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The world J.R.R. Tolkien created is one of the most beloved in all of literature, and continues to capture hearts and imaginations around the world. From Oxford to ComiCon, the Middle Earth is analyzed and interpreted through a multitude of perspectives. But one essential facet of Tolkien and his Middle Earth has been overlooked: science.

Das MagBook zum Greenpeace-Jubiläum: gemeinsam stark für unsere Umwelt Greenpeace hat unsere Gesellschaft verändert wie keine andere Nichtregierungsorganisation. Waldsterben, Atomkraft, Umweltverschmutzung - kaum ein Problem unseres Planeten wurde nicht von ihren Kampagnen thematisiert und bekämpft. Die Autoren des umfangreichen Magazins "MUT. Wie Greenpeace die Welt verändert hat." feiern das Jubiläum der Umweltschutzorganisation mit einer ausführlichen Analyse.

Es gibt immer nur zwei Richtungen im Leben! Nach vorn. Und nach vorn! Sockenmodell, Beamtenlaufbahnanwärter, Aussteiger, kreativer Kopf eines millionenschweren bundesweiten Kinderlieblings, Inselkolumnist, Film- und Theatermacher, Schriftsteller. Schluss jetzt mit glamourösen Jobbezeichnungen. Denn oben und unten können jederzeit ihre Plätze tauschen. Ein Lifestyle wie eine Achterbahnfahrt. Über drei Dekaden rein und wieder raus aus dem Mediengeschäft. Und oftmals war das Licht am Ende des Tunnels nur der Scheinwerfer der entgegenkommenden Lokomotive.

L'incroyable histoire vraie d'une machine à explorer le temps, cachée dans les archives secrètes du Vatican ! Mars 1938. Le physicien italien Ettore Majorana disparaît au large de la Sicile. Avec lui, le projet secret sur lequel il travaillait depuis des années. Automne 1955. On retrouve par miracle les notes du physicien disparu. Elles inspirent au père Ernetti une idée folle : construire une machine à voir dans le temps. Un chronoviseur. Sur ordre de Pie XII, le prêtre plonge deux mille ans en arrière. L'objectif est simple : prouver l'existence du Christ.

The Darkness of New Orleans dozed fitfully during the war years, waiting for its chance to play with its toys again. It was a Darkness as carefully hidden as the gates to the small courtyards that lurk between buildings in the French Quarter. In the Le Prete Mansion, a movie is just now wrapping up, having spawned madness in trying to film a seductive tale of death and mystery. Disenfranchised spirits have been sent to the hell of their birth. One lost spirit has found a new home in the body of a French Quarter policewoman.

The International Peace Ascent is the brainchild of billionaire Sebastian Plank: Recruit a global team of young climbers and film an inspiring, world-uniting documentary. The adventure begins when fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello and his mountaineer mother are helicoptered to a remote base camp in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. When the camp is attacked and his mother taken, Peak has no choice but to track down the perpetrators to try to save her.

Während der Klagenfurter Herbstmesse wird der unbeliebte Landesrat Rudi Moritsch erwürgt auf einer Toilette aufgefunden. Seine in einem Nobel-Altenheim lebende Mutter beauftragt Berufsdetektiv Heinz Sablatnig damit, den Mörder zu finden. Sablatnig, der schwer mit einer Depression zu kämpfen hat, kommt einem Komplott auf die Spur, in das die Kärntner Politik, die katholische Kirche und eine Immobilien-Investmentgruppe verstrickt zu sein scheinen.

After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal military regime for more than fifty years, to visit Alessia. When he’s invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, Peak can’t pass up the opportunity. But getting to the mountain will involve a four-week trek through tropical rainforests rife with hazards—from venomous reptiles and leeches to corrupt police and military.

Sadras is fractured. Violent intrigue surrounds the newly freed quarters as the city totters on the brink of all out civil war. Hovering over these mortal concerns is the rapidly accelerating declension. A magical decay hell-bent on eradicating every ounce of life in this godforsaken land. And I'm standing in the center of this insanity. My thirst for vengeance has been slaked, but destiny isn't about to let me out of her grip just yet. Fortunately, I have help.

Paris, 1940. A woman in a red hat and a black fur coat hurries down a side-street. She is Mathilde Carré, codenamed 'the cat', known as Agent Victoire. She is a charismatic spy; her story is one of resistance and survival. These are the darkest days for France, half occupied by Nazi Germany, half run by the collaborationist Vichy regime; and dark days for Britain - isolated and under threat of invasion.

In Who and Why You Are: All You Need to Remember, Roland Achenjang reveals timeless, universal truths you need to remember to appreciate why you act the way you do and why you perceive your Earth-life experiences the way you do. By recognizing and understanding these universal truths, you can break free from the endless, self-imposed, creative limitations impeding you from living a purposeful life, expressing joy, and experiencing bliss while here on Earth.

Italy, 1943. The Nazi occupation has cemented its grip on the devastated city of Naples. Giuseppe DiPietra, a curator in the National Archives, has a subversive plan to aid the Allies. If he’s discovered, forced labor or swift execution. Lucia Pastone, secretary for the Italian Fascist government, is risking her own life in secret defiance of orders. And Lucia’s father, Aldo, is a black marketeer who draws Giuseppe and Lucia into the underworld - for their protection and to help plant the seeds of resistance.

The life of a bounty hunter is never easy. Between chasing after supernatural criminals and doing battle with the rival clan Taran, I have more than enough on my plate. As if that wasn't enough, I've been thrust into a maze of shadows. A young apprentice, a changeling, and a baron will conspire to turn my life upside down and change Sadras forever. While I navigate this conspiracy and the demons from my past, I'll be forced to confront an even greater power within me.

On the morning of Henry Ludd's thirteenth birthday, the power goes out. No phones, no news, and planes are literally falling out of the sky. Henry's father was away from the family farm and he has not returned. It's worrisome as people descend into lawlessness. Four months later, the electricity still hasn't come back. While Henry's family is protected in their walled compound with wind turbines fueling their electricity, the rest of their area has suffered. Henry's father still hasn’t been found.

Darkness cannot claim what Light does not surrender.... But sometimes it follows you home. There are portals opening to realms far beyond the fields we know. Not since the Black Plague has Death taken so many lives across so much of the known world as has World War II. There is a Cosmic Balance. Such an ocean of shed blood and thunder of anguished screams have opened Doors behind which Beings have been impatiently waiting to be released. Veterans from WWII have returned to Los Angeles and New Orleans thinking they had seen the last of Hell. They were wrong.

Un ptérodactyle géant arrache la Tour Eiffel, des statues de Mao ravagent Pékin, un Godzilla dévaste le port de Yokohama... Une vague d'attentats tout aussi déroutants qu'inexplicables ébranle les symboles de puissance des nations les plus industrialisées. L'Europe est particulièrement touchée par cette nouvelle forme de terrorisme à nulle autre pareille, qui fait usage de forces surnaturelles mais épargne les vies humaines.

The dreadful pirate Emilia has laid waste to vast swathes of the basin surrounding the Crystal Sea as she gathers an army of monsters and pirates to her banner. The elven court has fallen into chaos as competing factions vie for the throne. The Lich King's forces have marched out once more from the wastelands.

A new journey awaits. I've dealt the Lich King a serious blow in his quest for domination of Zamina. The high priestess is safe again, ensconced behind the walls of Castle Dragmoor. But, it's not enough. A cryptic vision will lead me far from my new home. Far from everyone and everything I love. I hope it's worth it.

Seit seinem Rauswurf bei der Regionalzeitung "Hochschwarzwald-Kurier" steckt Alfred in großer Geldnot. Sogar die Wohnung soll ihm gekündigt werden. Da kommt der Auftrag, eine Firmenchronik für die Rothaus-Brauerei zu schreiben, gerade richtig. Eigenartig ist, dass der pedantische Betriebsrentner Heinz Böckler, der die historischen Dokumente gesammelt und gesichtet hat, unter mysteriösen Umständen zu Tode kommt: Er ist in einem der großen kupfernen Braukessel ertrunken.

Ein Prosit auf die Gemütlichkeit: München, da denkt man an Hofbräuhaus, Oktoberfest und Biergärten...