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Detective Superintendent Roy Grace thinks he's found a serial killer, but not everything is as it seems in Not Dead Enough, by award winning crime author Peter James, read by actor Neil Pearson. A beautiful socialite is dead. Roy Grace’s leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when...

One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization, One World. Singer, often described as the world's most influential philosopher, here addresses such essential concerns as climate change, economic globalization, foreign aid, human rights, immigration, and the responsibility to protect people from genocide and crimes against humanity, whatever country they may be in. Every issue is considered from an ethical perspective.

A country left in ruins after the fall of the Roman Empire is plundered and broken. Saxon hordes have invaded and conquered the East coast of Britain in a blood-soaked Great War which tore the old kingdoms apart. From Bernicia to Kent, land and kingdoms are now under Saxon rule. But these new conquerors want more…Britain's remaining kingdoms are jaded by the constant threat of war, their Kings old, alliances fickle and frayed. It seems Britain must fall enslaved to the brutal and marauding conquerors from across the sea.

Opdagelsesrejsende og grønlandsfarer Peter Freuchen fortæller her på skønlitterær vis den fængslende historie om en fattig grønlandsk kvinde, der påstår at have født den hellige ånds barn.

In Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know, legal scholar Peter J. Spiro explains citizenship through accessible terms and questions: what citizenship means, how you obtain citizenship (and how you lose it), how it has changed through history, what benefits citizenship gets you, and what obligations it extracts from you - all in comparative perspective.

Ego: The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity by Peter Baumann and Michael W. Taft is the first book to explore the positive evolutionary potential hidden in one of the most destructive events in history. In their examination of the evolutionary implications of 9/11 and its aftermath, the authors contend we are not falling into the grip of a new dark age at all; rather, we are on the verge of a much brighter one as the Darwinian process of natural selection continues to advance humankind.

To celebrate Radio 3's 50th anniversary, Man and Superman was directed by Sir Peter Hall, and preserved for all time in this lush audio dramatization. "A comedy and a philosophy", Man and Superman is based on the Don Juan theme, and using all the elements from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Shaw reordered them so that Don Juan becomes the quarry instead of the huntsman. Boasting an outstanding cast including Ralph Fiennes, Juliet Stevenson, Dame Judi Dench, John Wood, Nicholas Le Prevost, and Paul Merton.

Join the Pastors and staff of Saints Peter and Paul church, Houghton, MI, and various individuals for Conversate. Each week, we will sit down and have conversations that generally start from the sermon theme of the week. Join us as we model to you how you too can have Spiritual conversations with those you come in contact with. We hope you enjoy it!

La Terra degli Elfi è ancora sotto pericolo. Bellis e la sua compagnia sono appena giunti a Valle dell'Aquila, dove pensano di essere più al sicuro. I Pugni d’Acciaio, guidati dal loro Re, stanno provando a far breccia attraverso la Gola dell'Aquila, un passaggio nelle montagne che un gruppo di valorosi guerrieri difende eroicamente. Rubus, il fratello minore di Bellis, farà la conoscenza di Tiromancino, un giovane Troll spericolato come lui. Insieme, decideranno di addentrarsi nell'accampamento del nemico per dare una svolta alla guerra.

Drawing on the letters and records of individual soldiers, this compelling audio course invites you to explore the relationship between events on the battlefield and life on the home front. With more than 600,000 casualties, the Civil War cannot be understood by looking exclusively at famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant. As you’ll see, ordinary people — volunteer soldiers, runaway slaves, civilians in both the North and South — shaped the course of history.

La historia definitiva del mejor equipo de la historia del deporte como nunca antes nos la habían explicado. Incluye entrevistas con Richie McCaw, Steve Hansen, Bauden Barrett y Dan Carter.

With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water.

A savage murder interrupts a May-December marriage and leaves Brother Cadfael with a dark, terrible mystery to solve. For the key to the killing - and a secret - are hid among the lepers of Saint Giles. Now Brother Cadfael's skills must ferret out a sickness, not of the body, but of a twisted soul - in the fifth Brother Cadfael Chronicle, a work that displays Ellis Peters' special genius at her best.

Real Life Organizing offers clutter-free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest-worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life, and have more time for the things you love.

Investing experts and best-selling authors Peter J. Tanous and Jeff Cox return with The 30-Minute Millionaire, a step-by-step guide to achieving financial success. Whether you're new at investing or already preparing for retirement, the authors provide practical advice with specific examples, giving you the tools and knowledge you need on your path to becoming financially secure. The authors also give detailed instructions on exactly how much cash you'll need to start (less than you think!) and the best advice from financial gurus on your journey ahead.

Benedict XVI: A Life offers insight into the young life and rise through the Church’s ranks of a man who would become a hero and a lightning rod for Catholics the world over. Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Benedict himself, this two-volume biography is the definitive record of the life of Joseph Ratzinger and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. This first volume follows his early life, from his days growing up in Germany and his conscription into the Hitler Youth during WWII to his career as an academic theologian and eventual archbishop of Munich.

Il nemico degli Elfi, il Re Vanaglorius, continua imperterrito ad attaccare le difese degli Elfi a Gola dell'Aquila. È lì che Bellis e il suo esercito tentano con tutte le loro forze di respingere i soldati nemici. Ma la speranza degli Elfi è riposta in Tiromancino e Rubus, che insieme ad altri tre compagni, si sono addentrati nelle grotte attraverso le montagne alla ricerca della bacchetta da rabdomante, un'arma leggendaria che potrebbe sconfiggere una volta per tutte lo spietato invasore.

I forbindelse med en nynazistisk demonstration i det centrale Göteborg havner journalisten Kent Mortlands datter, Paula, på skadestuen med en flænge i panden. Sammen sætter far og datter sig for at undersøge miljøet. Det samme gør kriminalinspektør Elof Jönsson, der får øje på en sammenhæng mellem en række dødsfald, der egentlig var blevet afskrevet som selvmord. Snart går jagten på en lejemorder, der er villig til at gøre alt for at nå sit mål. Hvid sorg er den anden af fem kriminalromaner om journalisten Kent Mortland.

Amerikanske Noah Gordons bestsellerroman om Rob J. Cole, der vokser op i det 11. århundredes sygdomshærgede London. Da hans far og mor dør, kommer han i lære hos en excentrisk badskær, med hvem han rejser land og rige rundt og sælger mirakelkure til de syge. Rob opdager, at han har talent for at helbrede og beslutter sig for at blive læge. Dette fører ham ud på en større rejse, som ender i Persien, hvor han kommer i lære hos den tids største healer.

Declan Hunt is having a bad week. His kidnapping case is showing little progress, his office assistant has left him on short notice, and his latest investigation has left him literally battered and bruised. But things change when he hires twenty-four year old Charlie Watts to help out at the office. They form an unlikely partnership trying to solve two seemingly unrelated cases whose threads begin to weave together when the missing person case turns to murder. The investigation takes them from the dark alleys, gay bars and bath houses of Calgary, to the richest parts of the city.