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I always thought my biological father was a scumbag criminal, too busy selling illicit drugs to take care of his only daughter. The truth, as it turns out, is 10 times worse—he’s a literal monster, and he’s taken my family hostage. Now, he’s sending me to Southeastern University for the Magically Gifted, which is basically hell, high school, and a country club all rolled into one. He wants me to manifest my hidden powers, or something of that nature. But my powers are really good at hiding.

“Mr. Torrente? You need to come down here.” My receptionist isn’t one to make demands, so I hurry down the stairs to see what all the fuss is about. Little did I know, the moment I walk down those stairs, my life is going to change in ways I can’t begin to fathom.

Wie jedes Jahr ziehen Samichlaus & Schmutzli in ihr Häuschen beim Waldweiher, um von hier aus die Kinder zu besuchen. Bevor sie sich auf den Weg ins Städtchen machen können, haben Samichlaus, Schmutzli, Esel Benjamin, Eichhörnchen Nikki und Rotkehlchen Pieps allerdings eine Menge Abenteuer zu bestehen. Zuerst macht sich Esel Benjamin an der Weihnachtsdekoration zu schaffen, die Schmutzli am Waldhäuschen befestigt hat. Und dann poltert zu allem Übel auch noch Santa Claus durch den Kamin und behauptet, er sei der echte Samichlaus.

As we sit drinking wine by the river and I gaze into his dark brown eyes, I know I have finally met the man of my dreams. I have been hurt before, but this time will be different. He has a terrible past, and everyone tells me he can’t be trusted, but they don’t know what I know. I know deep down that together we can overcome anything. Because sure he has secrets, but who doesn’t? But now a man is dead. And the police are knocking on my door. Was trusting him the biggest mistake I could make? I don’t know where to go or who to turn to. What if I am next?

One girl, two lives. Dutiful daughter of the Duke of Elverston, on the one hand, a willful girl who learns to fight on the other. Her father has let her run wild as long as she never embarrasses him. And if she does? Consequences are likely to be swift and brutal. The wargen are fierce men who wear two faces: one wolf, one human. They're the monsters mothers warn their children about in Grania, and now four wargen princes have been sent there to strike a deal with the duke. But when they catch sight of the wild Darcy, everything changes.

Bildgewaltige Fantasy des Besteller-Autorenkollektivs "Fünf Federn". Der Winter zieht in die Minenstadt ein. Kaum ist Schnee über die letzten Morde gefallen, erschreckt eine neue Untat die Obrigkeit. Ausgerechnet der Gast einer hochrangigen Delegation wird im Palast der Feehlenwerks auf brutale Weise ermordet – Fleisch und Knochen des Opfers sind bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verformt. Hauptmann Gunter steht vor einem Rätsel, denn alle Spuren führen ins Nichts. In der Not beschließt er, erneut auf die Talente von Zauberin, Wirt, Heiler und Diebin zurückzugreifen.

Rowan Harbor has had a tough winter, and Devon Murphy wants nothing more than to make it better. When he proposes a solution to the town’s low morale, it creates a rift in his relationship with his boyfriend, Wade. They’ve hardly ever argued, and when things get tense, Devon has no idea how to handle it.

Sometimes you go to the movies. And sometimes, the movies—and their monsters—come to you. At any moment, without notice, monsters once relegated to the screen become a reality. Aliens and demons, dragons and ghosts, werewolves, vampires, zombies, and seemingly ordinary people who are just plain evil.

Als nicht geouteter Homosexueller lebt Josh im Grunde nur für seinen Sohn und seine Bäckerei. Als ihm der mysteriöse Major, der Chef der Agentur Your secret Wish, einen lukrativen Auftrag in Aussicht stellt, ahnt er nicht, dass er sich dadurch die personifizierte Versuchung ins Haus holt. Denn dieser Auftrag ist mit einer Bedingung verknüpft: Josh muss einen neuen Mitarbeiter einstellen, allerdings nach Wahl des Majors.

If you’re River Keyes (yeah, me), you try to figure out how you’re going to live without the internet. Because we might have kept two worlds from being destroyed, but now I’m trapped in a place with no electricity, no takeout, and no phoning home.

It only takes one defeat to topple an empire. With Britain still in the grips of World War Two, Georgina Garrett has her own battles to fight. She has made many enemies over the years, and with every victory she's only grown stronger. But following a bitter betrayal, Georgina must find a way to claw herself out of the depths of despair and back to the top position within London's criminal underworld. She'll do whatever it takes to secure her freedom and defeat those who'd rather to see her dead.

She's out of retirement – and out for revenge! When Georgina Garrett wakes in the night to find intruders in her house, she knows she must do everything she can to keep her children safe. But just when she thinks the ordeal is over, she realises something is terribly wrong. She arrives at her crime-lord husband David Maynard's London house to find a bloodbath. Six of David's best men lie dead and he is nowhere to be found. Georgina may have walked away from the game but she's still the best player on the street.

Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers. Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain--embracing the people, their food, and especially their curiosities. His humor and infatuation with humanity’s diversity fuel each story.

There is a misconception that rock climbing is only for tough, macho guys and adventure junkies. Rock climbing certainly requires a lot of strength and energy, but this can be acquired by anyone willing to learn and dedicate some of their free time to it.

One of my toughest decisions was to join the Army after graduating high school. My second toughest was to decide it was time to get. I wanted more than that life had to offer—namely the return of my humanity and a life beyond the pain that had leached into my soul during my deployments. Without a hint at what to do next, I said goodbye to my Army life and headed home to Missouri.

Constantly jumping from one task to another isn’t just frustrating, it’s hard on your mental and physical health. Burnout, anxiety, and stress wreak havoc on how you feel, create performance issues at work, and make life unnecessarily hard. In extreme cases, it can lead to chronic disease. You can effectively optimize your time and successfully create more for yourself by learning the art of time management and healthy lifestyle habits using 8,760 Hours in a Year.

Something primal is lurking under the belly of Green Valley University, but there’s no way for Evan to know that. All he’s worried about is trying to study while sitting next to a redheaded beauty. Her skintight jeans and ungodly low-cut crop-top are making it impossible to focus. But the feeling is mutual. There’s a beast inside of him, and it doesn't care about grades. Suddenly it’s not just the pretty, quiet redhead with the fox ears who needs his protection anymore. Evan has to race against the clock to keep the women he swore to protect safe, and to save the world.

Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing the people, their food, and especially their curiosities. His humor and infatuation with humanity’s diversity fuel each story. Teaching in Korea and Vietnam since 2015, Sam uses his time out of the classroom to explore the rest of Asia. His five-book series, Itchy Feet Travel Tales in Asia, covers his adventures (and misadventures) in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Evan Wakefield thought he would be able to protect the women who put their trust in him. He didn’t expect healing them would lead to the apocalypse, monsters coming from the seal he’s broken...one that leads straight into a world of nightmares. Now Evan has to race against the clock to keep the women he swore to protect safe, and to stop the world from ending. If only he can defeat all these monsters in time.

The historical Jesus of Nazareth is arguably the most influential person ever to walk on the face of the planet Earth. For the past 2,000 years, thousands of books have been written about him, and yet no book has been written about the mechanism by which the eternally existing God—the Christ—became Jesus, the man in the flesh. This book precisely explains this mystery by looking through the prism of the scientific discipline of genetics.