Sophia Fortezza, an Italian merchant's daughter, seeks to escape her debtors through a life of adventure and romance.At the outset of the Thirty Years War, Sophia is about to experience the trauma of battle and the pain of the whip.But she need not endure these shocks alone. New friends like the Spanish soldier Don Alfonso and the English peasant James Fletcher will all suffer equally under the banner of the honorable Talbot Company.

The Philippines, 1609.A bad ship. Worse weather. A crew of morons. And the Dutch.Patrick Mallory wanted a quiet life of scholarship, translation, and avoiding situations involving cannons. Instead, his knowledge of Dutch gets him dragged aboard La Corona de Espinas que Carga La Más Gloriosa y Sagrada Cabeza de Nuestro Salvador Inmortal Rey de Reyes Señor de Señores Jesucristo Dios Nuestro, a Spanish vessel with a name longer than its supply list and a crew held together by ...

"I am not the Black Piper . . . but I do know the Piper."If you listen closely," she said, "you will hear stories that will transport you into the heart of adventure, force you directly into the path of danger, and if you are lucky . . . or perhaps unlucky"—she looked at the unmoving dragon behind her and inhaled, only barely losing her grip on her smile—"transform you." Her attention turned back to the crowd, and her eyes grew mysterious. "In essence, dear people...

From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753) the Roman republic had to fight for its very survival. Centuries of almost continuous warfare saw Romes armies evolve in response to a wide variety of threats which were met with mixed fortunes though always with ultimate success. As defence of the homeland turned to territorial expansion, Roman forces also had to adapt to sustained campaigns in varied terrain and climates, not to mention the changes in the Roman republic it...

Der Platz für Lautsprecher ist meist schon im Wohnzimmer sehr begrenzt, von anderen Räumen ganz zu schweigen. Wer trotzdem nicht auf brillanten Klang verzichten möchte, ist mit einem kompakten Regal-Lautsprecher gut beraten. Denn die kleinen Boxen profitieren in Hinblick auf Technologie und Design von den großen Stand-Lautsprechern - sind allerdings wesentlich günstiger zu haben. In diesem Buch stellen wir Ihnen zehn hervorragende Regal-Lautsprecher vor. (Michael E. Brieden Verlag, 2012) 1...

In a quiet, unassuming town, three strangers find their lives intertwined by an event that seems anything but ordinary— an unsettling murder that casts a long shadow over the community. As the story unfolds, each of these three unique individuals takes their turn sharing their journey of discovering the others. What begins as a dark mystery soon reveals itself to be a tale of unexpected connections, a hidden love story, and the unraveling of one person' s deeply unusual past. At the heart ...

Trent Wolfer has blown it, in every possible way, over and over and over. And now he's blowing it again. Fresh out of rehab, he's back in his hometown working a dead-end job at a fast food joint and cutting out on his breaks to sneak airplane bottles of vodka and gin, when he looks up from his register one day to see Suze Randall, his closest friend from high school, now a radiant blonde single mother of two. Set in a small, sun-drenched Northern California town shifting from hippie haven ...

Father Thomas Abernathy brings together a wellborn Methodist minister, a dogmatic Lutheran pastor, and an enigmatic, evangelical preacher. Father Tom soon finds the Lutheran pastor Rev. Theo Swindberg assuming a preternatural place in his life. The man is nervous and doleful, and to learn what makes him tick, Father Tom attends a service at the Lutheran Church, where he falls under the spell of the pastor's wife, Naomi. When Naomi is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, Swindberg c...

Jeder Musikfan weiß: Für vollen Hörgenuss ist die Qualität der Lautsprecher ausschlaggebend. Nichts zerstört die Freude am neuen Werk der Lieblingsband mehr als störendes Rauschen oder Knistern. Damit Sie von dieser unschönen Erfahrung verschont bleiben, präsentieren wir Ihnen in diesem Buch fünf hervorragende Regal-Lautsprecher, die das perfekte Hörerlebnis garantieren. (Michael E. Brieden Verlag, 2012) 1hourbook: eBooks, die auf den Punkt kommen! Mit diesem 1hourbook erhalten Sie in kürz...

In a small town, three childhood friends— Julie, John, and Robert— forge an unbreakable bond beneath the sprawling branches of a maple tree. As kids, Julie dazzles them with her imaginative adaptations of Shakespeare, igniting their dreams of adventure. Now adults, they' ve taken divergent paths: Julie becomes a globe-trotting activist, Robert a successful lawyer, and John a passionate environmental crusader, often finding himself in trouble for his bold stand against pollution. As John ba...

You think you know your father—but what if he kept secrets until the day he died? Just hours after delivering his father's eulogy, Ken Weintraub learns that this hard-working, unassuming man spent three years in prison. Consumed by the astonishing news, Ken sets out to unravel the mystery. As he pries information from old friends, relatives, and others, he pieces together a portrait that's full of contradictions. Was his father an assassin's accomplice? A gullible victim? Or a heroic, loya...

In the tradition of the of the classic short stories of Lydia Davis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Joy Williams, this singular collection explores the full range of human experience and behavior . . . both good and bad. At once compelling and provocative, Keith's writing takes the reader to places that only a truly vivid and original imagination could. Frequently disquieting in theme and plot, the stories within these covers invariably contain meaningful truths and lessons, and just as frequently do ...