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Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and is likewise feted beyond the confines of the genre. The Wind's Twelve Quarters was her first collection and it brings together some of finest short fiction, including the Hugo Award-winning 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', the Nebula Award-winning 'The Day Before the Revolution', and the Hugo-nominated 'Winter's King', which gave listeners their first glimpse of the world later made famous in her Hugo- and Nebula-winning masterpiece The Left Hand of Darkness.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Mark Twains's greatest works: 12 novels; over 120 of his beloved short stories; Chapters From My Autobiography; 5 pieces of short non-fiction; and 6 pieces of his groundbreaking, wide-ranging travel writing.

After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter, Loo, to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that eventually spills over into his daughter's present, until together they must face a reckoning yet to come.

"Something Like Stars" playfully explores what would happen if someone made a movie about Ben, Tim, and Jace. Harold attempts to befriend Noah and Felix in "Something like Us", unrequited feelings challenging their relationship. Marcello prepares for the inevitable while revealing secrets from his past in "Something like Goodbye". And in "Something like Heaven", Ben must decide once and for all who his heart - and his future - belongs to.

Two murderous Celtic goddesses...a journeyman druid on the run...and a sealed grimoire that holds the key to his survival. Can Colin unlock it in time to save the people he loves? Colin McCool here, junkyard druid and trouble magnet extraordinaire. Recently, I fought the giant king of Jotunheim in a bid to save my druid master’s life. I failed in that task - now it’s up to me to keep druidry alive. Problem is, the Mórrígan and her sorceress sidekick Fuamnach are out to erase me from the face of the Earth.

The untimely death of Chairman Mao has set in motion enormous changes in the world. The new empress of China is a contact of Rick’s, and this leads to his involvement in events in China, the Vietnams, and Hong Kong. At the same time, he starts his quest for being the second amateur to complete a Grand Slam in golf. He learns that a broken heart hurts. As the old Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.”

When Evie and her friends find themselves stranded alone against the Carpathian army, they think all hope is lost. But the fates are ever-changing, and an unexpected ally comes to their aid. New friendships are forged, as the old are tested. As their quest to fulfill the prophecy comes to a close, each of the three must search within themselves to see if they have what it takes.

Addley McRae is a senior at Peakview High in the small town of Peakview, Indiana. She had her final year planned perfectly; get cheer captain, become homecoming queen, and keep straight A's...finding out she has terminal cancer was NOT part of the plan.

Bull Santee, a 13-year-old Black boy, is being held by the sheriff of tiny Sunset, Mississippi, for sneaking into a White man's backyard and brutally beating his pet dog to death. But Shy Brown knows Bull didn't do it. How does Shy, a privileged White kid from Memphis and the grandson of one of the most important men in Sunset, get involved in something as ugly and disturbing as this? What does Shy know? How does he know it? And what is he going to do about it?

Als Günther Schenck, Jahrgang 1913, stirbt, hinterlässt er seiner Enkelin Naomi ein ungewöhnliches Erbe: Sie soll seine Biografie schreiben. Naomi hat den brillanten Chemiker und seine elegante Frau Christel geliebt. Doch immer existierte da ein Gefühl, dass nicht alles gut gelaufen war in seinem Leben. Als sie sich auf die Suche macht, entdeckt sie, dass ihr vermeintlich unpolitischer Großvater 1933 in die SA eingetreten war. Was bedeutet das? Warum wusste keiner in ihrer Familie davon?

Jesse is excited to be taking Midnight Renegade to his first horseshow. She just knows that he will make them all proud. But then she meets his owner, and they immediately do not like one another. Jesse’s hopes about her horse’s future seem to be dashed right away. When Midnight Renegade’s owner tells Jesse that she cannot ride him or show him anymore, Jesse is crushed.

Mit Radikaldiäten abzunehmen hat einen großen Nachteil: Der Gewichtsverlust verändert dabei unser Gehirn auf eine Art, die wir nicht wollen. Denn danach können wir jahrelang Hunger haben, ohne genau zu wissen, woher er kommt. Dr. Iris Zachenhofer, Neurochirurgin und Psychiaterin und Dr. Marion Reddy, Neurochirurgin, räumen mit den Illusionen von den Schnelldiäten auf und bieten eine einfache Lösung für das Problem an: Wer dauerhaft abnehmen will, muss sich ein Jahr Zeit dafür nehmen.