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"Hackwith's poignant, imaginative series sends readers on an amazing journey, with profound prose that will capture hearts and minds."* To save the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, former librarian Claire and her allies may have to destroy it first. Claire, rakish Hero, angel Rami, and...

"Slovo Imperatora" - fantasticheskij roman Dar'i Kuznecovoj, zhanr ljubovnoe fjentezi. Princessa Aleksandra - umnaja devushka. Ona ponimaet, chto prodolzhenie vojny dvuh imperij zakonchitsja krahom, pojetomu bez sozhalenij soglashaetsja na dinasticheskij brak s mladshim bratom vladyki imperii Rush, skrepljajushhij mirnyj dogovor. A to, chto zheniha v poslednij moment zamenili...kakaja raznica, odin chuzhak ili drugoj! Imperator Ruamar - umnyj muzhchina.

Word Puppets - the first comprehensive collection of Kowal's extraordinary fiction - includes her two Hugo-winning stories, a Hugo nominee, an original story set in the world of "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", and 14 other show-stopping tales.

Shawn Muller is a prodigy and he knows it. It is 2051 and the militarized AI he created to hunt terrorists has begun to dominate the network that controls everything from traffic to climate. Fearful of the power of the AI he calls “Lazy Jack” and the politicians who will use it, Shawn installs an algorithm to give his creation a system of ethics. But when that very ethical standard causes Lazy Jack to declare Shawn a profound threat to society, he is forced into terrified flight to avoid summary execution as a terrorist.

To defeat an immortal evil, a young warrior must enter the land of the dead in the spellbinding conclusion to Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s epic Grave Kingdom trilogy.

Imagine my luck when I'm transported to a fantasy world where magic is real, beautiful women are bountiful, and the Blessing of a Goddess creates endless opportunities. Yeah, it is one hell of a way to arrive. Unfortunately, I've got some work to do because my heroic actions just triggered the End of an Age. With the help of some lovely new allies, we might just save the day or die trying.

A group of telegraphists are on the edge of their seats awaiting news of the prime minister who is dying. But a storm causes a power cut, and one of the men, Old Shayler, recalls a stormy night 15 years ago, where a man was killed, and not by the lightning....

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra...

Der ›reisende Enthusiast‹ bewundert und verehrt die Darstellerin der Donna Anna in Mozarts "Don Giovanni". Er findet hinter einer Tapetentür in seinem Hotelzimmer einen Geheimgang, der in eine Opernloge führt. Als er durch die Hauptstraße Berlins spazierte, falt ihm ein altes, nur notdürftig unterhaltenes Haus auf, das zwischen zwei prächtigen Gebäuden steht. Die Geschichte handelt von Nathanael, der seit seiner Kindheit von der Angst vor einer unheimlichen Figur namens Sandmann verfolgt wird. Bei einem dieser Experimente stirbt Nathanaels Vater, was Nathanael tief traumatisiert.

Inos, the late king's daughter, had been kidnapped through the magic casement even as the Impish legions overrunning her tiny kingdom were storming the castle tower. Now she was a prisoner in a desert land ruled by a dockside whore with a talent for magic and a passion for politics. She little dreamed that the loyal stableboy Rap had jumped through the casement after her. But no one really knew how the magic worked, and Rap found himself not in a desert, but in the steaming jungles of Faerie....

After the campaign in the Summer Isle, Isabella rides out the winter storms by studying the godly magic under Mother Lembu, in the process learning about the origins of the old gods. Crown Prince Reginald receives word that his father the King is ill and his sister Princess Sofia, acting as regent, is imposing a regime that is strangely similar to what had been happening on the Summer Isle - nobles killed, temples smashed, enforced public worship of old gods.

Rakastetun fantasiatrilogian huikea päätös. Maailma on vääjäämättä kulkemassa kohti pitkää talvea. Vain vanhojen mahtien suojeluksessa oleva perhekunta Ailegais, Arni ja Troi kumppaneineen ja lapsineen voi selvitä talvesta. He ovat kokoontumassa yhteen matkatakseen kotiin, suuren veden taakse Pohjankontuun. Mutta joukosta puuttuu yksi: Troi, jonka ympärille koko sisarusten ja heidän perheidensä maailma kietoutuu.

Theodor Storm (1817-1888) hat sich Zeit seines Lebens für die Sagen- und Märchenwelt seiner norddeutschen Heimat interessiert. In diesem Hörbuch sind sechs der schönsten, zwischen dem Märchenhaften und Phantastischen changierenden Erzählungen des Autors zu hören. Als Theodor Storm im Herbst 1842 nach Abschluss seines Studiums in seine Vaterstadt Husum zurückkehrte und hier Anfang des folgenden Jahres eine Rechtsanwaltspraxis eröffnete, legte er eine Sammlung von Märchen, Sagen und Spukgeschichten an, für die er regionale Chroniken auswertete.

"Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober" ist ein Kunstmärchen aus der Epoche der Schwarzen Romantik. Das Märchen ist in auffälliger und verschiedenster Weise zweigeteilt. Es stehen sich zwei Welten gegenüber, die Magische und die Alltägliche.

Science fiction at its literate best with every story a little gem. Authors include Jack London, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Mr. Jonathan Chambers senses that something is very wrong. The walk he takes every night is suddenly, slightly shorter. All around him things are vanishing. Is it because of the recent war or famine in the world? Does the scandalous theory that cost him his job hold the key? Or is it just the slowly unhinging mind of a recluse?