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Forever untangling the branches of her strange family tree, Edwina Blackwood is at a turning point. Her parents’ disappearances still strike her as unaccountably odd. Her sister’s questionable life and untimely death have left her shaken. Spellfire has transformed her home and livelihood to ash. And now a devious stalker is on her trail. With supernatural detective Ian Cameron by her side, Edwina can’t get out of London fast enough. 

Jellyfish aren't really fish at all! These spineless sea-dwellers use their umbrella-shaped bells to swim, while their long tentacles sting prey. Learn what they eat and how they survive in the big ocean.

After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. Among his effects: a bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn’t seem to tell time. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary Blackwood, sister witches with a murky past. But as their secret is slowly unveiled, a dangerous mystery emerges on the darkened streets of London.

On a picturesque street in Sacramento County, California, three healthy saplings stand side by side. But what they symbolize are the deaths of three innocent people - two of them children. The man who took their lives, then planted trees in their honor, was their own husband and father. Hearts went out to Jack Barron when his wife, Irene, died mysteriously in her sleep. Soon after, his two young children were also found dead in their beds. Barron claimed they suffered from the same rare genetic disorder as their mother.

Cara Truman is a pint-size pistol whose inquisitive nature has gotten her into trouble on more than one occasion. Her next adventure takes her further than she even expected when she ends up on a journey out of this world.

In the quiet fishing village of Dark Water, the sea doesn't just take lives; it hides secrets. The village of Dark Water is a place of quiet rhythms and ancient legends. But when a local girl is found mangled on the shore, the silence of the town becomes deafening. The local police are quick to dismiss it as a tragic accident, but Officer Louise Graham knows what she saw: wounds that no jagged rock or rising tide could ever inflict. Enter Jacob. At six-foot-six and built like a Spartan, Jacob is a specialist in the impossible. He works for Light in the Dark Inc.

Lucas Winter will nur eines: so erfolgreich Football spielen wie sein Dad. Honor McArthur hat absolut null Interesse an Partys, Abhängen und notgeilen Studenten. Das liegt allerdings nicht daran, dass sie ihre Jungfräulichkeit bewahrt wie einen Schatz - ganz sicher nicht. Sie hat einfach keine Lust mehr auf substanzlose Menschen und will lieber heute als morgen ihren Collegeabschluss machen.

När Christer Andersson dök upp bland polisens ca 20 000 dokument nio år efter mordet, berodde det främst på kriminalkommissarie Jan Olsson och polisens profilexpert Ulf Åsgårds "Gärningsmannaprofil". De skrev bl.a. att det var sannolikt, att mördaren hade frekventerat en skytteklubb...

Svarthövde kallas han. Islänning är han, men hans hy är brun och håret är svart. Vem är han? Han vet inte själv, inte än. Ett hittebarn, säger fostermor Gudrid. Skräling, säger prästen som vet hur det hände, när pojken var liten. Men Svarthövde är inte längre ett barn. 16 eller...

Killer Crabs is the second book in Guy N. Smith’s iconic pulp horror Crabs series. In 1976, biologist Professor Davenport had led the British military in defeating monstrous crabs off the Welsh coast of Britain, saving the rest of humanity from a deadly fate. Or so he hoped. Four years later, in 1980, trawling Norwegian fishermen discover a giant crab in their catch. The crustacean makes a light snack of a crew member before disappearing back into the murky waters and the captain’s intended warning never reaches the authorities.

Them Days is a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting and preserving the old ways and early days of Labrador. Many thanks to the people who shared their time and memories, their names appear with their stories...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. I have spent more than a decade inside small businesses, and I have watched the same story repeat. A capable owner hits a ceiling that has nothing to do with talent, demand, or the product. The ceiling is built from the unglamorous work that must happen...

What would you do if you found your perfect life? When lonely physicist Chloe Carsen discovers a parallel world she becomes addicted to her life there with a perfect family and a perfect career. She doesn't even care that her physical body in the real world is wasting away. But, then, in the alternative world her ideal life begins to fall apart. Her anti-gravity experiment unleashes a government manhunt for her and her family; they'll do anything to get their hands on her tech. The lives of Chloe's alternative-world husband and sons are endangered.

Sweet! It’s good news that the grade-school kids at Bangkok Christian School are joining a brand new soccer league. Go Pythons! Even though she’s two grades behind all the guys, they pick Maddy Cey as their unstoppable goalie. Oops. Don’t count on trophies just yet. Across town, the brand new Lions team has a monster boy named Suchart who’s six inches taller than anybody else . . . and scary fast. No one else is gonna have a chance to win games unless they can figure out a way to stop this guy.

When Jazmine Remy Fontaine kisses her daughter goodnight, she promises pancakes in he morning—a small ritual of love in their quiet east Texas town. But when dawn comes, Jazmine is gone. No note. No trace. As ten-year-old Celeste clings to the memory of that promise, the search for her mother unravels a web of secrets stretching far beyond their doorstep and into the dark heart of a past Jazmine never meant to reveal.

Drei Hexen. Ein verfluchter Obstgarten. Ein gemütlicher magischer Krimi, in dem Dankbarkeit tödlich wird. Maeven Foxglove, Ivy Calder und Juno Merrin gehören nicht zu den Hexen, die nach Ärger suchen—aber irgendwie steht er ständig mit einem Opfergeschenk vor ihrer Tür. Im The Hearth dreht sich das Leben normalerweise um Sarkasmus, Tee und ein wenig harmlose Zauberei… bis der Obstgarten auf dem Hügel beginnt, die Namen der Toten zu flüstern. Als aus einer Spukerscheinung etwas weitaus Dunkleres wird, muss der Zirkel herausfinden, wer—oder was—Dankbarkeit in Rache verwandelt.

A riqueza das nações estabeleceu as bases do pensamento econômico. Este volume reúne trechos do livro original que expõem um dos conceitos centrais à obra de Adam Smith: "a mão invisível" pela qual o mercado é capaz de se autorregular de forma a, por meio do consumo, proporcionar tanto lucro aos produtores quanto bem-estar à população. Neste século XXI, suas ideias seguem essenciais na busca de um equilíbrio entre lucro e civilização.

Dreamthorp is a collection of twelve reflective essays by the Scottish poet Alexander Smith, first published in 1863. Taking its name from the quiet, imaginary village where Smith claims to have retired to write, the book blends memoir, literary criticism, and philosophical musing in a leisurely...

To be a Christian for ten years and to be no more like Jesus then, than at the time of conversion, is a tragedy. There are some who have only been saved six months who are more like Christ than others who have been on the way for six years. Only those who spend much time in His presence will ever become like Him. Only those who give Him their undivided attention will really come to know Him.

In the beginning, there was Adam. Marcos Ferreira’s first love. The first man who made him feel chosen—and the first man to break his heart. What they had was passionate, consuming, impossible to let go of. And too big to keep hidden forever.