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From the author of the bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts comes the thrilling conclusion to the spectacular Pandominion duology, an exhilarating science fiction story perfect for fans of The Space Between Worlds, The Long Earth and Children of Time. Two mighty empires are at war - and both...

Take a trip to a terrifying carnival and uncover the secrets within, solve a mysterious puzzle box and await your reward, join a travelling circus and witness the strangest ventriloquist act you've ever seen. In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth.

Auf der Suche nach ihren Wurzeln sowie den Ursprüngen ihrer Gabe wagt Luzia, in diesem Zeitgenössischen Fantasyroman, die Reise ihres Lebens. Prompt verschlägt es sie dabei in eine unbekannte, aufregende neue Welt in welcher die junge Frau plötzlich einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe sowie einem überraschenden Erbe gegenübersteht. An ihrer Seite die Hoffnung einer Handvoll Verbündeter sowie ein todbringender, im Zeichen von Chaos wie Dunkelheit stehender Feind.

Aufbruch in ein neues Führungszeitalter! Führung und Management stecken tief in der Krise. Während die Welt sich immer schneller verändert, arbeiten die meisten Teams und Unternehmen noch immer mit Führungsmethoden aus dem letzten Jahrtausend. Vertrauen, Respekt und Wertschätzung sind oft nur leere Phrasen. In Wahrheit setzen viele nach wie vor auf „Command & Control“. Hier herrschen strenge Hierarchien, starre Regeln und engmaschige Kontrollen. Doch das alles funktioniert heute nicht mehr!

Este volume da coleção Clássicos do Medo reúne cinco obras-primas dos contos de terror e mistério da literatura de língua inglesa.

Newlyweds Cora and Archie set out on their honeymoon to Los Angeles in 1926. A Londoner, Archie has a love for American films, especially if they include archeology, his specialty. Cora’s passions are adventure and jumping in with both feet. During a tour of a movie studio, Cora gets the harebrained idea for Archie to use his amateur acting skills to pretend he is a famous English actor in order to finagle an in-depth tour of the studio. While touring an active movie set for a western film, they witness an actor walk off the set, leaving the director in a bind.

If Ben wants to prevent Duke Sedaya from gaining an iron grip on the Hegemony, his only hope lies in locating the missing Prince Hiro. Of course, it won’t be easy. And even if Ben can find him, it may already be too late.

Demi has a curse. Plants and flowers call to her. They tug at her soul and she has no idea how to control it. But Demi has it all figured out, she's going to ignore it and become a ballerina just like her mother wants. Since the dance studio is the only place she feels like she fits in, it’s the perfect plan. Until darkness calls and tugs her away to a new land and a castle with secrets. There she meets Dylan, a boy with a similar gift. He shows Demi the path to discovering who she is and what fate holds for each of them.

The gender gap reaches beyond the workplace: it also impacts medical diagnoses! While 13% of boys are diagnosed with ADHD, only 4.2% of girls are, and it’s not because girls don’t have it: it’s because we are misdiagnosed! To make matters worse, the older we get, the harder it is for medical professionals to diagnose and treat us properly. Often the only time a medical professional will notice it is if we have children who are diagnosed. By then, you’re used to living in the chaos of your home and brain!

Historians, even historians of philosophy, have tended to dismiss Stoicism lightly, and popular opinion has taken the cue. No doubt, relevant reasons abound. The riches of Socrates, Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle served to accentuate the comparative poverty of the next age.

Christina Halvorsen reluctantly inherited the 600-year-old family role of Keeper to a village of magical wood carved beings that dwell in the attic of the old family house. Believing she can care for and protect the Villagers, she also pursues a career in a prestigious marketing firm in Duluth, Minnesota. Nicholas, the leader of the Village, constantly reminds Christina that her work schedules cause her to neglect her responsibilities to them.

Lala has been roaming Europe with a band of gypsies, only stopping to spend cold winters behind the safe walls of Monte Rosa. She's embraced the nomadic life, discovered freedom in travel. She’s finally found her niche in the world.

Slowpoke convinces the Guardians of Atopa to let his sister, Sunny, join the mission to save baby sea turtles from vultures waiting for them to hatch. Slowpoke must believe in Sunny’s gift of understanding birds to defeat the vultures and save the baby sea turtles—even if two sloths make the team really, really slow.

Apprenez à vivre votre meilleure vie, pour votre épanouissement personnel tout comme celui de votre entourage. Quel comportement adopter face à l'adversité de la vie et comment réagir face à ce qu'il nous arrive, qu'il s'agisse de bonnes ou de mauvaises expériences ? Relever les défis et accepter les opportunités, assurer son succès et sa carrière, élever ses enfants ou prendre soin de ses parents... tout en inspirant les autres et en contribuant à sa propre communauté, voilà la promesse de ce livre audio. Vous apprendrez à vivre votre meilleure vie et ce, quel que soit votre âge.

This is the story of an old man who is given special powers that he never asked for and the adventures he encounters while trying to use them to save the people that are dear to him. It is 1965, and the beautiful Taino named Guabonito finally meets with Dr. Domo again. She helped him 30 years earlier when he was a young navy diver, lying unconscious in a hospital bed in Puerto Rico after an underwater attack by a menacing sea monster. While on a school trip to the Dominican Republic, she lures the professor away from his university students and his wife.

The Heat Wave drew a violence that was swift and efficient at breaking humanity. Abraham’s people have come to the rescue—only for those they deem worthy. Banished with the task of culling this planet and others, Abraham is pressured to meet his quota while the population on Earth dwindles. He is disturbed by what he witnesses. Until he meets Nova. Twice. She’s refused his offer of sanctuary because the promise of a floating city in the sky sounds absurd, even if it does offer safety and relief from the sweltering heat.

It’s not the 1930s you were taught. Trench fighting of "The Great War" has raged on for decades. During the carnage of a German/Russian counter-offensive, Pvt. Pepper witnessed the slaughter of his comrades. When death presses in on him, he is saved by a mysterious Knight with a magical shield.

Sixteen-year-old rising tennis star Mitchi Conrad's world falls apart when she vanishes on her way home from a school dance. After 11 days, she is found with no memory of her missing time. Once home, she becomes plagued with eerie visions and mysterious blackouts. After a bizarre incident at school, her mother places her into a special program to help her cope with her trauma. Meanwhile, two more vanishings spark the interest of local celebrity and news reporter, Sammy Samuels. When her investigation ignites, tempers flare and sparks fly.

Anny's parents are dead. In an instant, she is alone, forced to face an impossible question that has shadowed her existence since she was a child. But the answer to this question will not be found above ground. Far beneath the surface, there is another world, a secret world. A nocturnal society where magic is not dead, and where the fine line between fact and fairy tale is dangerously undefined. Amidst inexplicable wonders and nightmarish monsters, Anny will discover the truth about her past. Far from the city and all that she knows, deep below ground in the Goblin Market.

Jez and the crew of the Ungovernable are injured, exhausted, and out of time. Their long-time nemesis, Evka, has finally perfected the weapon the crew has been desperately fighting to stop for months—a protocol that will allow her to track down and kill anyone in the system with the click of a button. And the lives of the crew, and of everyone they love, are on the line. With their backs to the wall and no more tokens up their sleeves, they’ll need every bit of skill and ingenuity they possess.