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Teenage Ellen McCauley wants to escape her demons, namely a step-mother named Helen the Horrible and a reputation as the school klutz. A fall down the stairs, in front of the entire varsity football team…while wearing pink polka-a-dot underwear, earns her the nickname “Klutz-Ellen”. So when outdoor-loving Ellen finds a job as a nature counselor in the Adirondack Mountains, it spells escape.

On the high plains of Northeastern Colorado, Dennis Camp's world, already small, is getting smaller. Wherever he looks, towns are disappearing, schools are closing, and his social world is shrinking. Emptiness is not inevitable for Dennis himself; however, his mother, who knows him better than he knows himself, has asked him for a promise, and he has given it. If he can just figure out how to act on that promise, his world may become large enough to bring him happiness and fulfillment as a man.

Mia Anderson is an invisible woman. An unremarkable thirty-two-year-old Tennessee librarian, she’s accustomed to disappearing in a crowd, unseen and unheard. Then she receives an anonymous note: You look beautiful today. It doesn’t stop there. The attentive stranger—a secret admirer named Adam—has plans for Mia. With each new text comes a suggestion for her hair, clothes, or attitude, and for the first time in memory, Mia feels noticed. Slowly, she develops a confidence in herself she’s never had. But Adam has a surprise coming....

After Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Ian Chase's last brutal tour in Afghanistan, he and his brother resumed control of their private security company and the rest of their international conglomerate, Chase Group. At a charity function, Ian has a chance meeting with art historian Cassiopeia Ellis and is surprised to learn she's undercover with the FBI. He's even more drawn to this enigmatic redhead than the first time he met her.

Self-declared ice queen attorney Cara Phillips has a secret—a secret that she wanted to be free of. She has no one to turn to except. Romaine Jacobs is a fellow attorney, but also the next in line to inherit the kingdom of Jacob’s law firm in downtown Chicago—who also has a secret of his own. He is in love with Cara, and she has kept the cold between them for years. The ice-cold shell begins to crack when they are put on the same case—a case that was a reminder to Cara of a violent and dangerous past that she will never forget.

The ink on Cecilia's divorce papers might be dry, but she’s in no hurry to connect with another traveling businessman, especially the spatially challenged one seated beside her on a crack-of-dawn flight from San Francisco to Madrid. Felip should be on top of the world running his family’s cava empire, however life has left him feeling unfulfilled as of late. Good conversation and a hard-won smile from his seatmate—a grumpy but lovely American hearing-impaired teacher—have him wondering if maybe fairytales are possible.

Blinkkk of an Eye is an upcoming dystopian fiction that catapults the listener right into action! After a string of mass shootings erupt across America, Keith Williams, a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), uncovers a plot to ignite the Second Civil War.

See Brilliance aims to inspire young people to look past their mistakes, beyond their environments and current circumstances, to See Brilliance within themselves and discover the potential to be productive members of their communities.

Veteran teacher and counselor Delaney Frost accepts a job at Havenhart Academy and soon learns that not only are her new charges “gifted," but that within her resides a power so rare and precious, it can be used to heal others. When danger arrives at the academy gates, Delaney and her mysterious yet alluring boss will fight to protect the children from a megalomaniac out for revenge and the destruction of all she holds dear. Welcome to Havenhart Academy.

It is difficult to say when the Immersion happened. There is little doubt as to where it began. It was in a village. Despite an impoverished life, the village held a community rich in the love of life and each other. Some would say these conditions are the essence of an Immersion. Mik and his friends are at that age when the future looks infinite in all its possibilities. Life in the Village has never seemed so good. This year they attend the county fair as adults. But there is a world outside that cares little for the country people and their yearly celebrations of life together.

Elle voulait un peu d'aventure, l'expédition va virer au cauchemar... Della a rejoint le club de randonnée pour vivre des aventures trépidantes avec ses amis. Leur moniteur ne peut pas les accompagner sur Fear Island ?Tant pis pour lui, tant mieux pour eux. Mais quand Della se perd en forêt et tombe nez à nez avec un individu inquiétant, l'excursion prend une tournure terrifiante. Menacée, elle se débat... et précipite son agresseur dans le ravin !

Time is running out, war will be waged, and sacrifices will be required. Ali and Kovis return home believing the god of dreams has been dealt with, but before they can breathe easy, the empress’ nightmares start coming to life, plunging the empire into chaos. Ambien may be in hiding, but he’s far from idle. The empire is about to discover the lengths the god will go to in his quest to conquer Wake—lengths that will pit father against daughter in an epic showdown.

With the help of NASA, a computer glitch, and a ghost, Bram Morrison, a robotics engineer, may have given science a new means to put death on hold. But despite the new landscape he’s opened up, the Great Beyond is still territory with no solid ground for science to stand on. Still helping Torula Jackson realize her dream of studying what happens to consciousness after death, Bram risks his reputation and future by revealing his growing belief in the bizarre. It will take more than apparitions in 3D glass chambers to convince scientists and doctors that the afterlife exists.

Übel zugerichtet. Gefoltert. Stranguliert. So hängt die Leiche des ersten Opfers am Seitpferd im Turnzentrum Dornbirn. Ins Leder eingeritzt: ein Zeichen. Revierinspektorin Cindy Panzenböck, in der Turnszene zu Hause, erkennt es sofort. Doch was will der Täter damit sagen? Und es bleibt nicht bei einem Toten, vielmehr zieht sich eine Blutspur bis nach Graz. Die Ermittlerteams müssen zusammenarbeiten. Kann das funktionieren, wenn die Fundorte der Opfer sechshundert Kilometer auseinanderliegen? Es gibt keine Anhaltspunkte.

Mickie McKinney is Maple Ridge Middle School's one and only private detective. (Not that anyone else wants the job.) So when the new girl is accused of stealing the history test answers, Mickie is the only one who suspects there might be someone else behind the crime. With the help of an orange smudge, the school’s mad scientist, and wisdom of his late father, Mickie is willing to follow the clues and unmask the true culprit…except the new girl doesn’t want his help.

A decision is made and the chess board for the war is set. An alpha queen versus a demon king, both fighting for love. The fates' plans are in motion and the final chance to vanquish the enemies quickly approaches. Can the light pierce the darkness once and for all?

आर. एल. स्टीवेन्सन के प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'ट्रेज़र आइलैंड' का हिंदी रूपांतरण हम इस पुस्तक में पढ़ सकते हैं।

आर. एल. स्टीविन्सन के प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'किडनैप्ड' का सरल रूपांतर।

"Skatteøen" er R.L. Stevensons klassiske sørøverhistorie om den unge Jim Hawkins, der får fingre i kaptajn Flints gamle skattekort. Jim kan ikke modstå fristelsen til at søge efter kaptajnens skjulte skat, men det viser sig, at han ikke er den eneste med den idé. Tiden på Skatteøen byder på ubehagelige overraskelser og alt den spænding, der følger med en god, gammeldags skattejagt. Den skotske forfatter Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) er i dag bedst kendt for den udødelige klassiker "Skatteøen" samt gyseren "Dr. Jekyll og Mr.

Ali won the contest of her life, The Ninety-Eight, as a pawn of the Council, but danger still lurks. Her father is using her beloved's sibling to track her down. But an even bigger threat still looms: Her father plans to conquer Wake by turning humans into empty-shells to do his bidding. Ali and Kovis desperately search for a way to stop him, but every idea requires that she return to Dream, a move that will kill her.