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It's been 297 days since David died - and came back. He may have survived the avalanche, but the aftermath has been far worse. His wife moved out, taking his son with her, and a devastated David hasn't left his house since, terrified of the mysterious new power that followed him home from the ill-fated expedition. After months in seclusion, David's ready for a fresh start, and ventures out, determined to keep his power in check. But David's power isn't the one he needs to worry about.

The Spoils of Time is a concise history of the world in nine chapters, tracing the prehistoric beginnings of early man’s halting steps towards civilization and ending sometime around 1500. The scope is vast, with Wedgwood’s scholarship spanning all the continents. As the author states, her purpose was to create a continuous narrative of human history for her own pleasure and to find out for herself what, if any, interlacing relations might hold us together.

The Netherworld: it is a hellish landscape inhabited only by demons. Joining the ranks of newborn demons, Salvos is thrown into the violent, anarchy-ruled landscape of that world. To survive, she will have to learn, she will have to adapt, and she will have to evolve. She will gain experience to reach new Levels of power. Her curiosity aids her but her pride could be her fall. It is the nature of the Netherworld to avoid or conquer any threats faced. After all, the law of evolution is survival of the fittest, and Salvos is a survivor.

Starke Stimmen aus der Community Hört von nun an starke Stimmen aus der Community, echt, ungeschliffen und voller Insights. Hier gibt`s keine Hochglanz-Show, sondern echte Gespräche und direkt anwendbare Tipps aus der Versicherungsbranche. Für alle, die keine perfekte Antworten, sondern echte Erfahrungen und inspirierende Perspektiven suchen.

This is Artemis Smith's first pulp fiction novel, in its original 1954 unexpurgated version - which the publishers were still afraid to print in 1959! The mass market paperback, if not a pirated knock off, is crumbling into dust and selling as a rare collectible at over $100/copy. Here's you chance to read the original (Titled "Anne Loves Beth") as the author intended it. You can also buy the 2-volume paperback now retailing at on $20 by ordering 978-1-878998-38-5 from Amazon. (ArtemisSmith aka Artemis Smith is a pseudonym for Baroness Annselm L.N.V. Morpurgo, widely published poet, ...

This is a photocopy-reprint of a rare self-published work by Isadora's older brother and mentor, RAYMOND DUNCAN who was once famous but has since fallen into undeserved obscurity. This first early work is the only one originally written in English and the edition is a scanned photocopy printed in Raymond Duncan's hand-etched moveable type. Raymond handed this work, together with a collection of other works written in French to ArtemisSmith Morpurgo for review and safe-keeping in 1963. In 2014, the parcel was found in her files, photocopies were made for forwarding to University Libraries ...

NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME, a cheap peek at the original "SKEETS:the new Frankenstein Chronicles" - a Dystopian Prophecy now coming true! This contains both the two books of "ArtemisSmith's The SKEETS Diptych," her LGBT Science Fiction Underground Classic published in 1977 (available in print under ISBN 978-1-878998-02-6), PLUS, as an added Freebie, Book III: "The Epistles of SKEETS" first published in 1989. The latter is a self-reflecting apostolic letter that marked a radical change in ArtemisSmith's existentialist poetics. From that moment forward the Novel for the Author ceased to be either...

The first Arminia Bielefeld podcast in English! Listen to me the host, V, and assorted guest discuss all things Die Blauen.

Do you experience crippling existential dread? Do you ever wonder what happened to the American dream? Tune in to the Tomato Pulpit where Mike Tomato hops on the pulpit with Tom Sofa to discuss the events and theories that brought us here. We might not have the answers but we got the questions. It might not all be rainbows and sunshine; but it's a goop, a gag, and real good time to be alive. Tune in!

Ob Handwerk, Wissenschaft, Kreativbranche oder Management – Karrierewege sind so verschieden wie die Menschen, die sie gehen. Viele junge Menschen stehen kurz vor ihrem Abschluss und haben noch keine klare Vorstellung davon, wohin ihre Reise führen soll. Genau hier setzt KarriereKompass an: Echte Persönlichkeiten nehmen dich mit auf ihre Reise – ehrlich, direkt und manchmal auch überraschend. In nur 15 Minuten erfährst du, welche Höhen, Tiefen und Wendepunkte ihre Laufbahn geprägt haben – und welche Tipps sie ihrem jüngeren Ich heute geben würden. Alle zwei Wochen wartet eine ...

"The descriptions are extraordinary. Great descriptions are given of each character and scene." – Royal Palm Literary Award Judge "Lennox's illness is a clever opportunity for the story to turn in a more action-oriented direction, and to sneak in some drama into what might have otherwise been a quiet family story." – Book Pipeline Betrayal and Redemption Lennox's role as a powerful knight once defined him, but being a father fulfills his days. His desire for a life of peace and tranquility has finally come to pass. So, he thinks ... The demons of his past have come calling, threatening ...

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The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is 35 lightyears away.

Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory—Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London.

V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field - so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience". Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved.

Revolutionary ideas are often just that – ideas. To realize your vision of bringing an innovation to life you’ll need the knowledge and confidence to protect those ideas from infancy to realization. This game has the highest of stakes and you need an unfair advantage to give you the best possible chance to win.

James McGill is called upon for a sabotage mission, one that only a man of his unique talents can handle. Unfortunately, he performs too well, and our enemies from Rigel are enraged. They come for us, and war is declared. When this conflict between the great powers spreads, humanity finds itself swept up in the storm. Can McGill escape this disaster he’s created?

Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo. The small farms that surround the centuries-old Lear House are managed by her father, agent to the wealthy, reckless Sir Thomas Blakely. Tenant farmers sell the oats and rye they grow to pay rent to Sir Thomas, surviving on the potatoes that flourish in the remaining scraps of land. But when the potato crop falls prey to a devastating blight, families Briana has known all her life are left with no food, no resources, and no mercy from the English landowner.

Unknown aliens attack Earth. Their planet is uncharted, mysteriously having avoided detection for centuries. It's a world packed with the most vicious aliens humanity has yet to encounter. James McGill has discovered: Death World.

With all the narrative power and intellectual authority that have distinguished his earlier books, V.S. Naipaul explores the life, the culture, the ferment inside the nations of Islam–in a book that combines the fascinations of great travel literature with the insights of a uniquely sharp, original and idiosyncratic political mind.