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In this fourth part of the continuation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Hugo learns the details of the lives of the people he would immortalize in his masterwork from the very subjects themselves: while Jean Valjean and Javert fight to return to Europe after being waylaid to Australia, an old enemy returns to wreak havoc on Marius and Cosette's growing family. Meanwhile, the truth about what happened during the last moments of the barricade's fall...
2) Sanctuary
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The second volume in the continuation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.In 1855, while Victor Hugo continues to write Les Misérables on the Isle of Guernsey, he learns the story of Jean Valjean's continuing journey, taking him and his companion, the former Inspector Javert, from France in 1833 to the London of Dickens; from there the pair are drawn to the walled city of Québec, where awaits another attempted revolution which threatens Jean Valjean...
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October 31, 1855. Celebrated author and social champion Victor Hugo, in exile from France, is forced to relocate to the Isle of Guernsey. En route across the Channel, the trunk containing his unfinished masterpiece, Les Misérables, is lost overboard! But fate deals Hugo a strange blow as he begins to recreate the book with the help of the very people he was destined to immortalize, and he discovers what really happened the night the barricades fell,...
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Une unité du Septième de Cavalerie est en mission au-dessus de l'Afghanistan lorsque leur appareil est touché par quelque chose. Les soldats parviennent à s'échapper de l'avion mutilé, mais lorsque les treize hommes et femmes touchent le sol, ils ne sont pas en Afghanistan. Non seulement ils sont à six mille cinq cents kilomètres de leur objectif initial mais il se trouve qu'ils ont remonté le temps de deux mille ans dans le passé o des...
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Major Ralph Smith, injured at the Battle of Antietam is no longer able to lead his men into battle but goes undercover at the Port of Baltimore for the Confederate Secret Service to find out what a mysterious Frenchman, Reynard Gastonne, is up to. As Smith sets about to investigating the Frenchman, he is tailed by Pinkerton Agents on the lookout for Southern Spies.
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Victor Hugo continues to write his masterwork Les Misérables while he becomes more and more familiar with the people he will immortalize: Jean Valjean and his family. But not everyone welcomes Hugo's curiosity, especially as Valjean relates to Hugo how he and Javert encountered an old acquaintance and Marius rediscovered something long thought lost to him while struggling to keep his marriage to Cosette from disintegrating. And who is the mysterious...
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Un hombre solitario y torturado se refugia en una taberna abandonada mientras la tierra estalla. Allí se descubrirá como un jugador compulsivo que tendrá que sortear un sinnúmero de peripecias mientras descubre que la tierra también se está burlando de él. La tierra, una jugadora empedernida, tiene grandes planes para los tahúres profesionales, aquellos seres que la vida siempre maltrató. Está en juego la más importante de las partidas:...
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As a young boy, Rene watched as his mother was murdered by two men paid by a wealthy man who had raped her. This man knew his father would disown him if he found out a girl his son raped had given birth to a bastard son. Rene was raised by an old man who seemed never to age. Joseph had told Rene of his son, his first son, and how this son was killed by men who feared losing power. Rene watched as Joseph taught him to work with his hands and listened...
9) Glide Path
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A gripping novel of human ingenuity during World War II, based on the visionary author's wartime experiences as a radar control operator. One of the most influential science fiction writers of the twentieth century, Arthur C. Clarke draws upon his own wartime experiences as a radar control operator during World War II to tell a compelling and fascinating story about the development and application of groundbreaking technologies. Clarke's only non-science...
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In a world where magic and inequality intertwine, two unlikely heroes rise to challenge the status quo. Finnian Hooffellow, a witty faun philosopher, and John Everett, a dashing human revolutionary, embark on a quest to unite the oppressed magical beings of the Whisperwoods against their tyrannical elven overlords.With a band of misfits by their side-including a mischievous goblin, a fierce pixie, and a poetic troll-Finnian and John must navigate...
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The center of the greatest empire in the world, the seat of Christianity, Byzantium is a revered city. Marked by gargantuan monuments to God and peopled by the most royal of princes, and the most affluent citizens, Byzantium cannot possibly ever fall. Now under siege by Islam, the Byzantine Empire must look to Christians from the West for help in winning back Jerusalem, the most hallowed of cities. The Byzantines must prevent the disintegration of...
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An accusation of rape upsets a utopian island community in this "provocative, fiercely intelligent" Italian novel (Daily Mail, UK).
When "The Crash" brough entire nations to their knees, the island society of Miden-a place dedicated to fairness and equality-rose like a phoenix from the wreckage. While on vacation in this oasis, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man, and moves to the island to start a new life with him. Now six months...
14) Judge's Dreams I
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The judge fell asleep and, some three hours later, when he woke up rested and with his mind clear of the heaviness of the day, he established visual contact with a scene that he wasn't familiar with. As if he was transferred to some other place, where he could see and hear everything that was happening. The kind of presence, where he could observe all the assistants in detail, whilst not physically there. It was the first time something like that...
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A young king manipulated by evil hands becomes a champion of justice when a magical pretender to the throne challenges his sovereignty For six years, forces of evil and repression have ruled medieval Gwynedd after eliminating two rightful kings of the Haldane line. Keeping the current young liege, King Rhys Michael, weak with wine, the council of regents and its fanatical allies in the church have been virtually unstoppable in their quest to dominate...
16) Loup Rebelle 6
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Tom est un esclave humain et Renat son maître loup-garou et amant, dans un univers alternatif mis au début du XXe siècle, en Angleterre, entre l'aristocratie des loups et leurs esclaves humains. Est-ce que Tom peut repousser les tentatives de Renat de l'attirer dans une affaire d'amour – et pas seulement des services sexuels – pendant le dîner de recherche en mariage que la mère du loup a arrangé? Tom jette un regard sur ses rivaux -- les...
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Issue #3 of Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond, available 1 January 2024.The Magdeburg Messenger(1632 Fiction)This issue's cover story is "Cassini Rounds Third." Robert Waters continues the saga of Giovanni Cassini. Up-time, he was a famous astronomer. Down-time, he's a kid who wants to play ball. He might get to stay in Grantville, but is it really for the love of the game?Next is Bethanne Kim's "A Fitting Tribute." The Ugolinis make memorial stones and...
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"From Tantrums to Tickles: The Humorous Handbook for Parents" is a delightful and heartwarming guide that takes readers on an entertaining journey through the rollercoaster ride of parenthood. With wit, humor, and a touch of parental wisdom, this book presents a series of interconnected, humorous stories that capture the essence of family life – from the chaotic moments of tantrums to the joyous episodes of tickles.The book is a collection of amusing...
19) Citizen Magus
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Stuck in a strange time. Daemons lurking at every turn. And those are the least of his worries.Remington Blakes, a magus from an alternate twenty-first century powered by magic, is abandoned in ancient Rome by his mentor without any memory of how or why. Forced to make a living as a magus-for-hire, he takes on the name "Natta Magus" and begins his journey to uncover the truth behind his mentor's betrayal.When Natta learns his mentor has conjured daemons...
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A medieval kingdom is thrown into chaos by rumors of the death of its liege in the final volume of the Histories of King Kelson King Kelson Haldane of Gwnyedd knows he owes much to the legendary Camber of Culdi, the most revered of the magical Deryni race. Having suppressed the rebellion that threatened to tear his realm to pieces, Kelson, himself a possessor of Deryni magic, is now dedicated to exploring the history and legacy of the man who returned...
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