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The small lakeside town of Wolfhollow, New Hampshire is bustling with Fourth of July tourists. The week-long holiday festivities are interrupted when a valuable letter from the Revolutionary War is stolen from the town museum. Fourteen-year-old Leah Bartlett and her two siblings, eleven-year-old Avery and nine-year-old Grayson, jump in to solve this summer mystery. The local newspaper nicknamed the Bartlett children the Rucksack Kids for the canvas backpacks they each carry.

LAPD detective Marcy Kendrick and her partner, Angel Reyes, are called to investigate the brutal sex murder of an up-and-coming starlet. A calling card has been left at the crime scene. This was the work of a professional, Alejandro 'El Gato' Gómez, an infamous drug lord who has evaded LA police for over a decade. Gómez has a right-hand man, a mysterious assassin known as El Mariachi de los Muertos. The assassin, for reasons unknown, is on a murderous rampage across LA. The bodies are piling up. But why?

A powerful collection of essays that challenge the dangerous propaganda that is being spread by those who seek to justify Putin’s aggression in Ukraine or shift the blame onto “NATO NATO NATO”. Seasoned antiwar activists, the writers have dedicated their lives to promoting peace and human rights. Sadly, many former colleagues have gone into the camp of “tankies” — those who support authoritarian regimes. Knee-jerk opposition to American foreign policy leads too many people to buy into “anti-imperialist” rhetoric to the point of carrying water for some of the most horrendous ...

What If the Real Problem… Is Math Itself? As a substitute teacher, homeschooling parent, and unapologetic cultural critic, Theo Rhising takes a blowtorch to the sacred cow of compulsory math—revealing how this outdated rite of passage crushes curiosity, squanders youth, and props up a system more concerned with compliance than critical thinking. Why are teens still forced through years of abstract math they'll never use—trig, calculus, polynomials—while graduating clueless about taxes, budgeting, or building a life that actually works? Why is math treated as sacred when, for most, ...

When Trevor's mentor is found dead at the bottom of a cliff—ruled suicide by police who couldn't be bothered to look closer—he knows better. His friend had enemies, but he also had something people would kill for. DC Kendra March and her team hit the road to England's east coast, expecting to find answers in a quiet seaside town. Instead, they discover a community paralyzed by fear, where locals speak in whispers and strangers aren't welcome. The friendly facade hides something rotten. Something that got Trevor's friend murdered.

Daisy Costigan is desperate to leave her violent, controlling husband, Bruce. But she knows he'll never let her go. And if she tries to escape, he's promised he'll do whatever it takes to track her down and have his revenge. She's trapped. One day Daisy meets a charming stranger in a bookstore. His name is Marco and he overhears Daisy's terrified phone conversation with controller Bruce. Marco makes Daisy an offer. He'll take care of Bruce if she'll help him with a little problem—his wife.

Lyssa Cole brings an angsty, second chance romance to the Leave Me Breathless Collection...I fell in love with him when I was a child, watching from afar as he would catch butterfly after butterfly for me. As teens, our love grew stronger into one that lasts a lifetime. But one car accident left everything destroyed, my memories stolen from me, even the ones of him. Despite the difficulties, he waits for me to return. Patiently, he shows me our life, one memory at a time. He’s determined to make me fall in love with him all over again.

"Im Gegensatz zum Tier sagen dem Menschen keine Triebe, was er tun muss. Im Gegensatz zu früher sagen ihm auch keine Traditionen mehr, was er tun soll. Und oft weiß er nicht mehr, was er eigentlich will." So diagnostiziert Viktor Emil Frankl, Professor für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, das Befinden des heutigen Menschen.

As summer begins to wane, the Bartletts leave the lakeside community of Wolfhollow, New Hampshire to take a last minute vacation to the seashore. A half mile from the beach sits Mystery Island. This fog-enshrouded island happens to be the destination on a pirate treasure map the kids recently discovered. However, to find the buried treasure, fourteen-year-old Leah Bartlett and her two siblings, twelve-year-old Avery and nine-year-old Grayson, must decipher a secret code. .

Das Standardwerk des Taoismus. Der wohl erfolgreichste und beste deutsche Titel zu diesem Thema jetzt erstmals als Hörbuch: Wu wei - das bedeutet aus dem inneren Zentrum handeln, im Einklang mit dem Fluss des Lebens sein, im Hier und Jetzt leben. Für den modernen Menschen mit seinem hektischen Alltag und dem Stress im Beruf scheint das ein unerreichbares Ziel. Doch die chinesischen Weisen haben einen einfachen und ungeheuer praxisorientierten Weg entwickelt, das Leben in seiner ganzen Vielfalt anzunehmen und zu genießen.

Ever since rebellion broke out in Mystic City, pitting the ruling elite against the magic-wielding mystics, Aria has barely seen her boyfriend. Not surprising, since Hunter is the leader of the mystic uprising, and he'll do whatever it takes to win freedom for his people - even if that means using Aria. But Aria is no one's pawn. She believes she can bring the two warring sides together, save the city, and win back the Hunter she fell in love with.

20 août 1919. Alors que la présence française au Levant cherche encore à s'imposer, le poste de commissaire central de Beyrouth, port principal du mandat français, est comblé par un simple gendarme marseillais. Poussé par ses supérieurs à accepter cette promotion, Antoine Fourcade se retrouve au milieu d'une lutte de pouvoir entre les différents services responsables du maintien de l'ordre dans le mandat. Écroué quelques mois après la fin de son service militaire, l'histoire de sa captivité, recensée dans un impressionnant dossier de défense réalisé par le gendarme durant sa ...

The PRACTICE Method ™: 30-Day Blueprint for Living Your Extraordinary Life is a mind, body, spirit journey revealing who you are, and how you operate by default. Regardless of your age, gender, race, or sexual orientation this book will serve as a blueprint to your own personal transformation. Filled with tools, distinctions, personal stories of inspiration, and client case studies, the author takes you on a journey of self-discovery, and empowerment to create your very own extraordinary life you love living by conscious design.

In the magical realm of Mystic City, Aria Rose, daughter to one of the city's ruling families, is betrothed to Thomas Foster, the son of her parents' enemies. With the unwanted marriage drawing closer, Aria encounters a rebel mystic from the Depths - and begins to question everything she knows about her world.

The constellations are widely used in the secular world as an attempt to predict the future or answer some specific question about a subject. But this belief misses the transcendent truth of the stars and their connection to the creator. We will discover that these heavenly creations are designed to serve a greater purpose: to lead us to life-altering truths about who we are and how we can live lives of purpose and power.

When a living map appears in the fog-covered valley of Mistvale, four friends—Eli, Maya, Sophie, and Liam—set out to uncover its secrets. Each sunrise redraws their path, revealing new riddles, hidden dangers, and unexpected truths. As the shifting map tests their trust and bravery, the friends learn that courage isn’t about knowing the way—it’s about walking forward together when the path disappears beneath your feet.

Adventurer. Engineer. Product Designer. Ideator. Spiritualist. King of “…Ness”? Great Dharma King? Yogi Theo Mann led a fascinating life. A life interrupted and ultimately cut short by a brain tumor. Before he left this world, he left us with this eclectic collection of stories inspired by his life.You probably won’t find the meaning of life after reading this book, but we bet you’ll find some ideas to ponder, while at the same time laughing along with Theo when he does something unexpected and wincing when he does something that might be a little too risky. Author’s Description...

In this duology's finale, Kingston travels back in time and uses his growing magic to save the world. Kingston might have saved Echo City but the victory is bittersweet without his pops by his side. The holidays are approaching and if Kingston could have one wish, it would be to have his father...

Carly has a complicated personal life. She's been the mistress of famous artist Nelson Carter for the past five years. Now Nelson has finally left his wife Amanda, but instead of committing to Carly, he's indulging in a series of one-night stands. She has had enough and is about to leave him when a vicious attack on Amanda means Carly has to put her plans on hold to care for Nelson's traumatized ten-year-old son, Jake. Only when Amanda is released from the hospital can Carly finally move on with her life. But then a frightened Jake confides a disturbing secret—"That's not my mom".

From the depths of financial despair to the glittering celebrity world of the rich and famous, Theo Fennell's journey has been anything but predictable. With humour, candour and self-depreciation, Fennell charts the highs and lows of his remarkable career, from dealing with hardened criminals to designing for Elton John, Lady Gaga and Madonna.