12% Powerful. The Powerless Trilogy #1.5 - Lauren Roberts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 (8) Powerful is book #1.5 in The Powerless Trilogy. Set during the time of the New York Times bestseller Powerless, fan favorite Adena gets a story all her own as she attempts to survive on the streets of Loot...and falls for a mysterious - and dangerous - Elite. Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they would always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn - an Ordinary - has been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, she's rescued by a mysterious man from the market. Mak's shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see their loved ones before the Trials, the quest tests their loyalty, their love, and their lives. Verifica stoc
Meetings With Remarkable Men ♡ 27 54 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 For twenty years, the spiritual teacher Gurdjieff journeyed through Central Asia and the Middle East. Part travelogue, part adventure, part spiritual guide, Meetings with Remarkable
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories ♡ 28 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 From Mrs Hauksbee's Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney's cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the India he knew in stories by
Miss or Mrs?, The Haunted Hotel, The Guilty River ♡ 26 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here.
Collected Ghost Stories ♡ 32 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Includes a lively introduction that explores James's conservative, donnish background and the character traits that contributed to the extraordinary power of his closely focused tales,
The Alchemist and Other Plays ♡ 26 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies in one volume. Volpone, which was first performed in 1606, dramatizes the corrupting nature of greed in
An Essay on the Principle of Population ♡ 31 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Malthus's Essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus remains a byword for concern
French Decadent Tales ♡ 27 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Includes well-known writers such as Maupassant, Lorrain, Mirbeau, and Villiers as well as lesser known figures such as Leon Bloy, Jean Richepin, and the Belgian
The Professor ♡ 29 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 The Professor (1845-6), written before Jane Eyre, challenged contemporary expectations of the novel by its brevity, realism, and insistence on a working career both before
A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections ♡ 26 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870, over fifty years after her death. Together with the shorter recollections of
Troilus and Criseyde ♡ 29 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 `Now listen with good will, as I go straight to my subject matter, in which you may hear the double sorrows of Troilus in his
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays ♡ 27 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contempories. This edition offers his
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories ♡ 29 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Charlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early twentieth century. The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories makes available the fullest selection of
Autobiography and Other Writings ♡ 31 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women.
Tom Brown's Schooldays ♡ 31 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 An active social reformer, Hughes wrote with a freshness, a lack of cant, and a kind, relaxed tolerance which keeps this novel refreshingly distinct from
Selected Writings ♡ 22 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 This is the only general anthology of Ruskin's writing currently available.Growing status of Ruskin as a major Victorian writer his centenary in 2002 prompted a
Lyrical Ballads. 1798 and 1802 ♡ 27 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Lyrical Ballads is one of the most important collections of poetry ever published, and includes poems such as 'The Ancient Mariner' and 'Lines written a
Brassai, Paris ♡ 27 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 With this book, priced very reasonably, the finest work of one of photography's giant figures is all yours
Light between Oceans (editie de buzunar) ♡ 24 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 Extraordinary and heartrending. (Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief)A Richard and Judy bookclub favouriteGoodreads historical category winnerThe New York Times bestsellerSoon to be a
La casa verde ♡ 18 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 Novela ejemplar en la historia del boom latinoamericano, La casa verde es una experiencia ineludible para todo aquel que quiera conocer en profundidad la obra
Her Fearful Symmetry ♡ 27 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 When Elspeth Noblin dies she leaves her beautiful flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina Poole, on the condition that their
The Shadow of Your Smile ♡ 21 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 At age eighty-two and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she faces a momentous choice:
Things We Never Say ♡ 23 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 The things we never say:A daughter doesn't say how she feels about the past...A husband is afraid to say that selling the house his wife
Consolation ♡ 25 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 An international bestseller and French publishing sensation Consolation is a dazzling, heartbreaking tale of one man, two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite.Charles Balanda is
Book Thief (10th Anniversary Edition) ♡ 23 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 The 10th-anniversary edition of the No. 1 international bestseller and modern classic beloved by millions of readersHERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING
On the Origin of Species ♡ 28 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Charles Darwin revolutionized our ideas about the natural world and our place in it by introducing the concepts of natural selection and survival of the
Leviathan ♡ 26 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Leviathan is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently challenging, it has found new applications
At the Water's Edge ♡ 29 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this thrilling new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the
Thirteen Reasons Why ♡ 34 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Read this sensational mystery bestseller before you watch the 13-part Netflix series, executive produced by Selena Gomez.You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the
Swing Time (format de buzunar) ♡ 18 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2017.A dazzlingly exuberant new novel moving from north west London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author
This Census-Taker ♡ 29 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with
The General in His Labyrinth ♡ 32 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 'An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny' (Sunday Telegraph)'An imaginative writer of genius' (Guardian)'The most important writer of fiction in any language' (Bill Clinton)As
Chronicle of a Death Foretold ♡ 29 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop
Love in the Time of Cholera ♡ 44 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love'Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed
The Autumn of the Patriarch ♡ 29 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 'Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping of their wings
Memories of My Melancholy Whores ♡ 34 55 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 'The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin' On the eve
Late Victorian Gothic Tales ♡ 28 53 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 The only mainstream anthology to bring together the defining Gothic tales of the 1890sComplements and deepens the context for the most enduring Gothic fiction of
Le Morte Darthur. The Winchester Manuscript ♡ 25 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 The definitive English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, `knight-prisoner'. In a resonant
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ♡ 20 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies.
Goya ♡ 37 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Coming at the tail end of the Old Masters period, Goya, with his audacious, subversie, and highly influential works, can be considered the first painter
Del sentimiento trágico de la vida ♡ 22 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 La colision entre el pensamiento cientifico, incapaz de dar un sentido a la vida, y la moral religiosa carente de justificacion personal provoca en Unamuno
The Old Curiosity Shop ♡ 26 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 `Little Nell' cares for her grandfather in the gloomy surroundings of his curiosity shop. Reduced to poverty the pair flee London, pursued by the grotesque
Historias de cronopios y de famas ♡ 22 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 Historias de cronopios y de famas es uno de los libros legendarios de Julio Cortazar. Postulacion de una mirada poetica capaz de enfrentar las miserias
The Ground Beneath Her Feet ♡ 27 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Narrated by Rai Merchant, a childhood friend of both Vina and Ormus, The Ground Beneath Her Feet begins with a terrible earthquake in 1989 that
Maktub ♡ 20 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 Maktub (que quiere decir «esta escrito») es una seleccion de los articulos de Paulo Coelho publicados en el periodico brasileno Folha de S. Paulo entre
Cartas de mamá ♡ 21 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 Cartas para mama es uno de esos cuentos imprescindibles que escribio Julio Cortazar. Partiendo de una carta que recibe Luis de su madre, iremos asistiendo
Hegarty on Creativity. There Are No Rules ♡ 22 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 Hegarty on Advertising represents the 21st century's answer to David Ogilvy's bestselling Confessions of an Advertising Man and provides both John Hegarty's advice on the
De amor y de sombra ♡ 20 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 Esta es la historia de una mujer y de un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salvandose asi de una existencia vulgar. Esta novela es
Bosch: The Complete Paintings ♡ 29 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Even his date of birth can only be guessed at, and that based on a drawing assumed to be a self-portrait, made shortly before his
Travesuras de la niña mala ♡ 21 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 ¿Cual es el verdadero rostro del amor?Ricardo ve cumplido, a una edad muy temprana, el sueno que en su Lima natal alimento desde que tenia
Todos los nombres ♡ 17 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 Todos los nombres es la historia de amor mas intensa de la literatura portuguesa de todos los tiempos. Eduardo Lourenco Como Gunter Grass o Ces
Mi país inventado ♡ 18 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 La deslumbrante prosa de Isabel Allende esta vez se pondra al servicio de sus recuerdos intimos y de la vision de su Chile natal. Segun
Paper Towns ♡ 27 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she
Marina ♡ 17 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 En la Barcelona de 1980 Oscar Drai suena despierto, deslumbrado por los palacetes modernistas cercanos al internado en el que estudia. En una de sus
Bienvenue! Manual de limba franceză. Nivelurile A1, A2, B1, B2 ♡ 16 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.84/5 Editia a II-a revazuta si adaugita Un manual de comunicare progresiva in limba franceza, pentru nivelurile incepator – mediu – avansat Manualul contine:• texte care va ajuta
Slash ♡ 24 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 He was born in England but reared in L.A., surrounded by the leading artists of the day amidst the vibrant hotbed of music and culture
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ♡ 26 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 This revised edition of Sterne's extraordinary comic novel retains the text based on the first editions of the original nine volumes, with Sterne's later changes,
The Girl in the Photograph ♡ 25 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 When Alice Eveleigh arrives at Fiercombe Manor during the long, languid summer of 1933, she finds a house steeped in mystery and brimming with secrets.
Fallen in Love ♡ 42 52 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story.And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a
The Pickwick Papers ♡ 25 56 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: