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Ein Meisterdetektiv ist immer im Einsatz - so auch Hercule Poirot, der sich auf dem Nildampfer eigentlich erholen wollte. Wäre da nicht die bildschöne Millionenerbin Linnet Ridgeway, deren Hochzeitsreise auf dem Schiff mit dem Tod endet. Als der belgische Meisterdetektiv die Ermittlungen aufnimmt, sticht er damit in ein "Wespennest", denn nahezu jeder der Mitreisenden hat ein Tatmotiv.

Einer der beliebtesten Krimis von Agatha Christie. Ein Haus. Ein Mord. Viele Verdächtige. Drei Generationen der Familie Leonides leben in dem großen, krummen Haus mit den vielen Giebeln. Doch dann wird der alte Aristide Leonides ermordet. Jeder hatte einen Grund, den alten Tyrannen ins Jenseits zu befördern, aber als Motiv reicht eigentlich keiner dieser Gründe aus. Solange der Mordfall ungeklärt bleibt, weigert sich Sophia, die geliebte Enkelin des Millionärs, ihren Verlobten Charles zu heiraten. Dann geschieht ein zweiter Mord.

Partez à la recherche de ce qui vous passionne ! L'ikigaï, c'est "la raison de se lever le matin" pour les habitants d'Okinawa au Japon, célèbres pour leur longévité, leur bonne santé et leur joie de vivre. C'est la jonction parfaite entre aptitudes, goûts, sens et nécessités. Vous désirez ardemment trouver le vôtre ? Cet ouvrage vous invite à vous poser les bonnes questions : qu'est-ce qui vous rend curieux ? Qu'est-ce qui vous rend jaloux ? Quelle est votre zone de brillance ? Quel est votre style ? Quelles activités vous ressourcent ?

Einer der beliebtesten Fälle von Agatha Christie! Sir Gervais ist für zwei Charaktereigenschaften bekannt, für seine Exzentrik und für seine Pünktlichkeit. Er hat Hercule Poirot in einem Brief seine Ermordung angekündigt, kümmere sich aber selbst um seine Sicherheit. Das kann der belgische Meisterdetektiv natürlich nicht auf sich sitzen lassen und fährt auf das Landgut, um mit dem Hausherrn zu sprechen. Doch Sir Gervais erscheint nicht zum Dinner. Für Poirot ist sofort klar: Ein Mörder läuft frei herum!

Has anyone ever told you that baseball is more than a game, that it's really a metaphor for life? Have you ever wondered what they meant? This story imagines the answer. A single mother moves to Kansas City with her young daughter and notices that everyone she meets - her new colleagues, neighbors, even the mailman - can't stop talking about baseball. "It's more than just a game," they tell the mother. "It's so much more. What you need is to come to a game and experience it."

Katie Ray was about to marry a man she didn’t love - and who didn’t love her. Even losing her $8,000 engagement ring wasn’t enough of a sign to call things off. What did it take? Being locked in the closet with a sexy PI and being witness to murder...

Jennifer Peterson has been unlucky in love, but now, thanks to an Internet search, she's found a surefire formula for identifying the perfect man. Statistics seem to show that if she narrows her search to men of certain careers and physical attributes, she'll have a better shot at success. So now she's on the hunt for not-so-well-endowed, short and hairy podiatrists or funeral directors who've been dubbed less likely to cheat than their tall, good-looking counterparts.

Savanna Edwards is feeling downright Scrooge-like. Who can blame her? A truly unjolly Santa - suit, beard and all - just repossessed her car because of her ex's shady business dealings. She'd like to murder the no-good lying cheat, but somebody already did that for her - and left him right in the middle of her kitchen, wrapped up with a bow. Detective Mark Donaldson has a rule against getting involved with his neighbors. He can look - and he's studied every sweet curve of Savanna from across the street - but he can't touch.

At twenty-six, aspiring novelist Avis Copley intends to wear spinsterhood as a badge of honour. But when she discovers a volume of erotica that ignites a searing fire within her, Avis realizes just how much she doesn't know about the actual pleasures of the flesh. Determined to learn more, she devises a daring plan...Avis chooses Emory Billingsworth, a fellow novelist - not to mention a beautiful specimen of manhood - to instruct her in carnal pleasure.

This novel anthology, is to mark the 10th anniversary of the "Realms of..." novel anthologies. There have been eight Forgotten Realms anthologies (see below) and Wizards of the Coast are inviting FR fans to select which short stories from those anthologies should be included in this new collection. A new short story by R A Salvatore is to be included in the collection.

For ten years, Anthony Westfield, Viscount Somerton, hasn't been able to forget the woman with whom he spent one scandalous night. When their paths cross again, he's shocked to discover Victoria Seaton is an accomplished pickpocket. But Somerton leads a double life of his own. Working on an undercover assignment, he makes Victoria a proposition: pretend to be his mistress or risk ruin. Yet soon he's tempted to turn their charade into reality - and surrender to an explosive passion.

Who are the people you’ll never forget? For Mary Murphy, there are five, eulogized here in an utterly unforgettable voice. Mary tells the story of her own life - her childhood spent trading one home and father figure for another, her efforts to track down her rebellious sister, and her winding search for purpose - through her experiences and encounters with the people who shaped her path. The result is an unconventional and moving story about identity, family, and belonging.

It's been five years since Lady Jennette Selby's fiancé died. Each courting season since has been filled with suitors eager to win her affection. But Jennette's guilt has prompted her to swear off marriage. For her secrets are as dark as she is beautiful, and the accidental death of her fiancé was tainted by a forbidden attraction.

Lieutenant Mike Galway takes command of his first platoon, and it is not at all what he bargained for. What he anticipated was the challenge of training a unit of disciplined Marine infantrymen to go to war. Instead he finds himself responsible for a group of unruly American teenagers, for whom he has to become a combination of surrogate father, psychologist, high school principal, marriage counselor, financial advisor, conflict mediator, and drug and alcohol therapist.

Raised as the youngest daughter of the Duke of Kendal, Elizabeth learns a devastating truth on his deathbed: he wasn't her father at all. And because the Duke had no sons, his title and fortune must go to his only male heir: a distant cousin who left England for America long ago. Anticipating the man's imminent occupation of her home, Elizabeth anxiously searches for her mother's diary, and the secret of her paternity.

Born on the wrong side of the blanket, matchmaker Sophie Reynard understands the consequences of unbridled desire all too well. Despite the many highborn friends she has matched, falling in love with an aristocrat without a pedigree of her own would be an act of futility. But that doesn't stop her from succumbing to one evening of anonymous passion.

From the secret annals of Realms history come 11 never-before-published tales of valor, featuring the greatest heroes of that magical world - Drizzt Do'Urden, Arilyn Moonblade, Adon, Elminster of Shadowdale, Jander Sunstar, and many others - told by your favorite authors, including:Ed Greenwood, R.A. Salvatore, Douglas Niles, Troy Denning, Christie Golden, and others

Sir Tristan Hiregaard of Nova Vaasa appears outwardly to be a kind nobleman who would never harm anyone. But his sinister alter-ego, the evil crime lord Malken, finds no act too base when it comes to extending his vast criminal empire.

Cali McKay's mama isn't ready to pass over to the "other side" yet. Her unlucky-in-love daughter needs her now more than ever. Before Mama can chain-smoke her way to heaven, she's gotta make sure Cali's deadbeat ex-boyfriend doesn't get her daughter killed.

From the research files of the legendary Volo come tales of all things magical in the Realms - artifacts and auguries, wizards and weapons, heroes and hokum - told by your favorite authors, including: R.A. Salvatore, Elaine Cunningham, Ed Greenwood, Jeff GrubbDavid "Zeb" Cook, Roger Moore, and others