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When Royan Al Simma is the victim of a vicious attack that leaves her husband dead, her only thought is that she must continue their joint work: to use the secrets of the seventh scroll to find the hidden tomb of Pharaoh Mamose and its untold trove of lost Egyptian riches. To do so, she must bury her grief and partner with the eccentric aristocrat Nicholas Quenton-Harper, a man who shares her passion for the ancient world. But the men who killed her husband are not yet finished.

I have always been a bird. Caged by one prison or another when the only thing I ever wanted was to fly away. Sold. Beaten. Starved. Drugged. Nothing scares me anymore. Until him. He makes the numbness go away. He is hazardous to me. It has nothing to do with his mafia lifestyle, and everything to do with what he offers. A gilded prison. A retreat from everything that I once knew. The reality I have no desire to return to. He thinks he's caged me, but soon I'm going to fly.

Der dritte Teil von Isaac Asimovs Science-Fiction-Meisterwerk, der "Foundation"-Trilogie. Die Foundation liegt in Trümmern – zerstört von einem mutierten Wesen, das auf die Vernichtung der Menschheit abzielt. Doch es kursieren Gerüchte, dass irgendwo am anderen Ende der Galaxis eine zweite Foundation existiert. Einst von Hari Seldon als Rückversicherung gegründet, um das Wissen der Menschheit zu bewahren.

Award-winning author Mark Gober explains why the institution of government - a monopolistic body with which citizens have no explicit contractual relationship - is inherently hazardous to our freedom. He explores an alternative governing framework that stresses the importance of private-property rights and voluntary exchanges and examines the potential to privatize the government’s poorly managed public sector.

This is the story of David Wilkerson, the man who believed against the odds that God could do great things in the rejected and ignored of New York City, who refused to give up on those on the streets even when they had given up on themselves, and who saw in the eyes of the drug addicts and gang members what others failed to see - the love of Jesus Christ.

Unter Gottkaiser Leto II. wurde die Menschheit über die Galaxis verstreut. Nun kehrt sie aus der Diaspora zurück, und der Orden der Bene Gesserit sieht sich mit neuen Technologien und neuen Mächten konfrontiert. Da taucht aus der Wüste des Planeten Arrakis ein Mädchen auf, das mit geheimnisvollen Kräften über Shai-Hulud, den riesigen Sandwurm, gebieten kann... Frank Herberts "Wüstenplanet"-Romane, das erfolgreichste Science-Fiction-Epos aller Zeiten, in der neuen Übersetzung von Jakob Schmidt.

The Doctor ventures into alternative dimensions in these four exciting novelisations of TV stories.

Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of preparation by the West for war; the results of the North Korean invasion in June 1950; the counter-stroke by MacArthur in September and then the strategic overreach which led to communist China’s involvement on the North Korean side, and the rapid escalation to consideration of the use of nuclear weapons.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! It’s a new star-crossed romance about the magic of first love from the acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson. Jack Nevin’s clever trickery and moral flexibility make him the perfect assistant to the...

In December 2010 the U.S. Embassy in Kabul acknowledged that it was providing major funding for thirteen episodes of Eagle Four a new Afghani television melodrama based loosely on the blockbuster U.S. series 24. According to an embassy spokesperson, Eagle Four was part of a strategy aimed at transforming public suspicion of security forces into something like awed respect.

Are Jimmy, Claire, and Emma doomed to a life stuck in the world of the players? The situation is bleak. Jimmy, Emma, and Claire are stuck in the earthly paradise of Hawaii, but it seems more like an exile of tortures.

When a glitch in time threatens the fabric of history, 18-year-old Dan Renfrew and his partner Sam Cahill jump into the past again. They land in medieval France, just before Joan of Arc's miraculous lifting of the Siege of Orléans. But this is a world dominated by religious intolerance and fear, where one wrong step could lead to torture or death at the hands of Catholic priests. And when accusations begin to surface, Dan and Sam find themselves in an impossible race against time. To survive—and keep history intact—they must outwit fanatics, dodge soldiers, and endure the chaos of 1429.

In Love Remixed, Mark Wilkinson - Success coach, speaker, and author of the inspirational bestsellers Life Remixed, Money Remixed and Personalities Remixed - invites you to throw away the old rules about romance and create a love story that actually works. From heartbreak to healing, from confusion to clarity, this book takes you on a journey to discover the most important relationship you’ll ever have: the one with yourself. When you learn to love yourself deeply, you naturally attract relationships that are authentic, fulfilling, and lasting.

Was passiert, wenn ein ganzes Land in Rente geht Seit den neunziger Jahren ist die einst als unbesiegbar geltende Wirtschaft Japans in einer Abwärtsspirale gefangen. Sie wird auch dadurch beschleunigt, dass Japans Bevölkerung so schnell altert wie kaum eine andere: In den vergangenen fünf Jahren verlor das Land knapp eine Million Menschen, ganze ländliche Regionen sterben gleichsam aus. Japans Beispiel zeigt, was passiert, wenn ein Land die Grenzen des Wachstums erreicht und sich tiefgreifenden Reformen—insbesondere der konsequenten Öffnung der Wirtschaft für Frauen und Einwanderer—verweigert.

This book contains the exact steps that took me from being a city dweller with zero survival skills to becoming a self-sufficient master of both urban and wilderness environments in less than six months. Want to know the biggest difference between those two time periods? A comprehensive understanding of survival techniques adaptable to any situation. The problem is—most people don't know how to effectively prepare for and navigate through crisis situations, whether in bustling cities or remote wilderness. I wrote this book to solve your survival preparedness problem.

Life in Stories is a deeply human collection of fiction, lyrics, and novel excerpts that traces the arc of life—moving through youth and age, humor and tragedy, love and loss. From the beaches of Rio to the soccer fields of New Jersey, from the Roman conquest at Alesia to the American West of the 18th century, these stories explore athletes chasing vanished glory, lovers trying to find their way back to each other, ordinary people facing extraordinary moral choices, and moments of quiet reflection that define who we become.

The Unseen Hand of the Gods helped Kanata's group to take out Reniement and Lucifer, two of the vilest villains around. Too bad the higher beings' plot is well underway: they're activating Zero, the Silent Void's life-siphoning curse to obliterate Locklore. Kanata and company rush to stop the curse only to crash into the gods' final trump card--Zoras, a lich with a mastery of magic. The wicked god Naiarotop shows his face at last to herald the ultimate showdown between Kanata and the higher powers governing this world.

Founder of the Midnight Dad community Dr. Mark Pitts knows firsthand the unique challenges fathers face as they try to keep pace with the daily demands of work and family life. In Called to Be Dad, he addresses the questions he most often gets from dads about family and fatherhood.

Als Astronomen einen interstellaren Asteroiden entdecken, der auf den Jupitermond Europa stürzt, senden Pentagon und NASA ein unbemanntes Raumschiff zu dem jovianischen Eismond - doch was niemand weiß: An Bord befinden sich vier Astronauten, die im Geheimen die Absturzstelle des angeblichen Asteroiden untersuchen sollen, denn aus dem Kraterschacht erscheint seit dem 21. Dezember 2025, dem Tag des Absturzes, alle 47 Stunden und 23 Minuten ein helles Leuchten. Ein Intervall, das präzise mit dem Auftreten unerklärlicher Massenselbstmorde auf der Erde zusammenfällt.

The Stardreamer chronicles the journeys of a young boy, Jason, through Stargates to the star system of Sirius. He learns what is required of him to fully understand what it means to be a Golden Dolphin in this Golden Age of the New Millennium. There he meets a master magician named Bwanazarias, who guides Jason to stone temples, where he encounters angels, dragons, mermaids, faeries, and mysterious Shining Ones.