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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Volume 1 of 6 begins in 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica with Atia Crisp and her sister Livia shipwrecked and sold into slavery. They are separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a deadly card game at the Swiftsure Tavern until she is liberated by sugar merchant Capitaine la Roche. Hunted at every turn, they take refuge at Cherry Red's Boutique (brothel) and meet up with allies including the medication loving Dr. Strangewayes. Series Description: Against the political stage of 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, the unswerving Atia Crisp is thrust into the world of bondage, violence, beauty and love. Shipwrecked and sold into slavery with her sister Livia, the pair are soon separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a card game. Captivated by her beauty, Atia is swiftly liberated by sugar merchant, Capitaine la Roche (also known as the pirate, Gator Gar), whose past is stained with blood and grief. La Roche works with a network of friends and allies including local strumpet, Cherry Banks, Theodore Binge the card shark and the kindly, medication loving Dr. Strangewayes. Soon Atia and la Roche are ushered away to safety after a mysterious outbreak of scarlet fever wreaks havoc on the city. Within the luxuriant tropical confines of Dr. Strangewayes's plantation at the foothills of the Blue Mountains, bonds of friendship are formed and the fierce love between Atia and Capitaine la Roche becomes absolute. Atia is reunited with her sister, piratical father and unexpected old friends. However, nowhere is safe as spies seek out both Atia and la Roche for the bounties on their heads. Neither of them can escape the shadows of their former lives and must rely on each other's strengths for survival. Their journey leads them to an inevitable conflict that threatens their world, but inches them closer towards freedom.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Volume 4 of 6 begins as Port Royal suffers the aftermath of a destructive fire and a series of deaths. Intrigue unfolds with the public stabbing of a strumpet, new alliances and more betrayals. Atia Crisp, Capitaine la Roche and other refugees reach Dr. Strangewayes's plantation for some much needed respite, while the political stage heats up with the legalization of privateering and piracy.Series Description: Against the political stage of 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, the unswerving Atia Crisp is thrust into the world of bondage, violence, beauty and love. Shipwrecked and sold into slavery with her sister Livia, the pair are soon separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a card game. Captivated by her beauty, Atia is swiftly liberated by sugar merchant, Capitaine la Roche (also known as the pirate, Gator Gar), whose past is stained with blood and grief. La Roche works with a network of friends and allies including local strumpet, Cherry Banks, Theodore Binge the card shark and the kindly, medication loving Dr. Strangewayes. Soon Atia and la Roche are ushered away to safety after a mysterious outbreak of scarlet fever wreaks havoc on the city. Within the luxuriant tropical confines of Dr. Strangewayes plantation at the foothills of the Blue Mountains, bonds of friendship are formed and the fierce love between Atia and Capitaine la Roche becomes absolute. Atia is reunited with her sister, piratical father and unexpected old friends. However, nowhere is safe as spies seek out both Atia and la Roche for the bounties on their heads. Neither of them can escape the shadows of their former lives and must rely on each other's strengths for survival. Their journey leads them to an inevitable conflict that threatens their world, but inches them closer towards freedom. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Volume 5 of 6 begins as La Lune's crew is incarcerated in Port Royal, strumpet Violante Hayze faces the gallows, war draws near, and bribes are made for control over the wickedest city on Earth. The refugees at Strangewayes's plantation, including Atia Crisp and Capitaine la Roche, make the arduous trek through the Blue Mountains. Atia's reunion with her family is joyous, yet short lived as an old enemy tracks her down.Series Description: Against the political stage of 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, the unswerving Atia Crisp is thrust into the world of bondage, violence, beauty and love. Shipwrecked and sold into slavery with her sister Livia, the pair are soon separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a card game. Captivated by her beauty, Atia is swiftly liberated by sugar merchant, Capitaine la Roche (also known as the pirate, Gator Gar), whose past is stained with blood and grief. La Roche works with a network of friends and allies including local strumpet, Cherry Banks, Theodore Binge the card shark and the kindly, medication loving Dr. Strangewayes. Soon Atia and la Roche are ushered away to safety after a mysterious outbreak of scarlet fever wreaks havoc on the city. Within the luxuriant tropical confines of Dr. Strangewayes plantation at the foothills of the Blue Mountains, bonds of friendship are formed and the fierce love between Atia and Capitaine la Roche becomes absolute. Atia is reunited with her sister, piratical father and unexpected old friends. However, nowhere is safe as spies seek out both Atia and la Roche for the bounties on their heads. Neither of them can escape the shadows of their former lives and must rely on each other's strengths for survival. Their journey leads them to an inevitable conflict that threatens their world, but inches them closer towards freedom.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Sometimes you can't run away from love. or danger. RED TAPE PROTECTOR, is a thrilling adventure and sexy romance novel, book 2 from the exciting, new FLC Case Files series, about a White House secret society that features hot, alpha heroes and kick-ass secret agent heroines who use blackmail, coercion and undercover sex scandals to manipulate dangerous and powerful men. After Alana MacKenna, an agent for a top-secret White House society makes a critical mistake, she's not fired, she's given a choice-life as an assassin or be eliminated. Sexy, black-ops agent, Jag Denison, is hired to train Alana for a dangerous, undercover security job she doesn't want, but must accept. Alana is drawn to her sexy and mysterious handler, but she wants out of this covert operation! Jag knows just how to break Alana's resistance in the program. He must use his skills as a Dom. He's equally skilled at teaching survival techniques as he is in expanding her sexual boundaries. Love and desire take them completely by surprise, but when the true nature of her position is revealed, it could endanger their mission and shatter their world.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Feisty singer-songwriter Elena Gadonni's life changes forever on the day she learns that her father Rinaldo is actually 'Zio' Gadonni, the Mafia's 'Boss of all Bosses.' Horrified, Elena repudiates her father and changes her name. But nobody walks out on The Family. Zio schemes secretly to ensnare his daughter into marriage to show-biz agent Lorgan Cantrell. Trapped by his own birth, Lorgan agrees to manage her professionally but privately vows never to romance and certainly never marry this true heroine of the spirit, an act that would betray her independence and force her back into the world of La Cosa Nostra. Elena doesn't know that her sudden career success is being orchestrated by the reluctant heir to the California 'Cantrelli' Family. But things take a deadly turn when she decides to testify against her estranged father-and Zio, enraged, puts out a 'hit' on his own daughter. Can Elena survive the wrath of her father . . . let alone ever free herself from the iron grip of The Family THE INNOCENT is a tangled tale of modern-day Mob life-a gripping story of romantic suspense that succeeds without ever romanticizing the brutal underworld of organized crime. 'Here is a romantic suspense story with flesh and blood characters who live out the consequences of their values. Love and action are entwined in plot lines that are plausible, engaging, and uplifting.' Dr. Pierre Rioux, Psychiatrist and clinical professor of neuroscience.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Edgar Allan Poe's poems are some of the most fascinating in the canon of American literature. Such classics as 'The Raven' and 'Annabel Lee' are taught in schools all over the country and are loved by readers for the demonstrated mastery of rhyme and meter. However, this mastery is simply a vehicle by which the reader is lured into committing part of his subconscious mind for the percolation of Poe's works. The more they gnaw at your cortex, the more deeply entrenched they become.'The Raven' and 'Annabel Lee' are but two of Poe's most popular poems. This volume contains 54 of Poe's best-known poems and is a wonderful addition to any library. …

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Yellow-Billed Magpie is a love story, a spiritual journey, a quest to look beyond appearances to the mystical rhythms that guide the human heart.Unlike their black-billed cousins, yellow-billed magpies are rarely found outside California's Central Valley. When they begin showing up in Samantha O'Malley's dreams, she wonders: are they calling me home Disappointed by failed fertility treatments and the break-up of her marriage, Samantha returns to her home town and slips into old habits, resuming her teaching career, even hooking up with an old lover. But she also renews her friendship with Craig, the school custodian she honors as her spiritual guide. The work they do together with Samantha's special education students will lead her to discoveries she never thought possible.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Shapeshifters, angels, demons and magic--from award winning author Larissa Emerald comes the much-anticipated paranormal shapeshifter series of the Divine Tree Guardians. The return of sculptor Emma Grant to her Georgia home town sparks the return of the visions she tries to deny and rekindles a centuries-old feud between shape shifters Venn Hearst, guardian of the Divine Tree (The Tree Of Knowledge) and his nemesis. Emma is determined to place and dedicate the statue honoring her beloved grandmother despite Venn's opposition; despite the fact she is in love with Venn, despite his sacred duty not to permit it. Will she overcome a test of evil or shatter Venn's world.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever wondered where science, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and evolution are headed in the next thousand years This is the chronicle of one possible future.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Art and Adaptation presents a comprehensive survey and discussion of the dominant ideas by leading thinkers about why we make art. Approaches that examine the evolution of art behavior embrace natural selection, sexual selection, social selection, and cognition. Art behavior is intimately entwined in our evolution and prehistory and helped solve problems and issues related to kin or group identification, attracting mates, and cultural transmission. The book is indexed and has a full bibliography.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, andmarriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice 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. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of 'most loved books.' It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. Jakab, Noémi (ilustrador).…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Dual Impressions: Poetic Conversations About Art is a discussion between John Brantingham and Jeffrey Graessley about art and life in poetic form. The collection covers themes such as war, poverty, and social justice. Featured artists include: Max Beckman, Arnold Bocklin, Eugène Boudin, Constantine Brancusi, Pieter Bruegel (the Elder), Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Frederick Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Lucas Cranach (the Elder), Edgar Degas, Jan Davidz de Heem, El Greco, Max Ernst, Juan Gris, Paul-Camille Guigou, Edward Hopper, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Pieter Lastman, René Magritte, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Amadeo Modligliani, Claude Monet, Jacob Moore, Pablo Picasso, The Polyphemus Painter, Francesco Primaticcio, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, John Singer Sargent, Sassetta, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, John William Waterhouse, James Whistler, Tung Yuan. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Grandma's Piles of Love' was written as a tribute to the author's own mother, who cherished the memories of her life by saving all sorts of seemingly odd things. At first, all of these things seem to have no organization or serve any useful purpose. But now, as her life is nearly complete, they have become valued treasures and represent all that we love about Grandma. This book is the story about Grandma's treasures, and is, in turn, really a tribute to wonderful mothers and grandmothers the world over. 'Grandma's Piles of Love' will be loved by families, both young and old, who love the funny and quirky memories of their own grandmothers. These memories are the things that bind strong families together, and knit generations together within any family. The book is meant to be read with grandma, as a gift to grandma, or even as a gift from grandma. The book may be a cherished possession even after grandma has passed on. It inspires families to remember all the good about their grandparents, and especially their grandmothers. We hope that you will feel the love for grandma that is piled up and stacked neatly all over these pages. Rauscher, Amariah (ilustrador). …