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Who killed Professor Abby Monroe? When Kellan Ayrwick returns home for his father's retirement, he finds a body in Diamond Hall's stairwell. Unfortunately, Kellan has a connection to the victim, and……続きを見る

A blazingly original, profoundly moving new work of fiction by a writer whose world–and imagination–knows no boundaries. “I don’t know what planet Judy Budnitz comes from,” said Newsweek on the publ……続きを見る

Lewis Nordan: Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope examines and celebrates the work of southern writer Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, whose stories reveal his own pain and humanity and in their honesty force us to re……続きを見る

Urso Pooh, Leitão, Ió e Tigrão estão de volta para um reencontro inesquecível com Christopher Robin, o menino que embarcou em muitas brincadeiras no Bosque dos Cem Acres. Nesta história, Christopher……続きを見る

Heart warming love story of suspense and romance by Sarah Doudney. 続きを見る

A Tale of a Fool? explores the life of Guðrún Ketilsdóttir, a peasant woman born in Iceland around 1759. Guðrún worked as a farmhand for most of her adult life, and when she died she left behind a p……続きを見る

Casey Alexander marche à travers ce qu'il reste du monde... Un parcours semé d'ennemis autant que d'alliés, où il est difficile de garder la vie ! Dans un futur proche, Casey Alexander parcourt les ……続きを見る

Published in 1926: The author tells the story of the Consumers’ League from the genesis of the idea through the days of its development to its present days of power. 続きを見る

This is a collection of various journal entries over several years. They have encouraged me in times of uncertainty and comforted me in times of trouble. My prayer is that you will receive the same ……続きを見る

Lesen, was glücklich macht. Und das zum Sparpreis! Seit Jahrzehnten erfreut sich das Genre des Heimat-Bergromans sehr großer Beliebtheit. Je hektischer unser Alltag ist, umso größer wird unsere Sehn……続きを見る

The present book deals with Sarah Kane’s dramatic text Cleansed to show a specific negotiation of violence, pain, life and death – one that is not necessarily causal or dichotomous. Instead, a new m……続きを見る

Between the fast-paced New York City, a rural Mississippi town and a charming Pennsylvania college campus filled with secrets, two young girls learn the consequences of growing up too quickly. Abuse……続きを見る

It's Halloween, and excitement is brewing in Braxton. While others carve jack-o'-lanterns, go on haunted hayrides, and race through the spooky corn maze at the Fall Festival, Kellan is moving into a……続きを見る

After 40 years of marriage, Olivia's husband unexpectedly passes away. But when Ben's will reveals a life-altering secret, she suffers a blow no widow should ever experience. Olivia learns that she ……続きを見る

When Bell Towers decides to build their newest boutique hotel in Wharton County, Braxton establishes a hospitality program as part of their university expansion. Despite the Ingram and Lynch family ……続きを見る

Uma nevasca se aproxima do Condado de Wharton com uma vingança. A Madame Zenya previu que essa tempestade furiosa iria mudar a vida do Kellan, mas a vidente famosa nunca poderia tê-lo preparado para……続きを見る

Quem matou Gwendolyn Paddington? Quando um ingresso extra fica disponível para assistir o ensaio de figurino de Rei Lear, Kellan se junta à Nana D e seus amigos. Mas quando um deles morre, aparentem……続きを見る

Quem matou o estranho homem hospedado na Pousada Roarke and Daughters Inn? Em um baile à fantasia para angariar fundos para a reforma da Biblioteca Memorial, Kellan encontra um corpo vestido com uma……続きを見る

Who killed Gwendolyn Paddington? When an extra ticket becomes available to see the dress rehearsal of King Lear, Kellan tags along with Nana D and her buddies. But when one of them dies of an appare……続きを見る

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and sel……続きを見る

Elsie Kilner tenía una batalla que librar, y debía hacerlo a su manera. Era el tipo de batalla que se libra todos los días y a todas horas; pero el campo de batalla es siempre un lugar silencioso, y……続きを見る

La luz de un día de enero empezaba a desvanecerse. Ana Stepney había visto cómo el sol se ponía tras los tejados de las casas de enfrente, dejando un apagado resplandor amarillo sobre las chimeneas.……続きを見る

American short-story writer Andre Dubus (1936–1999) was a “writer’s writer.” His acclaimed collections of short stories and essays involve one or all of three thematic discourses – that of the Catho……続きを見る

The papers in this book address the most fundamental, currently investigated problems in cognitive linguistics in a wide spectrum of perspectives. Apart from some traditional descriptions of particu……続きを見る

Όταν γίνεται διαθέσιμο ένα επιπλέον εισιτήριο για να παρακολουθήσει την πρόβα του Βασιλιά Ληρ, ο Κέλαν έρχεται μαζί με τη Γιαγιά Ντι και τα φιλαράκια της. Αλλά όταν μία από αυτές πεθαίνει από προφαν……続きを見る

Ποιος σκότωσε τον παράξενο άνδρα που έμενε στο πανδοχείο Ρορκ και Κόρες; Σε έναν χορό μεταμφιέσεων για τη συγκέντρωση χρημάτων για την ανακαίνιση της βιβλιοθήκης Μεμόριαλ, ο Κέλαν βρίσκει ένα πτώμα ……続きを見る

Μια χειμωνιάτικη χιονοθύελλα κατευθύνεται προς την κομητεία Γουάρτον με σφοδρότητα. Η Μαντάμ Ζένια προέβλεψε ότι η μανιασμένη καταιγίδα θα άλλαζε τη ζωή του Κέλαν, αλλά η διάσημη μάντισσα δεν θα μπο……続きを見る

Εκπληκτικά νέα μέλη της οικογένειας. Ένα κρυμμένο φυλαχτό. Θανατηφόρες κατάρες. Φόνος. Μήνες μετά την τραγική απώλεια ενός αγαπημένου προσώπου, ο Κέλαν μαθαίνει ότι ο θάνατος του συγγενή του δεν ήτα……続きを見る

¿Quién asesinó a la profesora Abby Monroe? Cuando Kellan Ayrwick regresa a casa por la jubilación de su padre, encuentra un cuerpo en el hueco de la escalera de Diamond Hall. Desafortunadamente, Kel……続きを見る

This book is a fierce argument against social and caste discrimination in India, especially untouchability and emphatic call for social justice. Written by a first-generation Kannada Dalit writer, t……続きを見る