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Four Finn Briscoe adventures: 1) Smuggling pot from Mexico to Massachusetts as a wild and wide-eyed Amherst College freshman from Missouri. 2) Three hippies are on a road trip from Missouri to Florida when their car blows up in Atlanta. They crash at the Salvation Army while looking for a $100 set of wheels, but can they keep the pet clownfish alive? 3) Finn and friends get construction jobs with a bunch of prisoners on daytime work release—who corrupts who? 4) Finn comes back to Missouri and gets work on the Mississippi River.

Most of us have plans. Somewhere to go if something awful happens. Pilgrim Jones doesn't. She looks up at a departures board and takes the first flight. She alights on the edge of Africa. Over confessions and strong gin, she's lured into a world of mercenaries and philanthropists, delusional heroes and witchdoctors in polyester suits. But what about the beating absence, the thing she's done?

Ein echt wilder Kerl! Originelle Mutmach-Geschichte für Jungs und Mädchen. Frerk ist klein, nicht besonders stark...

In seinem ersten Roman Räuberhände erzählt Finn-Ole Heinrich die Geschichte von Janik und Samuel, ihrer Freundschaft und diesem einen Moment, an dem alles hängt. Nur ein paar Minuten und all das, was sie bisher verbunden hat, ist plötzlich nicht mehr sicher. Zusammen gehen sie nach Istanbul, weil sie weg müssen. Und weil Samuels Vater Türke ist. Sie machen sich auf, um ihre Freundschaft zu retten, sie suchen den Neuanfang, wollen eine Bar oder einen Imbiss eröffnen und am besten wollen sie den unbekannten Vater im endlosen Istanbul finden. Sie wollen die fremde Stadt erobern und geraten in Taumel. Dabei lässt ihre Herkunft sie auch in der Ferne nie ganz los: Da sind Janiks Eltern, die alles so richtig machen, dass es weh tut; und da ist Samuels Mutter Irene, die "Pennerin", die voller Stolz auf ihren Sohn blickt.

When insurance investigator David Braun probes a particularly violent break-in, the crime scene raises more questions than it answers. Turning to Susan Milton of the London School of Antiquities for help, they find themselves the target of a ruthless and elusive killer as they risk their lives to expose a horrifying centuries-old secret.

In this volume, what you will find in the sections that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will listen to tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.

Magisches Chaos und Missetaten... Die Mädchen sind zurück von ihrem Ausflug zum Camp Everfree - aber noch ist keine Zeit für Entspannung! Nachdem sie das Camp vor einer Katastrophe gerettet haben, müssen sie immer noch Geld sammeln, um die nötigen Reparaturen vornehmen zu können – und eine Autowasch-Spendenaktion wird wohl nicht reichen. Die Mädchen sind bereit, etwas Neues auszuprobieren - zum Beispiel die Teilnahme an einem Musikvideowettbewerb. Dabei geraten sie sogar in die Welt der Filmmagie.

Black knights. Dastardly pirates. Bloodthirsty rebels. And those are the good guys. War is coming to the Midlands. Like a kettle ready to bubble over, cities teeter at the brink of boiling, all while a spymaster fans the flames. Witness the rise of the Violet Order. It was always coming to this. Freedom isn't given, it's wrenched from the choking grips of those who would stifle, contain, and control. Legends are rife with noble heroes standing over vanquished enemies, but reality is more grisly.

Thrust together by an extraordinary set of circumstances, Duke and Yanoo set off on what turns out to be an amazing adventure. From very different backgrounds, Duke being the pet of a royal household, and Yanoo the prize exhibit from a travelling circus, the pair set off on a journey of discovery, finding out about themselves and the people who control their world, through a series of exciting and, at times, terrifying escapades.

Das letzte Jahr an der Canterlot High war für unsere Equestria Girls nicht gerade einfach. Sie brauchen eine Pause und da kommt ein Ausflug zum Camp Everfree gerade recht! Alle freuen sich - außer Twilight Sparkle. Sie fürchtet, dass sie sich wieder in die böse Midnight Sparkle verwandelt und ihre neuen Freundinnen in Gefahr bringt. Aber das ist gar nicht ihr größtes Problem! Die anderen Mädchen haben selbst magische Kräfte entwickelt und seit der Ankunft im Camp passieren seltsame Dinge. Es scheint, als könnten die Mädchen sich doch nicht erholen!

Vännerna på Canterlot High är i full gång med att samla in pengar till en renovering av Camp Everfree. Tyvärr går det alldeles för långsamt och de har bara fått ihop hälften så mycket som behövs. Då får Rarity idén att de ska ställa upp i en sång-och-danstävling, där de kan vinna allt de behöver och lite till! Men för att ha råd med kostymer måste de använda allt de hittills samlat in. De ska dessutom besöka en filminspelning av en Daring Do-film. Hur ska de hinna?! Samtidigt har Sunset Shimmer tankarna på helt annat håll.

Reeling from a breakup, Samantha Hale returns to her family of witches. Her grandmother teaches about the history of their coven in order to save them from the dark witch who threatens not only them but every witch in the world.

In the far south, a young girl goes missing, lost without trace in the wilderness beyond her remote family cottage. A year later, her father disappears in the exact same place. Then, nothing. At all. Eventually, the years grow over the grief. The decades wear away the questions and life flows past the forgotten tragedy. Until Finn moves into the abandoned home, looking for a fresh start.

Before a vision of a mysterious "Lady" invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, they were not only uninterested in becoming Catholic but finished with institutional religion altogether. Their main spiritual concerns were the fate of the planet and the future of their children and grandchildren in an age of ecological collapse. But this Lady barely even referred to the Church and its proscriptions. Instead, she spoke of the miraculous power of the rosary to transform lives and heal the planet, and revealed the secrets within the rosary’s prayers and mysteries.

When an innocent family is taken hostage in their home, no one is prepared for how fast it all goes terribly wrong. With the small community of Lawrence still reeling from shock, detectives Nick Cooper and Tobe White stand among the dead bodies knowing it's not over. Relief that the two young daughters have survived quickly turns to fear for their missing father, somehow impossibly vanishing from a house surrounded by police.

This cozy mystery box set features two books - Witching Hour and Lost Magic. In Witching Hour, Samantha Hale is still figuring how to master the art of witchcraft. She tries to solve the mystery of eccentric women and clocks. In Lost Magic, Gwenlyn Bennett has to complete an ancient ritual to become an official member of the Summer's Coven. Will she make it through to the end?

Bobby Ress is a cop with a simple life. He believes in making a difference. He loves his wife and his daughter. He has a place in the world. Then people start dying...a lot of them, in horrible ways. It's a case like no other. And step by gruesome step, the simple, true things Bobby knew to be right and good begin to make less and less sense. Because, Bobby is learning about pain.  

Ten sinister tales to delight the darkest of minds. Psychological, speculative, and truly thrilling, Sinister Sentiments brings together the best horror and thriller works of K.C. Finn, contributor to the best-selling horror collection Dark Light Four. This edition contains stories from the realms of steampunk, post-apocalyptic, historical, and contemporary horror, plus two exclusive sneak previews of full-length works due for release in 2015.

Robert E. Howard is best known today for his "sword-and-sorcery" stories. But in the early 1930s, he was a legend in boxing circles for his humorously over-the-top adventure stories starring the sailor Steve Costigan, champ of the sea girl - the toughest trading vessel on the seven seas. Steve Costigan is a mariner and amateur boxer, with a heart of gold and a head of solid wood.

The Pulse - When disaster strikes in the form of an EMP, Charlie's family flees to their homestead. They fortify their ranch and prepare to ride out the worst of the chaos. Unfortunately, the gang of scavengers who followed them from the city have other plans. How does an ordinary family protect themselves in the wake of violence and chaos? No Power - What happens when an EMP sends California back into the stone age? When an EMP bomb knocks out the power in LA and the rest of the United States, Ailani must fight against the unprepared.