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Die Redlichkeit des jüdischen Korallenhändlers Nissen Piczenik ist sprichwörtlich, und seine Korallen sind die schönsten weit und breit...

A new world is beginning to take shape in the aftermath of The Fated War, a world that must be brought together if it is to survive. As the king and queen of Illian, it falls on Vighon and Inara Draqaro to forge this future. As they did during the war, they have allies—old friends—to call upon, heroes all who fought and bled for Verda's fragile era of peace. Among those allies are the likes of a ranger and a dragon.

The fortress world of Regium has a proud history, For millennia, it has endured when others have fallen to ruin and damnation, standing defiant in defence of the Imperium of Man. But now it is shaken. Parasitic plagues run rampant, and Regium's citizens are haunted by dreams of horrific monsters feasting upon their flesh and marrow. Lieutenant Castamon of the Ultramarines recognises these signs of an impending Tyranid invasion all too well. Rallying his warriors, the battle-hardened veteran launches a strike force to slaughter the xenos in the outer system, before it can reach Regium.

Enormous, with a Scots father and a Greek mother, Tay Munro is the stuff gods are made of. He is also the meanest, biggest, nastiest trainer of men at Blackchurch. Most importantly, he is a firm believer that women should not be warriors and he does his best to wash out the female he is assigned to train. Enter Athdara de Ghent. Beautiful and mysterious, Tay is attracted to her from the start but that does not stop his attempts to break her. When he realizes how strong she is, he becomes intrigued.

This is how it ends. Leviathan Falls is the explosive final novel in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award–winning Expanse series, now a major TV series. The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient...

Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft.

Die Galaxis mit Hunderten intelligenter Lebensformen lebt seit langem unter der Aufsicht des galaktischen Rates in Frieden. Kriegerische Handlungen werden nicht geduldet und von der Sanktionsflotte hart bestraft. Alle Spezies, die Raumfahrt betreiben wollen, haben sich den Regeln unterzuordnen oder sie werden in ihrem System isoliert. Ein Volk hat sich entschlossen, diese Isolation freiwillig auf sich zu nehmen - ausgerechnet die älteste und technologisch fortgeschrittenste Zivilisation will sich nicht unter die Aufsicht des Rates stellen.

It is August of 1704, and Matthew Corbett and his companions have narrowly escaped the island of Golgotha and are recuperating in the town of Alghero on the northwestern coast of Sardinia, currently under Spanish rule. Hudson Greathouse is at his limits, both mentally and physically, after their harrowing ordeal.

Born out of the political turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan stands out as one of the most in influential political and philosophical texts of the 17th century. It argues for the restoration of the monarchy in light of the republic and calls for a commonwealth ruled by an authoritative, autocratic figure with absolute sovereignty. This would put an end to all controversy, war, and fear and establish peace via social contract.

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aaron attempts to piece together the life that led to Sach's tragic demise and determine the reason for his death.

Two Syndicate World star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships - a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence - that is now targeting Alliance space. The warships are no mystery to Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security, but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance.

Cate Granger and Jack Monroe are enjoying life far away from the deep-sea horrors of their past...but the ghosts still haunt them. Russian billionaire and former friend Sonya Borashev tells them of a newly discovered cave in Antarctica that leads deep beneath the frozen continent. It's from these icy depths that Sonya believes a remnant species of megalodon shark has been set loose and that these ancient monsters are not only alive but thriving. With a recent spate of horrifying attacks, Sonya leads an expedition to put an end to the monsters for good.

The story of a man’s obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey – from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Philip Stevens. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Brooke. Thomas Hobbes lived through the Thirty Years War and Britain's civil wars, and the trauma of these events led to his great masterpiece of...

The leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace, and security to be attained? Hobbes’ answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods: Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry.

Earth has fallen to the Findiri, and the resistance to their rule led by Admiral Shelby Proctor is scattered across the galaxy. Controlled by the Quiassi, who calls himself Abraham Haws - Captain Granger's old friend and XO - the Findiri unleash a storm of destruction as they hunt down Granger, their creator, and seek to end the resistance to their rule.

Here is the epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. This absorbing history demonstrates that few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. This sweeping social and economic history provides rich and often fantastic accounts of the men themselves, who mutinied, murdered, rioted, deserted, drank, scrimshawed, and recorded their experiences in journals and memoirs.

Der fromme jüdische Korallenhändler Piczenik lebt unglücklich verheiratet und kinderlos im galizischen Städtchen Progrody, das er zeitlebens niemals verlassen hat. Den Korallen bringt er eine geradezu abgöttische Liebe entgegen: In seiner Vorstellung sind sie Tiere mit geheimen Kräften, die unter der Obhut des sagenhaften Urfisches Leviathan auf dem Meeresgrund heranwachsen. Dementsprechend groß ist Piczeniks Sehnsucht nach dem Ozean, der Heimat seiner verehrten Geschöpfe...

Der alteingesessene Korallenhändler Nissen Piczenik lebt seinen Beruf mit Fleiß und Hingabe. Er verarbeitet und verkauft seine geliebten Korallen zu Schmuck für Jung und Alt des ländlichen Dorf-Idylls. Ob als modische Zierde, als Talisman oder prophylaktische Krankheitsvorsorge - seine gewissenhafte Handwerksarbeit wird geschätzt.

Nissen Piczenik ist Korallenhändler. Seine Preziosen verkauft er an die Landbevölkerung, und er selbst hat das Meer noch nie gesehen. Seine Sehnsucht danach wird immer größer, als ein Verwandter, der bei der Marine dient, auf Heimaturlaub kommt. Nissen lässt sich von ihm vom Meer erzählen, und bald schon steht sein Entschluss fest: Kurzentschlossen packt Nissen seine Koffer... Eine packende Novelle eines der größten Erzähler der Welt.