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When we think of wellbeing, we often think of our physical and mental health--tending to our bodies and minds to find peace, purpose, and connection in our lives. But as Kamlesh D. Patel (affectionately known as Daaji), spiritual leader of the Heartfulness Organization and fourth in line to the raja yoga tradition, illuminates, there is a third system we too often overlook: The Spiritual Anatomy.

It is God's year 54, many years before the Demon Wars, in the land of Corona. The roads are unsafe to travel; goblins and bloodthirsty Powries search out human prey. Two religions struggle fiercely for control. Bran Dynard, a monk of the fledgling religion of Abelle, returns from his mission in a far-off land with a book of mystical knowledge and a beautiful and mysterious new wife. But he soon realizes that the world he left behind has changed, and his dream of spreading the wisdom he learned to his fellow monks is crushed.

Each night, the world is overrun by bloodthirsty demons. For centuries, humanity survived only by hiding behind defensive wards - magical symbols with the power to repel the demons. Now, the rediscovery of long-forgotten combat wards has given them the magic they need to fight back. In Tibbet’s Brook, the fighting wards have brought change, but the factions and grudges of a troubled past remain. Selia Square, the woman they call Barren, has long been the force that holds the Brook together. As a terrifying new threat emerges, she rallies her people once again.

Benjamín Labatuts neuer Roman über John von Neumann, einen der genialsten und wegweisensten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er ist ein so bewundertes wie gefürchtetes Ausnahmetalent: John von Neumann. Vom frühen 20. Jahrhundert bis in die Nullerjahre reichend, erzählt MANIAC die Geschichte John von Neumann, der zunächst in Berlin und Budapest lebte und in den 30er Jahren vor den Nazis in die USA floh, der maßgeblich am Manhattan Project, dem Bau der US-amerikanischen Atombombe in Los Alamos, beteiligt war und durch seinen Computer MANIAC den Bau der Wasserstoffbombe ermöglichte und Vordenker für Künstliche Intelligenz war.

Werewolf by Max Brand in Western Story Magazine (12/18/26) involves just such an inward journey for Christopher Royal, who is convinced he is a coward and flees a confrontation with Harry Main, who is a gunfighter. There comes a time in this story - when Christopher encounters the aged Indian, the old wise man - that the terrain shimmers with the multiple affinities of meaning conjured by the unconscious, which Vergil once sought to capture within an image both awesome and sinister: numina magna deum [the great divine power of a god].

Brad Kelly planned for weeks, set everything carefully in place - then he hit the Pioneer State Bank for $53,000. Will he kill to keep it?

Kitty Wellington inherited her uncle’s 20,000-acre ranch — and a mortgage — on the Snake River. She plans to pay her debt by selling thoroughbreds to the US Army. But a relative is trying to steal it all…until Matt enters a fight whose most dangerous combatants have yet to show their hand. Behind one man’s evil plot is a small army of vicious killers masquerading as peace officers in Boise. For men who are used to getting their way, the odds in this fight look pretty good…until they meet Matt Jensen.

The Templars have emerged victorious following their battle with the Chiang Shih but paid a high price in doing so. The dead line the halls of the local commanderies, and the survivors are both physically and spiritually exhausted. Estimates suggest it will take years for the Order to recover.

It wasn't the most hospitable invitation she'd ever received. Archaeologist Annja Creed is being rushed to Massachusetts, abducted by a famous environmental terrorist - a zealot willing to kill anyone who gets in his or the planet's way. He has taken the book dealer hostage in order to steal a rare and very valuable treatise called the Tome of Prossos. Annja is the key to retrieving the ancient manuscript hidden somewhere deep within the mansion.

Kelvin and Heln's children are now six years old, and while Charles and Merlain are normal other than being telepathic, Dragon Horace is another story entirely. But when an evil witch hatches a monstrous scheme to send Charles and Merlain to steal the greatest treasure of the Kingdom of Orcs - hoping they die in the process - she reckons without their innate magical abilities...and the sibling loyalty of Dragon Horace.

Die Legende lebt! Rebecca Gablés "Palast der Meere" führt das imposante historische Epos "Die Waringham Saga" mit einer neuen Generation um Isaac und Eleanor fort. Die Audible Original Hörspielreihe mit den Sprechern: Maria Koschny, Manja Doering, Johannes Klaußner, Sascha Rotermund und Detlef Bierstedt, bekannt als deutsche Stimme von George Clooney uvm. Teil 1 schließt zeitlich direkt an "Nicholas" an und spielt in den Jahren 1560-1563. Hörspielautor Florian Bald adaptierte auch dieses Romanepos als Fortsetzung des wahrscheinlich längsten Hörspiels der Welt.

Looking forward to a book that explains life? Well, here it is! Explaining Life Through Evolution opens a window to the four billion year history of the millions of species we see on this planet. This book does not simply narrate the story of evolution: It brings to light who we are and where we came from.

Zane Grey shows his knowledge of Indian tribes and their history and the peon system of Mexican plantations.

When Knight Commander Cade Williams discovers that his wife, Gabrielle, is not truly dead, but held in some kind of arcane stasis between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead, he vows that nothing will stop him from freeing her soul from the prison surrounding her. But his vow is tested right from the start when an old friend calls on him to help protect the city of Boston from the ancient scourge that threatens to destroy it, leaving Cade with a heart-breaking choice.

Verheerende Waldbrände auf allen Kontinenten, rücksichtsloser Raubbau an den grünen Lungen unseres Planeten; die Warnzeichen sind unübersehbar geworden und heizen den Konflikt der Generationen an. Liegt darin vielleicht auch eine Chance? Während T-Rex, Kim und Nolo parallel zu Raven immer tiefere Einblicke in die Zusammenhänge von Klimawandel und zunehmenden Naturkatastrophen erhalten, bahnt sich im Kreise der globalen Schicksalslenker ein folgenschwerer Kurswechsel an.

Ruhrstadt, Auf dem Holzweg null B: Der eigenbrötlerische Groschenromanautor Rudbert Rubenstein alias Rud lebt mit dem chaotischen Privatdetektiv Stanislav Lauchmann alias Stan in einer unfreiwilligen Wohngemeinschaft. Immer wieder wird Rud von seinem Hausgenossen in haarsträubende Abenteuer verwickelt, die er nur deshalb erträgt, weil sie ihn zu neuen Romanen inspirieren. Verkleidet als Vampir und Werwolf reisen Rud und Stan nach Transsilvanien, um an einem gruseligen Rollenspiel teilzunehmen.

Sir Hector McMurdock, Clanchef im schottischen Hochland, will in seinem Ballon den Atlantik überqueren und Amerika erreichen. Doch schon beim Start explodiert der Ballon - Sir Hector stirbt. "Mord!", meint Professor van Dusen. Unbeirrt forscht er nach, und während eines Gastmahls auf Schloss Glenmore, bei Haggis, Blutsuppe und Whisky, begleitet von Dudelsackklängen, nennt er den Namen des Täters, mit dem niemand gerechnet hat. Damit ist der Fall jedoch noch nicht zu Ende.

Joe Miles must save a family from the killing torrents of a flash flood - while under fire from thieves after a railroad payroll. Once fired for being old, he's still young enough to be a hero.

Something tan and cylindrical struck the roof and rolled off. The men inside didn't wait for the dynamite to blow; they lurched into the sunlight, firing as they ran. A brutal war began when two bold men left Kane's mine to work their own strike. This was the final battle.

A traveling prospector wandering around California looking for gold spends a few peaceful days with a man hiding a sad story.