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Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmostphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on the cello....

Arial kender de regler, der holder hende uden for farezonen. Hun har fulgt dem, siden hun var helt lille: Fortael ingenting. Vis ingenting. Men da hun i et øjebliks frygt står ansigt til ansigt med en overfaldsmand, som er opsat på at tage mere end blot hendes liv, har hun intet andet valg end at tage de telepatiske kraefter i brug, som hun har skjult for omverdenen lige siden sin barndom. Da hendes evner nu er afsløret, lurer en endnu større trussel, som får hende til at saette spørgsmålstegn ved alt, hun troede, hun vidste om sine foraeldre og sin hemmelighedsfulde opdragelse. Men dette er ikke en kamp, hun kan kaempe alene. Som direktør for Devereaux Security er Beau Devereaux ikke ubekendt med det overnaturlige. Men da han får en ny klient - en smuk, ung kvinde med en usaedvanlig evne - er Beau ikke forberedt på, hvor tiltrukket han vil blive af hende. Hvad der begyndte som en simpel opgave, bare endnu et job, bliver derfor hurtigt personligt, da Beau opdager, at han vil gøre hvad som helst for at beskytte Arial, uanset hvad det vil koste ham, hjerte og sjael. BESKYTTET AF DIG er en romantisk spaendingsroman fuld af forførelse og begaer. Bogen er anden bog i Slow Burn-trilogien. "Formidabelt Jeg elsker Maya Banks, og jeg elsker hendes bøger" - Jaci Burton, New York Times bestsellerforfatter Maya Banks er en amerikansk bestsellerforfatter kendt for sin evne til at skrive romaner, der emmer af kaerlighed og erotik. Maya Banks har skrevet over 50 romaner, hvoraf trilogierne Breathless, Surrender og Slow Burn er oversat til dansk. Maya bor i Texas med sin mand og sine tre børn.

In the final showdown between the Great Galloon and the evil crew of the Sumbaroon, Captain Anstruther and the crew of his Great Galloon have trapped the evil Zebediah and his Sumbaroon - at last they will rescue the captain's stolen bride, Isabella! But the Sumbaroon sprouts mechanical legs and escapes over land. Stanley and Rasmussen are determined to stop Zebediah from taking over the Great Galloon, but can they figure out how to do it?

Russell Banks, Garrison Keillor, and Dave Isay are among those heard on Chatting Up a Storm, Vol. 1, a distillation of the best broadcast interviews by journalist Claudia Cragg, with thinkers, authors, and change-makers from the United States and around the world.

Baz has always dreamed about leaving his dusty little town, so when a stranger comes to his family's home and asks him to be a weaver's apprentice, Baz is eager to start his journey. He and the stranger travel for several sunrises and sunsets until they reach the land of Kallah, where Baz starts his apprenticeship - and soon learns that his master is very cruel. Baz is disheartened, and when the master trades Baz for a sword to a magician, Baz expects no better from his new owner.

Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and fashion, the Elect of God of a small but committed Stirlingshire religious cult: Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager. When her cousin Morag - Guest of Honour at the Luskentyrian's four-yearly Festival of Love - disappears after renouncing her faith, Isis is marked out to venture among the Unsaved and bring the apostate back into the fold.

Was fangen wir noch an mit diesem Leben, jetzt, nachdem wir die halbe Strecke schon gegangen sind? Zsuzsa Bánks neuer Roman ist eine Feier der Freundschaft und des Lebens: Die Schriftstellerin Márta wohnt mit ihrem Mann und drei Kindern in einer deutschen Großstadt, die Lehrerin Johanna lebt allein in einem kleinen Ort im Schwarzwald. Beide Frauen kennen sich seit Kindheitstagen, in E-Mails von großer Tiefe und Offenheit halten sie engen Kontakt.

Four fierce authors of romance, suspense, fantasy, and best-selling series for teens: Anna Banks (The Syrena Legacy series), Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles), Emma Mills ( This Adventure Ends), and Caleb Roehrig ( Last Seen Leaving) make a stop on their tour to present their latest novels and chat with fans. In conversation with MJ Franklin and Aliza Weinberger (MashReads).

The Weight of Whiteness is a memoir in poetry form of the author's awareness of her whiteness during the integration of Boston's public schools in the 1950s and during visits with her family in the segregated South. Deeply personal, the poems examine the author's thoughts and feelings as family and others react to her interracial marriage in 1966, the year before the US Supreme Court overturned as unconstitutional 16 states' laws prohibiting miscegenation.

In the late 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project set out to create a first-person portrait of America by sending young writers around the country to interview people from diverse ethnic groups, occupations, and backgrounds. When the Writers Project closed its doors, some 10,000 of these oral histories were left gathering dust in a remote storeroom at the Library of Congress. In First Person America, Ann Banks has collected dozens of these oral histories.

Poor Captain Anstruther is still searching for his kidnapped bride, Isabella, but he thinks the key to winning her back may lie in the heart of the Chimney Islands, a mind-boggling patchwork of volcanoes where Anstruther and Isabella first swore eternal love. Can he attend the party and be reunited with his beloved? Stanley and Rasmussen must do battle once more with the Captain’s nefarious brother Zebediah, encountering old friends, new friends and unexpected friends in frilly pink dresses along the way.

Hamilton Stark is a New Hampshire pipe fitter and the sole inhabitant of the house from which he evicted his own mother. He is the villain of five marriages and the father of a daughter so obsessed that she has been writing a book about him for years. Hamilton Stark is a boor, a misanthrope, a handsome man: funny, passionately honest, and a good dancer. The narrator, a middle-aged writer, decides to write about Stark as a hero whose anger and solitude represent passion and wisdom

Bei ihrem dritten Wunderland-Besuch landen die Freundinnen auf einer federweichen Insel aus Wolken - hier leben die Wolkenelfen! Doch Malfiesa treibt wieder ihr Unwesen im Wunderland. Ohne zu zögern springen die Mädchen den Wolkenelfen zu Hilfe!

USA Today best-selling author Leanne Banks kicks off the new Fortunes of Texas continuity with a story of a single mom and the sexy rancher who sweeps her off her feet! As she rings in the new year in Horseback Hollow, Texas, single mom Stacey Fortune Jones tries to count her blessings. She has an adorable baby girl, Piper; supportive parents; good friends. Best of them all is Colton Foster, her longtime neighbor from the ranch next door. He always seems to be around when she needs him. Trouble is, she may be starting to need him a bit too much...

Ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly trauert um seine Frau Rachel, die vor einem Jahr spurlos verschwand. Ethan wird von Schuldgefühlen geplagt, weil in ihrer Ehe nicht alles zum Besten stand. Da erhält er die Nachricht, dass Rachel noch am Leben ist, jedoch von Unbekannten gefangen gehalten wird. In seiner Verzweiflung bittet er die Sondereinsatzgruppe KGI um Hilfe, um seine Frau zu befreien. Doch Rachel hat ihr Gedächtnis verloren und kann sich an ihr früheres Leben nicht mehr erinnern.

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It's a crooked road to world peace...but it works. Warfare between nations has been banned. Taking its place are the Corporate Wars - full-scale battles between mercenary armies hired by large corporations, ostensibly to settle trade disputes. But the wars are also free entertainment for the masses. In a world where most jobs have been taken over by automation, free tranquilizers have to be issued to the vast lower class to keep them subdued.

"Drei Erzählungen" ist der dritte Teil der "DREI"-Trilogie. Oliver Rohrbeck, Jens Wawrczeck und Andreas Fröhlich (Sprecher der "Drei ???") lesen Geschichten über die Liebe - von Sophie Dahl, Russell Banks und O. Henry.

Benjamin collects all kinds of stamps, and Karl has a huge collection of shiny coins. Neither of them, however, will let their younger brother, Max, touch any of their neat stuff. So since his brothers won’t share, Max decides to start collecting on his own. But what should he collect? How about…words! Using scissors, he begins snipping words out of periodicals.

Riley Unlikely is the inspiring story of Riley Banks, who first traveled to Kenya at age 13, and has been back every year since, bringing backpacks of school supplies and hygiene kits for young girls, developing relationships and friendships, and is currently, as a young millennial, raising money to build a complete learning complex in Kibwezi, Kenya for those who have nothing.