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From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic WHEEL OF TIME series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters and sheer addictiveness. Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a...

In 1890s Paris, a librarian and a detective must track down a killer – before the city goes up in flames. The Mortal Word is the enthralling fifth instalment in the Invisible Library series from Genevieve Cogman. A corrupt countess. A spy in danger. And an assassin. Peace talks are always...

The Inkwell Plane is a magical place. Daoist arts and technology work hand in hand, and transcendents are on friendly terms with demigods and demons. But not all is well. As a new ascendant, there aren’t many people who are weaker than Cha Ming. He must fight to prove his worth and carve out a place for himself in this dog-eat-dog world. To succeed, he may need to share more secrets than he’s comfortable with.

Ireland, 1000 AD. Gormflaith is unhappily married to Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and although a queen she struggles with her limited position. As an immortal Fomorian with the secret gift of magic, Gormflaith has a burning desire: to find and destroy the hidden fortress of her sworn enemies, the Descendants, who seek to kill her kind at all costs. She begins to use her magical powers, and discovers she is more skilled than she ever realised... but can she control what she will become?

La sensata y tranquila Ariel Salazar, conservadora del Archivo de Indias de Sevilla, recibe inesperadamente la visita del encantador buscador de tesoros Darrell McKay, que pretende localizar los restos hundidos de un mítico galeón español, el Santa Bárbara. Su curiosidad la incita a aceptar ayudarlo en una búsqueda que se convertirá en una peligrosa aventura contrarreloj que los llevará desde las calurosas calles de Sevilla a la exótica Estambul, y en la que descubrirán que incluso dos personas tan diferentes como ellos pueden llegar a sentir una atracción insospechada.

Captain Sylvestre de Greybagges is your typical seventeenth-century Cambridge-educated lawyer turned Caribbean pirate, as comfortable debating the virtues of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and compound interest as he is wielding a cutlass, needling archrival Henry Morgan, and parsing rum-soaked gossip for his next target. When a pepper monger’s loose tongue lets out a rumor about a fleet loaded with silver, the Captain sets sail only to find himself in a close encounter of a very different kind.

Karel Čapek: Post, Polizei, Hunde und Räuberei. Fünf Märchen, gelesen von Adam Hahne. Inhalt: Das große Polizei-Märchen Das Post-Märchen Das Wassermann-Märchen Das zweite Räuber-Märchen Das Hunde-Märchen Fünf lustige Geschichten voller Überraschungen – in einer davon lernen wir Herrn Kolbaba kennen, den Postbeamten, der überraschend nachts auf Briefträgerheinzelmännchen trifft. Mit denen spielt er einen zünftigen Mitternachtsskat. Als Spielkarten dienen Briefe, deren Inhalt die Heinzelmännchen erfühlen können.

Madame de Prie (1698-1727) war vor Kurzem noch eine der begehrtesten und einflussreichsten Damen am Königshof in Versailles. Nun, da sie in Ungnade fiel, wird sie abserviert und fristet in der Provinz ein trauriges Dasein ohne jede Ablenkung. Einzig ein junger Ehrgeizling aus dem Dorfe scheint ihr geeignet, die Langeweile zu vertreiben. Doch damit beginnt sie ein Spiel, das sie bald mit dem Abgrund ihrer eigenen Existenz konfrontieren soll.