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Per la prima volta l'antica e cruenta storia del torneo di Ilvernath è stata interrotta. I confini tra la città e l'area del torneo sono caduti. I giornalisti sciamano negli storici campi di battaglia. Un ragazzo morto ora rivive e un nuovo campione è entrato nella mischia, con l'obiettivo di spezzare la maledizione per sempre... non importa quante vite dovrà sacrificare.

As a teenager growing up in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, Vicky is barely surviving each day, only making it through by manipulation and avoidance. Her home life is scarier than the nightmares of most of her acquaintances; but there’s no escape. With an alcoholic father, and a mother whose health is deteriorating, Vicky is forced into running the household, and caring for her younger sister, Janice, whose only goal is to make her sister’s life miserable.

In Escaping Nature, Orrin H. Pilkey and his coauthors offer concrete suggestions for how to respond to the threats posed by global climate change. They argue that while we wait for the world’s governments to get serious about mitigating climate change we can adapt to a hotter world through technological innovations, behavioral changes, nature-based solutions, political changes, and education.

Klockan är fem, och allt själen vill är att komma hem. Tankarna fumlar om vem som ska ge direktiv, när den enda lösningen är att ta sig dit. Dit. Där alla kommer hem. Låt tankarna somna och ljudet leda själen, klockan fem.

Is it true that it's yours if it comes back to you? Tela Nixon isn’t looking for love or companionship; she wants to graduate high school, hang out with friends, get money, prepare for college, and escape the laws of her grandmother. The last thing on her mind is winning a boy’s heart. Jordan Steele can’t seem to stop taking losses. His dreams of becoming a pro football star come to a disappointing end after he suffers a bad injury. Still, nothing has prepared him for his greatest loss yet.

Answering the calling may be the last thing she does. For thirty years, the people of Landore have been segregated by the five callings, living in disunity and isolation. But for 18-year-old Talia Caffrey choosing one of the five is her hope at finding a place in a society that has rejected her. When her best friend, Jules, is kidnapped on the eve of her calling ceremony, everything changes. She walks away from her chance at belonging, becoming a fugitive who must hide her true self.

Delve into the darkness and discover the world of your nightmares. Eighteen terrifying tales of what lurks behind the veil. A make-belief monster becomes all too real, a mother's hate doesn't stop at death, a late-night work call becomes a fight between life and death, a urban legend becomes all too real. Filled with supernatural and paranormal thrills and chills. These are not your mother's bedtime stories. You have been warned.

A short-form podcast for people who love ✨cinema✨ Join me—your favorite unfiltered movie nerd—as I drop hot takes, random facts, emotional rants, and unapologetic love letters to films that deserve it or not… according to moi, of course. New episodes weekly. Follow for the randomness, the vibes, and the popcorn-fueled opinions. This is Lowkey Cinephile🍿

Have you ever think that maybe the lunch lady in the cafeteria was Bigfoot? Or maybe the school library and was actually from another planet? Could it be that secretly your teachers was werewolf? As weird and wacky as it may sound, for the kids of Upside Down Elementary this is just another ordinary day at school.

Amy and her friends, a united force of young, intelligent, and ambitious individuals, are fearless in their mission to combat the global water crisis. They quickly realize that their seemingly simple goal is a challenge they will face together.

It's the family business and it's lethal. Alison and Alexa are the first twins in four generations of assassins. They train and work well together. Until one assignment in Russia. The inability of one twin to complete her part of that assignment affects the entire family's safety, not to mention nearly destroying the relationship between the twins. As the sisters work to resolve their differences, the next generation is coming up through the ranks. New challenges present new risks. Will the family whose reputation is to always succeed see the odds finally turn against them?

Tommy Buttertin is still learning how to communicate in his own way, and his big brother Chris and best friend I-doll are there to help him. But there’s something they’ve been wondering: Is pineapple an acceptable pizza topping? Tommy and Chris say NO! But is it okay to eat pizza for breakfast? YES!

Presley Thurman’s new job at Silk, a popular Chicago fashion boutique, might not be her dream job but it will pay her bills until she figures out what she wants to be when she grows up. But when she finds her boss, Solange, hanging in a fitting room, Presley knows she needs to find out what happened.

At the death of King David, his many children from his concubines began to cause havoc for King Solomon and the growing kingdom. The Solution was mandated, all children of King David not ordained by decree would be sent away. The offspring would be allowed provisions and wealth, but they were never to return to Jerusalem.

Amalina's dark adventure continues. Now, helplessly folded into the creature's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she works against him, serving as an agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing him down. All while trying to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Les Isles Anciennes : une contrée magique et dangereuse, où sagesse et vertu devaient sans cesse en découdre face à la sorcellerie malfaisante des immortelles forces des ténèbres. La paix précaire qui s'y était établie menaçait de prendre fin, sous le poids toujours croissant des rivalités entre l'infâme roi Casmir et Aillas, souverain de Troicinet. Et, dans ces bruits de guerre et de souffrance, Madouc, la jeune et malicieuse princesse réputée fille de Suldrun, détenait à son insu le secret de l'ultime victoire.

Erleben Sie ein episches Abenteuer in einer Welt am Ende der Zeit! In den Ruinen Chicagos hausen seltsame Wesen - und die meisten davon sind überaus tödlich. Als das Mädchen Morrow ohne jede Erinnerung in einer fremden Welt erwacht, ahnt sie nicht, welche Veränderungen sie dieser Realität bringen wird - und was ihre Rolle dabei ist. Begleitet von einer halbmenschlichen Kreatur, die sie "den Jungen" tauft, bricht sie auf, um den Weg zurück in ihre eigene Welt zu finden.

You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls. Or who marches to protest injustice. Perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud. Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had when you were younger. Maybe you call out false allies or stand up to loved ones. Maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or maybe you take it with you when you leave. This anthology features fictional stories—in poems, prose, and art—that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that listeners like you resist every day.

This book revolves around the premise of gaining more perspective on the 24-hour period in which we live our current lives. My goal is to relate everyday experiences that will help establish a common ground for all to build upon. I truly believe the past is just the past, the future has not yet arrived, and the present is the only thing in our control.

Long ago, ancient dragons sealed their powers inside magical artifacts to protect dragonkind from going extinct. Years after this event, the descendants of those dragons claimed their powers and gained the ability to shift into their ancient draconic forms. Three of the four set out to change the world and the way humankind viewed them. They formed an alliance and a set of rules that all dragons would live by in order to peacefully coexist with humanity.