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Asia's mother went missing 18 years ago and since then, Asia has feared the one thing she always dreamt of working with. The ocean. So instead, she's been living life as a lab tech. She doesn't exactly love her job, but it pays the bills and she has money to spend on nights out with her girls. However, her most recent night out ends up with her gaining markings on her skin and losing body parts....

The Toltecs are one of the most mysterious and little understood of all the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica. This culture was venerated by later civilizations, such as the Aztecs. Even today, “Toltec knowledge” is used as a kind of shorthand for arcane wisdom from an ancient culture. However, discussing the actual history of the Toltecs is extremely difficult. Much of what we know of these people comes from writings and oral traditions of the Aztecs, as translated and interpreted by the European invaders.

In Eine Falle Für Zero erringt ein neuer, fanatischer Anführer die Macht in einer Terroristenzelle. Er ist darauf besessen, den bisher tödlichsten Angriff auf amerikanischem Boden in die Tat umzusetzen. Kann Agent Null die Verschwörung aufdecken und ihn rechtzeitig aufhalten? Agent Nulls Töchter sind zwar sicher zu Hause, doch die geistige Qual ihrer Erfahrungen lastet schwer auf ihrer kleinen Familie. Null, der sich darum bemüht, ein guter Vater zu sein, entscheidet sich zu einer Operation, um seine all Erinnerungen zurückzubekommen. Doch wird dies funktionieren?

Subhas Chandra Bose was a revolutionary who sought Indian independence, but as many would contend, he ended up on the wrong side of history. In order to shake off the British yoke, Bose enlisted aid from Germany and Japan during World War II. This has led some to roundly condemn Bose as nothing more than a fascist cast in the same mold as Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Benito Mussolini. But is there more to this complicated figure than meets the eye?

Pierre-August Renoir, leader of the 19th-century Impressionist movement, spent his entire life perfecting his style. Rejected for decades, he depended on friends for a place to stay and money for painting supplies. Renoir lived in poverty until his 40's, and when he was finally discovered and hailed as a great artist, his health began to fail him. Still, Renoir never gave up his passion for painting. His need to create beauty was the driving force of his life, and throughout rejections and deteriorating health, Renoir retained an optimism that is reflected in his paintings.

Pingzi Po is the only demon queller in the medieval Far East. So far, she has quelled exactly one demon: Benzel of the Wolf, a dragonslayer from the Northlands. Now, she must act as Benzel’s interpreter when he’s charged with slaying a dangerous yellow dragon seen only by an emperor. But the emperor reveals the Yellow Dragon isn’t an animal - it’s an unidentified citizen in his province, who has threatened to murder the emperor.

Als CIA-Agent Null in Jagd Auf Null (Buch Nummer 3) erfährt, dass seine beiden Teenager-Mädchen entführt wurden und sich auf dem Weg zu einem Menschenhandelsring nach Osteuropa befinden, beginnt er eine rasante Verfolgungsjagd quer durch ganz Europa und hinterlässt dabei eine Spur der Verwüstung, während er alle Regeln bricht, sein eigenes Leben riskiert und alles tut, um seine Töchter zurückzubekommen.

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than 60 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland’s best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions.

Discover the remarkable history of the Maya Civilization...For more than one thousand years, the Maya people dominated areas of Central America and modern-day Mexico and made important advances in architecture, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Then, after the Spanish occupation in the 16th century, Maya culture and thinking were deliberately suppressed. Only in the 20th century did scientists appreciate just how advanced these people had been and how important they were in the history of Mesoamerica.

In the early 1800s, the five civilized tribes - the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Choctaw - were living in lands allocated to them by the United States government in present-day Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In general, the Native American people lived in peace with the increasing numbers of white settlers coming to these areas, though there were occasional conflicts as settlers took lands that belonged to the tribes.

I never meant to run away from home. I swear. I intended to stay in my cave, eat rocks, and wait around, bored, to finish growing up. Then, this mysterious human called Dibbins popped up in my cave with an intriguing offer. I just couldn’t refuse, you know? The world away from home was exciting! Soon, we were facing down evil dwarves and taking in the world’s smartest rabbit. Oh, and lifting curses and meeting with a king, a queen, and a whole encampment of soldiers.

Elite CIA-Agent Kent Steele damit beauftragt wird, eine biologische Waffe zu stoppen, bevor sie die Welt verwüstet - all das, während er sich mit seinem eigenen Gedächtnisverlust auseinandersetzen muss. Das Leben kehrt für Kent nur flüchtig zur Normalität zurück, bevor er von der CIA beauftragt wird, Terroristen zu jagen und eine weitere internationale Krise abzuwenden - die potenziell sogar nach verheerender ist als die Letzte.

Kent Steele, 38, ein brillanter Professor für Europäische Geschichte an der Columbia Universität, lebt mit seinen zwei Teenager Töchtern in einem New Yorker Vorort ein ruhiges Leben. All das verändert sich, als es eines Abends an seiner Tür klopft und er von drei Terroristen entführt wird - er wird quer über den Ozean geflogen, um in einem Pariser Keller verhört zu werden. Sie sind überzeugt davon, dass Kent der tödlichste Spion ist, den die CIA je kannte. Er ist sich sicher, dass sie den falschen Mann haben. Aber stimmt das?

Als Mitten in der Nacht radioaktiver Müll von Dschihadisten aus einem unbewachten New Yorker Krankenhaus gestohlen wird, bleibt der Polizei in ihrem Kampf gegen die Zeit nichts anderes übrig als das FBI zu verständigen. Luke Stone, der Kopf einer geheimen Eliteeinheit des FBIs wird dabei zu ihrem einzigen Hoffnungsträger. Luke ist schnell klar, dass es den Terroristen darum geht eine radioaktive Bombe zu bauen, um in den nächsten vierundzwanzig Stunden ein politisch brisantes Ziel anzugreifen.

The Hundred Years War was a series of conflicts waged between England and France between 1337 and 1453. The war involved several generations of kings on both sides and was fought over a single issue: whether the English had the right to rule the kingdom of France. The Hundred Years War was an important element in the creation of modern Europe and in the definition of the national characters of both England and France. This audiobook tells the story of this long, complex, and fascinating conflict.

Richard III has gone down in history as one of the most hated and vilified British monarchs of all time. His two-year-long reign as king of England ended in 1485 when he was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor, making him the last English king to die on the battlefield. Despite the brevity of his reign, Richard III managed to earn an enduring - albeit unflattering - reputation which lives on to this day. William Shakespeare painted him as a ruthless, hunch-backed usurper, who killed not only his brother but also his two young nephews to get his hands on the crown.

Author Patricia Dye's new book The Compelling Webbing: Truth of Lies is a collection of engrossing stories, offering the listener thrilling mysteries, murder, and science fiction with a little touch of romance that pulls at the imagination, taking the listener on a long journey, and just when you think you have it figured out, you will realize that it's nothing like what you had expected!

Queste Für Helden (Band 1 im Ring Der Zauberei) ist die epische Geschichte vom Erwachsenwerden eines besonderen Jungen, einem 14-jӓhrigen aus einem kleinen Dorf am Rande des Königreichs des Rings. Als der jϋngste von vier Brϋdern, am wenigsten vom Vater geliebt, von seinen Brϋdern gehasst, spϋrt Thorgrin, dass er anders ist als die anderen. Er trӓumt davon, ein großer Krieger zu werden, sich des Königs Mannen anzuschließen und den Ring vor den Horden der Kreaturen auf der anderen Seite des Canyon zu beschϋtzen.

Marsch Der Könige nimmt uns mit auf die nächste Etappe von Thors epischer Reise durch sein Schicksal, auf der er nach und nach mehr darüber erfährt, wer er ist, was seine Kräfte sind, und auf der er beginnt, ein Krieger zu werden. Nachdem er den Kerkern entkommt, erfährt Thor entsetzt von einem weiteren Mordanschlag auf König MacGil. Der Tod von MacGil versetzt das Königreich in Aufruhr. Während alle es auf den Thron abgesehen haben, ist Königshof mehr denn je von Familiendramen, Machtkämpfen, Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Gewalt und Verrat erfüllt.

Henry VII was not destined to be the well-known (or perhaps better described as infamous) king that his son was after him, but his place in history remains important. With his victory over Richard III in 1485, Henry brought England out of the Middle Ages and ushered it into the modern era. His reign ended decades of bloody civil wars and provided the wealth and stability necessary for commerce and art to thrive in England. When Henry’s son, Henry VIII, ascended the throne in 1509, it marked England’s first uncontested transfer of power in almost 90 years.