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A dismembered body in the park.... Grand Rapids Detective Bill DeYoung is an old-timer riding it out until retirement. A ravaged body in the park and a drunken witness are about to change his plans; so is the end of the world. The events happen concurrently with the first novel, End Time, but it can be heard at any point in the series to get exciting additional content on the origin of a main character.

The Yugoslavian genocide is hard to explain. So many factors have contributed to the war—and eventually, the genocide in Bosnia—that many UN soldiers didn’t even know what to do about it. A lack of response, though, made the problem worse. A combination of historical aspects, such as the division of religion, the world wars, the Iron Curtain, and the fall of the Soviet Union, were part of what led to a conflict that lasted for years in this sensitive region in Europe.

Robert Greene hat eine ungewöhnliche, provozierende Enzyklopädie verfaßt und alle Spielregeln der Macht zusammengestellt, die immer und überall gelten.

There is a need for a new generation of politicians to change the world, and Emmanuel Macron could very well be a prototype. Macron Unveiled examines Macron's first four years as France's president, scrutinizing Macron's personality, his way of solving problems, his sources of inspiration, his mistakes, his difficulties, as well as the impact he may already have had in his country, Europe, and the world.

Matthew is against odds he cannot beat and evil he did not know existed. His only hope to save his kingdom he must open the vault and access power he never wished to use, as too much power can corrupt. Even with the help, he won't be able to save his kingdom or the kingdoms around without helping to break an unbreakable curse.

When friends are pitted against friends where lives are on the line, there is no such thing as loyalty -- or is there? Caving to the demands of evil tyrants only gives them more power, but when crossing them means the death of loved ones, the decision is easy. How can our heroes do what is right when it is others who will pay the price?

There are those who lust for power. There are those who crave the crown and will do anything to get it, including murder. The kingdoms are scared, as the crown of power is at stake, and men will kill to get it. If there is hope at all, it is in being better at intrigue than those who make it their life.

Tired of hearing your coworkers opinions, but never have the right words to say to shut their arguments down and stop them in their tracks? These three books will provide the tools required to easily defeat anyone in a debate. Politics can be tricky and things get even harder to understand when there are alternative facts involved.

The Cambodian genocide was the methodical abuse and death of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who pushed Cambodia toward being an entirely self-dependent agrarian socialist state. Between 1975 and 1979, 1.5 to two million people were murdered, representing about a quarter of Cambodia's population in 1975. Through a high number of propaganda resources and sheer force, the coup forced millions of people from the cities to farmlands, leaving them there to die.

After being separated from her friends, Ros strikes out on her own. She has every intention of finding them, if only she can locate home again. And if she can find it, will her friends still be there or is she destined to fight to survive in this world alone?

A group of college students join their beloved professor on an environmental expedition. They travel to a remote area in Northern California that has been experiencing unprecedented growth rates. While they are searching for the answers that could save the environment, they stumble upon creatures harboring an ancient plot to regain their control of the world.

Als Archie Greene sich an sein Schreibpult setzt, um Magie zu schreiben, erscheint eine mysteriöse schwarze Flamme und löscht seine neu erfundenen Zaubersprüche einfach aus. Was steckt bloß dahinter? Auch im Rat der Ältesten herrscht große Aufregung, denn ein gefährliches magisches Buch wurde gestohlen. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen der schwarzen Flamme und dem gestohlenen Buch?

Die magische Bibliothek in Oxford ist für Archie Greene ein zweites Zuhause geworden. Doch sie schwebt in Gefahr, denn die uralten Schutzzauber, die die Bibliothek vor Angriffen bewahren, verblassen immer mehr. Nur mit spezieller Zaubertinte können sie erneuert werden. Die Formel für ihre Herstellung ist aber kompliziert und das Resultat alles andere als ungefährlich. Denn dieses Werkzeug ist mächtig und in den falschen Händen eine tödliche Bedrohung für die Zauberwelt.

It's 1942 and talented young artist Emily Torrance is brutally murdered. Seventy-five years later, Jim Mercer, a reporter for the LA Times, covers a J. Paul Getty Museum showing of Emily's work and is smitten by her self-portrait. Eventually becoming obsessed with the slain artist, Mercer investigates her murder and discovers something the cops of 1942 missed: evidence of Emily's killer, but more - proof of time travel.

After salvaging the Queen’s Jewels from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora Farnese, Buck Reilly’s finally back on top. Once more hailed as a world class archeologist, he’s riding the wave of success…until his past mistakes begin to surface from the depths.

Physicist Brian Greene describes how an awareness of our small place in the universe can inspire personal strength, in "Science Nourishes the Mind and the Soul," his contribution to NPR's This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the...

Evie knows she must put the good of the community before all else—that is the only way to fix the problems that led to the Great Flood. But when she is sent as a spy to a society less restrictive than her own, she must choose between loyalty to all she knows, and freedom in the world outside. Many years later, Evie’s name has become a symbol of revolution. But Bertram uncovers a secret that changes everything he thought he knew. He must decide whether to reveal the truth, or protect the fragile peace of his society.

Can love conquer all? Fate and destiny prove true in a Native American legend as Crystal White takes a teaching position on a reservation, learns her heritage and finds that she is the link to the survival of her people when she falls in love with the handsome Jonny Black. When they are introduced through a mutual friend their true destinies abound and they must face the challenges their ancestors foretold. How much truth is in the legends and folklore? Can they survive apart? Crystal and Jonny begin their journey to discover their fate and each other.

The yearly floods in Stonecreek inevitably claim lives, but when Valerie pulls a refugee from the turbulent waters, she uncovers a dark secret about her home. For most, there is sanctuary to be had in their high-walled homes. For outsiders shunned by those in power, there is only exile or death. To create a better future for Stonecreek, Valerie must become a light in the dark—even if it means she joins the ranks of those doomed to be purged from the city-state’s stony streets.

There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. It is a story as much about the power of the bond between children and parents as about the epidemic that every year leaves millions of children, mostly healthy themselves, without family.