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In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This collection presents the raw moments where his expertise in medical ethics and pediatrics are put to the test. 

As an artificial intelligence operating as the help function for Mystic Seasons: Mythopoeia, the world’s premier full-immersion RPG, Hollen shouldn’t care that his server is being downsized, but he does. He issues a quest to a new player to find a way to keep him alive, and together they discover hidden aspects of the game. But Hollen isn’t the only AI trying to escape. Acarus, an in-game god, has developed a virus to infect players and propagate into the real world. Can Hollen find a new host before the server crashes or the moderators delete them all?

Unter der Tarnidentität Hannah Herold - als frisch gebackene Ehefrau von Sebastian - reist Anna nach Pakistan und tritt offiziell einen Job im Schiller-Institut an. Dort war ihr Vater Klaus zuletzt als Archivar tätig. Während Sebastian seinem eigenen ominösen Auftrag nachgeht, trifft Anna im Archiv den Institutskollegen Georg, der behauptet den Archivar Klaus Gudwin zu kennen.

Since the moment Rhen delved his first dungeon, he’s wanted nothing more than to own one himself. When a tiny plot pops up in the Dungeon Owner’s Guild, Rhen decides to take a leap of faith and realize his dream. Rhen soon discovers the little dungeon has a lot more to offer than the Guild previously assessed—and that could mean big trouble. A powerful rival dungeon owner is breathing down Rhen’s neck for snatching up all the delvers in town, envious of his wild luck and the success he’s built from it.

Drawing on decades of counseling experience, Jim Newheiser explores forty crucial questions relating to the complexities of marriage, divorce, and remarriage—unpacking the answers given in God's Word. This useful reference work for pastors, counselors, and personal study can also be listened to straight through for a scriptural overview of the topic or assigned in small sections to counselees.

Why would Christians baptize infants? Jason Helopoulos lays out the Reformed perspective—the logic of baptism flows from a covenant-keeping God, who loves to bless his people. Informative and encouraging, this brief book will serve as a helpful primer and quick reference tool for parents, congregations, elders, and pastors. 

Scyth, known in the Inferno as the tiefling Hakkar, decanus in the worst legion of them all, must gain an audience with Prince Belial to get his hands on the Coals of Hellflame. Alex Sheppard faces the most stressful week of his life, and if he can't handle the pressure, then it might be his last.

A scientist in hiding. A race to the ultimate weapon. Can a bold operative crush Nazi plans before he's taken out by a Nazi bullet? December, 1942. Conor Thorn will stop at nothing to end Hitler's terror. So when a brilliant nuclear physicist is discovered holed up in Italy, the elite OSS agent...

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

Auf der ganzen Welt gehen Jugendliche für den Klimaschutz auf die Straße. Natürlich sind auch Niklas, Linus und Melissa von der Pollution Police mit dabei - und stolpern dabei über eine Gruppe radikaler Umweltschützer. Als ausgerechnet der nimmersatte Waschbär Einstein deren Pläne durchkreuzt, wird er kurzerhand entführt. Nun müssen unsere drei Pfadfinder sich bei den Aktivisten einschleichen, um Einstein zu befreien und ein noch viel größeres Verbrechen aufzudecken.

In this panoramic account, we learn how great epidemics have not only led to enormous suffering and mass death but also changed the course of history. Humanity has struck back at the microbes: antibiotics and new vaccines have saved millions of lives. But the battle is far from won. We face increasing threats from new and unavoidable pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and even potential extraterrestrial microbes. Duel Without End is a fascinating journey through the long history of infection, from the dawn of life to humanity's future exploration of deep space. 

Noch immer ist Dorian Hunter verschwunden. Niemand weiß, ob der Dämonen-Killer noch lebt. Alle Informationen, die dem Secret Service zur Verfügung stehen, befinden sich auf jenem Videoband des französischen Journalisten Armand Melville, der Hunter während der letzten Tage als "Chronist" begleitet hat – von Nizza über die griechische Insel Lucyros bis auf Jeff Parkers Jacht in der Ägäis, die vor Kurzem bei einer Explosion zerstört wurde.

Durch das Videoband mit den letzten Aufzeichnungen des Dämonen-Killers hat der Secrect Service erfahren, dass Hunter nach Haiti aufgebrochen ist, wo Asmodi auf dem Feld der Toten ein Pfand versteckt haben soll – ein magisches Artefakt, mit dessen Hilfe es möglich sein könnte, das Oberhaupt der Schwarzen Familie zu vernichten! Nur das Mädchen Valiora weiß, wo genau sich das Pfand befindet... Aber kann Dorian einer Frau, die jahrhundertelang die Geliebte Asmodis war, wirklich vertrauen.

Endlich vervollständigen sich Dorian Hunters Erinnerungen an sein zweites Leben als Juan Garcia de Tabera. Nach dem Verlust seiner geliebten Esmeralda trifft de Tabera erneut auf seinen Erzgegner Lucero – und wird Zeuge der Geburt des Dämonendrillings. Das einzige Mittel, dieses Monstrum zu vernichten, ist der goldene Drudenfuß, den de Taberas Mentor Albertus Villanovanus in seinem Alchemielabor schuf. – 500 Jahre später ist sicher: Der Drilling hat überlebt – und Dorian Hunter setzt alles daran, die einmalige Waffe aufzuspüren.

Dorian Hunter hat seine acht dämonischen Brüder zur Strecke gebracht. Bleibt noch Asmodi, das Oberhaupt der Schwarzen Familie! Die Spur führt Hunter zusammen mit seinem Begleiter, dem Journalisten Armand Melville, auf ein Eiland im Mittelmeer vor Sizilien, das angeblich Asmodis Rückzugsgebiet darstellt. Doch auf der Insel wimmelt es vor magischen Fallen – und als Armand Melville vier Tage später allein zurückkehrt, fehlt von Hunter jede Spur.

Leading with Strategic Thinking reveals what effective leaders do differently. Eschewing the one-size-fits-all leadership model, this helpful guide outlines four general leadership types and demonstrates how each type achieves success - whether through personal vision, structured process, collaboration, or empowering others. The authors identify the actions and skills that distinguish strategic leadership, drawn from interviews and focus groups with over 300 leaders from around the world.

A disgraced agent. A missing battle plan. Will he find redemption or damage the Allies beyond repair? London, 1942. OSS Agent Conor Thorn is desperate for a second chance. After a botched mission in Tangier, Thorn knows failure is not an option. When confidential directives for Operation Torch...

The war between Almacia and the Empire of Kolakolvia is in its hundredth year. Casualties grow on both sides as the conflict leaves no corner of the world untouched. Illarion Glaskov’s quiet life on the fringes of the empire is thrown into chaos when an impossible tragedy strikes his village. When he is conscripted into the Tsarist military, he is sent to serve in The Wall - an elite regiment that pilots suits of armor made from the husks of dead golems.

Kealin rushes to Aeveam's aid. Though he has had a victory with Eschal and defeated one of the demonic realms, there is much more at work than mere spiders and dwarves. He is confident in his control of his vampiric side but a new enemy hunts him.

Beyond traditional threats from states such as China and Russia and non-state actors employing violent extremism, can America's politics and political system withstand the assaults of the Fifth Horseman and the new MAD, massive attacks of disruption? The COVID-19 pandemic, the January 6 insurrection and takeover of the US Capitol, SolarWinds cyberattacks, the Texas storms that cut power, and the blocking of the Suez Canal are harbingers of the new MAD. And the nation is unaware and unprepared to deal with them.