The New York Times–bestselling author "weaves passion and intrigue with a master's touch" in this scintillating series debut (Karen Robards).With One Touch of Scandal, acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Liz Carlyle launches a breathtaking new historical romance series centered around the Zeno Society, a mysterious fraternity of dangerous—and dangerously attractive—men. Fans of Amanda Quick and Gaelen Foley's Inferno Club novels wi...

Fourth in the Victorian romance series from the New York Times-bestselling author who sets up "sizzling encounters . . . [and] keeps the reader guessing" ( Historical Novel Society).Passion and secrets simmer behind the elegant façade of Victorian London in A Bride by Moonlight, another deliciously intriguing romance by Liz Carlyle that features the dangerous men of the mysterious St. James Society.Faced with murder charges, Lisette...

The Author of this book acknowledges that he has merely touched the surface of the issue of the Sacred Mysteries and the events that have characterised the life of Orpheus. On the other hand, it is not his task to expatiate on a problem that would not provide any advantage but would simply serve to satisfy empirical intellective curiosity.To say that the Philosophy of Pythagoras, Parmenides, Plato, and so on, belongs to the Philosophia perennis because it is not, in fact, individua...

****This collection has been meticulously reproduced from the original. It is NOT produced from an OCR copy - it is a true 100% word by word copy (English, Greek, Hebrew) of the original.The built-in table of contents includes links down to each verse in all four of the gospels! This is the ultimate e-version of Aquinas' majestic work.****St. Thomas Aquinas' Catena Aurea is the masterpiece anthology of Patristic commentary on the Gospels and includes the work of over eighty...

The Bustinza family decided to reunite and celebrate Christmas in Arequipa, Peru, after nearly twenty years apart, as life slowly returned to normal following the COVID-19 pandemic. What made this holiday especially memorable was the presence of the twins, Miguel Angel and Maria Angela. The day after Christmas, after listening to a few fairy tales, they asked a simple yet profound question: "Was there ever a princess in our family?" That question opened the door to a journey through histor...

Iuvenilio and Iuvenilia are cousins. Their family, native of Kentucky, moves overseas owing to the turbulent political situation, ending up on Saint Martin’s hills. Over there, on the promise of making a fortune from distilling whiskey, the two cousins experience their first instincts and passion. But this simple story will prove to be intimately connected to a major one. And there, in Saint Martin, in a game of subtle eroticism and tension, Iuvenilio and Iuvenilia will take part in one of...

Unremarkable events of daily life (and not only) in a Roman camp, related through a real civis point of view. Guided by a skilled and ambitious proconsul bound to write History, betrayals, subterfuges, plots and stories alternate, all this with a single aim: Vercingetorige's surrender, barricaded in Alesia. Fabia Claudia and Claudia Fabia, two gourgeous cousins pleading the same cause (and the same man), are sent, along with their husband, on a perilous mission: to mislead Vercassivellauno...

Through current theories of ideology, propaganda and musical reception, examines the development and impact of early opera in Spain and the Americas through close examination of the New World's first three extant operas: Tomás de Torrejón's Lima production of "La púrpura de la rosa" (1701), Domenico Zipoli's Jesuit opera, "San Ignacio de Loyola" (ca. 1720), and a recently-discovered indigenous opera from the Jesuit missions, the anonymous "San Francisco Xavier" (ca. 1720-1740).

Professor Swollenman, the most erect man in the neighbourhood, has quite a visible gift in his lap. A winning feature in theory, but as regards his marital life?A succession of unexpected visits by a most peculiar character, arriving along with the Archangel Gabriel as Heaven’s Ambassador no less, leads our Swollenman to don The First Man’s garments, inviting him to relive the diabolical theory of origin once again, through dreams of erotic tales; however deceits and suspicions very...

Who says that erotic novels don’t make room for time travelling? Undoubtedly not "La Novella Orchidea".Seriously involved with his conjugal obligations, in the second half of the last century, an unknown writer unexpectedly finds himself copulating with a wonderful, Indian, curry flavoured woman. Her name is Adhal Geesha (letter more letter less), she’s married to a well known faithless and adulterous man, and she wants revenge; besides she is a time traveller.The two charact...

Learn how to implement a DSL with Xtext and Xtend using easy-to-understand examples and best practices.Key Features\[\*\]Leverage the latest features of Xtext and Xtend to develop a domain-specific language.\[\*\]Integrate Xtext with popular third party IDEs and get the best out of both worlds.\[\*\]Discover how to test a DSL implementation and how to customize runtime and IDE aspects of the DSLBook DescriptionXtext is an ope...

Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its numerous castles, old manors, shady streets and remote country abodes. Who hasn't yet thought of maybe one day visiting one of those places, only to feel for themselves the thrill of the creepy atmosphere in their rooms and dungeons, enhanced by the chilling stories surrounding them? In this compilation, John Henry Ingram (1842-1916) is offering the re...