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Callum Drift has been head of E.L.F. security at the North Pole for hundreds of years, and his worst nightmare just came true. Santa, code name “Red One,” has been kidnapped. Cal will do anything he can to save Red One, even if it means teaming up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter, Jack O’Malley. Together, this unlikely duo crisscrosses the globe on an action-packed mission to figure out who took him and why. Will they be able to find Red One and save Christmas?

A new pandemic - the perma effect - has taken over Earth of the near future. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. Woe be to those stuck forever in Tetris! But some unfortunates - the handicapped and the terminally ill, shell-shocked army vets, wronged crime victims and other society misfits - choose to flee real life willingly, escaping to the limitless world of online sword and sorcery MMORPGs.

The perma players' new reality gains depth and color. The virtual world has seen its first birth - and its first death. The invisible umbilical cord connecting AlterWorld to Earth grows thinner, and even the Fallen One cannot prevent the looming catastrophe. Could Max have ignored the Russian girl who'd just escaped slavery in a virtual China? Could he have turned a deaf ear to her pleas as the desperate fugitive clutched at straws on hearing her native tongue?

The magic flames are raging. Blades are melting. Souls are reduced to ashes in the fury of battle. The grand finale of the war for the First Temple is upon us. The last trump cards have been played, the reserves are all exhausted, and even the gods have engaged in the plebeian fight. The universe is on the point of collapse. Broken are the chains that hold the worlds together. The icy waters of the Baltic cool the scorching sands of the Frontier.

Once a seasoned gamer, Max has cheated fate, swapping his dying body for an immortal avatar in the world of sword and sorcery MMORPGs. He joins the ranks of a new race of people: perma players, forever stuck in the virtual castles and cities of AlterWorld. Now they have to obey the ever-changing rules of their new home while learning to live together in peace, love, and justice. But freedom and immortality are a poisoned chalice. Some of Max's new friends crave power; others become traitors and spies.

Lightyear is a sci-fi action-adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear—the hero who inspired the toy. The film reveals how a young test pilot became the Space Ranger that we all know him to be today. The thrilling film is all retold in this junior novelization that’s perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 9.

The Russian cluster. The ground shakes as the enemy approaches. The angered gods frown as they look down from the sky. Intelligence agencies are locked in a brutal fight. Hundreds of thousands of sentient beings happily slaughter each other. This is no longer a game quest nor a petty fight between clans over some land rich in resources. This is war! A war of civilizations, religions, and all the dimensions of the world.

The magic flames are raging. Blades are melting. Souls are reduced to ashes in the fury of battle. The grand finale of the war for the First Temple is upon us. The last trump cards have been played, the reserves are all exhausted, and even the gods have engaged in the plebeian fight. The universe is on the point of collapse. Broken are the chains that held the worlds together. The icy waters of the Baltic cool the scorching sands of the Frontier.

The fabric of reality is bursting at the seams. The gnolls' negotiators are knocking at the gates of the Kremlin. Ancient half-forgotten gods take on a new lease on life as AlterWorld's avatars. A spark of the Creator's almighty will is still alive in the hearts of millions of players, obeying the impulses of their faith and knowledge while reshaping the Universe to suit their unspoken needs. Initially AlterWorld came complete with infernal planes. So how about confronting a few demons?

The Eurasian continent is dominated by Russia - the country whose history and destiny have unfolded there throughout the centuries. From the Kievan Rus’ to Vladimir Putin, this book presents the highlights of this country’s history - the elements that shaped its future and influenced its development.

For many, the Rus might be synonyms for Russia or Russians, perhaps an early form of the civilization that later became Russia. This is partly true. Modern-day Russia lays claim as a successor to the Rus, particularly the Kievan Rus empire that dominated, with oscillating borders, the area around today’s Kiev and Ukraine between the 8th and 11th centuries. Crucially, the Rus had roots in the Nordic region. Initially, they would travel into modern-day Russia, Ukraine, and beyond to trade. Only later would they start to settle in the region and then become known as the Rus.

As advances in AI spark fear and confusion, The Mind’s Mirror reminds us that in spite of the very real and pressing challenges, AI is a force with enormous potential to improve human life. Computer scientist and AI researcher Daniela Rus, along with science writer Gregory Mone, offers an expert perspective as a leader in the field who has witnessed many technological hype cycles. Rus and Mone illustrate the ways in which AI can help us become more productive, knowledgeable, creative, insightful, and even empathetic, as well as the many risks associated with misuse.

Il volume, in un costante rimando tra dinamiche storiche e attualità geopolitica, si rivela uno strumento utile per l’analisi dei complessi fenomeni che hanno condotto, nei secoli, all’odierno conflitto in Ucraina, ad oggi la più importante crisi politico-militare su suolo europeo del XXI secolo. Una lunga traiettoria che dai tempi di Erodoto giunge sino ad Euromajdan, dove l’attenta ricostruzione storica si interseca con efficaci chiavi interpretative.

Children love pets, cats, dogs, birds; you name it. Many kids love cats, and if they do not have one, they dream of the day they will get one as a present. A Cute Crazy Cat Story for Kids is a funny cat story. It is one of those funny cat stories adults might like, too. The main character is, of course, a cat. Or more precisely, a black kitten. From the first day in his new family, we feel that life will not be the same for the kitten’s adoptive family.

En 2017 se cumple el primer centenario del nacimiento de John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Un hombre que, a pesar de haber estado al frente de la presidencia de su país solo 1.032 días, marcó un antes y un después en la historia tanto de los Estados Unidos como del resto del mundo y lo hizo de tal modo que ha pasado a ser un verdadero mito.

The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who spent the next half century trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansion of NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia.

Den første omfattende undersøgelse af sandheden bag brugen af narkotika i det Tredje Rige. En øjenåbnende bog, der skildrer begivenhederne i Nazityskland og på de europæiske slagmarker i et nyt perspektiv - fra begyndelsen i 1933 til undergangen i 1945. Det Tredje Rige var gennemsyret af stoffer: kokain, heroin, morfin og frem for alt metamfetamin, som blev brugt af alle fra fabriksarbejdere til husmødre og var afgørende for troppernes modstandskraft.

Magische Flammen toben. Klingen zerfließen. Seelen werden im Eifer des Gefechts zu Asche. Das große Finale des Krieges um den Ersten Tempel steht bevor. Die letzten Trümpfe sind ausgespielt, sämtliche Reserven sind erschöpft und selbst die Götter haben sich auf den Kampf des Volkes eingelassen. Das Universum steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Die Ketten, die die Welten einst zusammengehalten haben, sind gesprengt. Das eisige Wasser der Ostsee kühlt den glühenden Sand der Grenzlande.

Una comedia romántica con diálogos entretenidos y brillantes, que te divertirá del primer al último capítulo. Marco, fotógrafo de fama cuya reputación se hunde tras un funesto incidente, es ahora reconocido como mejor fotógrafo de bodas del país, aunque preferiría ocuparse de algo más artístico. Ahora se encuentra en medio de una boda de una pareja de la alta sociedad, Gloria y Rubén, que está a punto de convertirse en un desastre. La novia empieza a tener dudas, los ayudantes son agitados y torpes y el tiempo es horrible.

Ein Kerzenstummel Seines Fleisches brannte inmitten des Großen Nirgendwo aus. Die Flamme Seiner Seele am Ende des Dochts warf zahllose stumme Schatten. Eine der Gesichtslosen senkte ihren Kopf auf ihre Schulter, lachte verhalten und legte die Stirn in Falten. Nach einer Sekunde ewigen Grübelns nahm der Schatten einen von seinen Händen geschaffenen Pinsel in die Hand. Sein Griff war aus einem jungen Spross des Weltenbaums gefertigt, die Spitze aus dem Fell des einzigen himmlischen Tieres in dieser Wirklichkeitsebene, dessen Pfoten selbst den Sternenstaub berührt hatten.