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Jade Jackson liebt Schafe – und ihren Job. Ihre Facharztausbildung im größten Krankenhaus ihrer Heimatstadt Las Vegas nähert sich dem Ende, als ein für Notärzte kaum nennenswerter Vorfall ihr die Freude an ihrem Beruf raubt. Ihr Bruder versucht, sie mit einem weiteren Schaf für ihre Sammlung aufzumuntern. Es hat ein Einhorn und ist in Zeitungspapier eingeschlagen, eine Anzeige ist rot eingekringelt. Spontan wie nie zuvor tauscht Jade die Wüstenstadt in Nevada gegen die atemberaubende Natur Neuseelands, die sterile Notfallambulanz gegen eine Schaffarm. Auszeit im Paradies!

In the shadows of grief, physicist Alex Mercer has lost his way. His beloved wife, Emily, passed too soon, trapping him in painful nostalgia. With each day, Alex feels his grip on reality slipping, his logical mind yearning for solace he can't find in science alone. Desperate for peace, he embarks on an unexpected journey into the quantum realm through meditation. Along the way, he encounters guides and teachings that reveal more about life-and the universe-than he ever thought possible.

You'll always be my favorite 'what if' ... Callum Fitzroy As the heir to a family fortune, I'm the guy every party girl on campus wants. I have everything I could ever dream of, except my billionaire father's respect. When one of my infamous pranks lands me in hot water, my old man finally puts his foot down and cuts me off. Overnight, I lose everything—my allowance, my sweet home in a California mansion, even my place at college. I have no choice but to restart my life on the East Coast, enrolling in a preppy college where the girls are uptight, and nobody knows who I am.

Bisher ist wenig bekannt, wie wichtig die Zeit im Bauch der Mutter für das weitere Leben ist. Noch unbekannter ist, dass die Reise ins Leben oft nicht allein angetreten wird. Das Phänomen des Verlorenen Zwillings, im englischen Sprachraum "vanishing twin" genannt, betrifft aber viele Menschen, rund jeden Zehnten. Die vorgeburtlichen Erfahrungen des innigen Zusammenseins und des Verlustes des Anderen sind lebensprägend.

Sparrow Kingsley is ready for a week of relaxation after graduating from art school. She doesn't expect to walk into Sinner’s Keep and find the man of her dreams. Especially when she’s set to leave for Italy in a week. Midnight aka Night Jacobs has few rules in life, but one he’s always lived by: don’t sleep with the weekenders. But when the girl with wild pink hair and a free spirit walks into his bar, that all changes.

The Awakening of Joel Singer presents the story of a young man who unleashes the latent abilities of body and mind due to a genetic experiment gone haywire. Joel joins the mysterious Dr. Harrington, CEO of Gnotech, and his thousands of “Community Volunteers”, enhanced humans loyal to Dr. Harrington, in creating incredible medical innovations, and on increasingly dangerous missions at home and abroad that push his abilities further. All the while, powerful forces conspire against them.

None of the Old Testament prophets was especially happy or confident in their calling, but Jonah was the only one who rejected it outright, disobeying direct instruction from God and literally running away. In The Book of Jonah, Luke Kennard transforms the unique and awkward position Jonah’s story occupies in scripture – part dream, part joke, part provocation – into a madcap picaresque which marries the sacred and the absurd.

Shadowalker was given a choice, be taken in the Rapture or stay and try to save his best friend and help others find salvation, he chose to save his friend Laraaq and others. Now he must establish a place people can hope to survive the apocalypse in. Meanwhile, Laraaq has to make his way to his friend with supplies and reinforcements before Shadowalker is overrun by an army of goblins. Little do either friend know something wicked is making is slaughtering its way as it heads in their direction.

This is the story where the destinations are only part of the adventure! In Travel Tales: European Adventures from The River’s Edge, John-William DeClaris has created an anthology of historical fiction based on real events. As he recreates the river cruise, he weaves in unforgettable stories during a journey through Ypres, Vienna, Prague, and more. These tales cover a wide range of life events experienced by his fellow cruise mates.

Vor drei galaktischen Wendungen zerstörte Ewigkeit die Sonne. An ihrer Stelle schwebt nun eine Akkretionsscheibe. Jeder wirft zwei Schatten, und Leben kann lediglich in den Kreisen existieren, die riesige, Licht ausstrahlende Bäume bilden. Außerhalb der Kreise herrschen eisige Kälte und Dunkelheit – und an der Grenze zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit liegt der Schatten, das Land der ewig untergehenden Sonne. Dies ist ein Ort voller seltsamer Kreaturen und ungewöhnlicher Pflanzen, die niemals das Licht erblickt haben, ein Ort, an dem es von Würmern wimmelt.

Ich wurde aus einer technologisch fortgeschrittenen, magischen Welt in eine neue Welt wiedergeboren, in der die Magie noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt. In dieser fremden Welt habe ich den Körper eines jungen Barons angenommen, und mein ganzer Besitz besteht aus einem kleinen Dorf – einem Dorf, das von Monstern und feindseligen Aristokraten umringt ist und am Rande eines jungen, schnell expandierenden Imperiums liegt. Doch ich habe ein Wissen, das alles übersteigt, wovon diese Welt auch nur träumen kann, und nichts wird mich davon abhalten, mein eigenes magisches Imperium zu errichten!

Matt Callaghan is alive—barely. Having escaped the destruction of the home he shared with Jane Walker after an attack by political assassins, he's back with the young superheroes of Morningstar Academy—and back in the center of a conspiracy that's unraveling the world around him. A cult still pursues him; governments still want his powerless human blood. Any hopes he once held of living a normal life seem dead and buried, and it's all Matt and Jane can do to try and ensure he doesn't end up the same way. But there's no time to rest or recover.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delivers one of the most iconic and atmospheric tales in the Sherlock Holmes canon. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead under suspicious circumstances near his estate on the Devonshire moors, whispers of a family curse resurface—one involving a terrifying spectral hound. Fearing for the safety of the new heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, Dr. James Mortimer seeks the help of master detective Sherlock Holmes.

Recovered from a near-fatal assault and rearmed with his embedded football scouting skills, former nobody Max Best has led his Chester men's team up in the rankings and ratings both on the pitch and in the front office. But there's no rest to be had with what's ahead: the FA Cup. Now, they're playing against big-money teams with big talent and even bigger attitudes. And the elite aren't about to let some smart-aleck, fast-talking upstart and his underdog lads make the powerhouse clubs look like fools. Unfortunately for them, that's precisely what Max lives for.

Early one morning the curator of the Wallace Collection calls upon Sherlock Holmes requesting the Great Detective's assistance. Over the past few weeks, someone has been paying nocturnal visits to the gallery and apparently spending a great deal of time in one of the rooms devoted to medieval arms and armour. Although nothing appears to have been taken, the curator wants to know who is visiting after hours and why. When Holmes inspects the room, he makes a startling discovery that sets in motion a chain of events which ends up pitting Holmes against a modern day Templar.

Asher has returned. After a decade of relative peace, Sarai leads Zion West as Prime Servant. Asher commands its army against the growing threats of Zion East's burgeoning military as Renatus's power continues to grow. But when Renatus finds out Asher and Sarai's son has the same genetic disorder as his wounded prince, he kidnaps him for his LifeCell in an effort to resurrect his own son. As Sarai and The Defiance are ousted in a coup orchestrated by her father, Asher does everything in his power to save their son.

After six years in the service and two tours of duty in the middle of a war zone, Travis Thompson eagerly returns home to Grass Valley, ready to resume his life on the Triple T Ranch with his two older brothers. Ever the wild-child, Travis doesn’t disappoint as he rolls from one adventure to another in his quest to keep his adrenaline pumping. He needs a release for the tension constantly building inside him, especially after he discovers the girl he’s loved his entire life just moved back to Grass Valley.

Trent Thompson doesn't have many secrets, except for the torch he's carried for the new schoolteacher since she moved to Grass Valley more than three years ago. Instead of asking her out, he’s dated every single female in a thirty-mile radius, giving her the impression he holds no interest in knowing her.

Florian Lukas liest T.C. Boyles großen Roman über die obsessive Liebe zweier Männer zu einer Frau, die sich zwischen ihnen nicht entscheiden mag. Terry, ein Arzt aus Los Angeles, zieht nach dem Tod seiner Mutter in ihr Haus in Boulder City in der Wüste Nevadas. Eigentlich wollte er es verkaufen, wäre er nicht in einer Bar Bethany begegnet, die sich bei ihm einquartiert – gegen seinen Willen. Der eigenbrötlerische Terry kann ihr nicht widerstehen. Aber da ist auch noch ihr eifersüchtiger Ex-Freund Jesse, der immer wieder auftaucht und ihn warnt: "Sie ist Gift".

Baue seine Festung. Lass das Rudel wachsen. Rette das Reich. Nach zwei Dienstjahren in der Baudivision der Iron Army hat Flint Woodson genug von allem. Mit seinem vierbeinigen Freund an seiner Seite wünscht er sich nichts sehnlicher, als eine abgelegene Siedlung zu finden, als Wächter oder Baumeister zu arbeiten und eine Frau zu finden. Er schert sich nicht darum, seine verbleibenden Knoten mit Fertigkeitssteinen zu füllen oder sein Leben mit der Suche nach einer Klasse zu vergeuden. Wyldblüter wie er sind nicht zu Großem bestimmt.