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Chris Machin may think he's just a teacher, but the bottom feeders in Aberdeen squabbling over North Sea oil and gas contracts prefer to use his code-name - Sparrow. When his garden explodes he takes flight, unleashing various forms of Scottish mayhem. More complications are added by his ex girlfriend and a sociopathic policeman whose hobbies are violence, making arrests and, best of all, combining the two.

A highly selective and secretive group of grave robbers are recruiting on campus. They want evidence and "seeing is believing." Curious and eager to know the rules, to be "in," Martin Henniger finally gets his day...or night. At his first robbery, the crypt of Saint Adelaide in Bavaria, a rare but exciting thing happens. The six very different, flawed, and strange members converge on 10th century Italy, necessarily and somewhat deftly assuming roles in the fateful plot that surrounds the Queen Adelaide.

One tip... Often that's all it takes to make you a better, wiser, more successful musician. Well, on this audio, you're going to learn 300 of them! Three hundred sound bites: Short, little practice tips and time-savers, kernels of wisdom, nuggets of inspiration, oodles of confidence-boosters, snippets of practice advice, and technique-boosting practice strategies any one of which could change your life.

Best-selling author Norman G. Lippert had ridden his bike around the peninsula hundreds of times before that strange, foggy day, when the way home mysteriously vanished. Now, the peninsula has become an island, dwindling slowly around him, empty of everyone and everything except Norman, the ghosts of his most infamous villains, and his slowly dismantling psyche. In the end, Norman learns that no one deserves a happy ending. Everyone borrows from the dark. And eventually, inevitably, the dark collects.

When Twinkle Twinkle Little Star announces that he wants to be in show-biz, the results are hilarious and quite musical. Read and sing along with Stan Munslow's lovable ball of hot gas and you'll have a twinkling hot time of your own!

Francis Marion, hero of the American Revolution or anti-hero? Ride alongside the man, the myth, the legend. Read the interwoven stories of his men within the story. See the cruelty that created a nation. Learn about the idealized barbarity of men to dedicate and consecrate a land for the lost and hopeless, the wretched masses yearning to be free. Based on true events.

The far southern reaches of Puget Sound are a beautiful region for sailing, boating, and small craft adventure. Still, people who live there and work there are among the few who get to enjoy it. This alternative guide to the waters of five inlets tells you how and why you might choose to visit these sparsely visited treasures of natural beauty.

Coffee Chats with a Future-Person is speculative fiction for listeners who have thought about what "home" means when the universe is very large. It is warm, wry, and hopeful, even when the topics are not. Listen to one chatter, look out the window, and notice the world again.

Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands are composed of an estimated 300 islands and 2,000 miles of shoreline. James Nugent takes us on a voyage into this complex and beautiful playground.

I was nearly famous, but that is another story for my next autobiography. This is the true story of my reckless, adulterous, drunken life in the radio and record business, from rural Cape Breton Island to Nashville and Hollywood, as I attempted to discover the identity of two women that I desperately needed to find. One was my elusive birth mother and the other, the perfect angelic, sexy, wild woman of my dreams. My search through multiple marriages and shocking affairs ended with more surprises than I had anticipated.

"Why It’s Taking So Long to Fix Youth Sports" speaks for the countless voices disheartened by the current state of youth sports. Once innocent neighborhood games have transformed into a cutthroat business fueled by profit. The joy and camaraderie of yesteryears have been overshadowed by a relentless pursuit of success, wealth, and self interest. Youth sports expert Matt Young takes us through a forensic examination of what’s gone wrong, combined with practical strategies for how to give sports back to the kids.

Ne aflăm în anul 1942 – al Doilea Război Mondial a cuprins deja mare parte a Europei. Cu greu se mai poate găsi o cale de scăpare pentru cei prinşi de valul războiului. Singurul gînd ce însufleţeşte miile de refugiaţi, singura nădejde care ţine în viaţă generaţii întregi este visul de a fugi în America. În frămîntatul oraş Lisabona, unde speranţa libertăţii pîlpîie încă, un tînăr îşi lasă iubita la hotel şi încearcă să cîştige la cazinou banii pentru două bilete cu care să se îmbarce pe vaporul către New York. Mai are în buzunar şaizeci şi doi de dolari, din care pierde mare parte.

O inspirată selecţie de texte religioase esenţiale pentru budismul Zen, hinduism, taoism, misticismul creştin şi islam, de care autorul se foloseşte pentru a dezvălui "realitatea divină" comună tuturor credinţelor. Volumul include, printre altele, numeroase texte din Meister Eckhart, Rumi, Lao Zi sau Zhuangzi, precum şi din Bhagavad-Gita, Cartea tibetană a morţilor sau Upanişade, pe baza cărora Huxley analizează credinţele spirituale ale diferitelor tradiţii religioase, evidenţiind existenţa anumitor constante ale spiritului omenesc.

Victor traieste cu sentimentul ca, dupa copilarie si adolescenta, percepute drept cele mai frumoase perioade ale vietii sale, prezentul se deruleaza monoton. Nemultumirii pricinuite de munca sa bizara i se adauga obsesia ca sotia lui, vesela Veronica, s-a transformat in timp intr-o femeie ce nu mai are nimic din farmecul si visurile fetiscanei cu care s-a insurat.

Romanul Degete mici a fost recompensat cu Premiul pentru debut al României literare, Premiul de excelență pentru debut în literatură al UNPR și Premiul Uniunii Scriitorilor pentru cel mai bun debut în proză. Degete mici a fost tradus și publicat în Ungaria (Magveto), Polonia (Czarne)...

După moartea tragică a soției sale, Gérard – un profesor francez de istorie a artei – decide să se retragă o perioadă în nordul îndepărtat al Europei. Liniștea pe care o caută în meditație printre fiordurile Norvegiei este întreruptă de întâlnirea accidentală cu o...

Geniul și zeița rememorează câteva evenimente importante din viața protagonistului, fizicianul John Rivers. Acesta este singurul care mai poate face lumină într-o serie de evenimente tragice, survenite pe vremea când se bucura de afecțiunea și aprecierea mentorului său, Henry Maartens...

Prefata de Daniel Cristea-Enache Romanul are drept tema centrala ironia: fata de romanul clasic, fata de temele lui majore, fata de literatura, in general. Protagonistul, un tinar mereu in cautarea nefericirii, pentru a gasi motivatia autocompatimirii, este prins in diverse situatii ce...

In 2014, Kilian Jornet a fost desemnat Adventurer of the Year de cititorii revistei National Geographic Dupa succesul international al volumului sau Sa alergi sau sa mori, Kilian Jornet revine cu o noua carte, insufletitoare, profunda, sincera, in care isi impartaseste atractia pentru cele mai...

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