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Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart Tolle Meister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals to...

A superb anthology of 40 great classic humorous stories.

The killings that once plagued New Orleans are cropping up again in Seattle. The local office is stumped. I'm called out to lend a fresh set of eyes and my unique magical touch. It's only when I get there that I realize the Seattle office isn't stumped at all. They're being silenced by the Mages' Guild, a corrupt magical institution that doesn't want word to get out of what is plaguing the city. Worse, news of my magic might've slipped down to the underworld, hitting the ears of some extremely powerful demons.

Die Menschheit führt eine erbitterte Schlacht gegen die Faller. Millionen Lichtjahre vom Commenwealth entfernt, sind die irdischen Kämpfer auf sich allein gestellt. Denn die Faller haben nahezu jeden Bereich der Gesellschaft infiltriert, nur darauf aus, das menschliche Leben zu zerstören. Aber es gibt Hoffnung: Eine mysteriöse Gestalt, die als kriegerischer Engel bekannt ist, führt den verzweifelten Widerstand an. Und der Astronaut Ry Evine macht eine Entdeckung, die die Rettung bedeuten könnte - oder den Untergang...

Millionen Pilger sind mit ihren Ultra-Antriebsschiffen auf dem Weg ins Zentrum der Galaxis - in die "Leere". Dort, so ihr Glaube, erwartet sie ein perfektes Leben in einer perfekten Welt. Doch der Preis dafür könnte höher nicht sein. Einige setzen alles daran, die Pilger zu stoppen, wie etwa Gore Burnelli, ältester und einflussreichster lebender Vertreter der Menschheit, der die Jahrtausende vorbeiziehen sah; oder Oscar Monroe, der Märtyrer, der sich schon einmal für das Commonwealth opferte.

Pilger sind mit ihren Ultra-Antriebsschiffen auf dem Weg ins Zentrum der Galaxis - in die "Leere". Dort, so ihr Glaube, erwartet sie ein perfektes Leben in einer perfekten Welt. Doch der Preis dafür könnte höher nicht sein. Einige setzen alles daran, die Pilger zu stoppen, wie etwa Gore Burnelli, ältester und einflussreichster lebender Vertreter der Menschheit, der die Jahrtausende vorbeiziehen sah; oder Oscar Monroe, der Märtyrer, der sich schon einmal für das Commonwealth opferte; und die gnadenlose Ermittlerin Paula Myo, unermüdlich und unaufhaltsam. In ihren Händen liegt es, die Galaxis zu retten. Doch die Zeit ist nicht ihr Verbündeter...

Teil 2 des dritten Bandes von Peter F. Hamilton Reihe "Das dunkle Universum". Das Intersolare Commonwealth ist in Aufruhr. Mittendrin: Edeard, genannt der Waterwalker, ein Telepath mit wachsender Macht. Die Gefahr der "Leerengrenze" ist nicht gebannt: ein Raumgebiet, das sich immer weiter ausdehnt, und wie ein schwarzes Loch alle Welten auf dem Weg verschlingt. Überdies rückt die Flotte des Ocisen Empire vor, zum Äußersten entschlossen. Ihr Ziel: Die Menschheit, die sich in interne Machtkämpfe verzettelt hat.

Inmitten des intersolaren Commonwealth schwärt ein riesiges schwarzes Loch. Langsam verschlingt es Stern um Stern. In seinem Inneren: ein fremdartiges Universum, wo die Gesetze der Physik Kopf stehen. Manche Menschen glauben, man könne in diesem Universum ein perfektes Leben führen, und brechen zu einer Pilgerfahrt auf. Andere Völker sehen in den Pilgern eine unberechenbare Gefahr, die zum Wachstum des schwarzen Loches führt. Sie wollen die Pilger aufhalten. Um jeden Preis.

Told by the man who kicked off the infamous lawsuit between Oprah and the cattlemen, Mad Cowboy is an impassioned account of the highly dangerous practices of the cattle and dairy industries.

This volume features William F Harvey's original undead hand story "The Beast with Five Fingers" that sparked many movies including Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead". Poe's classic "The Tell Tale Heart" is joined by Lovecraft's creepy tale of alienation "The Outsider", and a chilling Dickens ghost story "The Signalman".

The former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department describes his life and career as head of one of the world's largest police forces. He looks back at the headline-making events in which he played a pivotal role: the Watts riots, shootouts with the Black Panthers and the SLA, the investigations into the death of Marilyn Monroe and the assassination of Robert Kennedy, and the infamous video-taped beating of Rodney King.

This collection of 11 stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as "The Snowstorm", "Lucerne", "The Diary of a Madman", and "The Devil" are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious thought that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy.

Professor Thomas F. Madden is a widely published author and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. In The Lost Warriors of God, Madden examines one of the most fascinating organizations in world history: the Knights Templar, whose members gave up home, family, and worldly possessions to defend the Holy Land and the Christian pilgrims who journeyed there.

As a politician, John F. Kennedy crafted an image that inspired and thrilled millions - and left an outsize legacy after his tragic murder. Only a select inner circle was privy to the man behind Camelot. In Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and David F. Powers, two members of Kennedy's "Irish Mafia," give an unflinching, honest, and intimate portrayal of the Kennedy family and JFK's presidency.

Jack learns that his father is in a coma after a car accident in Florida. They’ve been on the outs, but this is his dad, so he heads south to Gateways, a retirement community on the Everglades. The woman Semelee, who has strange talents and lives in an isolated area of the Everglades with a group of misshapen men, feels his presence. She senses that he’s “special,” like her. To protect his father from becoming the next fatality at Gateways, there are questions Jack must answer, secrets he must uncover.

Five brilliant stories from one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century! This audiobook includes the following stories: Head and Shoulders, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - narrated by Bronson Pinchot and Stephen R. Thorne!

Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang - a gang that supports freedom and kindness for all. But will the pressure take its toll on this brave yet sometimes naive cat? Soon the city erupts in an all-out gang war as the evil Sally Bones attempts to control the lives of all cats. Horrified and outnumbered, Varjak and the others must fight for their freedom or die trying; can Jalal's Way really be the best way?

In this course, Thomas F. Madden offers a history of the culture that developed out of the ancient Roman Empire throughout the Middle Ages. The story begins at the end of the Roman Empire in the third century AD and continues over the next 1000 years. Professor Madden leads a discussion covering the aftermath and influence of this extraordinary empire. Europeans now saw a world in which nothing stood between them as the last remnant of free Christendom and the ever-growing powers of Islam.

England between the wars was a paradise of calm and leisure for the very, very rich. Into this enclave is born Mrs. Emmeline Lucas—La Lucia, as she is known—a woman determined to lead a life quite different from the subdued formality of her class.

In the first century of its existence, Christianity was both welcomed and vilified throughout the Roman Empire. Many of Christianity's original adherents were martyred. Christians themselves practiced their religion with great diversity, linked as much to local influences as theology. Political intrigue, theological beliefs, and simple misunderstandings created a need for dialogue between the many practitioners of the growing faith.