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Who Shall Ascend is both a vivid biography of a man with whom all Christians can identify, and a provocative study of the paradoxes of faith. From his beloved Costa Rica, where he headed the pioneering Latin American Mission, to New York’s Madison Garden where, side by side with Billy Graham, he addressed a throng of 17,000 people, Kenneth Strachan changed the lives of countless people.

Michael “Mickey” O’Halloran is no stranger to hardship. As an orphaned newsboy in the early 1900s, every day brings struggle. However, his kindness, faith, love, and optimism define his character and shine so brightly that he leaves an incredible impact on those around him. After taking in a crippled girl in need, Mickey works even harder to prepare a home, provide for their needs, and to bring joy and hope to their dark times.

Caroline McAlister, college professor and lifelong skeptic, is reeling from the loss of her father and her marriage. Her once promising career has come to a standstill. When her father bequeaths the family cabin to her, it comes with a ghost who haunted her childhood. When she discovers a century-old journal in the attic, she awakens the voice of Carson Quinn. The journal reveals Carson's love for the same hollow that enthralled Caroline growing up. A little sleuthing uncovers rumors that the kind, curious boy in the journal grew up to murder his brother.

When Sheriff Red Hammergren welcomes billionaire Vance Judson back to Lykkins Lake for his high school reunion, his return stirs up more than nostalgia—it unearths old grudges, long-buried betrayals, and a reckoning sixty years in the making. At the same time, a young podcaster, drawn to whispers of an unsolved hit-and-run from the same era, begins asking questions—questions that cut too close to the truth and put a target on her back.

Laura, a student from a modest background, escapes her small town to join the ranks of the academic elite on a Weatherfield fellowship to study at Oxford University. She enthusiastically throws herself into her coursework, yet she is never able to escape a feeling of unease and dislocation. Years later, back in the United States with a PhD and dissertation on Henry James, she loses her job as an adjunct and reconnects with the Weatherfield Foundation. Commissioned to write a history for its centennial, she becomes obsessed by the Gilded Age origins of the Weatherfield fortune.

Die Kunstdiebin Marissa begeht einen folgenschweren Fehler: Als sie versucht, den Millionär Hayden Mancini um seine Gemälde zu erleichtern, wird sie von ihm dabei gesehen. Hayden ist nicht nur ein wohlhabender Junggeselle, sondern auch ein berüchtigtes Mitglied der italienisch-amerikanischen Mafia. Und er ist fest entschlossen, Marissa zu finden und zu bestrafen. So beginnt eine gefährliche Jagd durch die Stadt, die niemals schläft. Hayden ist auf alles vorbereitet. Nur nicht darauf, welche Gefühle Marissa in ihm auslösen wird.

Lena is a fingerprint expert at a crime lab in the small city of Syracuse, New York, where winters are cold and deep. Suddenly, a series of crib deaths - indistinguishable from SIDS except for the fevered testimony of one distraught mother with connections in high places - draws the attention of the police and the national media and raises the possibility of the inconceivable: could there be a serial infant murderer on the loose?

Told against the backdrop of the deprivation of World War I, the tragedies of the influenza epidemic, and the burden of generations of betrayal, That Pinson Girl unfolds in lyrical, unflinching prose, engaging the timeless issues of racism, sexism, and poverty.

Jahrelang war die Arbeit Yu-jins Lebensmittelpunkt. Als sie zufällig auf das kleine Dorf Soyangri stößt, das in idyllischer Natur am Fuße eines Berges liegt, verliebt sie sich sofort in die Gegend und beschließt kurzerhand, ihr Leben in Seoul zurückzulassen und im Dorf die »Bücherküche« – ein Buchcafé mit integrierter Pension – zu eröffnen. Die Bücherküche wird zu einem Ort, an dem Menschen köstliche Speisen genießen, die von der passenden Lektüre begleitet werden, und Trost und Hoffnung finden.

Seeing What Is There navigates the complexities of the psychedelic therapy movement, questioning its ethical pitfalls and motivations. Ultimately, Rex demonstrates that true healing requires more than just pharmaceuticals—it demands economic security, community, and social support, offering a powerful meditation on trauma, survival, and the potential for transformation.

Explores works that dazzle the eye and excite the imagination. The art and science objects were selected for their maximum "wow" factor. Some are big, some are not so big, but all of them are eye-filling feasts of form, pattern, color, line and texture. This tour is particularly recommended for family groups with children.

Eine spannende Reise in die Brandenburger Unterwelten, von BILD-#1-Bestsellerautor Dirk Trost. Die Investigativjournalistin Thyra König schleust sich undercover in die Welt einer Berliner Beratungsfirma ein, die mit fragwürdigen Finanzstrategien operiert und Superreiche noch reicher macht. Sie ahnt noch nicht, welche schrecklichen Dinge sich in einer alten Bunkeranlage südlich von Berlin abspielen und was die Firma damit zu tun hat. Als sie in den Räumen der Firma nach Beweisen für illegale Machenschaften sucht, wird sie von Sicherheitskräften entdeckt und in ein Büro eingesperrt.

Doctor Who at the BBC combs the avenues of Time and Space for significant spin-off moments from the much-loved TV and radio series. In an exclusive coup, this third volume features a rarely heard ten minute mini-drama starring Jon Pertwee and Elisabeth Sladen. Specially recorded for Glorious...

The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb’s library in 1848.

Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis and her top-secret meatball recipe, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows, the tawdry world of peek-a-boo striptease routines, a queer mob marriage, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child, herself, and maybe even true love.

Julia findet sich nach ihrer Festnahme im Maßregelvollzug wieder. Ein Gutachter hat ihre verminderte Schuldfähigkeit, aber auch eine weiterhin bestehende Gefährlichkeit festgestellt. Mit diesem Urteil will Julia sich nicht abfinden, sie setzt alles daran, zu erfahren, was wirklich geschehen ist.

Globis größtes Hobby ist Bahn fahren. Es ist Ferienzeit und diese beginnt mit einer kleinen Einladung am Anfang und endet mit großem Bahnhof zum Schluss – dazwischen gibt's viele Einblicke in die Welt der Bahn. Sogar Lok fahren darf Globi.

Seit Urzeiten herrscht die Rabenkönigin über das Reich der Schatten zwischen Leben und Tod. Ihre Raben sehen alles, ihre Wölfe setzen ihre eiserne Herrschaft durch. Als ihr prophezeit wird, dass eine Sterbliche ihre Herrschaft zu einem Ende bringen würde, schickt sie die ihr untergebene Vampirin Constanza auf die Suche nach der menschlichen Frau. Das war wahrscheinlich ihr größter Fehler.

In the twenty-first century, we meet Verity Frazier, a disillusioned history professor who sets out to prove that the artist responsible for the illuminated artwork in Christine de Pizan’s medieval manuscripts was a remarkable woman named Anastasia. As Anastasia’s story unfolds against the exquisitely-rendered medieval backdrop of moral disaster, political intrigue, and extraordinary creativity, Verity finds her career on the brink of collapse by her efforts to uncover evidence of the lost artist’s existence.

Abigail Adams lived through the Revolutionary War and became the First Lady of the second president of the United States. Though women of her time could not vote, govern, or own property, Abigail believed that women should not be ruled by laws they did not make. Although she did not see these rights come to women, she never gave up talking, writing, and perhaps most important, believing that women were equal to men. Her courage and strength enabled her to help her husband create a new country. She never fired a gun, but her pen was a weapon that helped win freedom for her country—and herself.