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A onetime Crusader turned Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael is a most unusual detective. Living a quiet life as a monastery herbalist, he spends his days ministering to his brothers using the medical skills he acquired in the Holy Lands—but his worldly knowledge and wide experience of human nature are frequently called upon when there is a murder to solve....

As the mists roll over the fens and enigmatic lights twinkle in the distance, only the locals know their way along the hidden paths through the mysterious watery terrain of one of England's most beautiful and sometimes dangerous places. Detective Matt Ballard may have retired but there's still plenty going on in the fens to keep him busy. Someone trashes an old lady's garden and daubs her isolated cottage with hateful graffiti. Emilia Swain seems to be totally harmless, so why is she being targeted?

The secrets of this world are deeper and darker than Siobhan knew, and those she once trusted seem strange and sinister. But her Will is as abyssal as the ocean, and she is determined to uncover the truth. As Sebastien's reputation begins to bloom with its own light, new eyes turn her way. With new magic and old plans come to fruition, she feels the inklings of true power within her grasp. But there is a storm waiting beneath the placid surface of the ocean...

Las memorias del creador de American Psycho: después de una década regresa el autor más controvertido de los 90 con su libro más polémico.

Siobhan still dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer. But she has once again been forced to face the horrifyingly dark side of their world. When a miscast spell can turn you into a city-killing monster out of nightmares, nowhere and nothing is truly safe. As the Verdant Stag gang grows more powerful, the fearsome reputation of her alter ego, the Raven Queen, blooms with them until it seems to gain a life of its own.

Der siebzehnjährige Bret ist in der Oberstufe der exklusiven Buckley Prep School, als ein neuer Schüler auftaucht. Robert Mallory ist intelligent, gutaussehend und charismatisch und zieht Bret magisch an. Bret ist sich sicher, dass Robert ein düsteres Geheimnis hat, und kann dennoch nicht verhindern, dass Robert Teil seiner Freundesgruppe wird. Als der Trawler, ein Serienmörder, der Jugendliche auf bestialische Weise umbringt, immer näher an ihn und seine Clique heranrückt, gerät Bret zunehmend in eine Spirale aus Paranoia und Isolation.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and greatest classics of Western spirituality. Until now, the available translations have treated these writings as historical curiosities that have little relevance to our contemporary situations. This new version approaches the Book of the Dead as a profound spiritual text capable of speaking to us today. Devoted like an Egyptian scribe to the principle of "effective utterance," Normandi Ellis has produced a prose translation that unfolds like pure diaphanous verse

In The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the founding fathers' political philosophy was not grounded in theory, but rather grew out of their own immediate needs, Morgan paints a vivid portrait of how the founders' own experiences shaped their passionate convictions, and these in turn were incorporated into the Constitution and other governmental documents.

Erin Grant has worked hard to build a life she loves. With a wonderfully quirky flat in London, a supportive group of friends and a fulfilling job, she has everything she needs. But a festive escape to the Cotswolds leaves her questioning what she’s been missing. Between enchanting Christmas markets, ice-skating beneath twinkling fairy lights, and cosy chats by the fire, sparks fly with Lewis, the charming hotel manager.

Do you feel emotionally drained in relationships that leave you second-guessing yourself? Do you always give—but end up feeling used, unseen, or even manipulated? If so, you might be an empath caught in a toxic dance with a narcissist. This book is for the women who feel too much, care too deeply, and love too hard—and who are finally ready to stop being emotionally taken advantage of.

Mira must come to terms with the loss of the man she loved and face her toughest challenge yet, leaving her brothers side. She must venture into the Serulean district, followed by Faendes, Thyme and Su to uncover the fallout that tailed their return from Gehenna. However, upon meeting Harrier, a desperate woman who seeks Mira’s help, her world expands further than she could ever imagine. Meanwhile, the fearsome Ichdis has made herself known to the world, collapsing Ikeria and leaving only the ruins of the once thriving district.

In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales, where they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself dealt the blow.

Holly Stewart moved into Solace House thinking it would be a fresh start for her and her family. She knew a tragic murder had taken place there, but she didn’t know the full ghastly history of the house. Now, her husband has lost his job, the children are bullied at school, and someone is prowling around the garden at night. Someone who wants them gone. Detective Jackman wants to help. Instead he’s been pulled into a 20-year-old cold case.

A USA TODAY Bestseller Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn. Leo Balanoff is a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet. He's also a diagnosed pathological liar. When a predatory...

A Great Dane. A deer. A dove. A pit bull. And something lurking just beyond the veil of dreams. Adonis never expected to become a legend, he just followed his heart. When the harlequin Great Dane rescues an injured deer named Jericho, it sparks an unlikely friendship that quickly grows into a pack of misfit heroes, including Jules, a melodramatic dove, and Bully, a tough pit bull mix with a soft center. Together, they journey from small-town fields to the chaos of New York and the crashing waves of Atlantic City, rescuing animals, dodging danger, and winning hearts.

When elderly Clarissa Morden is found strangled in the locked garden of historic Bishop Hewick Hall in Yorkshire, DCI Jim Oldroyd needs to solve a seemingly impossible murder. The only door was bolted from the inside, the kitchen garden walls are too high to climb, and there is no sign of how the killer escaped. If no one could enter or leave, how did the killer commit the crime and escape? But as Oldroyd and his team uncover more evidence, they discover Clarissa wasn't the kindly neighbour she appeared.

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Siobhan has just been banned from the country's only magical university. As the unwitting accomplice to the theft of a priceless magical artifact, she has suddenly become a wanted criminal. There are fates worse than death, and if caught, she will face them. Unwilling to give up on her dream of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer, she resolves to do whatever it takes to change her fate. Even if it means magically disguising herself as a boy and indebting herself to a gang of criminals to pay for university tuition.

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First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth are rapidly militarizing against the arrival of the Superorganism, an alien civilization that promises to destroy humanity before it can develop into a real threat. The Superorganism has done it before–to their distant transient relatives–and they could easily do it again. But the alien Ampersand and his human interpreter Cora Sabino are done with trying to save humanity from both the Superorganism and itself; to them, this is a civilization that does not deserve to be saved.