Maison d'édition: PMO Publishing
Zombie lover Jennifer returns to the Quarantine Zone. Frustrated that she lost her sexy shop girl she knows that she has to return and try to make it all happen again. But everything has changed, now the virus has jumped to birds, and most disturbingly… rats. The Zone is now a scary place!
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on the 2nd February 1882 in Dublin into a middle-class family, and the eldest of ten surviving siblings Admired as a brilliant student he briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools of Clongowes and Belvedere. From there he went on to attend University College Dublin from 1898, studying English, French and Italian In 1902, Joyce was now in his early twenties, and went to Paris to study Medicine but soon abandoned his teachings. Back in Dublin to attend to his dying Mother he met Nora Barnacle. They bonded immediately into a life-long match. Together they decided to emigrate to Europe. The couple lived in Trieste, Rome, Paris, and finally Zürich where Joyce pursued a variety of jobs and ventures to supplement his literary pursuits but none of these paid off. After publishing a poetry volume, ‘Chamber Music’, in 1907, his short story collection ‘The Dubliners’, in 1914, helped establish his talent in the rapidly changing world. Although far from home Joyce’s literary heart and works were set in his recollections of Dublin. Characters are close resemblances of family and friends and indeed enemies. His landmark work ‘Ulysses’, published in 1922, is set in the streets and alleyways of the city as it parallels Homer’s Odyssey in a variety of styles including its famed stream of consciousness. His pen continued to produce classics of the order of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man’ and ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ together with several volumes of poetry and a play ‘The Exiles, in 1918. On the 11th January 1941, Joyce underwent surgery in Zürich for a perforated duodenal ulcer. The next day he fell into a coma. On the 13th after a brief period of lucidity in which he called for his wife and son he passed. He was 58.Voir livre
"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and was published in 1904. Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: Milverton, who causes Holmes more revulsion than any of the 50-odd murderers in his career. Milverton is "the king of blackmailers". He demands £7,000 (over £800,000 in 2015) for the letters, which if given to third parties would cause a scandal that would end Lady Eva's marriage engagement. Holmes offers £2,000, all Lady Eva can pay, but Milverton insists on £7,000. It is worth £7,000 to him, he explains, to make an example of Lady Eva; it is in his long-term interest to ensure that his future blackmail victims would be more "open to reason" and pay him what he wants, knowing he will destroy them if they do not. Holmes resolves to recover the letters by whatever means necessary, as Milverton has placed himself outside the bounds of morality.Voir livre
A sexy-as-sin grumpy vampire hiding from the world . . . a cursed woman who can hear colors . . . and a demigod determined to take over Instagram. When Finch Dante settles in Ravenfall, the last thing he expects is to find himself on Axegate Walk, a boardwalk of Otherworldian vendors. Keeping his head down and his secrets tight was all Finch wanted . . . but fate had other ideas in the form of a bubbly, quirky woman with a penchant for the weird, and an uncanny ability to know what he was feeling. Tatiana Romanoff might sell haunted dolls, but she doesn't believe in the paranormal . . . until she realizes the town council has cursed her romantic endeavors. So when the mysterious and incredibly handsome Finch strolls into her life, she is determined to keep him at arm's length lest he be blighted by her curse. Once a body is discovered, it's up to Tatiana and Finch to overcome their own emotional wounds to untangle the mystery surrounding them . . . one that risks their life together if they want to save humankind from destruction. Contains mature themes.Voir livre
As a forgotten power returns, an age-old enemy awakens. Bodyguard Camryn MacKay's life takes a dark turn when her latest assignment exposes her to Berlin's veiled magic and reveals a family secret. Her bloodline carries a power both coveted and feared by those who remember the horrors of the past. Partnered with the alluring empath Leon, she must unravel the mystery of a vampire who walks in the daylight. While their search thrusts them into the heart of a supernatural battle, Camryn’s instinct to protect becomes a vulnerability, drawing perilous attention from the daylight walkers. Camryn might be the key to stopping the impending conflict. But wielding this power could condemn her to a life on the run or destroy the very fabric of the magical world. Embracing her legacy may save them all or end her lineage forever. ◆◆◆◆◆ The Veiled World Chronicles is an exciting urban fantasy series pulsating with magic, mystery, and impending danger. With its captivating combination of twisted intrigue, suspense, and slow-burn romance, fans of The Hollows series by Kim Harrison will find themselves enthralled until the very last page. This is Book One in the Veiled World Chronicles.Voir livre
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In a reality where time flows backward, reconnaissance pilot Corvan Larkin’s advanced jet is consumed by an anomalous temporal distortion, plunging him into a world where history unwinds and causality reverses. He awakens to find his wounds un-healing and the world around him in a state of perpetual un-creation, where cause follows effect in a chilling, inverted ballet. Stranded and disoriented, Corvan discovers a civilization that has embraced this reversed existence, their lives dictated by the absolute foreknowledge of the Council, a governing body that maintains the Flow to protect humanity from a cosmic threat known as the Great Hunger. However, Corvan’s very linearity, his innate sense of forward-moving time, makes him an anomaly, a disruptive force that threatens the Council's rigid control. He finds unexpected allies in the form of Revessan dissidents, individuals who, like him, yearn for a future unwritten, for the freedom to choose, to create, and to experience genuine joy and sorrow. Together, they embark on a perilous quest to reach the Chronos Core, the heart of Revessa’s temporal paradox, seeking not to destroy it, but to recalibrate it, to forge a new equilibrium—a "layered Flow"—where existence is preserved, but choice is real, and the dawn of a true, unpredictable future can finally break over the Backward Sun.Voir livre
I came to the Heights with a purpose. Join the Heights Crew. Move up the ranks. Make it implode from the inside out. But more than anything, make them suffer as much as I’ve suffered over the years because of them. I planned everything…or so I’d thought. I had a contingency plan for my contingency plan, but that was before I met them. The few members of the crew who’ve already irrevocably changed my life. I thought I knew what I wanted, and I still do want that, but if getting my vengeance means ruining my future—our future—how can I live with that? KNOCKOUT QUEEN is a dark enemies to lovers RH. **PLEASE NOTE: This is a dark romance and may contain content that is triggering to readers. If you are sensitive to such content, please read responsibly.**Voir livre
