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Step into the tumultuous world of 1922 Ireland, a nation on the brink of civil war. In this thrilling tale of daring and cunning, a band of IRA pirates set their sights on what could be the greatest heist of all time. As the IRA splits into two opposing factions, an audacious plan takes place in Cork. The target? A Royal Navy ship laden with 120 tonnes of arms and ammunition. The stakes? The very future of Ireland itself.

Una de las más brillantes e irreverentes farsas del autor, una sátira orgiástica donde el horror arranca carcajadas y en la que nadie se salva del ridículo, ya sea de izquierdas o de derechas, ecologista o partidario de la energía atómica, esposo fiel o donjuán irredento: ¡temblad...

Contratado por la Universidad de Oslo para supervisar unas excavaciones arqueológicas que se están llevando a cabo en el monasterio de Vaerne (Noruega), Bjørn Beltø es testigo de un hallazgo único. Se trata de un cofre de más de dos mil años de antigüedad que contendría un manuscrito...

FANTASY ET INTRIGUES COMPLEXES, REPLONGEZ DANS L'UNIVERS PALPITANT D'ADRIEN TOMAS ! La guerre fait rage entre les pays de la Coalition et le puissant empire de Tovkie. La duchesse Dragomira Antonov a réuni à Vérémise tous les puissants de ce monde pour le conseil de la Dernière chance. Les États de la Coalition sont considérément affaiblis tandis que l'empire brille par sa supériorité aérienne et technologique. Mais la duchesse a un plan.

Dague est voleur et espion. Il vit de cambriolages et de petits larcins. Alors qu'il est en mission de surveillance, il assiste à l'agression de Mira, une étrangère qui a fui son pays suite à un coup d'Etat. L'adolescente est archiduchesse, poursuivie par un tyran qui veut l'épouser et s'accaparer ses talents. Car elle fait partie des mécanomages, des sorciers capables de combiner leurs pouvoirs à de savants montages d'ingéniérie mécanique. En sauvant Mira, Dague est blessé, et les deux jeunes gens sont d'abord contraints de se cacher. Mais l'aristocrate est déterminée.

This work is a collection of fictional observations by the narrator as he travels around the countryside of southern New South Wales and Victoria in the 1880s. He presents the life of the various rural dwellers, including bullock drivers, squatters and itinerant travelers, and also attempts to convey the accents of Irish, Scottish and Chinese personalities he encounters. This tale provides insight into the stories and hardships of rural dwellers in Australia in the latter half of the nineteenth century, as well as the narrator’s own philosophy of life.

La endiablada capacidad de crear conflictos de Wilt, llega en esta novela a sus más altas cotas de peligrosidad. En los lavabos del Politécnico donde es profesor aparece muerta por sobredosis la hija de un distinguido lord británico. Una inmejorable oportunidad para que el amargado inspector...

""Required reading for anyone with a head.""—Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Fuzz ""Absorbing, incisive. . . Zeller captures the profound human and scientific costs of medicine's neglect of these common conditions that affect millions of people—especially...

The car world is full of fascinating characters, but few have a story to tell quite as remarkable and inspirational as Tom Hartley. Walking out of school at the age of 11, unable to read or write, Hartley set up his own business buying and selling cars. From that moment on he defied logic and ripped up the rule book on his way to the top. Today he runs one of the most successful independent family run luxury, performance and classic car businesses in the world, and has built up an unrivalled reputation as 'The Dealmaker.'

Each tale captures a haunting atmosphere, with elements of suspense, tragic histories, and supernatural encounters.

"America at the Crossroads: Parallels with the Roman Empire’s Fall" explores the economic, military, political, and social factors that contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire, drawing comparisons with modern-day America.

Heralding his outstanding return to young adult fiction, Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies of teen life in this compelling, bittersweet tale of rivalry and friendship. In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and...

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn. As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied...

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys. "The best children’s fiction book I’ve yet read about the Holocaust" – Tim Robertson, CEO Anne Frank Trust Summer...

Crime novelist Raymond Chandler meets philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in a remote corner of County Galway in 1948. As the two notoriously-reclusive men develop an unlikely friendship, they stumble into a conspiracy that involves former Nazis, the US House Un-American Activities Committee, and a cat belonging to the widow of William Butler Yeats.

Mehr und mehr Feinde. Eine tödliche Stadt. Und wie wird Michael Nexus überleben, wenn kein klarer Weg zu seinen Zielen führt? Michael kommt in Nexus an, aber der Fortschritt gestaltet sich schwieriger als erwartet. Es wimmelt an Fraktionen, Loyalitäten wechseln, und es ist schwieriger denn je, die Wahrheit von den Lügen zu trennen.

Cada vez que el profesor Henry Wilt entra en el aula del centro politécnico, algo se rompe en su interior. Con el regreso a casa cada día tampoco llega la paz, sino tan solo la constatación de que su vida es una derrota continua. Y, sin embargo, algunas de las mejores carcajadas de la...

Tom Hood was born on the 19th January 1835 at Lake House, Leytonstone just outside of London, the son of the famed poet Thomas Hood. Hood began writing at Oxford and first published soon after his arrival there. Much of his work is humourous or for children (which his sister co-authored) but he also wrote novels, two books on English verse composition and short stories as well as many pieces for magazines and periodicals. Hood was also a talented artist and illustrated several of his father's comic verses.

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