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Da Hazel Bannock, ejer af det globale oliefirma Bannock Oil, er på cruise i det indiske ocean, bliver hendes yacht kapret af somaliske pirater og hendes 19-årige datter, Cayla, kidnappet. Hector Cross er tidligere major i det britiske specialkorps SAS og ejer nu et sikkerhedsfirma, som arbejder for Bannock Oil, og hans loyalitet mod familien Bannock kender ingen grænser. Piraterne kræver en astronomisk høj løsesum for at frigive Cayla, men politiske og diplomatiske hensyn komplicerer sagen, og Hazel tilkalder straks Hector.

Morocco Jones challenges the Mafia in a-kill-or-be-killed novel of murder, molls, and mayhem. The Syndicate made a big mistake when they murdered Chris Shane because Shane was the man who had saved Morocco from torture and death at the hand of a despot's most savage secret agent back in Eastern Europe during the war - his best friend and the man to whom he owed his life. No bunch of gun-happy gorillas could scare a guy like Morocco.

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published in London in 1848 in its original German, and two years later in English. It was commissioned by the Communist League and takes an analytical approach to the class struggle and the conflicts of capitalism. The Communist Manifesto summarizes the theories of Marx and Engels on the nature of society and politics, claiming that the history of all societies is a history of class struggles. It also touches on their ideas of how the capitalist society of the time would eventually be replaced by socialism.

Becky Margiotta’s Impact with Integrity: Repair the World Without Breaking Yourself is a call to action, but also an invitation to reclaim your agency and mobilize your creativity in order to enact meaningful, efficient, and effective social change. With authenticity, grit, and grace, Margiotta lays out a proven step-by-step framework for doing the inner work that is necessary for advancing social change.

MIN KAMP, bog tre, er en roman om barndom. En familie på fire, mor, far og to drenge flytter til et hus i et nybygget villakvarter på Sørlandet. Det er i starten af 1970'erne, børnene er små, forældrene er unge og fremtiden ligger åben for dem. Men på et eller andet tidspunkt begynder den at lukke sig, og tingene ændrer karakter. Hvem eller hvad er det, der ændrer sig? MIN KAMP, bog tre, beskriver verden set med barnet Karl Oves øjne. Børn og voksne lever side om side, men mødes aldrig rigtigt.

Memory loss prohibits Izzy from remembering her life before age seven when she suffered a terrible trauma that left her with physical scars. Crippling panic keeps Izzy from wandering beyond the stables but Tubs, the Gudwyne’s young stable boy, encourages Izzy to go beyond the property’s rock wall into a world that promises possible answers but also great danger.

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene was penned in what most scholars identify as the third century CE. Fragments have turned up over the years - tantalizing scraps of a once widely-read and copied manuscript. Unlike some Gnostic texts which create a fantastic cosmology, this small piece of writing bridges vision and reality and captures the tension between disciples enmeshed in a patriarchal culture and a woman who is sometimes called the "apostle to the apostles".

BESTE FREUNDE, EIN HEIRATSANTRAG, DUNKLE GEHEIMNISSE - UND DIE GANZ GROSSE LIEBE? Suvi liebt Bücher - und Jo, ihren besten Freund. Nur weiß er nichts davon. Als Jo sie bittet, ihm bei seinem Heiratsantrag für eine andere Frau zu helfen, sieht Suvi nur zwei Möglichkeiten: auswandern, oder endlich um das kämpfen, was ihr Herz sich wünscht. Vorübergehend bei ihm einzuziehen, war dabei nie der Plan. Doch je mehr Zeit Jo mit seiner besten Freundin verbringt, desto größer werden die Zweifel an seinem Vorhaben.

Alyssa Cressfield always wanted a pet - a big, sexy man who would look impressive on a leash. Now, she is finally ready to realize her dream. She visits a pet training center, intending to buy a trained pet. Instead, she finds Jax, a fierce human-alien hybrid freshly caught from space, still untamed and unbroken. Alyssa has never encountered an untamed pet before. She can't resist temptation; she must have him.

With a sprightly dose of insightful inspiration, a sprinkling of practical advice, and a bounty of exuberant stories by great writers, O's Little Book of Happiness features some of the best work ever to have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine. You'll find Elizabeth Gilbert's ode to the triumph of asking for what you want...Jane Smiley's tribute to the animal who taught her about lasting fulfillment...Shonda Rhimes' secret to trading stress for serenity....

Sagaen begyndte med Eragon ... Den fuldføres omsider med Arven ... For få år tilbage var Eragon - Skyggedræber og Dragerytter - blot en fattig bondedreng, og hans drage, Saphira, kun en blå sten i skoven. Nu hviler en hel civilisations skæbne på deres skuldre. Mange måneders hård træning og adskillige bloddryppende slag har bragt dem sejre og håb, men også medført hjerteskærende tab. Det endegyldige opgør mod Galbatorix ligger dog stadig forude. Når den tid kommer, skal de være stærke nok til at overvinde ham.

I det selvbiografiske romanvaerk "Min kamp" beskriver forfatteren Karl Ove Knausgård sin kamp for at komme overens med livet, sig selv, sine litteraere ambitioner og de mennesker, han har omkring sig. Efter tre år i gymnasiet i Kristiansand rejser Karl Ove 18 år gammel til Nordnorge, hvor han har fået job som laerervikar. Hans foraeldre er blevet skilt, hans bror Yngve er flyttet for laenge siden, og Karl Ove skal ud i verden og vaere en ung mand. I det nordlige møder han elever og kolleger, som bringer ham i situationer, han aldrig før har befundet sig i.

My raw magic is gone…. I barely have a moment to get my bearings after the Battle in the Highlands before I’m thrust into my new role as Queen of the Dark Magic Covens.

AvWuff is a blue husky who hiked the Appalachian Trail in full fursuit. Along the way, he battled heat, rattlesnakes, storms, bears, pain, soreness, and hunger to conquer this amazing accomplishment.

When We Walk By takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose—in ourselves and as a society—when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets. And it brilliantly shows what we stand to gain when we embrace our humanity and move toward evidence-based people-first, community-driven solutions, offering social analysis, economic and political histories, and the real stories of unhoused people.

As a young man, Earvin "Magic" Johnson admired his father and other small-town entrepreneurs who created jobs and served as leaders in his Midwestern community. He worked for them, watched them, and his interest in building communities through economic development grew even while his basketball career flourished. His fame as an NBA star gave him access to some of the most successful business leaders in the country.

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It has been prophesied that I will be the one to restore the balance and make the kingdom safe for all witches and magical creatures. I hoped I could work with Prince Archer on this goal. I hoped he would be open to the idea of restoring the four monarchs. I was wrong.

Der Krieg in der Ukraine stellt das politische und wirtschaftliche Handeln Deutschlands auf den Prüfstand. Jahrzehntelang wurde über den zweitgrößten Staat Europas hinweggeschaut und Russland hofiert. Mit fatalen Folgen. Deutschland hat versagt, konstatiert die Osteuropa-Expertin Sabine Adler. Ihre Analyse nimmt nicht nur die Ukraine und den aktuellen Krieg in den Blick, sondern vor allem Deutschlands Rolle - wirtschaftlich, politisch, medial - in Bezug auf das von Russland überfallene Land.

Wer seinen Körper kennt, bleibt länger jung: Bestsellerautorin und TV-Ärztin Yael Adler nimmt uns in diesem umfassenden, erkenntnisreichen und hochspannenden Hörbuch über das Älterwerden mit auf eine innovative Körperreise von den Zellen bis zu den Knochen - mit vielen Aha-Effekten zum Alterungsprozess und möglichen Gegenmaßnahmen. Wir können es nicht ändern, dass wir älter werden - aber wir können sehr wohl etwas daran ändern, wie dies geschieht.