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The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all...by suing for big profit.

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...

The Blackstone Fortress is silent no longer. Through heretical rituals, the followers of the risen Obsidius Mallex have activated more of the Talisman of Vaul’s apocalyptic weapons and created a corrupted citadel in the heart of the fortress itself. Where once only the most desperate and determined adventurers struck out into the Unfathomable in search of riches, now a new breed of explorer delves into the Blackstone to do battle with the forces of the Ruinous Powers.

Of the countless monstrosities inhabiting the Blackstone Fortress, none wreak such destruction as the dreaded ambull. Capable of rending a human in two with a swipe of its claws, hunting this apex predator is a suicidal task. Naturally, this leaves only one man for the job: Rogue Trader Janus Draik, gentlemen, scholar, scoundrel and duellist par excellence. Accompanied by the kroot tracker Dahyak Grekh, Draik must venture into the labyrinth for his most dangerous mission yet.

After catching his shady son-in-law, Jack Hardisty, in the act of embezzling, wealthy banker Vincente Blane plans to hang him out to dry. Then murder turns Blane's restful mountain retreat into Hardisty's final resting place. When the evidence points to wronged wife Millicent, her father makes a point of calling in Perry Mason. And it's up to the legendary legal eagle to unravel the case's most baffling mystery: a buried clock at the murder scene.

Did Wealthy Fremont Sabin divorce his wife before his untimely death? That's the multimillion-dollar question. And the right answer will mean a windfall for either the dead man's angry son or headstrong widow. Each has accused the other of destroying Sabin's will - and murdering Sabin. But with no document declaring to whom the affable eccentric intended to leave his fortune, Perry Mason faces a prickly puzzle.

It’s been three years since Claire Kite lost her husband, David, an aspiring novelist, in a tragic car accident. Claire finally finds the courage to move on; then she discovers among the remnants of her shattered world her husband’s last manuscript. It’s intimate, stirring - and unfinished. An idea comes to her.... What if she can find someone to give David’s novel the ending it deserves?

Der Plan der 17-jährigen Davina scheint simpel: in einer Nacht- und Nebelaktion möglichst viel Geld gewinnen, unerkannt auf das Festland flüchten und endlich frei sein. Denn als Knochenelfe ist sie in Eloria nichts wert. Dass sie am nächsten Morgen aufwacht, ihre Seele verspielt hat und nun ein Dämon hinter ihr her ist, verkompliziert die Sache jedoch ungemein. Da kommt ihr der arrogante Erbe des Vampirthrons gerade recht. Sie bindet Aleksander an sich, der nun gezwungen ist, sie zu beschützen, wenn er nicht selbst draufgehen will.

Als Cal ein Jahr nach seinem ersten Treffen mit Prinz Jasper von der Queen höchstpersönlich zu dessen offiziellem Partner ernannt werden soll, verläuft nicht alles nach Plan. Jasper, der als zukünftiger König auf keinen Fall einen Mann heiraten darf, macht Cal spontan vor der gesamten Festgesellschaft einen Antrag. Davon sind die Oberen der Anglikanischen Kirche gar nicht begeistert und prompt steht der Bischof von Canterbury an Weihnachten vor der Tür. Die einzige Lösung für die prekäre Lage: eine offizielle Trennung.

THE FORCE MAY LAST SECONDS. YOUR REPORT MAY BE SCRUTINIZED FOR YEARS. A lawful use of force can become difficult to defend when the report fails to explain what the officer actually saw, knew, perceived, and decided in the moment. Use of Force Report Writing for Law Enforcement is a practical, plain-English guide to documenting force incidents with clarity, precision, and professional articulation.

Ein kleiner Bauernhof zwischen dem Naheland und dem Hunsrück, im Dreieck Bad Kreuznach, Simmern und Kirn im Jahr 1925. Das einfache Leben ohne den technischen Fortschritt in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhundert forderte viel Kraft der hart arbeitenden Bauern. Über den Zeitraum von hundert...

Sevens: Views on Views is a collection of seventy reflections, each composed of seven observations on a single subject. Inspired by the structure and spirit of the Urdu/Farsi ghazal, the book ranges freely across life, love, religion, philosophy, politics, science, the body, and the mysteries of human existence. Sometimes serious, sometimes playful, and often provocative, these “sevens” offer compact views of a complicated world —meant to be read slowly, one at a time.

Wohlstand zieht Aufmerksamkeit und Feinde an. Während Blackstone-Stadt sich erholt, kehrt eine uralte Katastrophe zurück. Die Schwarze Hungersnot, ein verheerender Schwarm, der die Ernten des Königreichs seit Generationen ruiniert hat, senkt sich erneut herab. Gleichzeitig schlagen Attentäter zu, ein königlicher Ritter untersucht die Legitimität von Lark, und die größte Unterwelt-Syndikat des Königreichs richtet seinen Blick auf ihn. Dann erreicht sie der Krieg.

A true story of men and women pitted against the sea during World War II―and an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit. On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles away from New Orleans. Captained by twenty-nine-year-old Iron Cross...

In 431 BC, ancient Greece experienced its own "Pearl Harbor"—a treacherous sneak attack that would mark the start of the bloody war between the democracy of Athens and the tyranny of Sparta. Caught between these superpowers, the independent city-state of Plataea became the arena where their...

The Peloponnesian War has begun. An army of merciless Spartan invaders have arrived at the gates of Plataea, bent on obliterating the city and its inhabitants. Plataea's oldest allies, the Athenians, are spread too thin in their own campaigns to send help. Cut off and alone, the Plataeans dig in...

Returning to my hometown, to normalcy, after all I've been through feels strange, to say the least. Returning to the friends and family who have all moved on with their lives while I'm still trapped with demons of my past haunting me is the worst kind of torment. I'm safe now. Lydia, the woman who stole me when I was just nine years old, is in prison. I'm free. But I don't feel free. I don't even know who I am anymore. The child I was is dead, and the man I've become is lost.

When I meet Ford, something about him just… clicks. I have no idea why. He's big and mean and clearly hates me, but something in my brain lights up and decides that he is exactly what I've been missing in my life. I'll turn everything upside down to get to know him better.

When I left my old life behind, I thought I’d seen the worst of it. Turns out, I was wrong. Six months after discovering I’m a Warlock, surviving my first semester at a magic college filled with witches, and forming a coven with my roommate, things are getting complicated. Just as I’m starting to make sense of Willowmere and the Witch Families that want me bound to them—or dead—Morgan, the closest thing I had to family in foster care, shows up. Only she’s got magic of her own.

Singapore has evolved from a developing country to a developed one, in only a few short decades. Its gross domestic product per capita has soared from just US$517 (S$697) in 1965, to US$64,582 (S$87,128) in 2018. Impressed, visiting university students from Mexico and the United States, in...