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Standing quietly at the elevator door to the North Tower of the Ultimo Hotel in Las Vegas, JW watches the numbers go down as the elevator descends to him. He thinks—sixty-five floors? There is a serial killer up there! If the mission is a success, it means a second career chasing serial criminals with a special FBI task force. If not, the Lieutenant will be going home defeated and outsmarted by a warped criminal mind. JW needs this to work; he needs another chance at the man who shot him. The elevator doors open, and the team steps aboard.

London, 1977. Year of the Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols—and a spate of unexplained disappearances from across the academic world. Elizabeth Belfort, a young agent with a high-flying career and a low-flying marriage, is urgently dispatched to bring in an elusive government informant. But she soon finds herself drawn into the mysterious world of this informant and his family as they embark on a rescue mission. New horizons and new loves start to overturn her well-ordered life. 

When an act of mercy ends in betrayal, the companions are attacked, and three of their crew abducted. Led by Ryan, the remaining members set out on a deadly rescue mission. Standing in their way—a forest overrun by barbaric cultists and mutated beasts. Alien animals hide behind every tree. Strange creatures creep through the canopy. An apex predator watches, ceaselessly, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth’s lands and seas...

There ain’t no huntin’ in Heaven. The hunter becomes the hunted in this gripping tale of animal vengeance. Animal Killer is the story of Louie Pastore’s journey into the afterlife where he is hunted and tormented by the animals he murdered while alive. Upon his passing into the next world Louie is put on trial for his cruelty. The jurors who will decide his fate...the souls of every animal that had ever walked the Earth. At stake...the eternal destination of his soul. Will Louie escape and save his soul, or will he be lost to the abyss?

Urban Legend is about the animals within an urban area, each claiming their turf and trying to find peace among themselves and humans. It focuses on a fox named Artful, who, as the protagonist, is thrust into a world he wants no part of. Destiny plays a role when a band of unlikely heroes take a journey of epic proportions and ultimately end up finding themselves. With danger at every turn, will our heroes survive their greatest fears? This audiobook is full of action, adventure, comedy, romance, and tragedy. You will never forget the legend.

Danny works at Belle Vue Zoo, where - alongside training the famous elephant Maharajah - he helps out with the day-to-day tasks of caring for the animals. But when animals start escaping, Danny is the prime suspect: after all, he was a former street urchin and pickpocket. When a man turns up claiming to be his father, the plot thickens. Can Danny untangle the mystery of the animal escapade - and find out where he really belongs - in order to clear his name? 

'الكبش الشجاع' هي قصّة طويلة للأديب الأكثر شهرة فى الصين شيوى تينغ وانغ، وتندرج ضمن سلسلة قصص الحيوانات للناشئة، وهى السلسلة الأكثر مبيعا فى الصين، وقد ترجمت إلى...

Ледяной ветер перемен развеял пепел погребальных костров. Совет и Братство уничтожены, а Древний маг собирается открыть врата в параллельный мир. Гаррету и Марилли предстоит нелегкий путь сквозь тайны прошлого и невзгоды настоящего. Потери, предательства и союзники. В решающей битве за свободу каждый заплатит свою цену.

Гаррет и его близкие оказались по разные стороны баррикад. Старые законы сожрало магическое пламя и теперь ничего не будет так, как прежде. Лидеры Братства достигли своей цели. Но получили ли они то, чего так рьяно желали? Из ловушки между мирами вырвался тот, о чьем существовании заклинатели даже не подозревали.

Unbeknownst to all but a select few, Jim is a federal agent whose skills and sled dogs are often pressed into service to thwart criminals and foreign agents operating in Alaska and beyond. On short notice he and his dogs must be prepared to sled or fly to hotspots to covertly perform their duty, train other handlers on a snow-covered mountaintop in Hawaii, or even provide eye-candy for an impromptu presidential publicity event.

Beastly Uprising: When Animals Unleash Terror is a gripping thriller that plunges listeners into a nightmarish scenario where the creatures of the wild turn into relentless predators, united by an unseen force. As cities crumble and societies collapse, a group of unlikely allies must uncover the sinister truth behind this unleashed terror and find a way to stop the cataclysmic event before humanity faces extinction.

Anyone who has spent any time in the North Country, either as a visitor or a resident, has probably heard the name Robert Service. This audiobook is more or less an homage to this British Canadian poet and writer, often referred to as “The Bard of the Yukon”.