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The following books are included...The Deadly Streets and No Doors, No Windows.

It is AD 312. Rome teeters on the brink of war. Constantine's army is on the move. On the Rhine frontier, Brandulf Rex, a pagan Germanic barbarian, joins the Roman army as a spy and special-forces operative. Down in Rome, Junia Flavia, the lovely and pious daughter of a nominally Christian senator, finds herself embroiled in anti-Christian politics as she works on behalf of the church.

This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great - the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners. This volume features Anne Frank, whose courage and hope during a time of terror are still an inspiration for people around the world today.

The omnipresent dangers of Earth continue to grow. The enemy’s influence reaches from the Stations to threaten the team. Dante needs a target to destroy to save his life and business. That’s not so easy when he’s dealing with the elusive conspiracy targeting the Marauder and his friends. The threat grows with each revelation, forcing Dante into his most desperate gambit yet. Trusting others is dangerous in his line of work. Staking his life on men and women he just met even more so. But with the Stations at risk, there’s no choice.

In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty white room. What can possibly join two such remote places? Only the shared imagination, a room that these people unwittingly build in common, where they are all about to meet, where the dual frames of this inventive novel to coalesce.

You will not believe what you are reading - even though it all feels so real. Only a man like Smilin’ Jack could monetize civil war. After the infamous business tycoon launches a hit TV show that pits American and Confederate gladiators in brutal battles, his grisly spectacle draws the attention of psychopaths across the nation.

Mr. Wilsons Bruder George scheint von seiner kriminellen Vergangenheit eingeholt worden zu sein. Nur in was für ein Verbrechen ist er verwickelt, was haben die Gangster vor? Die Spur führt zu einem abgelegenen Haus im Wald, das von einem scharfen Hund bewacht wird.

Jack und Cliff sind entsetzt: Der beliebte Lehrer Mr. Wilson erscheint nicht zum Unterricht und niemand weiß, wo er steckt. Hatte er einen Unfall? Oder wurde er vielleicht sogar entführt? Jack und Cliff nehmen die Suche auf und finden den Mustang von Mr. Wilson verlassen am Straßenrand. Die Spuren deuten auf einen Kampf hin.

Jake Bayard led tormented Neanderthals in a successful slave revolt on the planet Garm. But when the Corporation owners fled, they took all the women with them. The Neanderthals are blaming Bayard for their lack of mates, and every day that passes is making the lonely brutes angrier. Bayard needs a solution fast, or his former friends are going to string him up. He decides to risk a raid onto Saddoth where millions of Ophidians eat and keep herds of meat Neanderthals. He can only take nine with his traveling power—nine to free nubile females for the Neanderthals of Garm.

Bullied as a child for being overweight and an orphan, the serial killer in I Disappeared Them hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night, he punches the clock as a hardworking pizza man. After work, he roams Miami’s nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, a sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code.

With a mixture of humor, adventure, insight, and wonder, get ready to explore Tralodren in a whole new light. No epic struggles. No grand, glorious schemes. Just a pragmatically pacifistic bard and some of his varied adventures. Welcome to Tralodren, a world rich in history, faith, and tales of adventure—of which these stories are but a handful of many.

Jack Ludlum, who relies on his brawn to get things done, is now paired with his archenemy, Jill Jarred, a brilliant investigator with keen intuition. As they delve into the secret world of incels and white supremacists, and conflict between local authorities and the FBI rages, a media frenzy further complicates the mission.