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Dennis and Sarah Coleman wake up one Sunday to find the message "You’re all grounded!" on both of their phones. They at first think it’s a prank, but they soon figure out that they and their two young children are locked in the house and their communications with the outside world have been severed. They then get a phone call and learn that they are at the mercy of a psychopath hell-bent on punishing them for their sins. They must do as he says if they ever want to leave their house alive.

Three victims have been found, all killed in the same manner. Drowned when their cars were submerged in the Sacramento River. The killer’s trademark is an obscene word written on the side of each victim’s car. The police have few clues, but the victims all have one thing in common: they were aggressive, inconsiderate, mean drivers. They paid the ultimate price. When the vigilante is classified as a serial killer, the FBI steps in to help.

Willie Johnson takes his younger brother on a journey to escape a dangerous and racist sheriff. Along the way, the brothers contend with a life-and-death situation and meet Winnie who joins them on their journey. The Trip is based on stories told to the author by his father who was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1919. The story illustrates some of the prejudices and dangers confronting black families during this period of American history known as the Great Migration.

Brighton, 1938. Charlie "Big Bad" Woolf thought it would be easy money, and there’s precious little of that for a private detective in a seaside town. It was just a trip up to London to hand over an envelope - a favor for his old partner, Alan O’Connor. But Woolf couldn’t resist taking a peek inside. The pictures were unadulterated smut: a man and a girl in a hotel room. Blackmail, pure and simple - right up O’Connor’s street.

Eliza's best friend's younger brother, Cory, is supposed to be off limits. That's girl code. Eliza can't help that he's 6'4" and 10 inches where it matters. She can't help that he knows exactly how to seduce her.... Will her Mother's Day shame make her turn away from the best guy she's ever been with?

Ollie is dead. My survival counts on my trust in a dead man. But if life with Ollie is truly over, I must do whatever it takes to protect my unborn daughter. And I’ll fight anyone who gets in my way.... I woke up on the brink of death. I must return to Sierra, no matter what. And when I find her, I’ll make sure to protect her. Nothing like this will ever happen again. And if it does, I’ll unleash hell on the bastards who dare to touch my family.

This audiobook takes you on a journey as to what it is like to be a female electrician in a male-dominated construction industry. In this first volume, I take you along on my quest as an apprentice to become a journeywoman. I have a unique story to tell and many interesting coworkers you will meet with me along the way.

Die moderne Wissenschaft entfaltet sich im Abendland. Ihr Erkenntnisgang ist methodisch und kritisch, denn auch ihre Verfahren sind immer wieder einer Prüfung zu unterziehen. Sie ist sich nicht nur ihres Wissens, sondern auch ihrer Unwissenheit gewiss. Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse erlangen Allgemeingültigkeit in dem Sinne, dass jeder sie nachvollziehen können muss. Die griechische Philosophie begriff den Kosmos noch als vernünftigen ganzen. Die Realität war kein Thema für sie. Erkenntnis gibt es in dreierlei Weise: erkennen, um machen zu können, dies begründet die Naturwissenschaft.

Three rich men fulfilling her every dark and forbidden desire. That was the last thing Madison expected when she left America to report on the royal wedding of the Kingdom of Saltwick. Diego Mendoza, an heir to the throne of Paracito, code name Python, steps out of his comfort zone and admits that he has a big secret. His biggest passion: using his lips and tongue to deliver unspeakable pleasure. Sultry nights between the sheets may have to come to an end when other secrets get exposed.

A kingdom of vicious princes, court intrigue, and wickedly dark desires. Years searching for a woman to share, and along comes Madison. The African American journalist stumbles into three princes' plot. Falling into bed with three princes isn't in Madison's job description. Once they taste perfection, the three men won't let go. They always get what they want. Now, they want her, forever.

Two minutes after the shocking end to A Wild Epidemic of Magic, this third book in the series finds Kelley and Jeroan stranded in Dubuque, Iowa, after losing their parents - and all the sorcerers they met in the past two months - to the vengeful Druid. Apparently, the Druid did not enjoy his 200-year banishment.

Two months after the explosive and unexpected ending to A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, Jeroan learns all about magic at Dr. Azure's mysterious training center. Meanwhile, Kelley can't even leave her hotel room in Dubuque without a chaperone. When people they care about start disappearing, and people they didn't think they should care about - like Dr. Azure - get attacked by rogue magic-users, Jeroan and Kelley must work together. Before this growing epidemic of magic turns deadly.

For two villainous nobles, it is a desperate means to an end. For two clever demons, it is one hell of a tax break. Henry and James have accidentally staked claim on the same soul. Elliot Dosett, the bitter and sickly son of a successful steel magnate, summoned a demon in hopes of solving his trouble with his father and inheriting the estate. Violet Clifton, his aunt, also summoned a demon in order to rid herself of a useless husband and take over the business he leaves behind.

Tommy Roling has a great freelance job, a healthy daughter, and a new city to call home. Plus he's finally comfortable with the fact that he's a werewolf. So why isn't he happy? Could it be his daughter's "terrible twos", which seem even more terrible because she chooses to stay in her wolf body most of the time? Or is it his growing distance from his family, as well as Nina, his on-again, off-again girlfriend?

Das Basispaket zum Verständnis fremder Religionen. Es sprechen Referenten, die den Ruf ihrer Fachrichtung mitbegründet haben.

A haunted romance. An unsolved mystery. And a centuries-old curse at the heart of it all. Off the rough coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks, Ella Simon tracks down one man-the infamous pirate Blackbeard. She must identify a shipwreck off the coast of the island, but she and her divemaster Mitch Thompson discover much more than that. They just have to stay alive long enough to solve the mystery of a young girl's killer before the ghosts of dead pirates take them down to the bottom of the ocean, forever.

An unlikely team of misfit players, and the coach fighting to hold them all together… The All Nation Team tells the story of the first fully integrated, "post-racial" baseball team, very loosely based on an actual team that played in the years before World War I. In his first season as head coach of the All Nations team, former slave George Grunion must contend with racist crowds, flagging team morale, his own loneliness, and even the ghost of the previous head coach.

A story of the first truly integrated baseball team, decades before Jackie Robinson, set during the early years of World War I. Magic, miracles, and more.

Sandy is in Chicago at her girlfriend's insistence to celebrate the end of her disastrous marriage. While there, she meets up with Mark, her best friend from college. She'd lost touch with him years ago. After all of those years, they reconnect.... Why did she let him go? Were her feelings for him now more than friendship? If you love an upbeat romance, and a quick lunch-time listen, this is for you!

This feel-good story will restore your faith in "Happily Ever After". If you believe that love really can conquer all - even real life - then Love in a Garden: What Happens After Happily Ever After is for you! This is a quick story you can listen to at lunchtime.