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Obsessed with the secret of creation, Swiss scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein cobbles together a body he's determined to bring to life. And one fateful night, he does. When the creature opens his eyes, the doctor is repulsed: his vision of perfection is, in fact, a hideous monster. Dr. Frankenstein abandons his creation, but the monster won't be ignored, setting in motion a chain of violence and terror that shadows Victor to his death.

They take the names of madmen because madness is their fate. They descend into the tiny places, down where the mites leap and the lymphocytes ooze and the spark of human reason fires like lightning from sizzling neurons. Down in the meat. One by one they join the fight. In the macro, in the nano, in both at once, they fight for life, liberty and the inalienable right to be crazy.

Die Schatten der Grenze verbargen Monster. Die Gilde verbirgt etwas Schlimmeres. Velik hat die Grenzlande hinter sich gelassen, nachdem er endlich die Quelle der endlosen Monsterströme zerstört hat. Doch das Leben in der Gilde der Monsterjäger ist nicht der Neuanfang, den er sich erhofft hatte. Menschen und Politik bringen eine andere Art von Herausforderungen mit sich – und Velik hat sich noch nie gut an Regeln gehalten.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF BBC'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD 'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER 'Generous and tender' NEW YORK TIMES Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much...

Seine Songs verführen – und vernichten. Alize hat sich in der Musikbranche hochgekämpft – ehrgeizig und mit einzigartigem Gehör, das mehr wahrnimmt als nur Töne. Nacht für Nacht jagt sie in Montreal den nächsten großen Act, obwohl ihr Kollege Léo, der Sohn des Musiklabel-Chefs, ihr ständig dazwischenfunkt. Doch dann entdeckt sie Silentbound: Die Musik dieser Band ist anders.

Gabriel "Gabe" has ascended to the throne of the Demon Territory, inheriting power amidst whispers of treachery and dissent—a job he never wanted, and yet here he was. Doing it. As he navigates the treacherous waters of politics, betrayal, and hidden agendas, a fiery, taboo love ignites within the worst possible time, from the worst possible place—a human whose loyalties lie with a rival faction of demons. A woman who is more ghost than reality-no name, no past, no way to find her.

This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of - as told to the author by the woman herself. At the outbreak of World War Two, Nancy Wake’s glamorous life in the South of France seemed far removed from the fighting. But when her husband was called up for military service, Nancy felt she had just as much of a duty to fight for freedom. By 1943, her fearless undercover work even in the face of personal tragedy had earned her a place on the Gestapo’s "most wanted" list.

Brought to you by Puffin. An out-of-this-world new adventure from bestselling author of THE DANGER GANG and THE CHRISTMASAURUS, Tom Fletcher. George, Neila and Bash are the worst band on Earth. George wants them to be brilliant - but Neila has stage fright, and Bash is too distracted by his...

Younger star and LGBTQIA+ advocate Nico Tortorella investigates love, sex, gender, addiction, family, fame, and fluidity through their personal story and the lens of their nonbinary identity “Nico Tortorella embodies the twenty-first-century human.”—RuPaul Nico Tortorella is a seeker...

When my father sold me to the highest bidder, I never expected them to be my scent match. They couldn't have known—not with the illegal suppressants I was on—but one interaction was all it took for me to decide they could never find out. To them, being an Omega was my only worth. They saw a...

In this unique book written by master NLP trainer, hypnotherapist and beloved guru, Robb Whitewood, and published posthumously by his wife, Allison Low, you will learn how perpetuating life’s problems shrinks your capacity for fulfilment and freedom.

"Es geht um gekaufte und verkaufte Liebe, um Sehnsucht und Selbstmord, um eine Zeit, die sich verliert, in Berlin, dem zärtlichen Moloch der Moderne." Georg Diez, Der Spiegel Fabian ist Erich Kästners Meisterwerk. Doch der Roman wurde vor seinem Erscheinen verändert und gekürzt. Jetzt liegt er zum ersten Mal so vor, wie ihn Kästner geschrieben und gemeint hat - unter dem Titel, den Kästner ursprünglich vorgesehen hatte: Der Gang vor die Hunde. Nun gibt es das Buch auch als Hörbuch mit einer ungekürzten Lesung von Nico Holonics.

Crushing on Matthew O’Grady didn’t work out very well for me in the past. When he left Sugar Mountain for the NHL, he took my hopeful teenage heart with him. I was crushed beyond repair, and he never even knew it. But now he’s back in town, working at the resort his family owns and coming into my bar every. single. shift. He claims to want me, but a guy like Matthew doesn’t want any one woman for long. Bella Sanchez is an absolute smoke show. I know I have a reputation for being a playboy; the kind of guy who sleeps around with no strings attached. But that was the old me.

Imprisoned in the Lodz Ghetto, Elsi discovers her mother's desperate attempt to end her pregnancy and comes face-to-face with the impossibility of their situation. Risking her own life, Elsi joins a resistance group to sabotage the regime. Blonde, blue-eyed Matilda is wrenched from her family in Romania and taken to Germany, where her captors attempt to mold her into the perfect Aryan child. Spirited and brave, she must inspire hope in the other stolen children to make her dreams of escape a reality.

Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and recraft a world of automatons, ornate clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, and intrepid orphans - decked out in corsets, clockwerk suits, and tall black boots - solve dastardly crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.

A candid Buddhist guide to thriving in messy, real-world love. “Honest, quirky, and compassionate—this is dharma for real relationships.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance Partnership is hard, especially after the honeymoon shine has faded. In this refreshingly honest guide to...

What's really going on? Who's really in charge? You have NO. F***KING. IDEA. In the near future, an art-school dropout, an AIDS baby, a tech-activist, and an RPG-obsessed blogger live in a world where your online identity is at least as important as your physical one. Getting disconnected is a punishment worse than imprisonment, but someone's got to stand up to Government Inc. - whatever the cost.

I was framed for murdering another Omega, and my only chance at survival was the Alphas I'd turned into enemies. I hated asking for help—hated begging while they taunted me, but there was no other option. They were the only ones standing between me and death. If only their proximity didn't...

In seinem fulminanten Gesellschaftsroman entwirft Christoph Hein ein mitreißendes Panorama der DDR, von deren Gründung über die dramatischen Entwicklungen des jungen Staates bis zu seinem Scheitern und der Wende. Den überzeugten Kommunisten und ehemals begeisterten Nazi Johannes Goretzka, die alleinerziehende Mutter Yvonne, in Intrigen verstrickte Funktionäre, Intellektuelle und Kellner begleitet Hein auf ihrem Lebensweg in einem Staat, den sie zunehmend als Narrenschiff wahrnehmen. Ein Schiff, das auf immer bedrohlichere historische Klippen zusteuert ….

The dumpster fire of life rages on, but you got this. Practice six rules to keep you grounded, weather the storm, and actually be a decent person. It may seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket right now. Whether it's big stuff like politics and climate change, or just the daily spin of paying your bills, getting to work on time, and fending off social media trolls, we can all admit, modern life ain't easy.