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As a blacksmith’s apprentice, Eva keeps her hands busy and her head out of the clouds. When she stumbles upon a stolen gryphon egg, she must leave the safety of her quiet life behind and join the Windsworn - an elite band of warriors who ride fierce gryphons into battle. As Eva struggles to earn her place among the warriors, she discovers a sinister plot that could draw on the secrets from her past to bring about the Windsworn’s downfall. To save her new friends, Eva must summon her courage and uncover the truth of her mysterious origins before the kingdom plunges into all-out war.

Lübeck, 1390: In der Hauptstadt der Hanse wird die Leiche eines geheimnisvollen Fremden aus der Trave gezogen. Unversehens findet sich der störrische Patrizier Rungholt in einer finsteren Ränke wieder, denn sein Kaufmannslehrling wird beschuldigt, den Fremden erschlagen zu haben. Rungholt bleiben nur wenige Tage, um dessen Unschuld zu beweisen und somit die Ehre seines Hauses wiederherzustellen. Doch bei der hartnäckigen Jagd nach dem Mörder droht er alles zu verlieren: seine Ehre, sein Leben – und seine geliebte Tochter Mirke... Derek Meisters Rungholt ist Kult!

Lübeck, zur Passionszeit 1392: Eine Hitzewelle erstickt die Stadt, doch den ehrbaren Bürgern gefriert das Blut in den Adern. Es werden Leichen gefunden, mit Steinen in der Brust an Stelle des Herzens. Auf Bitten des Magistrats ermittelt der bärbeißige Patrizier Rungholt mit seinen Helfern Kapitän Marek und der aufgeweckten Chirurgin Sinje, deren kecker Widerspruchsgeist und medizinische Kenntnisse ihn ziemlich faszinieren. Doch die Lösung des bizarren Falls liegt nicht in der Fremde, sondern bei Rungholt selbst: in seiner größten, ungesühnten Sünde – und bei einem frommen Wanderprediger.

Heartfelt, powerfully engaging, and in the tradition of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See, this is a work of storytelling bravado: a thrilling action-packed art heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history, and a poignant coming-of-age epic where a child navigates one of the most morally complex fronts of World War II and lives to tell the tale.

To trace the global history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of growing unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, the entire country has a national housing crisis. After years of slashing immigration, we don’t have enough workers. After decades of off-shoring manufacturing, we have a shortage of chips for cars and computers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean energy infrastructure we need.

Sie war Walküre Unruhs beste Freundin... Sie ist cool, sexy und schlagfertig. In Band Fünf der Reihe um den zaubernden Skelett-Detektiv Skulduggery Pleasant hat sie die Seiten gewechselt und seither fragen Fans weltweit: Was macht eigentlich Tanith Low? Selbstverständlich weiß Derek Landy eine Antwort darauf. Tanith ist natürlich nicht einfach verschwunden! Sie hat eine Gruppe verwegener Halunken um sich geschart, mit deren Hilfe sie die vier Göttermörder entwenden will.

Every day, we move in one direction or another. We're free to choose from endless possibilities. Only you can choose the direction for the rest of your life. Whether you are a seasoned executive, emerging leader, stay-at-home parent, or college student, frustration is inevitable. Now is the time for you to shift from "I'm so busy and stressed" to "I'm living my ideal life right now". And it doesn't even have to be that complicated.

Dante, Ace, Lily, and the other survivors struggle to fortify their stronghold from both zombies and the mercenaries from QXR. Grace, Troy, and the other captives on the island of Hilton Head continue to be sent on deadly raids to eliminate the threat of the undead. New allies, new threats, and nonstop zombie action awaits!

Dr. Saunders skyrocketed to the precipice of immortality when his brainchild, Project Starlight, was green-lit by his company. He would be remembered forever, but not for the reason he hoped. There was a dark side. Was his technology being used for another purpose? Someone at their parent company has a secret. Without his knowledge, his science was being perverted through genetics. They’ve been testing on human subjects. The poor souls strapped to the injectors have suffered. What is Trans Global Pharmaceuticals' plan?

A story about "love at first sight", from a man's point of view! A story that immediately will draw you into it. Lively read by Craig Van Ness: When you love someone, when you truly love them, you won't let anything hurt them. Even if it's you. After his life falls apart, Drew rebuilds himself by selling placebo medication to the people whose lives are in more of a shamble than his own. The broken will do anything to help themselves and step on anyone to get ahead. When he falls for one of his clients, his need to protect her outweighs his need to survive.

The Tao of Tranquility is the definitive translation and explanation of the Qingjing Jing, the Taoist classic from the Tang Dynasty more than a 1,000 years ago. It has a special place in the history of Eastern thought, because it is the only sutra to weave Tao insights and Buddhist teachings together. This forms a wondrous tapestry of enlightenment and creates a synergistic fusion that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Now, for the first time, Western listeners can explore this ancient treasure and reap the benefits of its wisdom.

For all the skepticism that abounds in our time, people still want to know what happens after death. Do you know with any certainty where your conscious, thinking, self-aware, communicative self will be? And does it matter, as long as you are in "heaven"?

Are you looking for a fast track to success in your sales, business, and personal life? Would you like to be able to sell anything to anybody and in any situation? This is not just another sales book. Using the science of persuasion and ©Power2Mind technology will totally transform your sales, business, and personal life. Includes ©Rapid Learning Accelerator Bonus Audio to fast track your success. This book is a shortcut and a fast-track to success. In this book, you will learn the hidden secrets of how people’s minds actually work.

Gibt es Dämonen? Böse Geister, die einen in den Wahnsinn treiben? Der Börsenbroker Cain Douglas zweifelt an seinem Verstand, denn er wird von einem unheimlichen Jungen verfolgt. Ist Cain verflucht worden? Um jeden Preis will Cain die Wahrheit herausfinden - aber diese ist verstörender und bizarrer, als er jemals für möglich gehalten hätte.

Eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Army launched an invasion plan for Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was a British Colony at the time, soldiers from British colonies including India and Canada fought alongside Chinese guerrilla fighters. However, soldiers defending the city at the time were largely unprepared and Japan claimed its victory within 18 days.

Joanie was dreading Thanksgiving with her family at their strange new house. And that was before she saw her brother Alan standing in the kitchen. It was hard to know what to say to him, seeing as he'd died five years ago....

Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel room for the night, Aidan does what any red-blooded 17-year-old would do - tries to hook up with someone new. But that lapse in judgement leads him to a room with a dead guy and a mysterious flash drive...two things that spark an epic case of mistaken identity that puts Aidan on the run - from the authorities, his friends, his family, the people who are out to kill him - and especially from his own troubled past.

"You're everything I ever wanted," he says. He leans in and kisses me. At last. I slip my hands away, letting my fingertips brush across his cheek. He takes his final bow over the railing and drops 15 floors toward the Fifth Avenue pavement. Pity.

An ancient civilization brooding under the ocean depths. A forgotten race of witches, with dwindling supplies of magic. And I’m the spark that will consume them both.

Now that the military has successfully cleared the safe zone within Seattle, the hard work of rebuilding begins. Corporal Gadd and Clint Rensfold head up the task force charged with restarting civilization. Various groups, from soldiers to bikers to oil rig workers, band together to try and turn the Seattle Safe Zone into a functioning community.