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Lestat speaks. Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals - for centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone. And suddenly, all his vampire rationale - everything he has come to believe and feel safe with - is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence.

Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.

En chassant dans les bois enneigés, Feyre voulait seulement nourrir sa famille. Mais elle a commis l'irréparable en tuant un Fae, et la voici emmenée de force à Prythian, royaume des immortels. Là-bas, pourtant, sa prison est un palais magnifique et son geôlier n'a rien d'un monstre. Tamlin, un Grand Seigneur Fae, la traite comme une princesse. Et pourquoi lui et sa cour se cachent-ils derrière des masques ? Quel est le mal qui ronge son royaume et risque de s'étendre à celui des mortels ? À l'évidence, Feyre n'est pas une simple prisonnière

Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose.

If Silas St. Nick thinks I’m going to pack up my twinkle lights and peppermint-scented joy just because he’s banned Christmas in his small town, he’s in for a very festive surprise. He thinks he can do whatever he wants because he’s handsome and rich, but my kindergarteners don’t call me Ms. Christmas for nothing.

Buzz Sausage Wolf has a new neighbour - but OH NO, it's a CAT! Everyone knows, cats and dogs are NEVER friends. But maybe this strange Smelly Cat is different.A hilariously silly story about making friends. A warmly funny story for fans of Rabbit and Bear, large dollops of silliness and the occasional unexpected dog parp.

Depuis la destruction du château de verre, la vie de Chaol Westfall a volé en éclats. Autrefois loyal capitaine de la garde royale, il a perdu tous ses hommes et l’usage de ses jambes en voulant protéger Dorian. Ses seules chances de guérison se trouvent à Antica, capitale du puissant empire du Khagan. Là-bas, les guérisseuses du Torre Cesme pourront peut-être soigner son corps brisé. Aidé de Nesryn, Chaol pourra en outre tenter de convaincre le Khagan de combattre aux côtés d’Aelin.

When darkness wants to claim you, do you run or do you step into the light, daring it to catch you? Forensic Pathologist, Harper-Rayn, is no stranger to darkness. She has seen it all in the cold silence of Blackstone's one and only morgue, revealing the mystery of death on her autopsy table—until the bodies start speaking to her in eerie, calculated ways. When corpses begin to reveal chilling, hidden messages meant only for her, she realizes she's been playing a twisted game she never intended to play. The game intrigues her, drawing her in, but if she takes one wrong step, it's game over.

Mark wanted nothing more than peace, a cigarette, and a bit of light in his miserable flat. But something began to change him, not just his memories or his body, but his language itself, the way he speaks, thinks, and feels.

In this book, a fictionalized lecture and interview from 1904, you will hear firsthand how this inspirational teacher, on March 3rd 1887, met a six-year-old blind, deaf, and mute child named Helen Keller and found her purpose.

Since October 2023, Israel has carried out one of the most brutal military onslaughts in modern history on the Gaza Strip, in response to the Hamas-led attacks of October 7. But Gaza had long been in crisis even prior to the current violence, now widely recognized as genocidal. For seventy-seven years, the Palestinian people have endured displacement, occupation, collective punishment, and ethnic cleansing―with those in Gaza often bearing the brunt of it.

Tonny is the son of Death, waiting for the day his father would finally take him to work. But his dad does not return from the human world. Someone has taken him, and Tonny sets out to find him in a world he has only studied. Big Day, Big Everything is a British, darkly funny fantasy about family, courage and trying to keep your dignity while saving the world in magical underwear.

Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil’s Bar to dinners with the King and the art of entertaining each chapter reveals a vivid moment of joy, mischief or resilience.

After spending my whole life not knowing who I was, all I wanted was to graduate high school and get into college. The strange new guy, Hart, throws my life into a tailspin with myths, magic, and revelations about my heritage. Charged with saving Native American magic, I have to survive prophecies and adventure, a whole world I knew nothing about. Third edition with latest cover, updated formatting, no new material. (First version is large print, not-updated)

Peat, a toad, and Paul-Paulette, an earthworm, live in the woods beneath the roots of their friend, Christy, a Christmas fern. One day they are dug up and carried away. Christy is replanted in a pot large enough to hold Paul-Paulette, but Peat is too big to get in and cannot completely hide. He stays under Christy's fronds, but can't disappear. Together with their wild flower friends, they are taken to the Washington National Cathedral to participate in the annual Festival of Flowers.

Human slave Mila's survival depended on obedience—until she uncovered a secret that made her a target. Beaten, imprisoned, and left with no way out, she never expected a Naga warrior to destroy her chains. Niri General Brivul had no reason to risk everything for a human. But the moment he saw Mila, defiant even in chains, he knew . . . She was his.

Eight years ago, Lieutenant Luke Ripton made a hasty wartime marriage-in-name-only to protect a young girl from a forced union and left her protected in a remote mountain convent. Now, Luke is Lord Ripton, but he has been unable to obtain an annullment. Which leaves him no choice but to collect a wife he doesn’t want.

When Nash Renfrew wakes in the bed of lovely Maddy Woodford, he has no memory. In the days following his accident, he is charmed by her bright outlook on life, but he lives for the nights, when she joins him chastely—more or less—in her bed. When his memory returns, Nash asks for just one more night before he leaves. But it's one night too many and it creates a scandal that leaves him no choice but to offer her marriage.

Polyphemus just wanted to throw the Greatest Party of All Time, but when you're a monster, party-planning is really complicated. You have to get the best snacks and invite the right guests. And you have to try really hard not to accidentally eat the guests instead of the snacks.

La vida no es lineal, pero nos empeñamos en fijarnos metas lineales: títulos universitarios de cuatro años, planes de carrera a diez años, hipotecas de treinta años. ¿Y si pensáramos en la vida como en un gran campo de juego para la experimentación? La neurocientífica y emprendedora Anne-Laure Le Cunff propone desarrollar una mentalidad experimental para convertir los desafíos en autoconocimiento y la incertidumbre en oportunidad.