Resultado de "Jack" em Todas as categorias

Since the start of time, man has been searching for ways to live a productive and meaningful life. Everyone goes through this thought process, either consciously or subconsciously. The key to finding that answer is to begin asking the right questions. A great starting point for asking the right questions is a question I asked myself thirty years ago. That question was, What are my core values, principles, or beliefs? In other words, what is truly important to me. I simplified that question to this–What do I believe?

Jeremiah Thorn, a kindhearted young man who happens to be a novice necromancer, is condemned to die by an uncaring kingdom. When he’s discovered by a group of adventurers, it seems his time is up. Can he convince them he's more valuable alive than dead? And can death itself be a force for good?

There comes a point in the game of life when you have to decide whether you are going to play the cards you have been given or fold. Adversity can break you, leaving you in a constant state of emptiness and self-perpetuating cycles, or it can be the catalyst for a new life. Top-performing insurance agent, trainer, and speaker Jack Jameson invites readers into a deeply personal, edge-of-your-seat memoir of his upbringing, learning in the school of hard knocks, to a life radically transformed.

On a fall day in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York, a couple on a scavenger hunt gets more than they bargain for with the smell of death in the High Peaks Wilderness. When a county deputy arrives, a body is found bound to a tree. But the murder is not what it appears to be, and it’s far from over. At the crime scene, cryptic clues are left behind by the killer to lure the police into a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Renowned American television reporter Fatima Al-Hasan and cameraman Ali Abrahim embark on a life-altering assignment in Israel, where they find themselves amid several terrorist attacks by a group called TRIAD, the world’s most powerful and dangerous extremist group. As Fatima, a lapsed Muslim, and Ali, a devout Muslim, join forces with agnostic CIA agent Paul Sheppard, they make a shocking discovery—the attacks may be heralding the events foretold in Biblical and Quranic prophecies, signaling the End Times.

Wie lange wird das Bündnis zwischen Schwarz- und Weißmagiern halten? Das spektakuläre Finale der Alex-Verus-Serie. Vor langer Zeit führten Magier und Djinn Krieg. Letztere unterlagen und wurden von den Siegern in einfache Gegenstände wie Lampen oder Ringe eingekerkert. Doch sie sinnen seitdem auf Rache. Nun ist es einem Djinn-Fürsten gelungen, eine Magierin in Besitz zu nehmen. Schwarz- und Weißmagier müssen sich eiligst verbünden. Doch Hellseher Alex Verus ahnt, dass dieser Pakt nicht lange halten wird. Buchstäblich jeder hat seine eigenen Ziele – auch Alex.

When terrorists threaten to blow up a major dam, threatening one of the worlds most important archeological sites, Jacob is summoned to find them and stop them before its too late. But in a series of never-ending twists and turns, Jacob learns that finding them wont be as easy as it seems and that their ultimate target may be even worse than thought

I thought I knew what I was signing up for at Prometheus labs. A living wage salary in return for terrible hours, appalling working conditions and the occasional medical trial to give me a nice end of month boost in funds. I never expected to end up pregnant and transported to a completely different world, where gargoyles taunt me, and my life is immeasurably worse.

When DCI Freya Bloom is called to a crime scene early one Sunday morning, little does she know that the friendships she has counted on so many times will be called into question and her time in the Lincolnshire fens could be coming to an untimely end…along with her career. The victim, a retired woman named Linda Wilson, lies at the edge of a small forest atop the Lincoln edge, a steep escarpment that runs throughout Lincolnshire.

David has mastered magic, alchemy, farming, and even built his own house. As it turns out, elven courtship rituals are at least as complicated as any of those. David has to overcome many trials before he can call the fair elven maiden Celeste his own. There will be moonlit walks, deep conversations, and a bake-off during which Celeste’s stuffy uncle and David’s… vibrant grandparents will need to get along… Defeating a troll to get an engagement ring is probably going to be the easy part.

Two novel-length sci-fi stories in one? Check. A mix of hot human and alien women? Check. Capable MCs who know how to get things done? Double check.

Magie verpflichtet! Der Auftakt der neuen Urban-Fantasy-Serie von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Benedict Jacka. Stephen Oakwood hat ein natürliches Talent für Magie. Doch die Materialien dafür sind teuer, und er stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Zudem hat Stephen keine weiteren Verwandten – glaubt er zumindest, bis seine Cousine auftaucht. Plötzlich ist er verstrickt in die Angelegenheiten von Haus Ashford, einer der mächtigsten Magierfamilien Englands. Stephen will eigentlich nichts mit seiner adeligen Verwandtschaft zu tun haben, doch die zieht ihn immer tiefer in ihre Intrigen hinein. Also muss er selbst Macht und Vermögen aufbauen – und seine magischen Fähigkeiten so schnell es geht verbessern.

Is MAGA a Terrorist Movement? explains the danger of the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement and why it should be considered a terrorist organization, using indisputable facts. Author Russell K. Jack—a former US Federal Air Marshal who spent years inside the government, working alongside MAGA supporters—has decades of experience in detecting, deterring, and defeating terrorism and criminal activity.

Barbe-Longue raconte les histoires des temps anciens à ses 3 petits-fils : Court-comme-un-Cerf, Tête-Jaune et Peur-du-Noir. Il explique comment, après une attaque des Mangeurs-de-Viande, les Mangeurs-de-Poisson ont compris que l'union fait la force et ont créé leur tribu. Le récit de Barbe-Longue détaille la création d'une communauté, entre innovations et dérives : l'établissement des lois, l'élection d'un chef, le début de l'agriculture, la notion de propriété privée, la religion, la corruption, la tyrannie, l'argent et les inégalités. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Johnny est un jeune ouvrier dans une usine de textile. Il a commencé à travailler à seulement sept ans et ne s'est jamais arrêté. Sa mère et lui rapportent juste assez d'argent pour nourrir sa petite famille. Johnny est l'ouvrier modèle. Le directeur de l'usine vante ses mérites, il travaille vite et bien, comme une machine. Mais ces années à l'usine ont rendu Johnny nerveux, irritable et léthargique. Pourtant, un évènement va chambouler sa vie et celle de son entourage. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Dans le Grand Nord, la cabane de Malemute Kid héberge de nombreux voyageurs, des soldats et des meneurs de chiens. Parmi eux se trouve un mystérieux étranger surnommé Ulysse. Plus tard, il raconte l'Odyssée de sa vie, depuis le jour de son mariage où un homme lui vola sa femme contre quelques richesses. Animé par la vengeance et par l'amour, cet Ulysse traversera les mers et les terres pour retrouver sa femme et tuer l'homme qui se l'était appropriée. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Deux hommes traversent les déserts de glace de l'Alaska au Nord du Canada. Quand l'un d'eux se foule la cheville, le deuxième l'abandonne à son sort et continue sa route. Le récit suit les mésaventures de l'homme blessé, bientôt suivi d'un loup tout aussi affamé, dans son périple jusqu'à l'Océan Arctique. La faim, les hallucinations et les bêtes sauvages ne parviennent pas à arrêter la détermination de cet homme à survivre. Qui, du loup ou de l'homme, aura l'instinct le plus fort ? Avec le soutien du CNL.

Following the birth of their daughter, Jack McClure and his wife Alana had every intention of continuing their life of adventure. After an extensive hiking trip in the desert southwest, they found that having a baby with them was no excuse to stay home and dream of adventures that could’ve been. With lofty ambitions, they set their sights on thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico as a family, beginning when their daughter was 9 months old.

Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same kind of ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac’s early classics, On the Road. Centering around the tempestuous romance and breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox—two denizens of the 1950s San Francisco underground—The Subterraneans is a tale of dark alleys and smoky rooms, of artists, visionaries, and adventurers existing outside mainstream America’s field of vision.

This novella tells the story of a ten-year-old Black boy named Pictorial Review “Pic” Jackson, who lives with his grandfather in North Carolina in the 1940s. After his grandfather dies and Pic is living with another relative, his older brother, Slim, shows up to take him out of that dysfunctional home, and they journey from the rural South to New York City. They head for Harlem, where Slim lives with his girlfriend and where Pic sees firsthand the economic hard times his brother is experiencing. After losing job after job, Slim sends his pregnant girlfriend off to San Francisco.