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Im Nahen Osten fällt ein amerikanischer Soldat während eines Feuergefechts mit aufständischen Rebellen ... bald jedoch verschwindet sein Leichnam spurlos von der Bildfläche... Captain Joshua Stone und die Investigativ-Reporterin Jessica Harlowe sind fest dazu entschlossen, die Wahrheit aufzudecken. Dabei kommen sie einem entsetzlichen Geheimnis auf die Spur. Die sterbliche Hülle des Soldaten wurde im Namen des "Transhumanismus" mit modernster Technologie ausgestattet: Er ist nun eine teils organische, teils bionische Killermaschine, verdammt zu einem seelenlosen Schattendasein.

Newly elected MP Bobby Khan is forced to question his own motivations and political and personal values when his cousin is arrested on a terrorism charge. Bobby Khan has a tight knit community who have backed his campaign to become their MP but as trouble builds in his community, can he navigate his life back home with his life in Westminster.

La vita in un ospedale non è mai allegra, e lo sanno bene Neo, Sony, Hikari, Coeur e Sam, che ogni giorno devono fare i conti con malattie terribili e provano a ribellarsi a un destino già scritto, cercando uno spiraglio di luce anche nella più buia delle notti. Per loro, anche la conquista più banale accende la speranza di una vita normale. Ma è dando valore a ogni momento come se fosse l'ultimo che, nella difficoltà della loro condizione, si troveranno a scoprire la felicità, l'amicizia e l'amore in modo struggente e toccante.

An acclaimed crime novelist and dramatist, Alison Joseph has scripted over 25 plays for BBC Radio. This collection showcases four of her original crime dramas, all specially written for Radio 4 – beginning with an apparently open-and-shut case for Sister Agnes that turns out to be anything but...

The most lauded trilogy in the history of horror audiobooks concludes four years after Don't Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice—only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Last Days of Summer by Vanessa Ronan. Read by Stuart Milligan, Barbara Barnes, Kristin Atherton and Becca Stewart. 'Vivid storytelling. ... makes your fingers tremble when you turn the pages. The terror and the pity of it...

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.

Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart thinks he has broken up the outlaw organization Los Pistoleros after he arrests its leader, J.T. Priest - the man who killed his father. But Priest escapes from jail and he's determined to rebuild his criminal empire. Only Quick Charlie Sims knows where Priest is headed. And Hart is none too sure he can trust the wily gambler, who has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros.

"With Uber and Lyft Nearby, Rental Cars May Be Ripe for a Comeuppance" is from the December 09, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Ron Lieber and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Here are four unforgettable stories by Yann Martel, the New York Times best-selling author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, set against the yearly march of the 20th century.

The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family, and make a home in the early American South. Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. The...

This adventure transports Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson to Amarna, the rustic desert site where the two archaeologists first met, beginning the 13-year association that would take them from mayhem to murder in the Egyptian outback.

"Ich glaube, das siebte Lebensjahr des Menschen wird gnadenlos unterschätzt. Alle starren immer nur auf die Pubertät, aber die Pubertät beginnt im Grunde viel früher. Es muss sich erst einmal vieles ansammeln, bis es dann explosionsartig austritt." So furios beginnt das neue Buch von Margit Schreiner, in dem es nicht nur um die Entwicklung der Siebenjährigen geht, sondern auch um den Blick der Erwachsenen auf das Kind, das sie einmal war.

Eine verletzte Brieftaube liegt vor Lady Bedforts Haustür. An ihrem Lauf befindet sich eine Nachricht. Ein Hilferuf! Die Lady und Max machen sich unverzüglich auf den Weg, doch sie kommen zu spät: Es gibt bereits einen Toten. Auf dem Anwesen des Taubenzüchters Broderick kommt es zu dramatischen Ereignissen. Und es dauert nicht lange, bis Lady Bedfort am eigenen Leib erfährt, wie weit Menschen gehen, um ein Geheimnis zu lüften.

Connis Nachbar "Mecker Herrmann" klingelt bei Familie Klawitter: Sein weißer Koi "Susumu" sei aus seinem Gartenteich verschwunden und wer sonst als Kater Mau habe ihn gefressen! Beweisen kann er es allerdings nicht. Conni findet es mehr als ungerecht, dass Mau gleich Hausarrest bekommt. Sie beschließt mit ihren Freunden Billy, Anna und Paul ein Detektivbüro in Pauls Gartenlaube einzurichten, um der Sache gründlich auf den Grund zu gehen. Paul hat auch schon das nötige Equipment für eine professionelle Spurensicherung parat.

Kidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war and famine. When a hostile tribe massacres her adopted family, White Ash is raped and left near death, but is miraculously saved by a brave shaman...and falls in love with him. Together they set out on a dangerous journey to steal a magical object - but they soon face a ruthless enemy who wants White Ash for his own.

Der wunderbare Weihnachtshund. Tessa Lamberti, alleinerziehende Mutter des neunjährigen Lukas, ist genervt. Nicht nur, dass er ihr seit Wochen wegen eines Hundes in den Ohren liegt, er fragt auch immer öfter, wo denn sein Vater sei! Als Tessa ihm nur sagt, dass sein Vater nach Amerika gegangen ist, macht sich Lukas selbst auf die Suche nach Vater und Hund. Kurz vor Weihnachten findet er einen echten Wildfang - der Beginn für eine bewegte und romantische Familiengeschichte!

When a lovely lady steps off a dusty stagecoach in Hangtree, the hardest heart skips a beat - and Sam Heller falls hard for her. What Hangtree doesn't know, however, is that Julia Pepperday isn't who she pretends to be. She is the daughter of the late Black Ear Skinner, a notorious outlaw who wanted his only child to have all the advantages in life and sent her back east. Black Ear Skinner's apple hasn't fallen far from the tree though. Julia has turned her back on the fancy boarding school and set her sights on Hangtree, because that's where Sam Heller has built a hard-earned fortune.

Smoke Jensen and his adopted son Matt are cooling their heels in Colorado when they are called to the Dakotas. Preacher, the legendary mountain man, is in the midst of a vicious struggle. Someone has kidnapped a proud Indian chief’s daughter and grandchild. When the kidnapping turns to murder, and Preacher vanishes after clashing with a ruthless Union colonel turned railroad king, Matt sets out to infiltrate the Colonel's gang of killers; Smoke seeks out the only honest citizens in the crooked town of Hammerhead.

The stranger could be insane. Or he just might be our salvation. Archaeologist Annja Creed is more than curious when a decrepit, ancient-looking man visits her, claiming the end of the world is near. The stranger spins wild tales and speaks as if he actually knew King Arthur. But, strangest of all, he insists that Annja is the only one who can stop the horrible event that is about to happen.