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For bad children, a lump of coal from Santa is positively light punishment when Krampus is ready and waiting to beat them with a stick, wrap them in chains, and drag them down to hell-all with St. Nick's encouragement and approval.
Krampusnacht holds within its pages twelve tales of Krampus triumphant, usurped, befriended, and much more. From evil children (and adults) who get their due, to those who pull one over on the ancient "Christmas Devil."...
352902) The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Has Gabriel created a monster?
Something sinister lurks in the woods outside of Slade.Gabe has seen it, or he thinks he has - a shadow standing at the tree line, watching Gabe's house with faintly glowing eyes.Despite Gabe's misgivings, his new friend, Seth, relishes the creepy atmosphere of the forest. It's the perfect setting for his imaginary struggle against the Hunter, a deformed child-eating creature said to leave the bones of his victims in...
352903) Sloth
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She's a hacker, a legendary gamer, a badass vigilante… if she can get herself out of bed.Nothing much appeals to Sloan Lazarus, except the burning hatred for the man who stole her heart and then ghosted her-right after she confessed her crime-fighting secret. When he turns up two years later, completely complacent and hot-as-sin, Sloan is determined to make his life a living hell. Then she discovers he is her lifemate... and her unstable powers...
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Erick encuentra la muerte de manera sorprendente, renaciendo en un mundo completamente nuevo donde es aclamado como el héroe del reino. A medida que se adentra en este nuevo mundo, se enfrenta a una serie de desafíos que lo llevan a cuestionar si está del lado correcto de la historia.
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Charles Dickens's last and unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was originally published in 1870. When Dickens died in 1870, just six of the intended twelve chapters had been completed, with no remaining plan or indication to how the story should continue. Despite this, numerous other writers have tried to complete the novel. The story revolves around the titular character's uncle, John Jasper, an opium addict and choirmaster who falls in...
352906) Correspondents: A Novel
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The bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family, Rita Khoury charts herself an ambitious path through Harvard to one of the best newspapers in the country. She is posted in cosmopolitan Beirut and dates a handsome Palestinian would-be activist. But when she is assigned to cover the America-led invasion of Baghdad in 2003, she finds herself unprepared for the warzone. Her lifeline is her interpreter and fixer Nabil al-Jumaili, an...
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Un dernier petit tour de manège au pays des rêves et des merveilles, ça vous dit? Même si le pilote de ces contes est l'homme-cauchemar lui-même?
Eh oui, le revoilà pour une ultime mascarade, un autre voyage au coeur de récits fantastiques o le rêve n'en finit pas. Car c'est bien de cela qu'il s'agit... tous les protagonistes de ces nouvelles histoires ne sont-ils pas juste en train de rêver? Si c'est le cas, il faut reconnaître qu'ils...
352908) Remy's Painter
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Ian Sullivan is being chased by a mobster and has to come up with $5,000 he doesn't have. His only hope is an estimate for a large house. Little does he know that the house belongs to a loup garou who just happens to be his mate.
Ian's father and brother died because his brother gambled and owed money to a mobster. Now Sal Ferrara want to collect from him and, if he doesn't, he'll take Ian as his boy toy instead. Ian's only hope is getting a job...
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Canta, baila y lee esta nueva canción para la hora de dormir que presenta a Bebé Tiburón, Mamá Tiburón, Papá Tiburón y otros amigos subacuáticos. Los niños y sus cuidadores se divertirán por igual con esta simpática historia que narra la rutina de una familia tiburón a la hora de dormir, con llamativas y divertidas ilustraciones y una melodía pegadiza que no podrán dejar de cantar.
¿Estás listo para ayudar a Bebé Tiburón a prepararse...
352911) Kyoto Stories
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An American student in 1970s Kyoto rambles among the city's beauties and traditions, learning as he goes.
Don Ascher is a young American living in Kyoto in the 1970s. He is a student of Japanese. He also teaches English, works at a shabu-shabu restaurant, and hangs out in the company of gangsters, hostesses, housewives, tea teachers, and fellow foreigners. Set amidst the timeless beauty of the ancient capital and its garish modern entertainments,...
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Extrait: "Si, après avoir visité le Panthéon et le chef-d'oeuvre qui en décore le dme, vous descendez de ces régions aériennes vers le quartier fangeux de la place Maubert, arrêtez-vous un moment au coin de la rue Mouffetard, dont une partie s'enorgueillit aujourd'hui du nom de Descartes: quelques bâtiments de modeste apparence entourent une cour assez spacieuse..."
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The ultimate collection of fictional short stories, written especially for readers who are into wine! Short Stories to Enjoy with Wine should be at the top of the shopping list for every reader who loves wine. It's also the perfect gift for those hard to shop for wine-loving relatives and friends!
If you like wine and enjoy reading fiction, you'll fall in love with this new book! It's the perfect companion when you feel like relaxing with a good...
352914) The Birthday Girl
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Dear Carys, Zoe and Andrea.
Come and join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend, full of mysteries and surprises the like of which you can't imagine. When Joanne's friends reluctantly accept an invitation to her birthday party, it quickly becomes clear that there is more to this weekend than they are expecting.
One of them is hiding a secret.
And Joanne is planning to reveal it... A weekend away in a cottage in the woods sounds like fun...
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Une chasse au trésor bien organisée vire au cauchemar...
Printemps 2016, dans la Marne, est organisée une chasse au trésor sur les sites historiques de l'Argonne.
Cependant, des joueurs décèdent dans d'étranges circonstances, accidents, suicides, sans parler des cambriolages qui se multiplient.
Et o est passé l'organisateur du jeu?
Lorsque l'une de ses patientes disparaît, Iris, psychologue, doit résoudre une à une les énigmes du livre...
352916) It's Complicated
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Sometimes love is a spontaneous night in the city, sometimes it is the one that got away and comes back around. Sometimes it is easy, like two pieces of a puzzle, and sometimes it is an uphill battle worth the fight. Love lost or found, there is one thing for sure. Love is always complicated.
This collection of short stories, flash fiction, and poetry make an attempt at capturing just some of the many faces of love in a few words. Originally...
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Will helping him at Christmas
have her wishing for more?
After being left at the altar, Kirsten Petersheim needs a fresh start. This means making a success of her new cleaning business and definitely not falling in love. But when her handsome client Mark Yutzy asks for her help with his troubled teenage brother, Kirsten's resolve is tested. As romance blossoms over the holidays, can Kirsten put her fear of heartbreak behind her and give love one...
352918) A Thorn Among the Lilies
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In Michael Hiebert's haunting and powerful novel, a long-ago tragedy echoes through small-town Alabama as one woman tries to track down a serial killer.
Detective Leah Teal is privy to most of the secrets in her hometown of Alvin, but there are always surprises to be had. Like the day she agrees to take her daughter, Caroline, to see a psychic for a reading. The psychic hones in on Leah instead, hinting at a string of gruesome killings and insisting...
352919) Under the Gypsy Moon
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"Time, time, what is time?"
In a world of Tamers and lies, the wild Gypsy Moon has been forbidden for as long as she can remember. Desperate to break free and learn the truth of who she is, she answers the call of the Gypsy Moon and falls under its spell. She awakes in a strange new land unlike anything she has ever known, yet finds it to be oddly familiar.
When the Crows steal the mysterious note in her pocket-a note that may hold all of...
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Looking for entertaining stories of drama, glamour and passion featuring sophisticated and sensual African American and multicultural heroes and heroines? Harlequin® Kimani Romance brings you all this and more with these four new full length books for one great price!
PASSION'S SONG Farrah Rochon
April Knight has realized her dream of becoming a celebrated cellist. And she's returned to the Ninth Ward of New Orleans to encourage the youth there....
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