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Joyce Meyer is probably better equipped than anyone when it comes to never giving up. She overcame an abused childhood, a bad marriage and extremely limited opportunities to become one of the most popular author/speakers in the world. JoyceMeyerMinistries was the first ministry in America to be...

"If you've been to Cedar Cove before, we've probably met. You can usually find me either at home or at the public library, where I work. I've lived in this town all my life and raised two daughters here. But my husband and I - well, about six months ago, he disappeared. Just...disappeared. Where's Dan? Why did he go? Who's he with? Will I ever find out?"

Brilliant detective Sam Spade is the quintessential private eye, with his own code of ethics. When a standard stakeout goes wrong and Spade’s partner is killed, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure of dubious origin—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the falcon. Hot on his heels are Joel Cairo, a perfumed grifter; an oversized adventurer named Gutman; and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful but treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a hat.

Stories of ultimate revenge, from freshly sold human meat and uncontrollable robots, to life-sucking MP3 players and reality TV where death is the penalty - all told with dark humour and gruesome relish, and made even more fiendish by retro illustrations, chilling facts and a puckish message from the author. This is Anthony Horowitz at his most wicked. 

Faites la connaissance de l'anticonformiste et intransigeante Elizabeth Zott. Votre capacité à tout changer commence ici et maintenant. Elizabeth Zott n'est pas une femme ordinaire. Elle serait d'ailleurs la première à faire remarquer qu'il n'en existe pas. Nous sommes au début des années 1960 et, à l'Institut de recherche Hastings où elle est chimiste, les hommes ont une vision très peu scientifique de l'égalité.

In the dock: a quiet American doctor accused of mutilation and murder. In 1910, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen stood trial for the murder of his wife, the music-hall performer Belle Elmore, after human remains were discovered beneath the cellar floor of their London home. What followed was one of the first great media manhunts of the twentieth century: a transatlantic pursuit to Canada aboard a steamship, the revolutionary use of wireless telegraphy, and a trial watched by a public gripped by fascination and unease.

"You don't know me yet, but in a few hours that's going to change. You see, I'm inviting you to my home and my town of Cedar Cove, because I want you to meet my family, friends, and neighbors. Come and hear their stories - maybe even their secrets!"

These gentle chakra meditations invite you to listen within and reconnect with your body. In eight guided meditations, you are gently led step by step through your energy centers – from the root chakra all the way to the crown chakra. Each session offers you a moment of calm, grounding, and inner balance. The shorter meditations (approx. 6–12 minutes) are perfect for everyday life – whenever you need a moment just for yourself. The final, longer meditation guides you through all the chakras and can lead you into a particularly deep state of relaxation and spaciousness.

Prayer transforms lives every day. But for those who pray, how many truly understand its power? In her straightforward and profound style beloved by millions worldwide, Joyce Meyer reveals the incredible force that comes through the simple act of prayer. By explaining the keys to unanswered...

Von der unbedingten Anwesenheitspflicht im eigenen Leben. Selma, eine alte Westerwälderin, kann den Tod voraussehen. Immer wenn ihr im Traum ein Okapi erscheint, stirbt am nächsten Tag jemand im Dorf. Unklar ist allerdings, wen es treffen wird. Davon, was die Bewohner in den folgenden Stunden fürchten, was sie blindlings wagen, gestehen, verschwinden lassen oder in Ordnung bringen, erzählt Mariana Leky in ihrem Roman - und natürlich noch viel mehr. Was man von hier aus sehen kann ist das Porträt eines Dorfes, in dem alles auf wundersame Weise zusammenhängt. Aber es ist vor allem ein Buch über die Liebe im Modus der Abwesenheit.

IT'S THE MOST MURDEROUS TIME OF THE YEAR… Puzzle compiler and former Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan returns in the newest seasonal mystery from bestselling author and ‘Queen of the Christmas Mystery’ Alexandra Benedict. When Edie O’Sullivan wins a two-day Christmas break in a hotel...

Wie entstehen Kriege? Und wie Frieden? Ulrike Herrmann untersucht in diesem Hörbuch große internationale Konflikte und analysiert, dass die Gründe nicht nur historisch, psychologisch oder politisch sind. Sondern dass oft ökonomische Faktoren ausschlaggebend sind. Sie zeigt am Beispiel Russlands, wie die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Landes permanente Kriege auch in Zukunft wahrscheinlich macht.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS AND MOTHERING SUNDAY, reissued for the first time in Scribner For forty years, Willy Chapman has struck a strange but steadfast bargain between the two poles of his life: his beautiful but emotionally damaged wife and the sweet shop he runs on a south...

Als eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern eine Methode entwickelt, um das Bewusstsein von Menschen in sehr lebensechte Roboter-Tiere zu übertragen, nutzt die Teenagerin Mabel diese Technologie, um sich selbst in einen Roboter-Biber zu versetzen. Sie hat es sich zur Mission gemacht, die Pläne eines Bauunternehmens zu vereiteln, die die Lebensräume der lokalen Tierwelt zerstören würden.

16 Seconds sets out to explode popular myths concerning the law of attraction and shows you how to truly create what you want. This book gives you the missing link to realise your dreams by addressing the all-important connection of your mind and vibrational self.

Disgraced society “it” girl, Lady Caroline, has been shipped off to the French Riviera to spend remedial time with gout-impaired Uncle Albert. Her crime? An ill-advised scavenger hunt through London, with social-status-ruinous consequences.

Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own closest interests are bound up.

The Book of Judges narrates one of the most chaotic and morally dark eras of Israel's story. Into this morally-ambiguous time comes one of the most unlikely leaders of the biblical text—the prophet Deborah. Also a wife, mother, priest, and judge, Deborah responds to her call and transforms...

"I'm not much of a letter-writer. As the sheriff here, I'm used to writing incident reports, not chatty letters. And I've got plenty to keep me occupied, like the unidentified remains found in a cave outside town. And the fact that my friend, Judge Olivia Griffin, is fighting cancer. And the break-ins at 204 Rosewood Lane -- the house Faith, my former girlfriend, happens to be renting from Grace Harding...."

This is the incredible rise and unbelievable fall of a woman whose energy and ambition is often overshadowed by Napoleon’s military might. In this triumphant biography, Kate Williams tells Josephine’s searing story, of sexual obsession, politics and surviving as a woman in a man’s world. Abandoned in Paris by her aristocratic husband, Josephine's future did not look promising.