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To listen to The Sayings of Marcus is to walk beside an emperor who governed not through cruelty or conquest, but by reason, restraint, and virtue. This collection presents rare, firsthand glimpses of Marcus Aurelius not as a distant symbol of power, but as a human being navigating the immense burden of imperial responsibility with unwavering Stoic discipline. Here is Marcus confronting betrayal with mercy, rejecting revenge in the arena, and speaking candidly of philosophy, war, death, and duty. His words, at once spare and profound, offer a timeless testament to character under pressure.

Something ancient lingers beneath the surface of Castringham Hall. In the stillness of the Suffolk countryside, a presence takes root—silent, watchful, and patient. The Ash-tree is M.R. James at his most unsettling: a precise exercise in creeping dread, where history never rests easy and vengeance grows in shadow.

A picture that changes. A scholar who watches. A nightmare unfolding one shadow at a time. Forget jump scares—this is horror in its most refined form. The Mezzotint is a slow-burn classic where dread creeps in like fog and nothing is ever quite as it seems. M. R. James delivers a ghost story that gets under your skin—and stays there. Mysterious, unsettling, and quietly terrifying.

A young orphan. A sprawling country estate. A distant relative with unsettling interests. This is a tale where quiet dread builds behind closed doors, and the line between scholarly pursuit and ancient ritual begins to blur. Twelve-year-old Stephen Elliott arrives at Aswarby Hall expecting safety—but the deeper he explores its halls, the more he senses that something watches from the shadows. Whispers of vanished children, strange dreams, and spectral figures at the window speak of a secret both chilling and deliberate.

A curious traveler. A forbidden tomb. A name best left unspoken. When Mr. Wraxall digs into the past of a long-dead Swedish nobleman, he unearths more than just history. Something stirs beneath the surface—something ancient, waiting, watching. Count Magnus is a masterpiece of restrained horror by M. R. James, where dread builds slowly and silence says more than screams. Atmospheric, eerie, and unforgettable.

All David ever wanted was control over his own life. But as the thrill of battle fades, he finds himself caught in the web of powers far greater than anything he imagined. To earn his freedom, he needs strength—and strength he gains, throwing himself into one brutal challenge after another. Even as blades and supernatural forces tear into his body, he pushes forward. He’s no longer alone. Allies stand beside him as enemies rise to stop him. Gods take notice—some even request his aid. Just when it seems like things are finally getting better in Arc, everything falls apart.

Die junge Gouvernante Violet Hunter bittet Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr. Watson um Hilfe. Ihr neuer Arbeitgeber, Mr. Charles Rucastle, legt ein so mysteriöses Verhalten an den Tag, dass sie dahinter ein Verbrechen vermutet. Holmes und Watson begeben sich daher zur düsteren Villa Blutbuchen und entdecken unter Lebensgefahr Geschehnisse, die Miss Violets fürchterliche Vermutung unterstützen.

Der grausame Mädchenkiller entkommt aus dem Gefängnis von Dartmoor. Kurz darauf findet man Alice Munroe tot im Blackburn Forest... Obwohl Inspektor Enderby davor warnt, diesem Mord eigenmächtig nachzugehen, denkt Margaret Rutherford gar nicht daran, darauf zu warten, bis der eiskalte Mörder womöglich noch ein zweites Mal in Maidenfield zuschlägt. Gemeinsam mit James Stringer nimmt sie die Ermittlungen auf und macht dabei die Bekanntschaft einer rätselhaften Frau: Sadie Lambert - die Schöne mit den Silberaugen.

Auf den ersten Blick weist nichts auf ein Verbrechen hin, als der alte Jeffrey Dillings leblos in Maidenfield aufgefunden wird. Doch Miss Rutherford will es genau wissen, und nicht einmal Inspektor Enderby kann sie davon abhalten, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Vorwitzig und mit dem ihr eigenen Charme sucht sie die Bekanntschaft von Christine McKean, der Nichte Dillings. Durch sie erhält Miss Rutherford die Einladung, an Bord der "Aphrodite" zu kommen.

Kelly Peaches ist wütend und eifersüchtig, als sie von der geheimen Affäre ihres Verlobten Dan Rogers mit Alicia Wembury erfährt. Sie schwört blutige Rache und will Dan und seine Geliebte ins Jenseits befördern. Kurz darauf erschüttert ein schockierender Doppelmord die Idylle Maidenfields. Die resolute Margaret Rutherford macht sich daran, den Mörder zu entlarven, der Alicia Wembury und Dan Rogers auf dem Gewissen hat. Dabei stößt sie jedoch auf ein Wespennest.

Ein Schmuckstück von unbezahlbarem Wert, einst im Besitz der gefürchteten Lucrezia Borgia. Eine geheimnisvolle Frau, deren Anwesenheit in London eine Blutspur des Verbrechens nach sich zieht. Ein entgleister Zug und ein gestohlener Sarg - Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und sein treuer Gefährte Dr. Watson schlittern unversehens in ein Inferno sich überschlagender Ereignisse ... und erblicken schließlich das sanfte Lächeln der Medusa...

Ernest Pattinson sitzt im gefürchteten Old Baileys ein und wartet auf seine Hinrichtung. Denn für die Behörden gibt es keinen Zweifel mehr an der Schuld des Mörders: Die Aussage einer Augenzeugin belastet ihn schwer. Nur ein Mann hält noch zu ihm und ist von Pattinsons Unschuld überzeugt: Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes. - Kann er Pattinson vor dem Galgenstrick bewahren? Ein atemberaubendes Rennen gegen die Zeit beginnt...

Oberst Openshaw erhält einen Brief mit fünf Orangenkernen. Zur großen Überraschung seines Neffen John reagiert er auf diesen Brief mit äußerster Panik und verweigert jegliches Gespräch. John Openshaw wendet sich mit dem mysteriösen Brief an Sherlock Holmes. Doch die Ereignisse sind bereits außer ...

Every generation has an uncanny tendency to view themselves as more enlightened than those that have gone before. The Church certainly has made mistakes all through history - and yet, no insights which we possess would be possible without the efforts, and even some of the mistakes, of our ancestors. The first volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's Power covers the period from the 1st Century AD to the start of the Middle Ages.

By way of a gripping account of the Redeemer's earthly life, especially through discourse and dialogue, the The Gospel as Revealed to Me sheds light upon the whole doctrine of Christianity in keeping with Catholic orthodoxy. It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her Son, Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life, forming the largest section; his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the Church; and the assumption of Mary.

The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh: Jernau Morat Gurgeh, The Player of Games, master of every board, computer, and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor.

The story of one of the greatest footballers of all time, Barcelona and Argentina's Lionel Messi. Despite all the fame and adulation, remarkably little is known about Lionel Messi, the modest and intensely private footballing genius. Just how did the boy from Rosario, Argentina, become the world's greatest player? Guillem Balague has had unprecedented access to Messi's inner circle: his coaches, teammates and family. In addition, Pep Guardiola has provided exclusive analysis of the player. The result is an authoritative and compelling account of the wonderful mystery that is Messi.

More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand in their local primary school. Through reconnecting with his previous students now in their forties—members of China's "Reform generation"—and teaching his current undergraduates, Hessler is able to tell an intimately unique story about China's incredible transformation over the past quarter-century.

George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room.

Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the British Army's most clandestine unit. It tells the unique story, through Rob Lewis' own extraordinary experiences, of an essential instrument in the fight against terrorism, that of covert intelligence gathering. The men and women who work in this field are a special breed who undertake hazardous risks with unflinching tenacity and professionalism - the price of negligence is high and the need for secrecy must be preserved even at the expense of personal relationships.