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Death-row inmate Russell Harris and nine other convicts are given the chance to save their lives by agreeing to travel as test subjects on the transporter. But when the first volunteer dies a gruesome death, it becomes clear to Russell and his comrades that the venture is little more than a merciless death mission on which they will all perish. The surviving Transporter project members find themselves on a new planet and establish a colony alongside a group of abandoned soldiers and scientists. But mortal peril approaches, and the battle for survival has only just begun.

Most of us eat 3 meals a day with a smattering of snacks because we think that’s the normal, healthy way to eat. But when we look at the eating patterns of our distant ancestors, we can see that an intermittent fasting eating pattern is normal—and eating 3 meals a day is not. In The Intermittent Fasting Revolution, prominent neuroscientist Mark Mattson shows that frequent periods of time with little or negligible amounts of food is not only normal but also good for us.

In the six lessons of It’s Not Too Late: Optimize Your Retirement Plan Now, Professor Ramon DeGennaro will help you get back on track toward a brighter financial future. With Professor DeGennaro’s help, you’ll uncover the tools and strategies you need to replace inaction and worry with real progress toward your goals. From unexpected ways to bring in extra income to managing expenses to choosing optimal savings plans, these lessons offer an accessible—and achievable—roadmap to a better retirement.

The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere...

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The Island of Doctor Moreau" [H.G. Wells], "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" [Thomas Hardy], "The Call of Cthulhu" [H.P Lovecraft], "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" [Mark Twain], "The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "Crime and Punishment" [Fyodor Dostoyevsky], "Wuthering Heights" [Emily Brontë], "A Christmas Carol" [Charles Dickens], "The jungle book" [Rudyard Kipling], "The Border Legion" [Zane Grey].

Bertie Wooster looks pretty stylish in his new Tyrolean hat - or so he thinks: others, notably Jeeves, disagree. But when Bertie embarks on an errand of mercy to Totleigh Towers, things get quickly out of control and he's going to need all the help Jeeves can provide. There are good eggs present...

Zentauren, Trolle, Nymphen, Dämonen... Was, wenn die Geschichten wahr sind? Als Atlas Parker im Anwesen eines Geheimbundes erwacht, stellt sich das triste Kleinstadtleben des Außenseiters völlig auf den Kopf. Er erfährt, dass magische Wesen mitten unter uns leben, aber über Jahrhunderte hinweg von Menschen gejagt und vertrieben wurden. Doch auch aus ihren eigenen Reihen droht Gefahr. Denn neben garstigen Gnomen und diebischen Kobolden existieren noch weitaus dunklere Kreaturen in der Finsternis. Der gefährlichste von ihnen erhebt sich aus dem Schatten und sinnt nach Rache.

Will AI lead to the transformation of society as we know it, or bring about its destruction?

Astral projection is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of a soul called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it throughout the universe. Here is the definitive classical Theosophical audiobook on a subject which has enthralled humankind since near the beginning of time.

The Collected Blandings Short Stories. Blandings Castle is the home of Lord Emsworth, who likes nothing better than to potter at home in his enormous castle garden. But his rural idyll is once again set to be disturbed in these nine hilarious fables. No peace is possible when his sister Constance is let loose, and she is constantly trying to reorganise the household and its inhabitants! Without great success…

Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again...this time by deciding to NOT publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, that have been sent to steal it.

‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn 'Accomplished, dark and stylish: I will read anything B P Walter writes’ Gillian McAllister ‘A fantastically dark and twisted thriller’ Nikki Smith 'B P Walter’s characterisation is terrifyingly good in this...

Cam DeSantis's life is a mess. How else would you describe losing your husband, your job, and your money all at once? Desperate times call for desperate measures. So when salvation comes in the form of one intolerable jerk, who just happens to be the starting quarterback for the vaunted New York Titans, she has no choice but to accept his offer as a live-in nanny slash teacher for his eight year old nephew. Now all she has to do is find a way to ignore him for the next three months. Which is easier said than done.

Sparks fly when a successful financial manager and a legendary football player enter into a legal agreement to have a kid together. They planned on everything - they just didn't plan on each other.

Putting the games in the context of Rome's rise and dramatic fall, Mannix captures all the history, planning, and savage pageantry that went into creating the first spectator sports. But as Rome begin to fall in the fifth century, so did the games, devolving into nothing more than pointless massacres. In the end, millions of humans and animals were sacrificed in barbaric displays. What were once ceremonies given in honor of gods met an inglorious fate, yet they still captivate the imagination of people today.

If you understand why people buy, you are already one step ahead in reaching out to them effectively with your products and services. Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy offers a groundbreaking exploration into the science of purchasing. The book specifically demonstrates why decision science has proven invaluable to the field of marketing by helping to explain purchasing behaviors.

Die vierte Anthologie aus dem Hause DreamLand Productions: Diesmal erleben wir in einer Geschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, wie ein Mann einem unsagbaren Grauen begegnet, in Mark Twains Geschichte erleben wir einen Menschen, der ohne dafür bezahlt zu werden keinen Finger rührt, was sich bitter rächen soll, und in der dritten Geschichte aus der Feder von A. F. Morland erleben wir einen Taxifahrer der besonderen Art, der zeigt, dass, wenn man persönlich betroffen ist, Gefühle nicht einfach ausschalten kann. Alle drei Geschichten verbindet, dass man sich fragt, was man da eigentlich gehört hat... Mindfuck.

Es ist wahr, ich habe meinem besten Freund in jener regnerischen Nacht Anfang Februar des Jahres 1933 sechs Kugeln durch den Kopf gejagt und doch hoffe ich, beweisen zu können, dass ich nicht sein Mörder bin. Sicherlich werden manche denken, dass ich bloß ein Verrückter bin sogar noch verrückter als der Mann, den ich in seiner Zelle im Arkham Sanatorium erschossen habe. Andere hingegen werden, wenn sie meinen Bericht gehört haben, anerkennen, dass ich gar keine andere Wahl hatte, nachdem ich das grauenhafte Beweisstück gesehen hatte ...

Ich stieß auf die Weltkarte in einem Reiseführer aus den 1970er-Jahren, und mir war auf Anhieb bewusst, dass sie dort nicht hineingehörte. Vermutlich hätte ich sie nicht weiter beachtet, wäre da nicht diese Notiz am Rand gewesen. Und da, wo die Umrisse des afrikanischen Kontinents zu erkennen waren, stand ein weiteres rätselhaftes Wort: XULHU. Sechs unheimliche Geschichten entführen den Leser an verschiedene Orte kosmischen Grauens.

Die Gemälde von Richard Upton Pickman schockieren die Bostoner Kunstwelt. Es sind Darstellungen abscheulicher Wesen in nicht minder grauenerregenden Situationen. Henry Thurber ist mit der Einzige im eher konservativen Kunstverein, der nicht von den Bildern abgestoßen, sondern im Gegenteil sehr fasziniert davon ist...