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When my mother named me Ophelia, she thought she was being literary. She didn’t realize she was being tragic. On the surface, Annie Powers’s life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is happy and idyllic. Her husband, Gray, loves her fiercely; together, they dote on their beautiful young daughter...

Eine Flucht vor der Technik - ist das heute überhaupt möglich? Die 17-jährige Serenity ahnt bald, auf was und vor allem auf wen sie sich eingelassen hat. Denn der schwer durchschaubare Christopher ist nicht irgendjemand. Christopher hat einst den berühmtesten Hack der Geschichte getätigt. Und nun ist er im Besitz eines Geheimnisses, das dramatischer nicht sein könnte. Teil 1 der Black*Out-Trilogie von Andreas Eschbach.

Al processo c'è un'atmosfera surreale. Non sembra vero, eppure Emiliano Bardanzellu, cameriere con una laurea in scienze politiche, ha veramente ucciso sua moglie per una bottiglia di plastica riciclata male. Lui non si difende nemmeno. Non ha memoria di cos'è successo. Non parla, fissa il vuoto. Quello che aleggia in aula è un silenzio esterrefatto. Cosa si potrà mai nascondere dietro quel momento di follia, dietro quel black out omicida?

Christopher ist auf der Flucht. Gemeinsam mit der gleichaltrigen Serenity ist er unterwegs in der Wüste Nevadas. Irgendwo dort draußen muss Serenitys Vater leben, der Visionär und Vordenker Jeremiah Jones, der sämtlicher Technik abgeschworen hat, nachdem er erkennen musste, welche Gefahren die weltweite Vernetzung mit sich bringen kann. Doch eine Flucht vor der Technik - ist das heute überhaupt möglich? Serenity ahnt bald, auf was und vor allem auf wen sie sich eingelassen hat.

Alice et Marcus sont confronter à une coupure d'électricité mondiale. Mais comment est arrivé cette coupure ? Trouverons-t-il la raison ? Vous le découvrirez dans Black Out !Marcus : Yoann MarietteAlice : Lisa GicquelLe scientifique : Anatole Stivet Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

I know all about being afraid of the dark. Like my uncle, in my thirties I found my way into my own dark forest, face-to-face with the big bad wolf. He was so close to me the whole time, I could taste the blood on his breath. Meeting him felt like a fairytale. I fact, I met him at a bar called the Wolf's Lair. A sensational trial for an historic serial murder. A missing woman with a trail of secrets. A top lawyer famous for defending notorious criminals. A retired homicide cop hunting for the truth.

In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.

Have you ever had an electrical power outage at home? In 2003, the largest blackout in United States history left millions of people without power for days! Learn how power generation plants are connected to the power grid that distributes electricity to regions of the country and to homes. What causes power outages? How does losing power affect daily life? What can people do to conserve energy?

In a world made nearly perfect by man's enlightened progress, an ancient, hungry apocalypse slithers from the shadows and onto the clean, brightly lit streets. Though few realize anything is wrong, it's already too late: too late for the authorities to face this new threat, for science to discover a cure, for the world's warriors to gear up to fight. It is humanity's swan song, and the fat lady is on the stage and clearing her throat.

John Milton a eu plusieurs vies : assassin, fugitif, justicier. Mais après des mois de sobriété durement gagnés, il a réussi à se remettre sur les rails… jusqu’à ce qu’un black-out dans une chambre d’hôtel à Manille vienne tout changer. Milton se réveille sans le moindre souvenir de la nuit précédente, avec une femme morte dans la pièce d’à côté et du sang sur les mains. Arrêté et jeté dans l’une des prisons les plus dangereuses d’Asie du Sud-Est, il comprend rapidement qu’il s’agit d’un coup monté.

To keep the light of his life, he'll have to do some dark things. After Matt Caine loses his wife in a car accident, all he has left is his daughter, Anna. But just as the little girl - who survived the accident - finally starts thriving, Matt's former in-laws threaten to take her away via a bitter custody battle. Desperate to keep Anna and in debt to some dangerous local thugs, Matt has no good options. But he does have Jay, one very bad friend.

The wreckage of the starship Odyssey, once Earth's greatest guardian, lies strewn across New York City. Abandoned by all but its captain, Odyssey's sacrifice covered the withdrawal of countless troops as the Drasin assault ravaged the planet. When Captain Eric Weston finally emerges from the rubble, impossibly alive thanks to the mysterious "Gaia", he knows with the Drasin it's kill or be killed.

Blackout is a sci-fi audio drama that follows Ryan, a man that awakens to a world he doesn't recognize, a world where control is power and life as we know it no longer exits.

Summer, 2022. When Meg and Cat are forced to take a dangerous shortcut home one night, they notice two men silently following them. Suddenly running for their lives, they scramble into an abandoned building to hide and wait for help. One year later. Attempting to escape the horrors of that fateful night, Meg barricades herself into a safehouse at the edge of a crumbling sea cliff. As a storm rages outside, a blackout plunges the house into darkness. But Meg’s not alone.

Homeland meets Marie Lu's Legend in Blackout, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Ally Condie called ""a thrilling combination of Wells's trademark twists and terror. Fantastic!"" Laura and Alec are highly trained teenage terrorists. Jack and Aubrey are small-town high school students...

2022 Audie Award Winner! Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. This full-cast audio edition is performed by...

At 24, Clarinda James has lived a traumatic life. One of the last images she saw before losing her sight was that of her parents' death. The nightmares of that time still haunt her every night. Taken in at 19 by her sister, Clary didn't know there was going to be a price to pay, a price far greater than her blindness. It's not until Blue walks into her life, she realizes it's possible to experience the joy of warmth. In her darkness, Blue will become her beacon, her guide.

Harlow Bevans was a changeling mermaid working as a diving consultant for the Earthen Conclave. Then he came along. Charybdis. A serial killer who possessed her body and wrecked her mind. Now she's an inmate - patient - at Edelweiss Mental Institution. When a haunting song lures her to the scene of a brutal murder, the calm of the past few months is shattered. A fellow patient is dead, and Harlow is caught standing over his body.

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance—by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout! As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens...

The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation is your personal guide to cultivating mental toughness, beating procrastination, and staying consistent with your fitness goals, even when motivation fades. Instead of vague hype, every chapter is grounded in psychology and gives you a simple, concrete exercise you can apply immediately. You won’t just be inspired—you’ll be taking action.