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England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way.

What if meditation didn’t require discipline, technique, or hours of sitting still but was actually something you looked forward to? In How to Meditate Without Even Trying, Peter Russell shares the liberating insight at the heart of his decades-long teaching: The harder we try to meditate, the more we get in our own way. True meditation is instead about the practice of allowing—releasing effort, relaxing the mind, and gently returning to the present moment.

Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings reunite for their most difficult case yet. When Poirot receives a letter warning him that a crime is about to be committed by the writer: 'A.B.C' the friends find themselves in a race against time to decipher the killer's twisted logic as he taunts the great detective by announcing the next murder location alphabetically. With every new killing a new pool of suspects is uncovered. Can Poirot and Hastings unmask the killer before a final letter seals an innocent victim's fate?

Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

The Russian Classics Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 12 classic novels and short stories by Russian authors, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Tolstoy; Dostoyevsky; Chekhov; Gogol; Turgenev; and more.

Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider these aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of...

Fifty thousand gun-toting paladins march behind him, all baptized in angel blood, thirsty to burn unbelievers. Only the janissaries can stand against them. Their living legend, Kevah, once beheaded a magus amid a hail of ice daggers. But ever since his wife disappeared, he spends his days in a haze of hashish and poetry. To save the kingdom, Kevah must conquer his grief and become the legend he once was. But Micah writes his own legend in blood, and his righteous conquest will stop at nothing. When the gods choose sides, a legend will be etched upon the stars.

This book grew out of a series of letters to my daughter concerning various things - mostly about money and investing - she was not yet quite ready to hear. Since money is the single most powerful tool we have for navigating this complex world we've created, understanding it is critical.

Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love...

Un virus letal se desata accidentalmente en el Cáucaso, extendiéndose velozmente por todo el planeta. En Galicia, un joven abogado observa impotente cómo su apacible vida se desmorona cuando la plaga alcanza su ciudad. Ahora, debe enfrentarse a una lucha desesperada por la supervivencia en un territorio familiar que se ha transformado en un infierno terrenal.

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aaron attempts to piece together the life that led to Sachs' tragic demise and determine the reason for his death.

The construction of the great pyramids of Egypt, the development of democracy in ancient Greece, the glories of ancient Rome-these stories are familiar to students of history. But what about the rest of the world? How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions?Learn the rest of the story with these 36 riveting lectures that survey the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe.

It’s been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next...but I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart. The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me—a teenager in way over her head. And it’s the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing.

Suspecting the oni princess who ruled over the defeated Chimera Clausen was the offspring of a high-level demon, Mira entrusts Kagura with the investigation. Meanwhile, the pint-sized summoner returns to Solomon to make her report...and get a little R&R with Mariana! But when the investigation reveals the demon mastermind is now after the Oni's Sealed Casket, Mira, along with three other Wise Men, must rush to thwart the enemy's schemes once again...

Liaisons dangereuses: Und immer sind die Frauen und Damen die Leidtragenden und Opfer. Solche Mandate liegen Philip Maloney besonders am Herzen. Einmal vermutet eine Frau, dass ihr verschwundener Freund ermordet worden ist, dann verliebt sich eine Frau in der Weltstadt Wien in einen abgetauchten Peter Meier und eine dritte Dame hatte in den Ferien ein amouröses Abenteuer mit einem wesentlich jüngeren Lover, von dem sie nun mit kompromittierenden Videos erpresst wird.

Nietzsche said: push the falling. A plush bear says: sit down. Have some tea. Boris Krige—former priest, systems theorist, and the man who may have solved the universe with one formula and zero free parameters—has spent twenty years arguing with a dead philosopher at his kitchen table. The philosopher said God is dead. Kriger yells at God regularly and considers this proof of His existence. The philosopher said pity is poison. Kriger ran a shelter for fourteen homeless people in his own house for nine years. The philosopher said the strong must overcome.

Sir Eustace Brackenstall wurde auf seinem Anwesen Abbey Grange erschlagen. Für Inspektor Lestrade stehen die Täter sofort fest: Es war eine polizeibekannte Einbrecherbande. Sherlock Holmes misstraut Lestrades schnellem Ermittlungserfolg und zieht seine eigenen Schlüsse aus den Beweisen. Ein Knoten bringt ihn schließlich auf die Spur des wahren Täters.

Bootsbrüder. Bei einem weiteren verzweifelten Versuch, SpongeBob zu entkommen, begeht Thaddäus eine Verkehrsordnungswidrigkeit. Jetzt muss er erneut die Fahrprüfung ablegen. Doch auch dabei wird Thaddäus vom Pech in Gestalt von SpongeBob verfolgt: In Mrs. Puffs Bootsfahrschule bekommt er ausgerechnet den fröhlichen gelben Schwamm als Nebensitzer und anschließend als Mitfahrer zugeteilt. So nimmt das Grauen seinen Lauf... Schlagzeilenschinder. Beim Studium der Anzeigenpreise eines populären Boulevardblatts kommt Mr. Krabs die Idee, auf dem Zeitungsmarkt das schnelle Geld zu machen.

Der fliegende Schwamm (1) + (2). SpongeBob ist mal wieder beim Quallenfischen. Er grübelt nach und muss zugeben, dass er am liebsten mit den Quallen davon schweben würde. Aber Schweben und Fliegen wollen erst einmal gelernt sein. Gemeinsam mit Patrick probiert er jede nur erdenkliche Form des Fliegens aus. Zum Beispiel konstruieren die beiden ein Flugzeug. Auch an einem Drachen versuchen sie sich. Doch alle Versuche bleiben erfolglos. Bob will seinen Plan schon aufgeben, da gerät sein Föhn durch Zufall in seine Hose.