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The world has learned to fear vampires and forgotten another threat. Before the bloodsuckers rose, the gods had perfected one race of predators. And they’ve decided to hunt again. Avani was raised in another world, away from the secluded werewolves of Oldcrest, but the Elder Pack was the only place where she could be safe. Until now. In his hundreds of years, Alexius has lived without allegiance, without purpose. But when a wounded, hunted wolf crashes into his life, everything changes.

Lana is a writer who is suffering from a case of writer’s block. She receives an African grey parrot from her elderly aunt. She later finds out this parrot is no ordinary bird, but one that can read. The parrot assists her with overcoming writer’s block. They become friends, and she learns that inspiration can come from anyone!

Ein neuer Fall für Stephen Lang: Ein Sarg - und zwei Leichen! Bei einer der Leichen handelt es sich um eine Frau im Hochzeitskleid, offenbar wurde sie lebendig begraben. Inspector Stephen Lang und sein Team übernehmen die Ermittlungen. Aber es bleibt nicht bei einer Leichenbraut. Schon bald ist klar: In England treibt ein Serienmörder sein Unwesen, der Frauen lebendig in den Gräbern ihrer Partner beerdigt. Und er hat sein nächstes Opfer bereits auserkoren.

Ein Serienkiller treibt in London sein Unwesen. Blutleere Frauenkörper werden Marmorstatuen gleich im Flussbett gefunden. Die junge Kunsthistorikerin Julia macht eine verblüffende Entdeckung: Der Täter stellt mit den Leichen Szenen aus antiken Kunstwerken nach. Inspector Stephen Lang verpflichtet die junge Frau daraufhin, ihn und sein Team auf der Suche nach dem Serienmörder weiter zu beraten. Schon bald hat Julia einen schrecklichen Verdacht, wer hinter den Morden stecken könnte.

For over 12 years, Phillipa Sage worked alongside Clarkson, Hammond and May as their PA, gofer and fixer, where she saw the boys at their best and, hilariously, at their worst. A closet petrol head, Phillipa started working in the motor industry on live events over 20 years ago and first worked with Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman (formerly Top Gear and now the Grand Tour’s executive producer) in 1997.

Listening to this story nurtures a strong positive feeling of protection and well-being within the Heart chakra, stimulates the energy of the sternum bone that produces the antibodies that fight infection, and is of particular benefit to mankind today, as the world struggles to cope with the many physical and psychological challenges and the increasing pressures of modern life. This is a Devi Mahatmyam for our time.

Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil. Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th century, Maturin's diabolic tale raised the genre to a new and macabre pitch. Its many admirers include Poe, Balzac, Oscar Wilde and Baudelaire.

In the first book of the Enchanter’s Child duology, Alex discovered the truth: Not only does she possess magical powers, but her father is Hagos RavenStarr, who was once the king’s Enchanter. Alex is pursued by the fiendish Twilight Hauntings, monstrous Enchantments created because a prophecy foretold the king’s death at the hands of an Enchanter’s Child. The Twilight Hauntings are designed to rid the land of all Enchanters and their children, but Alex has other ideas. Why should she be forced to leave the place where she belongs?

The vampires have always feared the first of their kind and his descendants. Now all immortals know there’s a new Eirikrson threatening their way of life. And they don’t intend to let her. Catherine Stormhale has spent decades trying to crawl out of her family’s shadow. Now they’re calling her back home, to serve their clan against her new friends, and she has a choice to make. Bash used to know who he was. A protector. A provider. A huntsman. After being bitten by a feral vampire and turned into a blood-craving thing, he’s lost everything. Family, purpose, honor.

Lily returns home to her small town with her current millionaire boyfriend only to be conflicted about her feelings for her first love and her duty to her family. She loves Gareth, but her father doesn't approve of their relationship. What will Lily choose?

Chloe used to study hard and do everything right to pave a bright future, but children sometimes have to pay for their parents’ sins, and Chloe’s tab is pretty steep. At 26, when a series of attacks forces her to seek refuge in the notorious Institute of Paranormal Studies, Chloe sees it as a second chance to achieve her goals. She believes she has nothing to lose. She couldn’t be more mistaken.

Tria Winters plays the part of the loyal agent well, but she's nothing short of a prisoner. When the Agency is brutally attacked, she and her cousins should have taken their chance to run, but to her surprise, there are people she isn't quite willing to turn her back on. It's obvious to Gray that Tria and her family are trouble, but they're the only ones able fight off those who destroyed the Agency. He needs to stay with them.

Rain's family has summoned her and if she doesn't turn up, they intend to use her little sister in a dangerous ritual. Rain know she can handle the magic. The problem is extracting herself from New Orleans afterwards. Luckily, the alpha female of the Wyvern Pride owes her a favour or 10. When Luke is sent to Nola as one of Rain's bodyguard, his instincts tell him that the witch is far more powerful than she appears to be. One ritual goes wrong, showing him just how right he was.

When you learn to embrace the power of the present moment, you activate and direct your conscious mind to what it does best and leaves the subconscious mind to what it does best. When you learn to activate both sides, you master your universe - you naturally invoke the laws of attraction, you immerse your being with the universe and your path takes on a different journey. This book will show you how.

Yesterday, he had it all: a beautiful woman at his side, more money than he knew what to do with, and a real shot at the Oval Office. Today, he's a murderer. Yesterday, she was America's sweetheart: the wholesome first daughter of a beloved former president, a rising star without so much as a whisper of a scandal attached to her name. Today, she's an accomplice.

People say Eva’s a little ditzy, when they want to be nice. Truth is, she’s a magnet for trouble and she wouldn’t know what caution looks like if she bumped into it. But even she knows the delicious hunk she meets at the club is dangerous; he might have saved her once, but he could as easily destroy her and no one could do a thing about it. His kind is above reproach, above the laws, above humanity. She should stay away. She won’t. After thousands upon thousands of years, seeing empires rise and fall, Zarken is indifferent to everything, and entirely focused on his work.

For 1,000 years, being born with magic was a death sentence. Hart and his twin have survived by hiding who they truly were until their time came. It started as a whisper, rumors, but when they find out there truly is a mage uprising, they join the fight, tilting the balance in the mages’ favor. The era of magicless mortals has passed in their multiplanetary kingdom. A war has started, and the mages will win it.

A power has risen in the lands, a dark shadow no one seems to understand. As the newest enchantress, Talia knows her duty lies in finding it. But she’s failed the bonds of blood once, looking away as her sister was continuously abused; she can’t leave while she can be of use to her. Especially since she may never come back. Vincent, the playful, bashful prince of the Dragon Realm, knows a thing or two about concealing a dark secret behind pretty smiles; he can tell the frighteningly powerful Talia is hiding something, and he fully intends to find out what.

Why is brain plasticity so important? New research shows that you can reprogram your own brain and obtain goals you never thought possible. You have the ability to, literally, rewire your brain. Your brain is adaptable, and you can change it yourself, and anyone can do it. You are constantly rewiring your brain all the time anyway, so why not be deliberate? Learn how to use this new research to your advantage.

What is the dynamic relationship between our culture's written and unwritten laws and its literature? How is that relationship evolving? How do law and literature influence or reflect one other? And what lessons might we draw from their symbiotic relationship?