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‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - Observer When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury...

Dr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the best-selling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey.

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of...

In einem entvölkerten Amerika versucht eine Handvoll Überlebender die Zivilisation zu retten. Ihr Gegenspieler ist eine mythische Gestalt, die man den Dunklen Mann nennt, die Verkörperung des absolut Bösen. In der Wüste von Nevada kommt es zum Entscheidungskampf um das Schicksal der Menschheit.

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms. For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift.

Hungry darkness, haunted guns, tunnels that move like snakes—the crystal mines of Medicine Rocks, Montana, are a place only the bravest and greediest dare. Discovered in 1866, the miraculous rock known as crystal quickly rose to become the most expensive substance on the planet, driving thousands to break the treaties and invade the sacred buffalo lands of the Sioux. But mining crystal risks more than an arrow in the chest. The beautiful rock has a voice of its own. A voice that twists minds and calls unnatural powers. A voice that turns men into monsters.

Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly “friendly” boss, and yes, she still hasn’t gotten her mother into the nursing home of their dreams, but she’s healthy, she’s (somewhat) happy, and she’s (mostly) holding it all together. But when a mysterious SUV pulls up beside her, revealing Chinese cinema's golden couple Wei Fangli and Sam Yao, Gracie’s world is turned on its head. The famous actress has a proposition: Due to their uncanny resemblance, Fangli wants Gracie to be her stand-in.

I’m Zee Kennedy. Quiet. Reserved. Predictable. When my brother died, everyone thought I was just the good guy who stepped up to take his place in the band. No one knew what I was hiding. The one thing I’ve been fighting for. For six years, I’ve never lost focus. Not until one chance encounter with Alexis Kensington. Now she’s become my greatest temptation. I knew better than to touch her, but now that I’ve had a taste, I can’t get enough. Her kiss becomes my air. Her body my salvation. She needed a savior and somehow she became mine.

Mein Herz setzte einen Schlag aus, als ich stehen blieb und mich ihm zuwandte. Vor einigen Jahren änderte sich ihr Leben schlagartig, als ihr Vater Schulden anhäufte und ihre Eltern sie und ihre Schwester allein lassen mussten. Shin-Hye traf die Entscheidung, ein Idol zu werden, um ihre Familie wieder zu vereinen, ohne zu ahnen, dass sie Sun-Ho begegnen würde. Mit seiner einnehmenden Ausstrahlung scheint das Chaos vorprogrammiert. Denn Liebe und Gefühle existieren für das Entertainment nicht.

Als Kailyn an ihrem ersten Tag im College ihrem damaligen Teenie-Schwarm, dem Schauspieler Daxton Hughes, buchstäblich in den Schoß fällt, wird daraus schnell tiefe Freundschaft. Doch mit Dax' Verrat hatte sie am Ende nicht gerechnet ... Als er sie acht Jahre später um Hilfe bittet, will sie ihn mit seinen Problemen nicht allein lassen. Schnell ist das Knistern zwischen ihnen beiden so heiß wie nie zuvor. Aber kann Kailyn einem Mann, der gebrochene Herzen quasi garantiert, je wieder vertrauen?

Nate uncovers the true identities of his formidable foes, and now a battle of epic proportions ensues. As Dr. Herobrine and Lala unleash chaos on Central City, Nate must rely on his training to protect his friends and reveal the strength within him. With pulse-pounding action, unexpected twists, and tons of humor, Nate the Minecraft Ninja 10 is an epic finale you don't want to miss!

The mysterious enemy has come, and Tyler Barron and his allies prepare for the final battle, the desperate struggle to save the Rim. Barron’s spacers are ready to fight, as always, but this time they know little of the enemy, and they face technology far beyond their own. They will fight to the end if necessary, battle with their final breaths to hold back the deadly enemy. They will stand alongside their old enemies, the Hegemony, united for one massive battle, one all out effort to stop the Highborn.