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1969 eroberte der Mensch den Mond. Und was ist die größte Errungenschaft unseres Jahrhunderts? Facebook? Was wurde aus den Visionen der Vergangenheit? Warum gibt es keine großen Erfindungen mehr? Als dem Physiker John Grady die Aufhebung der Schwerkraft gelingt, hofft er auf den Nobelpreis. Doch statt Gratulanten kommen Terroristen. Grady stirbt. Das melden zumindest die Medien.

Was sollten böse Mädchen tunlichst vermeiden? Sich vom Boss erwischen zu lassen. Wovor sollten sie sich hüten? Zu tief in seine Welt einzutauchen – denn die Regeln, die er aufstellt, könnten sie alles kosten. Billie Crane lebt ein Leben zwischen zwei Welten: Tagsüber jobbt sie in einer Kindertagesstätte, nachts arbeitet sie in der Konzernzentrale von Blake Enterprises. Heimlich träumt sie davon, als Tätowiererin durchzustarten. Doch als ihr Wohnhaus bei einem verheerenden Brand zerstört wird, steht sie plötzlich ohne Dach über dem Kopf da.

In Zimmer 217 ist etwas aufgewacht. Etwas Böses. Brady Hartsfield, verantwortlich für das Mercedes-Killer-Massaker, liegt seit fünf Jahren in einer Klinik für Neurotraumatologie im Wachkoma. Seinen Ärzten zufolge wird er sich nie erholen. Doch hinter dem Sabbern und In-die-Gegend-Starren ist Brady bei Bewusstsein - und er besitzt tödliche neue Kräfte, mit denen er unvorstellbares Unheil anrichten kann, ohne sein Krankenzimmer zu verlassen.

The apocalypse has arrived. Now, it's down to control. Who will control the rich resources of a newly inducted world? Multiple systems, sects, guilds, and incursion parties are all aiming for that control. But Silas believes there is more to control than just land and resources. He aims to win over the hearts and souls of the people while making Earth the strongest it can be.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died...

Twenty-seven years ago, Sheriff Bree Taggert’s father killed her mother, then himself. Now Bree and her younger brother, Adam, find human bones on the grounds of their abandoned family farm. The remains are those of a man and a woman, both murdered in the same horrible way. When the investigation determines the murders occurred thirty years ago, Bree’s dead father becomes a suspect, forcing Bree to revisit the brutal night she’s spent most of her life trying to forget.

An actress practically since birth, Grace Durand has finally made it in Hollywood. When a photo of her in a seeming compromising situation with another woman is plastered all over the tabloids, she fears for her career as a lead in romantic movies. Desperate for a publicist who’ll convince America that she’s straight, Grace hires Lauren Pearce, one of Hollywood’s leading PR agents, not knowing that she’s a lesbian.

Er hat mich zu sich eingeladen, doch ich habe keine Ahnung, was mich erwartet. Meine Eifersucht treibt mich zu trotzigen Reaktionen und seine Härte lässt mich erschaudern. War’s das jetzt? Habe ich endgültig alles verspielt? Was dann geschieht, hätte ich niemals erwartet. Mein schlechtes Gewissen flüstert mir unentwegt zu, dass ich ihn falsch eingeschätzt habe. Aber gibt es für uns wirklich ein Happy End?

I wanted to be a painter, but that's just a dream. A mafia princess doesn't get to choose her future. Still, I never let it get me down. I always try to make the best of everything. Until I'm forced to go for brutal training, and I meet Nikolai Vetrov. Forbidden and way too attractive, the man turns out to be my worst nightmare incarnated. He's cold and ruthless, and I'm pretty sure there's no heart to be found in his chest, unlike mine that won't stop beating overtime at the mere sight of him.

Was wäre, wenn wir nur noch die Wahl hätten zwischen totaler Kontrolle und totalem Chaos? Vielleicht hätte Tom den Teufel sofort erkennen können. Doch er braucht einen Investor, und der charismatischen Milliardär Dairon Arakis verfügt über die nötigen Mittel. Als Tom begreift, worum es Arakis wirklich geht, ist es beinahe zu spät: Über ein riesiges Hedge-Fonds-Konsortium hat der Milliardär italienische Banken reihenweise in den Bankrott getrieben und Europa steht kurz vor einem Bürgerkrieg.

School teacher Marceline Bellini gave up everything - men, sex, anything resembling a social life - to raise her young daughter. To be the perfect parent. But when she attends an engagement party in her standard stick-in-the-mud mode, her friends begin plying Marcy with shots. Just enough to convince her that a little fun doesn't sound like a bad idea...and having some naughty fun is an even better one.

Straight-laced talent agent Adriana Ortiz's world is rocked when she's thrust into the tumultuous orbit of Roxy, the raw, enigmatic pop rebel with a notorious edge and a guarded heart. Tasked with steering the wild Roxy on a whirlwind tour, Adriana boards Roxy's opulent tour bus. The nights are filled with roaring crowds, but it's the electric tension between Roxy and Adriana that sets the air on fire. As they blaze through cities, the magnetic pull between them turns undeniable. A forbidden connection that threatens to consume them.

Stella Price has always had a crush on her boss—even with his reputation of being the "Playboy Chef of New York." She gets to see another side to him outside of his celebrity persona. Stella's also a realist and knows nothing can ever happen between the two of them. Except everything changes that fateful day in Vegas when she nearly lost her life.

She was mine for the taking. So I did. When I walked in on my beautiful new assistant changing outfits in my executive office's personal bathroom, I did what any ruthless billionaire in my place would have done. I kissed her. Punishingly....

Machtspiele, suggestive Beeinflussung und versteckte Manipulation stehen an der Tagesordnung, sowohl im Alltag als auch im Beruf. Umso wichtiger ist es, sich vor Manipulationsversuchen zu schützen, andere durchschauen zu können und geschickt mit Menschen umzugehen. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie, wie Sie „das Spiel gewinnen“!

I've survived alone for four years after most of the world's population died off. Until a deal with Mac leaves me his to break. One heated night together awakens unfamiliar needs I don't understand. But overwhelming emotions strike me down, consuming me with fear. I run from the man who's been watching over me all along. Now winter's chill threatens us both, and I'm torn between wanting him and fearing what we share. It's up to me to accept this fragile bond between us, before it's too late to fix what I broke and I lose him forever.

The remarkable story of Sumner Redstone, his family legacy, and the battles for all he controls. Sumner Murray Redstone, once feared as the “mad genius” of media who would dump his CEOs for mere wobbles in his companies’ stock price, had built one of the world’s greatest media empires...

Marc's Safe Zone, and his network of interconnected Safe Zones, has been upgraded to an Industrial Technology level. With the new tech level comes a number of items that they've desperately wanted to build. Now railways, lighter than air travel, primitive firearms, and more are available, once the requirements for their tech chains are satisfied.

Lexus' world was turned upside down. As she embraces a life she didn't know could exist, can she live under Mr. Andrews' exquisite control, or will failure cost everything she thinks she wants in life?

The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game industry as it grew from niche hobby to hundred-billion-dollar enterprise. Video games are dominating the planet. In 2020, they brought in $180 billion dollars globally—nearly $34 billion in the...