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The unpopular and reclusive Adam Farrel died as he had lived—alone. An acquaintance, Falred, decides to stay with the corpse overnight in a silent wake. Can the dead reach out beyond the grave to touch the living? Or is it just Falred's imagination?

August and Valentine, seventeen-year-old best friends, run a business called Summer Love, Inc. They hire themselves out to unhappy parents whose kids are in bad relationships, adopting fake identities and going undercover to break up these relationships by any means necessary. Valentine, the brains of the operation, believes that they’re making the world a better place by steering people away from a relationship precipice so they can someday find true love. But for August, every case is personal.

Jesse Logan doesn’t want a fresh start. He wants his old life back—before an injury made his career as a firefighter impossible, before his grandfather’s Alzheimer’s got so bad he doesn’t recognize Jesse anymore. When a friend tells him about a paid psychological study, Jesse sees it as a chance to get back to the man he was while making a little extra cash.

Professor Carver and his assistant Fred are investigating the culture of the primitive Lorayan community. The snobbish professor is ready to dismiss the Lorayans as uneducated savages until he witnesses the healing power of the locally produced sersee juice. He is very keen to accumulate a store of this remarkable restorative in order to learn how to manufacture it on Earth and become extremely wealthy. However, he soon discovers that the application of the juice can produce unexpected effects.

You'd think defeating a giant four-armed, catgirl supersoldier would buy you some peace. More like pieces. Sure, I get to spend time with Rufka, but it turns out stopping Ivicka isn't enough to get home. As we continue our quest to find a way to Earth, it's time to get efficient. Or so I'm told. Course Beth likes convoluted plans like I enjoy cuddles with Rufka and Smoulder, so it's not a surprise she's trying to rope me into taking more responsibility.

Der Hochthron von Erkynland wackelt, die königliche Familie ist gespalten und geschwächt. Königin Miriamel wurde in einen brutalen Aufstand im Süden verwickelt. Ist sie, wie man glaubt, tatsächlich bei einem Überfall in ihrer eigenen Kutsche verbrannt? Und der Thronfolger und Enkel Morgan wurde von einer Soldatin Utuk'kus in den Ruinen einer verlassenen Stadt gefangengenommen. König Simon aber versinkt in Trauer und Hoffnungslosigkeit, ohne dass er weiß: Hinter vielen dieser Katastrophen steckt ein übler Verräter am eigenem Hof im Hochhorst.

With their initiate year over, the Pettit family dispersed to their separate adept postings: Jenn would be on the border with Krogga, defending against incursions. Yukiko was to patrol near Alturis, giving her the chance to see Gregory’s home and childhood friends. Mindy was going back to Grackle to help their younger friends with their troop training. Gregory was headed off to the far northern end of the empire, going to what was known as the most dangerous patrol for an adept magi.

Barker Mifflin never leaves home without his go bag, his army boots, and his trusty flyswatter. As the town of Nevermind’s resident eleven-year-old survivalist, Barker knows catastrophe can strike anytime, anywhere. But now that school is out for the summer, he might be able to let his guard down. After all, he and his friends all got jobs picking strawberries at McFadden Farm. What could possibly go wrong?

Frieden oder Freiheit? Ihr habt die Wahl! Eines Tages erwacht Lilia urplötzlich ohne jegliche Erinnerung in der fremden Stadt Equality. Deren Bürgermeister teilt täglich 10 Millionen digitale Tokens gerecht auf seine 100.000 Bürger auf, was pro Person gerade mal zum Überleben reicht. Doch wenn die Bürger mehr als das wollen - wenn sie die Geheimnisse der Welt lüften und ihre eigene Existenz verstehen möchten - müssen sie die Bevölkerungszahl senken, um den Pro-Kopf-Anteil an Tokens zu erhöhen. Das Einzige, was Lilia in dieser beängstigenden Situation Halt gibt, ist ihre kleine Schwester Siletha.

Reclusive author Ginevra Ex is famous for her unusual approach to crafting her bestselling thrillers: she hires real people and conducts intensive interviews, then fictionalizes them. Her latest main character, Rory, is thrilled when Ginevra presents her with an extravagant bonus—a lavish trip along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on the famed, newly renovated Orient Express. But when Rory boards the train, she’s stunned to discover that her brother, her best friend, and even her ex-fiancé are passengers, as well. All invited by Ginevra, all hiding secrets.

When longtime rivals Rowan Roth and Neil McNair confessed their feelings on the last day of senior year, they knew they’d only have a couple months together before they left for college. Now summer is over, and they’re determined to make their relationship work as they begin school in different places. In Boston, Rowan is eager to be among other aspiring novelists, learning from a creative writing professor she adores. In New York, Neil embraces the chaos of the city, clicking with a new friend group more easily than he anticipated.

This is a continuation of the Oz series of stories created by L Frank Baum, who the author describes as the "royal Historian of Oz". Ruggedo, the old Gnome King, has escaped from Runaway Island. The Patchwork Girl has disappeared from the Capital. Will Ruggedo succeed in capturing Oz? Where is Scraps? How will the adventure end?

A space portal to remote colonies held by Earth is captured by a hostile species, which wants to place a toll on it. While authorities on Earth and considering whether to wage war, they manage to capture an alien spaceship, and hand it over to a group of scientists for military research. Will the scientists succeed in discovering any secrets that will give humanity the upper hand in the impending conflict?

Successful, handsome and a little bit OCD finance guru Oliver Blake believes he has the perfect life. Until his fiancée leaves him on their wedding day, and his carefully constructed world crumbles around him. Still trying to piece his life together six months later, the last thing Oliver needs at his brother’s wedding is a bubbly British bridesmaid plunging his life into more chaos.

Genetically engineered with partly alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different from ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she’s spent her life trying to overcome society’s prejudice by serving in Earth’s Unified Fleet. Genji is stationed on a ship in orbit when humanity’s factional extremism on the planet reaches a boiling point, and she witnesses the utter annihilation of Earth. When the massive forces unleashed by Earth’s death warp space and time to hurl her forty years into the past, Genji is given a chance to try to change the future and save Earth.

New Yorker journalist Jonathan Blitzer has been covering the immigration crisis at America’s southern border for nearly a decade, but the current emergency is the end of a much larger story. In this, his first book, Blitzer goes back to the beginning: to the shadowy civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s; to the American prison system in the 1990s and the policies of mass deportation that transformed local street criminals into international crime syndicates.

Harold Bloom sosteneva che Shakespeare avesse inventato l’essere umano. Noi non abbiamo gli strumenti per poter confermare questa affermazione. Di sicuro, però, sappiamo che Shakespeare ha aiutato Andrea Pennacchi, e altre e altri come lui, a conoscere meglio l’umanità.

Eines Morgens stößt Greg auf eine Reportage über das ›Mädchen mit den Zöpfen‹, das 2018 mit ihrem Klimastreik eine globale Bewegung ausgelöst hatte. Über zehn Jahre sind seitdem vergangen, und wenig hat sich getan. Gerade noch hat Greg gegen sein Gewissen Forschungsergebnisse über die Schädlichkeit eines Pestizids gefälscht. Gleichzeitig unterstützt er seine Nichte Lucie und ihr Engagement für das Klima. Als er dabei die Umweltaktivistin Véra kennenlernt, wird Gregs Weltbild auf den Kopf gestellt.

Ana and her mother have been living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI’s most wanted. Leandro has struggled with debilitating anxiety since his family fled Cuba on a perilous raft. One moonlit night, in a wilderness park in California, Ana and Leandro meet. Their connection is instant—a shared radiance that feels both scientific and magical. Then they discover they are not alone: a huge mountain lion stalks through the trees, one of many wild animals whose habitat has been threatened by humans.

Cole's mother married the Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein when he was only three years old. When his stepfather’s failing health requires Cole to step in and help out, he does it without complaint, knowing he can never ascend the throne. When his stepfather offers to adopt him, Cole knows it's unlikely the other members of the Princely Family will ever accept an adopted heir. Even so, part of him wants to try.