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En un instant, Alex est aspiré dans l'Apocosmos, où notre monde tout entier n'est qu'un éclat au sein d'une tapisserie colorée comptant des millions d'autres. Un multivers régi par un système strict. Où les panthéons nordique, grec et celtique s'affrontent. Où les nains forgent, les dragons amassent et les vampires ne scintillent pas. Un monde aussi cruel qu'épique. Cependant, Alex ne veut rien de tout cela. Il y a de l'argent à gagner dans l'Apocosmos. Alex va profiter du marché comme il le faisait à l'époque des MMORPG, dans un plan qui semble infaillible.

Mitreißend, intensiv und gnadenlos. Harms schlimmster Albtraum wird wahr: Ihr Leben soll den Göttern geopfert werden. Doch dieses Mal läuft alles anders. Sie muss drei tödliche Prüfungen bestehen, bevor sie sich dem finalen Kristalltest stellt – etwas, das noch keine Frau je überlebt hat. Verzweifelt, verraten und in der Hauptstadt der Ardael gefangen, scheint es für Harm keine Hoffnung zu geben. Zumal Rage ihr eine Seite an sich zeigt, die sie niemals für möglich gehalten hätte.

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three's a crowd may be too many, except when it's a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.

Ever since I can remember, I've always played it safe. I didn't take chances. I'm the quintessential good girl of the Banks family. At least, I was until Linc Kincaid walked into my life. Now I'm doing things I never thought I'd do. Getting drunk. Singing at karaoke bars. Kissing hot-as-sin football players for the world to see. One minute, I'm a shy nurse whose biggest problem is that her ex-boyfriend is back in town. Next, I'm fake-dating the bad boy of the Nashville Fury. Because yeah… that happened.

Nora Thompson is out of time. Her daughter is dying, and only Kindred medicine can save her. But it’s reserved for the families of bonded warriors—and Nora has no mate. Until she makes an offer to her boss: a marriage of convenience, in exchange for her complete submission. Xarex is a Dark Kindred—a fearsome, emotionless warrior. At least, he should be. But Nora makes him burn. He’s fantasized about binding her wrists, hearing her beg... and now, she’s offering herself to him freely.

The last time I saw my ex-fling, she was toasting her engagement to a record producer. So when I heard she'd had a baby, I assumed he was the father... until she showed up at my house seven years later with a little boy and said, "Your turn." I'm a drummer who works afternoons and nights. My life is loud, chaotic, and definitely not kid-friendly. But I was raised by a nanny, and I see no harm in finding one for my son. Too bad he rejects every single person I hire. The only person he actually likes? Not a nanny. She's a friend of a friend and the former floor manager at a brewery.

Lady Serena was betrayed by the crown prince, framed for a crime she didn't commit, and executed by poison. But instead of dying, she wakes up in the past with a second chance—and this time, she's not playing nice. After all, the so-called "murder" she was accused of was just a little misunderstanding! Looking back, Serena realizes her downfall wasn't due to poor scheming but a lack of competent underlings.

In 1725 the Blackfeet attacked at dawn. In a single, brutal raid, Little Bull's world shatters. He watches helplessly as his brother falls beneath the blade of Lightning On His Face the merciless war chief behind the slaughter. Blood soaks the earth. Vengeance burns in his soul. However revenge demands more than fury; it demands horses, the ultimate weapon of the plains. With his people's survival at stake, Little Bull embarks on a suicide mission; a 150 mile journey through enemy lands to barter with the Cheyenne for horses.

For centuries, civilizations, philosophers, and faith traditions have wrestled with this question—yet in modern life, work is too often dismissed as a burden or a necessary evil. This book argues otherwise. Through history, religion, and philosophy, it reveals how work has defined humanity, shaped empires, and provided the very structure of life. From the Benedictines’ creed “work is worship”: effort is not punishment, but purpose. Reflections on modern attitudes toward labor, the book makes a compelling case for rediscovering the dignity of toil.

Isaiah Johanssen has built his life around two things: rugby and secretly loving his friend Robyn Cassidy. Since they met playing rugby in college, their stars have never aligned. But Isaiah isn't worried—he has a plan. Professional rugby player Robyn Cassidy is determined to show Isaiah she wants more than friendship, but every time she tries to get his attention, the words escape her. Normally bright and confident, she finds herself tongue-tied around her longtime crush.

Ask a friend to describe me, and they'd likely tell you three things. I'm the NFL's golden boy, I'm loyal—always seeing the best in everyone, and I'm in love with my best friend. The last one's a lie. I have a crush at best. A crush that's lasted a good ten years, but who's counting?

Es war keine Liebe auf den ersten Blick, sondern auf den letzten Blick – genauer gesagt den allerletzten: Widerwillig hat die Heilerin Aurienne es vollbracht, dem Assassinen Osric zu helfen, indem sie das Versiegen seiner Magie verlangsamte. Nun will sie testen, ob sie die Degeneration umkehren kann. Doch was Aurienne nicht ahnt: Bösewicht Osric leidet an einer neuen Erkrankung – sein Herz gehört nicht mehr ihm! Zu allem Überfluss befindet sich Aurienne in Gefahr, vor der sie nur ein höchst unzurechnungsfähiger verliebter Auftragsmörder zu schützen vermag.

Der Krieg mit den Namenlosen hat begonnen. Ein neues Dunkles Zeitalter droht Erea zu verschlingen. Alte Feindschaften verblassen. Neue Bündnisse müssen geschmiedet werden, um dem erbarmungslosen Ansturm standzuhalten. Alaric, Großinquisitor der Sharur, weiß: Nur in Einheit lässt sich der Weltenbrand verhindern. Auf sein Geheiß begibt sich Samas auf eine gefährliche Reise in den Süden.

As head of the infamous Sharkey family crime syndicate, Nikki Sharkey trusts no one with her secrets. Sometimes she’s had to bend the law, and sometimes she’s had to break it. But there’s one secret not even her closest family knows, and Nikki would do anything to keep it safe. Logan has always had to fight, from surviving living in care, to winning gold at the Olympics. Just when she’s about to win it all, she gives up her shot at greatness to look after her grandfather. Then she discovers her closest friend is in danger and has a child, Isla, Logan didn’t know about.

Was bedeutet es, Menschen in Organisationen zu führen? Welche Prinzipien, Denkweisen und Strategien machen eine gute Führungskraft aus? Und was unterscheidet Leadership von bloßer Machtausübung? Dieses Buch vereint verschiedenste Perspektiven erfahrener sowie junger Manager und Managerinnen aus unterschiedlichen Branchen. Als offizielles Lehrbuch der Steinbeis Augsburg Business School vermittelt Recht auf Führung einerseits bewährte Modelle und moderne Ansätze – und regt andererseits zu einer kritischen Reflexion an: Was macht Führung legitim? Wann ist sie erfolgreich?

In a world where machines have turned against their makers and ancient powers awaken beneath the Earth, Project Athena tells the story of the last hope for both humanity and something far older. She was designed to be the perfect weapon—Athena-01, a hybrid of artificial intelligence and human memory, forged in the crucible of war. But when a forbidden signal resurfaces from the edge of history, she discovers her mission is not just survival…it’s a revelation.

The perfect book for fans of small town romance Beatrice Norton is a country girl. Working on a farm by day and pulling pints at the Big Apple pub by night, her simple life suits her just fine. Arthur Redgrave is city boy. Raised in luxury by acting royalty, he dreams of conquering the Big Apple...

The book How Authoritarian King Seized America: Judgment Day Is Coming by Michael J. Henderson is a historical fiction novel that envisions a dystopian future where America has fallen under the rule of an authoritarian leader, Don Orangeman. The novel explores themes of racial oppression, economic devastation, and political corruption as the country is transformed into the "Ivory Empire."

After her parent’s brutal murder, a sixteen year old girl named Jacqueline (Jaq) DuCoeur discovers she is the living embodiment of the Queen of Hearts, from a deck of playing cards. She is whisked to safety by a trusted retired member of the suit and begins a journey of personal self-discovery as a young adult, understanding what it means to be the Queen of Hearts, and resolving to find out why her parents were killed and bringing those responsible to justice. In Triomphe: Clubs©, Jaq continues to build a new suit of Hearts as family members, allies and friends join the journey.