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With their distinctive greeting at the homes across the country, sales ladies brought door-to-door sales of makeup, perfume, and other products to American women beginning in 1886. Working for the company enabled women to earn money on the side and even become financially independent in a respectable profession. Ding Dong! Avon Calling! is the story of women and entrepreneurship, and of an innovative corporation largely managed by men that empowered women to exploit networks of other women and their community for profit.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) began in 1995, but even in the first 10 years of its existence it generated debate, controversy, and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact of the WTO on peoples' everyday lives means that it is not just an institution of interest to economists, but to everyone.

The crew of the US space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness.

Intrepid treasure hunters believe they have discovered the final resting place of Fantome, a legendary warship that wrecked off Nova Scotia almost 200 years ago. She was rumored to have gone down with an extraordinary treasure. But circling beneath the ocean's surface waits something unbelievable...and terrifying. Some unfortunate divers have encountered a massive, thought-to-be-extinct shark known as the megalodon.

When her longtime friend claims to have evidence of Big Foot's existence, archaeologist Annja Creed can't resist checking it out for herself - she's been debating the subject for years. Annja's curiosity leads her deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, to meet Jenny where the supposed trail has been left by the one and only Sasquatch.

The quest for Earth's domination remains the primary directive of an ancient, inhuman enemy. Challenging this alien bid for iron rule, an elite force led by former magistrates wages war against Earth's enslavers. These rebel commandos are resourceful, dedicated and possess the immutable human willpower to survive — by any means necessary....

Overlords and humanity battle to claim Earth in a war as old as the alien domination of the planet. Yet with each new offensive comes stunning new revelations — exposing mysteries that were unfathomable before Skydark but are now quite real and quite deadly. Still, hope lies in the brilliant counteroffensive led by the Cerberus rebels, for whom success means nothing less than returning Earth to mankind.

In his human skin, Baron Cobalt's quest for power nearly destroyed Cerberus. Now, evolved into his godly Annunaki form as Overlord Marduk, he's reconsolidating his power and claiming the Mediterranean. As Marduk's Nephilim-led forces challenge the ruling Hera Olympiad and her legion of cybernetic demigods to a death dance, Kane and the Cerberus warriors harness the power of a cyber army eager to bring retribution and justice to the real monsters of antiquity.

Two centuries after Skydark, Earth remains chained to a sinister destiny spawned by hybrids and human traitors manipulating humankind from deep inside the chaos of forgotten worlds. Once a stone-cold protector of the ruling order, Kane and his compatriots strike back against the tide of extinction threatening to engulf the human race in a conflict with no boundaries in time, space or reality....

The mysterious barons — either hybrids of another race or genetic evolution gone mad — are dying. Kane, once a keeper of law and order in the new America, is part of the driving machine to return power to the true inheritors of the Earth. California is the opening salvo in one baron's savage quest for immortality—and a fateful act of defiance against earth's dangerous oppressors. Yet their sanctity is grimly uncertain as an unseen force arrives for a final confrontation with those who seek to rule, or reclaim, planet Earth.

The nuke caust that gave birth to the garrisoned cities and the hell-zones of the Outlands was the calculated stroke of a dark conspiracy that haunts humanity. Now, as this evil specter continues its secret war to conquer what is left of civilization, a dedicated group dares to expose the truth about earth's sinister overlords....

In 2001, the face of the Earth changed forever in a nuclear firestorm. Generations after the apocalypse, Ryan Cawdor leads a courageous struggle for survival in a brutal world, striving to make a difference in the battle raging between good and evil. On sacred aboriginal land, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists discover Mount Rushmore still standing, a symbol of a long-gone power. Here, a charismatic baron and his followers force Ryan to breach the icy fastness of the mountain stronghold, which harbors a cache of 20th-century technology.

In the aftermath of the apocalypse, little remains except age-old evils of greed, perversion, and force. But a small group of survivalists cherishes the legacy of human courage and hope. Led by the charismatic Ryan Cawdor, they persevere in a brutal world through warrior skills and a bold desire to regain the promised future. The fertile bayous teem with mutant life-forms and altered species. Off on a trek with his son, Ryan fends off the dangers from marauders and Nature's traps, but also finds signs of hope for humanity's new future.

Der neue Weltbestseller der Autorin von "Die Eleganz des Igels". Rose hat mit ihren vierzig Jahren das Gefühl, noch gar nicht richtig gelebt zu haben. Als Botanikerin kennt sie Blumen, aber sie betrachtet sie nicht; nichts dringt zu ihr durch, nichts kann sie berühren. Dann reißt ein unerwarteter Anruf sie aus ihrem Alltag: Sie soll für die Testamentseröffnung ihres Vaters nach Kyoto fliegen. Als sie widerwillig zustimmt, ahnt sie nicht, wie sehr das fremde Land mit seinen Tempeln und Zen-Gärten sie aufwühlen wird.

In a community full of supernatural powers, 18-year-old Jewel longs for a life of normalcy. But nothing in her life is ordinary. And suddenly she discovers she's more abnormal than she ever realized - complete with a past she never knew existed. Once a goddess from ancient Greece, Jewel is the main reason everyone has their special abilities.

Der zweite Band der großem Hotel- und Familiensaga von Bestseller-Autorin Charlotte Roth und eine große Liebesgeschichte. Odessa 1920 - 1935. Sie scheinen alles zu besitzen, von dem andere im Weltensturm der Zwanziger Jahre träumen: Nach außen hin schwelgen Oda und Belle, die Wahl-Schwestern des Grandhotel Odessa, in Schönheit, Reichtum, Glamour und Liebesglück, doch was im Innern an ihnen nagt, bekommt niemand zu sehen. In den blutigen Jahren des Bürgerkriegs gelingt es der ewig kämpfenden Oda, das Hotel als Oase fern des Alltags zu erhalten.

With 25 years of experience as an ER physician, Carolyn Barber looks at the myriad of medical and surgical treatments that don't help patients much - but do make big money for hospitals, medical device manufacturers, and Big Pharma. Barber's experience, though, goes deeper. A 30-year cancer survivor herself, she knows firsthand what happens when patients are poorly advised.

Catherine Drummond dreams of a marriage as supportive and tender as that of her parents. But on her wedding night, her new husband relates his own vision. Catherine’s desire is crushed when Robert Picard reveals himself to be a man of his time, and assumes he will have the freedom to cavort without censure among the pantheon of women he has always kept. She is trapped in the gilded cage of the chateau Lac d’Or. Catherine attempts to escape, only to be cast into a fresh hell from which release means being sent on a treacherous journey she could never imagine.

Isis Pnina Mahmoud, daughter of the president of Cairo, leads a privileged life, but it’s not what she wants. She longs for purpose. Purpose finds her when the mighty Retrograde threatens to annihilate her planet. To fend off a devastating attack, Isis defies her mother’s wishes and enlists in Cairo’s elite military unit. Joined in battle by the mysterious and enigmatic Khalfani Abaza, Isis finds herself drawn to him in inexplicable ways. The trio must rely on each other to survive a near-impossible mission. If they fail, Damara’s very existence will be no more.

Als ihr Vater einen Herzinfarkt erleidet, zieht die forensische Psychologin Gilian von New York zurück nach Rochester - sehr zum Ärger ihrer pubertierenden Tochter Christina. Die Umzugskisten sind noch nicht ausgepackt, da wird die Expertin schon zu einem Tatort gerufen: Sergeant Ryan Moore braucht ihre Unterstützung, um einen brutalen Dreifachmord im Wald von Devil's Bathtub aufzuklären. Die gemeinsame Fahndung reißt bei Gilian eine alte Wunde auf - denn die beiden Workaholics verbindet weit mehr als ihr unbedingter Gerechtigkeitssinn.