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Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behaviour.

Few books of the Bible are as important to believers as the Letter to the Romans. It appears in the Catholic Lectionary more frequently than almost any other New Testament epistle, and it is Paul’s greatest explanation of faith through the Gospel of Jesus. Written in the earliest days of the Church, Romans remains an inspiring and revealing document. Through these six thought-provoking audio lectures, you will gain fresh insights into this vitally important letter.

Entertaining, sly, or poignant, the stories of O. Henry were - and remain - enormously popular. This collection, read by Frank Muller, contains the stories "The Gift of the Magi," "The Skylight Room," "The Cop and the Anthem," "The Last Leaf," "The Pimienta Pancakes," "The Furnished Room," "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking," "The Sleuths," "The Passing of Black Eagle," "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog," and more.

During a break from his usual village beat, young Police Constable Nick finds himself involved with holidaymakers and their problems. As well as the normal seaside duties, how does he cope with a man who’s lost his false teeth in the sea and another who wants to give away thousands of pounds when drunk? Then there’s the stray Labrador that thinks he’s a police dog and accompanies police officers on night patrols, and the anxious fisherman who daren’t tell his wife that he owns a racehorse.

Tough, shrewd and determined, Sergeant Cribb is a stalwart of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department. Aided and abetted by the loyal, stolid Constable Thackeray, he pounds the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, tracking down murderers and bringing them to justice.

Best-selling author Frank Delaney deconstructs the Vampire myth through the ages, and shows us how Stoker’s 1897 novel, one of the most widely read books of all time, heightened the allure of sex, the glamour of blood, and the defeat of death in a way that continues to pulse - and faster than ever - on the page and on the screen.

When Frank Ahrens, a middle-aged bachelor and 18-year veteran at the Washington Post, fell in love with a diplomat, his life changed dramatically. Following his new bride to her first appointment in Seoul, South Korea, Frank traded the newsroom for a corporate suite, becoming director of global communications at Hyundai Motors. In a land whose population is 97 percent Korean, he was one of fewer than 10 non-Koreans in a company of 5,000 employees.

A six-month debate at work with a religious fundamentalist led to years of research and contemplation resulting in the author's journey towards Atheism. The three great monotheisms are picked apart, exposing their shortfalls via their own texts, world history, philosophy, and thought-provoking hypotheticals. If your brilliant logical brain is ready to be freed, you have come to the right place. This book will help you quell the doubt and fear associated with leaving the credulous herd.

Zwei einsame Seelen, zwei Welten in Gefahr – ein Geheimnis, das alles zerstören könnte ... Yumi and the Nightmare Painter vom internationalen Bestseller-Autor Brandon Sanderson ist ein romantischer, asiatisch inspirierter Fantasy-Roman voller einzigartiger Magie und Figuren, die tief berühren. Heimlich sehnt Yumi sich nach einem einzigen Tag als normaler Mensch – doch nur durch absoluten Gehorsam kann sie die Geister beschwören, deren Hilfe für ihr Volk lebenswichtig ist. Während er durch dunkle Straßen patrouilliert, träumt Maler davon, ein Held zu sein.

Was the popularity of this program due to the luck of the Irish or the talent of Frank McCourt? Listen to what the critics are calling "a hard-nosed but lyrical conclusion to the story begun in Angela's Ashes" and "a refreshing Frank McCourt." Also available in unabridged version.

Minen der Macht. Der Blutsturm ist das epische Finale der Minen der Macht-Saga von fünf Bestsellerautoren. Die Schlammwache ist in Aufruhr. Während Ströme von Vertriebenen Zuflucht in Grubenstedt suchen und alle Spitzel von einem unmittelbar bevorstehenden Großangriff des Blutsturms berichten, wird tief in den Minen die Leiche eines Spähers der Barbaren gefunden. Fieberhaft beginnen die Gefährten rund um Hauptmann Gunter ihre Ermittlungen. Doch nicht nur der Blutsturm macht den ungleichen Freunden zu schaffen.

First he considers moments in history - Periclean Athens, the English Civil War, the American and French Revolutions, among them - in which the challenges we face today were first encountered and what solutions, however imperfect, were found. Then he lays bare the specific problems of democracy in the 21st century and maps out a set of urgently needed reforms. With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place, yet it is this space that it must occupy, says Grayling, if a civilised society that looks after all its people is to flourish.

James Baldwin (1841-1925) was a textbook editor and children's author on the subject of legends, mythology, and biography, among others. Thirty More Famous Stories Retold (1905) was written by the author in response to requests for more stories like the ones in his popular book of 1896, Fifty Famous Stories Retold.

Sie ist von allen bösen Geistern verlassen. Anstatt dem Prinzen die Kehle durchzuschneiden, ließ sie ihn einfach laufen. Und nun soll sie auch noch im Thronsaal vor König Tedore das Knie beugen. Nicht mit ihr. Niemals. Lieber stehend töten, als kniend leben. Im Spätherbst seines Lebens, weit weg von der Heimat, geflohen vor seiner Schuld. Ein verstorbener Sohn, eine verlorene Tochter, ein verwirkter Titel.

Sitting in a pub one Christmas Eve, two friends hash out their doubts and questions about God, the Trinity, and existence itself. They agree that the Christian Trinity does not make much sense, yet when they look at the origins of the universe, they realize it also does not make sense, and for exactly the same reasons. And if the enigma of the Trinity is the same one underlying the universe, then perhaps the Trinity is as rational to believe in as our own existence.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio ist kein gewöhnlicher Papst: Er ist der erste Jesuit auf dem Stuhl Petri, der erste Lateinamerikaner, der erste Franziskus, der erste, der umfassende Reformen im Vatikan verfolgt. Mit großer erzählerischer Kraft lässt Papst Franziskus uns an seinen intimsten Erinnerungen teilhaben. Und er geht schonungslos die zentralen Anliegen seines Pontifikats an und wendet sich mutig, nüchtern und prophetisch den wichtigsten Themen unserer Zeit zu.

Amplified offers a fresh, innovative way to relate to and experience music. The audiobook shows the listener how to use the power of music in their everyday life - to awaken creativity, improve their well-being, deepen relationships, and amplify their true potential. Through a combination of personal stories, scientific research, inspiring anecdotes, and practical exercises, Frank Fitzpatrick provides us with a time-tested musical path to greater health and happiness.

An unbeatable mythological horror has its sights set on Elana, and that's not the worst of her problems. Gods want to use her, shadowy agents want to eliminate her, and a powerful sorcerer wants to kill her; all as she rushes to stop an event that portends the death of her best friend, Olivia. It's all catching up with her, and just in time for Christmas. Elana is going to have to figure out how all of it is connected but she's in over her head, outnumbered, and running out of time. And she always thought magic would make her life easier.

Frank Schaeffer has a problem with Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and the rest of the New Atheists—the self-anointed “Brights.” He also has a problem with the Rick Warrens and Tim LaHayes of the world—the religious fundamentalists. The problem is that he doesn’t see much of a difference between the two camps. As Schaeffer puts it, they “often share the same fallacy: truth claims that reek of false certainties.

Der spannungsreiche Technothriller schließt unmittelbar an "Dead or Alive" an, das große Comeback von Tom Clancy. Jack Ryan sr. stellt sich wieder zur Wahl für das Amt des US-Präsidenten. Er will seinem Land angesichts der terroristischen Bedrohung in dessen schwerster Stunde beistehen. Allerdings hat er nicht mit der Niedertracht seiner Gegner gerechnet, die ihn mit erfundenen Vorwürfen gegen John Clark, seinen engsten Vertrauten, konfrontieren. Wer steckt hinter den zwielichtigen Operationen, die ihn und Clark zur Strecke bringen sollen?