![]() ![]() Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges-and unexpected opportunities. ![]() ![]() Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.Īfter saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.ĭespite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much-the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. The exciting end to the Poppy War trilogy, R. ![]()
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The pick-pocketing of a policeman's notebook during a traffic stop closely follows "Hitch-Hike", a 1960 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents based on a short story by Ed Lacy. ![]() The story is about a man who picks up a hitch-hiker whilst driving to London. " The Hitch-Hiker" is a short story by Roald Dahl that was originally published in July 1977 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, and later included in Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More Short story by Roald Dahl The Hitch-Hiker ![]() ![]() ![]() If they escape the deadly threats surrounding them, can Maksim overcome his past-to offer Cat his future? Only then will she tempt him with what he really wants: her, all tied up with a bow. Her very first client is beyond gorgeous, but when he tells her what he plans to do to her, Cat almost walks out of the door.Īfter their mind-blowing encounter burns out of control, the lovers crave more. Now she's hiding out, forced to start working as an escort in Miami. 1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole's The Master, the next installment in her sizzling Game Maker series, a need colder than Siberian winter meets an attitude hotter than the. ![]() That is, until the icy Russian encounters a disobedient brunette whose exquisite little body threatens his legendary restraint.Ĭatarina Marín was a well-off young wife until her world fell apart. Rich, irresistible politician/Mafiya boss Maksimilian Sevastyan prefers tall, obedient blondes to fulfill his.complicated desires. ![]() A need colder than Siberian winter meets an attitude hotter than the Florida sun in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole's sultry new Game Maker novel, the second installment in the series! Get lost in the sizzling world of the Game Maker series with The Professional, book one, and The Player, book three! ![]() ![]() ![]() Then I reply, “No, my interest lies more with the kind of plague where you break out in sores all over your body and countless people you know and love die, rapidly, within a few months of each other, in the prime of their lives. ![]() Specifically: “You know, like how we’re all on our cell phones all the time.” Or selfies. When I tell people that I am writing a book on plagues, well-meaning acquaintances suggest I add a modern twist. JOHN FARRAR, “You’re the One That I Want,” Grease All the rest-health, integrity, purity (if you like)-is a product of the human will, of a vigilance that must never falter. Would it kill you to go to the doctor now and then? If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us./piracy. Copyright infringement is against the law. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. To receive special offers, bonus content,Īnd info on new releases and other great reads,įor email updates on the author, click here. ![]() ![]() law, which in turn follows the date of the author's death. They have him dying in 1937 when he actually died in June 1936. Note that the above source couldn't even get the year of his death/suicide correct. Source - en.m./wiki/Author_talk:Robert_Ervin_Howard Howard died in 1937, all his original works, including those featuring Conan the Barbarian, will be in the public domain from 1st January 2007." "Within the United Kingdom, as in many other countries, the works written by an author fall into the public domain 70 years after their death. Depending on who you talk to, which copyright law they are quoting, and which country, the public domain for Robert E. So he becomes public domain on January 1st 2028. At the time of that publication the copyright duration for works that complied with all of the requirements had a rather lengthy copyright, and thus could enjoy 95 years of copyright before they become public domain. ![]() ![]() The first Conan the Barbarian story appeared in weird tales in 1932. ![]() The creator of Conan the Barbarian Robert E. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Susan Sontag wrote an essay hailing him as the greatest writer to emerge out of Latin America. Even Jorge Luis Borges, another genius from Latin America with a reputation for his expansive reading, never mentions Machado de Assis. His eminent stature in Brazilian literature makes it all the more surprising that he is virtually unknown in the rest of the Americas. His statue adorns the entrance to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, which he founded in 1897. Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is hugely popular in Brazil. ![]() When first published in 1881, the book breathed new life into Brazilian literature. One of his most celebrated works, The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, is being rejuvenated this summer with a new translation by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson. His books not only feel evergreen, but they also seem to anticipate the taste of a reader from a century and a half later. Machado de Assis’s books, however, are not like that. When you pick up a book from the late nineteenth century, you might prepare yourself to read a musty language that has aged so much it feels otherworldly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MacFarlane writes with a discerning eye and an immediacy that immerses us in his surroundings%E2%80%94whether a delicately misty shore, a seemingly chaotic field of rocks that reveals hidden patterns, or a holy Himalayan mountain that makes him " up, neck cricked and mouth bashed open at the beauty of it all." MacFarlane strikes a fine balance between lyrical nature writing and engrossing scholarship that makes him the ideal walking companion. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Robert Macfarlane 4.14 8,995 ratings1,246 reviews Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape. His walks take him from the chalk downs of England to the bird islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. ![]() Along the way, the author meets artists, poets, farmers, sea-bird hunters, and adventurers, each with stories to tell and idiosyncratic attitudes toward the terrain ahead. Told in Macfarlane's distinctive voice, 'The Old Ways' folds together natural history, cartography, geology, archaeology and literature. He ventures abroad into the bullet-strewn hills of the West Bank and follows a pilgrimage route in Spain. Naturalist MacFarlane (The Wild Places) traipses across Britain via Stone-Age trails, sand flats that briefly emerge between daily tides, and sea lanes to the Hebridean Isles. This scintillating travelogue is a celebration of well-worn footpaths and ancient sea routes. ![]() ![]() ![]() But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. ![]() The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. 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Performed by Scott McCormick, David Cui Cui, Laura C. ![]() Can D deliver her from her curse and bring her to salvation, or will she forever be part of the unholy dead?Īdapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music! From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors. Bitten by the vampire lord Count Lee, Doris is destined to her unholy fate. ![]() ![]() But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them….Įnter D - a lone, mysterious vampire hunter, sought out by the desperate Doris Lang. The war against the vampires has taken its toll cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires - and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.Įvery village wants a Hunter - one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. Humanity is just crawling out from under 300 years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. ![]() |