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He's the grumpy farmer stuck in a rut. She's the city girl who changes everything. Mollie Wilson has everything she's supposed to want—a stable job at her family's company, a fiancé, and a high rise in the heart of Nashville. But the noise, the rush, and the expectations all leave her longing...

"WENN ER SIE NICHT HABEN KANN, DANN WIRD ES KEINER!" Kade Mitchell ist besessen von jemandem, den er verachtet. Stacey Rhodes, eine Schlange in der Haut eines Engels, ist all das, was er nicht vergessen kann – das Mädchen, das ihm das Herz gebrochen und ihn tief in die Dunkelheit der Unterwelt getrieben hat. Er hat sie jahrelang beobachtet. Er hat jeden getötet, der ihr zu nahe gekommen ist.

John Dee was one of the greatest scientific minds of his time, but also one of the most controversial. He was a learned man in fields as varied as mathematics and astronomy, centuries before they became formalized fields of study, but he is better remembered for performing magic and alchemy. Instead of astronomy, he became renowned across England for astrology, and he was one of the country’s most notorious occult writers during his life.

Malachi Vize hatte immer nur einen Wunsch im Leben. Ein Ziel. Eine tiefe Besessenheit, die er nie ablegen konnte. Seine Pflegeschwester Olivia. Zum ersten Mal hat sie ihn der gesamten Welt vorgezogen, und er hat vor, sie für immer in seinem festen Griff zu halten – aber sein Glück wird schon bald zerschmettert, als mächtige Feinde Olivia für sich beanspruchen wollen. Er hatte sie. Doch dann hat er sie verloren. Verletzt und im ständigen Kampf mit seinen eigenen Dämonen ist Malachi gezwungen, unerwartete Allianzen einzugehen, um sie zu finden.

What would you change if you won the lottery? Lucy Crowne and Tanner Laszlo have low expectations when they stumble upon a lottery ticket and agree to split any winnings, but life quickly turns upside down when the fantasy of riches becomes reality. Lucy used to be an eternal optimist, but she’s been stuck. Stuck in a dead-end job with a misogynistic boss. Stuck with an ex dragging their feet in a divorce. She’s desperate for a change, but how does she make it happen? Tanner doesn’t want to change.

The Gallic Wars, the series of campaigns waged by Julius Caesar on behalf of the Roman Senate between 58-50 BC, were among the defining conflicts of the Roman era. Not only was the expansion of the Republic's domains unprecedented (especially when considering it was undertaken under the auspices of a single general), it had a profound cultural impact on Rome itself as well.

Carthage was one of the great ancient civilizations, and at its peak, the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome, with commercial enterprises and influence stretching from Spain to Turkey. In fact, at several points in history it had a very real chance of replacing the fledgling Roman Empire or the failing Greek poleis (city-states) altogether as master of the Mediterranean.

Although the Sumerians continue to get second or even third billing compared to the Babylonians and Assyrians, perhaps because they never built an empire as great as the Assyrians or established a city as enduring and great as Babylon, they were the people who provided the template of civilization that all later Mesopotamians built upon. The Sumerians are credited with being the first people to invent writing, libraries, cities, and schools in, and many would argue that they were the first people to create and do those things anywhere in world.

When Lily is offered a ticket out of the career and life she hates, she takes it. Even if it means signing a contract to marry the attractive but aloof Sebastian Miller for five years. Her job is simple: play the happy housewife and she will get awarded a million dollars of her inheritance. That money is more than enough for her to start a life on her own and away from her controlling parents. But four years in, she's more than ready to be done with this marriage. She's pretty sure her husband hates her, and she longs for the freedom the end of their contract will bring.

Peter Pan left Neverland and grew up. Now I want him back. It’s been fourteen years since he left, since Neverland’s star died out, since a blanket of frost fell over the island. Despite the Jolly Roger being anchored in a layer of ice, I’m not yet willing to give up this perfect, Peter Panless Neverland. Well, it’s not completely perfect. A threat looms here, a shadow devouring the island. I don’t want Pan back, but he’s the only one who can stop it. However, when I find him, there are two problems. One, Peter Pan has no memory of who he really is. Two, I can’t seem to resist him.

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If Lady Charlotte Fitzgerald does not wed this season, she risks being declared a spinster—or worse, being forced into a betrothal with the most unpleasant cad in the ton. Unfortunately, the only man she wishes to marry—the surly but kind-hearted Duke of Arundel—only sees her as a younger sister. When she, the duke, and her closest friends are invited to the same house party, it's the perfect opportunity to win him over—if only he weren't so skilled at avoiding her.

The Protestant Reformation is often associated most closely with Martin Luther, and it’s often considered to have started when Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. However, the Reformation cannot be reduced to a single, abrupt, and exceptional event, but must be traced to a much longer process of spiritual, social, and intellectual transformation that unfolded over the late medieval period.

Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the great pyramid at Giza, the ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world, revolutionized architecture and construction, created some of the world’s first systems of mathematics and medicine, and established language and art that spread across the known world.

The modern history of Africa was until very recently written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history.

Lying in the middle of a plain in modern-day Iran is a forgotten ancient city, Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its day as the richest city under the sun. Persepolis was the capital of Persia, the largest empire the world had ever seen, but after its destruction, it was largely forgotten for nearly 2,000 years, and the lives and achievements of those who built it were almost entirely erased from history.

In southern Iraq, a crushing silence hangs over the dunes. For nearly 5,000 years, the sands of the Iraqi desert have held the remains of the oldest known civilization: the Sumerians. When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time only scarcely known to even the most knowledgeable scholars of ancient Mesopotamia.

Most anyone who has received a basic education in world history knows the story of how "in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Most also know that Christopher Columbus made first contact with the Americas while searching for a water route to Asia. However, far fewer people remember that the search for such a route continued for centuries after Columbus' death.

"DIE WAFFE, DIE SIE ERSCHAFFEN HABEN, WIRD IHR UNTERGANG SEIN!" Die Grenze zwischen Vernunft und Wahnsinn verschwimmt, als Kade sich an denen rächen will, die sein Leben zerstört haben. Sie bedrohten seine Familie, zerstörten seinen Verstand und raubten ihm sein Mädchen. Er wird alles opfern, um sie alle zu retten, selbst wenn das Krieg bedeutet. Stacey Rhodes ist durch die Hölle und wieder zurück gegangen und jetzt wird sie von dem Monster gefangen gehalten, das ihr Kade gestohlen hat. Aber Stacey gibt nicht auf – sie wird alles tun, um Kade zu retten, koste es, was es wolle.

In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.