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Luke Jensen has seen some sorry looking bounties in his time, but this one takes the cake. A wanted poster is offering a reward of one dollar and 42 cents — plus one busted harmonica — to capture Three-Fingered Jack McKinney. Turns out, McKinney’s 12-year-old son Aaron wants revenge on his daddy for abandoning him and his mom. The reward is all the money Aaron can scrape together. Luke can’t say no to the poor boy — or his beautiful mother — so he agrees to go after McKinney and his bank-robbing gang.

Motherhood isn’t always what’s expected. One woman may delight in navigating the unknowable, while another may look to the past to chart the course ahead. Still another may have the urge to redefine the relationship between mother and child. For each, the journey can be heartwarming and heartbreaking, ever changing and challenging. In these provocative stories, acclaimed authors probe the growing pains that can change the lives of both mother and child in ways they never imagined.

It was a law Cotton Pickens never asked for and never wanted to enforce. But due to the vigilance of the Women’s Temperance Society, and the timidity of their businessmen husbands, the town of Doubtful, Wyoming, is going dry. As of January 1st. No exceptions. No turning back. Doubtful’s hell-raisers will not take this lying down, and Sheriff Pickens is fighting bootleggers and vigilantes when the next boot drops. The righteous women push through an even worse law bound to spark an outright insurrection.

Detan Honding is determined to survive this war, even when caught between not one but two besieging armies! After rescuing the renowned engineer Nouli from the clutches of the empire, the valiant rogue has returned to his aunt’s city - to find it under siege by Thratia’s army. With Nouli’s help, they manage to turn back the tide, at least until imperial forces descend, prepared to hammer the Thratian force against the anvil of the city’s walls. Worse yet, the imperial advance is aided by an elite force of dark magicians.

As the city that produces the most selium - that precious gas that elevates airships and powers strange magic - Hond Steading is a jewel worth stealing. To shore up the city's defenses, Detan promises his aunt that he'll recover Nouli, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea. But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles, an impervious island prison run by the empire, and it's Detan's fault.

The quest for Earth's domination remains the primary directive of an ancient, inhuman enemy. Challenging this alien bid for iron rule, an elite force led by former magistrates wages war against Earth's enslavers. These rebel commandos are resourceful, dedicated and possess the immutable human willpower to survive — by any means necessary....

Boyd Ackerman is no ordinary criminal. Trained by the US Army, commanding his band of killers with military efficiency, Ackerman has outsmarted and outfought every lawman who has tried to stop him. But he's never faced MacCallister before. Falcon MacCallister wasn't looking for a fight. Then Ackerman's Raiders kill his niece's husband - and take a young woman hostage. Falcon and his brothers ride into action.

中华上下五千年是一套专为少年创作的简明中国通史。本有声书讲述了上至传说中的三皇五帝，下至新中国建立近五千年的中国历史。……中華上下五千年是一套專為少年創作的簡明中國通史。本有聲書講述了上至傳說中的三皇五帝，下至新中國建立近五千年的中國歷史。

James Yang imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi. Wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, Isamu sees things through the eyes of a young artist . . .but also in a way that many children will relate. Stones look like birds. And birds look like stones.

Cotton Pickens got where he is by virtue of a quick draw and slow wit. He knows the difference between lawbreakers you have to lock up...and the kind you might as well just let go. Deputy Rusty Irons, though, ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. Someone kidnapped Rusty's mail order brides. They were probably doing Irons a favor, but a deputy in love is blind.

Omdat Fizzel het koud heeft geeft Luna hen een pyjama. Fizzel vindt het maar gek en erg ingewikkeld. Hen slaapt liever zonder zo'n raar nachtpak. Al wordt het in de avond toch best fris hier op aarde.

Der Archäologe James Burton findet auf seiner Fahrt mit dem Auto zum kleinen Ort Laramoy eine bewusstlose Frau auf der Straße liegend. Er kümmert sich um die junge Dinah Frisley, doch diese hat regelrecht Todesangst zurück nach Laramoy zu fahren, im Ort soll das Grauen lauern ... Die Moortoten rufen ...

In New York stürzt ein Raumschiff von Aliens in den Central Park ab, als sich Menschen diesem nähern, werden diese zu Monstern. Der CIA-Agent Noel Bannister bekommt den Auftrag sich um die Angelegenheit zu kümmern. Noel ruft umgehend seinen Freund Tony Ballard und dieser eilt mit zahlreichen Freunden zu Hilfe. Schon bald müssen sie erleben, welch eine ungeheure Gefahr nicht nur für New York von den Aliens ausgeht.

This story is one of challenge, adversity, and success. It is the story of a man who grew up with nothing, facing overwhelming hardships, and in spite of that, made it. It is not your typical rags-to-riches story. It is a raw, unflinching account of how Billy Thompson took misfortune and transformed it into companies worth tens of millions of dollars, then he chose to walk away from it in pursuit of a different kind of success, his success.

The woman renting my cabin for the next month shouldn’t be driving. I realize that when she hits me with her car. But when I get off the ground and find myself staring at a curvy angel...all the anger I have melts away. She’s here to take a break from her life. She’s everything I’ve been looking for and more. Sadie Evans is from the mountains of Colorado, but not for long. When I’m done with her, she’s moving to the mountains of Alaska. Because I’m a mountain man who can have his cake and eat it, too. As long as that cake is named Sadie, if you catch my drift.

Tucker Peckinpah lebt, er konnte aus der Hölle entkommen, doch Asmodis hat einen Vollstrecker der Hölle namens Kanutto auf ihn angesetzt. Statt Hilfe bei seinen Freunden zu suchen, flieht Peckinpah, da er befürchtet, dass diese ihn nicht beschützen können und selbst in Gefahr geraten könnten. Tony Ballard und seine Freunde nehmen die Suche auf, doch werden sie herausfinden, wo Tucker Peckinpah sich befindet, bevor Kanutto ihn töten oder zurück in die Hölle holen kann? Kanutto ist eine tödliche Bedrohung, denn er kann sein Aussehen verändern, er ist... Der Körperdieb.

Es ist ein schönes Jubiläum, das die beliebte Reihe mit dieser 50. Folge feiern kann. Thomas Birker hat sich zu diesem Anlass für eine Anthologie entschieden und den Klassiker "Das Fass Amontillado" stellvertretend für die Klassikautoren des Grusels vertont sowie vier seiner liebsten Autorinnen und Autoren für exklusive neue Geschichten gewinnen können. Tony Ballard-Autor A. F. Morland zeigt uns mit seinem Beitrag "Tod nach dem Tod" was es bedeutet, einen Blick ins Jenseits zu werfen.

Celebrate with three short Halloween stories that each have a different twist. Each of these Halloween tales is self contained, is professionally narrated, and lasts for about one hour.

You feel that you are unbalanced or a little blue. You feel that there is something missing from your life, but you’re not sure what. One day, you are talking to a friend about the way you’re feeling when they tell you about a Wiccan spell. They explain how this spell will help ease the negative feelings and bring more positivity into your life. With their guidance, you cast the spell. A couple of weeks later, you begin to notice the emotional changes within your life.

Dark psychology describes the area of human behavior that sometimes takes a dark turn. However, just because something is dark doesn’t mean we get to ignore it. In fact, there are many dark triad personalities out there who seek to take advantage of us. If you want to protect yourself, you need to recognize what’s going on.