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New York City 1905: Ist der Spiegel mit dem ausgefallen gestalteten Rahmen aus Jade-Drachen mit Rubin-Augen, den der abenteuerlustige Millionär James Hemdon aus einem Geheimraum in einem Palast in der verbotenen Stadt in Peking geraubt hat, wirklich das Tor zu einer anderen Welt...

New York 1931: Dr. Lowell ist ein bekannter Facharzt für Neurologie und Geisteskrankheiten, der in einem renommierten Krankenhaus Belegbetten hat. Eines Abends gerät er vor der Klinik unversehens in einen Fall, in dem offenbar Kräfte am Werk sind, von denen er nicht geglaubt hat, dass es so etwas überhaupt gibt...

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 24 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Das Haus der sieben Siegel" von Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Tobias Guarnerius" von Charles Rabou, "Madame Mandilips Puppen" von Abraham Merritt.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 28 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Heimweh", "Der Drachenspiegel", "Die Grube und das Pendel", "Der Ebenholzrahmen".

Crippled from a childhood illness, Cindy lives in the kitchen fireplace, ignored by her noble father and his new, perfect family, helping the people no one else notices. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Cindy’s step-mother coerces her into an elaborate plot to avoid being charged with murder. Meekness is nothing new to Cindy, but now she has to lay low in the royal court of Valeria where a prince is rumored to be bride shopping. She'd be fine, if that prince would just stop following her around. But Prince Nikolas has seen more than Cindy's limp.

In this eye-opening account, Eli Merritt reveals the deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart during the American Revolution. So fractious were the founders’ political fights that they feared the War of Independence might end in disunion and civil war. Instead of disbanding into separate regional confederacies, the founders managed to unite for the sake of liberty and self-preservation. In so doing, they succeeded in holding the young nation together. To achieve this, they forged grueling compromises, in­cluding the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Throughout life, we will experience love through our familial and romantic relationships, friendships, and, most importantly, our relationship with God. Only by having a relationship with Christ can we effectively and rightly love others.

Chris and his companions travel the post-apocalyptic USA seeking answers to questions they don't even know how to ask. Chris can feel the changes coming. It's little things at first. He's flying blind though without Lynn to guide him.

The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump is a collection of 32 essays by 22 writers that make the case that the pathway back to a healthy American democracy is for citizens to understand demagogues and defend against them.

In the near-future world of Drive A, people can sell up to 49 percent of themselves in IPOs to cover expenses like tuition, medical insurance and housing payments—all of which have become largely unaffordable for the middle and working classes. Cable Rostenfarm did so when he was twelve to escape a deteriorating, nightmarish public school system, and now works as an analyst for a human capital hedge fund, Navarium, that buys and short sells other people.

Diets make weight loss seem simple by telling you to follow their “simple” steps. But diets don’t address the subconscious wiring underneath our behaviors that override our best intentions when we’re tired, stressed, or just plain bored.

Former CIA agent Ellen McGinley is battling to overcome PTSD when she stumbles upon a domestic terror plot. The deadly attack is due to take place in six days, one that will strike at the very heart of the country. But no sooner than she alerts the authorities, she finds herself locked in a psychiatric ward. No one believes her. She's the only one who thinks it's real. And she's the only one who can stop it.

Navy Ensign Ben Forest had his entire life ahead of him when he was inexplicably drawn into a Russian mind control experiment. Suddenly, he found himself thrust into a 34-year time warp, where he fell in love with the the wife of a scientist who invented a top secret time travel device for the US government. Along the way, he battled the KGB and other evil forces, all while trying to protect those he loved.

You can run forever or you can turn around and fight. Fighting hordes of the insane, imbued with superhuman strength, and broadcasting waves of psychic terror might not seem like a great idea. It might even seem a little suicidal trying to go toe to toe with millions of monsters when you've got limited ammunition and a president that kind of hopes you lose. Suicidal or not, the sibling trio of Yue, Drew and LeBron is ready to dig in their heels and do some serious damage.

Chris watches as the world around him falls apart. Bitten by a loved one, he hovers in a feverish state for weeks, his recovery carefully observed by a group that considers itself above humanity. A group that sees people as prey. Chris becomes a pawn in the war to determine the future of mankind. Follow him as he evolves from being a frazzled 20-something college educated mama's boy into something more. Hopefully, it's enough.

Aaron Sheridan doesn’t want to live anymore. His family just died in a shuttle crash and he’d been the one flying it. The Transit Authority ruled it "instrumentation error", but he knows his mind was drifting. He knows a few millimeters wouldn't have made a difference. And unable to handle the guilt, he signs up for the Fleet expecting a fatal deployment to the Rim War...but is instead assigned to their most prestigious command school, Corinth Station.

This audiobook is for the lady, the woman, the girl, and the mother. Alternatively, anyone who wants to understand their worth.

"Tim Burton meets Edward Gorey in Merritt’s extravagantly gothic figures and settings." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The third book in the spellbinding series Jeff Kinney called “wildly imaginative and totally terrifying” finds Levi, Kat, and their friends caught in the grips of a...

This emotional and honest book explores a racist encounter from the perspective of a young Black boy, while offering a message of unconditional love and acceptance to soothe the pain of blind prejudice. In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Black boy confronts his first...

Fearless or feral? Liberating or life-threatening? The wild side of life takes many forms. It seeps through the cracks of our world in the form of stray cats, tenacious weeds, oppressive relationships, and haunting memories. These 14 stories by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers explore the wildness that lives inside all of us—and what happens when we let it out.