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In the winter of 1942, an army vanishes into the icefields of the Eastern Front. In the summer of 1945, a massacre in small-town Italy makes international headlines. Today, an ordinary man is about to stumble onto a horrifying secret. Alex Lago is a jaded journalist whose family, marriage, and career are fading fast. So, when the accidental discovery of an aged photo from World War II offers him a last gasp at bonding with his dying father, Alex can't help but scratch at the scabs of a mystery seventy years in the making.

Lees meer over de opkomst van de eerste atoombom in New Mexico en de geniale geesten achter dit baanbrekende project, onder leiding van de visionaire fysicus Robert Oppenheimer. Martin Hinoul belicht ook de daaropvolgende koude oorlog en nucleaire wapenwedloop, die een einde vond in de jaren tachtig. Naast de destructieve aard van het Manhattan Project legt het boek de impact ervan op de technologische vooruitgang van de twintigste eeuw bloot - zo voorzien kernsplijtingreactoren nog steeds tien procent van onze energievoorziening.

When terminal cancer pushes Cain to the brink, an assassination attempt thrusts him back into a life of violence. But this isn’t a random hit—someone wants Cain silenced after he stumbles on a devastating secret: the billionaires profiting from cancer are also hiding its cure. The shadowy organization known as Artemis will stop at nothing to protect their quest for immortality, and Cain has just become their number-one target.

Karen plays on the Krushers softball team. One day when the Krushers are in a game, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen. But that jinxes Karen, and she can't hit at all. She even strikes out. How can Karen march with the Krushers in the big parade when she's nothing but a strikeout queen?

19. Oktober, Nordseeküste, Schillig/Ostfriesland. Ein herrenloser Border Collie irrt durch die nächtliche Wattlandschaft und kratzt entkräftet an der Tür von Melissas Ferienhaus. Handelt es sich um einen Hilferuf? Nur der sympathische Kommissar Adam Janssen scheint ihre Befürchtungen ernst zu nehmen, doch die Suche nach den Vermissten nimmt die Ressourcen der Polizei in Anspruch. Auf ihrer erschütternden Suche nach Antworten folgt Melissa einer Spur, stets begleitet von ihrem neuen tierischen Gefährten.

Raised during the Great Depression and coming of age during WWII, this poignant story follows a brother and sister who, though bound by shared past, yearn for very different futures. Left on their own for much of their childhood, they develop an unshakable bond and resilience to face life’s challenges head on. Through years of separation and personal struggles, their connection endures, proving that ties of family are as enduring as the roots from which they grow.

Ein Mann kehrt nach Jahrzehnten in sein verlassenes Elternhaus zurück–doch was er dort vorfindet, ist mehr als nur Erinnerung. Es sind Stimmen. Schatten. Geheimnisse, die nie ans Licht sollten.

What begins as a creative journey—one musician, one photographer, and six months in India—quickly unravels into something far greater. When their original plans fall apart, Michael and Nikki abandon expectations and surrender to the unpredictable rhythm of India. From the chaos of Mumbai’s railway stations to the serenity of hidden ashrams, from encounters with wandering mystics to the absurdities of Indian bureaucracy, this raw and honest travelogue captures the beauty, intensity, and contradictions of life on the road.

Le peuple oméhi mène bataille depuis près de deux cents ans contre des hordes sauvages. Les plus chanceux naissent doués du pouvoir d'invoquer des dragons ou de se transformer en colosse. Tous les autres sont destinés à mourir dans cette guerre sans fin. Le jeune Tau, qui appartient à la caste des inférieurs, compte bien se blesser pour échapper à l'armée. Mais ses proches sont brutalement assassinés par un groupe de nobles. Obsédé par la vengeance, Tau se consacrera à une voie impensable : devenir le plus grand épéiste des Élus et se faire justice.

A study of the words of your mouth presenting in serious simplicity the truth of: what you say is what you get.

Written in 1923, just twenty-six years after St. Thérèse’s death, The “Little Way” of Spiritual Childhood captures the excitement of the church's and eventually the world’s discovery of the “Little Way.” This spirituality that anyone can practice is founded in the Gospel’s call to “abandon oneself like a child in the arms of the Good Lord.”

This isn't a book about finding Amelia Earhart. it's about her finding me, and guiding, directing, nudging, cajoling me along the way. It's a mind bending adventure told in third person, then in first person, then with eyewitnesses, then with a variety of mediums who I've known for decades, answering my incessant questions.

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

In the heat-soaked summer of 1970, twenty-year-old Keith Nearing, a literature-obsessed student, navigates the confusing new freedoms of love and lust during a holiday in an Italian castle. Surrounded by beautiful women, political awakenings, and shifting gender roles, Keith becomes both...

Marilyn: A Woman In Charge shows how Marilyn Laurie, a self-described "little Jewish girl from the Bronx" rose from helping launch Earth Day to become the first female policy-making officer of a Fortune 10 company. One of the world's top public relations advisors, she faced days of heady highs and humbling lows with grace and resilience.

Un homme d'affaires en voyage s'installe dans une autre chambre de motel. Celle-ci est exactement comme toutes les autres. Les mêmes rideaux fades. Le même papier peint décoloré. La même odeur de renfermé. Alors que le monde poursuit sa course à l'extérieur de la porte du motel, il évalue sa carrière et sa vie, se demandant: "Où suis-je ?"

Marilyn Laurie—“a little Jewish girl from the Bronx”—rose from volunteer environmental organizer to become AT&T’s first female Chief Communications Officer and the first woman to sit on the executive committee of a Fortune10 company. After organizing New York’s first Earth Day in 1970 and producing a New York Times supplement for its second anniversary, she was hired by AT&T in 1971 to spark employee recycling—initially in HR but soon moved into PR based on her initiative. AT&T then handled over 90% of U.S. phone calls, and Laurie believed public trust depended more on action than words.

Tai Chi is renowned for its positive effects on balance, particularly in older adults. Numerous studies have shown that the practice of Tai Chi significantly reduces the risk of falls, a major concern for the elderly. Tai Chi improves proprioception (the awareness of the body’s position in space), enhances muscle strength, and promotes better coordination. Research has demonstrated that Tai Chi can increase lower body strength and stability, which directly contributes to a reduced risk of falls.

From a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world. We know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was he at the beginning of his life? How did his youth inform his outlook and activism? Before Martin...

Wir läuten die Zeit des echten Gruselns ein. Ein schriller Schrei durchfährt das Dunkel. Es trifft sie eisig kalter Stoß. Und unheildrohendes Gemunkelerwächst zu schaurigem Getos’. (Wolfgang Rödig)In unserem sechsten Band der Reihe „Wo die wilden Geister wohnen“ versammeln sich die düstersten Gestalten, die man sich nur vorstellen kann. Hier sind sie alle vertreten: die unheimlichen Klabautermänner, die Schreckgespenster, die unsichtbaren Geister ... und natürlich die furchterregenden Walpurgishexen, die auf dem Brocken um Mitternacht auf ihren Besen ihr Unwesen treiben.