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Emily Gray Tedrowe's Blue Stars is an extraordinary novel about ordinary people, a graceful and gritty portrayal of what it's like for the women whose husbands and sons are deployed in Iraq. Blue Stars brings to life the realities of the modern day home front: how to get through the daily...

Perfekter Körper, entstelltes Gesicht, kein Gedächtnis - James' neue Klientin verspricht, ihm wieder einmal einen interessanten Fall ins Haus zu bringen. Die Dame ist auf der gigantischen Müllkippe Babylons erwacht und weiß nur, dass sie Eva Nakowski finden muss. - Niemanden Geringeres, als den größten Cyber-Megastar der Welt. Die Suche nach der Sexbombe und der Vergangenheit seiner Klientin führt James tiefer in die Abgründe der Millionenstadt, als je zuvor...

In a futurist Kafkaesque world on the brink of war, Frances, an alien in fear for her life, tries to make her escape in face of an enemy invasion. Her only companion is Laitel, her lover and servant of Lohno, a fugitive of sorts whose philosophy of life has left him alone and in hiding. But...

As our ability to pay attention in a world of distractions vanishes, it's no wonder that our ability to be heard and understood—to convey our messages—is also threatened. Whether working with our teams and customers or communicating with our families and friends, it is increasingly difficult to break through the digital devices that get in the way of communication. And the ubiquity of digital devices means that we are often "multicommunicating," participating in multiple conversations at once. As a result, our ability to be socially present with an audience requires an intentional approach.

Come back to the Named Lands in this compelling sequel to Ken Scholes amazing novel Lamentation. It is nine months after the end of the previous book. Many noble allies have come to the Ninefold Forest for a Feast in honor of General Rudolfo's first-born child. Jin Li Tam, his wife and mother of...

"Das beste Weihnachten ever!" ist das erste Hörspiel der Nickelodeon-Serie "Spotlight". Gesprochen von den Originalschauspielern der Erfolgsserie, geschrieben von den bekannten Drehbuchautoren Viktoria Assenov und Andreas Schaap. Das beste Weihnachtsgeschenk ever - exklusiv bei Audible! Es ist der letzte Tag vor den Weihnachtsferien an der Berlin School of Arts. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler freuen sich auf ein paar schöne Tage im Kreise der Familie. Bevor es in die Ferien geht, steht aber noch ein Highlight für sie an: das Weihnachtskonzert in der Schule.

Abortion pills have made safe abortion possible for millions of people around the world, even in the most restrictive circumstances. Sydney Calkin illustrates the profound, transformative promise of these pills—which are safe, effective, and responsible for a sharp decline in maternal mortality. This timely book demonstrates that the widespread practice of self-managed medication abortion makes it more difficult for countries to enforce oppressive abortion laws and less willing to do so.

Identical twins, Jace and Jem Chamberlain, born of the Breedline species - a secret race of humans with the gift to change into wolf form - find their life changed forever after the Chiang-shih demon is finally destroyed, freeing Sebastian Crow - their evil half-brother - of the demon’s possession. As Sebastian moves on with his new life - evading punishment for his crimes against the Breedline - he uncovers a secret from his past, leading him down a dangerous path he hadn’t bargained for.  

Diane Ravitch, America's foremost historian of education, says that public education in the United States is one of the pillars of our democratic society. In this eloquent book, she explains that our public schools have been wrongly criticized for low achievement, when federal data show that test scores and graduation rates are at their highest point in history - for black students, Hispanic students, white students, and Asian students - and dropout rates are at their lowest point in history.

A proven plan to optimize your health by reclaiming your natural ability to burn body fat for fuel The ability to use body fat for energy is essential to health—but over decades of practice, renowned family physician Catherine Shanahan, M.D., observed that many of her patients could not burn...

Jesus made a promise on the night before He died. A promise so big, so explosive in its potential power, that the devil will do anything to keep you from walking in it."Greater works than these shall you do."The One who walked on water, raised the dead, healed the multitudes, and defeated every...

Something ancient stirs in the Raven Woods. A creature out of the darkest fairy tales calls to Thad and Cynthia, seducing them with promises of gingerbread and magick. Belinda must keep them safe, but her patience with the children has run thin. Her senses are on overdrive, and her appetites are voracious as she wanders the woods, heeding a siren call only she can hear. Meanwhile, in Ravencrest Manor, new employee Ryan O’Brien is tormented by a trickster spirit that seems harmless, even humorous.

Fourteen-year-old Tom Röschenberg has inherited a ghost train and its members of the undead are very lively! And it's a suspenseful time for our young Ghostsitter: Vlarad the vampire has consumed too much hamster blood and has now turned into one, and Wombie the Zombie's hundredth deathday is coming right up. But the ritual for celebrating Wombie's deathday is no easy task: It requires a voodoo dagger, a magic ring, and an enchanted cauldron, and if Tom and his undead friends don't perform the ritual in time, Wombie will turn to dust.

Eleven writers largely unknown outside Cuba depict a world that veers from a hyper-real Havana in decay, against a backdrop of oblivious drug-toting German tourists, to a fantasy land (or is it?) where vigilant Cubans bar the door to zombies masquerading as health inspectors. Sex and knife-fights, stutterers and addicts, losers and lost literary classics: welcome to a raw and genuine island universe closed to casual visitors.

The second edition of Building the Successful Theater Company takes listeners even deeper into the world of theatrical production, examining in great depth the financial realities of establishing - and maintaining - a successful organization. This indispensable reference is updated to include more theater company profiles with expert advice to better reveal the pitfalls, passions, and practicalities of the theater industry.

An ill-fated romance between a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a boy from the richest family in a small upstate New York town has dire consequences for three generations. A gold ring, inscribed with "I Stay Near You", triggers a complex chain of events as it's passed down from one generation to the next.

In the fourth installment of Germany’s popular Ghostsitter series, famous best-selling author Tiffany Shuster wants to promote her latest vampire romance novel, so she decides Tom’s Ghost Train is the best place for a photo shoot. But when she and Vlarad the vampire suddenly disappear, Tom and his team of monsters must investigate and rescue them. All leads seem to point toward rival carnival attraction Zoracz's House of Mirrors. Will Tom and his friends find Vlarad and Tiffany before they are accused of kidnapping?

Ein den 1920ern hatten nicht die Bewohner von New York oder Paris das höchste Pro-Kopf-Einkommen: die reichsten Menschen der Welt waren die Osage-Indianer im amerikanischen Bundesstaat Oklahoma. Das karge Land, das ihnen als Reservat zugewiesen worden war, barg gigantische Ölvorkommen. Doch der Reichtum brachte den Osage kein Glück: Eine mysteriöse Serie von Morden nahm ihren Anfang, der Dutzende Stammesmitglieder zum Opfer fallen sollten. Die Osage-Morde wurden zum ersten großen Fall für das noch junge FBI. Doch Korruption und Geldgier hatten auch hier bereits Einzug gehalten.

Schaut nur hinauf zum Himmel und fragt euch: Hat das Schaf nun die Blume gefressen oder hat es sie nicht gefressen? Und ihr werdet merken, dass darauf alles ankommt... Aber das werden die Erwachsenen nie verstehen. Die Geschichte vom kleinen Prinzen, der auf der Suche nach Freundschaft von seiner Reise zu seltsamen Planeten erzählt, ist eine der faszinierendsten Geschichten der letzten siebzig Jahre. Mit Christoph Maria Herbst und den Synchronstars Manfred Lehmann, Detlef Bierstedt, Jürgen Kluckert, Santiago Ziesmer und Gerrit Schmidt-Foss.

When Nina Collins entered her forties she found herself awash in a sea of hormones. As symptoms of perimenopause set in, she began to fear losing her health, looks, sexuality, sense of humor-perhaps all at once. Craving a place to discuss her questions and concerns, and finding none, Nina...