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Lucy hat's schwer: Die 41-jährige, geschiedene Englischlehrerin muss sich mit ihrem nutzlosen Ex-Mann rumschlagen und nebenbei noch zwei Jungs großziehen, die am liebsten den ganzen Tag videospielend und chipsfressend auf der Couch verbringen würden. Zu allem Überfluss wollen ihre Freunde sie mit eigenartigen Männern verkuppeln: Ted, der geblümte Hemden trägt und auf der Suche nach einer "schlichten" Frau ist, und Michael, dem Literaten-Fuckboy mit Erektionsstörungen.

This collection brings together three terrifying thrillers set in 41st Millennium. Because, in the grim darkness of the far future, the real horrors lie much closer to home...See the 41st Millennium in a different light with three psychological thrillers from the Warhammer Horror imprint. From murderous, semi-sentient machines to a zombie apocalypse, it's the Imperium as you've never seen it before.

Dunkle Armee, dürfen wir vorstellen: die U.S. Army Ranger. Als eine gemeinsame Task Force von Elitesoldaten in eine bizarre und fantastische Zukunft geschickt wird, in der Wissenschaft und Evolution allerlei Schrecken aus Mythen und Legenden hervorgebracht haben, werden sie alsbald eingekesselt und müssen verzweifelt um ihr Überleben kämpfen–gegen Albträume aus Fleisch und Blut, die zur neuen Normalität geworden sind. Das kann nur eins bedeuten.

It’s an ordinary Monday. Until everything changes forever. At 2:44 PM, a mysterious crack appears in the sky. Anyone unfortunate enough to look up is immediately struck blind. What’s worse, their mind is wiped clean, replaced with a vicious urge to kill anyone within reach. Mark is at work when it happens. Fighting not to fall asleep, the boring department meeting suddenly turns into a bloodbath when people are drawn to the windows to look up at the sky.

Tod und Zerstörung überziehen die Welt. Der Einfluss des Risses, der gewöhnliche Menschen in blinde, rasende Monster verwandelt, lässt sämtliche Systeme zusammenbrechen und zwingt die Überlebenden, um jeden Atemzug zu kämpfen. Mark und John landen genau dort, wo sie nie hinwollten: in einer Regierungsanlage – und stehen kurz davor, schweren medizinischen Eingriffen unterzogen zu werden.

Ein warmherziges und unterhaltsames Hörbuch über Kunst, Kreativität und die überraschenden Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen dem viktorianischen Romancier Charles Dickens und dem modernen amerikanischen Rockstar Prince. Mit der Bewunderung eines Fans und seinem typischen Humor und Witz zeigt uns Nick Hornby die kuriosen Ähnlichkeiten zwischen zwei auf ihre Art genialen Künstlern, die bis heute gelesen oder gehört, bewundert und nachgeahmt werden.

Als eine überwältigende Armee von Skeletten, Geistern, Ghulen und anderen düsteren Kreaturen, die allesamt im Dienste eines mächtigen untoten Hexenmeisters stehen, gegen die Forward Operating Base Hawthorn vorrückt, müssen die Rangers das tun, was sie am besten können: extrem in die Offensive gehen

A bold and electrifying expansion of John le Carré’s literary universe, where—for the first time—George Smiley crosses the Atlantic into the perilous world of Cold War America It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even now...

Celebrating the Soundtracks of Generation X Join Nick and Jodie as they explore the iconic music that defined the lives of Gen Xers from 1965 onwards. Sharing personal stories, significant historical moments, and the evolution of music across decades shaped by social and cultural changes.

Police and Crime Commissioner Lionel Hall-Hartington is shot dead at his farm, alongside one of his employees. His wife is found suspended upside down in an ancient well in the cellar. DI Jan Talantire is at a loss. There's no clear motive the farm was ransacked but nothing has been taken. There are bloody footprints, but no obvious perpetrator. And the farm's CCTV has been disabled. The only clue they have is a bizarre Victorian-style doll from the wife's collection which was hung on the door to the cellar. The trail leads Talantire across the country and even further afield.

A developmental reading of an original musical book/script including song demos for most of the project. ANGELIC offers a fresh, wholesome, and entertaining take on a familiar story. Angels wrestle with doubt, hope, and redemption—inviting us to rediscover our light.

Hey, I’m Nick! Welcome to your new morning routine. Join me daily as I dive into all sorts of topics, sprinkle in some laughs, and help you kickstart your day with a smile. Let’s make every morning a little more fun!

On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotunda. Some people held hands, some danced alone, some sat under trees with guitars, flutes and bongos and made music of their own. They wore kaftans, ponchos and leather-fringed jerkins, floppy hats, headbands, beads and flowers. Poetry and political diatribes were delivered from a podium, improvised from an upturned tea chest.

Created in the Emperor's own image, the primarchs had long thought themselves to be princes of the universe and masters of their own destiny - they led the Space Marine Legions in glorious conquest of the galaxy, and no enemy of the Imperium could stand against them. However, even amongst this legendary brotherhood, the seeds of dissent had been sown long before the treacherous Warmaster Horus declared his grand heresy.

Defending the Anaxian Line, Ultramarines Lieutenant Ferren Areios uncovers a dread vision that has ties to the mission of an old ally. Meanwhile, Magda Kesh campaigns alongside the 84th Mordian. Though she refutes her fate as something more than a mere soldier, is she truly touched by the Emperor? Despite a fractious alliance, the Hand’s scheme is reaching culmination. Amidst the infighting, Tharador Yheng yearns to be free of her master Tenebrus’ shadow and claim her destiny.

In the wake of the Dropsite Massacre at Isstvan V, the survivors of the Salamanders Legion searched long and hard for their fallen primarch, but to no avail. Little did they know that while Vulkan might have wished himself dead, he lives still...languishing in a hidden cell for the entertainment of a cruel gaoler, his brother Konrad Curze.

The system came. The apocalypse ended. Now new worlds have merged with Earth. For Bain Lee, it means leveling his Ocularist class beyond its previous limits. With this strange class and the ability to see into the inner workings of the system, he may find the magic skills needed to earn his redemption. Not only that, but he might discover the secret behind the system itself.

In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, author Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in the exciting field of mitochondria research to reveal how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death.

On the edge of the galaxy, a diplomatic mission to an alien planet takes a turn when the Legionnaires, an elite special fighting force, find themselves ambushed and stranded behind enemy lines. They struggle to survive under siege, waiting on a rescue that might never come. In the seedy starport of Ackabar, a young girl searches the crime-ridden gutters to avenge her father's murder; not far away, a double-dealing legionniare-turned-smuggler hunts an epic payday; and somewhere along the outer galaxy, a mysterious bounty hunter lies in wait.

Learn more about legendary characters from the ranks of the xenos and the Traitor Astartes, including Ahriman of the Thousand Sons, Fabius Bile of the Emperor's Children, Asurmen of the Craftworld Aeldari and more. Explore these fan-favourite characters as written by Black Library stalwarts including Aaron Dembski-Bowden, John French and Guy Haley.