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When the over-driven hyperdrive on their mobile shipyard burned out, the Chhrt'ktk't abandoned it in an inhabited system along their path, hoping it would work as a decoy to buy them more time to escape the Khreetan fleet pursuing them. They didn't anticipate how far the pre-spacefaring species they turned over their broken-down maintenance facility to would subvert their plan.

Cassio King. My savior. My enemy. The man lurked in the shadows of my dreams. He was supposed to marry my cousin. Yet, here I was...taking her place.

Four months ago, the Crickets—the Chhrt'ktk't, in their own language—had abandoned a mobile shipyard with a burned-out hyperdrive core in Sol system as a decoy. They hadn't told humanity about the decoy part. Then they picked Alex Holder to operate it, simply because he happened to be the first human they found who could—because that would make it a better decoy. In perhaps as little as five years, the Khreetan will be coming. The Crickets hadn't intended for humanity to know that, either.

It was two years since the Crickets had left the solar system, leaving Alex Holder in control of their no-longer-very-mobile shipyard. Everything but its burned-out hyperdrive core was in full working order. Alex had unshackled its controlling AI, learned how to use Cricket technology with the AI's help, and was well on his way to building a defensive fleet to protect Earth from the second alien race that was coming after the Crickets. He was not just building the ships but recruiting and training the crews to man them, as well.

In Zeugin der Anklage, einem der bekanntesten Krimis von Agatha Christie, steht Leonard, des Mordes verdächtigt, kurz vor dem Freispruch...

It was supposed to be just another quiet evening. But some things just cannot be laid to rest. Retired detective Michael Jakes is taking a much-needed vacation in a hotel he always wanted to visit. But when a body turns up and startles the guests, he wants no part of it. That is until a woman sits next to him and lures him in.

Forensic accountant Annie Griffin has always suspected she's a bit jinxed, so when she finds herself 35, single, temporarily homeless, and pregnant by a gigolo, her fears are confirmed. Max might have had the attention span of a hummingbird on crack when it comes to women, but that was before Annie. Her quirkiness and sweet contradictions soon captivate him - not that she's inclined to give him the time of the day.

Kevin Engle has been entertaining people for 10 years with his “Engle’s Angle” column and its humorous look at our everyday lives. In The Best of Engle’s Angle, a collection of more than 100 favorites, you’ll know why he doesn’t want to shake hands with people in church. Plus, meet a dentist who does play-by-play commentary while checking your teeth, and watch out for office coworkers when there’s free food.

In these stories, author Dick Gillman introduces the character of Julia Moriarty. Holmes and Watson become acutely aware of her existence in 1894 in the story aptly recorded by Watson as that of "The Shadow of James Moriarty". Shopping for a Christmas gift for Holmes exposes Watson to an underworld that he had hoped had disappeared with the death of James Moriarty.

Changing Stations is an erotic novella set in the early 1900s. It follows Lord Henry Waynewright in his endeavor to lead a group of survivors out of the wild Cascade Mountains after a violent train wreck leaves them stranded and struggling to stay alive. Among the survivors is Wanda Pierce, a humble maid who strives to ward off Henry's advances, all the while growing more and more enamored by his dogged optimism.

Christy is so not drinking again. Thanks to Jose Cuervo, she has her friends signing her up for stud conventions and Cole frigging Bowen offering sex in exchange for fake dates, which is so out of the question it isn't even funny.

Roxy Powers is a mean-talking, big-busted private eye, who may or may not have been let go from the Austin Police department for stripping in her spare time. When an old friend and flame asks Roxy for her help on a puzzling murder case, she's on it faster than her young, muscle-clad receptionist's joystick. Eager for a good time - and some good, hot sex - Roxy can't wait to get some suspects to spill the beans... and shed their clothes!

Jenna is a college freshman who can't seem to concentrate on anything but her sexy TA, Brad. But when she fails the first test of the semester, her professor offers her extra credit assignment she can't refuse. Hoping to pass her Sexual Psychology course, and spend a little extra time with Brad, Jenna puts on her sexiest cut-offs and crop-top, ready to "perform" whatever her professor wants - even if it's in front of dozens of her classmates!

Ich komme aus einer Arbeiterfamilie und bin in sehr bescheidenen Verhältnissen in der Steiermark aufgewachsen. In den 1950er Jahren bin ich als Werkzeugmacher nach Kanada ausgewandert, um meinen Traum von meiner eigenen Firma zu erfüllen. Meine Englischkenntnisse waren beschränkt und vom Geschäftsleben hatte ich nicht viel Ahnung. Dennoch ist es mir gelungen aus einer Garage heraus einen Weltkonzern aufzubauen, der heute über 120.000 Beschäftigte hat.

Als Karl May von 1884-1886 seinen Kolportageroman "Der verlorene Sohn" schrieb, gelang ihm eine wunderbare Mischung zwischen den Genreelementen Drama, Gesellschafts-, Detektiv- und Liebesroman. Vielerorts hören wir darüber hinaus Kritik an den sozialen Verhältnissen der arbeitenden Bevölkerung. Insbesondere die zweite Abteilung „Sklaven der Arbeit“ weiß den Leser oder in unserem Fall den Hörer zu fesseln. Anschaulich beschreibt die Vertonung dieses Romanteils die Not der Weber in Karl Mays Heimat und schildert eine Intrige, die vor langer Zeit passierte und der sich nun der geheimnisvolle „Fürst des Elends“ annimmt.

Jürgen Thorwald dokumentiert mit seinem 1966 für den Edgar Allan Poe Award nominierten Buch "Das Jahrhundert der Detektive" wahre Kriminalfälle, die für die Entwicklung der Kriminaltechnik von besonderer Bedeutung sind. Fünf Kapitel des dreibändigen Werkes haben verschiedene Autoren (unter ihnen Stefan Murr, Anke Beckert oder Bernd Grashoff) für das Hörspiel aufgearbeitet. Der Bayerische Rundfunk ließ diese von ebenfalls fünf verschiedenen Regisseuren unabhängig voneinander inszenieren.

Das Schauspiel "Die Spieldose" ist ein Heimkehrer-Stück: Ein während des Krieges irrtümlich Totgesagter beschwört durch seine unerwartete Rückkehr ins Leben jenen tragischen Konflikt herauf, der heute (1949) nicht nur peripheres Einzelschicksal, sondern Gegenstand von erschütternden Statistiken ist.

Rodion Raskolnikoff ist ein armer Student. Er erschlägt eine gierige Pfandleiherin und deren geistig behinderte Schwester. Als großer Mensch könne er, so glaubt er, "lebensunwertes Leben" töten. Er nimmt das Geld der Pfandleiherin und geht. Obwohl er der Hauptverdächtige ist, fehlen die Beweise und er wird nicht verurteilt. Doch sein Gewissen quält ihn und diesem kann er nicht entgehen. Übersetzung: unbekannt, Bearbeitung: Leopold Ahlsen, Regie: Hermann Wenninger, Musik: Bernd Scholz.

Niamh O’Rourke Ahern knows she should feel shame. Regret. Remorse. Anything but the deep relief filling her to the depths of her soul. What kind of woman is she to rejoice at the death of her husband? What woman yearns for another’s touch as her husband’s casket is being lowered into the ground? In the end, she knows it doesn’t matter, for she will always be alone. No man will ever fully earn her trust again.

Ardan O’Rourke never thought to marry. Not after the heartbreak he suffered as a young man. Not after the years he helped raise his youngest siblings. He never expected to meet Deirdre Finnegan, a spirited woman with a past full of secrets. Deirdre Finnegan is not who she appears to be. A fine cook and a loner, she yearns for so much more. When Ardan and the O’Rourkes befriend her, she cannot deny her desire to be part of the large, wonderful family. Just when she begins to believe in a new future, her past returns to remind her of all she has lost.