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Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME! BROTHERS IN BLOOD is the unputdownable thirteenth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Praise for Simon Scarrow's compelling novels: 'Gripping and moving' The Times The Roman Empire's conquest of Britannia is under threat from within. A messenger on the streets of Rome has been intercepted and tortured, revealing a plot to sabotage the Roman army's campaign against Caratacus, commander of Britannia's native tribes. A treacherous agent's mission is to open a second front of attack against them and eliminate the two Roman soldiers who could stand in the way. Unwarned, Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro are with the Roman army pursuing Caratacus and his men through the mountains of Britannia. Defeating Caratacus seems within their grasp. But the plot against the two heroes threatens not only their military goals but also their lives. Includes 2 maps and Roman army organisation chart.

She has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love – with his own life. Adam Basil and Christine Rose are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Halfpenny Bridge in Dublin. Adam is there, poised, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate – but Christine makes a crazy deal with him. His 35th birthday is looming and she bets him she can show him that life is worth living before then. Despite her determination, Christine knows what a dangerous promise she’s made. Against the ticking of the clock, the two of them embark on wild escapades, grand romantic gestures and some unlikely late-night outings. Slowly, Christine thinks Adam is starting to fall back in love with his life. But has she done enough to change his mind for good? And is that all that’s starting to happen?

The latest novel from the bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada offers a captivating glimpse into the life of Charlotte “Charlie” Silver, a talented tennis prodigy who makes waves both on and off the court. After excelling as a junior player under her father's guidance, Charlie turns pro, leaving UCLA and her boyfriend behind. As she competes fiercely for Grand Slam titles and media attention, a disastrous loss at Wimbledon prompts her to fire her longtime coach. She hires Todd Feltner, a legendary figure known for transforming athletes, who aims to reshape her good-girl image into that of a fierce competitor. Simultaneously, Charlie's secret romance with the dashing Spaniard Marco Vallejo adds fuel to the tabloids' fire. As she navigates her rise in the tennis world, she also grapples with the pressures of fame, endorsement deals, and the relentless pursuit of success. The story unfolds with exclusive insights into Grand Slam tournaments, charity matches, and glamorous events, showcasing Charlie's jet-setting lifestyle. Amidst the glitz and gossip, she must learn to balance her ambitions with the reality of her choices. This engaging tale explores the challenges faced by young athletes in a world obsessed with appearance and popularity, ultimately leading Charlie to discover what it truly means to have it all—or risk losing everything.

Dva milenci, jejichž láska přetrvává století, a záhadná látka, která otevírá dávný svět. Co kdyby existovala látka, díky níž byste si vybavili své minulé životy? A co kdybyste zjistili, že vás ohrožuje všeho schopný nepřítel? Bryan Pierce, slavný malíř, se straní společnosti, neboť jeho talent skrývá trýznivé tajemství. Jeho obrazy vznikají v transu, kdy se přenáší do různých dob minulosti. Po každém probuzení z těchto snů získává nové dovednosti, což posiluje jeho víru, že jeho vidiny jsou vzpomínkami na minulé životy. Bryan se setkává s Linz Jacobsovou, odbornicí na neurogenetiku, která se snaží rozluštit geny umožňující lidskému mozku vytvářet vzpomínky. Při návštěvě Bryanovy výstavy ji zaujme obraz, který přesně odpovídá hrůzostrašnému snu, který ji pronásleduje od dětství. Během sbližování s Linz se Bryanovi začínají zdát nejživější sny, které ho zavádějí na neznámá místa a odhalují tajemství sahající až do starověkého Egypta.

Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched to go undercover at Windsor Castle, where she will tutor the young Princess Elizabeth in math. Yet castle life quickly proves more dangerous—and deadly—than Maggie ever expected. The upstairs-downstairs world at Windsor is thrown into disarray by a shocking murder, which draws Maggie into a vast conspiracy that places the entire royal family in peril. And as she races to save England from a most disturbing fate, Maggie realizes that a quick wit is her best defense, and that the smallest clues can unravel the biggest secrets, even within her own family.

Since Sandy Shortt's childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal and her life's work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy's family is baffled and concerned by her increasing preoccupation, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in her work. She gives up her life in order to offer a flick of hope to devasted families ... and escape the disappointments of her own. Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. It's been a year since his brother Donal vaished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too ... and Jack now finds himself searching for his brother, and the one woman who understood his pain. One minute Sandy is jogging through the park, the next, she can't figure out where she is. In a clearing she discovers the impossible: she has inadvertently stumbled upon the place--and people -- she's been looking for all her life. A land where all the missing people go. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home ..

Lady Hermiona Merryhewisová jede se svou sestrou a její rodinou navštívit umírajícího strýce, který jim kdysi slíbil, že na ně bude pamatovat ve své závěti. Nemajetné ženy doufají, že jim toto dědictví pomůže vyřešit jejich svízelnou situaci. Cestou musí přenocovat v hostinci, kde Hermionu náhle vytrhne ze spánku neznámý vetřelec. Po chvíli však žena v domnělém zloději poznává poručíka Marka Faringaye, s nímž se setkala před šesti lety na svém prvním plese a na něhož nikdy nepřestala vzpomínat. Dokonce si stále schovává malý talisman, který jí ho připomíná. Netuší však, že pohledný vikomt vede velice nebezpečný život a že se teď ocitla v ohrožení spolu s ním. Mark totiž pronikl mezi vzbouřence, kteří se chystají provést v Londýně krvavý útok, a chce jim jejich úmysl překazit. Po příjezdu do strýcova domu se Hermiona s nemocným příbuzným sblíží a rozhodne se, že u něj zůstane a udělá všechno pro to, aby se z nemoci zotavil. A Mark musí prokázat mimořádnou bystrost a odvahu, aby zabránil krveprolití ve městě a zároveň ochránil mladou ženu, která se mu vryla do srdce už při prvním setkání před lety.

The uplifting and thoughtful novel from the uniquely talented author. Everyone has a story to tell... Journalist Kitty Logan's career has been destroyed by scandal, and she now faces losing the woman who guided her and taught her everything she knew. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her - what is the one story she always wanted to write? The answer lies in a file buried in Constance's office: a list of one hundred names. There is no synopsis, no explanation, nothing else to explain what the story is or who these people are. The list is simply a mystery. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it is too late. With everything to prove, Kitty is assigned the most important task of her life - to write the story her mentor never had the opportunity to. Kitty has to not only track down and meet the people on the list, but find out what connects them. And, in the process of hearing ordinary people's stories, she uncovers Constance's - and starts to understand her own...

Cornovaglia, 1783. Ross Poldark, tornato esausto dalla guerra per l'esercito inglese, scopre che la sua promessa sposa, Elizabeth, sta per sposare un altro uomo, a causa delle voci sulla sua presunta morte. La sua casa, Nampara, è in rovina, trascurata da vecchi servi fedeli ma alcolisti. Devastato dalla perdita, Ross decide di rimettere in sesto Nampara e di risollevare gli affari di famiglia, dedicandosi alla coltivazione delle terre e all'apertura di una nuova miniera. Riceve aiuto dalla cugina Verity, dai due servi e da Demelza, una giovane ragazza che ha salvato da un pestaggio e che inizia a lavorare con lui come sguattera. Nella ventosa Cornovaglia, aspra come la vita dei minatori, si intrecciano i destini della famiglia Poldark: Ross, il forte e affascinante protagonista; Verity, gentile e solidale; Elizabeth, tormentata da preoccupazioni; e Demelza, che, trasformata in una bellissima donna, è determinata a conquistare il cuore dell'uomo che le ha cambiato la vita.

Dopo secoli di vittorie e di dominio incontrastato una minaccia incombe sul potere di Roma. I Parti, acerrimi nemici, vogliono conquistare il regno neutrale di Palmira e da lì muovere verso le province orientali del grande impero. Per raggiungere il loro scopo danno vita a una rivolta contro l’ordine costituito e i legittimi regnanti. Il prefetto Macrone e l’eroico centurione Catone, coscienti del pericolo incombente, organizzano la resistenza e si preparano a respingere i cospiratori. Ha inizio uno scontro violento e terribile: chi prevarrà estenderà la propria forza su tutto il mondo conosciuto e i vinti saranno spazzati via dalla storia. Il clangore delle spade, degli scudi e delle lance risuona su tutto il Mediterraneo. L’odore del sangue infesta i campi di battaglia...Simon Scarrow è nato in Nigeria. Dopo aver vissuto in molti Paesi si è stabilito a Norfolk, in Inghilterra. Per anni si è diviso tra la scrittura, sua vera e irrinunciabile passione, e l’insegnamento. È un grande esperto di storia romana. Il centurione, il primo dei suoi romanzi storici a essere pubblicato in Italia, è stato per mesi ai primi posti nelle classifiche inglesi.

Cato a Macro jsou terčem barbarů Římská říše již téměř deset let bojuje o prosazení nadvlády nad Británií. Nelítostný odpor vedený fanatickým králem Caratacem již připravil legie a jejich muže o mnoho sil. Do provincie se nyní po letech vracejí dva nejodvážnější vojáci – prefekt Cato a centurion Macro – aby legiím pomohli při jejich tažení. V pevnosti je však čeká mnohem krvežíznivější protivník než místní ustavičně útočící barbarské kmeny. Nejdřív totiž musejí vyrvat pevnost z rukou centuriona Querta – legionáře, který vede v odlehlých západních horách krvavou osobní válku.

PRAETORIAN is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. AD 51. Legionaries Cato and Macro have forged a bond that has survived war, rebellion and torture. Yet nothing has prepared them for a daunting mission on the deadliest battlefield of all: the bloody streets of Rome. Traitors are threatening to plunge the Empire into bloody chaos and no one can be trusted. The Emperor has ordered Cato and Macro to go on a deadly mission, working undercover to root out the traitors before Rome tears itself apart. As the true scale of the corruption dawns, they realise they are facing terrifying odds. Two men against many, in a desperate race to save not only the Empire, but each other...

Vrahův žold Byl pohledný, elegantní, zazobaný – ale mrtvý! Vyděrač Sy Kramer, který zašel příliš daleko, vyfasoval svůj poslední žold – kulku do hlavy. Která z jeho obětí mohla ztratit tolik, že se uchýlila k vraždě? Detektivové z 87. revíru musí najít vraha protřelého vyděrače, než udeří znovu. Vyděšené oběti, které zastřelenému zločinci platily za mlčení, však policii vůbec nepomáhají… Jako z lásky Tommy a Irenese podle dopisu na rozloučenou rozhodli spáchat společnou sebevraždu otravou svítiplynem. Zpočátku vše nasvědčuje tomu, že se jedná o sebevraždu milenců, ale detektivům Carellovi a Hawesovi jejich řemeslo velí na první zdání nespoléhat. Při pátrání je Carella surově napaden neznámým mužem… Zemřela jako Sadie Steve Carella podezírá muže z vraždy jeho manželky, ale rychle se podaří vypátrat narkomana, který se přizná, že se do bytu vloupal a Sarah Fletcherovou zavraždil. Je však vyhráno? Bert Kling se zase jednou zakouká do jedné slečny a k tomu ještě nosí náramek od Meyera Meyera. A za pár dní jsou Vánoce…

Gyp a Sweep byli jako štěňata nerozluční kamarádi. Po půldruhém roce se však jejich cesty rozdělily a Sweep dostal jiného pána, který z něj vycvičil skvělého ovčáckého psa. Gyp, který nebyl tak šikovný, zůstal na statku, ale na svého bratříčka a kamaráda nikdy nezapomněl. Byl veselý a hravý, ale nikdy v životě ani jedinkrát nezaštěkal. Po čase však Sweepa uviděl na soutěžní přehlídce ovčáckých psů a všem vyrazil dech…

A blonde woman, a living doll, is found slashed to death. Steve Carella wants Bert King on the case, a belligerent cop. When he goes missing, presumed dead, the officers of the 87th Precinct go all out to find the truth.

The detectives of the 87th Precinct pursue a desperate killer when handsome and wealthy Sy Kramer, a notorious blackmailer, is found with a bullet in his head

Tamara Goodwin has always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. Until a travelling library arrives in her tiny village, bringing with it a mysterious, large leather-bound book locked with a gold clasp and padlock.

La conquista della Britannia avanza lentamente. Il centurione Macrone e il suo braccio destro Catone, ex schiavo e raffinato uomo di corte, guidano la Seconda Legione attraverso sentieri impervi, affrontando un nemico sfuggente che attacca e si ritira incessantemente. I Britanni, guerrieri temibili e abili nelle pratiche guerriere, sono guidati da stregoni esperti nelle arti oscure. La potente macchina bellica romana è ostacolata dalle ambizioni di politicanti che antepongono la carriera al successo della campagna. L'imperatore Claudio, debole e balbuziente, ritarda l'avanzata per guidare personalmente l'ultimo assalto, desideroso di gloria mentre i suoi uomini combattono nel fango. Ogni giorno di esitazione consente a Carataco, il valoroso capo nemico, di rafforzare il suo esercito, rendendolo sempre più organizzato. Quando Catone e Macrone scoprono un traditore che rifornisce i Britanni di armi, comprendono che la battaglia non può essere vinta solo con il gladio. Nel frattempo, la setta dei Liberatores trama per rovesciare Claudio e ripristinare la repubblica. Roma è un sogno fragile, e molti bramano la sua caduta. Solo la spada dei valorosi soldati può salvare l'impero.

A peaceful Christmas Eve turns riotous when the members of the 87th Precinct bring in a kid who has stolen a sheep from the zoo to give to his sister, a pawnshop robber with a bag of gold, and a pregnant woman who promptly gives birth behind the filing ca