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When Jack started his new school, he thought rumours about the headmistress having an affair with the caretaker would be as interesting as it got, but his new friend Jamie insists there’s another secret. The teachers are vampires. When students start feeling faint after being sent to the office, Jack starts to think there may be some truth to Jamie’s tales.

Hier kommen tolle Hörspiele für Kids ab 5 Jahren des Weges. Zuerst erlebt Kasperle mit seinen Freunden tolle neue Geschichten! Dann kommt Länzelot, das einarmige Känguruh, das in Australien spannende Abenteuer bestreitet. Abschließend erhält das Krokodil Zinho aus Brasilien das Wort.

Um eine Reihe von brutalen Morden aufzuklären, muss der Vampirkrieger Mathias Rowan mit der Tattoo-Künstlerin Nova zusammenarbeiten - denn ihre Kontakte und Talente sind seine größte Chance, den Täter zu finden. Doch die junge Künstlerin mit der dunklen Vergangenheit entfacht eine Leidenschaft in ihm, die sowohl ihre Herzen als auch ihr Leben in Gefahr bringt.

""[An] executive summary of modern political history studded with sweeping assertions and telling anecdotes."" -- The New York Times Book Review ""Thought-provoking."" -- Kirkus Reviews “A shot in the arm...powerful.” -- The Financial Times ""The Wake-Up Call, refreshingly concise and...

Migliaia di anni fa, il programma di terraformazione della Terra si è esteso verso le stelle, e su un mondo chiamato Nod gli scienziati hanno scoperto una forma di vita aliena. Tuttavia la loro missione prevedeva che la cancellassero, sovrascrivendo su di essa la memoria del loro mondo. Poi però il grande impero della Terra è caduto e le decisioni relative al programma si sono perse nelle pieghe del tempo. Eoni più tardi, gli esseri umani e i loro nuovi alleati - i ragni noti come Portiadi - intercettano frammentari segnali radio fra le stelle e inviano una nave esplorativa.

Five hundred years in the future, earth is no longer populated by humans. The new guardians of Earth, the genetically engineered Erta, have reversed climate change. They are now faced with a dilemma; if they reintroduce the rebellious and violent Homo sapiens, all of their work will be undone. They decide to raise one final child, a sole human to help decide if humanity should again inherit the Earth. But the quiet and clinical Ima finds that there is more to raising a human than she had expected and that there is more to humanity's history than she has been told.

It’s not too bad if you bought the bottle for yourself and decided you hated it. But what if you bought a sweet red wine as a gift only to find out the recipient's tastes are different? That’s a decent portion of embarrassment right there. A well-picked wine can make or break a meal, too. Forgetting the rules like “only whites for fish”, a wine that’s too robust will drown the steak you wanted to enjoy.

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world's most unpredictable and perilous mountain. Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 meters above sea level on the China-Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the lives of even the most experienced climbers. Alongside severe altitude, the weather is notoriously volatile and the climb relentlessly steep. A staggering one in four attempts result in death on the mountain.

Una toccante storia di un cucciolo di lupo e di un trovatello uniti da un comune destino fatto di sentimenti e amore. La fiaba ambientata in un piccolo paesino di montagna insegna, come l'amore materno rappresenti un valore fondamentale per il percorso di vita dei bambini e per la loro crescita.

Lenora Calhoun ist die Einzige in Parrish Falls, die der mächtigsten Familie der Stadt die Stirn bietet. Als ihr Leben und das eines Kindes dadurch in Gefahr gerät, bittet sie den Hunter Knox um Hilfe. Der grimmige Einzelgänger scheint ihre letzte Chance zu sein, endlich in Frieden zu leben, doch sie hat nicht mit den leidenschaftlichen Gefühlen gerechnet, die der gefährliche Jäger in ihr auslöst.

Als die Studentin Savannah in der Bibliothek ihrer Universität ein dreihundert Jahre altes Schwert berührt, sieht sie in einer Vision einen hellhaarigen Krieger, der ihr nicht mehr aus dem Kopf geht. Am nächsten Abend wird ihre Mitbewohnerin ermordet und das Schwert gestohlen. Als Savannah kurz darauf von einer unmenschlichen Kreatur angegriffen wird, rettet ihr der geheimnisvolle Gideon das Leben, der ihr seltsam bekannt vorkommt.

Firewalkers are brave. Firewalkers are resourceful. Firewalkers are expendable. The Earth is burning. Nothing can survive at the Anchor, not without water and power. But the ultra-rich, waiting for their ride off the dying Earth? They can buy water. And thanks to their investment, the sun can provide power. But someone has to repair the solar panels when they fail, down in the deserts below. Kids like Mao, and Lupé, and Hotep, kids with brains and guts but no hope. The Firewalkers.

Born into sickness and slavery, Harriet Tubman scarcely survived her childhood. Brutally beaten while laboring in the swamp lands of Maryland, she was left with hellish memories and permanent neural damage. Despite it all, she did live on...to claim a place in history’s annals, for Tubman wasn’t content to be free while others remained in shackles. Guided by compassion and unwavering faith, she emancipated herself and led hundreds of others to refuge. Along the way, Ms. Tubman experienced heartbreak and poverty at every turn. Mortal danger was ceaseless.

Nina und Adrian stecken mit Ende zwanzig schon im Hamsterrad des deutschen Durchschnittslebens fest und sind damit immer unglücklicher. Das junge Paar sucht einen Ort, an dem sie ihre Sehnsüchte nach Abenteuer, Zusammensein und Ursprünglichkeit erfüllen können, und findet: die perfekte einsame Südseeinsel! Kurzerhand kündigen Nina und Adrian ihre Jobs (übrigens ein sehr befreiendes Gefühl) und machen sich auf gen Paradies. Dort angekommen leben die beiden ihren Traum.

Imagine being born into the most broken of families. Imagine never meeting most of your siblings because they’ve all been sold away. Imagine being sold yourself to a master who doesn’t speak your language and beats you savagely. Picture enduring years of slavery, living at the mercy of people who treat you as property and then sell you off on a whim. Do you believe that you could hold your head high through all of this and keep faith in your beliefs?

Combat Sports are on the rise, particularly Mixed Martial Arts. With the stellar growth of these sports comes the need for professional Cutmen and Cutwomen to fill in a unique and critical part of the fighter safety team. The problem is that, until now, there has never been a formal guide to the business side of becoming a Cutman or Cutwoman so people are left to guessing and pure luck to make a career out of their passion for helping fighters. The Secret Roadmap for World-Class Cutmen or Cutwomen© unveils his secrets that make or break aspiring Cutmen and Cutwomen.

Het is een ochtend als alle andere. Rachel Klein zet haar dochter af bij de bushalte en begint aan haar dag. Maar een telefoontje van een onbekend nummer verandert alles. De beller vertelt Rachel dat haar dochter vastgebonden en gekneveld op de achterbank van zijn auto ligt. Als ze haar ooit weer wil zien, moet ze losgeld betalen en een ander kind ontvoeren. Dit is geen gewone kidnapping: de beller is zelf een moeder wier zoon is ontvoerd en als Rachel niet doet wat haar wordt gezegd, zullen beide kinderen sterven.

The unmaking of the world has begun. The Hyena and the Hawk is the conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following The Bear and the Serpent. ‘A classically brilliant fantasy writer’ – Paul Cornell, author of Witches of Lychford From the depths of...

The Eastern Orthodox Church, is the world's second-largest Christian church, with more than 260 million members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by bishops in local synods. In this classic work Prof. Adrian Fortescue describes in detail the history, structure, and current state of the Orthodox Church. An excellent introduction for those seeking to better understand this historic apostolic church.