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Heloise and her allies are marching on the Imperial Capital. The villagers, the Kipti, and the Red Lords are united only in their loyalty to Heloise, though dissenting voices are many and they are loud. The unstable alliance faces internal conflicts and external strife, yet they’re united in their common goal. But when the first of the devils start pouring through a rent in the veil between worlds, Heloise must strike a bargain with an unlikely ally, or doom her people to death and her world to ruin.

In this epic fantasy sequel, Heloise stands tall against overwhelming odds - crippling injuries, religious tyrants - and continues her journey from obscurity to greatness with the help of alchemically empowered armor and an unbreakable spirit. No longer just a shell-shocked girl, she is now a figure of revolution whose cause grows ever stronger. But the time for hiding underground is over. Heloise must face the tyrannical Order and win freedom for her people.

Reeling from the sudden death of his wife, Daniel Dixon returns to Wyoming’s Powder River country to start anew. It’s the end of the 19th century and the Indians are gone. The growing city of Buffalo, just a stone’s throw from the ruins of Fort Phil Kearny, seems a peaceful place to start a medical practice and raise his sons, Harry and Cal, and his willful daughter, Lorna. But the peace Dixon seeks eludes him. Johnson County is soon engulfed in a bloody range war that will draw in the Dixon family in ways he could never have imagined.

Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career - as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh Cavalry. But when Custer’s disastrous leadership ends in devastating slaughter, Jack sets off to forge his own destiny. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down and live a peaceful life.

Texas Titans is a story of George Herbert Walker Bush and James Addison Baker, III, two of America's most consequential statesmen of the past 50 years. Two men from opposite areas of the country who found friendship on the tennis courts at the Houston Country Club. Two men who helped transform a world during an era of immense challenges and change. Two men who became - and still are - Texas titans.

The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. We long to renew our hope for a world broken and hurting. And it is we, God's people living in the power of the Holy Spirit, who are called to become this hope and flourish while in exile. Here is the crisis: we are made and redeemed for this calling, but it slides through our fingers.

Pray like Jesus by Paul Michael Vacca is a practical and inspiring guide to revitalizing your prayer life. Whether you're new to prayer or seeking to deepen your connection with God, this book will help you understand why we pray, how to pray, and what it means to trust God fully.

In Jesus the Thief, Paul Michael Vacca explores a unique and often overlooked metaphor used by Jesus Himself. Drawing from Scripture, Vacca reveals how Jesus is the One who plunders Satan’s house, rescuing souls from darkness into His glorious light.

It's the end of the twenty-first century. The bulk of humankind has conjoined itself with an artificial intelligence. A minority remains in opposition. A desperation has taken hold within the unincorporated zones where free humans still live. Many of them are choosing to leave Earth forever and fly to colonies on the moons of Saturn. In an ancient diner, Spruck Jones is about to make a bold move to change his flagging fortunes. Even the best-laid plans almost never go as planned.

Jefferson Burke and the Secret of the Lost Scroll is a mystery as old as the Christian church wrapped in a modern-day thriller. Though an unwilling hero, professor Jefferson Burke's intellectual curiosity pits him against the powerful Bruno Krueger in a race to find a 2000-year-old scroll that...

Bojack Horseman meets Joan Didion in this smart, sly, and irresistibly stylish debut novel about a jaded movie star and the two differently conflicted women in his orbit. Some people you meet them and you imagine this movie together. The two of you make a kind of movie and then it’s over...

Der jährliche Schwimmwettkampf zwischen Maotou und den Nachbarinseln steht bevor. Die beiden Favoriten können aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht am Wettkampf teilnehmen. Nun richten sich alle Hoffnungen auf Papa Tuanaku. Aber damit droht das große Geheimnis von Papa Tuanaku aufzufliegen. Yann bietet seine Hilfe an und Zoom natürlich auch.

Ein doppelter Regenbogen und dunkle Wolken ziehen über der Insel Maotou auf. Alle machen Ramana dafür verantwortlich, denn er hat versehentlich ein Tamburin zerstört. Yann, Zoom und Auru werden beauftragt, eine Opfergabe zum tiefsten Punkt des Ozeans vor der Insel zu bringen, um den Hai-Gott zu besänftigen.

Papa Tuanaku will seinen Schiffsführerschein machen. Deshalb bricht Onkel Patrick mit ihm zu einer Übungsfahrt auf. Marina begleitet die beiden und gibt Papa Tuanaku viele gute Tipps. Derweil sind Yann, Timeti und Auru für Unterwasserfotos unterwegs. Hilferufe von der Jacht des Gauners Van Krook schrecken die drei auf und sie schleichen sich auf die Jacht.

Every day, for the last four years of Whitman’s life, Traubel visited his friend and mentor in his small home in Camden, New Jersey. There, in his seventies, the great poet sat in his rocking chair, partially paralyzed, surrounded by a sea of papers, looking back over his life and accepting his quickly approaching death.

Maeva ist mit Onkel Patrick zum Einkaufen gefahren, und Timeti ist für einen Tag verantwortlich für das Restaurant. Dank der Hilfe von Yann und Marina ...

Wayne McLair und sein Team sind nach einer turbulenten Flucht aus Smokestack in der irischen Hauptstadt Dublin angekommen. Der Meisterdieb zögert keine Sekunde und konzentriert sich umgehend auf sein nächstes Ziel: das Gold der Bank of Ireland! Natürlich mit Ankündigung. Dabei trifft das Team McLair auf Gestalten aus Waynes Vergangenheit und ein neuer Dieb macht unserem Helden Konkurrenz ...

Yann und seine Freunde treffen auf Aglagla, einen kleinen Pinguin. Er konnte seinen Entführern, den Gaunern Biff und Rico, entkommen. Aber deren Boss Van Krook will den Pinguin wiederhaben. Also schickt Van Krook seine beiden Handlanger los, um den Pinguin wieder einzufangen.

Beim Tauchen vor der Küste erscheint vor Yann, Zoom, Auru und Timeti plötzlich ein merkwürdiges Ungetüm. Als sie näher herankommen, verschwindet es genauso plötzlich wieder. Auru denkt, dass Yann sich einen Scherz erlaubt und einen Trick angewandt hat. Aber Yann und Timeti wollen hinter das Geheimnis kommen.

Onkel Patrick muss für ein paar Tage verreisen, und so zieht Auru mit seiner Familie in die Galeone, damit Yann und Marina nicht allein bleiben müssen. Sehr zum Missfallen von Yann. Am nächsten Morgen können sie alle ihren Augen kaum trauen. Das Meer vor Maotou ist tiefrot. Alle verdächtigen den armen Zoom, etwas mit dem Phänomen zu tun zu haben.