Haunted by blood. Driven by vengeance. Consumed by shadows.Dimitri lives for one purpose... to destroy Prism, the black-market organization that shattered his past. His hunt is merciless, his hands stained with the lives he's taken to get closer to his target. But when his obsession leads him to Serena, the only light in his darkness, everything changes.Serena is fire to his ice, an unexpected innocence tangled in danger. When Prism marks her as their next ...

The second book in a laugh-out-loud new series of hilarious, action-packed spy adventures from number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author, David Solomons. If you like James Bond with a dash of Johnny English, this is for you...It's winter at GoldenCliff Holiday Park. Adam's parents hope to pull in the Christmas crowds with their latest event. But something very strange has happened to the weather and, with temperatures soaring, Adam faces a holiday of mendi...

How to speak Spanish with just 12 minutes a day — even if you've tried before and nothing stuck.Are you interested in learning to speak Spanish but looking for the right teacher? Have you tried learning before, only to have none of it stick? Do you want to learn but feel like you don't have time to practice for an hour a day?Maybe you took Spanish in school, memorized word lists, and regurgitated phrases just to pass a test — and forgot it all soon after....

Have you always wanted to learn another language but never had the time or resources to take a class? Have you tried Spanish before, but nothing ever stuck? Do you love to travel and want to speak the local language when you visit new places?Rather than cramming information, this course teaches you how the language works through short, guided daily lessons that fit around your life.A 2012 article in the British Journal of General Practice reveals the power of building daily...

What if you could learn Spanish in small daily doses that finally stick, even if every past attempt fizzled out?You have wanted to speak Spanish for years. Maybe you bought the app, sat through a class, or tried to cram, and watched it all evaporate within weeks. The problem was never you. It was a method that dumped everything on you at once and expected fluency by Friday.You do not have hours a day to give, and you are tired of starting over with nothin...

It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that engulfs Spain and shakes the rest of the world. In a prison in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, an artist sketches the famous porch of the cathedral, the Portico da Gloria. He uses a carpenter's pencil. But instead of reproducing the sculptured faces of the prophets and elders, he draws the faces of his fellow Republican prisoners.Many years later in post-Franco Spain, a survivor of that period, D...

Manuel Rivas delivers a literary masterpiece about three young friends growing up in a community which is bound by a conspiracy of silenceFins and Brinco are best friends, and they both adore the wild and beautiful Leda. The three young friends spend their days exploring the dunes and picking through the treasures that the sea washes on to the shores of Galicia. One day, as they are playing in the abandoned school on the edge of the village, they come across treasu...

A far-reaching story of an outcast and his bookstore: a home to forbidden books, political dissidents, and cultural smugglers all brought to vivid poetic lifeThe Last Days of Terranova tells of Vicenzo Fontana, the elderly owner of the long-standing Terranova Bookstore, on the day it's set to close due to the greed of real-estate speculators. On this final day, Vincenzo spends the night in his beloved store filled with more than seventy years of fugitive h...

A far-reaching story of an outcast and his bookstore: a home to forbidden books, political dissidents, and cultural smugglers all brought to vivid poetic life“Rivas is a master… His pages bloom like flowers, swerving in unpredictable arcs toward a light-source that is constantly moving.” —BookforumThe Last Days of Terranova tells of Vicenzo Fontana, the elderly owner of the long-standing Terranova Bookstore, on the day it'...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tarot is a very old and sacred practice, with the earliest references dating back to the 15th century.For centuries, the cards have been used to foretell events connect with spirit guides, access ancient wisdom, and offer spiritual guidance to the curious and the awakened. As one of many divine modalities, tarot enlightens us with the answers to our questions and the confirmation of our own intuition. Whether yo...

On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruña and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation.Out of this incident during the early months of Spain's tragic civil war, Manuel Rivas weaves a colourful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of twentieth-century Spanish history. For it is not only the lives of Hercules ...

A glorious cast of animals and birds, as well as humans, relate the magical stories that form the plot of Manuel Rivas's extraordinary novel. An old lady, Misia, tells how the 300 ravens of Xallas are the warrior-poets of the last King of Galicia. A priest, Don Xil, explains to a peasant girl, Rosa, that the beautifully carved women in the local church are not saints, but represent the seven deadly sins. A mouse, Matac-ns, a poacher in his previous life, is chased by a cat, the bagpiper an...