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European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel was first published in 1898, long before Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.

Von einer Sekunde zur anderen kann sich die Welt verändern. Jorge de Silva erlebte das am eigenen Leib, und er sollte keine Gelegenheit mehr haben, darüber mit jemand Außenstehendem zu sprechen. Über die Sierra pfiff der Wind. Hier oben merkte man schon den nahenden Herbst. Die Luft war kühl, die Touristen, die es hin und wieder wagten, einen Abstecher in die abgelegenen Bergstädtchen zu machen, blieben aus. Aber über sie konnte de Silva sich wahrhaftig nicht beschweren. Die Stelle, wo sein Haus lag, war bis auf den heutigen Tag nicht mal von neugierigsten Touristen gefunden worden.

This book intends to reintroduce pleasure as an innate guide to living a healthy and happy life—a simple yet powerful assertion based on empirical data, which stands up to the strictest scrutiny.

This collection contains miscellaneous notes and fragments found after the death of Baudelaire. They reveal in miniature the many and varied aspects of the moral and intellectual life of the author. Included are reflections not only on poetry, but also on painting and music, displaying Baudelaire’s finely honed critical instincts.

The Jennings kids are once more swept into the magical land of Bren to fight a monster only they can conquer. The kingdom is falling into darkness under the attacks of Luminaud, a giant red dragon who draws his strength from the light of life, beginning with the light of children!

Although he refused to ally himself with a specific denomination, religious scholar Paul Carus had a particular reverence for Buddhism, and in 1896, published this succinct guide to the basic doctrines of the religion.

The Untold Story of Sita replaces the traditional narrative of Sita's life as told in the Ramayana with Sita as she truly is—an incarnation of the great Devi Narayani. Sita comes to Earth to join Sri Ram in setting the foundation for a new civilization at a time when humans are becoming separate from the natural world.

Alice is the best mechanic the corrupt Coalition regime has ever seen. When she’s kidnapped by an infamous vigilante space pirate named Violet, she has to make the hardest decision she’s ever made.

The plot follows the usual trajectory of a young girl falling in love and the relationship becoming compromised by unforeseen circumstances. In this case, Austen’s heroine is a naïve country girl, Catherine Morland, who has an addiction to reading the Gothic horror novels which were so popular in the Regency period. When she is invited to stay at the family seat of her love interest and discovers it to be a vast and ancient castle, her romantic imagination runs riot. What secrets lie hidden in this vast pile over which the widowed head of the house exercises an iron control?

What is the dark secret that Martin Lancaster’s family seem determined to stop him uncovering? When Martin was 18, his father was tragically lost at sea during a transatlantic yacht race. Twenty-five years later, Martin discovers hidden logbooks in his mother’s attic and vows to find out the truth.

The year is 542 and the great king Beowulf is midway in life between slaying the monster Grendel and his fatal battle with a dragon. He rules his kingdom on the west coast of Sweden wisely and gives rich gifts to his thanes, defends his keep and fills it with treasure.

Katherine MacDonald is on her own. Divorced with two small children while Edinburgh is being bombed during World War II, she is desperate to survive. Her long hours working at a laundry barely pay her bills. Her only solace is writing, but she could never imagine how a little pen found in an antiques store would change her life.

In Parkinson’s & Recreation, Dennis takes the listener from the devastating and dreaded moment of hearing the words, “Mr. Jernigan. You have Parkinson’s Disease,” to the instances of discovering unexpected moments of joy and peace as he came to terms with the diagnosis and symptoms he’s lived with for over four years now.

Ich bin Michael Gilmore. Träger von Noctis, dem Onyxdrachen. Der einzige männliche Schüler der Drako-Akademie und offensichtlich die einzige Person, die eine untergehende Welt noch retten kann. Erst vor ein paar Tagen wurde ich von Los Angeles in eine Fantasiewelt verfrachtet, in der es von Soldatinnen mit Superkräften wimmelt, die die Magie der mit ihnen verbundenen Drachen beherrschen.

From bestselling author Will Witt, this thought-provoking exposé shows readers how to break free from the control of America’s corrupt ruling class. The America you grew up in is no longer here. Our country is in sharp decline. Yet we often fail to truly call out the culprits responsible for...

Es ist ein großes Wagnis. Ein rostiger Dampfer mit einer ganzen Elefantenherde im Bauch sticht in Kalkutta in See und nimmt Kurs auf die Andamaneninseln. An Bord sind auch der junge Bellini, seine Familie und ihr Arbeitselefant, Dalee. Indien ist gerade unabhängig geworden, und die Familie lässt alles hinter sich, um auf dem fernen Archipel ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Keiner von ihnen ahnt, was sie dort erwartet.

Young teen, Lee Jennings, bullied constantly by local boys, suddenly finds himself transported into a world of fantasy and adventure...and plunged into a whole new identity as the son of a king! How he traverses this new world and endures captivity at the hands of the realm’s resident evil lord is also the journey of self-discovery that will one day serve Lee in his adult life. Full of fantastic beings and magical creatures from this new dimension and wrought with many twists and turns, Captured is just the beginning for Lee Jennings.

In the winter of 1886-87, a French archaeological team headed by M. Grébant was digging in Akhmîm in Upper Egypt. The team was excavating part of the grounds of an ancient monastery, where monks, priests, bishops, and holy men were interred.

Ein heißer Eishockey-Star als Ersatzpapa? Das passt mir so gar nicht in den Kram – bis die Liebe ins Spiel kommt und Brady mein Eisherz zum Schmelzen bringt. Evelyn: Als alleinerziehende Mama bin ich es gewohnt, wie eine Löwin für meine Tochter und mich zu kämpfen. Ich gebe niemals auf, auch, wenn das Leben verdammt hart ist und sich die Rechnungen stapeln. Eigentlich habe ich gerade gar keine Zeit, mich um mein Liebesleben zu kümmern, aber Brady bringt Ruhe in meinen chaotischen Alltag.

This enigmatic scripture is attributed to the mysterious sage Lao Tze, who is believed to have lived in the sixth century BCE. In the present translation by religious scholar Paul Carus, the title is presented as The Canon of Reason and Virtue, and in the body of the text Carus renders the word usually translated as “Tao” as “reason.” This book is an extract from the author’s larger work, Lao-Tze’s Tao Teh King. The latter contained an historical introduction, the Chinese text, a transliteration, explanatory notes and an index, including the Chinese terms.