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Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story.

Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland’s new fame, but there’s one person who fiercely supports her, and it’s the last person she expects (and definitely the last person she should be falling for): her bossy team captain, Wes.

Physicist Scarlett Stone is the daughter of the man considered to be the most notorious Russian agent in FBI history. With her father dying in prison she's determined to prove he's innocent, but time is running out. Using a false identity, she gains access to the Russian ambassador's Christmas party, searching for evidence of a set-up.

From the frenetic atmosphere of Manhattan to the magnificent wide-open plains of Africa, The Sun Sister is the sixth epic tale in the Seven Sisters series by the number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. A breathtaking story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the famous star constellation...

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."

Verhält sich die Sonne anders als vergleichbare Sterne? Als Astronomen auf Teleskopbildern eine seltsame Entdeckung machen, scheinen sie eine Erklärung für das Rätsel der Sonne gefunden zu haben. Was genau es ist, kann jedoch nur eine erfahrene Crew herausfinden. Vier Menschen machen sich auf den Weg und wissen genau: Was vor ihnen liegt, ist nicht nur bedeutsam für die Vergangenheit, sondern vor allem auch für die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit. Hard Science Fiction. Alles, was der Autor beschreibt, könnte genau so Wirklichkeit werden.

CIA Agent Patrick Killion is on a secret mission to hunt down the ruthless female assassin hired to kill the vice president of the United States. The trail leads him to the Colombian rainforest, and an earnest biologist, Audrey Lockhart, whose work on poison dart frogs gives her access to one of the deadliest substances on Earth - the same substance used to murder the VP.

Eighteen months ago, Aleut Kate Shugak quit her job investigating sex crimes for the Anchorage DA’s office and retreated to her father’s homestead in a national park in the interior of Alaska. But the world has a way of beating a path to her door, however remote. In the middle of one of the bitterest Decembers in recent memory ex-boss — and ex-lover — Jack Morgan shows up with an FBI agent in tow.

When Darby O'Roarke wakes up in a strange house with a dead man - with no memory of what happened - she knows who she has to call: FBI Supervisory Special Agent Eban Winters...the man she fell for, and who rejected her, last summer. A negotiator isn't supposed to get involved with kidnap victims, and Eban has been trying to avoid the temptation that is Darby O'Roarke ever since they met. One frantic phone call has him racing to Alaska to uncover the truth, but he faces stubborn opposition from the local police, and a growing media frenzy.

James Bond is on a mission that will become an obsession. It starts the night Flight 229 is torn apart at Washington airport, killing 435 passengers. But the victim who matters to Bond is the Principessa Sukie Tempesta: once his lover, still his friend. The search for Sukie's killers will turn out to be the most complex and demanding assignment of Bond's career. Across continents and through ever-changing labyrinths of evil, he follows the traces of clues into the center of a fanatical society more deadly than any terrorist army.

The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth, providing the warm radiation and light which allowed complex life to evolve. The Sun plays a key role in influencing our climate, while solar storms and high-energy events can threaten our communication infrastructure and satellites.  

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Longlisted for the Leacock Medal of Humour One of Kobo CA's Top Horror Ebooks and Top Horror Audiobook of 2024 A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning...

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the "everyday" world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. A bargain made with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced Dresden into a new job: professional killer. His first task is to bring death to an immortal. As if that wasn't hard enough, Dresden learns of a danger to Demonreach, the living island hidden upon Lake Michigan. A danger that could destroy billions and land Dresden in the deepest trouble he has ever known.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists “Unlike anything I’ve read . . . A searing, courageous, and ultimately beautiful book filled with the spirit of the...

An alias for each life lived. Government operative turned assassin, Wolf, had lived in the shadows until a secret cabal forced him into the light. The last thing Wolf needed was a confrontation with what—and who—he’d left behind. Now there’s no going back.

A second chance at love sets sail when a couple on the verge of divorce pretends they’re still together for one last family trip, from the author of Wedding Dashers. Roslyn and Liam met nine years ago and have been the perfect couple ever since. Through every up and down, every...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE An all-encompassing, whirlwind romance that’s “beautifully crafted” (People) and “full of intelligence, understanding and hope” (Los Angeles Times) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The...

Eishockeyprofi Mika McKiernan lebt nach einer strikten Regel: länger als eine Nacht bleibt er bei keiner Frau. Aufgrund seiner schmerzhaften Vergangenheit kommen tiefere Gefühle für den Bad Boy nicht in Frage. Das ändert sich allerdings schlagartig, als er sich nach einer seiner Bettgeschichten nackt auf Josies Balkon flüchtet. Die hilfsbereite Krankenschwester verdreht dem sonst so abgebrühten Mika derart den Kopf, dass er sich sogar auf eine Freundschaft einlassen würde, nur um ihr nahe zu sein.

Die Winter-Romance-Serie der USA Today-Bestsellerautorin endlich auf deutsch. Der Wettbewerb bei den Winter Classics ist hart genug. Aber die gesamte Pressetour mit einer Frau verbringen zu müssen, die mich hasst? Karma ist wirklich ein Miststück! Während Mia mich seit vier Jahren wegen dem, was zwischen ihrem Bruder und mir passiert ist, verabscheut, habe ich daran gearbeitet, die Schuldgefühle zu ignorieren, die an mir nagen. Als sie früher versucht hat, auf der Piste mit uns mitzuhalten, habe ich sie kaum wahrgenommen.

Coldtown is dangerous. A prison for the damned and those who party with them. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince comes a deliciously dark YA audiobook for fans of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In...