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Naira Khoum has only known life in Lagusa, a quiet village at the desert’s end. But to the rest of the world, Lagusa is a myth, its location shrouded in secrecy. While war rages to the north led by power-hungry Sothpike and his army of undead monsters called Dambi, Naira’s people live in peace.

I was just an anonymous clerk at a game store. Then one day a disgruntled customer ran over me and my hot coworker Kelly–all because of an unreleased game I wouldn’t sell him. Now we’re trapped in a huge three-dimensional maze where gravity seems optional, competing in dangerous contests with a team of fellow social outcasts. And failure is often fatal. But I think I know what’s going on here. We’re gathering territory, I’m gaining strange abilities, and every contest we win adds another member to my team of hot girls. We just need get to the bottom of this maze.

Gerade erst ist der Polizist Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg aus der tiefsten Pyrenäenprovinz nach Paris gekommen, doch sein Ruf eilt ihm voraus: Er sei still, ein Einzelgänger, der in seiner eigenen Welt lebt. Und er habe das Talent, komplizierte Fälle auf höchst ungewöhnliche Weise zu lösen. Anfangs eckt er mit seiner verschrobenen Art an, aber dann wird das Kommissariat des 5. Arrondissements zu einem Fall gerufen, der zuerst wenig mit einem Verbrechen zu tun zu haben scheint. In ganz Paris tauchen über Nacht merkwürdige blaue Kreidekreise auf.

A los pies de la tumba de Jón Sigurðsson, el histórico héroe de la independencia islandesa, yace el cadáver de una joven desnuda. Nadie sabe quién es ni porque la han abandonado en un lugar tan emblemático rodeada de flores. La policíao ha averiguado que era drogadicta y que abusaron de ella. Al frente de la investigación, Erneldur Sveinsson va a ir descubriendo que la chica tan solo es una pieza más en un juego de corrupción, negocios turbios y afán desmedido de poder.

Born to a rich family, young Albornoz's father hopes he would pursue a military career. But to his disappointment, the boy displays more interest toward matters of the church, and in seeking understanding on what is right and wrong. Meanwhile, fisherman Edmond and his wife eke out a humble existence—until a surprising opportunity presents itself. Soon, their lives intertwine with unexpected consequences.

Renaldo Calabasas may be the most talented writer Heron High has produced. But at the height of the AIDS crisis and amidst the homophobia present most everywhere in 1986, not many of his fellow students seem to agree. But something changes the night Rene is struck by lightning and only his closest friend, Katie, and love interest, Tommy, can tell he's undergone some inexplicable transformation.

Emmy-winning editor Jordan Goldman, ACE, takes you inside the cutting room and pulls back the curtain on how and why directors, showrunners, and editors decide whether your performance makes it to the screen. He explains the key things actors should do—and shouldn't do—to avoid getting cut out. Topics include what an editor does, how editors evaluate your work, why actors get cut, what you can control, and what you can't control.

Something strange is happening in Cleveland. Peaceful, law-abiding citizens are turning into violent criminals. Homicide detective Noah Wright isn’t willing to accept the incidents may be supernatural in nature…until he comes face-to-face with the True Self, a dark elemental determined to blanket the world in darkness. Can Project Specter stop the force in time, or will all secrets be revealed?

Our media and education system often tells us that that nice White people are the solution...but what if they are the problem? How can we build a better world? And why do so many people with privilege end up making things worse when they try to help? From the Crusades to Black Lives Matter, No More Heroes is a grassroots history of resistance to the savior mentality. This book weaves the stories of teachers, international volunteers, sex workers, FBI informants, indigenous organizers, and prison abolitionists into a narrative of revolutionary change.

I investigate a murder at a paranormal prison and end up behind bars with four psycho inmates. They will use me in ways I never thought possible. But, they don't know who I really am. What I really am. My family has danced with the devil, and I inherited the darkness. When in danger, when my family is in danger, I don't just bite, I don't just kill, I'm more psycho than all of you, and I won't hesitate to bring the world upside down.

En 1972, se celebra en Reikiavik el mayor duelo de la historia del ajedrez. El mundo entero espera con impaciencia el enfrentamiento entre el estadounidense Bobby Fischer y el soviético Boris Spassky. Con la capital islandesa convertida en un nuevo escenario de la Guerra Fría, nadie parece reparar en el asesinato de un joven en un cine de barrio. En el cuerpo de policía, tan solo Marion Briem intuye la verdadera importancia que esconde el crimen.

"La Breve historia de los gladiadores" narra como en los Ludi (escuelas de gladiadores) fornidos prisioneros de guerra, fugitivos o delincuentes se adiestraban en las técnicas de la lucha a muerte, se enfundaban sus armaduras de samnitas, secutores, reciarios, tracios, etc. y se lanzaban a la arena para conseguir la gloria o la muerte. Asimismo, se narra la historia del Coliseo romano, construido por Vespasiano, con un impresionante aforo para 50.000 espectadores que era abarrotado por hordas de ciudadanos romanos, patricios y plebeyos para aclamar a sus gladiadores preferidos.

Perhaps you feel as if the work you do carries less eternal impact than the work of a pastor or missionary. But that’s not how God sees it. Whatever it looks like day to day, your work is ministry and central to God’s plans to restore fallen creation. As the days of creation reveal, God is quite familiar with work himself. He created humans with unique giftings and interests, specifically so we can pursue his redemptive work in partnership with him. The Word Before Work features 260 passages—one for every workday of the year—to help you see how your work connects to God’s work in the world.

Some art takes on a life of its own. A beautiful house. A loving family. Two kids, a dog, and a tenure-track professorship teaching art at the local university. Dan Rineheart is living the dream. But all dreams must end. When an anonymous painting arrives at the university, Dan is tasked with uncovering the artist. No title. No name. No signature or frame. It’s a disturbing work of grotesque perfection. A work of art...that changes with each viewing. So begins the nightmare. Where painted clocks tick-tock in the dark hours before dawn.

With St. Teresa of Avila’s masterpiece The Interior Castle as his guide, best-selling author Dan Burke takes you on an illuminating journey through the seven levels of spiritual progress, explaining what God is accomplishing within your soul at each stage, as well as the finely tailored demonic strategies applied to throw you off your path. You’ll learn how the devil is as active in your prayer life as you are, and how the saints were able to counter Satan as he adapted his schemes to correspond with where they were on their spiritual journeys.

Henry Murphy’s parents never told him he was from another realm. They couldn’t, because they have become as unaware as Henry. Everything was forgotten - memories siphoned away by the dark force that stalked them. For the last 17 years, Henry has been living a lie.

Nikki has it all - a great career, a gorgeous apartment, and a boyfriend who is basically perfect. Okay, maybe things have grown a little too comfortable - missionary and an early night, anyone? - but Nikki can handle boring if it means keeping hot and wholesome Bron in her life. But then, the unthinkable happens. Bron walks out one evening before Nikki’s even started her dinner. Left sobbing into her soup, Nikki’s best friends waste no time throwing her back into the deep end of the dating pool.

When Cadence is rescued from a time ripple, she’s pulled into the 13th hour where time is a weapon of both destruction and deliverance. Tutored by the mysterious Tok, leader of the Timekeepers, Cada finds herself on the other side of the time veil where she is taught to use her allotted seconds to right the wrongs caused by dangerous time-stealing siphons. But nothing is as it seems. Someone has organized the siphons and is using them to pursue immortality. All fingers point to one man, yet Cada is drawn inexplicably to his green eyes and damaged soul.

Fifteen-year-old Faith Wilson takes her little sister Hope’s hand. In worn-down shoes, they walk through the choking heat of the Dust Bowl, toward a new life in California. But when a storm blows in, the girls are separated from their parents. Starving and forced to sleep on the streets, Faith thinks a room in a small boarding house will keep her sister safe. But the glare in the landlady’s eye, as Faith leaves in search of their parents, has her wondering if she’s made a dangerous mistake.

No sé si este audiolibro es una novela, un diario de no ficción o qué. Trata sobre el deseo de morir y de vivir. Sobre el amor y las preguntas que este despierta. Y sobre el dolor, sobre todo sobre el dolor: el de ella, mi esposa, que me pide la muerte, y el mío, que no se la puedo dar. Éste es el diario de un cobarde que superó un cáncer y ahora se enfrenta, escaso de fuerzas, al cáncer terminal de su mujer.