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Drawing on his decades of experience working with small-business owners, Michael Gerber adds to his mega-selling E-Myth series with The E-Myth Attorney, a one-of-a-kind system for transforming an attorney’s practice into a business positioned for long-term growth.

The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond

Beginning with A Study in Scarlet and concluding with The Hound of the Baskervilles, this epic project took over 8 years to complete - and this landmark collection contains the extraordinary result. Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart.

Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, introduces us to Frodo Baggins. With his uncle Bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, Frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil power. It is the Ruling Ring, taken long ago from the Dark Lord, Sauron, who now seeks to possess it again. Frodo must do everything he can to prevent this, and with the help of Gandalf the wizard and a band of loyal companions he begins a perilous journey across Middle-earth.

An interview recorded on an iPhone. A police interrogation tape. An FBI wire. At the center of them all is a writer researching a legal thriller...or is he? And somewhere within those recordings is the truth about a murder trial and a web of lies stretching back three decades.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks enlarges the world of the original series, placing the unexplained phenomena that unfolded there into a vastly layered, wide-ranging history, beginning with the journals of Lewis and Clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale. The perfect way to get in the mood for the upcoming Showtime series.

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme? President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.

This collection of classic horror stories is sure to give you goose bumps, raise the hair on the back of your neck, and put some fright in your night. Includes Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch, Coin of the Realm by Charles L. Grant, Something Had to be Done by David Drake, The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner, The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury, Calling Card by Ramsey Campbell, The Words of Guru by C.M. Kornbluth, and Passengers by Robert Silverberg.

Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as "America's Alchemist", his proclamation that "debt is an asset" has propelled him to a dizzying level of success. By orchestrating the takeover of a massive steel manufacturer, Merkin intends to do the "deal of the decade", the one that will rewrite all the rules.

From the survivor of 10 Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, an inspiring memoir about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a group of anti-Fascist protestors, killing one and injuring 19, the New England Holocaust Memorial was vandalized for the second time in as many months. At the base of one of its fifty-four-foot glass towers lay a pile of shards. For Steve Ross, the image called to mind Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.

A former superintendent of the West Point military academy and a psychologist explain why all successful leaders rely on a foundation of strong character. The Character Edge is a ground-breaking leadership book that shows you how to win the right way.From the battlefield to the classroom, General Caslen and Dr Matthews have witnessed first-hand the vital link between strong character and strong leadership, and how the latter cannot exist without the former. Competence matters, but without character leadership ultimately fails. 

Gather round as today’s most diabolically clever authors twist simple moments into otherworldly horrors. An empty baby stroller. A scratching underneath the bed. A farmhouse in the moonlight. With an unnerving sense of the macabre, these stories transform our greatest fears into bone-chilling realities.

ie erste Folge der Grundschule-Superhelden! Ein spannendes Hörspiel für Kinder ab 5 Jahren. Große Aufregung an der Bärbel-Rapunzel-Grundschule. Aus dem benachbarten Zirkus ist ein Löwe ausgebrochen. Als das Tier dann wirklich in unmittelbarer Nähe der Schule auftaucht, werden die Grundschul-Superhelden zu Hilfe gerufen. Anna, Caro, Finn und Jonas haben einzigartige Superkräfte, aber können es die vier Freunde wirklich schaffen den Löwen einzufangen, bevor er Unheil anrichten kann? Die Eingangstür des Schulgebäudes ist weit geöffnet.

Durch eine Verwechslung gerät Rud auf der Chinesischen Mauer in den Besitz eines fremden Fotoapparats, der ihm bald darauf wieder entwendet wird. Den Film, der aus dem Apparat gefallen ist, hat Stan jedoch eingesteckt und vergessen. Auf einmal fühlen sich die Detektive auf Schritt und Tritt von unheimlichen Schattenmännern verfolgt, und ein heimtückischer Überfall auf Stan ist nur der Auftakt zu einer haarsträubenden Serie von Angriffen und seltsamen bedrohlichen Träumen, in denen vermummte Kapuzenmänner eine Rolle spielen.

Dupins Intimfeind Gaston Morel hat eine tödliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem "Zirkel der Sieben". Sein Ableben reißt eine Lücke, die Dracula mit einem geeigneten neuen Anwärter zu füllen gedenkt. Die Kandidaten, die er im Visier hat, bringen allesamt besondere Talente mit, die sie unter Beweis stellen müssen, um den freien Posten im Zirkel zu erlangen. Der Gentleman-Dieb Arsène Lupin, die exotische Femme Fatale Mata Hari oder der Entfesselungskünstler Harry Houdini.

Brandstifter machen Schlagzeilen in London. Nirgends scheint man mehr vor den gefährlichen Flammen der berüchtigten Feuerteufel in Sicherheit zu sein. Und ausgerechnet jetzt stellt sich der Meisterdieb Wayne McLair offen und recht spektakulär der Polizei, wodurch er umgehend im Newgate Prison eingesperrt wird. Warum tut er das? Welche Rolle spielen die Feuerteufel und der ominöse Prof. Belchleigh in diesem Spiel? Und welche Ziele verfolgt Solomon Crompton in Wahrheit?

William Shakespeare, long hailed as the history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters. These skills are perhaps best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains, and bit players.  

Der Kapitän der Garcia, Grady O'Connor, war für den Unfall verantwortlich, in dem der Frachter auf ein Riff lief. Jedoch konnte er entkommen und ist seitdem spurlos verschwunden. Treibt er sich vielleicht nachts auf dem Schiff herum? Und wer ist der unheimliche Mann mit der Schlangentätowierung am Handgelenk? Auf einmal steht ein Schuppen auf der Werft in Flammen. Wer hat ein Interesse daran, das Abwracken der Garcia mit allen Mitteln zu verhindern?

Auf den ersten Blick sieht es so aus, als ob der alte Angler in das Loch im Eis gefallen und ertrunken wäre. Doch dann finden Lady Bedfort und Inspektor Miller Spuren, die auf Fremdeinwirkung hinweisen. Je länger sie recherchieren, desto geheimnisvoller erscheint ihnen Marcus Cartwrights Leben. Wovon hat der Erfinder all die Jahre gelebt? Was sind das für seltsame Pläne, die er seinem Neffen kurz vor seinem Tod geschickt hat? Lady Bedfort versucht, die Zusammenhänge zu verstehen. Wird es ihr rechtzeitig gelingen?

Julian Ladd and Rye Adler cross paths as photography students in the exclusive Brodsky Workshop. When Rye needs a roommate, Julian moves in, and a quiet, compulsive envy takes root, assuring, at least in his own mind, that he will never achieve Rye’s certain success. Both men are fascinated with their beautiful and talented classmate, Magda, whose captivating images of her Polish neighborhood set her apart, and each will come to know her intimately - a woman neither can possess and only one can love.