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A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful...

"This is a delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating explorations going on today at the frontier of our knowledge." —Carlo Rovelli, bestselling author of The Order of Time and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics A revelatory exploration of how a "theory of everything" depends...

Space Marines can be found fighting hundreds of wars across every sector of the Imperium - they are the will of the emperor made manifest. These audio dramas will bring you into their battles as never before, as bolt shells and chainswords lay waste to any who would stand against them.

George MacDonald, described by W.H. Auden as "one of the most remarkable writers of the 19th century", was valued in his own time as an original thinker and spiritual guide. Of all his writing, it is the fairy tales that have retained their fascination, and this collection includes all 11 stories. The fairy tales feature the stock characters of traditional tales—fairies both good and bad, and children undertaking precarious journeys. Often adopting paradox and nonsense as Lewis Carroll did, the stories invite adults to deploy the same open-mindedness as children.

“After his spectacular Lincoln in the Bardo, Saunders returns . . . with a new novel even more spectacular than the last.”—Los Angeles Times A “daring” (Time) novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain and Tenth of...

Germain, Petit Pierre et Marie sont forcés de passer la nuit au lieu-dit La mare au Diable. Le laboureur et la jeune fille ont le coeur triste : Germain va chercher une mère pour ses enfants, mais l'amour n'y est pas, et Marie a quitté sa mère pour se louer comme bergère à la ferme des Ormeaux. Seul Petit Pierre est heureux et confiant : de lui dépendra le sort de ceux qu'il aime tant.

New epic fantasy in the grand tradition—including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin! Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock’s Elric of...

George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.

Die zehnjährige Charlotte ist spurlos verschwunden. Sofort hat ihre Mutter, die konservative Politikerin Eve Bowen, einen Verdacht. Nur Dennis Luxford kommt für sie als Täter infrage, der Chef eines berüchtigten Skandalblattes und Vater ihrer unehelichen Tochter. In Eves Augen ist die ganze Angelegenheit ein abgekartetes Spiel, um ihre Karriere zu ruinieren und gleichzeitig Luxfords Zeitung zu riesigen Auflagen zu verhelfen. Inspector Lynley ermittelt – und sticht in ein Wespennest aus Affären, Lügen und schmutzigen Geheimnissen.

The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask the villain.

In the newly revised second edition of Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others and Raise Performance, clinical psychologist, distinguished leadership professor, and veteran hostage negotiator George Kohlrieser comes together with his son Andrew Kohlrieser, an experienced leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution consultant, to deliver another incisive and practical discussion of how to use the proven psychological techniques used in hostage negotiations to enhance your leadership skills both professionally and personally.

Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies—but is it actually making us happy? This crucial question is explored in depth by leading Oxford researchers Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward, who provide the richest, most comprehensive picture of workplace wellbeing yet. In Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters, the authors clarify what workplace wellbeing is (and is not) and offer a framework for how businesses can approach and improve it

Novelist and poet George Meredith is widely regarded as the last great Victorian author. He influenced writers including Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times. This BBC collection features dramatisations of his most famous novel, The Egoist, and his witty bildungsroman The Adventures of Harry Richmond.

Manfred is a captivating dramatic poem penned by Lord Byron between 1816 and 1817, during his final departure from England. This work emerged shortly after the legendary ghost story session at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, which included literary giants such as Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and John Polidori—an event that also inspired the creation of Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Rich in supernatural elements of Gothic fiction, Manfred delves into the profound internal struggles of its central character, a man tormented by guilt over past actions that may have led to the death of his ...

Dias após os Jedi chegarem ao mundo oceânico de Eiram e as ameaças à população local aparentemente terem sido neutralizadas, misteriosos crescimentos começam a tomar conta da cidade. Quando os Jedi fazem a conexão com os destroços naufragados do Starlight Beacon, eles são obrigados a embarcar em uma emocionante aventura submarina onde as profundidades sombrias escondem horrores sucessivos.

A New York Times Bestseller "Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition." —Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist of In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical Are you a sensible...

Una piccola città, La Rochelle, immersa in una gelida pioggia autunnale; borghesi all’apparenza insospettabili che giocano a bridge; una serie di strani delitti che viene improvvisamente a turbare la vita della città; e due personaggi si affrontano in una sorta di controcanto investigativo vibrante di tensione drammatica.

La collection audio "Crème de Crime" rassemble des polars emblématiques de la littérature policière. "Un crime" est l'unique roman policier de Georges Bernanos. Peu connu, il mérite d'être (re)découvert. Un cadavre découvert par une nuit glacée dans le parc d'un manoir de montagne entraine l'auditeur dans une intrigue haletante dont, hébété de tant de chausse-trappes, il ne saisit la clef qu'à la toute fin.

A wonderful story of adventure through the different spheres of life by Scottish author George MacDonald. Listeners will fall in love with this "Christ-like" character, Gibbie, who is a mute, yet truly good in heart and in deed. A uniquely creative tale that will capture both the old and the young for ages to come.

Dintre poeziile incluse in volumul de fata amintim: Bradul, Doina, Dragoste invrajbita, Hafis, Iarna pe ulita, In miezul verii, Ispita, La pasti, Lupta Vietii, Mama, Minciuna crestinilor, Noi vrem pamant , Prutul, Scara, Seara, Stefanita Voda, Sub Patrafir, Unul ca o suta, Voichita lui Stefan.