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His name was Jim Racine, and years ago he had been a top heavyweight contender in the United States. But now he's over the hill and desperate, so he takes a fight in a corrupt South American country - and accidentally kills a young man in the ring. The public outrage forces an investigation, and the government refuses to return his passport. Racine is in limbo, but he figures if he can get to the U.S. Ambassador, his problems will be over.

Teddy Moon, ace major league relief pitcher, manic-depressive, and occasional amnesiac - is convinced that he's being framed for the bizarre murders of several transsexuals who are turning up in the garbage chutes of his team's various hotels. Hounded by the police, the Legion of Fear, and the elite cadres of the Politically Correct, Teddy takes off cross-country on a manic binge to find someone who doesn't think he did it.

To salvage his broken-down ranch, near-bankrupt Ben Pearce devises a hunting scheme, the consequences of which he cannot begin to imagine. The prey: three rare, fierce cats - a leopard and two mountain lions caught in the wild. The predators: an arrogant Texas millionaire, his beautiful but disturbed wife, and their near-psychopathic teenage son. Each of them will hunt one of the animals with only Ben as guide: first the wife, then the son, and finally the Texan.

An isolated cabin high on a stormy Colorado mountain that becomes snowbound in a raging blizzard. A homicidal maniac with superb mountaineering skills and sharpshooting aim with a rifle. Two local forest rangers unaware of what they’re walking into - and the trio of college kids they have come to rescue. As the freezing temperatures drop even lower, and the snow on the mountain above them accumulates, the danger and the tension pick up nightmare speed.

In the baking heat of a Mexican resort town, life is spare but satisfying for David Rhodes, American exile and tennis bum, who is content with his low-key existence. But when a young female American drifter is found raped and murdered at the bottom of the seaside cliffs, Rhodes, an illegal alien, is an easy target and an immediate suspect - particularly to the town's sadistic police chief. David's comfortable life explodes in a sudden hell of accusation, imprisonment, and flight that can only end in one final, nightmarish confrontation.

Jay Chandler, an American archaeologist excavating an ancient Greek temple, is surprised to find himself invited to a weeklong party on an exotic island paradise owned by eccentric tycoon Alexander Krisos. The annual event - swarmed with European nobility, Texas oilmen, ballerinas and bullfighters, millionaire politicos in exile, Japanese potentates, artists, and gorgeous models - is the sort of orgiastic party many would kill to attend. But no one really expects murder to become part of the festivities…until it does.

The small farming town of Hypothermia, Minnesota makes world news when a '62 Chevy Implala is discovered in a trailer full of grain. Government agents quickly impound the Chevy, down playing the incident. Yet when agricultural cooperative photographer Bob Putnam attempts to follow up with a story about the elevator manager who found it, he and his writer/partner uncover an unbelievable plot.

Boddekker's not just a faceless copywriter anymore, grinding out ads for VR simulators and mood/attitude orienters. Now he's the "500-pound gorilla" of the Pembroke Hall agency, lumbering toward fame, fortune, and a fabled house in Princeton with shapely Honniker in accounting. All thanks to Ferman's Devils, the four New York City street thugs whose record-breaking (and bone-breaking) commercial has won them billions of fans and made gangster chic the latest rage. Yet Boddekker's new protégés are on the fast track to hell. First they assault a famous talk show host. Then they murder a former child celebrity in cold blood.

A young 21st-century ad writer, Boddekker, cuts a deal to put him on the fast track, with a million-dollar dream house, promotion, and the affections of Honniker in Accounting, but when he is mugged by a group of ruffians known as Ferman's Devils, he realizes the secret of his success.

When Angel's Luck was blown to space junk, trader James May and his crew could not collect their reward for retrieving the stolen Essence Phials, which held the extracted minds of humanity's greatest geniuses. So they were grateful to be rescued by the luxury liner Hergest Ridge, even if the commander was May's ex-wife, who had made it plain she never wanted to see him again.

Late on payments for his spaceship and abandoned by his crew, James May jumped at the chance to hire a copilot who came complete with cargo. Next thing May knew, the copilot was a washout, the cargo was worthless, and his ship had been repossessed by a chief in the Yueh-sheng crime syndicate. May needed the ship to survive, so he stole it back. But if he expected to live long, he'd have to repay his debts - so he could hardly turn down a job that promised wealth, heroism, and revenge against the Yueh-sheng.

The girl was sprawled out on the floor in the living room of his apartment. So begins Joe Clifford Faust's classic science fiction mystery. The novel takes place in an alternate future where a crumbling United States is one of the few nations left to have fended off Soviet domination. It tells the story of seven days in the life of D.A. Payne, a bioengineer who finds the naked corpse of a woman in his apartment and is compelled to investigate her murder.

Andrew Birch is a Company Man - a spy, a soldier, a saboteur... a corporate terrorist by any other name. He is one of the top operatives for Astradyne, one of the giant corporations that now rule the irradiated world he lives in. Among his peers, his ruthless efficiency and his love for the company are legendary. Then, on a routine mission, a chance encounter puts an all-too-human face on the consequences of corporate rule. As Birch begins to question the world he has helped build, corporate war breaks out - and he now finds himself a pawn in a game that goes deeper than he ever imagined.

In this erotic horror novel, a grisly murder in New York City's downtown meat-packing district leads hardboiled crime writer Caitlin McCullough into the depths of a secret sadomasochistic underground: a perverse playground for the rich and twisted, where anything goes and nothing is taboo. There, Caitlin must risk everything to find not only the truth surrounding the murder, but the dark truth hidden inside herself.

Postskriptum. Der Titel des Werkes trifft den Inhalt sehr passend, denn es handelt sich tatsächlich um ein Postskriptum, welches nie bei dem Adressaten ankam. 28 Jahre lang bleibt ungesagt, was der Kriegsgefangene seinem Sohn, dem er fremd geworden ist, mitteilen will. Doch hier wurden die Worte niedergeschrieben, die nie ausgesprochen wurden. Dabei werden die Kriegserfahrungen wach gerufen, die den Schreiber so verändert haben. Armin Peter Faust verfasste dieses Werk in Erinnerung an seinen verstorbenen Vater.

Armin Peter Faust wurde am 10. Mai 1943 in Weiden geboren, wo er später auch die Volksschule besuchte. Nach einer Lehre als Edelsteingraveur in Idar-Oberstein und einem diverser Geisteswissenschaften in Tübingen und Saarbrücken, war Faust als Lehrer an beiden Idar-Obersteiner Gymnasien und der Fachhochschule für Schmuck- und Edelsteindesign tätig. Ab 1976 war er mit seinen künstlerischen Arbeiten Teil diverser Ausstellungen. Von 1987 bis 1991 war er Dozent für Schmuck- und Kulturgeschichte an der Fachhochschule Idar-Oberstein, nachdem er 1991 promovierte. Trotz seiner Pensionierung 2009, arbeitete Faust bis 2010 noch weiter am Gymnasium an der Heinzenwies.

Depressionen sind häufig: Im Laufe des Lebens erkranken jeder 10. Mann und jede 5. Frau so schwer daran, dass eine ärztliche Therapie notwendig ist. Viele Erkrankte bleiben aber unerkannt, denn Depressionen verstecken sich hinter vielen Symptomen. Wie kann man Depressionen erkennen, und zwar möglichst rasch, um das quälende Leiden durch eine gezielte Therapie zu verkürzen? Professor Faust richtet seinen Spot auf diese dunkle Erkrankung und ermöglicht Betroffenen und Angehörigen damit ein grundlegendes Verständnis der schwierigen Situation.

Erkennen - Behandeln - Vorbeugen.Das Phänomen Burnout ist so alt wie die Menschheit, allerdings war die Zahl der Betroffenen nie so hoch wie heute. Die Konsequenzen sind dabei oft verhängnisvoll, nicht nur für die Betroffenen, sondern auch für deren Umfeld: Partnerschaft, Familie, Freundeskreis und nicht zuletzt die Gesundheit leiden mit. Doch wie kann den Betroffenen in dieser Situation geholfen werden? Und noch wichtiger: Wie lässt sich die Entwicklung eines Burnouts schon im Vorfeld verhindern?

Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last audiobook, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like.

„Die Welt ist rund, es gibt einen Weg nach rechts und nach links und nach jedem Berg geht es weiter..." Das ist das Motto von Upsi, dem Elefanten mit einem Herzen aus Gold. Oft sind es die Menschen, die wir erst beschmunzeln, die uns ergänzen und vielleicht sogar ins Gleichgewicht bringen.

Käffchen mit Steffchen – der kunterbunte Podcast In Käffchen mit Steffchen gibt’s einen lockeren Blick hinter die Kulissen meines bunten Alltags! Mit einer Tasse Kaffee plaudere ich über alles, was mein Leben ausmacht: Familienmomente, Business-Aufgaben und all die kleinen und großen Abenteuer, die den Tag erhellen. Begleite mich auf meiner Reise durch eine kunterbunte Welt – authentisch, humorvoll und immer aus dem Leben gegriffen!