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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.

Arlene Alda's own Bronx memories were a jumping-off point from which to reminisce with a nun, a police officer, an urban planner, and with Carl Reiner, Colin Powell, Maira Kalman, and many other leading artists, athletes, scientists and entrepreneurs - experiences spanning six decades. Alda then arranged these pieces of the past, the mornings on the Grand Concourse and afternoons in the halls of Bronx Science, into one great collective story, a film-like portrait of the Bronx - and of America.

From the “terrifyingly talented” (London Times) author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG-IN THE NIGHT-TIME and THE PORPOISE, eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply-humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the many variants of love.

In this brilliant fictional tour de force, which the New York Times called "a deft, poignant novel," Newbery Medal–winning author Paul Fleischman re-creates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of sixteen participants. Northern and Southern, male and female, white and black. Here are voices that tell of the dreams of glory, the grim reality, the hopes, horror, and folly of a nation discovering the true nature of war.

A Devotional Unlike Any Other — Helping Kids Face Real Feelings with Real Faith! Most devotionals for kids offer quick Bible verses and surface-level encouragement. Faith Over Feelings goes deeper — helping boys and girls ages 8–12 tackle real emotions like fear, sadness, anger, anxiety, and doubt while building a strong, lasting relationship with God and Jesus.

All aboard for an unforgettable journey through the history, power, and future of trains! From the first steam engines that changed the world to today’s high-speed bullet trains and futuristic maglevs, The Big Questions: What Are Trains? takes young listeners on a thrilling adventure through time.

Nathan and Owen Go on an adventure to play in a river and have fun as brothers.

From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, from fear of the future to the cruel world of the English boarding school, Haddon showcases masterfully how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks. Whether describing Laika the Soviet space-dog on her fateful orbit, or St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert, his astonishing powers of observation are at their height when illuminating the thin line between human and animal.

Lara Wesson ist stolz und voller Vorfreude, als sie zu einer geheimen Sondereinheit von Scotland Yard versetzt wird: Der DIA. Ihr neuer Partner im Job, Chief Inspector Fionn Byrne, scheint hingegen nicht begeistert von der jungen Kollegin. Während sie ins malerische Cornwall reisen, um ihren ersten gemeinsamen Fall zu lösen, kommt es schnell zu Konflikten zwischen der taffen, lockeren Lara und dem sehr britischen und stets bestens gekleideten Fionn.

Stop the presses! One hundred thousand dollar reward offered for the return of George Harley Rockham! That’s more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance’s head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who’s offering the reward - Rockham’s daughter Virginia - and he might lose his head altogether. Fast-talking Vance jumps at the chance...the money...and the girl. But as Jimmy quickly discovers, there are several billion reasons to watch his back. Because that’s how much Rockham is worth.

Wrongfully accused, Spar has been condemned to suffer the brutality of the guards and the conditions on Devil’s Island. But they haven’t broken his will, and now, escaping, he has one mission in life: revenge. Spar’s out to kill the man who put him into the devil’s hands. But he’ll have to take on a gallery of rogues who are as treacherous as the waters of the Caribbean.

The Japanese military has turned the once-thriving Chinese city of Nencheng into a reeking pile of blood and ash. And now the Japanese Rising Sun threatens to scorch the ancient - and oil-rich - Kingdom of the Silver Lake. Can the Chinese survive the onslaught? Do they have a prayer? The answer is about to fall out of the sky. He is The Falcon Killer.

When Birdie, who's also a super talented gymnast fairy, finds a butterfly with a torn wing, she springs into action with her trademark enthusiasm! Together with her five fairy friends (Frankie, Lulu, Piper, Tulip, and Winnie), Birdie creates the most amazing butterfly hospital ever built in Flutterville. But can Birdie's world-famous butterfly gymnastics therapy really help her new friend learn to fly again?

What really happens to children's baby teeth after the tooth fairy takes them? Discover a joyful answer in Hi Tooth Fairy: The Magic of Flutterville—a heartwarming book for kids ages 4 to 8. Every night, girl tooth fairies journey to the human world to collect lost teeth. Back in the magical town of Flutterville, those teeth are cleaned, transformed into sparkling glitter powder, and used to power cozy homes, delightful shops, and exciting adventures.

Die Archäologin Brenda Logan macht einen seltsamen Fund, der sie in größte Gefahr bringt. Ein undurchsichtiger Professor, der nichts Gutes im Schilde führt, will mit ihrer Hilfe das magische Amulett an sich bringen, um unvorstellbare Macht zu erlangen. Doch das Geheimnis des Amuletts ist unergründlich. Eine böse Überraschung wartet nicht nur auf den Professor.

Sewing for Hope Foundation was seeking help from all the students at Everyone Is Welcome Academy, to create greeting cards for all the sick children at the local children’s hospital. She broadcast that she needed at least 10 students to volunteer to take the greeting cards to the children at children’s hospital and help the nurses in distributing the greeting cards to the sick children.

A week after winter had finally settled in for bear mountain. A winter weather advisory was broadcasted over all the television stations for all the bears residing in bear mountain. The advisory was a warning to the community of bears that a massive winter blast was heading toward bear mountain within 48 hours and all the bears of bear mountain were warned to seek shelter, and to remain inside before the winter blast would sweep through bear mountain.

It is a great story about a little boy named Issac who is curious about life, and he has a lot of questions to ask his mother, Sarah. He questions her about issues and fears that concern him.

Ganz einfach und entspannt Französisch lernen mit den Musiksprachkursen von The Grooves. Die Pop & Jazz Grooves Travelling...

Volume 8, Part 3 includes 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the "Historical Books" of the Old Testament, from the Unabridged Contemporary English Version Translation of the Holy Bible.