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Resurgence. Hands down the best Virtual Reality Massive-Multi Online Role Playing Game. Ever. There is no comparison between Resurgence and any other game, or Altcon and any other company, as any of the thousands of beta testers will attest. Any beta tester but Alex, anyway. Alex knows Resurgence is more than a game, and that others have likely died so Resurgence could be released to the public. The truth weighs upon him, though the mystery of AltCon's true endgame is the real cause of his frustrations

Nick is cracking up. In his mid-40s, he has just been sacked as an arts journalist, with little prospect of getting such a well-paid, prestigious job again. Even more worrying for him is his suspicion that his wife, a Deputy Head at a school, is having an affair with a much more successful person: Does she want to trade in Nick for a better model? His marriage problems are now exacerbated by money worries and concerns about the future for his nine-year old son, Jack. But most devastating of all is the fact that he learns that a former lover, Ellida, has died.

Stan can't afford to have his brain removed. The richest and luckiest players of the video game "Thousand Tales" get their minds uploaded to its virtual paradise world, while Stan can barely buy a handheld console. Instead of sulking he plays, and grows, becoming a skilled craftsman and a seafaring explorer. The game's ruling AI, Ludo, helps him find the hope and inspiration missing from his real life. When the AI starts asking for favors and having him reach out between the real and digital worlds, Stan has a chance to turn his life into an actual adventure.

Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead. But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES Max takes on knight school in the hilarious sequel to the bestselling illustrated novel Max and the Midknights, from the author of the Big Nate series! "Fantastic! I loved it!" -Dav Pilkey, New York Times bestselling author of the Dog Man series "Max is epic...

Preacher has agreed to escort Barnaby Cooper through Dakota Territory’s hills to establish a trading post. Accompanied by his friends Lorenzo and Tall Dog, the mountain man hopes they’ll be able to protect Cooper from Sioux warriors who don’t want any white man trespassing on their sacred grounds. But the Sioux aren’t the only hostiles staking their claim in the region.

He calls himself The King. Once a respected professor, he was ruined by scandal. Now, he rules his own “country”—an area of western territory where an army of outlaws enforce his laws. Any town he claims as his own must pay “taxes,” collected from bank, stagecoach, and train robberies. When he learns that President Rutherford B. Hayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman are venturing into the far west on a tour of the nation, The King devises a plan to kidnap America’s leaders and expand his empire.

Business English – schnell fit für den Job. Rund 60 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, damit Small Talk gelingt. Zehn Small-Talk-Dialoge. Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke. Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF). Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch. Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1).

Business English – schnell fit für den Job. Über 70 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, um berufliche Präsentationen und Moderationen zu meistern. Zehn hörspielartige Dialogszenen mit den wichtigsten Gesprächssituationen in Präsentationen und Moderationen. Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke. Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF). Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch. Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1).

Business English – schnell fit für den Job. Über 60 Minuten Hör- und Sprechtraining, um jedes berufliche Meeting zu meistern. Zehn hörspielartige Dialogszenen mit den wichtigsten Gesprächssituationen in Meetings. Abwechslungsreiche Übungen zum Vertiefen der gebräuchlichen Wendungen und Ausdrücke. Alle Hörtexte mit deutscher Übersetzung und Business-Wortschatz im Begleitheft (PDF). Britisches und amerikanisches Englisch. Für Lerner:innen mit Vorkenntnissen (Niveau B1).

Excited to get the Stargun Agency up and off the ground, Chuck and his group set out to get more money, more personnel, and a whole lot more moon. Finding everything from outlaws to accountants in their travels around the space western-themed rock, they quickly expand their operation and make new allies to secure their strengthening foothold of the Stargun Agency compound, all the while ignoring a growing threat on the horizon. Thrilling gunfights, bizarre characters, pulse-pounding missions, and a whole lot more await in the second adventure in the Galactic Badlands saga.

Three Rageto elders have come together to end the breakout of new heroes, and the ancient Amartus warriors that helped them before are missing. They must face this new threat alone. This time, new allies appear, but many more enemies are hiding in the shadows, ready to strike. No one is safe, not even their families. New truths about the ancient struggle come to light, but will it be enough to save them? No choice is easy and danger is everywhere, and the world will be changed forever.

With this work, author Bill Campbell conducts a gleeful evisceration of the social tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories running rampant in today’s popular culture. All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach out to Genevieve Noire, a former supermodel and homicide detective now working as a private eye, to save the day.  

Amythest is inflaming my raging appetite for a woman. But rules are rules. No touching. Imagine the utter shock that courses through my stimulated body when this goddess saunters into my conference room a few days later. My cocksure attitude spectacularly backfires in my enamored face as she rebuffs my advances.

Two young kings now rule the Kingdom of the Thirteen, surrounded by enemies. Facing a threat unlike anything the world has ever seen, the two have discovered that their prized airships can’t protect them against all dangers. One must leave to find the source of the new threat, while the other stays and faces enemies on all fronts. But even with the corrupt old rulers gone, their work is far from finished. Loyalties are tested and boundaries broken, as the kings try to establish who they can trust in the new world.

After one of their number is killed for the first time in recorded history, the entire divine world unites to eliminate the murderer, our hero, Lacerto. To survive the oncoming storm of several pantheons of angry gods, he must gain powerful allies with a grudge against the gods. Fortunately, after millennia of abuse, many, many, many deadly monsters are chomping at the bit to strike back at their oppressors, with a weapon that can finally hurt them. But are Lacerto's allies more dangerous than his enemies?

Battles rage across Earth and its alternate universe as Ian and Rayne risk their lives to recruit unlikely allies, while the rest of the rebels search for a way to exploit their enemies and save both planets.

From the popular self-published author R.K. Holliday, you have an epic novel that will take you through the life of a teenager who finds out he has a very rare medical condition, that doesn’t seem to be anything doctors had seen, until now. Follow young Connor Laurel as he comes face to face with his unknown condition and is introduced to a secretive group called the “Greater Coalition” who have taken an interest in his mysterious condition.

Ian’s alliance with the rebels brings the wrath of the Pur army crashing down on them, but he is forced to abandon his new allies and travels to Earth’s alternate universe to rescue Rayne. As Ian combs the strange, desolate planet in search of her, he discovers the true history of the Weir and his connection to Earth’s imminent destruction.

The epic Weir Chronicles continues. The rebels poison Ian and it is up to Rayne and Patrick to find a cure before their friend succumbs and Earth's fate is left in the hands of adversaries intent on taking control of the planet. To obtain answers, Rayne must travel to an alternate world where few survive as Patrick unearths the secrets of the rebels and discovers a truth that shatters his beliefs about the Weir and the future of Earth.