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The house was like something out of a Jane Austen novel, but the truth of what lay in the shadows was more terrifying than any fictional imagining. Shane Dunphy recalls the experience of his darkest nightmares: a young girl describing missing children as playthings at house parties, but no one was listening; a malevolent, threatening presence looming in the residence they called the Bad Place, and Shane was forced to flee. And now, 20 years later, a mother pleads with him to find her son who vanished at age five.

He seems like a typical 16-year-old boy except that Mikey is walking the knife edge of crime. He’s tough and good with his fists, but when journalist Shane Dunphy is offered the chance to write his story, he discovers a lost, vulnerable child, in danger and desperate for help. Shane descends into the perilous underworld of organised crime and discovers that the glamour of gangland life is riven with brutality and murder. Far from providing a means of survival for boys from broken families, the price they pay is often with their life.

What if the magic you saved…needed saving again? Zowie Lillian Saintclair thought her days of magical battles were behind her. After helping free the soul of a noble Sky Fairy, the Little Forest Elves escape the ancient evil King Green Jack, bringing peace among their realm once again. But magic never rests. When two desperate Little Forest Elves return to the human world, Zowie learns that a new threat has emerged. Giants called Thrangrim have awoken from a deep slumber to steal the Sky Fairies’ magic and reshape the realm in their image.

Seit der dritten Klasse sind Mina, ein stiller Bücherwurm, und der beliebte Golden Boy Caplan die besten Freunde. Heute, kurz vor dem Schulabschluss, ist Mina Klassenbeste und blickt mit wachsendem Druck auf ihre Zukunft an einer Ivy-League-Uni. Währenddessen versucht Caplan, das Gefühl zu verdrängen, dass er den Höhepunkt seines Lebens schon erreicht hat. Als Caps lässiger bester Freund sich plötzlich für Mina interessiert, kommt sie mit dem hierarchischen Gefüge der High School in Berührung, das sie bisher von außen beobachtet hat.

Season two of this action-packed audio drama plunges listeners back into a ravaged world of violence and terror. The hope of a better life forces the survivors of the Tower out into the dissolving world around them. The consequences of past battles leave them struggling not only with each other but the remaining fragments of humanity.

Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his arch enemy, Steve Leopard, and fight for control of the night. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows …and destroy the world.

La segunda entrega de la serie Dirty Diana. Esta podría ser tu historia de amor. En un viaje a París, Diana se reencuentra con el hombre de su pasado que ha habitado sus recuerdos y alimentado su imaginación. ¿Será esta travesía el impulso que necesita para redescubrir a la mujer que...

Before he was Roger Henderson's twin witness, Heath Morrison was a broken man. As a Marine chaplain serving in Iran on the day the world ended, Heath watched civilization collapse from half a world away from the family he loved. His journey home would take him through hell—across war-torn continents, through pirate-infested waters, and into the heart of post-apocalyptic America where the worst news of all waited: his wife and children were gone.

Vier Mädchen, alle heißen Taylor, und sie alle lieben die Sängerin Taylor Swift – das muss ein Zeichen sein! Sie werden beste Freundinnen, die zusammen Spaß haben, füreinander einstehen und neue Dinge ausprobieren. Und sie schließen einen Pakt: Entweder sie gehen alle gemeinsam zu dem anstehenden Konzert der Eras Tour oder keine von ihnen! Aber als es immer unwahrscheinlicher wird, dass sie alle vier noch Tickets bekommen, bricht eine der Taylors den Deal und stellt ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe.

¿Sientes que no eres tan productivo como te gustaría? ¿Sueles postergar las cosas y no eres suficientemente eficaz? Aprende como puedes mejorar estos aspectos tanto en tu vida cotidiana como laboral. Obtén resultados mendiante la priorización, el aprovechamiento y la concentración. Cada pequeño cambio que hagas en tu dia a dia puede llevarte a obtener ese gran cambio que estás buscando.

Darren is going back to where it all started, back to where he was reborn as a child of the night. But like Darren, the town has changed a lot over the years. Back home, old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night. Travel home with Darren in this, the penultimate book in the saga.

The Asherian War has ushered Earth and its population into a new age. Humankind has gone, giving rise to a tenuous society of other races once confined largely to shadows and stories. The new paradigm is overseen by the Celestials, whose terrestrial ambassadors, the Legacies, wield a potent and manifold elemental magic—one ruled by the astrological sign one is born under. They were instrumental in banishing the dragons—ravenous and mindless beasts—to the gloomier land of a place known as the Outer Edge.

Follow the real-life struggle of a veteran teacher through her journey of adoption and the education of her daughter, Jesca, a former African street girl she met in Kampala, Uganda while filming her documentary. Together they traverse the world in search of the best education and experiences to combat the childhood trauma that comes with street life.

Tyriq Hill is a baller. He was born with a basketball in hand, and despite not having the support he wants, he's a beast with it. Street legend, all-American, and NBA-bound. Everything is on track, and he's ready to live the life he's worked so hard for. Teaira Wilks is that girl. She's independent, fierce, and knows exactly who she is and what she wants. She has a great career, she owns her own townhome, and she's enjoying life until she finds a love like her parents.

Nachdem sich die 12-jährige Nic Blake jahrelang als fantastisch begabte Ungewöhnliche unter lauter Gewöhnlichen verbergen musste, lebt sie inzwischen bei ihrer Familie und kann ihr geheimes Talent weiter ausbilden. Doch dann wird sie erpresst: Entweder sie findet das verlorene Buch von Anansi oder ihre Familie wird verraten. Allerdings weiß niemand, ob dieses Buch überhaupt existiert. Nic muss sich erneut mit ihrem Zwillingsbruder Alex und ihrem besten Freund J.P. zusammentun, um diese Mission zu erfüllen, oder sie riskiert, alles zu verlieren.

Alex is like any other twelve-year-old: he’s trying to survive school, navigate awkward body changes, and avoid his parents’ embarrassing “talks”. But Alex is hiding a secret... Alex is part-minotaur. You read that right – part-boy, part-bull. Instead of just battling with spots...

When Whistle’s young life takes a dramatic turn in one of the worst ways imaginable, the boy decides its time to move on and see what lies ahead. Besides, the pull he feels is far too strong to resist. Starting out with little to no life experience, Whistle has absolutely no idea where he might end up, or the path his journey will lead him down. But one thing he is quite certain about is that it’s going to be one hell of a ride. This book is filled with extraordinary characters and amazing situations that ramp up the story from the very beginning to the very end.

A father’s world is turned upside down. An FBI agent is on the hunt for a serial killer on the loose. When deadly secrets collide, their courage, relationships, and morals will be tested on a perilous journey through chaos and betrayal. Steve Smith, a husband and father, believed he understood what it meant to care for his family. That understanding is shattered as a painful blow plunges his perfect Seattle life into turmoil when his career comes to a sudden end.

In the burned-out mining town of Redemption, a gunfighter with nothing left to lose finds one last reason to live. Jed Harker has been running from his past for ten years—ever since the fire that killed his wife and left him with scars no bullet could heal. When he rides into Redemption, Wyoming Territory, in 1872, he's looking for whiskey and oblivion. Instead, he finds Sheriff Thomas Brennan, a man who sees something worth saving beneath the blood-soaked reputation. What Jed doesn't tell anyone—not even Brennan, not even the woman he comes to love—is that the fire wasn't an accident.

When the world ends in fire and radiation, what becomes of faith? For Roger Henderson, a solitary software engineer living an ordinary life in Meadowbrook, North Carolina, August 15th, 2027 begins like any other Tuesday. But by 9:47 AM, everything changes. A ballistic missile alert shatters the morning routine. Within hours, nuclear devastation transforms America into a wasteland of ash and radiation.