Ergebnis für "Volume 2" in Saga

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

Moon, Jade, and other favorites from the Indigo Cloud Court return with two new novellas from Martha Wells, who continues to enthusiastically ignore genre conventions in her exploration of the fascinating world of the Raksura. Her novellas and short stories contain all the elements fans have come to love from the Raksura books: courtly intrigue and politics, unfolding mysteries that reveal an increasingly strange wider world, and threats both mundane and magical.

Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures.

The first three books of the Braxton Brothers series with many positive reviews on the individual books. Dive into this sweet family saga series where the bonds are close and the romances are swoon-worthy. The Braxton Brothers are home! Includes: Coming Home to Honey Grove, Friendship Blooms in Honey Grove, and Escaping to Honey Grove.

This volume details the struggle between Soames and his beautiful wife, Irene, who leaves him but cannot persuade him to grant a divorce. While Soames cannot accept Irene's dissent, he insists his sister deal as she must with her own failed marriage. Irene gains independence through her friendship with Soames' Uncle, Old Jolyon, who leaves her a fortune in his will, and she flees the country, but Soames follows her.

In this, the second volume of the Saga to be released in an unabridged recording by Assembled Stories, Soames’ house continues to be built as his marriage disintegrates. Is Irene having an affair? Certainly her relationship with the architect Bosinney is causing ructions in the family. While attempting reconciliation with his son, Old Jolyon, spurred by June’s suffering as she feels herself losing her lover, sends Young Jolyon to sound the man’s intentions.

It's been three years since I have turned, and I am not sure who I am anymore. I don't even know if I want to be what I have become. Is love enough to keep me alive inside even if I am dead? How can I find peace within myself when everything around me screams war and death? How will things end when one man holds my eternal love and another wants me dead? There is no end as far as I can see.

While an ugly war with its neighbouring realm continues to rage, the insulated members of Ruritania’s upper class laugh and dance their way through their superficial lives. Some people, increasingly disillusioned by the pointless conflict, start to consider how the king might be persuaded - or forced - to end it. Meanwhile, an increasing number of items of great value are going missing from those attending these high society gatherings. At whom will the finger of suspicion point? Who can be trusted?

Stronger, faster, and more brutal than anything they’ve faced before, Xander and Marcus find themselves in a race to save a city that’s become a killing field with Xander’s name all over it...literally. It will take more than desperation and rage to put an end to this nightmare. Unfortunately, in Xander Stryker’s new life, nightmares have a tendency to fight back....

Hannah Rice is recovering from emergency surgery. In order to make her time in the tiny house more bearable and to find out more about his sister, Doctor Richard Mason begins sending for Hannah's items that have been locked away in storage for decades. All of these beautiful items from the past also bring with them memories Hannah would rather leave buried...it's up to Mason, and his unconventional methods to help Hannah confront the ugliness of her past in hopes that she can set upon the path to regaining her life.

Portia Summerhill feels like a loser. Thirty-something, jobless, and living at home... How could she not? Next to her accomplished sisters, Portia's achievements - or lack thereof - are that much more noticeable. The one thing Portia can claim is expert knowledge on antiques and her ancestry, and in a moment of serendipity, the perfect job lands in her lap: curator at the Museum of British Peerage.

Strange sounds. Unexplained footprints. Gut-wrenching encounters in the dead of night. This is no campfire tale. This is the gripping, TRUE story of a man who encountered a species that wasn’t supposed to exist. Are you ready to believe? You’ll never look at the woods the same way again. Get it now.

A collection of short stories in the Heart Falls world by New York Times best-selling author Vivian Arend. For the past year, Ivy and Walker Stone have been working to expand their family. They’ve filled out forms until their fingers cramped, had home visits with social workers, and planned for the future. Walker and his brothers have done construction and renovations to his and Ivy’s home in Heart Falls to make room for the coming new additions.

Vallée-du-Richelieu, printemps 1906. Alors que l'arrivée des beaux jours égaie la petite communauté de Douceville, les mauvaises langues se délient dans des lettres anonymes adressées à l'archevêché. Elles dénoncent le curé Grégoire, qui héberge au presbytère sa nièce Sophie, une jeune fille de 17 ans belle à faire damner un saint.

Mathieu, l’enfant trop sage, celui qui a toujours fait ce que l’on attendait de lui à l’école, à l’armée, dans son cabinet puis à la tête du grand magasin, se découvre une âme délinquante. Pour une fois, avant que l’âge ne le rattrape, il a envie d’agir sans placer les attentes des autres au-dessus de ses propres désirs. D’autant plus qu’Odette, une jolie employée, se montre très intéressée par lui.

1888. Encore ébranlés par la mort d’Aimé Courchesne, sa veuve, Élise, et leurs enfants quittent Lowell, aux États-Unis, pour revenir à Drummond et reprendre leur vie d’avant. Ils espèrent laisser derrière eux tous les malheurs qui se sont abattus sur la famille ces dernières années. Mais le jeune Guillaume, auquel incombe désormais la tâche de faire vivre les siens, trouve cette responsabilité bien lourde.

Dans ce deuxième tome, Édouard décide de briser la promesse faite à sa mère, celle de ne jamais se marier ni d’avoir d’enfants, pour unir sa destinée à celle de la belle Clémentine.

Après une année à la fois difficile et exaltante, Agnès quitte l'école du rang 3 pour s'installer dans le village de Saint-Clément-des-Laurentides. Elle a beau être fière de sa promotion, c'est le cœur lourd qu'elle quitte sa petite école rouge: cela signifie qu'elle devra s'éloigner des enfants Théberge auxquels elle s'est tant attachée.

Alexis is a high school senior living a typically boring life in Minnesota when her family embarks on a weeklong Caribbean cruise over spring break. Fearing food poisoning and being marooned at sea, Alexis would have rather stayed home and slept the time away wrapped in the warmth of her bed. In episode two, Alexis explores her surroundings and meets a possible new friend. Calamity happens at the first port of call. Dead Seas is an episodic literary horror series with new episodes being released every two weeks.