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As a master of the art of narrative and one of the leaders in the Golden Age of Science Fiction, L. Ron Hubbard’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories helped reshape the future of speculative fiction. The universe is yours as you explore fabulous worlds of unfolding mystery and unlimited potential. Discover the herald of possibility in these fantasy adventures.

Do you love a good whodunit? Detectives and mobsters, newshawks and murderers–all ingredients for disaster in this murder mystery collection. Whether it was sending a detective after missing ships at sea or chasing down grisly headhunters at a carnival, Ron knew how to thrill readers and keep them guessing until the end.

There’s not a dare Smoke Burnham won’t take, and there’s not a wager he won’t make. Now he’s betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super Comet - with his pet cheetah Patty coming along for the ride - across the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday. All he has to do is out-race the competition, out-maneuver a saboteur, and make out with his girl - who’s determined to bring him down to earth. One thing you can count on - in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriend’s arms - he’s a man who likes to turn up the heat.

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Dette er historien om, hvordan L. Ron Hubbard opdagede det reaktive sind og udviklede procedurerne til at blive af med det. Denne bog, der oprindeligt blev skrevet til et landsdækkende blad - der udkom samtidig med udgivelsen af Dianetik: Den moderne videnskab om mental sundhed - satte efter udgivelsen gang i en hurtigt voksende bevægelse bogstavelig talt fra den ene dag til den anden.

Lynet fra en klar himmel, der startede en verdensomspændende bevægelse. For her er L. Ron Hubbards banebrydende bog, der præsenterer hans opdagelse af det reaktive sind, der ligger gemt i menneskets indre og slavebinder det. Det er kilden til dine mareridt, uforklarlige frygt, ophidselser og usikkerhed. Og her lærer du, hvordan du kan komme af med det og opnå det længe eftertragtede mål: clear.

Det essentielle inden for Scientologi på alle tilværelsens områder. Grundlæggende svar, der giver dig kontrol over din tilværelse, sandheder, du kan rådføre dig med igen og igen: Er det muligt at være lykkelig?, To regler for en lykkelig tilværelse, Personlig integritet, Den Anti-sociale Personlighed og mange flere. I hver eneste del af denne bog vil du finde Scientologis sandheder, der beskriver tilstande i dit liv og nøjagtige måder at ændre dem på.

For her er det klippefaste grundlag for opdagelserne i Dianetik: de Oprindelige Aksiomer, Princippet for Tilværelsens Drivkraft, det Analytiske og Reaktive sinds anatomi, Dynamikkerne, Toneskalaen, Auditorens Kodeks og den første beskrivelse af en clear. Her er desuden de primære love, der beskriver, hvordan og hvorfor auditering virker.

A blind obsession. A driving ambition. A relentless, unrestrained, single-minded pursuit of a shiny metal. These are the symptoms of a condition known as gold fever, and, like Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, American mining engineer Captain Humbert Reynolds has got it bad. Possible side effects include: temporary insanity, a propensity for violence, and death.

Lance Gordon’s running out of room and time. Back in the Sierras he killed the man who murdered his father. Unfortunately that man turned out to be a Deputy Marshal, and now Lance has a price on his head. Like Alan Ladd as Shane, Lance wants only to live in peace, but he’ll have to go through hell to get there. Running from the law and the cavalry, Lance heads for the one place no sheriff or soldier will go—into the territory ruled by The Baron of Coyote River.

Young, wealthy, and good-looking, Jan Palmer leads the kind of life most of us would die for. He has it all - except for one thing: happiness. Trapped under the weight of his responsibilities to his family, his business, and his life, he wishes only to escape to another world. But you have to be careful what you wish for. Waking out of a deep sleep, Jan finally finds escape - into a living nightmare.

It’s 1806. A young republic just three decades old - the United States of America - is about to make a great push westward, across the Mississippi, into a wild, beautiful, and dangerous land. A territory of towering mountains and violent waters, of icy glaciers and searing deserts. The great northwest. It is a time and a place where fortunes will be made, destinies will be revealed, and legends will rise.

Das Leben besteht zu sieben Zehnteln aus Arbeit, ein Zehntel gehört der Familie, ein Zehntel der Politik und ein Zehntel der Entspannung. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Scientology auf jene entscheidenden sieben Zehntel des Daseins Anwendung findet. Die Probleme der Arbeit enthält die übergeordneten Prinzipien und Gesetze, die auf jede Bemühung und jedes Problem in Bezug auf Arbeit Anwendung finden.

Seit Tausenden von Jahren sucht der Mensch nach dem wahren "Sinn des Lebens", denkt darüber nach und stellt Vermutungen darüber an. In der Scientology erreichte diese Suche ihren Höhepunkt, denn jetzt ist das Geheimnis gelüftet worden. Dies sind die auf Präzisionsaxiomen (offenkundigen Wahrheiten) beruhenden Antworten - Antworten, nach denen Sie gesucht haben, brauchbare Antworten.

Contendo as descobertas aclamadas como superiores à invenção da roda e a descoberta do fogo, Dianética tem permanecido um best seller por mais de meio século. Com mais de 20 milhões de exemplares impressos, a criarem um movimento que se espalhou por mais de 100 nações, é indisputavelmente o livro mais amplamente lido e com mais influência que alguma vez foi escrito acerca da mente humana.

Stop the presses! One hundred thousand dollar reward offered for the return of George Harley Rockham! That’s more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance’s head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who’s offering the reward - Rockham’s daughter Virginia - and he might lose his head altogether. Fast-talking Vance jumps at the chance...the money...and the girl. But as Jimmy quickly discovers, there are several billion reasons to watch his back. Because that’s how much Rockham is worth.

Brash and bold and daring, Lieutenant Lee Briscoe will never back away from a good cause or a good fight. Briscoe’s gone undercover to infiltrate a slave-labor camp on an island in Southeast Asia, knowing full well that once he goes in, he may never get out. Posing as a man on the run for murder, he may soon wish he had run in the opposite direction. His adversary on the island is Schwenk - a man who is not only a connoisseur of cruelty, but an expert at delivering it.

Private detective Sam Spade nearly died, several times over, chasing The Maltese Falcon. But what Spade faced in pursuit of the black bird was child’s play compared to what Lieutenant Bill Mahone of Naval Intelligence endures when he sets out to find The Green God.He’s tortured with knives, threatened with a slow, painful death, and buried alive. And then things get really nasty. The entire Chinese city of Tientsin is under siege from within - the streets filled with rioting, arson, mass looting and murder.

Tex Larimee is a grizzled Arizona sheriff who’s leaving the deserts of Cactus County behind, blazing a trail east to mix it up with The Slickers in the canyons of Manhattan. Tex’s welcome to New York is a rude one. Robbed of his cash, gun and badge, he’s locked in a room in back of a run-down bar. Breaking out of the bar, he goes looking for his best friend...only to find him dead, his throat cut. And the cops accuse Tex of committing the murder.

As a lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Michael Stuart was once considered an officer and a gentleman. But that’s all changed. Now he’s seen as a renegade, a traitor, and a thief. Stuart is a man without a country...and perhaps without a prayer. Why? Because in a daring plot to foil the Japanese puppet regime in China, he set out to reinstate the country’s true emperor. Known now as The Red Dragon, Stuart is a soldier of fortune in war-torn Manchuria - and a man of honor in a world of treachery.