Veronica: 918 books

This book is a study of nineteenth-century poems that remember, yearn for, fixate on, and forget the past. Reflecting the current critical drive to reconcile formalist and historicist approaches to literature, it uses close readings to trace the complex interactions between memory as a theme and...

When drop-dead gorgeous Victor walks into a room, the air changes. He is every womans manand he knows it. Unfortunately, his charisma does not prevent him from carrying the weight of the world on his two broad shoulders. No one really knows Victor, including himself. Victor has always had a...

The kindness of strangers comes under suspicion in the enjoyable new Ellie Quicke mystery. Ellie’s husband Thomas, a retired minister, is suspicious when he receives not one but five letters advising him that he has been bequeathed money by five different people in their wills. He barely...

The mysterious deaths of two adored cats plunges Bea into the disturbing goings-on of the Tredgold family in the latest Abbot Agency mystery. Wealthy Marcia Tredgold and her daughter, Charlotte, want Bea Abbot to find them replacements for staff who have left under a cloud. Bea discovers that all...

A brown leather briefcase containing priceless family jewels brings chaos and carnage to Bea’s ordered life in the latest lively Abbot Agency mystery. Looking forward to a peaceful weekend, Bea Abbot’s plans are disrupted by the unexpected arrival of one of her clients, bearing a brown...

George is looking for a job in order to raise money for a new bike, so when he sees a help wanted ad for Wormestall Farm, he goes for it. Before long, he's embroiled in a madcap adventure involving creatures both (supposedly) extinct and (previously thought to be) mythological, a new friend (a girl!),...

When someone starts killing his fellow bounty hunters in the port of Fairhaven, Drago Appleroot is happy to help his contacts in the City Watch with their investigation—for a reasonable fee, of course. But posing as an assassin-for-hire to draw out the killer attracts the attention of two separate...

Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice. This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments...

Third installment of the Shapes of Autumn series. When a tragic death triggers Autumn and Zack’s worst fear—pursuit by dangerous werewolves—they escape to a safe house. But within the walls of the refuge, an even greater menace looms. Now under the reluctant protection of a vampire king,...

Dakeira Harris is beyond excited to have gotten an interview at Blue Moon Investments as a personal assistant to Yelene Matthews. Though she has the education to apply for a position as an associate, Dakeira doesn't have the experience and working for her idol is just the way to do that. She just...

An Xcite Books collection of five erotic stories with mixed Cougar and Jackals themes. Backstage Rider Twenty years ago Clemmy was the hot guitar-playing chick who fronted her own band. Now those days are a memory, as she teaches plank-spanking would-be rock stars how to play. Then 19-year-old...

Perry en Aria hebben voor hun liefde gevochten en hebben de zware tests van hun leiderschap doorstaan. Nu zijn ze klaar om een laatste poging te ondernemen om de twee kampen samen te brengen in een nieuwe wereld.Het stille blauw is het verpletterende derde en laatste deel in de Wereld zonder hemel-trilogie....

Een verhaal waarvan de filmrechten al voor publicatie van het boek zijn verkocht, waarvan in rap tempo in meer dan 25 landen een vertaling verschijnt, dat boven aan de eindejaarslijstjes prijkt en waarvan de recensies eindigen met het reikhalzend uitkijken naar het volgende deel. Dat was Een wereld...

The final Installment in the Shapes of Autumn series. Zack left Autumn behind weeks ago to infiltrate the werewolf castle. Each day, he endures abuse from the vile werewolves, failing to learn anything that might help in overthrowing the cruel empire. Not only could his suffering be all for...