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Jae Hwa Lee is ready to forget about immortals and move on with her life. Until the god of darkness, Kud, sends an assassin to kill her. She escapes with the knowledge that Kud is seeking the lost White Tiger Orb, and joins the Guardians of Shinshi to seek out the orb before Kud can find it. But Kud is a stronger and more devious god than Jae ever imagined.

On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee and three of her classmates hostage in the claustrophobic confines of their dorm room. The desperate man with his finger on the trigger - Yoona's onetime friend, Lloyd Kang - is unraveling after a mysterious accident in Korea killed his closest friend, Jaesung, who was also the love of Yoona's life.

So you're an atheist. Now what? The way we deal with life - with love and sex, pleasure and death, reality and making stuff up - can change dramatically when we stop believing in gods, souls, and afterlives. When we leave religion - or if we never had it in the first place - where do we go? With her unique blend of compassion and humor, thoughtfulness and snark, Greta Christina most emphatically does not propose a single path to a good atheist life. She offers questions to think about, ideas that may be useful, and encouragement to choose your own way.

An elderly woman in early 22nd-century Lagos is called in to help test the artificial intelligence built from her genius mother’s mind, but all is not as it seems. Exiled from Earth for a crime of passion, a young man must learn to survive a barely habitable prison planet. From the bustling streets of Lagos to the icy moons of Jupiter, this debut collection of twenty stories from the vivid imagination of the award-winning Wole Talabi explores what it means to be human in a world of accelerating technology, diverse beliefs, and unlimited potential from a uniquely Nigerian perspective.

La ricostruzione postbellica, il miracolo economico, l'instabilità degli anni Settanta e Ottanta, il rallentamento degli anni Novanta e Duemila, la grande crisi iniziata nel 2008: il audiolibro sintetizza settant'anni di economia italiana collocandone le vicende nel contesto economico internazionale e nel processo di integrazione europea.

Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school—again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn’t upset: she only wants to know why. But Ginny has always been in-between. She can’t bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie’s scraps of paper and storybook drawings that changes everything: The sky is about to fall. Where do you go?

Der Tag der Bundestagswahl. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich, weshalb die scheidende Kanzlerin Margot Heinkel noch einmal - und das auf gänzlich unerwartete Art und Weise - ins Wahlgeschehen eingreifen muss. Die Partei ist geschockt, das Volk überrascht - die Medien in purer Hysterie. Doch Heinkels finaler Coup, ihr unfassbares "Abschiedsgeschenk" für die Nation gelingt. Und es soll sich zeigen: Nichts im Vorfeld dieser ganz besonderen Bundestagswahl am Ende der "Ära Heinkel" ist wirklich zufällig passiert! Die gesamte Chronologie war sorgfältig choreografiert.

Konstantin Hertz heißt der neue Kanzlerkandidat der Partei - darauf einigen sich in einer schwierigen Entscheidungsphase die Parteimitglieder letztlich. Weil Hertz die größte politische Erfahrung, das "schärfste" politische Profil hat. Die Noch-Kanzlerin macht überraschend gute Miene zu diesem Spiel. Unterstützt den designierten Nachfolger scheinbar nach Kräften - was aber doch nur Hilfe zum Scheitern ist. Was mehr und mehr im laufenden Wahlkampf sichtbar wird: Die großen Themen, die in Medien und beim Wahlvolk "ziehen", setzen andere - der politische Gegner.

On a cold spring morning in 1925 in Garnet, Texas, Maul Entringer and Mabel Johnson are married. Together, they build a life in the Flats, the only part of Garnet where African Americans are allowed to live. They won’t stay long. They’ll find a better town with more opportunities. But there are a few things Maul has not told his young, beautiful wife. Things happened to Maul when he was young, and he can’t escape them. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, The Three Lives of Maul Entringer shows how one man learns to live with his past.

Menschen sterben - wegen der Pandemie. Der nationale Notstand wird ausgerufen. Kanzlerin Heinkel regiert mit harter Hand - aber auch gegen wachsenden Widerstand und immer neue offene und verdeckte Breitseiten der internen und externen politischen Gegner. Weshalb sie sich auch eingestehen muss: Sie hat bis hierher ihre Gegner unterschätzt. Durch die Pandemie gewinnt sie erst einmal Zeit, und damit auch die Herrschaft über den politischen Diskurs.

Con l'avvento delle armi da fuoco, l'organizzazione degli eserciti permanenti, il ricorso a condottieri, mercenari e militari che fanno della guerra una professione, la costruzione degli stati si accompagna a un periodo di bellicosità nuovo. Le forze armate costano sempre di più, condizionano l'economia, la società e la cultura, lasciando tracce di devastazione, ma creando anche notevoli trasformazioni nei ruoli e nel coinvolgimento delle popolazioni.

Ottavia ha quindici anni e all’improvviso si risveglia, spaesata e senza memoria, in luogo misterioso e labirintico: la fortezza di Haresind. Durante la fuga sarà accompagnata da diverse creature, incontrerà altri prigionieri e, come nei migliori videogames, affronterà numerose prove, imbattendosi in esseri mostruosi e personaggi ambigui. Il percorso che la porterà alla salvezza, ricomponendo il puzzle dei suoi ricordi, sarà anche il mezzo per scoprire il significato più profondo della fortezza.

Dr. Tarak Sarna cannot sleep. Recently from the Mumbai Royal Hospital, he’s taken a job as a telemedicine doctor in Garnet, Texas. No one in India has ever heard of the place! And no wonder - it took Tarak two days and five airports to get to Garnet. Tarak is so tired, yet he cannot sleep at night. His mind and his body still think it’s lunch time in Mumbai.

Meet Queen. She drives a garbage truck in Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen wonders what will become of her life. Her marriage did not work out. Her cold husband locked her out. He dumped her boxes in front of the house with a note. She had few job skills. Yet, like a tender plant after a terrible winter, Queen puts down roots and grows. Her ex-brother-in-law gets her a job with the City of Garnet Solid Waste Department.

It’s June 1933. The rest of the United States seems to be falling to pieces, but in Little Wellington, Texas, the farmers, ranchers, and townspeople just want it to rain. They’re also concerned about some strange events, like a luxury car cruising around at night without any lights and a child’s ball that keeps appearing and disappearing all by itself. And then, the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde pay a visit...with disastrous results.

Adquiere la fortaleza mental y los hábitos de los bailarines para lograr cualquier cosa que te propongas.

1919: Zwei Jahre nach den schrecklichen Ereignissen auf der Insel glaubt Randolph Carter, seinen Frieden gefunden zu haben. Doch da irrt er. Eines Tages entdeckt er im Wald eine halb verschüttete Gruft. Fortan ist er besessen von dem Gedanken, diese zu betreten... Und als er es schließlich tut, entfesselt er das BÖSE!

1917: Soldaten der Kriegsmarine retten einen verwirrten Mann aus den Fluten des Meeres. Erst behauptet er, sich an nichts zu erinnern. Dann aber tischt er dem diensthabenden General eine schier unglaubliche Geschichte auf! Eine Geschichte, die unsere Welt für immer verändern wird! Die Geschichte von DAGON.

Ein verträumter Schnäppchenhof auf dem Land mit wildem Obstgarten, Bienenstock und einem eigenen Hofladen - davon träumt Leni schon ihr ganzes Leben, und so wagt sie kurzerhand den Neuanfang. Doch es gestaltet sich schwerer als gedacht, den alten Hof zu renovieren und in der eingeschworenen Dorfgemeinschaft als Imkerin und Hofladenbesitzerin Fuß zu fassen.

I bambini, solo conoscendo il senso delle cose, riescono a spiegarsele. E per capire chiedono, instancabili, sempre. Quando si regge lo stillicidio dei loro perché e ci si sforza di dargli le risposte che meritano, si arriva sempre al cuore delle questioni. La voglia di raccontare la storia già molto conosciuta, ma non ancora da tanti digerita, di Franco Basaglia, del manicomio liberato e del suo superamento, nasce proprio dalle domande dei più piccoli e dal tentativo di provare a ripercorrere fatti già noti con gli occhi e il cuore di una di loro, per darne una lettura inedita.