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Struggling with money, raising a child alone, and fleeing a volatile ex, Jess McMachen accepts a job caring for an elderly patient. Flo Gardner—a disturbed shut-in and invalid. But if Jess can hold this job down, she and her daughter, Izzy, can begin a new life. Flo's vast home, Nerthus House, may resemble a stately vicarage in an idyllic village, but the labyrinthine interior is a dark, cluttered warren filled with pagan artefacts. And Nerthus House lives in the shadow of a malevolent secret. A sinister enigma determined to reveal itself to Jess and to drive her to the end of her tether.

Im Keller eines Kieler Mietshauses wird die Leiche einer hübschen jungen Frau gefunden. Sie wurde ausgehungert, nach ihrem Tod geschminkt und wie eine Puppe vor einem Spiegel drapiert. Der Brief, der bei ihr liegt, erklärt, warum sie sterben musste: Sie war zu schön. Kriminalkommissarin Jana Bein und ihr neuer Kollege Oliver Markquart übernehmen den Fall und glauben, dass es sich beim Täter um einen Serienkiller handeln könnte.

I'm a pawn in a game between two powerful men. My captor, who I despise. The other I ran away from. Now, our paths cross again, and I hope he doesn't fall for the trap. We can't meet. It's forbidden. If we're caught, it'll doom us both.

Der Zauberberg erstmals als ungekürztes Hörbuch, virtuos gelesen von Thomas Sarbacher. Geplant als Novelle, als heiteres Gegenstück zum Tod in Venedig, entstand mit dem Zauberberg einer der großen Romane der klassischen Moderne. Ein kurzer Besuch in einem Davoser Sanatorium wird für den Protagonisten Hans Castorp zu einem siebenjährigen Aufenthalt, der Kurort wird zur Bühne für die europäische Befindlichkeit vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg.

An incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice (“anti-racist”) orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences. In this provocative book...

D'étranges portails sont apparus sur Terre, laissant s'échapper d'abominables monstres... Que pourrait bien faire le chasseur le plus faible du monde pour sauver l'humanité ? À notre époque, d'étranges portails sont apparus sur Terre, connectant la planète à des donjons peuplés de monstres. Pour les combattre, l'humanité peut compter sur les chasseurs, des humains ayant développé des capacités surnaturelles.

De bijzondere Pippi Langkous is zonder twijfel een van de meest geliefde personages uit de Scandinavische kinderliteratuur en heeft een speciale plek in de harten van zowel volwassenen als kinderen veroverd. Het eerste verhaal in deze verhalenbundel onthult hoe Pippi in Villa Kakelbont kwam wonen en hoe ze vrienden werd met Tommy en Annika. In het tweede verhaal gaan Pippi, Tommy en Annika op een leuk schoolreisje en wordt Pippi bezocht door haar vader, Kapitein Efraïm Langkous.

Der schlimmste Tag in Svens Leben liegt fünf Jahre zurück. Seit damals kommt ihm keine Frau für mehr als eine gemeinsame Nacht ins Haus. Erst recht keine Touristin mit Kind, die ihn mitten im Winter in den eiskalten See schubst, ununterbrochen quasselt und plötzlich seine Hilfe benötigt. Dumm nur, dass er einfach nicht "Nein" sagen kann. Und dass diese Jule, wenn sie ihm nicht gerade den letzten Nerv raubt, seltsame Dinge mit seinem Herzen anstellt. Für Jule ist dieser Tag der schlimmste seit ihrer Scheidung, immerhin wollte sie im sonnigen Süden am Strand liegen.

Que se passerait-il si le fils de la présidente des États-Unis et le prince d'Angleterre devenaient... beaucoup plus que des amis ? Quand sa mère a été élue présidente des États-Unis, Alex Claremont-Diaz s'est aussitôt retrouvé propulsé au rang de prince de la nation. Charismatique, intelligent, charmeur... son potentiel de séduction auprès des millennials est un atout majeur aux yeux de la Maison-Blanche. Seul problème : Alex est l'ennemi personnel du vrai prince, Henry – celui dont la grand-mère règne de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique.

Now an original series on Prime Video! This “spectacular…absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review). The House of the Spirits, which introduced...

Der Bestseller mit mehr als eine Million verkaufter Exemplare! Kann es sein, dass unsere Vorstellungen vom Glück uns unglücklich machen? Es gibt eine wachsende Zahl von Menschen, die das Gefühl haben, dass etwas in ihrem Leben fehlt. Trotz beruflichem oder privatem Erfolg sind sie nicht wirklich glücklich. Je stärker sie versuchen, schmerzhafte Gedanken und Gefühle zu verdrängen oder durch positive zu ersetzen, desto mehr leiden sie. Die aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuausgabe des Bestsellers "Wer dem Glück hinterherrennt, läuft daran vorbei" erklärt, wie Sie dieser Glücksfalle entkommen.

My monster isn't locked away anymore. He's free. And he's mine. Every wall I once built between us has been demolished, replaced by Ghost's merciless obsession. He isn't my convicted patient anymore. He's my shadow, my captor, and my addiction. Except it's not my fear he wants anymore. It's my...

Being forced to mate with a Darvasson male is my greatest fear. The powerful aliens already took my sister, and the thought of leaving my widowed mother all alone breaks my heart. But the Darvassons are helping ensure the survival of humankind, and they expect compensation.

As a vampyr who was born to fulfill a prophecy, my life was planned before I was created. I obeyed every rule, and I became the perfect vampyr, but one night changed everything. Rejected by the man who was destined for me, who was supposed to love me forever, I do the only thing I can. I flee into the night, nursing my broken heart. Being a rejected mate corrupts the soul, however, and in this game of Courts and Kings, nobody wins. Nobody except the monsters in the shadows.

I never looked back the day I left Sunset Drive. If I did, I knew that I would never leave the hellhole I had grown to despise, a place I began plotting my escape from as a child. The only difference was that I always thought she'd be by my side on the day I was finally free. The day I left it all behind was the day my hatred for the entire Wilson family was born. Poppy included. After all, she had lied to the police just to protect her monstrous father after he got my parents killed. From that day forward, I decided she needed to be dead to me.

I met him when my ship was sinking, and I clung to him through the storm. Little did I know he needed me as much as I needed him. The first time I saw Roman Dante King, he stuck out like an odd puzzle piece that got mixed up in the wrong box. It wasn’t his blue eyes in the dim light of the bar, the tattoos that covered his arms and hands, or even his arrogant personality. It was something else—something I couldn’t see—that told me he didn’t belong in our small beach town on the Oregon coast.

Daisy Murray was our best friend, the girl of our dreams, and the glue that held us all together. But our town hosted an evil presence, and it wanted Daisy all for itself. One night, it took her from us, and she was erased from history. On the tenth anniversary of her disappearance, we are summoned home—back to the tainted town—by the ghost of the girl we all loved. It should be impossible, but there's no chance any of us are willing to miss the opportunity to see her again.

Nobody loves a good story like Justin's dad. He's a famous writer and story collector. That's how Justin and his sister, Marissa, ended up in Brovania. Their dad is searching for an ancient manuscript called "The Lost Legend."Justin and Marissa want to help. But instead of finding "The Lost Legend," they get lost. And the woods of Brovania are filled with the strangest creatures. Like hundreds of squealing mice. Silver-colored dogs. And terrifying Vikings from long ago.

My name is Bexley Adams, but most people call me Karma. I control the streets, where my name is whispered with hope and horror. I am the enforcer of justice, the blade in the night, and, well, I have fun doing it—until I accidentally catch the attention of the three kings of the city. Each of the three Sai brothers is more dangerous than the last, and right now, their gazes are locked on me.

In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. O. J. Simpson was tried for the crime, but was ultimately found not guilty of criminal charges. The victims' families brought civil cases against Simpson, in which he was found liable for willfully and wrongfully causing the deaths of Ron and Nicole by committing battery with malice and oppression. The Goldman family views this book as Simpson's confession.