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Haithabu - größtes und reichstes Handelszentrum im Norden - 9. Jahrhundert Eine Nachricht warnt Häuptling Gorm Grymme und Thyra Danebod: Ein gewaltiges Kriegsheer aus Schweden, Angelsachsen und germanischen Stämmen zieht gen Haithabu. Die Stadt verspricht Schätze, reichlich Sklaven und den Tod der Rivalen.

With Earth rapidly becoming inhospitable to human life, GS Archean carries a one-way crew of courageous passengers to Uelara, an Earth-like planet in the Cieri star system. Uelara is ideal, except for one minor detail - its distance from Earth. Traveling at sub-light speed, the generation ship won’t reach Uelara within the original crew’s lifetime. Eager to reach Uelara, the second-gen crew prepares, as planned, to assume their parents’ responsibilities - that is, until someone goes missing and a devastating secret is discovered, putting the future of the human race in jeopardy.

Ihr Mann hatte von Anfang an keine Lust auf Weihnachten. Gundula schon, irgendwie. Dass es eine Menge Mühe bedeuten würde, die ganze Verwandtschaft zu beherbergen und zu bekochen, das war ihr natürlich klar. Aber dass die ganze Sache so aus dem Ruder laufen würde, das hätte selbst Gundula nicht ahnen können.

Women define career success in a wide variety of ways. But whatever a woman's personal definition, if she is in a traditionally male-dominated career - virtually all high status, highly compensated fields - her career is at risk because of pervasive gender stereotypes. This highly practical book makes clear that women don't need to change who they are to succeed in their chosen careers, and they certainly don't need to act more like men.

At sixteen, I felt I would always be a misfit. Popularity had eluded me, and I was pretty much a loner by choice. My world existed on the internet; gaming, and chat rooms were my escape, because there, my anonymity was my shield. Known only by my handle, D-10, I fit in with the others, and met some phenomenal virtual friends. One special friend in fact was Dastardly Damned. We clicked. We gamed online, and finally we made plans to meet at a local hangout for gamers.

Marcus Bull. Unremarkable. Unhinged. Un…stoppable? He made my daughter's life and my life a living hell and got away with it. Broke the rules and stayed smug, hiding behind his tiny tribe, like he was untouchable. I hate him with a passion. It's the only emotion I have left - hatred. And while the police said they could do nothing, I realized that I could do something. Because they taught me, indirectly, how to exact my vengeance. They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Make that woman a mother, and hell shall look like a pilot light against a mother’s inferno.

In Cronache erotiche 1: una selezione dei più piccanti racconti erotici troverete racconti per tutti i gusti: da chi ama le pratiche più tipiche del BDSM, a chi vuole divertirsi in una serata di sesso a tre; da chi non vede l’ora di passare una nottata di sesso sfrenato col marito a chi invece la passerebbe in un’orgia; per gli appassionati di Dilf e Milf e sesso in luoghi pubblici e proibiti. Tutto questo e molto altro in questa selezione di racconti erotici piccanti.

Dopo il successo della prima stagione, Andrea Colamedici e Maura Gancitano, filosofi di Tlon e autori della "Scuola di Filosofie" per Audible, tornano a parlare della saga di "Harry Potter", questa volta affrontando i temi più importanti del percorso di fioritura del mago più famoso del mondo. "Harry Potter", infatti, è un vero manuale di scoperta di sé, illuminante non soltanto per bambini e ragazzi, ma anche per tutti quegli adulti che vogliono esplorare i temi complessi dell'esistenza umana.

The busy person’s go-to guide for ketogenic cooking. Making delicious low-carb, high-fat meals has never been easier and more delicious. The Keto Slow Cooker is proof that eating keto can be easy, convenient, and absolutely delicious. This audiobook is packed full of recipes that will knock your socks off with flavor - you will feel like you’re not dieting.

A joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else. Picaresque at its very best. Perhaps you're not a member of the Azov House of Culture Elderly Club. Perhaps you missed the talk on the Cabbage Root Fly last week. Galina Petrovna hasn't missed one since she joined the club, when she officially became old.

Elise loves the farm that is her home; she loves playing with beetles and chameleons in the garden, buying sweets from the village shop and listening to the stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl in 1990s Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. Her clothes are always clean and ironed, there is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda, and, in theory at least, black and white live in harmony.

For 27 years, I've flitted through life clueless to the God-given abilities that lay dormant inside of me. In the blink of an eye, everything changed more than I ever could've anticipated. She changed it. Now I know that nothing is as it seems. I will never be the same again...but this isn't my story. It's hers. I'm just being forced to live it, resolve it, and ultimately try to move on after learning that our lives are going to be tangled far more than I would've ever imagined. My name is Parrish Locke. And I can see the dead.

Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Marie’s first and only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than 60 hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her 77 years (and counting).

The lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests, politicians, and regional VIPs. During the early morning hours, when the town’s churches are closed, the "Sect of the Angels" meets in the sacristy to carry out their holy office: initiating devout virgins into the rites of married life. Preying on their victims’ naivete, the hooded "elect" commit ignominious acts while promising the young women divine grace. In 1901, at a time of immense changes in Sicilian society, the scandal breaks nationwide.

Das beschauliche Städtchen Vigàta auf Sizilien ist in Aufruhr, und ein Besuch des Innenministers steht bevor. Für Commissario Montalbano ein guter Grund, sich an diesem Tag zurückzuziehen und eine Vernissage zu besuchen. Die schöne Galeristin Marian ist mindestens so reizvoll wie die Exponate - und sie gibt Montalbano diverse Rätsel auf. Wie auch der Überfall auf die Ehefrau eines vermögenden Vigàteser Kaufmanns, der einen mysteriösen Mord nach sich zieht.

He's on the fast-track at his father's company, Taylor Toys, and has plans to one day be the President and CEO. Brant's social calendar is overflowing with possibilities. As the Plant Manager, he is tasked with selecting the candidates for the summer intern program for college students who may want a future with the company. But when Brant is forced to hire his younger sister and her friend for the program, his extracurricular activities are curtailed due to their antics, which seriously push his limit, and he’s none too happy about it.

Sophie Brancelli, the orphaned illegitimate child of a duke’s daughter, must ensure her marriage to a suitable gentleman of the ton before her 21st birthday, or she’ll be destitute. Her grandmother, the duchess, provided her with a huge inheritance, but with strings attached.

We were just kids when we met.... He was the boy from down the beach. I was the transplant from Tennessee. He became my best friend. I became his best girl. And then...it became us. We shared things...our dreams, our secrets...first kisses and then our hearts. Seth Drake was my everything. My first crush. My first love. My forever passion. Until that day when everything changed through no fault of ours.

This sequel to “These Men” finds Paige, Eli and Cain trying to add to their family. Unfortunately, they've been trying for several months with no luck. The stork seems to be ignoring them...or is he? When an unexpected person shows up on their doorstep, it isn't quite the bundle of joy they've been hoping for, but their lives are about to get even more interesting. Someone from Eli's past is about to play havoc with their summer, and put a crimp in their love lives.

After a year of a seemingly happily-ever-after, Troy Babilonia throws a curve ball that smacks Larson Blackburn right in the head. When Troy's debut novel, Bridge to Lonely, threatens to overshadow Larson's own success, inviting a past shadow into the light of their present, the two alphas must learn to adjust.