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Hunter Cox, a 44-year-old real estate agent from Columbus, Ohio, had everything planned for his sensual itinerary in Bangkok. He had the budget and hotel details of the Thai lady escort that he had been chatting with a week before his arrival. However, his titillating trip takes on a tumultuous turn when he failed to double-check one digit from the provided hotel room number.

Virginia Simpson has learned that Grandma Marty was right to insist that when God allows something to be taken from you, he replaces it with something better. The return of Jonathan, their renewed courtship, and the upcoming wedding are all shining examples of that. Still, the trials and disappointments of Virginia's life weigh heavily on her, and the inner strength that has continued to build in her is far from completion. The first test of her new resolve comes soon after her marriage.

Annie Zook struggles to keep her promise to her preacher father to abandon her art and prove her worthiness to "join church". At the same time she is dangerously close to succumbing to another forbidden desire - a relationship with the handsome Englisher whose interest in her is more than mere curiosity. Yet Ben Martin has secrets of his own.

Life is precarious in post-apocalyptic America, threatened by the toxic environment and the return to savagery. Born into this bleak reality, Ryan Cawdor roams the hell trails of Deathlands with his band of warrior survivalists. All they know is to endure and seize whatever chance they get for a better tomorrow. In the sands of California's Guadalupe desert, Ryan and companions fear that they have crossed time lines when they stumble upon a settlement straight out of fabled Egypt.

Crawling out of the ruins of a nuke-shattered America, a new reality shapes an unpredictable terrain of human resilience and unabated savagery. Born and bred in Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor has seen the pulsing of its dark heart. And he understands more than most that tomorrow is certain to arrive. But to see it means surviving today — any way he can.

The Aldens are visiting a small town known for its fall festival, and while Grandfather is off taking in the fall colors, the children try out the town's newest attraction - a Halloween escape room! The Aldens love solving the puzzles to get out of the room, and they don't mind the spooky theme. The problem is, someone - or something - is making things downright scary for other customers!

Our bodies are designed to heal. But while our skinned knees easily heal, it can sometimes feel like our emotional and relational wounds are left gaping open, broken beyond repair. If our bodies instinctively know how to heal physical injuries, could they also help us understand how to restore painful emotional and relational ruptures? Physician Jennie McLaurin and scientist Cymbeline T. Culiat present Designed to Heal: a fascinating look at how the restorative processes of the body can model patterns we may adapt to heal the acute and chronic wounds of our social bodies.

Adara Stone—pilot for the Interstellar Planets Union services. She’s half Wayfarer and half human and Captain James’ last choice as a pilot. Excited for her first long contract and explorer-class ship, Adara knows she’ll spend seven years flying a ship in unknown space. She can’t wait to see what’s out there. By the book, Captain Alden James does not want anyone varying from his flight plan. He quickly loses patience with Adara breaking protocol. Adara craves a family, but finds only recrimination and punishment. When fate intervenes, will her Wayfarer skills be enough?

When Sophie accidentally spies on her roommate showering, his massive size sends her into a spiral of lust that leads her into the arms of his dominant best friend. She thought she would be happy, but her soft dom can't give her what she craves--to be used raw, unprotected, and roughly. An unexpected night of passion gives Sophie the chance to experience what it's like to be shared with another dom, and only one night of fulfilling her filthiest desires might not satisfy her.

Isabella Grayson, the eldest daughter of a wealthy, English newspaper magnate, longs to become a journalist, but her parents don't approve. They want her to marry well and help them gain a higher standing in society. After she writes an anonymous letter to the editor that impresses her father, her parents reluctantly agree she can write a series of articles about aviation and the race to fly across the English Channel, but only if she promises to accept a marriage proposal within the year.

The Aldens visit the spooky town of Sleepy Hollow, where someone - or something - is scaring visitors. Could the legendary headless horseman be real?

New York City, 1918. When schoolteacher Gwendolyn Armstrong learns of her sister’s worsening illness, she travels to Marion’s stately home to tutor her young niece and nephew, kept from school by the Spanish flu outbreak. Though the family lives in luxury, Gwen is wary of Marion’s sophisticated, often-absent husband, Russell, who once cast Gwen aside for her sister, leaving wounds that never fully healed.

Er wollte nie heiraten. Schon gar nicht sie. Sie wollte nie seine Braut sein. Seit dem Mord an seinen Eltern führt Antonio Silvarno die sizilianische Mafia in New York. Luciana Caverni hingegen weiß, dass sie nur Teil eines Deals ist: Die letzte Hoffnung ihrer Familie, um das sinkende Imperium zu retten. Aus dem kalten Geschäftsbund wird ein gefährliches Spiel aus Stolz, Macht und ungezähmter Anziehung, bei dem jeder Blick, jede Berührung ein Kampf ist.

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Bawse comes an “insightful and charmingly funny” (Rupi Kaur) primer on learning to come home to your truest and happiest self. “I love Lilly’s honest and helpful advice about achieving happiness.”—Mindy Kaling, #1 New York...

On Christmas Eve 1971, seventeen-year-old Juliane Koepcke and her mother boarded a plane in Lima, Peru, bound for their home at the Panguana Research station deep in the Amazon. Twenty minutes from landing, the plane was struck by lightning, and Juliane hurtled two miles down through the rainforest canopy, crashing on the jungle floor. She woke up the next day with a broken collarbone, missing her glasses and one shoe, but incredibly, miraculously, alive.

When my older husband suggests I explore fulfilling my fantasies with another man, I'm hesitant at first. As a reserved young wife, I sometimes feel awkward around his worldly friends. But on a romantic getaway, with his loving encouragement, I decide to take a chance and open myself up to new experiences. In the arms of a charismatic stranger, I discover a part of myself I never knew existed. This voyeuristic adventure ignites my confidence and adds a new spark to our marriage.

Nyx:

Man nennt mich den König der verlorenen Jungen. Ich war der Erste, doch allein reichte ich meinem Ziehvater nicht. Also erschuf er mehr von mir. Mehr Soldaten, die ihm dienen, weil er uns ein besseres Leben geschenkt hat.

Faith:

Als Tochter der Grinsekatze bin ich dazu bestimmt, in seine Fußstapfen zu treten, auch wenn er das anders sieht. Er will mich aus seiner düsteren und verkommen Welt raushalten. Ich kann aber mehr als im Wonderland Cocktails zu mixen. Und das werde ich ihm dank der Wunderdroge beweisen.

When Jeremiah Jackson discovers Deliverance, a beautiful runaway slave, hidden in his wagon, a protective spirit rises within him. She fled from the cruel and relentless Colonel Boone Baxter, who will stop at nothing to reclaim her—including searching the wagons from top to bottom before they are allowed to pull away from the fort. Thankfully, Mrs. Hawthorne has gone into labor early. Will hiding Del beneath the laboring woman be enough to keep her safe?

Rettet den Planeten! Wie essen wir umweltfreundlich? Wieso wärmt sich die Erde auf? Was ist erneuerbare Energie? Mit einfachen, kurzen Texten erfahren Kinder, warum die Umwelt unseren Schutz braucht und was wir alle gemeinsam bewirken können. Für jede Menge Spaß sorgen Witze und Rätselpausen. Wasser sparen, Fahrrad fahren, Müll trennen: Wie kann der Umwelt geholfen werden? In "Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Erstleser. Umweltschutz" wird unter anderem der Klimawandel kindgerecht erklärt.

Faszination Technik: Wie bewegt sich ein Roboter? Was bedeutet Künstliche Intelligenz? Welche Roboter werden in der Wüste getestet? All das finden Kinder mit diesem Hörbuch spielerisch und selbstständig heraus. Sie erkunden die Einsatzgebiete von verschiedenen Robotern und lernen ihre Funktionen kennen - mit Hilfe informativer Texte und spannender Rätselpausen. Künstliche Intelligenz, Sensoren und Prototypen - jede Menge Infos rund um die Entwicklung und Funktion von Robotern.