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Anlässlich des Thronjubiläums von Queen Victoria wird in London erstmals die legendäre Wild-West-Show von William Cody alias 'Buffalo Bill' aufgeführt. Wären da nicht seltsame Todesfälle, eine Attentatsdrohung und ein leibhaftiger Büffel, der ohne jeglichen Grund jemanden zu Tode trampelt. Sir Mycroft Holmes sieht nur einen Ausweg, um einen politischen Skandal erster Güte zu verhindern und einen reibungslosen Ablauf der Feierlichkeiten zu gewährleisten. Sein Bruder muss her: der weltberühmte und eiskalt deduzierende Meisterdetektiv aus der Baker Street.

Bei der Weltausstellung 1851 in London kommt es zu einem dramatischen Vorfall, der vor der Öffentlichkeit vertuscht wird. Vierzig Jahre später werden Sherlock Holmes und Doktor Watson von einer Klientin beauftragt, ihren verschwundenen Mann zu suchen. Das Ehepaar war damals auf der Weltausstellung und weiß um die Ereignisse im Kristallpalast. In einem mysteriösen kleinen Dorf entdecken die beiden Detektive das düsterste Geheimnis des Empires. (Erster Teil)

Offensichtlich gibt es keinerlei Zweifel an der Schuld des jungen Mannes. Doch dieser beteuert nach wie vor seine Unschuld und bittet in seiner Verzweiflung Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Schon bald offenbaren sich Ungereimtheiten in dem Fall, und Holmes nimmt, entgegen aller Widrigkeiten, den Fall an.

Detective Jonathan Bennet hasn’t been the same since a raid that went sideways and left his partner, Riley Chen, dead on the floor of a Haven chapel. Now, when he sleeps, he sees her blood on the blindfolded statues lining Haven’s walls. And when he’s awake? He drinks. But then the bodies start dropping. Fast. Clean. And untraceable. The media calls the killer Death’s Shadow. Their targets? The Haven’s enemies. The department wants Jonathan to stand down. Stay quiet.

My hope is that, in listening to this book, you will discover what makes a strong leader, a better team, and a winning culture. Ultimately, I want you to see this book as a tool to help you not only identify these talents, but what you can do to help develop them further, the science behind why development programs around them work, and setting up your company for future success. In this book, you'll learn about: Why the right culture of talent development and the skills focused on is good for business.

In this third volume, several months have passed, and Roland's two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta's two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But while battling The Pusher in 1977 New York, Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who - in Roland's world - has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness.

In this second volume, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New York - here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. They also become the companions, forming a ka-tet, who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.

In der schillernden Welt der Mode kämpft die talentierte Modedesignerin Kathrin Turner nicht nur um ihren beruflichen Durchbruch, sondern auch um ihr gebrochenes Herz. Enttäuscht von der Männerwelt, schwört sie sich, sich nicht mehr leichtgläubig in die Arme eines Mannes zu stürzen. Während sich Kathrin und Jack immer näherkommen, wird er von seiner geheimnisvollen Vergangenheit eingeholt. Ein alter Bekannter sinnt nach Rache.

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the convicted killers on E Block await their turn to walk the Green Mile and keep a date with the electric chair. Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working as a guard on the Mile, but he's never met anyone like John Coffey.

Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.

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They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well. But Danilo had a past with many chapters. Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm.

A mesmerizing tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is one of Stephen King’s most beloved and iconic stories, and it helped make Castle Rock a place readers and listeners would return to over and over again. Suspenseful, mysterious, and heart-wrenching, this iconic King novella, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, is about a fiercely compelling convict named Andy Dufresne who is seeking his ultimate revenge.

No one - fictional or factual - embodies the Jazz Age as completely as F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby. First published in 1925, this legendary novel continues to enthrall generations as it serves as a lens to view our not-so-distant past. Many of our notions about that period are taken from this book. Bathtub gin, flappers, and house parties that last all week enliven Fitzgerald's classic tale. Stylish and engaging, The Great Gatsby is also a startling literate portrait of Gatsby's search for meaning in his opulent world.

Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry record levels of debt. In a book that explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today, Robert Frank explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class.

For the first time, champion Tiger Woods reveals the five secrets to his amazing success - a combination of physical, metaphysical and psychological practices he uses daily to keep his game in top shape.

Four gripping novellas tied together by the changing of seasons. Hope Springs Eternal - "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption": An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge...the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Shawshank Redemption.

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.

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Der Einzelne im Spannungsfeld zwischen Individualität und Gesellschaft. Jeder Mensch ist zunächst einmal ein Einzelner. Das kann zur Belastung werden, aber auch den Ehrgeiz wecken, die eigene Individualität zu kultivieren. Zwischen diesen beiden Polen unserer Existenz hat es immer wieder eindrucksvolle Versuche gegeben, einzeln zu sein. Davon erzählt Rüdiger Safranski, beginnend bei Michel de Montaigne, über Rousseau, Diderot, Kierkegaard, Stirner und Thoreau bis zur existentialistischen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts.