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In 1893, on the eve of the great race for land, Benjamin David prays for God to guide him to his Promised Land. Finding property and preaching to the lost are his only ways of honoring his deceased fiancée. He hasn’t counted on Elmer (Elsie) Smith claiming the same plot and refusing to leave. Not only is she a burr in his side, but she is full of the homesteading know-how he is sadly lacking. Obtaining a claim in the Cherokee Strip Land Run is Elsie Smith’s only hope for survival, and not just any plot, she has a specific one in mind.

Sulema Ja'Akari is an elite warrior, one of the desert people known as the Zeeranim. She is also the daughter of the Dragon King of Atualon, whose magic is the only thing that prevents the earth dragon from waking. Should the dragon end her sleep, their world will be destroyed. The Dragon King is dying. As heir to his throne, Sulema must be trained to take his place, yet the more she learns, the less she trusts the sinister agendas that surround her. Knowing that her life hangs in the balance, Sulema seeks to return to the Zeera.

In the heart of the singing desert, the people are fading from the world. Mothers bear few live children, the warriors and wardens are hard-pressed to protect those who remain, and the vash'ai - the great cats who have called the people kithren for as long as there have been stories - bond with fewer humans each year. High above, the Sun Dragon sings a song of life and love while far below, the Earth Dragon slumbers as she has since the beginning of time. Her sleep is fitful, and from the darkness of her dreams come whispers of war...and death.

In Tom Wolfe's hands, the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement. This is his sequel to The Painted Word, the book that caused such a furor in the art world five years before. Once again Wolfe shows how social and intellectual fashions have determined aesthetic form in our time and how willingly the creators have abandoned personal vision and originality in order to work a la mode.

Stinging deaths aren't uncommon in the summertime, but when Henry Wiest turns up stung to death at an Indian reservation, Detective Hazel Micallef senses not all is as it seems. And when it turns out the "bee" was a diabolical teenaged girl on a murder spree with a strange weapon, a dark and twisted crime begins to slowly emerge. The questions, contradictions, and bodies begin to mount, as two separate police forces struggle to work together to save the soul of Westmuir County.

What do you do after you’ve saved the world and nobody believes you? Amber is a teenage runaway, hiding out in Los Angeles, who is also a daughter of the wolf kind. And, not long ago, she had her own personal demon. Richard was her servant, her lover, and a hellish force bound to the Earth against his will. Together they turned back the World Snake that threatened to destroy the city and she had granted Richard his freedom. Now Amber is alone, but nobody accepts that she has truly shed her demon.

For most girls, sleepaway camp is great fun. But for Amy Becker, it's a nightmare. Amy, whose home life is in turmoil, is sent to Camp Takawanda for Girls for the first time as a teenager. Although Amy swears she hates her German-immigrant mother, who is unduly harsh with Amy's autistic younger brother, Amy is less than thrilled about going to camp. At Takawanda she is subjected to a humiliating "initiation" and relentless bullying by the ringleader of the senior campers.

A bully primed for battle. A high school ready to explode. A must-listen for every parent. "You think only students have to deal with backstabbing and bullying in high school? Think again. Wolf's heroine, a high school guidance counselor, fights back." (The Denver Post) Friday Night Lights meets Ordinary People when Beth Maller returns to her job as a high school guidance counselor shortly after her teenage son Danny is killed in a car accident.

Amber is more than just a girl with a stolen ID and an attitude; she is a daughter of the wolf-kind, a shapeshifter able to change forms at will. One night, as Amber prowls the Hollywood Hills in wolf form, she stumbles onto an occult ceremony, interrupting the ritual. As a result, Amber finds herself the unwilling mistress of a handsome demonic servant, Richard. Appearing as a fair youth of eighteen years, Richard is a demon accidentally summoned, then captured, by Dr. John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.

Edited by best-selling authors and universe creators Mark Wandrey and Chris Kennedy, Tales from the Lyon’s Den includes 18 all-new stories in the Four Horsemen universe by a variety of best-selling authors - and some you may not have heard of...yet.

Needed: Community girlfriend for (four) Army Ranger Specialists at incredible lake house estate. Wife material. Long term only. The ad was ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous! Yet for Sammara Madsen, bored in life and unlucky in love? The concept made her stomach do a sexy barrel roll. After a chance encounter with a gorgeous soldier reveals the opportunity of a lifetime, Sammara goes along out of simple curiosity. Yet when she falls in love with the beautiful mansion as well as the three other handsome Rangers who live there?

Dieses Buch soll dir dabei helfen, den Einstieg in die Ingenieurswissenschaften zu finden und den Mythos "schweres Studium" relativieren. Wer die mathematisch geprägte Sprache der Ingenieure beherrscht, der wird feststellen, dass man keinesfalls hochbegabt sein muss, um ein ingenieurwissenschaftliches Studium erfolgreich abzuschließen. Jeder kann ein technisches Studium schaffen - auch Menschen ohne besondere Begabung. In dem Buch steht nicht das Fachliche im Mittelpunkt, sondern die richtige Herangehensweise an das Lernen und die Planung des Studiums.

L'autore di "Angelo guarda il passato", che è stato indicato dalla critica in modo contraddittorio a volte come genio ("Genius" fra l'altro è il titolo dell'ultimo film che descrive la sua vita) e a volte come scrittore fallito, specie se paragonato al suo contemporaneo Faulkner, scrive questi racconti in modo lirico, sregolato, come se fosse la scrittura a travolgere lui stesso e non lui a padroneggiarla col mestiere del letterato.

Thomas Clayton Wolfe, morto di tubercolosi a soli 38 anni, è uno scrittore e poeta statunitense. È famoso soprattutto per la sua scrittura moderna, poetica, impressionista. Questo è il suo romanzo più famoso, il cui titolo si ispira ad un verso di Milton, e ripercorre , attraverso le vicende dei protagonisti, la vita dell’America di inizio del XX secolo.

Sylt hat immer Saison und bietet wunderschönes Lokalkolorit für eine charmante Liebesgeschichte: Eigentlich wollte Julia nur eine Auszeit nehmen. Doch nun sitzt sie mit drei Streithähnen im Autozug nach Sylt: ihrer Mutter und zwei Tanten. Die Schwestern sind uneins, was mit dem Haus auf Sylt geschehen soll. Früher haben sie dort unbeschwerte Familienurlaube verbracht - bis sich alle in den gleichen Mann verliebten: Julias Vater. So einfach ist das mit Verkaufen aber ohnehin nicht, denn wie sich herausstellt, ist das Haus vermietet. Und zwar an die letzte Geliebte des Vaters.

Gute Verlierer - die besseren Menschen? Manchmal fehlt einem nur das letzte Quentchen Glück zum Erfolg. Wolf Schneider schreibt über weltberühmte Persönlichkeiten, deren Namen man nicht nur mit Ruhm und Ehre in Verbindung bringt. Der eine scheitert kläglich: Ché Guevara. Andere wurden um ihren Sieg betrogen (Rainer Barzel) oder wie die legendäre Maria Stuart vom Thron gestoßen. Interessant an Schneiders Sicht ist, dass die ausgewählten Personen nicht allgemein-biographisch, sondern unter einem bestimmten Aspekt - dem des Erfolgs - betrachtet werden.

Das Streben nach Glück bestimmt jede Faser unseres Seins. Noch nie standen die Chancen auf materiellen Gewinn so gut wie heute. Aber was macht wirklich glücklich? Geld? Karriere? Kinder? Der Traumpartner? Selbstverwirklichung? Wolf Schneider nimmt derartige Pauschalrezepte unter die Lupe und zieht überraschende Schlüsse. Seine Lesung regt dazu an, die eigene Glücksformel zu suchen und zu einem zufriedenen Leben zu finden.

Die Hesselbachs sind vielen erst durch die in den 1950er Jahren erstmals ausgestrahlte Fernsehserie bekannt geworden. Doch die eigentlichen Wurzeln dieser hessischen Familie liegen im Hörfunk. Bereits 1949 wurde die erste Folge "Hesselbachs Ihrn Hausschlüssel" live aufgezeichnet und gesendet. In den folgenden Jahren sind unter dem Titel "Die Familie Hesselbach" weitere 47 Folgen dieser sogenannten Alltagschronik produziert worden.

Die Hesselbachs sind vielen erst durch die in den 1950er Jahren erstmals ausgestrahlte Fernsehserie bekannt geworden. Doch die eigentlichen Wurzeln dieser hessischen Familie liegen im Hörfunk. Bereits 1949 wurde die erste Folge "Hesselbachs Ihrn Hausschlüssel" live aufgezeichnet und gesendet. In den folgenden Jahren sind unter dem Titel "Die Familie Hesselbach" weitere 47 Folgen dieser sogenannten Alltagschronik produziert worden.

Mamma Hesselbach stellt dem Babba eine bronzene Hirschstatue, ein Hochzeitsgeschenk des Herrn Kommerzienrats, auf den Schreibtisch. Angeblich im Wert von etwa 300,00 Mark. Da der Schreibtisch kein "Schuttabladeplatz" sei, stellt Babba Hesselbach den Hirsch mitten in den Flur, wo sich Annelies prompt die Nylonstrumpfhose aufreißt. So entspinnt sich eine Diskussion über den Wert der Plastik.