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Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion—an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus—was to be worshipped as a god.

Im letzten Teil der Amazon-Bestseller-Reihe versucht der unfreiwillige Held Marcus Battle, seine Freunde vor dem Zugriff eines gnadenlosen Regimes zu retten. Ein geheimes Schleusernetzwerk, das sich die "Underground Railroad" nennt, soll ihnen helfen, einen sagenumwobenen Zufluchtsort zu erreichen – den Hafen.

Not all pirates strike fear into their enemies—some just trip over their peg legs. Meet Captain Wobblefoot: the only pirate who can fall off his ship while it’s anchored. Known across the high seas for his clumsiness (and surprisingly good pancake skills), Wobblefoot’s life takes a daring turn when his crew is kidnapped by the evil Pirate Snaggletooth. Armed with courage, questionable maps, and a pet parrot with attitude, Wobblefoot must navigate traps, treasure islands, and his own two left feet to save the day. This laugh-out-loud story celebrates the underdog (or under-pirate) in all of us.

Crawford and Ott are accused of cold-blooded murder… Crawford’s brother, Cam, comes to town and makes a royal mess of things… Dominica’s steppin’ out on Charlie… And just who is this new sheriff in town? Is she trying to help Crawford and Ott or hang 'em?

Seit den Enthüllungen rund um die Transhumanistische Allianz ist das Sonnensystem in Aufruhr. Ed wird in den internationalen Ethikrat einberufen und muss Entscheidungen über den Einsatz von riskanten Technologien treffen. Im Zuge dessen untersucht Kumiko die Testperson eines Experiments, das Rätsel aufgibt. Ein Selbstmord erschüttert die Bewohner von Sphäre 1 und es macht sich eine Aggression breit, die sogar Tiere in der Biosphäre anzustecken scheint. Rakesh versucht herauszufinden, was dahinter steckt und muss sich tief sitzenden Ängsten stellen.

A brutally murdered Palm Beach society matron with a Harley-Davidson logo tattooed on her upper thigh... A racy website which caters to the most powerful, influential, married men in Palm Beach... An acclaimed female Hollywood producer who’s got a thing for young studs... And if homicide detective Charlie Crawford didn’t have his hands full… a hit is ordered on him!

PILGERREISE ist eine eigenständige postapokalyptische Überlebensgeschichte. Der Highschool-Lehrer James Rockwell macht mit seiner Familie Urlaub in Maine, als eine erderschütternde Explosion sie in einen Wettlauf um ihr Leben schickt. Ihr erster Schritt ist die Flucht von einer Insel inmitten eines Tsunamis, und von da an wird es nur noch gefährlicher. Werden sie ihren Weg nach Hause finden, während die Zivilisation um sie herum zusammenbricht? Und wenn ja, welche Schrecken erwarten sie dort?

Time Rider follows Bowie, an agent from a post-democracy future state known as the Design—where humanity is stratified into genetic castes, and emotional connections have been engineered away. Sent to 1963 on a mission to preserve a lynchpin moment of history from temporal terrorists: the assassination of the American President. Baffled by what he finds in Dallas, Bowie soon discovers that something far more strange and sinister is at work.

Private investigator Cole Harper doesn't go looking for trouble, but when a woman walks into his office claiming her husband is cheating, a simple domestic case turns into something far more dangerous. A photo, a Chinatown receipt, and a string of half-truths lead Harper into a fog of deception, opium dens, and velvet-draped rooms where the wrong question can get a man killed.

Get advice on how to leverage AI development tools for all stages of code creation, including requirements, planning, design, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation. With this book, beginners and experienced developers alike will learn how to use a wide range of tools, from general-purpose LLMs to code-specific systems. You'll also learn about more specialized generative AI tools for tasks such as text-to-image creation. Tom Taulli provides a methodology for modular programming that aligns effectively with the way prompts create AI-generated code.

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Kein Strom. Keine Sicherheit. Nur die Vorbereiteten werden überleben. Bevor die Lichter ausgingen, hielt sich Jack Warrant nicht für einen sogenannten "Prepper". Das waren Leute vom Rand der Gesellschaft, Verschwörungstheoretiker oder Weltuntergangskultisten mit einem fatalistischen Blick auf die Welt. Er selbst war ein Optimist. Zumindest war es das, was er sich selbst erzählte, wenn er nachts an die Decke starrte und sich finstere Gedanken in den Verstand schlichen. Doch dann ging die Welt unter, und ihm wurde klar, dass er falsch lag.

From its quiet beginnings as a picnic grounds in 1872 to its gradual evolution into an amusement park, Geauga Lake became one of Northeast Ohio's most famous attractions. The story of Geauga Lake take listeners through its entire history—from its dramatic climb in status to become a nationally recognized megapark to its almost inexplicable and rapid decline and demise in 2007. The fascinating story illuminates the changing strategies that different owners brought to the park and captures the many changes that regularly transformed the midway.

Tom Stodulka has loved to write for many years, though as a child he found this form of expression was a struggle. As the years progressed, through high school and law school, Stodulka gained an appreciation of language and how it could be used as a tool for making a difference. His confidence grew enough to write diaries of his life in the Navy and eventually in 1976, on board the HMAS Duchess, he wrote his first poem, The World and the Future, which features in his first publication, Storm Clouds and Silver Linings; My Journey.

When brilliant young student Jessica Mowbrie is left in a coma after being abandoned in a remote patch of New Zealand bush, the local Masterton police don't have a clue what happened. Isolated and under resourced, the detectives struggle to even begin piecing it together. Police records clerk Lorraine Henry will not accept that Jessie simply had a lucky escape. She thinks whoever hurt her needs to be hunted down, and worries that her employers are a bit hopeless. As Jessie's life hangs in the balance, it looks like Lorraine will do the hunting. She's not getting any younger, of course.

Charlie Crawford’s ex-wife, Jill, is the target of her abusive husband’s cruel rage and would love to have Charlie back. Meanwhile, a very rich man is being held captive in his own home and unless he comes up with twenty million dollars quick, he’s a very rich very dead man.

“Where’s the sex and blood?” my college religion professor, Dr. King, asked after she’d read to us from the New Testament. “The Old Testament—the Bible of the Jews—is filled with rape and incest, sex and death. Yet the New Testament is completely sexless! They aren’t telling us something!” she proclaimed. “For instance, who was the Beloved Disciple mentioned by John? And why doesn’t John identify this person? “Is the Beloved Disciple’s lack of identity simply because he or she was a minor character lucky to have been mention at all?” my professor asked.

Thriving in Midlife is your empowering guide to transforming the often turbulent years of midlife into a time of purpose, passion, and personal growth. Whether you're feeling stuck, facing empty-nest syndrome, or navigating career or relationship transitions, this book offers a compassionate and practical roadmap to help you reclaim your identity and create a life you love.

To whom does a story belong? Who is its author? What is an author? Does it matter? These questions and more populate the subversive and audacious Patchwork, a comical tragedy that highlights the connective tissue that joins stories to themselves as well as to the grand history of storytelling itself.

A Palm Beach real estate scam has sucked in investors from around the world. And when one of the scammers is taken out by a deadly drone, the suspect list is long. As Crawford explains to his boss, Norm Rutledge: “We got Chinese, we got Iranians, we got not one but two Indian chiefs. We got car salesmen, we got real-estate developers, we got accountants, we got ex-girlfriends, we got executive assistants, we got mafiosi, we got Triads—” he glanced back at Ott—“I leave anybody out, Mort?”