Sourcebooks dez 2009 (4 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An exciting and thrilling story from bestselling author Georgette Heyer, known as the Queen of Regency romance, legendary for her research, historical accuracy, and her extraordinary plots and characterizations.Such a daring escape.Their infamous adventurer father has taught Prudence Tremaine and her brother Robin to be masters of disguise. Ending up on the wrong side of the Jacobite rebellion, brother and sister flee to London, Prudence pretending to be a dashing young buck, and Robin a lovely young lady.Could cost them both their hearts.Then Prudence meets the elegant Sir Anthony Fanshawe, and Robin becomes the mysterious hero of the charming Letitia Grayson, and in order to have what they truly want, the two masqueraders must find a way to unmask themselves without losing their lives.Praise for Georgette Heyer and The Masqueraders: 'A treasure beyond price. The Masqueraders is a wicked delight, worth more than its weight in gold.'--Anne Stuart'Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.'--Publishers Weekly'Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.'--Katie Fforde'What with elopements, rescues, duels, and cards, the story goes excitingly; and finally the magnificent but dubious father proves himself a Viscount. It is a picturesque and engaging story.'--The Spectator.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Leo Painter is the CEO of Earth Global, a large energy, mining and real-estate development firm. He and his party of company executives are traveling in Botswana to consult with the government about accessing their extractable resources.Sekoa is a male lion who shares with his bipedal enemies, the misfortune to be the bearer of HIV/AIDs. Weakened by the disease, he loses his place as the alpha male in his pride and now, dying and harassed by a pack of hyenas, seeks only a place to rest in peace.Painter, pursued by his own 'hyenas' only wishes to find a last resting place where he can further his dream: to build a resort/casino on Botswana's Chobe River.Their paths cross with tragic consequences as police, a plucky woman game warden, and myriad local authorities, hoteliers, and tribesmen, vie over what happened and to whom.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The child Judas, illegitimate offspring of a Jewish woman and a Roman soldier, struggles to understand his mother's god, a god who allows terrible things to happen to him and his family. Despairing, he becomes a survivor in the brutal streets of the first century Roman Empire.Later, as a young man determined to avenge the wrongs committed against his family, he joins the rebels led by Barabbas, only to be betrayed by them as well. Beaten and broken, he is brought to the community of Zealots at Qumran and eventually to the one forming around Rabbi Jesus. But his enthusiasm for revolution leads him to make a difficult and--for him and others--fateful choice.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty.' Margaret DrabbleA disgraced lord, a notorious highwaymanJack Carstares, the disgraced Earl of Wyndam, left England seven long years ago, sacrificing his honor for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards. Now Jack is back, roaming his beloved South Country in the disguise of a highwayman.And the beauty who would steal his heartNot long after Jack's return, he encounters his old adversary, the libertine Duke of Andover, attempting the abduction of the beautiful Diana Beauleigh. At the point of Jack's sword, the duke is vanquished, but foiled once, the 'Black Moth' has no intention of failing again This is Georgette Heyer's first novel a favorite of readers and a stirring tale to be enjoyed again and again.'A tale of love and adventure, clearness and charm, and an originality to delight a tale to stir one's blood.'BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT'A romance of the eighteenth century, with a wicked Duke, self-sacrificing elder brother, weak younger brother, highwayman, gambling, abduction, and rescue all complete.'THE SATURDAY REVIEW'A well-filled story which keeps the reader pleased.'THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.'KATIE FFORDE.…