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The dust is about to settle down on medieval India. The Mughal enterprise is being firmly set on its foundations by Akbar the great. Though starting out ruthlessly to conquer all of Hindustan, he mellows down to offer the olive branch to those who would become servants of Babur's dynasty. Rajput king, Maharana Prathap Singh of Mewar decides to look the Mughals in the eye and take the bull by the horns. The die is cast. As the conquering juggernaut rolls, will the Rajput king be able to stem the tide against an all consuming power that threatens to swallow the entirety of the undivided Hind ?

You never forget your first true love... Tony Romano's life was torn apart at age fifteen when his father died. Intelligent, artistic, and charismatic, the happy-go-lucky kid was thrust into a new world too fast. Suddenly relocated from New Jersey to Belle Glade, Florida, he found himself being raised by the violent, merciless streets. Those streets seemed to be cursed, but right across the way lived a blessing. Cassidy Macklin was raised by her grandmother for most of her life. Smart, creative, and kind-hearted, she does her utmost to prevent her circumstances from bringing her down. Reading helps her escape to a different life and place, even if only in her imagination, and Grandmama's soulful food is the balm that heals her heart and keeps her world afloat. It doesn't hurt that the new kid who moved in across the street is easy on the eyes and an interesting cover to a book she's yet to read. Tony and Cassidy form an instant connection, but darkness rears its head and things fall apart, bringing havoc and turmoil to their lives. Years later, as adults, the two cross paths, and Tony is determined to win back his first love by any means necessary. They both must come to terms with the monsters of their past, the reality of their present, and the promise of the future. From USA Today bestselling author Tiana Laveen comes a coming-of-age, emotional scars, best friends-to-lovers romance packed with nostalgia, suspense, and passion. Gumbo is a standalone novel with a HEA (Happily-ever-after). This book includes mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences; reader discretion is advised. Please look inside for possible 'Trigger Warnings'."

"Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge" est un roman historique écrit par Alexandre Dumas père. L'histoire se déroule pendant la Révolution française et suit les aventures du Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, un royaliste passionné, et de ses alliés qui luttent pour renverser le régime républicain. Le roman est connu pour ses intrigues politiques, ses rebondissements dramatiques et ses personnages mémorables. Il offre également un regard intéressant sur la période turbulente de la Révolution française à travers le style narratif captivant de Dumas.

This collection will be of interest to those who care for family members with dementia and other debilitating conditions. It grapples with the complexities of being a family caregiver to a spouse with Lewy Body Dementia as he slowly loses autonomy and experiences problems with thinking, movement, memory and hallucinations. It details love and loss in the voices of both the wife and husband.

In his younger days, Alfred Hughes had been quite the Nineties revolutionary athis university in England, clad in faded army fatigues and smoking Cuban cigars.They called him Ché Freddo. His comrades-in-arms were Nido-Nitin-sonof divorced Indian immigrants, and Eugenia-ardent admirer of Sylvia Plath,who believed that one had to sacrifice everything for a cause, be fearless indeath. Into this mix came Anju Kale, of British-Asian heritage, the only child of adisheartened Indian Marxist father and a submissive, but wealthy, English mother,and her entry into this tightly-knit group caused all equations to shift and change.As time goes by, Freddo gives up revolution for the security of a collegeprofessorship, Nido for a job at Goldman Sachs. Anju marries Freddo and triesto come to terms with his serial philandering, in a marriage precariously heldtogether by middle-class sensibilities. And the devastating secret about whathappened to Eugenia.Until Anju too finds herself caught in an extra-marital relationship. Trappedbetween the need for fulfilment and a love of stability, Anju must redefine what itmeans to be a family.In prose that is lyrical and beguiling, Selma Carvalho weaves a story about amarriage that is tender, startling and wise in turn.This masterful work from the author of the remarkable fiction debut, Sisterhood ofSwans, confirms Carvalho's place in the literary firmament.

This is the translation of Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda's two books: 1. 100 Love Sonnets, 2. Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair. This is the first Odia translation of these world bestsellers.

Taki Emushi was a normal college dropout. But after an unfortunate accident, he found himself in a new body, with a crazy ability: he can power up anyone that takes a bite out of him. But hotties aren't the only ones looking for a taste. Join our fluffy protag as he navigates a new world. . . and discovers a terrible secret!

Dr. Kelly McKay survived a plane crash that killed her father and compelled her to become an ER physician. At age twenty-eight, she is close to completing her medical training when a serial killer prowls near the Seattle hospital where she works. Challenging struggles to save stabbing victims in a busy university trauma center tax her physical and mental resolve to be hired for a prized position upon completion. In the face of grueling competition, jealousy, and exhaustion, Kelly is placed on probation, a move that could end her career. But these worries pale when she becomes the killer's next target.

Old sins cast long shadows...King Manasseh is dead, but his terrible legacy of violence lives on. The people of Judah, enjoying a period of peace and prosperity, are apathetic and blissfully unaware of the terrible fate that looms over them. Little do they know that events in faraway Assyria will soon lead to the greatest catastrophe their small kingdom has ever known.Little do they know that the future of their realm, even their very continued survival, has in fact been entrusted to a handful of mere children - children that will be forced to endure a lifetime of suffering that will make or break their nation's destiny.Day of Darkness is a reconstruction of the story of the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE by the Babylonians - a story of unspeakable horror, yet also of awe-inspiring faith and unstoppable hope. It shows that there can be light in the midsts of the darkest night; hope in the deepest despair; and restoration for those who have lost everything.

In the ladies roomwe almost collidesorry sorryin that half-second glance we recognize ourselvesTravel shows us ourselves-sometimes in the faces and affects of others. In this globe-spanning meditation, Marte Carlock-Clifford continues her practice of bringing mindfulness to momentary encounters, lingering on those brief moments when time seems to stop and awareness fills the space around us.

Wanda and Peter Parker embrace great responsibility in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series that reimages iconic Marvel origin stories.So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched death court the Scarlet Witch. But ... what if Wanda didn't have to suffer her grief alone?All Wanda has ever known is her friendly little neighborhood in Queens. As an infant, after her parents died, she was adopted into a family where her doting Aunt May and Uncle Ben will always be at the breakfast table. One that includes her idiot brother, Peter Parker, who thinks hiding a spider bite, joining a secret fight club, and becoming a super hero are somehow good ideas.When Wanda's own powers emerge, blood, chaos, and suspicion follow in their wake. But as she harnesses her power under the guidance of Doctor Strange, Peter is standing beside her in the Sanctum Sanctorum. And as they try to protect New York City, the Parker siblings learn that with great powers, there must also come great responsibilities-and greater loss.Reeling from tragedy, Wanda finds herself truly alone for the first time in her life. Peter is lost to his own grief, and so she must strike out on her own. But on her first solo outing, she runs into a mysterious speedster - a man named Pietro. And everything she has ever known shatters like glass.Faced with unbelievable truths, Wanda is forced to choose between the life she knows and the life she could have.

Doe is a happy and precocious little girl, loved by her parents, Emily and Jim. Life is hard for working-class families in 1950s Manchester. Seeking a way out, Jim organises a raid on a Jewellers, only to be caught and sent to prison. It is an event with devastating consequences, for when Jim returns, he discovers that Emily has found solace in the arms of another. In the recriminations that follow, Doe finds herself abandoned; her life turned upside down. Just twelve years old, is it possible for Doe to survive? Can she escape the clutches of the Children's Home, an institution she has good reason to fear? Will her indomitable spirit enable her to survive against the odds?

L¿ouvrage dont nous offrons ici la traduction ne peut manquer d¿être accueilli avec empressement par les lecteurs de Walter Scott Non seulement il présente en lui- même un haut degré d¿intérêt comm e livre de philosophie historique, mais il est un complément indispensable aux romans de ce grand écrivain. Presquetous, en effet, reposent sur des croyances superstitieuses du moyen- âge, et ne font qüindiquer certaines idées de démons, de revenants, de sorciers ou de fées, qui se retrouveront méthodiqment développées et traitées d¿ une manière spéciale dans les Lettres sur la Démonologie et la Sorcellerie"

THE regard which every one has for the old French provinces is by no means inexplicable. Out of them grew the present solidarity of republican France, but in spite of it the old limits of demarcation are not yet expunged. One and all retain to-day their individual characteristics, manners, and customs, and also a certain subconscious atmosphere. Many are the casual travellers who know Normandy and Brittany, at least know them by name and perhaps something more, but how many of those who annually skim across France, in summer to Switzerland and in winter to the Riviera or to Italy, there to live in seven-franca-day pensions, and drink a particularly vile brand of tea, know where Brittany leaves off and Normandy begins, or have more than the vaguest of vague notions as to whether the charming little provincial capital of Nantes, on the Loire, is in Brittany or in Poitou. A recollection of their school-day knowledge of history will help them on the latter point, but geography will come in and puzzle them still more. There are many French writers, and painters for that matter, who have made these provinces famous. Napoleon, perhaps, set the fashion, when he wrote, in 1786, that eulogy beginning: ¿It is now six or seven years since I left my native country.¿ More familiar is the ¿Native Land¿ of Lamartine. Camille Flammarion wrote ¿My Cradle,¿ meaning Champagne; Dumas wrote of Villers-Cotterets, and Chateaubriand and Renan of Brittany; but head and shoulders above them all stand out Frederic Mistral and his fellows of the Félibres at Avignon and Arles.

Glück ist ein vorübergehender Zustand - Familie bleibt ein Leben lang Manchmal kann Julia Ames es gar nicht fassen, was für ein unwahrscheinlich schönes Leben sie führt. Mit Mark hat sie seit Jahrzehnten einen liebenden Ehemann an ihrer Seite, zusammen haben sie zwei Kinder in die Welt gesetzt, auf die sie stolzer nicht sein könnte. Doch Glück ist nur ein vorübergehender Zustand, wie Julia schnell feststellen muss - Familie bleibt einem hingegen ein Leben lang erhalten. Sohn Ben schockiert seine Eltern bei einem Besuch mit einer folgenschweren Nachricht. Tochter Alma ist kurz davor, aufs College zu gehen, was eine ungewohnte Angst vor dem leeren Nest in Julia weckt. Und beim Einkaufen trifft Julia zufällig auf eine Frau, die sie seit fast 20 Jahren nicht mehr gesehen hat - einst war die mütterliche Freundin ihre Rettung, bevor sie einer Katastrophe den Weg ebnete. Gefangen zwischen ihrer bewegten Vergangenheit und der chaotischen Gegenwart verliert Julia zunehmend die Kontrolle. >Der größte Spaß, den wir je hattenGenau so, wie es immer war< die komplizierten Gefühlswelt einer ganz normalen Frau und beleuchtet die flüchtigen und doch tief einschneidenden Momente, die über Erfolg oder Scheitern einer Ehe und einer Familie entscheiden können. >Genau so, wie es immer war< Gefahr laufen, die Kontrolle über die zeitlichen Sprünge zu verlieren und in Richtung Soap Opera abzudriften; aber vergleichlich mit Franzens Marion Hildebrandt oder Faye, der Erzählerin von Rachel Cusks >Outline

Was passiert, wenn ein berüchtigter Lord und eine mittellose Arzttochter aufeinandertreffen? Sie gehen in die Luft! Als Henry Digbys langjährige Freunde von den Fortunäs Lovers plötzlich Heirat und Familie planen, statt sich den von ihm erdachten skandalösen Wetten zu widmen, ist er mehr als verärgert. Er will seine Aufgabe unbedingt lösen, um es den Lords zu zeigen. Doch dazu ist er auf Hilfe angewiesen. Hilfe, die er nur bei Winifred Masterson, einer verzweifelten jungen Frau aus der Mittelschicht, findet. Ohne über die Konsequenzen nachzudenken, macht Henry ihr ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen kann. Während er und Winifred sich über ihre gemeinsame Arbeit näherkommen, zieht sich um Henrys Hals eine Schlinge zusammen. Unbemerkt ist er zum Zentrum einer Intrige geworden, die ihn alles kosten könnte. In einem rasanten Showdown über den Wolken findet Henry heraus, wer seine wirkliche Liebe und seine Freunde sind.

" On n¿a pas oublié qüaprès avoir été retenu depuis le 21 jusqüau 23 janvier dans le port de Naples par les vents contraires, Nelson, profitant d¿une forte brise au nord­ ouest, avait enfin pu appareiller vers les trois heures de l¿après­ midi, et que la flotte anglaise, le même soir, avait disparu dans le crépuscule, à la hauteur de l¿île de Capri.Fier de la préférence dont il était l¿objet de la part de la reine, Nelson avait tout fait pour reconnaître cette faveur, et, depuis trois jours, lorsque les augustes fugitifs vinrent lui demander l¿hospitalité, toutes les dispositions étaient prises à bord du Van­Guard pour que cette hospitalité fût la plus confortable possible.Ainsi, tout en conservant pour lui sa chambre de la dunette, Nelson avait fait préparer, pour le roi, pour la reine et pour les jeunes princes, la grande chambre des officiers à l¿arrière de la batterie haute. Les canons avaient disparu dans des draperies, et chaque intervalle était devenu un appartement orné avec la plus grande élégance.Les ministres et les courtisans auxquels le roi avait fait l¿honneur de les emmener à Palerme, étaient logés, eux, dans le carré des officiers, c¿est­ à ­dire dans la partie de l¿entre­pont autour de laquelle sont les cabines."

Die Verschwörung um das geheimnisvolle Smaragd-Collier reicht bis in die höchsten Kreise. Daher ist Richard Hawksburry, Duke of Handsbrock, nun fest entschlossen, die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Bei seinen Ermittlungen stößt er jedoch auf unvorhergesehene Hindernisse. Wer ist die Frau, die genau der Person aus seinen dunklen Fantasien entspricht? Und warum durchsucht sie auf dem Ball das Zimmer des Gastgebers? Lady Abigail Preston ist nach London gekommen, um den Mord an ihrem Bruder aufzuklären. Als sie das Arbeitszimmer eines Verdächtigen durchsucht, erwischt sie der Duke of Handsbrock, der ihr eine Zusammenarbeit anbietet. Aber kann sie ihm auch wirklich vertrauen? Denn je näher sie der Wahrheit kommen, desto mehr drängt ein verhängnisvolles Geheimnis aus Richards Vergangenheit ans Licht, das sogar ihm, einem Duke, das gesellschaftliche Genick brechen könnte. Aber auch einer der Verschwörer hat ein Auge auf Abigail geworfen, und schon bald befindet sie sich im Fadenkreuz der Verbrecher. Wird es Richard gelingen, ihr Leben zu schützen, die Verschwörung rechtzeitig aufzudecken und auch noch seinen Ruf zu retten? Der vierte und finale Teil der unterhaltsamen Regency-Romance-Reihe im schillernden London des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts.