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London, 22. Juni 1896 - während die ganze Stadt das 60-jährige Thronjubiläum von Queen Victoria feiert, wird aus einer Ausstellung am Stadtrand ein kleines Schmuckstück entwendet. Vieles an dem Fall ist rätselhaft: Warum gerade dieses Objekt? Und wie ist der Dieb überhaupt in das Gebäude gelangt? Miss Adler konfrontiert Holmes und Watson schließlich mit einer abenteuerlichen Erklärung - doch wäre ein solcher Tathergang überhaupt möglich...?

Beim Diebstahl einer wertvollen Reliquie verweisen die Indizien auf niemand anderen als Holmes selbst. Ist der geniale Detektiv womöglich dem Wahnsinn verfallen? Holmes erhofft sich Hilfe von einem jungen Wiener Arzt und bekommt sie - wenn auch auf andere Weise als gedacht...

Carter Ash should be a celebrated hero, instead he’s leading a doomed mission on a backwater moon, wondering what went wrong. His assignment is impossible—take over the whole moon with a handful of soldiers fresh out of Basic Training. It’s the kind of thing that takes an army, and his commanders won’t give him one. But Humanity’s position in the great galactic Game is worse off than ever, and they need the resources this colony could provide, so Carter isn’t going to sit idly by. He’ll have to fight an army of zombie aliens, plane sized vultures, and worse. Even alone, if he has to.

Everything is going right for Jack Jenkins, aka the Boxer. He’s growing in strength and getting the hang of this whole hero game. Now all he has to do is juggle his unconventional relationships along with his budding attraction to the demonic temptress on his team who loves to tease him. Oh, yeah, and try not to fail out of the University he’s up all night protecting. But just when he’s getting a handle on his love life, a dangerous gang of superpowered villains moves in to take over the whole city.

When Theo gets off a bus in Destiny, Florida, he's left behind the only life he's ever known. Now he's got to live with Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War vet and a loner who wants nothing to do with this longlost nephew. Thank goodness for Miss Sister Grandersole's Boarding House and Dance School. The piano that sits in Miss Sister's dance hall calls to Theo. He can't wait to play those ivory keys. When Anabel arrives, things get even more enticing.

Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to care for Grandmother Clark. Paris Junction is nothing like her Texas hometown. And now she's been thrown together with troubled Willis DeLoach, gossipy Melinda Bowman, and Billy Wong, a Chinese American boy who has his own troubles. Billy's parents own the Lucky Foods grocery store, where days are long and folks aren't always friendly.

A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool. As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn 12, there are times when Glory wishes she could turn back the clock a year. Jesslyn, her sister and former confidante, no longer has the time of day for her now that she'll be entering high school. Then there's her best friend, Frankie. Things have always been so easy with Frankie, and now suddenly they aren't.

De Angelis si dichiara “scrittore professionista di gialli” e afferma: “No, davvero, signori, non ho rimorsi a scrivere oggi romanzi polizieschi. È un far versi anche questo. E se il rimario di cui ci si serve è il manuale di criminologia o il trattato di Tardieu sui sintomi e sul decorso dei veleni, siamo sempre poeti”. Il giallo è per lui il genere letterario più adatto ai tempi moderni, in cui non c’è più tempo per la contemplazione.

Fighting demons and saving the world wasn’t in his life plan—but Ace Winters heard the call and stepped up. As the Chosen of a Goddess, he is one of the few people standing between the normal world and the demonic. But as he’s still learning exactly what he can do, Ace is set upon by powerful new demons with abilities they shouldn’t have. They have strong, strange magic and push him to his limits.

He’s barely set foot in the city when someone recognizes him as Archibold Stormblood, the immortal hero of legend. Worse, a lieutenant of the local crime lord overhears the exchange. Not exactly the best way to start a vacation. Charm, his companion, watches with her usual unreadable calm. She doesn’t raise her voice, but her rebukes cut like a blade. To her, his plan is reckless, foolish, and bound to fail.

ארלו פינץ' בסך הכול חשב שלהיות שומר-יער פירושו ללמוד דברים כמו כישורי הישרדות, איך לקשור חבל ואיך להקים מדורה. אך כשהוא מגיע לעיירה הקטנה פיין מאונטן, קולורדו, ארלו...

O psiquiatra mais lido do mundo, Augusto Cury :. Este livro conta a história de Guto, um garoto que queria ser um grande homem. Era popular, orgulhoso, viciado em celular e não prestava atenção nas aulas. Um dia, perdeu uma aposta na escola. O garoto popular se sentiu...

Want to better understand autism, either for yourself or to support a loved one? Do you long to enjoy a concert, find love, or just connect with a friend—without feeling overwhelmed or misunderstood? Wherever you are on the spectrum, feeling intimidated by social cues is common and can cause you to retreat to be alone. The pressure of managing relationships or simple tasks can leave you feeling exhausted, furthering your isolation. If you resonate with any of these challenges, you are not alone.

Walking home from a party, a demon attacks him. Instead of dying from shock at the sight of a beast that shouldn’t exist, Ace discovers that he is the last in a line of divinely chosen demon hunters. But now the demons know too, and he’ll have to fight for his survival while learning on the fly. And even worse — an ancient horror sets plans in motion that could end the world. Luckily, an enchanting witch is there to help him learn to control his new magic and powers. They’ll have to work together to save everyone they love.

Te seré sincero, yo también he tenido muchos bajones, a veces resulta difícil superarlos, todo porque no contamos con la autoestima o la autoconfianza necesaria para salir adelante, y de repente entramos en un abismo, caemos más y más, hay personas que incluso terminan con su vida. No dejemos que esto se repita, tu y yo y cualquier persona en el mundo es capaz de salir adelante.

Six previous missions had been overwhelmingly successful. They always relied on each other to get out alive, Lex was thinking as he and his four-man SEAL team lay hidden in the wet jungle grass. Their mission was to destroy the North Vietnamese encampment with explosives and to eliminate the officers. When their mission goes terribly wrong, the team is separated, and Mack is killed. While recuperating in the hospital, Lex is more interested in reuniting with his lost love, Leah.

Als im Londoner Elendsviertel Whitechapel die schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche einer jungen Frau auftaucht, ist die Aufregung in ganz London groß - ist Jack the Ripper zurück? Als plötzlich an unerwarteter Stelle ein Frauenfinger auftaucht, scheint der Mörder überführt - oder etwa nicht? Holmes, Watson und Isabelle Adler ermitteln an der Seite von Scotland Yard und versuchen, einen Aufruhr abzuwenden.

Ein bereits vor Monaten Verstorbener dringt in ein angesehenes Londoner Anwesen ein - dessen Hausherr wird daraufhin tot aufgefunden. Eine Geistergeschichte und damit Stoff für die Klatschpresse oder doch ein Fall für Sherlock Holmes? Könnte es sich beim Tod des Verdächtigen um einen Irrtum handeln? Holmes, Watson und Adler ermitteln, aber alle Spuren verlaufen zunächst im Sande...

In Shelby's Zirkus, der gerade in London gastiert, findet ein Raubtierdompteur auf grausame Weise den Tod - sein eigener Schützling, ein Weißer Tiger, reißt ihn in Stücke. Bloß ein schrecklicher Unfall oder steckt mehr dahinter? Holmes und Watson ermitteln - bis eine Spur schließlich in weite Ferne führt.

Watson und Mary ziehen vorübergehend in der Baker Street ein, da scheint auch schon der nächste Fall ins Haus zu stehen: Der leitende Architekt der Londoner U-Bahn wittert Sabotage beim Bau der Tunnel. Holmes ist zunächst wenig überzeugt - bis sich in einem von ihnen ein Leichnam findet.