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Abandoning Rand’s war against the Dark One, Perrin Aybara has made his own truce with the Seanchan in his obsessive quest to save his wife Faile from the Shaido and destroy their mutual enemies. To achieve victory, Perrin must render the Shaido Wise One channelers in Malden powerless. But even as he puts his desperate plan into action, Masema Dagar, the Prophet of the Dragon, moves against him. Traveling with circus performers through Seanchan-controlled Altara, Mat Cauthon attempts to court Tuon, the Daughter of the Nine Moons, to complete their fateful prophesized marriage.

Kate Daniels works for the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, officially as a liaison with the mercenary guild. Unofficially, she cleans up the paranormal problems no one else wants to handle—especially if they involve Atlanta’s shapeshifting community. When she’s called in to investigate a fight at the Steel Horse, a bar midway between the territories of the shapeshifters and the necromancers, Kate quickly discovers there’s a new player in town. One who’s been around for thousands of years—and rode to war at the side of Kate’s father.

The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.

Michael Pollan, known for his best-selling nonfiction audio, including The Omnivores Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, conceived and wrote Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World as an Audible Original. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.

Livre "à part", comme Nietzsche le nomma lui-même. Dans "Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra" apparaîssent pour la première fois des thèmes comme la volonté de puissance ou le surhomme. Ces idées comptent au nombre de celles qui ont le plus fortement marqué la pensée contemporaine.

Tristan et Esteban ont 14 ans et font partie de la mystérieuse Brigade des cauchemars. Créé par le professeur Angus, le père de Tristan, la brigade vient en aide aux jeunes qui n'arrivent pas à se débarrasser de leurs rêves. A l'aide d'une expérience unique, les membres de l'équipe peuvent littéralement entrer dans le cauchemar du patient, afin d'en découvrir la source et de la détruire.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he’s back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name. “A classic...

Not long ago, the dungeon known as Thedeim was a mere human. But after an up-close-and-personal meeting with a runaway semitruck—and subsequent dealings with a rather flustered Angel of Prodigals—he found himself in a new world, reincarnated as a run-down old house that just barely qualified as a dungeon. However, it didn't take long for him to build his core, mana, and reputation, making friends along the way.

A BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of the second book in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Brian Sibley's famous 1981 adaptation, starring Ian Holm and Michael Hordern, has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly recorded beginning and end narration by Ian Holm.

Newly crowned as king, Keris has watched, powerless, as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is revealed. But when Zarrah is imprisoned by the empress, Keris knows there is only one way to save her: to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed. Imprisoned on the dreaded Devil’s Island, Zarrah faces two choices: prove her loyalty to the empress who condemned her or die a traitor. Yet as she struggles to survive among violent prisoners, Zarrah uncovers a third path: a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with a destiny she must fight to claim.

In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives.

When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles.

For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.

For Rori Mitchell, delulu is decidedly not the solulu. Getting her lick back is. What starts as chance encounter at a sporting event ends up being a perfect distraction from the chaos of a broken heart. Instead of throwing herself into work, she throws herself—for good or bad—into Tatum Wilder. An offensive tackle for the Connecticut Kings, Tatum is used to high-stakes games and intense scrutiny. On the field, he's a powerhouse; off the field, he's a country boy with gentleman tendencies . . . and a propensity toward knowing the right thing to say at all times. Well. Most of the time.

Mitreißend, intensiv und gnadenlos. Harms schlimmster Albtraum wird wahr: Ihr Leben soll den Göttern geopfert werden. Doch dieses Mal läuft alles anders. Sie muss drei tödliche Prüfungen bestehen, bevor sie sich dem finalen Kristalltest stellt – etwas, das noch keine Frau je überlebt hat. Verzweifelt, verraten und in der Hauptstadt der Ardael gefangen, scheint es für Harm keine Hoffnung zu geben. Zumal Rage ihr eine Seite an sich zeigt, die sie niemals für möglich gehalten hätte.

KLAVIERNOTEN FÜR KINDER Entdecke das musikalische Talent deines Kindes mit „Beyond the Notes: Klaviernoten für Kinder zum Entdecken, Erlernen und Mitmachen“! Dieses unterhaltsame, spannende Buch macht das Klavierlernen zu einem fröhlichen Abenteuer für Anfänger. Mit über 20 verspielten Melodien, einfacher Musiktheorie und lebendigen Illustrationen wird dein Kind schnell Fähigkeiten im Notenlesen, Rhythmus und Koordination entwickeln. Mit praktischen Aktivitäten und Geschichten ist jede Lektion so gestaltet, dass sie die Fantasie der Kinder anregt und gleichzeitig ihre Kreativität fördert.

Il semble qu'Elysio, le mystérieux ami des cinq héros retombés en enfance, soit en fait... le grand sorcier Darkhell ! Ce dernier affirme toutefois avoir perdu la mémoire et refuse de s'identifier à ce monstre de cruauté. Les Zar-ikos - des hommes-plantes démoniaques - en ont décidé autrement et entendent bien lui rafraîchir la mémoire. Les Légendaires réussiront-ils à les en empêcher ?

Il semble qu'Elysio, le mystérieux ami des cinq héros retombés en enfance, soit en fait... le grand sorcier Darkhell ! Ce dernier affirme toutefois avoir perdu la mémoire et refuse de s'identifier à ce monstre de cruauté. Les Zar-ikos - des hommes-plantes démoniaques - en ont décidé autrement et entendent bien lui rafraîchir la mémoire. Les Légendaires réussiront-ils à les en empêcher ?

From 1913 to 1934, mystery readers were treated to Carrados' published adventures in the form of twenty-six short stories and one full-length novel. In his time, Carrados was one of the most popular detectives in literature. The July 1924 issue of The Strand contained a new Sherlock Holmes story - but it was the announcement of a new Carrados adventure that decorated the magazine's cover.

He’s an amiable young man on his Grand Tour. She’s the spitfire he can’t soon forget. Will he have to become a rake to tame the shrew? When the always amiable and well-behaved David, Viscount Penton, departed England with his relatives for a Grand Tour, he didn’t expect to be the only bachelor when they reached their final stop—Rome. Now that everyone but him is married, he’s determined to break out on his own. First he has to attend the come-out ball for his brother’s niece-by-marriage, though. Perhaps this is where he can be a bit of a bad boy. Where he can act like a rogue.