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After the tragic death of his father, Ben Carrington’s mother teams up with a wealthy entrepreneur to form an elite, top-secret rescue organisation: Gemini Force. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but first he must prove he has what it takes to face dangerous situations and save lives. In Black Horizon, after a promising early start to his career as a rescuer, Ben can’t resist stowing away so that he can take part in a rescue of oil platform workers trapped on a capsized, burning oil platform.

Burdizzo Book's Matty-Bob and Em invited some of their favourite indie authors to write stories inspired by their most beloved songs. The result is The Burdizzo Mix-Tape Vol.1, their most diverse anthology yet. These are tunes that resonate from the beach to the mountains, from rain dogs to spirits in the sky, from Old Ones to cold ones. Be it multi-dimensional romance across space and time, Cold War sexual paranoia, campfire cowboys, gypsy caravans, or demented disco balls, there is a song for everyone within these stories.

Rhys Bowen on G.M. Malliet’s Agatha Award-winning DEATH OF A COZY WRITER: "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph." On England’s Jurassic Coast, an American retiree and her husband arrive in postcard-perfect Axebury Cove for a quiet “roots” getaway. When the cliff beneath an ancient oak shears away, a woman vanishes into the riptides and a stranger stands on the brink holding a child. Accident—or something else, like murder? The sardonic narrator—equal parts history teacher and human lie detector—watches masks slip: a ...

Winner of the Book of the Year, Children's Fiction at The British Book Awards, 2021 'An instant classic' David Walliams Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop is The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full...

It’s been three years since the Civil War has ended. As free men, George Smith and his friends decided to head west to California. Traveling along with the trio is their old Irish army captain, Bryan O’Shannon who loves the group as brothers. Along the way to California they stop at a mining town named, El Oro in the Nevada territory. In the town, George and his friends learn the hard way that the town isn’t friendly to men of color. However, Beth Anne Murphy was different and treated the men with respect. George falls in love with Beth Anne’s kindness and she falls in love with his...

'a master class in eyewitness storytelling . . . this gripping narrative chronicles one of history's darkest nightmare moments' - Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario On the 80th anniversary of the devastating bombing of Hiroshima, the stories of the hibakusha are more important...

Applejack beginnt, Tagebuch über ihre Arbeit auf Sweet Apple Acres und den Erfahrungen bei der Apfelernte zu führen. Und wenn ihre Freundinnen ihr ein bisschen auf die Nerven gehen, schreibt sie das auch gleich auf. Dampf ablassen tut nämlich gut! Als das Tagebuch dann aber in die falschen Hufe gerät, sitzt Applejack plötzlich schön in der Tinte. Lass dich von der fabelhaften Welt von My little Pony verzaubern und entdecke mit Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack und Rarity das magische Land Equestria. Gemeinsam erleben die sechs Pony-Heldinnen viele spannende und aufregende Abenteuer, und du kannst dabei sein! Es geht um lang gehütete Geheimnisse, wahre Freundschaft und jede Menge zauberhafter Magie.

Marte, 2634. Olympus es una gran corporación que se extiende por la galaxia y divide a la sociedad en trece Servicios basados en las funciones de los antiguos dioses olímpicos. Armand Cordroy es diseñador en el Servicio de Afrodita. O eso parece. En realidad, es también un espía en las...

* * * A gripping suspense in the tradition of Tess Gerritsen, Robin Cook and Alex Kava, The Slaughterhouse Secrets is the debut of Dr. Jessica Bergstrom, a smart and resourceful veterinarian thrust into a quagmire of corruption, crime and drug smuggling. * * * DR. JESSICA BERGSTROM has job pressures—deadlines, a cranky boss and a meth-addled co-worker out to kill her. As a public health veterinarian at a meat packing plant she knew the place would be rough and dirty. What she didn’t know was the depth of the corruption between industry and government. As she fits the puzzle pieces of ...

La tripulación del Angelique está orgullosa de ser lo que es: una tripulación de piratas. Su día a día consiste en navegar por los mares de Marabilia entre aventuras, asaltos a barcos y búsquedas de riquezas; en definitiva, los piratas del Angelique viven sin acatar leyes ni obedecer órdenes de nadie. Hasta que el rey Geraint de Dahes los captura y todo apunta a que eso se ha terminado. La pena por piratería es la muerte. A menos, claro, que alguien les proponga un trato que les permita salvarse... Uno que a su vez ofrezca la posibilidad de una venganza muy ansiada.

A French prisoner struggles to survive in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. A delinquent youth is obsessed with a cemetery ghost. Good and evil fight over the soul of a zombie. A grandma thought to suffer from mental illness predicts the future. Car trouble leads to an encounter with an angel. A chief must calm a volcano before it destroys his village. A human tries to dissuade elves and dwarves from going to war. A bride confronts deception in an effort to reunite with her bridegroom. A boy encounters superhuman army ants that escape from a military laboratory and move into ...

Source: Ivy de Dione ha sabido siempre que su destino era casarse para poder reinar y ahora, por fin, va a conocer a su prometido. Sin embargo, cuando el príncipe Fausto de Granth llega a las costas de su nuevo reino, no encuentra el lugar tranquilo que esperaba. Dione es en realidad una jaula, y sus barrotes se componen de secretos e intrigas por doquier.

From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada’s finest and most celebrated writers, comes a brilliant new novel that vividly examines the seemingly incongruous worlds of science, religion and desire. Nurul Islam is a world-renowned physicist, professor at Imperial College...

Det skulle vara en dag som alla andra i Ponyville om det inte var för att drakequinen Discord, ponnyernas tidigare plågoande, precis dykt upp i byn. Men den här gången är han inte där för att ställa till med otyg, utan för att delta i Vårmusikalen. Och på prinsessan Celestias begäran dessutom! Hon vill att han en gång för alla ska visa för invånarna att de kan lita på honom. Men när det ligger i ens natur att hålla på med rackartyg så är det inte alltid så lätt att låta bli.

Felicity Devon enters a remote suicide wood. Her avalanche of despair is due to her own personal demons and the secrets and lies surrounding her sister Elley’s disappearance. By chance in this place where the end game is played out she meets Jonah, a young man also struggling under the weight of a terrifying secret, his beloved father’s recent death, and the loss of his own sister. United in sorrow they decide to join forces and discover the truth behind the mysteries of their turbulent pasts. In the process, they step into a frightening and uncertain future.

Alonso Truylos and his three friends are out to find adventure wherever it exists. As soldiers, these men sail to the New World. As time goes on, events and occurrences reshape their relationships. Alonso Truylos finds himself going deeper into this strange New World, eventually, joining a galleon in the hopes of attaining riches, only to discover how life really works.

Monday through Friday, Satomi works for the highly bureaucratic CoPet Corporation. She's the only girl in the male-dominated department of Lizard Children Containment. As a squire, her job is to help knights protect the public from Lizard Children. Lizard Children are a controversial technology that CoPet embraces as a means for 'safely' producing the nation's electricity. Every workday, Satomi is bullied by colleagues and belittled by superiors. Even worse, to keep her job she must silence her soul's true calling, because following it while working at CoPet's is social suicide.

Rarity glæder sig til at møde sin nye elev Charity fra Manehattan og ser virkelig frem til at kunne dele sin begejstring for mode og lækkert tøj med en ligesindet. Men at være en god rollemodel er sværere, end hun havde regnet med. Og da Charity får farvet sin man og hale lilla for at blive mere som Rarity, går det for alvor op for hende, at hun er nødt til at sadle om som mentor.

The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Never more so than in this collection of 30 weird and macabre tales.

If you’re passionate about literature and want to delve deeper into the classic works that have influenced generations of writers and readers, *Literary Theory* is the podcast you need to listen to. Hosted by Raul Silva, a teacher, writer, and journalist in training, the podcast analyzes and discusses the books that made history in the art of writing, offering critical reviews, interviews, roundtable discussions, and debates. With weekly episodes released in seasons, *Literary Theory* is a deep dive into the literary world that will surprise and move you. Subscribe to the feed and follow ...