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Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.

Jack in the Box is the tale of a boy growing up in the American comic book culture of the 1940s and 1950s. Jack in the Box was the original title. It was reissued as Book of Love to coincide with the movie.

"Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo" è stato scritto da Enrico Brizzi quando aveva solo diciannove anni. Il romanzo racconta il mondo sommerso e inquieto dei giovani nati nella seconda metà degli anni Settanta ed è una specie di "affresco italiano" sul passaggio dall'adolescenza all'età adulta. Il protagonista è un diciassettenne che ama i Pistols e i Red Hot Chili Peppers e, soprattutto, una ragazza che vive a Bologna come lui e frequenta il suo stesso liceo.

The capital city lay in ruins. Portia helps rebuild it, one smashed building at time. But it’s not enough. She cannot forget those trapped on the other side of the closed portal.

Sixteen-year-old Hannah Kollman's become so wrapped up in proving to herself that she's not like her mom that she's lost sight of who she really is. Her shy, sweet persona involves being the vice-president of Students Against Destructive Decisions and hanging out with friends who she thinks share her wholesome values. And it definitely does not include dating Brad Ashton, the class clown and ex-stoner that she secretly crushes on. But after she gives in to her more free-spirited friend, Sierra, and goes with her to a college party, Hannah's innocence is shattered.

Brilliant White Peaks follows a young wolf and his companions as they battle harsh weather conditions, scarcity of food, and other predators to survive in the wild. Raised by a loving Ma and Pa, a wolf pup grows up with his shy sister White-Ears to be a ferocious hunter. However, while foraging for food in the winter, the family is attacked by a pack of hostile wolves, leading the young wolf and his sister astray from their parents.

In this sequel to The Gift and continuation to the bestselling Muse Series, Ruthie is harassed at school for the rumors surrounding her summer with the Smythes and her possible mental problems. When she decides to get a fresh start at The Academy, an all-girls private school in Virginia, she realizes that she can't run away from her problems. Ruthie's first introduction to The Academy is through a cold and stern headmistress, who assigns her a room with a less than accommodating roommate.

It's the end of Ruthie's junior year at Avondale Academy, but she receives bad news that sends her home early. Over the summer she not only deals with both love and death and the consequences of both, but also with the downward spiral of her once twin-brother, Cam. This audiobook is the sequel to The Academy and the third audiobook in the Nelson Estates Series, a continuation of The Muse Series.

In this continuation of the Muse Series, Ruthie is eleven and must deal with losing Cam, the boy she always thought was her twin brother, after his father sues for custody. Soon afterwards, her guardian, Aunt Sarah, is given a gift which opens the door to lies and deceptions that put everyone in danger.