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THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—NOW ON NETFLIX! This is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered...

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

This collection of classic horror stories is sure to give you goose bumps, raise the hair on the back of your neck, and put some fright in your night. Includes Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper by Robert Bloch, Coin of the Realm by Charles L. Grant, Something Had to be Done by David Drake, The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner, The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury, Calling Card by Ramsey Campbell, The Words of Guru by C.M. Kornbluth, and Passengers by Robert Silverberg.

After experiencing marriage troubles and dark pasts, Ian and Lyana Keane are ready to leave Boston behind and move with their two kids—Ariel (15) and Zach (12)—to the sleepy New Hampshire town of Littleton. They are inexplicably drawn to an old house that they all feel an immediate connection to—a home complete with a rich history, extensive grounds, intriguing character, and a Caretaker. But as time goes on, strange things begin to happen with the house and the family living within its walls.

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a...

Alec Reid’s ghosts of the 21st century seldom lurk in old houses or waft across chilly moors. His dark tales may breathe alongside the supernatural, but they take place in broad daylight, in our daily lives. Their themes include dead warriors resurrected via Bluetooth, Rumpelstiltskin in the suburbs, an algorithmic fear of ghosts, and the shattered dreams of immortality. The world they describe is the one you inhabit, but you would live in terror were you to recognize it for what it is.

Includes the story “The Monkey”—now a major motion picture! The #1 New York Times bestseller—a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King. An eerie-looking child’s toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand...

Writing can be a lonely art. Distractions and writers block are just two of the many impediments to a burnished stream of prose. But sometimes two heads really can be better than one. Collaborating and sounding off of one another, in the right circumstances and with complimenting skills, can work wonders as these very talented duos now demonstrate.

Po und seine Begleiter sind auf dem Weg nach England, doch kommen sie kaum voran, da Windstille herrscht. Außerdem neigen sich die Vorräte dem Ende. Um alle abzulenken erzählt Po die Geschichte von den Jägern, die das Monster Nian besiegten, das jedes Jahr zum Mond-Neujahr schlimme Verwüstungen anrichtete.

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.

Randy, tönt die panikerfüllte Stimme aus dem Lautsprecher. Das war ein totaler Fehlschlag! Entsetzt merkt Commander Randy Perkins, dass sie im freien Weltraum mit unfassbarer Geschwindigkeit direkt auf die Sonne zurasen. Der Dimensionsbrecher hat versagt! Wir sind verloren ... verloren in der Unendlichkeit.

Als Irene Adler aus ihrer Betäubung erwacht, findet sie sich allein in einem Dorf der Mapuche wieder. Sie wird von den Bewohnern des Dorfes gefangen genommen. Zu ihrem Entsetzten muss sie feststellen, dass sich Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley ebenfalls in dem Dorf aufhalten. Im Gegensatz zu ihr werden die beiden allerdings als Gäste behandelt. Währenddessen sorgt sich Mr. Wu in Temuco über das plötzliche Verschwinden von Irene Adler. Mithilfe von Dr. Duerte und Fernando Abad setzt er alle Hebel in Bewegung, um ein Lebenszeichen von der Sonderermittlerin der Krone zu erhalten.

Those Jensen boys, Ace and Chance, find themselves on the wrong side of the law—and the raw end of justice—inside the meanest, dirtiest prison in the Arizona territory. When a barroom brawl lands Ace and Chance Jensen in jail, it’s just the beginning of a nightmare that will never end. Their jailmates are army deserters. Even worse, their jailers assume Ace and Chance are deserters, too. Which earns them even more hard time—on a brutal prison chain gang.

Die Bürger im beschaulichen Bärstadt sind beunruhigt. Seit Wochen treibt ein dreister Einbrecher sein Unwesen. Seltsam ist nur, dass der Dieb bei seinen Beutezügen weder Geld noch Gold mitnimmt, sondern immer nur Musikinstrumente und das Telefon. So geschieht es eines Nachts auch im Bauwagen von Peter Lustig. Doch diesmal hinterlässt der Täter Spuren. Zusammen mit Kommissar Flink von der Kripo Bärstadt und mit viel technischer Raffinesse macht sich Peter auf die Räuberjagd.

This collection of classic horror tales is as remarkable for its literary value as for its scream factor. You'll hear stories by the masters of the genre, past and present.

Boldly go to times where no one has gone before. While transporting a contraband Russian time machine and developmental weaponry, Private Everett Dumphee finds himself cast into new settings when the device suddenly activates. What follows are fantastic high-tech experiences that might be called the ultimate off-road adventure. For the determined Dumphee - narrowly escaping with his life and three beautiful women - it is not necessarily a matter of will he make his destination, but when.

Hip-hop meets history in this four-part series about Martin Luther, the Father of the Protestant Reformation. Not merely a retelling of Martin Luther's life, this musical indictment sheds a cold and questioning light on the controversial man of God. Will Luther's legacy be his salvation, or the nail in his coffin?

Im Jahre 1287 geschah in Bacharach am Rhein etwas, das nie aufhörte, die Gemüter zu bewegen.

An obscure original manuscript of Marco Polo’s travels ... A tantalizing clue to the site of Kublai Khan’s fabled burial site ... A chance to unearth the truth behind a long-lost treasure. It’s an opportunity that would make Indiana Jones drop everything but his whip and race off to China. But he’d be too late. Lieutenant Jonathan Daly is way ahead of him. Two bullet holes and a bad case of malaria may not be enough to stop Daly, but a crew of criminals, a brood of British agents, and the entire Chinese army are all in the game ... and determined to keep him out of it.

Eine lange, langsame Bootsfahrt: Der Kaiser möchte von Mr. Ping erfahren, wo Po steckt. Doch der hält seinen Schnabel und wird dafür ins Gefängnis gesteckt. Rukhmini ist beim Ferienpalast des Kaisers im Nordgebirge eingetroffen, um ihm die Peitsche zu verkaufen. Doch der Kaiser lässt nicht so einfach mit sich handeln.