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Die Sirene hat Alarm gegeben, und alte Fraktionen des Multiversums rücken auf. Die Erde im Allgemeinen und Silas im Besonderen sind zu heiß begehrten Gütern geworden. Das System sollte der Erde eine Probezeit gewähren, aber die Invasion beginnt. Silas wird entweder neue Feinde schaffen oder neue Verbündete gewinnen, und das Schicksal der Erde könnte von seinen Entscheidungen abhängen.

Alles, was ich jemals kannte, war eine Lüge. Also wurde ich ebenfalls zu einer … Die Mitglieder des Ofidios-Kartells könnten sich nicht weiter voneinander entfernt haben. Lügen und Intrigen beherrschen den Alltag, sodass niemand mehr weiß, wem er noch trauen kann. Araceli verweigert sich ihren Entführern gänzlich, immerhin hat sie allen Grund, diese Männer abgrundtief zu hassen. Wren gerät ins Straucheln. Was, wenn es letztendlich doch ein Fehler war, Verrat an dieser einen Frau zu begehen, die seit Jahren die erste ist, die zu ihm durchdringen konnte?

Idina Moorfield’s elemental magic has changed. The problem may be spreading. Now, it’s affecting Hellion Squadron and the monsters they face. But how does Idina’s team do their job when magic keeps changing all the rules before they can learn them? Hellion’s missions can’t pause just because Bravo Team’s abilities are causing a little more havoc than normal. They’ll have to improvise, work together, and cover each other’s backs until Uncle Richard’s deadly research provides either an explanation or something they can use. If it ever does.

During the eighteenth century, Britain's slave trade exploded in size. Formerly a small and geographically constricted business, the trade had, by the eve of the American Revolution, grown into a transatlantic system through which fifty thousand men, women, and children were enslaved every year.

Modern technology is terrifying. The average smartphone carries out 3.36 billion instructions per second. The average person can carry out only one instruction in that time. Stop and think about that for a second. Sorry, that's two instructions; you won't be able to do that. But what if modern technology was... literally terrifying? What if there really was a ghost in the machine? Prepare to travel through the bad gateway as acclaimed actor, writer and comedian Tom Neenan (The Mash Report) finds out what horrors may be lurking in our apps and gadgets.

The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England, but he is unscrupulous and weak. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from banishment and mounts a challenge to his authority, Richard's right to the throne proves of little help to him. Richard is forced to abdicate, but as his power is stripped away, he gains dignity and self-awareness, and he meets his death heroically.

Sorcerer Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband, Griffin Flaherty, have enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the calm is shattered by the arrival of a package from Griffin's brother, Jack, who has uncovered a strange artifact while digging for gold in Alaska. The discovery of a previously unknown civilization could revive the career of their friend, Dr. Christine Putnam, or it might kill them all if the hints of dark sorcery surrounding the find are true.

In this visionary Shortest History of Migration, Ian Goldin uncovers key moments of cultural exchange while carefully examining empire, slavery, and war. Throughout, we meet famous explorers (Zheng He), exiles (Pablo Neruda), and everyday people in extraordinary circumstances: a Jewish man saved by the Kindertransport, a Japanese gardener who blossomed in Mexico City.

In AI Superprompts: Unlocking the Power of Chat GPT for Personal and Professional Success, author Brad W. King provides a practical guide to leveraging the power of Chat GPT, the most advanced artificial intelligence system in the world, to achieve personal and professional success.

Der Historiker und Journalist Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem neuen Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen Denktradition angenommen ist der Mensch seinen Thesen nach nicht böse, sondern im Gegenteil: von Grund auf gut. Und geht man von dieser Prämisse aus, ist es möglich, die Welt und den Menschen in ihr komplett neu und grundoptimistisch zu denken. In seinem mitreißend geschriebenen, überzeugenden Buch präsentiert Bregman Ideen für die Verbesserung der Welt. Sie sind innovativ und mutig und stimmen vor allem hoffnungsfroh.

Welcome to Hellion Squadron. A new unit, new challenges and possibly new friends await Idina Moorfield as she joins other magicals in the military to train against magical monsters. The soldiers in this unit are different, yet all the same. They were in the military, had issues because they had magic and nobody to teach them, then were recruited to the unit. And now they have to learn to work together–as a team. The Olc is rearing its ugly head again. Idina and Richard need to find a way to put it down–for good.

Mrs Beatrice Dark, the wife of powerful cabinet minister, Joseph Dark, enters the office of a tabloid newspaper and shoots her husband’s enemy, the editor of the tabloid on the eve of World War Two. A sensational murder trial occurs, with its unfolding secrets, lies and sex scandals, mesmerising the nation, with those who believe she should be acquitted and those who think she should hang. But what is the real reason she killed Steven Hood, the editor?

Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished British, French, German, Danish, and Czech archival sources, Spying on the Reich tells the story of Germany and its rearmament in the 1920s and 1930s; its relations with foreign governments and their intelligence services; and the relations and rivalries between Western governments, seen through the prism of the cooperation, or lack of it, between their spy agencies.

You could say I was a successful twenty-four-year-old, if you looked at my house sitting on the edge of a cliff with killer views of the Pacific Ocean. Or my bank account with seven figures from my coaching business. But according to my frenemy, the girl who invited me to her bachelorette party at an exclusive resort in Lake Tahoe, I was just a sad, lonely girl without a man by my side. I'd show her who was living the dream by finding a tall, dark, and handsome man to rock my world for one night.

Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome's first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations.

The Rubik’s Cube seems like an innocent, colorful, and perfect gift for kids, something that will keep them busy for hours on end... Until you’re faced with helping them solve it a few minutes later. That’s when you realize the fiendish difficulty involved and feel a rising sense of panic as your plan backfires.

Alexander of Macedon was one of history’s greatest ever military commanders. By the time of his death, aged just 32, he had conquered the entire Persian Empire and was ruler of a vast territory stretching from Greece to the borders of India. These six episodes tell his extraordinary life story, as reimagined by acclaimed dramatist David Wade.

Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne wants nothing more than to live quietly with his lover, ex-Pinkerton detective Griffin Flaherty. Unfortunately, Whyborne's railroad tycoon father has other ideas, namely hiring Griffin to investigate mysterious events at a coal mine. Whyborne, Griffin, and their friend Christine travel to Threshold Mountain, a place of dark legend even before the mine burrowed into its heart.

Die frechen Affenzwillinge Chip und Flip rufen zu einem spannenden Wettbewerb auf, um herauszufinden, wer von ihnen am mutigsten ist. Neugierig stellen sich die Kinder den Herausforderungen – manche haben Spaß dabei, andere ordentlich Herzklopfen. Schon bald zeigt sich, dass Mutproben nicht nur lustig, sondern auch ganz schön heikel sein können. Besonders Norbert, das Nashorn, gerät dabei in eine ziemlich verzwickte Lage. Gemeinsam finden die Freunde heraus, warum es manchmal besonders mutig ist, einfach "Nein" zu sagen.

Lo glaubt nicht an zweite Chancen. Nicht, seit ihre Krebserkrankung sie gelehrt hat, dass das Leben zu kurz für Fehler ist. Und definitiv nicht, seit ihr Ex Aidan für seine Karriere nach London gezogen ist und ihr das Herz gebrochen hat. Doch ausgerechnet jetzt müssen die beiden als Trauzeugen auf einer irischen Hochzeit zusammenarbeiten – und es gibt kein Entkommen.