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Judd Farnon had no choice but to risk death in escaping prison. If he stayed, he was a dead man. An old boarding house where if you are honest, no questions are asked offers him the start of a new life. While trying to forget his past and the events that put him in jail in the first place, Judd finds more and more people are showing up in his room at the boarding house claiming it as their own.

Lawrence Karrier is the first to see the beauty while out on his morning run. A solitary thin cloud drifting down from the mountains and settling into the lake, like nothing he has ever seen before. Later in the day as the local factory empties and the bar fills up, the spectacle of a hundred such clouds against the evening sky beguiles the whole town. That is until someone is unfortunate enough to touch one.

Stellan, a married mid-20s Chicago accountant, dreams of a new life free from a spiteful wife and two unruly young daughters. His salvation comes by way of mobster Dusan “Squeezebox” Kovačević. Stellan stumbles onto a cache of $2.1 million hidden beneath loose floorboards at Squeezebox’s warehouse. He at first resists the temptation, but it proves too tempting. He plots out his theft, and, under the cover of darkness, bolts with the money in his trunk.

Sidney zieht mit ihrer Verlobten Kim in ihr erstes gemeinsames Haus. Doch als diese plötzlich schwanger wird, bekommt die glückliche Beziehung erste Risse. Sidney geht verständlicherweise davon aus, dass Kim sie betrogen hat. Dann kommt es jedoch zu weiteren rätselhaften Schwangerschaften in der Gegend. Die beiden Frauen wollen in einer Hütte im Wald zur Ruhe kommen, werden dort aber von Regierungsbeamten aufgespürt. Ärzte der Seuchenschutzbehörde sollen Kim untersuchen und lösen nichtsahnend eine Katastrophe aus.

The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluff in 1673 through to 1911, when Starved Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois' second state park. Mark Walczynski pulls together stories and insights from the language, geology, geography, anthropology, archaeology, biology, and agriculture of the park to provide listeners with an understanding of both the human and natural history of Starved Rock, and to put it into context with the larger history of the American Midwest.

To write the Upsetter Blog, washed-up author Henry Barclay will have to leave behind his adult son Patrick, who has Down syndrome, and follow the Flak Jackets, a rock band of no renown, on a grueling, months-long nightclub tour for the obscure magazine start-up Upsetter. He’s reluctant to take on the assignment, but when Patrick catches the band's act and immediately declares himself their "number one fan", Henry sees a chance to redeem himself after decades of clumsy parenting.

Photojournalist Steve Lurgan returns from the war in Kosovo and falls in love with a Serbian national in modern-day NYC. Meanwhile, Jana Dragana’s career is being compromised by her drug addiction, but her exploiters end up as victims of a mysterious attack. NYPD detective Darko Lucic suspects the murders are part of a larger conspiracy. But is it an underground network of criminals that is behind the killings, or something even more sinister?

This is a brief glimpse of the philosophy of Bertrand Russell by the distinguished thinker George Santayana, which is excerpted from the book Winds of Doctrine.

Horvath works for the Firm. He's been sent to track down Van Dyke, who ran off with their money. The morning after, he meets Lana. She’s also looking for someone, so they team up. He’s not sure if he can trust Lana, but he’s attracted to her. And she’s all he’s got. The city is dirty, violent, and corrupt. Run by the Syndicate, criminals control the police, the mayor and the city council. Horvath's leads don't seem to lead anywhere. He wanders through the city looking for clues, sipping espresso, drinking whiskey and popping aspirin like breath mints.

A golden age pulp series by Nebula Nominee Ross Rocklynne! For the first time since their original appearance in the legendary pulp Planet Stories in the early 1940s, here are the three novelettes that launched the adventures of Sidney Hallmeyer, interstellar agent - one of the era's most trail-blazing series. In essence, Hallmeyer is a scientific secret agent with a license to kill - entire cultures and worlds! If needed or if so ordered, when they stand in the way of Earth's territorial expansion and dream of empire.

Eine eigenwillige Versicherung bereitet Professor van Dusen Kopfzerbrechen. Laut einer darin enthaltenen Klausel darf die angesparte Summe nur an den letzten Überlebenden von drei Begünstigten ausgezahlt werden. Plötzlich geschehen in deren Umfeld allerhand unerklärliche Unfälle. Nur wenig später kommt es zu einem tragischen Todesfall. Professor van Dusen ist überzeugt, dass ein kaltblütig kalkulierter Mord vorliegt. Doch damit reißen die dramatischen Ereignisse nicht ab. Eine Leiche verschwindet und jeder misstraut dem anderen.

One by one, three ancient talismans disappear. After Columba Riverford’s induction to the Hall of Swords, the sacred sword Genesyx is stolen and Columba is accused of its theft. Meanwhile, Aridisia Myric obtains membership to the Crypt of Scrolls, and the One Scroll Canodex vanishes. Soon after, the One Stone Luxullian disappears and Baron Marl Gneiss’ access to the Vault of Stones is denied. Banished, the three embark on a quest to recover the artifacts and restore their names.

Most everybody is at war with a neighbor. Laszlo just happens to be at war with his whole neighborhood. Or is it that the neighborhood is at war with him? When ballet teacher Laszlo Tamas falls in love with a house and impulsively buys it, he takes on major defects - mechanical and human. We can only watch in horror as Laszlo spirals downward into mayhem and madness.

In the eight generations since the last and final war, humankind has moved closer — thanks to genetic engineering — to perfection in every way. That was what Detective Creally Leemling had been taught, even though he was only a Nearly Perfect. And he believed it — until he witnessed things no Perfect could imagine still existed. A mystery on earth’s surface leads this futuristic detective to a mind-shattering discovery, a beautiful young woman and a desperate plan to escape perfection…and survive.

Eine eigenwillige Versicherung bereitet Professor van Dusen Kopfzerbrechen. Laut einer darin enthaltenen Klausel darf die angesparte Summe nur an den letzten Überlebenden von drei Begünstigten ausgezahlt werden. Plötzlich geschehen in deren Umfeld allerhand unerklärliche Unfälle. Nur wenig später kommt es zu einem tragischen Todesfall. Professor van Dusen ist überzeugt, dass ein kaltblütig kalkulierter Mord vorliegt. Doch damit reißen die dramatischen Ereignisse nicht ab.

Der Teufel lässt sich so einiges einfallen, um Menschen, die ihm in die Quere kommen, zu bestrafen und sie zu seinem Werkzeug zu machen. Doch manchmal entgleitet auch ihm eine seiner Teufeleien. So geschah es auch, dass in einem kleinen deutschen Ort namens Nidderau und in der Stadt Frankfurt am Main das Grauen ausbrach. Ein Amerikaner mutiert zu gigantischer Größe und sorgt für Angst und Schrecken. Noel Bannister, Tony Ballard, Mr. Silver und Lance Selby nehmen sich der Sache an. Doch werden sie den Amerikaner retten können und die Katastrophe in der hessischen Großstadt verhindern können?

Durch eine Zeitmaschine werden Rud und Stan in das England des 12. Jahrhunderts zurückversetzt. Sie geraten mitten in einen erbarmungslosen Kampf, den sich der schwarze König Richard, ein psychopathischer Tyrann, und der rote Waldrebell, das Kapuzenkehlchen, liefern.

Gaddol war erwacht und immer mehr Ghouls kamen aus ihren Verstecken und sorgten für Angst und Schrecken. Doch wo steckte Gaddol? Wir wussten es nicht. Vicky besuchte eine Freundin, dabei wurde sie überfallen und die Freundin getötet. Ich nahm mich des scheinbar normalen Kriminalfalls an und recherchierte anhand der Aufzeichnungen des Todesopfers, wer hinter diesem Mord stecken könnte. Dabei kam ich einer großen Verschwörung auf die Schliche, die Vicky und mich das Leben kosten sollte.

After living robots fell from the sky and began the destruction of the human race, man attempted to rally and destroy them. Man’s destructive weapons were no match against such advanced alien technology. Mankind quickly fell before the greater power. These aliens did not try to ask to speak to our leaders, order that we change our dystopian society, or demand all our magnets. Resolute silence for their presence mystified everyone.

Holmes und Watson folgen einer Einladung von Lord Eliah Cobblestone nach Dartmoor. Dort wartet der Hausherr sofort mit einer Überraschung auf, die allerdings nicht die einzige an diesem Abend bleiben soll. Kurz darauf klopft es erneut an der Haustür. Ein junges Paar bittet um Zuflucht, da ein Mann namens Digby Crayle hinter ihnen her ist. Und es dauert nicht lang, bis Crayle vor dem Haus des Lords steht. In der stürmischen Nacht überschlagen sich nun die Ereignisse...