Ficción moderna y contemporánea

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  • Secrets
    Beth O'Kelly / Beth O’Kelly
    Secrets: The Henley family saga that began with The Gatehouse continues. There’s nothing predictable about the way Kenneth Henley’s professional, personal and family life experiences unfold. Secrets abound. There’s the arrival of the mysterious and attractive parisienne, Dr. Sophie Hébert. And what about the secrets which the British military continue to protect from Diane’s i...
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    21,01 €

  • Der Kleine Prinz (Farbausgabe)
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
     Das Buch erschien zuerst 1943 in New York, wo sich Saint-Exupéry im Exil aufhielt. Der kleine Prinz gilt als literarische Umsetzung des moralischen Denkens und der Welterkenntnis seines Autors und als Kritik am Werteverfall der Gesellschaft. Das Werk ist ein modernes Kunstmärchen und wird fast immer als Plädoyer für Freundschaft und Menschlichkeit interpretiert. In diesem Werk...
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    16,10 €

  • A Turning Wind
    J G Harlond
    Book 2 in The Chosen Man Trilogy by award-winning historical crime writer J.G. HarlondAn ’amazing story that simply blew me away’ - Readers’ Favorite 5* reviewIf you enjoy Wilbur Smith, you’ll love this tale.Ludo da Portovenere, one time corsair, sometime merchant, secret agent of monarchs, servant of none.From the trading colony of Goa to the royal courts of England and Spain,...
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    17,67 €

  • The Torture Trial of George W. Bush
    Joseph Suste
    The Torture Trial of George W. BushIt's no secret that President George W. Bush ordered the torture of terrorist suspects in the years following the 911 attack; yet, powerful political forces and a legal firewall have protected him and his accomplices from prosecution.It takes the courage and dedication of Special Prosecutor Timothy Madegen to skirt an impotent U.S. Justice...
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    20,76 €

  • Sharp Obsidian
    Joseph Suste
    Sharp ObsidianJoseph Suste's Sharp Obsidian, first published in 2014 and now in 2018 with this second edition, lays bare the inner struggles of a father and his strong-willed teenage daughter when she begins to test life's boundaries. Her father refuses to let destructive influences twist her morals, and dispirited, he commits his daughter to a teen recovery camp. She i...
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    18,56 €

  • The Adventures of Billy the Bus
    William Webster
    Meet Billy the bus...Billy is leaving his village by the sea to take over his Grandad's bus routes in the city.Today is his final bus route in his village and Billy is saying a final farewell to his friends. ...
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    15,03 €

  • Marina che la limo (Originala romano en Esperanto)
    Sten Johansson
    Marina vivas kun sia edzino Helle kaj la du adoptitaj gefiloj, Letti kaj  Tom, en Malmö, granda urbo tute en la sudo de Svedio. Ili estas moderna familio, kies kunvivadon minacas pluraj eventoj: personaj, emociaj, sociaj kaj eĉ politikaj. Ĉiu ano de la kvarkapa familio reagas alimaniere al la komplikiĝoj kaj danĝeroj, kaj Marina, la centra figuro de la libro, estas devigata ana...
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    23,86 €

  • To Begin Again
    Janet Lynn Stobie
    To Begin AgainA new Catalpa Creek story with a historical twistSequel to Fireweed      It's been almost three years since the accident and Serena's death. Widower, Steve Grenville and his seventeen-year-old daughter, Renée are beginning again. The residents of Catalpa Creek, have left the Grenville’s tragedy behind and returned to their illusion of security and peace. W...
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    14,27 €

  • Leonardo’s Secret
    Peter David Myers
    More than a painter…Renowned artist Leonardo da Vinci was the greatest genius to ever conquer the worlds of art, science, and philosophy. Writing backwards to protect his knowledge, da Vinci epitomized creativity and eccentricity.Despite being plagued with frustrations and failures, da Vinci was spurred to create, invent, research, and write no matter the cost. By exploring his...
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    12,50 €

  • Social Media Central
    Kevin Klehr
    In an age where everyone lives their lives through a screen, no one has more celebrity status than fashion blogger, Madeline Q. In a chance meeting, Tayler, loner and geek, is introduced to her world of parties, fan worship, and seduction.But as his own star rises, Madeline Q is arrested for murder. There’s just one problem—there is no corpse. Tayler soon learns that fiction bl...
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    11,86 €

  • Stuck with Me
    Cassandra Piat
    Molly, a happy-go-lucky photographer, is thrilled when she wins an all-expenses paid vacation to Mauritius. Bursting with excitement, she packs her camera and a few colourful bikinis and can't wait to have some fun in the sun. But things don’t go quite as planned for Molly from the moment the grumpy, albeit gorgeous, Adam sits down next to her on the flight to Mauritius. W...
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    12,99 €

  • 101 Things To Do With A Dead Body
    Jason Blake
    It seems like every day people are finding themselves left with perfectly good dead bodies.  Sure, perhaps they're a little bruised and they may even have some stretch marks.  But what are the reasonable alternatives?  Cremation? Yes, it's affordable but entirely environmentally-unfriendly in the era of climate change.  Burial?  That's at least $15,000 if done right...
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    10,87 €

  • LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES 3
    Coffee
    LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES, indeed, but what happens when passion is taken to its extreme? The chimes of wedding bells instantly turn into the booms of bullet when G’COREY reappears to seek vengeance on his rival and reclaim MINNIE until one lethal mistake offsets another, causing everything to go into a fatal tailspin. Meanwhile, GERRAN has been scorched by the pains of love aft...
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    19,14 €

  • Bridge in the Fog
    Shuping Chen
    《雾桥》是卜兰子的一部自传体的校园青春爱情悬疑小说。写的是北大女生杨亦兰的两段校园爱情,和一段阴差阳错的现实姻缘。 小说中的杨亦兰,是中国版的郝斯佳(美国小说《飘》中的女主)——为心目中的爱人卫斯理(虞美人)而对现实中的爱人白瑞德(李聪林)视若无睹。 很多女人在少女时代都或多或少有这样的心理吧,但随着年龄渐趋成熟,她心中的爱人逐渐和现实中的爱人重叠在一起,她终于发现,原来自己一直寻觅的那个人,就在身边。原来神给你的另一半,就是最适合你的人。而最适合你的人,就是最好的那一个。 醒悟过来的杨亦兰,鸡肋婚姻最终变为鸡汤婚姻(犹如圣经新约中耶稣变水为酒的神迹——蒙神祝福的婚姻也是一个水变为酒的过程)。从这点意义上,它是一部女性心灵情感的成长和觉醒之作, 一部治愈系暖伤青春小说。 ...
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    22,25 €

  • Not Half Way, Not Your Way, But God’s Way
    Dr. John Beresky / DrJohn Beresky
    Regarding faith, a playwright once said, Men still have faith, but today men do not have faith in God. Men have faith in the doctor. That playwright lived to be ninety-five years old. We need to learn from Gods people who lived long. Ask yourself this question: what did Noah or Abraham or Moses or Joshua do to achieve health and longevity? Im sure they did nothing halfway or th...
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    13,40 €

  • CUM FOR ME 2
    Ca$h
    Crawl in bed, take off your clothes, and let us take you on a stimulating, sexual ride of a lifetime. CUM FOR ME volume 2: NASTY AS CAN BE is an urban erotica compilation that will leave you hot, wet and dripping. Every page will stroke you tenderly. Each story will heightened your desire more and more until your hands go into a frenzy and your heartbeat increases to it's m...
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    11,94 €

  • El Flaco
    D.L. Young / D.LYoung
    A New Threat Emerges, an Old Rival ReturnsFor seventy-eight years, the Republic of Texas has been a dead, isolated nation, cut off from its motherland to the north by a militarized, impenetrable border. That ends today.  Six months after overthrowing the Dallasite regime and taking control of Texas, Ernesto “El Flaco” Guzmán is suddenly forced to cope with a new, unexpected adv...
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    12,51 €

  • If Only
    SR Dale P Rhodes / SR. Dale P. Rhodes / SRDale P Rhodes / SRDale PRhodes
    Guardian Angel, Thaniel, is struggling. His greatest weakness, his love for humans, is also his greatest strength. For centuries, he has cared for and looked after people, trying to lead them to God. Things are not working out the way he believes they should and another funeral is more than he can bear. Failure looms over every step he takes, but things aren't always as the...
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    16,65 €

  • Restraining Order
    Ca$h / Coffee
    CHOPPA is the man A young rich thuggish hustler who has the city on lock All he needs is the right woman to come home to But life has taught him that women are a pleasure They are not to be loved and they definitely can t be trusted until he meets her JULZ has already been hurt and damn near broken by a man Falling in love again is not on her list of things to do She s just try...
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    17,77 €

  • Don’t Look at Me
    J.P. Grider / J.PGrider
    Haven:A diligent hand carved this hole in my face.It stole my confidence, my identity, and ended my short-lived career as a broadcast journalist. I am now unemployed. Alone. Ugly. And expected to get over it and move on. Go on living life as usual—as if the world doesn’t judge the grotesquely unattractive. Quest:It’s been three years since I was kicked out of the Army for nearl...
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    13,15 €

  • SPIRIT HUNTERS
    John Mizelle
    Spirit Hunters dwell secretly among us, their existence hinted only in legend and flashes of intuition: chills along the spine; disturbing, elusive dreams. They are our kin. They are vampires. They are dying out. To live, they must drink the essence that quickens human blood. Now, to survive, they must befriend their only prey.Lilith longs for her people to endure. A brilliant,...
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    24,42 €

  • The Quieting West
    Gordon Gravley
    This is the story of two cowboys, Billy Colter and Thomas Andrew Benton, out of work in the rapidly changing world of the early 1900’s. Finding jobs in Arizona with a renegade group of silent film makers, they are soon lured to a land of great enchantment and seduction – Hollywood!Their story becomes one of truth, fiction, and disillusionment, woven of humor, romance, and trage...
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    15,32 €

  • Michael K
    Nthikeng Mohlele
    ‘Those in the know claim Michael K disembarked from a diesel-smoke-spewing truck one overcast morning, looked around, and without missing a beat, chose a spot where he set down a small bucket (red, burnt and disfigured) that contained an assortment of seedlings, some fisherman’s twine and a rudimentary gardening tool – probably self-made.’How is it that a character from literar...
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    21,38 €

  • The Perfection of Valor
    Bob Mustin
    Colonel Fletcher Hinton, USMC, Retired, has had a storied career, but one aspect of his life remains wanting as his end approaches: family. Son Cary, a former Marine and now a college professor, is about to marry outside his race, and the old man, suffering a bout of dementia, insults Cary's fiancee. Too, Cary has moved his mother away from Fletcher, fearing the old man has...
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    13,54 €

  • The Three Naked Ladies of Cliffport
    Peter Boffey
    Three single mothers of three bastard children from three generations, each one vitally connected to a ghost town located where sea meets land on Santa Cruz County’s northern coast.In 1959 Kaitlin Lowrie resettles in Cliffport with her mother and her son — the only household hanging on in an all-but-forgotten locale. But in 1965 Janice McLoughlin, long-absentee landlady, shows ...
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    28,41 €

  • Noah Finn & the Art of Suicide
    E Rachael Hardcastle / E. Rachael Hardcastle
    The #1 Amazon bestselling novella by E. Rachael Hardcastle. Look for the sequel, Noah Finn & the Art of Conception, out now!Noah Finn is about to commit suicide. He’s standing on the roof of the World Trade Center’s north tower when American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the building.Greeted by a man who calls himself Christopher Saint on a NYC subway train, Noah must learn s...
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    11,38 €

  • All For Love
    Cecelia Hopkins
    All For Love By Cecelia Hopkins (Full edition)Contestants rebel on reality television show! The Early Episodes: 'The Charity Dating Show' is a reality television show starring one man, and many women. This appears to be an archaic format, and one season the contestants begin selecting their own prizes. If you have ever wanted to see the women turn their backs on the system - th...
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    19,30 €

  • Fresh News Straight from Heaven
    Gregg Sapp
    In a desperate act of faith, Johnny Appleseed promises the people that he can save them. Thus, he dashes off on a midnight run, seeking to spread peace across a land on the brink of war. With so many lives at stake, Johnny must confront the ultimate test of his convictions. WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Summer 2018 - Best Novel 'I happen to believe that genius makes...
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    17,18 €

  • Memoirs of a Tyrant
    L Edward Toole
    The world around you crumbles to the ground. Your wife, child and now civilization has left you alone.  So how do you start everything over again? You were smart enough to be able to survive and as you emerge into a sun-baked arena to face deadly challenges, learn a little more about yourself. Cold. Dark. Dangerous. Psychotic things about yourself.  This is what one man faces i...
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    16,06 €

  • Hope
    S.M. Perlow
    In the Dark Ages, in France, the first vampires came to be. Erin knows the accepted version of the story, but she's also heard that there's more to be told.While humanity struggles through ever-darkening nights, an ancient evil wreaks havoc upon the world. Erin feels responsible, yet unsure of its true aim. A disturbing drawing in a centuries-old book adds to her fear t...
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    11,40 €