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Die Pest bedroht Paris – oder ein kaltblütiger Mörder... Der dritte Fall für Kommissar Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg! Nachdem nachts auf Wohnungstüren eine gespiegelte Vier erschienen ist und am nächsten Tag ein Toter auf der Straße lag, hält das Gerücht, der schwarze Tod sei zurück, ganz Paris in Atem. Kommissar Adamsberg wird mit den Ermittlungen betraut und muss herausfinden, was es mit der rätselhaften lateinischen Formel auf sich hat, die auf den betroffenen Türen stand. Und wer ist dieser Bretone, der auf den Straßen von Paris lateinische Texte vorliest und dabei immer mehr Menschen um sich schart?

Welcome to the Crescent Motel, a waypoint in a post-apocalyptic no man's land. At the helm are Darrell, the middle-aged mustachioed manager, and his danger-sniffing dog Bruno. When he and the motel's housekeeper, Nance, discover one of the guests dead, they decide to keep the body under wraps until they root out the killer. But before they have a chance, two mysterious men appear, looking for answers. When the first body disappears and is replaced by another, Darrell and Nance realize they're in over their heads.

Diana King is a psychiatric doctor, working closely with military families. Her marriage to a major in the US Army may not seem anything out of the normal except that her husband is an African American man. She is a white woman from the rural south. Her father makes it very clear that he is not supportive of the relationship. The drama explodes when King and family are reassigned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, where Diana's family resides as original settlers. King is called up for duties in Iraq, serving a couple stints in the Gulf War.

Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding with earth in four days, and with that collision, Kemi’s life as she knows it will end.

Julia doesn't know what her real name is. She doesn't know where Nowhere is, but she is about to find out as she escapes the pigeons. She discovers who she is on the Nothing Train to Nowhere.

The journey to creativity begins with a thought. Better put, it begins with thinking and owning your thoughts. Whether it is creating wealth for personal, family, business, community, or national life, the principles hold true in all seasons. Clearing the Rut for Gold will kick you down the path towards owning your thoughts on purpose by questioning the thoughts that pass through the platform of your mind. It will set you thinking differently, and creatively, and it will set you on the path to owning the creative thoughts you think.

Given hope in the form of a purple-hued crocus, Ben Tildon emerges from the safe haven of the underground colony meant to preserve his life from the harsh effects of a mini-ice age after 11 years. But what he doesn't know about the surface might kill him anyway.

I thought I’d left my past behind for good. When my brother dies in a mysterious car crash, I have to come home to take over the family tuning business—and it’s back to a life of fast cars and faster girls. But things are not like I remember. There’s something weird going on in Santo Domingo, something that seems connected to the city’s underground street racing scene. There’s the orange-haired mechanic at the tuning shop with the FOXGRRL license plate. A black cat hanging around my house, and the dreams I’ve been having about a racer girl with cat ears and a tail.

1977. In a small town called Midnight, North Carolina, 12-year-old Kyle Mackey ventures toward a strange new world called manhood. Kyle's older brother Dan is going away to college. The night before Dan's flight leaves for Florida, Kyle visits what he calls his "Secret Place"—an old shack in the woods bordering Midnight. But Kyle stumbles upon something that proves his favorite spot in the world is neither as private nor as innocent as he once thought. It begins with the naked, battered corpse of a young woman. And, standing over her, a man Kyle knows....

Do you often feel stuck battling the same fears, temptations, lies, and doubts, wondering if you’ll ever overcome them? Does it seem as if you’re in that battle alone? Author Judy Dunagan has been there. In The Loudest Roar, you’ll marvel at the power, majesty, and authority of our Lord Jesus and learn how to stand in the unshakable victory He’s already won for you. God’s roar over you will become your roar, diminishing the lies of the enemy...to a whisper.

Meet Steve Sachs. Through his eyes and life experiences, we have a riveting collection of true stories about the New York Mob from the 1960s through the early 2000s. Rather than being a “made man”, Steve is connected to some of the highest ranking and notorious mobsters in New York City by virtue of longstanding childhood friendships and legitimate business relationships. Steve’s involvement with the Mob is a compelling rollercoaster ride told by a man from the “outside” who was often invited to be “inside” one of the major organized crime families in New York.

When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom’s family was murdered and their Catskills farmhouse set ablaze in an unsolved crime that left nothing behind but ashes. Twenty-two years later, Sam is pulled back to her hometown of Carney, New York, under the shadows of the grim tragedy she’s never forgotten or forgiven. Authorities mishandled the evidence, false rumors were seeded about her family, suspects yielded nothing, and the case went cold. Not anymore. Investigator Travis Meacham has been assigned to the case, and he has news for Sam....

Solo integral es la modalidad más extrema de escalada. En su práctica, el escalador se juega la vida en cada uno de sus movimientos. Este conjunto de artículos (cien publicados y otros cien inéditos) reflejan el espíritu crítico y a contracorriente de Fernando Savater. El autor se pone a prueba en esta revisión de sus ideas no solo porque puede llegar a contradecirse, sino porque, al ser textos independientes, que no están adscritos a un medio de comunicación, puede pensar, escribir y opinar de una forma totalmente libre.

A year ago, Riley had come to put his trust and his very life in Jonathan's hands, but something is happening to Jonathan, something very dark, and it's putting Riley at risk. He was once Reiley's most trusted friend, but now Riley is beginning to fear him and for good reason. They will both face impossible decisions, which mean only one of them will survive as the forces of evil once again come after them.

The Battle for Europa is a tale of revolution in the 23rd century. Earth and colonies in the solar system are ruled by The Council of Economic Unions on Earth. The council rules with an iron fist. When Shawn Gallagher, an ice miner on Europa, launches a miner's strike, it is a ruse for rebellion. The ice on the surface of Europa will turn red with blood in The Battle for Europa. When Shawn Gallagher, second shift lead man at mining site A on Europa, launches his bid for independence, little does he know that it will pit him against his little brother David.

Ryker Hayes is a licensed massage therapist, and a damn good one at that. It's a career he's passionate about, and all his plans for life are on track—until he winds up transported to the world of Werifesteria in the body of an infamous warlord, at least. Now all he really wants to do is forget the misdeeds of his alter ego and retire to a life of anonymity with a couple interesting women as his new partners. Together, they open the very first massage inn and spa in all the land,

Meet Caitlyn Grey. She can blink, separating her mind from her body. She should be a hero. Instead, she’s on the run, on the far side of the world. Because what hunts her is an agency like no other. From the devices in our pockets to the media that shapes our perception, the Foundation has access to everything…and answers to no one. Except Agent Michaels, an eccentric investigator who once walked its shadowy halls. Alone, they won’t stand a chance. Together, they might have a shot at stopping an unthinkable new weapon, one that will shatter the very fabric of our world.

Join Jackson Arthur in calling out the strange, unnerving, and terrifying in these and other haunting tales. During a power outage, phantoms from the past return to carry out primitive vendettas. When a lonely boy loses his new best friend, fear and anguish pierce the veil between life and death. A bad trip results in a visit by not-so-funny clowns. Can a mourning father save his lost boy at a deserted cabin in the woods?

Phoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate. Ever since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. She can’t even find comfort in Clarey, Lark’s boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain, because Nix’s hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. All that remains are her sketches, where she finds solace among the goblins and faeries in her imaginary world of Mystiquel.

Estamos viviendo tiempos de grandes cambios. No volveremos a tener una oportunidad tan clara para transformar nuestras vidas. Elsa nos plantea aquí qué podemos hacer para formar parte del cambio, gestionar la ansiedad, descubrir nuestras fortalezas y reinventarnos con el mundo que viene.