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Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails.

Die Schultoiletten der Bärbel-Rapunzel-Schule sollen renoviert werden – und Anna, Caro, Finn und Jonas sind in großer Sorge um ihre Superheldenzentrale. Ein Rettungsplan ist schnell ausgeheckt, doch dann bekommt Anna von ihrem Opa zum Geburtstag eine Fahrt im Heißluftballon geschenkt. Die anderen Grundschul-Superhelden dürfen sie begleiten und bis auf Anna freuen sich alle riesig auf das bevorstehende Erlebnis. Ganz so abenteuerlich hätten sie es sich dann doch nicht gewünscht, denn die vier müssen den Heißluftballon ohne den Ballonpiloten wieder heil auf den Boden bringen.

Ein großer Tag für alle Gaming-Fans: Zur Eröffnung ihrer Niederlassung schenkt die berühmte Handyspiele-Firma CoolGames allen Besucherinnen und Besuchern zur brandneuen Unicorn-World-App einen Neurotag – ein knopfgroßes Teil, das sich die Spielenden an die Schläfe kleben und damit zum Teil des Handyspiels werden. Auch Anna probiert das Game samt Neurotag sofort aus. Sie ist begeistert. Aber das Spiel hat krasse Folgen: Anna ist bald nicht mehr vom Handy wegzubekommen und kaum noch ansprechbar. Und sie ist nicht die Einzige an der Bärbel-Rapunzel-Grundschule.

Lily has never forgotten the man that got away...but she certainly hasn't forgiven him either! As the daughter of a notorious treasure hunter, Lily makes ends meet using her father's coveted hand-drawn maps, guiding tourists on fake treasure hunts through the canyons of Utah. When the man she once loved walks back into her life with a motley crew of friends, ready to hit the trails, Lily can't believe her eyes. Frankly, she'd like to take him out into the wilderness—and leave him there.

Stranded in an unfamiliar realm, Alexa finds herself surrounded by humans who do not understand her or what she is. And yet she needs their help. In order to save her people from complete annihilation, Alexa must find her way back to the Ember Region, with or without reinforcements. But she can’t do it alone. Despite her own reservations, she confides in the people who do not trust her in hopes that they would at least aid her in her journey back home. Alexa is forced to rely on her own instincts as the very fabric of her beliefs is tested in this new realm.

She wants her home. He wants control. The Fascists want both. This award-winning series is now available in a box set version including the first three books: "No Man's Land (Part 1)", "The Breach (Part 2) and the prequel", "The Smuggler of Reschen Pass". 1920. Former Austrian Tyrol. When Katharina Thaler, a young Tyrolean farmer, finds a wounded Italian engineer in the mountains of the Reschen Valley, her decision to save his life thrusts both of them into a labyrinth of corruption, prejudice and greed.

I never thought my life could get any weirder, then Jane Lowry came into my office. It seemed like a straightforward paternity case; something simple for my first solo assignment as a private investigator. Everyone has secrets. Jane Lowry's would lead me down a path that would completely change my life. I knew the world was full of crazy things, but nothing would prepare me for how crazy it would get.

No Harm Done contains three ensemble performances of plays by Eugene Stickland about medical conditions ­- Closer and Closer Apart, Alzheimer's disease; Fade to Light, Stargardt, a form of blindness; and The Last Dance, Parkinson's disease. The first section of the audiobook contains the plays themselves and Stickland’s introductions to them, supplemented by commentaries by medical experts and spokespersons.

This celebration of Chinese science fiction - 13 stories, all translated for the first time into English - represents a unique exploration of the nation's speculative fiction from the late 20th century onwards, curated and translated by critically acclaimed writer and essayist Xueting Christine Ni.

Marcus, a cocky nonbeliever, struggles with the fact of a divine creator. Being married to his wife Stacy who is, in fact, a die-hard Christian, still doesn't help his faith in God. He turns his back on Christ, leaving him open to spiritual demonic attack.

Harper Matthews is a Death Dealer. Not that she knows it. Her magic is dud; medicated out of her. At least she hopes so. In her world, she's a 25-year-old-girl whose life is already a mess. Between the boss she can't stand, the jerk she's dating, and the foulmouthed slob who lives below her, she's about ready to hide and never come out. The thing is, she might just need to do that. When the body she is working on in the morgue gets up and walks out the door, Harper's pretty sure she didn't cause it.

Set largely in the 1990s, the 12 linked stories in Joel Mowdy’s first book take place in and around Mastic Beach, a community on New York’s Long Island that’s close to the wealthy Hamptons but afflicted by widespread poverty. Mostly in their teens and early 20s, the characters struggle to become independent in various ways, ranging from taking typical low-paying jobs - hotel laundry, janitorial, restaurant, and landscaping work - to highly ingenious schemes, to exchanging sexual favors for a place to stay.

Jack, the delightful, mischievous, big-hearted hero of so many Newfoundland folktales, is worried about his parents. They aren’t getting any younger; in fact, they’re really quite old. So, Jack and his brothers Bill and Tom decide to set out and find a magic fruit that will make the old young again. Told with the humor, warmth, and sly wit that have made Andy Jones one of Newfoundland’s finest and best-loved storytellers, The Queen of Paradise’s Garden follows Jack on his way to the land of the Queen of Paradise, three miles this side of the end of the world.

#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.

Why a Poetry Album? Easy answer: I love poetry. I love reading it. I love memorizing it. I love hearing great actors recite it. As the poet Mark Strand wrote, “Ink runs from the corners of my mouth / There is no happiness like mine / I have been eating poetry.” In the past, when I was full from eating, I have had the audacity to set poetry to music. But, on this audiobook, you will hear the music of the poems.

In 1946, the Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and his wife (formerly Wallis Simpson) paid a visit to Britain, hoping to secure a government job for the Duke and a title for the Duchess. During the visit, the Duchess' jewels, worth millions, were stolen. Conspiracy theories abounded. Was it an inside job by the Royal Family, or even an insurance fraud by the Duke and Duchess?

Es herrscht große Aufregung an der Bärbel-Rapunzel-Grundschule: Erst gewinnt Caro den Mathe-Wettbewerb und dann verkündet Direktor Dobermeier noch, dass die 5. Klassen an der TV-Show „Deutschlands schlauste Schule“ teilnehmen. Caro, Anna und Jonas schaffen es ins 10-köpfige Team, das die Schule vertreten soll. Je näher der Auftritt kommt, desto mehr steigt das Lampenfieber bei den Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern - schließlich winkt der Sieger-Schule ein Gewinn von 10.

Finn hat in seiner Tennis-Trainingsgruppe einen neuen Freund namens Till gefunden. Überraschenderweise ist Till der Sohn des berühmten und bekannten Tennisspielers Marco Schürjann. Finn, Jonas, Caro und Anna haben das Glück, Till zum Halbfinale eines großen benachbarten Turniers zu begleiten, bei dem sein Vater als Favorit antritt. Doch als die fünf Kinder nach dem Match die Umkleidekabine von Marco Schürjann besuchen wollen, ist der Tennis-Star plötzlich verschwunden.

Als die Grundschulsuperhelden Anna, Caro, Jonas und Finn mitbekommen, dass die Dackeldame Phoebe von Direktor Dobermeier spurlos verschwunden ist und sich wenig später auch noch die Entführer bei ihm melden, um ein Lösegeld zu erpressen, machen die vier Freunde sich daran, die Hundediebe zu suchen. Doch das stellt sich als nicht so leicht dar, denn auch die Polizei hat von ihnen keine Spur. Da kommt Caro plötzlich eine Idee.

Anna, Caro, Jonas und Finn freuen sich riesig, denn sie dürfen gemeinsam mit Jonas’ Vater in den Sommerferien nach New York fliegen. Doch als dort auf einer Veranstaltung ein Regisseur und ein Schauspieler von dem Superhelden Mister Laserman zu Stein verwandelt werden und dieser flüchtet, nehmen die Grundschul-Superhelden die Verfolgung auf.