Dick und Nicole Diver führen das Leben kultivierter Expatriates an der französischen Riviera. In ihrer Villa gehen Künstler und andere Exzentriker ein und aus. Darunter auch die hübsche Schauspielerin Rosemary. Jung und ehrgeizig, hat sie sich in den Kopf gesetzt, den Herrn des Hauses zu verführen. Allerdings weiß sie nicht, worauf sie sich dabei einlässt - welche Geheimnisse der Psychiater und seine zarte Frau verbergen.

Amory Blaine ist begabt und privilegiert. Von der Mutter hat er die Überzeugung, zu Höherem geboren zu sein. Er studiert in Princeton, und nach etlichen Flirts begegnet er Rosalind, seiner ersten großen Liebe. Als sie ihn für einen anderen verlässt, zerschellen Amorys jugendliche Ideale. Was bleibt, ist der Alkohol - aber trotz aller Trauer und Enttäuschung auch die Erkenntnis, dass das Leben, so pathetisch und lächerlich es oft scheint, doch lebenswert ist: nicht jenseits, sondern diesseits vom Paradies.

Extraordinary Outcomes presents an innovative approach to thinking and planning, giving leaders a playbook for dealing with uncertainty. Written by internationally recognized authorities on problem solving and creativity in organizations, this audiobook provides an alternative outlook on business strategy and people management for leaders navigating uncertain waters, where the future is anything but guaranteed.  

New York 1922. Auf seinem Anwesen in Long Island gibt Jay Gatsby sagenhafte Feste mit Swing und Champagner...

Als John T. Unger auf die teuerste und exklusivste Jungenschule des Landes geschickt wird, sind seine Eltern stolz und er selbst begeistert. Bedeutet es doch herauszukommen aus Hades - "Ja, es ist heiß da unten" -, einer Kleinstadt am Mississippi, die als nichts als provinziell gelten kann. An der St. Midas School ist alles nach Johns Geschmack: Umgeben von chic gekleideten, mit guten Umgangsformen ausgestatteten reichen Jungen - "Je reicher einer ist, desto mehr mag ich ihn" -, wird er schließlich von dem etwas unnahbaren Percy über die Sommerferien zu sich nach Hause eingeladen. Die Welt, die sich ihm dort auftut, übertrifft alle seine Erwartungen. Zimmer ganz aus Ebenholz und Gold, saphirner Haarschmuck, Teller aus hauchdünnen Diamanten. Eine unentdeckte Welt inmitten von Montana. Ein Paradies oder ein Gefängnis?

Ruwen and his friends have five days to spring a comrade from the world’s most secure prison, Legion’s Vault, located in the city of a god that wants him dead. Permanently dead. Their only way into the city is competing in the yearly Step Championship. Nothing says low profile like combat in front of a hundred thousand spectators. If remaining anonymous and breaking into a legendary prison didn’t already spell disaster, an old acquaintance appears. One who knows Ruwen’s name and face and can destroy all their plans.

The waiting room stands on a crumbling railway platform at the edge of a retired rock star’s vast estate. Abandoned to dereliction and isolated by a moat of thorny wilderness, it used to be a playground for his children. Until strange music and the terrifying spectre of a leering soldier frightened them away. Julian Creed is TV’s most popular ghost hunter. Only his small production team knows he is a complete fake who doesn’t even believe in the paranormal. Until he spends one night in the waiting room.

Micky O’Neill and Dan Peters now live in Wales, bringing up Micky’s disabled little brother away from small-minded Heathwood and close to Micky’s deceased mother’s family. Things are fine...until Dan begins his dream career as an English teacher at the local school and Micky, main caregiver to Flynn, is isolated in a village that only serves to remind him of his mother’s absence.

The Brass Bottle is the story of an architect who bought an antique brass bottle to give to a professor dealing in Mideast antiquities. After the purchase, the architect’s curiosity was aroused, and he removed the stopper in the bottle. And when he did, a big cloud of smoke was released, producing a major surprise when a genie emerged. His name was Fakrash el-Aamash, and he turned out to be a fairy-tale-type character who wound up trying to repay the architect, Horace Ventimore, for giving him release from what amounted to a brass prison.

Ein seltsames Baby ist zur Welt gekommen: kein süßer kleiner Fratz, der seine Eltern beglückt, sondern ein alter Mann mit Bart. Sein Name: Benjamin Button. Ein schweres Schicksal ist ihm vorherbestimmt, er durchläuft das Leben rückwärts, wird von Tag zu Tag jünger. Als Benjamin schließlich im Alter von fünfzig Jahren die zwanzig Jahre jüngere Hildegarde kennenlernt, steht für ihn, der sein Leben lang nie geliebt wurde, alles auf dem Spiel.

Great North Road is a standalone science fiction adventure from Peter F. Hamilton, the author of The Night's Dawn trilogy. When attending a Newcastle murder scene, Detective Sidney Hurst finds a dead North family clone. Yet none have been reported missing. And in 2122, 20 years ago, a North clone billionaire was horrifically murdered in the same manner on the tropical planet of St Libra. So, if the murderer is still at large, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted?

95 percent of decisions are based on feelings. Not logic. Not rational thought. Feelings. Can you feel the pull of emotions, hunger, guilt, pain, jealously, depression, and everything else weighing on every decision that you make? Business owners, entrepreneurs, regular people looking to get in shape, anyone with a goal that isn't terrified of tough love - you need to listen to F--k Your Feelings - as soon as possible! In this audiobook you'll learn how to use personal mind control techniques to control the way your brain is wired and much more.

Ruwen’s life is inside out, literally. Trapped in the Spirit Realm by a hostile god’s magic, Ruwen’s spells, abilities, and skills no longer work. Worse, his secret "cultivation" ability is now blindingly evident. A critical clue, given to Ruwen during the betrayal, makes him question the motives behind the treachery and offers a path home.

The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton is the first in Night's Dawn, a sweeping galactic trilogy from the master of space opera. In AD 2600 the human race is finally realizing its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets across the galaxy host a multitude of wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary space-born creatures.

Lawrence Newton always dreamed of adventure amongst the stars. Now the ultimate prize is within his grasp, but what will he risk to get it? Lawrence is the sergeant of a washed-out platoon taking part in the bungled invasion of yet another human colony world. The giant corporations call such campaigns 'asset realization', but in practice it's simple piracy. When he's on the ground, being shot at and firebombed by resistance forces, he recalls stories of the Temple of the Fallen Dragon. Its priests supposedly guard a treasure hoard large enough to buy lifelong happiness.