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When Lord Montbarry dies suddenly in his Venice palace, and his courier goes missing, suspicion is instantly thrown on his new wife, the beautiful Countess Narona, who has collected his life insurance and fled to America. Montbarry's former fiance, Agnes, still harboring feelings for him, and Henry Westwick, Montbarry's younger brother, decide to investigate this tragedy and head for the palace, now a hotel. Not long after their arrival they experience strange and unsettling occurrences, and the circumstances of Montbarry's death begin to unravel.

Two years after my beloved Jonah was killed in a car accident, I retrace my steps to the romantic hotel we were staying in when his life was cut tragically short. The last thing I remember is the warmth of his hand in mine as we drove off through the pine trees toward our candlelit dinner. Then the beeping of monitors when I woke up alone in a hospital bed days later. What really happened that night?

IL QUINTO ROMANZO DELLA SERIE HUNGER GAMES. Quando sai già che perderai tutto ciò che ami, che ragioni ti restano per lottare? All'alba dei cinquantesimi Hunger Games, i distretti di Panem sono in preda al panico. Quest'anno, infatti, per l'Edizione della Memoria, verrà sottratto alle famiglie un numero doppio di tributi rispetto al solito. Intanto, nel Distretto 12, Haymitch Abernathy cerca di non pensarci troppo, l'unica cosa che gli interessa è arrivare vivo a fine giornata e stare con la ragazza che ama. Quando viene chiamato il suo nome, però, il ragazzo vede infrangersi tutti i suoi sogni.

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Relationships presents a data-driven dissection of sex, dating, and marriage by taking a deep dive into academic literature and stress testing strategies advocated by “marriage gurus” and self-styled pick-up artists. Combining insights from these disparate fields, we construct novel models detailing how humans secure partners and make long-term relationships work, while exploring how these systems can be exploited to one’s advantage in a world of broken dating markets and plummeting marriage rates.

This download provides the opportunity to hear and practise the language. The phrases are kept short and simple so that by listening two or three times, you can pick up the essentials of the Spanish language.

Private investigator Mike Hammer and the beautiful Velda go on vacation to a small beach town on Long Island after wrapping up the Williams case from I, the Jury. Walking along the boardwalk, they witness a brutal beating at the hands of some vicious local cops - and Hammer wades in to defend the victim.

In No Sugar, No Problem, you will discover the reasons why sugar can contribute to weight gain. Knowing the concept first will help you understand the whole process.

When Fern Douglas sees the news about Astrid Sullivan, a 34-year-old missing woman from Maine, she is positive that she knows her. Fern’s husband is sure it’s because of Astrid’s famous kidnapping - and equally famous return - 20 years ago, but Fern has no memory of that, even though it happened an hour outside her New Hampshire hometown. And when Astrid appears in Fern’s recurring nightmare, one in which a girl reaches out to her, pleading, Fern fears that it’s not a dream at all, but a memory.

At 26, Dahlia Lighthouse is haunted by her upbringing. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she is unable to move beyond the disappearance of her twin brother, Andy, when they were 16. After several years away and following her father’s death, Dahlia returns to the house, where the family makes a gruesome discovery: buried in their father’s plot is another body—Andy’s, his skull split open with an ax.

Nick och Lauren har ett alldeles speciellt band. Han är uppväxt på fel sida samhället - hon är stadens vackraste tjej. Mot alla odds faller de som tonåringar handlöst för varandra och inleder en intensiv och strängt förbjuden kärleksaffär. Men det dröjer inte länge innan allt kulminerar i en oerhörd tragedi... Långt senare är Nick på god väg att slå igenom som skådespelare i Hollywood och på andra sidan kontinenten gör Lauren entré i New Yorks modevärld.

A six part series exploring the making, and remaking, of 1980s Caligula, one of the most reviled, star-studded, and universally discussed XXX films ever made. Using new and recently uncovered interviews, never-before-heard on set audio, and stories from the people who watched the disaster unfold fist hand, it's a tale too crazy to be fiction.The original trailer said "No rumor could match the reality." They didn't know the half of it.

Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers, Volume 2, presents four classic stories from the masters of horror literature. It kicks off with Charles Dickens' friend and collaborator Wilkie Collins' eerie tale of a man's dream of his own murder that comes too true, 'The Dream Woman'. Second on the bill is the master of American literature Edgar Allan Poe's classic story of doomed love 'The Oval Portrait'.

There is something peculiar about the hour after midnight. It is the time when darkness reigns. And strange things roam the earth. In this dazzling collection of new and original haunted tales, thirteen bestselling and much-loved authors bring this hour to vivid, spine-tingling life. So curl up, light a candle, and wait for the clocks to strike . . .

Pop star Samantha White walks off the stage and disappears into a crowd of cheering fans. After 10 years as the music sensation known as Indigo, she needs to figure out who she really is...she runs to the only place she remembers with fondness - Aspen Cove...But when Dalton Black storms into her life, Samantha realizes she may not get the clarity and calm she’s seeking...Can a famous singer find her forever with an ex-convict? Or will the secrets they keep tear them apart?

More than 200 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, governments around the world continue to address many of the issues discussed in the book. The most powerful states in the world are still committed to international trade, but questions are repeatedly asked about the role of governments in the economy and the effectiveness of the free market.

During a brutal winter in rural Virginia, women are inexplicably vanishing. The only clues to the bizarre disappearances are the grotesque human remains that are turning up in snow banks along the highway. A disgraced priest has begun to experience strange and disturbing visions connected to a terrible secret. But are the images haunting a fallen man of God to be trusted...or are they the deadly lies of a twisted mind?

Bibi feels out of place everywhere - except for Tyme’s End, the deserted house that she breaks into when she thinks nobody is around. There she unexpectedly meets Oliver Gardner, the owner of the house, who has just returned after ten years away. Their stories and the story of Oliver’s grandfather becomes entwined - for Tyme’s End is more than just a deserted house. It is a house that can be romantic, beguiling, sinister and malevolent. A house that had a cruel and manipulative owner.

A masterful blend of Gothic drama and romance, Wilkie Collins' mystery novel is an exploration of illegitimacy and inheritance. Set in Cornwall, the plot foreshadows The Woman in White with its themes of doubtful identity and deception and involves a broad array of characters. The "secret" of the book's title is the true parentage of the book's heroine, Rosamond Treverton, which has been written down and kept in an unused room at Porthgenna Tower. This is where, 20 years later, much of the novel's action is set.

Lucas s'était promis de ne plus jamais poser sa bouche sur celle de Charlotte, la sœur cadette de son pote de toujours, la peste hautement sexy qui le pousse dans ses pires retranchements. Malheureusement, elle a besoin d'un job, et lui, d'une community manager en qui il puisse avoir pleinement confiance pour relancer un nouveau projet professionnel.

Eddie had a crush on his teacher, Mrs. Wilcox. When she takes him home and splits his consciousness--one a tiny man, one normal--he thinks it's all a dream. She must be some sort of witch! He laughs this off and never sees her again . . . Until twenty years later. He stumbles into Mrs. Wilcox and she hasn't aged a day! When she invites him home, he wonders if things will take a turn for the weird . . .