer soliden Grundlage, und endlich hat sie gegen ihren früheren Chef Anklage wegen sexueller Belästigung erhoben. Nun fehlt ihr nur noch eines: ihre kleine Schwester, von der sie in der Grundschulzeit getrennt wurde. Nicht nur ist Autumns lang vermisste Schwester in Florida aufgetaucht, sie ist auch die Hauptverdächtige in einer Mordserie.

Damian Stephanos honed his skills in battles fought with magic as much as swords. Caught by a deadly spell that left him trapped for centuries in darkness and obscurity, he is finally freed, only to discover that his enemy still lives. Determined to find him - and to free his brothers in arms - he first must fulfill his blood debt to the woman who released him from his torment. Unfortunately, being so close to this enticing female is another type of torment altogether....

They've never seen this kind of evil. The new wild ride in the million-copy-selling King & Slater Universe. Only hours after an all-out war in the Dubai desert, vigilantes Jason King Jr. and Tyrell Slater are thrust back into the fight of their lives, and this time it spirals into disaster...

Rare Stones of Aotearoa explores the geology, history and enduring mysteries behind some of New Zealand’s most unusual stones. From Goodletite and Aotea Stone to rare sapphires, fuchsite, polychrome schist and fluorescent rocks, each episode follows the evidence through old reports, museum specimens, scientific research and the landscapes where these stones were found. It is a podcast about remarkable rocks, the people who discovered and studied them, and the questions that still remain unanswered.

We know now that our habitual thoughts and feelings determine how the physical world, which includes our body, responds to us. With this book, Dr. Koppen hopes to provide us with some tools that can help us adjust our thought and feeling patterns in a way that will invoke a new response from our earthly environment. We can then replace our old programs of self-inflicted suffering and illness with a more expanded outlook on life, which will bring us new hope and happiness, as well as healing to our human family and our planet. We all know how much this is needed at this time.

Leur mariage n'est qu'un contrat de trois ans : une alliance stratégique censée préserver une monarchie écossaise au bord de l'implosion. Mais dans les Highlands balayés par les vents, où les clans rivaux s'affrontent et où les trahisons se nouent, leur pacte est mis à rude épreuve. Pris au piège de leur propre jeu, ils découvrent en eux-mêmes des sentiments dangereux qui pourraient réduire leurs ambitions en cendres. Entre complots de cour, secrets de famille et menace d'insurrection, Halley devra décider si elle est un pion… ou la reine qui changera les règles.

The first wave of Players has arrived! After securing a tiny slice of dwarf heaven on a mountain in the woods, Brandt and his new friends would like nothing more than to be left in peace to smelt, forge, and sell. Unfortunately for them, the world around them has no such inclination.

Frankie Stone thinks she has successfully reset her life. Living under her new identity, she has mastered the art of staying invisible. But she can’t look away when she meets a woman married to an abusive and ruthless billionaire. The prenup is designed to leave the wife with nothing. Frankie convinces her to fight it. She came to Texas to disappear. She stayed to fight.

William Stoner bliver i slutningen af det 19. århundrede født ind i en fattig bondefamilie i Missouri, USA. Som ung går han på landbrugsskole, men drages af litteraturens verden. Han vender aldrig hjem til forældrenes gård og vælger i stedet det akademiske liv, hvor bøgerne og litteraturen forbliver hans faste holdepunkt - også når konflikter og skuffelser truer med at ødelægge hans tilværelse. Bogen blev første gang udgivet i 1965, siden genudgivet i 2006 i USA, hvorefter mange forlag verden over fik øjnene op for romanen. Den er nu en international bestseller. "Stoner" er et fascinerende, velskrevet og rørende portræt af en helt almindelig mand, hvis liv man ikke kan undgå at blive berørt af. Det er en roman om identitet, om livet, om de valg, vi træffer.

William Stoner wird 1891 als Sohn armer Farmer in Missouri geboren. Das Landwirtschaftsstudium lässt er ohne Reue hinter sich, als er seine Liebe zur Literatur entdeckt. Hart arbeitet er für seinen Aufstieg, bringt es bis zum Professor. Doch sonst ist sein Leben enttäuschungsreich: Seine Ehefrau entpuppt sich als gefühlskalte Intrigantin, die seine enge Beziehung zur Tochter zerstört, die leidenschaftliche Liebe zu einer Studentin muss er aufgeben. Und ein Widersacher an der Uni setzt alles daran, Stoners Reputation zu beschädigen. Ein großartiger Roman über einen Mann, der seine Würde durch alle Widernisse rettet.

When you're running from your past, there's no better place to hide than a small village tavern—until your past walks through the front door. Sass Thornshield has finally found happiness as co-owner of The Tusk & Tail in sleepy Wayside, with her half-elf business partner, a mischievous flutter-stoat, and the striking guardswoman Val making each day brighter than the last. Then a stern dwarf warrior arrives with a dire warning.