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Dan Shamble, zombie PI, finds himself tackling a bizarre Christmas case when Santa Claus himself becomes a client, hiring Dan to recover some very precious stolen North Pole property. If you like werewolves, vampires, evil elves, zombies, as well as a lot of belly laughs, curl up with this story and some eggnog.

There's nothing worse than turning up the heat when things get romantic only to have it fizzle out moments later. It's a tough issue, and it affects men worldwide every day, but it doesn't need to be that way. There are all kinds of solutions out there for dealing with erectile dysfunction, and I've personally collected some of the best tips, tricks, and advice for helping people deal with this problem! This book will help you manage the symptoms and understand ED, and it will provide you with valuable advice to ultimately overcome impotence for good.

Are you ready to consistently break 90? Golf is one of the most difficult sports to master. The difference between a successful drive and a ball that drops straight into the pond is just millimeters. Hitting that perfect spot each and every time you're up can take years of practice and dedication, but don't let that deter you from getting "good enough." Being good enough means having a correct understanding of the fundamentals that you can build on in the correct way, and I teach you that in this book.

It's Founders Day in Honeywell Springs, a day residents dress up in black-and-yellow costumes to celebrate the insect that gave the town its prosperity, the honeybee. But when a mad scientist releases a contagious swarm of mutant bees, it turns the townsfolk of Honeywell Springs into the walking dead, in bee costumes. It's 13-year-old Shaun Ripley's worst nightmare. Plagued with apiphobia, asthma, and panic attacks, Shaun must draw on his knowledge of his hero, James Bond, to stay alive.

Though the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) were unified in their common idea of resistance to oppression, these groups fought their battles on multiple fronts.

Im Dschungel der mexikanischen Halbinsel Yucatán verschwindet ein amerikanisches Archäologenteam, das an der Erforschung einer neu entdeckten Ruinenstadt der Maya arbeitet. Begleitet von dem berühmten Archäologen Vladimir Rubicon, dessen Tochter die Ausgrabungen leitete, reisen Mulder und Scully nach Mexiko, um die Spur der Vermissten aufzunehmen. Sie sind jedoch nicht die einzigen, die sich für die Ruinen interessieren.

Captain Nemo is the fictional life story of one of Jules Verne's most memorable characters from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. It covers his boyhood friendship with the dreamer Jules Verne, adventures aboard sailing ships, battles with pirates, and survival on a mysterious deserted island. Each time he returns home to his beloved France, Captain Nemo shares the tales of his exploits with the struggling writer Verne.

She came, she saw, she criticised. Yes, this is the complete four-part series, in which Jo Caulfield, 'the funniest female stand-up on Radio 4' presents her glorious mixture of bitchy friendliness, waspish likeability, and foot-in-mouth populism - but always with charm. In the series, Jo is, as ever, failing to shut up - about love, marriage, dating, celebrity, newspapers, money, cats, sex, pubs, parties, and quite possibly Scotland.

It has been said that somewhere in the world you have an exact double. This rocket-ride of a novel ignites with the sudden cry of "Ai! Pedrito!", as Naval Lieutenant Tom Smith discovers that his exact look-alike is the notorious South American revolutionary and spy, Pedrito Miraflores. Inspired by a real incident in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, Ai! Pedrito! is a fun-to-listen-to, compelling novel of what can sometimes happen when intelligence goes wrong.

Activist Elizabeth Devane wished for an end to nuclear weapons. Surely, she thought, if they'd known what they were unleashing, the scientists of the Manhattan Project would never have created such a terrible instrument of destruction. But during a protest action, the unthinkable happened: a flash of light, a silent confusion, and Elizabeth awakes to find herself alone in a desolate desert arroyo... and almost 50 years in the past.

The launch of the space shuttle Atlantis will make history. Another triumph for the space program, and a political coup: a Russian cosmonaut is scheduled to perform the first spacewalk from an American unit. But terrorists have taken over Launch Control at Cape Canaveral and are threatening to blow up the Atlantis in less than three hours unless their demands are met.

Nineteen gut-wrenching reports from the front lines of the War of the Worlds, as logged by Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, H.P. Lovecraft, Winston Churchill, Jules Verne, and many of the other most famous writers of the time. The most popular and acclaimed science fiction writers of today relive the Martian invasion through the eyes of their famous predecessors.

Every other Thursday on Santa Monica Boulevard’s Comedy Central Stage, a motley assortment of prolific Hollywood writers, actors, and comics convene to reveal the most personal—and colorful—parts of their lives. Their soul-baring monologues reveal the sources of their creative genius, from wacky families, to psycho exes, random ramblings, and unbelievable Hollywood insights.

The thrilling conclusion to the Crystal Doors trilogy finds cousins Gwen and Vic and their three friends forging the magical Ring of Might and defending all of the worlds beyond the crystal doors in their final battle with the dark sage, Azric.

Fourteen-year-old cousins Gwen and Vic have lived together ever since the mysterious deaths of Gwen's parents and the disappearance of Vic's mother. But Vic's scientist father accidentally transports them through a magical crystal door to the island of Elantya. Cobblestone streets and silver towers mark the picturesque island, a trading hub and center of knowledge that runs on advanced physics and sorcery.

Gwen and Vic are still celebrating their victory in the battle with the Merlons when they learn that Vic's father has finally made it through the crystal doors to the magical island of Elantya. But their victory is short-lived when they and their friends are kidnapped by their underwater enemies and taken beneath the sea. There, they learn of a scheme that could bring Elantya to ruins. Can they escape in time to save the island from destruction?

Tief unter der Erde, geschützt von einem mächtigen Gebirge, lauert der Drache, die Verkörperung alles Bösen in dieser Welt. Über ihm liegen das magische Imperium der Drei Königreiche und Ishara, das Reich der Menschen, seit Jahrhunderten miteinander im Krieg. Doch als aus den sengenden Dünen der Wüste ein seit Langem verschollenes Volk auftaucht, müssen sich Ishara und die Drei Königreiche miteinander verbünden, um sich der neuen Bedrohung entgegenzustellen.

Deux décennies après la dévastatrice Guerre des Élémentaux qui a failli détruire le cosmos, la nouvelle Confédération a rétabli la paix et un commerce fructueux entre les peuples et les mondes du Bras spiral. Les ambitieux Vagabonds récoltent l'ekti, le carburant vital alimentant les moteurs interstellaires, dans les nuages des planètes géantes gazeuses, et les prêtres Verts télépathes de Theroc assurent une communication instantanée à l'échelle de la galaxie grâce à leur connexion aux arbremondes, puissants et sensibles.

Ambientato due anni prima di Dune, La principessa di Dune è la storia mai raccontata di due donne chiave nella vita di Paul Muad’Dib: la Principessa Irulan, sua moglie solo di nome, e il vero amore di Paul, la Fremen Chani. Entrambe saranno fondamentali per il regno imperiale di Paul, che si estende su tutta la galassia. Cresciuta alla corte imperiale e destinata a diventare una pedina di negoziazione politica, Irulan è stata inviata in tenera età a essere addestrata come Sorella Bene Gesserit.

When the Big Uneasy returned all monsters and mythical beasties to the world, something was missing. After his vampire girl Alvina flunks a school report on unicorns, Dan is embroiled in a deeper mystery: With unnatural creatures on every streetcorner, why has no one ever seen a unicorn?