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China Bohannon, 1890s bookkeeper turned sleuth, is branching out…. Although still working with her uncle's detective agency, Doyle & Howe Investigations, she's almost given up on becoming a partner and is turning to providing security services, something her uncle, Montgomery Howe, and his partner, Gratton Doyle, aren't interested in.

Recently divorced Maggie Benson and her two children move to the small town of Franklin, hoping for a new start. Life is finally starting to look up for them. The old farmhouse is everything she could have hoped for. There is plenty of room for the kids to play and the house really has character. But it is so close to the Hollow - a place of darkness and untold secrets more terrifying than she could ever imagine.

Sawyer Johnson has spent her entire life in the same small town with the same people, and she has always imagined a life beyond the bright lights of the town. Autumn Thompson, her best friend, is completely satisfied with their simple lifestyle and can't imagine anything coming in between them. But when Sawyer decides to go on a trip out of town to meet her celebrity crush, Autumn insists on going with her. Will Sawyer find happiness in a lifestyle framed around fame and fortune, or will Autumn finally convince her that the life that they have together is worth more than she thinks?

Let's face the facts: Money and wealth should not be the sole focus of our lives. Anyone who lives only by the digits in their bank account is not happy, and having money is not the same as having happiness. But the reality is money dictates almost every option in our lives - from where we live, what we drive, the vacations we take our families on, and even where we send our kids to school. The truth is: Money rules our day to day lives. So, this is an audiobook about money.

More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts and fears.

The definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume, edited by Mark Dooley. The philosopher Roger Scruton was the leading conservative thinker of the post-war years. In this audiobook are assembled the very best of his essays and commentaries, arranged thematically. The selection has been made and edited by Mark Dooley, Scruton’s literary executor.

In this first novel, Chan comes to the aid of an aristocratic Boston family who find themselves in dire straits over what has befallen Dan Winterslip, the black sheep of the family, who lives in a mansion on Waikiki Beach - the house without a key. The troubles begin when a young nephew is dispatched by the family in Boston to retrieve a wayward aunt who has overstayed her welcome in Dan Winterslip's house.

Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. To make matters worse, the dead man was the leader of the all-powerful miners who rule the surrounding moors. But who would frame Jack for murder...and why? Jack realises that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer. But knowing nothing of the local ways and customs, how is he to even begin? As Jack's attempts to find answers stirs up a hornet's nest of warring factions within the town, events soon start to spiral out of control.

Bankdirektor Magnus Farstadt hat ein gutes Leben, bis eines Tages ein blutiges Päckchen vor seiner Haustür liegt. Der Inhalt: eine menschliche Nase. Die Botschaft dazu: die schriftgewordene Hölle! Ein grausamer Sadist treibt sein Spiel mit Magnus, zerstückelt Menschen und raubt der idyllischen Kleinstadt Odda am norwegischen Sørfjord den Atem. Um seinem Peiniger auf die Schliche zu kommen, wird Magnus selbst kriminell und verstrickt sich in die Geheimnisse und Intrigen, die unter der Oberfläche seiner kleinen Gemeinde brodeln. Dabei ahnt er nicht, was der Sadist wirklich mit ihm vorhat.

The voluptuous Esther Wiley has always known that she is special. She’s a tiara-wearing, wand-carrying kind of Cinderella princess in disguise. The problem that her very own fairy godmother, the Prophetess Mother Reed, struggles with is getting her to live like it. Briggs Stokes is the reluctant heir to his father’s worldwide, multimillion-dollar televangelist ministry, yet he yearns to be his own man. His past mistakes have caused him a private life of hurt and loneliness.

Uncle Willie has come to stay with the Redpaths for the holidays. It is just their luck for him to be found dead the morning after Christmas day, dressed in his Santa Claus costume, seemingly poisoned by his favourite chocolates. Or was there something sinister in the mince pies? If so, was it the ones stashed in his room or those sent to him mysteriously by post? More importantly, since his will was recently redrafted, who stands to gain by this unseasonable crime?

In this timely new edition of his classic book A Political Philosophy, celebrated conservative philosopher Roger Scruton interrogates contemporary values, virtues and morality. What principles should govern our relations to animals, the nation state, the environment and other ways of life? What does modern marriage look like? What is Enlightenment, and how has its inheritance made itself known? How should we approach religion, evil and death? What explains the rise of totalitarianism, and how should we respond to nihilism?

Während zwei entflohene Mörder die Gegend unsicher machen, fegt ein gewaltiger Schneesturm über das Land. Der Strom ist ausgefallen, viele Straßen sind nicht mehr passierbar. Tim erreicht erst kurz vor Mitternacht das abgelegene Landhaus, in dem er mit seiner Frau Natalie wohnt. Doch von dieser fehlt jede Spur. Dabei hat sie eben noch am Telefon beteuert, wach bleiben und auf ihn warten zu wollen. In völliger Dunkelheit begibt Tim sich auf die Suche nach ihr. Und macht bald eine verstörende Entdeckung.

Das Spin-Off zur Erfolgsserie. Die Brücke zwischen Staffel 1 und Staffel 2. In den Ruinen von Iria Kon wird ein Mentiglobus entdeckt. Er wurde von Johanna und Leonardo befüllt, doch die beiden haben ihn nie zuvor gesehen. Beide begeben sich auf die Reise in ihre eigene Geschichte, um die Wahrheit zu ergründen. Doch was sie erwartet, treibt sie bis an die Grenzen... und darüber hinaus.

To understand why the shadow of slavery still haunts us today, we must look closely at the way it ended. Between the 1770s and 1880s, emancipation processes took off across the Atlantic world. But far from ushering in a new age of human rights and universal freedoms, these emancipations further codified the racial caste systems they claimed to disrupt. In this paradigm-altering book, acclaimed historian and professor Kris Manjapra identifies five types of emancipations across the globe.

This audiobook is written to inform you, the listener, of the many renewable technologies that are available but not known, and the usual ones. Here you will learn about biofuels that can be made from woody waste as a substitute for diesel called DME or dimethyl ether, using torrefied biomass as a substitute for coal, and biochar as a source for carbon sequestration and a soil amendment, what it takes to develop a wind farm, and learn about sustainable energy system that combines geothermal and solar for long term clean baseload power, and other things to save you energy and money.

In the gritty streets of Toledo, Ohio, Doll finds her world turned upside down. Her mother, April Jones, is back on drugs, and her guardian, Unc, winds up in jail, leaving her to face the world alone. Her first love, Zae, is the father of the baby she miscarried, and he has broken her heart. It seems as if all her friends are jealous and stab her in the back. After all the lies, drama, tears, and betrayals, she decides to move to Atlanta to be with her aunt and her younger sister, Fall.

Kylee Hampton is no poor little rich girl. She’s living the life - nicely furnished condo, decent ride, designer clothes, and a purse and shoe game to kill for - and she knows it. Mommy and Daddy foot the bills for their only child. In their eyes, she deserves it. Kylee’s never given them problems. She graduated high school and is ready to start her freshman year of college. If her parents took time to look into her closet, they’d do the math and realize that not even the allowance they provide Kylee could afford her all the luxuries she has.

The Bread Box, Life by the Slice, positively interrupts the listener's brain space for encouragement and inspiration. Author Jane Bishop shares personal narratives as slices of inspiration for living a vibrant and purposeful life. Listeners are invited to create their own slice of life with fun activities after each personal story.

You have to be the person God has called you to be. No matter how it makes you look or what people might say or think. When you walk in your calling, no one can destroy what’s already been anointed. You’re not here to please man; you’re here to do what you’ve been called to do for the kingdom.