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1) Smoke Bellew
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A series of tales spun around Smoke and his partner during the gold stampede days.
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Ria is a treasure hunter trying to find her way in the world while looking after her alcoholic friend.
Bruno is a teacher who decided to take his dog on a trip.
Peter is a freelance writer whose trip in India takes an unexpected turn.
Bong Gu is a Chinese dog, sharing his perspective on the events he encounters on an open-ended journey alongside his master.
Gwen is an alcoholic artist whose personality disorder is unwittingly unleashed on those...
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"The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain, published in 1869, which humorously chronicles what Twain called his 'Great Pleasure Excursion' on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City), through Europe and the Holy Land, with a group of American travelers in 1867." --
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NeNe el Ganso hawaiano es una diversión llenó la aventura de viajes rimada NeNe protagonizado el ganso favorito. Hahn usa su amor por especies en peligro de extinción, talento para crear caracteres de animal adorables y capacidad de crear historias rimadas hermosas para escribir un cuento vistoso y reconfortante. Quédese templado para más aventuras de viajes con NeNe ya que viaja el mundo, pero siempre vuelve a la familia y amigos ama.
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Las aventuras del Eshe's el etíope elefantes 3 primeras aventuras en un 8 parte aventura serie sobre un joven elefante africano, Eshe's y su familia y amigos. Purple Frog, el delfín rosado, azul el mono, el Tigre Blanco, Amarillo Serpiente, Bongo, y Banana Rana son todos Eshe's Rainforest amigos y una colorida parte del EEES divertido lleno de aventuras. Juntos comparten muchas experiencias nuevas y explorar una gran variedad de interesantes lugares...
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RANA púrpura (el cuento de un bosque rana que brilla intensamente) de Nancy Hahn es un maravilloso cuento de hadas clásico para los niños. Autor infantil ganadora de premio, Nancy Hahn utiliza sus dotes de prosa poética y reflexiva para contar una historia de una princesa perdida en la selva tratando de encontrar su camino. La rana púrpura real extinción que salva el día y descubre sus dones especiales y cómo él puede ayudar a sus amigos...
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Extrait: "La veille de mon départ de Ténériffe, j'ai fait une promenade à Laguna, que je visitais il y a trente ans. En fouillant mes vieux papiers, je retrouve le brouillon d'une lettre écrite à mon ami Ernest, il y a trente ans. L'écriture est fine, j'écrivais alors sans lunettes. L'encre et le papier ont jauni."
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In a near-future New York subject to an increasingly hostile government, Laek, a non-conformist history teacher, and Janie, a community lawyer, are trying to live good and useful lives. After Laek is badly, injured in a brutal confrontation with the police, they are forced to leave their home and loved ones behind, fleeing across the border by bicycle with their two young children. In a Montréal that the future has also transformed, they face new...
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“Seduction on the Summit: A Passionate Ascent" is a thrilling romance novel that takes readers to the breathtaking heights of the world's tallest mountains. In the heart of the majestic Himalayas, Grace and Grit, two skilled climbers, find their worlds colliding as they ascend treacherous peaks, battling not only the dangers of high-altitude climbing but also the intoxicating allure of their growing passion.
As their journey unfolds, they confront...
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A Prime Minister gone rogue, a global banking crisis, an evil alliance between East and West, a honeytrap conspiracy, a military coup, and peace in the Aegean region under threat, form the backdrop of a thrill a minute roller-coaster ride of a crime/political thriller.
Alex Kalfas, the Greek Justice Minister and former CIA operative, finds himself trapped in a treacherous web of deceit when he is blackmailed by Themis Xenakis, the Greek...
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The Probably True Adventures of Sparky Malone is a roller coaster story of one man's life and adventures around the world, starting in 1941 and finishing seventy years later.
During those seventy years, we follow Sparky through childhood, always up to some sort of mischief, often in trouble in a harmless and amusing sort of way. Then we watch him achieve his ambition of going to sea in the British Merchant Navy, despite much resistance by his father....
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Widowed sisters (widsters), Cardi Cooper and Tuney Thompson, hope that a change of pace and distraction of a bus tour will help them with their grief. However, they soon find out that their liberation from sorrow is as stop-and-go as the bus itinerary.
While exploring their home state of Iowa, the fun-loving, bickering baby-boomers make friends with an infectiously raucous group of four more widows. The Widsters get out of their comfort zones and...
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Extrait : "Chère bonne, vous êtes bien impérieuse, bien despote, comment voulez-vous qu'une plume docile inscrive ici, sur votre ordre, un récit fidèle des vicissitudes de nos courses, puisque je dois subir le frein qui m'est si cruellement imposé ? Que désire le coursier numide ?"
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Vérité d'une expérience exprimée en une formule ramassée, le proverbe est de toutes les civilisations.
Son antiquité est souvent soulignée par l'archaïsme dans l'expression ou par des références historiques anciennes. Les proverbes japonais ne font pas exception puisque ceux-ci s'inspirent de la sagesse des générations passées et même parfois de l'héritage de la Chine ancienne.
Feuilleter les pages de cet ouvrage, c'est revenir à...
15) Killer of Rome
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Carbo returns in an unputdownable novel of murder and mystery in ancient Rome
After years of captivity and torture by German barbarians, former legionary Cicurinus' ordeal should be over.
Hearing of the legendary Carbo, he returns to Rome to seek out this hero who might help to bring him balance. Instead he finds Carbo descending into alcoholism and gambling, a broken man who brutally rebuffs him.
Devastated and disgusted by the immoral city...
16) Emperor's Lion
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A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos.
Silus, member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop them. But the forces arrayed against the Arcani are now as powerful as they are clandestine.
Inducted into the Emperor's bodyguard, his Lions, Silus soon discovers secrets that should have stayed hidden....
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Une biographie romancée, mais surtout, une magnifique aventure en pleine montagne!
Lors d'un voyage dans l'ouest américain, Marie va rendre visite à Jon, son ancien compagnon de montagne et amant. Sur la route, elle croise des personnages de son passé qui lui remémorent ses plus beaux souvenirs d'escalade et l'intensité de ses aventures humaines. Plus elle approche de sa destination, plus le souvenir de Jon se fait lancinant, voire douloureux....
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The main theme of my novel is about redemption for the main character, but it is also about finding what divides us as citizens, who as liberals and conservatives are at ever increasing odds. Mangles says, “Within these pages, he challenges the prevailing jurisprudence on victimless crimes and redefines the role of the government as he believes the founding fathers intended”. As he says, this book is for those with similar views on ending what...
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"The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain, published in 1869, which humorously chronicles what Twain called his 'Great Pleasure Excursion' on board the chartered vessel Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City), through Europe and the Holy Land, with a group of American travelers in 1867." --
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Adventure to the four corners of the Ottoman Empire. Includes all four books in The Ottoman Cycle series; The Thief's Tale, The Priest's Tale, The Assassin's Tale and The Pasha's Tale.
The Thief's Tale: Istanbul, 1481. The once-great city of Constantine, with a mix of Christians, Turks and Jews, now forms the heart of the Ottoman empire. The conquest, still a recent memory, means emotions run high and danger is never far away. Skiouros and Lykaion,...
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