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College freshman Cassie Forsythe wakes from a disturbing nightmare after seeing her sister being murdered by a man in a cowboy hat who demands something called "the key". Her dream morphs into frightening reality when her sister is found dead, exactly as her vision foretold. In the series finale, the Nephilim and the Arkana scour the farthest reaches of the planet for the hiding place of the legendary relic known as the Sage Stone. At the same time, mortal danger threatens friends and foes alike as the cult's leader pushes humanity to the brink of extinction.

In The Granite Key, an antique dealer is murdered for a mysterious cipher stone that reveals the location of a collection of ancient artifacts. The victim's sister Cassie is stunned when she learns about her sibling's double life as an Arkana agent. She's even more stunned to discover the role she's about to play in helping the Arkana recover the trove. Along with two field agents, she travels to Crete to hunt for clues, unaware that ruthless Nephilim operatives are only steps behind.

Escribo el momento. Curiosa frase. Fácil de leer. Difícil de entender. La protagonista de esta novela de suspense sabe que la vida está formada por momentos. Muchos momentos forman una vida, y desde su adolescencia lleva un diario en el que escribe sobre la suya, llena de sus pequeñas y grandes cosas, como la de todo el mundo… Hasta que empiezan a ocurrirle sucesos extraños a los que no encuentra explicación. Poco a poco todo a su alrededor se irá derrumbando y solo sus antiguos cuadernos tendrán la clave de lo que está pasando, pero, ¿sabrá leer entre líneas?

Mother Nature struggles to maintain equilibrium in a changing world while fire, disease, logging, human displacement, and war repeatedly destroy forests of centuries-old trees. Split Toe, a deer chosen at birth for a unique education, travels through time to understand the interconnected workings of a Michigan forest. He meets humans along the way: Ice Age hunters who trap and kill a mastodon; Mukwoh, a young Ojibwe hunter who stalks Split Toe through swamp and forest; loggers clear-cutting Michigan’s white pines; Edra, a woman advocating for the trees…

Lost inside the academy, lost inside their minds, Gwyn has to lead the villains out to safety, knowing full well that they will be forced to make a choice. Once she gets them all out of the glass globe, she knows that choice could determine the fate of the rest of the world.

Eine E-Mail mit einer Adresse in Venedig, einem Foto aus den Dreißigerjahren und einer Gratulationsanzeige. Mehr Informationen haben Sid und Chiara nicht, als sie beschließen, die Vergangenheit eines mysteriösen Engländers zu enträtseln. Bei ihrer Suche landen die beiden im alten Ghetto Venedigs, im Wiener Untergrund und in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Nach und nach erforschen sie eine Biografie, die von einer ersten Jugendliebe, allerbesten Freunden, grenzenlosem Hass und Tragik erzählt. Unmerklich verwebt sich die Geschichte mit der Gegenwart und ihnen selbst. Gelingt es, das Puzzle vollständig zusammenzusetzen?

Sam’s life is far from ordinary. Living in a high-tech world without arms or legs, she has one special room where she can project herself as a 3D hologram, just like the holodeck from Star Trek. In that room, Sam can be whoever she wants to be—free to explore the world in ways her body can't allow. But when her dad surprises her with a tablet that can transport her hologram anywhere, Sam gets the opportunity of a lifetime: her first picnic—a simple dream come true. But things take a sudden, dangerous turn, and Sam finds herself on an unexpected adventure with no way back.

They called him Sven, the Shatterfist. The man who forgot. The man who remembered. In the bastion of the Adventurer's Twilight, he'll find the answers long since buried. He won't be alone. He's got family. Lloyd, the recruits. The friends he's made, and the friends he's kept. And most of all, Ash. Together they'll rebuild the life lost to time.

Abenteurer sterben nie, sie verblassen nur. Sie nannten ihn Sven, die Splitterfaust. Er gehörte zu einer Gruppe von Helden, die den Dämonenfürsten Mannon bekämpften. Jetzt ist er endlich nach Hause zurückgekehrt. Aber für Sven ist das Leben nach seiner Rückkehr aus der Fremde nicht mehr das, was es einmal war. Das Leben als Abenteurer ist auch nicht mehr das, was es einmal war. Alles hat sich verändert. Irgendetwas ist jetzt anders.

Jeder neue Anfang folgt auf das Ende eines anderen. Sie nannten ihn Sven, die Splitterfaust. Und das werden sie wieder tun. Ein Abenteurer der Stufe S, der vom Weg abgekommen ist. Seine Reise wird ihn in die Ferne führen. Zurück zu den Orten, die er einst kannte. Er ist nicht allein. Freunde, Kameraden. Ash. Gefundene Erinnerungen und hinzugewonnene Erinnerungen. Antworten werfen andere Fragen auf. Die Splitterfaust zieht weiter. Schließ dich dem Abenteuer an!

The story of Jet Black continues, and more of the mystery unfolds as Jet and his friends prepare to rescue the remaining children held at Miracle Manor by the sinister Dr. Drexler.

Il principe Rhen, erede al trono di Emberfall, è condannato da una maledizione a rivivere all'infinito l'autunno dei suoi diciott'anni, fino a che una ragazza non si innamorerà di lui. Facile? Non tanto, perché ogni anno Rhen si trasforma in un mostro che semina morte e distruzione. Ma un giorno nel suo mondo irrompe la giovane Harper Lacy. Sarà lei a liberarlo dalla maledizione e a salvare Emberfall dalla rovina?

Pippa Fitz-Amobi ha chiuso con le indagini e i misteri. Risolvere il caso del doppio omicidio di Andie Bell e Sal Singh è costato un prezzo troppo alto in termini di rischio e sofferenza, per se stessa e per coloro che ama.Intanto però il podcast che svela tutti i particolari di quell’indagine è diventato virale, e quando a Little Kilton qualcuno di molto vicino a lei scompare, Pippa non può ignorare la richiesta d’aiuto del suo migliore amico e si trova immersa suo malgrado in una nuova indagine, con una seconda stagione del podcast tutta da fare, stavolta in tempo reale...

Malý John Clayton, jediné dítě lorda Greystokea, osiřelý v africké džungli, je zachráněn kmenem lidoopů. Dítě, pojmenované "Tarzan," roste k mužnosti v divočině mezi divokými opicemi. Za pomoci nože a vrozené inteligence, Tarzan roste, aby se stal králem opic, schopný čelit jakémukoliv nebezpečí a pokořit všechny nepřátele. Lidé přicházející do Tarzanovy džungle, přinášejí nebezpečí, které je motivováno chamtivostí a podvody. Jestli má porazit tuto hrozbu a získat lásku Jane Porterové, krásné mladé ženy, bude zapotřebí veškeré Tarzanovy vychytralosti.

Join Earth’s greatest hero on the adventure of a lifetime! In her daily life, she’s Bonnie Boring, the petite, smart-mouthed customer service girl at the Big Box in Queens, where she laughs it up with her best friend, Lisa Lin, and falls all over herself around her work crush, “Handsome” Hal Holstein. Yet she is secretly an alien refugee from a distant world, possessing many awesome powers. For years, at the insistence of her mother, she has hidden her true self. Now she is at last coming forward, in her new alter ego as the superhero Ms. Infinity.

Cosa faresti se ti trovassi molto lontano da casa, in un luogo dall'aria pericolosa e poco familiare? Saresti in grado di affidarti all'istinto e sopravvivere? Be', è in questa situazione che si trova Jack Courtney. Ma Jack non sta solo cercando di sopravvivere. La sua missione è più grande ancora: salvare non soltanto se stesso, i suoi amici e i suoi genitori, ma anche il mondo intero.

"Fønix" er en historie om teenageren Anna i København i en nær fremtid. Hendes far er udsendt som soldat, og hun bor derfor det meste af tiden alene med sin mor. Anna har ikke rigtig nogen venner og føler sig fremmed for sine klassekammerater. En dag sker der en eksplosion i skolens fysiklokale, og en ukendt dreng står tilbage, da støvet har lagt sig. Han har jakkesæt på, bare fødder og en bærepose fra Føtex i hånden. Goddag du hedder Anna, siger han. Anna har aldrig set ham før, men han ved ting om hende, som han ikke burde kunne vide.

In questa Novella Papà Catrame ci racconterà delle Murene, un altro misterioso pesce a cui sono legate tante storie misteriose e tante superstizioni dei marinai.

La storia di due amici, Huck Finn e Jim, che cercano la libertà, nell'America dell'800, in lingua inglese! Una collana di Classici della letteratura in lingua originale, per giovani desiderosi di imparare una nuova lingua, in forma ridotta per renderli più facili. Pubblicati come audiolibri per permettere di apprendere in modo ancora più semplice la pronuncia delle parole.