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Thomas Aquinas is known as a great theologian, and his treatises and theories are studied by clergy all over the world. He is celebrated for his words of wisdom as well as the alleged miracles that he performed while he was still alive. Yet as large as his acclaim may be, Aquinas has also had his fair share of detractors both during his lifetime and long thereafter. Casting all accolades and critiques aside, in this book, you will find the raw, bare bones of the man who Thomas Aquinas came to be.

The son of the second president of the United States, John Quincy Adams was prepped and primed from his youth to be the quintessential statesmen. At just 14 years of age, he was given a diplomatic post in St. Petersburg, Russia. This was the beginning of a political career that would last until his last breath. Adams became a one-term president thanks to the populism of his archrival Andrew Jackson, but even after being ousted from the White House, the unsinkable John Quincy Adams came right back to the fore, getting himself elected as a Congressman in the House of Representatives.

The Toltecs are one of the most mysterious and little understood of all the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica. This culture was venerated by later civilizations, such as the Aztecs. Even today, “Toltec knowledge” is used as a kind of shorthand for arcane wisdom from an ancient culture. However, discussing the actual history of the Toltecs is extremely difficult. Much of what we know of these people comes from writings and oral traditions of the Aztecs, as translated and interpreted by the European invaders.

In Eine Falle Für Zero erringt ein neuer, fanatischer Anführer die Macht in einer Terroristenzelle. Er ist darauf besessen, den bisher tödlichsten Angriff auf amerikanischem Boden in die Tat umzusetzen. Kann Agent Null die Verschwörung aufdecken und ihn rechtzeitig aufhalten? Agent Nulls Töchter sind zwar sicher zu Hause, doch die geistige Qual ihrer Erfahrungen lastet schwer auf ihrer kleinen Familie. Null, der sich darum bemüht, ein guter Vater zu sein, entscheidet sich zu einer Operation, um seine all Erinnerungen zurückzubekommen. Doch wird dies funktionieren?

Als CIA-Agent Null in Jagd Auf Null (Buch Nummer 3) erfährt, dass seine beiden Teenager-Mädchen entführt wurden und sich auf dem Weg zu einem Menschenhandelsring nach Osteuropa befinden, beginnt er eine rasante Verfolgungsjagd quer durch ganz Europa und hinterlässt dabei eine Spur der Verwüstung, während er alle Regeln bricht, sein eigenes Leben riskiert und alles tut, um seine Töchter zurückzubekommen.

J. R. R. Tolkien, an orphan in love with words, spent most of his life as an unassuming Professor of Literature at Oxford studying and teaching old languages. During his time there, he created his very own languages and a mythological world, Middle-earth. Middle-earth was inhabited by Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, and other fascinating creatures. It was a world that became almost more real to Tolkien than the one he lived in. Tolkien’s two masterpieces, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have set the standard in mythological literature.

In the early 1800s, the five civilized tribes - the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Choctaw - were living in lands allocated to them by the United States government in present-day Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In general, the Native American people lived in peace with the increasing numbers of white settlers coming to these areas, though there were occasional conflicts as settlers took lands that belonged to the tribes.

George Orwell, the son of a British civil servant, spent his life promoting social justice and equality, while fighting against totalitarianism and elitism. His two best-known novels 1984 and Animal Farm depict the ultimate horror of a totalitarian government. Orwell wrote with passion about what he believed. Eighty years after their publication, his novels are as relevant as ever. Citizens are spied on by CCTV cameras. Smartphones track people’s movements and activities.

Elite CIA-Agent Kent Steele damit beauftragt wird, eine biologische Waffe zu stoppen, bevor sie die Welt verwüstet - all das, während er sich mit seinem eigenen Gedächtnisverlust auseinandersetzen muss. Das Leben kehrt für Kent nur flüchtig zur Normalität zurück, bevor er von der CIA beauftragt wird, Terroristen zu jagen und eine weitere internationale Krise abzuwenden - die potenziell sogar nach verheerender ist als die Letzte.

Kent Steele, 38, ein brillanter Professor für Europäische Geschichte an der Columbia Universität, lebt mit seinen zwei Teenager Töchtern in einem New Yorker Vorort ein ruhiges Leben. All das verändert sich, als es eines Abends an seiner Tür klopft und er von drei Terroristen entführt wird - er wird quer über den Ozean geflogen, um in einem Pariser Keller verhört zu werden. Sie sind überzeugt davon, dass Kent der tödlichste Spion ist, den die CIA je kannte. Er ist sich sicher, dass sie den falschen Mann haben. Aber stimmt das?

Als Mitten in der Nacht radioaktiver Müll von Dschihadisten aus einem unbewachten New Yorker Krankenhaus gestohlen wird, bleibt der Polizei in ihrem Kampf gegen die Zeit nichts anderes übrig als das FBI zu verständigen. Luke Stone, der Kopf einer geheimen Eliteeinheit des FBIs wird dabei zu ihrem einzigen Hoffnungsträger. Luke ist schnell klar, dass es den Terroristen darum geht eine radioaktive Bombe zu bauen, um in den nächsten vierundzwanzig Stunden ein politisch brisantes Ziel anzugreifen.

Richard III has gone down in history as one of the most hated and vilified British monarchs of all time. His two-year-long reign as king of England ended in 1485 when he was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor, making him the last English king to die on the battlefield. Despite the brevity of his reign, Richard III managed to earn an enduring - albeit unflattering - reputation which lives on to this day. William Shakespeare painted him as a ruthless, hunch-backed usurper, who killed not only his brother but also his two young nephews to get his hands on the crown.

Queste Für Helden (Band 1 im Ring Der Zauberei) ist die epische Geschichte vom Erwachsenwerden eines besonderen Jungen, einem 14-jӓhrigen aus einem kleinen Dorf am Rande des Königreichs des Rings. Als der jϋngste von vier Brϋdern, am wenigsten vom Vater geliebt, von seinen Brϋdern gehasst, spϋrt Thorgrin, dass er anders ist als die anderen. Er trӓumt davon, ein großer Krieger zu werden, sich des Königs Mannen anzuschließen und den Ring vor den Horden der Kreaturen auf der anderen Seite des Canyon zu beschϋtzen.

Marsch Der Könige nimmt uns mit auf die nächste Etappe von Thors epischer Reise durch sein Schicksal, auf der er nach und nach mehr darüber erfährt, wer er ist, was seine Kräfte sind, und auf der er beginnt, ein Krieger zu werden. Nachdem er den Kerkern entkommt, erfährt Thor entsetzt von einem weiteren Mordanschlag auf König MacGil. Der Tod von MacGil versetzt das Königreich in Aufruhr. Während alle es auf den Thron abgesehen haben, ist Königshof mehr denn je von Familiendramen, Machtkämpfen, Ehrgeiz, Eifersucht, Gewalt und Verrat erfüllt.

The Zapotecs formed one of the most important of the pre-Columbian civilizations. For 1,000 years, their main city of Monte Albán was one of the largest and most sophisticated in Mesoamerica. Building this city was an astonishing engineering feat - it involved flattening a hill in the center of the Oaxaca Valley to create an artificial plateau and then constructing a series of large, ornate buildings on this inaccessible site. Maintaining this large city on a site with no natural source of water must have required an enormous and willing workforce.

The only clue to his identity was a small medallion with the words "Lazarus Gray" stamped on it. He took that name and became one of Sovereign City's greatest heroes, forming an alliance with other lost souls like himself. Together, they are Assistance Unlimited...and now they face their greatest threats ever!

Many ancient civilizations are described as mysterious, but none provide as many puzzles and unanswered questions as the Olmecs. These people arrived in lands near the Gulf of Mexico around 1500 BCE and brought with them entirely new concepts in terms of engineering, agriculture, and religion. The problem is we have no idea where they came from or how they developed these new ideas.

Now that the dust of history has finally begun to settle, we can get a much clearer view of who Thomas Paine was. This book seeks to cut through the hype and hyperbole to present to you the life of an unapologetic patriot and inveterate freethinker - Thomas Paine, the father of the American Revolution.

Although he was born in what was considered the backwaters of the Roman Empire, Saint Augustine of Hippo has long been renowned for his early religious and philosophical thought. He has been called a doctor of the Church for his unrivaled ability of patching up even the most complex of theological questions. He tackled such things as the condition of the soul and the omnipotence of God. During the course of his tenure as bishop of the North-African city of Hippo, Augustine often gained as many critics as he did followers.

Chinese martial arts master Yi Xiao is summoned before his grandmother Madam Lang. His lookalike cousin Yi Zhu is next in line to the throne and must reach his dying father to rightfully claim the title of emperor. But an army of assassins is on the hunt for the prince. It is Madam Lang’s plan to convince them Yi Xiao is the royal heir and have him flee the country; destination San Francisco. And so Xiao embarks on his journey aboard an American schooner piloted by a Captain Burton.