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In the beginning Charlie McVee wanted nothing more from life than to raise a family in his suburban Cincinnati home, write his novels, and find time to go hiking with his wife, Annie. Two hundred miles of the Appalachian Trail awaited them down in Tennessee, beckoning them come and see it firsthand. What they found in a remote area of the mountains, off the beaten track, was a small town virtually unknown to the outside world....

With life comes happiness, friendship, heartache, unforgettable moments, and sometimes unimaginable pain. In this incredible and moving story, Isabelle Scott allows us to see life through her eyes. Her life was hindered at a tender age when her stepfather started becoming too friendly. After years of abuse, she finally finds the strength and courage needed to put an end to it.

A haunting collection of strange and macabre short stories, ideal for listening to around the fire on a cold winter evening.... 'The Last Leaf' by O. Henry, 'On the Northern Ice' by Elia W. Peattie, 'The Fire' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'The Tiger' by Hugh Walpole, 'Cool Air' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Missing Model' by Lettice Galbraith, 'The Cold Embrace' by Mary E. Braddon, 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole, 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow, 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton.

Have you ever wondered if the Bermuda Triangle is for real or just a place of unlikely mishaps? The citizens of Fordyce, New Mexico, have often wondered that about their Sonoma Quadrant. No airplanes have ever disappeared in the quadrant. No ships have ever disappeared there either, for the quadrant, as close as anyone has been able to determine, is a 36 square mile area in the middle of a desolate desert area known as the Sonoma.

This is the second and final book in the Hunt or Be Hunted series. Hunt or Be Hunted: Remaining Embers will take you on an unforgettable journey and allow you to see life through a killer's eyes. Pick up where the first book left off, and follow along as FBI Agent Elliott Roberts tracks his target once again. This emotional roller-coaster ride of a book will have you feeling several different emotions at once while leading up to a very unexpected finale.

A stately Victorian mansion built by the Reverend Michael Mariah Taylor in 1880, its living room floors stained with the blood of at least 19 people, has just been purchased by Wade and Anne Robinson. Wade, a rehabber, has purchased the manse as a fixer-upper, an investment property he hopes to flip at a large profit, as soon as the rehab is completed. What Wade was not told when he purchased the property from the TRI Group was the violent history of the manse.

As a filthy disease-ridden human, Leo Marshall's not welcomed into the strange world of unusual diverse humanoids and finds refuge with a shifter. His immediate lustful attraction to the delicious BDSM master, Ashrin of Ecatnie Pride, is so powerful it's frightening. The rules are different in this future realm, and frequent sex with a multitude of partners is expected. Leo wants Ashrin exclusively but is afraid his master will love him - to death.

A ghoulish collection of loathsome and macabre tales full of astounding skill and diabolical cleverness. 'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton, 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray, 'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda, 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher, 'The Story of the Spaniards' by E. & H. Heron, 'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow, 'The Anticipator' by Morley Roberts, 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole, 'The Conjurer' by Richard Middleton....

What if the Bible were not complete? What if something existed, so beneficial to mankind that it had been intentionally omitted in order to protect its existence through complete secrecy? What if there were a place named Father Mountain, and within it, Ahveen? What if there were Guardians? Jim Preston and Red Porter, 20-year-old workers at Miller Foundry in Rockaway, Illinois, are about to find out the answers to all these questions - high on a mountain in a remote region of northwestern Colorado.

What was it that Jesus did that made some people hate him so much as to try to kill him? What was his message? Although there were those who sought to kill Jesus, he had a large following. Many people adored him. Some even traveled many miles on foot to see him and hear his word. What was it about Jesus Christ that attracted all these people? These are some of the questions that H.C. Kim tries to answer through his poetry. These poems will move you in ways that you have not imagined possible.

Stu Morgan had a dream he shared with his best friend and former business partner, Ed Jones. Now retired from their Sasquatch expedition business, they would have all the time they needed to find Marcus Marshall's lost Glory Hole Mine, a gold mine lost since Marcus himself disappeared in 1877. Stu had a good idea where the mine might be, and, after many trips to Horse Tooth Mountain, he and Ed finally found the adit leading into what they hoped would be the Glory Hole. As it turned out, it was exactly that, and so much more.

Thirty-year-old Vern Sanger and 35-year-old Reed Haskell are taking a trip down Hell's Interstate. Where they are going, they have no idea, but they are distributing death and destruction all along their way. Vern, an escaped convict, and Reed, a cold-blooded murderer, are living on the proceeds of their ongoing, two-man crime wave. So far, so good, but there are forces at work that Vern cannot even begin to fathom or suspect. It's only a matter of time before Hell's Interstate turns the bend and leads him down a path he certainly never expected to travel.

Thirty-four years have passed since Kevin Reynolds perpetrated the most heinous crime the citizens of Carver, Montana had ever witnessed in their small, alpine community. Now, Kevin's great nephew, Mitch, has found a bundle of old letters written by Kevin to his father in 2001, the year of Kevin's execution. His curiosity piqued, Mitch has recruited two of his good friends to hike up to the Blind Valley caldera and scout out the scene of the crimes of 1969 and to try to find the hidden cave where the old mountain man, Sam Elliott, once lived.

A highly trained sniper is on the loose in Greenland, Minnesota. Can he be tracked down and stopped before he kills again? Detective Harry Jones and his partner, Jimmy Morestead, are hot on the killer's trail. This is the ultimate game of cat and mouse. In order to stop him, they must look around every corner, under every rock, and make sure they turn over every leaf.

James Ryan's peaceful existence turns upside down the night he catches young Mick O'Toole trying to rustle his cattle. Running from a dark past of his own, Ryan agrees to take the boy and his ailing widowed mother in. Widowed Bridget O'Toole's life finally changes for the better the night the darkly handsome rancher opens his home and his heart to her and Mick. But her past is just a day's ride away from town.

Marlin Goldburg, a 40-year-old Jewish realtor living in the United States, is killed in a terrible traffic accident. Later that day, in Sarsarif, Iraq, Abdul-Halim is blessed with the birth of his first son, whom he names Badr. What can the two events have in common? As the years go by, Badr is taught at home, hate for the rich American Jews that finance Israel's existence in Arab lands.

Hören Sie Hans Christian Andersen's bezauberndes Märchen Das Feuerzeug in diesem spannenden Hörbuch begleitet von schöner Musik und Klangeffekten. Auf Deutsch gelesen von Samy Andersen. Auf dem Weg Heim aus dem Krieg, trifft ein Soldat eine Hexe an einem hohlen Baum. Kurz darauf bekommt er ein altes Feuerzeug und alles Geld das man sich nur wünschen kann. In einer kleine Stadt wird eine Prinzessin eingesperrt gehalten.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1899. Der Lykanthropist Mortimer Grizzleywold De Vere, Colonel Algernoon Towdy und die überaus begehrenswerte Mistress Maud Carruthers machen sich auf den Weg in das kaum bekannte Bergtal von Dhaulmoong. Unterwegs verschwindet ihr Führer, dafür entdeckt einer der Träger Eingegrabenes: Menschenhaut, schlaff und leer wie ein abgelegtes Kleidungsstück. Angelangt auf der Bergfestung von Fürstin Pusphar, geht der Spuk weiter.

Der junge Sir Johann Adderley Bancroft - Hörern aus Artmanns unvergesslichem "Geheimnis des Werwolfs" als ebenso zaghaft wie begehrenswert bekannt - hat sich mit seiner Verlobten Edwarda Cornwallis auf den Weg zum Grafen Dracula gemacht. Da alle Wege eines britischen Adligen über London führen, hatte er dort auch Bram Stoker aufgesucht, der ihn nicht nur durch seine schier unglaublichen Vampyr-Geschichten, sondern auch durch seine Kenntnis der transsylvanischen Geographie und Tradition beeindruckte.

Tom Parker ist ein Meisterdetektiv, dem keiner das Wasser reichen kann. Schlagfertig, charmant und scharfsinnig löst er jeden Fall. Unterstützt wird er von seinem treuen Butler James, der ebenso formvollendet Whisky kredenzt wie er geistesgegenwärtig Gefahr begegnet. Doch Genie erweckt nicht nur Bewunderung, und ein begnadeter Meisterdetektiv macht sich auch mächtige Feinde. So etwa Lyford Pemberton, einen gewieften Bösewicht, der sich hinter zahlreichen Masken verbirgt und eine Gefolgschaft düsterer Gestalten der Unterwelt befehligt.