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Es ist ein schönes Jubiläum, das die beliebte Reihe mit dieser 50. Folge feiern kann. Thomas Birker hat sich zu diesem Anlass für eine Anthologie entschieden und den Klassiker "Das Fass Amontillado" stellvertretend für die Klassikautoren des Grusels vertont sowie vier seiner liebsten Autorinnen und Autoren für exklusive neue Geschichten gewinnen können. Tony Ballard-Autor A. F. Morland zeigt uns mit seinem Beitrag "Tod nach dem Tod" was es bedeutet, einen Blick ins Jenseits zu werfen.

Nolan Littlebull is the alpha of the Wahpawhat pack of werewolves, and lead detective on a series of murders of pregnant women from his pack. Torn between human justice and were justice, he travels deep onto the Yakama Resevation, tracking the killers. Alexandria George is the healer for the Lupins. Though trying to hide her ability to shift, she defends the mysterious wolf in their territory from the pack's bully and escapes with Nolan. Together, they must find the killer while facing an uncertain future.

Vera y Tommy, dos jóvenes que viven en una misteriosa y surrealista ciudad, movidos por la curiosidad quieren descubrir los secretos que allí se guardan y que alguien no quiere que se sepan. Esta hambre de saber los meterá en algunos problemas y descubrirán que los secretos son más grandes de lo que pensaban. En cada aventura tendrán que tomar importantes decisiones que pueden cambiar toda la historia. ¿Podrán Vera y Tommy descubrir lo que pasó en Vennet? ¿Qué Pasó en Vennet? es una historia contada en diez cuentos conectados entre sí.

Repitiendo la fórmula de su primera versión, Ciencia pop 2 entrega nuevas historias y hazañas científicas. Biografías, descubrimientos, accidentes, errores e incógnitas son abordadas mediante una pluma informada y fascinante.

Have you tried everything you can think of to lose weight? Are you tired of not getting results? Some days, it just seems impossible that the possibility of achieving your goals is just out of reach. Consider all the things you have done to attain your ultimate weight-loss goal. There's probably been diet after diet, exercises that are too hard, and the thought of “I can’t do this” roaming through your head. But, do you want to know a secret? You can do this.

A biography of sorts about life. Calling this a "mere book" is too puny for what it surveys. This an assessment of life as a collection of words. Although it has to be called "book" to validate comprehension, if placed in front of a mirror, it would vicariously show a reflection of life's journey. To listen to this "life biography" is like listening to one's own diary. Though it will be perceived by some as my opinion, it's actually life's opinion...A real life formula. And like all formulas, none exist without proper dosage.

"Ma vie" est l'autobiographie du révolutionnaire russe Léon Trotsky, écrite durant son exil et publiée en 1929. "Je ne puis nier que ma vie n'a pas été des plus ordinaires. Mais il faut en chercher les causes plutôt dans les circonstances de l'époque qu'en moi-même. Bien entendu, il fallait aussi qu'il existât certains traits personnels pour que j'aie rempli la tâche, bonne ou mauvaise, que j'ai remplie."

"Ma vie" est l'autobiographie du révolutionnaire russe Léon Trotsky, écrite durant son exil et publiée en 1929. "Je ne puis nier que ma vie n'a pas été des plus ordinaires. Mais il faut en chercher les causes plutôt dans les circonstances de l'époque qu'en moi-même. Bien entendu, il fallait aussi qu'il existât certains traits personnels pour que j'aie rempli la tâche, bonne ou mauvaise, que j'ai remplie."

El 2020 será un tiempo que tardaremos décadas en comprender. Este es el primer relato de conjunto de lo que nos sucedió durante ese año feroz. En abril, mientras el país se sumía en el confinamiento, Jochamowitz y León se lanzaron a la búsqueda del rastro que el virus dejaba en nuestro cuerpo social y político. El resultado es una crónica arrolladora, documentada y reflexiva, un registro en el que los lectores encontrarán la primera escena y la trastienda de una historia en la que todos estuvimos implicados.

The Horse Adjutant is the Nazi wartime story of a 12-year-old Jewish boy named Leon Schagrin from a world steeped in Jewish mysticism, to a slave worker in a Nazi workcamp. His story, spoken in the first person, will place you in his shoes, so you will never forget the Nazi Holocaust.

La aparición de dos chicas jóvenes inconscientes y con heridas graves a la entrada del Hospital Civil de Venecia pone a Brunetti y Griffoni tras la pista de dos jóvenes venecianos que podrían haber incurrido en un delito de omisión del deber de socorro. Se trata de Marcelo Vio y Filiberto Duso, dos amigos desde la infancia, muy diferentes entre sí: Duso trabaja como abogado para la firma de su padre, mientras Vio dejó de estudiar de niño y se gana la vida trabajando para su tío, que tiene un negocio de transporte de mercancías y una pequeña flota de barcas.

Le commissaire Brunetti, enquêtant sur la mort d'un célèbre avocat, arpente les quartiers malfamés de Venise et tombe sur la piste d'un trafic international de prostitution. Avec l'aide inattendue de la délicieuse signorina Elettra, la nouvelle secrétaire du vice-questeur, le commissaire Brunetti va découvrir un commerce plus ignoble encore qu'une "traite des Blanches" post-rideau de fer... Donna Leon rend hommage à l'atmosphère unique de la Cité des Doges.

"Ladrón de espadas" es una frenética y apasionante novela de aventuras que los lleva a conocer a "O", un ladrón profesional especializado en robar espadas históricas de incalculable valor y, de paso, resolver injusticias por todo el mundo. Su vida dará un vuelco cuando conozca a Rebeca, la chica que lo acompañará en su misión más arriesgada: robar la espada de Fernando III, El Santo. A ambos los aguarda un camino repleto de acción, persecuciones y emociones al límite.

Leon Searcy was an All-American at Miami who won three national championship titles with the Hurricanes. He was a first round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and played in Super Bowl XXX. He was also selected as one of the Top 25 Jacksonville Jaguars players of all time. Hear Leon's stories about a life of luxury and glory as the NFL's highest paid offensive lineman, and the series of choices and circumstances which ended with Leon's retirement from the game of football broke and alone. In the fourth down of his life, how did Leon find redemption?

La troisième enquête du commissaire Brunetti. Par un matin d'août, un équarisseur découvre, dans un terrain vague de Mestre, la banlieue industrielle de Venise, le cadavre d'un travesti. On pense d'abord qu'il s'agit d'un des prostitués qui travaillent Via Cappuccina, mais lorsqu'on s'aperçoit que l'homme déguisé en femme n'était autre que le directeur de la Banca di Verona, le commissaire Brunetti comprend qu'il va devoir renoncer à ses vacances familiales dans la fraîcheur du Tyrol.

Goodreads Best Poems 2020 showcases the collected works of Aiman Sabir, Bernard Smith, Catherine Habbie, Frank Prem, G. R. Paskoff, H. Seeking, Joseph Murphy, Leon Stevens, Oliver Baer, Sean Dennis Lane, Sandra Black, and The Muse. They are a collection of quick rhymes on topics as diverse as lockdown to assaults on the soul. Meet the authors as they pine on love, longing, and remorse in the pandemic.

Dretlon Valley has been conquered, but now the city of Maldra has caught wind of a new threat stirring in Southern Elabrium. Rumors tell of not just adepts being possessed by the dreaded wraiths, but essentia, the common people, are turning against one another. Behaviour that was once only characteristic of necrom is revealing itself in them, too. Has the world gone wrong? Have the laws of elemental magic broken, or is there something more?

Imagine what your life would be like if you experienced life-changing joy on a daily basis? How would your life change? Who would you become? This audiobook does that. You don’t need to change one circumstance in your life to have more joy today. Joy has been waiting in different spots, even in the tough spaces, eager to be gobbled up. This audiobook gives you the tools to find those places where joy has been waiting to be discovered. The results will change your life. You will have more energy, intention, clarity, and so much more.

Barely snagging Lady Lillian out of danger, Lady Sarah finds herself embroiled in some clandestine mischief. It causes her to doubt Lord Archer and her own feelings for him. But this fashion loving countess is not able to give up on her dreams and love for him. She enlists the aid of her two best friends to piece together what might really be happening. For she couldn’t bear it if he was a traitor to the crown.

In this bunch of offbeat stories, the listener will be sucked into a series of abnormal, yet compellingly dark and amusing tales. A sailors tavern gets an unexpected visitor with a message that could save humanity from itself. Two naughty boys on a school trip to the zoo decide to play a trick that backfires with crushing consequences. A grumpy old man drops devastation in his wake as he leaves behind a trail of deadly flatulence on his trip through the village. The neighbours from hell get neighbours who really are from hell.