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When the healer Snake was summoned, she traveled the blasted landscape with her three serpents. From the venom of two of them, she distilled her medicines. But most valued of all was the alien dreamsnake, whose bite could ease the fear and pain of death.

A deceased scientist's telepathy experiments have been taken over by his unscrupulous assistant. A group determined to stop him is drawn into a web of intrigue involving Senate files, counterfeit money, gambling casinos, and the Secret Service.

Debra Traverso tells you how to prepare for the surprises most likely to throw small businesses off course. She helps you anticipate both predictable hurdles and devastating ordeals, so that no crisis will catch you off guard. No need to waste emotions, time, and money when a crisis hits: you can get a good night's sleep!

To succeed in business today, you must be strong, smart, competitive, resilient, tenacious, and fearless. If you want to be heard at work, you must speak up. If you want to drive change, you need an action plan. If you want to keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you must show on a daily basis how you add value to your company. In short, if you want to succeed, you need good, old-fashioned backbone.

Outsmarting Goliath confronts this paradox: many of today's consumers turn automatically to brand name products and services, forgetting that the well-advertised brontosauruses often deliver one-size-fits-all service and impersonal sales help. Yet a single phone call, a cleverly crafted letter, a stunning catalogue, winning ad, or a well-prepared face-to-face presentation can change a customer's perception.

Anna's family hope that a South African safari holiday will help her to get over her beloved husband's death. No one is more surprised than Anna herself when she finds herself strongly attracted to a fellow traveller, Lewis Masters, and despite her initial resistance, she is soon drawn into a new relationship. But back home, Anna's journalist son Jonathan is being repeatedly contacted by a young woman asking for his help, even though she's too frightened to say what is worrying her....

Catherine Morland reads tales of Gothic romance, yet leads a country life in Wiltshire. When she travels to Bath, she meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney. She is invited by his sister and father to stay at Northanger Abbey, where she meets all the trappings of Gothic horror that she has read about. Fortunately, she has her own good sense and irresistible but unsentimental hero, Henry Tilney.

Rona Parish is asked to write a biography of reclusive artist Ellie by her concerned sister. Ellie has seemingly disappeared, and the mystery surrounding her whereabouts has fuelled a new interest in her work. But when Rona discovers that Ellie’s closest friend committed suicide, Rona wonders whether Ellie, wracked by guilt over her friend’s death, could have been driven to do likewise....

James Markham's family are shocked when he jilts his fiancée for a woman he met only days earlier and about whom he appears to know very little. When they meet Abigail they are swayed by her beauty and charm, but puzzled by the aura of mystery that surrounds her.

In this war between the cold and callous, the stake is a little higher than just money, power, and respect. Boston and Kamden were once a team and knew one another's weaknesses. As a result, the men waste no time destroying everything the other has built and any casualties along the way. Boston...

A milestone in the history of the novel, Samuel Richardson's epistolary and elaborate Clarissa follows the life of a chaste young woman desperate to protect her virtue. The recording is divided into three volumes.

Layla Robinson is not crazy. She is suffering from unrequited love. But it's time to move on. No more stalking, no more obsessive calling. What she needs is a distraction. The blue-eyed guy she keeps seeing around campus could be a great one - only he is the new poetry professor - the married poetry professor.

After serving five years in prison, Kamden "Killa" King has returned home. Although his best friend Zeke did everything to make his transition into the free world as smooth as possible, Killa's family unit, as he knows it, has undergone the most unconventional changes. Aside from wanting to...

Detective Ethan Quinn has questions. The Arlington Slasher case is closed, the UNSUB no longer a threat - but Quinn can’t quiet the suspicion he harbors toward his partner and the young, attractive ME. Not only does he loathe his uncertainty, he’s torn between doing his job and protecting his team. Burying himself in cases no longer works. He’s restless. On edge. And tired of fighting his compulsions. Quinn has always viewed the law in black and white. Only now his world is swirling with a murky gray that threatens to devour him. 

Conquesto audiolibro prosegue la narrazione delle avventure di Gian Burrasca il bambino "pestifero" creato da Luigi Bertelli, detto Vamba, e pubblicate su il Giornalino della Domenica tra il 1907 e il 1908. Una fuga in campagna, una pianta che cresce a vista d'occhio, uno strano zoo e dei giochi di prestigio con esiti "imprevisti": questi sono alcuni degli episodi che possiamo ascoltare in questo audiolibro che raccoglie gli episodi narrati nel diario di Gian Burrasca dal 16 Ottobre al 2 Novembre.

Einzige Bedingung: kein Sex! Prinzessin Samira vereinbart eine reine Zweckehe mit ihrem guten Freund Prinz Tariq. Denn sie wünscht sich sehnlichst Kinder, er braucht eine Mutter für seine Zwillinge – mehr nicht. Bis unerwartet sinnliches Verlangen in Samira erwacht...

Vom ersten Moment an ist Dr. Carlo Santini von der jungen Suzannah bezaubert! So hingerissen ist er von ihr, dass er ihre Einladung zu einem romantischen Weihnachtsabend annimmt. Dabei weiß Carlo genau, dass ihnen nur ein Glück auf Zeit vergönnt ist. Denn er hat ein Geheimnis, das Suzannah...

Clara Woods ist eine Mörderin, das kann man nicht anders sagen. So ruht ihr Ehemann bereits seit einiger Zeit unter einem überwucherten Blumenbeet im Garten ihres alten, düsteren Hauses. Als Claras Bruder stirbt, soll ausrerechnet sie der Vormund ihrer Nichten Lily und Violet werden. Doch kaum sind die beiden Mädchen angekommen, ist Claras Frieden dahin. Denn Violet kann den toten Ehemann sehen – und alle Geister von Claras anderen Opfern auch.

Zwei spannende Abenteuer rund um Ostwind und Mika für junge Hörer*innen ab 4 Jahren Die verschwundenen Kürbisse Mika und Sam freuen sich auf Halloween. Sie verwandeln einen alten Heuwagen in einen Verkaufsstand für Kürbisse und schmücken ihn mit Grusel-Deko. Doch obwohl am nächsten Tag...

Für alle, die schon mal dachten: I can fix him. Spoiler-Warnung, da Folgeband! Willkommen zurück an der Montcrest University – einer geheimen Eliteakademie, tief verborgen in den schneebedeckten Schweizer Alpen. Abseits der sterblichen Welt studieren hier die Erben der versiegelten Unterwelt...