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On an Earth decimated by war, a lone gunslinger delivers justice, protecting the innocent and righting the wrongs of a broken world. Some call him lawman. Some call him madman. Some call him vigilante. Some call him killer. Some call him legend.

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.

While visiting London, Mary Russell comes across a friend from Oxford. The young woman introduces Mary to Margery Childe, charismatic leader of a religious sect involved in the suffrage movement. When several members of the sect's female volunteers are murdered, Mary starts to investigate - but events spiral out of control, and Mary's search plunges her into the worst danger she has yet faced....

When the Archangels slammed the pearly gates shut on the great war between the Demons and the Fae, the angel Shemasiel missed the memo. Trapped alone on Earth, she’s spent the past few millennia sticking her nose in where it’s not wanted, and generally being a nuisance to the people in charge.

As an anti-social art major perpetually at risk of dropping out, college life wasn't a great fit for Momo. When she wakes up one morning in a dark cavern full of sentient skeletons and oddball introverts who call themselves necromancers, she knows a new era of her life is about to start. Chosen for her meek and harmless personality, she is able to exist under the radar as she completes the Dawn's necromantic missions. Watch her as she gains confidence (and class levels), and reluctantly rises from meager apprentice to self-assured queen of the underworld.

Queenie is back and better than ever! Abbey's recent experiences have changed her, but is it for the better? She's learned the truth about the Seraphim, and General Kett's betrayal has left her to wonder if there's anyone outside of the Rejects she can trust. When the Nephilim begin their assault on the Republic and her daughter is caught in the cross-fire, she'll have no choice but to depend on Captain Mann to do what he can to help. As much as Abbey wants to go home, she has an entire galaxy to protect.

While hot on the heels of serial coupon-racketeer Gordon Ginner, Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard receives word of an intriguing incident up in Lancashire – the summer cottage of local farmer Giles Hoggett has been broken into, with an assortment of seemingly random items missing which include a complete reel of salmon line, a large sack, and two iron dogs from his fireplace. What first appears as a simple break-in quickly spirals into a mystery of contested land grabs for fishing between farmers, made all the more enticing to MacDonald when a body is then found in the river.

Alexander and his growing legion have managed to escape Nova Roma and, more importantly, learned that the rest of the world may not be as ravaged by monsters as they had all thought. Join them as they set sail for ancient Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic, to try to learn more about the wider world outside Nova Roma. Along the way, they'll encounter a growing plague of deadly pirates, deceitful old merchant families out to quash any new competitors in the region, mysterious new allies, and much more.

Suddenly I’m neck-deep in a world that I’ve never really believed in, no matter what my crazy great-aunt Mabel used to say. Seriously, I have more than enough drama in my life already, without adding an irresistibly mesmerizing nightclub owner to the mix. My boss - a man with a penchant for trouble and the echo of tragedy lurking behind his dark gaze. My new coworkers appear to be universally insane. My deadbeat ex is in trouble with a capital “T”, and if history is any indication, he’ll do his best to drag my son and me right along with him.

Lewis Deathstalker has succeeded at the impossible: he's found Owen Deathstalker, presumed dead for the last two hundred years. Owen's return strikes a crippling blow to the Empire as his military joins the rebellion. But Owen himself has a larger mission. He - and according to prophecy, he alone - must travel back in time to stop the steadily advancing Terror before the galaxy is destroyed, leaving his descendant Lewis in command of the growing rebel army. Even as Emperor Finn Durandal's empire is on the brink of annihilation from the Terror, he will do anything to retain power.

HE DISAPPEARED FOR 15 YEARS...SHE HAS 12 HOURS TO FIND OUT WHY. After a puzzling death in the wild bushlands of Australia, detective Dana Russo has just hours to interrogate the prime suspect - a silent, inscrutable man found at the scene of the crime, who disappeared without trace 15 years...

Der Bund ist zerbrochen und die Wege der Gefährten trennen sich. Nachdem Frodo und Sam sich alleine auf den Weg zum Schicksalsberg machen, müssen Aragorn, Legolas und Gimli sich auf die Suche nach den beiden Hobbits Merry und Pippin begeben und treffen dort auf einen alten Wegbegleiter...

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Mia moglie è morta tra le mie braccia, vittima di un proiettile di un assassino senza nome. Avrei dovuto morire con lei. Ma Dio aveva altri piani per me. Quindici anni dopo, sono tornato dove tutto è accaduto. Voglio solo dimenticare, ma il passato non mi lascia in pace. Ora chiedo a una donna...

Lejos de ser sentimientos superficiales, los actos de amabilidad (tanto si se dan como si se reciben o simplemente se presencian), son un poderoso elixir que tiene un impacto profundo y duradero en nuestra salud mental y física. Desde aumentar la alegría hasta apaciguar la mente, la amabilidad...

Las 4 etapas de la seguridad psicológica Cómo hacer que los empleados se sientan incluidos, comprometidos y animados a contribuir con sus mejores esfuerzos e ideas. Este libro es la primera guía práctica para mostrar a los líderes cómo pueden generar entornos de seguridad psicológica en...

Las 4 etapas de la seguridad psicológica Cómo hacer que los empleados se sientan incluidos, comprometidos y animados a contribuir con sus mejores esfuerzos e ideas. Este libro es la primera guía práctica para mostrar a los líderes cómo pueden generar entornos de seguridad psicológica en...

In this pulse-pounding thriller from the authors of the Maddie Castle series, Gwen Kane seeks the help of her hesitant lover to plan the perfect crime. Gwen Kane knows what monsters look like. Living and working at Rhiannon's Ranch—a sanctuary for women escaping abuse—she's seen her fair...

A collection of short stories involving the supernatural. This is the fourth collection of ghost stories published by the author - following Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. Notes: The Latin phrase "Ibi cubavit lamia" can be translated as "There the vampire lay". A "bedstaff" is a wooden pole at the side of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping off the bed. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

First conceptualized by D. W. Winnicott, holding in this book refers to a therapist's capacity to respond to postpartum distress in a way that facilitates an immediate and successful therapeutic alliance. Listeners will learn how to contain high levels of agitation, fear, and panic in a way that...