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London, 1859. After Elizabeth's family is taken by disease, she is taken in by Calvin and Mary, working long hours in their bakery. Life is good until Mary dies, leaving Elizabeth alone with Calvin, where beatings become part of Elizabeth's daily life. As she suffers misery day after day, she dreams of running away but knows she will be brought back, with even more severe punishments.

Ben Lewis. Blackmailed by a dead man. Hunted by armed killers. All because of Gunter Markov, a gifted North Korean hacker. Someone who has posted encrypted secrets online - supposedly the hack to end all hacks. Deadly secrets. The sort many seem suddenly only too willing to kill for. Lewis finds himself unexpectedly the one person alive able to decrypt Markov’s coded hack. As a nationwide manhunt is launched to find Lewis, his former girlfriend, Holly, goes missing, presumed kidnapped. Will Lewis be able to find Holly before it is too late? Or will others get to Lewis - and the encryption key - first? Especially those increasingly desperate to ensure that Markov’s encrypted secrets remain buried forever.

Life as a ski instructor is usually chilled. Especially on a powder day. However, when your client is the wife of a dissident Russian oligarch, someone Moscow wants eliminated given everything he’s been saying about the Kremlin elite, suddenly the temperature risks becoming red hot. Deadly dangerous - if not downright lethal. In particular when the ski instructor is Ben Lewis.

Super Account Manager provides a practical guide for (new) account managers using the Gentleman-in-Business method, aimed at achieving sales success through customer focus and distinctive actions.

Super Accountmanager biedt een praktische gids voor (startende) accountmanagers met de Gentleman-in-Business methode, voor succes in sales door klantgerichtheid en onderscheidend handelen.

Sein Verrat brach ihr Herz. Ihre Rache wird ihn vernichten. Charlie hat nur noch ein Ziel: Elias Everhart zu vernichten. Der Junge, dem sie ihr Herz anvertraute, hat sie hintergangen und ihre Familie in höchste Gefahr gebracht. Ihre Freunde können nun die verborgene, gefährliche Welt Asgards...

Lucy is looking forward to a holiday season that's filled with Christmas carols, remembering, and yummy food. She's also excited about all the festive recipes she'll be introducing to the menu at Sweet Delights bakery. When she finds out that an obnoxious woman at an event for the homeless has stolen some of her treats for her business, Lucy gives this lady a piece of her mind in no uncertain terms. She's left bewildered when this lady is found dead. Did Lucy's harsh words, spoken in the heat of the moment, have an effect on the lady's life, or is something more sinister at play?

Three years ago, Audra awoke with no memory of who she was. With no one to claim her, she was sent to an orphanage. Audra chooses to stay on as a teacher, until Lord Ronan steals her away from the only home she knows. He claims she is in danger from an enemy who wants the secrets buried in her past. Thrust into a world of intrigue and magic, Audra is told she was once a member of the Black Angel guild, a group of elite assassins. The truth seems forever out of her grasp. And that could get her killed.

A serial killer prowls the streets of Glasgow, and Amalthea is frightened to walk home alone, but when she receives a letter from a secret admirer, she suspects it's from some creep who drinks at her club. The truth is far darker and more dangerous. Can Amalthea survive or will she be added to the collection of beauties in the basement?

Ed Morrison's brother, Michael, and his spunky girlfriend, Debra Means, never made it home from the Mascoutah Community High School prom held on May 3, 1969. Two days later, their bodies were discovered near an abandoned strip mine on the outskirts of town. In this true crime memoir, Ed Morrison chronicles his journey nearly 50 years after that fateful night to learn the truth of what happened, illuminate the evil within a murderer, and find resolution.

Zielgruppe: Lernende in der Grundstufe auf dem Niveau A1 - A2. Das Idealpaar, gibt es das? Was ist am 24. Oktober passiert? Und warum hat jemand eine schlaflose Nacht? In 15 kurzen, überschaubaren Lesetexten erzählt Leonhard Thoma Geschichten von Menschen, die den Leser überraschen. Die Texte sind mit Fotos illustriert, die sowohl als Verständnishilfe als auch als Gesprächsanlass genutzt werden können.

Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings are available beforehand. Erik J. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to connect the dots of available information.

The Artisan's Compass introduces Artisan Parenting®—a powerful philosophy that helps parents raise children who can stand on their own, make wise decisions, and contribute meaningfully to the world.

Dr. med. Julia Fischer räumt in ihrem Hörbuch auf. Mit Fakten statt Panikmache. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und unterhaltsam entlarvt Julia Fischer die gängigsten Gesundheitsmythen. Sie erklärt nicht nur, warum wir so leicht auf Desinformationen hereinfallen, sondern gibt Werkzeuge an die Hand, um seriöse Quellen von gefährlichem Halbwissen zu unterscheiden.

All of Sloane Westin's training has drummed the risks of mountain terrain into her head, but she's promised God she'll take the risk if she can prevent a combat veteran from suicide. Since her husband took his own life three years earlier, it has been just Sloane and her search dog Orex.

Sophie Stearns and her search dog, Belle, flee to the mountains that feed her soul to find God and straight into the arms of the one man she could truly love. If only he didn't hate her. Widowed and buried in debt, Sophie Stearns is not going to pin her dreams on a man again—even if Patrick O'Brien is the man of her dreams. Patrick O'Brien learned the hard way city girls will rip a man's heart out to get what they want. After his ex-wife's betrayal, he bolted to the Adirondacks to lick his wounds and forge a new life protecting the fragile mountain ecosystem from development.

After a near-death experience in Budapest, Valeria is ready to start over in New York City. But, hope quickly fades as she stumbles upon a grisly murder, proving that she isn't the only vampire who's decided to make the "city that never sleeps" their home. This vicious attack puts her desperate desire to move forward on hold as she, along with her lover, Lamond, and nephew, Emil, rush to quell the threat to their kind. Time is brutal, but immortality can be worse.

Demler Mansion has seen its share of darkness. In 1995, serial killer Edmund Demler set a fire there, ending his own life. A quarter-century later, urban explorers break into the old ruin. They find a once-grand house now falling into decay - blackened walls, broken furniture, echoes that sound like voices. Then something far more terrifying finds them. After this latest tragedy, medium Penny Wright arrives to investigate. From her first moments inside the house, Penny suspects that the spirit of Edmund Demler has never left.

These walls conceal a terrifying secret. Everyone in Ashton, Colorado, knows that January House is haunted. Tucked away on an isolated hillside, it's been the site of grisly murders and unsolved disappearances. An artists’ commune took up residence there in the 1970s, creating a controversy that still divides the town. Now, a reclusive painter has died in the crumbling house. The police say it’s natural causes. But they don’t know why she fired a gun before she collapsed. Or why she called Bryce Wright, a man she hardly knew, and left a voicemail filled with her screams.

She wants a normal life. They want her dead. Destiny has other plans. Twenty-year-old Alayna Scott receives visions around water, but even her foresight couldn't prepare her for the tragic accident that claimed the lives of her parents. With everything she loves gone, Alayna packs up and moves to the small town of Juniper Grove in hopes of starting over. Jayden McKnight can't explain the attraction that he feels whenever Alayna is near, but he does know that he will do whatever it takes to win her heart.