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Sam Harris is on the voyage of a lifetime, traveling to New York on the Titanic. The gigantic ship has every luxury Sam could think of, but there's only one thing that Sam really wants - the Irish setter on board, named White Star. But White Star belongs to the owner of the White Star Line - he'll never be Sam's. One freezing cold night Sam is jolted out of his sleep by a loud noise. When he sees a huge iceberg form his porthole, he knows something is very, very wrong. Whether Sam escapes or not will depend on the bravery of one faithful dog - White Star.

Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough...

Using her body as well as her wits to climb out of backwater poverty, a beautiful real estate developer amasses international wealth and power with equal success. After she falls in love with a renowned concert pianist, she sets about winning him as she would a prime piece of waterfront property. But her ties to a lawyer with Mafia connections and her shady way of doing business threaten her happiness and her reputation.

When the Lokaron suddenly appeared in the skies of Earth, America was enjoying victory in the off-and-on war that had occupied most of the 20th century. That's why they chose America to occupy and use as their puppet in dominating the planet. We were already set up to do it; now we would do it for them. Not that they were evil; they just insisted that we trade with them. By their rules, rules backed up by irresistible weapons. In terms of those rules, they would even play fair - but in the long run, if they didn't own something, it would be because they didn't want it.

A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's puppets, the Earth First party. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaron empire teeters on the edge of a fratricidal meltdown, and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age.

When an arcane artefact is stolen from the Order of the Midnight Sun, Shadow and Gabe are hired to track it down, pitting them against a new enemy. The search leads them across the country and tests their resources—and their faith in each other, as fey and Nephilim discover this world is as tricky as the life they left behind. Harlan, desperate to help, finds himself at war with JD, and suddenly alliances are under pressure. No longer able to trust The Orphic Guild, Harlan is faced with a dilemma that forces him to make choices he never envisaged.

The second instalment in James White’s acclaimed Sector General series, where human and alien medicine meet in a massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim. Sector General is a place where all kinds of patients and medics from all worlds are welcome. But for the first time, the hospital is threatened by powerful creatures who cause utter havoc.

The war is over, but the struggle continues. Tyler Barron and his spacers have set out into the unknown, deep into the Badlands, seeking to discover the empire’s old tech and the secrets of its tortured history before Gaston Villieneuve and the resurgent Union can beat them to it. The White Fleet is a vast force, powerful, and crewed by the toughest veterans from the war. Barron and his people know the future of the Confederation, even its survival, depends on recovering the scientific secrets of the empire before the enemy can do the same.

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In the not-so-distant future, extreme heat has made life on the planet unbearable, prompting tech trillionaire Amon Bott to declare that he alone can control the weather with artificial intelligence. But the youth of the world; they do not trust his true intentions.

Seven Lord of the Rings loving siblings discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's famous book series and all other things Tolkien.

Snow White meets College Prince. Ein modernes Schneewittchen-Märchen in Silicon Valleys Nachtleben. Das Leben der schönen Tessa White gleicht einer nie endenden Höllenfahrt. Auf der Spitze des Unerträglichen kann sie einem Anschlag nur knapp entgehen und flüchtet zu ihrem besten Freund Jessie. In Silicon Valley angekommen trifft die achtzehnjährige Schönheit aber nicht nur auf ihren Soulbrother und immer gut gelaunten Jessie Weaver, sondern auch auf seine sechs Mitbewohner.

From the dawn of history onward, commanding the most powerful ship around has been a dream of admirals, sultans, emperors, kings, generalissimos, and sea captains everywhere. For what the intimidation factor alone doesn't achieve, a massive barrage from super-weapons probably will.

Ruth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband, a well-educated, charming preacher no less, in hope that her story would help other women caught in a cycle of domestic violence and offer a balanced biblical approach to counter such abuse for pastors and counselors...

Lucy Stone is in the doghouse with her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Prudence Pratt. It seems that Kudo, the Stones’ misbehaving mutt, has developed a taste for Mrs. Pratt’s blue-ribbon-winning chickens, as well as an escape artist’s talent for sneaking out. With the Fourth of July coming up, Lucy doesn’t want to set off any more fireworks with the crabby Prudence.

Ein Deal mit einem notorischen Regelbrecher? Keine gute Idee! Oder etwa doch? Nach seinem Rauswurf bei den Washington White Sharks lässt es Abraham Stelany krachen. Der ehemalige Center trinkt, feiert die Nächte durch und macht all das, worauf er als Footballprofi verzichten musste. Seine Karriere und was andere über ihn denken ist ihm egal. Doch das ändert sich, als ein prekäres Video von ihm an die Öffentlichkeit gerät. Als Abe eines Morgens mitten auf der Straße von einer Fremden geküsst wird, ahnt er nicht, dass er mit genau dieser Frau schon bald einen verrückten Deal eingehen wird.

Ihr Geheimnis - die sündigste Herausforderung seines Lebens! Jester Grady ist der Casanova unter den Spielern der Washington White Sharks. Der attraktive Kicker lässt nichts anbrennen und weiß, wie er Frauen um den Finger wickelt. In puncto Lust hat er schon alles erlebt - glaubt er zumindest, bis er auf Aya Bjarnsen trifft. Diese Frau ist außergewöhnlich und die Schwingungen, die sie umgeben, einzigartig und nicht zu erklären. Das macht sie geradezu unerträglich anziehend. Jedoch geht sie ihm konsequent aus dem Weg und will ihn auf keinen Fall näher kennenlernen.

Dass Footballprofi Mason Fisher in der Vergangenheit kein glückliches Händchen in Sachen Frauen hatte, ist für ihn Grund genug, dem zarten Geschlecht abzuschwören - zumindest, was Beziehungen angeht. Bis die taffe Dreya in sein Leben tritt und seine Welt aus den Angeln hebt. Dabei ist sie so gar nicht nach seinem Geschmack. Und was noch viel schlimmer ist: Sie steht seinem Erzfeind Isaak nahe. Mason weiß, dass er von Dreya besser die Finger lassen sollte, doch will sie ihm einfach nicht aus dem Kopf gehen.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In the spirit of We Should All Be Feminists and How to Be an Antiracist, a poignant and sensible guide to questioning the meaning of whiteness and creating an antiracist world from the acclaimed historian and author of Twisted. Vital and empowering What White People Can...

"A Classified Matter at the White House: Obama's Star-Studded Galas" is from the August 07, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Kristi Burns.