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In the roaring '20s, Charlie Doyle, the ink still wet on his Dartmouth journalism degree, answers an ad for a job as secretary to Edward Kilsby, Lord Withycombe and renowned flying ace of the Great War. The ad leads him to expect excitement, but Charlie never expects quite so much. When Edward is hired to find missing archaeologist Sir Alexander Spencer, Charlie is about to go for the ride of his life.

Als Günther Schenck, Jahrgang 1913, stirbt, hinterlässt er seiner Enkelin Naomi ein ungewöhnliches Erbe: Sie soll seine Biografie schreiben. Naomi hat den brillanten Chemiker und seine elegante Frau Christel geliebt. Doch immer existierte da ein Gefühl, dass nicht alles gut gelaufen war in seinem Leben. Als sie sich auf die Suche macht, entdeckt sie, dass ihr vermeintlich unpolitischer Großvater 1933 in die SA eingetreten war. Was bedeutet das? Warum wusste keiner in ihrer Familie davon?

Nach einem Schiffsunglück hat Kapitän Will Lawrence alles verloren. Doch sein größter Verlust ist ihm nicht einmal bewusst. Denn durch den Unfall hat er keine Erinnerung mehr an seine Zeit als Feuerreiter oder an seinen Drachen Temeraire. Allein muss er sich den Intrigen und Machtkämpfen der mächtigen Familien Japans stellen. Währenddessen reist Temeraire ohne seinen Kapitän nach Moskau, um die Stadt gegen das größte Heer, das die Welt je gesehen hat, zu verteidigen. Im Schatten des Kremls werden sich der Kapitän und sein Drache wiedersehen - und es wird sich herausstellen, ob es tiefere Bande gibt als bloße Erinnerungen.

In book three of the series The Two Moons of Rehnor, Senya and Katie have settled into a somewhat normal life. It does not last long though as Senya is plagued by a strange and debilitating blood condition brought on by the task he has been sent to Rozari to complete. In a moment of weakness, he is captured by his nemesis and uncle, Prince Akan. Commander Katie and the crew of the Starship Discovery fight to save him, eliminating Akan as a threat, and leaving Senya's path to the throne clear.

Will Laurence wird des Hochverrats angeklagt, degradiert und zurück zur Marine versetzt, während Temeraire in einem Zuchtgehege in Schottland sein Dasein fristen muss. Doch dann überquert Napoleon mit seiner Armee den Kanal, und es wird schnell klar, dass die britische Admiralität es sich nicht leisten kann, auf einen Drachen wie Temeraire zu verzichten...

Captain Will Laurence und sein Drache Temeraire werden ins ottomanische Imperium abkommandiert. Dort warten drei Dracheneier auf sie, die sie sicher nach Britannien bringen müssen - doch das bedeutet, sich erneut mit dem Drachenweibchen Lien anzulegen, das geschworen hat, sich blutig zu rächen...

Astra Ordott is in exile. Evicted from Is-Land for a crime she cannot regret, she has found work in an ancient fortress in Non-Land: headquarters of the Council of New Continents, the global body charged with providing humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of this toxic refugee camp. Recovering from a disorienting course of memory pacification treatment, Astra struggles to focus on her overriding goals - to find her Code father and avenge the death of her Shelter mother, Hokma.

Die unvergessliche Freundschaft zwischen einem Drachen und seinem Hüter. Will Laurence und seinem Drachen Temeraire stehen neue Abenteuer bevor: In Britannien ist eine Seuche ausgebrochen und die Drachen der Feuerreiter siechen hilflos dahin. Niemand weiß, wie lange dies noch vor dem kriegslüsternen Kaiser Napoleon geheim gehalten werden kann. Und so müssen Will Laurence und Temeraire sofort wieder aufbrechen - nach Afrika, wo es das einzige Heilmittel gegen die Seuche geben soll.

Captain Will Laurence und sein Drache Temeraire werden ins ottomanische Imperium abkommandiert. Dort warten drei Dracheneier auf sie, die sie sicher nach Britannien bringen müssen - doch das bedeutet, sich erneut mit dem Drachenweibchen Lien anzulegen, das geschworen hat, sich blutig zu rächen ...

In Britannien ist eine Seuche ausgebrochen und die Drachen der Feuerreiter siechen hilflos dahin. Niemand weiß, wie lange dies noch vor dem kriegslüsternen Kaiser Napoleon geheim gehalten werden kann. Und so müssen Will Laurence und Temeraire sofort wieder aufbrechen - nach Afrika, wo es das einzige Heilmittel gegen die Seuche geben soll...

This audiobook shows you that men and women are fundamentally different and we need to understand and accept these differences. We need to understand that there are different things that we look for in life, and even in a relationship, there are different things that a man and a woman look for in each other.

The best educated and most prosperous have the most stable families, while working class families have seen the greatest increase in relationship instability. Why? The book provides the answer: greater economic inequality has profoundly changed marriage markets, the way men and women match up when they search for a life partner. It has produced a larger group of high-income men than women; written off the men at the bottom; and left a larger group of women with a smaller group of comparable men...

Senya has been exiled back to the Mother Planet of Rozari. While there, he begins to understand what his real tasks are, why he has been sent there, and what he must do in the coming years. In the meantime, Lt. Cmdr Katie Golden of the Allied Spaceforce suffers a dangerous brain injury while saving her ship from destruction. She is sent to Rozari for the cure, only to wake up and discover that Senya was not a childhood hallucination after all.

>In Got Religion?, veteran journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley sets out to identify and meet with religious leaders across America who are successfully engaging and growing the number of young members in their congregation. In interviews with clergy, academics, and (most importantly) the young men and women themselves, she uncovers a series of practical cross-denominational solutions that leaders of all faiths can employ in their own communities.

After a thousand years of war, the Mishnese and Karupta have made peace by wedding the Mishnese princess royal to the Karupta crown prince. Their son whose birth was foretold 10 centuries ago is destined to rule the entire planet and end the wars forever. But the princess and the baby have died during childbirth or so it was said. In the meantime, a strange half-breed infant boy is left at an orphanage with a purse full of gold coins.

Like every child in Is-Land, all Astra Ordott wants is to have her Security Shot, do her National Service and defend her Gaian homeland from Non-Lander 'infiltrators'. But when one of her Shelter mothers, the formidable Dr Hokma Blesser, tells her the shot will limit her chances of becoming a scientist and offers her an alternative, Astra agrees to her plan. When the orphaned Lil arrives to share Astra's home, Astra is torn between jealousy and fascination.

Derek Sheppard is an avid kayaker with many years experience in buying, selling, and paddling all different kinds of kayaks. He has also introduced many novices into this great sport. Are you contemplating buying a kayak but you're not sure where to start? You don't want to be taken for a ride and you're confused by the huge variety of kayaks out there? He was just like you when he first started out.

Space Cadet Katie Golden is on her way to the Allied Spaceforce Academy when the spaceplane is boarded by Talasian Pirates. Katie is forced to take evasive action to save her treasured chess pieces, the white queen and black king that were given to her years ago by a strange alien boy. Will Katie's actions doom her career before it even starts?

When Ally runs off on "girl night" to have some quick fun, Brittany decides to call up her own man for a hook up. Consumed by the risk of getting caught in his daughter's apartment, can Rick give Brittany the attention she craves right there in Ally's living room? And what of their relationship? Brittany doesn't want to keep hiding her happiness from Ally, but is worried about the backlash. Can Rick soothe her concerns and convince her that the romance between them is real?

A Two Moons of Rehnor Novella. Thad realizes his marriage to Leslie is a colossal mistake. In fact, maybe his whole disastrous life is a giant blunder. Before he knows it, he has two kids and no way out from this trap. Leslie's exit gives him the opportunity he has been waiting for and so he heads across the stars to join Admiral Tim and Shelly on the planet Rozari.