Ergebnis für "Spectrum" in Literatur & Belletristik

A fast-paced thriller from the author of the international bestselling "Shepherd series". The gruesome killing of more than 300 white squatters in a South African village is still unsolved when the alleged assassin enters a storage facility in the US and takes several hostages. No demands and an obvious play for time leave hostage negotiators on edge. When the FBI is called in, they bring Dr. August Burke, a young man with James Dean looks and a brilliant mind capable of seeing behavioral patterns where others can't.

It was more than twenty years ago that Tom Manetti last saw Maisie Deavor. At the time he was in the grip of severe, morbid hallucinations. He had insisted that her friends in Deipan were monsters—that one of them reached a tentacle inside its abdomen, unveiled a ball of black sludge, and had thrown it at him. Maisie had him pegged as crazy and broke off contact with the smitten young man.

Framed for a casino massacre, Harmony and Jessie are on the run - in the real world and in their own. From the seedy casinos of Atlantic City to the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the imposing facades of Washington, DC, there's not a soul on earth they can trust. The only way they can clear their names is to take down the conspiracy from within and uncover the truth behind a secret that both the government and the powers of hell want to keep buried.

A student sorcerer just can’t seem to get a break after he transmogrifies his assistant into a palm tree. Alien Bleeders are coming for Earth, ingesting one terraformed planet after another. A ghoul hungers for souls but still finds time to enjoy art. And a shoeshine boy struggles to make ends meet at the far edge of the Oberon Galaxy.

Since the dawn of Second Earth, the Island of Fire has awaited the arrival of the one mage whose dominion over the global magic network - the spectrum - will enable her to rescue the primitive, totalitarian nation from obscurity. But, when Scarlet July is born, her extraordinary magic unexpectedly renders her a third-class citizen, denied the right to education, employment, and, ultimately, life. Evading execution, Scarlet finds herself orphaned and alone, struggling to survive and find her purpose.

Book View Cafe celebrates its fifth anniversary with an anthology of our favorite stories. From the fantasy and science fiction of our roots to steampunk, romance, historical and mainstream; from humor to life's hardest challenges, across the spectrum from light to dark.

The Spectrum is a Spotify Podcast put together by 4 idiots from different parts of the world. DISCLAIMER: Everything said in this should be taken with a grain of salt.

hile the ‘ nerdy white man’ stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, their unique experiences, their hardships and their triumphs. In Someone Like Me, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, twenty-five Autistic gender-diverse and women writers explore their experiences—and explode stereotypes. This groundbreaking anthology ranges from sex, living room dance parties and the natural world to eating disorders, all-encompassing passions and religion.

*THE #2 BESTSELLING SCOTTISH CRIME EBOOK* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2024* *LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024* Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to...

When the spectrum crystallizes, the Island of Fire falls back to slavery and oppression. Meanwhile, Conflagrian Revolutionary Leader Scarlet July and Ichthyothian Diving Fleet Commander Cease Lechatelierite, are stranded in a dangerous, uninhabited sector of Ichthyosis. Contending with serious battle injuries, subzero temperatures, gnawing hunger, and significant interpersonal conflict, will they make it back to base alive and well enough to salvage the fight?

Step into the vibrant world of Oakland, where a group of Black adults navigating adult autism, adult ADHD, and the complexities of AUDHD find each other and form an unbreakable bond. "The Full Spectrum" is a raw, honest exploration of neurodiversity in urban fiction, challenging stereotypes and celebrating the beauty of neurodivergent minds.

De zoektocht naar de waarheid achter de vlucht en mysterieuze dood van een naziofficier. Otto Wächter was tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog verantwoordelijk voor de dood van honderdduizenden Joden en Polen. Vijfenzeventig jaar later is zijn zoon Horst nog altijd overtuigd van zijn onschuld. Aan het einde van de oorlog werd Otto Wächter beschuldigd van massamoord. Achternagezeten door de Sovjets, de Amerikanen en de Britten sloeg hij op de vlucht. Drie jaar lang verschool hij zich in de Oostenrijkse Alpen, waarna hij zich naar Rome begaf en met steun van het Vaticaan kon onderduiken.

The disappearance of the Oceanus X stealth submarine coincides with the Mysterons announcing their intention to devastate the world’s greatest nation, and Spectrum are mobilised to locate the rogue vessel. Captains Scarlet and Blue join forces with a scientist who claims to be able to track the Oceanus—but even as they do so, power stations around the world come under devastating attack from the Mysteron-controlled submarine.

A violent thunderstorm floods London. Florida is laid waste by hurricanes. Somehow the Mysterons are controlling the world’s weather, and only Spectrum can stop the devastation. Captains Scarlet and Blue head into space aboard Fireball XL19 to destroy a weather-control satellite that has been taken over by the Mysterons—only to discover that the real cause of the destruction is much closer to home.

A chance encounter with Captain Black leads Melody Angel to uncover a plot by the Mysterons to devastate the world’s food supplies by contaminating them with a deadly new bacteria. While Destiny Symphony and Harmony pursue Black, Rhapsody is on the trail of the only man who may be able to destroy this new culture—but the Mysterons are one step ahead of her, and soon a new and even greater danger looms. As a wave of death and destruction begins sweeping across Canada all five Angels are deployed to combat the threat—but will their attempts to stop it only make things worse?

Zoeken naar boeken is dé podcast over spraakmakende non-fictie boeken, gemaakt door en voor liefhebbers van unieke verhalen. Elke aflevering spreken wij met auteurs, vertalers, uitgevers, redacteuren, vormgevers of fanatieke lezers over een gebeurtenis uit het verleden of het heden aan de hand van een nét verschenen boek.

Wanneer Maarten met pensioen gaat, begint dat helaas niet al te goed: zijn afscheid valt volledig in duigen en op de eerste dag verliest hij ook nog zijn bril. En na de eerste paar weken in een gelukzalige vakantiestemming te hebben verkeerd, doemen steeds vaker de zogenoemde 'eindfasegevoelens' op. In een verwoede poging dit te bezweren, plant hij zijn dagen vol met activiteiten: cursussen, vrijwilligerswerk, filmfestivals, beurzen, reisjes in binnen- en buitenland en een heleboel meer.

Hannah Morgan is a content producer for internet sensation and millionaire playboy, Mathew Albrecht. When she discovers his possible ties to a global terrorist organisation, her investigation becomes more troubling the deeper she goes. Could her client’s involvement also be linked to the death of her husband years earlier or is it something more sinister? Enlisting two ex-military guns for hire, a young hacker and her dead husband's AI, Hannah must confront the demons of her past to save the future.

Van beschuit met muisjes direct door naar een live interview op nationale televisie: het leven van verloskundige Marlies Koers is er niet rustiger op geworden na het schrijven van haar eerste boek. Naast het werk in haar praktijk in het oosten van het land schreef ze de bestseller Dagboek van een verloskundige, wat haar toch al onregelmatige leven nog iets meer op zijn kop zette. Met veel energie en plezier geeft ze in Sorry dat ik je wakker bel een uniek inkijkje in haar dynamische leven als verloskundige.

An emotionally charged debut novel of a family on the brink--an autistic child, his determined mother, and her distant father--who learn that when your world changes, you find out who you really are. . . . While she was growing up, Piper's father, Lance "the Silver Eagle" Whitman, became a...