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During Mardi Gras 1973, Stewart Butler (1930–2020) fell in love with Alfred Doolittle—a wealthy socialite and schizophrenic from San Francisco. Their relationship was an improbable love story that changed the course of LGBTQ+ history. With Doolittle's money, Butler was able to retire and devote his life to political activism in the cause of queer liberation.

Texas Cherokee Detective Lucas Stonecoat is back, and with help from FBI profilers and police shrink Meredyth Sanger, now Lucas' wife, he is on the trail of a serial killer the press calls The Baby Slayer. It is a grisly if apt name given the killer. Lucas and his task force are soon on the track of the pedophile murdering monster, possibly the worst excuse for humanity that Lucas has ever come across. But all the systems of law enforcement have become obstacles to catching and keeping this particular suspect behind bars.

When Hani, an Egyptian diplomat under Akhenaten, is sent to investigate the murder of a useful bandit leader in Syria, he encounters corruption, tangled relationships, and yet more murder. His investigation is complicated by the new king’s religious reforms, which have struck Hani’s own family to the core.

Deep in an Ozarks holler lurks an ancient source of power called the Fountain. It drives men and women mad and leads them to do strange and terrible things. It is growing in strength. Only an invisible Wall, held in place by centuries of sacrificial magic, protects an unwitting mountain community from a descent into bloodshed and madness. Now, the Wall fades and its last defender, Abe, an old man steeped in ritual and secrets, fights frantically to shore it up. His powers are waning and his fears are rising.

While working the streets in New York one night, Tracy is approached and harassed by two on duty officers. After being provoked, she discovers hidden strengths as she temporarily disables one of the officers. She is immediately rushed to a nearby precinct where her troubles begins. Forced to leave the state of New York, she heads west to California in search of her father, a doctor, to seek refuge. On her journey, she gets caught up in a chain of events which unveil a violent part of her which she quickly learns to use to her advantage.

Finally, someone is going to try to do something about it. Can a modern-day Illuminati-like secret society form almost overnight to stop 50 years of media devolution? Whereas, Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals is the liberal media playbook, The Media Transformation Foundation wrote the counter-playbook. Punch/counterpunch. The pendulum may finally swing back. But murder was not supposed to be part of the plan.

Wer sie kennt, hat sie ins Herz geschlossen: Eulalia Hedwig Sophie Gräfin von Eichenhain-Uhland, die kluge und ehrwürdige Eule und ihre beiden jungen Freunde Kleopatra, die Elster und Waldemar, das Eichhörnchen. Sie philosophieren auf ihrem Wohnplatz, dem Ast einer alten Eiche, über die Dinge des Lebens und darüber, was ihnen so alles begegnet... Dieses Mal geht es bei den Dreien um die Kunst: Vom Singen über das Malen bis zum Bildhauen. Höchst interessant, was dabei herauskommen kann.

This second installment of the After: The New Earth series, Journey to the Jungle City, finds our characters bound for Green Hell; a land of impenetrable jungles and endless grasslands. Here they will again face the Bishop; a mysterious, malevolent figure, yearning for world domination under the guise of protection, order, and love. Here you will travel with Kel, Lyria and young Raven along unexpected paths, searching for mysteries hidden since the dawn of time.

A story of love, crime and being deceived, by people hiding their true identities for different reasons. This happens in all walks of life sometimes destroying people’s true characters sometimes making them weaker or stronger, because what does not kill you makes you stronger. It’s called character-building, but in which way?

Espionage and passionate erotic romance in a mysterious far away land. Aletta has returned and she’s going to rock Martin’s world. Her relationship with Peter in turmoil, Aletta needs to make some space to get her life back together and find the strength to fight for her love. Out of the blue, she decides to visit her ex-boyfriend. He has always been there for her, even after she’d left him he’d remained her best friend and soul partner.

Wenn das mutige Heinzelmädchen Helvi ein Abenteuer wittert, kann sie nichts und niemand aufhalten. Weder die grantige Vendla, Anführerin der Heinzels, noch drohender Stubenarrest können sie daran hindern, ihre neugierige Nase in die Menschenwelt zu stecken. Als sie bei einem ihrer Ausflüge auf ihr unbekannte Heinzels trifft, ist Helvi total aus dem Häuschen: Die sind viel cooler als ihre eigene Familie! Aufregende Abenteuer erwarten Helvi und ihre neuen Freunde, bis sich eines Tages die taffe Kommissarin Lanski an die Fersen der Zipfelmützen heftet.

An archaeological dig has turned up an artefact in the shape of a granite circle. Unknown to those on the dig, it is a wishing stone of ancient provenance. Wishes have unforeseen consequences, and the magic ability of the Granite Circle is discovered more by accident than design. Emma and Pauly find themselves trapped in the Arabian desert in the power of people traders. Pauly falls in love with Emma.