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Als obdachloser Omega im winterlichen Catstown ist das Leben hart. Vor drei Jahren war Jaguarwandler Gabriel unter dem Namen Diamond als Laborratte bei Blackwolf gefangen. Inzwischen ist er kein Alpha mehr. Er hat alles verloren, was ihm je etwas bedeutet hat. Als ihm der Anführer einer kriminellen Gang eine gefährliche Mission anbietet, machen sie sich gemeinsam auf den Weg quer durch die Stadt. Doch ein Schneesturm tobt über Catstown.

Als Vollstrecker für die Silvers hat Liam den Spaß seines Lebens – er darf die Leute, die auf seiner schwarzen Liste stehen, einschüchtern oder umbringen und wird dafür sogar bezahlt! Auch mit seinem Omega Jordan läuft alles bestens. Doch als er sich ein besonders fieses Spiel ausdenkt, um ein paar üble Kriminelle zu bestrafen, geht plötzlich alles schief.

Drei seltsame Gestalten ziehen durch das Dickicht des schottischen Hochlands - die Hexen sind auf der Suche nach Macbeth und Banquo. Sie wollen Duncans Kronvasallen eine folgenschwere Prophezeiung überbringen: Auf Macbeth warte die Krone, aber nur Banquo werde einen königlichen Nachkommen zeugen. Die beiden Freunde versuchen, die Prophezeiung abzutun, bis Macbeths schöne Frau Skena ihrem Gemahl einflüstert, dass er - und nur er allein - ein Anrecht auf den Thron habe.

Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already.

Er dachte, er wäre ein Mensch. Doch nun ist er auf einmal ein Omega. Ohne Clan. Ohne Rechte. In einer Welt voller Bestien... Kieran Nashville, genannt Nash, wusste natürlich, dass es Wandler gibt und dass sie in dieses merkwürdige System aus Alpha, Beta, Omega eingeteilt sind. Was er nicht wusste: Er ist selbst ein Wandler, und dummerweise ausgerechnet ein Omega. Von einem Tag auf den anderen verliert er alles: seine Freundin, sein Zuhause, seine Zukunft. Denn seine Eltern, die nichts mit einem Omega anzufangen wissen, geben die Verantwortung an die Blackwolf Agency ab.

Everyone dreams of reliving their life; we imagine what it might be be like to start over. But when Gwen Song awakes in her 15-year-old body, she finds herself in a world of urban sorcery. Though the problems of her troubled childhood remain, the familiar society she once lived in has all but disappeared and has been replaced by a parallel reality....

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.

As the darkness of the war slowly consumes the galaxy, those who still serve the Throne are faced with a struggle for their survival and the continued existence of everything they hold dear. With the threat of the Warmaster's fleet looming ever closer to Terra, it will fall to such heroes to halt the tide, but the enemies arrayed against them are powerful, and the burden of loyalty is great....

Träume sind Wünsche des Herzens... Große und kleine Menschen in aller Weltlieben dieses bezaubernde Märchen von einem Traum, der wahr wird. Das liebenswürdige Mädchen Cinderella träumt von ihrem Märchenprinzen. Doch viel Zeit dazu hat sie nicht, da sie ihrer Stiefmutter und deren boshaften Töchtern als Magd dienen muss. Ihr größter Traum wäre es, wenn sie mit zum Ball des Prinzen gehen dürfte. Da kommen ihr die lustigen Mäuse Jacques und Karli zu Hilfe – und mit einer großen Portion Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo-Zauber der guten Fee versuchen sie, Cinderellas größten Herzenswunsch wahr werden zu lassen.

Tensions run high in the Dales when dark secrets are exposed. Can Harry and his team uncover the malicious mind intent on making sure bad deeds never go unpunished?

Following their military defeat in the Battle of Taiwan, China opens a new front in the struggle for geopolitical supremacy. As China's Belt and Road Initiative brings together the final pieces of a 1000-mile rail and road connection between China and Tehran, a series of terrorist attacks rock the fractious states of Central Asia. A declining Russia, an isolated India, and a rising Iran all have a stake in the region. But who is behind the mysterious attacks?

The fifteen stories and three screenplays that make up Volumes Two and Three of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

These stories will transport you to the heart-breaking internecine conflict known as the Horus Heresy. Each one of these audio dramas is a stirring tale of a long, vicious war that rages on into the 41st Millennium. Some of Black Library's best-known names have crafted thrilling, revealing and sometimes surprising audio dramas that shed more light on the galaxy spanning conflicts of the Horus Heresy.

David J. Lieberman understands that a change in perspective is all that is needed to help keep from flying off the handle. In Never Get Angry Again, he reveals how to see anger through a comprehensive, holistic lens, illuminates the underlying emotional, spiritual, and physical components of anger, and gives listeners simple, practical tools to snuff out anger before it even occurs.

The triumphant globalization of the 1990s and early 2000s has given way to a world economy riven by conflict and populism, as the United States, China and other world powers embrace economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, global economics specialist David J. Lynch offers a trenchant, fast-paced narrative of the rise and fall of the greatest engine of prosperity the world has ever known and sheds important new light on why the march toward greater global integration faltered.

Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice you can count on. You've come to the right place.

In a world where the AI Apocalypse has transformed life into a brutal game of survival, humanity's last hope lies in turning back the clock. Liam Bell, a seasoned warrior at the end of his rope, is given a second chance. With a unique class that may give him the edge he needs, he is determined to rewrite history and save the remnants of humanity.

In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a highly original work of 'technophilosophy', Chalmers argues categorically, no: virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will.

It is a tale of ghosts, of madness, of revenge - of old alliances giving way to new intrigues. Denmark is changing, shaking off its medieval past. War with Norway is on the horizon. And Hamlet - son of the old king, nephew of the new - becomes increasingly entangled in a web of deception - and murder. Beautifully performed by actor Richard Armitage ("Thorin Oakenshield" in the Hobbit films), Hamlet, Prince of Denmark takes Shakespeare’s original into unexpected realms, reinventing a story we thought we knew.

The Chambers Militant of the Inquisition fight their battles against heretics, xenos and daemons. These audio dramas shed new light on these dark missions of critical importance to humanity’s survival. Those of the Imperial Inquisition consider themselves all that stands between the Imperium of Mankind and the Ruinous Powers - it's a demanding occupation that can occasionally lead them to make some morally ambiguous decisions. Get inside the heads of some of the Imperium's most intense civil servants with this collection of thrilling - and intriguing - audio dramas.