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In 30 years of prospecting, old Jim had never discovered Amber's Mirage - a shining cliff above a spring that ran heavy with gold. But his young sidekick took up the search to find the gold - a search that would cost him two years away from wild Ruby, the woman he loved.

Smoke Jensen sat in a cave and boiled the last of his coffee. He figured he was in Idaho — somewhere south of Montpelier — but he was certain about only two things: He was cold and he was being hunted by a small army of men. Smoke knew why he was cold — it was winter. He just didn't have a clear idea of why anyone was after him.

Smoke Jensen couldn't have cared less about a range war that had erupted in far-off Montana. But when his cousin Fae is stuck right in the middle of the hundred-gun showdown that's exploding in bullets and blood, he rides to intercede in the name of family. He's joined on his mission by the Moab Kid and legendary gunfighters Charlie Starr and Pistol Le Roux.

Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"—and in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere.

The renowned masterpiece from one of the most influential writers in history, Machiavelli The Prince, written during the Italian Renaissance by author Niccolò Machiavelli, is an internationally renowned masterpiece about power, greed and strategy in government. Regarded by some as a manual for...

World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos.

A cattle ranch stalked by the ultimate predator. A heifer gutted and beheaded by razor-sharp claws. A ranch hand crushed and shredded by powerful jaws. According to legend—foretold by Sioux Chief Red Otter—the attacks are an omen of terrible things to come. When a grizzly attacks a man or his property during a blue moon, it is a sign that the bear has been sent from someone on the other side seeking revenge against the man that killed him. And that man—the avenger’s true target—is Hunter Buchanon.

Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He’s more apt to settle accounts with a fast draw than a checkbook. And when he learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he wastes no time saddling up and hitting the vengeance trail with his fellow mountain men Audie and Nighthawk.

An epic 13-part dramatisation of William Harrison Ainsworth’s historical romance, centring around the rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey William Harrison Ainsworth was lauded by his contemporaries as a successor to Sir Walter Scott, and was named in 1847 as one of the three most popular writers...

Ein lebendiger Yeti – in unserer Stadt?! "Bitte nicht öffnen!" steht auf dem geheimnisvollen Päckchen, das Nemo bekommt. Klare Sache: Nemo macht es auf... Und dann passieren drei Dinge: – Eine Plüschfigur springt heraus, ein verfressener Yeti-Ritter namens Icy-Ice-Monsta – quicklebendig! – Draußen schneit es – und das mitten im Sommer! –Und der Yeti wird groß. Sehr groß. Zweieinhalb Meter groß! Während die Kleinstadt Boring in Schnee und Eis versinkt, kommen Nemo und seine Freunde ordentlich ins Schwitzen.

Ding-Dong!... Zappenduster! »Für ein neues Monster hab ich echt keine Zeit!« Als Nemo das dritte Päckchen bekommt, bringt er es ungeöffnet zurück zur Post. Erledigt, denkt Nemo. Gut gemacht, denken seine Freunde. – Falsch gedacht. Denn: 1. Es wird plötzlich stockdunkel in der Stadt. Mitten am Tag. 2. Jemand anders muss die Kiste aufgemacht haben! 3. Und das Wesen, das darin war, stöckelt nun frei umher! – Nemo, Fred und Oda wissen nicht, was für ein Wesen. Sie wissen nur, was auf der Kiste stand: »Bitte nicht öffnen – durstig...«

Keeping the peace in a West Texas town like Buffalo Peak should be easy for a legendary frontiersman like Marshal Elwood "Firestick" McQueen. He’s got his longtime buddies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks as his deputies—not to mention the famous rifle that earned him his nickname. But when Firestick learns that their ornery old friend “Rip” Ripley just rode into town, all bets are off. It’s darn near impossible to keep the peace when Rip’s specialty is disturbing it. Firestick finds a decade-old wanted poster for Rip—the reward is one dollar.

Mary, Byron, Rebecca, and Luke have done their best to move on with their lives and forget the strangeness that lurks beneath the surface of Beacon Point. But while Alan Graves, the enigmatic radio host, may be long gone, his specter looms large over the group—literally.

In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent—the renegade vampire Valcua, the Ultimate Noble! Having been exiled to outer space, Valcua took his entire kingdom of strange and deadly creatures with him, and swore that when the time was right they would return to have their revenge.

Nemo hat einen Plan: Er will dem mysteriösen Päckchen-Verschicker eine Falle stellen. Das könnte ein guter Plan sein – doch leider geht er schief. Und damit haben Nemo und seine Freunde drei Probleme: 1. Drache Drago wird lebendig. 2. Die Drachenspucke hat überraschende Nebenwirkungen. 3. Die einzige Person, die Drago in ein harmloses Stofftier zurückverwandeln kann, befindet sich am anderen Ende der Welt. Also fasst Nemo einen neuen Plan. Einen guten Plan. Doch leider geht auch dieser schief.

Ding-dong, die Post ist da! Was für ein Monster wohl diesmal in dem mysteriösen Päckchen steckt? Die Freunde Nemo, Oda und Fred können ihr Glück kaum fassen, als ihnen ein Einhorn entgegenblickt – denn das Tier namens Magic kann Wünsche erfüllen! Jetzt können sie all ihre Träume wahr werden lassen und die der Boringer Bürger gleich mit. Aber vielleicht ist mit dem rülpsenden und pupsenden Einhorn doch nicht alles so super wie gedacht.

For an atheist it’s a great deal, though it does suggest atheism may have a weak point. For those of faith it’s a matter of jam now and purgatory tomorrow. A bargain many artists feel is something they can live with. For agnostics it’s usually a question of can the afterlife really be that bad, would workplace regulations reach all parts of heaven and hell. However, in this volume the terms are agreed and the Devil pays his fees and the character his dues, each happy to wait a few decades for the eternal payback.

When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc, it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: "Find Muma." But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love is good. It’s positive, a source of joy, nourishment and all over goodness. But sometimes other more malevolent forces come to play. They infect that love, they see their form as better. Instinctively we would shy away but sometimes its pull is too powerful, almost attractive. We are drawn closer into the shadows.