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After Sam Cleave's perilous experience on the North Sea oil rig, Deep Sea One, he endevours to take life a little slower and keep to his mundane journalism job at the local newspaper. However, an unforeseen turn of events urges Sam to accept a freelance writing job offered by none other than Jefferson Daniels, the world renowned explorer with whom he shared their first terrifying expedition to Antarctica in search of Ice Station Wolfenstein a year or two before.

After barely escaping the perilous expedition to the Antarctic to locate a WW2 Nazi Ice Station Dave Purdue once more elicits the help of historian Dr. Nina Gould and award winning investigative journalist Sam Cleave. When the maintenance submersible from Purdue’s oil drill, Deep Sea One, goes missing off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea, he discovers the wreck of a sunken WWII German submarine beneath.

Listen and relive exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn why a family in Borneo shares their garden with a black spitting cobra and about an 11-year-old schoolgirl who names our newly discovered ninth planet, along with other stories about world cultures and world history.

The son of a poor widow, Aladdin is an idle boy easily deceived by a sorcerer pretending to be Aladdin's long lost uncle. The sorcerer tricks Aladdin into trying to find an oil lamp left in a magic cave, where Aladdin gets tripped. But armed with a magic ring, the oil lamp, and the help of their genies, Aladdin escapes from the cave and achieves wealth and happiness. But the sorcerer is still determined to get his hands on that magic lamp.

A brilliant collection of stories based on the heroes and villains of Norse Mythology, hand-picked and collected together in this gorgeous gift treasury. Delve into the world of gods, giants and monsters, as you sit atop Air Throne and survey the kingdom of Asgard. With a foreword from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, this special book is a timeless gift to treasure for fans of Norse Mythology, new and old.

In England, a museum curator is murdered in his home. An old priest is found dead in his upper-room apartment in Morocco. In Florida, a renowned artist is found floating in his private pool, dead. Three deaths that, as the occurrences go, appear unconnected. Until Olivia Newton, former employee and journalist at Miami Daily, gets a call that her brother, Andrew Gilmore, has been abducted.

L'inspecteur Pendergast, du FBI, est appelé en Georgie, où des corps sont découverts vidés de leur sang. En proie à la panique, les habitants craignent le retour d'une créature qu'on croyait n'appartenir qu'à la légende : le Vampire de Savannah.

Nothing ever happens except for sometimes. And only on rare-ish occasions, which is hardly ever. There are times when even I can’t turn the nothing into more than it is. But there was one day in the holidays that began as a nothing day and then everything happened. Absolutely nearly everything. The unforgettable Clarice Bean finds herself escaping the danger of boredom when she meets an actual real-life DOG who will NOT scram!

Step into the magical world of Child's Play fairy tales.... Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.

Listen and relive exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn what happens when Arizona and Ollie bake cookies to welcome their new neighbor and about the time that Arizona had to overcome stage fright, along with other stories. Stories include: Ask Arizona: A Cat Named Charlie, Ask Arizona: Agree to Disagree, Ask Arizona: Clowning Around, Ask Arizona: Facing Food Fears, Ask Arizona: Flying Solo, and more!

After a series of deadly museum robberies, where cultural treasures of Viking origin are stolen, historian Dr. Nina Gould is intrigued and infuriated. She elicits help from her friend, investigative journalist Sam Cleave, to see if they can discover and expose the culprits. Nina thinks that she may have befriended one of the robbers involved, and so begins the chase to uncover the truth.

As penance for losing a bet, Rafe King had promised to work one job as an everyday carpenter. And that's when he hit the jackpot - an introduction to Katie Charles. With every word, every touch, the sweet, sexy lady made Rafe feel like more than the cold-hearted tycoon he was reputed to be.There was only one problem: Katie despised all wealthy men, especially those in the King family. He couldn't reveal his feelings without coming clean about his last name. But if he kept this secret, it might cost him…everything.

Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness - and she can't wait to get the party started. But when a local antiques dealer turns up dead, Carmela suddenly finds herself in a real-life danse macabre.

Come sempre, Jack Reacher non è diretto in nessun posto in particolare, e ha tutto il tempo del mondo per arrivarci. Ma una mattina si ritrova in una tranquilla e anonima cittadina vicino a Nashville, nel Tennessee. Vuole prendere una tazza di caffè e proseguire il suo viaggio. Non succederà. Nota infatti un uomo che sta per finire dritto in un agguato. Quattro contro uno... Così interviene, con il suo solito marchio di fabbrica per risolvere i conflitti.

Clarice Bean usually looks forward to Christmas. Except this year, it is going to be a quiet-ish Christmas in her house, which doesn’t feel right because Christmas is all about noisiness and being full up and family. And without those things, she is going to have to try exceptionordinarily hard to stop the Christmas spirit completely floating away.... But luckily, there is no one in the world like Clarice Bean - and she is going to think like an elf, and that means everything will be A-okay. Won’t it?

Dive with Olivia Newton, one last time, into a suspenseful world of butting danger, where the next target could just be lounging on a beach in Brazil, sipping on coconut water. A world of assassins, cults, and Orders. A world of old and forgotten treasures that won’t stay hidden. Every ounce of gold could cost its possessor their life, and allies switch sides as fast as day turns to a cold, wicked night.

Overloaded: Understanding Neglect aspires to build a shared understanding of neglect, its underlying root causes, and how they overload families with stress. Neglect is a complex and wicked problem, but it’s one that we believe is preventable if we work together to reimagine how we support families overloaded by stress. Neglect is a public health crisis, as it’s the most common reason that children are separated from their families by the government. 37% of all US children experience a Child Protective Services investigation, 13% of all children have a substantiated case of maltreatment, ...

Vor sechs Jahren quittierte Jack Reacher, damals Spitzenermittler der US-Militärpolizei, den Dienst. Er tauchte unter - unerreichbar, unauffindbar. Doch jetzt kommt der rastlose Einzelgänger freiwillig aus der Deckung. Durch puren Zufall ist er einem Mann begegnet, den er seit zehn Jahren für tot gehalten hat. Die Narben auf dessen Stirn erinnern Reacher an sein furchtbarstes Erlebnis, und er weiß: Noch immer geht von dem Janusmann eine tödliche Gefahr aus.

From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons - a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more-than-human.

In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection.