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Murhatutkimuksia Adrianmeren laineilla. Keskikesän kuumuudessa hehkuva Trieste. Komisario Proteo Laurenti saa hämmentävän puhelun keskellä yötä: aamuyön tunteina luksusjahti on karauttanut täyttä vauhtia rantaan, eikä veneen omistajasta, Bruno de Kopfersbergista näy jälkeäkään. De Kopfersbergia epäiltiin aikanaan vaimonsa Elisan murhasta, eikä Laurenti voi olla miettimättä, onko liikemies päässyt vuorostaan hengestään. Sitten kuolleena löytyvät ukrainalaistaustainen prostituoitu ja tämän veli. Komisario Laurenti joutuu tekemisiin järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden, ihmiskaupan ja murhien kanssa.

Keith Gessen is a brave and trenchant new literary voice. Known as an award-winning translator of Russian and a book reviewer for publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times, Gessen makes his debut with this critically acclaimed novel, a charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century. The novel charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame.

Dominique Dom Pickens is an NFL player looking for a home in Atlanta. Wren comes highly recommended when it comes to realtors in the area. One look at Wren, and Dom is already picking out wedding venues. But what seems like the perfect match doesn't come easy. Wren has been hurt in the past, and she knows how professional athletes are, so she's not willing to put her heart on the line again.

Thirty-four stories, three postscripts, and one big message: Positively Altered is a call to action for every one of us to unapologetically live and love our own way no matter what challenges life brings. Positively Altered is about how to find happiness in the rarest of places--for starters, at the bottom of a chemo bag. In a collection of raw, in-the-moment stories that come to life with self-deprecating humor and a hearty dose of reality, Cindy doesn’t sugarcoat her journey any more than she bemoans her fate.

When a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will come after him first. But Andrew almost wants to be caught, because at least it might make his dad come and rescue him from suburban Brisbane and his neglectful mother. Growing up in small-town Tasmania, Andrew struggled at home, at school, at everything. The only thing that distracted or excited him was starting little fires. Flames boosted his morale and purified his thoughts, and they were the only thing in his life he could control.

Das Sachbuch "Kapitalismus und Freiheit" zählt zu den anerkanntesten wirtschaftspolitischen Werken unserer Zeit. Der amerikanische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Milton Friedman setzt sich darin mit der Bedeutung von wirtschaftlicher Freiheit für die politische Unabhängigkeit des Menschen in der modernen Gesellschaft auseinander. Die hier vorliegende Auflage enthält neben einem nachträglich verfassten Vorwort von Milton Friedman auch Anmerkungen des bekannten deutschen Ökonomen Horst Siebert.

Nach mehreren schweren Schicksalsschlägen versucht Micky in der Abgeschiedenheit eines kleinen Ortes in Alaska zur Ruhe zu kommen. Doch genau hier erwartet die ehemalige Polizistin das Grauen. Autor Chandler McGrew, der selbst lange in Alaska lebte, schafft es durch seinen spannenden Schreibstil, mit dem Minuten einer Handlung ganze Kapitel einnehmen, den Hörer mit diesem Thriller um einen eiskalten Killer in einem abgelegenen Dorf durchgehend zu fesseln.

From the author of paper girl and the knives that made her comes unfold, a poetic, aching, and hopeful retelling of realizations made while on the journey to healing from both loss of love and loss of self. Through poetry and short essays, unfold shows that true growth comes from being unafraid to face what's hidden inside.

All Eden Bancroft has ever been to her high-profile politician husband is a trophy wife, born and bred for the part. She believes she has no choice but to play it—until she meets a talented chef and restaurant heir who makes her feel loved for herself alone.

This is an audio narration/rendition of one of Aesop’s fables, entitled "The Lion and the Mouse". There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status.

Jack “Dagger” Moore is the only golfer to ever make 18 birdies in a round of golf. But after a lackluster career as a professional golfer, 50-year-old Jack is down on his luck. A series of remarkable events reunites Jack with his childhood golf coach, Billy Coker, whose timeless wisdom reinvigorates Jack’s game. Then, Billy convinces Jack to take one last shot at glory and enter the US Open.

Just because you are a regular guy or gal who sits in the pews, it does not mean that you are unable to use your God given capacity to think on important matters in our world. This book shows that with the guidance of scripture, a willingness to take the time necessary to go deeper than the surface, and using one's God given capacity to think, Joe or Jane Church Goer can find answers to tough questions and contend for the faith.