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From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle ‘Canopus in Argos: Archives’.The story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus. Earth, now named Shikasta (the Stricken) by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence …
Julian Burke’s reputation as a libertine was famous throughout Vienna.Few people know his debauchery is merely a pleasant way to mask his true mission: to recover jewels stolen from the British monarchy by a French comte. When he spots Sophie DuPlessy at the comte’s party, he thinks the vivacious beauty is just another debutante who can help his charade.But Julian soon learns Sophie is no innocent…
ONCE A RAKE… Known as ‘Magnificent Max’, diplomat Max Ransleigh was famed for his lethal charm until a political betrayal left him exiled from government and his reputation in tatters. He seems a very unlikely saviour for a well-bred young lady. Except that Miss Caroline Denby doesn’t want to be saved…she wants to be ruined!To Caroline, getting married is tantamount to a death sentence, and meetin…
When called to do battle many light years from home, the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Unit rose to the challenge – and now thousands of enslaved humans have been freed, but the earth has moved on…Earth is twenty-one years older than the home planet they originally left, and the Marines need time to retrain and readjust – time they do not have, due to the bizarre disappearance of a detachm…
The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendenceThere is an unseen power in the universe—a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets.As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved through technology, contact will be made.In the wake of t…
Schooling the scoundrel…Brawny blacksmith Daniel McCabe is not the marrying kind. He likes his freedom just fine, and no Morrow Creek lady is going to change that! But an unexpected delivery makes the bachelor rethink his roguish ways.Daniel suddenly needs a wife–and longtime friend Sarah Crabtree is quick to oblige. After all, she's been sweet on Daniel for years. But then Sarah's dream turns int…
Александр Васильевич Масляков — выдающийся российский телеведущий и создатель КВН, родился в 1941 году в Свердловске. С детства участвовал в юмористических передачах, что привело его к карьере на телевидении. Масляков стал бессменным ведущим КВНа с 1961 года, а программа возродилась в 1986 году. Он также занимал должность генерального директора компании «АМиК». В прессе часто обсуждаются его финан…
Книга военного писателя и педагога Константина Абазы знакомит современного читателя с историей присоединения к Российской империи обширных территорий Центральной Азии. Процесс проникновения русских в эти древние земли начался ещё при Петре I. Поход в Хивинское ханство отряда Бековича-Черкасского оказался неудачным, и после этого, почти на сто лет прекратилось активное продвижение в этот регион. На…
Возрастной период с 80 до 90 лет – непростой, если не сказать тяжелый. Об этом представлено или рассказано в четвертой книге дневников и воспоминаний, 2011-2022 годы. Хвори, недомогания и даже хирургическая операция. Сужение круга близких и знакомых людей (утраты, отъезды), исчезновение многих творческих площадок – газет, журналов, радио, ТВ. Минимум публичных выступлений и презентаций. И только п…
The Earl’s convenient brideAmelia Royston has made a name for herself amongst the London Ton as a brilliant matchmaker. Forever generous, she will do anything to help others’ dreams come true. But the society miss is beginning to give up hope that her own feet will ever be swept off the ground…Then the charismatic Earl of Ravenshead returns, and his disturbing presence tips Amelia’s world upside d…
The Earl’s convenient brideAmelia Royston has made a name for herself amongst the London Ton as a brilliant matchmaker. Forever generous, she will do anything to help others’ dreams come true. But the society miss is beginning to give up hope that her own feet will ever be swept off the ground…Then the charismatic Earl of Ravenshead returns, and his disturbing presence tips Amelia’s world upside d…
Эта книга — не совсем мемуары. В основе каждого рассказа есть реальные персонажи, повстречавшиеся на жизненном пути автора сего произведения, и реальные события, произошедшие с ним. Процент правды и вымысла каждый читатель соотнесёт согласно своим представлениям о деятельности милиции (да, в то время автор жил и работал) и своим убеждениям. Доля юмора и сарказма присутствует, поскольку без этих сп…
A Scandalous VowLady Adelaide swore never to allow any man to claim her or her lands. Nevertheless, when thrown into the arms of a valiant knight, the beautiful heiress rethinks her solemn vow…A Brazen Betrothal To ransom his captive brother, Armand de Boisbaston has great need of a wealthy – and willing – wife. Fate sends him the Lady Adelaide instead. A woman claiming she wishes to avoid the mar…
'Twas Murder Most Foul… Or Was It?Lord Kirkheathe's first wife was dead, and though his liege lord deemed him guiltless, rumor yet tarred his reputation. Now Elizabeth Perronet found herself his newly wedded bride with a question of her own: If Raymond D'Estienne were truly no savage, how had he unleashed in her things so…untamed and wild?Treachery, Thy Name Is Woman!Or so believed Raymond D'Estie…
Driven By Honour… North Country warrior Ian de Burgh was sworn to keep safe those entrusted to his care, including Madeline de Courcey. But the jewel-eyed vixen was expertly skilled in the arts of passionate seduction!A Temptress Surrenders… Much whispered about in the corridors of England’s castles, the Lady Madeline’s flashing eyes and sparkling charm ensnared the heart of many a knight – except…