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This classic action novel takes place in England in 1194. Knights, wars, and nobility abound. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

Dr. Walter Grady, DO, FAOAO, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and Fellow in the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics with forty-four years of combined medical and orthopedic surgical experience. Dr. Grady made history by becoming one of the first two African American DO orthopedic surgeons in the United States. He is subspecialty fellowship trained in hand, microvascular, and upper extremity surgery.

Nach ihrer Rückkehr aus Los Angeles wartet Irene Adler gemeinsam mit Oscar Wilde in der Station auf Mr. Wu. Als dieser nicht erscheint, machen sich die beiden Sonderermittler der Krone auf die Suche nach ihm. Sie finden ihn schließlich an der Themse. Mr. Wu ist verletzt und befindet sich nicht bei Bewusstsein.

Walter Piefke erhält überraschenden Besuch von Lena Reiser, einer Reporterin des Tageblatts. Lena Reiser macht sich große Sorgen um ihre Kollegin Anna Wagner. Diese ist erneut nicht in der Redaktion erschienen. Auch zu Hause konnte Frau Reiser ihre Kollegin nicht antreffen. Gemeinsam mit Lena Reiser macht er sich auf die Suche nach ihr. Doch diese verläuft äußerst dramatisch.

Não importa o que digam os "gurus" que hoje pululam por aí: não há receita mágica para evoluirmos e crescermos nem pessoal, nem profissionalmente. É preciso querer, suar a camisa, ir atrás. É preciso esforço. Mas por que caminho esse esforço deve seguir? Pelo caminho de certas habilidades essenciais que se fazem indispensáveis para quem deseja obter sucesso no mundo do trabalho e na vida privada. E essas habilidades essenciais são diferenciais ainda maiores no mundo pós-digital em que vivemos.

All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance—but sold out. As the tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away, Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?

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.

A transformação (Die Verwandlung, 1915) foi publicada originariamente na revista expressionista Weiße Blätter, que abrigava textos da nova geração de escritores alemães como Heinrich Mann, Ernst Bloch e Rosa Luxemburgo. A novela narra a singular história de Gregor Samsa, um caixeiro viajante que certo dia acorda em sua cama transformado em inseto. Plena de significados simbólicos, a obra deu origem às mais diversas interpretações.

Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The Cruiser, as a means for speaking out, keeping the peace, and expressing what they believe. When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to consider the true meaning of democracy and what it costs to stand up for a cause. The result is nothing they could have expected, and everything they could have hoped for.

Sherlock Holmes is hired by an impresario named Harvey Barker to find his missing wife, Bian. Holmes investigates the circus scene and stumbles upon a case involving a tattoo. The case is gruesome and bizarre, and Holmes and Watson must track down an unscrupulous collector.

Eine Reihe von Störungen im Telegrafen- und Telefonsystem der Stadt London ruft bei den Sonderermittlern der Krone Erinnerungen an einen alten Fall wach. Aber aus welchem Grund könnte dem Zirkel der Sieben daran gelegen sein, dass die Kommunikation innerhalb und außerhalb der Stadt zum Erliegen kommt? Als zudem ein weiterer Anschlag auf eine Einrichtung des Militärs verübt wird, wird der Fall für Oscar Wilde, Sherlock Holmes und Irene Adler immer unübersichtlicher ...

Froh darüber, dass es ihnen im letzten Moment noch gelungen ist, sich in Sicherheit zu bringen, setzen Irene Adler und Sherlock Holmes ihren Weg zur Höhle fort. Dort müssen sie jedoch feststellen, dass ihnen die Mitglieder des Zirkels zuvorgekommen sind. Als die Sonderermittler endlich hinter die Pläne des Zirkels der Sieben kommen, bleibt ihnen kaum noch Zeit, um die drohende Katastrophe abzuwenden.

Anlässlich des Thronjubiläums von Queen Victoria wird in London erstmals die legendäre Wild-West-Show von William Cody alias 'Buffalo Bill' aufgeführt. Wären da nicht seltsame Todesfälle, eine Attentatsdrohung und ein leibhaftiger Büffel, der ohne jeglichen Grund jemanden zu Tode trampelt. Sir Mycroft Holmes sieht nur einen Ausweg, um einen politischen Skandal erster Güte zu verhindern und einen reibungslosen Ablauf der Feierlichkeiten zu gewährleisten. Sein Bruder muss her: der weltberühmte und eiskalt deduzierende Meisterdetektiv aus der Baker Street.

Das kleine, beschauliche Örtchen Gutt's Hill wird von einer ebenso unglaublichen wie grausamen Verbrechensserie heimgesucht. Giftige Briefe sind im Umlauf und das nicht nur sprichwörtlich! Drei Bewohner des Dorfes verlieren ihr Leben an tödliche Blausäure. Das Getreidesilo des örtlichen Bauern David Ridge wird derzeit damit begast. Mimi Rutherfurt zögert keine Sekunde, um Antworten auf diese Fragen zu finden.

Josiah is facing the ultimate showdown against his powerful enemy, but the stakes have never been higher. If he fails, he'll lose not only Alex but also his freedom. As he finally solves Elliot Dacre's murder, he also uncovers the devastating secret Alex has hidden from everyone. An explosive showdown forces them to confront the truth about each other, but will it shatter their bond beyond repair?

For three millennia, the Mediterranean Sea served as the center of western civilization and the scene of many colossal wars and naval battles. In the early summer of 1940, this ancient body of water again played host to a new and extensive conflict as the Kingdom of Italy challenged Britain for dominance within the region. With France on the verge of collapse and Britain facing the prospect of imminent invasion, the Italians hoped to re-establish control over the Mediterranean.

With the publication of his debut novel, The Privateer, in 1981, Walter Jon Williams began one of the most varied and prolific careers in contemporary popular fiction. But much of Williams' best work takes place in the shorter forms, as this generous volume, filled to overflowing with award-winning and award-nominated stories, clearly proves. The Best of Walter Jon Williams reflects its author's affection for - and mastery of - the novella form.

While wandering the local graveyard on behalf of his wife, whom he can sense wishes him out of the house for a bit, Lawford comes across the grave of Nicholas Sabathier and experiences a nasty shock that feels something like a heart attack. But when he wakes back up in the graveyard the next morning, he returns home, goes to his bedroom, and turns to the mirror only to see that a dead Frenchman is staring back at him from the looking glass.

There is a reason the words of Walt Whitman have persisted in American literature, in literature at large, for so long. He was not simply a man of his time, not just a writer for the moment. Whitman was a man of the people and a writer of the soul—the souls of humankind, and the soul of America.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.