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Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems. She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate, a disgraced lizard for a trade negotiator and a deserter from the fleet acting as her chief engineer. And that was well before an ex-crewman turns up wanting Lana to rescue a barbarian prince from a long-failed colony world....

For the first time ever, legendary editor Otto Penzler has handpicked some of the most respected and best-selling thriller writers working today for a riveting collection of spy fiction. From first to last, this stellar collection signals mission accomplished.

With a sniper’s rifle he has calmly executed hundreds of enemy soldiers in a single battle, and gunned down thousands of innocent civilians in a single day, waiting patiently for the barrel of his gun to cool before resuming his craft.

In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper slaughtered five prostitutes in London's seamy Whitechapel District. He did not just kill - he ripped with a butcher's glee - and then, after the particularly gruesome slaying of Mary Jane Kelly, he disappeared. For 127 years, Jack has haunted the dark corners of our imagination, the paradigm of the psychotic killer. We remember him not only for his crimes, but because, despite one of the biggest dragnets in London history, he was never caught.

Are things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds? She's managed to reach what passes for civilisation in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy. Lana's crew needs paying - including the amorous barbarian prince she rescued from a failed colony world. But her crew have other priorities: the ship's android, Zeno, is distracted by terrible secrets from his past, while her alien navigator, ...

Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer, to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. But. the British are not alone on Raines' trail.

This engaging audiobook pulls together the individual strains of self-care, spirituality, and common sense. It is a one-stop "bible" to give social workers and other professionals an uncomplicated, easy to hear resource that empowers them to manage and maintain their well-being through personal responsibility and self-care.

Die dunkle Lyrik in "Schattenschön" ist geprägt von Versen, die das Spiel zwischen Licht und Schatten, Liebe und Verlust, Glück und Melancholie meisterhaft einfangen. Jeder Satz lässt den Rezipienten in eine geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre eintauchen. Dieses Hörbuch ist wie geschaffen für all jene, die den Mut haben, die verborgenen Ecken ihrer Seele zu erkunden. Die poetischen Texte sind von einer einzigartigen Intensität, die sowohl beunruhigt als auch fasziniert. "Schattenschön" erweckt Emotionen zum Leben und lässt Sie in die Tiefen Ihrer eigenen Gefühlswelt eintauchen.

Seline Templar hasn't experienced an easy life. First, her father died for reasons that have been shockingly concealed from her. Then Seline's mother, Molly, went missing in suspicious circumstances. So she's been raised as a ward of King Steam in the Steamman Free State, far away from the potential perils of her home in the Jackelian Kingdom. Raised in relative solitude among the machine race . . . until an old friend of the family, the steamman scientist Coppertracks, turns up in the capital with news of the most amazing discovery. It will set Seline and her companions off on a dangerous ...

Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems. She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate, a disgraced lizard for a trade negotiator and a deserter from the fleet acting as her chief engineer. And that was well before an ex-crewman turns up wanting Lana to rescue a barbarian prince from a long-failed colony world. ...

Willkommen in der Welt von "Schattensinn" – einem Hörbuch, das die Grenzen der Vorstellungskraft sprengt und die Essenz der Dunkelheit in jeder gesprochenen Silbe einfängt. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Reise der Sinne, während düstere Lyrik und fesselnde Klänge zu einem Erlebnis verschmelzen, das Ihre Seele in den Bann ziehen wird. "Schattensinn" entführt Sie in eine Welt jenseits des Gewöhnlichen. Die tiefen, melancholischen Verse entfalten sich wie dunkle Blütenblätter, während die Worte in Ihren Gedanken verweilen und Ihre Emotionen in eine Achterbahn der Gefühle verwandeln.

Betritt die Rote Ebene, einen Ort des ewigen Leidens und endloser Konflikte. In dieser fesselnden ersten Ausgabe der Serie entfaltet sich eine Geschichte, die deine Vorstellungskraft übertrifft und dich in ihren Bann zieht. Verlorene Seelen, endlose Schlachten und eine verfluchte Ewigkeit. Diejenigen, die durch das Henkersschwert ihren letzten Lebensfunken verloren haben, finden sich auf der Rote Ebene wieder. Eine Zwischenwelt, die von unaussprechlichen Qualen und einem Krieg gezeichnet ist, der niemals enden wird.

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt von "Schattenspiegel" - einem Hörbuch, das die Seelen der Dunkelheit anspricht und Ihre Sinne in eine fesselnde Gothic-Lyrik hüllt. In diesen geflüsterten Worten und düsteren Klängen verschmelzen Poesie und Finsternis zu einer unvergleichlichen Symphonie der Emotionen. Lassen Sie sich von den schattenhaften Versen verführen, während Sie auf eine Reise in die Tiefen der Nacht geführt werden. Die Worte schweben wie Nebel durch die Luft und enthüllen verborgene Gedanken, Ängste und Sehnsüchte, die in den verborgenen Ecken unserer Seele lauern.

Willkommen zu einer unvergesslichen Reise in die Tiefen der Dunkelheit. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt voller düsterer Romantik, geheimnisvoller Schatten und melancholischer Schönheit. Dieses Hörbuch entführt Sie in eine meditative Sphäre, in der die Finsternis ihre eigene Poesie erschafft und die Schatten ihre Geschichten flüstern. Lassen Sie sich von den Klängen der düsteren Lyrik verzaubern, während Sie durch nebelverhangene Landschaften streifen und den Schleier des Vergessens lüften.

Welcome to the Broadcast. I am your host Hunter Stephens and I will be here to talk about politics and some random bits of history. I hope y’all enjoy

Stephen J. Hunt, award-winning publican and the founder of Hunt Hospitality, turns his 30 years of buying, renovating, and selling pubs into an accessible, practical guide on how to turn a poorly performing business into a highly profitable one. From the early days of formulating an idea, to raising money and recruiting employees, to fending off competitors, you'll discover the wisdom, practical tools, and tips you need to take control over your business, turn it around, and live the life you've always wanted.

In late 2020 Aidan and Stephen began walking in the evenings together through their local forest park and felt their discussions were interesting, thought-provoking and made them feel healthier in both body and mind. They decided to try to record some of these chats and send them out to the world in the hope of inspiring others to continue the conversation.They want to bring people together over a cuppa, with an aim to create a community that can share thoughts, ideas, love, compassion, and realism in a safe non-judgemental environment while discussing the meaning and purpose of life, health, ...

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Puede que la capitana Lana Fiveworlds vuele con la misma variopinta tripulación de inadaptados, pero sus problemas son totalmente nuevos. Lana cree que un cliente exigente y difícil a bordo de su querida nave estelar -la Gravity Rose- es la suma de sus males. Pero eso fue hasta que tiene que sumergirse de emergencia en un sistema estelar que esconde toda una serie de secretos mortales. Hay que enfrentarse a las intenciones asesinas del gobierno local, con su aristocracia esclavista, por no mencionar a los despiadados rebeldes que intentan derrocar al régimen. Y luego está la nave ...

BURNING ANGELS (Book 2 of The Vigil series). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DESCRIPTION When Eleanor Lythe was invited to attend a charity art ball with the rest of her children’s home, she wasn’t sure what to expect – but being fed on by semi-immortal vampires, bitten and turned into a slave of their evil race, certainly wasn’t it. Luckily, for Eleanor, the Vigil – the covert branch of the U.S. Secret Service formed to fight the forces of the supernatural – is on hand to cure her and protect her. But save her for just what sort of life? As Eleanor struggles to master her new powers, she ...