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Vathek: An Arabian Tale (Haunted Library Horror Classics)
by William BeckfordWhen you have all you could ever want, what's left to wish for?Vathek, the majestic and fierce ninth caliph of the Abassides, has the world at his feet, with pleasure palaces constructed solely to satisfy his every possible appetite. Both his anger and his intellect are legendary; possessed of an intense thirst for knowledge, he often invites scholars to converse with him, but imprisons those who cannot be persuaded via logic or bribes to his point of view. Nothing is beyond his grasp, until a hideous stranger sells him glowing swords with letters on them that cannot be translated even by experts—because the letters are ever changing as if by magic!Obsessed with obtaining the stranger's knowledge, Vathek undertakes a massive search of his kingdom. His journey becomes increasingly horrific as he ventures into the underworld, meeting demons and witches. Will love of Mohammed or country or a young woman he encounters be enough to turn him from his foolish quest? Or will the lust for power prove too strong to resist?
Veda: Assembly Required
by Samuel TeerBeneath the factory floor lives an orphaned girl named Veda. Watched over by the diligent Assembly, a robot that works the production line, Veda discovers a unique power--she can speak to machines! Under the tutelage of Assembly, she learns the three laws of the machines. . . But it's the unspoken secret fourth law--avoid the Gremlin, that's piqued young Veda's interest and leads her down a dangerous and compromising path on her journey of self-discovery.
Veiled Threats
by Deborah DonnellyYou are cordially invited. . . . Don't miss amateur detective Carnegie Kincaid, expert in all things matrimony and murder, in the Hallmark original movie Wedding Planner Mystery on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!A WEDDING TO DIE FOR . . . When love is in the air, Carnegie Kincaid is not far behind. A wedding planner who works out of her Seattle houseboat, Carnegie makes magic--usually--with fractious families, brimming brides, and cantankerous caterers to give loving couples the wedding they've always wanted. So why is her dream job turning into a perfect nightmare? It started when Carnegie agreed to plan the wedding of one of Seattle's most prominent families--who happen to be going through a high-stakes, headline-grabbing legal war. Before she can get her bride-to-be into just the right dress, a murder and a kidnapping plunge Carnegie into a mystery of extortion and violence. With a shadowy figure stalking her, a rich lawyer wooing her, and an annoying reporter pursuing her, Carnegie is putting all wedding plans on hold. In an explosion of sheer terror, she must hunt down a killer--till death do her part.From the Paperback edition.
Veiled Threats (Wedding Planner #1)
by Deborah DonnellyShe thought she was planning a wedding. What she got was ... Veiled Threats. A wedding to die for... When love is in the air, Carnegie Kincaid is not far behind. A wedding planner who works out of her Seattle houseboat, Carnegie makes magic -- usually -- with fractious families, brimming brides, and cantankerous caterers to give loving couples the wedding they've always wanted. So why is her dream job turning into a perfect nightmare? It started when Carnegie agreed to plan the wedding of one of Seattle's most prominent families -- who happen to be going through a high-stakes, headline-grabbing legal war. Before she can get her bride-to-be into just the right dress, a murder and a kidnapping plunge Carnegie into a mystery of extortion and violence. With a shadowy figure stalking her, a rich lawyer wooing her, and an annoying reporter pursuing her, Carnegie is putting all wedding plans on hold. In an explosion of sheer terror, she must hunt down a killer -- till death do her part...
Veiled Threats
by Deborah DonnellySave the date! Amateur detective Carnegie Kincaid, expert in matters of matrimony and murder, makes her television debut in the Hallmark original movie Wedding Planner Mystery--premiering October 19, 2014, on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.A WEDDING TO DIE FOR . . . When love is in the air, Carnegie Kincaid is not far behind. A wedding planner who works out of her Seattle houseboat, Carnegie makes magic--usually--with fractious families, brimming brides, and cantankerous caterers to give loving couples the wedding they've always wanted. So why is her dream job turning into a perfect nightmare? It started when Carnegie agreed to plan the wedding of one of Seattle's most prominent families--who happen to be going through a high-stakes, headline-grabbing legal war. Before she can get her bride-to-be into just the right dress, a murder and a kidnapping plunge Carnegie into a mystery of extortion and violence. With a shadowy figure stalking her, a rich lawyer wooing her, and an annoying reporter pursuing her, Carnegie is putting all wedding plans on hold. In an explosion of sheer terror, she must hunt down a killer--till death do her part.From the Paperback edition.
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino (La\brújula Y La Veleta Ser.)
by Julio Verne Shia Green¡Explora los océanos en un submarino, enfréntate a feroces calamares gigantes y descubre inimaginables maravillas con las mejores aventuras de Julio Verne! Un misterioso monstruo marino recorre las costas de todo el mundo. ¿Qué puede ser esta extraña bestia? El científico Pierre Aronnax y sus inseparables amigos se lanzan a la aventura para desentrañar el enigma, pero... ¿es posible que la extraña criatura sea en realidad algo mucho más sorprendente? Las grandes novelas de Julio Verne, adaptadas por Shia Green e ilustradas por Fran H-T
Ven otra vez, ven
by Osho OshoEn este nuevo libro cargado de humor, Osho explora e introduce su particular visión de un nuevo hombre que encarna toda la sabiduría de esta única lección: Zorba el Buda. A través de esta singular identidad, Osho logra aproximar la frescura de Zorba el Griego y la paz silenciosa de Buda, y así el Zorba terrenal y el etéreo Buda se funden para convertirse en un silencio que puede cantar y bailar.
The Venadicci Marriage Vengeance (Latin Lovers)
by Melanie MilburneGabriella St. Clair is desperate: she and her family face financial ruin. One man can help her. But he's the very man who wants to see her beg….Merciless tycoon Vinn Venadicci had a heart once. But after an encounter with the young, spoiled hotel heiress Gabriella, any feelings he had were locked away…forever. Now she's on his doorstep—pleading. He could send her packing. Or finally have a little vengeance of his own. After all, Gabriella Venadicci has quite a ring to it….
Venetian Holiday
by David CampbellOn the eve of Il Porto gallery's opening, Kate Fujimori leaps across Venice's rooftops---an easy routine for an expert cat burglar like herself. But her well-planned heist of the gallery's featured painting, a famed Mona Lisa forgery, goes uncharacteristically wrong. It's not long before Kate realizes her headaches are only just beginning.A rival gang of thieves after the same target always seems to be one step ahead of Kate. To make matters worse, her accomplice, Freddy Doloreux, an impeccably prepared associate, has succumbed to his extravagant, high-priced lifestyle. Faced with some compromising debts, he accepts a contract on the side---with an assassin commissioned to kill Kate.As usual, the headstrong Kate ignores her astrologer's warning: to beware a dark stranger who lives on water. Instead, she falls into a heavy flirtation with a handsome (and dark-haired) Venetian who has a passion for American films---and attractive women. The mysterious Italian turns out to be not only Venice's police detective but a man on the rebound---doubly dangerous for Kate. As the gallery opening quickly approaches, Kate becomes a wanted woman---by the police, the assassin, the rival thieves, and the charming detective.Venetian Holiday is an enchanting caper of mystery and misadventure; love, locals, and the delightfully unsavory characters that one can find only in Venice.
The Vengeance Affair (Secret Passions)
by Carole MortimerA marriage proposal because of vengeance...or love?Beau Garrett wanted a more peaceful existence. But the seemingly idyllic village of Aberton proved to be a hotbed of scandal and gossip--and Beau was the target! His "crime" was to employ female gardener Jaz Logan, branded by her mother's adulterous past. Soon Beau acted on his attraction to Jaz...and the poison pen letters started arriving. Just who was sending this cruel correspondence? Beau's solution was to propose that Jaz become his fiancée. But Jaz had always planned on marrying for love....
Vengeful Bride
by Rosalie AshMarry in haste...Emma had a secret in her past...a secret that meant she mustn't fall in love with Dominick Fleetwood. She had behaved recklessly with him once, and now he was back in her life-asking her to marry him! Emma found, to her surprise, that time had not made her immune to Dominick's brand of dangerous charm. And she soon found herself hoping that love might one day take the place of revenge in their marriage bed.
The Vengeful Husband (The Husband Hunters Club Series #2)
by Lynne GrahamAdvertising for a husband reunites a single mom with a former one-night stand in this classic marriage of convenience romance by a USA Today bestseller.Race to the altar—Maxie, Darcy, and Polly are the Husband Hunters.The terms of their godmother’s will: Maxie, Darcy and Polly have each been left a share of her estate—if they marry within a year and remain married for six months . . . The hunter:Darcy Fielding, a single mom, decides she must ADVERTISE for a husband! But the consequences of one night of unforgettable passion are about to return to haunt her . . . The husband? Gianluca Raffacani has finally traced the mysterious beauty who disappeared from his bed. She is advertising for a husband—his perfect opportunity for revenge . . . Only, Luca finds he’s married the mother of his secret child!Originally published in 1998.
A Vengeful Passion
by Lynne GrahamA demanding proposition just might lead to a second chance at love in this breathtaking romance from the USA Today–bestselling author.Vito di Cavalieri is the last man Ashley Forrester ever wanted to see again, but her brother’s fate lies in his hands. She must pay whatever price Cavalieri asks to save her brother and protect her secret—their baby . . . His demand: Vito wants her in his bed, as his wife! But the passion he awakens in Ashley surges beneath her shaking defenses and betrays her like never before. Just how will she be able to resist a desire so strong that it threatens to pierce her heart?
Vengo de urgencias
by Fernando Fabiani Laura SantolayaEl autor de Vengo sin cita Fernando Fabiani regresa con un nuevo compendio de anécdotas desternillantes vividas durante el servicio de urgencias. ¿Sabes que si alguna vez has dicho «vengo de urgencias» es muy probable que no lo fuera? ¿Qué pasa cuando rompes aguas pero no es cosa del fontanero? ¿Por qué odiamos tanto los mocos si luego nos encantan los caracoles? ¿Es posible que alguien vaya a urgencias de un hospital por un tirón de pelos? ¿Sabes por qué ahora que todo es light estamos más gordos que nunca? ¿Tiene tanto peligro una tensión descompensada? Y sobre todo... ¿Puede matarte la burbuja de aire del suero? Teodoro Jarcia, Teo para los amigos, es médico de familia. Para el doctor Teo no es fácil ser médico en la actualidad, pero lo sobrelleva como puede. Y como la mayoría de los médicos de nuestro país, está obligado a hacer guardias... Fernando Fabiani, @FernandoFabiani, médico de profesión, construye un relato sobre divertidas y sorprendentes anécdotas del mundo de la medicina, de las guardias y la consulta diaria. Tras el éxito de Vengo sin cita, vuelve para hablar sin pelos en la lengua y con mucho humor de la verdad que esconden las consultas y las urgencias, abordando grandes temas de salud de modo sencillo y divertido. Vengo de urgencias hará las delicias de los sanitarios pero sobretodo enseñará y divertirá a pacientes... vayan o no de urgencias.
Venomous Lumpsucker
by Ned BeaumanA dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed author of The Teleportation Accident. The near future. Tens of thousands of species are going extinct every year. And a whole industry has sprung up around their extinctions, to help us preserve the remnants, or perhaps just assuage our guilt. For instance, the biobanks: secure archives of DNA samples, from which lost organisms might someday be resurrected . . . But then, one day, it&’s all gone. A mysterious cyber-attack hits every biobank simultaneously, wiping out the last traces of the perished species. Now we&’re never getting them back. Karin Resaint and Mark Halyard are concerned with one species in particular: the venomous lumpsucker, a small, ugly bottom-feeder that happens to be the most intelligent fish on the planet. Resaint is an animal cognition scientist consumed with existential grief over what humans have done to nature. Halyard is an exec from the extinction industry, complicit in the mining operation that destroyed the lumpsucker&’s last-known habitat. Across the dystopian landscapes of the 2030s—a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the ocean; the hinterlands of a totalitarian state—Resaint and Halyard hunt for a surviving lumpsucker. And the further they go, the deeper they&’re drawn into the mystery of the attack on the biobanks. Who was really behind it? And why would anyone do such a thing? Virtuosic and profound, witty and despairing, Venomous Lumpsucker is Ned Beauman at his very best.
Venomous Lumpsucker
by Ned BeaumanThe irresistible new novel by the Booker-longlisted author Ned Beauman - a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion.The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might already be extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. Except for two people.Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish has gone for good. And biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other, but they're left with no choice but to team up, pursuing the lumpsucker across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe. On the way, they are drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.Gripping and singular, Venomous Lumpsucker is a comedy about environmental devastation that asks: do we have it in us to avert the tragedy of mass extinction?And also: do we really need to bother?'A comic caper about our insanely decadent world careering through ecocide, Venomous Lumpsucker is bracingly, excoriatingly funny on our idiocy and the unquantifiable loss that we enable. It's also savagely, forensically serious on the reality of mass species loss, as illuminating as it is entertaining.' Martin MacInnes, author of Infinite Ground
Venomous Lumpsucker
by Ned BeaumanThe irresistible new novel by the Booker-longlisted author Ned Beauman - a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion.The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might already be extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. Except for two people.Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish has gone for good. And biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other, but they're left with no choice but to team up, pursuing the lumpsucker across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe. On the way, they are drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.Gripping and singular, Venomous Lumpsucker is a comedy about environmental devastation that asks: do we have it in us to avert the tragedy of mass extinction?And also: do we really need to bother?'A comic caper about our insanely decadent world careering through ecocide, Venomous Lumpsucker is bracingly, excoriatingly funny on our idiocy and the unquantifiable loss that we enable. It's also savagely, forensically serious on the reality of mass species loss, as illuminating as it is entertaining.' Martin MacInnes, author of Infinite Ground
Venomous Lumpsucker: WINNER of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023
by Ned BeaumanThe irresistible new novel by the Booker-longlisted author Ned Beauman - a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion.The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might already be extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. Except for two people.Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish has gone for good. And biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other, but they're left with no choice but to team up, pursuing the lumpsucker across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe. On the way, they are drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.Gripping and singular, Venomous Lumpsucker is a comedy about environmental devastation that asks: do we have it in us to avert the tragedy of mass extinction?And also: do we really need to bother?'A comic caper about our insanely decadent world careering through ecocide, Venomous Lumpsucker is bracingly, excoriatingly funny on our idiocy and the unquantifiable loss that we enable. It's also savagely, forensically serious on the reality of mass species loss, as illuminating as it is entertaining.' Martin MacInnes, author of Infinite Ground(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Venus Envy: Power Games, Teenage Vixens, and Million-Dollar Egos on the Women's Tennis Tour
by L. Jon WertheimA behind-the-scenes look at the hugely popular and often controversial world of women's tennis featuring such household names as Venus and Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova. At a time when attendance and TV ratings for women's tennis are at an all-time high, Sports Illustrated writer L.Jon Wertheim, draws on his investigative talents and knowledge of the game to infiltrate the heretofore closed locker rooms of the women's tour and chronicle this remarkable era in the sport's history. With a narrative sweep that rockets along like a Venus Williams serve, it takes the reader from the year's first Grand Slam tournament--where a top player ignited a firestorm of controversy when she decided to come out-- to Venus' epochal victory at Wimbledon to the U.S. Open where Serena Williams defends her title and all the whistle-stop tournaments in between where the Russian vixen Anna Kournikova sent hormonally challenged teenagers, not to mention male sportswriters, into a frenzy, Venus Envy offers the reader the equivalent of a center-court seat and an all-access locker room pass. The book will contain a wealth of previously unreported, inside-the-locker room anecdotes about the marquee names in women's tennis and should engender much off-the-book-page coverage. There are more identifiable stars than ever before and the rivalries are intense and often rancorous. The book will even appeal to those readers with only a passing interest in tennis since many of the players have transcended the sport, appearing on the covers of magazine like GQ, Rolling Stone and Vogue.
Venus on the Half-Shell
by Philip José FarmerDisaster sends a man across the universe in search of answers to life&’s big questions in this humorous classic adventure by a Science Fiction Grand Master. When a massive flood wipes out Earth and spoils his date, lone survivor Simon Wagstaff finds refuge in an abandoned Chinese spaceship, the Hwang Ho. Accompanied by three new companions—a dog, an owl, and a beautiful robot—and his electric banjo, Wagstaff sets off on an extraterrestrial adventure. He travels from planet to planet, seeking the definitive answer to the ultimate question: Why are we created if only to suffer and die? Of course, after he drinks an elixir granting him eternal life, the real question is what to do for the rest of eternity after he answers his first question . . . &“Lively and inventive and goes by faster than a holiday weekend.&” —The Washington Post &“A comedy of sexual mores, an investigative search for Love, a lampoon of people who require answers to imponderable questions.&” —Science Fiction Review&“Not only a science-fiction epic of the most incredible proportions, but it is also a satiric-fantasy, a clever parody of its own genre.&” —The Daily Eastern News
Venus's Vanishing Vase: An I.P.P.I. Mystery Story
by Kristin O'Donnell TubbIn this story, four friends who are members of the InterPlanetary Private Investigators solve a mystery that takes place on the planet Venus.
Vera (Domaine Etranger Ser. #2)
by Elizabeth Von ArnimA handsome stranger enters Lucy Entwhistle's life on the very day of her father's death. Everard Wemyss is mourning the recent loss of his wife, and he and Lucy are drawn together in their shared experience of grief. A remarkable bond forms between the despairing couple, the thought of separation proves intolerable, and they are quickly married and settled into Everard's isolated country home, The Willows. But everything about the mansion is shadowed with the specter of Vera, its previous mistress. As Everard gradually becomes increasingly overbearing and abusive, Lucy begins to wonder about the circumstances of Vera's "accidental" death. This darkly comic novel by the author of Enchanted April is believed to have inspired the Daphne du Maurier classic Rebecca. Elizabeth von Arnim based Vera on her own ill-starred marriage to a member of the British aristocracy. Her 1921 novel offers a witty and compelling look at a sinister possibility of a marriage in which a self-absorbed bully can exploit a naïve young woman, and romantic delusions can keep a wife in thrall to her husband's tyranny.
Vera y su mundo: LoveInApp 1 (LoveInApp #Volumen 1)
by Susana RubioSusana Rubio presenta Vera y su mundo, el primer libro de su nueva saga «LoveInApp». Un grupo de amigos inseparables. Una idea genial en una noche de fiesta. Una pareja que parece muy feliz. Otra que esconde su amor. Y Alejandro, el mellizo insolente que va a mover los cimientos de Vera y su mundo. ¿Quieres conocer su historia? Nueva saga de Susana Rubio después de dar el salto a las librerías con la saga Alexia; Tengo un whatsapp; la bilogía Todas mis amigas y Todos mis amigos; y las saga En Roma (Arrivederci, amor, Ciao, bonita y Buonasera, princesa).
Un verano en Nueva York (Los diarios de Carrie #Volumen 2)
by Candace BushnellDescubre cómo Carrie Bradshaw, la inolvidable protagonista de Sexo en Nueva York, dio sus primeros pasos en la gran manzana. En Nueva York el verano es mágico. Y aún más si tienes diecisiete años y te mueven unas ganas locas de comerte el mundo. Carrie Bradshaw tiene dos meses para exprimir al máximo la ciudad y cumplir sus sueños: convertirse en escritora de éxito y encontrar el amor verdadero. Por suerte, sesenta días (con sus noches) dan para mucho en la Gran Manzana# En las primeras veinticuatro horas ya le han robado el bolso, ha ido a una fiesta llena de personajes extravagantes, ha conocido a un escritor famoso (y atractivo) y ha despertado en el sofá de una chica que adora los zapatos. ¿Y si todos los días van a ser así? ¿Y si con tanta actividad social no consigue centrarse en su curso de escritura? ¿Y si no es lo bastante buena... y debe regresar a su antigua vida? Reseñas:«Fascinante y muy entretenido.»Helen Fielding, autora de El diario de Bridget Jones «De obligada lectura.»Marie Claire