Author: Natalie Anderson Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative ISBN: 4596075433 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 50
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Bidding in a bachelor auction for charity, Cally wins a sexy tycoon named Blake in exchange for her generous donation. Yet despite his jaw-droppingly good looks, Cally, who grew up in an imperfect family, shows no interest in love or marriage, and she plans to cut ties with him as soon as they fulfill the conditions of the auction. Blake, driven by curiosity about Cally’s inner self, proposes a further condition. Cornered by Blake’s approach, Cally accepts his bet, even though the stakes are high… If she loses, she’ll become his slave for a day and have to do whatever he wants!
Author: Debbie Macomber Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061760951 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 340
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“Debbie Macomber’s name on a book is a guarantee of warm-hearted, endearing romance.” —Jayne Ann Krentz A Debbie Macomber classic, One Night is a funny, warm, truly unforgettable story of two mismatched people—rival workaholic radio broadcasters—who discover there’s much more to life than air time. Fans of the #1 New York Times best selling author will fall in love with this early Macomber gem—taking unparalleled delight in a wonderful tale about how lives and hearts and everything can change in One Night!
Author: Jill Williamson Publisher: Marcher Lord Press ISBN: 0982104952 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 504
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Given the chance to train as a squire, kitchen servant Achan Cham hopes to pull himself out of his pitiful life and become a Kingsguard Knight. When Achan's owner learns of his training, he forces Achan to spar with the Crown Prince--more of a death sentence than an honor. Meanwhile, strange voices in Achan's head cause him to fear he's going mad. While escorting the prince to a council presentation, their convoy is attacked. Achan is wounded and arrested, but escapes from prison--only to discover a secret about himself he never believed possible.
Author: Keith Spencer Felton Publisher: America Star Books ISBN: 1682908429 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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It is 1973, and the Los Angeles Presse-Syndicat’s thirtyish music-arts “stringer” Axel Haberley believes in the arts’ cross-fertilization. With a passion for Vincent Van Gogh, an editor willing to let him “file pieces” from abroad, and passable college French, Axel plans a cultural wanderjahr. The Van Gogh Quartet is a true story which reads like a novel. Travelling with his young love interest Daphne, and stumbling onto an unknown Van Gogh work, what “Axie” really finds is the subject on his own canvas: Himself. THE VAN GOGH QUARTET reveals a picaresque best—the treasure which is one’s own life’s meaning.
Author: Don Beecher Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1442699523 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 777
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Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480–c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for ‘mature readers’ and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as ‘Puss in Boots,’ made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher’s academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves.
Author: Pabba Abhishek Publisher: Pabba Abhishek ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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A world doesn’t need a king to be prosperous, but it definitely needs great morals and principals for it to be prosperous. For a world that is turning into hell, the Supreme Being planned a game called ‘God’s Chess.’ Ajin, a twisted college president, and another seven pieces, a prostitute, a scientist, a general, a reporter, an actress, an educator, and a queen play the game. The game they are playing for a wish come true is a holy book to a world that has rotten to the core and forgotten humanity.
Author: Charles Mollan Publisher: Charles Mollan ISBN: 0860270556 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 1887
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Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.
Author: Fritz Reuter Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 720
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An Old Story of My Farming Days is a novel by Fritz Reuter, originally published in three volumes between 1862 and 1864, that portrays life in rural Mecklenburg in the 1840s in the context of the Revolutions of 1848. The novel was autobiographically-inspired as Reuter had himself worked as an apprentice farmer during the era. The story was one of Reuter's most successful works and has been adapted into other media a number of times. Although not the main character, the genial land inspector "Onkel" Zacharias Bräsig became the most well-known and his role was often emphasized in adaptations of the story.
Author: Marius Barbeau Publisher: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 1772824259 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 362
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These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world.
Author: Akumi Agitogi Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1646091469 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 0
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A "Cinderella"-inspired slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Taisho-era Japan! A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land… Considered nigh worthless for having failed to inherit the superhuman powers of the bloodlines into which she was born, Miyo Saimori lives her days unwanted and unloved. Her stepmother and very own father have little time or affection for her, and Miyo must suffer being treated as a servant by her half-sister who, unlike Miyo, is blessed with the unusual powers of their blood. Ultimately seen as nothing more than a nuisance and a drain on the family wealth, Miyo is packed off to the Kudo house as a bridal candidate for its heir, Kiyoka Kudo. Whispers abound about the Kudo clan, the most powerful in all the land, but will the allegedly cold and cruel house into which Miyo aims to marry prove much warmer than the family she left behind?
Author: Natalie Anderson
Author: Debbie Macomber
Author: Jill Williamson
Author: Keith Spencer Felton
Author: Don Beecher
Author: Pabba Abhishek
Author: Charles Mollan
Author: Fritz Reuter
Author: Marius Barbeau
Author: Akumi Agitogi