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Så er der godt nyt fra E L James, forfatteren til den internationale bestseller-serie "Fifty Shades of Grey". Fra hjertet af det pulserende London over Cornwalls dramatiske landskaber og videre til det vilde men smukke Balkan inviterer E L James i sin helt nye roman "The Mister" med på en rutsjebanetur fyldt med kærlighed, fare og begær og holder læseren fanget til sidste side.

Endlich! Von den Fans heiß ersehnt: Band 3 von "Fifty Shades of Grey" aus Christians Sicht als Hörbuch. Du bist herzlich eingeladen zur Hochzeit des Jahrzehnts, wenn Christian Grey Anastasia Steele zur Frau nimmt. Aber ist er wirklich für die Rolle des Ehemanns geschaffen? Sein Vater ist sich unsicher, sein Bruder will einen mörderisch guten Junggesellenabschied organisieren, und seine Verlobte möchte lieber nicht schwören, ihm zu gehören... Die Ehe stellt Christian und Ana vor große Herausforderungen.

London 2019. Das Leben meint es gut mit Maxim Trevelyan. Er ist attraktiv, reich und hat Verbindungen in die höchsten Kreise. Er musste noch nie arbeiten und hat kaum eine Nacht allein verbracht. Das alles ändert sich, als Maxim den Adelstitel, das Vermögen und die Anwesen seiner Familie erbt - und die damit verbundene Verantwortung, auf die er in keiner Weise vorbereitet ist. Seine größte Herausforderung stellt aber eine geheimnisvolle, schöne Frau dar, der er zufällig begegnet.

Short stories for children from Beatrix Potter, Andrew Lang and E. Nesbit.

The latest research shows that children can be taught - at very early ages - the tools they need to become successful and connected to others. This new book offers parents and teachers the information they need to teach children the most effective ways to engage peers and make social interactions easier and more meaningful.

Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. War is always hell. These wars, however, profoundly undermined any sense of purpose or proportion. Nightmarish and existentially bewildering, they nonetheless characterize how Americans have experienced combat.

Based in the idea that social phenomena are best studied through the lens of different disciplinary perspectives, Empty Churches studies the growing number of individuals who no longer affiliate with a religious tradition. Coeditors Jan Stets, a social psychologist, and James Heft, a historian of theology, bring together leading scholars in the fields of sociology, developmental psychology, gerontology, political science, history, philosophy, and pastoral theology.

This is the first story collection ever from best-selling fantasy and science-fiction writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Modesitt began publishing short fiction in the SF magazines in the 1970s, and this collection includes a selection of stories from the whole of his career. Some of the early stories are kernels for his early SF novels, others display the wide range of his talents and interests, from satire to military adventure.

Lina Harker has discovered her grandmother’s secret. She used to be a vampire. Now, Lina’s greatest fear is that a remnant of that vampire DNA is lurking in her cells, waiting to reactivate. Yes, Dracula’s lineage had been destroyed, but the ‘what if’s were too much to imagine. Doggedly following the trail of two families that escaped the Van Helsing purge, she discovers that ‘X’ leads to Climax, Canada. She has her stakes, garlic and holy water ready, but when she arrives, nothing is as she expects.

Delano, man turned Apprenti turned god-eater, has staked his claim on our world, and he’s calling all gods and monsters to his side. There’s nowhere for mankind to run and nowhere to hide. We either fight now or bow to his will forever. And there’s no way in heaven or hell I’m going to bow to scum like him. My name is Vic Stratton. I have a team. I have a plan. I have the freaking sword of the gods at my side. But am I ready to save the world?

Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is just trying to nail that perfect landing: on the ice, in middle school, and at home, where her parents worry that competitive skating is too much pressure for a budding tween. Maxine isn’t concerned, however - she’s determined to glide to victory. But then a bully at school starts teasing her about her Chinese heritage, leaving her stunned and speechless. And at the rink, she finds herself up against a stellar new skater named Hollie, whose grace and skill threaten to edge Maxine out of the competition.

I’m Vic Stratton, and I can survive anything the Forgotten throw at me. But I can’t say the same for those who look to me for protection. In fact, they’re a bit of a mess. Hunted by the gods and dogged by their minions, with a serial killer hidden among our ranks, the New York City exiles stand little chance out on the open road. Good thing we’re not alone. Me and my team of unlikely allies must find a place to hide the survivors before they become victims like the rest. But the hidden military base I’m looking for could be more deadly than the road we’ve left behind.

Breaking out of FBI lock up nearly got me killed, but that’s nothing compared to getting off this damn island. The gods have descended on New York, and all hell has broken loose.

Vampires are overrunning my city. The FBI is on my tail. And the god of darkness wants to meet with me. Just another day in the life of a hero. Luckily, this time, I’m not alone.

My name’s Vic Stratton, and I’m on a mission to kill the gods. But first I have to find them. Thanks to my new friend SplitScreen, I got a tip about shady government activity in the middle of Nowhere, Oregon. But what seems to be a wild goose chase soon descends into utter madness when I’m hunted by a one armed god of war and his horde of rampaging followers. And if they don’t kill me first, I may just start breaking jaws in this backward town. What’s with these locals anyways? It’s like they don’t want me to discover the truth.

OK, so I accepted Kronin’s call to defeat the Forgotten Gods and save the earth. But don’t thank me yet. Just because I’m on the job doesn’t mean it will be easy—even with the Gladius Solis at my side and the power of Carcerum coursing through my veins. The problem is that the Forgotten aren’t your run of the mill villains. They’re, well...gods. Which means they’re violent, powerful, and crafty as hell. And all manner of human scum is flocking to their side. Along with my vampire problems, strange beauties have started appearing throughout the country, seducing men and women of great power.

Thousands of years ago, ancient deities fought a civil war that nearly destroyed the earth. They were defeated by a great warrior—and banished to spend eternity beyond the reach of the humans who once served them. Their war is raging once again. And once again, it will require a great hero to save humanity. Unfortunately for humanity, I’m that hero.

The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. When Sarronnyn falls despite the assistance of the Black Order mages, Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and master forbidden technology that harness chaos itself. Even so, it may not be enough to halt conquest of the White Wizards.

The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. When Sarronnyn falls despite the assistance of the Black Order mages, Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and master forbidden technology that harness chaos itself. Even so, it may not be enough to halt conquest of the White Wizards.

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge - the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.