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Frankly, Agaton Sax should know better than to go on vacation. At least, this time, he’s managed to enjoy some rest and relaxation without stumbling into a criminal conspiracy. On the way home, however, it’s a different story...from a slow train through Brosnia to a castle in Edinburgh and onwards to a motorboat speeding across the North Sea, Agaton Sax is up against a criminal mastermind who is almost - but not quite - as clever as he is. And there’s garlic. Far too much garlic.

When Rhea gets stood up by her best friend, before an important doctor’s appointment, she rushes to her car in tears. There, in the parking lot, she is met by a gorgeous man on his motorcycle. While he tries to help her feel better, she doesn’t give in. She doesn’t trust men. She never has. But Jason isn't the kind of man to give up. His charm and tenacious spirit win Rhea over - until Rhea finds out about a secret that might ruin what they have, and change their lives forever.

Prophecy gets thrown to the wayside as our young hero charts his own course and learns to become the master of his own destiny. Traveling the four stops of Alnilam with the crazy Circos will teach Hew-Hay lessons he can't imagine and help him to realize why he is traveling north to the City of Lightalists: to save the universe. 

There is light...This collection of poetry is a personal reflection of the author’s experiences amid the Covid-19 crisis and the world around us. He watched the reports on television, spoke with first responders, and witnessed many who died from this horrible virus and the toll it has taken with families. Covid-19 brought out the horror of our society - friends, family, and neighbors fighting amongst themselves - but it also revealed those who love and care for their fellow man.

Stranded in an unfamiliar realm, Alexa finds herself surrounded by humans who do not understand her or what she is. And yet she needs their help. In order to save her people from complete annihilation, Alexa must find her way back to the Ember Region, with or without reinforcements. But she can’t do it alone. Despite her own reservations, she confides in the people who do not trust her in hopes that they would at least aid her in her journey back home. Alexa is forced to rely on her own instincts as the very fabric of her beliefs is tested in this new realm.

The discovery of lost letters between Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, describing historical events that never happened, sends shockwaves through the academic world. Meanwhile, a citywide surveillance program is coming to New York, on a groundswell of dirty money and dead bodies. To hard-nosed Brooklyn reporter Nell Bluth, the two mysteries couldn't be more different - until she finds the missing link. A secret war is raging on the streets of New York. It's a battle to control the narrative of history itself, and the winner rewrites the world. 

London is a whirl of balls and teas, alliances and rivalries. Rose has never felt more out of place. With the Season in full swing, she can't help but still feel a servant, dressed up in diamonds and silk. Then she meets Alexander Ross, a young Scottish duke. She has heard the rumors about Ross' sordid past just like everyone else has. Yet he alone treats her as a friend. Rose knows better than to give her heart to an aristocrat with such a reputation, but it may be too late. 

Ferris wakes on the Sea Queen, an enchanted cruise ship sailing on a chocolate sea. He has no idea how he got here, but he desperately wants to go home to his boyfriend. The alchemist is the only person who can help Ferris, but he’s been kidnapped. The ransom is high tea, with scones, and jam. Meanwhile, the passengers are gearing up for the Winter Masquerade, a ball where love and magic reign. With a murderous musician, an absent boyfriend, and a mystical party, Ferris soon learns that Wednesday is not the day to fall in love.

What if magic is real? What if, in order to save your daughter's life, you had to forget everything you think is true, and trust in an unseen world? The Reluctant Alchemist is the story of Morgan Gardiner, whose life is turned upside down after an encounter with a stranger. She is forced to harness daunting new powers, and confront her demons, in order to save her little girl.

What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world’s largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice. Rubenstein, who has spent more than three decades in the hypercompetitive world of private equity, now distills everything he’s learned about the art and craft of investing, from venture capital, real estate, private equity, hedge funds, to crypto, endowments, SPACs, ESG, and more.

Friday the 13th. Halloween night. 1532, Dublin, Ireland. After a night out in a bar, Edward Brown is returning back home, where he is murdered. Five centuries later, on Halloween, he has woken up from his sleep, a thought to get revenge in his mind. He kills both Max Watson and Horace Jones, two residents of Bluebell. Edward flees, leaving no clues. The case is investigated by various agencies, all to no avail. Presently, the case is in the hands of Dublin-based investigation agency. The case is given to Maralays Hover, a detective, and Root Anderson, a forensic psychologist.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sierra Mccormick, Vinessa Shaw, and Pat Healy! A family on the verge of self-destruction finds themselves isolated in their bathroom during a tornado warning.

James Luke Landon was born in the United States to a father who was a cotton farmer and a shrewd business man. After the Civil War, labor was almost impossible to find to work the cotton fields. Luke’s father enlisted the aid of a friend who lived overseas and moved his family to Bombay, India, where land prices were cheap, labor was abundant, and cotton grew with a vengeance. At the age of 19, Luke lost his father in a warehouse fire and his mother to a heart attack shortly afterward. His father had built a multi-million dollar empire from cotton and textile mills.

Kendall Allow is stressed as hell. From the death of her husband to the stress of being a single mother, she’s barely taking time for herself or getting any sleep. Her mother’s solution? A weekend getaway at the Paradiso Resort and Spa in Shreveport. An all-expenses-paid beachside vacation where she’s free to do anything she wants, and what she wants is to maybe have an orgasm or two.

This book is a call to action. It warns that unless we learn to accept and respect our social, cultural and political differences as town and country people, we are never going to solve the chronic problems in our food system and environment.  As we stare down the barrel of climate change, only farmers - who manage two thirds of the UK's landscape - working together with conservation groups can create a healthier food system and bring back nature in diverse abundance. 

This book offers pastors, other congregational leaders, and seminary students a thought-provoking biblical theology of worship, followed by a look at how three very different traditions of churchmanship might move from this theological base to a better understanding of corporate worship. Running the gamut from biblical theology to historical assessment all the way to sample service sheets, Worship by the Book shows how local churches in diverse traditions can foster corporate worship that is God-honoring, Word-revering, heartfelt, and historically and culturally informed.

Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly 50-year career. In Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition including diversity, prejudice, confidence, collaboration and empathy.

Ist es der Mut der Verzweiflung, der den bislang für die Rätselecke zuständigen Redakteur Nikolas Sender dazu treibt, auf einer Redaktionssitzung des Reisemagazins den Themenvorschlag "Pauschaltourismus" ins Spiel zu bringen? Sein Chef reagiert prompt und schickt ihn auf eine sechswöchige Tour ins Nirwana des Urlaubs von der Stange. Als besondere Gemeinheit stellt er ihm die ungeliebte, aus Flugangst bislang kaum über Sylt hinausgekommene Kollegin Nina Blume aus dem Ressort "Weltreisen" an die Seite.

“Mr. Tony Abbot”? It was my time. I had been waiting for this moment and now it had arrived. It was like going to school or starting a new job for the first time, a feeling of apprehension. I was looking forward to it with dread, I was going down.

A transplant to the upstate New York hamlet of Sylvan, all Laney wants is a peaceful life for herself and her son. But things rarely remain calm in her life - and when her neighborhood summer block party explodes in shocking violence and ends with the disappearance of two women - including her friend - she’ll need all her skills as a PI to solve a mystery that reaches far beyond her small town.