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T.J. had the world in the palm of his hand. He was handsome. Popular in school. Smart. A stellar athlete. The son of superstar pro quarterback Tony Okerson, he seemed destined to follow in his father's footsteps to a career of gridiron glory. That bright, shining dream ends when T.J.'s lifeless body is found on a rocky shoreline near his family's Chesapeake Bay home.

Captain Victoria Belic returns with the third installment of the best-selling series, A World Apart. After the Architect's ploy to corrupt the Knights, the Legion's defenses are in disarray, and the Mave position themselves to take advantage of the opportunity. The Engineer is forced to take drastic measures to protect the people of the Legion, seeking assistance from the Reclamation, a recluse group of androids that sympathize with the human resistance. But Captain Belic has her own plan, and blazes a trail the Knights nor the Engineer ever saw coming.

The Age of Light tells the story of Vogue-model-turned-renowned-photographer Lee Miller, and her search to forge a new identity as an artist after a life spent as a muse. She arrives in Paris in 1929, where she soon catches the eye of the famous Surrealist Man Ray. Though he wants to use her only as a model, Lee convinces him to take her on as his assistant. But Man Ray turns out to be an egotistical, charismatic force, and as they work together in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives become intimately entwined, changing the course of Lee's life forever.

Jamie Rush understands what it takes to disappear because her parents taught her that long ago. Leveraging her knowledge of why and how people run from their own lives, Jamie has built a business based on bringing those in hiding back to answer for their actions. She takes pride in using her somewhat shady skills to work both inside and outside the law. When her estranged brother, Brian, calls and says his daughter is missing, Jamie initially turns down the case. Kristen has always been a bit wild, frequently dropping off the grid then showing up a few days later.

Lydia is a very curious little girl. She loves to ask questions. Lydia and her mommy decided to spend the day at the park lying under the warm sun and the blue sky. Lydia decides this is the perfect time to ask questions.

Als das Telefon klingelte, war es eine Viertelstunde vor Mitternacht. Justus fuhr zusammen; das Läuten des Telefons erreichte ihn wie ein Geräusch aus einer anderen Welt. Sekundenlang sah er den Apparat so verdutzt an, als könnte er sich nicht im geringsten erklären, warum dieser einen solchen Ton von sich gab, obendrein zu so später Stunde. Dann beschloss er, das Klingeln einfach zu ignorieren. Dies war hierzulande nicht mehr die rechte Zeit, andere Menschen anzurufen, sagte er sich. Es konnte sich ohnehin nur um einen Irrtum handeln.

Morgen geht es los zum Fußball-Camp. Lina, Theo und Oskar sind aufgeregt! Der Höhepunkt des Zeltlagers ist das große Fußballturnier und der Gewinner bekommt Eintrittskarten für den Freizeitpark "Soccerworld". Pepe glaubt, dass sein Team gegen die anderen keine Chance haben wird und meldet sich deswegen gar nicht erst zum Zeltlager an. Aber Lina, Theo und Oskar finden eine Ersatzspielerin: Adriana. Doch dann entdecken die Freunde am Abend vor dem Turnier, dass Adrianas Zelt leer ist. Wo ist Adriana? Ist sie weggelaufen oder wurde sie sogar entführt?

There's a stranger in your house. And he knows your biggest secret. When Kimber Hannon returns home from a work trip, she's ready to kick back and relax on the sofa. But on reaching the front door, she is shocked to discover that her key no longer works and there's a man in the bedroom window. Kimber calls the police, but the intruder tells them he's renting the house. Her neighbour corroborates his story, and it is Kimber who is forced to leave. But before she does, the stranger whispers, 'I was there. I saw what you did.'

A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted with the help of indisputable DNA evidence, the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser as he's sent to prison. Not long after, there's another rape, and the DNA test shows that the same person committed both rapes - which is seemingly impossible since the man convicted of the first rape was in prison at the time of the second one. Now, the convicted athlete, joined by a new lawyer, is granted a new trial and bail.

As Titan command positions themselves to stop the android space fleet hurling toward their moon, Victoria finds her wings clipped as she's thrust into a ground war against a cybernetic horde known as the Mave. With humanity's fate in jeopardy, an alliance is formed between humans from both Titan and Earth to fight the machines. But there is a wild card: the Engineer, a legendary swordsman of the Legion knights that wields a blade of fire. Victoria is forced to tread carefully as not only do her enemies pose a threat but potentially her allies as well.

They said I would never finish flight school. Never rank at the top of my class. Never fly with the top aces. Never return from combat against the Kelton androids. Never survive emergency surgery. Here I am. The year is 2151. Earth is gone. A hellscape. I've been unfrozen after 72 years of cryosleep on a medical facility on Saturn's moon, Titan. I have nothing - no home, no friends, no concept of this new world, these Titans. All that remains is the old conflict that has blackened my veins and memories of the ones I loved still fresh in my heart. Forgotten for decades.

The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they’re also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan.

As teenagers, Kristin Dane and her two best friends took a vow to make the world a better place. Twenty years later, she's fulfilling that pledge through her fair trade shop that features products from around the world. All is well until, one by one, people connected to the shop begin dying. Detective Luke Carter, new to the St. Louis PD, wants to know why. Before he can answer that question, however, the FBI weighs in, and Kristin suddenly finds herself in the middle of international intrigue - and in the sights of the ruthless mastermind behind an ingenious, and deadly, scheme.

For years Lori Orr believed her Los Angeles firefighter dad was a selfless hero. When Lori’s dad was arrested and charged with four murders and countless arson fires, it was her testimony that helped keep him from being sent to Death Row. Eventually, Lori's search for the truth lead her to the dark secrets lurking in her family's past and to an inescapable conclusion about the remorseless killer and arsonist known as the "Pillowcase Pyro" and his reign of terror in sunny Southern California.

Greater Than A Tourist: Austin, TX, USA by Noelle Minor offers the inside scoop on Austin. As a part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this guide will give you tips and a bunch of ideas from someone who lives at your next travel destination. You'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay. Greater Than a Tourist is a series of travel guides by locals.

Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there’s no water ration, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot. But no one warned Stella that the ship seems to be haunted, nor that it may be involved in a conspiracy that could topple the entire interstellar fleet.

Jennifer Hanson comes home and catches her 12-year-old son, Shane, stabbing their cat to death. Thankfully, he doesn't see her. She has long known Shane has a brain with psychopathic tendencies. Ever since he accidentally shot his father to death at age six, she has done everything she can to ensure Shane doesn't become a full-blown psychopath. She can tell he's changing, becoming increasingly dangerous, but she can't stomach putting him in a psych ward. But then she finds pictures of a dead girl in his phone, a girl everyone thought had died accidentally.

Cecelia Ahern erzählt in fünfzehn Geschichten von Frauen und ihrem phantastischen Alltag. Da ist die Frau, die im Boden versinkt und dort auf andere Frauen trifft. Die Frau, die in die Schuhe ihres Mannes schlüpft und die Welt mit anderen Augen sieht. Oder die Frau, der es endlich gelingt, aus ihrer Schublade herauszuklettern. Lauter Frauen, denen gerade dann Flügel wachsen, wenn sie es nicht erwarten. Ein Hörbuch, das inspiriert und Mut macht.

Missouri mules were the best. Alda grew to love the creatures working side by side with her pa on their farm along the banks of the Missouri River. He would be hopping mad when he realized his wife and daughter colluded behind his back to sell a pack string. It wouldn't matter that they were trying to save the farm. Alda struck out on her own to drive the team over 1,500 miles. By day three, her lead mule Bessie refused to take one more step. It was a good thing the handsome cowboy Cord stopped by to lend a hand or Alda might still be sitting in the dust.

Tortured and left for dead at 16, Evelyn Talbot turned her personal nightmare into her life’s work - studying the disturbing psychopathy of some of the world’s most vicious serial killers. Now a leading psychiatrist at Hanover House in a small Alaskan town, she tries to believe the past will never come back to haunt her - until a woman goes missing from a cabin nearby, and every clue points to the man who once brutalized her....