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This trilogy about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh's career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war too much for him.

Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday - and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art.

Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftan who is suddenly betrothed to the warrior who becomes the Roman emperor Constantius. She spends her life seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world. This she eventually finds in Christianity-and literally in the Cross of Christ.The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet.

Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to keep insomnia at bay he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral, and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban, and as it cruises towards Ceylon, he slips into madness. Almost as soon as the gangplank lifts, Pinfold hears sounds coming out of the ceiling of his cabin: wild jazz bands, barking dogs, and loud revival meetings. He is convinced that an erratic public-address system is letting him hear everything that goes on aboard ship....until instead of just sounds, he hears voices.

The gruesome double murder at an Eastvale property developer's luxury home should be an open and shut case for Superintendent Banks and his team of detectives. There's a clear link to the notoriously vicious Albanian mafia, men who left the country suspiciously soon after the death. Then they find a cache of spy-cam videos hidden in the house - and Annie and Gerry's investigation pivots to the rape of a young girl that could cast the murders in an entirely different light.

It all began with a simple seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing their childhood. Antoine Rey thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister Mélanie's birthday: a weekend by the sea at Noirmoutier Island, where the pair spent many happy childhood summers playing on the beach. It had been too long, Antoine thought, since they'd returned to the island—over thirty years, since their mother died and the family holidays ceased. But the island's haunting beauty triggers more than happy memories.

In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and arms dealer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents.

In over 30 essays, written over 20 years, one of the world's great storytellers meditates on the art of storytelling. Warm, engaging and often amusing collection of writing which offers thoughts on a wide variety of topics, including the origin and composition of Philip's own stories, the craft of writing and the storytellers who have meant the most to Philip. The art of storytelling is everywhere present in the essays themselves, in the instantly engaging tone, the vivid imagery and striking phrases, the resonant anecdotes, the humour and learnedness.

Taylor Kramer is out of options. If he wants to survive, he has to rely on the very people he once hunted—the paranormals. The government wants him dead and the paranormals scare him. The last thing he needs is a mate who shifts into a cougar.

Step into the heart of history with The Big Questions: Who Were the Romans?—a thrilling and visually stunning journey through one of the most powerful empires the world has ever known. This book brings Roman Britain to life with epic storytelling, breathtaking imagery, and fascinating facts that will captivate young listeners and history lovers alike. Discover the Secrets of Roman Britain Witness the Roman legions invade Britain, facing fierce resistance from warriors like Boudica.

"Du bist ein Prinz und als Prinz sagte man dir, dass du immer bekommen würdest, was du willst. Schon früh lehrte man dich, dass dir die Welt gehört und ein Fingerschnippen reichte, um all deine Wünsche zu erfüllen. Aber was, wenn du ausgerechnet mich nicht haben kannst? Wenn jemand wie ich dir nie ganz gehören wird? Ich fürchte, du hast den goldenen Käfig unterschätzt, in dem du aufgewachsen bist. Nicht jede Prinzessin will gerettet werden. Und nicht jede Prinzessin glaubt an Märchen." Die überarbeitete Neuauflage der epischen royalen Dark-Romance-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin J. S. Wonda!

For 437 years, Roxy, a brilliant yet tormented composer, has searched the cosmos for the Eternal Song—a melody that holds the key to universal harmony. Riding her faithful zebra, Joe, and armed with her golden tuning fork and a pack of Juicy Fruit gum, she travels through fire, water, wind, and silence, unlocking the hidden frequencies of existence. But just when she believes the song is complete, a mystery beyond sound emerges—an eighth note never meant to exist. Will she compose the first melody of a new universe—or be lost in the silence forever?

All I've ever wanted was to protect the people I love. That's why I joined the military's Elite Specimen Containment Unit. When I learned they were experimenting on sentient monsters, however, everything changed. Now, I have a new mission: protect a scaly winged monster named Bud and escort him to somewhere he'll be safe from my superiors.

Denk an das schlimmste Date deines Lebens – und du bist noch nicht einmal nahe dran! Ein ebenso humorvoller wie lebenskluger Roman, eine grandiose Mischung aus Humor und existentiellen Fragen. The Walking Date ist keine normale Dating-Plattform: Hier können sich Menschen, die nicht mehr lange zu leben haben, noch ein letztes Mal verlieben. Deshalb hat sich auch Patient Raphael bei TWD angemeldet, und tatsächlich funkt es zwischen ihm und der ebenfalls erkrankten Nala. Doch am Tag ihres ersten Blind Dates geht es Raphael nicht gut.

I was determined to fulfill my best friend's dying wish: see the lost Moriarty paintings in person. With two Moriartys in hand, I tracked down the final painting—and walked straight into a trap. Caleb Forrester, a Marvel detective working a case, was also caught. He was broody, quiet, and the exact distraction I couldn't afford. Caleb's arrival unveiled a centuries-old mystery promising to destroy the world. Cults, stolen paintings, secrets, and a thirst for him I can't deny . . . the mission might be the least dangerous part.

Ein zauberhaftes Adventskalender-Hörbuch mit 24 Kapiteln für alle, die auf Weihnachten warten Jeden Winter dürfen die Geschwister Emil und Lio auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt eine neue Kugel für den Weihnachtsbaum aussuchen. Doch in diesem Jahr ist etwas anders: In Emils Kugel steckt doch tatsächlich der kleine Weihnachtskobold Herr Weibold! Und der braucht dringend Hilfe von Emil und Lio, denn Weihnachten ist in Gefahr.

Cuando el laird de los Gunn secuestró a Helen Keith, y esta jamás volvió a casa, desató una guerra entre ambos clanes que duraría más de cuarenta años. Douglas Keith, futuro laird de los Keith, odia a Marion Gunn, eso es un hecho. Ambos se detestan, pero todo dará un giro inesperado cuando sus padres mueran asesinados en una emboscada. El joven querrá venganza, y la muchacha será un peón más en la jugada entre los clanes.

Die Würfel sind gefallen! Wird Dunkelstein untergehen? Rollenspieler sind seltsame Leute. Findet Felix zumindest. Fast so merkwürdig wie seine neuen Nachbarn, die er nach und nach kennenlernt. Als ihn der Kater Ernest gegen seinen Willen in die Rollenspiel-Welt Dunkelstein versetzt, beginnt ein neues Abenteuer, bei dem sich Realität und Spielewelt vermischen. Mal hat es Felix mit Rollenspielern zu tun, die nur so mit Würfeln um sich werfen, mal sitzt er beim Kaffeekränzchen der netten, achtzigjährigen Nachbarin. So weit so gut, wären da nicht die Monster und Magier, die hinter ihm her sind.

Lies woven in blood are lines waiting to be crossed. Lin is a competent, dedicated soldier but his mission takes a drastic turn when one of his charges is found murdered. Soon after, he is ambushed by magic-twisted monsters, gravely wounded, and abandoned by his one remaining ally. Waking to find his injuries healed by forbidden magic, Lin is marked as an oathbreaker by the very laws and beliefs he upholds. Lin soon finds his faith in the faction he’s lived his life upholding tested by the woman who saved him from the brink of death.

The side effects of a gene-altering, experimental treatment means that Damian could go primal. Regress. And be overcome with the urge to claim the right woman. It sounds too crazy to believe. Divorced and bitter, all that Damian cares about is his infant son. Maybe he also cares a little too much about his young nanny, Maya. Even if he knows he should let her go soon, so she can start her own life. Or, that had been the plan. Now that he’s caught in the throes of a primal regression, he knows he can’t ever let her go. She was meant to be his.