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Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.

Die Jagd nach ihrem neugeborenen Sohn Martin führt Dorian und Coco vom Himalaya bis an die panamaische Ostküste. Hier in Portobelo ist Dorian in seinem dritten Leben als Georg Rudolf Speyer vor 400 Jahren in See gestochen. Aber fährt die "Torquemada" tatsächlich heute noch als Geisterschiff über die sieben Meere – mit Martin an Bord?

Sir Henry Baskerville, Erbe von Baskerville Hall, lebt schon eine Weile auf dem im Moor gelegenen Anwesen. Dort verläuft ein Tag wie der andere und Sir Baskerville langweilt sich fürchterlich. Doch dann findet er bei einem seiner Besuche in Grimpen, gemeinsam mit Dr. Mortimer, den Büroangestellten Blake Glover tot auf. Der Mann ist eindeutig ermordet worden. Inspiriert von seinen Begegnungen mit Sherlock Holmes und Irene Adler beginnt Sir Baskerville in diesem Fall zu ermitteln.

Fed up with working for someone else? Want to start your own business but don't want to wait years to reap the rewards? Take every shortcut you can... and get there fast. As Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times, Rachel Bridge has met hundreds of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. Now she shares their expertise to show you the top 20 shortcuts to creating a booming business - and the energy-sapping, time-wasting traps to avoid along the way - so you too can make a million - asap.

In an emotional ecosystem as complex as that of our planet, is life nothing more than survival of the fittest? Michael Hollinger based his probing work on the real-life giant tortoise named “Lonesome George”, and the efforts to preserve his species that threatened the livelihood of the native fishermen on the Galàpagos Islands. This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Fiktive Ich-Erzähler berichten über ihre Begegnungen mit der dunklen Seite der Täter. Durch die involvierende Erzählperspektive werden die Hörerinnen und Hörer ein Teil der Geschichte und können die Charaktere persönlich kennenlernen. Grausame Fakten eingebettet in spannende Augenzeugenberichte lassen keinen Zweifel: Das Interesse an Kriminalfällen ist so alt wie das Verbrechen selbst.

Im tropischen Paradies der Südseeinsel Tanna lauern unheimliche Gefahren: Tückische Krankheiten und die grausamen Traditionen der einheimischen Kannibalenstämme bedrohen das Leben der dort lebenden Missionare. Doch der Schotte John Paton (1824 - 1907) ist ohne Furcht. Sein Wunsch ist es, den Völkern der Südsee das Evangelium zu bringen. Gerade die Kannibalen, zu denen sich kaum jemand wagt, liegen ihm am Herzen. Im Vertrauen auf Gott hält er trotz großer Gefahren, schwerer Schicksalsschläge und herber Enttäuschungen durch und erlebt schließlich, wie Gott eine unglaubliche Erweckung schenkt.

“A full cast of narrators, including the author, delivers this enchanting collection of short stories about love, magic, and betrayal.”—AudioFile This program features multicast narration. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Januaries, a stunning collection of...

Read by a diverse cast of performers, including the author Olivie Blake Dazzling stories of love, magic and betrayal . . . A sensational collection from internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the spirit tethered to a magical bridge rapidly...

Eddie, Hannah und Ben sind völlig aus dem Häuschen. Der Vater ihrer Freundin Luisa lädt sie in seine neue Heimat Südafrika ein. Doch was als harmloser Urlaub beginnt, wird schnell zu einem neuen Fall für das TEAM UNDERCOVER. Der Tauchgang zu einem versunkenen Schiff wird sabotiert, als sich ihnen plötzlich ein riesiger Hai nähert.

The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the internationally bestselling dark academic phenomenon, The Atlas Six. Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library leaves the...

This program features multicast narration. "This audiobook...is fully realized by a talented ensemble of narrators." —AudioFile on The Atlas Six The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling...

After her mother's death, Rani Ashiramsi must leave her home in Bombay and join her father in the African village of Saringal. There she loses her heart to sugar cane plantation manager Willem Dewar—but Willem is married and when Rani discovers she is pregnant, she has no option but to make a new life for herself and her child. Graeme Carruthers comes to Rani's rescue, offering a marriage of convenience and a new life in Australia on his family's sugar cane farm. The birth of her son, Davin, helps to heal Rani's broken heart and she hopes to find happiness with Graeme.

Reinhold Messner erzählt von dem, was seine Erfolge ausmacht: die Fähigkeit, Ballast abzuwerfen, Verzicht statt Konsum. Was hat ihn aus der Enge eines Bauerndorfs in den Dolomiten auf die höchsten Gipfel der Welt geführt? Welche Werte haben ihn auf seinem Weg geleitet? Aber Messner stellt sich nicht nur den Fragen nach seinem Leben. Fragen, die uns alle betreffen, stehen im Mittelpunkt: Nachhaltigkeit, Klimawandel und Generationengerechtigkeit. Auch sehr Privatem weicht er nicht aus und spricht offen von Krisen und Enttäuschungen, von Trennung und Neuanfang in der Liebe.

Koreanisch-Wortschatz direkt ins Ohr! Das Audio-Wortschatztraining für alle, die gerne über Hören Koreanisch lernen. Über 1.500 koreanische Vokabeln, Wörter, Wendungen und Beispielsätze für Anfänger:innen (A1). Alle Inhalte in beiden Sprachrichtungen zum Nachsprechen und Üben der koreanischen Aussprache. Für zu Hause und unterwegs in Bus, Bahn oder Auto. Jedes Thema in beiden Sprachrichtungen: effektives Training Koreanisch – Deutsch und Deutsch – Koreanisch. Alle Wörter und Sätze sind in Deutsch und Koreanisch professionell von Muttersprachler:innen vertont.

This is the story of the women who took part in the Long March, seen through the biographies of three key players. Lee and Wiles trace the womens' stories in three time periods: the Long March itself, a decade later at liberation and then 40 years on. Drawing on published and unpublished sources, including interviews, this is the moving story of one of the great events of 20th-century history.

"I'll give you all the dirt darling." K.C. Gordon can't wait to find out what her old school friend Angelique means by this cryptic comment. But before they meet, someone cuts short the life of international model Angelique Lanci in a hail of bullets. Loved by few, despised and envied by many, Angelique instigated infidelities, salacious gossip, betrayal, and jealousy. But did she deserve to be gunned down in her own home?

Loulou Landers is about to turn 49 and she's feeling seriously overlooked. She hasn't had a relationship for 20 years, her 21-year-old daughter Theo is giving her the cold shoulder, and is that really a bunion making it so painful to walk, or is Christian Louboutin losing his touch? Theo can't see what her mum is so hung up about. It's only another birthday. And she has more important things to think about - mainly herself. For not only is Loulou permanently single, but so is Theo – despite her legendary good looks. But over the course of a summer, everything changes.

Phryne Fisher is asked to investigate the death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. She takes a job within the women's magazine that employed the victim. While Phryne is learning the ins- and-outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos. While waiting for her lover Lin Chung's return from a silk-buying expedition to China, she receives an unusual summons from Lin Chung's family followed by a series of mysterious assaults and warnings.

Kate: a strong-willed heiress determined to defy Edwardian convention. Odette: a fiercely independent and idealistic young journalist. Years apart yet inextricably linked by Zanana, the magnificent mansion they both love. From turn-of-the-century India to contemporary Sydney, The Last Rose of Summer is a spellbinding saga of love, possession, and intrigue; a story of bitter struggle and jealousy. Of two women connected across the decades by the men who love them and the magic of Zanana.