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Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) 'killer plant' in fiction, film and video games. Step within to marvel at Charlotte Perkins Gilman's giant wisteria and H.G. Wells' hungry orchid; hear the calls of the ethereal women of the wood and the frightful drone of the moaning lily; and do tread carefully around E. Nesbit's wandering creepers. Every strain of vegetable threat can be found within this new collection.

Collected here are some of Dostoyevsky's finest letters to his family and friends, as-well as reminiscences from those close to him. This audiobook also includes thoughts on his life and work from his contemporaries (including Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy). These letters give an insight into the work, life, and psychology of one of the greatest writers of all time.

Whether its saving a Princess(or three), driving across the the USA with some lovely companions, or following a bard on his adventures with mythical ladies, this collection is full of everything you want to listen to. This omnibus includes: The Portal, the Plumber, and the Princesses; Truck Drivin’ Hero; and Young, Dumb, and Full of Charisma.

In this second title in the London-based Crane and Drake mystery series, Cal Drake has left the police force and is now working as a private detective, having teamed up with the motorcycle-riding Dr Rayhana Crane. The chilling discovery of a severed head on the Tube draws Calil Drake back to the case he failed to solve four years ago which left his police career in tatters. Crane and Drake investigate while also searching for Howeida Almanara - a young international student from the Gulf and the missing girlfriend of a Crane family friend.

Nur sie kann sein Leben retten. Nach ihrer traumatischen Kindheit hat Meliya es endlich geschafft, ihr Leben in geregelte Bahnen zu lenken, und ihr Studium begonnen. Doch dann wird sie unterwegs überwältigt und wacht erst im Haus der Aydemirs wieder auf. Die vier Brüder, die sie entführt haben, gehören zu einer der mächtigsten Mafia-Familien der Türkei, und sie wollen etwas von ihr: eine Leberspende für ihren todkranken jüngsten Bruder. Denn Melyia gehört zu den wenigen Menschen weltweit mit der Blutgruppe Rh-Null, namens goldenes Blut, und kommt daher als Spenderin infrage.

Sloane Keller, 28, Yoga-Lehrerin, ist gutaussehend, klug und in den Händen des mächtigsten Mann der irischen Mafia gefangen: Declan O’Donell, groß, dunkel und abgrundtief böse. Der gefürchtete 42-jährige Anführer der irischen Mafia, zieht Sloane in einen erbitterten Krieg zwischen rivalisierenden Mafiafamilien – für dessen Ausbruch er ausschließlich sie verantwortlich macht. Doch Sloane lässt sich nicht einschüchtern: Nicht von diesem Teufel mit blauen Augen und dem verruchten irischen Akzent.

It's a beautiful, sunny day, and Bear and Little Bear set out for a day full of adventure. They climb trees, sing songs, tell stories and swim in the river. And at the end of the day, Big Bear carries Little Bear home.

Sarah lives in Axe Falls – a town of mysterious disappearances, terrifying visions and unusual events. Sarah is used to being the odd one out. She lives on a boat, makes up tall tales, loves ghosts and will do almost anything to prove they exist. But when her search leads to the dilapidated hulk of a sunken ship, a terrifying monster lies in wait, and Sarah begins to wonder ... whats really skulking in the deep, dark water? And will anyone survive long enough to find out?

A hilarious illustrated collection of tips for successfully navigating the dating world as a millennial. For single millennials, this situation is all too familiar: You're on a date. It's going well! Then suddenly your date looks at you like you're a f*cking idiot and you never hear from that...

I’m not being paranoid. It’s all there in the crossword clues…in black and white. There’s no doubt the threat is real. Today, the answers spell out my murder. Is Nathan, my estranged crossword-setter husband, really planning to kill me? Or is it someone closer to home? I check the door is bolted, slither to the ground, and count down the seconds to noon. There’s nothing left to do, and no one I can call.

Fear may fill the world, but it doesn’t have to fill your heart. This encouraging book from trusted and bestselling author Max Lucado serves as a powerful reminder that faith, not fear, can always be our default reaction to the threats of life. Are you searching for a way to overcome fear and...

Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranean that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams? These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent, into history, into the horrors of the past; a novel with a sweep and range that runs from the siege of Khartoum and the conquest of Africa in the 19th century through the Second World War and up to the present day.

Longtime pastor Douglas Wilson takes a hammer to some of our very favorite graven images, and (surprise, surprise) we've set up display cases for most of them in our churches: liturgy, tradition, systematics, infant baptism, and that crafty old Baal doctrine. Alongside a critique of philosophical assumptions about human nature, dualism, and grace, Wilson stresses the unavoidable and absolute necessity of individual hearts being born again. He concludes by laying out the case for the church.

Though most Christians refrain from predicting exactly when our world will end, many believe that when Earth's finale does arrive, it will be a catastrophe. Details vary, but the general assumption is the same: Things will get much, much worse before they get better. But is this really what the Bible teaches? Leaving aside the theological terms that often confuse and muddle this question, Douglas Wilson instead explains eschatology as the end of the greatest story in the world.

"Lord, here am I. Change him". "God, I'm trying. She started it". Common claims but they're so far from what a Christian marriage should look like. We invoke Christ at the wedding then seem to default to an alien theology afterward. In this simple and practical audiobook, Doug Wilson offers a richer and more comprehensive theology of marriage than in his prior works. Marriage is intended to be a glorious picture of the gospel, and marriages grounded elsewhere regularly create a small Hell on Earth.

How did the greatest poets in history make the world anew? And what can we learn from the magic, wisdom and humour of their poetry? From the genius of the Ancient Greeks through to the love poetry and metaphysics of the Renaissance, through to the New York poets of the 20th century, this is the ultimate guide to the greatest writers of the human age.

A powerful and disturbing adventure story set in the wilds of Mexico after the First World War, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" is B. Traven's much-beloved and thrilling tale of three desperate men who set out to make their fortune in the gold-filled Sierra Madre Mountains...and wind up confronting their own greed and paranoia along the way.

It's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's hot. Murderously hot, as RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg finds when his day at the beach with his ex is cut short by the discovery of a fresh corpse. And back in Sechelt, a nuisance call from an eccentric redneck swiftly leads Alberg into a...

From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Suspect and A Chill Rain in January comes another spellbinding novel of psychological suspense set on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia -­ a superbly crafted story of love, hate, and murder… In the seaside village of Sechelt, Emma O’Brea...

Jack wakes up in the morning before his 14th birthday to a number of strange things. He's faster, stronger, and Aunt Sophie is crying a lot. On his way to school he runs into a creepy guy with vampire teeth and an ominous message, and before the day is out Mrs. Fitcher, the principal, morphs into a hideous creature with giant bat wings. After a few detours on the way home, Jack arrives to a backyard full of zombies, a houseful of harpies, and oh, by the way, Aunt Sophie has been keeping a few secrets of her own.