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Roadie and Errol have demons inside them. Together, these young brothers can see a person's darkest secret or take all of their knowledge. But these powers come at a price. Every time the boys use them, the demons inside gain more control. When two of their classmates go missing, Roadie and Errol must use their powers to save them. Can the boys rescue their classmates without letting the devils inside consume them?

Emma loves music. She loves the boom boom boom of a good bass beat. She loves the stomp stomp stomp her feet make when she dances. She loves to rock out with her mom, her dad, and her little sister. And she loves to twang, strum, and thrum on her guitar.

Austin Everett grew to young manhood beneath the hungry tongue of a willow switch and the cruel fists of the one man who should have been his protector: his own father. But when a mysterious night rider killed his father, Austin put aside the misery his life had been to track down the murderer. Also on the trail of a killer, former lawman Alto Martinez was traveling the very same path as Austin, and in the boy he saw a part of himself....

A couple of jerks wake me up at the crack of noon. Seems my klepto uncle stole an ancient deck of Tarot cards from a high-powered wizard, and too many losers want to ruin my day to get them back. The cards are cool, so I check them out, but my magic-happy cousin, Sabrina, tells me I'm not supposed to touch them. Oops. Too late. Now the damn cards are tuned to me, and if someone else wants to use them, I have to die. Why couldn't she have led with that information?

On 14th June, 2007, the King of Sweden disappears. In 1994 South Africa dismantles six missiles developed during its brief nuclear weapons programme. In 1961 Nombeko Mayeki is born in a Soweto shack. Seemingly destined for a life nasty, brutish and short, her path takes an entirely unpredictable turn. Because really this story is all about the seventh South African missile - the one that was never supposed to have existed. The one that Nombeko knows far too much about.

En augustimorgon hittas den tjugofemårige landslagsstjärnan i fotboll, Henrik Borg, död i sängen i sin sommarstuga utanför Ystad. Det mesta tyder på att det är ett naturligt dödsfall, men en detalj förbryllar polisen: på Henrik Borgs bröst, under hans knäppta händer, ligger en blå ros. Inom en vecka, men på helt andra ställen i Sverige, påträffas ytterligare två dödsfall under likadana omständigheter: en fyrtiosjuårig pilot i Kiruna och en ung kvinnlig dansare i Göteborg.

Eine abenteuerliche Reise, eine geheime Mission, eine fast perfekte Rache - ein echter Jonasson! Wunderbar verrückt und respektlos komisch: Profitgieriger schwedischer Galerist, der für Geld über Leichen geht, trifft auf kenianischen Massai-Krieger, der nicht genau weiß, was Geld ist, dafür aber ein millionenschweres Gemälde besitzt... In seiner einzigartigen Erzählweise beschreibt Jonasson einen Kultur-Clash der Extraklasse und hält den Menschen den Spiegel vor.

Desde aquel día no tan lejano en que Allan Karlsson saltó por la ventana de la residencia de ancianos y se lanzó a todo tipo de aventuras con la avidez de un jovenzuelo, el mundo ha sufrido una transformación radical que lo ha sumido en el desconcierto y la incertidumbre. Ante tal estado de cosas, un espíritu inquieto y una mente sin prejuicios, sumados a una tableta con acceso ilimitado a internet, impulsan al incombustible abuelo a emprender una singular cruzada a fin de salvaguardar la paz mundial.

On June 14, 2007, the king and the prime minister of Sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the royal castle. Later it was said that both had fallen ill, but the truth is different. The real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack in Soweto. Nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early in her poverty-stricken township, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko takes a different path.

A simple case for a new beginning. That's all Jonathan needs. Some easy, little supernatural problem to gain Kelly Chan's trust, and keep her from walking out of his life forever. The case goes from simple to deadly when Jonathan's actions wake an evil entity with murder on its agenda. The only way to stop it is to call in reinforcements from the Manhattan branch of Dragon Gate Industries (DGI). But calling DGI means dealing with the head of the division - Jonathan's older sister.

A movie stuntman dies performing a stunt on location, but the police call it an accident. His girlfriend Angela is a low-level wizard, and when she finds a witch's spent hex bag at the crime scene, she knows it's murder. Jonathan Shade and Kelly Chan take the case and go undercover to do stunts for the movie while they track down the murderer, but as always, not everything is what it seems.

When robbing a bank in the wrong town made Tom McLean a notorious man, the only way to survive was to run. But he had been in this type of predicament before, and he knew what to do. The posse close behind him meant to see he never made the border. They wanted him bad. But it wasn't to be, for McLean had a good horse under him and a head start.

Kathryn Winchester, 33-years-old, has already lost three husbands to violence. The first died in the ravages of the War Between the States, the next died in a gambling hall in Hays, Kansas, and the third was killed in a pointless gunfight in Montana. Now her fourth husband, Ira, has been mysteriously gunned down and lies near death on the floor of their Idaho ranch house.

The Hostage (Sarah Roberts Book Four) Meet Elmore Ackerman. He idolizes Sarah Roberts from afar and has done so for more than five years. He has studied her pictures, memorized her news clippings, and now waits in the dark for the day when he can make Sarah his hostage. A steel cage waits for her. Elmore has practiced what he will do to her using other victims in the past. Those victims are now discarded, buried on his property. He keeps mementos from his victims to savor their time together. They always give in to him, his whims, his desires - all his victims do. Elmore has a plan for ...

2. Teil: London steht unter Schock! In der Metropole an der Themse gehören Mord und Verbrechen zum Alltag der Menschen, doch der kaltblütige Mord eines Amerikaners an einer jungen Frau erhitzt die Gemüter. Offensichtlich gibt es keinerlei Zweifel an der Schuld des jungen Mannes. Doch dieser beteuert nach wie vor seine Unschuld und bittet in seiner Verzweiflung Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Schon bald offenbaren sich Ungereimtheiten in dem Fall, und Holmes nimmt, entgegen aller Widrigkeiten, den Fall an. Wird es ihm gelingen, den jungen Mr. Harley vor dem Galgen zu bewahren?

The Cartel (Sarah Roberts Book Fifteen) The Enzo Cartel has kidnapped Sarah Roberts’s boyfriend in Tijuana to lure Sarah to Mexico. Still, the cartel does not expect Sarah to come with Casper, a high-ranking government official, DEA agents, and a slew of others working with the Mexican authorities. Delay after delay has them locked in a hotel, waiting for something to happen. While Sarah is out at a café, their hotel is attacked by heavily armed hitmen. More than half the team is killed, and the cartel snatches Casper. Sarah needs help, and she finds it with an old friend from Italy, ...

Wenn Pippi Langstrumpf Weltpolitik machen würde: Weltpolitische Intrigen, Atomwaffen - und ein Mädchen aus den südafrikanischen Slums. Das kommt nur im Hörbuch "Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte" von Jonas Jonasson so vortrefflich zusammen. Gesprochen von Schauspiel-Ikone Katharina Thalbach wird aus der ohnehin urkomischen Geschichte eine Achterbahnfahrt voller Satire und Slapstick.

When a town goes to the wolves, desperate men turn to Matthew Morgan - town tamer. But while Matthew Morgan may prove himself big enough and strong enough and ruthless enough to conquer a town, can he survive the battle of the two beautiful women who claim his heart?

Findes verden, eller gør den ikke? Findes tiden, eller gør den ikke? Findes der en ‘gud’, eller gør der ikke? Holger Bech Nielsen, dansk højenergifysiker på internationalt niveau, gør status efter et langt liv i fysikkens tjeneste. Han har søgt og søgt efter mening, men hvad har han fundet? I "Teorien om alt" fortæller den pris-vindende fysiker om sit liv og sin gerning - og ikke mindst om sit utrættelige forsøg på at finde Teorien Om Alt - at forklare, hvordan hele universet hænger sammen, og måske også, hvordan mennesket passer ind i ligningen.

Jonathan Shade and Kelly Chan reunite with Brand, the former Sekutar warrior, and Esther, the ghost who has an unbreakable bond with Shade. They set out for California to stop powerful wizard Harry Winslow from stealing life energy from his parents. But the Barbary Coast is a dangerous place where life is cheap. Their paths will cross with thieves, cutthroats, crimps, prostitutes, gangs, magic, and a supernatural threat. Time is running out on their mission, and one thing is certain - not everyone is going to get out alive.