Effi Briest Theodor Fontane-Nach einer behüteten Kindheit heiratet die 17jährige Effi, dem Willen ihrer Eltern entsprechend, den fast 20 Jahre älteren Baron von Innstetten, ein Jugendfreund ihrer Mutter, dem sie nach Kessin, einem kleinen Ort an der Ostsee folgt. In dem etwas unheimlich anmutenden Haus des Barons vereinsamt die junge, phantasievolle und lebhafte Effi, der es schwerfällt, in ihrer neuen Heimat Anschluß zu finden. Auch die Geburt...

THE INTIMATE SECRETS AND FABULOUS LIFE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN OF ALL TIME! What was Cleopatra really like? How did she gain the power to make men and break nations - to make herself the most beguiling symbol of sex the world has ever known? Here is a sweeping exploration of the secret life and many loves of Egypt's fabled queen-her affairs with the great Julius Caesar and the lusty Mark Antony... the slave boys and gladiators who served her private...

Ierii, the daughter of the chief gardener at the palace, is in love with Thyloss, the son of the keeper of the Queen's bulls. Thyloss, who yearns to be a bull acrobat, a position of great importance and renown, finds his feelings for Ierii gradually changing. But their hopes are shaken by events beyond their control.The Lily and the Bull is an exciting fantasy set during the dramatic events of the last days of Ma-ii, a Minoan city on the northern...

Tribune Coralanus is a devoted soldier of Rome, intent in keeping local order within one of the Empire's outer provinces to the East. However, when he meets Tia, the natural daughter of a General he once served under, his world is, turned upside down with love. Tia lives within a different background, from which she wishes to break. Can Tribune Coralanus serve Rome and save Tia?

Tu and Hine-Moana are in love, and despite Old Grandmother Hinauri's warnings they marry and start a beautiful life together. But their happiness is short-lived and after being seduced by Chieftainess Hine-Titama, Tu's world falls apart and sends him on a journey to the land of the long white cloud. Will Tu ever find happiness again?

Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on new adventures with the other Avonlea folks attending Redmond-a group that includes her friend Gilbert Blythe. At Redmond Anne meets Philippa Gordon, a frivolous but charming girl who pulls Anne into the center of the Redmond social scene. As Anne becomes the object of several boys' affection,...

From the cold, misty shores of Britain, which the Emperor Claudius had invaded, Atilus Cindras was taken as a boy slave to work and fight for the greater glory of the Roman Empire. Eventually, he was sent to a gladiator school, and there trained to fight-and perhaps die-in the arena. But Atilus survives the years of decadent slaughter, and gradually gains power and riches as he navigates through the steamy politics of ancient Rome under the Emperor...

Cuenta la leyenda que cuando la diosa Sol se encontró con el dios Luna ambos se enamoraron. Fruto de ese amor nacieron dos niños. Mellizos, pero opuestos como el frío y el calor, como el mar y el desierto, como la noche y el día. Nala y Soka también son dos hermanas muy diferentes que viven en la tribu wakey. Además de su físico antagónico, una es una cabeza loca, disconforme, rebelde y sin pelos en la lengua; Nala es la oveja negra del poblado....

The way the transportation of Moais is described in this novel may not have been the most efficient. The most efficient way, only used much later in their history, caused the destruction of many endemic palm trees. It is very likely indeed Moais were rolled on fragile palm tree logs. However, the way it is described in this novel is at least consistent with what the Rongo Rongo characters suggest. It is my belief that these mysterious characters hold...

As a young boy Atilus Cindras had been taken from Britain to Rome as a slave, and trained in the gruesome arts of the gladiators. Fueled by his hatred for Rome, he'd risen to the top of his killing trade with his fierce and deadly skill, and won the coveted Rudis, the wooden sword that gave him his freedom. But he wants more from Rome than this, and gambles all of his money on a commercial venture that fails. Now deeply in debt, he's pulled into a...