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A fun, smart and surprising dive into the past, present and future of accents – and the enduring power of sounding different Accents have long held our fascination. As far back as the 7th century BCE, Egyptian pharaohs experimented with babies to test out theories about the “original”...

A piano tuner called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff and cotton wool in his ears, came out of his hotel room into the passage. And looking at his frightened face one might have supposed that the ceiling had fallen in on him. 'Upon my word, Semyon!' he cried, seeing the attendant running towards him. 'What is the meaning of it? I am a rheumatic, delicate man and you make me go barefoot! Why is it you don't give me my boots all this time? Where are they?'

Dorothy Mayhem is a nursing student, patient transporter, reckless driver, and emu owner. She knows she isn't like other girls. Neurotypical people are nothing if not predictable, though, and that's why she has made a hobby of studying their behavior through books and TV. It helps her fit in with her peers when she can emulate them. But nothing can prepare her for Dr. Elijah Hawkins. He's a single dad, a brilliant pediatric oncologist, widely agreed to be the sexiest doctor at the hospital, and entirely unpredictable.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The One That Got Away by Melissa Pimentel, read by Suzanne Pirret and Max Bennett. Ruby and Ethan were perfect for each other. Until the day they suddenly weren't. Ten years later, Ruby's single, having spent the last decade...

Vier Rentner feiern in einer Kneipe ihren Lottogewinn. Reichlich angetrunken machen sich die vier auf den Heimweg. Stunden später ist einer von ihnen tot, hinterrücks erstochen in seiner eigenen Wohnung. Kommissar Münster übernimmt den Fall, denn Kommissar Van Veeteren hat sich für ein Jahr beurlauben lassen und arbeitet in einem Antiquariat. Doch keiner seiner Kollegen glaubt, dass er von der Ermittlungsarbeit lassen kann. Und in der Tat holt sich Münster schon bald Rat bei Van Veeteren, denn der Fall wird immer mysteriöser.

Die magischen Wesen unserer Welt werden von der Inquisition erbarmungslos verfolgt. In der Hoffnung, Mitstreiter für den Kampf gegen die Inquisition in der Heimat aller übernatürlichen Wesen zu finden, ist es Elliot Craig, Mensch, und Soleil Boulanger, Elfe, gelungen, das Portal nach Avalon zu öffnen. Doch die Avalonier interessieren sich nicht für das Schicksal ihrer entfernten Verwandten, denn sie selbst sind verstrickt in politischen Intrigen und Putschversuchen. Nur, wer die Krone des wahren Erben Avalons trägt, kann die magische Bevölkerung versöhnen.

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Aside from a sympathetic parole officer, Aiden Finn is alone in the world. He knows this is his last chance - after a lifetime in and out of prison, one more mistake will land him there to stay. Unfortunately, his job as a night custodian at a motel is neither satisfying nor good for building his confidence, and booze and burglary are always just a step behind him. Enter beautiful, exotic, and secretive Luka Gabor, the motel's new security guard.

"When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun." ―The New York Times With more than four million copies in print, #1 New York Times-bestselling...

Este corto pero interesante ensayo del filósofo norteamericano Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), está entre las obras que más han influido en el expresidente de EE.UU, Barak Obama, quien reiteradamente ha recomendado su lectura a jóvenes y emprendedores. Autosuficiencia (1841) es, además, uno de los ensayos más significativos de su autor, desde el punto de vista filosófico y humanístico.

Todd is an attractive man whose recent divorce has left him wiped out financially. He can't afford to date and has been without sex for too long, so when an older, unattractive neighbor named Becky expresses interest, he can't resist the temptation. It turns into more than Todd feels sympathy, and arousal, over Becky's loudly ticking biological clock.

In this modern-day "lively re-imagining of classical mythology" (Deborah Harkness), when a string of women are murdered in an ancient pagan ritual, Selene DiSilvia -- known by some as the goddess Artemis -- hears their cries for help and takes up her bow once more. Manhattan has many secrets...

After attempting to drink away a broken heart, Raven Walker finds herself in the arms of the one man she never thought she'd have. The problem is he happens to be her childhood crush and her brother's best friend. What she assumes will be just a one-night stand turns into so much more. He's strong, confident, loyal, tattooed, and before she knows it, her head and heart are fighting a battle between staying within the boundaries or crossing a line she can never come back from.

With warm personal stories told in the style of a private conversation at a quiet retreat, Dr. Max Hammonds works through the basic fundamentals of what it means to be a Christian and a Seventh-day Adventist in the real world, living for God during the "Time of the End". This is not just another book about Adventist doctrines. This book gets at the heart of Christianity while focusing on the special calling we have as Adventists.

Although Darkover was a world inhabited by humans as well as semi-humans, it was primarily forbidden ground to the Terran traders. Most of the planet’s wild terrain was unexplored...and many of its peoples seclusive and secretive. But for Andrew Carr, there was an attraction he could not evade. Darkover drew him, Darkover haunted him — and when his mapping plane crashed in unknown heights, Darkover prepared to destroy him.

Eigentlich wollte Elliot Craig einfach nur einen neuen Job, der seine Rechnungen begleicht. Doch seine Arbeit im Merlin-Center, dem Kaufhaus für alles Phantastische, hat ihm im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes eine ganz neue Welt eröffnet - mit ganz eigenen Konflikten. Seit Jahrhunderten bekämpft die Inquisition alles Andersartige, und gemeinsam mit der Elfe Soleil will Elliot dieses Unrecht ein für alle Mal beenden. Als sich das Portal zwischen der magischen Welt und unserer öffnet, beginnt der finale Kampf.

In this provocative, darkly funny, and unique novel—a mix of Lord of the Flies and The Royal Tenenbaums—a dictator's former right-hand man becomes housebound and a family power struggle erupts. Growing up on a Cuba-esque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two...

Bellas Leben ist in Gefahr. Seattle wird von einer Reihe rätselhafter Mordfälle erschüttert, ein offensichtlich blutrünstiger Vampir sinnt auf Rache. Und seine Spuren führen zu Bella. Aber damit nicht genug: Nachdem sie wieder mit Edward zusammen ist, muss sie sich zwischen ihrer Liebe zu ihm und ihrer Freundschaft mit Jacob entscheiden - wohl wissend, dass sie damit den uralten Kampf zwischen Vampiren und Werwölfen neu entfachen könnte.

Mit Mitte 20 war Dave Asprey erfolgreicher Unternehmer und Multimillionär, wog jedoch 140 Kilo und litt an zahlreichen Symptomen vorzeitigen Alterns. Von da an setzte er alles daran, diesen Prozess umzukehren. Nach über 20 Jahren Forschung ist er seinem Ziel, 180 Jahre zu werden, schon deutlich näher. Mit einfachen Umstellungen in den Bereichen Ernährung, Schlaf, Bewegung und Licht sowie Hacks wie Ozontherapie und richtiger Kieferstellung kann sich der Körper selbst heilen und verjüngen.

New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle. “McCreight’s new stunner Someone Else’s Husband takes readers from the peaks of Mt...