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Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and major countercultural figure.

Top homicide detective Josiah Raine hasn't touched another man since his husband's brutal murder seven years ago. Notorious bad boy Alexander Lytton hasn't known peace since destroying his privileged life to become Britain's most hated man. When Josiah arrests Alex for murder, the last thing he expects is to fall in love....

Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.

Seit Stunden belauern sie sich gegenseitig: das Alligatorenweibchen, das seine Jungen beschützen muss, und Gertrude, deren vier Töchter seit Tagen nichts gegessen haben. Ein Schuss fällt, doch er trifft nicht das Reptil - es gibt Schlimmeres als den Hunger. Auch Annie, die Plantagenbesitzerin, hat einen größeren Feind, als sie wahrhaben möchte. Ihren jüngsten Sohn kostete das bereits das Leben. Doch als Oretta, Annies schwarze Haushälterin und in erster Generation von der Sklaverei befreit, Gertrudes kranke neunjährige Tochter bei sich aufnimmt, finden diese drei Frauen, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein können, zusammen.

In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, for employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: She is not only an orphan and an aspiring maid, but also a Curse-Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people’s fates by cleaning their houses.

The unshakeable Amelia Peabody embarks on an Egyptian adventure armed with self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course–a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the Nile to an archeological site run a pair of handsome brothers.

Amelia Peabody embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal for her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way, she rescues Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been "ruined" and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her lover. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo, where strange visitations and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn.

Der Bestseller "ALEX RIDER" – die Vorlage zur actiongeladenen TV-Serie! Alex Rider wäre gern ein ganz normaler Jugendlicher. Doch egal, wohin er geht, er zieht das Verbrechen magisch an. Als er in einem Genlabor auf McCain trifft, den millionenschweren Gründer einer Hilfsorganisation, schrillen bei ihm alle Alarmglocken. Was plant der angesehene Geschäftsmann? Alex heftet sich an seine Fersen, aber dann wird er entführt und nach Afrika verschleppt. Seine Aussichten, dort lebend wegzukommen: nahezu null.

Detective Philip ‘Cato' Kwong is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his suburban Perth home. The trail leads to Timor-Leste, with its recent blood-soaked history. There, he reunites with an old frenemy, the spook Rory Driscoll who, in Cato's experience, has always occupied a hazy moral terrain.

After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downward into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.

I have few friends and fewer allies. What I do have on the island of Everland is a lot of people who want me gone. So when the Crocodile and Captain Hook reappear in my life, I am in no mood. And worse, they’re unknowingly endangering themselves by asking for me by a name I long considered dead. Now, not only do I have to save myself, I have to save the two men who I swore I would murder with my bare hands if I ever set eyes on them again considering they abandoned me.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background. His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals. The young Fyodor often disobeyed his father by talking to the ill in the hospital gardens. In 1846 he published his first novel ‘Poor Cow’ to great literary acclaim. As he began his next work he was arrested and incarcerated for treason and participation in the political and literary Petrashevsky Circle.

Ce roman se passe à Paris. Et pourtant on y croise des crocodiles. Ce roman parle des hommes. Et des femmes. Celles que nous sommes, celles que nous voudrions être, celles que nous ne serons jamais, celles que nous deviendrons peut-être.

The Crocodile, the Devourer of Men, has devoured something he shouldn’t: a Myth Maker Witch. Now, with the witch’s dark power swirling inside of him, he’s losing control of his monster and quickly making his way through my ship and my crew. It’s only me and Wendy Darling who can pull him back. But even we know time is running out.

This adventure transports Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson to Amarna, the rustic desert site where the two archaeologists first met, beginning the 13-year association that would take them from mayhem to murder in the Egyptian outback.

Ijoma Alexander Mangold lautet sein vollständiger Name; er hat dunkle Haut, dunkle Locken. In den siebziger Jahren wächst er in Heidelberg auf. Seine Mutter stammt aus Schlesien, sein Vater ist aus Nigeria nach Deutschland gekommen, um sich zum Facharzt für Kinderchirurgie ausbilden zu lassen. Weil es so verabredet war, geht er nach kurzer Zeit nach Afrika zurück und gründet dort eine neue Familie. Erst zweiundzwanzig Jahre später meldet er sich wieder und bringt Unruhe in die Verhältnisse.

Memoirs of a Real Crocodile Hunter is a first-hand account of crocodile hunting in Africa, drawing listeners deep into the wild river systems of Malawi and the wider southern African region. Bartlett describes real encounters with problem crocodiles, human fatalities, and the responsibility carried by those tasked with stopping predators that have learned to hunt people.

What enemy is able to swallow small crocodilians whole? What sounds do crocodilians use to "talk" to one another? Do crocodiles really smile? Explore this exciting book for answers to questions you'll be glad we asked-plus "Did You Know?" fun facts!

The dark floor and muddy rivers of the rain forest are perfect for hunting, and the jaguar and crocodile both stalk their prey with ease. But which animal is the fiercest of the ecosystem? Does the jaguar's speed give it an edge? Or does the crocodile's strength make it superior? Compare and contrast each animal’s features and skills before you declare the winning predator.

Rakoto must travel through the Madagascan rainforest to visit his grandma—and be on the lookout for crocodiles.