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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, winner of the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he...

Brought to you by Penguin. MURDER AND DECEPTION IN THE OLD BAILEY. Meet Adam Green. Misfit. Purveyor of justice. Barrister-in-training. When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core. The evidence points to one man. Jimmy...

Lor has endured twelve long years of torment under the Aurora King's rule. Her only desire is to get free and pay him back for every moment of misery she's endured. When a surprise release finds her in the hands of the Sun King, Lor is thrust into the spotlight as she competes against nine other tributes for the role of queen. If she wins his heart, she'll earn her freedom and finally get her revenge. But Lor doesn't belong in the Sun Queen trials.

Nach zwölf langen Jahren im Kerker des Aurorakönigs hat Lor nur ein Ziel: dem grausamen High Fae jeden einzelnen Moment ihres Elends heimzuzahlen und mit ihren Geschwistern zu fliehen. Als sie gegen jede Wahrscheinlichkeit – und gegen alle Regeln – an den Hof des rivalisierenden Sonnenkönigs gelangt, scheint ihre Rache in greifbarer Nähe. Denn Lor wurde auserwählt mit neun anderen Tributen um die Hand des äußerst attraktiven Königs zu kämpfen und den Thron an seiner Seite zu erklimmen. Nur wenn ihr das gelingt, ist sie frei und kann ihre Familie retten.

One of the great works of the twentieth century, Kafka's The Trial has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem. In it, a man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. Faced with this ambiguous but threatening situation, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure.

Brought to you by Puffin. The latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was once an immortal God. Now, he's a teenage boy called Lester. Apollo has angered his father Zeus for the last time. So, how do you punish an immortal? By making him human. Obviously. Cast down...

Er ist der Feind. Und doch ist sie ihm längst verfallen. In Isandia ist das Schicksal jeder Hexe vorherbestimmt: Mit einundzwanzig müssen alle an den Blod Ed Trials teilnehmen–einem grausamen Wettkampf, der für eine magielose Hexe wie Amara den sicheren Tod bedeutet. Während der Prüfungen begegnet sie dem gefürchteten General Ivar. Er ist verschlossen, kalt und gefährlich attraktiv–und doch der Einzige, der sie zu sehen scheint.

2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies - never to be seen again. With too many unanswered questions, Dani simply can't accept Theo's disappearance and reports him missing, even though no one else seems concerned, including Theo's father. Ten years later, Dani returns to the college as a history professor. 

Als die junge Engel Everly einen Höllenhund tötet, erscheint der Teufel höchstpersönlich und fordert Wiedergutmachung. Zu ihrem Entsetzen tritt er vor die herrschenden Erzengel, die daraufhin Everly zur Strafe in die Hölle verbannen. Doch ein geheimes Angebot bietet ihr die Chance, ihre Verbannung aufzuheben: Sie soll das Schwert des Teufels stehlen.

Er ist eiskalt, unantastbar - und der jüngste Oberstaatsanwalt von Rhode Island. Sie ist leidenschaftlich, stur - und seine neue Praktikantin. Beide wissen sofort: Das wird die Hölle. Aber was passiert, wenn die Wut in etwas anderes umschlägt? Wenn ein Blick zu lange dauert? Wenn ein Streit zu nah endet?

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Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest for justice when they carried out the unauthorized mission known as First Light. They returned home to America to face a court-martial, determined to expose the corruption in the chain of command that compelled their actions. But in a country still reeling from the nuclear terrorism of Coma Day, the courtroom is just one battlefield of many.

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Der mit Spannung erwartete dritte Band der romantischen New Adult-Fantasy-Reihe um mächtige Fae und eine scharfzüngige Heldin: Lor taucht immer tiefer in die Welt der Fae ein und setzt dabei ihr Leben und Herz aufs Spiel Lor ist in das Reich des Sonnenkönigs zurückgekehrt. Und sie hat Großes vor: Mithilfe der Herzkrone will sie ihre Magie entfesseln, um endlich das Erbe ihrer Familie zurückzugewinnen. Doch am Sonnenhof wird schnell deutlich, dass nicht alles Gold ist, was glänzt. Und Aphelions High Fae und Sonnenkönig Atlas ist alles andere als erfreut, sie wiederzusehen.

Upon his death, Patrick St. Cloud wakes up in the afterlife. Instead of finding paradise, he must solve a puzzle by the god Mother. To escape the afterlife, Patrick must find a flower garden in a foggy world of grassy meadows. Falling through the clouds seems like the only way to travel in this world. And not every meadow he lands in has friendly faces. Determined to succeed at his trial, Patrick explores the world with purpose. Follow him as he explores the world and himself. If you enjoy dreaming about the afterlife, you’ll enjoy A Trial Of Mist And Meadow.

Len steps out of Kreni Hall without Rick or the other Titans, Daniela, and Dennis. King Eardin, whose death sparked the Plynthia Civil War in his last life, is alive and well, summoning Rick to a ball in Eskon City. A ball where he aims to reassert his dominion as King of Plynthia. An outcome that neither his sons nor their supporters desire. Rick is needed, and Len will go. Now is not the time Goran wants to be drawing the attention of others. Not when their focus is on Harmonia's growing threat.

Wer dein Buch der Macht besitzt, bestimmt über dein Leben – und deinen Tod. Epische High Fantasy von Bestseller-Autorin Liza Grimm: In Eislotus. Wasser findet seinen Weg trifft Die Tribute von Panem auf Avatar – Der Herr der Elemente; mit tödlichen Wettkämpfen, politischen Intrigen und Elementar-Magie, gebunden in beseelten Büchern. In Naras Welt beherrschen die Menschen die Magie der Elemente, indem sie sich an ein Seelenbuch binden. Nach ihrem Tod geht ihre Seele in das Buch ein und vergrößert dessen Macht.

A Black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, Malcolm Hill, is stopped by a white sheriff’s deputy on a dark country road in rural Georgia. His single mother, Allie, America’s leading voting rights advocate, restlessly awaits his return before police inform her that Malcolm has been arrested for murder. In Washington, D.C., the rising young white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts is watching the morning news with his girlfriend, only to find his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm’s photograph.

Eighteen-year-old Waterrunner Eira Landan lives her life in the shadows - the shadow of her older brother, of her magic’s whispers, and of the person she accidentally killed. She’s the most unwanted apprentice in the Tower of Sorcerers until the day she decides to step out and compete for a spot in the Tournament of Five Kingdoms.

Power is not a gift. It’s something you survive. In a world where abilities are forged through brutal government Trials, only the strongest or luckiest walk away alive. Those who do are claimed by the state, monitored, and turned into weapons. Trent Morrow survived the Trials and refused to belong. Marked as a high level threat, Trent wields gravity with devastating precision, leading a Resistance built on stolen freedom and impossible choices. Control keeps him alive. Distance keeps him dangerous. Wanting anything more has never been an option.