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Within the chapters of Striking Thoughts, you will find the secrets of Bruce Lee's incredible success—as an actor, martial artist, and inspiration to the world. Consisting of eight sections, Striking Thoughts covers 72 topics and 825 aphorisms—from spirituality to personal liberation and from family life to filmmaking—all of which Bruce lived by. His ideas helped energize his life and career and made it possible for him to live a happy and assured life, overcoming challenging obstacles with seeming ease.

Best-selling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers - and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming - which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures.

By the time Phil Chase is elected president, the world's climate is far on its way to irreversible change. Food scarcity, housing shortages, diminishing medical care, and vanishing species are just some of the consequences. The erratic winter the Washington, D.C., area is experiencing is another grim reminder of a global weather pattern gone haywire: bone-chilling cold one day, balmy weather the next.

A fiendishly clever puzzle mystery starring the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes Necklace and Calabash finds Judge Dee returning to his district of Poo-yang, where the peaceful town of Riverton promises a few days' fishing and relaxation. Yet a...

The eight short stories in Judge Dee at Work cover a decade during which the judge served in four different provinces of the T’ang Empire. From the suspected treason of a general in the Chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable in the Judge Dee series.

The lectures address-in chronological sequence-a series of major works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in their own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. In the process, the course engages many of the most perennial and far-reaching questions that we face in our daily lives.

A double murder confounds everyone in this mystery--but not the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath...

Join the T'ang Dynasty detective Judge Dee on his very first full-length mystery! Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor’s garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. This book kicked off Robert van Gulik's long-running series and introduced countless listeners to a cozy, clever series and the incredible detective at its center. Listen to this one, and you'll quickly find yourself seeking out the whole series.

A fiendishly clever, yet cozy entry in the much-loved mystery series starring Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes. Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously...

Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon is a fascinating glimpse of the private Bruce Lee behind the public image—a man with the patience and concern to dedicate as much effort to crafting a thoughtful personal answer to the letter of a young fan as to those from his old friends and associates; an extremely active man never too busy to make time for an old family friend in need of simple companionship; a man who never wrote without careful thought, and never thought from the head alone, but always from the head and heart together.

The best-selling author of the classic Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt returns with a riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation's capital - and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines.

From master storyteller and New York Times bestseller Tad Williams comes the first book in the landmark epic fantasy saga of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. A war fueled by the powers of dark sorcery is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard—for Prester John, the High King, lies dying. And...

Die Wege von Moriarty und seinen Gefährten Frankenstein und Mata Hari haben sich getrennt. Moriarty scheint spurlos verschwunden. Unverhofft tut sich in einer Hotelbar in Nassau eine neue Spur auf. Doch Edgar Cayce, der mehr darüber hätte sagen können, wird entführt und verschleppt. Währenddessen taucht Moriarty auf North Bimini auf. Dort freundet er sich mit dem Millionär und Erfinder Walter Blunt an.

Bei einer gründlichen Durchsuchung von Draculas ehemaligem Labor müssen Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Theodora Sachs, Aleister Crowley und Bastien Lavache der Wahrheit ins Gesicht blicken: Es befindet sich in dem durchwühlten Raum kein einziger wertvoller Gegenstand. Merlins Buch, das Kalte Blut und alle anderen Dinge, die Dracula auf seinen Reisen erbeutet hatte, sind verschwunden. Doch wer könnte ein Interesse an den Schätzen Draculas haben?

Bloomsbury presents Super Great Kids' Stories: From storytellers around the world curated by Kim Normanton, read by Amy Douglas, Baden Prince Junior, Daniel Morden, Emily Hennessey, Emmy Bidois, Gayle Ross, Juliana Marin, Kate Corkery, Kim Normanton, Masako Carey, Pamela Marre, Peter Chand...

Die "Mall of Dreams" soll Amerikas neues Einkaufszentrum der Superlative werden. Doch bis zur Eröffnung muss in dem Gebäude noch einiges getan werden, weshalb das Centermanagement Aushilfen für die Vorbereitungsarbeiten sucht. Der jungen Lea Chandler gelingt es, einen der begehrten Jobs zu ergattern. Sie versteht sich gut mit dem neu zusammengestellten Team und beginnt begeistert mit ihrer Arbeit.

"The magistrate of Poo-yang belongs in the select group of fictional detectives headed by the renowned Sherlock Holmes." —Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "The China of old, in Mr. van Gulik's skilled hands, comes vividly alive again." —Allen J. Hubin, The New York Times Book Review...

Der brutale Frauenmörder Bruno Shallock scheint in einem kleinen Ort wieder aufgetaucht zu sein. Das Reporter-Team Matt Rivers und Catherine Baker werden von ihrem Chef beauftragt, dem neuen Mordfall nachzugehen. Rivers gerät in die Fänge des Bösen, er erfährt von teuflischen Experimenten und wo der Killer ist ... Der Killer in dir.

Dieses erzählende Sachhörbuch entführt Jung und Alt in das bunte Alltagsleben der römischen Antike am Golf von Neapel. Spannende Geschichten rund um den Vesuvausbruch und das Leben in Pompeji lassen Geschichte lebendig werden: Ob Gladiator, Händlerin, Schauspieler oder Sklavin – jede Figur erzählt aus ihrer eigenen Perspektive und gibt dabei faszinierende Einblicke in das Leben vor fast 2000 Jahren. Begleitet werden die Erzählungen von stimmungsvoller Musik und kindgerecht aufbereiteten Informationen zum Alltag im antiken Pompeji.

An einem verlassenen Hafen steht eine einsame, alte Fischerhütte. Dort genießen die Coreys ihren verdienten Ruhestand, doch seit einigen Tagen sind draußen im nächtlichen Nebel Geräusche zu hören. Boote, die an den maroden Stegen anzulegen scheinen, Schritte und Rufe und über allem das Schreien eines Säuglings. Dr. Zephyre, Dave und Nina übernehmen den Fall, bei dem sie es mit einer Erscheinung zu tun haben, die niemand von ihnen in dieser Form bislang erlebt hat.