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A collection of short stories from some of your favorite authors. You think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds - a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalize, and shock listeners.

On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than a month away. All three astronauts were experienced pilots, but little did they know, nor did anyone else, that once they entered the spacecraft that cold winter day they would never leave it alive. Apollo 1 is a candid portrayal of the astronauts, the disaster that killed them, and its aftermath.

Eine Mordserie erschüttert London. In kurzen Abständen werden in der Themse Leichen gefunden, denen unterschiedliche Körperteile fehlen. Auf Bitten von Inspector Stafford übernimmt Oscar Wilde den Fall. Für ihn steht von Anfang an fest, dass Dr. Victor Frankenstein hinter den Taten steckt. Irene Adler jedoch hat eine ganz andere Vermutung. Während der Ermittlungen zerstreiten sich die beiden Sonderermittler der Krone immer mehr, was schließlich zu einer Katastrophe führt.

Darlene D'Arcy ist außer sich vor Freude, als sie Mimi Rutherfurt davon erzählt, dass es ihr gelungen ist, den berühmten Botaniker Professor Frederick Montgomery für ein Seminar nach Hamblin Court zu holen. Aber scheinbar ist nicht jeder Einwohner von Gutt's Hill über den Besuch des Professors erfreut: bereits am zweiten Seminartag wird er in seiner Joggingkleidung erschlagen am Rand des Waldes aufgefunden. In den Fokus der polizeilichen Ermittlungen geraten zunächst die Schüler des Privatinternats.

Eines Morgens wird in Gutt's Hill die wohlhabende Christine King in ihrem Haus erdrosselt aufgefunden. Sofort fällt auf, dass die wertvolle, mit Edelsteinen besetzte Maske, ein altes Familienerbstück, verschwunden ist. Dank der Beobachtung einer Nachbarin wird der Dieb schnell gefasst. Es handelt sich um Dean Arden, einen jungen Kleinkriminellen. Doch ist Mr. Arden tatsächlich auch der Mörder?

Follow the exploits of amateur detective Lamont Cranston and his alluring companion Margo Lane. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove, to young and old alike, that crime does not pay!

Working on opposite sides of the galaxy - one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet - and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war…and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula’s guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid - until she tries one deadly final gambit.

Join writer and storyteller Damien Walter on an exploration of the world as seen through a science fiction lens.

As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At 16, he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem, he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator. At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X, and there he developed his beliefs about what being Black means in America: beliefs that shook America then and still shake America today. 

Walter Moers' Bestseller: Wie das mutige Krätzchen Echo sein eigenes Fell rettet. Seltame Bakterien, Hirnhusten und Nierenverzagen, Magenmumps und Darmschnupfen halten die Stadt Sledwaya fest im Griff. Sie zwingen Echo, das Krätzchen, zu einem verzweifelten Schritt: Um nicht zu verhungern, verkauft es sein Leben an den Schrecksenmeister Eißpin. Echo denkt sich manchen Trick aus, um sein Fett und Fell vor dem Kochtopf Eißpins zu retten.

A murder in a locked room… can Nancy and Jane find the key to the case? Nancy Hunter is on a mission to find her mother. Samantha Hunter walked out on her family and left the village of Dedley End over twenty years ago. For two decades, Nancy has thought her mother was dead…until she...

Set against the backdrop of Scotland in 1736, Heart of Mid-Lothian unfolds a gripping historical tale filled with chaos and intrigue, centered around a riot and the turbulent events that follow. Join us as we explore the rich drama of this captivating era. - Summary by Deon Gines

A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the literary icons of our time. Coming in March 2022 from Apple Plus , a six-part series starring Samuel L. Jackson Ptolemy Grey is ninety-one years old and has been all but forgotten-by his family, his friends, even himself-as...

Show biz memoir at its name-dropping, bridge-burning, profane best: the music industry’s most outspoken, outrageous, and phenomenally successful executive delivers a rollicking memoir of pop music’s heyday. During the 1970s and '80s the music business was dominated by a few major labels and...

In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale.

Un libro que cambiará para siempre la relación más importante de todas: la que tienes contigo mismo. ¿Eres un huérfano del amor propio? Si amarse a uno mismo es tan importante para la salud mental, la convivencia y el desarrollo de nuestro potencial, ¿por qué nadie nos enseña cómo...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity's time people couldn't read and texts couldn't be published in any great number.

On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison, fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans. Through the years, the garrison's heroic stand has become so clothed in folklore and romance that the truth has nearly been lost. In A Time to Stand, Walter Lord rediscovers and recreates the whole fascinating story.

One of Joseph Campbell’s most popular, most quoted works, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration, thought-provoking in its depth, poetic in its scope. Drawn from a month-long workshop at the world-famous Esalen Institute, the Joseph Campbell Companion captures Campbell at his best: wise, funny, intelligent, and inspiring.

In a snow-covered manor with views of the icy loch, the Weyman family gather for Christmas. A fire is roaring, presents are wrapped and carols play on the radio. And the Weyman brothers each have a fake smile on their faces. Because George, Ken, and Ralph are united by a terrible secret. And they are all desperate to know why their grandmother has summoned them. Playing happy families at Christmas has never been a Weyman tradition…especially after what happened twenty years ago.