Anna: 6644 books

When Garet is summoned to a meeting with the notorious warlord Zorand, he knows that his only chance of survival lies in smuggling a top-ranked Majat bodyguard into the warlord's fortress. The Majat Guild offers an unexpected candidate for the job: a young trainee, Mai. But would Mai's part in his...

*Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014* What does a sportsman do to cut loose? At night, some play what they think of as pranks, or games. Night games with women. In the closely-knit world of top-level sport, what happens when the bonds that join teammates on the pitch...

Clever, funny and romantic too, with a story any sporting widow will relate to, The Good Girlfriend's Guide to Getting Even is Anna Bell's brilliant follow-up to the bestselling and much-loved The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart A hilarious new romantic comedy from the author of It Started...

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Sous la menace d’un mariage forcé, Moira fuit loin du château de son frère, le chef du clan MacDonald. Si elle parvient à rejoindre sa mère sur l’île de Skye, peut-être pourra-t-elle échapper au sinistre destin qu’on a tracé pour elle. Mais ses espoirs d’atteindre l’île seraient...

From the totally not bestselling author of Crandolin (shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award), an extraordinary and moving novel that confronts and defies boundaries. “Thank you,” said Arthur. “There’s always hope.” He’d always hated that facile truism, but said it because he’d...

For Anna, a cycling enthusiast, the decision to ride 4,000 miles solo around the coast of the UK wasn’t that hard. Following the river from London until it became the sea, then following the sea until it reached the mouth of the Thames again was a beautifully simple idea. But after epic highs, incredible...

The Routledge Intensive Italian Workbook is a comprehensive book of exercises and tasks for beginner and intermediate learners of Italian. It includes a wide variety of exercises - covering a broad range of situations and functions - and will help students to progress rapidly and master the...

Quel giorno Ibrahim aveva compiuto il suo quarto mese di vita e aveva appena finito di prendere quasi tutte le decisioni più importanti della sua vita. L’estasi terminò l’attimo in cui un alito di vento spostò di poco la nuvoletta bianca, muta testimone di quanto stava accadendo. Di seguito...

Join amateur sleuths, private detectives, and feisty female protagonists in a journey through time with this anthology of historical mysteries spanning nearly a thousand years, from Medieval Wales to 1940s Ohio. This collection of eight novellas and short stories is the perfect introduction to five...

Angel Adams is an aspiring romance novelist that hasn’t quite made her big break. She has sent out many manuscripts and has just received critical feedback that doesn’t sit well with her. She starts to believe that what she is missing from those pages is life experience. In a heartbeat, she unshackles...

A fake relationship leads to a real pregnancy! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Anna DePalo! To protect her reputation in a dog-eat-dog town, actress Chiara Feran needs a fake fling fast! Turning to the stuntman on her latest movie, Rick Serenghetti, seems like a sure thing. But in Hollywood,...

A beatyful non-horror story by Lovecraft and Anna Helen Crofts.

"A major inspiration for Elena Ferrante."—The New York Times A riveting classic of European literature, this superb collection of fiction and reportage is set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis—Naples—in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These writings...