A slave with a secret past is forced to serve the exiled prince she loves as he risks his life in a desperate effort to forge a political marriage with a powerful and deadly princess.

This book portrays the origin and the mythical evolution of the figure in which the identification of the astrological constellation of Taurus is based. It is the mythical creature that lived between the times of King Agenor and the old days of King Theseus of Athens. Created originally to kidnapp the Princess Europa, it unleashed the movement of kings and princes. Due to it and in search for it, villages, towns, cities, and nations were established....

"A Doll's House (Norwegian: Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because...

Devastated by her betrothal to a violent boy she does not love, Jayden is forced to accept her fate as her ancient Mesopotamian tribe moves to the Summer Lands, where she falls for a mysterious youth from the Southern Lands.

"Gelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song. Cloistered with the other Vessels of her faith, she believes--as all Ovinists do--that a saint imprisoned Elath the Great Demon centuries ago, saving humanity from earthly temptation. When Gelya stumbles into a deadly cover-up by the Ovinists' military, she reluctantly teams up with Tavik, an enemy soldier, to survive. Tavik believes that Elath is actually a mother...

Como quinto hijo de una rama secundaria del poderoso clan Takeda, el joven Leiji no aspira más que a un humilde futuro sin glorias militares. Una misión rutinaria, sin embargo, cambiará su vida para siempre: a partir de ese momento será una espada maldita con el poder de decidir el porvenir de todo el Imperio la que dicte su destino. Con el trasfondo de los tiempos convulsos de la era Sengoku, Takeda Leiji inicia así, junto a un grupo de entrañables...

One of the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies, Othello tells the story of a Moorish general in command of the armed forces of Venice who earns the enmity of his ensign Iago by passing him over for a promotion. Partly for revenge and partly out of pure evil, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona, his wife, has been unfaithful to him. Iago succeeds in his evil aims only too well, for the enraged Othello murders Desdemona. When Othello later...

Power, betrayal and desire… It's a dangerous gambit in Queen of Ashes, an ebook companion to the Blood of Gods and Royals series by New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman! If you look away from her face, you will die. This is the warning given to the suitors of Queen Laila of Sharuna, who must compete against one another to win the royal Egyptian's affections. One by one, men cower under her penetrating gaze, and one by one, they are executed....

Toby goes to the Eastern Steppe to investigate sheep rustlers while avoiding the Mongol invaders, who probably aren't from Mongolia and may not be invaders. The large, brown predatory lizards are real enough: fast, silent, and according to one rancher, for every Donn you don't see, there are three Donn you don't see.

Desde que los hombres primitivos se intercambiaban gestos y sonidos guturales, hasta hoy, el ser humano busca comunicarse. La gran pregunta es si siempre lo logra. Cuentos que, con seriedad o humor, relatan lo que sucede a la hora de comunicarnos.