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In Zamora, the city of thieves, Conan meets Valja, a thrill-seeking thief. She entices him to join her on a heist, where they steal a golden statuette of Ishtar, said to contain the goddess herself. After killing a dozen guards and failing to escape, the pair are saved by priestesses of Mitra. But Conan knows that nothing is free. The priestesses have need of their skills. They have waged war against Set, god of chaos and serpents, who demands constant sacrifice from his subjects and massacred thousands of his followers.

Kleine Impulse, große Verhaltensänderung: Das ist der Stubenfliegen-Effekt! Unsere Entscheidungen sind weniger rational, als wir denken. Ob im Kino, im Restaurant oder im Straßenverkehr – überall beeinflussen subtile Reize unser Verhalten. Manche davon sind nützlich, wie die berühmte Stubenfliege im Flughafen-Pissoir, andere hingegen lenken uns in eine falsche Richtung. Dieses Buch zeigt auf unterhaltsame und kluge Weise, wie Nudging funktioniert, wo es uns hilft – und wo wir besonders wachsam sein sollten.

In John Williams: A Composer's Life, the first biography of the composer, author Tim Greiving offers an engaging account of a man whose body of work is well-known but whose personal life has consistently remained very private.

This audiobook is a comprehensive strategy that starts with a well-researched process for identifying and solving problems. It shows you how to access your creativity to establish and maintain relationships that will be truly useful for both you and your clients over time. In a very real sense, this audiobook will show you how to become less of a stranger.

America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution - or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord, England's King George sent hundreds of ships westward to bottle up American harbors and prey on American shipping. Colonists had no force to defend their coastline and waterways until John Adams of Massachusetts proposed a bold solution: The Continental Congress should raise a navy. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, Give Me a Fast Ship is the definitive history of the American Navy during the Revolutionary War.

Years of experience as a magician taught Tim David that real magic is all about words, and the way they influence the minds of the audience. What sets a professional magician apart from an amateur are people skills like communication, influence, and engagement - skills that are also effective in the workplace. By applying seven "magic" words in a business setting, David offers tools for effective and persuasive communication.

In the twilight of the 19th century, reason begins to rot. Across fog-drenched moors, beneath the catacombs of Parliament, and within the haunted silence of museum vaults, ancient forces stir—unbound by time, myth, or law. Vampires broker immortality contracts in London’s salons. A mummy stalks oath-breakers with divine judgment. Mina Harker raises an empire of forgotten women. And something invisible watches Holmes… from just behind the glass.

Alvitania is a dazzling collection of satirical short stories and surreal tales that blend dark humor, magical realism, and sharp social commentary. From absurd business trips to vanished countries, dystopian futures to bizarre political revolutions, each story in Tim Wexler’s anthology invites listeners into a world that is both uncannily familiar and thrillingly strange.

Dylan Shepherd—operative turned pariah—confronts the shadows born from the missions he never wanted to survive. Jill Cunningham—once his closest ally, now his fiercest adversary—hunts the truth buried in his past and her own bloodline. And Thread, the prototype daughter raised from regret and war, must decide whether to continue their legacy… or end it.

After exposing a government-run erasure project in The Inlet Files, former journalist Carl Colvin retreats to the woods to write a book about women who kill. But when letters start arriving—each bearing photos of victims murdered in chilling synchronicity with his abandoned chapters—Carl realizes this isn’t research. It’s invitation. Someone has been reading his drafts. And now she’s writing her own. As Carl races to decode a killer’s narrative, past omissions resurface—victims he overlooked, testimonies he failed to protect, and the woman who’s turned editing into execution.

In a land scorched by sun and stained by secrets, one man walks a path below the reach of law, hope, or mercy. William Cash—once sheriff, now a ghost in his own story—emerges from the ashes of Johnson’s Corner to confront the evil that festers beneath the soil. But the devil wears many faces, and redemption runs as dry as the riverbeds. In the aftermath of fire and betrayal, a new darkness takes root. Children vanish, shadows whisper in the trees, and a woman with no past holds the key to an ancient curse.

She defied kings. She faced death. She shattered mirrors of her own soul. Now Luna Mars carries the echoes of the cosmos—and something else is listening. From the floating cities of Veladon to the haunted plains of Dareth… from ghost-moons to shifting dreamscapes and laughing tricksters, Luna has become more than just a name in the stars. She’s a myth that remembers itself. A woman hunted by reflections. A soul chased by the Rift.

Irene Adler wird in einer großen Zeremonie ein Ring überreicht als Anerkennung für besondere schauspielerische Leistungen. Wenige Tage später erreicht Arsène Lupin erneut ein anonymer Brief, in dem ihn der unbekannte Verfasser dazu auffordert, Irene Adler den Ring zu stehlen. Lupin, der Irene Adler bei ihrer ersten Begegnung äußerst reizvoll fand, lässt sich mit Freude auf diese Aufgabe ein, die er zudem sehr leicht zu bewältigen scheint. Umgehend macht er sich auf den Weg nach London.

Eine revolutionäre Erfindung – und ihre Zukunft. Tim Berners-Lee ist der womöglich einflussreichste Erfinder der modernen Welt. Geboren im selben Jahr wie Bill Gates und Steve Jobs, teilte er seine Erfindung, das World Wide Web, ohne sie kommerziell zu verwerten. Auch deshalb konnte sich diese Technologie so schnell über den gesamten Globus verbreiten. Mit ihr wurde die Menschheit zur ersten digitalen Spezies: Hier, im Web, vernetzen wir uns, hier leben, arbeiten, streiten und träumen wir.

Tim Ritter’s The Screamer Down the Hall and Other Tales plunges you into worlds in which the familiar twists into something dark and sinister. A walk in the woods, moving to a new home, and even trying to get a good night’s sleep are all subject to unexpected horrors.

In a land where justice is a memory and vengeance carves the roads, one man walks the fog-wrapped edge of myth. Callum—warrior, wanderer, reckoning—has freed towns, buried tyrants, and turned mercy into blade. But when a coastal haven reveals the brutal trade that stole his family, his path sharpens into purpose. From haunted highlands to slave ships sailing toward Spain, Volume I: The Blade and the Hollow traces the birth of legend in the silence left after violence. Love flares and fades. Enemies rise and fall. And the double-edged axe waits, buried in soil where stories begin.

In einer Welt, in der sich Götter bekriegen und Menschen zu Spielsteinen werden, lebt Torak ein langweiliges Leben im Stillen Wald. Doch als ein verheerendes Feuer sein Zuhause zerstört, öffnet sich für ihn die Tür zu einem gefährlichen Abenteuer. An der Seite rätselhafter Fremder und getrieben von einer verhängnisvollen Faszination für die geheimnisvolle Nelairi gerät er in den Strudel eines gnadenlosen Krieges zwischen den Göttern. Umgeben von mystischen Wesen, tödlichen Intrigen und verführerischer Erotik muss Torak seinen Weg zwischen Loyalität und Verrat finden.

Fergus MacFaddle was never meant to be the spirit of the season. Gruff, stubborn, and allergic to joy, he’s spent decades enforcing laws against smiling near livestock and renaming holidays out of spite. But when an old flame returns, a goat gains political power, and a small bonnet sparks village-wide chaos, even the Grump of Christmas must reconsider what it means to belong.

From the rise of sovereign fire in Volume One, through the war-born collapse of empires in Volume Two, to the fractured heirs and machine-dominated future of Volume Three, this epic spans generations of rebellion, betrayal, and rebirth. Seth Takkar's story begins in silence and ends in consequence. His children scatter. His empire burns. And as machines awaken beneath the ruins of civilization, myth itself becomes a weapon, a memory, and a whisper of what might return.

Every choice leaves a ghost. Every silence, a scar. Across fractured timelines where forgotten prophecies echo and names unspoken wield power, three wanderers are called by a signal that doesn’t belong to any world still standing. Hunted by reality’s architects and haunted by selves they never became, they traverse collapsing bridges of memory, carnivals of regret, and oceans inked with unspoken legacies. But something ancient has stirred in the spirals of fate—an echo born of mercy and defiance, threatening to rewrite not just the future, but the cost of remembering it.