Mary hoping to leave the hardships and loneliness of her past behind embarks on a new life running a bar in a remote Australian town. The occupants are all driven by fear, striving to survive both mentally and physically in the harsh environment. She dreams of returning to England but that would require a small fortune. After a period of success, the news of a gold strike leaves the town and farms deserted except for old women and teetotallers. Mary’s business is in danger of collapse and what’s worse her son William has disappeared also overcome with gold fever.

Invitation in hand, it’s time for Eve and friends to travel north in search of the legendary Dragonwrought. With a single-minded focus, they’ll trek deep into the mountains, willfully ignoring the onslaught of side quests threatening to derail their journey. The only things anybody knows about the illusive Dragonwrought, greatest of all the adventuring companies in Leshk, are their deep connections to the dragons that roam the skies beyond their keep, and that they haven’t deemed take a new recruit in decades. But nobody’s sure exactly how many decades.

This is Mitka’s account of facing the past, confronting his captors, connecting with lost relatives, and finding peace in the rediscovery of his origins. For Mitka, this also meant reclaiming his Jewish heritage - a journey that gave him a new sense of purpose and freedom from the lingering effects of trauma that had filled his life to that point. By the end, Mitka’s Secret is less a story of survival and more one of redemption and transformation - from hidden suffering to abundant joy. 

In a world where international threats of terrorism focuses the attention oversees, the threat of domestic insurgency grows stronger every day. While the world watches in horror, the reality of homegrown discontent boils over and rocks the foundation of the free world. A devastating assassination sends the United States into a tailspin, exposing the harsh realities of a divided and unsettled population. Racial strife and political discord reach its breaking point, and insurrection threatens to tear the fabric of democracy apart.

From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his determination to educate himself at any cost, to the serious ill health that dominated his 20s and 30s, his complicated marriages, and love affair with socialism, the first 40 years of H. G. Wells' extraordinary life would set him on a path to become one of the world's most influential writers. In this remarkable, empathetic biography, Claire Tomalin paints a fascinating portrait of a man like no other.

These were the words that the renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Patterson had reluctantly spoken to Detective Iris Williams and her partner Annette Toni. Their topic of discussion: 16-year-old Stacey and Jannifer McHill. A few weeks after Iris and Toni's horrific confrontation with the twins - where Iris was forced to shoot and kill Jannifer - Stacey McHill was sent to a new facility for the criminally insane. 

Kidnappings and brutal killings in Mexico...A border problem that the United States won't fix...A Pope and a president faced with a common enemy...What if the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church had a secret order of warriors monks who could do his bidding? And what if said order was tasked, by the Pope himself, to find the terrorists who were not only focused on killing Catholic priests, but using them to gain entry into the United States? The Holy See approaches US President Brandon Zimmer with his dilemma, asking for assistance in the matter.

The Black Hallows is on the rise once more. Its existing conduits may have been eliminated, but new vessels have opened up to its malign influence. In the Blasted Lands, a creature born from the fusion of a fyre guardian and a giant insectoid makes its lair in ancient chambers where the sacred agnarim dragon eggs incubate.The former Queen of Cuscosa lives on in the body of her faithful blue-skin thrall, waiting for a transformation fuelled by the Hallows.

With this book, you get to understand how to enhance both your emotional intelligence and conversational ability, understand why conversational intelligence equals stellar conversation ability, understand the link between conversational intelligence and the ability to talk to anyone, understand what it takes to be a great conversationalist who can talk wonderfully well to just about anyone, and more.

Eine junge Frau, verschwunden im Halblicht der Weißen Nächte von Sankt Petersburg - Kommissarin Natalja Iwanowa, ebenso bekannt für ihre Integrität wie für ihre scharfe Zunge, wird beauftragt, dem Verschwinden einer schwedischen Studentin nachzugehen. Ihr Team ermittelt unter Hochdruck, da der Vater des Opfers extrem vermögend ist und ihre Chefs einen schnellen Ermittlungserfolg wollen. Tatsächlich scheint der Fall gelöst, als eine komplett verbrannte Leiche gefunden wird. Neben den Überresten: Zena Dahls Handtasche, auf der Fingerabdrücke sichergestellt werden können.

First published in 1984, The Warren Buffet Way gave investors their first in-depth look at the innovative investment and business strategies behind this living legend's spectacular success. Tracing Warren Buffett's career from the beginning, Hagstrom revealed to listeners exactly how, starting with an initial investment of only $100, Buffett built a business empire worth $19.4 billion.

Prickelnde Erotik und eine gehörige Portion Humor - G. A. Aiken entführt uns wieder in die Dragon-Welt! Aidan der Göttliche ist, nun ja, göttlich. Er ist stolz auf seinen Beinamen, der ihm von der Drachenkönigin höchstpersönlich verliehen wurde. Als mächtiger Krieger verfügt er nicht nur über einen gut versteckten Goldschatz, sondern sieht auch noch extrem gut aus. Doch obwohl er von adeligem Stand ist, weist ihn die niedriggeborene Branwen ab - oder, noch schlimmer, sie ignoriert ihn. Dabei ist Branwen gar nicht entgangen, wie charmant Aidan ist, dass er oft viel zu nah an ihrer Seite sitzt und wie verführerisch seine Blicke sind.

Glasgow’s finest are on the case in these thrilling radio adaptations, based on the books by Peter Turnbull. In the four-part serial Condition Purple, a murdered prostitute is found in the heart of Glasgow's prosperous business quarter. Could a tattoo on her body hold the key to finding her killer? In Two Way Cut, another four-parter, a headless body without a speck of blood on it has the cops puzzled - and who was the strange figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal?

Top neurosurgeon Samantha Thomson needs to get married fast and is tightlipped as to why. And with over $200,000 on offer to tie the knot, no questions asked, cash-strapped ER nurse Hayden Perez isn't about to demand answers. The deal is only for a year of marriage, but Hayden's going into it knowing it will be a nightmare. Sam is complicated, rude, kind of cold, and someone Hayden barely tolerates at work, let alone wants to marry. The hardest part is that Hayden has to convince everyone around them that they're madly in love and that racing down the aisle is all they've ever wanted.

Der zweite Teil der neuen Reihe - magisch und heiß. Gemma Smythe hat ihr ganzes Leben der Kriegsgöttin Morthwyl gewidmet. Doch als ihre Schwester Keeley zur legendären Schmiedekönigin ernannt wird, lässt Gemma ihre Heimat beim finsteren Orden der Kriegsmönche hinter sich, um gemeinsam mit Keeley und der Zentaurin Laila in den Krieg zu ziehen. Was Gemma dabei jedoch nicht gebrauchen kann, ist Lailas sexy Bruder Quinn, der ihr nicht von der Seite weicht, als Gemma zu einer gefährlichen Mission aufbricht ... denn der Zentaur weiß, wie man einer Frau den Kopf verdreht.