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Genly Ai foi enviado a Gethen com a missão de convencer seus governantes a se unirem a uma grande comunidade universal. Ao chegar no planeta Inverno, como é conhecido por aqueles que já vivenciaram seu clima gelado, o experiente emissário sente-se completamente despreparado para a situação que lhe aguardava. Os habitantes de Gethen fazem parte de uma cultura rica e quase medieval, estranhamente bela e mortalmente intrigante. Nessa sociedade complexa, homens e mulheres são um só e nenhum ao mesmo tempo.

Este livro pretende esclarecer, principalmente para os iniciantes, um pouco sobre o cotidiano dos terreiros, servindo como um ponto de reflexão, despido de preconceitos, e a realidade da Umbanda.

É uma verdade universalmente reconhecida que, se você ficar solteira por muito tempo, sua família vai querer se intrometer e te apresentar a uma pessoa que não tem absolutamente nada a ver com você. Depois de um encontro às cegas desastroso, Darcy Lowell está desesperada para impedir seu irmão de arranjar alguém para ela após um término traumático.

Detective Rose has worked on difficult cases before, but this abduction is unique. No evidence. No witnesses. No leads. It’s a nightmare scenario for any law enforcement officer. Unsure of why the family was targeted, Rose races against the clock to recover the missing child before the kidnapper strikes again, a scenario Rose is desperate to stop.

Emily thought she was leaving her money troubles behind when she inherited an old house from her great aunt who went missing the previous year. When she and her husband Jesse arrive at the house, they discover Aunt Matilda was murdered—and the culprit is still at large. Guided by the ghosts of Matilda and the orphans she raised, Emily and Jesse must catch the criminal and save themselves before it's too late.

Not much happens in Deerfield, Connecticut. The sleepy little town nestled at the foot of Taconic Range near two pristine lakes is the stuff of Hallmark movies. Picturesque town square, friendly neighbors, the changing seasons… but Deerfield’s small-town charm will lose its allure after a girl goes missing. Family secrets will be exposed, old wounds will be reopened, and lives will be turned upside down as past and present collide.

Panic grips the small town of Minneola, GA, when a young child goes missing at the lake. Newly paired detectives Jo Wiles and Mark Allen are assigned to the case. As the detectives follow up on leads, they discover an evil rooted in the heart of their town, along with secrets from their pasts that both are unwilling to face. If She Only KnewCalamity James, a reluctant paranormal detective, returns to her hometown for the first time in ten years to attend her aunt’s funeral. When the local sheriff blackmails her into helping with a missing persons case, Cal can’t say no.

Eine Liebe, die die Welt retten könnte … oder sie für immer zerstören. Das BookTok-Phänomen von Alexandria Warwick endlich auf Deutsch! Die junge Prinzessin Sarai Al-Khatib lebt unter dem Schatten eines grausamen Fluchs: An ihrem 25. Geburtstag droht ihr der Tod durch die Berührung einer schwarzen Iris. Um ihr Schicksal abzuwenden, soll sie Prince Balior heiraten – doch als ihre einstige große Liebe, Notus, der Südwind, zurückkehrt, beginnt für Sarai ein gefährliches Spiel um Liebe, Macht und Verrat.

The complicated history of the Saxton house has been long forgotten. Few in the town of Cypress Creek even remember the house and what had occurred inside its walls decades before. In the present time, author Rob Hooper and his wife, Janet, are looking for a quiet place to live. The grandiose, isolated Victorian-style relic is everything they could want. A mysterious, widowed owner offers them a deal that can't be passed up. But they quickly discover that some things are too good to be true.

Olive is an introverted young woman who has never ventured more than four hours away from home, nor has she ever had the desire to do so. Olive is stunned when her struggling-to-make-ends-meet single mother passes away, leaving her a trust fund, with the stipulation that in order to receive her inheritance, Olive must get out of her box and explore the world.

Poppy Peterson’s life is finally back on track and she’s thriving as the publicist of the NFL’s most promising quarterback (and her childhood best friend), Cash Curran. So, she doesn’t appreciate when he makes an impulsive and public pass at America’s popstar darling, Lyric Adair. When Lyric’s notorious publicist Rosaline Sinclair reaches out, Poppy is ready to face her wrath, but instead learns that Lyric is equally interested.

During World War Two, the Japanese forcibly sent prisoners deep into the wild mountains to build the Siam-Burma Railway, now also known as the Death Railway. A party of Malaysian prisoners find that freedom may be possible when one of them starts receiving strange visions of the future.

Victoria had always had her life planned out...until that one moment when everything was ripped away leaving her feeling empty, scared, and insecure. Now, the only two pieces holding her together are her best friends.

He's excruciatingly handsome, and well, fine as hell. He's also my captor. He won't take his eyes off me. He won't let me go. All I can do is hope he'll let me live.

Rapunzel meets the Greek myth of Psyche and Cupid in this gripping fantasy romance standalone from the author of The North Wind that weaves together a tale of love, survival, and healing as a mortal woman and an immortal god unite to overcome deadly trials and their haunted pasts in this climactic final installment of the Four Winds series.

"Nous sommes liés par le mariage, et j'ai juré de mettre fin à sa vie." Wren de Edgewood n'est pas étrangère à la souffrance. Avec la disparition de ses parents, il est de sa responsabilité de s'assurer qu'elle et sa sœur survivent à l'hiver interminable et rigoureux, mais si l'on en croit les légendes, leur village pourrait ne plus être sûre pour longtemps.Pendant trois cents ans, les terres entourant Edgewood ont été prises dans la glace à mesure que l'Ombre, une barrière magique qui protège les habitants des Terres Mortes, s'affaiblissait.

Min of Marles is a bane weaver, assisting the town's apothecary in brewing potions, tonics, and the deadly poisons for which she is known. High in the estate tower where she works, a powerful immortal is kept chained, tortured daily for information. His screams haunt her waking and dreaming hours. A god, she learns. The East Wind, Eurus, who commands the sea-born storms. A poor attempt to free him leads to Min's imminent capture and being subsequently forced to work in his employment. But the East Wind has greater plans for her.

Princess Sarai of Ammara is cursed: on her twenty-fifth birthday she will fall into an endless, deadly sleep, plunging the kingdom into chaos and ruin. In a last-ditch attempt to save Sarai and their people, her father arranges her marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young noble from a neighbouring kingdom. But then the South Wind, Notus—the immortal who once had her heart—returns into her life.

Samantha Cooper is having a day from hell. In less than 24 hours, her life has unraveled, leaving her single and with nowhere to live. Adding insult to injury, she’s trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous woman claiming to be a demon. Daphne is not at all what Samantha expected from someone claiming to be an evil supernatural entity. She’s pretty, witty, dressed in pink, and smells nice. And she’s here to offer Samantha a deal she can’t refuse. Six wishes in exchange for one tiny trade—Samantha’s soul.

Losing power was only the beginning—now one couple must work together to survive. Best-selling dystopian author Roger Hayden brings you his collection of highly-rated EMP survival novels.