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New York, 1931. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law, but behind this prohibition, organized crime flourishes-so, too, do bank robbers, bootleggers, assassins, and homunculi. Some want money, some are chasing the secret to immortality, and others just want to have...

The year is 1931. A boy boards a train to visit his friend in New York. A woman in a jumpsuit boards a train to meet her employer in New York. And the conductor? He boards because it's his job. If it had been any other day, they all would have gotten where they were going just fine. But it's...

The place: America. The year: 1931. The setting: the transcontinental express train known as the "Flying Pussyfoot." Aboard the train are a gang aiming to make some extra cash, a group of revolutionary terrorists trying to recapture their leader, and a pair of thieves looking to meet up with an...

THE YEAR 1932. The alchemist Begg believes the drugs he created will guide people to the highest plane of existence. Drugs that the junkie Roy can't break free from. Drugs that the Runorata Family executive loses to a thief. And where were those packets of white powder manufactured? The young...

Peace is the one thing for which the Eaglemasters never trained. Centuries of harsh conditioning made them doubt the dawn of this new era that now keeps the hordes of foes surrounding them at bay without a single drop of blood spilled.

Gefährliche Magie, verbotene Liebe und ein mörderischer Wettstreit um den Thron – ein fantastischer Court-Fantasy-Reihenstart! Am Tag, als Blaze auf die Welt kam, hätte sie diese fast in einem verheerenden Sturm untergehen lassen. Denn Blaze ist eine Sturmweberin – jedoch hineingeboren in eine der mächtigsten feuermagischen Familien des Imperiums. Seitdem ist Blaze gebrandmarkt und gefürchtet. Was niemand ahnt: Ihre Magie ist nach diesem schicksalhaften Tag versiegt.

This essential go-to guide gives you all the advice and tools you'll need to help you flourish and achieve what you want in life. From the answers to everyday questions such as 'Am I using appropriate body language?' and 'Did I say the wrong thing?' through to discussing the importance of understanding your emotions, looking after your physical and mental health and coping with anxiety and sensory overloads, award-winning neurodiversity campaigner Siena Castellon uses her own experiences to provide you with the skills to overcome any challenge.

Das beeindruckende Leben von Robert M'Cheyne hat viele junge Christen zum Nachahmen motiviert. Doch wer war er, und warum ist er in seinem kurzen Leben von 29 Jahren zum Glaubensvorbild geworden? Während seines Theologie-Studiums wurde er durch Gottes Gnade errettet und von dem großen Wunsch erfüllt, den Menschen die rettende Botschaft von Jesus Christus zu predigen. Aber man muss nicht weit weg gehen, um ein Missionar zu sein und etwas zu bewirken. Das war eine der ersten Lektionen, die Robert in seinem Leben als Christ lernte.

"The stories told in this book show how foolish we are if we underestimate this creative and powerful dyslexic generation" When you're dyslexic, life at school can feel like a daily grind. In this book, around 40 dyslexic young people from across the globe, who have been where you are now...

Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where - rather than reforming the children in their care - school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about 100 survivors. Thus far, forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle and her team from the University of South Florida have uncovered 55 sets of human remains.

The Year 1933. A storm is brewing in New York City as tensions rise among the families. When Jacuzzi Splot and his gang are spotted operating on the Gandor Family's turf, Luck Gandor employs a young woman named Maria to protect their family's "negotiator," Tick Jefferson. Maria with her katana...

How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history. Using riveting...

The immortal Elmer C. Albatross is a Smile Junkie who'll do whatever it takes for his happy ending--despite not knowing the first thing about happiness. Three hundred years after the passengers of the Advena Avis parted ways, four of them have finally tracked Elmer to a village in Northern...

By the groundbreaking author of the award-winning Monster–a visionary who influenced and inspired a generation–this story take us back to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles...