Résultats lu par "Gill Mills" dans Toutes les catégories

Zachary has the shield of God. Anastasia wants it. Need I say more? Immortal werewolf meets … well, whatever Anastasia is, head on. It’s about to get brutal.

The death curse has fallen. The demons and angels have invaded the Earth. They plan to rule over humanity, but which side will win and can the people of Earth do anything to stop them? Beelzebub and the demons are too powerful to be stopped. Godfrey and the angels have an ancient weapon that can kill with a thought. The humans have pluck. Um, that might not get it done.

When twelve-year-old twins Tabitha and Timothy unearth an ancient artefact in the peat banks of Papala Island, they set off a chain of extraordinary events. Determined to protect their discovery, the twins rally their friends to outwit sneaky treasure hunters, navigate treacherous terrain, and unravel the island’s ancient legend.

ADHD gives your child a unique way of experiencing the world and this means you need a unique approach to parenting. Your child has a whole host of strengths and positive characteristics that, when nurtured and harnessed, will give them all they need to thrive. What you need is clear advice for supporting those strengths while helping them navigate a world that makes life difficult for them at the same time as taking care of yourself.

Echo Sleep is a haunting supernatural thriller where time bends, memory twists, and the past refuses to stay buried. Perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson, Jennifer McMahon, and slow-burn horror that lingers.

This book offers a refreshing perspective: you’ll gain science-backed insights and practical strategies to determine whether intermittent fasting fits your life—or if other options serve you better.

A story of an abused woman's journey through life, from the dreary post-war days to the present day. She struggles with her narcissistic husband at home. She also faces issues during her employment with a retail giant that portrays a wholesome public image....

As now being told by Aura, these tales have been used to teach the children and now the grandchildren of Kurrus and Moraga. They are tools to teach them how to use the gifts bestowed upon them by the Gods. They are also a means of telling the truth about their family, truths known by few in this Realm and beyond.

Voice of the Youth tells the story of some students who united together during the summer of 2020 as they participated in a game called Jeu D'amusement.

Albuquerque is being blanketed by one of the harshest bone-chilling winters in recorded history. Cindy Anderson, who is a local television field reporter, has been reporting on heartbreaking stories in Albuquerque for many of winters. This winter, Cindy will soon find herself in the center of one of the greatest and most terrifying stories to ever unfold in this southwestern town.

Never trust the shadows. Or a stranger. Or a friend. Welcome to District 33, a crime-infested slum in which only the strongest and most savvy can hope to survive. 1984 meets The Matrix in this gripping tale of a future in which freedom is dead, love is forbidden, and the artificial intelligences (AIs) watch your every move. Their power seems unshakable, but things are never as they seem in this world of lies and illusion. Slowly but surely, they are going mad, and only Kim can stop it.

Meet disgraced ex-DI Ellie Reckless, a self-proclaimed "cop for criminals", and the person the underworld calls when they can't call the police. When a truck owned by the Italian Luccesi family is hijacked in Kent, Ellie and her team are brought in to locate it, but Ellie knows there's more going on, as nobody fights this hard over extra-virgin olive oil.

Pirate Queen Anne Bonny has a secret--a baby daughter named Kate! Anne, afraid that motherhood will undermine her fearsome reputation as the scarlet-haired scourge of the 18th-century Caribbean, is having the baby raised by friends in the Spanish colony of Cuba, unknown to the crew of the Tigress--and that Kate's father, Captain Calico Jack Rackam. But when Anne wants to go to her daughter's first birthday--now behind enemy lines in the middle of Great Britain's latest war with Spain--she turns for help to the only person she can trust: fellow female freebooter Mary Read.

Hampshire, England, 1804. Fredericka Swinglehurst, singular, warm and witty, returns home after 11 years in London, determined to lead a quiet life. But fate has other ideas. When the body of a pregnant woman is found in the grounds of the rectory, Freddy is drawn into a mystery involving murder, slavery, and the theft of a famous diamond.

"Stay home." Those are the words coming from the Prime Minister’s mouth as he announces the United Kingdom is going into lockdown for three weeks. A "silent killer" is sweeping the world, and nothing will be the same. For Lauren Kidwell, lockdown doesn’t seem like much of a change to her life. As an author living by herself in a remote cottage in the Devonshire moorland, she's used to being alone. But as the days pass and her sense of isolation grows, Lauren starts to see things. Is Lauren’s overactive imagination playing tricks on her? Or is she not as alone as she thinks?

"Wisdom is riding on a passenger train of time on a collision course with destiny, and we are all in for the ride. This book is about wisdom riding on this train." These words, as part of the introduction of the book, set the specific context and overall challenge and purpose for this book. Here, wisdom is likened to a lady riding on the train of civilization past prominence in a social, political, and spiritual direction. But the book argues in recent times, she has been forced to ride in the back of the train. Now we live in a vast field of folly. How do we find our way out?

Called to the scene of a grisly double murder in a Northern English village, Detective Inspector Dave Barnes thinks he's seen everything—until the threads of his investigation unwind an otherworldly secret. As the Inspector and his team delve deeper into the case, a former history professor, with a personal interest in the crime, steps forward to provide bizarre clues that seem too impossible to be true.

A sinister narcissist declaring himself the Jurist has returned to Columbus to finish the mayhem he started years before. His primary targets are carefully selected, hunted, and violently terminated. Anyone who played a role in his anguish will wind up next in line for a taste of his brutal brand of justice—a crude kind of distorted justice where the only sentence is death. Homicide detective Alyssa Payne of the Columbus Police Department, along with her father, retired detective Daniel Payne, will need to pull out all the stops to save themselves and many others.

Following the harrowing events of her kidnapping, Nell is left craving answers more than ever. There's only one person she knows who possesses the answers she needs. On her 15th birthday, with the help of one silver-eyed Void traveler, Nell is ready to find her mother at last, to get the clarity and truth she's been looking for all these years. Meanwhile, Tessie must also deal with the aftermath of Nell's kidnapping—an attack which left her forever changed and struggling to cope. Powerless and afraid, Tessie turns to the only security she has left.

Wartime espionage has fascinated generation. This nonfiction audiobook tells the true stories of extraordinary women who lost their lives in the fight against the tyranny of Nazi fascism. Just as men on the battlefields of Europe and North Africa gave their lives to defeat the Nazi menace, so too did these brave women. From the unique and specific situations and experiences that led each one of them to do what they could for the war effort, to the overarching themes and beliefs in each of their lives that unified them in their opposition and resistance to oppression.