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I've had a pretty good gig going at Nolan U. I've paid tutors to do my assignments for me and scraped by without too much hassle. But then I met Elizabeth… She's something else, man. Not only is she refusing to do things my way, but she seems convinced that I'm capable of being more than a dumb jock. She knows I'm all about the game, but she seems to think I'm smart enough to graduate, too. I've never met anyone like her, and I don't know what to do. I can't go falling for my tutor; that's way too distracting. I don't have time for a serious relationship.

Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot is invited to Glasgow University to celebrate a scholarship she generously established, she’s excited to return to her old stomping grounds. But the delightful champagne reception is interrupted by screams when a body plunges from the tower to the ground below… While everyone exclaims at the tragic death of the young student, Poppy is instantly suspicious. Just moments before the body fell, tutor Mary Christie told her a student died falling from the very same tower eighteen years ago.

Artis und Felice, Geschwister aus dem stolzen Jin-Clan, stehen an einem Wendepunkt ihres Lebens. Felice muss sich den brutalen Herausforderungen stellen, die ihren Körper und ihre Seele brechen sollen. Felice kämpft nicht nur ums Überleben, sondern auch darum, ihre Menschlichkeit zu bewahren. Als Artis seine Schwester nach Jahren zurückbekommt, erkennt er sie kaum wieder. Die Geschichte erzählt vom unerschütterlichen Willen, vom Durchhalten und von der tiefen Verbundenheit zwischen den Geschwistern, die selbst die dunkelsten Zeiten überdauert.

In Luzern gerät die Fasnacht aus den Fugen, als ein Mann brutal ermordet wird. Thomas Kramer, Chef des Ermittlungsdienstes, verfolgt eine Spur, die ihn von dem wilden Treiben in den Straßen Luzerns ins malerische Tessin führt. Dort gerät er in eine Welt voller Lügen und Gewalt, verborgen hinter der glänzenden Fassade einer scheinbar perfekten Familie. Während Kramer versucht, die dunklen Fäden eines Falles zu entwirren, der ihn zunehmend aus dem Gleichgewicht bringt, gerät auch seine persönliche Existenz mit jedem Schritt, den er näher an den Täter herantritt, ganz unmittelbar in Gefahr.

Bradley Montgomery, dessen Familie ein großes Landgut in Windsor besitzt, bittet Pater Brown, seinen Sohn in der Familienkapelle zu taufen und an den daran anschließenden Feierlichkeiten teilzunehmen. Am Morgen der Taufe erscheint Bradley Montgomerys Schwägerin Clara Montgomery, die als Patin vorgesehen war, nicht in der Kapelle. Die junge Frau wird schließlich erschossen im Garten des Anwesens aufgefunden. Für die Polizei in Windsor deutet alles auf Selbstmord hin.

Es ist schon immer der Wille des Menschen, die Endlichkeit des Lebens zu beenden. Doch ist das wirklich erstrebenswert? Die Firma Digital Souls bietet an, einen geliebten, verstorbenen Menschen mit Hilfe von KI als Avatar weiterleben zu lassen. Ist das wirklich Leben und sollten wir diesen Weg gehen? Ist das die Zukunft? Das Ende von Trauer und Verlust durch … Digitale Seelen?

Paisleys wichtigstes Ziel im Leben ist es, ihren Abschluss in Psychologie zu machen und dann in die Forschung zu gehen. Als ihre Professorin sie zu den Icefoxes schickt, damit sie dort mit Jace Waterman an dessen Aggressionsproblemen auf dem Eis arbeitet, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass er von Psychologie nicht viel hält. Doch Paisley wäre nicht Paisley, wenn sie so leicht aufgeben würde. Und schon bald stellt sie fest, dass Jace deutlich anziehender ist, als sie dachte.

London, England 1837: Charles Darwin und seine Cousine Emma haben alle Hände voll zu tun: Eric ist verhaftet und sitzt im Tower von London, in Erwartung einer möglichen Todesstrafe. Emilias Schicksal liegt in den Händen von Alma Finch. Und am Himmel von London taucht ein außerweltlicher Schrecken auf, der alles Bisherige in den Schatten stellt. In einer Zwischenwelt schmiedet derweil der eiskalte Puppenspieler seine finsteren Pläne.

À sa naissance, Edith a reçu deux dons. Le premier lui permet de donner la vie à n'importe quel objet. Le deuxième est celui de l'éternelle enfance. Cent ans plus tard, quel souhait serait le sien ?

Ear training is one of the most rewarding skills you can develop, and it’s one that you can work on every day. Which makes total sense: Music is an aural experience, after all. Ear training helps you turn the music you hear into music you make on your guitar. This works for your own musical ideas, too: When you dream up a great riff or chord progression, you naturally want to sit down and play it right away. Ear training helps you do just that.

A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country - from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This highly listenable account is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history.

For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys” - orphans owned by chimney sweeps - to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived - and a girl. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature - a golem - made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire.

Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels. An irresistible family saga of love, money and betrayal, The Forsytes: The Complete Series encompasses four acclaimed BBC Radio 4 productions of Galsworthy's perennially popular epic, spanning 50 years from 1886 to 1936.

From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town. This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that. Ellis...

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.

Alvie Brechenmacher has arrived in London to begin her training in Polymaking - the magical discipline of bespelling plastic. Polymaking is the newest form of magic, and in a field where there is so much left to learn, every Polymaker dreams of making the next big discovery. Even though she is only an apprentice, Alvie is an inventor at heart, and she is determined to make as many discoveries - in as short a time frame - as she can. Luckily for her, she’s studying under the world-renowned magician Marion Praff, who is just as dedicated as Alvie is.

Struggling with stubborn habits? Secret sin? Spiritual strongholds? The key isn’t how committed you are to the battle—it’s how surrendered you are to God. This truth can be your breakthrough, the first step toward a deeper, richer, victorious spiritual life. With her compelling mix of profound biblical insight and personal example, Nancy Leigh DeMoss reveals why it is only when you surrender your heart, your soul, your body, your ambitions—everything—to God that he can fully help you triumph.

“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history “The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in...

Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as...

This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text and starring Warren Mitchell, Michael Maloney, and Sarah Woodward.