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Diante da possibilidade de uma guerra entre Inglaterra e Brasil, o povo brasileiro subiu seu nível de patriotismo. Em Óbidos, Pará, um juiz e um coronel são encarregados de angariar fundos para contribuir com o armamento do Brasil e logo conseguem a considerável soma de nove contos de réis. Mas faltava conversar com o capitão Silvestre.

Set within the lush playground of Maui, Hawaii’s famed Kaanapali Beach Resort, this soap opera style audio tale of adultery, dark secrets, revenge, and murder revolves around the anticipated grand opening of Kaanapali Palms Hotel, the latest luxury accommodation on the island’s western shore. Multimillionaire CEO of Kaanapali Palms, Ben Crawford, is not above getting in bed with organized crime to make dream come true. A widower, his 19-year old daughter, Leigh, means everything to him. Forgotten is the child he abandoned long ago, never imagining this would come back to haunt him.

In the year 2020, graduate student and Victorian Era enthusiast Katie Judson finds herself living in 1890 London, England, and beyond, courtesy of a mysterious stairwell. There, she meets fellow American Spencer Brennan, a member of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Force, who is in search of his younger sister, Felicity, who has been forced into prostitution on the dark streets of Whitechapel. As they attempt to rescue her, Katie and Spencer must also grapple with their mutual passions, romance, and the mind-bending nature of time travel.

When Dylan Malloy loses his beloved wife, Jenna, in a car accident, the grief-stricken history professor and best-selling sci-fi author suddenly finds himself thrust into time, where he tries desperately to prevent the accident from occurring. Unintended consequences put his mission, past and own future in jeopardy, along with Jenna's.

Do you find yourself constantly making the wrong choices and bad decisions in life? No matter what you do or say, things always have a way of getting twisted up and going off course. Sometimes it’s your own fault, but sometimes you’re not to blame. Many of the little problems that plague us boil down to relationships. Problems at home, school, work, the community, and life in general all relate to how we interact with other people. That is why this self-help book can benefit both young and older adults.

On the morning of August 14, 1935, Virginia Seigh, an attractive 23-year-old secretary, was shot and killed as she stood in the driveway of a home in Queens, New York. Her murderer was Mrs. Etta Reisman, the 35-year-old wife of Arthur Reisman, a 42-year-old well-to-do owner of a beauty salon chain. The previous day, Reisman had confessed to his wife he had fallen in love with Miss Seigh - his secretary, who had resided with the Reismans for seven years - and wanted a separation. This did not set well with Etta, who felt totally betrayed by her husband and their house guest.

Firefighter Sean Jackson is at a crossroads in his career when he meets a mysterious blonde with a secret identity. Maggie Reynolds is on the run and looking for a place to hide, and the handsome firefighter seems like the perfect choice to help her. But Sean's life spins dangerously out of control as their passion ignites, and they find themselves caught up in a maze of lies and manipulation. Will they be able to find their way to the truth, or will they fall victim to the deranged arsonist terrorizing their small town?

Ethan Davis always knew his grandmother was a busybody, but he never expected her to play matchmaker from beyond the grave. When he learns that she left her beach house to him and a beautiful stranger, he vows to do whatever it takes to keep the family home - even if that means living with a woman he can't allow himself to trust. When a greedy developer wants to steal their beach house right out from under them, they must join together in the fight to save their home, but can they also fight their growing attraction?

The death of Lake Williams, a former football player at Central Montana State, in his squalid tent in a homeless camp looks to Seagate and Miner like a routine heroin overdose. Soon, however, they discover that someone hired a courier to deliver the uncut heroin, knowing that Lake would shoot up and die instantly. When a second body turns up, and then a third, the evidence points to the head coach and the other leaders of the football program.

Thousands of people use ghostwriters, including well-known celebrities, speakers, corporate leaders, government officials, and others. They commonly provide the ghostwriter with some ideas about what to say, and the ghostwriter puts those ideas together into an organized piece of writing. The author or speaker gets to approve whatever is written, and then the writing is presented as his or her own. This book discusses the steps involved in finding and collaborating with a good ghostwriter.

When Jessie steps onto the plane, turning her back with a heaving sigh on her family, she faces an unknown year in a foreign land. What will happen to her? The minute the beautiful, dark-eyed Gypsy children see her, they are drawn to her like a magnet. Walking down rutted cobblestone streets to school every day, Jessie learns valuable lessons of bonded love and transforming pain. This is the memoir of a young Mennonite teacher in a Romanian mission.

It all started with a castle. Yes, the real kind, found in Missouri. On a bluff. Carved from the side of a cliff. With secret passageways, and locked doors and secret, concealed rooms and lots of false walls and panels and cubbyholes. When Jae visited the well-renowned Rothwell Lodge, known as Sedalia Missouri's Castle on the Hill, she was suspicious from the first. Why did Rothwell have so many secret things about the Castle? Why was his wife Hattie a recluse, who died two years after their marriage?

What would happen if an average American homeschooling family decided to visit a church from the Quiet of the Land? Jae never guessed that as soon as she stepped into that strange church service the first Sunday, where the people droned on like bumblebees and the preacher pulled at his beard showing his bottom teeth, that she had just entered the Life She Never Lived. They are so quiet...home-loving people, who keep to themselves.

Psychic adventurer Jacob Koslor's body has been destroyed, hideously hacked to pieces by a bloodthirsty maniac. And his killer is under the power of a terrible evil - a supernatural force that can bend men to its will and make them relive their worst nightmares... fatally.

To the outside world, Taylor Hudson has it all: beauty, money, and social status. But Taylor's privileged life is far lonelier than it appears. Levi is the inside man on a job to steal $15 million from one of the town's wealthiest families, putting him on a crash course with Taylor. Neither of them believes in love, but lust...that's undeniable. Now they're locked in a wicked game of seduction, and it's unclear who is playing whom.

O enredo de "Romantismo" traz a história do resistente e volúvel Rodolfo, filho único do Dr. Sepúlveda, que, contrariando seu pai, não queria de jeito nenhum casar-se com a rica viúva Santos. Até que o pai encontra uma saída... romântica. Em "Questão de honra", a fútil Angélica faz um périplo para conseguir dinheiro bastante para comprar um vestido que disputa com uma amiga. E chega aos limites da honra para obtê-lo.

No conto "Plebiscito", o menino Manduca pergunta o significado de "plebiscito" e causa um enorme desconforto, por conta da ignorância do pai. Em "A praia de Santa Luzia", uma situação inesperada faz o caseiro e metódico Maurício ser obrigado a mudar o caminho que passa pela praia. Por fim, em "Black", conta-se como o bull-terrier Black denunciou um caso de adultério.

As duas narrativas aqui reunidas vêm do livro "Contos fora de moda", de Artur Azevedo. Em "A cozinheira", o narrador conta como Araújo aprendeu uma lição ao ser traído pela amante. Já em "Caiporismo", o leitor encontra a história tragicômica do inocente Secundino, recém-chegado ao Rio de Janeiro, em busca de emprego.

Em "A filha do Patrão", Artur Azevedo apresenta ao leitor a história da volúvel Adosinha: cede à vontade do pai, abandonando seu amor, Borges, para casar-se com Manoel, escolhido do Comendador Ferreira (seu pai). Em "Ardil", uma baronesa e um viscondessa conversam sobre seus amantes, sendo que esta última ensina à primeira um ardil para retê-los.

Leopoldo das Neves já não suporta sua amante Clotilde, e pede ao amigo Viriatinho da Estrada de Ferro que a conquiste, para dela livrar-se, missão cumprida com sucesso. Mas então veio o arrependimento... – eis o enredo de "Útil inda brincando". Em "Uma noite em Petrópolis", o jornalista Gustavo aproveita a noite livre da família para dormir em paz na serra, mas encontra o amigo Miranda, bêbado. Volta ao Rio ainda mais cansado.