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Coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson is attacked and abducted in her home territory. Fighting off a crazed werewolf, she manages to escape, only to find herself alone in the heart of Europe, without money, without clothing and on the run from the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world. Unable to contact her pack, Mercy has allies to find and enemies to fight, but first she needs to figure out which is which.

It began in the graveyard.... Ever since her boyfriend Nathan had died in a tragic accident, Emma had been coming to the graveyard at night. During the day she went through the motions at her prep school, in class, with her friends, but that’s all it was. For Emma, life had stopped with Nathan’s death. But tonight was different. Tonight Emma and her dog were not alone in the cemetery. There were two others there - Eric, who had just started at her school, and an ancient woman who looked as though she were made of rags.

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was born on 21st August in Oryol, Russia, to a middle-class family of Polish, Ukranian and Finnish ancestry. In 1898 his first short story ‘Bargamot and Garaska’, published in the ‘Kurier’ newspaper, caught the attention and friendship of Maxim Gorky. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1901 and sold over a quarter of a million copies. He was a sensation. His classic story ‘Silence’ is a haunting and a desperately sad account of a family broken by death and unable to reconcile their feelings.

A group of people within a tomb are surprised by a demon. To their amazement, they are not consumed by it. Instead, they learn a GREAT, dark secret about humanity.

Delve into the world of Rosemary Timperley if you dare! In this chilling collection, discover ten chilling full-cast dramatisations of sinister stories and suspenseful tales and immerse yourself in a totally unique listening experience. Recorded with a full musical score, these standalone tales are perfect for fans of the supernatural and will raise goosebumps on even the warmest of days.

1941 : un jeune officier allemand, cultivé et francophile, est l'hôte imposé d'un homme et de sa nièce. A cette intrusion de l'"ennemi", ils répondront par un inaltérable mutisme : pas une phrase ne sera échangée pendant leurs longs mois de cohabitation, en dépit des tentatives du jeune homme qui aimerait partager avec eux ses convictions humanistes. Mais sous la calme surface des eaux, c'est toute "la vie sous-marine des sentiments cachés, des désirs et des pensées qui se nient et qui luttent".

The book addresses the question of the silence of God, especially when people suffer. It also deals with miracles, and the Bible versus the church. Several indexes contain further discussions on the subject matter.

Here is one of London's famous stories of the Klondike, where men had to battle the elements, and often each other, to survive.

André Maurois (1885-1967) est l'un des écrivains les plus importants et les plus connus de la littérature française. Par des romans fins et délicats, il s'est imposé, marquant de son style tout le monde des lettres. C'est par "Les silences du colonel Bramble" qu'André Maurois devient célèbre. Pour écrire ce premier roman, Maurois s'est inspiré de sa propre expérience d'officier de liaison auprès de l'armée britannique. Créant des figures atypiques et extraordinaires de soldats anglais flegmatiques, sages, philosophes, il rend compte d'une joie de vivre toute anglo-saxonne, et ce malgré la guerre, qui est tout de même le sujet réel et la toile de fond du roman.

Doctor John Silence is an experienced investigator of the paranormal. In this book, he faces three challenges. In the first, a man seems possessed of an ancient spirit and driven to do its will. In he second, he deals with a man whose experiences in a remote part of France almost pulled him into a cursed afterlife. In the final story, a family are haunted by a spirit of fire-bent on destruction.

The Voice in the Night is an uncanny story about a ship becalmed in fog in the middle of the Pacific. In the night, the watch hears a voice hailing the ship. It would seem to be a lone man in a rowing boat, but the individual does not wish to be seen. He is starving and urgently wants food - but despite this, he will not approach the ship and vehemently rejects the idea of being rescued. Instead they have to float some provisions out to him in a crate, which he takes off to a nearby island where his fiancée is dying of hunger.

En 1640, Ercole Vitelli assassine son cousin François, gendre et héritier du prince de Monteleone. Andréa, le fils de François, est l'unique témoin du crime. Elevé par des brigands, il devient leur chef et le fondateur de la conspiration secrète des Frères de la Miséricorde sous le nom de Bel Demonio. Il décide de revenir pour venger son père.