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Brennan
by Bernard KnightA modern twist on a popular historical legend by award-winning author Bernard Knight, set in a post-apocalyptic British Isles in the near future.
Brennan
by Bernard KnightSet in an alternate version of the early twenty-first century, Brennan is Bernard Knight’s masterful retelling of the Arthurian myth in a dystopian modern world setting.Former soldier Brennan was one of only a few thousand British survivors of a horrific series of international disasters. Five years on, he has become leader of the Welsh survivors as their supplies of food and fuel grow ever more precariously low. However, they face violent competition for these scarce resources from other groups of survivors – and to make things worse, those from other countries are raiding the UK for supplies and killing those who resist.To stand any hope of survival, Brennan must unite the remaining Britons and lead them in resistance against those who would see them dead – but does he stand any hope of succeeding in a world already changed beyond all recognition?
Brennender Himmel
by Richard StookerGott gab Ted Erickson die Kraft, um die Sündigen einzufrieren, also warum wird sein eigener Körper immer tauber? Eine Prostituierte. Ein dreckiger Penner. Sie können Teds wachsende Fähigkeit, kalte Luft aus dem neunten Kreis der Hölle auszuatmen, nicht überleben. Also wie kann der selbstmordgefährdete Teenager von nebenan weiter singen? Als erstes verstand Ted Erickson nicht, wie oder warum er Dinge einfrieren konnte, indem er nur auf sie blies. Als er damit fertig war, dies an den Katzen und Hunden der Nachbarschaft zu testen, verstand er, dass Gott ihm eine Mission zum Säubern der Welt vor Sündern gegeben hatte. In Noahs Zeit hatte Gott die Welt von Gottlosen durch Wasser gereinigt. Diesmal hatte er Eis gewählt und Ted als sein Instrument. Justin Bates, der Heavy Metal Fan von nebenan, der plant, sich selbst wegen der Scheidung seiner Eltern zu töten, entscheidet sich dazu, Ted Erickson aufzuhalten. Sollte Justin beim Versuch sterben, starb er wenigstens als Held, nicht als Feigling. Brennender Himmel ist eine Horror, dunkle Fantasy oder städtische Fantasy Kurzgeschichte. Also scrollen Sie hoch und laden Sie jetzt den Brennenden Himmel.
Brenner
by Hermann Burger&“Hermann Burger was an artist who went the whole hog every time, didn't conserve himself. He was a man with a big longing for happiness.&” --Marcel Reich-Ranicki Appearing in English for the very first time, Brenner is a delightfully unusual novel full of dark humor tracing the childhood memories of the book's eponymous narrator, a scion of an ancient cigar dynasty.Perpetually shrouded in a thick cloud of cigar smoke, Herman Arbogast Brenner, scion of an old and famous cigar dynasty, has decided to kill himself––but not until he has written down his forty-six years of life, in a Proustian attempt to conjure the wounds, joys, and sensations of his childhood in the rolling countryside of the Aargau region of Switzerland. Estranged from his wife and two children, he decides there is no point in squirrelling away his fortune, so he buys himself a Ferrari 328 GTS, and drives around sharing cigars with his few remaining friends. In this roman à clef, writing and smoking become intertwined through the act of remembering, as Brenner, a fallible, wounded, yet lovable antihero, searches for epiphany, attempting to unearth memories just out of reach, which spring forth from memories of a red toy car, the sound of a particular chord played on the piano, or the smell of the cigars themselves. Brenner is the final work from Hermann Burger, who died by suicide in 1989. The book publishes days before what would have been the author&’s 80th birthday.
Brenner and God
by Annie Janusch Wolf HaasIntroducing one of Europe's most widely popular detective series Wanting out of high-stress detective work, Simon Brenner takes a calming job as a chauffeur, shuttling a two-year-old girl back and forth in a soothing ride along the Autobahn between her father, a construction tycoon in Munich, and her mother, an abortion doctor in Vienna. Except then one day he stops at a gas station to buy the little girl a chocolate bar and comes back to find she's been kidnapped . . . and suddenly he's out of a job, thoroughly stressed out, and a detective again. With no shortage of leads--both the father's latest development and the mother's clinic are under siege by protestors--Brenner makes his way through a powerful cast of characters and a growing pile of bodies to solve the crime in the only way he knows how: By being in precisely the right place at the worst possible time. Told with sharp-edged wit, suspense that's even sharper, and one of the most quirky, hilarious, and compelling narrative voices ever.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Brenton Brown
by Alex WheatleJuliet is consumed with guilt because she knows that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes with no family while she received all her mother's love. She marries Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. He treats her daughter, Breanna, like his own - but secretly he has always suspected that there has been something going on between Juliet and Brenton. Meanwhile, Juliet and Brenton try to stay away from what they know is a forbidden love...
Brenton Brown
by Alex WheatleJuliet is consumed with guilt because she knows that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes with no family while she received all her mother's love. She marries Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. He treats her daughter, Breanna, like his own - but secretly he has always suspected that there has been something going on between Juliet and Brenton. Meanwhile, Juliet and Brenton try to stay away from what they know is a forbidden love...
Brentwood (Living Books Romance #18)
by Grace Livingston Hill[From the back cover:] "Marjorie Wetherill had always known she was an adopted child; her adoptive parents, the Wetherills, whom Marjorie loved deeply, had made no secret of it. Their death leaves Marjorie well provided for but terribly lonely. Soon she is consumed with the desire to find the family she has never known. But how can she find them when she knows nothing about them--and when Evan Brower, her handsome, wealthy neighbor, seems determined to make her forget about her unknown family entirely? Then Marjorie finds a letter from Mrs. Wetherill, written shortly before her death, in which she tells Marjorie her real father's name and last known address! And so Marjorie's search begins--a search for a family to call her own; a search that will ultimately change her life and bring her a love more wonderful than anything she has ever known."
Brer Rabbit Hears a Big Noise in the Woods: An African-American Folktale
by Candice Kramer Jeffrey Fuerst Laurence Knighton Alan KramerPerform this African American folktale about a noise in the woods.
Brer Rabbit Hears a Noise
by Bill Greenhead Alison Adams Sera Y. ReycraftClassic Tales: Brer Rabbit Hears a Noise
Bressio
by Richard Ben SapirA plus-size New York City private investigator dives up to his chins into a sticky mess of drugs, murder, government paranoia, and cheese Danish Tipping the scales at 240 pounds, Alphonse Joseph Bressio is a big man in New York's legal investigation biz, though he'd rather be doing almost anything else. If he had heeded his ample gut's feeling and refused a powerful lawyer's request to help out the paranoid ex-girlfriend of middle-age, drug-dealing loser L. Marvin Fleish, Bressio could have spared himself a headache bigger than his appetite and gambling problem combined. But his soft heart got the best of him. Now the portly PI is running afoul of local mobsters, overzealous federal narcs, and blue-blooded ex-government functionaries by looking too closely into strange doings at a downtown loft that the cops aren't talking about, despite the unusual number of corpses that seem to be connected to it. Bressio is starting to think it would have been less hazardous to his health and sanity if he had followed in his father's footsteps and become a Mafia enforcer. At least it would have made his mother happy. From Richard Ben Sapir, cocreator of The Destroyer series, comes a wild and woolly, tongue-in-cheek take on the hardboiled detective novel. Sapir's Bressio is a nonstop delight, frenetic and funny with a truly outrageous cast of anti-heroes, detestable villains, hard-luck bystanders, and arguably the most endearingly unforgettable protagonist ever to grace the pages of noir crime fiction.
Bret Easton Ellis
by Georgina ColbyThis book reads the whole of Bret Easton Ellis's oeuvre to date from "Less Than Zero" to "Imperial Bedrooms. "Colby recasts Ellis as a social critic anda literary figure who enables us to think differently about the cultural climates of the 1980s, 1990s, and the first decade of the twenty-first century. "
Bretherton: Khaki or Field Grey? (Casemate Classic War Fiction #1)
by W. F. MorrisThis World War I novel is &“a mystery as exciting as a good detective story and an extraordinarily vivid account of trench-warfare&” (The Sunday Times). In November 1918, as the Germans are in their final retreat, a British raiding party under fire follows the sound of piano music and stumbles across an eerie scene in a ruined chateau. A German officer lies dead at the keys, next to a beautiful woman, also deceased, in full evening dress. But what makes their discovery especially strange is that the man is the spitting image of G. B. Bretherton, a British officer missing in action. This tale of mystery and identity, first published in 1930, is not only an authentic account of the brutal conditions at the battlefront, it&’s also a remarkable thriller with a twisting, unusual plot that earned it comparisons to John Buchan and the best espionage writers. The Morning Post called it &“one of the best of the English war novels&”—while Sir John Squire, the influential editor of the London Mercury, went a step further and labeled it &“undoubtedly the best.&” Eric Ambler, the iconic author of such classics as A Coffin for Dimitrios and Journey into Fear, considered it one of the five best spy novels of all time. Fans of war stories and suspense novels alike—and readers of modern WWI tales like Robert Olen Butler&’s The Star of Istanbul—will find themselves caught up in this lost gem from the Great War era.
Brethren
by Robyn YoungFrom the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war. Will has been brought up from boyhood in the ways of the all-powerful Order of the Knights Templar. With a tragedy in his past that looms over his future, he faces a long, hard apprenticeship to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, before he can have any chance of becoming a Knight. As he struggles to survive in the harsh discipline of the Temple, Will must try to make sense of many things: his own past, the dangerous mystery that surrounds Everard, and his confused feelings for Elwen, the strong-willed young woman whose path seems always to cross his own. Meanwhile, a new star is rising in the East. A ruthless fighter and brilliant tactician, the former slave Baybars has become one of the greatest generals and rulers of his time. Haunted by his early life, he is driven by an unquenchable desire to free his people from the European invaders of his homeland. With page-turning suspense and thrilling action, Brethren brilliantly evokes that extraordinary clash of civilizations known in the West as the Crusades. Robyn Young portrays a rich cast of characters, reflecting on each side greed, ambition and religious fanaticism, as well as courage, love and faith.
Brethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar
by Robyn YoungBrethrin Trilogy, Book 1. On the eve of the last crusade one young knight, bound by faith, driven by valour, begins a quest to protect a secret that could change the course of history irrevocably. A richly detailed, epic historical adventure set in Paris, London, Egypt, and Palestine on the eve of the last Crusade, Brethren tells the story of a young knight's search for a mysterious (and potentially deadly) book belonging to a secret organization within the Knights Templar. When young Will Campbell joins the most powerful organization in Europe, The Order of the Knights Templar, he finds himself drawn into a world of intrigue and danger. He is charged with recovering a heretical book stolen from the order's vaults--but what Will doesn't know is that the book, in the form of a Grail Romance, hides the covert plans of a secret group within the Temple known as the Anima Templi: the Soul of the Temple. Whoever controls the book controls the fate of the Templars--and it seems that everyone around Will is ready to kill to possess it.
Brethren: Brethren Trilogy Book 1 (Brethren Trilogy)
by Robyn YoungThe epic first novel in the million-selling Brethren trilogy. In the tradition of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Manda Scott, Brethren brilliantly evokes that extraordinary clash of civilizations known in the West as the Crusades.From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war.Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, a man of dangerous secrets.Meanwhile, a new star is rising in the east. Amir Baybars has fought his way from slavery to become a fearsome commander, driven by an unquenchable desire to free the Holy Land from the European invaders.A stunning, epic novel of war, savagery and heroism.
Brethren: Brethren Trilogy Book 1 (Brethren Trilogy)
by Robyn YoungFrom the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, Brethren is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war. Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, a man of dangerous secrets. Meanwhile, a new star is rising in the east. Amir Baybars has fought his way from slavery to become a fearsome commander, driven by an unquenchable desire to free the Holy Land from the European invaders. In the epic tradition of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Manda Scott, Brethren brilliantly evokes that extraordinary clash of civilizations known in the West as the Crusades.(P)2007 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Brethren: Raised by Wolves (Volume One)
by W. A. HoffmanHoffman offers the first of three volumes chronicling the relationship between an emotionally wounded and disenchanted English lord and an insane and lonely French exile, set among the buccaneers of Port Royal, Jamaica, in 1667.
Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress
by Maria PadianBrett McCarthy lives for soccer, vocabulary words, and her largerthan-life grandmother, Nonna. Unfortunately, Brett’s got a huge mouth she can’t seem to tame and opinions she can’t keep to herself. It’s thanks in part to both of those things (well, really, the evil Jeanne Anne) that Brett finds herself going from good student and BFF to Diane, to twicesuspended, friendless, and lunching with the principal every day. Indefinitely. So when Nonna starts going for lots of medical tests and no one will tell her why, Brett’s already turned-upside down world goes from bad to worse, and she’s not sure where she fits, who she is, or how to make right what she, and her big fat mouth, have made wrong. Maria Padian makes her literary debut with a laugh-out-loud coming-of-age novel about one smart-mouthed 14-year-old who’s learning the hard way that she is a work in progress. From the Hardcover edition.
Brett's New Game Plan (Afterlife #2)
by Drew HuntCollege football player Brett is devastated when he learns Gavin, the man he’s waited for in Heaven, is married and intends to spend his afterlife with his wife, who predeceased him.Lost, Brett leans heavily on his friends, his dads Colton and Dennis, as well as his work as a vet tech. Brett is assigned the rehabilitation of Willow, a tall sorrel horse, who died in a lightning strike. However, where Willow goes, so does Jake Rushton, the cowboy who rides him.Can Jake adjust to life in Heaven and, for the first time, allow someone close enough to love and care for him? Despite past hurts, can Brett be all Jake needs him to be?
Bretta Martyn (Henry Martyn)
by L. Neil SmithBretta, Henry Martyn's daughter, is ejected from her spaceship and left for dead by her father's enemies, but the resourceful Bretta makes her way to a world of escaped slaves, where she vows revenge." At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Breve Historia de la Literatura Argentina
by Martín PrietoEste libro ofrece al lector una historia informativa, descriptiva, explicativa, crítica y valorativa de la literatura argentina, desde las crónicas escritas sobre el territorio que más de tres siglos después ocupará la República Argentina hasta la producción literaria actual. La decisión de condensar todos estos contenidos en un volumen requiere necesariamente exclusiones y recortes. La obra, guiada por criterios claros y comprometidos, da cuenta de los principales textos, autores, movimientos, tendencias y géneros que dibujan el corpus literario argentino en forma sucinta pero rigurosa y funcional. Escrita por un solo autor -un especialista con perspectivas y juicios sólidos y definidos-, goza de una unidad y una coherencia que la hacen un útil instrumento para un público amplio, no restringido a los expertos, objetivo al que apunta también su lenguaje claro y despojado de tecnicismos. Dejando de lado otros criterios, esta Breve historia... elige poner el eje en el valor literario de los textos -ya resida éste en su dimensión estética, su novedad o su proyección-, constituyendo así un instrumento decisivo para conocer, valorar y disfrutar la literatura argentina.
Breve diccionario clinico del alma
by Jesús Ramírez BermúdezBreve diccionario clínico del alma es una aproximación al complejo fenómeno de las enfermedades del cerebro y la mente. Mediante casos clínicos, notas históricas y reflexiones filosóficas, el diccionario aborda los enigmas de la neuropsiquiatría contemporánea, como la autoscopía, los delirios de parasitosis, las alucinaciones visuales de las personas ciegas, los síndromes de Cotard y Capgras. Más que una explicación definitiva, Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez plantea las interrogantes diarias del trabajo clínico, así como el intenso debate entre ciencias y humanidades en torno a problemas descritos desde la antigüedad, como la manía, la melancolía y la epilepsia, o frente a los conceptos que forman la psicopatología moderna: esquizofrenia, paranoia, delirios, obsesiones. Con los recursos de la narrativa, la reflexión filosófica y el rigor científico, el Breve diccionario clínico del alma explora la correspondencia oculta entre la creatividad artística y la enfermedad mental, entre la filosofía de la mente y la neurología de la conducta, entre la ciencia y el arte.
Breve diccionario clínico del alma
by Jesús Ramírez-BermúdezUn audaz ensayo sobre las profundas relaciones entre la literatura y la psiquiatría, a través de la narración de varios casos clínicos. Breve diccionario clínico del alma es una aproximación al complejo fenómeno de las enfermedades del cerebro y la mente. Mediante casos clínicos, notas históricas y reflexiones filosóficas, el diccionario aborda los enigmas de la neuropsiquiatría contemporánea, como la autoscopía, los delirios de parasitosis, las alucinaciones visuales de las personas ciegas, los síndromes de Cotard y Capgras. Más que una explicación definitiva, Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez plantea las interrogantes diarias del trabajo clínico, así como el intenso debate entre ciencias y humanidades en torno a problemas descritos desde la antigüedad, como la manía, la melancolía y la epilepsia, o frente a los conceptos que forman la psicopatología moderna: esquizofrenia, paranoia, delirios, obsesiones. Con los recursos de la narrativa, la reflexión filosófica y el rigor científico, el Breve diccionario clínico del alma explora la correspondencia oculta entre la creatividad artística y la enfermedad mental, entre la filosofía de la mente y la neurología de la conducta, entre la ciencia y el arte.
Breve historia de la literatura argentina
by Martín PrietoLa obra, guiada por criterios claros y comprometidos, da cuenta de los principales textos, autores, movimientos, tendencias y géneros que dibujan el corpus literario argentino en forma sucinta pero rigurosa y funcional. Este libro ofrece al lector una historia informativa, descriptiva, explicativa, crítica y valorativa de la literatura argentina, desde las crónicas escritas sobre el territorio que más de tres siglos después ocupará la República Argentina hasta la producción literaria actual. La decisión de condensar todos estos contenidos en un volumen requiere necesariamente exclusiones y recortes. Escrita por un solo autor -un especialista con perspectivas y juicios sólidos y definidos-, goza de una unidad y una coherencia que la hacen un útil instrumento para un público amplio, no restringido a los expertos, objetivo al que apunta también su lenguaje claro y despojado de tecnicismos. Dejando de lado otros criterios, esta Breve historia elige poner el eje en el valor literario de los textos -ya resida éste en su dimensión estética, su novedad o su proyección-, constituyendo así un instrumento decisivo para conocer, valorar y disfrutar la literatura argentina.