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Missouri, 1985: Um vor den Problemen zu Hause zu fliehen, nimmt der fünfzehnjährige Sam einen Ferienjob in einem alten Kino an. Und einen magischen Sommer lang ist alles auf den Kopf gestellt. Er findet Freunde, verliebt sich und entdeckt die Geheimnisse seiner Heimatstadt. Zum ersten Mal ist er kein unscheinbarer Außenseiter mehr. Bis etwas passiert, das ihn zwingt, erwachsen zu werden. Die Geschichte eines Sommers, den man nie mehr vergisst.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES, HAILED BY ROLLING STONE AS "A GREAT ONE." "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work...

This dark fantasy delivers deadly dungeons, a rule-bound magic system, and immersive, story-first survival in a world where every spell and decision has a cost. Centuries ago, divine magic shattered the world. Now, in the ruins of a dying realm, only one wizard remains—trapped between life and death, powerless, and forgotten. To reclaim his body and restore the lost Guild of Wizards, the ghostly mage must recover a mythical relic buried deep in the dungeons: the Aard of Being.

Here is a time when the old west became new - the 1930s-50s - as Louis L'Amour witnessed it first-hand in Southern California before and after World War II. Many people think the age of gunmen, scheming land barons, murderous bad guys, and the determined men who stood up against them, went out with the end of the Old West around the 1890s. But, in L’Amour’s own time in the New West, there were far more bad men toting guns and making grabs for far more wealth and valuable land than in the fabled days of the Old West.

Brought together by fate - or phenomena - heiress Jennifer Quinn, journalist Timika Mars, pilot Alan Young, and ex-Marine Barry Regis are bonded by the incidents they've witnessed, hunted by agents of a wealthy corporate cabal desperate for unimaginable power, and possessed of extraordinary abilities they do not understand, much less control. Now, they're on a mission of their own. As Alan and Barry test the limits of their strange gifts inside the military complex known as Dreamland, Jennifer and Timika begin a quest to locate an ancient tablet that may hold the answers to humanity's greatest question.

Dan Davis, an electronics engineer, had finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot that could do almost anything. Wild success was within reach, but then Dan's life was ruined. In a plot to steal his business, his greedy partner and greedier fiancée tricked him into taking the "long sleep": suspended animation for 30 years.

Never thought of myself wanting one woman. But there she is, and she’s unlike any other. I had her in my bed once, but then I screwed up. She’s stubborn and refuses to listen to reason. She’s also a fighter. When things happen and I find she’s not exactly who she claims to be, I have to make things right before it's too late. Even if it means getting down and dirty to do it. I’ve no problem getting bloody if it means she survives what’s to come.

As a fringe drifter, I deliver latest generation nukes into deep space for cache storage. Company algorithms predict when and where the war will go, like chess. By planting weapons for future use they stay four steps ahead of the game, or in this case, four centuries. Needless to say, I miss out on a lot of the drama back home, wherever that may be. I work alone, always. When I am not in the nightmares of hypersleep, I read, think, and meditate, doing my best to stave off the madness that comes with isolation and alienation from earth, the native environment that I have never seen. My next ...

Children of the Stone chronicles Ramzi's journey - from stone thrower to music student to school founder - and shows how through his love of music he created something lasting and beautiful in a land torn by violence and war. This is a story about the power of music, but also about freedom and conflict, determination and vision.

I thought about my wife and four children, and was filled with a fear I’d never see them again…. For Donald Denihan, it was supposed to be the fishing trip of a lifetime. Instead, it ended up nearly costing him his life in a hard bargain he made with the sea. Near death experiences were nothing new to this successful real estate entrepreneur, though. At the age of sixteen, a hunting accident had nearly cost him his foot. A lengthy hospital stay, followed by an equally lengthy rehabilitation, filled Donald with resilience and made him think he could overcome anything. That is, until he ...

FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc Indian from California, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker, a Comanche from Oklahoma, are a team, sent by the Feds wherever there are problems in tribal territory.

In the late 1970s, Richard convinced his wife, Sandra, they should leave their promising professional careers and comfortable suburban lifestyle to start an azalea nursery in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. With no horticultural training or business experience, few mechanical skills, and absolutely no idea what they were getting themselves into, numerous adventures followed. In the third book in the planned four-book series, Richard continues the couple's colorful story, a story of triumph and despair, of high expectations and harsh reality, and of the people who touched their ...

De nieuwe grote roman van Benedict Wells, het boek dat hij schreef na de bestseller "Het einde van de eenzaamheid". Missouri, 1985. De moeder van de vijftienjarige Sam is ziek, zijn werkloze vader weet zich geen raad en sluit zich voor iedereen af. In een poging zijn ongelukkige thuissituatie te ontvluchten neemt Sam een vakantiebaantje in een oude bioscoop. Voor de duur van een magische zomer wordt alles op zijn kop gezet. Hij maakt vrienden, hij wordt verliefd op de mooie Kirstie en ontdekt geheimen over zijn woonplaats.

Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the Wyoming badlands with both greed and vengeance at its core. When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town's top law officer's wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty.

This book is really about impetuous love, you see, and its inevitable conclusion. Core Hollow invites you through our lost portal, that place of heart’s connection and hard-hearted truth, the place we fiercely loved, the place that ultimately changed us forever. And for every love there is a first time, right? Did I ever tell you about the first time? That was the night we drove straight up the hard, laddered gravel road, right to the top of the ridge in a rusted Ford pickup. And then what? There was nothing. No road, just a sighing eternity of grass, and no house, just the waiting woods,...

Welcome to future-shock. Hold on tight and buckle yourselves in, because the future is on a relentless onslaught, for better or worse. This is a collection of the short speculative fiction of Gabriel Walker Land. Most stories are flash fiction, meaning less than 1000 words. Each contains a story of mystery, action, romance, and suspense.

Hope ran deep when Smith left humanity’s first generation ship to lay roots with his wife and son in the open air of a new planet. When the colony ship broke apart on entry, however, countless lives were lost, including Smith’s beloved wife. He now fights to keep his son and his colony alive, all the while fighting off alien-induced hallucinations. Meanwhile, Smith’s apprentice Tashon seeks to discover what happened to his beloved mentor and the colony. He soon learns that the expedition’s leaders are focused on a much more imminent danger.

Set in the eighteen eighties, Sean Murphy walks away from the drudgery of his life as a tenant farmer in Ireland's County Kerry and walks towards the shipyards of Belfast. It is here he learns of New Zealand and the freedoms he never knew existed until now. With the dream of owning his own farm, Sean sets out on the perilous journey that would eventually take him to Middle River at Mokau where, as the deck-hand on the SS Cardiff, he would meet and eventually marry the beautiful Gwyneth Thomas. But meanwhile, Sean cannot and will not forget the beautiful Chinese girl, Moonyeen Wu who is also...

Der packende Bestseller aus der "Wuthenow-Thriller"-Serie von Kindle#1-Autorin Roxann Hill. Vergiss nie: Ich töte dich. Der renommierte Profiler Dr. Carl von Wuthenow wird von der Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft um Unterstützung bei den Ermittlungen in einem politisch besonders brisanten Mordfall gebeten: Ein minderjähriger Stricher wurde bestialisch getötet, seine Leiche auf einem Bauplatz entsorgt. Der junge Mann stammte aus dem arabischen Raum, und die Spuren des Täters weisen in die rechte Szene. Carl von Wuthenow willigt ein.

"Hård er mit lands lov er en stor episk roman om et vikingetogt til Afrikas indre." Året er 1010. Det norske vikingeskib, Havjærven, ligger til havn i Rom. Det var et tyndt togt på vej derned, men dem, der har bragt skind med sig tjener godt på at handle dem. En mand med øjne som is og hår som vindtørre ben - en af de norrøne nybyggere fra Grønland - går om bord på skibet. Han vil have dette skib og dets besætning med på en helt bestemt færd. Da kaptajnen nægter, kommer det til tvekamp og én må dø.