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Many books have been written about Christ and the Christian life, but few have captured so much in so succinct a manner. Jacob dreamed a dream of steps up to heaven connected and accessible to man. Today that ladder still exists outlined in a way worthy of its subject.

Rick McCourtney wurde von seinem Onkel Finch in seinem Testament bedacht. Mit dem Himmelskörper ist etwas auf die Erde gelangt, das jenseits unserer Vorstellungskraft liegt. Etwas, das Einfluss auf die Menschen nimmt und ein grauenvolles Ziel verfolgt.

Die Bewohner der kleinen Stadt im Bundesstaat Alabama ahnen nicht, dass zwischen ihnen eine gefährliche Vampir-Brut lebt. Der Vertreter Jeff Spencer gerät durch einen unglücklichen Zufall in die Fänge einer mysteriösen Familie, die eine Armee von Vampiren erschaffen will.

Orfana, cresciuta in una remota provincia, la giovane Rin ha superato senza battere ciglio il difficile esame per entrare nella più selettiva accademia militare dell'Impero. Per lei significa essere finalmente libera dalla condizione di schiavitù in cui è cresciuta. Ma l'aspetta un difficile cammino: dovrà superare ostilità e pregiudizi, affidandosi al dono letale che ha scoperto di possedere, l'antica e semileggendaria arte sciamanica. È forse l'unico modo per evitare una Terza guerra dei papaveri.

Aly Cappellucci ha trovato il suo kink ideale: gli uomini mascherati online. Josh Hammond ha trascorso la sua vita evitando le luci della ribalta, ma il suo personaggio online è un'altra storia: ha milioni di follower, ma solo una gli interessa, Aly. Insieme, Aly e Josh vivono i loro desideri più oscuri. Non sanno che Aly ha attirato l'attenzione di qualcuno con intenzioni molto più sinistre. Mentre Josh si trasforma da predatore a protettore, deve chiedersi fino a che punto si spingerà per la donna da cui è ossessionato.

In un mondo in cui il piacere e il dolore sono le valute più potenti, i Manti d'Argento giurano di combattere per la giustizia. Ma cosa succede se la giustizia rischia di rovinare chi ami? Dopo l'uccisione dei genitori a opera degli spietati Lunasangue, la più grossa organizzazione criminale di maghi, Saffron ha deciso di consacrare la propria vita alla vendetta. Per questo si infiltra nell'Accademia dei Manti d'Argento, centro di addestramento per l'élite di detective impegnati a combattere i maghi fuorilegge.

The spunky Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson has returned to the exotic Nile valley. Parasol aloft and hot on the trail of an unexplored tomb, she must outwit a shadowy evildoer, a questionable antiquities dealer, and her loquacious son, Ramses.

From bestselling author Ann Rule comes the engrossing true story of two beautiful, loving women, and their murder by the man in their life—handsome, charming, rich, a man marked for unlimited success—but one who would never allow any woman to leave him, no matter what the provocation. Jenn...

Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on the two old school chums, but money is still tight in these years following the Great War. So when the local vicar - and pigeon-racing club president - approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity, the ladies accept. There's been a spot of bother: The treasurer has absconded with the club's funds and several prized birds. But when they visit the man's loft, they find their elusive quarry lying in white feathers and a pool of crimson blood - the only witnesses cooing mournfully.

An enchanting New York Times and international best seller and award-winner about life, art, literature, philosophy, culture, class, privilege, and power, seen through the eyes of a 54-year-old French concierge and a precocious but troubled 12-year-old girl.

Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow. When she becomes a personal maid for a famous actress whose troupe is leaving Chicago to tour the West, she hides her figure beneath shapeless dresses and keeps her head down. But she still manages to attract the wrong attention, leaving her prospects in tatters—and her jealous mistress plotting her demise.

The Great Controversy is the story of how the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil. The story picks up with the destruction of Jerusalem and continues down the ages to the present. It is a story of truth and how it was lost by many, but not all then gradually rediscovered by the broader Christian community through the Reformation. It climaxes with the eschaton and delineates how we in the present can navigate the final moments of earth's history.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhunes make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods?

Gabriele e Cassandra sono due mondi opposti che al primo incontro si detestano. Non possono andare d'accordo, non è possibile un equilibrio fra loro. Ma il buio appartiene alla luce e la luce ha bisogno del buio. Questo il destino lo sa anche se Cassandra e Gabriele ancora lo ignorano.

Amelia Peabody, archaeologist and woman extraordinaire, should have greeted the approaching excavation with transports of joy. Nothing in the world could compare with exploring the muddy, musty corridors of some bat-infested pyramid. And at Dahshoor, to which she was headed, there existed some particularly fine specimens.

Amelia and Emerson leave the calm of Victorian England in search of an estranged father's son and a lost kingdom buried deep in Sudan.

World-renowned adventuress Beryl Helliwell cited for "reckless" motoring? Why, the very idea! Constable Gibbs just has it in for her. The solution? Charm the magistrate, of course. But days after Beryl's appearance before the bench, she and Edwina pay a visit to the magistrate only to find his home ransacked and the man himself lying dead at the bottom of a grand staircase. Given the state of the house, his death appears to be connected to a rash of robberies in the village.

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.

Rilla Blythe, youngest daughter of Anne, is almost 15 in 1914. As her brothers and friends prepare to go off to battle, the irrepressible Rilla realizes that she will be changed forever and the world will never be the same.

After an adventurous season spent excavating at Dahshoor, and narrowly averting the clutches of the Master Criminal, Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson and her spouse prepare for a quiet summer in England. The social and domestic routine, though interrupted by the precocious escapades of their only child, Ramses, hardly seems much of a challenge for the indomitable Emersons.