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James Hawthorne is cold, calculated, and twice my age, with a glare sharp enough to cut through steel. From the moment I become his assistant and challenge him, the war begins. He thrives on control, and I refuse to back down. Sparks ignite—clashing at first, but soon turning into something far more dangerous.

Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book’s eponymous white whale. But interspersed in that story are digressions, paradoxes, philosophical riffs on whaling and life, and a display of techniques so advanced for its time that some have referred to the 1851 Moby Dick as the first “modern” novel.(Summary by Stewart Wills)

Fließt das Qi, die Lebensenergie, nicht frei, sondern wird aus seiner natürlichen Balance gebracht, können der traditionellen chinesischen Medizin zufolge vielfältige Beschwerden die Folge sein. Achtsame Shiatsu-Massage sorgt hier mit ganzheitlich körperlich-seelischem Ansatz wieder für freien Fluss. Daneben wirkt sie auch klassisch über Lockerung und Durchblutung der Muskulatur und kann positive Effekte auf Verspannungen und Ihr Immunsystem haben. Die Techniken können Sie ganz einfach selbst erlernen und anwenden, und dabei ist dieses Hörbuch Ihr perfekter Massagelehrer.

Ethan Cole is cold, cocky, and impossible to ignore. A tech mogul with secrets, scandals, and a jawline that should come with a warning. He’s older. Off-limits. And totally uninterested in being interviewed by a “sunshine reporter” like me. So of course I push. He pushes back. And then the storm hits—literally. We’re stranded. Just me, him, and all that bottled-up tension. One night turns into slow-burn stares. Late-night confessions. And a kiss that wrecks my career plan. He’s hiding something. I’m supposed to expose it. But what if I uncover something else instead?

Das ferne Land Ningi, einst idyllisch und wunderbar, zeigt zunehmend Risse. Alice und ihre Freunde erfahren dies hautnah, als sie vor den Trümmern ihrer zerstörten Schule stehen und auserwählt werden, dem König von der Zerstörung zu berichten. Was als Flucht aus ihren schwierigen Familienverhältnissen beginnt, entwickelt sich schnell zu einer aufregenden Reise voller Geheimnisse und Gefahren. Wer verfolgt sie? Wem können sie noch trauen? Und welche Rolle spielt der mysteriöse „Weiße Reiter“, der angeblich das Volk vor dem Bösen schützen soll?

Somewhere along the way, the Christianity you knew began to crumble. You began to suspect your faith was misplaced. Disillusionment set in. Churches hurt you. Their people failed you. Christian institutions were exposed as fake. And in it all, God was silent. Is He gone? Or is God really there, waiting for you to find him instead of the counterfeits?

A remarkable story of the scientists behind a long-forgotten and life-saving cure: the healing viruses that can conquer antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.

Travelling home from a European holiday, Iris Carr ends up alone at the station after a quarrel with her friends. Struck by a mysterious assailant and waking up just in time to board the train which will take her on her journey to London, things seem to be looking up after a chance meeting with the affable Miss Froy. But when Iris passes out and reawakens, Miss Froy is nowhere to be found. The other passengers deny any knowledge of her existence and as the train speeds across Europe, Iris spirals deeper and deeper into a strange conspiracy.

¿Tienes espasmos musculares, ojos secos y acné? ¿Tus menstruaciones son abundantes y dolorosas? ¿Se te cae el pelo, te duelen las rodillas y sufres de fatiga? ¿Estás irritable, tienes insomnio y te cuesta bajar de peso? En la medicina occidental cada síntoma debe tratarlo un especialista diferente, mientras que la Medicina China demuestra que el origen de la enfermedad está en el desequilibrio de un órgano o víscera y los trata directamente.

Tarot card reader extraordinaire Katie True gets embroiled in another local murder when her best friend becomes the prime suspect in this exciting mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author of Play the Fool. “A delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor.”—Library Journal, starred review...

She suddenly wished that her medical school had offered a course on the art of intrigue... What seemed to be just an accident now carries an ugly and poisonous truth inside. Time to lift the veil. Aliya, now Countess Lillian Elizabeth Mariella Earton and wife to the Earl of Earton, is trying to uncover the truth behind Lillian’s miscarriage and the unhappy course of her marriage. How many enemies does Lilian have? And what do they want of her? King Edward's interest in the estate of Earton - once collapsing, now prospering - has sparked.

A novelist ambles down the lanes of a cosy country village, replete with Tudor houses and quaint cottages. In her writer's mind she pictures the sordid truth beyond the veneer, a seemingly laughable proposition - until the coming of the letters. Anonymous letters from a poisoned pen, sowing discord and defaming everybody from the Rector to the 'queen of the village' Miss Decima Asprey. Naturally, where there is venom in the air and dark secrets are threatening to come to light, the shadow of death is not far behind.

Partiendo de un gran abanico de fuentes, Marie Arana captura un vívido retrato de la Suramérica de inicios del siglo XIX, la que forjó a Bolívar y lo convirtió en un valeroso general, un estratega brillante, un escritor portentoso y un político sin parangón; en definitiva, uno de los personajes más admirados de Latinoamérica. Bolívar es una biografía trepidante en la que el lector hallará la imagen de una vida trágica capturada en todo su esplendor y un conmovedor manifiesto de la verdadera esencia del pueblo latinoamericano.

WINNER OF THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD A cynical tarot card reader seeks to uncover the truth about her friend’s mysterious death in this delightfully clever whodunit, “a delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor” (Library Journal, starred review). For Katie True, a keen gut and...

Research suggests that close to 10 percent of kids between ages 5 and 15 in the US have ADHD issues…and there’s a large number of kids that have no medical or therapeutic assistance. And even those who receive treatment do not show signs of permanent remission…often leading parents to resort to yelling and shouting.

Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined to develop a will of its own. When the order receives a distress call from a newly-formed colony, the sisters discover that the bodies and souls in their care - and that of the galactic diaspora - are in danger.

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy. Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kind-hearted, youth. He develops affection for his neighbor's daughter, Sophia Western. On one hand, their love reflects the romantic comedy genre popular in 18th-century Britain. However, Tom's status as a bastard causes Sophia's father and Allworthy to oppose their love; this criticism of class friction in society ...

""Juicy and tense, insanely readable and surprisingly tender—you need this one in your beach bag."" —CAROLA LOVERING, bestselling author of Tell Me Lies A sizzling, soapy summer debut, in which two women in a wealthy lakeside suburb clash over a cute male nanny, pulling the town’s darker...

Death by cat and computer wasn't on Sarah's to-do list. Neither was becoming a sentient crystal with a magical debt collector. Software developer Sarah was having a normal, caffeine-fueled day until she tripped over her cat, fell down the stairs, and woke up as an immobile dungeon core in a fantasy world. No body, no coffee, and definitely no customer service number to call about this cosmic mistake. Now she's stuck in a cave with: An immortal fairy guide named Glitz whose idea of "helpful" involves rainbow glitter and passive-aggressive system notifications A tribe of goblins with ...

He’s my grumpy, billionaire neighbor. And now… he’s my business partner. Our first meeting? An argument over a misdelivered package. Our second? A business proposal that could save my career—and ruin my sanity. Lorenzo DeLuca is older. Off-limits. Infuriatingly sharp and impossible to ignore. The kind of man who speaks in challenges and stares like he’s already won. He dismissed my art.