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Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Komarr

Barrayar

Император Грегор отправляет Майлза на Комарру расследовать космическую катастрофу, и тот обнаруживает, что старая политика с новейшей технологией образуют убийственную смесь.<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

L'eroe dei Vor

Barrayar (it)

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

L’ombra della maledizione

Chalion (it)

 Da una grande maestra della narrativa fantastica, più volte vincitrice del premio Hugo, un potente racconto di mistero, magia e tradimento. Il destino di un cavaliere, della sua stirpe e di un regno tormentato. Provato nel corpo e nello spirito da una lunghissima prigionia, il comandante Lupe dy Cazaril ritorna nel regno di Chalion, in cui aveva servito come paggio, e viene nominato tutore di Royesse, bella e intelligente sorella dell’erede al trono. Ma quell’occasione di riscatto si trasforma presto in un incubo, poiché Cazaril scopre che a corte proprio quegli uomini che lo hanno tradito ora occupano posti di grande potere. E scopre soprattutto che l’intera stirpe di Chalion è gravata da una terribile maledizione, che non può essere annullata se non con la magia più nera… <

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

La spia dei Dendarii

Barrayar (it)

La popolazione esclusivamente maschile che vive sul pianeta Athos rischia l’estinzione: dopo due secoli dal primo insediamento, infatti, le colture di cellule femminili necessarie ad assicurare la continuità della riproduzione in laboratorio stanno perdendo vitalità. L’unica speranza è rappresentata dal dottar Ethan Urquhart, inviato sulla stazione spaziale di Kline per trovare una cura. Ethan però non è preparato a incontrare sconosciute creature aliene… come Elli Quinn, che lo terrorizza per il semplice fatto che è una donna. Ma Elli è anche una mercenaria dendarii in missione segreta, che da subito mostra uno spiccato interesse per i problemi di Athos. Perché un complesso intrigo è già in moto, pronto a inghiottire nelle sue spire l’ingenuo Ethan, depositario inconsapevole di un segreto di cui Cetaganda vuole impadronirsi a ogni costo…<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Los cuervos del Zangre

<p>Después de dos años encadenado a un remo en una galera roknari, Lupe de Cazaril, noble de sangre, regresa a su casa en Chalion como un hombre humilde y anónimo, cruelmente marcado por el látigo y las penurias. Sin tierras, con los honores adquiridos en batalla y los viejos rencores casi olvidados, ahora sólo aspira a servir en el mismo castillo en el que una vez fue paje. Sin embargo, los dioses de Chalion parecen haberle reservado otro destino.</p><p>Tras convertirse en secretario y tutor de Iselle, la nieta de los señores de Chalion, Cazaril se verá pronto implicado en las intrigas, la corrupción y las oscuras tramas de la corte que florecen bajo el débil mandato de Orico. La ambición que rodea el futuro de la joven Iselle y el poder de Chalion le obligarán a enfrentarse de nuevo a los hombres que le traicionaron una vez.</p><p>En Los cuervos del Zangre, Lois McMaster Bujold vuelve a demostrar su enorme talento a la hora de crear complejas y creíbles tramas políticas, en las que entrelaza a unos personajes tan humanamente imperfectos como memorables.</p><

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Lustrzany taniec

Barrayar (pl)

„Lustrzany taniec” stanowi szczególną część sagi barrayarskiej. Powraca w niej Mark, klon-bliźniak Milesa Vorkosigana/Naismitha, który podając się za dowódcę Najemnej Floty Dendarii, przeprowadza szaleńczą akcję desantową w Obszarze Jacksona — części wszechświata, gdzie inżynieria genetyczna rozwija się bez żadnych ograniczeń. Niestety, ponosi klęskę i z pomocą musi mu pospieszyć prawdziwy admirał Naismith. Podczas odwrotu Miles zostaje zabity, ale jego śmierć daje początek lawinie wydarzeń i zaskakujących zwrotów akcji. Przed Markiem stoją nowe nieoczekiwane zadania, którym musi sprostać. Czy przyjaciele Milesa mu pomogą? Jak przyjmie go Barrayar? Czy ma szansę odciąć się od mrocznej przeszłości i przeistoczyć z genetycznej repliki Milesa w człowieka?<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Mirror Dance

Barrayar

<p>Not everyone would envy young Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, even though he had formed his own mercenary fleet before attending the naval academy, and even though his mother was the beautiful Cordelia, the ship captain who has taught the Lords of Barrayar much about the perils of sexism. Even the fact that Miles is the third in line to the throne and personally owns a major chunk of his home planet would not tempt any normal person to change places with him.</p><p>When assassins came to rid the world of his father, his mother, pregnant with Miles, was in the line of fire, and Miles was but an egg for the omelet in an all too literal sense. Thanks to heroic medical intervention, Miles survived his near fatal brush with war gas—as a pain-filled dwarf with bones as weak and brittle as some malign composite of chalk and glass. Miles is often mistaken for a mutant by his mutant-loathing countrymen.</p><

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Paladin der Seelen

Chalion (de)

Drei Jahre sind in Chalion vergangen, seit Königinwitwe Ista dy Boacia vom Fluch des Wahnsinns befreit wurde, der sie auf dem Stammsitz ihrer Familie gefangen hielt. Doch ihre neu entdeckte Freiheit ist nicht unbeschwert. Ehemann, Eltern und Sohn sind gestorben, und die Tochter lebt meilenweit entfernt am Königshof zu Cardegoss. Somit bleibt Ista allein mit ihren Schuldgefühlen und Geheimnissen — denn sie weiß, was ihr Land an den Rand des Abgrunds führte! Auf der Suche nach Absolution tritt Ista eine Pilgerfahrt an, den Göttern zur Buße und Abbitte. Aber auf sie wartet eine neue Gefahr, die größer ist, als sie ahnen kann: Erneut wird Chalion bedroht, und diesmal von einem heimtückischen Bösen, das nur Ista aufzuhalten vermag…<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Paladin of Souls

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Shards of Honour

Barrayar

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Sharing Knife 4 Horizon

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Stan niewolności

Barrayar

Utopijna opowieść o genetycznie zmodyfikowanych ludziach, przystosowanych do życia w nieważkości. Bez kontaktu z innymi Ziemianami czworączki prowadzą sielankowy żywot, ale tylko do momentu, gdy interesy konsorcjum łożącego na projekt, w trakcie którego powstali, przestają być ich interesami.<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Strzępy honoru

Barrayar (pl)

Strzępy honoru to klasyczna space opera. Na tle wielkiej wojny międzyplanetarnej śledzimy losy Cordelii Naismith od jej pierwszego kontaktu z nieprzyjaciółmi. Co wyniknie z zetknięcia wyrafinowanej cywilizacji naukowej z wojowniczą społecznością, postępującą zgodnie z tradycją i sztywnymi zasadami honoru?<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

THE SPIRIT RING

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Adventure of the Lady on the Embankment

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Curse of Chalion

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Hallowed Hunt

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Mountains of Mourning

Barrayar

Майлз Форкосиган вынужден проводить расследование безжалостного убийства ребенка мутанта, рискуя собственной жизнью. Сам в детстве чудом избежавший гибели, он дерзает выступить против варварского древнего обычая — уничтожать детей с физическими отклонениями...<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Sharing Knife: Beguilement

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Vor Game

Barrayar

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

The Warrior's Apprentice

Barrayar

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Winterfair Gifts

Lorna Barrett

Bookmarked For Death

Booktown Mystery

Tricia Miles, owner of the Haven’t Got a Clue bookstore, must solve her own mystery when a bestselling author is found dead in the washroom.<

Lorna Barrett

Bookplate Special

Bookstore owner Tricia Miles has put up – and put up with – her uninvited college roommate for weeks. In return, Pammy has stolen $100. But the day she's kicked out, Pammy's found dead in a Dumpster, leaving loads of questions unanswered.<

Lorna Barrett

Chapter & Hearse

Booktown Mystery

Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them. Now a nearby gas explosion has injured Tricia's sister's boyfriend, Bob Kelly, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and killed the owner of the town's history bookstore. Tricia's never been a fan of Bob, but when she reads that he's being tight-lipped about the "accident", it's time to take action.<

Lorna Barrett

Murder Is Binding

Booktown Mystery

When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial. Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook that Doris had recently purchased-and the locals think that someone is Tricia. To clear her name, Tricia will have to take a page out of one of her own mysteries-and hunt down someone who isn't killing by the book.<

Lorna Barrett

Murder On The Half Shelf

<p>Stoneham, New Hampshire, is a haven to bookstores, including Tricia's own mystery shop, Haven't Got a Clue, but is sadly lacking in bed and breakfasts. Pippa and Jon Comfort's Sheer Comfort Inn opens its doors to the public in a week and the couple has offered some locals a free night as a trial run.</p><p>But what should have been a pleasant overnight stay for Tricia becomes a nightmare when she makes two startling discoveries: Pippa's murdered body in the backyard, and the fact that her husband Jon is actually Harry Tyler, a man Tricia loved-and believed dead-for nearly twenty years.</p><p>Now Harry is the prime suspect, but Tricia doesn't believe him capable of murder, regardless of her own feelings toward him. And even though Harry's led a life of lies, Tricia's learning that Pippa had her share of secrets that some people may have not wanted revealed…</p><

Lorna Barrett

Sentenced to Death

Booktown Mystery

As the owner of Stoneham, New Hampshire's mystery bookstore , Tricia Miles can figure out whodunit in the latest bestseller long before she gets to the last page. But when her friend is killed in a freak accident, Tricia must use her sleuthing skills to solve a murder mystery that promises to be much more sinister than the books on her shelves.<

Louis Beaucaire

El la vivo de bervala sentaugulo

Luc Besson

Arthur et la cité interdite

Arthur

Arthur, Sélénia et Bétamèche poursuivent leur périple à travers les Sept Terres. Il leur faut retrouver le grand-père d'Arthur, car lui seul sait où est caché le trésor qui permettra au petit garçon de déjouer les plans de Davido. Mais M. le maudit fera tout pour empêcher nos trois héros de parvenir a leur but. Arthur découvrira-t-il son grand-père à temps? Gagnera-t-il le cœur de la princesse Sélénia? Et ensemble, réussiront-ils au péril de leur vie à sauver le village minimoy? Rejoignez nos trois petits compères dans cette aventure mouvementée au cœur de la cité interdite de Nécropolis...<

Luc Besson

Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes

Arthur

<p>Le pire est à craindre car M le maudit a profité de l'ouverture du rayon de lune pour grandir et passer dans l'autre monde, celui des humains. L'ignoble créature mesure maintenant deux mètres quarante et elle est bien décidée à conquérir ce nouveau monde.</p><p>Devant l'ampleur du danger, Arthur et ses amis vont exploiter toutes les astuces, tirer profit des situations les plus inattendues et tout faire pour déjouer l'effroyable plan de Maltazard.</p><p>Mais est-ce que cette cause n'est pas perdue d'avance lorsque l'on ne mesure que deux millimètres? </p><

Luc Besson

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard

Arthur

"Au secours!" Inscrit sur un grain de riz, ce cri d'alarme est remis à Arthur par une araignée. Les Minimoys sont en danger! Il n'y a pas une seconde à perdre. Imaginer Sélénia entre la vie et la mort lui est insupportable. Avec la complicité de son chien Alfred, Arthur échappe à la surveillance de ses parents et rejoint la maison de ses grands-parents. Bientôt minuit: heure fatidique où le rayon de lune frappera la longue-vue d'Archibald et déclenchera l'ouverture du passage vers le monde des Minimoys. Mais un nuage glisse de la nuit et s'apprête à cacher la lune...<

Luc Besson

Arthur et les minimoys

Arthur

<p>Un méchant promoteur rêve de saisir la belle maison de sa grand-mère dans laquelle il passe ses vacances.</p><p>Pas question de compter sur ses parents qui l'ont déposé là sans ménagement.</p><p>Pas question non plus d'attendre son grand-père, disparu mystérieusement il y a maintenant quatre ans.</p><p>Et puis, comble de malchance, Arthur n'a que dix ans... Peut-être pourra-t-il compter sur Alfred, son gros chien plus affectueux qu'intelligent?</p><p>A moins que, dans la vieille bibliothèque du grand-père, un grimoire ne lui permette de passer "de l'autre côté", au pays des minimoys...</p><

Luigi Berenger

Sub Umbra

Vintage erotica

Lyn Benedict

Ghosts & Echoes

Shadows Inquiries

<p>Sylvie is back from vacation, and all she wants out of life right now is for the to leave her alone for a bit. No dead things, no mayhem, no life-and-death struggles. Just because Sylvie managed to take some time off doesn't mean that the has to follow her example, though, and it's been piling things up on her doorstep while she was away. </p><p>Still, she can pick and choose her cases, right? Solving a string of burglaries sounds perfect—mind-numbingly boring and mundane. Until you throw in Sylvie's missing sister, a generous helping of necromancy, and a Chicago cop possessed by a disturbingly familiar spirit.</p><p>As the Rolling Stones sang, "You can't always get what you want."</p><

Lyn Benedict

Gods & Monsters

Shadows Inquiries

Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual and unbelievable. When she finds the bodies of five women in the Florida Everglades, Sylvie believes them to be the work of a serial killer and passes the buck. But when the bodies wake and shift shape, killing the police, Sylvie finds herself at the head of a potentially lethal investigation.<

Lyn Benedict

Lies & Omens

Shadows Inquiries

<p>After escaping secret government cells and destroying a Miami landmark, Sylvie's trying to lay low — something that gets easier when a magical force starts taking out her enemies. But these magical attacks are a risk to bystanders, and Sylvie can't let that slide. </p><p>When the war between the government and the magical world threatens the three people closest to her — her assistant, her sister, and her lover — Sylvie has no choice but to get involved with hidden powers bent on shaping the world to their liking. Now, with death and disaster on the horizon, even if Sylvie wins, things will never be the same...</p><

Lyn Benedict

Sins & Shadows

Shadows Inquiries

<p>Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual, in a world where magic is real — and where death isn't the worst thing that can happen to you.</p><p>But when an employee is murdered in front of her, Sylvie has had enough. After years of confounding the dark forces of the Magicus Mundi, she's closing up shop — until a man claiming to be the God of Justice wants Sylvie to find his lost lover.</p><p>And he won't take no for an answer.</p><

M C Beaton

A Spoonful of Poison

<p>Cranky but lovable sleuth Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she wants nothing more than to take quality time for rest and relaxation. But as soon as she begins closing the agency on weekends, she remembers that when she has plenty of quality time, she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn't take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete--especially when the fair's organizer, George Selby, turns out to be a gorgeous widower.</p><p>Agatha brings out the crowds for the fete, all right, but there's more going on than innocent village fun. Several of the offerings in the jam-tasting booth turn out to be poisoned, and the festive family event becomes the scene of two murders.</p><p>Along with her young and (much to her dismay) pretty sidekick, Toni, Agatha must uncover the truth behind the jam tampering, keep the church funds safe from theft, and expose the nasty secrets lurking in the village--all while falling for handsome George, who may have secrets of his own.</p><

M C Beaton

Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House

<p>Just back from an extended stay in London, Agatha Raisin finds herself greeted by torrential rains and an old, familiar feeling of boredom. When her handsome new neighbor, Paul Chatterton, shows up on her doorstep, she tries her best to ignore his obvious charms, but his sparkling black eyes and the promise of adventure soon lure her into another investigation.</p><p>Paul has heard rumors about Agatha's reputation as the Cotswold village sleuth and wastes no time offering their services to the crotchety owner of a haunted house. Whispers, footsteps, and a cold white mist are plaguing Mrs. Witherspoon, but the police have failed to come up with any leads, supernatural or otherwise. The neighbors think it's all a desperate ploy for attention, but Paul and Agatha are sure something more devious is going on. Someone's playing tricks on Mrs. Witherspoon, and when she turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, Agatha finds herself caught up in another baffling murder mystery.</p><

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