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During the coldest winter on record, an EMP sends America back into the Stone Age. It’s been a week without power. No phones. No computers. Nothing. As the crisis unfolds, one family seeks sanctuary from the cold on the city's outskirts.

Comedy doesn't pay. Some might claim that's the wrong cliché, but Chuck Ramsey knows the truth of it all too well. That's why he resorts to crime to pay the bills. His latest scheme isn't to pick up odd, questionably legal jobs near his gigs; this time he's found the perfect opportunity, and he's willing to buy a gig to be in the right place at the right time. All he has to do is get a certain wizard to play his part without knowing it.

Brad went on the run with his sister Michelle. He got away. They're safe. With new identities and a clean start, all Brad has to do is fake being a responsible, law-abiding adult until Michelle turns 18...in nine years. But how long can an incorrigible delinquent keep that up? Meanwhile, Chuck goes out of his mind trying to find his missing kids. With Mort along to help, they crisscross the galaxy, searching for a trail. Family friends haven't seen or heard anything, leaving the pair to confront a hard truth.

Nothing in my life is going as planned. I haven’t been discovered walking down the street in my $40 Old Navy skinny jeans and told I have “The Look,” my hopes for achieving a Guinness World Record for most chocolate bars eaten isn’t even close, and no one in my family takes my writing seriously.

On the heels of a crazy, dangerous scheme that he barely got away with, Chuck Ramsey presses his luck and keeps trying. But on Ganymede, in the heart of Sol's wine country, in the territory of a small but ruthless local criminal syndicate, his luck runs out. Chuck sends off quick comms to the rest of the family to get them back to the ship on the double.

Die junge Queen Elizabeth löst ihren ersten Fall: Royaler Cosy Crime im England der 50er-Jahre: Ein skandalöser Mord in der Nähe des Buckingham Palace erschüttert England, das 1957 noch nach seinem Platz im Nachkriegseuropa sucht: Nur mit sexy Wäsche und einem Diamant-Diadem bekleidet liegt eine junge Frau tot auf einem Bett, ihr zu Füßen ein strangulierter Mann. Die Polizei hat schnell eine ganze Reihe von Verdächtigen, denn am Tatort hat sich zur Zeit des Mordes eine Herrenrunde aus Londons High Society getroffen. Auch Prinz Philip war in der Mordnacht in der Gegend.

Join Sean, Joe, Cassandra, and their intrepid grandfather on an extraordinary adventure that will test their courage and teamwork. Together, they embark on a quest to find an ancient, powerful stone buried within a mysterious cave. Along the way, they face unexpected challenges—including the ominous presence of the malevolent Khalil. As ancient curses awaken and volcanoes rumble, the young heroes must summon all their courage to outsmart the Khalil and save not just themselves, but an entire island of inhabitants.

Gesamtausgabe der drei dunklen Liebesromane von Bestseller-Autorin J. S. Wonda. Erotisch, explizit und ein Hauch von Dark Romance! AMELY. Ich half dem Fremden, weil ich glaubte, dass er meine Hilfe verdiente, und ignorierte dabei die blutroten Flecken auf seinem weißen Hemd. Jetzt steht er hier, in meinem Haus, und sieht aus wie jemand, dem keine Frau vertrauen sollte. Sein Haar ist dunkel, sein Blick stürmt.

A twisting journey through the fourth dimension leads Tashon through perils and wonders to a place he never thought he’d see again. Something cries for help from across the universe. With Aethera settled into its two new nations, Tashon sets out across the fourth dimension to find the source of the plea and, if he can, help it.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time. Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known facts are that if you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, then look no further than ‘The Victorian Ghost Story’ for your listening pleasure.

The feisty Miss Mercy steps out of conventional expectations and buys herself a servant—a preacher who was captured by pirates. The struggle between being a servant of the living God and submitting to Miss Mercy is one Gabriel Mckenzie never expected to encounter. It will take relying on God's strength rather than his own to remember who belongs to whom as Mercy fights for her land and Gabriel fights for her.

Auf einem Road Trip in die Prärie Montanas stoßen Cinder und ihre beste Freundin Ivy in einem altmodischen Saloon auf Smoke. Er wirkt unnahbar, düster, anziehend und überaus gefährlich. Allen Warnungen zum Trotz stiehlt Cinder sich einen Kuss von ihm. Die eifersüchtige Ivy lässt ihre Freundin daraufhin im Stich, sodass Cinder auf Smokes Hilfe angewiesen ist. Am nächsten Morgen wacht sie in seinem Haus auf. Die Hände gefesselt. Und sie begreift, dass ihr Albtraum erst begonnen hat.

Caught in time, Meryn watches on as his world burns. The lord's daughter, Avalyne, disappears while traveling to visit her betrothed. Tick is thrown into prison after being accused of stealing. Meryn’s broken leg leads to the discovery of a strange new ability….The kingdom erupts into seemingly unrelated chaos, and the king’s guard are left fighting an uprising of disguised insurgents—pretenders in their ranks. For all that is good, the king’s guard must get to the bottom of the dark plot of the Black Hand and save the kingdom before it’s too late.

This book is based on real-life events and is a raw and authentic account of a true fight for life and justice—a memoir of a mother’s love for her daughter, Rachel, who is diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy, a condition which makes her incapable of voluntary movement or speech. It tells of hopes and fears, and the true meaning of what it’s like to be the mother of a daughter with severe cerebral palsy. It portrays Rachel’s passion for life and her mischievous sense of fun.

When you are only about 90 degrees from absolute zero, it is not hot, despite the fact that the sun is shining down on you 24 hours a day. The answer to this riddle is that you are on Uranus, in the arctic circle, where the sun is a bright star almost directly overhead. And what are you doing on Uranus? You need the money. Nils Borgmann, however, was sweating. And the reason was that the heating unit on his space suit, like the heating units on almost all space suits, was not functioning properly.

Wir spielen ein Katz-und-Maus-Spiel. Ich bin der Böse, du bist die Maus. Eigentlich ist jagen nicht mein Ding, denn ich bekomme immer, was ich will, doch bei dir ist es anders. Dein Versuch, mich täuschen zu wollen, ist so niedlich, dass ich gar nicht anders kann, als mir vorzustellen, was ich tun werde, sobald ich dich habe. Dass du nebenbei versuchst, mehr über mich, meine Freunde und kriminellen Geschäfte herauszufinden, ignoriere ich mal, weil ich noch nicht will, dass du stirbst.

Divided and coping with loss, the heroes of Dragon’s Nest must learn to carry on in their task to keep their home safe while on separate paths. The grand city of Lorsyn awaits three travelers, while the fourth is compelled to return to those who share her blood, in championing those who carry none of it. Trials await before either endeavor is to be concluded, and a onetime street urchin will have to reconcile with dark days long past if there’s to be hope in the ones to come. Lorsyn is in need of champions to unshackle its people from a gluttonous tyrant.

El futuro rey Alfonso XIII, cuando era pequeño, vio que empezaba a movérsele un diente y eso le dio pavor. Así que su madre, la reina regente María Cristina encargó a Luis Coloma, entonces académico de la lengua, un cuento para calmarle.

Hope ran deep when Smith left humanity’s first generation ship to lay roots with his wife and son in the open air of a new planet. When the colony ship broke apart on entry, however, countless lives were lost, including Smith’s beloved wife. He now fights to keep his son and his colony alive, all the while fighting off alien-induced hallucinations. Meanwhile, Smith’s apprentice Tashon seeks to discover what happened to his beloved mentor and the colony. He soon learns that the expedition’s leaders are focused on a much more imminent danger.

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