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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.

When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready. In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.”

In this heart-stopping installment in the New York Times best-selling Immortals After Dark series, a vampire swordswoman and a ruthless sorcerer become inmates in a hellplane prison.

By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.

Join Rose and her friend Sarah on a thrilling journey through time, exploring pivotal moments in history from the past to the present. With the help of remarkable allies, including Tesla, Einstein, and Franklin, they must outwit the sinister Whiskerton, who threatens to erase the world's diverse heritage. Can they preserve the timeline?

In naher Zukunft: Auf Grund der Maßnahmen zu Pandemien und Klimawandel hat sich das Leben vollkommen verändert. In dieser explosiven Gemengelage kommt der junge Robin Hochwaldt unerwartet an die Hebel der Macht, nachdem er dem Amt für Schuld und Scham entkommen ist. Nach irritierenden und schmerzhaften Erfahrungen erkennt er, dass er eine Entscheidung treffen muss.

November 1899. New York society belle Louisa MacGregor, heartsick after a broken engagement, flees her old life aboard the last westbound train of the season, whose track cuts through the very heart of the steep and forbidding Sierra Nevada Mountains. When an early blizzard traps her train in a remote mountain pass, Louisa is fast asleep in her luxurious palace car.

We describe ourselves by our intentions and characterize others by their personalities. Nice is subjective, occasionally inappropriate, and often serves as a form of compensation for aggression. Anger and violence are the simplest forms of aggression, although the most common forms of aggression are in our personality. We characterize a non-aggressive personality by assertiveness and a lack of aggression. Ideally, we want others to perceive us as having a non-aggressive personality.

Wenn du nicht kämpfst, hast du schon verloren. Die Welt taumelt. Nach einer Reihe verheerender Anschläge durch die Insurgents herrschen Angst und Chaos. Die Regierungen sind machtlos, der Frieden zerbricht – und während das grausame Flutprotokoll in seine finale Phase tritt, bereitet der skrupellose Patriamer Balendin im Verborgenen den ultimativen Genozid vor: Omega Telos. Verstreut, geschwächt und gejagt bleibt nur eine kleine Gruppe Mutiger. Cornell Rohde, Ava Canary, Cyberella und P.I.K.E. – sie alle stehen mit dem Rücken zur Wand. Ihr Feind ist übermächtig, ihr Auftrag ein Himmelfahrtskommando.

A knight, newly-returned from the Crusades, rides out one day to look over his estates. He doesn’t return and nothing is seen or heard of him or his horse again. His grieving lady dies of a broken heart within a year. This is the legend of Elmswood, a mid-Kent village. The children of the Davington family and their friend, John, go with their sledges to Castle Hill to have fun in the deep snow, but their fun turns into a terrifying adventure when they encounter a knight. Is he the knight from the legend? They think so, but are they right?

I’ve found a new home and fallen in love with four cursed fae princes. But everything could be taken from me in an instant. If I’m to save the Enchanted Vale and the High Princes, this rose is going to need to grow thorns.

A sinister discovery in the garden of Murriemuir House leads Ian to a chain of weird events. Scotland is gradually getting back to normal after lockdown. As people get out and about once more Ian finds his case load increasing and to his surprise one of his new clients is his own brother, Stewart. Stewart and his wife have bought an old farmhouse and are planning to open a wellness centre, when they make a sinister discovery in an area set aside for forest bathing. This is followed by a series of unexplained and possibly supernatural happenings.

In his Locus review of Two Worlds and in Between - the first volume of The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan - Gary K. Wolfe wrote, “...it makes you wish the second volume were here now.” Well, the long wait is over. This second volume completes this ambitious undertaking, collecting the finest of Kiernan’s stories from 2004 to 2012, selected by the author herself. The book includes 25 short stories and one poem, plus the short novel Black Helicopters - more than 200,000 words of fiction, including the World Fantasy Award-winning “The Prayer of 90 Cats”.

Unser Geldsystem ist zum Scheitern verurteilt! Noch haben Sie Zeit, Ihr Vermögen in Sicherheit zu bringen. Unser Wohlstand ist in Gefahr und Ihr Vermögen wird durch Inflation, Steuern und fragwürdige politische Entscheidungen angegriffen. Parallel scheint die Welt aus den Fugen geraten zu sein und wir sehen eine historische Akkumulation von immer mehr Krisen in einer immer komplexeren Welt in Gestalt von Rezession, Krieg, Deglobalisierung, geopolitischen Spannungen, künstlicher Intelligenz, tickenden demografischen Bomben, unfähiger Politik.

For decades, thousands of people have gathered in Omaha, Nebraska for the Berkshire Hathaway AGM, and quizzed Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on everything from the psychology of successful investors to the future of Coca-Cola and Apple. But unless you attended, for many years you only had access to what people could remember and report back from the meetings.

In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer - Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life - dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.

Mixed Martial Arts + Cultivation + Monster Girls = Oh My!

Far from the crowds of O‘ahu and Maui, Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i offer a glimpse into untouched Hawai‘i—where wild landscapes, rich history, and authentic culture come together. Whether you’re exploring the otherworldly rock formations of Keahiakawelo (Garden of the Gods), hiking the lush Halawa Valley, or snorkeling in the crystal-clear waters of Hulopo‘e Bay, this guide ensures a seamless and unforgettable adventure.

It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy, in which America renounced the gospel of globalization and waged a new kind of economic war.

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (i.e. "those idiots"), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos®. Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to think something isn't quite right. Even the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis, fails to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis.