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Nazafareen lives for revenge. A girl of the isolated Four-Legs Clan, all she knows about the King's elite Water Dogs is that they bind wicked creatures called daevas to protect the empire from the Undead. But when scouts arrive to recruit young people with the gift, she leaps at the chance to join their ranks. To hunt the monsters that killed her sister. Scarred by grief, she's willing to pay any price, even if it requires linking with a daeva named Darius.

Katie Piper joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about her new book, Confidence: The Secret, her unique writing process and the books that have inspired her over the years.

Mucker, Boogster, Cheesy and Bob are The Abominators! They're learning to live with posh boy Cecil and his panty wanty woos. If you put them under pressure, they might even say he's part of the gang. But then the Forces of Evil turn up in the shape of two very mean teachers. They've got plans for Cecil. Plans which involve fear, destruction and possibly the end of the world! Can the Abominators save Cecil from a fate worse than detention?

Who doesn't want to know how to achieve real confidence - and who better to pass on the secrets than a woman who has overcome such gruelling physical and emotional hurdles and emerged on the other side smiling? In 2008 Katie Piper survived a brutal rape and acid attack which left her severely burned and disfigured and changed her life forever. Her previous audiobooks told the story of her long and painful journey back towards health and happiness. Now, in Confidence: The Secret, Katie takes the next step from recovery to empowerment.

Decades ago, the seeds were planted. Today, dark, fathomless eyes rake the image before him. One final task, and the transformation is complete. Steady fingers screw intricately carved horns on each side of a stiff brow, and a gargoyle suitable for Notre Dame scowls from the smoky mirror in satisfaction. A jagged smile rips through his smooth, hairless face, and inked, reptilian scales caress his naked body. A laugh of hideous resonance emanates from his gut as the demons of hell welcome Lucifer into their fold.

Curiosity is such a childish word, right? Not so fast. Just because we grow up, it doesn't mean we should lose our wonder about the world or the people around us. When we do, we lose so much, because curious is how God made us to be. Without curiosity a Christian's life is incomplete. His relationship with God is incomplete. His connections to others are incomplete. He doesn't know how to interact with the world around him - politics, media, art, entertainment, science, and so much more simply fly past or overwhelm him.

Charlotte Wood’s The Writer's Room is essential reading for writers at all stages of their careers, and also pure reading pleasure for booklovers everywhere. Charlotte's interviews with a wide variety of well-known writers, range in topic from the subject matter of the writers' work to...

When a neighbor woman knocks one evening on a lonely young man's door, he thinks their romance is meant to be. After all, hadn't the bartender just told him he needed to "have faith?" Short and taut as a sad song, Zamboni Blues pulls us into its music and holds us to the bittersweet end.

Detective Steven Quaid is ready for new challenges as Anchorage's top detective, but not until he marries the woman of his dreams on New Year's Eve. Determined to give Sarah the wilderness honeymoon she desires, he turns his grandfather's cabin into the perfect honeymoon retreat. After the final details are complete, Steven treks into the mountains to hunt. On his return to the cottage, instead of Sarah, he is greeted by several police officers and a bloody crime scene. Accusations fly, and Stephen flees into the wilderness, his heart racing and thoughts etching into his soul.

Als der Arzt Jürgen Kaufung erstochen in seiner Praxis aufgefunden wird, hat seine Umgebung keine Erklärung für den Mord. Hauptkommissar Peter Brandt von der Offenbacher Kripo übernimmt die Ermittlungen und hat bald einen ersten Verdächtigen: Kaufungs besten Freund, den Galeriebesitzer Klaus Wedel. Doch Brandt kann ihm nichts beweisen. Kurze Zeit später wird auch Klaus Wedel umgebracht. Für Staatsanwältin Elvira Klein scheint der Fall mal wieder klar zu sein - im Gegensatz zu Peter Brandt, der sich erneut mit seiner Gegenspielerin anlegen muss.

Ratekrimi aus der Vergangenheit - so spannend war Geschichte noch nie! Jahr 431 v. Chr.: Zwischen Athen und Sparta herrscht Krieg. Plötzlich verschwinden immer mehr Kinder aus dem belagerten Athen. Kephalos und sein Vetter Philon machen sich an die Verfolgung der Täter und kommen einem heimtückischen Plan auf die Spur. Doch dann fallen sie selbst skrupellosen Entführern in die Hände.

"Manche Dinge kann man nicht erzwingen", sagt die Mutter zu Robs, der sich am Fenster die Nase plattdrückt. Er weiß, dass sie ihn nicht versteht. Hier geht es doch nicht darum, etwas zu erzwingen! Sondern darum, wie es ist, wenn die Sehnsucht nach etwas immer größer wird, bis sie so groß ist, dass man fast platzt. Robs sehnt sich nach Schnee, und er geht hinaus, um herauszufinden, wann es endlich schneit. Auf seiner Wanderung begegnet er Nitta, dem Eskimomädchen.

Winterliches Weihnachtswichtelabenteuer Weihnachtswichtel Wachmütz ist entsetzt: Alle Seifenblasen mit den Wünschen der Kinder wurden gestohlen. Und das kurz vor Weihnachten! Bösewicht Edgar Eiszapf hat die Wunschseifenblasen in seine Festung verschleppt und eingefroren. Zusammen mit seinen...

Eine Heldin mit Mut, Witz und Köpfchen Mitten in der Nacht wird Melly Jones auf ein Piratenschiff verschleppt. Auf der Kwirrligen Qualle kriegt sie es mit der wildesten Mannschaft zu tun, die jemals die Sieben Weltmeere heimgesucht hat. Wie alle Piraten ist auch der finstere Kapitän Ebenezer...

"Dornröschen", "Rotkäppchen", "Die kleine Meerjungfrau", "Baba Jaga" und viele andere... Die schönsten Märchen aus dem großen Diogenes-Märchenbuch als Hörbuch. Mit den bekanntesten Märchen aus Westeuropa, Osteuropa, der Brüder Grimm und von Hans Christian Andersen ...

Professor X, the X-Men's founder and mentor, and Shi'ar Empress Lilandra have been forced to love each other from afar - he has to remain on Earth to lead the X-Men, and she must stay with the Shi'ar to run the empire. Now, Lilandra must turn to the X-Men for help against a threat to her domain - and possibly the Earth as well. Shi'ar scientists have learned of a creature that devours galaxies and is heading toward Shi'ar space.

Vlad finally has his Bat Licence, but his mother now wants him to have super-strength - or it's off to the Black Tower with him! If only he could show her how funny he is in the school play with Minxie. But he has to keep his human friends a secret from his parents, and being a vampire secret from the humans. Then, when he suddenly turns into a bat at school, all his secrets are revealed.....

When their master, Vertigan, is kidnapped, Elio and his friends are determined to try and rescue him. Using a powerful artefact, they forge a magical doorway into a forbidding underground world teeming with Skaven ratmen! Hopelessly outnumbered, Elio, Kiri, Alish, Thanis and Kaspar must use all of their cunning if they are to find Vertigan and escape alive....

In a world nearly identical to ours, the North won the Civil War, Ben Affleck is the sexiest man alive, and Russia never sold Alaska to the US. Instead, Alaska is a rough, beautiful country ruled by a famously eccentric royal family, and urgently in need of a bride for the crown prince. But they have no idea what they're in for when they offer the job to a feisty commoner, a girl who's going to need...The Royal Treatment.

Lily Stewart has reached a crossroads in her life. Her painting career hasn't taken off, her best friend has changed beyond recognition, and now she can't keep up with the rising cost of living in the city. With no one to turn to, Lily is forced to move from her apartment, but while packing she comes across a piece of mail that had slipped to the back of her junk drawer: a letter detailing further action needed to finalize the annulment of a quickie Vegas wedding. From 10 years ago! Lily decides it's time to gather up the pieces of her life.