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The Miner’s Wife follows the life of Virginia Hopper Spears, a strong and determined woman living in early 20th-century Illinois. When her husband, Ron Spears, goes to war and later vanishes into the Oregon mountains in search of gold, Virginia is left to raise their five children alone during a time of war, poverty, and the Great Depression.

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In the rugged and beautiful mountains of Oregon, Ron Spears, a war veteran seeking peace and purpose, builds a life as a gold miner. For thirty years, he lives a solitary existence on his claim, wrestling with the ghosts of his past and the relentless pursuit of gold. His isolation is broken by the return of his sons, Ryan and Mitchell, who find him and bring him back to Winona, Missouri, where he reunites with his daughters, Mary and Colleen, and spends his final days surrounded by family.

Die deutschen Verbände waren Anfang August 1944 in kleineren Gefechten laufend westwärts gedrängt worden, bis schließlich am 16. Oktober 1944 die sowjetische Offensive in Ostpreußen begann. Auf einem etwa 40 Kilometer breiten Frontabschnitt lagen die deutschen Stellungen unter mehrstündigem Kampf gegen alle verfügbaren Waffen der Roten Armee. Doch dann aber gelang der Wehrmacht ein Gegenschlag.

When listeners first meet the three rough CIA Black Ops agents at the heart of this novel, they’re on an unlisted mission to the Liman Abu Zaabal prison, a special rendition site in Egypt, north of Cairo, “the perfect environment for creativity in torture”. The three operatives, Delta Force titan Washington, dangerous ex-Irish Republican Army drunk Finnen, and small-town Kansas boy (and the book’s narrator) Morgan, have been dispatched to Liman Abu Zaabal in a kind of response to their having gone off-script in an earlier undertaking.

Open the Writers of the Future and be carried away by stories—and illustrations—that will make you think, make you laugh, and make you see the world in ways you never imagined. Twelve captivating tales from the best new writers of the year as selected by Writers of the Future Contest judges accompanied by three more from L. Ron Hubbard, Nancy Kress, S.M. Stirling.

Exotic Dusk, books one, two and three are contained in this book. Imagine a stranger in your town, he is magical and mystical with his show. He may grant your every wish or your worst nightmares. Is he an angel or is he something else? The drama unfolds in this sleepy little town like a freight train passing through at full speed. Frightening encounters and the surreal give this book an ethereal quality. If you are looking for a good read then this is the book for you.

Um die Verbindung zu der in Stalingrad eingekesselten 6. Armee sichern, startete General von Manstein am 21. November 1942 das Unternehmen „Wintergewitter“. Doch etwa 50 Kilometer vor der Stalingrader Front gab es Hindernisse. Um das Unternehmen weiterführen zu können, sollten Einzelkämpfer die Bedingungen für den weiteren Vormarsch erkunden! Sie wurden im Hinterland des Feindes nachts über der Wolganiederung abgesetzt. Der Inhalt des Romanes beruht auf Informationen die ein inzwischen 90-jähriger Fallschirmjäger geben konnte. Der Mut dieser Männer ist somit keine Legende!

Super sleuth Duke Dempsey is at it again when he is drawn into a world of corruption, deception, and murder. An assassinated mayor, the mob, and corruption that reaches the highest levels of government takes Duke on a journey that brings him face to face with his past. All the answers he seeks are in an elusive ledger that he must bring to light.

Inside this volume you’ll encounter a flawless time-rescue gone wrong, a beauty treatment with terrifying consequences, a detective hunted by a body-hopping killer, and a homesteader uncovering a truth that rewrites Earth itself. You’ll also find dragons that defy myth, fairy-tale chaos, supernatural horror, and high-concept science fiction that blends heart, humor, and imagination. From time travel and first contact to magical realism, monsters, and folklore-inspired fantasy —every story is brought vividly to life by a stellar narration cast.

Ride a trail of blazing guns and two-fisted action in the Wild West as L. Ron Hubbard brings American history to life. Growing up in Montana provided him with the first-hand experience that added a tone of authenticity to his western tales. Listeners will feel the heat, taste the dust, and hear the thunder of horses’ hooves in these tales from a master storyteller of the genre.

Enttäuscht vom Ausgang des 1. Weltkrieges gerät Heinz Wolff in die politischen Auseinandersetzungen der Weimarer Republik. Er ist begeistert vom Militär, wird als ehemaliger Kadett schließlich Offizier der Reichswehr und dann von der neu gegründeten SS übernommen.

It’s 1875, and Chiang Mai, capital of Lanna, is a cultural crossroads of Buddhist monks and Christian missionaries, of spirit doctors and opium smokers, of seductive dancers and Western adventurers. A sharp rise in teak prices sets off a mad rush for logging concessions, and the forests of Lanna resound to the thwack of axes and the trumpeting of elephants as the mighty trees are felled. Enter Doctor Marion Cheek, a medical missionary and teak trader, whose exploits in this exotic realm make him a legend in his lifetime.

Am 9. Mai 1941 kaperte die Royal Navy im Nordatlantik das deutsche U-Boot U-110 und sicherte sich dabei eine Enigma-Maschine, deren Chiffrierschlüssel und Codebücher. Die Briten konnten somit den gesamten Funkverkehr zwischen Dönitz und seinen U-Booten mitlesen. Der einzige Vorteil der Deutschen Kriegsmarine war jedoch, dass die Briten im Anfangsstadium noch sehr viele Stunden für die Entschlüsselung nur eines einzigen Funkspruches brauchten.

Slab Steele’s life is in a rut. Once the hottest craterback prospect coming out of Texas Space University, Slab is staring 30 in the face with nothing to show for it. Worse yet, his craterball career is circling the bottom of the bowl like yesterday’s grilled cheese sandwich. But things are about to change. On the eve of the biggest match of the season, a pair of mysterious strangers draw Slab into their web of weird.

Historians describe great wars as the clash of armies, the strategies of generals, the choices of leaders. But history is also shaped by the smallest moments—the flick of a wrist, the turn of a head, a slight hesitation. A single moment, barely noticed, that cascades into something far greater. And the world changes forever.

“The End Begins” is a standalone audiobook similar to The Left Behind Series, with new characters, current world views, A.I., wokeness and the “falling away” of modern times that describes the time period between the rapture and the second appearing of Christ at Armageddon through three groups of people in different parts of the world and what they experience.

Travel to alien worlds, brave dystopian futures, and unravel the mysteries of time itself. Whether it’s sentient robots, powerful witches, or daring explorers, these stories—written by the next generation of speculative fiction stars—come alive through immersive narration.

In 1624 London, a brave printer is executed, a portly poet is kidnapped, a Stratford-upon-Avon grave is emptied, King James is put into a panic, many swashes are buckled, and things are never as they seem, all because brave Nicholas and clever Valentina are about to discover and reveal the true identity of William Shakespeare.

In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors… Have selected best new voices of the year.