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A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author)—perfect for fans of Lisa Lutz’s The Spellman Files and Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan series. Meet Leda Foley...

Als Ripley nach Jahrhunderten im All endlich zur Erde zurückkehrt, muss sie erfahren, dass die Menschen gerade dabei sind, den Planeten Acheron zu kolonisieren. Geschützt durch koloniale Marines, und betreut von einigen Weyland-Yutani Wissenschaftlern, versucht eine Gruppe von Koloniearbeitern, den lebensfeindlichen Bedingungen auf Acheron zu trotzen und ihn mittels Terraforming bewohnbar zu machen. Darunter auch das Ehepaar Jordan, dessen kleine Tochter Newt das erste Kind ist, das auf dem neuen Planeten zur Welt kommt.

Temeraire * Book 2 When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named Temeraire. As new recruits in Britain’s Aerial Corps, man and dragon soon...

L'homme du 21ième siècle a besoin de se trouver de nouveaux repères. Après les prodigieuses transformations de ces 50 dernières années : progrès techniques, société de loisirs, émancipation de la femme, éclatement de la famille traditionnelle, ré-évaluation de la valeur travail... l'homme d'aujourd'hui ne peut plus se reconnaître uniquement comme guerrier, reproducteur, pourvoyeur par le travail ! Tous ces changements ont entraîné une redéfinition des rôles homme/femme avec deux risques : minimiser les différences et rabaisser l'un par rapport à l'autre.

I've been secretly married for eight years. Why is it a secret? Because having an open marriage splashed all over headlines isn't a good look. We'd constantly be under the spotlight, our lives and relationships judged. That's not the kind of hockey player I want to be known for, especially because we play for different teams. Although most of my relationships outside of my marriage are passing, I've been pining over my best friend and teammate for years. Years! Just as I decide that maybe it's time to see where this leads, management throws an unexpected play in our faces.

Three years have passed since the magician Nathaniel helped prevent a cataclysmic attack on London. Now an important member of the British government, he grapples with numerous problems: foreign wars are going badly, Britain’s enemies are mounting attacks close to London, and rebellion is...

Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie "oh" pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension.

Si grâce aux connaissances scientifiques en matière médicale, diététique, nous savons gérer les besoins de notre corps, il semble que nous soyons plus ignorants de nos besoins psycho-affectifs et spirituels. Nous sommes des êtres de besoins, ceci est inhérent à la nature humaine et le mieux que nous pouvons faire est de l'accepter. En comprenant les principes qui régissent la croissance de la personne, nous pourrons devenir autonomes et développer tout notre être.

From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and...

Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and human trafficking or that his first mission will turn into one of the biggest in CHERUB's history.

Ryan is about to board a plane knowing that the next twenty-four hours will change everything. His mission is to stop the biggest terrorist attack America's ever seen. Ryan works for CHERUB, a secret organisation with one key advantage: even a trained terrorist won't suspect that a teenager is spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist, is consumed by a fanatic desire to create a living being. He fashions an eight-foot-tall creature and succeeds in animating him, but, horrified by his visage, perceives his creation to be a monster and frightens him away. The monster, wandering in search of human companionship, is spurned and repulsed by all he approaches and learns to hate and to kill.

Milan Berg steht an einer Ampel, als ein Wagen neben ihm hält. Auf dem Rücksitz ein völlig verängstigtes Mädchen. Verzweifelt presst sie einen Zettel gegen die Scheibe. Ein Hilferuf? Milan kann es nicht lesen - denn er ist Analphabet! Einer von über zwei Millionen in Deutschland. Doch er spürt: Das Mädchen ist in tödlicher Gefahr. Als er die Suche nach ihr aufnimmt, beginnt für ihn eine albtraumhafte Irrfahrt voll kryptischer Codes und Rätsel, an deren Ende eine grausame Erkenntnis steht: Manchmal ist die Wahrheit zu entsetzlich, um mit ihr weiter zu leben.

An emotionally neglected child may struggle to form strong and secure attachments as an adult. They may feel hollow or empty, worthless (or overly important), judge themselves harshly and struggle with addictive tendencies - drinking, eating or exercising too much, for example. If this describes you, Heal Your Inner Child will change your life and give you back the love, compassion and authenticity you needed as a child and deserve as an adult. 

The moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling, Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfulness, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund This is a book that contains very few numbers. Instead, it is about meeting people who have opened my...

Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their home was once a real-life murder house, with the evidence still concealed within the four walls.

Stephanie Laurens authors USA Today best-selling historical romances such as A Rake's Vow and Devil's Bride. Lauren's Scandal's Bride is the hot and exciting third novel in her riveting Bar Cynster series.

In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant...

Er weiß nicht, wie er heißt. Er weiß nicht, woher er kommt. Er kann sich nicht erinnern, wie er nach Berlin gelangt ist oder seit wann er auf der Straße lebt. Noah begibt sich auf die verzweifelte Suche nach seiner Herkunft. Doch je näher er der Wahrheit kommt, desto größer wird das Grauen. Denn Noah ist weit mehr als ein Gedächtnisloser. Er ist das zentrale Element einer Verschwörung, die das Leben aller Menschen auf dem Planeten bedroht und bereits zehntausende Opfer gefordert hat.

Logan Gyre now holds the throne, but Kylar Stern has acquired a powerful new enemy, a goddess bent on the destruction of all that Kylar holds dear in the concluding volume of the Night Angel Trilogy by NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks. Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with...