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Der ehemalige Rockstar Xander Sinclair mag vielleicht die Reha hinter sich gebracht haben, aber über den Berg ist er noch lange nicht. Da er immer noch von den Morden seiner Eltern heimgesucht wird, hat er sich in sein großes Haus in Amesport zurückgezogen und verweigert jeglichen Kontakt mit seinen Brüdern. Es fällt ihm schwer, nicht rückfällig zu werden, da er glaubt, in seinem Kampf gegen seine Dämonen allein zu sein. Zumindest ist das der Fall, bis Samantha ihre Stelle als Haushälterin bei ihm antritt.

Comedy doesn't pay. Some might claim that's the wrong cliché, but Chuck Ramsey knows the truth of it all too well. That's why he resorts to crime to pay the bills. His latest scheme isn't to pick up odd, questionably legal jobs near his gigs; this time he's found the perfect opportunity, and he's willing to buy a gig to be in the right place at the right time. All he has to do is get a certain wizard to play his part without knowing it.

Everyone has a past, and everyone has secrets, no more so than FBI Agent Kira Lockhart. But even after five years, Kira’s past keeps catching up with her. Hoping to distract herself with a new case, Kira realizes the disappearance of a young college student might be a part of a larger conspiracy.

Willkommen bei 'Es ist Zeit'! Hier brechen wir Tabus und sprechen über Themen, die eine Stimme brauchen. Gesellschaft, Leben, Kontroversen – wir gehen dahin, wo andere zögern. Begleitet uns auf einer Reise des offenen Dialogs und des Perspektivwechsels. Werft mit uns einen Blick auf das, was oft übersehen wird.

Gathered to serve the people of Deyrnas once again, the Heroes of Dragon’s Nest must now look to a future that already has numerous designs upon it. Some seek to reclaim lost glory, others want only to preserve what they have, and a brave few still hope to salvage something new and better.

A renowned mountaineer and self-described 'fell runner' is found dead in a deep gully on one side of Scafell Pike within hours of announcing his intention of breaking the world record for the quickest continuous summit of every peak in the Lake District. Only a month into the job, DI Jess Chambers had been hoping that Cumbria would offer a slower pace of policing than her native Belfast, but this first case already sees her out of her depth. A local mountain guide, Margot Voyce, proves to be her biggest asset as she begins her investigation.

Built with the best of intentions and using alien technology, Abacus exists within an electromagnetic bubble that protects it from the ruined planet. The culture is meticulously constructed to exclude dogmatic thinking in an attempt to keep the population well and at peace. But what happens when a sociopath is born into the community? Emma Jones is fighting mad and, with a group of friends, works to recover her husband and stop his kidnapper before he wipes out the last people on Earth.

Der Deal mit einem Verbrecher. Das Ende eines Freundes. Das Finale einer zerstörerischen Liebe. Der dritte und letzte Band der "SMOKE"-Reihe von BESTSELLER-Autorin J. S. Wonda. SMOKE. Du hast noch immer nicht gelernt, dass es besser wäre, auf mich zu hören. Stattdessen stürzt du dich von einer Gefahr in die nächste, während alles zu Asche verbrennt. Ich bin dein Feuer, Cinder, und nichts wird das jemals ändern. Die Frage ist nur: Bist du bereit für den ultimativen Brand? Als Smoke Cinder auf der Ranch zurücklässt, tut sie alles dafür, ihn aus dem Gefängnis zu befreien.

Auf einem Road Trip in die Prärie Montanas stoßen Cinder und ihre beste Freundin Ivy in einem altmodischen Saloon auf Smoke. Er wirkt unnahbar, düster, anziehend und überaus gefährlich. Allen Warnungen zum Trotz stiehlt Cinder sich einen Kuss von ihm. Die eifersüchtige Ivy lässt ihre Freundin daraufhin im Stich, sodass Cinder auf Smokes Hilfe angewiesen ist. Am nächsten Morgen wacht sie in seinem Haus auf. Die Hände gefesselt. Und sie begreift, dass ihr Albtraum erst begonnen hat.

Chaos erupts in Silver Mesa when a group of outlaws decides to rob the town's only bank. The seemingly ordinary crime captures Zebadiah Clemens' full attention thanks to the lead bank robber abducting the young daughter of the stagecoach manager. But unlike the sheriff, his authority doesn't stop at the edge of town. In his pursuit, Zeb discovers a small ranching community with a rather unique problem: A dead man seems to be killing people. Zeb's not about to let the crazy supernatural stuff get in the way of finding the missing girl, but no situation is ever as simple as it seems....

A Hundred Honeymoons’ storyline develops like a carnally driven small-town soap opera revolving around two innocent teenagers, Todd and Sally. Drenched in hormonal confusion, Todd’s teenage adventures offer a good number of relatable moments for the listener to quip, “Yeah, I remember feeling like that." While Sally’s journey takes her from naive cheerleader to a mature woman. Exploitive and corrupt characters woven throughout, it is a story premeditated with carnal adventures, broken hearts, and true love.

Alternate Earth is a world Jess always considered a part of her past, not the way leading to her future. When she began to have a recurring nightmare about it, she knew destiny was urging her to go back there. For five long years, Jess and Mason have struggled to assemble the right combination of travelers fated to journey back to this altered reality with them. Now, they’re down to finding the final member for their party, whose presence will allow the vessels to open a dimensional gateway back to alternate Earth.

For Lori Straford, born into the lowest caste of citizens—the pleasure arts strata of their society—it is an inescapable fate that she can only hope to better by enlisting as a spa attendant and masseuse on one of the luxury world colonies under the purview of Darvel Exploration Corporation. When she is talked into working on one of their mining planets for a year with the promise of a hefty bonus and to be transferred to her choice planet after more non-gratas can be sent over, it is too good of an opportunity to pass up.

In Unwelcome Guests, Harold S. Wechsler and Steven J. Diner argue that discrimination in college admissions has a long and troubling history in the US. Institutions of higher learning have vigorously sought to shape their mission and the experiences of their undergraduate students by paying careful attention to race and religion in admissions decisions. Wechsler and Diner explore how American colleges and universities sought to restrict enrollment of students they considered undesirable.

Far from a normal child's life! Young Terek was introduced into a world of pain. He never really had experienced a mother's love. Until Terek was brutally beaten and left for dead on his Aunt Bunny's front porch. It was then that Terek was shown the rules of "The Game", plus how it felt to be loved unconditionally. Forced to step out into a world where every time he turned around, his loved ones were living or dying by the laws of the streets, so Terek devoted himself to the only thing he felt he had left - and that was his Black Heart!

When Lily, a little girl with psychic abilities, is terrorized by Shadow People, she and her family seek the help of experienced psychic medium Edith MacKenzie. Together they navigate portals, vortexes, time travel, and encounter Ancient Egyptian Gods who help them open a Stargate to rid the Earth of a dark entity brought forth by a military experiment gone terribly wrong.

The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their...

Chuck Ramsey is a traveling comedian trying to turn a planetside gig on Earth into a cash cow. Of course, the cost of living on Earth is astronomical. He needs to get rich quick - or at least come out ahead - and head for cheaper pastures. Enter Mordecai The Brown. Once the golden boy of the Convocation, Guardian of the Plundered Tomes and the Convocation's number one hunter of dark wizards, "Mort" has found himself on the wrong end of an internal investigation.

Carl anhela una vida tranquila con su futura esposa y el hijo que esperan. Pero cuando Amy le hace una única petición, surge un problema. Ella quiere casarse en la Tierra para que su madre pueda estar presente. Para un ciudadano respetuoso de la ley, esa sería una petición cara pero sencilla. Para una banda de forajidos, volar sin un plan hasta la sede de la ley y el orden galácticos podría ser un suicidio....

Empuja a un hombre con bastante fuerza y durante el tiempo suficiente, y él te responderá. Carl Ramsey tiene por fin un plan para enfrentarse a la megacorporación transgaláctica Harmony Bay. Con la ayuda de un nuevo as en la manga, la tripulación del Mobius ha preparado un golpe que podría poner fin al hostigamiento de la empresa: van a robar la nave responsable de las operaciones encubiertas de Harmony Bay.