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En gammel mand hænger sig og efterlader sig en overraskende stor formue. Da samtlige hans arvinger bliver forbigået i testamentet, er alle i chok – ikke mindst hans sorte hushjælp, som arver alle pengene. Hun søger hjælp hos advokaten Jake Brigance, der bliver midtpunkt i et drama om...

Das 1. Buch Samuel ist ein biblisches Buch des (jüdischen) Tanach und des (christlichen) Alten Testaments. Ursprünglich, und im Tanach bis heute, bildet das 1. Buch Samuel zusammen mit dem 2. Buch Samuel eine Einheit, das Buch Samuel.

Das Buch Rut oder Ruth ist ein Buch des Tanach. Wie kein anderes biblisches Buch thematisiert es die soziale Realität für Frauen in der patriarchalen Gesellschaft des antiken Israel. Namensgebende Hauptperson ist eine Moabiterin.

On the verge of a complete breakdown, Peter Hahn quit his globe-trotting corporate job and laid down roots in the French countryside—determined to make a go of winegrowing. Peter bought a run-down, four-hundred-year-old “pile of a house,” ten acres of woodland, and a neglected vineyard in...

On the verge of a complete breakdown, Peter Hahn quit his globe-trotting corporate job and laid down roots in the French countryside—determined to make a go of winegrowing. Peter bought a run-down, four-hundred-year-old “pile of a house,” ten acres of woodland, and a neglected vineyard in...

“Hits that classic fantasy sweet spot in the fashion of Tolkien; a sensational, emotionally-charged work… A must-read for fans of Cahill and Paolini." —FanFiAddict FORGED IN DRAGONFIRE, A NEW LEGEND IS BORN The tyrant gods have fallen. Dragons have returned. Monarchs scrabble for power...

We all have our secrets. Mine? I have to kill my boss. His? He knows—and wants me anyway. Roan Përmeti is gorgeous, the way an approaching storm is. Dark. Powerful. Ruthless. He's heir to a brutal Albanian crime family. And the target I've been blackmailed into taking down. That's how I end...

Originally published in 1978, Aggression in the Schools: Bullies and Whipping Boys is widely considered to be the first scientific study of bullying. This was an investigation of a largely hidden and neglected problem in schools at the time—some children, whipping boys, were exposed over long...

Sometimes dreaming is even better than making plans says Houndsley, as he enjoys the quiet time brought about by a major snowstorm. At first, his friend Catina frets about being snowed in and missing the concert scheduled for that evening. But, as the snowfall continues, she begins to accept whatever the day brings—and appreciates the quiet and the chance to dream in this gentle reminder for everyone about the importance of taking time out.

Through a blend of historical perspective, empirical evidence, and behavioral insight, The Perfect Portfolio reveals a fundamental truth: while we can see which portfolios thrived in the past, the best-performing portfolio of the future remains a mystery. That’s why this book emphasizes the...

The prestigious annual anthology features prize-winning stories by an international array of talented writers, including Weike Wang, Colm Tóibín, Louise Erdrich, Samanta Schweblin, Jenny Xie, Kevin Wilson, Brandon Taylor, and Catherine Lacey. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge...

Enter the world of the Pendleton: The original owner became a recluse - and was rumored to be more than half mad - after his wife and two children were kidnapped in 1896 and never found. The second owner suffered a worse tragedy in 1935, when his house manager murdered him, his family, and the entire live-in staff.... Craftsmen and laborers working on renovations disappear or go mad.... For years, the Pendleton is a happy place, until a bad turn comes again.... Voices in unknown languages are heard in deserted rooms....

Resources are scarce in the Deathlands, but the mega-cemetery of Oregon holds the treasures and trinkets of three million corpses killed in the nukecaust. Stumbling into warring parties of graverobbers, Ryan Cawdor and his companions fall in with an old ally of J.B. Dix who offers an attractive promise of unlimited ammunition for their services. But the graves hold other secrets that could spell the annihilation of the human race unless their excavation is halted.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming. 

In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage with the group that helped define the sound of a generation and influenced artists such as U2, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Unlike other books...

Proclus - or Proclus of Athens, as he is sometimes known - is widely and rightly considered to be one of the most significant later Neoplatonist philosophers. At age 40 (c.437 CE) or so, Proclus became head of the revived Plato’s Academy in Athens. In his role for the next 50 years, the...

The Anatomy of Melancholy is one of the most remarkable books ever written. First published in 1621, and hardly ever out of print since, it is a huge, varied, idiosyncratic, entertaining and learned survey of the experience of melancholy, seen from just about every possible angle that could be...

No less a figure than Bertrand Russell remarked that Aristotle’s Physics was ‘extremely influential and dominated science until the time of Galileo’. This was despite the fact that this work is as much a collection of ‘lectures on nature’ rather than dealing with the science of physics...

These four works show Samuel Beckett at his most penetrating. Both Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Not I (1972) are among the most striking pieces written for the theatre in the 20th century. An old man sits at a table, playing back old tapes made when he was younger, mixed glimpses of past feelings. In Not I, we have just a mouth expressing memories and torment in a torrent of words.

Vi møder Giorgio Faletti, den italienske thriller mester, i en anden forklædning i hans nye bog Skæbnespil. Giorgio Faletti som vi kender med masser af mystik, mord og hårdkogte thrillers bl.a. fra "Jeg dræber", "Øjet der ser" og "Bravo" er tilbage med endnu en handlingsmættet krimi der med perfekt gehør behandler korruption i fodboldverdenen, de unge italieneres manglende fremtid, den enkeltes ansvar og konflikter mellem fædre og sønner - alt sammen let og elegant drejet om et plot, der holder lytterne fast.