In the Community, life seems perfect. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pioneer invited Lyla's family to join his group and escape the evil in the world. They were happy to be chosen, happy to move away from New York and start over in such an idyllic gated community. Now seventeen, Lyla knows that Pioneer is more than just their charismatic leader, he is their prophet . . . but his visions have grown dark.
Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men strike up an unlikely friendship, details of Gatsby's impossible love for amarried woman emerge, until events spiral into tragedy. Regarded as Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the greatest…
كانت تريد أن تنطلق.. وقد انطلقت عدة مرات.. كانت تذهب إلى الحقول في شارع بين الجناين.. وكانت في كل مرة تعود من انطلاقها لتستقبلها عمتها بالشبشب، وكان أحياناً يتولى استقبالها زوج عمتها، وكانت في بادئ الأمر تبكي وتصرخ وتستغيث وهي تحت الصفعات وضربات الشبشب، ثم بدأت تدافع عن نفسها وتصرخ وتصد الضربات بذارعيها وتجادل عمتها وزوج عمتها، وقد صاحت في وجههما يوماً: -أنا حرة.. أعمل اللي أنا عايزاه.. ما حدث له دعوة بيّه.
Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, and wielder of the Dark Mirror. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers to save him
Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, and maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has…
Jej krew jest czerwona – to kolor pospólstwa – ale jej Srebrna zdolność, moc kontrolowania błyskawic, zmieniła ją w broń, nad którą dwór królewski chce przejąć kontrolę. Ścigana przez Mavena, mściwego Srebrnego króla, Mare postanawia odnaleźć i zwerbować innych Czerwono-Srebrnych wojowników, żeby dołączyli do rebelii. Sama jednak ląduje na zabójczej ścieżce i ryzykuje, że stanie się dokładnie takim potworem, jakiego próbuje pokonać. W elektryzującym drugim tomie cyklu „Czerwona…
After the amazing twist at the end of Sweet Honey, the sixth and final book in Cathy Cassidy's Chocolate Box Girls series follows Jake, the Tanberry sisters' newly discovered half-brother . . . Jake Cooke has just had the surprise of his life. He's got four half-sisters that he never knew existed. When Jake's talent for trouble causes chaos at home, he runs away to meet his new family. Life in a rundown flat in Chinatown is a far cry from Tanglewood, where the days are filled with beach…
First published in 1813, "Pride and Prejudice," Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners - one of the most popular novels of all time - tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." So begins the novel, that features splendidly civilized sparring…
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