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The unshakeable Amelia Peabody embarks on an Egyptian adventure armed with self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course–a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the Nile to an archeological site run a pair of handsome brothers.

John has failed. The apocalypse has come. But it's been awfully quiet for an apocalypse. After stopping Kythov the Eyeless, John and the gang barely managed to stabilize the world’s mana supply, only sort of poisoning the world in the process. With a farm to run, a valley to develop, and a mysterious door to another dimension to study, John is going to have his hands full. Even worse, despite the apparent peace, turmoil stirs and ancient threats have begun to surface.

A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war. A chance to start over. For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters. Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem the steady increase of his Doom Points before they hit 100, signaling the start of the end. He’s been given a small farm on the outskirts of the empire as a thanks for his service, but no matter how far he travels, it's impossible to escape the war's devastating effects on the world.

In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration. The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential—until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross’s toughest investigation. One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street. Cross is the FBI’s top expert in criminal behavior. For the sake of his family, his city, and his country, he must put himself in the most dangerous place there is: inside the mind of a diabolical killer.

It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you. A serial killer is taking out America’s finest legal minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders. But during a dangerous mission to track down the killer, his wife, Bree, and best friend, John Sampson, go missing.

Hunted by an ungrateful Persian royal family, the rogue agents Samuel and Mehrnaz are on the run to escape the empire they formerly served. Their destination (if they live to see it): the distant fabled land of India. There, on the far side of the Indus, the agents find ancient perils have returned in the weapons-blasted desert left behind by the earth-shattering Mahabharata War. Nightmarish creatures that have grown giant and twisted hunt down their human prey, while other animals have metamorphosized into something stranger still.

Der vorliegende Thriller handelt in einer Welt, die scheinbar meilenweit von uns entfernt ist... oder etwa nicht? Eine künstliche Intelligenz, die sich selbst erkennt und in Wettstreit mit ihren Schöpfern tritt. Und den Bitcoin als Instrument zur Weltherrschaft benutzen will. Aus Verschwörern werden Gejagte. Und dazwischen die scheinbar normale Welt, die nicht bemerkt, wie sich alles um sie herum unweigerlich verändert!

Boston. Vor vielen Jahren hatte ich mir geschworen nie wieder auch nur einen Fuß in diese Stadt zu setzen. Doch nun steht mein einundzwanzigster Geburtstag vor der Tür und wenn ich das Erbe meiner Eltern antreten will, bleibt mir leider keine andere Wahl. Etwas Gutes hat diese Reise ja, denn so muss ich wenigstens Mason nicht ständig sehen. Dumm nur, dass ausgerechnet er plötzlich in meinem Hotelzimmer auf mich wartet, mit dem Auftrag mich zu töten.

The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted, and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always been. Though changed forever. Every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. Through the eyes of the varied inhabitants of one building, Kim Stanley Robinson shows us how one of our great cities will change with the rising tides. And how we, too, will change.

"Royal Daddy": "Du brauchst offensichtlich jemanden, der dir beibringt, sich an die Regeln zu halten. Wie ein braves Mädchen." Statt sich zu verhalten, wie es ihrer zukünftigen Rolle als Königin angemessen wäre, ist Prinzessin Lucienne damit beschäftigt, bei Rockkonzerten in der ersten Reihe zu stehen, nachts in Tattoo-Studios zu stolpern und die falschen Partys zu besuchen. Ihr Vater macht sich Sorgen um ihren Ruf - während ich befürchte, ein anderer Mann könnte eine Kostprobe von dem bekommen, was längst mir gehört. Es wird Zeit, der rebellischen Prinzessin ein paar Manieren beizubringen.

Wenn ich nicht will, dass mein bester Freund Gavin Moretti mich für den Rest der Zeit hasst, muss ich wohl oder übel zu seiner Hochzeit kommen. Dafür muss ich zurück nach Las Vegas - ausgerechnet dorthin, wo ich mehr Feinde habe, als es Hotelbetten gibt. Kaum habe ich meinen Fuß über die Stadtgrenze gesetzt, stolpere ich von einer Katastrophe in die nächste und schließlich in die Arme von Lucas Moretti - und in die von Alexander Moretti. Hatte ich erwähnt, dass sie Brüder sind? Sogar Zwillinge? Zwei ganz neue Probleme auf der endlosen Liste...

Part three of a multi-part series with distinguished actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects mavens examining the history of the horror, fantasy, and science fiction films from the groundbreaking silent 1920s through the Golden Age of Universal, the Silver Age of Hammer and up through the 1980s and beyond.

Daddy Dom Mafia Romance. DEADLY DADDY. Ich kann kaum glauben, was mir dieser dämliche Dealer als Pfand anbietet, bis er seine Schulden begleichen kann: seine Stiefschwester. Solche Deals mache ich nicht - zumindest denke ich das, bis ich den ersten Blick in Violets Augen werfe. Ich kann sie unmöglich bei diesem inkompetenten Vollidioten lassen. Violet braucht jemanden, der sie beschützt. Sie braucht... einen Daddy. DANGEROUS DADDIES. Was ist schlimmer, als verkatert und gefesselt im Bett eines fremden Mannes aufwachen? Im Bett von zwei fremden Männern aufzuwachen.

Do you want to improve your social skills and understand people better? Even if you’ve struggled in social situations or been manipulated by others often, this book bundle could turn that around! Listening to this book will give you all the tools and knowledge to develop a mind strong and social skills that will give you more confidence, understanding, and emotional intelligence!

Of all the sports played across the globe, none has more curses, superstitions, or supernatural events like baseball, America's national pastime. While some of these can easily be explained, there are just as many that cannot. Field of Fantasies delves right into that superstition with short stories written by several key authors about baseball and the supernatural.

Tom Stoppard's Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the years 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier.

The world's number-one best-selling writer - three pulse-pounding thrillers in one audiobook: The House Next Door, The Killer's Wife, and We. Are. Not. Alone.

From the producers of the Number One bestselling CD The Wit of Cricket, here is a brand new collection of the funniest cricket stories at home and abroad, recorded live at Great Brickhill Cricket Club in Bedfordshire. Join in the laughter at hilarious anecdotes about the Ashes, overseas tours, sledging, Test Match Special, and much more!

“Drop whatever you’re doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.” Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn’t fail—it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War–era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross.

New York 2140: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city. There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear - along with the lawyers, of course. There is the internet star, beloved by millions for her airship adventures....