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Layers of Deception is a fast-paced international crime thriller filled with twists, turns, and intrigue exposing conflicts between brothers, religion, gender, love, risk, and greed. Set in Malaysia and the UK, software business entrepreneur Steve Roussos struggles to safeguard his colleagues and family when evidence comes to light that exposes criminal activities on the dark net. The thriller draws on the author’s many years experience of doing business in Asia.

Three of the greatest football clubs: Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester United. Their three greatest managers: Jock Stein, Bill Shankly and Matt Busby. Three men born within a 20-mile radius of each other in the central lowlands of Scotland; forged in mining communities to subsequently shape the course of modern football. More than the sum of its parts, Three Kings promises a narrative beyond any single biography of its three subjects could.

Where Love Is, There God Is Also is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1885, about a shoemaker named Martin Avdeitch. Martin had lost his wife and children, and in his grief, he denied God. One day, after a visit from a missionary, Martin bought a Bible and read about a Pharisee who had invited Jesus into his house, and about the woman who anointed and washed Jesus' feet with her tears. That night, he dreamed that God told him that He would visit him the next day.

Der zweite Teil von "Under the Northern Sky": Der Krieg um Albion und den Wolfsthron hat erst begonnen... In einer gewaltigen Schlacht konnte Roper, der junge Lord des Nordens, den Süden von Albion bezwingen. Doch seine Feinde ruhen nicht. Als Ropers Bruder Opfer eines heimtückischen Anschlags wird, begibt sich die weise Sucherin Inger auf die Jagd nach den Mördern. Roper reitet indes mit einer Handvoll Vertrauter nach Westen, um sich der Hilfe des Waldvolkes zu versichern. Eine Reise voller Wagnisse - und Roper muss sich beeilen.

Muziek speelt in vrijwel ons hele leven een grote rol: van wiegeliedjes in de babykamer, het draaiorgel op straat, tot muziek op de Ipod en in de kerk. We kunnen niet zonder. Muziek definieert ons als mensen, geeft ons mede een identiteit. Meer dan welke andere vorm van kunst kan muziek ons ook fysiek raken, met de directheid en de kracht van een zuivere klank. Tegelijk is muziek abstracter dan menig andere uiting van de mens. Aan de hand van filosofische gedachten over muziek, vraagt Leo Samama zich af welke rol muziek speelt in het leven van de mens, toen en nu.

Исповедь - автобиографическое произведение Льва Толстого, написанное в конце 1870-х - начале 1880-х годов и впервые опубликованное в 1884 году в Женеве. Основное содержание произведения.

Die Vergangenheit lässt der eigenwilligen Frankfurter Kommissarin Mara Billinsky keine Ruhe. Der Mörder ihrer Mutter wurde nie gefunden. Zudem halten der Mord an einer Edel-Prostituierten und ein Bombenanschlag auf der Autobahn das gesamte Kripo-Team in Atem. Eines Tages erhält Mara eine anonyme Warnung: Der "Wolf" sei in der Stadt und im Visier habe er: - sie! Als Mara endlich erkennt, dass sie und ihre Kollegen nur Spielfiguren in einem kaltblütigen Krieg sind, ist es fast zu spät...

- De är beredda att diskutera en kapitulation vid Saint Vallone klockan 14.00 imorgon, sa infanterisergeant Steiner. Den amerikanske majoren stod och gapade. - Men vad ska er führer säga? - Oroa er inte för det, major. Führern kommer inte hänga med så värst länge till. Det är 1944 och Rolf Steiner blir indragen i attentatet mot Hitler och de tyska generalernas fredstrevare i Frankrike. Leo Kessler är en pseudonym som användes av den brittiske författaren och militärhistorikern Charles Henry Whiting (1926-2007). Han skrev cirka 350 böcker, både skönlitteratur och fackböcker.

This audiobook will document the rise to power of the most notorious cult leader of all time. Jim Jones was directly responsible for the deaths of over 900 of his followers. Many of them children. The story of the Jonestown is one of betrayed hope. Jones offered poor and needed people a promised land and in return for giving him their resources and trust, he took their lives.

This is the story of the labourer Emelian, who got married to a beautiful woman. When the king of the land saw Emelian’s wife, he fell in love with her. The king and his advisers thought up various schemes to get rid of Emelian, but they all backfired, so the couple lived happily ever after.

Auf der Welt, die Terra ersetzt hat - ein Mensch findet unverhoffte Relikte. Perry Rhodan ist der Mensch, der von Anfang an mit den Erdbewohnern ins All vorgestoßen ist. Nun steht er vor seiner vielleicht größten Herausforderung: Die Rückkehr von seiner letzten Mission hat ihn rund 500 Jahre weiter in der Zeit katapultiert. Eine Datensintflut hat fast alle historischen Dokumente entwertet, sodass nur noch die Speicher der RAS TSCHUBAI gesichertes Wissen enthalten.

Unlike his two brothers, a merchant and a militarist, Ivan lacks insight into the ways of the materialistic world. He stays on the farm to look after his parents and sister. The story idealizes peasant life while pointing out the devious and destructive aspects of commerce and the military.

Today isn’t just another day in Eudaiz for Madeline. She wakes to find a mark on Ciaran’s shoulder that will take his life before the day ends. An incident occurred in the past that caused this blood debt, and she’s confident she can come back to the past and fix it before it claims her husband. She time-travels with what she considers a solid plan at the time. She has access to the best technology. She’s a mind reader. She has supernatural power. She travels with a vampire friend who has wide connections across multiple worlds. What could possibly go wrong?

Two worlds. Two women. One man and a supernatural war. Sedna and Alyna are the top contenders for the leadership of the most powerful mage organization in the city. Living a few hundred years apart, but they both know being the leader and carrying the baggage that comes with it is the last thing that they want. Fate plays tricks on them both when the bloodstone Scorpio key that their mage organization worships is awakening during the time they are in charge. Their organization needs them to take the leadership and protect the key.

"The Emperor’s Three Questions" is a parable of an emperor who seeks out a holy man for answers to questions he believes will help him to be a great ruler. Knowing that wisdom needs to be experienced, the holy man cannot just tell the emperor. The answers that unfold in the narrative will be better remembered.

Mya signs a contract with the goddess, agreeing to save a thousand innocent souls to redeem herself from a minor sin. As the youngest deity in the court, she has it all: intelligence, power, and an army under her command. Saving a thousand humans should be a walk in the park to her. But more than a thousand years after signing the contract, she still walks the Earth, trying to pay off the impossible debts. Before she gives it all up, Zach comes along. She is witty. He is passionate. They love each other. But is that enough to get Mya out of trouble?

A Prisoner of the Caucasus is an 1872 novella by Leo Tolstoy about two Russian soldiers kidnapped by the enemy for ransom. They were held in custody for some time. They try to escape twice, but one of them succeeds the second time with the help of a local woman.

Tolstoy’s final novella, The Forged Coupon is an examination of the destructive powers of evil. In Part II, the author shows that good works have a domino effect, just as evil does in Part I.

Dangerously cursed items such as Robert the Doll and Annabelle. The Basano vase is an item that has killed almost everyone who purchased it. Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb is believed to have been responsible for a number of deaths. The Ark of the Covenant is regarded as an intrinsically holy object in the Jewish faith and a physical manifestation of the presence of God among his people and is also perhaps the most dangerous item in existence to those not of this faith.

When dark magic descends and super technology fails, power rises from the heart. Lyla has it all: beauty, intelligence, and the protection of a legion of soldiers. That is, if she stays in her universe. When a two-minute job turns into an impossible mission, the princess from the most powerful universe is stranded on Earth with a lone guard. Michael only takes Lyla to Earth because it is supposed to be a small mission. Now, not only the job goes pear-shaped, but technology also fails them.