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Alex Cross, the Duke of "Ice" has earned the nickname given him by the ton. Having lost his family in a tragic accident a few years before, he is now cynical, blasé, and arrogant. The duke no longer expects happiness, but will not reject sensual pleasure if it is offered. After all, a man has...

Mozart wasn’t born with perfect pitch. Most athletes are not born with any natural advantage. Three world-class chess players were sisters, whose success was planned by their parents before they were even born. Anders Ericsson has spent thirty years studying The Special Ones, the geniuses...

A Cheerful Temper is the story of a man who inherits from his father not wealth, nor status, but something far rarer—a disposition inclined toward good humor. The father, a hearse driver who led funeral processions with a round, sunlike face that discouraged despair, leaves behind a legacy of perspective rather than property.

En kølig søndag morgen i oktober gør en motionist et uhyggeligt fund på Kalmars gamle kolerakirkegård. Et ægtepar er halshugget og rituelt indsmurt i en olie. Efterforsker Andreas Persson og hans team fra Kalmar politi står over for en gådefuld sag, hvor fortidens synder kræver blodig betaling, og det står snart klart, at morderen ikke er færdig endnu. Den yderste dag er tredje bind i den svenske krimiserie om efterforsker Andreas Persson og hans hold fra Kalmar politi.

Es erzählt von einem Soldaten, der nach dem Krieg mit nichts als seinem Mut und einem geheimnisvollen Feuerzeug in eine Welt gerät, in der Reichtum, Macht und Schicksal auf wundersame Weise miteinander verwoben sind. Es wird zum Schlüssel einer geheimen Macht, zur Brücke zwischen Armut und Reichtum, Liebe und Tod, Aufstieg und Sturz. Was als abenteuerliche Begegnung mit einer Hexe beginnt, entfaltet sich zu einer tiefgründigen Geschichte über Gier, Mut und das Verlangen nach einem besseren Leben.

A butterfly, determined to find the perfect bride among the flowers, flits from bloom to bloom with a critical eye. Each candidate is admired—and dismissed—for being too stiff, too sentimental, too fleeting, too ordinary, or too realistic about what time brings. Spring fades into summer, and summer into autumn, while the butterfly continues to wait for perfection.

It's not fair. Rakes are almost always given the benefit of the doubt, but debutantes who take the slightest misstep get sent to the country, which is where Lady Natalie Spencer is stuck after jilting her betrothed one week before the wedding. Frustrated with her banishment, in spite of trying to be a good girl all the time, she's ready and willing to take a few chances with her reputation.

A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union “This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country’s history...

As winter draws to a close, something suspicious lurks outside the walls of Colmar. Appel, Gritta, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, are enjoying a calm month of brewing and friendship after solving the deeply unsettling riddle of the severed hands. But peace is not destined to last for long. The disappearance of two novice monks in the care of Friar Wikerus spark tales of a supernatural beast on the loose, and when a lowly street sweeper is terrorized one night, fear stalks the town like a monster.

Talon Masterson, president of the LSMC, has built his empire on brotherhood, power, and control. But nothing could prepare him for the firestorm that erupts when betrayals hit too close to home. The woman he once trusted shatters his world with deception, while another returns from the shadows carrying truths and secrets that force Talon to face his past—and the enemies circling for the kill. Now, as a father to children as fierce and deadly as his brothers, Talon must protect his family from threats both old and new.

Ex-Kommissarin Wencke Dierksen hat sich auf ihren Bauernhof im Dörfchen Sorum an der Elbe zurückgezogen und hätte eigentlich gern ihre Ruhe. Da stößt ausgerechnet der alljährliche Sorumer Angelwettbewerb, die »Aalnacht«, sie auf ein Verbrechen – denn dieses Jahr hat der »Aalkönig« nicht den längsten Aal, sondern einen Toten an der Angel! Das Opfer ist der eigenbrötlerische Tierrechtler Peter Hacke, der bekannt dafür war, des Öfteren Ställe und Gatter zu öffnen, um die Tiere der Sorumer Bauern freizulassen. Wencke und ihr Kollege Theo ermitteln im Bauern- und Fischmarktmilieu.

Victoria does not need a surly, uncommunicative bodyguard cramping her style, following her everywhere, and intimidating any would-be male callers. She's a florist for goodness sake. Having a massive, mysterious bodyguard always hovering is an inconvenience. And yet there he is, her unwanted protector, ultra-serious, no-nonsense, and off-the-charts hot. Vicki doesn't want, or need, him as a bodyguard. Yet, disturbingly, he may be everything she wants.

Björn Nilsson ligger brutalt misshandlad i Kongos djungel 1961. Sextio år senare mördas gamla FN-veteraner en efter en i Sverige. Kriminalinspektör Esther Ndembe och ex-elitsoldaten Klas Berg jagar en sanning som sträcker sig från Kongos djungler till Kremls korridorer. Men när de äntligen närmar sig svaret upptäcker de att någon är beredd att döda för att hemligheten ska förbli begravd. Vem kan de lita på när fienden kan vara vem som helst?

Andreas og Stina venter barn, og alt burde være glædeligt. Men noget bekymrer ham. Andreas får ikke det forhold til Stina, som han havde forventet, og da hun pludselig bliver indlagt på hospitalet, står han alene tilbage med ansvaret for deres fire børn. Hvad skjuler Stina? Samtidig bliver en alvorligt kvæstet ung mand bragt til skadestuen i Halmstad efter en motorcykelulykke. Da han vender tilbage til skadestuen noget tid senere, dehydreret og alvorligt såret, fornemmer Andreas, at noget ikke er, som det skal være.

By 2194, years of wars, apocalypses and calamities gave way to a new world order known as the Accords. Governed by powerful magic, a pantheon of like-minded gods and the unified goal to preserve humankind from extinction, most magical beings are aligned within these rules. When Frode serves as a guard for his twin brothers' wedding negotiations, he never imagined his head would end up on the chopping block. Content Warning: This audiobook contains an explicit sex scene.

In The Bell-Deep, Hans Christian Andersen weaves a haunting meditation on memory, sound, and the unseen histories that linger beneath the surface of the world. Long ago, a great church bell broke free from its tower and vanished into the deepest part of the river. There it remains—speaking still—its voice carried through water, air, and time.

In The Bottle Neck, Hans Christian Andersen tells a quietly extraordinary story through the long life of a simple object—a glass bottle that passes from celebration to ruin, from usefulness to neglect, and back again.

After a violent thunderstorm, a field of buckwheat lies blackened and ruined, while the surrounding grain stands refreshed and unharmed. The country folk blame lightning—but the sparrows tell another story, passed down from an old willow tree that has watched the field for generations.

I’ve been taken by demons. Taken might be a strong word, but rescued doesn’t exactly sound right either. As an angel, we should be mortal enemies. In fact, I should kill them and send them straight back to hell. Only, my memories are a little fuzzy. My wings have been torn off. And, it seems, the angels want me dead. So, what’s a girl to do? For now, I’m going to try to stay alive. But eventually, I need to figure out why these three demons seem to adore me. And also, what side I’m on now. If I’m not an angel, and I’m falling for demons, what does that make me? Hunted by everyone, it seems.

I had a pack. A home. A family. And they took everything from me. So now they’re going to pay. The hunt to save my remaining pack members and punish those that hurt us was my sole goal until I was forced to team up with a group of ex-military men. I want to hate these men, like I hate the rest of the world, but they understand fear, pain, and loss just as I do. It feels like every step we take together, a bond solidifies between us that I don’t understand. But not everything is as it seems. As we work together to find my people, something terrible becomes clear.