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Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy.

In Book 1 of The Deception Series, an alluring Secret Service Agent must apprehend a counterfeiter code-named Hundred Dollar Bill. He's a crooked cop with blue eyes deeper than the devil. She crosses a line and is framed for murder. With no means of proving her innocence, she goes on the lam. The agent tasked to apprehend her has a problem. He's crazy in love with this dame.

Jude and his friends are penniless, jobless, and spend most of their days at the Shack bartering for booze. They have known each other for years, yet they don't know much about each other. That is until the group of misfits embark on a twenty-four hour adventure to fulfill the wish of a six-year old boy who's spent most of his life in hospitals fighting a rare cancer. Along the way, their drive, compassion, and courage transforms them. If they succeed, their lives could change forever.

Once you enter, you will never want to leave. This is a published collection of the best short stories of science fiction and fantasy from five celebrated anthology authors. These tales capture the imagination and take you to places in the authors' collective minds, that link either directly or indirectly to their other highly acclaimed books. Be drawn in by the origin story behind the mystery of the clones in Riser's "Ace". Or be transported to the first mission of Prince Bounty Hunter Derry in Cosby's "Broken Prince".

In a future New York City, the Augamani Corporation dominates all aspects of life. Unemployment is non-existent because being employed is mandatory under the law, and a factory maintenance technician named Ylan works hard and proud for his salary. He, like everyone else, has no reason to complain about anything. Yet, when unforeseen events begin to threaten the stable life that Ylan enjoys, he is faced with a grave challenge. Does he try to maintain and preserve that which he already has? Or does he let go of the familiar?

Steven Cross is trying to put his past behind him. A lawyer at a prestigious firm, his life has taken on a quiet sort of routine that suits him just fine. But his quiet life is thrown into turmoil when he begins receiving mysterious packages containing the severed body parts of people he used to know. These are followed by phone calls from a man he thought he had killed years ago, a serial killer who goes by the name of the Serenity Slayer.

It's 1944, and World War II is raging through Europe. Lieutenant Bradford Reimer, forced to leave his wife and ill daughter in Pennsylvania, finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his men in the Battle of the Bulge. As they escape certain death, they end up in the Belgian Village of Ciel, where they meet a kindly old man named Nikolaas.

Dirty secrets. A dirty cop. And a loaded Syringe. A dead paramedic found with a syringe stuck in her chest. A junkie is found with stolen drugs from her ambulance. Too neat? Too easy? But something’s not quite right. Captain Weidman has got his hate up for Flynt more than usual. Blocked and hassled by the entire force every step of the way, are they getting too close to the thin blue line? What is the secret thread running through the case, and what does Flynt know that he’s not telling? Who will step up and peel back the lies and reveal the truth?

A new killer has hit the streets. When a college athlete is found naked in a tree with duck feathers in his hair and a dead ducks head in his mouth you know it’s going to be a very long day for Puta Gorda PD’s notoriously mismatched detectives, Flynt and Steele. Was it a peculiar suicide, or is foul play involved? As they delve deeper into the mystery they discover a mind enhancing new drug has hit the streets and bodies are beginning to stack up. The only link they can find is a little yellow rubber ducky.

When Peter Pan flies through the Darling Children's nursery window one night, he is nearly captured and makes a hasty escape, leaving behind his shadow. Returning with the fairy Tinker Bell to reclaim it, he wakes up Wendy, John and Michael and whisks them away to the magical shores of Neverland. There they meet the Lost Boys, befriend Tiger Lily and her Braves, swim with the mermaids in the lagoon and have a host of wonderful adventures. But danger awaits too, for the terrible Captain Hook and his pirate gang are determined to make them walk the plank.

Business English – schnell fit für den Job. Rund 60 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, um Vorstellungsgespräche erfolgreich zu meistern. Acht Dialoge rund ums Vorstellungsgespräch. Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke. Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF). Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch. Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1).

Business English – schnell fit für den Job. Rund 60 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, um jedes berufliche Telefonat zu meistern. Acht Telefon-Dialoge. Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke. Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF). Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch. Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1).

Detective Flynt is an unkempt, odd little man known by the guys at the Puta Gorda PD as The Leprechaun. He’s the strangest detective on the force that’s never made an arrest! Maybe his new partner, high flying detective Noah Steele, can change that? Sent to turn the failing Puta Gorda police department around, Steele must constantly battle his impulse to cut and run every time Flynt manages to say and do exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time! Join the two most mismatched partners since gasoline and match, as they try to solve crime in a small southern California town.

In this astounding book, David Eagleman entertains forty fictional possibilities of life beyond death. With wit and humanity he asks the key questions about existence, hope, technology and love. These stories are full of big ideas and bold imagination.This audiobook assembles a stellar cast of readers who bring the scenarios of SUM brilliantly alive.

This is the tale of two incredible people - one who knows he is incredible and the other who learns to be incredible. Set in 1960 in the UK south-coast resort of Brighton, self-styled guru and magus Hugo Rune rescues a young man from drowning and persuades him to become his assistant and partner in solving 12 mysteries. Rizla (for such is the young man’s assumed name) agrees to help as he has lost his memory and has nowhere else to go. There then follows 12 of the most baffling, surreal, exciting, head-scratching and downright far-fetched mysteries ever written....

Adam and Heather must go an an epic adventure to discover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar. Along the way, they will meet the Guardians of the Treasure and uncover more than they ever expected. But, will they get there in time? The race is on in this action packed thriller.

Mild mannered Salt Lake City book store owner Adam Hansen is called upon once again to enter into an epic adventure alongside his long time friend Bryce. This time, Adam must enter into a world of magic, where he will face magicians, dragons, angels, fairies, and even a 4000-year-old evil sorceress bent on opening the gates of Hell and releasing the evils inside.