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Nach einem One-Night-Stand mit ihrem besten Freund Carter flieht Skylar überstürzt aus der Wohnung. Auf dem Heimweg hat sie einen Unfall, der ihr Leben für immer verändert. Sie wird nie wieder gehen können und sitzt von nun an im Rollstuhl. Carter verlässt am Morgen nach ihrer gemeinsamen Nacht für ein halbes Jahr das Land, um als Musikjournalist mit einer Band durch Europa zu touren. Sky möchte nicht, dass er für sie seinen Traum aufgibt, und so verheimlicht sie ihm den Unfall. Und ihre Gefühle, die weit über eine Freundschaft hinausreichen.

“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9/11, or who weren’t yet born, will find it revelatory.” —John Farmer, senior counsel to the 9/11...

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. ""THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY."" — Scientific American The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s...

Mankind has lorded over the land of Illian for a thousand years, building on the ruins left by the elves, as if it were their birthright. A thousand years is a long time for an immortal race to see the truth of things, a truth that has remained unsaid for a millennium - elves are superior. They are faster, stronger, and connected to the magical realm in a way that man could never grasp. Illian should belong to them.

After more than 500 years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War’s front lines. His mission to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory, and his suspicion turns to dread when he discovers the stronghold doesn't exist.

Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

Manchmal kann ein einziger Song dein ganzes Leben verändern ... Seit sie denken kann, liebt Suki das Singen. Bislang traute sie sich aber nie, ihre Leidenschaft außerhalb ihrer eigenen vier Wände zu verfolgen. Als ein heimlich von ihr aufgenommenes Video viral geht und sie einen Plattenvertrag erhält, scheint ihr Traum von einer Karriere als Popstar unverhofft zum Greifen nah. Im Tonstudio trifft sie schließlich auf ihren neuen Songwriter River – und hätte am liebsten wieder kehrt gemacht. Denn Suki und River verbindet eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit.

Being an unwanted twin in the Imperial line of succession, Farilane became a scholar, adventurer, and in a time when reading was once more forbidden—a book hunter. Her singular obsession is finding the mythical Book of Brin, a tome not just lost but intentionally buried. Respected and beloved by the Teshlor Knights, not even their legendary skills can protect her for what she finds is more dangerous than what she sought.

After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what he's done. But Dex's plans for retribution are short-lived. With Ash still on leave with his own injuries, Sloane in the hospital, and Destructive Delta in the Coalition's crosshairs, Lieutenant Sparks isn't taking any chances.

Die Fortsetzung des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers. Das Finale der zweibändigen Vampire-Royals-Reihe. "Er ist mein König. Er ist mein Geliebter. Er ist mein Untergang...". Londons Straßen werden von Blut regiert. Nach dem gescheiterten Attentat auf Vampirkönig Benedict Tudor schlägt der Hass zwischen Menschen und Vampiren in offene Gewalt um. Florence ist als Blutbraut die menschliche Repräsentantin an Benedicts Seite und könnte eigentlich vermitteln. Doch sie wird im Tower gefangen gehalten. Ursprünglich als Rebellin ins Schloss gekommen, um den König zu töten, hat sie sich gegen ihren Willen in ihn verliebt.

Shaped by his 25 years traveling the world and enlivened by encounters with tycoons, presidents, and villagers from Rio to Beijing, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the "dismal science" of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a country's fortunes to 10 clear rules, Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time. He shows how to read political headlines, black markets, the price of onions, and billionaire rankings as signals of booms, busts, and protests.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR The Seattle Times The Globe and Mail Kirkus Reviews Daily Mail The Vancouver Sun From the author of The Italian Teacher and The Imperfectionists comes a brilliant, intricately woven novel about a young woman who travels the...

For most of its 5,000-year existence, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners, it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. These 36 eye-opening lectures deliver a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.

Ever since Arwin was summoned as a child, all he has known is war. And now, to claim the demon queen's life and end the war, he has to sacrifice himself. But, as he deals the final blow, the Hero of Mankind is betrayed. Caught in a magical explosion thought to end him, Arwin awakens a month later to find that everyone has already moved on. His [Hero] class has changed to a unique blacksmith Class called [The Living Forge] that is empowered by consuming magical items, but some of his old passive [Titles] remain, giving him the power to forge his new future exactly the way he wants to.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.” “An exceptional...

Bolder even than the ambitious books for which Stephen Greenblatt is already renowned, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Comprising only a few ancient verses, the story of Adam and Eve has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness.

Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse that had plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle with the sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged a number of devastating wars against their perennial enemy - the Alliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroy everything in their path nearly consumed them as well. Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clans lived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, the draenei.

Er ist ihr größter Feind. Und sie ist seine Gefangene ... Früher einmal herrschte ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den Reichen Evermore und Bomard. Um ihn zu wahren, besuchten Kinder beider Seiten gemeinsam ein Internat, wo sie ihre magischen Kräfte schulten. Doch dann kam es zum Krieg, und nun haben die dunklen Mächte Bomards gesiegt. Die junge Briony Rosewood gerät mit vielen Frauen ihres Hofes in Gefangenschaft. Ihrer Magie beraubt, werden sie in einer spektakulären Auktion versteigert.

In einer atemberaubenden Beichte bekennt im Amsterdamer Hafenviertel Jean-Baptiste Clamence, ehemals angesehener Anwalt, der sich stets für einen Wohltäter der Menschen gehalten hat, Selbstgefälligkeit und Opportunismus als Triebfedern seines einstigen Rechtsbewusstseins. Als er eines Nachts eine Frau auf einer Brücke stehen sah, im Begriff, in den Fluss zu springen, hat er sie nicht daran gehindert.

The last half century has seen society, technology, the character of conflict and the British Army itself all change greatly. From a low point in the 1970s, the Army’s war fighting capability increased in the 1980s in the face of a prospective war with the Soviet Union. This capability was then tested on operations from Kuwait in 1991 through to Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.