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David Moloney’s Barker House follows the story of nine unforgettable New Hampshire Correctional Officers over the course of one year on the job. While veteran guards get by on what they consider survival strategies - including sadistic power-mongering and obsessive voyeurism - two rookies, including the only female Officer on her shift, develop their own tactics for facing “the system”.

London 1895. Im Garten eines Hauses im vornehmen Londoner Stadtteil South Norwood werden zwei Leichen gefunden. Offenbar wurden die Opfer zunächst erdrosselt und anschließend auf ihrem eigenen Grund und Boden in Särgen bestattet. Wer hatte ein Motiv, das in der Nachbarschaft als sonderlich geltende Geschwisterpaar zu ermorden? Und warum sind sämtliche Schuhe aus dem Haus verschwunden? Die Spuren führen Chief Inspector Swanson und sein Team schließlich zu einem berüchtigten Pub in Colnbrook.

A practical book designed to help you prepare for job interviews in English. Contains 97 most common job interview questions and 12 interview templates on a variety of topics. Livro prático planejado para ajudar a se preparar para entrevistas de emprego em inglês. Contem 97 perguntas mais usuais em entrevistas de emprego e 12 modelos de entrevistas com temas variados.

Sometimes cozy and familiar as Grandma's homemade scarf, sometimes cold as a frozen forest after a snowstorm, this collection of classic winter tales and poems is as varied as the season it celebrates. Featuring the masterful storytelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dickens and a host of others, this audiobook will keep the listener enthralled deep into the long winter night.

Ausgangsbeschränkungen lähmen das öffentliche Leben. Die Furcht vor einer Ansteckung schränkt die Bewegungsfreiheit der Menschen ein. Der Feind ist unsichtbar. Er verbreitet sich epidemisch und bedroht die Welt. Bis ein Gegenmittel gefunden wird, bleibt es beim Lock-down. Im eigenen Körper eingeschlossen ist das Opfer im Kurzkrimi "Locked-in". Auch in den anderen vier Hörkrimis verfehlen tödliche Substanzen nicht ihre Wirkung. - Fünf Kurzkrimis für den Weg zur Arbeit, für Pendler in Bus und Bahn, beim Fitnesssport oder bei der Hausarbeit.

Syracuse, upstate New York. The “Salt City”. An apartment building on the edge of The Projects - and Anne Malloy dies, flying out of a sixth floor window, an apparent suicide, while Mark Cornell watches. Mark was there for a purpose, his part-time gig being to snap incriminating photos for a divorce lawyer who happily takes cases over the phone. Watching the apartment was Mark’s assignment. But this assignment has a problem.

London 1895 - Im kältesten Januar des Jahrhunderts wird auf der obersten Plattform des Watkins Tower in Wembley die nackte Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Er wurde mit Handschellen an einen Stahlträger gekettet und ist erfroren. Als der Bruder des Opfers in einer Knabenschule in Blackheath einer spontanen Selbstverbrennung zum Opfer fällt und ein weiterer Verwandter bei einem Flugversuch ums Leben kommt, wird Inspector Swanson klar, dass jemand im Begriff ist, eine ganze Familie auszulöschen.

England 1895 - Oscar Wilde kämpft in London um seinen Ruf und seine Karriere, als sich in Oxford ein brutales Verbrechen ereignet: Ein angesehener Professor für englische Literatur wird in der Bodleian Library erschlagen aufgefunden. War es der Racheakt eines Studenten? Neid unter Kollegen? Oder liegt das Motiv vielmehr in einem alten, geheimnisvollen Buch, das seit dem Mord verschwunden ist? Chief Inspector Swanson und sein Team sind mit einem undurchdringlichen Netz aus Lügen, Verstrickungen und Intrigen konfrontiert.

People often ask me, "How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris detective?" I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woman from a small town in the American Midwest. For you see, she had never been what others in that part of the world might call "normal." When I came to Paris in search of Mrs. Duchesney, a person described to me as the legendary Paris Sleuth Extraordinaire, I did not imagine her to be the unassuming little woman seated alone on a bench in Parc Montsouris.

Author C.C. Roberts explores the lottery paradox. A look at the logic behind the fact that high probabilities are not interchangeable with certainties. In philosophy, is it rational to believe a given ticket will lose? Beliefs are not justified on strictly statistical grounds.

People often ask me, “How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth?” For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a cafe at one o'clock in the afternoon for le petit dejeuner. This should have been my first clue, for it shouted this artist turned sleuth was a night bloomer. From my interviews, I would learn Louie Bertrand and his sleuthing partner, Mrs. Duchesney, were as different as...well, as different as Paris in the daytime and Paris at night.

Join us for the tale of a special leaf named Bud, whose life journey reminds us that we are all important and needed. Bud starts out as a tiny bud - small and insignificant - yet he arrives into this life with a feeling of purpose and hope. Soon he grows into a beautiful, vibrant piece of the Mighty Oak Tree, taking his place in the circle of life, and thrives as he recognizes his part in something greater. Those who have sought a children's book that gently explains the topics of life and death need look no further.

Peace has finally returned to the tiny hamlet of Clayton County in the Florida Panhandle. But for how long? Two years ago, the town of Clayton and the county of the same name were under the universal media microscope. A 25-year-old cold-case murder trial with an Alzheimer's patient, Jacob Jeebs, as the key witness, broke all legal boundaries and the world was watching. Now, a major award-winning movie director and A-list actors are coming to town to make a film about the trial and the man whose testimony shook the world. What could possibly go wrong?

From the author of last year's groundbreaking legal drama A Moment of Clarity now comes the sequel, Clarity Must Prevail, a bone-chilling international thriller that puts our small-town heroes in the worldwide spotlight once again. This time it is behind the scenes, where they are not in their natural comfort zone. Come along for the ride as new retirees Judge Jackson and Sheriff Clayton are caught up in a case of global intrigue with possible universal ramifications.

Gentlemen and Pigs could best be described and compared to the television show Seinfeld. It's a book about nothing. But of course we all know that it is the story within the story that ties all the loose ends together as you laugh yourself silly along the way. Gentlemen and Pigs is a real hoot! Its author and narrator, Robert C. Brewster, brings his characters to life in some very unique ways. Sit back, listen, and enjoy.

On the Road to Find Out is a thought provoking memory emoting listen for a generation that lived it and for those younger and wise enough to want to discover what it was like to live in the moment. It is rooted in the time period of 1967 to 1974 and unfolds mainly in the seaside resort town of Wildwood, New Jersey. It’s a story of heartbreak and discovery. It’s a wild ride through America as seen through the eyes of this young Canadian as he digs deep inside his self in the hopes of recapturing the one thing he lost.

Light Up the World tells the story of America's endeavors to alleviate their reliance and dependency on foreign countries for its energy needs. A Massive hydroelectric project of the scope the world has never seen before is being built in the furthest northern regions of Quebec. Funded by huge American oil conglomerates, tobacco companies, and other international institutions, project HOPE (Hydro Ocean Powered Eletcricity) will generate enough electrical power to satisy more than half of North America's energy needs. Everything was going to plan until the unexpected happened...

The queen and the pope are both expected to arrive in Canada within two weeks of each other and Montreal is in turmoil as the city prepares for its 350th anniversary. The Gippson Brothers' farewell tour is also passing through the city and Zachary Gippson, the new "King of Pop" has some very deceptive and deceitful plans for his minions of fans who would see him live on this world tour. And Montreal's vibrant and distinctive underworld is in chaos as it's mafia capoa are meeting with very untimely and mysterious deaths due to an unknown spirit who possesses them.

In a small town in the Florida panhandle, a 25-year-old cold-case murder is reopened. A new, female police officer visits an old folks' home and finds that the prime witness in the case, Jacob Jeebs, was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's last year and is still in the early stages. This new information might lead to a conviction of the main suspect from 25 years ago. But what would the legal ramifications be? An Alzheimer's patient has never testified at a trial of any kind before. How can you put him on the witness stand? How can you not? He is the only one who knows the truth.

No Borders No Boundaries is a compelling thought provoking tale of mystery intrigue and romance. A cast of no nonsense characters that the author/narrator brings to life in an exciting manner. They're compelling sparkling dialogue compel you to feel for their predicaments. The action takes place over a three month period in 2001. From the cruel streets of Washington D.C. to the peaceful shores of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada; this action packed thriller will hook you from the start.