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Absalom Scryne, the greatest wizard of his generation, has been murdered. There's no other explanation for why his consciousness now resides in his well-worn but perfectly pointed hat. Well, he isn't going to take that lying down . . . or hanging from a branch, as the case may be.

Betrayed by those they'd taken in and narrowly avoiding a disaster of untold proportions, Lyrian and his friends are once again thrust into a fight for their very survival, this time against Carver and his band of murderous adventurers. But as their newfound war quickly reaches a stalemate, both sides find themselves scrambling for a way to break it, while viciously battling one another for every inch of ground that they can steal in the process.

In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve and is about to debrief him. As Eve interrogates her subject, desperately trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, Villanelle moves in for the kill. The duel between the two women intensifies, as does their mutual obsession, and when the action moves from the high passes of the Tyrol to the heart of Russia, Eve finally begins to unwrap the enigma of her adversary's true identity.

Reidon Ward will become a god. He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly, and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him. However, his perseverance has not gone unnoticed, and when the most powerful artificial intelligence in human history takes an interest in him, things began to change quickly.

Dezember 2016. Der Guardian-Journalist Luke Harding trifft unauffällig den ehemaligen MI6-Agenten Christopher Steele in London, um mit ihm über die Russlandverbindungen des neu gewählten Präsidenten Donald Trump zu sprechen. Der Russlandexperte empfiehlt ihm, der Spur von Geld und Sex zu folgen. Kurz darauf tritt ein von Steele verfasstes Dossier zur Trump-Russland-Connection den wohl größten Politskandal in der jüngeren Geschichte los.

Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he’s finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don’t come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next. As a temporary safeguard, Arek’s best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she’s dead.

Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society, entering into a world that defies their wildest imaginations. But from the moment that he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his friends and thrown into a remote village under attack by a horde of goblins. Forced into battle, Marcus rallies the beleaguered villagers and, with their help, manages to drive off the invading creatures. With the village in ruins and their supplies spoiled, the villagers turn to Marcus for help in rebuilding the village.

Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful - yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. In Wanting, Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies.

Als mehrere Frauen am helllichten Tage aus ihren Wohnungen verschwinden, wird DI Sean Corrigans Team auf die Vermisstenfälle angesetzt. Beim Auftauchen der ersten Leiche weiß der außergewöhnliche Ermittler: Er muss sich schleunigst in das Denken des Täters hineinversetzen, um ihn zu finden und zu verhindern, dass es weitere Opfer gibt. Denn der Killer weiß ganz genau, wen er sucht. Er wird nicht ruhen, bis er sie gefunden hat. Und sein Weg wird gepflastert sein mit Leichen...

Physician and biochemist Cate Shanahan, MD, examined diets around the world known to help people live longer, healthier lives - diets like the Mediterranean, Okinawa, and Blue Zone - and identified the four common nutritional habits, developed over millennia, that unfailingly produce strong, healthy, intelligent children and active, vital elders generation after generation. These four nutritional strategies - fresh food, fermented and sprouted foods, meat cooked on the bone, and organ meats - form the basis of the Human Diet.

Once more, and against all odds, Marcus and the rest of Virtus have managed to snatch victory from the jaws of total defeat, capturing not only Carver but also destroying the orc advance completely. Yet there is no peace in store for the exhausted victors, for not only must they pay the price for their desperate triumph, but they must also rise up once more to meet a new terror that has revealed itself.

She is the perfect assassin. A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers. Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits. Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her and the one she answers to. She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness. Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything.

In this intimate memoir, Luke takes us behind the scenes of his career on the stage and screen. He writes beautifully of the relationship he now has with his family and the respect they all have for one another on their different paths. Luke's story is a powerful tale of resilience, courage, and the pursuit of finding a sense of belonging and identity, but mostly (and hopefully) a story of inspiration.

Der erfolgreiche Psychoanalytiker Luke Rhinehart ist des Daseins überdrüssig. Regeln und Zwänge ersticken das Leben im Sumpf der Neurosen...

As we stand on the cusp of a new political reality, the contours of personal freedom and autonomy are becoming increasingly well-defined. The future holds the possibility of an existence where the barriers to living life on one’s own terms are ever-diminishing, where the power of voluntarily connected individuals challenges and reshapes the statist quo. Even though the journey toward this new reality is fraught with trade-offs and challenges, it has the potential for unprecedented freedom and philosophical fulfillment.

On Al Chaudhury’s 12th birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a letter from Al’s late father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 in a secret time machine and save his father’s life.

Ein Opfer. Zwei Mörder. Ein Verbrechen, das das gesamte Land schockiert. Zwei gewalttätige Ex-Häftlingen sind wieder auf freiem Fuß –und ein Polizist ist ihnen dicht auf den Fersen. Luke Delaney, der "die Londoner Verbrecherszene wie seine Westentasche kennt" (The Times) erzählt in diesem Roman von der Tat, aber auch von deren Nachwirkungen. 2005 begehen zwei Teenager in London ein so abscheuliches Verbrechen, dass das ganze Land geschockt und aufgebracht ist.

Seit Cameron Ackersons Vater auf dem Lake Erie verschwunden ist, zieht es den jungen Mann immer wieder mit dem Boot auf den See. Dort gerät er eines Tages in ein heftiges Gewitter und wird vom Blitz getroffen. Diesen Unfall streamt er live, wird zur YouTube-Sensation und entdeckt bald ungewöhnliche, neue Fähigkeiten an sich. Die talentierte Hackerin Nia hilft ihm, mit seinen neuen Kräften umzugehen. Gemeinsam decken die beiden böse Machenschaften auf, während ihnen gleichzeitig Gefahr aus dem All dicht auf den Fersen ist. Der Außerirdische Xal droht, die Welt wie wir sie kennen zu zerstören.

Dr Luke Beardon has put together an optimistic and upbeat guide that will be essential listening not just for any autistic adult, but for anyone who loves, lives with or works with an autistic person. Emphasising that autism is not behaviour, but at the same time acknowledging that there are risks of increased anxiety specific to autism, this practical audiobook gives clear strategies that the autistic person can adopt to minimise their anxiety and live comfortably in a world full of what may seem to be noise and chaos.

Fresh off their victory over Graves and his followers, Marcus and his friends have managed to enjoy a few weeks of relative calm and peace as they continue to build Aldford, preparing the town for a new wave of settlers coming from Eberia. But as the days wear on with no new arrivals in sight, they begin to fear the worse, eventually setting out to search for their promised reinforcements and soon realizing that they weren’t as alone on the frontier as they thought they were.