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Stevie Darling's mundane life is flipped upside down by a betrayal, and he soon finds himself on the run. His saving grace is that he’s agile, and manages to evade capture. Whilst trying to escape his past, Stevie encounters a forgotten friend, Ker Lo, whose own past carries great mysteries that will inevitably intertwine with Stevie’s journey.

Kinsley has always been the strong one—the steady shoulder, the quiet presence, the girl who holds everything together while falling apart inside. But silence, no matter how noble, has a weight. And hers is finally catching up with her. In this heartfelt and emotionally rich novel, Michael J. Melton tells the story of a young woman who has learned to hide behind calmness and composure, burying her exhaustion, loneliness, and spiritual longing beneath smiles that no one questions. Everyone leans on Kinsley, but no one stops to ask how much it costs her to be “the mature one."

Elia is the kind of girl most people don’t notice—quiet, careful, invisible in the rush of everyday life. She keeps her head down at school, tiptoes through the silence at home, and clings to the memory of the one person who truly saw her: Grandpa. When he passes, all she has left is his worn Bible and the whispered promise that God sees her—even when no one else does. Then, one day in the woods, she finds something impossible: a fallen angel, hidden in the trees. Broken. Angry. Alone.

Status-6: Poseidon’s Shadow An International Techno-Thriller by Michael J. Melton THEY DIDN’T LOSE CONTROL. THEY JUST LET YOU THINK THEY DID. When Russia “accidentally” leaks that ten of its doomsday torpedoes—autonomous, undetectable, and nuclear—have been stolen by terrorists, the world panics. But the truth is even more terrifying: the weapons were never lost. They were deployed. Across oceans. Beneath cities. Waiting. As NATO scrambles to respond, satellites begin to go dark. Bliznets, Russia’s ghost satellites, hijack Western communications.

When the Chaparrals decide to relocate to the small town of Waverly, Indiana, they inadvertently sign their son up for a trial-by-fire. Coming of age at the dawn of the new millennium, Jay Chaparral must also come to terms with the strange sights and sounds that occur in Waverly. These odd occurrences have nothing to do with the unfulfilled Mayan or Christian prophecies hanging in the air at the time. Are they like rocks, thrown at random, into a solitary pond? Or are they like stepping stones across Waverly's stream, leading Jay toward something greater?

Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds conjuring powerful identities for people in ancient landscapes. What are their stories and secrets? How did people encounter birds over a thousand years ago? In The Cuckoo’s Lea, Michael J. Warren sets out on the trail of these ghosts. Captivated and guided by the secrets of place names, he finds their stories entangled with his own explorations of places through birds all across England.

Felton buttled for 41 years at Garth's mansion. Radiation results in spider Garnet's mutation. King Darick gives wizard Zenon wide berth. Monstrous mole Hassan causes sinkholes. Jarrett borrows $20K from loan sharks. Elbert uses shark Kazuko as banana boat. Lionel runs out of corpses. Chia-Pig Osvaldo is a Chihuahua/pig mix. Porfirio gets even with school bully Zack. Ostrich Quincy mates with 900 hen ostriches.

Bryson Wilde, investigator for hire, lives in an edgy world where the women are dangerous, cigarettes dangle from ruby-red lips and the nights are hotter than whiskey-soaked jazz.

In The 5A's to Great Relationships, Michael J. Smith tackles one of the most fundamental aspects of life—our relationships—with insight, clarity, and practical advice, whether it's in our personal lives, professional settings, or even as parents, relationships are the foundation of our happiness and success, yet, they often feel like a constant challenge.

Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter zog Werwolf Robbie Fontaine von Rudel zu Rudel. Doch nirgends fand er das Zuhause, das er sich so sehr wünschte; stets war er kurz davor, die Kontrolle über seinen Wolf zu verlieren. Im Rudel von Alpha-Wölfin Michelle Hughes fühlt er sich endlich angekommen und genießt als ihr Stellvertreter hohes Ansehen. Als in Maine Gerüchte über ein abtrünniges Rudel und den Einsatz wilder Magie laut werden, beauftragt Michelle Robbie, die Verräter zur Strecke zu bringen.

Der vierte Band der großen Green Creek-Saga. Um sich auf die Suche nach dem Mann zu machen, der ein großes Loch in seinem Herzen hinterlassen hat, verlässt Werwolf Carter Bennett die Geborgenheit seines Rudels. Doch die Einsamkeit setzt Carter stärker zu, als er jemals gedacht hätte, und mehr als einmal ist er kurz davor, den Verstand zu verlieren. Je näher er seinem Ziel Gavin Livingstone kommt, desto tiefer dringt er in die geheimnisvolle Geschichte seines Rudels vor. Eine Geschichte, die eng mit der der Familie Livingstone verbunden ist.

Icky is an Australian gold miner who stinks. Spar is a hungry African vulture. Rocky is a treasure hunting scuba diver. This beagle has many owners & adventures. Bone is a cave dweller dealing with dinosaurs. Bong is a terrifying, menacing rooster. Teddy is running across the U.S. to win a 1962 Cadillac on a bet. Axon is a California pelican that pilfers any shiny objects. Alfonso's fishing family harvests seafood and danger. Donte is a dinosaur that eats dinosaurs and everything else. Nanko runs a dogsled team in Alaska. Ceola the voracious alligator is 29 feet long.

Five years ago, Jori-Ray Rose was Senator John Stone’s very beautiful and very secret lover. She was also the person who broke into his house one night and killed his daughter. It was one of Nick Teffinger’s first homicide cases. Every shred of evidence pointed to her—blood, DNA, surveillance, all of it. Teffinger never even had to seriously consider any other persons. The jury agreed and convicted her. Now, five years later, she has escaped from prison and is on the run. Instead of disappearing into the recesses of the world, however, she’s back in contact with Teffinger.

Dos de los pensadores más influyentes de la actualidad reflexionan en este fascinante diálogo sobre el valor de la igualdad en todos los ámbitos. Thomas Piketty y Michael J. Sandel abordan aquí temas que abarcan la economía, la filosofía y la historia, y valoran cuánto hemos avanzado en la lucha por lograr una mayor igualdad entre las personas de todo el mundo. Al mismo tiempo, afrontan las profundas divisiones que aún persisten a causa de la desigual riqueza, el mal uso del poder y el deseo de estatus y muestran tanto sus acuerdos como sus discrepancias.

Die Ermordung zweier unbescholtener Frauen sorgt für Entsetzen am Starnberger See. Als Kriminalrat Madsen Ermittlungen im familiären Umfeld der Opfer anstellt, nimmt der Fall eine unerwartete Wendung. Gewalt, Betrug und geheime erotische Doppelleben lassen die Taten plötzlich in einem völlig anderen Licht erscheinen – und Madsen taucht ein in eine ihm unbekannte Welt, in der man per Mausklick die Liebe seines Lebens findet. Oder den Tod. Gefährliche Geheimnisse und moralische Abgründe – ein kraftvoller Kriminalroman über Starnbergs High Society.

Am Starnberger See wird die Leiche eines polnischen Gastarbeiters gefunden. Gemeinsam mit seinen Kollegen und einer attraktiven Immobilienmaklerin stößt der frisch aus Hamburg zugezogene Kriminalrat Madsen auf geheime Veranstaltungen der Oberschicht, bei denen man sich aus Amüsement bis zum Tod bekämpft. Madsen schleust sich undercover in die Szene ein - und muss leidvoll erfahren, dass er den Sumpf aus Geld, Sex und Gewalt maßlos unterschätzt hat.

Spannung und Action treffen auf schwarzen Humor. Als in einem Falkennest auf dem Dach des Andechser Klosters die inneren Organe eines Mannes gefunden werden, ahnt Kriminalrat Madsen, dass ihn dieser Fall mit den dunkelsten Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche konfrontieren wird. Doch die Grenze zwischen Gut und Böse verschwimmt, denn das Opfer entpuppt sich als brutaler Vergewaltiger - und Madsen muss sich letztlich die Frage stellen, ob er wirklich auf der richtigen Seite kämpft.

She was thirteen when St. Michael first appeared to her in a vision. Within five years she was rallying a demoralized army, leading the French to a definitive defeat of the English. Captured and imprisoned in England, at nineteen years old she was burned at the stake after a rigged ecclesiastical inquisition falsely charged her with heresy.

In this riveting pulp noir thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last word, private investigator Bryson Wilde finds himself spiraling into the dangerous world of a beautiful movie star who is being blackmailed for murder.

TOM SELLECK ist ein preisgekrönter Schauspieler, Autor und Produzent, bekannt vor allem für seine ikonische Rolle als Thomas Magnum in der ursprünglichen Fernsehserie Magnum P.I. Zu den vielen unvergesslichen Rollen, die er gespielt hat, gehören Lance White in Detektiv Rockford, Peter Mitchell in Noch drei Männer, noch ein Baby, Matthew Quigley in Quigley der Australier und Peter Malloy in In & Out.