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The monsters that haunted me as a kid are hungry - starving - but now that I’m grown up, they don’t want to eat me. They want to breed me. Fifteen years ago, I wanted nothing more than to escape them. But now a part of me wants to join them - submit to them. Will I ever vanquish my night terrors, or will I just become another notch on their bedpost?

October, 1900. University College, London. When the spread-eagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr. Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and is determined to find out how and why the girl really died.

Before Moses, there was no viable monotheistic religion in the known history of the human species. His spiritual descendants number in the billions. He is arguably the most influential person to have ever lived, and for at least 2,000 years, we have gotten the basic details of his life wildly wrong. Moses and the Death of Heresy is a journey of recovery that empowers listeners to find something that has been lost, something that we were all intended to experience: actual religious freedom.

Three severed hands. No clues. A race against time. Three embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house. Is it a gangland ritual? The work of a cult? Or just a prank played by Medical Students? And what happened to the bodies? Meanwhile the Coroner needs to issue a Presumption of Death certificate on a teenage girl who vanished eleven years ago in mysterious circumstances. As hints emerge the two cases are connected, DI Ridpath pushes himself to the limit to find out what really happened.

Paula worries that her marriage to Tommy is hanging by a thread. She loves how safe her husband makes her feel, but lately, it seems like he’s pulling away from her, and he keeps avoiding a much-needed conversation about finally having children.

Lisa is on a train 20 miles from home when the United Kingdom is hit by a terrifying bioterrorist attack and a national emergency is declared. After she was separated from her husband, Neil, in the hours following the September 11 attack, she made him promise that, in the event of a similar crisis, their priority should be to go home and wait for each other there. Keeping her promise and trusting Neil to keep his, she sets out on what she believes will be a quick and easy journey. But the world she once knew has changed forever and has become deadly and unpredictable.

I know they think I killed my husband. Because they think I’ve killed before. Eight years ago, a girl I knew died. I try not to think too much about that time, about the person I used to be when that tragedy happened. It hurts too much. Besides, it’s so far in the past. Now, I have a beautiful home and a committed husband. I should be looking to the future. But then one day, my husband is found dead in the home we built together.

Von Jim Henson erdacht, von Netflix als Serie verfilmt und von J.M. Lee als atemberaubende High-Fantasy-Saga zu Papier gebracht: Der dritte Band der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall"! Die Verschwörung der finsteren Skekse hat den dunklen Kristall schwer beschädigt. Die Gelflinge Naia und Kylan wollen ihr Volk warnen, doch die gefährliche Fahrt über das Silbermeer steht ihnen bevor. Zu ihrem Glück fanden sie in den dunklen Höhlen von Grot nicht nur Schrecken, sondern auch neue Freunde: Der lichtscheue Amri schließt sich ihrer Rebellion an.

Time’s up! All the pieces are in place and the conspirators have set their plot in motion. Confederation Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Marshal Onima Gwok, Deputy Marshal Kara Martinez, and clone Jace Rojas must use every resource available to them to halt the conspiracy in its tracks. But, the CBI has been compromised. Onima and her team must work to not only save the Confederation - but the lives of tens of thousands of clones throughout colonial space.

Sol, the center of our solar system, the very reason why we exist at all. These are the stories of our Sun, stories of nobility and righteousness. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Sol, and experience the compelling world of science fiction anthology.

Final Fantasy is one of the most iconic and beloved video game series in the world. Since its inception, its titles have adopted names, themes, and stories from across global mythology, including the beliefs of the Vikings. This book embarks on a detailed exploration of how Norse lore in particular influenced the writing and design of Final Fantasy VII - arguably the most critically acclaimed of the franchise - and its wider Compilation. This work is presented as a tribute to the metaseries Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.

Længe før Ønskeøen voksede Peter Pan op i Kensington Have i London blandt fugle og feer. Som spæd fløj han ud af sit vindue og ind i haven på flugt fra voksenlivet. Her møder han Maimie Mannering, og de bliver hurtigt venner. Maimie vil blive hos Peter, men indser at hendes mor vil komme til at savne hende, og hun må vende hjem. Kensington Have er Peter Pans legeplads, men også en gravplads for de børn, der farer vild om natten.

No matter what kind of relationship you are involved with, dealing with a narcissist can lead to difficult trauma and being manipulated in ways that may be difficult to understand on the surface level. This audiobook will help you to identify when there is a risk of you or someone you care about, suffering from narcissistic abuse. Identifying when there are dangers of narcissistic abuse is one small component, the real problem arises when you become too involved and unable to recognize when a narcissist is abusing you.

It is clearly explained: what it is for a statement to be necessarily true, why necessity, possibility, existence, and non-existence are properties of propositions (truths and falsehoods), not of objects or states of affairs, and more.

The Western world has collapsed and the world is in a state of peril, with China being the world's lone superpower and its economic and military presence dominating the nations. Two young Jordanian IT professionals stumble across a top secret government file to end the reign of China's power. This leads to catastrophic consequences and puts them in a position where their lives are in immediate danger. The road to safety is long and the trip is full of treachery and adventure.

Plunge Hill: in 1972, during the chaotic days of miners strikes and the three-day week, Bridget Brix Shipley moves to Plunge Hill to start her new job as a medical secretary. As she writes to Maurice, her younger brother, sick at home (who never replies), it becomes clear that not all is well at Plunge Hill. There are frequent power cuts, and she has to work by candlelight. While she'd hoped this might inspire some blitz spirit and solidarity between her, the other secretaries and the medical staff, she's increasingly isolated and seemingly ignored by her co-workers.

C'era una volta, un bambino che non voleva crescere… sapeva volare e viveva in un luogo lontano... l'Isola che non c'è. Aveva molti amici che lo amavano... e un nemico che non lo poteva soffrire. Una notte, a Londra, conobbe altri bambini, e li convinse a volare con lui fino alla sua isola incantata. Peter Pan, Wendy, Campanellino, Capitan Uncino, George e Michael, i bambini smarriti, il terribile coccodrillo... il questa versione audioBook del grande classico per ragazzi di James Matthew Barrie ci sono proprio tutti i protagonisti di questo fantastico racconto.

When the remains of a young woman are discovered near to Branodunum, a Roman archaeological site on the Norfolk coast, DI Tom Janssen and his team must work to discover who she was and how she came to be buried there. The area is steeped in myth and folklore, a site excavated many times over the years. Just how long has she lain there...and who wishes she'd never been discovered? As the victim’s life comes into sharp focus, it appears there is far more to those who crossed her path than anyone previously realised.

Every Thursday, three retired school teachers have their ‘coffee o’clock’ sessions at the Thirsk Garden Centre café. But one fateful week, as they are catching up with a slice of cake, they bump into their ex-colleague, Topsy. By the next Thursday, Topsy’s dead. The last thing Liz, Thelma and Pat imagined was that they would become involved in a murder. But they know there’s more to Topsy’s death than meets the eye—and it’s down to them to prove it.

In the derelict house next door to a building site, Dawn lives with a young woman who says to call her Mum. Dawn loves the hole in the roof, where she can always see blue. She loves her book of birds and she loves Mrs Goring, the old lady who lives on the ground floor. But when Dawn's medicine runs out and Mrs Goring disappears, Dawn begins see the world as it really is. Next door, the new facility to hold children like her is almost finished. But Dawn wants to live. Can she escape, find Mrs Goring and the truth about her family before the doors to the Sparehouse open?