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Benjamin Lease Crozer Griffith (1869-1900) was a American comic playwright. The pieces in this recording come from a collection entitled Plays and Monologues which was published in 1901.

"Die Wahrheit ist böser als jede Lüge." An einem nebligen Herbsttag findet man bei Bauarbeiten am Donaukanal eine verweste Kinderleiche. Der grausige Fund ruft Ex-Kommissar Levi Kant und die Psychiaterin Olivia Hofmann auf den Plan. Das Opfer ist die kleine Rosa, eine hochtalentierte Ballerina, die vor fünf Jahren spurlos verschwand. Den Mord gestand der Schausteller Andreas Sperl, der seitdem im Gefängnis sitzt. Doch neben dem toten Kind liegt ein Halstuch, in das der Name Juli eingestickt ist.

Abby White and her fellow college interns at the Chicago Tribune have no idea of the peril they will encounter when they find the scoop of their young lives. A full-blown mafia war in 1920s Chicago leads to a dangerous cat-and-mouse that forces them to risk it all. Three of the surviving interns struggle to elude the long arm of the mafia only to become immersed in the looming specter of World War II. Midwesterner Abby becomes a foreign correspondent in Berlin, rubbing elbows with the German elite.

An diesem Tag vor fünf Jahren verschwanden der Mann und die kleine Tochter der Psychiaterin Olivia Hofmann. Seit fünf Jahren ist auch der Mörder der vierzehnjährigen Lisa Manz auf freiem Fuß. Der ehemalige Inspektor Levi Kant hadert bis heute mit sich, diesen Mord nicht aufgeklärt zu haben. Bis ausgerechnet die Psychiaterin Olivia Hofmann ein Lebenszeichen von Lisa Manz erhält ... Lebt Lisa Manz doch noch? Wer ist dann das Mädchen, das auf so grausame Weise verbrannt ist? Als Levi Kant gemeinsam mit Olivia Hofmann den Fall neu aufrollt, stoßen sie auf ein böses Geheimnis.

When Marrington Castle is overtaken by a dark and ancient evil, Abigail Cross finds herself in the precarious situation of protecting Queen Rebekah. Charged with a quest to summon the Avant Champion, can she save the kingdom or doom everyone to everlasting devastation?

The great thing about a long life like Barry Magers' is that there is plenty about which to write. A 1940 war baby met his father only after losing his mother at the end of the war. His unique perspective on the quirks, tragedies, and mundanities of life kept him going through the hard times.

Antonio, the son of a high-ranking Mafia member, hates how his life has turned out but has lost all motivation to change it. He has nothing left of himself. He just does whatever his father tells him to do without complaint. Stephanie used to be a normal girl with a normal family and a normal life. But everything changed one day when her parents never came home from work. The only thing they left behind was a book of weird symbols and a locked box with no key. Antonio and Stephanie's fates are intertwined long before they ever meet.

Whether your heart is burdened or bursting with joy, nothing satisfies quite like talking things over with another woman. Regardless of the paths our lives take, all women are "sisters"-we speak a common language; we share a universal bond. Because the hopes and dreams that both burden and give flight to a woman's heart dwell within all of us, we create relationships that are intensely rich, precious and prized. Thus, we comfort and encourage each other; we help each other through life's ups and downs; we know each other's experiences as if they were our own; we are a blessing to each other. As this book of beautiful, inspirational life lessons reveals, sharing the experiences of our lives imbues us with a wisdom the soul reveres: Nothing happens without God's permission.

Treat yourself to a glimpse into the dark future world of New Orleans, where humanity's base desires have overshadowed common decency, and very few are willing to stand in the way. With 10 stories by seven well-known independent authors, High Tech/Low Life is guaranteed to please.

In einem verlassenen Gewächshaus findet die Berliner Polizei drei Leichen. Äußerlich scheinen sie unverletzt, doch auf den zweiten Blick offenbart sich die grausame Wahrheit: In ihren Körpern befindet sich kein einziger Tropfen Blut mehr. Der Verdacht fällt auf Freya von Rittberg, eine exzentrische Künstlerin, die mit Blut malt. Doch trotz intensiver Ermittlungen kann ihr nichts nachgewiesen werden, denn jemand scheint eine schützende Hand über sie zu halten. Das BKA schleust seine beste Undercover-Ermittlerin ein: Targa Hendricks heuert bei Freya als Leibwächterin an.

Eminent ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and award-winning journalist Steve Chapple traveled the length of the Mississippi River interviewing farmers, fishermen, scientists, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along their journey, which quickly expanded to California, Florida, and New York, the pair uncovered surprising and profound connections between ecological systems and environmental crises across the country.

Niemand kommt dem Bösen so nahe wie Targa. Targa Hendricks hat keine Freunde, keine Liebe, nichts zu verlieren. Doch vor allem hat sie keine Angst! Als Undercover-Ermittlerin des BKA ist es ihre Aufgabe, Serienkiller auf frischer Tat zu überführen, und dazu gibt es nur zwei Wege: Targa muss sich einem Mörder ausliefern - oder ihn glauben lassen, sie sei wie er. Falk Sandman ist Hochschuldozent, charismatisch, clever und besessen von den letzten Worten Sterbender - seiner Opfer.

Is anybody out there, and what do they want with us? In June 1992, veteran reporter C.D.B. Bryan attended the Abduction Study Conferences at M.I.T. In this remarkable audio program, Bryan recalls the 4 days of the conference, during which he met with scientists, psychiatrists, physicians, and folklorists who have studied the growing phenomenon of alien abductions.

When Santa's true love, Linnea, is kidnapped, he and his loyal High Elf friends embark on an enthralling journey across the perilous lands of Euchaia in a desperate bid to bring her safely home, little realizing that much more is at stake than Linnea's life. By the end, the very survival of all High Elves is in jeopardy, and Santa makes a fateful choice between his love for her and the destiny of the elves.

These days we are living longer than ever, yet we're more run down, anxious, overweight, exhausted, stressed out, depressed, and all-around more unwell than ever before. The quantity of the days we live is up, but the quality of those days is down. Way down. What if there were a simple, everyday way to change this? What if a healthy life were easily within your grasp - body, mind, and spirit? The good news is that it is!

Truman's wise planning and assistance find Alexa Silven being resuscitated in the ambulance in route to the hospital. Slipping into a coma, but alive after surgery, Alexa is stolen away to a mountain retreat by Truman, Gother, and Fuller...and her father. The assassin finds her and by the end of his attack two people lie dead. Alexa becomes a major federal witness on the run and on the offense.

Having angered the great god Pan, Eno must leave Greece until the goat-footed one cools off. The High Priest of Amun in Thebes, Egypt, needs his help but is fuzzy on the details, except that several heroes have already perished after taking on the job. A job offer in Egypt seems like the perfect opportunity to escape but no assignment is ever as simple as it seems. Family issues, a depressed pharaoh, and a girl who claims that she and Eno are fated to be married are the least of his problems.

Ravenwood returns in a brand new series of weird adventures, beginning with this audiobook in which he combats Sun Koh, a lost prince of Atlantis, battles with monstrous Yetis in Manhattan and deals with murderous ghosts and zombie assassins. New pulp storytellers Frank Schildiner, B.C. Bell, Bill Gladman and Bobby Nash offer up a quartet of fast-paced, bizarre thrillers that rekindle the excitement and wonder that were the pulps.

Armed with a wry voice and a swift sword, Eno the Thracian finds his simple mission to rid an island of a harpy turns into a mystery that shakes the throne of Zeus himself. With both Hekate, Witch Queen of the Underworld, and Aphrodite, Goddess of Desire, taking a 'personal' interest in Eno, the secrets he doesn't even know himself will become unexpectedly important if he is to overcome the Undead Army that threatens the entire world.

For the last two years, the only thing Collett knew was the key to her survival remained hinged on staying one step ahead of the Darkness that wanted her dead. Or so she thought. Everything changes when Cade tries to help her. Born a werewolf nearly 300 years earlier, he is no stranger to the unpredictability that accompanies the secret world of the supernatural. Committing himself to helping the alluring Collett, Cade quickly learns that the ultimate cost for helping may be his own heart.