Lianne Belt Libros

Within the sociology of language, academics are practising interdisciplinarity by combining the study of social structure and language use, i.e. they focus on the interplay of language and society. This article tries to deal with the problem of how linguistic features and social arrangements interrelate by using the example of Swahili and its speakers in Bujumbura - the capital of Burundi. It shows that the Swahili language and its speakers in Bujumbura have experienced simultaneous changing appreciations during history. It also states that changes in sociolinguistic patterns reflect social and political changes and pressures.

A killer with a passion for the past, his victims tortured beyond endurance, all done in the name of a game...DIE FOR ME is Karen Rose at her most chilling best. If you love this be sure to check out the sequels to Karen's mini-trilogy, SCREAM FOR ME and KILL FOR ME. But playing games will kill you... When a multimedia games designer decides to take his research to the next level for his new game, fantasy ends and murder begins. Homicide detective Vito Ciccotelli is expecting the worst. Called to a remote murder site, he is confronted with numerous bodies, all with horrific injuries, all it seems the victim of the same killer. When the medical examiner reveals that the wounds are consistent with instruments of medieval torture, Ciccotelli turns to Sophie Johannsen, museum curator and specialist in medieval warfare, to learn more about the killer's methods and to try and find the killer before he spirals out of control...

Since its debut in 1990, Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series has captivated millions with its expansive world, originality, and memorable characters. In the Third Age, a time of prophecy, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as legends fade into myth. Amidst a fierce three-day battle around Tar Valon, a crucial Foretelling emerges. On the slopes of Dragonmount, an infant is born, destined to change the world, but he must be found before the Shadow can strike. Moiraine Damodred, a young woman on the cusp of becoming Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a soldier in the thick of battle, find their lives intertwined. Their journey is fraught with peril, as Moiraine hails from a royal lineage recently shaken by the king's death, while Lan is viewed as the uncrowned king of a long-lost nation. Both face threats from those who seek power for themselves. "New Spring" recounts these events in a condensed form, while "New Spring: The Novel" expands on the full story, setting the stage for the epic saga that follows. The series promises an intricate tapestry of adventure, intrigue, and the timeless struggle between light and shadow.

Suzanne Perry is having a vivid nightmare. Someone is in her bedroom, touching her, and she can't move a muscle. She wakes, relieved to put the nightmare behind her, but when she opens the curtains, she sees a polaroid stuck to the window. A photo of her sleeping self, taken during the night. Her nightmare is just beginning.

La autora de la serie best seller crepúsculo nos sorprende ahora con su primera novela para adultos: una apasionante historia de amor y traición en un futuro donde está en juego el destino de la humanidad. Melanie Stryder se niega a desaparecer. La tierra ha sido invadida por criaturas que han tomado el control de las mentes de los humanos en los que se hospedan, dejando los cuerpos intactos, y la mayor parte de la humanidad ha sucumbido. Wanderer, el «alma» invasora que habita el cuerpo de Melanie, se enfrenta al reto de vivir dentro de un humano: las emociones abrumadoras, los recuerdos demasiado intensos, pero hay una sola dificultad que Wanderer no consigue vencer: la anterior propietaria de su cuerpo lucha por retener la posesión de su mente. Melanie inunda la mente de Wanderer con visiones del hombre que ama, Jared, un humano que vive oculto, hasta el punto de que, incapaz de controlar los deseos de su cuerpo, anhela a un hombre al que jamás ha visto. Una serie de circunstancias externas las convierte en aliadas muy a su pesar y parten en busca del hombre que ambas aman a la vez. The Host nos muestra el primer triángulo amoroso que implica a sólo dos cuerpos, en una inolvidable y fascinante novela que atraerá a un gran número de lectores de una de las más cautivadores escritoras de nuestro tiempo

Cuando el amor te hace temblar en otoño es mejor que el invierno no llegue nunca: las primeras nevadas pueden arrebatarte a quien más deseas. Hace años Grace estuvo a punto de morir devorada por una manada de lobos. Inexplicablemente, uno de ellos, un lobo de intensos ojos amarillos, la salvó. Desde entonces todos los inviernos Grace se asoma al bosque y, desde la distancia, lobo y chica se observan. Cuando llega el calor, la manada desaparece y, con ella, “su lobo”. Pero este año, Grace deseará que el invierno no llegue y que el otoño dure para siempre. Ha conocido a un chico, se llama Sam. Es un tipo normal, salvo por sus ojos. Son de un extraño color amarillo.

Afzonderlijk te lezen vervolg op De stromannen. Op verschillende plaatsen in de VS worden lijken in groteske houdingen gevonden, staand, zittend etc. Een man die zelfmoord wil plegen doet in de bossen van de staat Washington een bizarre ontdekking, en ex-CIA man Ward Hopkins en ex-politieman John Zandt (al bekend uit het eerste deel) zetten hun zoektocht voort naar de geheimzinnige, onheilspellende Stromannen.

The end draws near.... The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost. This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling series--the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007--brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near. Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.